The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14

| ABOUT SIX lncneS apart as SOOn as Luey
are large enough to handle with the fin
gers. When six or seven inches high
transplant foot apart in the rows.
Short hay crops mean cheap cattle in
autumn. But the farmer who makes full
provision for keeping can buy and turn
his fodder to good account not only in
sales but in added value to the manure
pile.
In tests at the Ohio station there ap-
peared to be no relation whatever between
the weights of seed and the vitality, for
among the heavy and the light seeds
there were about equally good and poor
examinations.
Time intelligently given to bees will
pay equally we'll with that given to any
other kind of farm work; and whcre too
many are kept it may be done at such
times as not to interfere with other i'm
portant work.
When hoe becomes dull it retards
work because of the increased tax it i'm
poses on strength. Sharpen it by filing
to ch:sel edge. When sharp it works
much more effectively, especially when
there are weeds to be cut.
In selecting a sow for breeding choose
one that is quiet and mild in disposition.
She may be the one that will lay on fat
most easily, and it will therefore be nec-
essary to feed sparingly, but she will be
all the better as a breeder for this.
Corn and potatoes may often be top
dressed to advantage after planting, pro-
viding fine manure is used. The cult
vation of these crops during the season
will mix the manure with the soil much
more perfectly than it could be plowed
under.
One of the advantages from narrowing
corn is that man with smart team
will run over fifteen acres or more per
day. The smoothing harrow takes q
width of eleven feet, and as only scratch
ing the surface is desired no tapping is
needed.
A. u. Tuttle, of Baraboo, Wis, says he
traps moths by placing shallow pans OF
vinegar among the branches of the trees,
which attract the moths and drown
them. His method is contrary to the
rule that sweet substance should be used
for such purposes.
Fresh, cut-green grass makes the best
mulch for either currants or gooseberries.
It lies close to the ground and will keep
down weeds better than anything dry or
coarse like straw. Gooseberry bushes
need to be on moist ground and have
their roots kept cool as possible by
heavy mulching.
There is very little gained by turning
under crop of timothy as green manure.
Its roots do not run so deeply as those OF
clover, and the crop, even when used as
green manure, does not ameliorate the
subsoil. It is, besides, more valuable for
q hay crop for market than either clover
or any other grass.
The Uneven depth at which drills de-
post seeds on hillsides sometimes shows
curious reaults. The lower side of the
drill weighs down the tubes, and on mel.
low soil carries the seed three or four
inches deep. Going down hill has the
same effect. In going up hill the seed is
drilled shallower, and travelling in this
direction the grain always comes up
quicker and stronger. Altogether the
drill is not satisfactory implement for
seeding hillsides.
The experience of DR.. Hexamer is
greatly in favor of sawdust before any
other material as litter for pigs and sows,
particularly for those with very young
iitters. They will keep their nest en-
tirely clean and dry for long time. The
little pigs cannot hide themselves in it as
they will in straw, and thus the danger
of the sow lying on them and killing
them is removed, casualty which hap
pens very often, particularly with heed
less sows, which arc often the best
breeders.
The apple orchard should never be
cropped after it comes into bearing, for
nothing should prevent its being used as
a pasture for hogs in summer. The value
of fallen fruit for swine is considerable.
With this and the skim milk which every
farm should supply during the summer
hogs may be kept in growing condition
with very little grain. But the greatest
of all advanta ges from pasturing orchards
lies in the fact that by destroying fallen
fruit as quick as it drops, the worm which
causes the fall will be also destroyed.
Many farmers with the best of motives,
but usually mingled with a desire to
economize, seriously injure their teams
by turning them out to pasture during
the summer. If the horses are not hard
at work the heavy feeding kept up while
spring work was being done may be
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better order kept in the stable on dry
feed, with q small quantity of grain
daily. Horses need grain even more on
pasture than with hay, and are less likely
to getit. The green feed, if given alone,
sours and weakens them so as to entirely
unfit them for subsequent hard work.
A Jockeys Life.
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