Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

1t is said that sorghum seed makes
cheap and excellent food for poul-
try.
Have fewer cattle, but better, and
feed them plentifully all the year
round.
An English experiment station says
that wheat is the cheapest food In Eng
land for sheep.
BY bagging grapes the clusters are
kept perfect and come ont bright, clean
and attractive.
Young animals intended for breed
ing purposes should be well cared for
and kindly treated.
Root-pruning is simply severing
of the roots in order to check growth
and induce fruiting.
A COW which produces 100 pounds
of butter costs as much for feed as one
which produces 200.
There is often great diminution in
the amount of milk given when the
mixers are changed.
Where combination of beef and
milk is desired the Shorthorns are gen
orally to be preferred.
All kinds of stock if well fed will in
crease in weight faster now than in
either colder or hotter weather.
It is claimed that the Jerseys and
Shorthorns were overfed during the
butter and cheese contest at Chicago.
Anew variety of peach is announced,
for which the claim is made that no
sugar is needed in the canning of it.
It is said that tomatoes gathered
when green and kept in a dry place
will continue to ripen, just as pears do.
Give the poorest grain first. Ami
mails grow dainty rs they fatten and
lose instead of gaining if given poorer
food.
The quality of butter made in wet
weather is inferior owing to the pas
lures supplying less nutriment at that
time.
Squashes must be gathered before
touched by frost, handled carefully
and kept in q cool-but not cold-dry
place.
Celery blanched by banking in soil
Is ShIi 10 ne more CRISP anu VI b6GbeE
flavor than that blanched between
boards
If you have any trees in your orch
ard which have been blown down or
have been killed, remove them and set
out new trees.
Now is the time to prepare the young
trees SO that the ravages of rabbits will
not iniure them. Do not delay this,
as it may mean o. considerable loss to
you.
At this season it is important that
every colony contain good fertile
queen and that a fair sprinkling of
brood is kept up during the fall
months.
In the future the orchardist will con-
slider the Bordeaux mixture and kero-
sene emulsion as q necessity for the
success of his fruit trees in yielding
good crop.
It would be we'll for the orchardist
if more winter apples, pears, or other
late fruit were planted. Now is the
best time of observing the wisdom of
doing this.
The quantity necessary to winter
hive depends largely upon the weather
and the size of the colony, but thirty
pounds per colony is about the aver
age quantity.
Feeding for winter stores should be-
gin in good season, SO as to let the
bees have time to seal their stores
over before cold weather sets in. AL
ways feed just at night.
If you desire to leave an inheritance
to your children, set out few walnut
or pecan trees. They can be pur-
chased cheaply of any nurseryman, and
give excellent returns.
Trees which are planted in the fall
become thoroughly settled and get
good roothold. In addition to this, they |
have the entire spring and summer for
their growth the first year, which is Of !
great advantage.