The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-10
FARM AND GARDEN.

| TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF Cow.
Everyone who owns COW can see at
q glance that 1t would be profitable to
increase the value of her, but eVeryon
can not tell how to do 1t, If cow is
kept for butter, 1t would certainly add
| to her value If the butter making prop
critics Of her milk should be improved.
In summer or winter this can be i'm
proved just as tho yield Of a cultivated
crop can be improved by what is fed to
each; and 1t Is simply question Of
| will 1t pay in manuriDg tho one and
feeding the other. Indian corn will
add to the quantity and quality of tho
butter to a sensible degree; and it is
simply a question Of solution by exper-
iment whether 1t will add to the profit
Of the butter maker to buy corn at ono
or two cents pound and convert por-
t'on of 1t into butter at twenty-five
cents a pound, or whatever the market
price of corn and butter may be, and
another portion of 1t into fat, another
portion Of it into manure, for that Is
tho natural result Of the chemical
change produced in tho laboratory of
the cows stomach. The same result
| Will follow any other kind Of feeding.
Good pastures will produce an abun-
dance Of milk, often as much as the
COW can carry; but it does not follow
that even then it will not be profitable
to feed her with some moro oleagenous
food to increase the quality OF the but
ter, just as 1t sometimes proves protlta-
bic TO feed bees to enable them to store
more honey. 1t certainly does appear
| to me that the value OF Il cow, feeding
upon ordinary winter food, may he in
creased by giving her food suitable
fol the purpose OF increasing the quail
ity of milk, If that Is the purpose for
which the COW Is kept. Farmers gen
orally understand that they can con-
vert corn into beef, pork and lard, and
some OF them know exactly at what
price per bushcl IL pays to convert it
into these substances; but docs any one
| know at what rate it will pay to con-
vert corn or any Othor grain into but
ter, or any other kind of feed in the
| dairy products? Is the whole business
haphazard one? Some persons know
that they can increase the salable value
Of butter by adding the COloring matter
of carrots to it. Does any person know
the value Of a bushcl Of carrots, fed to
| COW, to increase her value as Il but
reproducing laborat0ry2 Expert
mental proof upon this point would be
far moro worthy OF agricultural prizes
than 1t Is to see who can show the larg-
est spots; for by Il few carefully con-
duceu experiments we should be able
to increase the value OF Il COW almost ut
pleasure.
WHAT THE BIRDS ACCOMPLISH The
swallow, swift and night-huwk arc the
guardians Of the atmosphere. They
check the increase Of insects that other
wise would overload it. WoodDcckcrs,
crcepcrs and chlckadccs are the guar
dinns OF the trunks of trees. Warblers
and fly Catchcrs protect the foliage.
BlackDirus, crows, thrushes and larks
protect the surface of the soil. Snipe
and wOodCOCk protect the soil under
the surface. Each tribe has its respec-
tive duties to perform in the economy
of nature; and 1t is an undoubted fact
that If the birds were all swept Off the
face OF the earth, man could not live
upon It; vegetation would wither and
die; insects would become so numerous
that no living thing could withstand
their attacks. The wholesale dcstruc-
ton occasloncd by grasshoppers, which
have lately devastated the west, Is un-
doubtcdly caused by the the thinning
out of the birds, such as grouse, prairie
hens, etc, which feed upon them.
The great and incstimablc service done
the farmer, gardener and florist by the
birds Is only becoming known by sad
experience. Spare the birds and save
your fruit; the little corn and fruit
taken by them Is more than compcn-
satcd by the quantities of noxious in
sects they destroy. The long pcrsc-
cutcd crow has been found by actual
| experience to do far more good by the
vast quantities of grubs and insects he
devours than the little harm he does in
the fpV inc of pnrn bn II,
is one of the farmers best friends.
CLEANING UP.-A few hours of work
by the farmer, his boys and hired help
devoted to cleaning up about the house,
cellars and OuthOuscs, will make every
thing trim, neat and healthful. There
Is always plenty of time, even Mt the
busy season Of plOwing and seeding,
for this necessary and Identifying
work. This work Is more important
than most farmers seem to think. 1t
should be done even at q considerable
! cost OF time. Our own plan is to devote
rainy days and odd hours which often
come to hand during the season to it.
One OF the rainy days recently we
gathered up all the old brooms about
the place, and set all the hands to
sweeping down the dust and cobwcbs
in the stables, and the next day Of the
same sort we find on our hands, we
shall give them coat of whitewash, in
which little cnrbollc acid has been
mixed.
SALT and ashes mixed In the drink of
hogs has great tendency to ward off
disease. solution of coppcras also
Is OFTEN useful to purge them from
Tho Field Of Yorktown
MIR. Lob Wolf, who runs the farm at
yorktown, Va, on which Lord Corn
wallis made his surrender of the Brit
lsh army, the centennial of which is
approachlngand iscXpected tobc c!ebra-
ted on grand scale, was asked as to
what sort of an appearance the historic
ground presented at this day. lie said !:
"Thc farm Is on the edge of the town