The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-03
Farm ard Garden Notes.

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London purple for plum curculio.
! Plant your shade trees far enough
apart.
! Keep water in the yard where COWS
arc kept over night.
: Set hyacinths in about half sand and
keep them dry over winter.
Digging out with knife or wire is still
the standby remedy for the borer in
trees.
J. Fl. Hale recommends washing with
strong soapsuds to keep down moss on
pear trees.
No remedy for curculio has as yet
quite taken thep'ace Of the ole. fashioned
one of .arring the trees.
Air-slacked lime, limekiln ashes and
various other kinds OF lime refuse are
considered valuable on grass lands.
Keep the bearing surfaces of mowers,
reapers, threshers, etc., well oiled and
shelter such machine when not in actual
use.
A kit of carpenters tools saves many
dollars by mending breaks and making
general repairs, supposing each man has
some genius for their use.
The foolish farmer plants his crops by
zodiacal signs; the wise farmer plants
his when the weather is suitable and the
ground is in good condition.
As a rule those crops pay best that
require the most care and attention The
brains and the labor are what sell in the
markets in the shape of the crop.
Dairy farming furnishes a constant
source of income, and it may be carried
on with small capital without danger of
being smothered by larger establish
ments.
1t is always some one else that makes
the poor butter, but if ''some one else"
makes ali the poor butter in the market,
she has the virtue of being industrious
at least.
Wherever sheep feed new sweet
grasses flourish and weeds are destroyed.
Ii farmers appreciate how great bene-
fit sheep are to land they would raise
more of then.
There is great deal of contrariness in
milk and cream, and it takes the best
appliances and the most skilled makers
to keep the mischief from being paid
frequently by the butter.
Cream is churned too warm, or too
cod: too sweet, or too sour; too fast, or
too slow, and no training, or judgment,
or education is supposed to be necessary
to make butter with success.
An English farmer says: "My twenty
five years experimentation with potash
on Norfolk soils, warrants me in advls-
ing its application to roots, in prefer
ence to any crop in the ordinary rota-
tion."
Where weeds have grown up in the
garden to such a height that they can
not be plowed or spaded under, cut
them down and let them dry. After
they have been we'll dried apply fire and
burn the surface of the ground over
Roomy coops, well ventilated and Sc,
cured from nocturnal marauders, should
be provided for large chickens. They
have most likely outgrown the accom-
modatlous OF the coops, and must suffer in
comfort and health if squeezed together
warm nights.
An able bodied toad of industrious
habits will make way with and digest
his own weight ofinsects during twenty
four hours. Ii you be of an lnsecti cidal
turn OF mind turn out by daylight and
watch the toads getting breakfast. 1t
is entertaining.
1t pays to tame all the stock on the
farm. Even the chickens will thrive
better If they are not afraid of you. Al
most every living thing will respond to
kindness, and if they never receive cruel
treatment at your hands they will soon
become accustomed to you.