The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-23
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hints About Work.

cnineIy cos1S tne most money. Ere
quently it costs more than the live stock.
1t ought to be carefully used and kept.
Whatever implement has not been thor
oughly cleaned, oiled and put away,
should now be attended to. Machinery
will be used more and more. and man
of intelligence can use it most profitably.
Farmers should therefore study me-
chanics, not only that they may know
how to use and care for their machines,
but how to improve them and invent
new ones. Many new agricultural ma
chimes are brought out, that are useless
from the first, because the inventors
knew nothing about agriculture. An in
ventor Of new plowing machine .ac-
knowledged to us that he did not know
that sod should be turned over when
plowed. He had machine that tore it
into fragments and left it upon the sur
face. Farmers should be their own in
ventors, and in the course of time they
will be, If the young men study.
Manure should not be left to freeze in
hard Jumps beneath the stock. The
stables should be warm enough to pre-
vent freezing in them, or the cattle will
suffer loss, or more feed must be given.
BY wheeling out the manure the first
thing each morning to the heap in the
yard, and piling it up neatly and COM
pactly, the whole may be kept from
freezing during the winter, and it will
be In fine condition for use in the spring.
Root cellars should now be made safe
against frost. Protect the house cellar,
but provide for ventilation.
Porches for protection to the front
and back doors will cost but few dol
lars. They should be made so as to
fasten to the house by hook and staple
upon each side, and removed in spring.
Weather strips are rarely seen in coun-
try houses, but they save much fuel,
and add to the comfort. A good sub
stltute may be made by cutting sheet
rubber into strips, and mailing them
around the doors and windows. Let an
ample supply of dry wood be kept in the
kitchen.
Liberal feeding is now needed. No
stock should be allowed to lose now
what they have made in the summer.
On the contrary, they should be kent
growing. And they may be by proper
feeding. "He becometh poor that
dealeth with slack hand" is very true
In this respect. There must be close at
tention to this matter, or money is lost
IN feed and in weight of stock. Don't
trust too much to hired men or boys.
Have exact measurements for the feed.
A box to hold three quarts should be in
every feed bin. This makes a fair allow
ance for one OK or horse, or for two cows
or four calves at each feed. A bushel
basket of fine cut hay is an average for
one horse or COW, or two calves at each
feed. There should be no waste, but as
much feed given as will be eaten up
clean. Give salt regularly in small auan-
titles, or have it accessible to the ami
mals.-AgrictIt,irist.
A Few Hints.
A correspondent of the Rural Neav
Yorker. strongly recommends lime in
lands that have been worn out. He tried
it with the best results.
A western New York grape raiser
found that gypsum was very beneficial
to his vines in preventing the blight.
Excessive fatness in beef is not a good
sign. A safer indication is in the mot
tied appearance of the flesh, from the
lean being interlarded with a vein-ike
thread of fat.
The finest beefsteaks are cut from the
slrloin and upper part of the aitch bone,
or what is called the short loin, directly
back of the sirloin, which is considered
the choice roast.
Sweeping, if carelessly done, wears a
carpet more than anything else, and vet
we find very few good sweepers. In
deed, many woman prides herself on
the amount of dirt she can gather, when
the "dirt Is simply or largely wool
that she has swept from the framework
of the carpet with her stiff, harsh
broom.
new potato, known as the white
queen (reine blanche), is being cultiya-
ted In France. In good soil from twelve
to fifteen tubers are formed, many of
which attain or exceed twenty-five
pounds. The flavor is said to be very
fine. Planted in February or March, It
becomes ripe in July.
A correspondent of the Colonial
Farmer, whom the editor declares to be
q practical breeder, writes that to handle
hogs to the best advantage, a pasture is
needed OF green grasses, clover, blue
grass and timothy-and it is best if
there lis no running water or stock ponds
In the lot. Hogs do. better where there
are no branches or stock ponds to wal
low In.
Symptoms Of Black Leg.
The symptoms of black leg in calves or
cattle are a sudden depression of the
whole animal organization as If seized
with palsy. A swelling Immediately
takes place on some part of the body, as
on the legs, shoulders, under the belly
or on some part of the back. When It
appears on the back, towards the loins, it
will be attended with the most danger
It's first discovered by the cracking noise
made by the swelling when the hand is
pressed upon it, and owing to the auan-
tity of air being collected between the
skin and flesh. The mouth and tongue
are full of blisters.