The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-04-14
Facts for FarmerS.

ought 10 know.
1t is an error to plant seeds from state
further south. In a cold season only the
seed ola colder climate will ripen we'll.
Often breaking up surface keeps soil
in health; for when it lies in hard, bound
state, enriching showers run of, and the
salubrious air cannot enter.
Weeds exhaust the strength of the
ground, and if suffered to grow, may be
called garden sins.
The hand and the hoe are the instruments
for eradicaling weeds, yet if there is room
between the rows for the spade it is we'll to
use it.
Never keep your cattle short; few farmers
can afford it, If you starve them, they will
starve you.
1t will not do to hoe a great field for a
little crop, as to NOW twenty acres for five
loads of hay. Enrich the land and it will
pay you for it. Better farm SO acres we'll,
than SO acres by halves.
Drive your business before you, and it
will 60 easily.
Cut bushes that you wish to destroy in the
summer and with a sharp instrument
they will bleed freely and die.
Sow clover deep; it secures it against
the drought.
Never plow in bad weather, or when the
ground is very wet
1t is better to Gu. grain just before it is
fully or dead ripe. When the straw imme-
diateIy below the grain is so dry that on
twisting it no juice is expressed, it should
be cut, for then there is no further circuia-
ton Of juices to the ear Every hour that
it stands uncut after this stage is attended
with loss.
When an implement is no longer want.
ed for the season, lay it carefully aside, but
first let it be we'll cleaned.
Obtain good seed. prepare your ground
we'll, sow early, and pay very little atten-
ton to the moon.
Do not begin farming by building an ex-
tensive house, nor 4 spacious barn, till you
have something to store in it.
Avoid a low and damp site Of a dwelling
honse. Build sufficiently distant from your
barn and stock-yard to avoid accidents by
fire.
Keep notes of all remarkable events on
your farm. Recording even your errors
will be of benefit
Good fences make good neighbors.
Experiments are highly commendable,
but do not become an habitual experiment
ter.
The depredations of birds are fully com:
pensa;ed by the services they render in
preying upon insects.
One animal we'll fed is of more value
than two poorly kept.
The better animals can be fed, and the
more comfortablethey can be kept, the more
profitable they are; and all farmers work
for profit.
Ground once we'll plowed is better than
thrice poorly.
Bountiful crops are more profitable than
poor ones. Make the soil rich, pulverize it
well and keep it clean, and it generally will
be productive.
Weeds that grow unmolested around
the fences, stumps and stones, scatter their
seeds over the farm, and they are likely to
grow.
Cows we'll fed in winter give more milk
in summer.
What ought to be done to-day, do it, for
Tomorrow it may rain.
A strong horse will work all day without
food, but keep him at It and he will not last
long.
A rich soil will produce good crops with
out manure, but keep at it and it will tire.
Farmers sons had better learn TO mold
the plow and feed the pigs, than measure
tape and count buttons.
Young ladies who have the good fortune
to become farmers wives, will find it more
profitable to know how to make Johnny
cake, butter and cheese, than to play the
piano.
All. who wish to be rich, must spend less
than they earn.
b Tending Cattle.
Water your cattle in the yard, by all
means, if you would not loose half their
manure. He who lets his cattle run at
large through the winter, and runs in debt
IN the spring for guano, poudrette, saltpetre,
and lime, toenrich his farm, may need
guardian within n year, if prices continue
as low as they now are.
# Many farmers suffer their cattle to 20 to
9 distant brook 70 find, water through the
winter when a bucket or pump would
yield enough IN the ward warmer and hetter