The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-03
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Fungicides are preventive, not d
cure.
The scale insect cannot be destroyed
with the ordinary Insecticides.
Wheat is good feed for horses, but
it must be given with discretion.
Healthfulness of stock, from which
to propagate, is of the first considera-
tion.
Judicious shipments in advance Of
local competition offers the largest
promise of profit.
It is an easy matter to injure the
pastures from overcrowding. Look
ahead little and avoid such an oc-
currence.
Some varieties of tomatoes seem
more susceptible to disease than others
Vigor of plant, productiveness and
quality of fruit should determine se-
lection.
The economic of commercial fertili-
zer is dependent upon other supple
mental conditions as we'll as the facts
of the available plant food contained
in them. .
The best way to clear woods pas
ture of sprouts is to turn in the sheep.
If you happen not to have a flock buy
one. Perhaps you will find them use-
full in other ways.
Manure is fertility, that is, food.
Place it where the young feeders can
get it we'll mixed in the very finely
pulverized soil. It is not the fault OF
the plant, usually, if it does not thrive.
While oats are an excellent horse
feed, it Is not alone because they are
oats, but because of the amounts and
proportions of the more valuable nu.
trients, fat and protein, contained in
them.
A ripe bean crop leaves the soil
porous and dry and robbed Of its
minerals. It needs a dressing of
phosphates and the cultivator rather
than the plow if it is planned to have
o wheat crop follow.
Routine work is tiresome to young
or old in any calling. Make the farm
work as light and pleasant to the
young folks as possible. Remember
they cannot SEQ it from the same
standpoint as can a man.
It is an old adage, but one contain.
ing sound sense, that little boats
should keep near shore. This will ap.
ply in agriculture as well as in other
lines of business. The place for the
fa.mer of small capital is on the small
farm.
Veterinary inspection is compulsory
in France for all the Government stall
lions, and no stallion is allowed to
stand for public service without the
Government veterinary certificate that
he is sound and free from all reredi-
tary unsoundness.
An English journal claims that 1900
pounds of salt sown to the acre will
check the rust in cereals, protect oats
against the grub and wire-worm, check
potato disease, dissipate fungoid OF
MOSES, make rough grasses more pala.
table and sweeten herbage generally.
The green heshed csntaloups are gen.
orally the favorites, and these, as we'll
as the more tender plants of different
kinds, may be had much earlier
by starting them in flower pots,
anl transplsnting them to the open
ground as soon as danger Of frost is
past.
Wien q horse is being driven on the
road he should not at any time be al
lowed to overload his stomach with
large quantity of water. So far as is
possible the rule should be to give
water frequently, and, while he should
have all that he will drink, it should
be given in small doses.
Get the boy interested in the farm
by giving him something of his own to
be Interested in. And do not make
the mistake of taking it away from
him as soon as it has acquired some
value. The problem of reconciling
the boy and the farm is not very
difficult one if you go at it in the right
manner.