The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-12-13
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

fects ore lasting.-Maryland Farmer.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Animal meal is good substitute for
fresh meat. "-
Cut the clover fine before feeding it
to the hen. ...
Cleanliness keeps away disease and
avoids loss. -.
The Minorcas are said to be the
coming breed. {: = :, a.
Size in progeny is generally infu-
enoed by the hen.
A change of poultry diet is essential
to good condition.
The medium-sized breeds are the
most active and robust, i. =
A few barrels of road dust for the
hens to wallow in is as necessary as
any of your other winter stores.
The loss of many chickens can be
traced to carelessness in allowing them
to get wet from their, drinking dish.
Poultry manure is one of the most
valuable products of the farm and
should be collected and used carefully.
Dead branches on fruit and other
trees are not only unsightly, but they
are draft on the vitality of the tree.
If q brooder should become infested
with lice spray it with kerosene oil
and also saturate the fringe cloth with
it.
Trees set out in the fall should be
carefully mulched as soon as the
ground freezes hard enough to bear up
q wagon.
Hardness, vitality and vigor of con-
stitutions are of more Importance in
poultry for profit than all other quail
ties combined.
When hen reaches her third year
her usefulness as an egg producer has
so diminished that it is time to fatten
her for market.
Every farmer should reserve good
supply of poultry for his own table.
If anyone can appreciate good food, he
ought to be able to. -
In removing dead branches care
should be taken to make the cut close
and smooth. If stub ia left it will
not heal over readily.
The wild cherry is the home Of the
tent caterpillar. The safest remedy is
to cut off and burn infested branches
as soon as they make their appearance.
Ben Davis, Grimes's golden, Stark,
winter-sweet, Paradise, Stewards gol-
den, Fink's rambo and quite list of
standard apples are said to bear gen.
orally in the even numbered years.
It is now high time that the pigs,
which have been undergoing the fat
tening operation, should be crowded
as much as possible and marketed
when it is thought they have reached
their prime condition.
One or two careless fruitgrowers in
a neighborhood will keep up supply
of the tent caterpillar to infest all the
orchards for mile or two around. 1t
is only by thorough, earnest work that
they can be eradicated.
As hen lays in the morning, it is
probable that the egg is formed chiefly
at night, hence the need for keeping
the bird comfortable during that time,
that her vitality may not be expended
in trying to keep warm.
If kainit be scattered on the floor of
the poultry house it will act both as a
disinfectant and absorbent, and if the
manure begins to ferment the gaseous
ammonia will be converted into sui.
phate and remain in solid form.
The cherry is less troublesome to
grow than almost any other kind of
fruit. All that is necessary is to plant
out the trees carefully and then let
them alone. Cultivation is really an
injury, by inducing a too.spreading
growth.
The lazier the hog the more-quickly
will he lay on flesh, which includes
fat. Acting on this, give your hogs
as much rest as is possible when fat.
tenlng Tor market, at the same Time
keeping their quarters in a cleanly
condition,
AS soon IS the ground freezes ap.
pies and vegetables that are pulled out
should have a covering of coarse
manure, straw, or other coarse litter as
extra protection during the winter.
The windows of the cellar should be
closed up.
The eggs Of the tent caterpillar are
laid in clusters on the shoots of rather
less than half an inch in diameter and
are fastened together with kind of
glue that protects them from the
weather. As they are easily seen in
winter the best plan is to cut off all in
tested branches and burn them.