The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Poultry houses should lace the south
or southeast.
Turkeys and guineas are great for.
ayers for insects.
A good range means everything for
the growing stock.
Get all the poultry to roost in the
houses from this ".
It will not help growing chickens to
be out in the rains this month.
Pullets rarely make good mothers.
Save some of the old hens for Matching.
A warm stable and a good blanket
will save grain and give horses more
"get up"
If horse-owners would discontinue the
use of blind brides there would be few
er skittish horses.
A veterinary surgeon tells that silage
is not a fit food for horses, though excel.
lent fer other stock:
Take pains to destroy all the caterpil-
lars nests you see, whether on your own
SIOuuuS VI Wy Ih0 AoeoSANS'
It is estimated by good authority that
good average comb will yield from sixty
to eighty per cent. pure bees wax.
Fowls that are healthy and thrifty are
always early risers and should be fed as
soon as they fly down from the roosts.
If the hens are expected to lay regu.
larly during the winter the quarters
must be so warm that water will not
freeze.
Put away your surplus bee supplies
where moths will not destroy empty
combs-and they should be kept in a
dry place.
Farmers who are breeding stock for
market should remember that it is the
high grades and not the scrubs that gain
remunerative returns.
The best kind of charcoal for fowls is
parched corn. Roast until it is a dark
brown, but do not burn it black. Feed
once a week in winter.
Tansy water is recommended as a de.
stroyer of the cabbage worm. Where
tansy grows in large quantities it will not
cost much to try the remedy.
Green fodder corn laid between layers
of straw will keep we'll and impart of its
good qualities to the straw, so that cat
tie eat it in winter with greediness, straw
and all.
Turpentine and sulphur given in the
poultry food when the weather is damp
is one of the cheapest and best preven-
tives of gapes. Keep the fowls dry after
giving sulphur.
When the butter is gathered in the
churn in the form of granules it is never
overchurned. Gather it, wash it and
salt it there with brine and the mo st fas.
tidious customer will be pleased.
The best floor for dairy houses is of
cement, because there are no cracks in
which milk can be secreted and become
tainted. When cracks come, through
accident or other causes, they can easily
be repaired.
Apples that are packed in buckw heat
chaf for winter use keep longer, do not
lose their flavor and are less inclined to
rot, and if a few are affected the chaf
absorbs the juices, which prevents them
from affecting the rest.
Though not as large as the Shropshire
or the Oxford, the Southdown sheep
holds the highest position among the
mutton breeds for quality of flesh. 1t is
also a very hardy and active breed, sub
sisting where many Of the larger breeds
could not thrive.
Shoots growing around the trunks OF
young trees rob the trees of nourish.
ment. They should never be allowed to
start. If kept back for a year they will
cease to appear. Grass around the trunks
will be more servlceable to the tree il
the sod IS cut and inverted.
The excellence of the Lima bean il
not confined to its use in summer. L
the vines produce more than be used
green, they can be gathered and kept in
a dry state, having, when properly
cooked, much of the rich nutty taste
which makes them so popular in theil
proper season.
Without doubt every insect pest has it
parasite, and one of the most important
things for a farmer to know is what are
the parasites of his insect pests, and also
what insects feed On other insects. Thus
a large Fart of the insect world will b.
found to be the friend and not the enemy
Of the farmer.
Many trees would bear fruit if they
had about one-half of the limbs ant
branches cut out, so as to allow the sur
to act on the leaves and assist in pre-
venting mildew. Too much top aud toe
many branches draw from the soil thu
nourishment that should be used fol
fewer branches.
Wheat will grow for many years afte
it has been threshed, if carefully kept
so as not to heat or mold. The drynes'
of last years wheat makes it often bette
than that of the present seasons growth
especially if 1t was harvested when il
the milky stage of growth. Unless more
thoroughly dried out than is often tn
case, wheat a year old will come up NOR
quickly aud make a stronger growth Ii
the fall.