Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-03-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


collar.
It is cheaper to keep two geldings
than one stallion.
Never change the horses feed dur
ing the growing period.
The ounce makes the best stock by
which to dwarf the pear.
We want persistent aIl-year mixers.
The first year tells the story.
Wild geese, ducks and turkeys
should be sent to market undressed.
A colt should grow at the rate of
from one and half to two pounds
day.
The present low price of horses will
serve as stimulus to the best posi-
bic breeding.
The best pruning is that which
rarely if ever calls for the removal OF
large branch.
Do not ring hog if you can posi-
bly, help it. It interferes with the
thrift of the animal.
In breeding the general characteris-
tics of the mares are quite as important
as their blood lines.
The fruit of old trees is usually
richer and more highly favored than
that from young ones.
The cherry crop is profitable one
and is always so much ready money
when you want money.
Horses of somewhat phlegmatlc
temperament are generally most sue
cessful as sires Of speed.
The breeder who trusts to luck in
selecting and mating his horses is GER
tain to become a bankrupt.
Quinine, judiciously administered,
is a good remedy for a horse seized
with sudden cold or fever.
Watch the heifers Don't let them
form the habit of drying up early.
Give them extra feed AMI care.
If properly stored, seed Of cucum-
bers and squash two or three years
old, are better than fresh ones.
The horses of Northern Mexico, al
though grass-fed and never shod, are
possessed of wonderful endurance.
Pruning the grape should consist in
shortening the strong canes one-half
and the weaker ones three-Eourths.
The principal objection to using
coarse fresh manure as a mulch is that
generally it contains too many weed
seeds.
The man who scrimps on elbow
grease at tree-rlanting time will be
short on fruit bearing trees for many
years to come.
It is claimed that by planting the
peach in very rich soil the tree will
come into bearing earlier than if
grown III a thin soil.
Make the farm poultry some one
persons business and note how much
greater the poultry product will be-
come in a few weeks.
Planting few trees every fall or
spring, as may be most convenient,
pr oviles against failure and keeps up
the supply of good fruit.
While the pruning of the grape
vines should be done before spring
opens, it is rarely advisable to prune
when the ground is frozen hard
A spring or weight and pulley on
the COW stable door is good invest
ment, as it insnres against accidentally
leaving 1t open some cold night.
1t is the chattering OF ignorance, the
vaporing of thoughtfulness, the snarl
of utalitY to say that there lis all
''overproduction OF the necessaries
of life.
Do not kick the COW because you
are angry go and kick the barn door
or the milking stool instead until you
recover your senses. A few lessons
will break you OF the kicking habit.
Some poultrymen claim that hens
will never eat their eggs if they are
given plenty of broken bone, oyster
and clam shells. The best plan is to
keep a supply where they can help
themselves.
. Get pure bred eggs, raise pure stock
and keep them pure, and you will find
that your one hundred dollar hens
will pay you three or four hundred
dollars per year, and more, if you
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