Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-12-18
Farm, Garden and Household.
The Buckwheat Crop.

A friend writing from Wyoming coun-
ty, n. Y, to the Germantown Telegraph,
thus discourses on the advantages and
disadvantages of the buckwheat crop ::
I have for many years raised buckwheat
for "pan- cakes" but have not under
taken to compare it with other grains as
feed for any kind of animals. But as l
have discovered that it will grow in
large quantity upon the same, without
any other seeding than what falls in
harvesting and securing, I am disin-
clined from recommending it as gen.
eral crop. Besides, / know that, when
I have raised it, it would not give re-
munerative crop without careful ma
nuring. l first knew it to fail on piece
of beautiful land in Farmersvllle, Cat
taraugus county, n. Y. The land had
not been previously sown with buck
wheat. TIE soil was remarkable fine,
dark colored loan. I thought it had
been we'll lifted for the crop. l soon
after left Cattaraugus, and removed to
Wyoming county. In Wyoming have
had several crops on the same ground,
but the diminished yield each year con-
vinced me that buckwheat is not grain
that can recommend. With regard to
a large Weld, 1 have to affirm that in
over sixty years of observation have
seen but one large yield, and that fell
short of fifty bushels. Buchwheat is
not, in my judgment, a good crop to
manure land. 1t is of a cold, watery ma
ture. Most kinds of grass, will i'm
prove the condition of the land for q
following crop. But for wheat no other
vegetable known to me equals clover.
As have said in regard to other grains,
SO say in regard to buckwheat-the
land should be well drained and well
subsoiled.
About Sick Animals.
Nearly all sick animals become so by
improper feeding, in the first place. In
nine cases out of ten the digestion is
wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient
and rapid corrective. 1t will cure in o
majority of cases if properly admins
tered. An example of its use: The hired
man came in with the intelligence that
one of the finest COWS was very sick, and
a kind neighbor proposed the usual
drugs and poisons. The owner, being
ill, and unable to examine the cow, con-
cluded that the trouble came from over.
eating, and ordered teacupful CT Iul-
verized charcoal given in water. Itwas
mixed, placed in junk bottle, the
head held upward, and the water and
charcoal poured downward. In five
minutes improvement was visible, and
in few hours the animal was in the
pasture quietly eating grass. Another
instance of equal success occurred with
O young heifer which had become badly
bloated by eating green apples after a
hard wind. The bloat was so severe
that the sides were almost as hard as q
barrel. The old remedy, saleratus, was
tried for correcting the acidity. But
the attempt to put it down always
caused coughing, and it did little good.
Half a teacupful of fresh powdered
charcoal was next given, and in few
hours all appearance of bloat had gone,
and the heifer was well.-Live Stock
Journal.
Co-operntive implements.
At an exhibition and test of American
reapers at Grlgnon, IN France, 1t was
remarked that the presidents of the va
rious local agricultural associations
were the most and interested observers.
After close and painstaking investiga-
tion of the merits of the various compe-
ting implements, these gentlemen pur-
chased largely for their respective asso-
Citations, with the view of hiring the
machines out to their fellow-members,
thus saving very considerable invest.
ment in buying singly for individual
use. The plan adopted is to offer the
use of the machine at public auction,
the highest bidder having the first
claim. The reserve bid is Sc, for which
amount the use of the machine for the
harvest is granted, those going above
this limit taking precedence in proper
tion to the amount of their offer. This
idea is worthy of consideration by our
own agricultural associations.