The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-08-23
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Breed up, not down.
Never buy delicate horse.
The Guernsey is less nervous thai
the Jersey.
Most trotting-bred colts have to be
taught to trot.
A COW should not go dry for more
than three or four weeks.
Cleanliness counts in the stable, as
well as in the household.
Thorough cultivation is necessary
in order to obtain large crops.
Have you not yet learned that poor
horses are very expensive luxuries?
Keep the horses feet clean and you
will rarely be troubled with thrush o,
canker. ..
Fowls should never be given fer.
mented food, or anything that if
spoiled.
Some legislation is desirable to pro-
hibit the use of unsound animals in
the stud.
Food for chicks should not be
sloppy, but just wet enough to be
crumbly.
Sheep may be turned on the wheat
field late in the fall without injury to
the crop.
Pools of stagnant water should never
be permitted in field where the cows
are pastured.
There is more profit in raising one
first-class foal than dozen Of the
common class.
Berries intended for market should
be picked as soon as the dew is of, but
never when wet.
There are two kinds of money pro-
ducing sheep, the mutton sheep and
the wool sheep.
Improved quality is in demand. It
is quality that fills the pocketbook
and not quantity.
The lice on the colt can be got rid
of by brushing the animal down with
q little kerosene emulsion.
Water for young chicks should be so
arranged that only the beaks can
enter the drinking vessel.
Two handsome, well-matched horses
will always sell for more than double
the price either will bring separately.
The soot of both wood and coal is
very valuable manure, on account of
the sulphate of ammonia which it con-
tains.
Every weed draws some moisture
from the soil, and at this time of the
year the vines need'all they can get to
ripen the fruit.
If the hens stop laying at this sea-
son it is best to let them rest, as eggs
are cheap, and they will lay more when
eggs are higher.
An excellent fertilizer for cabbage
is nitrate of soda. If mixed with water
and then applied, the effect will be
noticeable in few days.
Keep everything about the poultry
house clean at all times. More dis
ease is caused by the filthy condition
of the house and yards than by any
thing else.
There are no plants which can give
greater interest to the garden than the
hardy herbaceous and the bulbous ones,
and we cannot too earnestly advise
their culture.
Whether you are picking cucumbers
for shipment or picking, the best
plan is to pick six days in the week.
This keeps the size uniform and in
creases the bearing.
A good grain for fattening sheep is
shelled corn one-half, barley or rye
one-quarter, all by weight, or still
better, substitute one-fourth of corn
with cottonseed meal.
Briars, alders, patches of burdock,
sourdock, sorrel, and numerous other
plants of bad and persistent character
may be readily destroyed by cutting
and repeatedly sailing, especially if
sheep or cattle have access to them.
Corn, potatoes, and other small crops
should not be plowed after they attain
any size, as the damage done the roots
Injuries the plant more than the plow-
ing helps it, but very shallow cultiva-
tion can be continued for some time
vet. This will keep down the weeds