The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-21
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Farm Hints.

L uiS oOl holluc hcRS De 1cU
black in color, with thick k-set coat of
coarse hair, rather than one that is short
of hair.
The reason why black wool is not worth
as much as white wool of the same
quality is, says the Country Gentleman,
that black wool cannot be bleached and
will take no other color perfectly.
Don't forget at this season to take the
best care of your colts. They need the
best feed of the whole season. Don't
think it will pay to let the colts go out
into the fields and pick old foggy grass.
The manure from ANIMALS fed on
cooked or steamed food is notso valuable
as from animals fed on whole or ground
grain in the raw state.
It has been fully proven on the farm
that the deposits of hen are worth her
feed, when used as n fertilizer. In other
words, and rs our friend Dickens would
say, not to put too fine point upon it,
a check for the amount of her deposits,
presented to the gardeners bank, should
be fully honored to the amount of its
face. Peccavil
A rich, well pulverized, clean, and
rather stiff loan is best for onions. The
seed should be sown in rows nine or ten
inches apart (some SOW one foot) and
four to six inches apart in the row.
The Grange is making slow but steady
progress in the Dominion of Canada.
While the Dominion Grange is on ami
cable terms with the National Grange of
the United States, it owes no allegiance
to it, and does not derive the charters of
its subordinate oranges from it.
There is no better way of killing out
qunck or wire grass than to summer fall
low the land. Sometimes it will require
two seasons and very thorough work;
still it can be killed in this way.
Use only fresh seed and do not use
any that's one or two years old, is the sa-
vice given by farmer.
A correspondent who keeps about
fifteen hundred fowls ON his farm, few
miles from Chicago, tells the Prairie
Farmer that he has finally settled on
two breeds, the Brahmah and the Leg
horn. His flock is separated into three
lots, and Notwithstanding the large num-
Der there has never been a case of
cholera, and little trouble with other
diseases.
The snow birds in Kansas are making
a good living by eating the eggs of the
grasshoppers, which have been thrown
out of the ground by the frost.
The soil found on the slopes of Vesu-
vius is said to be IN antidote to diseases
of the vine, and other fungoid diseases
of plants.
A fourteen-ton cheese is the mite that
Ohio will contribute to the Centennial.
Fodder for cattle of chopped straw
and hay is being mixed in Belgium just
now with good wheaton flour, and allow
ed to ferment for twenty -four hours
somewhere adjoining the stables. The
aroma rising from this mixture is said
to tickle the animals palates and set
their mouths watering; and, seasoned
with little pulp, this food is as eco
nomical as !! is nutritive.
Common Sense I'm Flowing.
A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press gives his opinion of plowing as
follows:
Teams drawing loads on the road get
breathing spell on the descending
ground, while in plowing the draught is
the same from morning till night.
There is q certain number of pounds
that team can draw day after day and
not worry them, but if more be added,
even as little as fifteen or twenty pounds,
they walk unsteadily. fret, and soon tire.
No amount of feeding will keep them in
condition. I have seen many plows in
| use on which it would have been an easy
matter to decrease the draught twenty
| five pounds, and if men were drawing g
them instead of horses it would have
been done. It must be plain to the
farmer that every pound he can take of
from the draught of his plow is 80 much
gained for his horses.
It may be done In this way For any
soil except sand or gravel. use q steel
plow. Their cost is but little more, and
| the draught enough less to pay the diff
ference in plowing twenty acres. In
blowing sod, the coulter does a great
deal of the work, and should be kept
sharp by forging at the blacksmith's, and
grinding every day if necessary. OF
course it will wear out sooner, but now
coulters are cheaper than new teams.
Set the coulter in line with the plow,
the edge square in front, with an angle
of forty five degrees from the front ia
which it is attached to the beam.
When the share gets worn short it is
poor economy to use it any longer, but
replace it with a new one. Let the traces
be as short as will allow the horses tc
walk without hitting their heels against
the whiffietrees, and have just pressure
enough Of the wheel on the ground tc
make the pillow run steady. II the
handles crowd continually one way, the
draught is not right, and if the plow il
a good one it can be easily remedied al
the clevis. To prevent the horses step
ping over the traces in turning, fasten 9
weight of about three-fourths of pound
on the outside end of each single tree