The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-16
AGRICULTURE.

munerative harvest, Is q faYoritc crop
with inexperienced farmers. Still, 1t
requires peculiar treatment in the har-
vcsting, and those who arc not acquain-
ted with 1t arc apt to make mistakes.
1t requires cutting before 1T Is fully
maturcd; and its habit of throwing. out
blossoms at the top Until killed by frost
ted the crop should be cut, and many
Immature grains will become perfect
in tho few days during which 1t is dry
ing In the field. Whenever tho lower
branches arc we'll loaded with ripe
grains, it may bu cut. This should be
done with the cradle, and while the
Stalks arc damp with dew or moist after
shower. The grains are loosely at
tachcd to their stalks, and are easily
shaken off in the cutting or raking, un-
legs these are carefully done. After
the swaths have lain for few days for
the grains to ripcn, the buckwhcat is
rakcd upinto punches, and these are
set up in gavels ol loose stacks, without
being bound, the tops being gathered
together rs much rs possible. In this
condition the crop remains until 1t is
thrashcd. As &c heats very rapidly, il
should never bc put into a stack, nor
slowed away inia barn, rs has been
sometimes Gone by inexperienced far
mcrs. When the burkwncat is sufii-
GENTLY cured and dry, and the unrlpc
grams have matnred, it may be thrash
ed by treading out with horses, with
the tlall, or the threshing machine.
1t Is frequently thrcshcd in the field by
making abcd Of clcanly-swcpt ground,
and beating the swept surface rs hard
rs possible with Il ralnmcr made OF
plank. The gaycls are placed in cir
Gle upon the bed thus prepared, the
heads toward til. center, and to a depth
Of two feet. A pair Of horses are rid
den around over the bed until the straw
is freed from the grain; when it is re-
moved and new bed Is laid down.
When the whole has been thus tram
pied out the straw is rakcd of, the fan
ning-mill Is brought out, and the grain
cleaned up at once. When the grain
has been cleaned, it cannot be safely
put away until 1t has been well dried,
or 1t win heat and spoil. 1t should be
spread upon dry, floor in an airy shed
or barn, and turned over repeatedly
until 1t is dry, and then it may be stor-
ed in bins or In the granary A dry,
breezy day should be chosen for the
tn 'ashing. If the thrashing machine is
used, the concavo should be removed,
and piece of smooth plank put in its
place, else much of the grain will be
broken and lost. If the straw is at all
damp, 1t should be fed into the machine
slowly, otherwise it is aut to wind
around the cylinder and give trouble.
Tho grain should be cleaned from the
chaff soon after thrcslling, as there is
much danger Of heating and moulding
by winch the quality and yield Of the
flour will be greatly lcsscned. The
first buckwheat flour in the MAJ kcL
brings the best price, and it is not un-
usual for the price to fall orc half In Il
few days, after the first demand for
new flour has been met. 1t is a crop to
dispose Of as soon rs possible, at least
as regards that portion intended for
sale. " hen taken to the mill for grind
ing, Il dry, windy day should bo chosen,
and the best quality OF flour can be
made only in such weather; indeed,
few millcrs will grind this grain, un-
less Obliged to doso, in any other wealth.
cr but that described.
WATERING IN, A nRY TlME.--In the
summer droughts which now and then
occur, 1t Is common to see persons
everywhere Mt work watering the gar
den to keep things alive till the regular
rains come. tits, however, tho cXpcr-
ience Of all, that the more the garden
is wntcrcd the more 1t wants; and thus
on tho whole it docs little gooh. Yet
water can be so given rs t. be free from
this objection. It IS the hardening Of
the surface which causes the evil, and
hard, compact surface always dries
out faster than loose one. The pro-
per way Is to take the earth away for Il
few inches around the plant to be wa
tered, so rs to make sort OF basin, and
into this pour the water, letting it
gradually soak away. After it has nj
disappeared and the surface gets little
dry, then draw the earth back again
which has been displaced to make the
baein. This will make Il loose surface
over tho watcrcd paI which will pre-
serve 1t from drying out rapidly. ,,T)-
matoes, cgg-planty, cabbagcs, audi 9th
cr things OF this character, watercd in
this way, will noed no renewal Of VA
ter for several weeks. 1t Is q slow way
of getting such work done, but 1t is the
only sure way of doing7it. WI. AIF
For HoRsEMEN. There IS no such
thing as full-blood Morgan horse :;
neither Is there anystl6h thing asa full
blood IIambletonian, full-bloob Mes
sengcr, etc. These are merely family
names, and not the names of breeds OF
'oi isco. 1uc morgan HORSES Jake lnclf
name from a stallion foaled about 1903,
and owned by Justin Morgan. His
pedigree has always been involved in
some obscurity, end has been the sub
ject of much controversy. The descen-
dants Of this horse have all been called
Morgan horses; but as matter of
course they all possess more or less .:
blood other than that derived from this
horse. Had in-breeding: been practiced
with tho descendants Of this horse as
1t has becn with some families of short.
horn cattle, we eshould have had horses
possessing but little of blood other than
was derived from this horse but it
would have been impossible to produce
an animal without any admixture OF
other blood. Hence 1T may safely be
said that the man who claimN to have a
full-blood Morgan horse is either very
ignorant, or else he indulges In such
talk with intent to deceive.
TURN1Ps are healthful for horses.
They should be cut into slices, or, what
is betterS pulped finely and mixed with
q little meal and EOme a0lt E,,ta Ia n d