The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-03

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well prepared land therefore appears TO- {;
be advisable. -Vickis 3 Magazine. 81.
FARM AID GARDEN NOTES.
To make success of farming avoid !
extremes. g. sls. !
Have the sheep barn light and well
ventilated. 3 Z
Breed from pure, good poultry stock;
get rid Of your culls. Il
Are you doing anything to have better
roads in your neighborhood3 u
Poultry needs shade as well as suns
shine; plant at least one tree N your
yard. 53....5,i
With sheep and clover the poorest soil
can be made rich. Both return 70 the
land more than they take from it.
Afarmer says he finds . grub hoe the
best thing for prying of boards ID tearing
down barns, sheds and other structures.
Plant plenty of sunaowers; the SEED Is
not only relished by the birds, but is
productive of health, and the plant fur-
nishes shade. &, & Il 3!S \!
The dairyman who does not make his
cows proftably productive when their
care and keep are the most expensive
will not make the dairy pay.
You cannot change your system Of
farming at q bound d-you must do it
step by step. II your system i wrong
take the Hrst right step now. Il
During the cold snaps watch your
watering vessels. Tho water should be
turned out cash night and replaced the
next morning with slightly warmed
water. &. Il g iii
Regularity in feeding, watering and
milking are important items in securing
good results from cows, and comfortable
shelter, with bedding enough TO keep
the animals clean @ IA q
Corn husls do not make feather
bed, but if clean and dry, and stripped
ND fine, they are much better than straw,
and will last many years If taken out each
summer, shaken up and well aired in q
bright day. s..l .ssis5 d;
Study the markets and SEQ If you can-,.
not learn Of something that is not In
sufficient supply in your market, and
then see If you can grow it. That u
the way in which the specially farm
ersn have grown rich.
In warming the cream mp to the
churning temperature itshould be well:
starred before it Is tested with the ther-
mometer, for cream conducts heat very
slowly and while one part Of it might De
just the right temperature the rest might
be too cold. i
There are some ways at least in which
more protection would help the farmer!
II he would protect his cattle from cold
storms and winds. his poultry from verr
min. and his tools and machines from
sun and rain, it would increase his In
come and reduce his expenses.
A noted western man riding across
the country and noticing thousands sof
acres of cornstalks standing in the field
from which the ears had been jerked
said: "The farmer Is conducting the
only business in the world thay allows q
man to lose forty-fve per cent. OF his
capital stock and at the same time
live.
A correspondent in the Practical Far
.mer recommends giving cows teaspoon
full of sulphur on:e week to make the
cream churn quicker. John Gould, in
the same paper, says it might effect the
blood of the COW sufficiently to neutral
ize the albumen contained in the milk,
which is the principal cause why cream
is tardy in rising. ,
Market gardeners put on their manure
as fast as they draw it home when they
can. but that which is put on at the
time of the spring blowing must be well
composted, and the heaps worked over
two or three times, they say, to give the
hest results. That, put on earlier be-
comes mixed with the soil by the action
of the weather.
As many farmers will need new tools
next spring, how would it do to try the
cooperative system OF buyinga Small
tools, such as every one wants OF Els
own, could be bought by the dozen;
Seed drills, pulverizing hsrrows ana
many Others not needed often might DO
owned in partnership, thus saving the ex-
peuse of each man owning his own. Can
| it be done without the likelihood Oh
future suarrels over the using'