The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-12-30

called s.sheddings, "tails," or
s:drafts."
FARM ND'GARDEN NOTES.
Horses should not be left out in the
chill rains which we will have from now
on. When colts are shivering in the
open air, with their backs bowed and
heads down, such negligence is costly,to
say nothing Of the cruelty.
The friction due to the passage OF
water through Q long pipe .is 50 great
that if a half-inch pipe $500 feet long, e
used the water would not reach the outlet.
To bring the water this distance it would
be necessary to have the upper halt of
the pipe at least q inch in diameter.
One Of the commonest and most stupid
faults sean in stock-raising is the semi
starvation Of young animals, particularly
calves and colts. With good care their
growth is more chiefly obtained than any
other time Of life, and young animals are
almost sure, With ignorant farmers, tobes
raised on a diet that prematurely dwarfs
them for life.
Glover hay, cut very fine and stepped
in boiling water over night, ands
sprinkled with cornmeal slightly, fed
three times q week, is excellent, but nm
less it is exceedingly fine the chicks 9
not eat it. One Of the best inyigorators,
however, is the decoction from the
clover GLOVER tea), given in place OF the
drinking water occasionally, but it must
be fresh and not stale.
One who has tried the Horned Dorset
sheep is very emphatic in his assertion
that they cannotb be e1celled by any others
as general purpose sheep for the middle
temperate They are especially
noted for their proli6cacy of breeding.
usually raising two lambs per eve per
annum. Theyare large bodied, heavy
meated, produce an excellent quality OF
mutton and a good fleece Of medium
coarse wool.
If one pipe is to supply two outlets,
the supply pipe next to the spring must
be large enough to fully fill both Of
them. Otherwise the water will take
the easier way Of escape and leave the
other pipe without any water. II the
stream will fill a one-and-a-half inch
pipe at the head, the other pipes may be
one inch in. diameter, because the larger
pipe will have a capacity Of two and 8
quarter times that Of the one-inch pipe.
Keep your eye-and nose too-on the
linen cream strainer, and the rag used
for washing the milk and cream cans,
the churn and the butter worker. 4 ALI
these things. need close watching during
the hot days, which are so productive OF
microbes and musty conditions. Hot
water and plenty Of sun and air are the
requisites for keeping things sweet, and
under no circumstances a the dairy
man afford to ignore their free and lib
eral use.
A single COW, in cold weather, will
be more profitable If fed generously
than two COWS fed stingily, and If both
housed and fed well, it will pay better
than a dozen fed and housed poorly.
One.half the rations given IN winter
is often necessary to supply animal heat.
Avoid this waste by having warn QUAR-
tiers. If the milk is allowed to shrink
at the beginning of cold weather, by
neglecting these precautions, it will b.
difficult to revive the supply.
Fowls at the moulting season undergo
q great drain Of the system to supply
the growth of new feathers. Deaths
from this cause are, apart from a little
direct pecud Ary loss, not looked upon IS
q misfortune. The sure eye of nature
has picked out the very ones that you
would be glad to be rid of could you de-
tect them, and left you the hardest indi-
to breed from, the weakness OF
such particular ones, moreover, often
consisting in some profound fault that,
does not show itself.
The clover plant is no exceptional the
rule that a very large growth of leaf is
apt to be at the expense of the seed crop.
But there is one way of manuring clover
to make it seed abundantly,' and that Is
with mineral fertilizers. While stable
manuring tends to excess of vine, the
largo growth produced by applying phos-
phate and potash increases seed proper
tionably. Much, however, depends on
the season. Dry weather, after the first
cutting, which forces the roots into the
for moisture, is usually favorable
to- seed production.
There can be no dispute about the fact
that it is wisdom and economy both, in
fowl breeding, to "feed we'll from the
shell" upward. If your birds are intend
ed for the market only, they are always
in readiness thus for killing; if for breed
to s'feed we'll from the SHELF up
ward. If your birds are intended for
the market only, they are always in
readiness thus for killing; if for breed.
they are thus always in the best
condition for the purpose; if for the
show rens, there is no fattcning or fore.
ing to do at the last hour to render them
in prcsentable shape. So we would,
therefore, recommend good care, good
feed, and good quarters for poultry all
the time.