Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-28
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Have horses collars open at the bot.
tom.
The ideal place for an apiary is where
the bees can get plenty of blooms, spring,
summer and autumn.
Remember, pasturing takes five acres
to each cow for six months; soiling
feeds a COW from one acre for a whole
year.
| Provide good dust-box to head off
vermin during the warm months. A
half pound of powdered sulpur added to
it will help wonderfully.
In disposing of eggs in market sepa-
rate the kinds, as they appear more uni
form and attract quicker than if all sizes
and shades are mixed up.
If you want a first-class price for your
honey use the best white poplar sections,
ship in six pound crates, aud carefully
remove all the bee glue from the sections
so that the comb will look spick and
span.
When cucumbers are planted place
some brush near the hills so that the
vines can climb on the brush for sup
port. In this manner the young cucum-
bers intended for picking can be more
easily picked.
Do not be afraid to plant more peas
for late supply. If the fall-growing
varieties are used it will do but little in
jury if they fall over. Do not be deferred
from planting because of the difficulty
of providing supports, as they ma be
omitted
One Of the mysteries of nature as seen
in fruit is realized in the delicate differ
ences IN flavor. The combination and
proportion5 of ingredients that make a
certain t1avor-that make peach peach
and blackberry a blackberry-is a
study for scientists.
1t helps the grass crop, blue grass, or
timothy, to harrow the fields every spring
and loosen the surface of the sods. The
grass roots take a deeper hold and the
heritage Hourishes accordingly. Besides
narrowing breaks up and spreads
the droppings Of animals left during the
winter.
Young pigs pastured in orchards will
do good service in destroying insects:
those for early market should be given a
peal of slop daily. Chickens should be
guarded ag alnst hawks, owls, rats and
other enemies. Give then plenty of
range, however, and provide good nest
ing places.
No matter how we'll a peach orchard
may be fertilized, if grass is permitted to
grow around the trees they will not
thrive. There Is always a deeper green
color to the leaves of trees that are kent
clear of grass, even if no fertilizer is ap-
Piled, compared with trees that are not
properly worked. The cultivetor should
be used in the peach orchard frequently
and the ground kept loose.
To have the least trouble with a vouno
cali never let it suck its mother, or, if
1t has sucked before finding, remove at
once. By the use of the finger at first
IN pail of milk suitably warmed the
calf will learn to drink. If the calf is to
be fattened continue to let it suck the
nnger in the milk as long as it will. The
calf gets the milk more slowly that way,
and mixes more saliva with l..
Says florist: s'Were restricted in
ny gardening operations to the use of
four species of plants, then, without
hesitation, should choose hardy roses.
lilies, rhododendrons and clematis.
Lilies 1 should give second place in
Importance, roses the first. But if I con-
'loer results In proportion TO labor and
expense then lilies should have the first
place. And In every garden these four
plants should predominant and should DO
relied upon for grand effects"