The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-03
Farm and Garden Notes.

Feed young animals plentltully.
A deep soil is best ior potatoes.
Politeness pays in the COW stable. i
gentle man gets more milk than harsh
one.
Remember that good care and keep
are as essential as proper selection and
breeding.
Do you believe in spring cleaningl
Better clean up thoroughly now, and
keep clean.
You must not expect even the largest
egg producing hens to lay we'll in winter
with rough uncongenial surroundings.
The idea cannot be too strongly en-.
forced that it is the duty of the dairy
man to deliver good milk to the factory
in good condition.
You can't have healthy fowls if they
are not housed in dry place and given
a chance to exercise. Let them work
for what they get.
Be careful that the ration fed to your
COWS has proper balance of elements,
approximating one part of nitrogenous
food to i've or six parts OF carbon
accous.
The best known remedy for hot-house
mildew is to run the heat up as high as
the plants will stand and admit air that
is dry as possible for period of twenty.
four hours.
There is no reason why the healthy
bird should be doctorcd daily any more
than human beings. The best mode of
promoting health is warmth and va
riety of food.
The duck is coming to the front as
market fowl. They are often up to the
turkey in price, and can he raised for
one-half the cost and trouble. Don't be
behind the times.
1t is not necessary-in fact. it is not
desirable grind grain for sheep. They
masticate their food very finely, eat
slowly, aud so more thoroughly assimi-
late unground grain than ground.
The more succulent foods make the
more wasery milk and oily cream, which
churns the easier. Hence ensilage and
roots are favorable to butter making, the
oils principally giving butter It's flavor.
Give your wife at least dollar for
flower seeds. Encourage the children to
look over the catalogues and help make
the selections: they will then take more
interest in planting and caring for
them.
Fruit growing pays in combination
with general farming. Fruit brings
money easier and the pleasure OF its
culture is much greater. Good fruit is
always salable and yields profit in greater
or less degree.
The pig likes warm weather and warm
quarters, and unless comfortable shelter
and warm bed is provided Tor him in
a climate like this he will not do much
more than hold lis own from Christmas
until the middle of March.
One of the principal advantages of
wind break is that in addition to pro-
tecting the trees from cold in the winter
|, considerable protection is afforded the
ripencd fruit in the fall by keeping the
wind from blowing it of the trees.
All farm tools, implements and
machines have their weak points, which
arc quite sure to be the first to break
The Ayr:cu,turist advises providing
duplicates of such parts. This will
often save much time when time is
valuable.
Grapevines planted in the chicken
runs and trained to the fences will give
shade in summer to the chickens and
luscious fruit in the fall to the poultry
man. No fertilizers are necessary-the
chickens attend to that. Train the vines
as high as possible.
The richest part of milking is the
strippings, as they contain from three to
five times as much cream as the rest of
the milk. Strip the COWS clean then.
If milk be left in the cows bag it is apt
to cake and form Jumps in the teats; it
also has tendency to dry up q cow.
If your garden is not already stocked
with grapevines, currant bushes, rasp-
berries and Strawberries, make your list
at once and send to some reliable dealer.
Order only the old and we'll tried
varieties. AS rule the high priced
novelties are profitable only to the man
who sells them.