The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-23
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GAhUEN NOlEss
You can't make eggs from food that
pro oiuces fat.
You can't l.eep chickens in health
without grit.
Bees work upon the tassels of corn,
and gather honey from them.
The Ohio grape will stand more rough
usuage aud give the most fruit.
Save for seed the best developed ears
of corn on stalks bearing two or more.
Apple blight is fungus disease rapid
growth and wet weather good develop
crs.
If Parker Earle has foliage enough it
will be the best berry for general plant
ing.
A pint to the pound is not true of the
fluid known as milk. It is heavier than
water.
Black raspberries-souhegan, Ohio
and Gregg are preferred in the order
named.
Waldo F. Brown says that he has be.
gun to think that bran is profitable for
fattening pork and beef.
Fall planting of small fruits is best
because the plant is dormant. In the
spring the plant should be growing. g.
The person who has never tried feed
ing limited amount of grain to thrifty
hogs on good clover pasture would be
surprised at the results.
If your stock in the "back lot" are
dependent upon small stream or the
"slough" for water, keep look out that
their dependence does not fail.
It is better to cut the black knots out
of cherry trees and burn them rather
than to apply kerosene, as some recon-
mend. Badly infested trees should be
cut down bodily and the knots burned.
Pansy seed for spring Towering in the
open border may now be sown. Young
plants can be kept through winter in a
cold frame, and old ones will winter
with light protection of evergreen
boughs in the north. ::
Comfort must be the rule for live stock
and poultry if they are expected to do
we'll. Good feed and plenty of it, good
treatment and mild temperature would
work revolution in the product-books
OF many complaining farmers.
To cause quick and strong growth on
roses, carnations and all plants of the
flower and vegetable order out or in
doors try watering once week with a
little nitrate of soda solution, say tea
spoonful in gallon of water.
A large proportion of the poultry sent
to market from now on until cold
weather will be in very poor condition,
and this is one leading cause for low
prices. A little better feed and care
would greatly improve the quality.
Japanese bamboos in q small state,
grown in jars, are useful for indoor
dccoration-a use to which they are
much put by the Japanese. Bamboos
are among the handsomest and most
graceful ornaments of gardens and plan
tations.
While young pigs may not derive much
benefit from pastures except through the
exercise and contact with the soil, when
the weather is suitable it is the safest
place to keep them, rs old pens with
their unhealthy surroundings and bad
atmosphere are particularly injurious. :,
Copperas and gent,au together form
an excellent tonic for horses. Mix four
ounces of each thoroughly IN the pow
dcrcd state; keep the mixture tightly
shut up in box or bottle and give a
tablespoonful CT it in the horses feed at
night. To colts smaller quantity must
be given.
A coating OF linseed oil is being
brushed on the handles of new hoes,
rakes, etc., and we'll soaked in at all
joints and lemons, and especially where
wood and iron join. The tools not only
last louger, but are much pleasanter to
use, a1d do double the work in day
that old, dull, loose or rusty ones will,
even i'll willing hands, to say nothing Of
delays caused by breaking.
Goo1 butter is in demand. The diff
Guilty with butter is that an enormous
amount of inferior butter is put on the
market. which opens the gates to oleo-,
margarine and other substitutes. 1t is,
known as fact that large number of,
those who make butter do not under
stand the process as we'll as they should,
and the necessity for holding dairy,
schools is being urged. In Europe the
establishment of such schools has led to