The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-10-04
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
UNLESS lawn is seeded to grasses
that can endure constant moving, as
we'll rs a dry season, it becomes unsight-
ly instead Of ornamental. When seed
ed doWn'Fin tho spring it becomes at
times necessary to grow oats, wheat or
some grain crop on tho lawn in ordert to
shelter the young grass from the effects
OF tho monday sun in dry weather..
This may be avoided IL the seed is sown
IN the fall, at which period Of the year
tho rains are usually plentiful, and the
young grass is not SO easily overrun
with weeds. Should the grass not mako
n good "catcht tho grouud may again
be seeded oyer in the spring by simply
scratching the surface with a rake, but
1t is seldom that seed sown i'll Septem-
Der fails, IL q plentiful supply Of seed
be used and tho ground properly pre-
pared.
MISUNDERSTANDING sulphur at the
first appearance Of mildew, and follow
it up. we are surprised to find that
some well-known pomologists, II they
do not advise, speak fayorably Of ring
ing tho vines. This is done by remoy-
ing a ring of bark a quarter Of an inch
wide, or by twisting u wire firmly
around the shoot, just below the lower
cluster. This causes early ripening and
%fine-looking fruit, but is destructive to
flavor. Most grape-growers, with u
conscience about them, look upon
ringing grapes that are to be marketed
in the light Of fraud. horticultural
and similar societies should speak on
his matter. [, ngiE
SOME OF The lawns ut Clifton Heights,
Pa, arc injured by what appears to be
u kind OF mold, which affects tho
lawns in small patches. The grass does
not grow, though manurod with stable
manure and fertilizers. a correspond
ent desires to know tho cause. 1t may
be due to several causes, among them
excessive rains Especially on clay %soils),
disease Of the seed (from rust, etc. and
frequent moving IL the grass is young.
1t would be well to apply wood ashes
and lime on the grass late in the fall,
and the same in the spring. adding ten
pounds Of saltpetre nitrate Of soda) to
the difficulty can be arrested now, rs it
is late in tho season. but q solution Of
the saltpetre should be tried.
FALL FEEDING OF BEES.-A West
ern apiarist we'll says that the average
bec-keeper does not like tho work or
feeding sugar-syrup to his bees in the
fall to ISL them against starvation,
because OF the attention, and, as usually
practiscd, tho puttering work 1t takes.
To any sucll let this word Of caution
bo dropped: now is the time to prepare
against having this to do. While honey
is coming in and tho surplus being
stored, q few brood combs filled with
honey should be removed from your
best colonies and set TO one side that
they may be ready to give to those light
in stores later OH. There is probably
no more satisfactory way than this
method Of Fall feeding. 1t is easily
and quickly done, and does not incite
robbery.
a SUNFLOWER-sEED SHELI.ER.&
AS some Of our readers may contemplate
growing q supply of sunflower seed the
coming season, they may be encouraged
to do so by havingian implement for
separating the seeds from tile heads,
which is usually very tedious work.
"Take two pieces Of lalf-inch plank,
sixteen inches long and four inches
wide: next, two block pieces 2x4 and
six inches long; mil thetWo blocks be-
tweenls1tle5 ends Of tho INanks, then take
halff+inch pla1k3anJ NIKE onstedge toa5
t8@Yssbaipo;; saw iSSiinto8, .inchSlengGiis
and put them into a Iox before made
parallel with the ends about one inch
apart; nail this to plank with a hole
init as largo as the inside Dimensions Of
the box. You a then lay the ma
chino over q box, barrel or tub. Handle
the sunflower head, seeds downward,
and rub the seed off. If the seeds
are dry they will come off very fast.
1t will rub off several bushel Of seed al
hour.n
AN ORCHARD LADDER.-A ladder
for uso in packing fruit is described by a
correspondent Of the Countr u Gentle
man. 1t is made Of one.inch spruce or
good pine, sixteen feet long, and the
sides are Joined together at one end for
q length OF twenty inches, when they
begin to spread apart. Three feet six
inches from the end the sides are held
together by a five by one-half inch car
riage bolt. both ends of which are let
into tho wood SO that they will not in
juro tho bark on the limbs Of the trees.
The first rung, ton inches long, is placed
twenty inches below the bolt, and the
last rung is eighteen inches long, those
between being OF graduated length.
These ladders can be run up into u tree
and under the branches anywhere with
out injuring the tree or shaking down the
fruit. There Is no patent on them,
SO that any II can make one for him
self.
Feed FOR YOUNG CuIcKs.-This
should be changed as ofton rs possible,
advises o good authority. Too rapid
teathering Is q drain on the system.
Some varieties feather up quickly, while
others are almost naked. Feed ground
bone (llne) every day, mixed in with
tho feed. "'Whero we raise from 5000
to 10000 por year we know by this
time the necessity OF proper feeding.
Corn and oats ground together Is our
standard feed, to which wo add ground