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V - ?? * 1 SOUTHERN / a? z^>< TOPICS OF INTEREST k ? Sheep on the Farm. A sheen u;an in a recent letter to The En:toii?i>t L'ives some points of interest al)oi:t sheep, lie very truly says: A few* sheep should be found on almost every farm. They will yield asgood a prolit for the money invested ns any other animal, and they eome in handy to keep down weeds and briers. A few years ago I had a field that was grown up in green briers and vines so that it was almost impossible to get through it. I hacked the vines down and when they got dry set fire to them. I set fire to every greenbrier patch that would burn, and turned the sheep into the field. The sheep kept every young ffwcnbrUr snror.t niimcd close to the ground. I made it a rule to set every patch cf.re as soon as it was dry enough to burn. and at the end of three years the she. p hail the Held ?o well killed out that it was ready for the plow. It would have been almost impossible to kill the briers by grubbing, as they continue to sprout as Ions: as n root is left in the ground. The sheep killed them by keeping them so closely nipped to the arounu that they could have no show at all. There are many weeds anil brush that can be killed in the same way and thus be turned into wool and mutton. Many do not keep ?heep 011 account of the difficulty of keeping theiu healthy. The sheep seems to be heir to more troubles from parasites than any other animal. There is the sheep tick, the sheep louse, the gad flay and a number of different kinds of worms that trouble the sheep. It is thought by many that the sheep tick will not stay on a fat sheep, but the reason for this is the fact that a sheep cannot stay fat and be troubled with ticks. Whenever any considerable number of ticks attack a fat sheep it begins to lose flesh, so the poorer the sheep is the more ticks there are likely to be found. While the sheep louse is common it is as bad if not worse than the tick. The sheep louse is very small aud is about the same color as the sheep's skiu. so it Is difficult to detect them. If .1 sheep Is seen lilting his sides, first one side and then the other, and pulling out wool from his sides with his teeth, the chances are that he is troubled with lice. I always look for lice when I see wool in a sheen's mouth or see it biting its sid'?s. A very good reufedv for both lice and ticks is to give the sheep sulphur in their food two or three times a week. Neither lice nor ticks will stay with sheep fed sulphur regularly. The gad fly lays its eggs in the sheep's nostrils during the months of May and June. These hatch and develop into the grub that troubles the siieep and is known as grub in the head. ir sneep nave a tiarK pince to resort to during the heat of the day they can got away from this trouble to some extent. Smearing tar on the feed trough is also a valuable aid to tlie steep in combating these flies, as } the scent or the tar on the sheep's nose will to a considerable extent keep the flies away. There are quite a numl>er of intestinal worms that infest sheep: the only remedy for these is some good worm powders or some other remedy that will destroy the worms. Often a change of locality for sheep Is the best tiling that can lie done for them; if a large number of sheep are confined on the same pasture the field will bcome infested with sheep parasites and become unfit for sheep pasture until the sheep have been kept off of it for a considerable time. A few sheep kept on a farm usually prove more profitable than a large number. Sheep raisers often make tlie mistake of attemptiug to keep too many sheep. They pet diseased and do not y! dd the great profit expected >f them. Yhc owner is likely to get discouraged. J the next tiling we hear from him ' :s entire hook 3s sold and he invests it: -amethlng else, persuaded thai ...ere is nothing in raising sheep. H(i*r to Start m Vineyard. The business of planting and training a vineyard may l>e nearly fit MX) years old. so old that it Is nuite difficult to say anything new upon it. Generally speaking, we have as good soil and climate a? elsewhere. The main points to consider are desirable * localiou, suitable variety and proper training and cultivation. For location select the highest to be found, to the end that sun and air can serve their important work. By all means avoid t wet or poorly drained soil. It should be plowed ten or twelve Inches in depth and where the vines are to stand six inches deeper, then when planting fill this furrow with top soil. Thus prepared the vines are sure to grow. If land is poor It must he enriched with stable manure or muriate of potash and hone meal: do not put manure in the hole wlmi planting. Bows should not i>e closer than eight - 4 feet. Every seventh row should be ten feet from its neighbor to aPmit of wagon passage. If you plant a weak growing variety, like Moore's Early, seven feet in the row is the proper disNews in Notes. The independent cigar factories have now entered into an agreement not to sell or lease their factories or brands. The Havana branch of the tobacco combine has sent circulars to the trad? re-announcing the decision, formerly taken and susequently rescinded, to the effect that it will not accept orders through Havana commission men. The latter do a considerable trade, especially with Germany. I N; 7ARM ftf07ES\ ER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. 1 X ?* -? "" y t lanoe, but if a strong growing variety, ton foot in the row is olose enough, l'osts and ono No. 1 wire should bo put on the second year and two more * strands of wire the third year. It is more economical to sc<*ure lastins wood for pests, such as burr oak. black locust, .red cedar or osagc orange. A split post will outlast a sawed one. End posts must be put in securely or a heavy crop will pull ttfeui out. The most desirable time to prune is after the foliage drops in the fall. Methods of pruning vary: the renewal system we like best. This consists of removing all the old wood and leaving three or four new vines. The amount of wood must be governed by the vigoi of the vine: twenty-five buds is the minimum and forty is the maximum. This ought to give you from seventyfive lo 1-0 bunches to the vine. Four tons to the acre is above the average crop. Now as to varieties, the number of discarded and unprofitable ones out| number the valuable sorts ten to one. (Irnpe varieties are legion. In any l case. I would limit the number to I twelve varieties. Five will complete the list for commercial planting in this latitude, namely, Moore's Early, Telegraph, Concord, Niagara and Woodrufl lied. A limited number of Worden's may be planted: some growers are discarding it. it behaves so badly some years. The successful growing ol grapes, like other branches of the fruit business, requires a thorough knowledge and good judgment. Spraying, sacking, summer pruning and marketing are details that are not within the province of this paper, hence they are not discussed at this time. KaUInr Turkey* The raising of turkeys is easy and very profitable. A few people however carry the idea that they are so delicate that it requires an expert in the business to successfully rear them. This is not our experience, and there is scarcely a farmer in any locality but what has a flock of turkeys ready every fall for the winter markets, which is convincing evidence that turkeys are easily raised. It is very important that good breeding stock should i be selected, males not akin to females. } Do not keep more than one torn with twelve to fifteen hens. Turkeys should have plenty of room, if possible the full range of the farm. When allowed full liberty, they require but little feed during the summer months, as they roam the fields in searc h of bugs.wnste I grain, ete. Turkeys eannot be overfed and are not considered heavy enters. During the cold winter months it is well to provide some sort of shelter though they seem to enjoy themselves much better by choosing their own roosting place. They should have vari- ' ous foods, such as all kinds of grain, j Turkeys usually lay fifteen or sixteen ; eegs to the litter and will lay five or i six litters in a season, provided the j eggs are taken from the nest each time. Many keep their turkey hens , Inking in this manner, setting the eggs j under chicken hens. When the laying ! season begins the hens sometimes hide their nests, usually In straw stalks. fence corners, brush heaps, etc. It! requires twenty-eight days of incubation to bring out young turkeys. Tliey should be fed nothing for about twenty-four hours. Flace thorn in a clean, roomy coon, feed for the first few weeks with bread soaked in milk. Cottage cheese in connection with the bread is excellent Oatmeal and cooked rice are also considered good. Food for young turkeys should be very slightly salted. After two or three weeks they must be left to run at large and fed on wheat screenings, corn meal, etc., and they will readily learn to practically hunt their own living. Keep young turkeys, if possible, in coops during the night and until the dew is off the grass in the morning. WprI and Hall* For Hour*. In feeding horses cotton seed meal it has been found impracticable to feed more than two pounds of cotton seed meal per day. per head, under the most favorable conditions for any continuous period. If more than this is attempted it results in a loss of appetite and au absolute refusal to eat cotton seed men!. In many cases it has been found necessary to start upon smaller amounts and gradually increase from, ? /*f ? vwtntwl o ,lov tr\ t1?*> amount indicated. During the spring season l>otli horses and mules are more likely to eat cotton seed hulls than at ether times. Probably you have noticed also that during early planting of cotton, mules will cat cotton seed which ordinarily they refuse. Just why this difference in taste exists, we have not been able to understand. Vn nnlfflpin imirmnt nf eottOIl SOCd hulls can be provided lu the ration of horses and mules with the expectation that it will be eaten with certainty. because individuality in the animal controls in this matter more than with other feed stuffs. Random Shots. Don't look for Maud Mullens. They have all moved to the city. Don't get gay with the country folk; they have got on to all the curves since Perry Heath boosted the rural mail delivery system. 4 If you are a gentleman you will never remind the lady of the troth she has plighted in the summer. Prepare yourself to hear "In the Good Old Summer Time" a thousand times. LIGHT ON HUMAN NATURE. Why Boys Do Not Alwaya Turn Out as Represented. Boys are' a good deal like the pups that fellows sell on street corners? they don't always turn out as represented. Ycu buy a likely setter pup and raise a spotted coach dog from it. and the promising son of an honest huteher is just as like as not to turn out a poet or a professor. I want to say in passing that I have no real prejudice against poets, but I believe that, if you're going to be a Milton, there's nothing like being a mute, inglorious one, as some fellow who was a little sore on the poetry business once put it. Of course, a packer who understands something about the versatility of cottonseed oil need never turn down orders for lard because the run of hogs is light, and a father who understands human nature can turn out an imitation parson from a boy whom the Lord intended to go on the board of trade. But on general principles it's best to give your cottonseed oil a Latin name and to market it on its merits, and to let your boy follow his bent, even if it leads him into the wheat pit.?From "Letters From a Self-made Merchant to His Son," by George Horace Lorimer. By permission of Small, Maynard & Co., Publishers, Boston, Mass. A Great Man Worsted. In an interesting case where Rufus Choate and Daniel Webster were both retained by a Boston shipping house. Mr. Choate examined the witnesses. He tad before him in the witness-box one of the ship-owners, whom he wished to confuse, and consequently be began by asking a long and complex question. George Francis Train, who tells ths story, says this question wound all round the case and straggled through every street in Boston. "You say," asserted Choate, "that you did so and so. that you went to such and such a place; after this you did so and so, and then thus and so." But the man was an Irishman of perfect nerve and unshaken coolness. Mr.. Choate went on colling up his question and tying knots in it; and when he had quite finished, the witness merely looked at him, and said, calmly: "Mr. Choate, will yez be afther repating that again." The bench and the spectators roar ed. Mr. Choate was worsted. Yet he won his case. 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