The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-03
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

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There is no profit in foundered pigs.
Poor quality lowersprices esmore than
over.production. II
More fat can be laid on with ground
than with whole grain. "a.
There is always good demand for
strictly first-class stock. 81
Ventilation and warmth should GO
together. Avoid draughta sss,
If turnips are fed before milking
they will affect the flavor Of the milk
Many poultry men say that q han
of two years has done her best service.
Leaves are excellent as mulch, ~
stock bedding and as stable absorb
ent.
Gases of caked udder may be quickly
relieved by liberal applications livery
hot water. abb..l
The greatest profit in feeding sheep
for mutton is made while the animals
are young.
Sheep produce four crops every
year, namely, mutton, WOOL, lambs
and manure. e: 3
Before setting, air your milk thor
oughly 80 as to sllow animal and other
matter to escape. ~,
It is said that when the cows hsve
been fed on bran the milk rises slowly
and is hard to churn. IS,
Firewood is more easily cut when
green and makes quicker and better
fires when well seasoned.
If the stock are to be kept thrifty
they need more variety OF food IN
winter than at any other season.
Those trees whose leaves stick to
the branches in the spring are to be
looked upon as lacking in stamina.
When calves are found three to six
months old and weigh. from eighty
five to 100 pounds they are best ior&
the market. y
Butter from fresh COWS is more
highly favored than that from COWS
long in milk, 50 the latter requires
more care in ripening. 3ss
Sheep are hardy and able tosstand &
rough weather and to partly starye
without dying, but they do not yield +
their best results from such neglect \
The care of butter does not end s
with it's being packed in tubs or jars.
The packages should be kept stored IN
a cold atmosphere kept pure by ventI-
lation.
One of the lessons that the farmer
needs to learn more thoroughly is that
the quality of his stock can be i'm
proved without increasing the cost OF
the food. .... D.
Sir J. B. Lawes writes that while
the various methods of preparing fod-
der for animals, such as steaming en-
silage, etc., may be accompanied by
practical advantage, all the expert
ments hitherto executed show that the
digestibility is not sensibly increased.
"Hog raising, either on large or
small scale, pays better in connection
with dairying, especially butter max
ing, than under any other conditions
known to us in this province, said
President Mills of the Ontario College
in a recent address before swine
breeders meeting.
The frat year of calf's life deter
mines to great degree its value as an
animal for profit. If it is permitted
to run with the COWS. steers and older
cattle, where it will be iostled about
and made to stand beck from the feed
until such time as it can get to take
up the refus. left after the stronger
have their chlice, an unprotitable,
stunted calf will be the result.
Professor Lloyd, the we'll known
English chemist. found as the result
of analysis tnat butter churned at
7S degrees contained 11.24 per cent.
water, and that churned Mt So degrees
contain - Il per cent. water, and that
churned at 50 degrees contained 1918
percent water, showing that the tenn
perature At which churning is done
does not necessarily control the per-
centage of water in the butter.
Tn 1901 oye-Siytb Of all the families