The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-04-14
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Farming and Seeding.

fore the seed is sown. Often the ground
is too wet when plowed; if 80, it settles
down almost as compactly as though it
had lain all winter. The air, with its
iife-giving elements, but imperfectly
enters it; the fertilizing rains of the
season are washed off from the surface
after the soil thoroughly settles, and do
not percoIate through it to leave the
and which are just needed to produce
strong and healthy vegetation of the
seed.
There is no doubt but ground freshly
worked is better adapted to the vegeta-
tion of seeds than where it has lain
some time after working and has settled
We have all seen that weeds spring up
much more rapidly where the ground is
freshly plowed, than when plowed late
in the fall or winter, and more readily
still when it is finely pulverized by the
harrow when the ground is warm. We
have seen again, that when part of the
same land was plowed before heavy
rains early in the season. and another
part much later when the ground was
warm, the weeds started first where the
ground was turned and narrowed last.
The inference is, just what practice has
demonstrated, that the sooner seed is
deposited after the ground has been
freshly prepared, the greater the pro,
portion of seed that will come up, and
the stronger and more rapid the growth
of the plant. Ifground is plowed early
so as to become settled before seeding
time it should be loosened up with a
plow or harrow before the seed is
put in.
Another mistake is, putting in tender
seeds too early in the season. We must
not put in all seeds at the same time: if
we do, we may blame the seed or the
scotsman when we alone are in fault.
Spring wheat, oats and spring rye
among cereals, will bear early planting;
potatoes, onions, peas, beets, etc.,
among vegetables. The proper time for
sowing various seeds is matter that
demands the careful attention Of the
gardener and the farmer as well. We can
only suggest general rules by which our
widely scattered readers can have some
landmarks, for few seeds. They must
Judge for themselves of the others. AS
to the hardy kind above named, also
clover and grass seeds, carrots, celery.
cabbage, lettuce, parsnips, spinach and
radishes, they may be planted any time
when the frost is out of the ground and
the soil is in good condition. But the
seeds of the tender kinds of plants, such
as corn, beans, melons, etc., oughtnever
to be put in the ground until the season
is 80 far advanced that the soil becomes
warm. This is indicated pretty gene
rally BY the progress of the buds and
blossoms ofthe forest trees of the locality.
They rarely make mistake.
The old Indian rule of planting corn
when the whiteoak leaves are as large as
q squirrels foot, is perfectly safe one,
for corn not only, but for beans, pump
k;ns, melons, cucumbers and squashes.
When the dogwood blossoms appear it
is also safe to plant any of these seeds.
To cultivate a field or garden where
the weeds are troublesome, it is an ex-
cellent plan to plow early enough to al
low the weeds to start, and then harrow
frequently until the season arrives for
putting in the seed. Thousands of weeds
will thus be destroyed and the ground
be made richer aud more productive by
every narrowing. And by the way, the
Importance of stirring the soil and keep
ing it finely puiverized as means of en-
riching it, by making it an absorbent of
the fertilizing elements of the air, IRE
not sufficiently appreciated by farmers
generally.-Ractical Farmer.
Health Hints.
Miss Corson, the culinary expert,
says: Both poultry and game are less
nutritious than meat, but they are more
digestible, and consequently are better
food than meat for people of weak
digestive organs and sedentary habits.
They are both excellent for persons who
think or write much.
There can be no greater mistake than
to imagine that all children develop at
the same rate during the corresponding
years of their existence. In group or
class of children each of whom is eleven
years old. there will be many shades of
different development-some people
would say US many shades of difference
as there are individuals. 1t follows,
therefore, that the drawing of hard
and fast line as to acquisitions appro-
pirate to any special year OF child's lite
is mistake both from an educational
and q medical point of view.
If a fshbone or a portion of food
sticks in the throat and threatens to
produce suffocation, first give smart
blow between the shoulders. This will
most likely dislodge the substance. If
the patient can make any attempt to
swallow, put large lump of butter in
his mouth. This will help the offend
ing substance to pass down the throat
more easily. If he cannot swallow, put
the finger as far down the throat as
possible and endeavor to pull the bone
or meat out, ur tickle the throat to pro-
duce immediate vomiting. Unless there
Is prompt action, life may be lost
If we add pint of pure water to q
pint of impure water, we dilute the i'm
pure water and it is made that much
the more pure. If we add dozen pints
of pure water to it, we dilute it still
more, and bring it nearer purity yet;
but if we add a certain number more,
instead of the impurity becoming
diluted, it is absolutely destroyed, and
DR.. Letherby, of London, says that the
water is perfectly pure. 1t is the same
way with impure air. A certain guam
tity of air added to it dilutes the bad
air and makes it less noxious, while If a
certain quantity more is added, the i'm
purity of the air is. destroyed, as is the
case with impure water. ANY person
can Judge of this from the good effect OF
much pure air upon bad air.
Rutt.r Making Berins at tho Stable.
The best butter-maker in the world
will full to get first quality butter II the
COWS are MIXED in dirty stabl:.. 1t ls
not long ago that New Jersey farmer
asked me how he could best market his
butter, which he said Was exceedingly
good. He enlarged upon his high grade
Alderneys and the quality of his pasture
and water. Afterward l went out to see
cow I wanted to buy, and he sat down
at milking-time to let me judge OF her
flow. | certainly never saw dlrtler
pail of milk. Specks of dirt, dust,
dandruff, hairs, ETC., peppered the top,
and swashed about on the bottom as
the pail was emptied. He got only
eighteen or twenty cents for his butter,
and I think it was worth no more.
UOeS not Tile Hull N'tSol 0ho ai'h' VIZ
cream and the butter? Most assuredly
it does. This is only obvious filth; the
invisible and more potent volatile eX-
halations from the manure and the
urine-saturated floors, and all the NAL
odorous surroundings of most cow
stables, usually have a still! greater in
luence. When milk is once contamln,
ated. nothing can be done which will
entirely do away with the effect. Part
of the evil may be removed by thorough
airing of the milk as it is cooled before