The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-05-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Test the corn before planting.

Don't use an over-worked stallion.
There is profit to every corn. raiser in a
special seed.patch.
Hens frequently have spurs after the
first year, but not always.
Young fowls generally have small
combs and of fresher color.
Feed systematically and regularly
every day both old and young.
A sharp, bright plow turns clean fur
row and saves oats and horseAesh.
The best flesh with fowls is secured by
liberal feeding from the beginning.
Hens that are we'll fed will lay most ol
their eggs in the first and second year.
At the start chickens should be placed
where they are to grow up and remain.
Pu' in variety of crops. Do not de-
pend on one or two either for food or
storage.
Corn for ensilage should have just as
much care in planting and cultivating as
field corn.
When stock is first turned out to grass
it will pay to continue feeding some nay
for time.
Look out for the corn worm, and when
it appears take prompt measures for it:
destruction.
Look out for the lambs when sudder
hn fol
easily chilled.
The variety is important, but the best
variety can make only q poor crop with
poor cultivation.
1t will not pay to plow the land while
wet if it bakes instead of pulverizine
when it dries out.
A first cross of any two breeds makes
a good fowl, but the.breeding should not
be carried farther.
A stolen nest gives full hatch because
it has all the essential conditions neces-
sary for incubation.
1t pays to roll the oats. This may be
done after they are up if you do not gel
time to do it before.
This year of high priced corn will be 6
good time to try the merits of clover pas
turage in pork making.
Twice week is often enough to feeG
sun-fower seed. They contain too much
oil to be used regularly.
Poultry will soon become a nuisance
if allowed the run Of tue farm buildings,
the yard and the garden.
If corn ground is rolled either before
or after planting the harrow should fol
low close after the roller.
Because the stallion is pampered ant
fat it IS no sign that he is the best, o.
that he is more sure foal-getter.
About one half the work of cultivation
can be done, and done most easily anc
effectively, before the ccrn is planted
Young turkeys are voracious eaters,
and almost anything in the line of ami
NAL or vegetable diet will not come amiss
When seeding is done get the seedel
under cover lou nave uOC IlaQS
enough the Last year to pay you to neg
lect Ihie.
It will be a good plan to mark the
eggs intended for Matching when they
are laid so that a track can he kept OF
their age.
Whether for silage, or for grain and
fodder, the man with clean land can
grow the most corn with the least labor
by planting in drills.
1t very rarely, if ever, pays to stir the
ground when it is very wet. In unusual
ly rainy weather it is better to use the
hoe and scythe than the cultiyator.
Have full understanding with the
owner of the stallion you use as to terms
Of service, conditions of payment, etc.
A little care now may save trouble here
after.
GA field we'll plowed is half nanured"
is an old saying Of the British farmers.
Thorough and intsligent working of the
soil will develop its Ietources 10 Won
derfpl manner