Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-11-03
rARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Comb honey is more salable than
extracted.
Aluminium horSeshoes are worth
thorough trial.
The objection to fed honey IS It's
tendency to candy.
Bees are fond Of salt and are said to
make more honey when 1t is PROVIDED
Big horses with style and quaIlty
are still commanding rcmuneratlve
prices.
A horse with a sore mouth will pull
harder on the bit than one with
sound mouth.
If the fall is favorable to honey
Gathering the colony will store enough
to winter on.
A fast walker possessc- the essen
tails of courage, energy and nlmble-
ness of action.
1t is harder to find first-olass road
or carriage horse to-day than 1t has
been for many years.
There are said to be four distinct
varieties of honey-bees in India. They
are all different from the hOney-Dee OF
this country.
When a sheep is to be sold put 1t III
the best possible mutton condition.
Never think of selling thin, poor
sheep on any account.
A hen that lays a large number of
eggs is never sleepy or droopy. 'She
is too busy supplying the different
foods that nature and the eggs de
mand.
Feeding too much soft slushy feed
is often factor in bringing on the
gapes in young chickens, as the fer
mentation taking place tends to create
the germs of the disease.
On the farm, ut least, the fowls
should have a good range, as they will
pick I'D much that would otherwise go
to waste, and in this way the cost OF
feeding be greatly lessened.
Chicks that give promise of proving
standard fowls will thrive much better
if the culls are removed and more room
in the quarters and q freer range given
to those that are to be kept.
Don't allow the boys to tease the
stock ram. A butting ram is a great
nuisance as we'll as q dangerous ami
nal, md the boy that taught him to
butt does mischicvOus act.
An English farmer timed his horses
when blowing, and found they walked
at the rate of nearly IA miles in eight
! hours. It requires eleven miles walk
to pillow an acre il nineinch burrows.
If half the trouble were taken 10
bring out the walking gait of wocE
| horses that is bestowed Oh the trotter
or runner to bring out their move
ments, the farmer would be astonished
at the result.
| Good draught horses are bringing
good prices on their merits, and the
scrubs find no market at cost OF pro-
| duction. Is it not time we gave up
raising scrubs and breed for size, style
and beauty.
If increased yield is the object choose
the most persistent layers and mate
| them with cockerel of the best egg.
laying strain to be had. Then give the
hens sufficient exercise and plenty of
egg producing food.
DiarrhRa may often he mistaken fo1
! cholera, as the symptoms at the start
are nearly the same. AS soon as the
birds are affected they have down
cast look, become sleepy, lose strength
and have more or less fever.
The advantage with the Italian bees
over the black is that they are much
easier to handle, being much gentler
They also produce much larger in.
crease of bees, and under the same
conditions make more honey.
In most localities the use OF honey
is nothing like SO great as it would be
if those who keep bees would put up
the honey in more attractive form
and take more pains to bring it to the
notice OF the better class Of consum-
erS.
Foundation is an Indispensable
article i'll the apinry, and every keeISer
of bees should have a good supply LOT
1t on hand. With it we can have nid;e.
straight combs, and save the bees coin
siderable work, as we'll as consumption
of honey.
Look for market for Your SMALL
fruit near home. Long shipments sell 4
dom pay the SMALLER groweTs..-,as t1leI
commission on small shipments arr
high and it is only the larger growers
who can make any profit by shipping
long distances.
Properly managed, an incubator will
match fully as many eggs in proportion
as as 'ne average hen, especially during
70 tl,1 n min.e[. But 1t is necessary fully
TO understand the machine and to Owe
proper care III order to obtain the host
results Now is d good time to bnv
an" Try an Incubator, as it will Give
plenty of time to get accustomed ~
managing l!I9 1t before it is necessary ~
fill for Matching. 'r' 10