Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-07-25
The farm aud fireside,
WORN.OTJT FARMS.

WORKOUT FARMS.
I look with sincere pity upon many far
mers who are settling down into discourage
ment over the condition of their farm thei
crops are light from lack Of manure, tn
manure-pile is small from want of crops
from want of any thing so sell they are to-
poor to buy fertilizers and in utter hopeless
ness they exclaim: Farming is poor bust
ness" Well, such farming is poor business
I do not speak of this to add to the discour
agement, but to give word of cheer-t'
point, if I can, to some way to better the tar
mer's lot. I believe the cheapest and easiest
way to bring up run down FARMS BY
green manuring Suppose your farm is to-
poor for clover, and grass makes only, tee
BILE growth put on manural crop that VII
grow, such as rye turn this under with you
plow, and you can then raise something bet
ter keep feeding your soil with everything
your shovel and team can command-ashes
leached ashes, if you can get them by draw
ing them within FIVE miles-muck, marl, any
thing that will bring a green mantle oVel
your fields. Soon you can set the clover
pump to work pumping up to the surface the
inexhaustible resources Of your subsoil. lfal
animal dies, don't stop to bewail your luck
and exclaim, Everything goes to the dogs
on my farm p Don't send it to the dogs at
all, but compost it with muck, or even soil
and thus secure most valuable manure
Sampson performed wonder by taking hon
ey from the dead carcass of lion ; outdo thai
wonder by extracting wheat from the carcas;
of your dead COW. Pick up all the bones you
can find, put them under cover and mix with
them two or three times their bulk of ashes
from your kitchen mosten them with enough
water so that the potash may act on the gela
tin of the bones; stir them over once week
and in month or two you will lind the
bones so tender that you can cut and crush
them with blow of your shovel; beat the
whole into powdery mass, and you will have
manure better than the average superphos
pilates which you feel too poor to buy. Give
a handful of this to each hill of corn and see
how it will wave its banner of green, and
pour into your basket the golden ears of corn
But in bringing your soil into good condi
ton, do not neglect green manurlng; let every
wind that blows over your fields bring them a
blessing in the shape of atmospheric plant
food. Do all these things patiently and hope
fully, without urging your soil beyond what
it can do, and you will yet, out Of the fullness
of grateful heart, exclaim, "Bless God for
the farm."-PRoF. B. G. KEDzIE, Of the Mich
igan Agricultural College. .....
~ A farmers scrap book should be
kept on every we'll regulated farm. There
are thousands of recipes for the curing of sick
animals which may be of great value if refer,
red to at the proper time. Useful hints re
garding special crops, may be forgotten, un,
less preserved in this manner, convenient for
reference. Plans for farm buildings or
their interior arrangement may be preserved
until wanted. Gates, fences bitches and the
thousand of other things which make up the
tout ensemble of the farm, require frequent
repairs or entire reconstruction, and the hints
and helps which may be afforded, if the scrap
book has been we'll kept, are of immense
value. .... ..... ..... ...
We base our assertions on the supposition
that the farmer reads. If he does not, why
our remarks do not apply to him, or to those
of his class who do not believe they can be
taught anything. Fortunately for the world,
this class is not numerous and is decreasing
every day.
1t is fair to assert that there is not news.
paper published in the whole world which
does not return to its patrons, in valuable in
formation, many times its annual cost. Pro-
gressive farmers read more than one paper !;
sometimes ten or more-and consider the in
vestment paying one. The compilation OF
the valuable items We have referred to, during
a series of years, would make a volume OF
great value, not to the compiler alone, but to
bis children and his children's children.-Our
Home Journal.
A CUP OF CoFFEE.-To make cup of
good coffee an essential art is requisite. Many
women who pride themselves, and justly, up
on their skill, fail here. For early risers, and
those who require an early breakfast, there is
mode of making coffee so generally practiced
as to be almost universal in this country,
and that is simply to boil the ground coffee
for few minutes, and either settle grounds
with cold water or give them time to settle
gradually. This mode can be greatly i'm.
proved by corking the spout with cork,
cloth or paper, thus preventing the escape OF
steam, which arises from the boiling coffee.
By the escape of steam we lose much of the
aromatic flavor that renders coffee so pala-
table. Let those who cook coffee after this
method try our plan, and they will find vast
improvement. An eminent chemist recon-
mends the following as favorite way Of
making this now universal beverage: Three
fourths of the coffee should be boiled and the
remaining fourth infused, after which the
whole should be mixed. By this means both
the strength and flavor are increased. To
preserve the flavor of ground coffee it should
be wet with the syrup of sugar and then COW
cred with powdered sugar; in this way the
volatile parts of the coffee are prevented from
escaping. AS heretofore said, coffee, after
being roasted, should be kept excluded from
the air and kept in dry place if not used at
once, as it absorbs from the atmosphere and
gradually loses its flavor.
Sailing SToCK.-One Of the most impors-
ant things to attend to in the care of farm
stock of every kind is that they have access
at all times to salt. In this connection we
would again call attention to the bad prac-
tice in vogue with many otherwise good far
mers, in that they salt irregularly and at such
times with too liberal hand. Thus animals
will gorge themselves, and this often results
in severe purging. Again, when salt is
thrown about on the ground to be licked up
the stronger animals get more than they
should, and the weaker ones little or none.
Besides this, injury to geak animals is often
tho rooult of this c;rnpo1e The Dronar Wav