Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-02-23

lial TO nll domestic animals. Carding or.
rubbing cattle or horses is a decided beneft
To them. cleaning The skin and hair, and
contributing materially to health. Change
Of toud is us-iul. Roots, hay, corn, fod-
der, may he aivan.aseously aiterGaled or
mixed, aud a good stcrk of straw for ,hem
10 nnuSc themselves upon, will do them
no harm. II any animal in the yard IS
mnping. refuses Ia eat. aud has his hair
rough aud staring. IL should receive better
treatment. more uUurshus food, and pro-
| per attention, until improvement, appears.
Sometime, The SNOW disappears in Feb
ruary. aud leaves the wheat fields e. nea-
tlows hare. Il is not uncommon at such
times 10 see Oh some farms. such fields CO.
vered with cattle. sheep. or geese. tramp
linz or feediuS down The young wheat, OF
poachiug The meadows. This is a bad
practice. IL is bad for The animals. and il
is worse for The wheat, and The roofs Of
grass. Keep your fences up and all your
creatures where they should be. until the
proper time for turning them out arrives.
Look to the drain. in your fields, and see
that The wuier courses arc clear. Waller
flo inS over, or standing on winter wheat,
is very sure 10 kill il.
Ii YOU have Young fruit trees, either in
n nursey Or orchard. around which The snnw
is lying, i, is good plan :orcai it firmly
around thcm 10 keep the meadow mice
from guawing The bark and killing the trees.
If the grass is kept from The trunks Of the
trees, aud this precauton Is used. trees
may be CO .sIderei safe from mice, other
wise serious losses may ensue.
February is good month to ascertain
! The comiilinn Of yr'r farming implements,
your wagons. plows, harruws, &c. &c. 10
scs what uccl repairs. and what new ones
are wanted. Never undertake 10 be u far
mer without tupls. Without such as are
NECESSARY, farm cannot he worked well,
or kept in order. ifproPcr care was taken
nr farming implements, IT they were Kept
from exposure 10 the storms Of winter. and
Ihc rain and sun of summer, they would
on an average last eibir'i longer ,haui
they now do. There is no surcr sign of
4 -lovrnIy Iarmer. than to see his Wagons,
carts. p!ows, hanows, &c. strung about
the streets or fields. and left as they were
Il, the approach of winter, for The season.
II is from this aud similar instances ofiInj
providence, that farmers sustain i,ssesi
thai materially dini iisiI ,heis pr fts, il
they do no, swallow them wholly.
Often as we have alluded 10 tue subject
ui The improvement of fruit. we cannot
avoid cu!lps the attention of farmers TO
the matter again In this piilee.si . =. ssIa
much better TO have good ir1iii than poor,
and good frui, may be had with so little
carc, lhu indifference is most surprising
The mDsl certain mode OF securing goo
fruit is hv grating; and The later part
this muulh is an cxccllcnI time TO select al
rul ciun,. Label them, aud pack in be
in YOUR cellar with moist earth, or bul
Them IN border where The mice will II
find then. They must not bc kept I
wet, or too warm. bnl they ought nnttoI
main dry for any leus,h OF time bclwc
cutting nnd u>ins.
Gu, up few turnips or potatoes
vuur sheep aud sprinkle on them so
salt: il vii! keep them IN good heart
condition. Give your hprm.s ouce "
"A handful oi clean ashes with their o
and they will rarely be troubled with
be!ly ache. ar hpts. IL is much easie
keep animal, in good condition thu
restore rhcm after they once become p
and i, is much better To prevent anir
becoming diseased. than io have the
bic ot CURING them when SICK.