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 bees
make wax. Honey is what is wanted,
not wax.
Tomato leaves are also said 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.
If the weeds have started up in the
wheat fields in many cases 1t will be
found good plan to turn in the sheep.
If the fowls get too fat give them
some grain not rich in carbo by ydrates.
Oats as a 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
off better.
Excelsior - the mat erial used by
upholsterers-is said to be an excellent
thing for beekeepers. When innited i
makes dense smoke.
After careful experiments it has been
found that hog should never be fed
beyond eight or nine mouths of age, rs
there IS no profit iii it.
If you have late batched turkeys it
will be we'll to see that they do not get
into the grass until the dew is of even
though the sun is bright.
The cause of the death of bees in I,
hive is quite often due to starvation
And what may seem worse, the owner OF
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, il
not ornamental. Knats, bugs, slugs
and moths vanish quickly when he il
around, so let him make his home in tn,
garden.
DO not wait until winter before III,
cleaning out Of the hen house. Yo,
may have been neglecting that "chore"
during the "busy season" of harvesting.
Neglect it no longer.
In shipping poultry do not crow1 the
coops too full. Besides the sufferinga
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 easily plowed out.
If the garden is we'll planned, three
crops can be secured in one season, but
the ground must be kept occupied. Al
soon as one crop has matured another
must be ready to take its place.
To Give permanency aud uniformity
to the ideal type that has been adoptet,
selections for breeding must be strictly
confined 10 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 bug
is limited to small areas the application
of handful of sand saturated wit
kerosene around each Of the hills will
effectually rid the field Of them, rain
carrying the oil down into the soil ant
killing the bugs.