The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-04-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

AVOID extremes Oh temperature lor
plants.
Wood ashes are an admirable orchard
manure.
The thriftiest wood of recent growth
is best for making rose cuttings.
1t is useless to attempt to breed profit
able poultry from inferior stock.
1t will help to promote health if care
is taken to wash out the drinking vessels
clean every morning.
The true farmer is one that looks after
his farming and live stock almost as care
fully as he does his own family.
A sharp steel rake and good prong
hoe are good implements with which to
begin the cultivation in the garden.
For farm work, a good four -and-a-
half or fve-mile walk in horse is better
than "two-forty on plank road"
The house slops of every family are
worth saving for fertilizing purposes by
throwing them on the compost heap.
Two tab'espoonfuls of crude carbolic
acid to each bucketful OF whitewash will
make it much more destructive to lice.
A lack of lime in the soil is often the
cause of the apple trees failing to make
a good growth and yield Of good fruit.
Blackberries and raspberries should be
set in rows six feet apart and the plants
two and a half or three feet apart in the
row.
Rhode Island Greening and Baldwin
are two varieties of apples that lead in
the New York markets and gain good
prices.
Hens should not be overfed. Keep
them with sharp appetite, so that they
will take exercise enough to keep
healthy.
1t is q mistake to seed a young Or
chard down to grass unless the trees are
we'll established and the soil is reason
ably rich.
The white or brown Leghorns are
very desirable breed where eggs are
wanted. They are good layers, but not
good settlers.
Farmers who have chickens troubled
with roup should try spongia. 1t is
homeopathic remedy, end is said to be
certain cure.
BY planting snail potatoes one gets
better crops. By planting whole pota-
toes they stand the drought and double
the crop in dry season.
While milk is an excellent food for
fowls care should be taken not to allow
it to stand in the vessel until it becomes
rancid. Keep the vessels Clean.
A hen will lay more eggs, keep in
better health and her eggs will hatch
better if she can have good variety in
her feed, both in soft food and grain.
The farmer who is not able to pay the
subscription price of an agricultural
paper can not afford to put his implc-
ments under shelter when the seasons
work is over. Invert this proposition
and it is still true.
Remember that it costs as much to
keep poor COW as good one. If
COW that makes 100 pounds of butter
will "pay for keeping" then one that
makes 200 pounds will pay profit of 100
per cent. on the outlay.
Bones make q good feed for poultry
occasionally, and en- many farms a good
supply could be readily secured with
little care in picking them up and break
ing or grinding them into such condition
that the fowls can cat them.
Do not calculate in making the gar
den all at once. A good garden should
furnish supply all through the season;
kale, kohl, rabi, celery, satisfy and cauli-
flower are all good crops, but not SO
generally raised as they should be.
Sheep raising has to be learned, and it
is better to start with few and carefully
study their habits, read what others have
to say as to their care, and then when
you are sure there is profit to be made,
get more sheep, and with good manage
ment you will succeed.
Inc sCOch larIneF HAS tue mose Apue
pendent life in the world. His stock
and grass grow day and night, rain or
shine, without host of hands to feed
and pay off. He is more independent OF
the bad seasons than the graiu-grower.
who loses crop wher> the season is bad.
True, there is nothing now to brag of
in prices of stock, bu; still it is better
than any other business on the farm, and