The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-09-18
Farm and Garden Notes.

| AS soon as cnrrant worms appear
powder the plants carefully with
white hellebore.
| 1t is poor economy not to keep
buildings we'll painted. for the
moisture that paint would stop soon
causes rotten boards and timbers.
Small chickens should never be
kept or fed with old ones. They
are apt to be injured. Have two
or three yards and separate them
according to size and strength.
The free use of clover seed and
keeping of farm stock enables far.
mers to maintain land in good condi.
ton for ordinary groupings without
purchasing commercial manures.
Root crops should be early gone
over, thinning them out where stand
ing too close, and setting in some
OF the spare plants were vacancies
occur. This should be done in a
moist time if possible.
Small fruit culture will always be
most successful on the intense plan.
Plant only small area at a time
and give that the best culture posi-.
BILE. Better raise 800 bushels on
one acre than that amount on five
or six.
Apple trees should not be trim
med TO a crotch with two or more
limbs. Itis all fright while the trees
are young, but when apple trees
begin to bear the crotch split and
the tree is ruined. Train oneleader
up straight, and the branches from
this will be less likely to break cf
when loaded. 81
10 give. a horse medicine take a
long necked bottle, raise the horses
head, thrust the bottle into his mouth
and while the liquid is running into
the throat ~ rub the nose
Of the bottle vigorously against tho
roof Of the mouth, pretty we'll back.
This done, most horses will swallow
nicely.
Whenever rhubua:d throws out q
great many leaves and the stalks
are small and worthless the roots
should be cug up and transplanted,
dividing them, so that only one
thrifty bud is left to each piece of
root. This should be done early in
the spring as soon as the newly
formed buds are ready to push
through the soil.
Keeping down the weeds will not
be the only gain TO come from
thorough hoeing. By having IL
layer Of finely pulverized soil at tho
surface, evaporation of moisture will
be prevented during the day, while
absorption will 60 on through the
night. After every heavy rain tho
soil Of the garden should he gone
over with hoe or rake to prevent
crusting.
A writer in Gardening Illustrated
says that one of the simplest and
best methods for destroying moss
on lawns, is an occasional dressing
of freshly slaked lime. Mixed with
small quantity of SCOT, its white
ness will not become conspicuous
and offensive. Both should be sifted
through fine sieve. 1t is applied
just before rainfalls in autumn, win
ter or spring.
There is no way to increase
fertility more cheap'y than BY SOW
ing clover and grass seed. Run
down farms will usually be found
to have suffered from neglect of
sufficient seeding. 1t is by growing
something and theu letting it decay
on she soil that nature restores
fertility in waste places. In grasa
land the crop cannot be entirely
removed, as the sod constitutes q
large part Of the growth and the
part most important as fertilizer.
1t is impossible to SOW beets so
tl,at they will not need thinning.
This, however, il little loss if the
work is done in time. Yonng beets
make excellent greens for lhe table.
nsing leaves and roois. Later On
they make the best Of feed for sows
with pig. They are just as good +"
make an abundant fpw o. milk in