The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Remember to keep the drinking
vessels supplied with water. ~
A small flock well cared for will pay
more dollars than large one ne
elected.
While poultry manure is good fer
tiizer for grapes it should not come
in contact with the roots.
Feed little corn to the hens these
hot days. Wheat or middlings make
the best foundation for eggs.
The better the feeding, so that it is
not excessive, the better the COW will
milk after the calf is dropped. j.
Don't feed surplus cockerels till
they become "old roosters. It takes
corn and cuts the price to do it. .s
The seed of the white turnip may be
sown any time during August. The
quantity is one pound to the acre.
Every farmer should keep a few
bees on the farm to collect the honey
afforded by his orchards, pasture
fields, etc. "
Grass or hay fed to COWS in milk
cannot return it's full manurisl value
to the soil, as part is used up in pro-
ducing the milk.
Some who supply customers regu-
larly with fresh eggs use rubber
stamp to mark on each egg the date
on which it was laid.
A thorough currying every morning
will be a great help toward destroying
vermin on COWS, with perfect cleanli7
ness about the stalls. .
Husks prevent rapid drying of the
corn cob and should be removed from
late planted corn when the corn is
gathered for housing.
Gather the eggs daily-store in
cool, dry place and find as far as pos
sible private customers that will take
eggs weekly or oftener.
When shipping poultry long dis.
tances supply the coops with corn and
water. Do not mix lot Of meal and
compel the eating of sour stuff.
The hog has been called the mort.
gage-raiser. Have you ever tried to
see what few hens well cared for will
do toward preventing mortgage.
Soiling crops should be near the
barn for convenience in feeding and
shady pasture in fly time will more
than pay in the comfort of your ami
mails.
Late corn grown on low land should
be carefully selected, and all decayed
and worm eaten and otherwise dam
aged grains removed before being fed
to horses.
Many Colorado poultry fanciers are
using extract of logwood as a preven.
tive of cholera. Put enough in the
drinking water, once week, to redden
it the least bit.
A mixture of grasses will almost al
ways give better results and profits
than any single one sown alone, not
only for permanent pasture, but for
any crop as well
Fresh eggs are always wanted and
they are as hard to get in summer as
in winter, and we are inclined to think
harder, for eggs so soon become stale
in warm weather.
One ought to do his own retailing of
butter at private prices. Sell the
quarters of the we'll fattened sheep to
the neighbors and at better rates than
the marketmsn will pay.
Not even the ruminant COW will di-
gest whole grains without waste. The
horse does worse, because he does not
remasticate. There is sound reason in
giving chopped mixed feeds.
When the ground is worked to a fine
condition the roots penetrate the soil
more easily, secure greater share OF
plant food and grow more rapidly
than when but slight cultivation is
given the soil.
If you have old hens that are to be
disposed of this fall it will pay to sell
as soon as they quit laying. Grain is
| money THESE QayS auu Asu " Aau AenS
that are not laying it will bring no
paying returns.
That the yield OF milk be rich in
quality, and the stock kept in good
condition, and the pasture kept up at
the same time, feed little oil cake
and corn while pasturing. Grass
alone will not cause the best yield OF
milk.
Give plenty of room in the coops
when shipping live poultry. The
extra cost of coop transportation will
not be as great as the loss of two or
three of the largest hens in the lot, to
say nothing of the humanity side of
the question.