Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-03-31
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Don't starve the soil or the stock.


Don't starve the soil or the stock.
Pigs in the clover is farm game.
Feeding skimpingly is throwing money
away.
The eggplant may be successfully
grown without hotbed by any one who
will take pains to learn its habits.
Oatmeal is one of the very best feeds
that can be supplied to very young poul-
try; pin-head oatmeal is the best.
1t pays to feed the young fowls liber-
ally, as once stunted they will never re-
gain their vigor, no matter how we'll fed.
Cornmeal and wheat bran made into q
mush with milk is good feed for duck.
lings, much better than cornmeal alone.
1t would be as unreasonable to expect
field of rag weeds to produce fine wool
as for field of weeds to produce golden
butter.
Don't cool off the stables before milk
ing. It makes the cows hold up their
milk, and frequently they become fretful
and kick. .
The most difficult thing to teach a colt
is to back up. It is not natural for him,
and if he appears little stubborn don't
yank him.
1t is mistake to think that horses at
light work can be kept entirely on hay.
Such horses soon fall off in flesh and do
not thrive.
If sheep raisers have followed the ad-
vice given in these columns, the old
ewes are all fat now and can be sold for
fine price.
Study and plan for the coming seasons
work so that when it is here you will be
ready to be up aud at it, and know what
you want to do. -
Sheep are used in Northwestern India
as a beast Of burden. They are sure
footed, and carry burden of fifteen to
twenty pounds each.
Manage to use your horses little
every day during the winter. Steady
everyday work tends to keep them sound
and IN good health.
Even when the eggs are set under a
hen it will be best to examine them sf-
ter the sixth or seventh day aud take out
all that are infertile.
Wood ashes, besides setting free the
ammonia of the droppings, bleaches the
shauks of the fowls aud should not be
emptied in the poultry house.
If eggs are sent some distance it will
be best to unpack carefully and lay in
bread basket for twenty-four hours be-
fore putting them under hen.
In the economical management of
poultry it is as much Of an item to know
how to feed them as it Is with any other
kind of stock kept on the farm.
A good way to give the young poultry
good start is to keep them free from
vermin and feed them literally; much
depends upon the start they get.
Don't forget the bran mash occasion
ally. This and few roots and apples
will do more toward keeping a horse in
condition than increase of grain when he
is getting fair allowance.
A speaker at a recent horticultural
meeting reported by the Nebraska Far
mer, advised planting each variety of
apple in the same row or rows "to facili-
tate spraying, as the the different sorts
do not all blossom at the same time"
The parsnip endures the cold without
injury. Some varieties that root alto
gether below the ground may be left
where they grow all winter. The part
above the s=rface will turn soft after re.
peated freezing and thawing, but the
bulk of the root will be sweeter aud
richer than if gathered and put in cellar
before frost came.
In many countries of Europe turnip
tops are very much relished in spring,
served up with potatoes and bacon.
Even in our Southern States they bring
higher price than cabbsyes. The seeds
are thickly sown in the fall, the turnips
remain in tie ground all winter, and
early in the spring when the tops. begin
70 GROW they are cut for use