The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

candy, as late perry, probaDly mas
no superior.
One advantage with pea fowls is that
they need little care.
After the eighth year the milk yield
of cow rapidly decreases in flow.
Even a pair of old boots will be
found serviceable at the roots of grape
vine.
Plants feed from the air by means of
their leaves, and from the soil by means
of their roots.
String beans are summer crop and
may be had in succession by making sew!
eral paintings.
1t is not good plan to hatch out tur-
keys late in the season; it costs too much
to winter them.
A little raw salt pork is good rem
edy to give hens that have got into the
habit of pulling feathers.
Never use whey if the skim. milk can
be had. Fermentation of food sometimes
renders it unwholesome.
It is told that mignonette can be kept
as pot plant for years, provided no
seeds are allowed to develoBa
To secure a good Lying strain select
pullets from hens that have, upon fair
trial, proved themselves good layers.
1t will not pay to attempt to raise
young chicks now. 1t is too late in the
season, as lice will be sure to attack
them.
Late cabbages make an excellent crop
instead of weeds, and they serve to keep
the ground clean by demanding frequent
hoeing.
The best and most economical way If
feeding meal to poultry is by first mix
ing it with boiling water; that partially
cooks it. =
The style of hen-house is not so i'm
portant as to have plenty of sunlight
and a dry floor, and with all cracks and
crevices closed.
A fence two feet high is sufficient for
all of the larger breeds of ducks, and
house 10120 feet is big enough for
twenty-five ducks.
If provided with comfortable shelter
ducks will begin laying in February, and
keep it up regularly until September.
They are better for eggs than hens.
Whitewash on the farm buildings will
make even "run-down farm" appear
attractive. One barrel of lime will
brighten up the entire tarm-buildings,
fences and trees.
Road dust is an excellent absorbent for
manure cellars and privies, and during
dry season can be gathered in quantity
by the aid of scraper. 1t usually con-
tains also a considerable percentage of
horse manure.
Every rod of land in your field should
produce something. In that vacant row
plant squashes, pumpkins or turnips.
Manure literally that corner in the pota.
to field that was too wet to plant early,
and set it with cabbage.
In order to lessen the number of in
sects next season make it point to rake
up all fallen fruits, as they will make ex-
cellent food for the pigs if cooked. 1t
is in the fallen apples, peaches and
pears that many of the insects are bred.
Any cultivation which disturbs the fine
roots of growing plants is an injury.
Deep cultivation, therefore, after the
roots have spread through the soil should
be avoided. This applies to everything
YOU grow. Clean, shallow culture and
plenty of it should be the rule.
An ounce of saltpetre dissolved in a
gallon of water is not only an excellent
fertilizer for squash vines but serves to
prevent the attacks of the squash bugs,
which are busily at work now. As it re-
ouires but short time for them to en-
tirely destroy the vines, the vines should
be examined daily.
Judge Miller, in his report on the
newer strawberries for 1891, at the
Nurserymen's late convention, said of
Michel's Early: 'This, I think, has
come to stay; it ripens eight days before
Crescent, lasts a month, and in quality
is among the best. 1t will, l think, do
awsy with the Crescent.
A popular way of polling running
beans is by setting pole in the centre
of hill and planting the beans around
it. Popular Gardening suggests, as an
improvement upon this plan, to set the
pole in the centre of four hills and
stretch string from the top to . hooked
Leg in the centre of each hill.
A new strain of dahlias, riginated in
England, is known as the Tom Thumb.
The Florists Exchange says of them that
the plants are of very dwarhsh habit,
and arc from nine to twelve inches in
height, compact and bushy, and produce
their single flowers freely. Twelve dis.
tinct colors have already been "6xed."
Poultry houses intended for winter use
should be built during the summer. il
built later in the season they are liable
to be damp in the winter unless the lum-
Der has been we'll seasoned. Experience
has demonstrated that roup in the winter
season is often due to the poultry house
being new and damp, owing to the lum-
Der being green.
Run the plow on each side of the old !
strawberry rows, throw the burrows to |
the center, and 60 as close to the old |
plants as possible. AS soon as the plants
begin to throw out runners go between
the rows with cultivator and level
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