Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-07-10
CHE farm aud fite6ide.
SUBSTITUTE FOR CORN.


the conclusion that on light sandy lands, (such
as now own), corn is the dearest stock food
we can raise, have been experimenting for a
year OF two to find substitutes. My first no.
tion was, that lucerne, small grain and the
grasses for pasture were the thing. soon
found that it took heavy manuring to make
lucerne pay. Besides, the early spring months
were not utilized altogether. My reason for
preferring lucerne to clover was that it could
be cut so often. next tried peas, and being
the running kind, were not satisfactory, for
various reasons. About that time my atten-
ton was drawn to the article of 'F. W. e."
on the speckled pea. / tried them in hills.
Result satisfactory in every way, only the yield
to the acre was not enough. About this tlme
I conceived the idea that millet, after small
grain, would fill upa void. But millet was not
satisfactory-it requires rich soil. My next
idea was peas after small grain, ION stubble,)
and beans before. But beans are unsatlsfacto-
ry. have tried sixteen different kinds. None
of the snap beans or navy are fit for stock
They require rich land to yield much. The
English bean will not pay Artichokes, have
four kinds. They are looking fresh and green,
notwithstanding dry weather for a month and
a half. Corn beside them is burning up; but
they require too much work, apd are IN the
way peas. Irish potatoes, have four kinds.
Early Rose yield the best They require little
work, but too much manuring. l deem them
better for man than beast. Canada peas, no
good. planted ten acres in speckled peas IN
April. Drilled nearly two bushels to the acre.
Everybody thinks them too thick but they
are doing well so far.
My theory now, based upon experiments up
to the present is, that it will pay better to
broadcast them. Break the land with turn
ing plough and harrow them in. More seed,
h, Nv 10 IN 70
grass. Put in grain the same way. Now with
grain, peas and clover, can keep busy in the
| farming season. What more do I want ? |
am undecided between rye and oats. If l fail
in clover, will broadcast stubble with speckled
peas Perhaps the pea is the clover Of the
South, and we must depend upon some of the
grasses for hay. You see my plan excludes
cultivation. l now think l can utilize oxen
on the farm-always puzzle to me so far as
economy is concerned. But if they can be
used to the exclusion Of horses and mules, ef-
hundred per cent. less, food the same las re-
CARDS quality, and when they get old, can be
converted into beef, and thus return most of
the original investment.
If my theories are correct, what a revolution
should be wrought in the management of the
uplands of the South. They furnish a short
cut to independence in the meat and breadth
and in connection with the pasture grasses,
economy in raising stock that will enable us to
compete with the West, even in the markets of
New England. That is the line by which we
can make the North give more for cotton, or
raise substitutes for it, Let the subject be
discussed. o. JONES.
Mineral Springs, Ho,card county, arkansas.
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DENTISTRY FOE HOFsEs.-A veterinary
surgeon writing to the Nebraska Farmer on
this subject, says that q, horses teeth have
much to do regarding his general condition,
as we'll as his good driving qualities Often
times you will see horse in poor flesh, hair
looking bad, head hanging down, and you
wonder why this should he so-you can give
no particular reason for it. Pretty soon you
will buy a paper of condition powders" or,
perhaps something else, but you will find but
little good from them, if any, so you keep on
trying something else, till the horse gets worse
and worse all the time. Little do you dream
that the horses teeth need looking after. Hor-
ses suffer more from bad and diseased teeth
than any other disease that you can name
old horses in particular, have known to die
of actual starvation. The cause Of so many
horses becoming ''pullers. sside liners,"a e.
driving on one rein, "tongue lollers," &c., is
sharp teeth, and the same trouble causes many
trotting and pacing horses to be unsteady in
Cnolr SdlIS, GlldI WOulu De lclltUlo iol
this cause. Where the cheeks are forced in
against sharp teeth by the pressure Of the bit,
it gives the horse so much pain that he is COM
PEELED to change his gait to enable him to re-
iieve his mouth, and many bad results often
occur owing to this kind of changing. In
conclusion, will say that bad, sharp and rag
ged teeth in young or old horses will cause the
following diseases: Coughing, on driving one
rein, baking, securing, running at the eyes,
pulling, shyng, and diseases contingent on
imperfect mastication. If owners and dri-
vers in general would examine or have them
the horses teetll-examined by comepetent
person, and remove the cause, they would
save themselves much annoyance and their
horses much suffering.
TALKING AT TABLE.-Talking at table is
one of the very best digesters there is no
tonic known to equal it. if it is of the kind