Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Farm and Garden Notes,

vi course 1t is better to match q few
chicks late even of the larger breeds;
but they will not pay as layers.
For your own table it pays to hatch
chicks from February to November,
but the number should be limited.
Thorough culture saves moisture and
invigorates the plant, rendering it less
susceptible to the attacks Of insects and
fungi.
The great object on the farm should
be to make everything pay, whether it
be livestock or farm crops. Are we do
ing it? If not, why not2
Fifty hens on farm, properly
handled, will pay better the year
through than 200 in the same place or
roost. Quality rather than quantity
should be the rule.
Cutting off largo limbs is best done
by first saving little on the under
side, so that when the limb falls 1t
will not split the wood nor peel the
bark down the trunk.
Eggs and chicken meat beat salt
pork all to death as nj article of diet
Use plenty Of each: Do not expect that
the eggs will pay all the grocery bills
unless an abundance is produced.
headed trees will bear some
what sooner than high-headed ones,
for they sooner reach the proper height
of trunk and the heads are sooner de-
veloped to support full crop of fruit.
One of the most effective means of
increasing the profits of gardening and
truck farming is to so arrange the
planting that horse power may be
utilized in preparing, planting and
cultivating.
Some farmers think that money ,lone
should be counted to determine
whether thing pays or not. This is
a great mistake. Fruit pays even if
we do not sell dollars worth. Itkeeps
down doctor bills in the family.
A liberal poultice of fresh COW man
ure may not seem nice to tie onto a
tree that has .accidently been peeled
with the single-tree or otherwise, but
there's nothing better to cause the
wound to heal over quickly and sound
ly.
Watch the young trees closely dur.
ing the spring and summer; pinch back
and cut out where necessary to develop
q perfectly formed head. The first
years of trees orchard life are the
best years for this work, and if il Is
properly attended to there will be no
necessity for severe ampntations with
the saw in after years.
A plot of ground on which brush
heap has been burned is and excellent
place to start plants for Late cabbage.
as the weeds are not liable to bother
much here and the ashes, mixed with
the soil, cause the plants to grow
vigorously and strongly, providing
that they have room for best develop.
ment, the plants standing about an
inch and half apart.
Contrary to expectations at the Ohio
Station, the best results have been Sc
cured in using medium and late varie-
ties of potatoes for late planting.
Usually, late planting does not pro-
duce as large crop as early planting,
but the advantage lie in being able to
follow early crops in this manner, and
in securing better seed, because of the
superior keeping qualities of late grown
potatoes.
Injudicious slashing of fruit trees
will not do; those whose orchards have
been neglected and who do not under
stand pruning, should get an expert
enced man to do the work, though, as
Professor Hausen, of the s. Dakota
Station, says, ga man accustomed to
trimming orchards in the Eastern
States would better keep his knife in
his pocket unless willing to adopt
Western Methods" and vica versa, we
might add.