The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-02

Horses will go eight and probably ten
hours without food if properly fed at
evening and morning. They should
have water more frequently, but never
when hot.
A solution of boracic acid is excellent
for fowls affected with sore head or ewes.
1t should be applied warm, using u soft
sponge and marking the head, eyes and
~nostri!s we'll with it.
1t is the same with IN animal as with
a steam boilcr-thcm more complete the
combustion Of the food Of fuel it gets the
more satisfactory will be the result, be-
cause there is less waste.
Do not overfeed tho young pigs. Let
them make all the growth possible, but
do not attempt to make them fat. Fat
in summer should be avoided. A good
moderate condition is b.st.
Have you any occasion to dig up any
sods along the roads de, under the fences
Or in any part of the gardena Save them.
Spread Il layer of sods and sprinkle on it
II light dressing of potash (ashed) and
bone, then another layer of sods, then
ashes and bones, &c., until the heap is
completed. This will give you a per-
feet soil for flower pots.
If your hogs lack material to build up
their bony and muscular tissues, suppose
you try an experiment and feed them
lime, powdered bones, grass and oats for
muscle. When you feed, see that every
hog is present at roll call, and always
seek the absent one, as there is generally
something wrong with him, and that is
the one to watch.
1t is we'll understood by farmers that
there is a joint worm that attacks barley
and often makes a light weight. It is
similar, to, but distinct from a Joint
worm that attacks wheat. It is believed,
however, that the barley joint worm
also, under some circumstances, attacks
the winter grain, and hence is suggested
a caution against preceding wheat, with
barley, which is quite common with the
winter wheat growing localities.
Success in Horticulture depends vastly
more on the care bestowed on tho plants
than on a large amount of money ex-
pended. Yet, for all this, many people
will yearly spend a great deal of money
on high-priced and rare plants, aftcrward
giving them no attention. A bed Of
%geraniums, petunias, l~antanas and other
easily grown plants, if we'll cared for,
will be moro satisfactory than rare plants
which require the care and attention of
an expert gardener.
The time to pick duck feathers, like
fruit, is when they are ripe. This may
be learned by catching two or three and
pulling a few feathers here and there. If
they pull hard and the quilts are filed
with a bloody fluid, they are not ripe;
but if they pull easy and the quilts are
clear, you may know that it is the chest
time to pick" Ducks may be picked
four times a year. Never pluck the long
tufts of coarse feathers on the sides that
support the wings.
When conditions are just right, onions
will yield moro bushels per acre than the
highest yield reported of potatoes. The
rows are closertogether than potatoes can
be, and though they will not grow one
above the other as potatoes will, the en-
tire surface OF the ground in the rows
will be cov.red with many of the onions
partially overlapping each other. In
narrow rows little of the surface of the
soil will be bare, and 1000 bushels have
been grown on a single acre.