Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-08-29
Farmhouse Notes.

SwINE.-Let the breeding sows anG
store pigs have the run of the stubbles
Pigs intended to he fatted this fall should
now be fed literally, but should be al
lowed to run in the pasture.
SHEEP. - Lambs should now bt
weaned. Put the ewes in poor pasture
and let the lambs have the run of some
second growth clover or other rich grass
If the weather is wet and the grass
succulent, give some dry food, such as
clover hay, or better still, bran. Re,
move the rams from the flock.
The SULPHUR CURE FOR SQUIRRELS
Some time since Dixie W. Thompson
took US out in his buggy to an outside
lot on which the squirrels had squatted
and taken up their claim and were in
high glee over their possession. He ha6
with him a large "man bellows" tc
which he had attached about yard Of
gutta percha hose. On reaching a squir.
rel burrow, where colony had evidently
settled, he set this machine down, thrust
the end of the hose into one of the nu-
merous holes, threw some shavlngs, ,cobs,
and sui pur into the tea-kettle, struck a
match, set the shavings on fire, caught
hold of the bellows, and in moment the
sight and smell suggested another fire
and birthstone region, for the earth all
around began to send up puffs of yellow
and Internal looking smoke wherever q
squirrel had ever ruL his underground
road. The precaution had been taken
to cover all the holes with earth before
the smoke was forced into the burrow.
In one instance the smoke rushed out OF
hole over thirty feet in distance from
the main entrance. 1t takes about five
minutes to smother a whole colony OF
these troublesome pests, and they never
show an signs of life again. The holes
remained closed and undisturbed. San
Ia Barbara Press.
CoRNMEAL FOR PoULTRY.-With a
great many persons who produce large
or only small quantity of poultry, the
feed of chickens. and all young poultry
in fact, consists solely of fine cornmeal;
and this is repeated feeding after feeding
and continued from the very first meal
till growth carries them t. point where
whole corn can be consumed, when the
latter is substituted. Many from false
ideas of economy, delude themselves in
to the belief that corn, and corn alone,
constitutes the cheapest poultry food for
both chickens and adults because weight
considered, its market price is the lowest.
Such persons do not take the result into
consideration. If they did they would
arrive at different conclusion, as the
fowls analyze the grain fully as well,
practically, as would the chemist. In
nitrogenous matter, an element that en-
tiers so largely into the composition of
bone and muscle into the growing chick
and the egg of the laying hen, corn is
defcient-its value as food consisting
rather in it's fattening qualities. Owing
to the oil corn contains, it is heating in
its nature, and consequently, though de
sirable in cold weather, is to be avoided
In warm. Nevertheless, no one variety
of grain, however well embodying the
requisites of chicken food, can be solely
employed to the greatest profit. Wheat,
oats, barley, rye and Indian corn, if
ground together, will make excellent
feed for any kind of poultry. One BUSH
el ground and cooked, will make more
eggs and more flesh than two bushels of
grain fed whole.
A VALUABLE VEGETABLb.-Why do
farmers refuse to cultivate that very de-
sirable vegetable-the Jerusalem arti-
choke? It is true, that once in the
ground it is next to impossible to eradi-
cate them. But then vegetable that
grows so luxuriantly year after year
without the trouble and expense of re-
seeding the ground ought to commend
itself to more general favor. 1t will
produce more than twice as many bush
els per acre as the potato, and neither
rots in the ground nor invites that ter
rible pest, the potato bug. 1t can be
dug or plowed out at any time when the
ground is not frozen, from September
to June. We advise every farmer to
devote an acre to their production. And
in doing so, We beg of you not to let
your fears of injuring the crop and vast
ing your substance prevent you from
blowing deeply aud manuring heavily.
Plant in rows two feet apart each way,
an eve or bit of the root in a place,
and if your ground is half Geceut, never
you fear that the crop will not come in
due season and pay you abundantly. 1t
is the only vegetable but the Canada
thistle that needs but one seed time to
produce a succession of harvests, or
which f1ourishes all the better for hav-
ing breaking pillow run through its
bed every spring. We have used them
only after they have been saturated with
vinegar, while others have gone So far
as to serve them upon the table as they
would potatoes. We have no doubt they
are quite as nutritious and healthy as
the potato. Cattle, horses, sheep and
hogs thrive even better upon them than
upon the potato.