The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-22
Farm and Garden Notes.

CaTUn anu ~drtlen NOtess
Save early pullets for the winter
layers.
Road dust is a good material to scat.
ter under the roots as an absorbent.
Fruit and poultry make a good com.
bination as the fowls hunt for and con-
sumo many insect pests and are the
better for the exercise it gives them.
Don't forget that skim milk and the
scraps from the table fed to the fowls
will yield greater returns than you can
possibly get from them in any other
way.
You cannot be too particular about
keeping the poultry houses clean, and
if you will paint the roots once a week
with kerosene it will be great aid in
keeping down lice and mites.
Corn-fed hogs can hardly be any
thing less than lard hogs, a lesson
which those who are aspiring to pro-
duce the bacon hog, with it's streak of
fat and streak of lean, will do we'll to
lay to heart.
The old saying that there's more in
the feed than in the breed, may be true
in some cases, while in others the re-
verse is true. The fact is, that for
profit good feeding and good breeding
are both leading essentials.
Among the two-legged frauds that
should be given walking papers" is
the travelling hog cholera doctor with
"sure cure" The chances are he
has more cholera germs on his boots
than his remedy ever destroyed.
By utilizing rough, bushy or foul
lands as sheep pastures, we not only
may secure q revenue from otherwise
expensive property, but the value OF
such lands is enhanced thereby. In
considering sheep as land renovators
and improvers, the term "golden hoof''
is no misnomer.
The power corn-husker is no'longer
an experiment; its practical utility has
been demonstrated; and yet it will be
a long time ere the old huskins-peg is
laid on the shelf alongside the fail, for
i'll very many cases the corn grower
can strap on his little peg and CRIB his
crop cheaper than in any other way.
There is a question as to whether it
is best to SOW timothy seed in front Of
or behind the drill hoes when seeding
to wheat in the fall. Location has
somewhat to do with the answer. On
heavy clay soils we would SOW behind;
on light, porous soils deeper covering
is required and we would SOW. in front.
Because sheep will feed upon weeds
and bushes, picking up much that
would be passed over by other stock,
is no reason that they should be COM
PEELED to subsist upon starvation diet.
They will not thrive upon bare pas
lures. Liberal feeding and good care
are absolutely essential to success With
sheep.
The sled corn-harvester is practi.
cal and useful tool. OF course, the
binder is better in some respects, but
more complicated and expensive, and
drops the soggy bundles on the ground,
whence they must be raised by mus.
cular power, while with the sled cut
ter the stalks are kept in an upright
position.
The calves should be kept growing
and thriving right along by feeding
them literally during the fall. They
will eat shelled corn greedily, but
more reliance should be placed upon
such grain foods as oats and bran,
which build up the constitution, while
too much corn tends to injury and
NAV cause the disease known as black
leg.
Where fowls do not have free range
it is absolutely necessary to provide
them with green food Of some kind
such as green clover or vegetables,
and if these supplies are suspended
Just beyond their reach so that they
will have to Jump up to reach them
they will be the better for the exercise
as hen in confinement with nothing
to do is apt to be a poor layer and may
acquire bad habits such as feather
eating. --.