The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-08-05
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND 6AhDEN NOIEos HE.1A.t "
Sell the old hens. e. $$s 3$$s
Dry soil Is good deodorizer. 4,
Cement makes the best floor for the I
poultry house. .
1ncubators and brooders are best fcr !.
winter Matching. II:
The hens will moult better if separated
from the roosters. 8
Cut down the tall weeds and gra1
where the fowls run. .lg 8i
Linseed oil meal can be given daily
while the hens are moulting. 81.
Wheat is good ration to give for tbs
morning meal when eggs are wanted.
Introducing new blood annually IL
necessary to secure healthy, vigorous
poultry. A,, 40
Give variety of grain to the fowls
oats in the bundle, corn in the ear and
small grain in litter. 3,58
If we'll managed, poultry can be msds
to supply fair proportion OF the meaS
needed for family use. s$SSi
The refuse of the crop from an acre cf
tomatoes contains more fertilizing ma-S
terial than similar remains of most othsr
crops. =. III. Y.
Pruning the curaut may begin at 4
planting by shortening the last years
growth nearly one-half. The annual
pruning ought to be done before the
buds start in the springs. ss3:
Road dust is an excellent absorbent fcr
manure cellars, and during dry season !
can be gathered in quantity by the aid o.
a seraper. It usually contains also ~
considerable percentage OF horse n1s-s;s
nure. l#T - 1gx
An experienced florist says: 1T Z
were restricted in my gardening opera-i
tiohs to the use of four species of plants,
then without hesitation should choose.
hardy roses, lilies, rhododendrons and
clematis." -" r ..%E,,
Il. M. Engle, of Pennsylvania, is
credited with saying that premature
ripening of peaches on small branch or 4
part of a branch is sure indication OF
yellows, and that the tree should at oncG
be cut and burned. -, q i9t5 81
Several farmers in New Jersey are Pre-
pairing to graft large areas OF natural
chestnut suckers in timber clearings with
Numbo, Paragon and other large .varis-S
ties, with view, to creating chestnut
orchards out of them. H y 5bsss q 81
M. Crawford said at an institute lately u
that he would not prune an orchard any
more than he could do with his pocket
knife. While young he would prevent
any little limbs starting out wrong from
time to time but do no wholesale prun77s,,
ing. , s@ %.Es#
One of the mysteries Of nature as seen
in fruit is realized in the delicate differ
ences Of flavor. The combination and
proportion of ingredients that make q
certain hayor-that makea peach peach
and blackberry blackbery-sa q study
for scientists. &,.s = = f3
Any cultivation which disturbs tha,,
fine roots of growing plants is an injury. (
Deep cultivation, therefore, after, the
roots have spread through the soil should
be avoided. This applies to everything
that you grow. Clean, shallow culturo
and plenty of it should be the rule. /: |;
Good butter cannot be made from In.
ferior or spoiled cream with any mora
certainty than good bread from bad
-four, no matter with what care it may bs
managed. Results depend altogethsr
upon conditions, and il these arf
neglected, failures are sure to follow. (
Dairymen should remember that lessen
ing the cost in producing milk Is quits
as short cut to the profits, and equally
as certain, as an advance in price Per gal-
lon. Improvement in the cow, the iced
aud the management will insure the lint
condition, and will most likely be fot-a
lowed by the second. - 2
Those who are obliged to keep their
poultry confined all the time may, b4
giving an hours liberty just at night
provide daily grass ration and quite .
supply of animal food without expense.
The amount of scratching hen can do
in one hour in the morning is surprisingss
but at night this may be avoided. $'
The extra labor Of soiling COWS haa
been shown to call for more than Qua
stout boy, and one-horse mower and
wagon for two hours, for thirty COVE
About three cents per day for each COW.
The increased milk on thirty COWS has
been shown to be over 100 quarts. The
saving of manure more than pays all the
cost. 49,.
Live stock constitute most impcr-
tant branch of farming, if not the most
important. But the "conserTatism"-,
so called--of farmers adhering to old
and antiquated methods for the care OF
farm animals greatly aids in creating the
depression of which farmers complain
Pasturing, for instance, is legacy OF
| barbaIism. I
"Get rid of the scrubs" Yes; by all
means. But you need not kick them on
the head or chop them up for sausage
Treat them as you would $2oo jersey
COW and they will no longer be scrubs
As the goodness of the farm is,uQre In.
the farmer than in the land or the place.
so the scrubbiness of the COWS is IN tina
owner Of them.
The birds which have suffered most,
from the English sparrow, and those wa
miss from our lawns, paris and fields ara
the robin, bluebird, wren, song sparrow.
chipping sparrow, yellowbird, oriole and