The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-07-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

and destroyed.
Prinulas seed may be sown now for
winter Towering.
Fine, rich compost is an excellent fer
tilizer for flowers.
The Duchess of Albany is rose that
has many advocates.
A deep loan and a sandy soil are
suited to the cherry.
Azalias may be summered in a we'll
shaded spot out of doors.
The poorer the soil the more seed is
required, and the smaller the crop.
If the cows teats get scratched or
cracked grease them after each milking.
Young chickens that are just beginning
to run about should be fed regularly
every day.
The Earn, Journal advises cutting, hay
closer when ahnnt eaehalf OF the heads
are Drowned.
Grass cut while it rains, or just before,
is ready to dry and cure when the sun
and wind follow the rain.
1.-THE egg shells are fed to the poul-
try, care should always be taken to crush
them thoroughly before feeding.
A wide cut mower, six or seven feet,
and one that leaves the grass standing as
much as possible, is the right sort.
The more solidly hay is packed in the
bays the better it will keep. 1t is tho
admission of air that spoils (browns) it.
A hen pays in proportion to the num-
Der of eggs she produces; therefor C it is
an item to feed so as to secure plenty of
eggs.
Half-curcd grass is wholly spoiled by
rain aud about half spoiled by q heavy
dew If suffered to receive it when spread
on the ground.
Cut hay in the late afternoon, tedder
us soon as the dew is off the next morn
ing, rake and draw in in the heat of the
early afternoon.
In shipping young poultry at this time
see that they are we'll watered and fed
before coping, and do not crowd too
many into the coops.
One can depend with close, careful
plucking upon an average of one pound
of feathers per bird from q flock of COM
mon geese per annun.
When desired to fstten poultry rapidly
there is nothing that will equal good corn
meal. Fowls should be given all that
they will eat up clean.
The Fruit Grouer says: "When red
rust appears upon raspberries or black
berries the canes should at once be care
fully cut away and burned"
The sulphite of iron has proven in
some cases to be fair tonic for plants
with weak fower-stems. Weak solu.
tions shoulld be given at first.
As rule hens learn to eat eggs from
having them broken in the nest. In ar
ranging the nests have them convenient
for the hens, so that in getting in and out
there will be little if any risk Of the eggs
being lroken.
Any plot of ground that IS not required
for regular crop should be seeded down
to some green manurial crop. Millet or
Hungarian grass answers we'll, and the
crop may be pGowed under just before
the seed head forms.
1t is not always possible or convenient
to cultivate a closely set ounce orchard,
but it is not difficult to mulch it, and no
fruit appreciates more what is for the
benefit Of all. Done once per year little
other attention will be necessary.
Fruit growers must study their mark
cts and decide whether they will work
for the average trade OF for the fancy
trade only; whether it is quality or guam
tity they want; whether it is size or
flavor, using different bait for different
fishes.
Fine, rich compost, Ok rich earth, is
the best fertilizer for flowers. Roses
should be cultivated by rakins the sur
face of the ground around them. It in
jurcs some varieties to stir the ground
deep. Supcr-phosphate is an excellent
fertilizer for shrubs and other hardy
| bloomcrs.
The only way 10 destroy the apple
maggot fly appears to be by disposing Of
the affected fruit before tho worm has
time to enter the ground ate, 1t falls.
1t may not pay largely to make pork, but
in the orchard hogs surely earn good
wages. Make preparations 10 herd them
against green apple time.
Would you have an extraordinary do
velopment of fine foliage in cannas,
ealadiuuls, castor-ofl bens, eulalias,
reeds, ailauthas, pawionia, etc., Then
rely on an abundance of manure in the
soul and abundant summer watering.
These conditions provided and it is very
easy to make grand success with this
class of plants. Try it.
The verbena mildew has been very sue
cessfully oombated at the Cornell Elk.
pertinent Station with asolution in water
of potassium sulphide, at the rate OF a
quarter Of an ounce to the gallon. The
plauts were occasionally sprayed with the
fungicide, and, while traces of the
disease still appear at times, it is rem
dered practically harmless. This pre-
pavation has also been applied to cucum.
bers infested with the same, or a simlae
fungus, with very satisfactory results.
The product of tobacco in all Of Eu-
rope is nearly equal in quantity to the
| oa nrnductiop of tho JInifa5 Sfofoo