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W -\ 5p®« * assfe “V. _*."x^fc ‘S ~ a ,r St-i jU |Ss? 15 • Mr’-<---i CU &m88 ’w: ■ -r /, o n ~*f-» ■ • . «i. JldfeSSa *7? r rN YOL. IV. Cjje Soutjjcrn ^gruulturist IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT Savannah and Augusta, Ga. By W. 0 . Maomukpuy Sc Co. At the Low Price of 25 CENTS PEN Rates of Advertising* | UJ SQUARL Month.. 1 X (SI m a o X rCj CO <S £3 © a r-3 CO C d o fJ X a <N r-t a o 1 $3 00 5 50 7 50 15 00 25 00 2 6 00 11 00 15 00 25 00 45 00 3 9 00 1G 50 22 50 40 00 ‘70 00 6 15 00 25 00 40 00 75 00 135 00 12 25 00 50 00 75 00 140 00 200 00 41E0. P. ROWELL & €0., 40 Park Row, New York, ■ AND g. M. PETTENOILL & CO., 37 Park Row, New York, A^ricnltn Aro the solo agents for tho Southern j.iKt, in that, city, amt aro authorized to contract for inserting advertisements for us at our lowest cash rates. Advertisers in that city are requested to leave their favors with either of the above houses.' Composting Soiglium Ba¬ gasse. Below wc give tho experience of the talented D. D. T. Moore, Ksq., of the Rural New Yorker, in use of the article named in caption ; ‘ We have made good manure from sorghum bagasse by laying a thick layer of muck (or even loam will an¬ swer, hut muck or leaves is best) over the space upon which the compost is to be piled, then a layer of bagasse, then add quicklime in quantity suffi¬ cient to incorporate the bagasse thor¬ oughly with it, then a thick layer of muck, and so alternating muck, ba¬ gasse and lime, covering the whole with muck, decayed wood, chip ma¬ nure, or even clayey loam. In about lour weeks pitch it over, beginning at It one side and mixing it thoroughly. AUGUST, 1H7 will quickly decompose and make ex¬ cellent manure. The muck will ab¬ sorb the gases which escape from the decomposing bagasse, (he decomposi¬ tion being hastened by the quicklime. This answers the question of our Augusta, Ga., correspondent.” From the Roek lUvor Farmer. The Diseases of Fowls with their Symptoms and Treat¬ ments. I may here state that when you see a fowl beginning to droop, so as to exhibit a deficiency of appetite, it is better at once to devote it to table use. If it bo a valuable fowl, we must make an attempt to save it. The most common diseases to which fowls art' liable, aro Moulting, Pip, Inflamma¬ tion, Asthma, Diarrhoea, Indigestion, Fever, Consumption, Gout, Corns, and Costiveness. The first, moulting, as being a natural process of annual occurrence, can scarcely l>c called a disease; yet it must be treated as if it were really one, from the effects which it produces. It is most dan¬ gerous in young chickens. With adult birds, warmth and shelter are usually all that is required, united stimulating with a diet of a somewhat extra, and nutritious character. In a state of nature moulting occurs to wild birds when their food is most plenti¬ ful, hence nature herself points out that the fowl should, during that pc riod, be furnished with an extra sup¬ ply of food. After the third year the period of moulting becomes later and later, until it will sometimes happen in Jauuary or February; of course, when this occurs, every care as to warmth should be given; the use of cayenne pepper alone administering two or three grains made into a pill with bread, will generally suffice.— The feathers will at limes drop off fowls, when not moulting, to a very considerable extent, rendering them often nearly naked. This is a disor¬ der similar to the mango in many other animals, and the same sort of treatment, viz : Alteratives, such as sulphur and nitre in the proportions of one-quarter each, mixed with fresh blitter, a change of diet, cleanliness, and fresh air in addition to this, will generally bo found sufficient to effect the cure; be careful not to confound this affection with moulting. The dis¬ tinction is that in the latter case the feathers aru replaced by new ones as fast as they are cast, in the former this is not so, and the fowl becomes bald. Pip—To this disease young fowls arc peculiarly liable, and that, too, chiefly in hot weather. The symptoms are a thickening of the membrane of the tongue, especially toward the tip.— This speedily becomes an obstruction of sufficient magnitude to impede the breathing; this produces gasping for breath, and at this stage the beak will often be held open. The plumage be¬ comes rutiled and neglected, especial¬ ly about the head and neck. The up petite gradually goes, and the bird shows its distress hy pining, moping, and seeking solitude and darkness. The cause of this disease is want of clean water and from feeding too much upon hot exciting lood. As a cure, you may remove the thickened membranes, or apply a little borax dissolved in tincture of myrrh, by meaus of a camel-hair pencil, two or tinOti times a day, or prick the scale with a needle and give interrally a pill about the size of a marble, com¬ posed of equal parts of scraped garlic and horse radish, with as much cay¬ enne pepper as will outweigh a grain of wheat; mix this with Iresh butter, and give it every morning, keeping the fowl warm and well supplied with freshwater; preserve it from molesta¬ tion by keeping it by itself, and you will generally find it will get well, if you have taken the disease in time. W. W. Richards »n\ Feeding Fowls. Don’t keep food always by your poultry, because, if laying fowls, they are made too fat, and if fattening ones, not, fat enough. To fatten poul¬ try, feed three times in twenty-four hours all they will eat, and remove all they leave, and they will eat more than when closed aud disgusted by the constant presence of food. To keep layers in proper condition, feed twice or thrice daily a regular ration, but not as much as they will eat Some say feed as long as they will run for No. 11 what you throw to them and eat greedily, but that is not right; for they will get too fat, unless they are laying freely. Th*'y will show eager¬ swal¬ ness about as long as they can low, and will scramble for what you give them until in their rivalry they stuff aud cram themselves week after week, and become a ma-s of fat, and act they will still act at feeding time as if they wore half starved. Feed your regular laying stock moderately, and be governed by their state of tlesh rather than by llnir greed, fake a few fowls from the pere.it^at night occa¬ sionally to !«*>t their weight, ami a little practice will enable y«*Ai to quickly* decide on the condition *<f the flock. Increase the ratio as the yield of eggs inereakos, and s > lung as the laying keeps pace with the diet you may give rich and stimulating feed in any quantity. Feed the' s* h et breed¬ ing stock more sparingly than the rest of the layers, so as to give only a moderate yield of eggs lor hatching purposes, tor if you promote great prulificness in the parents the result will be weakness in the progeny.— Chickens, during the period of their rapid growth, shornd be fed very olten, with a variety, and all they will eat. While they are growing, there is no danger ol overfeeding if they aro fed frequently and allowed perfect freedom.— Amer. A<jt ieulturixf. For a Bruise or Wow —Apply hot water a long time with wet cloths. Beef brine is an excellent 1 4 ion for both sprains and bruises. A veteran among horses claims that it will almost set a joint or heal a fracture. Wormwood or tansy lotions an; also good. Read //-Made Glue. —A god arti¬ cle ol gropared glue, so useful to have about every house,maybe in ide with Gum Arabic dissolved in strong vine¬ gar. It will keep in g>,d conditiou a lung time. Common glue dissolved iu the same way will keep from fer¬ mentation several weeks. A Lit of glue, dissolved in skim ned milk, will restore crape. Strong ley put in hard water will make it ms soft as rain water