The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


The cleaner the land the easier to grow
the crop. {:
Trees will grow where other things
will not.
Less ground and more product is q
good rule.
MeriYos do not bear so many lambs as
the coarser breeds.
The Japan SNOWFALL is a favorite
wherever introduced.
Six or more COWS that turn no profit
are not as valuable for the dairy as one
that does.
If crops are grown in the orchard
corresponding amount of manure should
be applied.
Swimming the ''last wrung drop" OF
fat from the milk injules the quality of
the butter.
The land is the only permanent pos
session, and that we can occupy only
little while.
Sheep fed for mutton make a greater
gain in weight than steers for the amount
of grain fed.
A sheep can be fattened well in sixty
days; but it takes twice that long to
fatten steer.
Land we'll cultivated and kept clean
year after year has fewer weeds and Is
easier to cultivate
Every man makes mistakes. The diff.
ference is that some men learn by them
while others do not.
Modern improvements" in agricul'
ture are due largely to the invention oi
machinery and tools.
Thorough narrowing after planting
corn keeps down the weeds and prepares
loose soil for mulch.
The Society of American Florists is
taking active steps toward making fine
display at the Worlds Fair.
Take pains to destroy all the caterpil
lars nests you see, whether on your owr
grounds or by the roadside.
Remember to use only well-ripencd po
tatoes forseed. This is of more Importance
than the cutting of the seed.
The facts brought out by the expert
ment stations ought to be given to the
public in clear and terse English.
1t is curious fact that the great WOO
exporting countries lie south of the
fifteenth degree of south latitude.
There is no trouble about propagatine
shrubs by cuttings providing one has O
cold frame, suitable soil and the right
sort of cuttings.
1t is at the holidays that the large,
heavy turkey sells the best; at other
seasons medium weight will bring the
best prices per pound.
One ounce of sulphide of potash to
four gallons Of water will destroy all mil.
dews on plants if they are thoroughly
sprayed with the liquid.
Many of the so.called improvements"
Of the day have no more intrinsic value
than the change of the cut of your gar
ments in accordance with the dictates of
fashion.
The raspberry blackberry hybrids
grown on the Rural NeU Yorker's
grounds, up to the present season, do not
give reason to hope for improved fruits
through such crosses.
After the leaves have dropped in the
autumn is a safe time to transplant al
most any garden plants of the hardy per-
ennial kinds. They should be we'll cut
back few weeks before moving them.
Wick tells that for outdoor culture
hyacinths should be planted in the gar
den in September, October or Noven-
Der; though from the last of September
to the middle of October is probably the
best time, as the ground can generally
be put into better condition then.
It is told in the american Agriculturist
that Lovett's Early Is, without doubt,
one of the most promising of new va
rieties of strawberry, while Kirkwood is
a very desirable late variety. 1audy Is
called the best late strawberry in cIlti-
vation, furnishing abundant Pickings up
to and after July 4. -