Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-07-18
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Water plants IN the evening.
The nav bean is the one unusually
grown for the market.
In handling bees be gentle; subdue
them, if necessary, with smoke.
In handling queens never catch them
by the body, but by the wing.
The best protection against moths and
robbers is to keep all colonies strong.
The man who will find a perfect,
simple remedy for the cut worm has made
his fortune.
Two weak families, when united, will
consume little, if any, more honey than
if left separate.
Give the girl a flower bed, the boy
vegetable garden; or change about II
their tastes choose that way.
Keep tie garden frequently stirred; If
you don't YOU will soon have to stir 10
get any c.op-except weeds.
1t is the best to plant the poles first,
then the beans, when you raise hmas, I'M
less you have the improved bush variety.
If all the fruit you wish to send to
market is not frst-class make two grades
of it. Don't mix in the same case, box
or barrel.
Red clover secretcs much honey, yet it
is beyond the reach of common bees, but
Italian bees store honey from it to a con-
siderable extent.
President James NJ. Smith says of
wood ashes have used them in. pref
crcnce to any fertilizer l could get for
potatoes for many years.
Plant the late potatoes just as soon as
you can get the ground ready. In this
way you get ahead of the bug and save
much work and expense.
You need not be in hurry about plant
ing beans; after the corn and potatoes
are all in, and even under a good grow
ing Roadway, will be time enough.
Grape vines should be cut back each
year within few buds of the old growth,
but even when this is neglected most ex-
cellent crops of fruit are sometimes pro-
duced.
Kidney beans are sometimes very
profitable, but the market is more liable
to be overstocked with them than with
the white marrowfat, the pea or the
navy bean.
Some of those who have been accus-
toned to eating buttermilk- favored
butter washed white in grains, but after
they use it for awhile they object to thu
other kind.
Butter can be sailed too much when It
is dry sailed, but not when it is brine
salted. The latter method requires the
most salt and the least labor, besides
being sure to salt the butter evenly.
Don't plant beans with the superstition
that they require poor soil to make good
crop. To be sure, they may produce
| paving crop, where wheat or corn would
| not brt poor soil is not necessary Il
make them do well.
Every farmer should have a supply OF
! grapes. Once we'll started the grape vine
is long lived and very productive. SETH
good ground and trained TO trellis, o!
on an old wall even, they are almost sure
! to produce fruit every season.
| Adopt some good pattern of hive and
| stick to it. Choose those that are Sc
| exact that every part Of each will fit with
! that part of another. This is Important
as many advantages are gained by thu
interchange of frames and other parts.
Mrs. L. B. Baker, of Lansing, Mich,
in relating a four-years' experience il
the apiary before a State convention
said she had found Bookkeeping more
healthful, profitable and enjoyable THAI
her former occupation of keeping board.
ers.
When brine sailing there is no use in
waiting for the butter to absorb the brine
when it is put into the churn: if you are
ready to print or pack, give the churn
few turns, draw off the BRINE and the
butter will be as salt as lift were allowed
to remain in the brine for an hour,