The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Throw plenty of dry dirt into the pig
pen and on to the floor of the stalls.
Don't handle NOW of smoking hay if
you have some poor, dry FODDER to throw
on it to take up the moisture.
Farm horses kept in we'll ventilated
stables when not at work will fare better
usually than at pasture fighting flies.
There are now about FIVE million own
ers of farms in the UnifaA StatsS bout
one million of the farms nave been ac-
quired since 1880.
A sealed package all the way from
Krainburg, Austria, in which was a queen
bee, arrived lately at Mechanic Falls,
Maine. The bee was alive and WELL
Glover sown among corn at the last
cultivation and plowed down for the next
crop is a cheap and practical way of cap
turing the fugitive nitrogen SO much
needed.
No gases arise from frozen droppings,
but the poultry-house should be cleanscd
daily, if possible, and dry earth should
be sprinkled on the floor, which permits
of sweeping the latter with broom.
'iChuiiuCSo piCNCuJ dfSSdSc.
'I would recommend to every farmer"
says a Country Gcntlsman correspondent,
"who wishes to know which is best
spring or fall plowing-to try both ways
-i;.-- ~. half a,.fl La,s ,;eot ss
OF reading the arguments of writer's who
live hundred or thousand miles
away"
Color goes for a great deal in a horse,
especially if it is desirable to make a
matched team. 1t is worth while to
study this in breeding. To mate a
breeding mare to a. horse whose only
point is his own excellence only insures
disappointment. If the male is pure
bred it will probably mark the colt, both
in action, size and color.
The Great Bear River Canal is to be
one of the grandest irrigation projects in
America. Two million dollars have been
provided for its construction. This canal
will irrfgate 100000 acres in Salt Lake
valley and 5000, 900 on Bear River, in
creaing the value of the land to $50 per
acre, while fencing, building and tillage
will double this valuation in few years.
----A-Wrstern' n,qrn sixty -a~e--yours old,
went to Louisiana a year ago, says the
Sugar BoWl, and on thirty five acres of
land, with the help of only nine year
old boy, raised nine bales of cotton and
800 barrels of corn; also, aided by a
large garden, supporting family of five
at cost of fifty-eight dollars. Next
season he will work fifty acres and aim
for fifteen bales.
A good average dairy COW ought to
ave at least four thousand pounds of
milk in year, which should return the
farmer, whether sold or made into butter
and cheese, at least cent a pound, SO
that such cows ought to bring in at least
forty dollars a year per head This is
the calculation of Hon. Josiah Shull,
Secretary of the New York State Dairy
mems Association.
A close fence around berry patch
should be avoided where much snow pre-
walls. heavy bank of snow smothers
strawberries and breaks down the canes
of raspberries andIeiackberries. The lat
ter will usually hold enough snow over
the surface to keep the ground from freez-
ing very deeply, and with this protection
they may prove hardy, while an equal
cold without the snow would show the
canes dead in the spring.
No matter how small the village, there
are probably some men in it who keep
horses or cows, and do not have any use
for manure. 1t can often be bought by
nearby farmers at cheaper rates than
they can make manure in their own barn
yards. Manure in large cities is mostly
gobbled up by market gardeners, who
often pay much more than farmers can
afford; but the country village supplies
can be fairly claimed by farmers who
live in the neighborhood.