The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-11-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND 'GARDtN '-NoitS.
Don't YOUR wellmeed'clcauiugf
Choose a cool,day for pickingAapples.
Keep right on cuhivatingt'the straw
berry patch.
Fight weeds, tbriers ,uetc. ,,until they
cease growing.
Now is good timctto make mutton
as well as pork.
Put implements under coverias soon as
done using them.
For permanent pasture, ttimothy does
not do well alone.
The best cgg-makcr Aissgood food.
Feed the hen no other.
The same fence should not enclose
young orchard and cattle.
Get your ground read.vtfor' 'those trees
you mean to set out this fall.
Save seed from any novelties that have
proved satisfactory witn;you.
Harvest the onions as'Soon as ripe.
When dry store in IL coo3, dry place.
Black cap raspberrics do'bcttcr set out
in the spring. Put others out this fall.
Stop cultivating the grapc'vincs. Tho
wood must he given Il a,Chancefto harden.
Put no "wind falls" in the" barrels of
No apples. 1t will pay in the long
run.
II there is marsh hay ncaryou get some
in readiness for covering the straw
berries.
Currant and gooscbcrry cuttings will
4 tlnn 10
spring. Try it and see.
Begin your intense farming this fall by
burning all the weeds about the place be-
fore they shell their seeds.
If you can put ont some grape vines
this fall do not wait till spring, you may
be crowded with work then.
You need not wait till the frost drops
the leaves from currant and gooscbcrry
bushes before making cuttings.
Where are the mower and horscrake2
Better have them housed to-day. They
will be of better value next season if they
are.
While the corn is curing in the shock
is a good time to get out the manure that
has been accumulating during the sum
mcr.
By the way do you make your wife
an equal partner i'll the farm plans: She
may be the "bcttcr half" Of the firm if
you will.
Every farmer should look over his
!. farm often aud examine his fences SO
that his stock will not destroy his crops
lit lse foan,l in his ncighbor's lot.
When man wants IN idea, he
scrittches his head When farmer wants
crop he scratches his land, and the
harder he scratches the better the crop.
Don't let any green tomatoes 60 to
/ waste. Apples arc scarce and green
tomatoes make excellent pies-arc good
| fried, arc good several ways. Save
them.
Very often the surplus product of a
farm can not be more protitably invested
th;h by putting into under drains, till
|. the thorough drainage Of the cultivated
land be accomplished.
Where thorough and clean culture has
been praCticcd one can see how the crops
lay hold of the fertilizers and arc CORE
,spondingly larger. Itpnysto be energetic
in fighting the weeds.
The siz" of the tile should be in pro
, portion to the length Of the drain and
the amount Of fall in the ditch. But the
flooding Of drain tile depends somewhat
on the depth to which it is sunk.
A correspondent of the Orn"g. Jud,i
, Fmmer complains that on his farm
| manure has been dctriment rather than
/ small.
Flax seed that has been exposed in the
field to the suns rays until it Is dry tC
brittlcncss, still holds a latent moisture
which will develop when the seed Is con
fined in mass and result in heat and de
composition.
A farmer should take care to keep cas-,
and safe ways of iugress and egrcss h
his cultivated fields. More wagons ar
: broken down 10y going through deep fur
rows or over ridges than 10y twice tn,
travel on smooth highways
: 1t is time that western farmers wer,
taking warning from tho experience o.
their eastern brcthcrn. When they ar
under the necessity Of buying fertilizer
to keep up the fertility of their land
they will sing q more dolcful song tina,
they do now.