The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-03-27
Farm and Garden Notes.


Stock and red clover are the soils
friends.
The most solemn joke is all the world
is farming just for fun.
1t is none too early to begin to plan
for the next crop campaign.
Use the whip very little, and never
when the animal SHES or stumbles.
Carelessness in monetary affair is the
prolific source of thousand evil conse-
quences.
Never leave horse standing un-
hitched. It is the way to make them
runaways.
Do not storm and fret. Be quiet and
kind, and the horse will be so, too, in
most cases.
Give the horse large stall and good
bed at night. 1t is important that he
lies down to rest.
The world will not honor our draft for
living unless it has got deposit of in
dustry to our credit.
If one is ashamed of his occupation,
the occupation will be very likely to re-
turn the compliment.
The arbor vitp is one of the very best
ornamental shrubs that can be planted.
It should be given plenty of room.
Both asparagus and rhubarb will stand
heavy applications of manure with profit,
especially when early maturity is wanted.
Hens do not eat their eggs unless they
learn the habit from having eggs broken
in the nest. Never use stale eggs as
nest eggs.
For the small farmer there is no ques-
ton but that with good management
small fruits can be made mu h more
profitable than grain or stock.
One of the important requisites to
success with farmers to-day is to avoid
large farms. The small farm we'll titled
and a small herd we'll filed are what we
need.
Many farmers in Western New York
gave up the wool business as unprofta.
Bile long ago, but still keep sheep, and
say that keeping the mutton breeds is
one of the best paying branches of farm
ing.
Fresh earth in the hennery for scratch
ing and dusting is indispensable. It will
clearse the feathers and skin of impuri-
ties, etfete matter and lice. 1t should
not be overlooked; fresh once every
three days is sufficient.
Milk may be canned just as you
would fruit. Bring the milk to the
boiling point and fill your jars to the
brim with it, then shut air tight. This
will keep any length of time and be just
as good when opened as when 1T was
put up.
Don't trust to your memory when
planting an orchard with several varie
ties of fruits, but make diagram and
preserve it for future use. The trees
may not bear for four years, when the
location of each variety may then be
forgotten.
A Western breeder states that, If
farmers will devote their attention to
the mutton breeds of sheep they can
clear larger profits, even if the wool from
such sheep is burned, than from sheep
that are kept principally for the profit
expected from wool.
The question of s'heredity" in the
"bee business" is matter that practi-
cally relates more to the bees than to
their keepers. A man may have had the
bee-keeping blood in his veins for gen
erations and still not be able to become
successful bee keeper.
Every farmer is interested in good
roads. None but experienced road over
seers should be selected, and the tax re
Quired for road repair if properly ap-
piled is money we'll invested. Good
roads save valuable horses and avoid
loss of time by the farmer.
In feeding poultry one must be very
careful not to use damaged grain or
sour leavings. The latter will often
cause dyspepsia and bring on q half
dozen other diseases. Warm feed only
on cold days should be given. In warm
weather do not rely too much upon the
above diet. A change is desirable and
will work benefit to the digestive Or
gans, which are usually active at this
time of the year.