The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-14
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One Of the most helpful ways in making
an early potato crop is TO prepare the
sets for planting some time in advance,
cutting them into halves or quarter
pieces, so as to get one, two or three
eyes on each set and then exposing them
to air long enough to dry the cut sur
race so that 1t will NOT rot when 1t comes
In contact with wet and cold soil Many
acres of early potatoes become failures
from non-attention TO this simple precau-.
ton. After the cut surface has scared
over the potato set should be exposed 10
light, so as to make its buds green When
they begin 60 expand the set should be
planted, if the ground Is in condition to
be worked. The growing germ will dry
out the sap in the potato, and will also
dry the soil around the set and make it
warmer.
Bone Spavin.-An ounce each of corro-
sive sublimate, quicksilver and iodine
with lard sufficient TO form a paste, will
cure bone spawn. Rub the quicksilver
and iodine together, adding the sublimate
and finally the lard, mixing them thor
oughly. Shave off the hair to the extent
of the bone enlargement. Grease all
around the shaved surface, but not where
the hair is shaved off. This will prevent
the mixture from taking effect except
upon the SPAWN Rub in as much of
the paste as will lie on a Scent piece,
every morning for four mornings In
vim will come out. Then wash out the
wound with suds, soaking it well for an
hour or two which removes the poison
Gus effects of the medicine and facili-
tates the healing, which can be aided by an
application of any of the healing salves.
Mr.. Andrews, late of Detroit, who, dur
ing his life, knew good horse, and also
n n 0aY
of Ii, did not hesitate to give $500 for
this recipe after seeing what 1t would do.
e. l.. Russell
Save the Egg SheIls.-Egg shells are in
valuable. They should not be thrown
away. They are particularly valuable IN
the spring when young broods of chicks
are to be provided for. Little chicks need
grit They need 1t from the very moment
they are put out Of doors with the mother
hen. tt is the common practice then to
stuff them with doughty mixtures sxclu-
sively, and great armies Of them are slain
every year by this method of feeding.
Comparatively few people know that this
addition of some gritty material at this
time would to a great extent stop this
slaughter.
The poultry supply houses have f-r sale
chick grit and 1t is an excellent article to
keep on hand, but egg shells make a pref
ty fair substitute for 1t. Place the shells
in the oven of the kitchen stove and sub
ject them to slow heat until they are
thoroughly dried. They will then be quite
brittle and can be crushed into small par
ticles. Place some of this near the coop
where the chicks can get it every day. It
will save the lives of many youngsters
which would otherwise fall victims TO
stomach and bowel troubles.
Smoking and Preserving Meats.-As ev-
cry thrifty farmer kills and cures his own
20 Ia, IF
smoking it doubtless will be appreciated. 1
used to spend two weeks trying to smoke
my meat by hanging 1t high in the smoke
house. To keep a smoke house full of
strong smoke was a task that took pretty
close attention; yet most Of the meat
around here is smoked just that way. Rid
ing along the other day l saw smoke is
suing from large cracks in several smoke
houses, and that is the trouble. 1t is diff
ficult to keep them tight enough to hold
the smoke. I smoke my meat now in two
days. I bought a large dry soo1s box,
hung the points all around on the inside
by means of hook. Put an iron soap
kettle in, containing a bucket of ashes.
On these drop a few Goals. Put on five
or six cobs, and cover with an old carpet
doubled three or four times. When smoked
pack into a tight sugar barrel, cover with
one thickness of carpet, over which crowd
down close-ftting barrel cover, such IS
are used over sugar barrels in stores.-L.
A Stockwell.
The Onion Remedy for Llce-I see some
one is asking a remedy for lice on cattle
About eight years ago some one gave this
Take an onion, out in two and rub this
on the animal until 1t is all rubbed away
and in four or five days repeat. l have
tried quassia chips, tobacco, lamp oil, lard
and carbolic acid and several other rene
dies. But the onion remedy Is the only
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exterminator for cattle whenever any one
asks for one, and you will certainly get
thanks for it. This may seem SO simple
that people may not try 1t, but you urge
them for a single trial; 1t is wonderful.
Cause of Hog Diseases-Remember that
constipation Is the advance agent of three
fourths of all hog ailments. 1t Is the be-
ginning of going wrong. 1t is the cause
of most of the troubles. If the hogs are
carefully watched 1t can be regulated with
food alone. II not EPSON salts are cheap
remedy. Dry pastures and dry food Will
often cause 1t, or too little water In hot
weather. They should have all the pure
water that they can drink during the sum-
mer season. Constipation lies across the
track of growth, development and health.
See that 1t does not become an obstruction.
A little care will prevent 1t in most in
stances.
When a Tree Is Planted, pack the earth
solid around the root, using something
to tramp the earth, but do not brlise the
roots The end of the roots should be cut
smooth on the under side before plant
ing. If the ground is dry when the hole
is nearly filled in, put on pail of water
and when 1t settles fill up and leave the
surface dirt loose. The tree should be
thoroughly mulched three feet on each
side with manure, sawdust, chip dirt or
straw and the mulch covered with brush
or stones so that 1t will not blow away.
If the tree does not start, water 1t with
hot water. In time of drought, put on
pail of water to a tree at shutdown. Dur
ing the summer, frequently remove the
mulch and stir the surface soil. If the
fall is dry, remove the mulch and give
each tree two pals of water SO that the
winter may not freeze the roots dry.
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