Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-04-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

| FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The perfect apple is Of medium size.
Turkeys, ducks, geese and guineas may
| be Matched in the incubator.
Get the flower borders ready for SOW
ing ANIMALS of the hardy class.
Worden's Seckel pear is considered a
very promising fruit by excellent author
| tiles.
Growers are regarding with much
favor the Frederick Clap pear, which
ripens in October.
The best fertilizer for an orchar d is
stall manure mixed with wood ashes or
some phosphate mixture.
Every care should be taken that the
roots Of transplanted trees are not ex-
posed to either sun or wind.
The "Boardman' is new apple,
named in honor Of the Secretary Of the
Maine Pathological Society
If not already done, cover over your
strawberry bed with straw to remain and
protect the fruit from the ground.
One Of the best plans of management
change the males at least once year.
Early maturity is securing a large
growth at an early age; but to receive
the best results quality must go with it.
One of the most important items in
the management Of young turkeys is to
keep them dry, at least until the feathers
are we'll started.
Some hens never make good sitters,
and hence should never be allowed to
sit; good mother is necessary to raise
the young fowls.
March and April are the best for hatch
ing, and all reasonable care should be
taken to secure as large number as pos
sible during this time.
See that the sitting hens have ready
access to plenty of food and water, so
that they will not be obliged to leave
their nests too long at any one time.
If the incubator chickens are little
late, better sell them when they will
average one and half pound in weight
rather than risk lower prices little
later.
There is no advantage IL putting too
large number Of eggs under the setting
hens; fifteen is as many as a good large
hen can cover, and smaller hen should
be given less number.
In setting out trees, shrubs, berry
plants, berry bushes Or flowers, be sure
you leave no open interstices under the
roots; make sure that the soil touches
tie roots at every point.
Low-lying lands should, as rule, be
avoided for fruit trees. In general the
best results are obtained on high ground,
when the soil may be too rough for other
tillage, yet reasonably fertile.
When spring planting is in order set
the strawberry plants as earl y as the sea-
son will allow. If profit only is the OBJ
iect, select we'll tested varieties that are
favorites in your nearest market.
Book keeping is just as necessary in
poultry keeping as in ordinary mercan-
tile business Debit the hens with all
food, buildings and general labor in their
behalf, aud credit them with all eggs,
poultry and stock sold. Then, at the
end of the year, or in fact any time, your
financial standing will be readily dlscov-
cred.
Absorbents are of great value to the
poultry house. Dry loan, smuc6, coal
ashes, etc, are splendid for ''taking in"
not only moisture and dampness, but also
the various noxious gases, such as am
monia and carbonic acid gas, which are
always present in greater or lesser guam
titles. A pure dry atmosphere is essen
tial to health.
From the feeding of the hen in winter
for eggs, all the way through the line of
domesticated animals until we reach the
highest bred and most valuable trotter,
the matter OF selected feeds, properly
balanced feeds, and feeds adapted to the
end desired and essential to the accom-
plishments of the highest results is what
the American farmer and feeder has to
direct his most earnest attention to.
First feed the soil, then the animal, and
do both scientifically.