The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-14

FCattlb ssx4SSt VI apouV Iho AS0~ Ao' SNN
Shecom mes n nuisance. Accompanying
this description I send the sketch OF
rack that will be easy to fill and which
willsetssn the stalks, allowing the cat
Itlesto strip off the leaves, corn and
tender, eatable portions. The uneaten
Isportion can be cleaned out before till.
ing. anew and the useless stalks piled
up for hadlins away or mixed with the
kaccumu1a 1ating manure heap, where the
refuse of,h& m q stable is piled be.
fora hain} 81 lMIad M fcthe fields.
@ The3 laSk n to Be Built against the
fenee. ia; 81 ahe filling can be done
from M iEide of the manger at "a"
beinT high enough to retain the
fod der Ed frame of the rack should
bs mads Of 2x4s. The rack "b'
should be made of four-inch fencing
lumber, the stats about four inches
apart The outside rack, &C." should
Ebesat out far enough so the cattle Gun
easily reach down inside to pick up the
EctAf. To guard against any waste
ehefe,rit. .qis we'll to have the bottom,
! g ss s. S Aoored, and the floor surrounded
pby &aiSsinch board. Therack can be
.made, 8any length, according to the
samoa fpfstoek to be fed.-J. L. Ir'
win american Agriculturist.
3 Sss Pruning Apple Trees in Winter.
There has been agreat deal of argu
,ner,t as to which is the best season
for pruning apple trees. Some as
81 That the work should be done at
s6 Certain period, while others are
equally emphatic that some other sea-
son il much to be preferred, says
writer in the Mississippi Valley
Democrat. Aid thereare great many;
in all, who think that the nan Wiz
advised that the pruning be doMe
tswhen the tools are sh
about right, It iastEnei I q s
|sperts assure that El6
Be comm encef ~ &
and be. 30 cloEel i! s lel sIlsl
yea, that there 81 i b! B!
EforremoTi1g bt1i| sls q
mi s ssoVs BonS7 i BIS siss'sll
right & itop 6xpert's point Of view.
tFors stke s is able to give his
whole lid attention to the care
off his orchard there may not be a
better pian. Such man can watch
| his growing trees, and with a pruning
knife s0r shears, or at most a fine.
Etoothed saw, he can keep the top OF
the tree ID good shape and can prevent
The growth; ;of branches which would
prove useless Or worse than useless,
! Il they we're allowed to raapain supon
| the tree, instead ofsbeinE destroy ed
when they were binds pf only email
I shoot But the man whose principal
business IS farming and whose time is
largely occupied with the cultivation
of the soiI and Tie careof live stock,
finds siich 81 course is altogether i'm
practical he wants and ought tc
Fhaye. eomathing of an orchard, but
he must c6Ye;fo it more in a general
way and at odd icbs," rather than
follow thA elaborate methods which
the professional fruit grower finds IT
desirable, or perhaps, even necessary
to adopt -, =,
For the reason above noted, the
| great majority of farm orchards need
pruning, and, while it is easy to over
do the work, great many of them
need q good deal of labor to bring the
trees into the best possible condition
for future usefulness. When this
work shall be done is question for
each owner to answer for himselfs
and the answer, If ii be 2 wisslaAsa ny!
| iudiciods one, will depend very afEss
iv upon his location and cifcuins;S 4
stances. If located in the far north
the farmer will not attempt 70 sda
much with his apple trees until the
next spring is fairly opened. Fh,s.
for the double reason, that during the
winter the cold is much too severe TO
work in the tree tops with any degree
of comfort, and because when low
temperatures prevail the removal OF
branches az this season would be al
most sure to permanently injure the
trees.