Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-08-17
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

| RiDening cream we'll before churn-
ing develops flavor and renders churn-
ing easier.
Emblem, White China, and Tou-
louise are among the best breeds OF
geese to raise.
No ventilation is as luxurious to
poultry as draughts; pure air is es-
sential to health.
In case of fire i'll stables, put u sad
die on your horse and you can lead him
out without difficulty.
Bones placed in fresh horse manure
soon soften and crumble, and soon be-
come ready for plant food.
When poultry diarrhel is caused by
cold or damp quarters no Internal
treatment will cause u cure.
Eggs for Matching should be gath
cred daily, handled carefully, and
stored i'll a cool, dry place.
With Brahmas, especially, better re-
suits are secured by limiting the num-
Der of hens to the ROSTERS.
AS young chickens have very small
crops they need feeding every two or
three hours during the day.
Morphine given to mares when in
milk poisons the latter and may cause
the death of the sucking foal.
Horses are very fond of sugar, and
very frequently lump OF it would be
found much better than the whip.
Give the poultry a good range when
possible the coop and surroundings
get tiresome when confined too closely.
In molding butter scald the mold
first and then dip the print into cold
water. The butter then comes out i'll
nice firm cakes.
Grade the dressed poultry before
sending to market strictly choice
article brings the top prices, but an
inferior article never does.
Good feed and care will improve COM
| mon stock, but the surer and quicker
way is to introduce new and better
blood. Try. combination of the two
! methods.
AS soon as the colts in pasture be-
gin to fall off in flesh from fighting
flies, place them in darkened stables
during the day and allow them to run
out at night.
Some one has said: 'sThe shepherds
who raise free wool on one side of the
fence and dogs on the other are
bound to make q fuss, and who can
blame them.
Geese do not arrive at maturity I'M
til their third year, but are long
lived. When full-grown, geese will
weigh from twelve to eighteen pounds
| when dressed.
The man who allows his farm ma
chinery when not in use, to stand in
the sun and rain is losing money fast.
Have an implement house large enough
to drive into.
The proper time to cut clover is
when the heads are all III blossom. If
cut too early it is watery and # left
until the heads are brown the second
growth will be checked.
The effort to obtain a good yield
from q rundown farm, and to i'm
prove it's condition at the same time,
will prove failure. First build up;
the good crops will come i'll their own
good time.
Where farmers permit fowls to shift
for themselves they are often nuis-
ance. Such men are right i'll declar-
ing that poultry don't pay. 1t is
self-evident fact, SO far as they are
concerned.
Good crops grown from the land,
fed to good stock upon the land, and
the by-products returned to the land
1Nnf& land
bigger crops and enable the feeding
of more stock.
During the very warm days the
teams should be used early in the
morning, so as to allow at least two
| hours for rest at noon. More work
will be secured by 50 doing than by
shortening the noon rest.
Manures from animals differ, the
quality depending upon the feed from
which it is obtained. It is best pre-
served by the use of plenty of alb
sorbent material, especially to prevent
loss of the liquid portions.
The dairy farmer finds that the in
| tensive system of culture which he
must follow enables him to improve
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raise larger crops and get better re-
turns from his land than he could be-
| fore.
No one kind of food is perfect.
Even when horses have all abundance
of timothy hay they will also accept
straw and cornstelks as n change of
diet, as we'll as keep i'll better condi-
ton from being allowed d greater
variety.
The solubility of manure is the
most important point connected with
it. It can never become soluble until
it has decomposed, and when large
mass of coarse, bulky material is
| spread on the land the farmer will
have to wait until it becomes fit for
plant food before his crops derive any
| benefit from such. Commercial fertiI-
zers are sold as much upon their
guarantee of solubility as upon the
| plant food contained.