The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-08
AGRICULTURE.

FLOWING UNDER CLOVER, The adj
vantages of this practice are generally
well-known. For many years it was
the only recognized mode Of using clo-
YER In this section. The farmer who
moved his clover, and especially he
who grew a second crop for seed, was
thought to be running his land" So
he was most undoubtedly, If the clover
hay was sold from the farm. In the
old days of exclusive wheat growing,
scarcely any farmer had stock enough
to cat one-halt or even onc-quartcr of
the clover that the farm produced.
Flowing 1t under was in these circum-
stances almost the only mode of using
1t, and the result showed that the prac-
tice was profitable. 1t had the advan-
tage of saving labor and Of distributing
the fertilizer more cvenly than it could
be In any other form. OF late years,
however, the increase Of stock neccssi-
tates the use of more clover rs hay. We
lind that this clover hay makes much
rlchcr manure than what we have been
accustomed to get from timothy and
natural grasses. The growth of clover
roots from June till September often
leaves as much in the soil as we should
plow under In June, Hence, whenever
we have sufficient stock to consume it,
clover may 9 mown without nutriment
to the fertility Of the soil, The old
idea that clover hay is injurious to hor-
ses has been pretty thoroughly eXplo-
ded. Dusty hay is hurtful, and clover
from its succu cncy and the difficulty
dusty. Clean, bright clover hay is
never injurious to any horse. Care
must be used in feeding it. Horses
arc so fond of clover that. If allowed
all they can cat. they will distend their
stomachs and thus hurt themselves for
travelling. Glover Is rich food, and if
given III small quantity with grain,
horses will work and travel on this
food rs well as on timothy. The adj
vantage which timothy has is that it is
so hard and tastclcss that few horses
will fill themselves whit; hence with
grain they arc In the best possible con-
dltion for work and travel. Glover
seed in all northern climates should be
sown in early spring, with some grain.
Wheat or rye IS much the best.
Spring grain Is apt to make too large Il
growth and smother the young plant.
If sown on winter grain the ground
should be narrowed thoroughly to make
Il mellow seed-bcd This practice is
also beneficial to the grain crops, thus
securing double advantage. All the
attempts l have seen to SOW clover seed
without grain, have been failures.
The young clover is benefited by the
protection of the grain leaves in early
spring. Before summer heats come, it
has, or should have, a root deep enough
to withstand ordinary droughts.
(OLORS OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES,
The modern thoroughbred horse Is
most commonly bay, frequently chest.
nut, less frequently brown, rarely
black, and still more rarely roam, and
scarcely ever grey. Cecil, an authori-
ty, writing in 1868, calculated in the
previous thirty years tho Derby had
been won by sixteen bays, seven chest
nuts, and seven browns; the st. Lcgcr
by seventeen bays, eight browns, and
five chcstnuts. Since 1865 the propor-
tionatc number Of bays has been main
tanned, the number of chcstnuts has
increased, the number Of browns di-
and no grey or roam has won
either Of these great stakes. Gustayus,
II grey, won the Derby in 1921, and
,.anothcr grey, won The same
race in 1920; nothing of that color
since. There has been no grey horse
of repute since Chanticlccr, who, at
four or five years old, in 1917 and 1913.
won many, royal plates. the Goodwood
stakes, and the Doncastcl cup. There
were only two grey stations named in
the Racinq Calendar or lS72-Nlastcr
Bagot, an iron grey, and Strathconan,
Il light grey descended from Chanttclcer
his dam.