The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-03-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
There are few farms where geese
could not be made profitable. =.
Among all farm stock sheep are the
most intolerant of dirty quarters.
Nothing that will make good manure
should be wasted, but carefully saved.
Glover seed may be sown any time
during the winter when the air is still.
Pigs, like all other kinds of live
stock, should have constant access to
salt. ..: ,", -.
This is the time to busy yourself in
cutting up next summers supply OF
frewood.
Straw used judiciously in connection
with roots and grain will reduce the
cost of feeding.
It would seem that vegetable Gull
ture under glass might be made as i'm
portant as Horticulture. ....,.
Wolves and foxes are destructive,
but not more 30 than the rabbits they
serve to keep from multiplying.
You cannot keep the heifer calf
growing right along unless she ismade
comfortable during the cold weather.
Allowing the dead limbs to -emsin
on the trees only robs the live part Of
needed sap and greatly Injuries the
fruit. g
Growing ducks should be watered
whenever they are fed, as they seem
to require considerable water while
eating. ..'.
With no experience in fruit grow
ing or market gar dening do not rush
too largely in at first; go into it BY
degrees. ..,, -st
If salt is kept constantly where the
COWS can get at it whenever they wish,
they will see that the sailing is done
regularly. =
The firing iron is being much more
largely used than formerly. 1t should
never be employed by any but a skilled
veterinarian.
Only pure-bred horses of four kinds
are profitable at present. These are
heavy draught and coach horses, trot-
tiers and thoroughbreds. D..
Poultry culture is means Of con- =,
verting ones labor into cash he who
labors in the right direction and with
the best breeds secures the highest
price for such labor. 49,. .....
Too close inbreeding is sapping the
foundation of health, hardness, growth,
vigor and fecundlty in breeding stock.
In some cases inbreeding to some e1.
tent is advisable, but generally the
safest plan is to avoidit.
To have plenty of eggs, iced the hens
literally. Avoid extremes, neither
keep them so fat that they cannot lay
nor starved so that they are not able
to .sy no matter how willing. Agood,
thrifty condition is always best for
laying hens. ~
Pek,n ducks will grow to market
able size, making greater weight in .
given ;ime than any other breed.
They will also lay more eggs than any
other breed, while the feathers, being
white, AID mixed with good deal OF
down, sell for good prices. ~
Roup Usually comes from damp or
draughty roosting places. The first
symptoms are swelling of one side of
the head, something like mumps,
which, if lot stopped, spreads to the
other side. Isolate all infected fowls
in dry, warm place and wash with
warm water and CASTLE soap.
Generally, hens should be killed
when they are past three years old, as
they lay fewer eggs every year after
the third, and in many ways become
less profitable. At the same time they
become less fit for the table. 1t is
only in rare cases that hens can be
made profitable after this time.
A good diet for chicks can be made
BY mixing together two pounds of
corn. fifteen pounds of oats, ten Of
barley and ten of wheat bran. Grind
Ill the grain together and make it into
bread and bake, mixing up with milk
md adding little salt Crumble fine
and give each chick all that it will eat
Up clean, but no more, at each feed.
If you expect COWS to give you
heir milk after they have secreted it,
lse common sense when you are milk
ng them. Have them in comfortable
quarters, and free from annoying sur-
Dogs may worry and chill
lren tease. If you think it is fun, the
'ow does not, and the shrinkage in the
pail will be an emphatic way of telling
you 80.