The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-30
AGRICULTURE.

BRAIN FARMlNG.-Somc people Ina
gino that farming requires but little
outlay of brain-power to mako 1t sue
cessful. But as some one has truth
fully said, Brains make tho bost fer
tiliZer farmer can use.' Take two
men, ono OF them with half tho physi-
cal strength of the other, the weaker
man Of the two will accomplish moro
than the other If he exceeds the latter
in braln-powcr. We have known
large, stout, healthy men, who were
hard-workers, and yet always on u
stern chase with their work; they
were always in hot water, always poor,
from the simple fact that their bodies
were better than their brains. Such u
man, If he Is doing us simple work as
picking up stones on II side hill, will
get his stone boat on the upper side of
Il large bowluer, and then, by stress OF
mind and muscle, roll 1T on to the drag,
while the weaker, but wiser man, would
place the boat on the lower side of the
stone, unhitch his team, place the chain
about 1t, and III twinklin% have IL
loaded, and save his own strength for
some more important occasion. And
so 1t goes to the end OF the chapter.
with the man who does not 'thnk;'
and this law applies to indoor us vel us
to'Outdoor work. If hen and women
would take time to plan their work,
they would secure much better results
than to hurry and scurrY about with
out thought or system. Wo honestly
believe If every farmer would have Il
study aud library, like any professional
man, with few good agricultural pa
pers, and spend an hour or two Zach
day in reading and planning his WORK,
he would secure better results than 10
| spend twice that amount Of active labor
OH his farm. This is the time and the
hour for lab0r-saving inventions in
every direction, and no farmer can en-
tiroly ignore this increased knowledge,
and compete with those who keep their
eyes and ears open.
WHOLE WHEAT FOR Fow1s.-Wc find
by experiment that it pays to buy
wheat for laying hens, even at two
dollars bushcl. Never buy wheat
screenings, unless tho wheat in them
is Of superior quality. Sometimes u
very excellent quality can be bought
for$ .20 per Dushcl. Damaged or mil
dewed wheat is not good for chickens.
The Poultry IF0rld says there is more
solid nutrimcnt in whole wheat as
feed for poultry than III any of the
cereals, weight for weight. 1t is an cN-
cellent kind of grain for this use,
though somewhat more expensive than
other sorts, but too much of this hearty
feed is detrimental, particularly when
carclcssly fed to Cochins, Brahmas, sc.
Fowls are very partial to wheat. 1t
| helps the laying capacity of hens, but
It should not be used except with dis
erection rs to the Quantity allowed them
daily. An excess of this raw grain
will induce = looseness in the bowels
very frequently. 1t is easy OF digcs-
ton, and should 1e furni> he'd in modcr-
alton, rs needful and most desirable
variety, in conf JUNCTION with other dry
ley, buckwheat, &c. If not more than
onc-third or onc-fourth Of wheat is al
lowed with the other cereals mentioned,
for ordinary purposes in the laying sea-
son, hens will do quite as we'll, and they
can thus be kept in better average con-
dition than by greater allowance,
We have proved this by frequent prac-
tical experiments in feeding.
PURE WATER.-Thc water supply on
every farm should be as convenient, rs
ample, AS accessible and as trustworthy
as the supply of food, Not only water of
good quality and sufficient must be in
sured TO the household, but to cattle, hog
and poultry yard. When the water is
supplied by wells the ground for dis
tancc around should be kept scrupu-
lousy clean and so drained that no re-
fuse by any possibility can find its way
to the water If each we'll is provided
with good pump much labor In rails
ing the water will be saved. In hilly
and rolling countries where the supply
of water is procured from adjacent
springs, pipes laid so as to bring the
water to the very spots where it is to be
consumed will pay for the expense and
time employed in time and labor gained,
especially it the pipes arc laid ut sea-
sons when farm work is not pressing.
Pipes OF bored saplings or other wood
will serve we'll when tile is not to be OBJ
tanned without too great expense. Rain
water from the roofs of buildings may
be utilized by arranging for it to run
through covered troughs or leaders to
the cistcrn built either above or below
ground. Water passing through filters
placed at the cntracc of the cistcrn will
insure the purity Of water so desirable.
Causes of impurity of water. whether
in well or cistcrn should be searched
out and removed before disease is gen
Grated.
LARGE ANIMALS.-Thc desire for
large animals Is not always judiciOus.
With cows it Is questionable If the lar
gest are the best, when The cost of feed
ing is considered. There are cases in
which a dairyman's fancy for large,
snowy animals may be justified, and It
may be granted that stable we'll filled
with large, showy Dutch or Shorthorn
cows is II very pleasing exhibition.
But when we come to figure up the
cost Of the product, it may be a question
If the same amount of food were cx-
pended upon an equally good looking
herd Of Ayrshires the milk might not
| n ri, o,>l a.
final end' of the cow is considered and
the amount of beef is an object, that,
of course, alters the bearings of the
question. But bigness in cows is not
always best, either for beauty or profit
to tho owner.
CHANGING Color IN PLANTS we can
change the colors of many flowers, by
adding different simple, or even binary
substances. either in the soil or water
used for plants. Sulphur, iron, iodyne,
or lime in their many combinations