The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-01-25

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plenty Of roots and fresh vegetables IN
winter.
According to Prof. Stewart bran will
balance poor fodder much better than
cornmeal.
Prevention of diseases rather than
their cu:c should be the motto OF every
poultry yard.
The practice of thrashing corn with
the common thrashing machine steadily
wins its way toward popular favor.
A dairyman affirms that q cellar is no
place to keep butter on account of the
odors from vegetables, etc., stored there.
We can not repeat too often that cows
increase their yield of milk on cooked
food and all animals thrive well upon 1t.
Some growers have obtained as high
as six hundred bushels of onions per acre.
But it requires both skill and patience
to produce onions.
Eoracic acid dissolved in glycerine
and frequently applied to the affected
parts with feather is recommended Tor
diphtheria in fowls.
Mutton is wholesome and nutritious
food and the friends of any breed OF
sheep should not lose sight of their NUT
toni n-producing qualities.
Fresh gas lime appears to be very
poisonous to insects, and not lnlmlcal
to plant growth. 1t may be used as dry
as powder or mixed with water.
Linseed meal should not be fed very
abundantly to young animals, especially
to young pigs. 1t is good for them In
small quantities, but too laxative If fed
profusely.
All low and wet places on the farm
should be drained. Such spots often
turn out to be the best land on the place.
A few rods of drain tile will prevent
slush and mud about the house.
The RuruI NeW Yorker names as the
breeds of cattle most sought after for
beef the Kyloc, the Abcrdeen-Angus and
the Galloway, the Short-horn, the Here
ford, the Devon and the Sussex.
Wick states that the currant worm docs
not infest the new Crandall currant, and
that it adapts itself to almost every soil.
1t is supposed to be hybrid between the
cherry currant and the Ribes aureum.
The Missouri Republican thinks that
when some particular farmer succeeds in
securing better crops than his nci ghbors,
it indie ties that he is progressive and
has adopted the most improved methods
for success.
The Sto,kman declares there is no ex-
cuse or decency in having filthy pigsty
that it should and can be as clean and
neat as the abode of any farm animal,
and when found otherwise there must be
something wrong with the farmers.
SCOT is q valuable fertilizer, but it is
better to apply it to moist, cool land,
than to that which is dry and warm. A
small quantity of SCOT placed in hills of
melons, squushes and pumpkins, will
cause them to grow rapidly. 1t also
kills many insects.
Farmers should protect the useful
birds against destruction by gunners. A
single bird may save much labor in de-
stroying insects. Birds should be en-
couraged to build near the houses and
barns. Unless protected the small birds
will be destroyed as we'll as the larger
ones.
All kinds of food possess two values,
distinct and marked, and these are the
nutritive value, that is the value for
feeding purposes, and the manurial value
for fertilizing purposes. 1t is we'll for
farmers to become acquainted with the
chemical qua itics of the food they give
their livestock.
Select the frmest and best heads of
cabbage if you wish to save your own
seed. Bury the heads or keep them in
a place of even temperature. In the
spring cut off the stalk to within two
inches of the head; cut slice in the
head and put the head in the ground
with the top fairly exposed, and it will
then shoot up to seed.
We are often asked, says an exchange,
for a preventive of rabbits gnawing
trees. Get feting or tarred paper, such
as is used in buildings on walls or coops,
and cut it il suitable sizes. and after.
wrapping round the body of the tree
from the bottom up high enough to be
out of the reach of the rabbits, to tie the
same at the bottom and top.
A writer in the London Gardeners
Mt ,a.ine says small lath loosely sus-
pended about lS inches above the perch
where chanticleer takes his usual nightly
roost will stop him from growing in the
morning. When he wakes up. stretches
himself to his full height, preliminary
to his usual fog-horn blast, and his comb
comes lightly in contact with the swing
ing !ath, lie is so filled with astonishment
that he torgets all about growing till let
out for breakfast.