The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-28
AGRICULTURE.


or fowls has done more to stimulate an
interest III improved poultry among
US than the light Brahma. 1t has been
before the public in the hands Of fanci-
ers and breeders for twenty-five years,
and Its popularity ls yet nearly or quite
as great as 1t ever was. Its size and
winter la:lng qualities, recommended
1t to practical poultry keepers, and the
, breeders of this variety have always
made 1T popular at the shows, and by
writing 1t up fully In the journals anu
newspapers. While it is an excellent
and beautiful fowl in the hands OF ex-
perts, 1t Is essentially fancier's fowl,
and requires careful breeding and man
agemeut to keep 1t at high degree OF
excellence. But this must be said of
any breed. The Light Brahma in
proper hands is one of, perhaps our
very besr fowls. 1t il large in size,
quiet in disposition, a good winter lay.
or OF tine large eggs, an excellent sit
ter and nurse, is easy to rear, and can
stand almost any degree Of cold. The
adult Brahma has a strong tendency to
lay on flesh and must IN ted with judg-
ment, but when properly fed, housed
and managed IL is good practical fowl.
1t uOes rot mature AS carly as the Ply
mouth Rock, but is larger At maturity.
When one is not particular as to the
earliness and precocity OF mis- fowls he
cannot make mistake in selecting
Light Brahmas.
BARLEY CULrUKE.-The best prepar-
alton OF land tor barley ls tho tallow,
in this secLion, where it has been prac-
ticed to some extent. The require
ment Is mollowness Of soil and freedom
from weeds. Few grains, If any, allow
weeds and grass to grow SO VOL rs bar
ley; hence This Is good grain to SOW
seed down with. The crop is favored
by moisture and cool weather; nOL Il
wet soil, but a somewhat moist season,
such as will giow the grains best in
general. But as the seasons cannot BE
tOretold, We must do the best we can in
the preparation OF the soil, which re-
quires special care. There should bc
Two plowings, or one plowing and Il
thorough use Of tho cultivaLor, the
ground woll enriched, II manure is
used, 1t is TO bc well rotted and disLrib-
uted through the soil. Ripe plant
food Is what this plant delights in, in
this respect resembling wheat, with
which 1t has many things III common,
30 lar as climate and soil arc concerned.
The soil Doing carefully prepared, ana
always in the fail or previous season,
the crop should be put out early. This
Is a point not sufficiently understood.
Remember that barley Is Il hardy plant,
and will bear cold well, and also wet to
some extent, # IL is rain, aud not stay
nant water in the soil, which drainage
will remedy.
TnKRE are two sure ways to got rid
of Canada thistles which We have tried;
one the most tedious, is 10 Summer lul-
low the 81 ound. ploughing it as often
AS the thistles show themselves, The
better plan is to make the ground rich
and seed heavily with clover, AMI cut
the clover when the thlsllcS are i'll bios
som. II the lot Is then ploughed up
and and any thistles remain, let it br
seeded again with clover rs soon us pos
sible anu moved. Generally they will
be killed with the first seeding anu
moving, but if not the second will be
sure to do it. a permanent meadow
is destrucLiI to thistleS. We got rid oil
ten acres vi them in this way, moving
five times. IL Is best to cut them us
close down to the ground us pU>s >slblc
A small patch may be cradicuteu by
sailing, but this Is Il slow process anu
somewhat expensive. Diggii z with
spade-n narrow spatlc-wili, If per-
severed IN, xiii them. Thisllcs and
their blossoms nre rclishcd by animals,
If cut before they get too ripe and hard;
hence 1t Is economical to make them
into hny before the seed ripcns.
FLOwKRs ON IRE IABLE-Set flowers
on your lablc-a whole nosc-gny If YOU
can get it, or but Two or three or Il
single 1lowcrh-a Iosc, pink, Il daisy,
and you have something that reminds
you OF Gods creation, and gives you
link with the poets that have done 1t
most honor. Flowers on tho morning
table arc especially suited to them.
They look like Tho happy wakrning oi
the creation; they bring the perfume
of tho breath of nature into your room;
they seem the very repr, sentative ana
embodiment Of the every smile OF your
home, tho graces OF good morrow;
PROOF that some intellectual beauties
arc In ourselves or those about us,
some Aurora or we arc 80 lucky as "
have such COmpaniUn) helping to
strew our lite With sweetness, or In
ourselves somc masculine wilderness
not unworthy 10 pusscsS such COM
panion or unlikely TO gain hc-.
If you arc troubled about tho grain
chest with mice, watch Tor their holes
and scatter hule cJppcras in them.
A Jew grains will drive them away,
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Tree Culture on W'uste Ldnd.-Ilither-
to the abundance oi natural timber In
this country has made 1t easy to dis
pense with timber culture, and tor the
most part our land owners have taken
little interest in such slow-growing
crops. This state of things, however,