The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-03-05
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NUMBER 8.

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BE- held 'tob iss rplaceg mach essisFlofAansI
when pulled byo onalss e horssss, ess,ssss ba4 .sl
The assertion il made by yfltffs thai
the most prosperoiis gtffitfies III Agfi.f
culture Ars those IL wShieh oksh afs ass asSd aa
One great advantage is, ass soonsas sisys4 q
begin to depreciate as dfanght aniualssysgs
they can be sold 70 tho Hateltesas Sasg
full price, and his place srppliea t.y -.
young oas, whereas ths horse Of hlsls
has to be used until the capital inySsfs1 ::
i'm him has been entirely sdnk.~ wa doae %
slider the Devon as the best suited qta bs.
this section of couptry. They hsrs. Nh
smaller f,rm than the Durham, aud sya- !.
seqtssntly are more thrifty and sssisra
kept upon OUR scant pastures.
In selecting our stock We should Ras'
loose nigh" Of the means 5f AdPp6ftJ Jrlissl
Two nniaiais having the saths sil,sgiitsfs Z
gathering food, and upon seapt heELage. y.
the srpsler fame s:!l y s!!sa 7sA sss.sa
whilst the larger i parham am is s still ll.lu hard
at work.
The sAysfslifs have aiaaysbsodpe peiai ~
sidsred the best for tho dairy, but almassno,
any make fns mixers ifipppefiytfssss 81
ed. 1,,s, l,e ..e ~, r.. 4t,.,gr, > ,4.., s;ag
The Conmittee would Recommend ltst Il
fewer cattle be kept, and ridre attsntloa
be paid to them. We deem Il bad ptslli-i ~. -
cy for PLATTER TO keep such number .e9s
that one fourth die from starvation every 81
winter, and the others get 80 poor thasitgsst
takes all summer 70 get thento the san4e
weight they were the Fall before. tfs
estimated that one acre Of ground u
each head Of cattle should be put idoSs
in grass and cured as hay ID 5'fsed during ise
winter. One acre planted IN edFu - tlIstT
rate of bushel aud n halftu the acre s
would make food enough, J.. = ...t.q., ~;
We have often thoHght it was cheaper !,
70 buy bacon than to raise il, but Your
Commstteei are not certain npon 'ihis
poiat. fnasmuch az the experiment iiss 6
NOT been tested since theeuianripafiuaof j
the ne. ,ro. From reporia of Agrienltur
raj writer's !. is e=tiase.cd H.. H.. Ast.s
be raised even here, and sa.e much IA
the farmer,
From an English cyclopaedia, We
would quote the following . @The f;ittst-siig
ing Of hogs is profitable whGG,a pi,urd ad
of green bacon, when it Is. first dried, j. ,at
worth more than the tenth part VI .
bushel of barley, for hnshel Of barley
is supposed, with good management aiid
good breed of'hogs, TO produce ittil -
pounds of bacon. The risk and dtteiil d,
dance are fully compensated by the; yi,lua
of the dung made by the hogs, which ia
Of the richest nature"
An American writer says: English
barley and Indian corn, pound for pound.
yield each the same quantity of whisasy. ~
that is 100 lbs Of either, yield 30 lbs afA
proof spirits, hence their nutrisiss gtiali- So
~ may be So. down as equal A bushsl /,
of English barley weighs so lbs. corn =
weighs Sc lbs to the bushel O6ifhsG q
data furnished shove the tattefiiny' ~
green bacon when il is first dried, nalsS
green pork just killed is worth morssshas II,
the eleventh part Of the price Of, bah, 7.
ell of corn.
This calculation corresponds with care
full experiments North ana South fhfeo
or four pounds of corn fed in a ofossil
pen make one pound of pork green. that ,s
is Is or IA lbs TO the bushel, .aceordias u
to tho fattcniug quality of the breel iyy
hogs. This estimate IS where corn alone
is fed, but the figures viii show mare ini1 Is
&=er ef fs:tea;Hg II other this1ss ;his1s are
used with the corn Take charcoal, ,.ohs
bushel Of enrn and ono peck OF char4,es
coal viii iEcfease the weight more thsa, !.
. bushel aud peek Of corn. lard,
chemist tell us, is mostly carbon. and
coal is pure carbon, besides, strange as
it may sound, hogs nave dispepsis. and
charcoal is a preventive Of that I Aby
eat it very readily il tis threwa iaso
the pen. lo 5y ;-f-
To make the raisiPg of h9ss profitable
it depends great deal upon the brsed
There are several breed recommended,
and which are in high reputs, but the
majority Of writers recommend Che ~.
sex as best suited 10 the South Fac
Essex and Chester mi&sd area very fns