The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-08
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Remove the seeds before feeding pump
klns to cattle.
The safe way to get good mich COWS
is to raise them.
Dampness is great producer of dis
ease among poultry.
Water cattle frequently or let them
hare free access to it.
Currycomb and brush are good for the
cow, as we'll as the horse.
Put all farm machinery and tools into
frst.rate order during leisure hours this
winter.
Recent tests appear to confirm the
theory that planting whole potatoes is
followed by the largest crops.
According to Professor E. W. Stewart,
apple-poma may be considered very
similar to corn ensilage as food.
Professor Shelton finds that cattle,
when accustomed to kohl rabi, eat them
grcedily and thrive amazingly on the
diet.
lIang up cabbages in the hen house,
hang up hazletts now and then, and hens
will not eat each others feathers, attlrms
Ru,ul Ne o Yorker.
When breaking in young colts put
them beside fast walking horses. The
first few lessons will make lasting i'm
preston on them.
1t may be accepted as truism that if
a man keeps his little glrden and its sur
roundings neat. trim and fruitful, he is a
steady, industrious and useful member Of
the community to which he belongs
Winter pears frequently shrivel and
become woody and do not rlpen nicely.
They should nc kept in cool and most
atmosphere until they begin to soften, and
then ripened up in dryer and warmer
place.
Do not keep different breeds of sheep
together. The conditions best suited TO
some ara not the best for others, and
when mixed the result will be that all
will come short of their highest possible
results.
Turkeys fatten best when fed three
times day, allowing them al the corn
they can eat If penned in coops they
become discontented and vii not thrive
or fatten, no matter how much food they
may receive.
When the farmer begins to estimate the
value of sheep from the standpoints Of
meat, fertility and general advantage to
the farm, lie will not allow the market
price of wool to determine whether or
no; he will raise them.
The grand requisite of success, with
out which the celcbia' ed bwe lers would
be little distinguished above their n Ugh
boring farme s, is feeding. 1t is food
and management that makes beautiful
specimen OF any strain of, blood.
! Ducks usually beg to lay in February
and until that time they may be kept at
but little expense. Cooked turnips,
/ with n small amount of corn meal, make
! good feed for them. After they begin
: to lay they should have proportion of
animal food.
N. F. Murray, of Missouri, is an ad-
vocatc of thorough and continuous lii
vation in apple orchards. He does not
fear any harm from breaking the roots
with the plough. but finds on the con-
trary that the fruitfuncss of the trees is
increased thereby.
The weighing Of the milk, testing of
the cows, and knowing to dollar what
one is doirg, is gre,t help to the dairy
farmer. II enables him to get rid of
poor mixers and replace tncm with
good ones and the latt + cost no more
to keep or handle than the former.
When cow is choked with an apple the
: best thing to do is to hold a ock Of
wood on one side of the Gullct and
strike with mallet on the other
smart blow 20 crush the appe. This is
better than trying to force it down or to
lose the COW. The throat is not seriously
hurt.
: The fact that hyacinths and bulbs of
similar class reach such high perfection
in Holland, q land constantly swept by
moist sea brceIes, and we'll waite ed,
should teach us that free moisture in the
atmosphere and in the soil with drain
age, arc pr me factors to the best culti-
! vatioR OF these iavorltes.
! The various begonias of the Towering
class, not embracing the tubcrous rooted
section, are among the most satisfactory
house plant, that can be employed for
winter cultivation. Indeed, it is but
justice TO say that they often succeed
under conditions 81 unfavorab:c that irw
other plants amount to much alongside
Of them.
There is no benefit in keeping too
much stock. Runs, s:untcd animals, nr
tho" that seem to CT all they Can get
without gaining N size, should b. 80,
rid OF. Many loses o"cur f IN keeping
unprofitablc stock on hand too long.
! An animal that does not show the eiTe,:ts
Of good treatment in few weeks will
be no better in as many months.
1t is said that the following prerara
ton appl ed on the surface will prevent
any rns,ing on plows or any other mc'H!
surfaces: Melt one ounce OF resin in gifl
OF linsecd oil and when hot mix with twt
quarts of kerosene oil. This can be
kept on hnLd and applied in moment
with brush or rag to the metal sutaY
of any tool that is not going 10 be used
for few days, preventing any rust, and
saving mu:h ycxation when the timt