The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-08-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Many calf is stunted in July and
August. See that none of yours are.
Provide shade for all of the COWS;
and enough so the incoming ones will
be sure to get in it if they wish.
Withhold cornmeal from the soon-
to.be-fresh COWS. A little oil meal
and bran or either will not come
amiss.
If the pasture is drying up the cows
will fail in milk and flesh if they do
not have supplemental feed of grain,
ensilage or fodder.
Have you commenced to cut corn
fodder for your COWS yet? If not,
what are you giving them to keep up
the milk flow these dry, hot days?
Experts do not believe in watering
milk after it is taken from the COW,
but they do believe in letting the COW
have all the water she wishes, whether
she puts it in the milk or not.
It is not only humane to have fresh
water where the COWS can get at it at
all times these days, but it is strictly
business There are dollars and cents
in it to-day and next month. Fact.
1t is an advantage for the farmer to
grow his own vegetable seed If it Is
done rightly, but not otherwise. A
great mistake is made when the earliest
and best specimens are sold and only
the culls are left to grow for seed.
Let no nan, boy or dog chase cows
these days, if you ever allow it. Use
particular care in this regard in the
case of COWS soon to come in. Quiet
rest in the shaded nook should be
theirs rather than dogged exposure to
sun.
During the dry hot spell is when the
wise farmer sees to it that the COWS
have all the wholesome water they
wish, and enough of fodder or other
feed to supply the want created by the
failure of the pasture to furnish full
feed.
The potato crop is one of the most
profitable Of the staples that farmer
can take hold of as specially. The
man who goes into potato culture
understandingly, having the proper
soil and giving the needed cultivation,
rarely fin Is himself looking about for
anything better.
John Boyd thinks it essential in
milking to take hold of the teat as
near to the point as possible, so as to
excite the nerve that runs from this
point to the milk glands, and he adds
that the more this nerve is excited by
manipulation the greater the success
of the mixer, especially in COWS that
are rich mixers.
To check the strawberry leaf blight,
the vines should be sprayed with the
Bordeaux mixture after the crop has
been gathered. First NOW the planta-
ton and burn IL over, then spray
when the new leaves are we'll started.
The new strawberry bed should be
sprayed several times during the sea-
son if blight prevails.
The Scotch and English farm stock
raisers continue their agitation against
allowing foreign meat being sold as q
British product. The Minister of Agri-
culture recently said in the House OF
Commons that the offering of such for
sale as English or Scotch meat was q
violation of Merchandise Marks Act"
and those doing so could be proceeded
against under it.
Men who rely upon clover as their
basis for maintaining the fertility OF
the farm rarely have cause to fear the
sheriff. The clover need not be fed
directly TO the soil, but perhaps is all
the more beneficial il it goes first to
good beeves and milch COVE ard mutton
sheep. But one must not lose sight Of
the fact that it's finll destination is the
soil, says writer.
A good form of the Bordeaux mix
ture for spraying is made by mixing
two pounds OF powdered copper sui
phate and one and one-half pounds Of
lime with thirty-two gallons Of water.
This is rather dilute mixture, but
strong enough for most purposes. To
make ammoniacal carbonate of copper,
dissolve four ounces of carbonate Of
copper in two quarts OF ammonia and
add it to barrel of water.