The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-09-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Dust is the greatest exterminator OF
lice.
Houdans lay large eggs and many of
them.
Capons bring better price than
cockerels. ..
There is no advantage in having the
fruit trees grow tall.
Negligence more than anything else
ruins many an orchard.
Potash fertilizers are better than
manure for stone fruits.
The Moore's early grape is one of
the very best of the early sorts.
Green food is the natural food Of
fowls in the summer season.
When laying, fowls require nearly
double their usual amount of food.
See to it that your stable has
plenty of ventilation and no draughts.
Grain will cause bowel disease if fed
too literally during the warm weather.
The best time to set out evergreens
is in the spring before they start to
grow.
Oyster shells crushed will supply
the necessary lime needed for egg
shells.
The extra food and attention given
dairy COW means more butter and
cheese.
The plow in an orchard will not hurt
if used frequently and commenced in
good season. IT,.
In majority of cases an unnecessary
growth of wood is waste of enerG
with the tree.
A sudden change from one food to
another will sometimes make shrink
age in the milk. t.
In feeding roots to COWS, cut them
fine enough, SO that they will have no
difficulty in eating them.
Any land that is rich enough to grow
a good crop of corn is rich enough to
grow good crop OF, grapes.
If there is trouble in Matching, break
the she'll enough for the chick to get
it's head out and then let it alone.
One reason why many fail to make
forest trees grow is that the changes in
the condition of growth are too much.
If fowls ore we'll fed during the sum-
mer they will 60 into the winter strong
and we'll, and the cold will have but
little effect upon them.
Be ready to spray all apple trees as
soon as possible after blooming time.
The paris green mixture is a good one
to use for this purpose.
From all quarters comes the good
news that dairy interests are being well
husbanded, and that in every way the
work seems prosperous.
Plan the garden SO that as fast as
one crop is matured another will be
ready to take its place, and in this way
keep the ground occupied.
One of the very best places for dump
ing coal ashes is around the fruit trees;
they not only act as a mulch but they
help to keep away insect pests.
There are few better remedies for
black knot than good culture and the
cutting out and burning of oil diseased
limbs as soon as they are discovered.
To keep fowls in yard in summer
on on exclusive diet of grain is mex
cusable cruelty. Apartial diet of grass
and vegetables is vastly better and
cheaper.
For garden, especially a heavy soil,
may be greatly improved by the addi-
ton of sand Scatter evenly over the
ground and mix thoroughly with the
surface soil.
If the nests of sitting hens become
so infested with lice as to make it next
to impossible for the hens to remain
on the nest, putting tobacco stems in
the nests will drive them away.
It is reported that ants are the most
valuable assistants to the farmer and
fruit grower, by acting as perpetual
insect destroyers. These ants watch
for the circulios and cut worms and
kill the aphis, or plant lice.
Rain and dew will rust the bearings |
of machinery, causing friction so that
the parts wear away rapidly, necessitat-
ing duplicate sets. Bear this in mind
and see that your farm implements are
kept covered from rain and snow.
Parent stock that have swarmed |
must depend upon young queens alone
for their existence, and if anything
happens to them before they are ready |
for laying, they cannot raise another
on account of having no brood of the |