The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-01
Farm and Garden Notes.

Tobacco smoke kills the green fly;
water the red spider.
You should never have strong smell
ing stable, at least where COWS are kept.
The weeds should not be allowed to
grow too large before they are attacked
and rooted out.
Those who planted poor seed, because
it was cheap, have little to say to their
neighbors now.
A pail of milk must not be left min
ute in strong smelling stable. If it is
it will be permanently tainted.
As rule, the average farmer will
usually find that the 'all purpose" ami
NAL will prove to him the most profit.
able.
10 not waste time with poor calf.
A good calf costs no more to raise than
a poor one; it is certainly worth much
more.
Burning the vegetable cover of soil,
and eating it off bare by cattle, are prime
means of destroying the fertility of a
piece of land.
Before putting on the surplus boxes it
is not necessary to clean all the honey
and wax from the sides, as the bees will
remove any that interferes.
You cannot take common mare and
breed to thoroughbred horse, and Sc
cure in the offspring all the desirable
qualities of better-blooded animal.
Go slow on new forage plants; old
king corn is good friend to the farmer;
use him freely as forage and fodder
plant; cultivate thoroughly, harvest care.
fully and he will give you good returns.
In hot days the bees sometimes come
out and hang in cluster the size of a
mans hand. This is probably 10 secure
relief from the heat of the sun on the
hive. when not shaded. 1t is we'll to have
the hives shaded.
Sponging off the leaves of India rub
Der plants, drac tnas, palms, callas, in
fact of all plants, but especially those of
large leaves, should be done once week,
using tepid water. Thus moisteuing the
foliage not only benefits the health of
the plants, but keeps them free from
accumulated dust.
When you stack your hay have poles
and good lot of straw or old hay, or
both, for bottom, 80 that every forlful
you put into the stack will come out
good next winter. Be SUE about the
topping out also. Cover we'll with fresh
slough grass, after the stack is we'll fin
ished and settled.
Look 70 your grape vines and thin out
by cutting off-infirm punches. Less
clusters and better ones will pay for home
use or market. Less fruit and better
should be every ones motto. 1t is the
trash which should 60 to the pigs or
COWS, that depresses prices, increases
labor, and diminishes profits. Aim for
quality before quantity.
To mark tools, first cover the article to
be marked with q thin coating of tallow
or beeswax; then with sharp instru-
ment write the name in the tallow. Clear
with feather; fill the place written, the
letters, with nitric acid; let it remain
from one to ten minutes, then dip in
water and rub off, and the marks will be
etched into the steel or iron.
To make hens lay, says an exchange,
put two or more quarts of water in a
kettle and one large seed pepper or two
small ones; then put the kettle over the
fire. When the water boils stir in coarse
Indian meal until you have thick mush.
Let it cook an hour or so; feed hot.
Horseradish may be chopped fine and
stirred into the mush as prepared in the
above directions.
One of the principal causes of heaves
in horses is the feeding of dusty or dirty
hay. Ordinary clean hay can always be
fed with safety if cut up. moistened, and
mixed with ground grain; but to feed
the musty or dirty sorts is very injurious.
Clover, owing to it's liability to crumble,
often gets dirty, even after storage, and
should never be fed without being pre-
viously moistened.
Grass is at its best when it is in the
! first stage of blossoming, and before tho
flower appears. Reproduction is an ex-
haustive process, and the formation OF
| the pollen is the most exhaustive part of
this process. Besides, the pollen is in.
furious to the hay, causing it to be dusty
and to irrirate the breathing apparatus.
Hence grass for hay should be cut before
the pollen is formed, which is soon after
the spike or panicle appears. 1t then
contains the most nutriment.