The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-07-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Peonles require rich, wet soil.
Lavender is rather hard to get started
to growing, but is delightful.
Daudelions make good honey, and the
bees find it even in the despised tausy.
Old roses, if they are we'll cared for,
ought produce more blossoms than new
ones.
Feed the bees all the odds and ends of
honey, and put the rest in good shape
for the market.
The cabbage rose, with Its pink, fra
grant blossoms, is China rose and a
well-established favorlte.
The history of the Shorthorns Is 9
pretty sufficient answer to those who
claim that beef and milk are not COM
patible in one breed.
No time is gained by cutting the hay
before the dew is off in the morning.
Nor is it necessary to sunburn it in order
to have it safely cured.
On chilly mornings put warm water as
milk into the drinking vessels for the
bees. and you will save many lives which
will be lost by cold water.
Feeding cold milk is the most frequent
cause of scours in calves. As long as
they are subsisting on such diet have it
warmed up to boiling heat.
If the hive is foul from bees dying
with dysentery, scrub it out thoroughly
with brush and soapsuds, and then
rinse it with boiling water.
A gentle horse, absolutely quiet aud
safe for family use, rarely waits long for
buyer. The training of the colt has
much to do with producing such q
horse.
If your fowls are droopy, a close ex-
animation will probably reveal some lice.
This indicates the need of some insect
powder and thorough cleaning of the
quarters.
Turkeys make good potato bug ex-
terminator, but if turned into the potato
patch Paris green must be kept out,
otherwise the turkeys will soon be
poisoned.
Well-bred animals may be had SO
cheaply now that farmers have little ex-
cuse for not improving their herds.
Money invested in this way will begin at
once to earn good interest.
Good coach horses of requisite form,
size and style are difficult to find, and
command good prices. Farmers will
find more profit in breeding for this type
than in trying for fast trotters.
Farming is not such profitable busi-
ness that we can afford to disregard the
small leaks. That leak in the barnyard,
by which so much liquid manure runs
away, should be mended at once.
From ten to twenty per cent. can be
saved by buying the chemicals and raw
materials and mixing the fertilizers upon
the farm. More than this, if neighbors
will join together and buy in large lots.
Hog raisers who exhibit their fine AMI
mails at the fairs should reform their
methods. Such over-fat hogs as we
usually see are OF little value for breed
ers. Show US hogs in condition for SER
vice.
Cows fare much better on mixed feed
than on any single ration. Cheap feed
ing seldom pays, but much cheap food
can be advantageously used by conbin-
ing it carefully with more expensive
food.
The refuse leaves aud soft heads of
cabbage should be fed to the COWS. 1t
will greatly stimulate the flow of milk,
and We have fed fifty pounds per day,
with no traces Of odor or taste in the
product.
The utilization of the sewage of cities
for the purpose of manuring agricultural
lands is one of the economical reforms to
which we shall come in due time. Such
course of plant food should not be
ruthlessly wasted.
Farmers should study the matter of
cooperating in business affairs, to their
mutual advantage. By buying and SELL
ing together they can often command
better prices, better terms and better
rates of transportation.
Brckwheat is a good cleaning crop,
and useful upon fields infested with in
sects. Wire-worms are about the only
thing that will feed upon it. Buck
wheat is also valuable for renovating cx-
hausted land, for it will "catch" on soil
too poor to start clover. The grain is
also an excellent poultry food.