The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-30


Kill the Flies in Winter.-The plague of
flies in summer and early spring is greatly
increased if many are left over from the
previous year to breed. At this season of
the year, so soon as cold weather touches
flies they become torpid and creep into
cracks in the walls or between the folds
of garments, where they lie until the warm
weather of spring brings them to life. All
the flies found in winter should be thrown
into the fire and burned. That finishes
them. 1t is not cruelty, either, for they are
destroyed before they return to life.
Salt for Lawns.-Wherever lawns are
highly MANFRED, as most well-kept lawns
are apt to be. a dressing of salt sometime
during the winter will greatly benefit
them. Salt in small quantities, as it must
be used when applied TO land, is one of the
best solvents known We are so used to
putting salt in extra amounts to harden
and pickle vegetables that we are apt
to forget that in very small amounts II
rots them. Try ii on some cut potatoes for
seed, as we knew farmer once to do, and
see the effect. He rotted a whole row OF
potatoes in this way, so that two-thirds
of them never came up. Salt is especially
valuable TO release mineral fertilizers thai
have become inert in the soil.
Economy of Hornless Cows.-When it
comes to putting up cows for winter, the
cow that has no horns will be found to
take much less room chan her neighbor
who is tempted TO and generally does
hook and fight all those near her. In the
stable, of course, each stall will accom-
modate its COW, horns or no horns. But
we believe that horned cattle are often
kept in stables on bright, pleasant win
ter days, to keep them from hooking one
another, when they would be much neal
thier if allowed to run in a small yard.
Most barnyards are made much larger
than would be necessary if all horns were
removed This wastes manure, as more
surface is exposed to rains, and the drop
pings in a large yard are often so scat
tered that they are never gathered into
| heaps and carried where they are needed.
Scabby Potatoes for Seed.-There are a
| great many scabby potatoes this year. the
| result of climatic conditions, while the
| tubes were growing, which were unusually
| favorable to fungus growth. AS a result,
many of these scabby potatoes will be
used as seed and as the fungus planted
| with the potato is pretty sure to live, it
| means more scabby potatoes next year.
| Dipping the sea bly, seed after cutting in a
very weak solution of corrosive sublimate
will kill the fungus and probably will
| make a smooth crop, even where scabby
| seed is used. Two ounces of corrosive
| sublimate to FIFTEEN gallons of water is as
| strong as should be used. Corrosive sub
| Innate is a very viruient poison, and no
| stock should be allowed to get at cut seed
| thus treated. The corrosive sublimate is
| the best remedy for this trouble, but sui
| phur well rubbed into the cuts all over
we have found a very good preventive
| of scab.
| Horse Sense-A horse has more sense
| than the average man supposes. He is a
| pretty good judge of human nature and
| the man who Furnishes him for a mistake
will, while he may be forgiven, never be
| forgotten. In six cases out of eight his
| intention Is to do right, of which his
| owner should be proud, but if in his en-
| deavor to do his duty he makes mis-
take it would be infinitely better to over
| look this, together with his two inclina-
lions out of eight to do wrong, than to
punish him for any wrong doing. A horse
| never gets too old to learn, and 1t is better
to controvert the old theory of sparing the
rod and spelling the child. Be kind to the
horse under all circumstances.
Sheep Need Dry Bedding-Mauy people
| who keep sheep under sheds on an earthen
| floor in cold weather make the mistake OF
| not providing bedding enough, thinking
| that it will interfere with properly pack
ing the manure which is trodden into q
| hard mass by them. But a little dry
| straw should be scattered over the floor
at night, and it will be none the worse
| if it is the refuse of what the sheep have
| picked over during the day. Even the fat
| tenng sheep will eat some straw each
| day as change of food, and it will Sc
| lect the upper part of the stalk near the
head. Oat straw is the best for this pur-
pose. The sheep is very impatient of wet
and besides, it is injurious to the wool tC
| have it soiled by manure. If the ends oil
the wool are closed by filth this stops its
| growth, just as it does on the tags, which
| even after they have been secured are not
worth as much as clean wool from other
| parts of the body.