The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-15

that comes to my mill" We even take
the trouble to plant stuff to turn I'M
der. Cow peas in corn and potatoes,
or after a crop of small grain, sor-
ghum and Kaflir corn too, for this
latter purpose, are planted between
rows of potatoes or other garden crops,
for as we preach we try to practie,
and we shall endeavor to keep our soil
from becoming like that on a farm We
know of, whose owner had once hauled
off all the surface rocks, but after
wards hauled them back and scattered
them over the fields ito keep the soil
from running together and baking into
so hard a crust that he could not get
through it, as he said when question
ed as to his objecti in returning the
stones to their old resting places. We
would like to be near enough to that
man to do some missionary work, but
1t is likely "Ephraim is joined unto
his idols" and "he has Moses and the
prophets" /. e. the agricultural press,
and If he heeds not and learns not
anything from it's teachings our efforts
would also be in Vain.-D. e. Cornman.
Goats or a Gun.-The Angora goat,
which has come to the front in parts
of the South as valuable economic
factor, may, 1t seems, be the leader
in revolution that will substitute
sheep raising, on a scale equal to the
necessities of the case, for cur-raising,
which has been allowed to assume in
some localities enormous and menacing
proportions Recent experience indi-
ates that the South. wherever the curse
of the predatory cur rests, can expect
no relief just yet from legislation.
Feints at legislation against the cur
have been made, but they have been
feints only. They are on a par with
other forms of legislation designed tn
pacify through first impressions the
progressive elements of a State with
out arousing the ire of the owners OF
tramp dogs. Men OF neighborhoods
where the ours abound are therefore
turning to other means for relief. One
is suggested by j. A. Morris of Allan
ia. He says that inasmuch as breed
of dog killing sheep cannot be had, or
a breed of cur-kiliing owners of dogs,
another care must be sought. This
he believes may be had in Angora
goats, which while friendly with sheep
are so full of the pugilistic spirit when
ever dog looms upon their horizon
that they may be depended upon not
only to do considerable fighting them
selves in the way of fatal butting, but
to inspire the rams with the vim OF
put into practical test the better for
sheep-owners.
In the meantime. however, another
remedy has been offered by a gentle
man of Tidewater. Va. He had been
bothered by raiding dogs, and was
moved to vigorous action when ten OF
the ours stampeded his flock of sheer
and killed two of them. He shot four
of the dogs offhand, then waited with
his gun and plenty of ammunition
near dead sheep. During the night
he killed thirteen more dogs. This
good fortune and prime marksman-
ship ought to be initiated at every
place where similar raids may be ex-
pected. 1t is the best way of instilling
wisdom into ours whose owners, trust
ing to their power at the polls to ward
| off anti-cur legislation, do not feed
their pets enough to keep them al
home for the children to play with OF
to give exhibitions of fidelity and
trustfulness as texts for pathetic
| speeches in court. At the same time
men who wish to raise sheep ought to
accumulate as quickly as possible tina;
sort of ammunition known as ballots
to rid the State House of men who
place the cur above the sheep.-South-
ern Farm Magazine. isNa'