The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Fowls need good shade during the
summer.
The demand for good poultry is on
the increase.
Use gravel on all the walks and keep
out of the mud.
Poultry must have plenty of green
food if they thrive well.
Guineas like stale bread moistencd
with sweet skim milk and curd.
Geese should be picked regularly three
or four times during the summer.
Small hens may be active layers, but
deliver US from small eggs by the dozen.
The value of poultry man Ire, like all
other animal manure, depends on the
feed.
The sooner you begin war on weeds
and insects, the easier it is to overcome
them.
Ducks are enormous eaters. They not
only eat all day, but often feed by moon
light.
Old pastures give the greatest variety,
and are best where they can be main
tanned.
Don't get the hens too fat, and, on
the other hand, do not starve them in
summer.
Inte,lectualize farm labor and the boys
and girls will like it. Routinism is re-
pulsive.
Be sure to apply the bags to your
grapes as soon as they are as big as squir-
rel shot.
Aim at good quality rather than a
large crop. Then you are surer OF q
good price.
A hen with brood Of turkeys should
be housed every night until they are a
month old.
Whey and bran is an excellent mess
for hogs in summer as an adjunct to the
clover ration.
Cows in milk need plenty Of sweet
water, as they put eighty y-seven per cent.
into their milk.
Sulphur in the poultry food is good
remedy for lice because it tends to make
thc skin moist and oily.
Fleas do not hatch out on the animals
but in filth. Keep the quarters clean
and the feas will become scarce.
Stir the soil about young trees. It
should not bake nor should weeds and
grass grow in it. Don't work it too
deeply.
If you have no other litter throw dry
earth on the floor of the pig pen. The
pigs should always have dry, clean
place at night.
If you have not field OF carrots you
will deprive your stock OF one of the
best articles of food that can be given
them in winter.
Cultivate the vineyard very often dur.
ing the early part of the season, and cut
out any weeds that grow out after culti-
vation has ceased.
If the beets are too thick in some
places and too thin in others, the extra
plants may be transp.anted to the vacant
places in the rows.
Do not allow the nutritious weeds to
be wasted. Rake them up and throw
them in the hog.pen. All that are not
eaten can be converted into manure.
Such plants as okra, satisfy, endive,
kohl-.abl and dandeliou ore seldom cul-
tivated in the garden, yet they arc
among the best of the list of vegeta-
bles.
Strawberry plants which have over
fruited heavily should not be used for
propagation either for home beds or tor
market, as their vitality is decreased and
speedy dcgeueracy will result.
When the ground is full of sod aud is
very rough after being plowed the
pulverizer should be kept at work
until the soil is made fine, and
corn should ther he the first crop grown
on it.
Where rats are numerous the cat is
best remedy, but cats intended to do
service must be kept at the barn, and
not allowed to come into tho house. Cats
that are housepets arc aeldom service
, able.
The plum curculio can be kept in
check by spraying with Paris green or
London purple in water solution, but
this cannot be safely applied to peaches,
I.,,,o &bo foliopa of tho latter ia easily