The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-18
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Poor salt makes Door butter.


Poor salt makes poor butter.
Geese are easily and cheaply raised.
Always be systematic and thorough.
Crown corn and clover as conquerors!
Arrange supports for climbing plants.
Bantams are small eaters and fair
layers. -
Cultivate less land ifyour manure heap
is small. ss,-s~~
Generally speaking, the medium-sized
breeds are the best.
The man is favored who is obliged to
work, and is happy in that work.
1t is generally conceded that nests
made on the ground are the best.
Steady application is what counts in
any business, especially in farming.
Cabbage is excellent green food ct any
time of year for all kinds of poultry.
Bear in mind that clean earth is the
best absorbent for poultry-houses and
runs.
There are some things one farmer can
do better than anyone else. That is the
thing for him to do.
Keep an account of time lost. You
will be surprised to know how much
time is spent foolishly.
Thistles, daisies, dock weeds and wild
morning glories are pets that should be
kept down from the start.
No satisfactory reason appears why
women should not find in poultry culture
a remunerative occupation.
Keep the brain bright by use and the
muscles we'll exercised; hard work is a
good remedy for the blues.
Remember that thousands of dollars
go abroad every month for eggs that
ought to be produced at home.
Keep strict account of everything
pertaining to the farm. Know the cost
of bushel of corn, or ton of hay.
Poultry men in the vicinity of large
cities find that broilers bring more money
than anything else in the poultry line.
Concentrate your labor, concentrate
your manure, aud you may concen-
trate your crops without lessening the
quantity.
If you do not want the sills of your
barns and sheds to decay keep the dirt
away from them so that they will remain
constantly dry.
Keep the best room open at all times
to the boys and girls, and let there be
books and papers from which they may
educate themselves.
All that is needed for the novice in
constructing his fowl-house is practical
building, with good shelter, proper ven
tilation and few internal arrangements
for roosting, busting and nesting.
Look out for the lcaky roofs on your
hives! They are more disastrous and
annoying to bees, than leaky roof would
be to you on your own house. A good
coat of thick paint run we'll into the
cracks will generally answer the purpose.
The beginner has to commence at the
foot of the hill, and learn by experience.
True he should have some knowledge of
bees and their ways in order to begin.
he needs to read some good bee-book,
and should take one or more bee pcriodi-
Gals.
If a farmer has good grass farm let
him make specially of hay; if he has a
taste for raising corn and roots, let him
make them a specially; if love for
raising horses or COWS or making butter,
let him put his brain and muscle into
| these.
Flrst-class farm help is getting scarce,
and those who would secure the services
of good hand for the harvest
must do so soon. When you get good
man try to make it for his interest, as
we'll as yours, to employ for more than
one season.
Have good article, put it up in a
neat, clean package, with good weight
or measure; and if you are pleasant and
accommodating, and try to please your
customers, success is certain. But who
ever goes to peddling must make up his
mind to work as hard or harder than if
he were hoeing corn.
If farmers who have large weeds grow.
ing in front of their farms would take O
ride along those where the weeds are
kept moved down, it seems to us they
would surely NOW their own weeds. The
trouble is light and the improved appear
ance worth great deal to the farmer and
the farming reputation.