The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Put the trusty team to the mower.
Forethought is one good harvest hand.
It is highly extravagant to use low
priced mower oil.
Keep the little chicks cooped up until
the dew is off the grass.
Twelve hours with system harvests
more than sixteen hours without.
Do not feed fowls on corn alone, nor
fail to provide clean grit to help digest
the corn.
There is no luck in leisure in harvest
ing; procrastination is the thief of grain
and grass.
Many vigorous, fruitful tree owes its
existence to a mulch at this season, when
it was young.
Beauty always attracts, and it is not
dishonesttos send clean, bright berries and
fruits to market.
Cutworms do not like buckwheat,
according to Orchard and Garden, and
may be driven off the field or starved out
by planting it with that crop.
Affection cannot be pounded into
animals. Kind treatment insures the
affection of an animal, while rough treat
ment is sure to cause its hatred.
Poultry farming conducted with sys-
tenn and managed in business-like man
ner should pay well, the profits being con-
siderably increased by growing food on
the farm.
Mulching with anything is regarded as
favorable to plant growth by many peo-
pie, and the benefit is of course increased
when the mulch itself has fertilizing
properties.
After turkeys are ten days old, they
may be turned out every morning after the
dew has disappeared from the grass, and
may remain out all day if the weather is
warm and bright.
The temperature of water for horses is
not so much of an object as the purity of
it. While it is best to have the water
cool, it is more important to have it free
from all impurities.
Animals of vicious habits should never
be used for breeding purposes, as vices
are transmitted. By careful breeding in
this respect, the dispositions of the ami
mails can be partially controlled.
It is elaine that wheat bran as food
fer COWS does not provide the essentials
for butter-making; that while the yield
of milk is large the cream from it rises
slowly and churns with difficulty.
When horses are suffering from the
bites of flies or stings of other insects,
sponge the parts that cannot be protected
by nets, with water in which insect pow
der has been mixed-a tablespoon to two
gallons of water.
Of two colts similar in disposition and
sense, one may develop into steady
family horse, while the other may be
everything that is vicious, treacherous
and unsafe-all because of difference in
the men handling them.
The first ninety days of a calf's life is
the critical period. Feed it well during
this time, and it will form the habit of
eating and digesting generous supply of
! food-a habit on which the success of
every good COW depends.
The horse which can plow IN acre
while another is blowing half an acre, or
that which can carry q load of passen-
gers ten miles while another is going five,
independent of all considerations of
amusement, taste or what is called fancy,
is absolutely worth twice as much to the
owner as the other.
What the colt requires is plenty of
exercises, clean place to sleep, shelter
from bitter storms, plenty of good grass
of different varieties, good, clean hay
without dust and good, sound oats.
Colts raised in this way will not look so
well nor win as many premiums nor
sell for as much money, but they will
last.