The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-06
AGRICULTURE.

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| Us1Na UP OLD Tin CANS. collect all
the cans you may r. Qulre, say 100 quart
cans; prepare 4 bright fire In the kttch-
en- stove, and have tho cans close at
| hand. Lave cloth In each hand {;
| place Il can on tho stove lid, and when
the solder which holds the top or bot
tom 10 tho body begins to mclt, place n
can Oh tho other lid and remove the
| first one, and with an old knife, old
| nlc, stove litter, or anything at hand,
| knock of whichever end you may have
placed next the fire. In most cases 1t
will drop on. With tho cloth in the
lett hano hold Il can, ard with the right
hand wipe the melted solder from the
inside and outside OF tho edge quickly
before it sets. Remove tho next can
and replace it WIN another, and repeat
the operation until both ends Of the 100
cans are freed from their tops and bot
toms. You now have 100 tubes, 434
inches long by 4 inches In iii iImctvl.
These 100 tubes can. With but little
skill, DO converted into 80 feet inches
Of 4-lnch drAn-pipe, winch, to Il farmer
or house owner, would DO worth more
than the origlnal cost OF 100 cans tillcu
with tomatoes. In order 10 prepare
them SO that tho end of ono tube will
enter onc-iourth OF an inch inside oi
the other, take tube III tho left hand,
place one edge over tho corner Ot :.
pine table, IL nothing more convenient
| IS at hand, aud with Il mallet, hammer,
or Il piece OF stick, hammer the edH,
| downward, turning the tube regularly
every stroke. Place the other edge ct
| tho tube on the edge OF tho table and
| strike 1t from tho iuSlde, turning reg
\ tl,tS "a
| be crimpcu, and the other enlarged.
! 1t requires but little enlargement 10
| make one end enter ana adm OF ceinS
driven rightly into the other. The!
| should be put together IN lengths or t'N
| tubes. The seams should nos come on
Il limo with each other. TO insure
! strength the joints might be tacAcU
with soldering iron, bat If they are
forced tightly together they will be
watcr-tiSht. y coat Of common paint,
nr tar, inside and outside, would make
this pIpe last for years underground,
and II properly packed in the earth it
will have ample strength to resist eN-
tcrhal pressure. Enough fine solder
can he sayra from what is wiped OF the
Joints TO mend all the household tin.
ware for Il lifetime.
know the value OF the turnip crop to
England. lthas been asserted that the
interest Of their immense debt is an
nualiy paid by the product Of this crop.
AS tothc United States, we ito not make
hali tie use OF the turnip we might do.
oy increasing tho consumption of the
root ana Improve tnt In the manner Ol
its cultivation. The great want OF our
Wintcr-trCd for cattle in. surculenUc.
We sOmcN hit obviate this want bv
| using cut-fecu moStcucd, but rs gen
oral Thing hay and oats and corn and
| water form tho bulk OF cattlc-rood.
Carrots, potatoes, rutabages and tur-
| nipa arc used ut timns, but III y very
limited extent to what they might be.
One renson for this limited use may be
IN our old enemy, dear Labor. In the
| culture Of the carrot, for instance, there
| is great amount ct hand As
soon IA the seeds arc mp, tho plants
must be thinncd. and after every hoe
narrowing between the rows, hands
must go over again to keep the rank
weeds from smothering out tho carrot
plants. Carrots are excellent horse
feed but few OF us have this hand ubOr
10 spare. 1t is so much easier to hoe
corn in the hills hotl, ways; though we
knew how nice 1t Ia to have carrots
with corn, corn alone has to do the
| work. There is the same trouble with
the lurnip, though in IL less degree to
be sure. Every single lurnip has to he
handled In pulling. every one has to be
gone over again anu handled to take
lhe top OH. Ii we could ulanagc to do
this by machinery, as we do many
other things, 80 as to get rid OF this
hand-lnbor business, no doubt the pro-
uuctiOn would soon be doubled, ana
use no found for an immense number
moro than Is now dreamed Of This
may come In time, Tor Yankee genius
Is equal 10 any adva, otmcnt In this ii-
recliDn.
FISruI.A IN \ Horse TO cure q fls-
tula III horse first lot it break. Then
IS tic time to cure. Get goosc-uuill
Tor probe and introduce the Quill into
the place whore tho matter is running