The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-02

seventy degrees, and mixing IN otner
foods, for variety's sake, will give tone
to the appetite and ''conditiou" to the
animal. - Wisconsin, Agricutturist.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Kind treatment and warm barns lessen
the feed bill.
The parspip is generally considered
the sweeter and better for a little
freezing.
No eggs need be expected if the
poultry house is not made comfortably
warm for the winter.
A good rubbing with card and brush
is liked by the cow as we'll as the horse,
and gives equal benefit.
Roasting in the trees may be cheap
way of providing roost with ventilation
for fowls, but it dor't pay.
A mound CT earth built up hard and
sharp around the base of young fruit
trees will protect from mice.
Parsnips may be left in the ground till
spring. but q sufficient quantity for
winter use should be kept in the
cellar.
Queens over two years old are apt to
become barren, and should be superseded
with those of greater vigor and more
fecundity.
When bees swarm the first time the
old queen goes with the swarm, leaving
the parent colony queenless, or, at least,
that is usually the case.
There is nothing like heat for milk
making in winter, and with ensilage for
food, there is no reason why the supply
of milk should be any less in cold than
IN warm weather.
1t will do no harm to begin feeding
the fowls green food now. They will
not require so much grain and will keep
in better condition if they have a liberal
supply Of vegetables.
When bees do not work, when they are
seen running around over the hive in an
apparently unsettled state, with but few
guarding the entrance, it indicates the
absence of the queen.
If a ,hange of horse-feed be necessary
make it gradually, by mixing the old
and new, or by beginning the new in
small quantities and gradually raising it
to the required amount.
Twenty pounds of corn, fifteen pounds
of oats, ten pounds of barley and ten
pounds of wheat bran, ground fine and
we'll mixed, makes splendid poultry
food for young or old birds.
The storing place for apples should be
cool, just above freezing point. Apples
will stand more cold than potatoes, but
should he in dry place, and be without
spot or blemish when put away.
A course of twcnty-four lessons in
poultry keeping would be of more prac-
tical benefit to the majority of farmers
daughters than course of twenty -four
lessons on the organ or piano.
A stone heap under tree often causes
its death. 1t obliges the tree roots to
feed near the surface, aud then freezing.
Against this the stones offer no protec-
ton, which is the cause of the in Jury.
An Iowa farmer states that he keeps
wolves and dogs from his sheep by put
ting bells attached to straps around their
necks. The sound of the bells alarm
the .rapacious animals and they run
away.
To break young horses from chewing g
harness or anything that happens to be
near them soak some old straps with a
strong tea, made of cayenne pepper, and
hang them within easy reach of the
youngsters.
Cranberries may be kept till summer
by placing in O stone jar in the cellar,
and cover with water. 1t is better to
change the water in the spring, after
warm weather, occasionally. They may
also be canned in glass jars.
If the hogs to be slaughtered are fed
within twelve hours of their killing the
food is wasted, the meat will be more
disposed to sour and it will be more
difficult TO remove the distcndcd intes-
tines and take from them the lard.
Hubbard squash, properly steamed
and mixed with corn, rye or barely meal,
will make the best hog feed in the
world, it is claimed, and will cause the
animal to lay on fat fast. The mixture
should be about ten pounds of squash to
two of meal.
Given two COWS of equal size. dairy
markings and condition. One makes a
dive for her grain and eats in business
like way. The other eats and moves
slowly and lazily. Which would you
select for better COVE We took the
nervous COW. Were we right?
When chicks droop and appear sick
without cause, especially N surime:,
look for lice, not the little red mites, hut
the large gray body lice on the. heads
and necks. If you find them use a few
drops of grease of any kind. A table
spoonful Of oil of pennyroyal to cup of
lard is excellent.
A man who lives on farm alone began
last April with seven hens. They have
paid in eggs for the grain fed Arnished
the person with his groceriQ raised
forty chickens. now on This,
together with the vege1 used
from his garden, enabled well
without otherwise spend r for
food.