The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-25
Farm and Garden Notes.

If you use phosphate, SOW in the row,
rather shallow, about 600 lbs. per acre.
Set each plant carefully, spreading the
roots out in the shape of fan, first dip
ping them in water.
A common garden trowel is the best
to use for setting; keep the roots we'll
wet during the operation.
1t is surprising to see what a great
change little paint will make in the ap-
pelrance of farm buildings.
Silos may be made with any of the
various building materials, and some
very crudely and cheaply constructed
havs been found to do good service.
One pound of sweet skim is equal to
two pounds of the buttermilk. Six
pounds of sweet skim milk are equal to
one pound of rye or barley for feeding
purposes.
One way to make your boys dislike
farming is to be continually finding
fault, complaining of the hard lot and
slavish life of farmers and telling them
of the ease and comforts of city life.
Country Gentleman speaks favorably
of the barberry as hedge plant, stating
that it has the best natural hedginess of
any shrub known to it, and bears plenty
of seed, which, properly treated, will
grow MS freely as apple seed and is easily
transplantcd.
Recent milk tests made at the English
dairy show, proves that the evening milk
contains more solid matter than the
morning milk. The average test Of four
breeds showed that morning milk con-
tains 1874 and the evening milk 14.3 per.
cent of solid matter.
Lime may be made from shells, and
such lime is the purest kind. The shells.
may be put up in round heaps upon a
quantity of fine wood, which may also
be mixed in layers through the heap
No coyering is needed except some earth
around the sides to moderate and length
en- out the heat, which should be kept
up for three days.
The most successful swine breeders
never let the pigs stop growing until
they are ready for the market. When
ever pigs come to standstill then all
the food given them is so much lost, as
there is nothing to show for it. A good
thrifty pig may be made to gain a pound
a day until he is ten mouths old, when
he is of the right age and weight to sell,
and should show good profit for the
food consumed.
For fodder purposes the ordinary sorts
of corn are esteemed as preferable to the
Of hp
they mature earlier in the season, thus
escaping danger of frost are handled
with much economy of labor; demand
less storage space, and have withal the
added and more important advantage of
containing an equal quantity of nutrient
matter, though the aggregate bulk may
be not half so great.
Fever leaves the horn of the hoof and
the sole dry and diseased for want of
natural repair. The feet should be
poulticed, the shoe renewed, the decayed
horn scraped away, and if there are any
raw places these should be dressed with
a mixture of calomel and vaseline or
cosmoline. Tar dressing will harden the
hoofs. and repeated applications of an
with twentieth part of tincture of can
thardes about the coronct will encourage
the growth of new horn.
Some horses, and especially mares,
are fretful when tied up, fearing to lie
down lest they may be cntangied with
the halter. The writer has been led to
believe this is the cause of much of the
restlessness of horses in stables at night
by having such case in his own stable,
where a. rid ing mare was once found cast
and struggling in the night. After this,
whenever she was tied she refused to lie
dowa and kicked the stall the whole
night long. When put in roomy, loose
stall she was quiet and there was no
more trouble.
The green aphis which infests the
young shoots of the rose is easily de-
stroyed by tobacco water. This may be
applied by means of a soft camel's hair
brush when only few plants are grown
when there are many, the decoction may
be sprayed over the bushes with q
syringe. If four ounces of sulphur is
mixed with the hot decoction of pound
of tobacco stems in two quarts of boil
ing hot water and the liquid is kept hot
and often stirred for three or four hours
it will make the best insecticide known.
This will kill sheep ticks, lice, bugs, and
all insect pests by more contact.
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