Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-26
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The farn1 and firesiae.
QUESTIONS FOR FARMERs.-No farmer is
in position to act intelligently in the pur-
suit of his business, unless he can answer such
questions as these: How do stand with the
world IL What am I worth? What are my
liabilities7 When and how must these liza
bilities be met? What part of my property
is productive2 What kinds of grain, pota-
toes and other produce have been most profit.
able, and how much per acre, in dollars and
cents, will Fife or Russian wheat bring me
more than some other kind Will it pay
best to raise Berkshires, or Suffolk, or Poland
China, or some other breed of hogs D.? How
much has the making of butter and cheese
cost me, and how much have they brought
me in?
Many farmers can make shrewd guesses in
answer to these questions, but cannot give the
figures to support their assertions-and such
guesses are frequently very far from accurate.
As result, serious losses occur from contin-
uance in a course which the farmer thinks to
be profitable.
Now, for the remedy. Let every farmer
keep set of account books. What we mean
is this; that every farmer may, by recording
all his business transactions, Zone or two mex
pensives books would answer the purpose
make it possible for him to answer such ques-
tions as those suggested above, and thus place
himself in position to carry on his business
intelligently and pro6tably.-RuraI World.
To GET RID OF HOUSE PEsTs.-Hot alum
water is recent suggestion as an lnsectlclde.
1t will destroy red and black ants, cockroach.
es, spiders, chinch bugs, and all the crawling
pests which infest our houses. Take two
pounds of alum and dissolve it in three or
four quarts of boiling water let it stand on
the fire till the alum disappears; then apply
it with brush, while nearly boiling hot, to
every joint and crevice in you closets, bed
steads, pantry shelves, and the like. Brush
the crevices in the floor of the skirting or
mop boards, if you suspect that they harbor
vermin. If, in whitewashing ceiling, plenty
of alum is added to the lime, it will also
serve to keep insects at distance. Cock
reaches will flee the paint which has been
washed in cool alum water. Sugar barrels
and boxes can be freed from ants by drawing a
chalk mark Just around the edge of the top
of them. The mark must be unbroken, or
they will creep over it; but a continuous
chalk mark half an inch in width will set dep
relations at naught. Powdered alum or bor-
ak will keep the chinch bug at respectable
distance, and travellers should always carry
package in their hand bags, to scatter over
and under their pillows, in places where they
suspect the presence of such bed-fellows.
WHERE TO PLANT AN APPLE ORCHARD.
The best site for an apple-orchard-and we
may add peach orchards undoubtedly a
northern exposure. Experience in every d.
rection proves this. We do not say that ap
Piles will not do we'll in valleys or southern
exposures, but not uniformly so we'll by any
means. Any one who chooses to know, ought
to be informed that uniformity of tempera-
ture and retardation in budding are every
thing in health and promoting the produc-
tiveness of any fruit tree. An orchard plant.
ed, say in this latitude, on hillside, with a
full northern exposure, always stands the
Winter and is uniformly productive. That
with a southern exposure, planted in valleys
or protected by belts, is liable to constant
changes of temperature; buds early and is
subject to late frosts, which prevail only in
low situations, and to consequent destruction
of the crop of fruit
1t may be Just as we'll for those who may
contemplate setting out an orchard this Fall
to bear this in mind All desire to know the
surest way to success in any crop, and this is
undoubtedly the surest way in apple growing
and in peach-growing, too.-Germanto'on Tel
egraph.
SET THE BOYS TO WoRK.-It is painful to
note, of late years, how many criminals come
from honorable old American families. It is
because they have been brought up to be
"above" hard work. Meantime, sturdy for
eigners, who know the worth of home in
this free country, quietly take possession of the
plow. the spade and the hammer. They dig
and delve as the pioneer ancestors digged and
delved. Their strong limbed boys and girls
are put to the common schools till they are
old enough to work, when they, too, must earn
their own living and help earn that of others.
From the ranks of these children of foreign
born citizens, will come the men of power
who are to rule this country in the next gene.
ration. The scepter is gliding into the hands
of men whose parents have brought them up
to work. 1t must be poor comfort to those
who are losing this balance of power to look
around them and observe how large number
of the fashionable embezzlers, defaulters, &C.,
are the sons of old American families. The
only remedy is to put the "high.toned" young
American upon farm, or in shop and work
off bis weakness, laziness and wickedness.
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FooD FOR HoRsEs-It has become quite
common of late to hear of the sudden death
of valuable horses, and the wonder is that
they should die so suddenly, when it was sup
posed that the best care was given in regard
to their food, exercise, etc. The fact is that
very few owners of horses seem to be aware Of
the great danger of feeding fine meal to
horses Many an excellent animal is taken
suddenly i'll, and in spite of every effort for
its relief, dies in short time, the only thing
out of the way in its case having been the
feeding of fine meal. The trouble is, that
frequently the meal hardens, literally bakes,
on the wall of the stomach, forming an indi-
gestible mass that cannot be removed, and
from the suffering it causes, there is no relief
but death. The livery men in towns and
cities have discovered this fact, and for meal
are substituting cracked corn, which is whole
some, nourishing and never attended with
danger. 1t is time horse owners generally
were made acquainted with these facts.
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CURE FOR RHEUMA rIsM.-The following
story comes from Bohemia, and the Bohe-
mians are known to be always strictly truth.
full: A woman near Prague suffered so severe
" from gout in the arm that she could not