The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-01-01
!. FARM AND SeARDrN; NOTES.

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Draughts in the poultry house are
an invitation to roup to enter and
raysge your flock
For successful celery culture there
must be plenty Of water. either natur-
ally OF artifcially applied. i
"A good mixer must be d good feed
Eer,s but it ibysno means follows that as
good feeder is 8 good milk ker. q
The nnsightly webs Of the tent
caterpillar that appear in the orchard
should be cut off and burned. 81 81
The best ground fora peach orchard
Lis sandy soil that has been planted
for several years with general crops. 4
/ The objection toy late growth on
trees is that 1T produces tender wood
that is liable to be injured By freez.
ing. s ~ ( 3.s. 5ss; ;5 ~.
Cut ont and burn all plants Of rasp-:
berries and blackbefries affected with
orange rust. It is the only safe rem
edy. iSs3. III s s.. y ifT
Spraying glwith london purple, one.
ounce to ten gallons Of water, is given
as sure remedy for the tent cater-i
pillar. s3s e 3'Si,s. .5s
In some sections peppermint plants
are being substituted for hay as q
stock feed. They are said to give ex-i s-i
cellent results. If ID ,l
Experiments show that while the
percentage OF total solids OF the milk.
may be somewhat changed by varying
the food, yet the proportion Of solids
to one another is independent of the
food and is determined by the COW.
Bowel diseases are often caused by
overfeeding, and q lack of salt will
also affect the stock. At this season,
when the horses are idle at times,
they should be fed in o manner only
to keep them in fair condition. 1t is
of no advantage to themto make them
overfat.' ~. es
When corn fodder is given to the
COWS and sheep to pick over do not
throw the refuse stalks in the barn
yard to be trsmpled, but cut them up,.
or shred them, so as to convert them
into absorbent material in the stalls
or barnyard. They can then also be
more readily handled for use when
spreading manure.
Exhaustive experiments are re-
ported by the French Society of Agri-
culture, In which ration composed
chiefly of potatoes afforded rapid gains
in live weights Of both sheep and cat
tie, large percentage in dressed
weight of the slaughtered animals, and
flesh of excellent quality. Cooked po.
tatoes proved more effective and profit.
able than uncooked. i.
The plowing of land upon which
fall weeds are still standing is often
done in slovenly manner, the stub
BILE not being completely covered,
every furrow showing the ends of the
plants, the roots only being buried.
It. would be better to cut down
such material, let it dry, rake int,
piles and burn, or, what is better,
burn the field over if it can be accom-
plished. Flowing can then be done
more satisfactorily and more weeds
will be destroyed.
There is more digestible matter in
the corn plant than in the grain, and
this fact is one which has been salts.
factorily demonstrated. One acre ol
fodder gives more actual nutrition
than do two tons of timothy hay, and
the butts and coarser portions, which
are usually considered of but little
value, contain more nutrition than the
tops and blades. 1t may be ad led
, that much depends on the stage at
which the fodder was cut, how stored,
and how prepared before feeding it to
! the stock.