The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-07

An Illinois feeder claims 70 drive away
flies by using the following as a remedy:
He takes whale oil and into each quart
OF the OF. puts a small tablespoonful OF
carbolic acid, mixing it thoroughly. This
mixture he sprinkles over the backs and
shoulders of his cattle, using an old broom
for this purpose. A very little of this
will drive away the flies for two or three
weeks. During wet weather, of course,
this mixture would be washed off 10 some
extent Whale oil is very offensive to
flies and the addit on of carbolic acid
would add to this quality.
How to Give a Hog Medicine.-Locp 4
rope one-half inch or five-eighths on upper
jaw; tie other end Of rope 10 post or
beam Up six or eight feet; then you have
your own way. Put the medicine in long
necked bottle and pour il in the hog
mouth He will do the rest. The same
method can be used TO ring hogs, as it en-
ables one man to do two mems work and
do it easily.
Various remedies have been suggested
from time to time for boating, but the lat
est has just come to hand. 1t is given as
a sure cure by the man who suggests il:
Throw a couple of pals of cold water
along the animals back. This may seem
very strange, but l have tried it with sue
cess many times. Fifteen yearse ago l
was lOduinS Cattle on DOdrd a DOaf at
Dublin, Ireland, to ship to Liverpool, when
we noticed one steer which was badly
bloated. We had 70 drive him out of the
pen into an alley which was quite close
to the boat; he turned around and fell
into the river. He swan around for some
| time, and when we got him out he had no
| bloat Since then l always apply cold
| water and can recommend it as a sure
cure"
| Cheap Pork-The uncounted wastes Of
| the farm can often be turned into pork
| and produce a neat sum of money with
| out very much trouble, says the Voice
| coupe of pigs Will grow and thrive on
| scraps that are ordinarily thrown away,
| and such scraps make the best of pork
! Any one who has never made any accounx
| of the waste vegetables from the garden
! the small potatoes, the cabbage and let
! tuce leaves, the pea pods and al sue
! things that are usually cast into the back
! yard viii be astonshed to find how vaiu-
! able they are when worked into pork by
! hungry pig.
| Our neghbors in Ireland understand
| how to do this to perfection, and the pig
! that pays the rent is the product of the
scraps from families where scraps are not
| plentiful. and these very pigs make the
| Irish bacon that sells for the highest price
of any hog product in the world
A couple of pigs is the Door mans saw
| ings bank. They can be grown into bar
| rel of pork with very little expenditure
| Of money for grain, and this is expended
| in lit,.e sums along, so it is not greatly
! missed. While the product of this careful
| ness in little things is a substantial add
| ton TO the comforts of the family. 1t is
| just as important that the well-to-dO man
| should be careful of the scraps, for il is
| the little leaks that hurt the American
| farmer more than any other thing.
| Work the scraps and waste matter into
| pork This keeps the place cleaner and
saves a waste that is indefensible.
| TOmatoes.-It having been demonstrate
that spraying potatoes with Bordeaux
mixture will stimulate their growth and
| increase the yield, it is probable that if
| the tomato were sprayed with the mixture
up to the time of the formation of the
| fruit the result would be similar says
| the Epitomist. Very little attention. as a
| rule, is given to the tomato. 1t is planted
| and left TO take it's own way. But care
full attention to the vine is profitable. 1t
| is permitted to fruit too heavily for its
| best good If we would thin one-third or
| one-half we would not only get rid of i'll
| shaped fruit, but we would get larger and
| better fruit The tomato too, should be
| pruned. If it were trained to a stake or
| rather tied to a stake and the laterels
| pruned off, would get larger toma toes
and more of them. Tomatoes as usually
| grown in the garden, can be greatly i'm
| proved in size by such attention. 1t can
| not be improved in quality. 1t never has
| been. The tomato of to-day, so far as
| quality goes is the same that it ever has
been. All the improvements that have
been made is in its shape and size.