The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-08-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES

BY the way, how clean do you keep
four cows udders'
The farmer or dairyman who allows
weeds to taint his pastures is not sue
cess.
If fowls have large range now, the
grain feed may be cut to once a day.
Let them hustle for the rest they have.
If the milk can is old and corroded
with rust, buy new one for the milk,
use the rusty one to bring whey from the
factory.
Keep your chickens growing from the
shell, and they will be ready for the
table or market any time after ten or
twelve weeks of age.
The good layers are active and gen.
orally on the move and scratching aoout
are the first birds out in the morning
and the last to roost at night.
Does it cost more to raise 1000 pounds
Of flesh in the form Of poultry than it
does to raise 1000 pounds in the form of
beef2 Which sells for the most:
The agricultural experiment stations
aud dairy schools ought, in each State,
to note the appearance and spread of
weeds that cause an unpleasant flavor IN
milk.
The wet season makes very "slushy"
grass. The cows, the milk and the but.
ter will be better if some grain is fed.
Bran is better than corn meal for hct
weather feed.
The Malta bees are noted for the
purity and delicious flavor Of their
honey. They extract most OF it from
sulla, or clover, Of which there is an ex-
tenslve crop.
Do not feed lot of cockerels till they
become "old ROSTERS then sell on the
general market. 1t is hard to make them
pass as "spring chicken" even If the
dealer cuts the spurs off.
Clover il valuable in the winter feel
ing of hogs as we'll as for summer pas.
ture. Stow away little that is cut
young and nicely cured, aud feed it to
the stock hogs that you carry over.
Many horses that are unruly aud have
bad dispositions are made so by bad
treatment when they are colts. Gentle.
ness is first requisite in training and
educating the colt for future usefulness.
The dairyman who feeds only home
products, corn fodder and corn meal, for
instance, does not always practice econ.
omy. Better vary this one sided ration
By exchanging some corn for llnseed
meal.
A full and strong stock of bees at
swarming time Cottains about 10000
workers and one prolific queen, the
mother Of the whole colony; also $40 TO
800 droncs are about the number TO be
tolerated.
The best profit to the stock breeder
always comes in breeding for special
purpose animals. Select your purpose,
the dairy, beef, mutton or wool, the
horse for the road or the saddle, and then
stick to it..
Apple growers can take profitable
step forward this year by aban ioning the
time.honored barrel and packing their
finest fruit in small boxes or crates. The
market is quite ready for this departure,
and such packages would undoubtedly
prove popular.
Care should be taken to keep the pas.
sage to the hives as free as possible from
weeds, briers and other obstructions.
Many valuable bees, returning home
with full load, are lost within few
yards OF the hive by getting entangicd
in the brlers or weeds.
There should be good supply of wa
to- l., l.
bees come out of the hives in the spriL2
they usually look for water the first
thing. and the nearer the supply the less
danger there will he of their getting
chilled to death on their way home.