Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-23
agricultural department.
ABOUT HORSES.

Horses, besides having good memories, have
strong attachments and feel the loss of an old
companion. We have known horses refuse
to eat when separated, and when brought into
adjoining stalls commence eating as though
nothing had been wrong. Horses possess a
good deal of human nature, or human nature
possesses good deal Of horse nature. Be.
fore you have properly mated horse which
has lost mate, he will have to forget his old
associate and become acquainted with his new
friend. In many cases it would be almost as
we'll to sell well-mated team for the price
one gets for one horse, rather than to be at
the expense of trying to mate the one that is
left. When circumstances compel the bring
ing together of two strange horses, it would
be best, for a few days, to put on very light
loads till they get acquainted and gated one,
perhaps, will have short, quick step, the
other longer and slower one
In order that two horses should do all that
is possible to be done in lifting off a load and
taking it up hill, it is necessary that they act
as one horse, step evenly together, fore feet
and hind feet alike projected, and both on
their feet together. To attain this is the great
secret of good driving, and if the man has
four horses, the skill required to make four
pull as one is more than doubled. The man
who can handle dray team Of either two or
four horses we'll, ought never to take second
place among the drivers Of fast horses or car
riages or coaches; the first place belongs to
him who can certainly make the horse most
serviceable. String or tandem teams are
never as good as double teams. When turn
ing corners it is rare that more than two can
draw, and it too often occurs that this is the
case when the whole team is most required.
In all that we have said of double teams,
do not let it be understood that we at all un-
der-estimate the skill required in driving a
single team. If we have fast horse which
we want "to get and 60" in three minutes, we
would not let any boy handle it. We should
entrust him to none but a regular profession
al. But if we have valuable dray horse,
one which can take through the city of Bos-
ton from q ton to ton and half Of mer-
chandise we entrust that horse to any boy
who comes along; and we are fortunate, in
deed, if we do not soon have worthless
horse.
EGGS FOR DAILY FooD.-Would it not
be wise to substitute more eggs for meat in
our daily diet? About onethird of the
weight of an egg is solid nutriment. This is
more than can be said of meat. There are no
bones or tough pieces that have to be laid
aside. A good egg is made up of ten parts
shell, sixty parts white, and thirty parts yolk.
The white of an egg contains eighty-six per
cent. water, the yolk 6fty-two per cent. The
average weight of an egg is about two ounces.
Practically, an egg is animal food, and yet
there is none of the disagreeable work of the
butcher necessary to obtain it. The vegeta'
rians of England use eggs freely, and many
of these men are eighty and ninety years old,
and have been remarkably free from illness.
Eggs are best when cooked four minutes.
This takes away the animal taste that is Of
fensve to some, but does not harden the white
or yolk so as to make them hard to digest. An
egg if cooked very hard is difficult of digestion,
except by those with stout stomachs such
eggs should be eaten with bread and mastica-
ted very finely. An egg spread on toast is
food fit for king, if kings deserve any better
food than anybody else, which is doubtful.
Fried eggs are less wholesome than boiled
ones. An egg dropped into hot water is not
only clean and handsome but delicious
morsel. Most people spoil the taste of their
eggs by adding pepper and salt. A little
sweet butter is the best dressing. Eggs con-
tain much phosphorus, which is supposed to
be useful to those who use their brains much.
CHECK REINs.-In these improving times
many persons have discovered the unnecessa-
ry use of the tormenting bearing rein. Coach
men are convinced that it is fatiguing, and a
hiudrance to horses in putting forth their
strength, especially in ascending hills, when
they naturally require all their power, the free
use of their head assisting them with heavy