Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-06-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Disbudding is generally better than
rubbing off small fruits later.
One of the best ways of increasing
the appetite of a horse is to change his
diet.
While good breeding will not of it.
price, it is q wonderful help with good
! ones:
1t is said on good authority that oats
cut and cured when the seed is in the
mii:. stage are excellent feed for mich
COWS.
Good Individuality in horse will
always sell, and where it is combined
with speed AMI breeding it will sell for
good prices.
Many farmers DO not know that trees
can be starved as we'll as stock. It is
not enough to plant an orchard, you
must care for it.
Horse breedingi is pro ftable to those
who cater to the wants Of their local
markets instead of trying ID raise stock
to suit themselves.
Scab is sometimes caused by indi-
gestion, and sometimes by ringworm.
If the latter, wash thoroughly and
paint with tincture of iodine.
Not many home growers know how
much satisfaction can be found in eveA
a small frame of lettuce and radishes.
These vegetables are easily forced.
For oats, rye and grass nitrate of
soda applied just as the growth begins
in spring is very beneficial; 800 to 400
pounds per acre should be applied.
Quinine, judiciously administered,
is great remedy for horse seized
with sudden cold or fever It is
equally eficacious for man, horse or
dog.
Large-combed fowls are the better
layers Attempts 1t decreasing the
size of the comb have hitherto resulted
in deterioration in the laying powers
of the birds.
Corn threshing is practiced in the
West. The whole stalk is passed
through thresher and comes out like
straw, being stored in the barn and
fed in the same condition as hay.
Milk is most likely tainted by the
air the COW breathes, rather than by
the food she eats, In other words, if
you have clean, sweet stables, you can
feed turni?s, etc, without danger.
Bees should be protected against
sudden changes Of weather This is
too often overlooked. Another i'm
portant item is to see that each colony
Of bees has good, prolific queen.
Sheep should be led and not driven.
A shepherd IN the old country never
drives sheep. They recognize his voice
and follow him, hence the Importance
of changing shepherds as little as pos.
sible.
The Hollanders have simply two
breeds of cows-the large and the
small-the difference being solely due
to difference in soils, the large being
raised on rich, strong lands, and the
small on the poorer.
New beds of strawberries may be
made in the early spring, and the
plants will become well established be-
fore the dry season comes, thus max
ing better growth and throwing out
more runners later on
If colt handlers realized their re-
sponsibilities more fully there would
be more well-broken, really useful
horses. By kindness, firmness and
perseverance the horse can be taught
to do almost anything.
The secret of pruning is never 20
permit useless limb to grow. The
orchardist who follows this method
will find the present a busy season.
When the trees are examined for bores,
pinch out all excessive growth
On the Continent dandeIions are
largely grown for salad. The kind
most esteemed is that known as the
French Large Leaved. When we'll
blanched it resembles lettuce, being
less bitter than if used when green.
Nothing will be gained by planting
seed in the ground unless there is suf.
ficient warmth In the soil to germinata
the seed and give the young plants q
good start, while the chances are that
in cold soil the seed will fail to germ
mate.