The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-28

the roots than if cut at any other time
of year.
If corn is cultivated once week from
the time the blades first appear until the
tassel shows the chances for full crop
will be much grca.er than when cultiva-
ton waits for convenient season, allow
ing weeds to gain supremacy.
The Importance of lime as plant
food, to be supplied byits use as afertilizer,
may be perceived by the following fig
urcs: In twenty-five bushels of oats
there arc nine pounds of lime; in thirty
eight bushels of barely, nine pounds; in
two tons of clover hay, thirty-tive
pounds; in twenty-five tons of turnips,
l4O pounds; in $50 bushels of potatoes,
27O pounds.
Charcoal is appreciated by fowls OF all
kinds. The very best is found in charred
grain. Corn roasted like coffee and fed
once day. would no doubt pay for the
tronb,e in the increased product of eggs.
In fattening the process is much hastened
by its use, and we think the meat much
more palatable There are many cpl
clres who would will ll'nyly pay larger
price fer poultry fattened by the use OF
charred corn.
Rank-favored foods make rank-aa-
vored meat. Whatcvtr you give your
hogs-and they are expected to devour
all kinds of refuse-be sure it IS clean
and not putrid. The finishing of when
fattening. should be with the sweetest
and incest feed that is ever given to
hogs. Corn meal and the refuse OF the
dairy are good. Good, sweet, whole
some pork is the product of cleanliness
and sound, clean feed.
The tomato is almost the only garden
vegetable that succeeds better without
the richness of soil of the garden. Too
large growth of vine makes the fruit
later and more liable to rot. In field
culture the fertility sufficient to grow a
good crop of corn or potatoes is ample
for this crop. The yield is generally
mcre than that of potatoes on similar
soil, and the price averages higher, max
ing it profitable crop to grow.
Market gardeners and others who man
ure heavily find it pays to seed clover
frequently. Some of the excess of man
ure necessarily used is leached into the
sub-soil, and the clover roots better than
anv other reach this, and not only save
it from loss, but bring it in reach of other
crops that feed near the surface. Potash
and phosphate naturally sink in the soil,
and when it is cropped with only surface
feeding plants. these valuable fertilizers
are wasted.
The almost universal practice is to
make some sort of a hill about potato
plants. 1t at least saves the tubers from
becoming sunburnt, which makes them
worthless for cooking. The ht1ling
should be done before the tlbers have
set, as breaking the roots after this may
cause second crop to form, and neither
crop viii be of marketable size. Early
hilling also saves labor. After potato
vines bagin to fall down, the cultivator
cannot be got through them without COW
ering many leaves, which late in the
season seriously Injuries the crop.
Old beekeepcrs learn to handle bees
without fear, and more especially at
swarming time, when the bees are en-
gorged with honey. and not likely to
sting unless attacked. Thi avoidance of
fear is the best means of avoiding danger.
A tim:d, ner :ous person soon enrages
the bees by parryirg fanciet assaults,
while one who keeps cool soon learns
that the Thousands of bees buzzing
around him are not on hostile bentintent.
If o new, or at least clean, hive is offered
the bees, and the swarm shaken down in
front of the entrance, few swarms will
refuse their new home.
A pig will learn to drink milk as early
as will calf if from any cause it cannot
get a sufficient supplp from its dam.
Many sows have more pigs than they
hive teats, hence feeding one or more
becomes necessity. 1t will be best to
ED several times day, AMI only little
at time at first. If the SOW is confined
in the pen she should be literally fed
and with large proportion of skim milk.
When the pigs are two weeks old they
may be fed little milk in yard ad-
Joining the pen, where they can eat by
themselves. Throw few handfuls of
oats for the sow. The pigs will soon
learn from her to pick up the grains,
which will be excellent for making
strong, healthy growth, and the oats are
probably the best grain feed to make the
sow give an abundance of milk.