The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-09-04
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Rape will produce ten tons of for
age on an acre of good land.
Not hard work, but poor care, de.
stroys the average farm horse.
English farmers are finding that
they can grow alfalfa to advantage.
Rape has twice the feeding value OF
green clover, and is even more palata-
BILE.
Lean sheep may be turned into q
field of rape, and taken out fat two
months later.
Save the soap suds for the garden.
They make an excellent fertilizer for
tomatoes, and should not be thrown
away.
If when the turnips come up they
are too thick to make good growth
thin them out. Unless this is done
the crop will be failure.
A good fertilizer fer the garden is
said to be one bushel of wood ashes in
which has been mixed five pounds of
nitrate of soda. We should think this
would make a good combination.
@When onions get ripe their tops
break down, and they should be pulled
and carefully dried and stored away,
or wet weather may cause them to
make second growth or rot, either
of which would spoil them.
If the tomatoes show disposition
to rot on the vine, pick off every one
that has a spot on it and throw it
away as it serves as a center of lnfec-
ton. Some varieties are worse in this
respect than others and should not be
planted.
Spring wagons, or q wagon with
much hay or straw, should always be
used in moving bees, as they should
be Jared as little as possible. Rough
handling may move the frames or
break out the newer or poorly fast.
ened combs.
To provide shade for hives standing
in the sun we are advised to cut long
grass and pile it on the hive six inches
or more deep, anchoring it with two
or three sticks of stovewood. If
cover and all are lifted it will last
last through the season.
Make drinking fountain for your
chicks by filling tin can with water
and then turning it upside down on
a fiat dish or tin can cover. This will
let out just enough water to supply
their wants, but not enough to drown
in, and it is always clear.
Eggs broken within the hen usually
cause death. Wash the vent with hot
water to relax the tissues, then apply
sweet oil, pass the finger up the owl
duct and remove as much of the
broken shell as possible. Unless the
hen is valuable it will not pay.
The pure bred cockered that sells
for about 81 is not one of the kind
we see at the large poultry shows.
But he is on excellent bird to use on
common fock-worth q dozen scrubs,
inbred and akin to the hen as we see
them in common use among neglected
farm poultry.
Watch the squash vines and if any
of them shows disposition to droop,
you may be sure there are borers III
the stalk at the root. Scrape away
the soil and look for the holes, and
when found split the vine with thin
bladed knife, as carefully as possible,
and dig out the borers. Then return
the soil, heapiug it over the vine at
the base, and the splitting will not
hurt it.
1t is very difficult to get the best
radishes early except by hot house
cultivation. They need warmth and
the abudant supply of nitrates that so
with it. But fresh stable manure is
apt to encourage the growth OF worms.
The soil should be rich from manure
applied in previous years, and if more
fertility is needed, give in the form OF
nitrate Of soda. This will make rapid
growth and the clear skin which de-
notes the highest quality.