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


iUi }p slsa5 O, @lgsf hea si+alstai ~
tShich iss ippertanes deserves, ard 2yhish,
will enable US TO choose proiisably and
wisely. Each amin animal lon on ii Place ls should
be io0ked 'upoIf ss assSoftof wEeel.6artow'
sent out fnfths morning 10 gather, and
at evening" rolled ius toidsposis ito cod
tents iii the manure pens, Wehaye. seen
more mahtfe made BY loo bead of cat
tie lequal TO stable inanpre) than could
be hauled out III" III shfeees months with two
| fs;ss.. horse " wagons mud two ox carts.
The plan by which this was d6as will
come more under the head of nlauuges.
! We WeIgi will lfras fras report upon the horse,
Your Committee is. of the opinion tbat
we have in this country as good breed
of horses as are 70 be found anywhere,
1 taking into consideration ths, purposes
for which they are needed.
We do not wish the light boued, deli
cate race horst aidy more ythan we
want the she@ss,, g, As!Hl AAs!l drug horse! -
We wish an animal NERD for she road,
and elso that cap be used for plantation
purposes. We wish q horse that we can
saddle up and feel safe upon his back,
ever upon fox hunt; then hitch him
to the buggy ana take the family visiting
or put him in the plough and make his
food. Just such an animal We now have
in our native breed, crossed aitd recrossed
with the thoroughbred dhtil we have the
bone and muscle Of the former, with the
wind aud spirit of the latter. In fact
the very horse the English prize and use
Ms hunter is the very horse we have
scattered all over our land. Ih all my
wanderipgs | have never seen o breed,
taking iuto consideration our soil, climate
and the uses for which we need then,
that can surpass these we now have ="
With regard to raising in this section,
we are of the opinion that it would not
prove o profitable business. Horses can
be raised aud driven here frcm che West
for much less than we can raise one
here. They are seldom, If ever fed ON
| grain out there. The mares with the
colts ruu wild upon the P4aEr..es, until
the colts are grown, when they are driven
up, Earned to eat grain, and broken and
driven TO market; aud here, colt will
eat his worth er-ry year. Another ad-
vantage in buying is, you have number
to select from, and when you raise otis,
sou must be content, whether he is de-
formed in make or temper. With re.
gard to feeding, we consider it bad policy
to stint or let horse get low in order.
If we'll fed and properly stabbed aud lit
tered, the manure they make will pay
for one-fourth or one-third of the feed.
Professor Leibig estir atcs that CON-
mon sized horse, properly attended to-,
will make ~ four horse wagon loads of
manure in year, which, put Upon three
acres of our land, wUuid make il double
it's yield of either corn or cotton.
In the second place, of the mule for
plantation and draft purposes, there is
no animal in our knowledge and expe-
rience that can compete with the mule.
1t was long and warm contest between
the advocates Of the horse and the OK;
which was the cheapest animai fer-p plan.
tation use, until the mule came bet cen
and cut the gordian knot. Their gene
raj use in our whole Southern country.
places them entirely above controversy.
4 We think them harder, less subject TO
disease, will live on coarser and less food
and are not MS easily spoiled or over
worked as the horse, besides truer pull.
ing and longer lived
Their length OF life is a very impor-
tant matter, when we remember that
capital invested liz 1.-Two stock, decreases
every year until IL is all consumed, yea,
/, moro, an old broke down animal of no
use or value ie loft upon your hands to
feed for what ho has beca aud done,
We are of tho opinion that ali stock
would last longer were they fed less on
Indian corn,
Engineers assert that some kinds of
wood burn out the .Aaes of the engine
much faster than others. We think the
Same Of corn, and its effects are seen In
the weak eyes and tender feet Of stock.
With regard to cattle there are 8 great
variety of breeds, and each kind has it's