The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-10-09
THE wooppEcKEn's FoREsroHr.-

storer OF Acrans. The trees he selects
are invariably Of the pine tribe. He
bores several holes differing slightly III
size. at the fall of the year, and then flies
taway, in many instance to long dis.
ance. and returns with an acorn, which
he Immediately sets about adjusting to
one of the holes prepared for its recep.
tion, which will hold 1T tightly in posi-.
tion. But he does not eat the acorn +;
for, as rule. he is not a vegetarian.
His object in storing away the acorn
exhibits acute foresight, and knowledge
ofresults more akin to reason than in.
stinct The succeeding winter the
acorn remains intact, but, becoming
saturated with rain Ia pre- disposed to
decay, when it is attacked by maggots,
who seem todelight In this special food
it is then that the woodpecker reaps the
harvest his wisdom had provided, at a
tine when, the ground beng covered
with snow. he would experience dfa
cnllv, otherwise. in obtaining suitable
or palatable food. It is a subject Of
speculation why the redwood cedar or
sugar pine is invariably selected: it is
not probable that the insect, zthe most
a4ainty to the woodpecker's taste fire..
duents only the outside of wet tfees;
hut soitis. that in Calaveras, Muriporee,
and other districts of California. trees Of
this kind may he frequently seen cover
ed all over their trunks with acorns
when there is not an oak tree within
several miles. "-A. B. Barton.
DEPTns OF THE SEA. "A French
Journal says that tho soundings effected
with reference to the newtrans. A tlantic
cable have etabled comparison to be
made of tile different depths Of the sea-
Generally speaking, they ara~nets sof,any
great depth in. the neighborl,ool of cont.
nents thus the Baltic, between Germa.
ny and Sweden, is only 40 feet deep;
andlthe Adratic, between Venice and
Trieste, 1870 feet. The. greatest depth
ofthe channel between France and Eng.
land does not exceed 800 feet, while
to the southwest Of Ireland, where the.
sea is open, the depth is.more than 2, 600
feet !. The seasato the South of Europe
arc much deeper than those is the inte-
rior. In tie, narrowest parts of the
Straits of Gibraltar the depth is only
1000 feet, while a little more to Tie
East it is g. 900 feet. On The coast of
Spain the depth Is nearly 5000 feet.
At250l miles South of Nantucket (Sou.h
of Cap" Cody no bottom was found at
1000 feet, The greatest depths of all
are. to beN+met with IN the Southern
Ocean. Toihc West ofthe Cape of
Good Hope 10000 feet ha We been meas.
nred., and to the West of st. Helena
$4,000. DR.. Young estimate, the aver.
age depth of tie Atlantic at 25, 900 feet,
and of the Pacific at 10000. u
To MAKE Cows GIVE MILK.-A
writer who says his COW gives all the
milk that is wanted in a family of eight
persons, and from wblchwas made two
hundred and sixty pounds. OF butter the
year, give the following as his treatment
1t is cheap and worth trial:
. II you desire to get large yield of
rich milk, give your COW three times
day, water fsllghtly warm, slightly salt
ed, in which bran has been stirred at
the rate of one quart uetwo gallons Of
water. Yum will find if you have not
tried this daily practice, that yonr COW
/ wAll give twenty-five per cent. more
milk immediately under The effect of ii,
and sh?will become SO attached to the
diet as to refuse to drink clear water
unless very thirsty, hut this mess she
will drI& almost any time and ask for
more. The amount OF this drink nee.
csary is an Ordinary >water pail full
each time, morning. noon and night,
Youa animal will then do her best at
discounting the tactical. Four hundred
pounds of butter are often obtained from
good stock, and instances are mentioned
where the yield was even at a higher
figure, ~ =
Gov, Patton, of Alabama, has re-
quested ard obtained The reissue Of
| eafions bv the Freeam mems Ruyeau