The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-05
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Prepare for the rural fairs.

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Keep tools sharp and clean.
Buttermilk IS gUoc. ssummer beverage.
lVell-planned summer work is half
done.
Drive the work or it will drive you,
and with drag, year in and year out,
no one is satisfied OF happy. 4
You must either work with the men
you employ, or visit the field and see
that they earn their money.
During the day, tho soiling can, II pre-
ferred, all be done in the stable, but tho
COWS are much more comfortable during
hot weather to be out at night.
While we do notrccommend putting oil
ones eggs in one basket, we do suggest
the growing of but few crops and master
ing all the details connected with them.
The big milxer needs a strong consti-
tuition or she will fall by the way when
parturition invites the perils of milk fever
and the other ills that attend upon moth
crhood.
Men lacking energy, don't usually
"get there" in time to save things at
their best stage of growth; it takes them
so long to start that the job generally is
left unfinished.
Late seeding often lacks moisture,
starts slow, becomes a prey to insects, SO
is Improbable. Late cultivation in
worked crops prevents the securing Of
the hay before it becomes too ripe.
When the society for the prevention
of cruelty to horses tails gets barbarities
on these appendages stopped it will be
well for it to turn attention to cows horns
doomed to be sawed off rs useless.
When farmers club numbers its
membership by thousands or hundreds
that means that it has on the roll book
names of many who do not attend its
meetings and who give no other support.
Too many farmers work in tho field
until it is too late, or they are too tired
to work any longer; then, when they
ought to rest, they plan their work. A
man should be at his best to plan the
wisest.
1t is not ysDsary to SOW evergreen
seed in asf9 9900! H. house if they are
placed in thdf where vernin will
not destroy them. A light soil and one
containing considerable vegetable mold is
preferable. a
We always pity a man who is paying
interest on farm or farm stock and
tools. It takes . good farmer to be able
to do that. 1t is better to have four per
cent. coming in than four going out every
six months.
Too many unsuccessful farmers are un-
skilled in their business; they do no bet
ter than the average; think too little and
are not ambitious nor hopeful. They are
without faith in their business; they do
not believe there is any money in it.
The gooseberry is one of the first fruits
the farmer may enjoy, and good house.
wives have ways of serving it in pies, etc. +,
that make it very fine eating. Prune the
old bushes and give them some manure,
or plant if you have none growing.
A good horseman never gals the necks
of his horses, because he cares for them,
keeps them clean as well rs the collars,
and If there are long pulls, as in plowing,
he stoHs that air niaSea to lift the collars
There should always be acasa9 piece II Corn
growing for green feed for the COWS. It
is better that It be drilled in, and a suf-
ficient amount should be planted to fill
out any lack In the pasture. If there is
too much for that, the surplus will make
the best kind of fodder.
We should hardly call It system of ro-
tation of crops where the same one was
raised upon the same land for more than
two successive years. Would prefer a
different crop each year. Hay might be
a possible exception to this rule; with a
good dressing Of fine manure each wear.
land might remain to grass more than
two years.
TO have good pansies fresh seed should
be sown every spring. Start them in,
hotbed, or in box in tho house. in n
supply Of rich, moist porous soil. When
an inch high transplant them into the;
garden; they do best In partially shaded
position, as at the side of a building
Give them plenty of water and they viii
soon begin blossoming.