The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Keep the cultivator in the corn till you
are obliged to 60 into the hay.
Burning strawberry plants after
fruit picking may destroy the crown
borer.
It is said corn roasted on the cob
and fed to roosters will keep their combs
bright.
Fumigate the granaries with sulphur
burned in an iron pot before putting IN
new grain.
When the threshing is done save the
chaff and cleaning for the poultry during
the winter.
ALWAYS make the poultry nests and
roosts easily movable. It will help In
cleaning up.
Plant more sweet corn for late sup
ply. It is not too far in the season yet
for planting.
While you are caring for hay and grain,
keep up the stirring of the corn ground
all the same.
Supplying good dust bath is one of
the most economical plans of getting nd
of lice on the fowls.
When the young chickens are feather
ing rapidly they need good feeding to
keep in good condition.
At your meetings is good time and
place to discuss farm topics and compare
progress among the members.
The next day it rains get the grain
bags out. Mend those that need it and
mark your name on all of them.
The market for broilers begins about
the middle of January and the best prices
are generally obtained in April or May.
Chickens can be hatched in an incu-
bator and be raised in brooder during
the winter at a less cost than with hens.
It is nearly always best with poultry
that have free range to feed whole grain
rather than soft feed during the sum-
mer.
Whenever the comb changes color the
fowl should be examined for disease and
as rule be sparated from the rest of the
poultry.
It is important to give laying hens
good attention. While they can be given
a full range, they should be given light
ration daily.
In the tall is a good time to make a
start in the poultry business. Build the
house and make the necessary arrange
ments In good season.
It is observed that the sheep thrive
best on short, sweet herbage like blue
grass, though they will "put up" on al.
most any grass which grows on dry, roll
ing land.
If you wish young raspberry canes
to grow from those set out last spring
or last fall pull off all the blossoms or
berres on any old wood that may have
been left.
The summer season is very trying on
hogs that are confined in pens with no
shade. Corn should be fed very SPAR
ingly at this season, or omitted alto
gether. Keep the trough full OF fresh
water.
In order to lessen the number of in
sects next season make it point to rake
up all the fallen fruits, as they will
make excellent food for the pigs il
cooked. 1t is in the fallen apples,
peaches and pears that many of the in
sects are bred.
The birds which have suffered most
from the English sparrow, and those we
miss the most from our lawns, parks and
fields, are the robin, blue-bira, wren,
song sparrow, chipping sparrow, yellow
bird, oriole, and catbird. The sparrow
not only drives away and sometimes kills
the adult bird, but destroys the nests
and throws out the eggs and young.
A quarter of century ago the black
berry was a persistent weed and the
greater the efforts made to destroy it the
more tenaciously it seemed to attempt to
remain and spread, no insect enemies at
tacking it, but now that it is cultivated
as crop the insects are giving the fruit
growers extra work in order to prevent
the blackberry from being destroyed.
J. II. Hale, who has vide experience
with strawberries, obtains the greatest
possible yield of fine fruit by the narrow
ing system, and not from hills or from
the vide or matted-row system. The
matted row does we'll when quantity OF
new plants are wanted in addition to the
fruit, but they can not be kept clear oi
weeds and grass without great labor.
Jackson Dawson is reported as having
said before a meeting of the Massachu'
setts horticultural Society that epigaa
repens (the well-known trailing arbutus
or Mayhower) can be grown successfully
if nice clumps are selected and grown in
frame or green house one season. II
does best in northern aspect, or will dc
we'll if planted on the edge CT rhododen'
dron beds.
The length of time COW should ga
dry depends upon the breed aud the ami
nal, so that no definite rule can be given
1t is hardly possible to dry off some COWS,
but all should be given period of rest
before calving, when it can be affected
Four weeks may be regarded as long
enough for any COW to go dry; longe1
! period than this interferes seriously Will
the profit to be attained from her.