The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-09-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Bono Food for Poultry.

cessful rearing of poultry. Laying fowls
need bone constantly, as it is largely
made up of material which enters into
the composition of eggs and shells, and
besides contains animal matter OF great
value to the fowls when freshly ground.
For old birds bone may be fed in the
form of Underground meal mixed with
soft food or coarselv ground into blts
the size of q kernel of corn, or smaller.
In the latter form the hardest fragments
perform a double purpose by assisting
the gizzard for a time with its grinding
operations. For this purpose, ground
OYSTER shells are also exceedining valu-
able, and the very hard and finty frag-
ments do good service from the time
they are eaten until fully digested:
Bone matter contains a great deal Of real
nutriment, and saves its value (when
bought st reasonable rates) in other
food. ....
The large fowls, Brahmas, Cochins,
etc., are subject to leg weakness, and
eyery breeder of the Asiatics knows
how this difficulty has often troubled his
best hocks, and puzzled his brain to
learn the cause, prevention and cure.
Wright states that bone dust Ozone
meai) is almost . sure prevention for the
difficulty, and should always be used as
q preventive. EH
But by far the most important use for
bone meal is one that interests alike all
who raise fowls for market, and on this
point Wright is very positive in his
statements. He performed careful ex.
periments to ascertain the exact facts,
and always with the same results.
From these experiments he learned that
all kinds of domestic poultry. and even
hogs and other tour.tooted stock, may
be made to grow to a larger size by the
use Of bone meal, and that the differ
ence is very material. The cause he e1-
plains thus: The bone supply must come
from those kinds offood largely made up
of bone making materials, and when fed
in considerable quantities, as when pure
raw bone meal is used, has the effect to
keep the bones of the fowl or animal in
a soft or growing condition longer than
without its use, and therefore to post
pone the period of-the bones setting or
becoming hard. After the bones are
hard the increase in size of the fowl may
be termed development; previous to
that it is actual growth.-Farm House.
keeper.
Farm Notes.
Horses hate solitude, and are made
savage by being kept alone.
Wooden covers should not be used for
crooks holding milk. They give the
cream a wooden taste.
In finishing up the cultivation of fields
leave the land as level as possible, as it
will facilitate the gathering Of the crops.
A teaspoonfulof ammonia to one quart
of water sprinkled every other day over
plants will cause lice to disappear, and
not iniure the plants.
When the first brood OF grubs from
the potato beetle have made their ap-
pearance, is the time to apply paris
green. Mix with plaster till it has a
greenish appearance.
Narrowing is the best way of culti-
waiting small corn, because the teeth 60
right through to ADMIT the air and to
enablethe soil TO absorb moisture, from
the air for the benefit of the rootlets OF
the corn.
Corn is excellent food for horses to
work on, but not for fast driving. AS
soon as ! horse gets used to eating corn
there is no danger OF its producing any
internal disarrangement. Three or four
ears of flint corn are all it should have
to begin a diet of this food.
Peaches require q warm, light soil. II
the people would take pains to raise
seeding peaches they would gradually
get q race of trees much harder than
those brought from O more southern
climate.
A few rubbing. posts set up in pastures
will save injury TO the fences. Cattle
will use these conveniences very often;
and it is worth all the trouble, says
an agricultural writer, to witness the
enjoyment of the animals in the use OF
them.
Fat makes hens lay. There is much
refuse fat from the kitchen that a be
turned to good account by feeding to the
hens. Everything that is not wanted
for cooking purposes, should be boiled
up with the vegetables for the fowls.
A correspondent of the Country Gen.
hen1an keeps his fowls out Of the garden
and raises winter food for them at the
same time-by planting a sunfower
hedge, seeds one or two inches apart.
Household Hints.
To TAKE BUST Our OF STEEL.
Cover the steel with sweet oil, well
rubbed in. In forty-eight hours, rub
with finely-powdered, unslacked lime
until the rust disappears
WASHING BLACK STocKINGs.-Wash
in a cool lather of plain white soap and
rain water, with o little ammonia mixed
in it. Keep from the air while drying,
by rolling in q cloth; do not wiring, but
press the moisture well out. EPSON salts
and water form a good rinse.
WASHING TIEs.-The best mode Of
washing gentlemen's neckties is to let
them soak q little, then wash with hot
soap and water, rinse in cold water
slightly blued, dry them, dip them once
more in cold water, starch, and wiring
them thoroughly; then iron.
To SELECT NUTMEGs.-Prick, them
with a pin. If they are good the OIL
will instantly spread around the pune
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