Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-11-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Nothing truer than that hogs like
roots"
Don't forget to save the best field
and garden seeds.
If you have no orchard set out at
least few fruit trees.
Commercial prosperity has much to
do with the horse market.
The SOW should be left quiet day
or two after she has been served.
Now get rid of all poor scrub ami
mails before they eat their heads off.
A very largo litter of pigs is gener-
ally to their detriment in quality or
size
1t is suggested that sweet potatoes
may be dried in the same manner as
fruit.
1t is not well to raise colts and mules
together, because the mules lord it
over the former.
Exercise will do the very little pigs
good; give them range as soon as they
are able to toddle.
As long as she will prove serviceablo
keep the SOW which has proved herself
to be q good mother.
Extra fat sOws will not breed SO
surely as when their systems are in n
less feverish condition.
Darkening the rooms where nests
are placed tends to prevent the fowls
from eating their eggs.
A little honey heated and dropped
on bread is said to restore voice and
strength to sick canaries.
If hogs or any other stock get SO
hungry that they eat too fast, indi-
gestion is likely to result.
Care, handling, exercise, kind treat
ment, constant attention, have much
to do with the animals welfare.
Large pens, or these which are con-
| tiguous, harbor disease. This is espe.
cially SO if they have been long used.
Immature parents often bring pigs
Of weak constitution. One of them at
least should be mature. Better both.
An item worth considering when we
are counting costs and profits is q good
pillow team. Plow teams are of all
sorts.
Destroy all poor and worthless fruit
as soon as it falls from the trees, or it
will furnish a harbor for many insect
enemies.
Never allow a hog to eat or sleep in
the dirt. 1t is naturally q clean ami
NAL, but it does not always have the
opportunity to be so.
Pick off the faded flowers and dead
leaves from your plants, if for no
other reason than that they iniure the
appearance of the plant
Much seed is wasted by letting it
remain where grown after it is ripe by
falling into the ground. And it is al
ways the first and best that falls.
When only enough food is given to
support life there can be no profit, as
profit only comes from what is con-
sumed and appropriated above the life
sustaining point.
Do not water newly-potted plants
too freely. It is best to give liberal
quantity of water at the time of trans
planting, and then not water again
until new growth starts.
Seed of the nasturtium may be
sown at intervals throughout the en-
tire year, thus giving new plants at all
times. They make a very pretty plant
for the windows.
Do not allow withered howersto re.
main on the plants unless you wish
the seed. They should be picked as
soon as they show signs of whitening,
as they are a great drain on the vi
tally of the plant.
Have the strawberry beds clean,
cultivate we'll that a good vigorous
growth may be made before the
ground freezes. Then be ready to
cover lightly with marsh hay or other
litter free from weed seeds.
The garden plat should be cleared
of all weeds and rubbish and plowed
this fall. If planted in rows it can be
plowed in strips as the crop is har-
vested--anothor factor in favor OF
planting il rows rather than beds.