The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-17

results as the lime water alone and
creased eggs put up in salt were not
equal to the others mentioned"
Since the use of wire fences has
become so extensive. the number of
cattle killed each year by lightning has
greatly increased. Farmers insurance
companies have investigated the mat
ter and now come forward with a
warning to policy holders. Nearly all
OF the cattle killed by lightning have
met their death in open fields, where,
III many instances, there was not even
tree to attract the electric fluid AS
many dead cattle were found near
wire fences this led to the discovery
that the lightning was carried along
the wires composing the fences. During
severe storm cattle are liable to
run until stopped by a fence. Here
they stand huddled together ready for
the bolt. A remedy is suggested i'm
running ground wire every ten rods
several feet into the earth"
Preserving Fence POsts.-"The we'll
known methods OF preserving posts
and wood. which are partly embedded
IN the earth, are only effective when
both the charring and tarring are APP
piled. Should the posts only be
charred, the charcoal forma ton on the
surface would act as an absorber of
the moisture, and, if anything, only
hasten the decay By applying
coating of tar, without previous char
ring, the tar would only form a cas-
ing about the wood, and would not
penetrate to the depth which the alb
sorbing properties of the charcoaled
surface would insure. Wood that is
exposed to the action of water or let
into the ground, should first be
charred, and then, before it has en-
tirely cooled be treated with tar till
the wood is thoroughly impregnated.
The acetic acid and oils contained in
the tar are evaporated by the heat
and only the resin is left behind. This
penetrates the pores of the wood and
forms an air-tight and waterproof en-
velope. 1t is important to impregnate
the wood little above the line of ex-
posture, for here it is that the action
of decay affects the wood first, and
where the break always occurs when
removed from the earth or strained in
testing. Wood exposed to the air
should not be dressed with coal tar,
but pine tar. The former will rot the
fibres when exposed to the sun and
air."
Cotton Seed Meal and Pigs.-"It is
we'll for swine raisers to go slow in
the feeding of cotton seed meal to
swine. There is much in the bulle-
tins about it from time to time, and
new men are trying to find out how
to feed it to the pigs and not kill them.
The experiment stations can better af-
ford to lose pigs than can the farm
ers. 1t is safe also not to take stock
in the assertion of the wise fellow
who can tell you just how to feed il
successfully. He thinks he knows; but
it is just as well to let him try it
on his own pigs. When the stations
have found sure a way of feeding il
successfully will be time enough for
the common farmer to risk killing his
swine
Preparing Plotting Soil.-"On every
farm it happens in the spring that
the farmer wants a supply of rich dirt
filled with vegetable matter and that
will cause the tender seedlings to push
forward with the greatest possible
speed. This dirt is called potting dirt,
but is used also in the hotbeds To
have it ready for use in the spring its
preparation must begin in the fall long
before the ground is frozen. Sod and
manure are the elements out of which
good potting soil is compounded. If
the sod is clay sod a good deal of
sand will also have to be added to it
in the spring. AT this time, however,
the sod and manure may be mixed
layer or SOD ana layer of manure
piled up to any hight to rot is the
foundation. In applying the sand it
must be remembered that a good COM
post of this kind requires in it finally
at least three times as much sand
as clay.
How One Thing Changes Many.-"A
recent writer on Argentine agriculture
says that were it not for alfalfa Ar
gentina would occupy an unimportant
place in the list of beef producing ma
tons, at least so far as export beef
is concerned, says the Farmers Re-
view. The people of the United States
supposed that they had gained control
of the English market and could hold
it for all time. But along came the
alfalfa plant and the South American
was at once able to send beef to Eu-