The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-07-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Keep the mower knives sharp.
Use tin pals only in the dairy.
Be gentle in handling the bees.
Improve the run out grass land.
Boys, don't skip any hills in hocing.
Protect your animals from flies and tho
hot SUI.
Bag the grapes. Thin the fruit. Watch
the insects.
Never let strange peddier or agent
have your autograph.
Science is the handmade Of progress, on
the farm and in the shop.
Tomatoes yield on an average from
eight to ten tons to the acre.
Average commercial flint corn contains
about eleven per cent. water.
Half of the commercial sugar Of the
world is produced from beets.
Do not sell fruit when the market is
gluttod. Evaporatc it, dry it Or can it.
Do not depend on borrowing tho or.
linary farm tools from your ncighbcrs.
Own them and keep them in good con-
dition.
soapsuds should be added to the
manure heap. Never waste such. Later
in the season suds may be applied to as.
paragus and celery with advantage.
Hooks about the stable, upon which to
hang the lantern, are an excellent thing.
The lantern set down Is frequently
knocked over, and the straw or hay set
on fire.
When animals are confined, it is the
duty of the owner to see that they have
a variety of food and enough of 1t; as
we'll as full supply Of clean water ard
fresh air.
The average dairyman will never be
contented until he has an easy chair for
a milking stool and can lie back and
take snooze while somebody else docs
the milking.
An enterprising and thoughtful farmer
will push his work rather than allow it
to push him. Nobody has as much time
fer rest and recreation as the man who is
always ahead with his work.
Kickcrs among colts and calves are
usually bred, not born. Handle them
gently and kindly aud kickcrs will be
rare. Teasing by needless boys and
hired men, originates most Of the farm
kickers.
When hens are shedding feathers they
often stop laying and grow fat. Most
people consider fat 4 sign OF health. 1t
is not sure one. Many of the worst
cases of roup are contracted while the
hens arc moulting.
The editor OF the Maine Farmer, says,
that in sixteen years experience of farm
ing he has learned that when his land il
poor or in poor condition he is depend
cnt largely on the season for crop; but
il the land is rich and wcll-handlcd he is
reasonably sure Of crop anyhow.
Those who grow lettuce thickly in
beds or rows and eat it thus grown,
really know little of the deliciouspess OF
this article of food. Transplantcd into
rich ground, when Of sufficient size, and
grown into large heads, it is much better
in quality, and much more OF it will be
eaten.
Ii the pigs can be pastured in the
orchard from the time the first impcriec.
apples begin to drop from the trees, they
will do much toward ridding you of the
codling moth. If the orchard is, as it
should be, in good growth of grass and
clover, the pigs will be benefited as
much as the orchard.
Don't crowd your fowls in the hen
houses. Give them breathing room,
space to move about in, and ample roost-
ing accommodations. Hens will not lay
we'll if you crowd them up in close
quarters. They must have air, and their
bodies not come in contact by night OF
by day, SO far as possible to prevent.
General farm products are depressed,
but the best never are. There is always
short supply OF the best, and at re-
muneratiTe prices. Take horses, cattle,
sheep, butter, cheese, fruit-no one to-
day has these of the best, who canuot
find ready market for them at large
prices. The way is open for every farmer
to produce them.