The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-01-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

the house plants.
Some claim that the Vergennes is one
of the best keeping grapes.
In mulching the strawberry beds use
litter that is free from weed seeds.
Feeding too much grain is not con-
ducive to health or egg production.
IzssUakss bulky food is supplied the hens
EEWial pick up much, that is, to say the
least, not beneficial.
tEocs often there is an overfeeding of
grain 70 poultry and an undertaking of
msre bulky materials.
s. Life. is long enough for our heartaches
sAnd differences, but not long enough for
our love for the honey bee.
One decided advantage with ducks
over chickens is that they thrive best
when left in large numbers.
l4 When turkeys or ducks are to be fat
tened rapidly it is important to con6ne
them in tolerable close quarters.
"A mule would rather hear himself bray
than to listen to any music. from others.
A good many beekeepers are built like
him..
40 farmer should attempt to econo.
mizs time and labor by emitting the
garden from his plans for next seasons
crops.
The little green cleaned from the cab.
baae stumps or turnip tops will not pay
for the tramping done by cattle in the
garden.
| Although with good care the ducks
will begin laying early in the winter, it
! is not best to have them hatch until early
in the spring.
a COW cannot make good milk from
one kind Of feed. There is not the ma.
iterial in it that constitutes the proper
4 Qualities for milk.
J. s. Woodward advises pasturing
sheep in orchards, ten sheep on every
acre. He says they are the best insecti-
[cides he ever had.
Nothing great Is achieved in beekeep-
/ ing without the severest discipline of
mind and heart, and nothing is well done
that is done easily.
Thefrst plant that forms upon straw.
berry runner is the strongest and best.
Some careful growers refuse to use any
but this when setting new plants.
Fruit of every kind will be valuable
this winter. Save all that you can with
the greatest care, and prices after the
holidays will make your heart glad.
When the comb of fowl is large and
full of blood it is a good indication that
st is in good health. When the comb is
Ola pprplish red it is an indication of
disease.
Geese do not attain their full growth
and breeding qualities underthree years.
Hence, it is nearly always best to sell the
young geese and keep the old ones for
breeders.
SInplanting an orchard be very sure of
your varieties. It is losing game to
cultivate trees until they have frulted
and then discover that you have some
worthless sort.
P. ]. Berckmaus says of tho Japan
hardy lemon that it is hardy as far
North as New Jersey, and if planted in.
good soil impenctrable hedge can be
had thre ,Ioars from planting.
Fruit es may be prevented from in
jury By Arers by painting them around
the lower part of the trunk with mix
4pre 81 cart grease and pine tar. Pre-.
veRtion o. the borers is much easier and
better than cure.
Nature appears to use forest leaves
ysr8 successfully as a combined mulch
nd fertilizer. Suppose we take lesson
ftC& her and transfer some Of the abund-
anct of the. wood lots to our strawberry
andf other small fruit ground.
Gold storage will afford the means for
alsrge and profitable extension of our
fruft industry. When we can prolong
the season Of fresh fruits by marketing
them all through the winter the con-
sumption will be very greatly increased.
TIE Worden grape has been much
1us in the northern markets, claiming
to ts rival OF the Concord. In appear
ancs en- expert is required to tell them
apart. 1t is hardly as good as the Con.
cord in flavor and is not 80 good ship
per.
An English writer gives an account of
his hso OF potash in excess, and declares
that he not only got very large crops of
apples and pears every year, but that the
Sruis vas more free from all kinds of
J,lenish aud that it kept longer after it |
was gathered.
). Fine apples kept in cold storage bring
prices that make orcharding an exceed
IngIg remunerative business. But the
gro ser, and not the storehouse man,
saaoiid have the extra profit. Coop
erativs cold storage houses are needed in
evsry fruit district.
The Carman grape originated with T.
" Munson, Texas, in 1883, and first
ffaited in 1855. 1t is seeding OF one
Of the best wild post oak grapes, ripens
lie fruit directly after Concord aud has
endured. winters where the Concord
yinter. killed badly In the bud.