The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Carniolans make worker cells of larger
size than those made by black bees.
Transplant the best blueberry bushes
in your garden and grow a home supply.
Make the young turkeys grow every
day now, and they will repay you by and
by.
A drain, costing but a small sum, may
convert a worthless field into one that
will be productive.
Land well cultivated and kept clean
year after year has fewer weeds and is
easier to cultivate.
Professor E. ". Stewart says that
white oat has five per cent. more nuiri.
ment than the black.
Gladiolus bulbs ought to be dried off,
placed in paper bags and stored in a dry
room free from frost.
Ducks are grass feeders and it is not
usually good economy to attempt to win.
ter too large a number.
If the turkeys were Matched early and
are in a good condition it will be better
to market early than to feed late.
1t is important that corn be dry before
storing it in the crib, and it will lose
weight evea after it has been stored. ..
Grooming the COWS is not often done,
but it would add to their spirit and COM
fort, however, as we'll as promote cleanli-
ness.
While geese should be allowed to
run put every day that the weather will
permit, they should be we'll sheltered at
night.
1t should not require more than one
year to know which of the animals are
the most profitable under different con.
ditions.
Honey-dew honey should not be sold
as good honey, if sold at all. Can't you
feed it next spring, aud get it all used in
brood-rearing3
Buttermilk is said to be a true milk
peptone, and, with the exception of
koumiss, is the most digestible milk pro-
duct at u command.
Extracting sections that are partly
filled IS q fussy sort of job. Is it not
better to feed to the bees, aud then ex-
tract if necessary, from the brood
combs.
"The Douglass spruce is the great
timber tree OF the Rockies and the Sier-
ras. In the East it will thrive any
where" says a member of the Associa-
ton of American N~urserymen.
Whole oats, wheat, bran and corn
meal form an excellent ration for young
stock. The health and complete and
systematic growth of the body are best
secured by feeding a variety of grain.
From experiments made with blue grass
by the Iowa Experiment Station it ap.
pears that this grass is richer in albumin
oids and crude protein than timothy, red
top, orchard grass or low meadow hay.
What may be a perfect animal in the
eyes of one breeder will fall short in
some of the essential particulars with an
other, mainly because some breeders will
consider some things more essential than
others.
Breeding to chunkiness and lard is
running the swine of the country. 1t
seems to be the hog ideal of some men
to get as much grease as possible inside
a certain amount of skin. Muscle, sinew
and bone should be developed.
1t has been discovered recently by
medical men that ''lump-jaw," as it is
called, or Jumps found on the jaws Of
cattle, are sometimes caused by decaye6
teeth. It is not known how much the
poor brutes suffering with the tooth
ache.
No difference if a hog will eat almost
everything placed before him, he should
not have everything that his corrupted
appetite Graves. Clean food will make
clean pork, and only clean food is
healthy and will make perfectly healthy
meat.
A cow that jumps fences needs atten
ton, but not so much in the way o
pokes, binders, knee bands, etc.. a:
plenty of food. Cows don't jump fence
Just to show their skill, as boys do wher
they stand on their heads the day after {
circus leaves town.
Do not let the hens iu damp locations,
as it is o mistake to suppose that moist
nests are necessary for sitting hens. Such
nests may answer for midsummer, but al
this season of the year the best results
will be obtained in Matching when the
hens have dry, warm, comfortable nests
When the chicks are out do not feet
them for twenty-four hours, as they viii
require that period of time during whicl
to fully absorb the yelk viii Oh nasurN
provides as their first food.
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