The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1869-11-12
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Georgia are dying of by Scores wisl, ,h
inurrain.
Gas i"r, mingled with wi,,ewasI, apple
to the interior o. aten-house, at III. rat,
Of one gill to pai:f"lI, it is said will d..
p"rse the lice.'
| Cattle disease has "pp""red -, Sln4ws
bury, Miss. The bronchial :ubrs of IN,
slaughtered animals were found tiIIe., " III
thread-!ike worms. = $780,
1t pays TO mako COW comfortable IN a
many respects AS possible. Every hou
she suffers FROM any cause, tho milk ac-
count suffers correspondingly.
Forty thousand beef cattlo, bound north
have crossed the Brazds river, at Waco
> TEXAS, the present season; four thousand
crossed in two successive days.
Farmers in Minneso,s are paying tw en-
'''f"ur per cent. interest for money to hol,
their wheat, not wishing to t..ke eighty OF
eighty five cents a bushei for it.
The farmer who a;ints his fields is as un
wise AMI mprovi'lent as he who sta,ves hi
working catlle--in both cases he is dinin
'-hng the ability Of Il faithful servent ,c b,
useful 10 him. :
! The Ohio Farmer estimates the oorr
Drop i'll N"lllern Ohio will 10, be ,nnir
! than one third HI average. with half II croI
of fodder. aud ,ha, the whole State will
cot yield more than half crop.
1t is sn excsI"n: plan L" t;-er Ia up nf
c"'anl"n chalk in the fev,lug trough con-
s'anlly, after the cal yes ars u.,nrh old
this will rect the acl.ii,y OF The stom,rl,
and have tendency TO keep 'l,. ~ j.. !.
healthy state. 80
A farmer residing in D.Wiu, C,",nn
county, raised -l2 TN heels of wI,-at ON six
a;"i ''n' -!'af ."''-' nf ground in 1868, a,,I
o" he slime ti"ld IN 1869 he rui>4, 200
bushels, or al average !" 3l4 bushels t.
t.:e acre ior each year.
company has been tn-me.l in New
York 1" bring fresh ,n-at to that market
tr"in Texas, TIC entire hold -, the YES :
sci - lined with non-c"nduc,ii,y frli an.l
hy chemical means IL cold below the !,rez
'us pc'a, will be lrp, up.
! Milton M-r,ifield, Of Providence. caught
fif'y-lwo rats III une nigh, by exchang:n.
II barrel of oats that had bern cit.n v.sitr
hy rats for one of water, covering the SUI
face wit. chnlf. The 'varmin,s" uusu,-
prcingty pitched in, and met walery
gr'vr. THIS is AN oil bu, excellent trap
where these animals are plenty.
A correspondent of the Dixie Farme,
gives report of the sex of the calv-.
raised on his dairy farm this yea,. The
bull used Was w" Wear oil Ail-rr.y.
The COWS we're Ct diiIc rnt gtasl..- Tw-n.
~ eight c"ws pro 'uced Is ,nnl.s s;n l., It..
male calves; l2 ''-ifers Brought u,nr ,n:;I ,
aud t. rec fen"t. Calves.
At The ~ e'ng a. the S.u ! S-i..uc:
A>s'c'ati"n. in Albany. New Y.,,k ,h- E,
i""H,y statement ~a- III H.. III Nv Y *
alone. $32 900 900 ,uri:, - "a. :, anu:,ai
~ Is cr'.snlnrl, l.-~;.ir- So 900 900 y i, !.
1T butter, v~:u-'i 1t S33 900 600 - QUO
600 pounds "f cheese. valued al 81! 600
oO0-a total Of $40 100000
Al Arab proverb concerning The l, .rs+
was; The first seven years for my yo:uy
brother. the next seven for myself, and ih.
last for my enemy" So far rs this recon
mends light usage during the youth Of .
horse i, is worthy: of acceptance, but the
period Of full strength and activity ia made
TOO short. if the horse is we'll cared fr.
The United States produced twenty. five
millions worth Of cheese, and hundfe<
millions of hute' last year.
A correspondent OF the Farmers CIut
warns prop'e against feeling The rhubart
plant 10 hogs; he lost several by doing It,.
All plants grow stronger aud ripen bet
Ter when the 'air circ"'at.s freely arou"
them. and the sun is not prevented from n,
! Immediate influence.
/ !! ia easy 10 equal any fancy bred Gov
with native as inilk.r. bn, if the daugl,
ter of the native is "a good a COW. i, is MI
accident, no, SO in thoroughbred stock.
| A writer in the C.un,ry Gen,I~na" re
commands fast ening cows tails to the inini
overhead in the barn where milking
done. by means Of H cord and hook '".d
of wire. -
/ Many English farmers feed no hay I,
'heir w"k horses, hut keep them in hig
working "r''.r with straw, r"o,s. and shorts
The equivalent OF 10. tons of hay can b
produced on QUE acre ip soo,a.
A writer in the American Stock JournH
says that cosi,vsness and its accop,anyin,
evil IRE he main cause of sows DESTROYING
their yoiIn0 and that rr.an ond o,hor ,,,o