The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-30
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.@ ~
The SADDLE-HORsE ON THE FARM
"The memory of man extendeth to the
day." when the boys on the farm were
! proud to ride fine young farmhouse
to church or to see the girls; He took
| pride in the colts and taught them to
move freely under the saddle, and
above all, when the colt was broken he
was taught to walk. Now the boys
must have fine buggy and harness,
and the colt must show his best style
and speed all the time. The boy is in
too great a hurry to allow the colt
to walk, and buggy, and boy are soon
used-up set from fast driving.
The whole business of buggy-riding
by farmers boys is expensive, ex-
travagant, and dcmoralizing. Not
one farmer in ten can afford such a
turnout for the LAD. Many of them
buy a buggy and let it stand in the
sun and storm. They are too poor
to have house for vehicles. Such
men cannot afford the luxury ofa a
buggy. If we could return TO the
fashion OF riding more on horse-ba we
would save millions to the farmers,
and the boys and girls would develop
better forms and have better health.
Amy lazy lout can ride in a buggy, but
to be a graceful rider on horseback,
one must have energy and get-up;in
his nature. There is life and health i'm
riding on horseback. The whole sys-
tenn feels the invigorating effect of it.
The rider and the horse catch the fireSof
sympathy and excitement In the run or
fast PAGES, and every nerve Of the body
Is brought into healthful and invigor-
ating play. The mania for trotting-
horses has been fclt on every farm In
the land. The country is full Of road
horses that some man or boy likes to.
pull the strings on. They are usually
poor saddle-horSes, slow walkers and
rough. We need reform. The place
to begin is in breeding class of horses
Of good size, style. and action, that can
move freely 10 more than one gait.
The English market Is open for such
horses. The well-knit horse of good
size, style, and action, suitable for the
hunter or carriage, will bring better
prices than our average horse. s,rhe
farmer will find 1T to his interest to
raise a class Of colts that the boyswill
like to ride. He can raise three or four
tiae saddle-colts for what one buggy
and harness will cost, and a fair sad
dle-horse will bring more money than
the average roadster. @ 2 @G ~
Hot BEDS AND EARLY CULTURE.-It
requires about four good loads OF stable
manure to make a hot-bed large enough
for five sashes, each 3x6 feet, and in
such bed we can raise from 5000 to
10000 cabbage or lettuce plants. These
first plants we start about the middle Of
winter; no difference how cold the
weather is, we set them to grow.
ing and keep them at it until we
nj Nnf do, oil, Il
MAJ CHI. 1t requires much experience
and care to do this successfully, and
few of you would care to 60 to the ne
cessary expense and trouble. But you
all can easily grow your own early
cabbage and lettuce plants * enough to
supply your table until you can obtain
plants from 3out-door culture. If you
have a south or southeast window in
the room where you keep a. fire, NJ here
q temperature is@malntained, not far
from that required by Vegetation, you
can raise all you want with far less
trouble and care than IN "a small hot
bed. Take common soap box saw it
into three pieces, the top and bottom
forming two and the middle piece the
third, and put a bottom In the middle
section; These make cheap and con-
convenient boxes to handle. Fill one
box nearly full Of good, rich soil;
moisten 1t with water, and SOW about
half,with cabbage and half with let
tuce, sprinkling enough fine earth
over to cover the seeds one-fourth inch
deep; press the soil down lightly with
board, keep moist, and In about a
week your plants will mako their ap-
pearance. When nicely up, thin them
out to about two plants to the square
inch. Let them stand In this box
about four weeks, then transplant to
the other boxes, giving each plant
about two inches space each way;y put
cabbage IN one Of the boxes and lettuce
In the other. They will each hold
about seventy or eighty plants. Keep
them moist, and on fair days set them
OUT doors, taking care not to let them
freeze. AS the time approaches to
plant outside, harden them gradually
by leaving thcmg OUT all night when
they won't freeze. You can plant out
side about the middle of April, in good,
rich soil; If they freeze little 1t WON'T
hurt them much, as they are both very
hardy plants. Set the lettuce about
SIX Inches apart each way, and the
cabbage two by three feet. Mover al
low the soil IN the boxes to get dry
RING ON Cows HORNS The first
IIHA appears Wnen the DOv1no 15 two
years of age, and sometimes before.
The ring gradually increases during
the third year, and Is fully Termed at
three years; the second ring appears
during the fourth year, is complete at
the end Of the fifth year; after that one
additional ring Is formed each year. A
COW with three rings Is six years old
with four, seven years old. After nine
or ten years the rings are no indication
of age. n- 5G
Pedo. Motor.--!The invention consists
of frame supported by three wheels.
two Of which are smallt nd employed
only In supporting the main frame of
the device, while the third and alarge
one is used both as supporter Of the
frame and driver Of the machine. All
of the wheels are furnished with rubber.
tires, and the larger one is fixed to q
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