The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-27
FAEM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Keep eggs in cool dry place till
marketed.
Hcd rusnbcrrirs ami Dlackbcrrics may
he allowed to grow from two to tw" and
a half feet tall; should -tlirn be nippcd
back
Let your horse stand loose, if possible
without being tied up to the manager
Pain and wcarncSs from a confined posi-
tion induce bad habits.
Half Of the wear To tools on some farms
comes from unnecessary exposure To the
sun, and wind, and rain. \ convenient
shelter is far cheaper and looks less shift
less.
Pick the tomatoes aS fast as they ripcn
this will hasten tn" maturity and rircn-
ing Of the crop. Pick off all imperfect
aud spotted specimens as you come across
them.
Winter calves are just as good and rs
easily raised as spring calves; and your
fall and winter calving COWS will average
more milk per year than those calving in
the spring.
Do not allow the weeds to go to seed
if You can help it. OF some plants, the
scCh from single stalk Of this years
growth will be sufficient to produce hun
drcds Of plants another season.
lf nunotiCc II young bird in any brood
that is especially nice, do not Kill it, keep
it n while longer to see what kind of
a fowl it will make. The very best is
none too good to keep for breeding.
When cow runs in good pasture,
free from weeds, and has ration of grain
or is fed on hay, ground oats and bran,
in clean stable, what is there in her
milk that can he an odor, unclcan, un-
healthy or offensive!
S. B. Parsons, who is authority on the
rose, writes To the -imtrjcon Iyrirmltnr-
i1 that for hardy varieties he likes
best General Jaqueminot, La France,
Caroline de Sausal, Baronnc Provost,
Charles Dcfcbrc and Harrison yellow.
Lice multiply quickly, and constant
care is required to keep poultry clear of
them during warm weather. Good
pyrcthmm or buhach powder thoroughly
busted into their feathers is IL prcvcn-
tive for the several sorts Of lice on
| chickens.
According to the Imtricon CUhirot0r
many instances have occurred where cat
tie which have eaten largely of wiltcd
wild cherry leaves have exhibited svmp.
toms of poisoning and died in n short time
while if the leaves are eaten green they
seldom produce injurious effects.
Urdraincd lands suffer from hot and
! dry weather. the reason for it being. ac-
Cording to authority on drainage, that,
I although there MAY hr water within a
/ few inches of the surface. the ground
| becomes 50 compact and baked that it is
not sufficiently porous to draw up moist
! mrc
Mr.. G.. 4. Powell, an extensive fruit
! grower, is reported in Co'"'ry Gcntlcm"m
as practising thinning out with great
! determination and pcrscvc 'ancc, and no.
where ar" its good effects better shown
than in the vineyard. Mr.. Powell be
liovcs that with some varieties he has
gained three weeks time by thinning and
/ this may often hc Il question of crop or
no crop.
The idea is general that water teaches
! down SO rapidly through sandy soil that
it takes all the elements of fertility ont
of the reach Of farm crops. Nryoy anil
/ f1rmcr thinks there is strong evidence
on the other side Of the case and asserts
it as a fact that men who have the cour-
age to plow manure into sandy soil get
better crops than when they lcayc it on
the surface 10 be wash al down"