Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-10-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


A liberal use of whitewash is bene-
fetal.
Dampress is to be prevented at all
times.
Sour milk is all excellent drink for
poultry.
Well drained land is the best for
fruit trees.
Winter wheat and rye make good fall
pastures for stock.
A good orchard adds greatly to the
market value of a farm.
BY sowing rye you can have green
food late, if not all winter.
Cattle will eat almost all of the corn
fodder if it is cut or crushed.
To make profit from your butter
you must make a good article.
As soon as the leaves are off the cur
rant bushes the wood should be
thinned
The best profit comes from hogs
that are marketed before the age of
ten months.
You will save money, time and vex-
alton of spirit by keeping all machln-
cry i'll perfect repair.
Keep up with the times and do not
persist in old methods when you find
new ones which are better.
When planting trees dig the holes
large enough to allow the roots to
spread out in their natural position.
If Won wish to keep your horses III
good condition see that their stable is
kept clean and that there are 10
draughts.
Before setting an orchard, it would
! be we'll to find what varieties succeed
best i'll your locality or in locations
having similar conditions to yours.
4 pound of honey we'll stirred into
gallon of water, and set where it will
keep warm, aud where bugs and insects
will not get into it, will in short
time be converted into fine article Of
vinegar.
We cannot give up stock growing on
the farm, for the fertility of the farm
must be maintained and our pastures
must be utiiized our crops Of grass
and forage and grain, too, should all
be fed on the farm.
The Danish cattle are q hardy little
race, perfectly adapted to their some
what hard circumstances. Their milk
does not compare favOrably with the
Jersey, Holstein or Shorthorn breeds,
being deficient in butter fat.
Good protection in the way of we'll
made chaff hives will 60 long way
toward keeping the bees healthy, even
when feeding on bad honey. If closely
confined aud obliged to feed on bad
honey bees are often subject to dysen-
terry
Where no increase in the number OF
bees is desired all swarms that issue
can be put back, but in order to get
! them to stay all queen cells must be re-
moved. A good time to do this is
while the swarms are out, as thew will
stay out after sitting long enough to
do this.
Extracted honey will often granu.
late and become hard on the approach
of cold weather. If of good quality it
will become white. To restore it to
its liquid form set the vessel contain
ing it i'll warm water and gradually
bring to u boil, until the honey is
melted.
In planting vines, trees, or shrubs !
the roots should be placed in as near
their natural position as possible
Much of the loss which is attributed
n ~.
% sue lack o. care on the part q It'll
nurseryman is really causcd bv th49
failure OF the fruit grower 60 observl
this rule.
The early dropping of apples, whicin
IS though to be due to wet weather AZ
the time ofblooming, can be prevented
by spraying with the Bordeaux min
ture. The trees sprayed with this
mixture at the Ohio Station tho nas+
season gave very fair crop. while
those which were not sprayed were q
total failure.