The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-04-17
FARM NOTES.

\ Elves OCCASION 1Or the inquiry lS there,
an over production Of that kind of fruitp
or In other words, have farmers been
setting too many apple trees for their
own goodP According to the present
state Of the market apples are OF little
value to farmers. Hundreds ofbushels
OF as line apples as ever grew are to-day
lying upon the ground rs they dropped
from the trees. We know of instances
where individuals were allowed to select
the best apples they could find In the
orchard for FIVE cents per, bushel. 1t
may be said that this year is an excep.
tlonal year. TO some extent othis is
true, and on the other hand it. is q con-
dltion that may be expected in the fu-
ture, because Of the many orchards Of
trees coming into bearing that have
been set within the past few years.
This condition has been anticipated by
some, and orchards of thrifty growing
trees just coming to their best years Of
bearing have been cut down within q
year or two. ,u
THE opening of the English market
gave promise Of some relief to farmers,
but that too seems to be fading away.
SO far as many farm products are con-
cerned, especially the perlshable kinds,
the demand must Of necessity govern
the production; and when there is
an over-production, the surplus above
the demand must 40, to waste. The
farmer isas deeply interested in many
OF the intricate questions OF political
economy as any other individual, and
when as q class farmers discover that
they can derive as much profit from
producing no more than there is an ac-
lar 1,4
t1on In some other direction providing
for some other demand. And so IL
apples are and are likely to be In excess,
we should say to the fraternity Of far
mers that more orchards will only In
crease the flood of this fruit.
THE fowl should always be bled
through the mouth. a clean cut with
a sharp pointed knife across the roof Of
the mouth just below and under the
eyes will do the business. A half-min-
ute Will be all sufficient to bleed, and
when the bird begins to struggle give 1t
smart blow on the back of the head
and begin the picking at once. A smart
picker will have the feathers nearly all
off before the bird ceases to move. The
ruling price In this vicinity is three
cents per head for dressing chicks and
five cents for ducks, and some pickers
make from So to $5 per day at these
prices. Ducks should be thrown into
Ice water as soon rs picked, and kept
there till marketed. They do not re-
quire to he drawn. The wing feathers
from the outside joint, with the head,
should be left on.
MRS. L. HARRISON, in the Indiana
Fn1>1lG1s QtSfnQ
apple blossoms is dark, but nne-navored; !;
-~tha%fGom the raspberry is light, but Of
a delicate flavor. '1W1!ute clover honey
light, with the comb 6oi,!cate;r that that
from linden CT Eastwood Is light brown
and rich in vegetable oil; golden rod
produces thick, golden-colored honey.
Each source apparently gives the honey
obtained from 1t some particular char
acteristic.
KEEP no Improbable COWS over win.
ter. The present is the time to call the
herd, If 1t has not been dono already.
Ten chances to one you are keeping one
or more cows that do not pay for. the
feed they eat. You can easily ascer-
tain which COWS are profitable for
cream. by setting little milk from each
cow III tumbler, or butter, in q cream
the thickness or the cream, and that
very marked, unless your cows are all
of the same breed, and even then the
difference IN the cream may be notice.
able e.
IF you have an old grape vine that
yields poorly and has been seen its best
days, cut it entirely off close to the
ground, manure heavily, and let 1t
throw up two new leaders, and the fol-
lowing year you will see that it is as
good as young vine.
a SUCCESSFUL dairyman in Illinois
says that lie is now feeding herd of over
lOO cows. and that none Of them get q
pound of hay. He Feeds altogether on
corn fodder, cut when IN blossom, then
bound and set up till cured. He har-
vests about seven tons Of this feed from
one acre, and maintains that it is far
preferable to hay or other rough food.
A WESTERN New York farmer who
buys sheep from the West to fatten In
the fall says he last year made u profit
when his neighbors made none by buy
ing split and colored beans, which he
red with corn, instead of an all-corn ra-
zion. He says two-ffth beans with corn
make the sheep thrive and fatten faster
than full rations of corn.
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KNOW a Pennsylvania farmer who
throws straw in his shed, sprinkies lime
over 1t, turns his stock on it, and. when
trampled we'll, he repeats the process.
In the spring he has many loads of good
manure. He claims that the lime helps
make the straw rot and keeps the in.
scots from.the crop, especially from root
crops. He also told me that lie has had
no scabby potatoes since he has used
lime with his manure.
SEE that there Is an abundance OF
crushed oyster shells, bone and charcoal
within reach OF the hens at all times,
for without these the soft shelled eggs
will soon appear, and with these Will
begin'the habit Of egg.eating which is
so annoying and provoking, SO difficult
TO check, and so destructive to the pro-
fits Of the business.
EVERY one who has fowls should pro.
Vide dust-Sox. Fine road dust, coal
oc1,n II