The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-21

operation if expenses exceed receipts. !
By this method I know just whero
every cent has gone and where every
cent comes from, and, though you are
bound to come to some knotty points
once in a while, every farmer or farm
er's boy can keep his accounts, and If
he gets started and sticks to it for
few weeks he will only be sorry that
he did not begin years ago.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The Dakota Red potato is gaining
favor in Ohio.
Lack Of ventilation is the cause7of
dampness in many hives. =. :
italian bees may be distinguished BY,
their three yellow bands. <4
More bees are lost by wintering
than by disease or: in any other way.
The best stock build up earliest,
swarm first and are the best to gather
honey. I... e.. ...> ..., - So. i
Swarming is an important factor In
the production of comb honey in'per;
fection.
The number OF advocates Of leveal
cultivation of potatoes seems TO be in,
creasing. " " - -
In England acorns mixed with grass
are considered good food for sheep
and pigs r.....
When colonies begin to breed;
rapidly. supplies will disappear IS IL ),
by magic. - J
Italians produce larger number of
; bees than blacks, and 80, Indirectly
more honey. +hn -! |
Frames of sealed honey can be given
on any warm day to colonies that seem
likely to fall short. 4.,..s i
Bees will ball their own queen just
as quickly as strange one when she
has sting poison on her.
Wel-drained land makes the soil
better, and manures act more readily
and with better results. r. ..n,
OF late years more improvement has
taken place in the dairy than in any
other part of farm work. "''
Freezing injures butter, but if it ia
| to be held long in storage it will be
more damaged if kept unfrozen. |
Aim high and breed upward, There
is far less competition at the top, and
consequently prices are much better.l
Salt mixed with stable manure will
hasten decomposition and render il
more quickly available for the use Of
crops.
There is no objection to people buy
ing oleomargarine if they want it.
The fraud comes in when it is sold a.
butter. sa ::
In the greenhouses where lettuce is
grown for the market sowings are
made every ten days to keep up sue
cession.
Itis mistaken idea that starving
stock and exposing them to cold will
harden them. It will either stunt OF
kill them.
A new variety of wheat is reported
at LIE Roy, N. Y. 1t is cross of the
Clawson, and is expected to out-yield
any other.
This is the time to make plans for
spring work, and to determine to plant
only as much land as can be properly
cultivated.
Gather up and burn all rubbish. II
will contain some kind of injurious
insects which, if not destroyed now,
will spoil crops next season.
It is thought by many that winter
is the right time to manure the straw
berry bed, and that the frozen ground
is no draw back to the work.
The gardener who uses greenhouses
generally plants lis first cucumber
seed in the latter part of August; these,
of course, are followed by later plant
ing during the winter.
The Royal Institute for fruit and
vine culture at Geisenheim, Germany,
has experimental successfully in the
use of copperas as stlmulant fol-
plants that lack green color in theis
leaves. The copperas should be dis
solved in water and applied near the
roots in early spring.
Sheep are docile, easily handled
animals, which will thrive on great
diversity of food and require less grain
than any other stock. But all these
points become positive disadvantages
if the owner goes to the other extreme
and bestows neither food nor care.
Because the sheep ask little is no
reason why they should get nothing.
In feeding cattle for growth rough
ness can be largely used. but in fat
tening the ration must consist of a
much larger portion of grains, and the
grain should be fattening one. In
feeding for growth the cost can be
lessened by using more roughness-
But whether feeding for growth or to
fatten, care should be taken to give q
sufficient amount to maintain steady
gain.