The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-25

than from last years seel.
House plants that have been planted
in the border need to be carefully watched
and supplied with water; otherwise in
dry time they will suffer far sooner than
plants with their root uncon!ined. AS
these make their growth they will also
need some care in pinching and training
with reference to their future forms.
There are many dairy farms that can
be provided with water power for churn-
ing at small cost by constructing reser-
vo:rs where the elevation is great enough
to make small stream serve by pressure.
A spring may keep the reservoir supplied,
or if there is no spring above, water
shed of few ares will serve the pur-
pose
1t is stated that if an outside leaf of
cabbage plant Which is infested with
green worms is broken off and placed
fiat over the top of such plant in the
afternoon nearly all the worms in the
cabbage will be found next morning C IN
gregated on the leaf, and can easily be
removed and destroyed. A valuable
remedy if true.
There is gain to be found in lifting
not plants in July instead of September.
Take, for example, such free e-growing
kinds as geran:ums, coleus, heliotrope,
abltilons, salvias and the like, that may
be wanted for fall decorations or for fall
flower shows, and they can be gotten up
in much better shape if potted now than
if taken two or three months later.
Professor Kedzie say that yellows in
peaches may be cured BY digging shall
low trench around the tree and filling it
with boiling water. A heavy dose of
potash will have the same effect. Filling
the trench with ashes and pouring boiling
water on them issaid to effect cure also.
All these remedies are based upon the
su position that roo fungus causes the
diseases.
In sowing mixed grasses for hay refer
enc. must be had to their periods of ripen-
ing; they must be ready for the mower at
the same time. Red clover and orchard
grass do we'll together in this respect.
Tall meadow oat grass also ripens at the
some tine as the above and may be ad-
vantagaou,l ,ly added to them. Timothy
and herds, or r"dtops, ripcA later and
would not fit we'll into the combination.
One squash vine, if certain not to be
destroyed, is enough for single hill. II
more than two or three are planted
together they will crowd SO that none
will Weld much fruit. This necessity
fo- an abundant supply of food is the
reason why chance vines often yield so
enormously. Vines thus coming up in
a rich place have the field all to them
selves. and the result shows that they
occupy it fully.
If clover has been cut early enough the
second growth will start rapidly without
manure. If it has been left until in full
bosom, or the heads just turning. the
aftermath will be small whatever is done.
Sowing gypsum or land plaster is help
full, as it will retain moisture on the
leaves. Coarse manure should not be
used unless with the intention of leaving
all after growth to lie on the ground for
manure. 1t will smother the clover so
as to partly offset whatever good it may
do. 1t is surprising how thin covering
over clover plant will suffice to smother
it. Even the scattering hay is injurious,
and for this reason should be raked up
and removed, more to get it where it
will not hurt the clover than for the
value of the hay.
Horses. especially those hard at work,
suffer more from overfeedlng than from
almost any other cause. They may not
eat too much, in fact, overfeeding is
often cause for a horse not eating
enough. It is much easier to put too
much hay or grain before horse and let
him eat what he VIII and muss and soil
the remainder, than it is to give just the
right amount and see that all is eaten
clcanly. No animal is more delicate In
its food than horse. If the manger is
half filled with some hay or other feed
the odor from this takes away his appe-
tite for what is freshly placed before
him. Disregard for this fact is one
reason why horses often grow poor on
cut feed moistcned and fed to them in
warm weather. 1t sours very quickly at
this season, and very little left in the
feed box will soon destroy horses ap-
petite.