The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-09
The Scrap Book.

Protecting Stock f rom the Winter
Weather. This is something taat our
farmers as a Gloss have not regarded as
they should have done If you have here
tofore observed the practice of letting your
stock of any kind be exposed 10 the cold
winds and rains do not do it any mo'e
At least furnish shelters for them in rainy
weather If you cannot afford closed place
where they can be protected from the bit
ing wind. This protection is equivalent
TO a certain amount of food. But hunas n
ity demands that we make our dumb an
mails Just as comfortable as we possibly
can.
A Scientific Corn Planter.-You need not
jump to the conclusion that we are going
TO describe some complicated machine
costing $40 or $50. If you do you will
make a mistake. The most scientific corn
planter we found out some fifteen years
ago and not likely to be improved on is
for the dropper 10 put his foot square
down on the two or three grains he drops
to q hill pressing them firmly into the
yielding sol of the furrow. A slight flirt of
the foot throws an inch or so of soil on
the seed before you press down upon 1t.
Thus it is covered and rolled at the same
time. The man who would ridicule this
to learn. S. A. G.
Such Thing as Having Soil Entirely
Too Open and Lcose.-A great many
farmers entertain the very erroneous idea
that they cannot have their soil too loose
and porous, but they can. Many a crop,
especially % per cent, frequently more
than this, If the soil could be well rolled
just prior TO sowing or planting time.
Rolling or frming the soil causes it to
retain moisture that would soon be evap-
GRATED if left in the condition that the
pillow left it, great many fruit trees
and vines are .ost in the aggregate by
not understanding the principle involved
in firming the soil. Our farmers and gar
deners have sadly failed to value the har-
row and the roller-two indispensable i'm
plements.
A Note Book a Good Thing for Farm
ers TO Keep.-Any farmer of any intelIi-
gence at all should keep a note book if
only a small one, that he can carry in his
pocket. In this book he should make
note from time to time of the work he
proposes to do the following week or
month. Put down the seeds he wants to
provide himself with in due time Make
note of how and when he MANFRED
certain field or plot, when he sowed or
planted his crops, and the character of
the weather at the time, and, following,
note what day the calf or colt was drop
ped. when the sows narrowed. There is
lot of things that he would find 1t help
full to jot down in this book. Call it by
whatever name he may 1t will grow on
him.
Regular Time for Milking and Feeding.
There are few cows that require to be
MIXED oftener than twice a day. These
two milkings should come as regular as
clock-work the year round-6 o'clock in
the morning and s o'clock in the evening
Feeding should be equally as regular. Or
binary mlch cows need to have but two
good meals a day. When kept under shell
ter as they should be in the winter time
lunch of some green food, if it is to
be had, may be given al midday. In the
South this green lunch is to be derived
from the barley patch. If turnips are
fed they should be given to the cows at
milking time if you No.ld avoid tAa "tur-
nipy odor.'