The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES


Tomatoes should not grow too much
vine.
Potatoes should be kept in the coolest
and darkest place possible.
Low-growing vegetables may be cul-
tivated between berry bushes.
The wool from well fed sheep is much
better than from half-starved ones.
When transplanting, have the root.
straight and in their natural pos ition.
There is no profit in letting bee.
make wax. Honey is what is wanted,
not wax,
Tomato leaves arc also laid to make a
good insecticide If stepped in water and
sprinkled over plants.
Poorly kept sheep will not make the
owner rich, nor do much towards build
ing up the fertility of the soil.
The wood queen-excluders do not
seem to take much. The bees enlarge
the cuts and the queens go above.
II the weeds have started up in the
wheat fields in many cases 1t will be
found good plan to turn in the sheep.
II the fowls get too fat give them
some grain not rich in carbo hydrates.
Oats as u single food will tend to lessen
the fat.
Juicy grass, in addition to preventing
many diseases to which swine are heir
to, improves the quality Of ITS flesh
greatly.
See that the poultry exhibited at the
fairs have airy coops. II they are neat
and uniform in size the display will sho y
off better.
Excelsior - the mat eral used b.,
upholsterers-is said to be an excellent
thing for beekeepers. When ignited il
makes dense smoke.
After careful experiments it has been
found that a hog should never be fed
beyond eight or nine months of age, as
there is no profit in it.
If you have late batched turkeys il
will be we'll to see that they do not get
into the grass until the dew is off even
though the sun is bright.
The cause of the death of bees in {,
hive is quite often due to starvation.
Aud what may seem worse, the owner ol
the apiary rarely knows the cause.
If the yards and pens are not naturall,
drained, let them be drained artifically.
Stagnant water is often the beginning of
serious aud fatal diseases among poul-
try.
The unsightly little toad is useful, II
not ornamental. Knats, bugs, slugs
and moths vanish quickly when he i,
around, so let him make his home in tn,
garden.
Do not wait until winter before tn,
cleaning out OF the hen house. Yo,
may have been neglecting that "chore"
during the "busy season" of harvesting.
Neglect 1t no longer.
In shipping poultry do not crowi tho
coops too full. Besides the sufferings
caused the fowls, the death of two or
three will take off the expected profits
and cause disappointment.
Cultivate late potatoes the same as the
spring crop. As an advantage to the
potato, level cultivation Is best, but
when slightly ridged or billed they can
be more easiiy plowed out.
II tho garden IL we'll planned. three
crops can be secured in one season, bu,
the ground must be kept occupied. Al
soon ss one crop has matured anothei
must be ready to takeits place.
To give permaneucy and uniformity
to the ideal type that has been adopted,
selections for breeding must be strictly
confined to animals having the desired
characters, within the limits Of dis.
tinct breed, or Of single family Of
distinct breed.
| Where the attack on corn by bill bugs
is limited to small areas the application
of a handful Of sand saturated with
kerosene around each Of the hills will
effectualiy rid the field OF them, rainl
carrying the oil down into the soil and
killing the bugs.