The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-26
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.
+ PROMPTNKss IN FARM WoRK--There
are few things more Important to sue
cess In farming than promptness in ex-
eouting all necessary farm work. In
the planting, cultivation and harvest
Ing of all farm drops 1t Is essential that
the work be done In time, for delay is
liable to result in loss, if not in entire
failure. Work done too late is rarely
as etfectual as that done In season. be-
sides being often much more expensive.
For instance If the cultivation ofa field
of corn, when weeds are starting thick
or fast, is delayed week too long, the
work becomes much more laborlous and
costly, and besides the crop Is perma-
nently injured: In sucl, cases tho
work Of cultivation Increases by ra ito
with each day 1t is delayed. If the
planting of a field Of corn is delayed a
week too late, it may not have time to
become fully developodbefore autumn
al frosts, thus causing loss, A farmer
habitually behind with his work Is
not good farmer. He proves his ina.
biltty to manage his business properly.
Such farmer, like man in debt, and
paying interest, labors under a uisad-
vantage. He either attempts too little
help, or, as Is frequently the case, uses
too little head work. If we wish al
ways to be prompt with our work we
must employ some thought In our busl-
ness. Forethought is one OF the far
mer's best servants. It will. If prop
erly guided, enable us to arrange our
business that our work, shall be done
at the right time. If we do not think
of our work until it Is time to do it,
we will almost always find unexpected
circumstances which will cause more or
less delay. The successful farmer sees
and provides for emergencies before
they arise, and lays out plan Of action
at the commencement OF every piece of
work. Right here we believe is the
line that often exists between good and
poor farmers, or those who are not.
The successful farmer takes great in
forest In his work, and is continually
looking ahead or forecasting, so that he
Is never In doubt what to do or how to
10 It,. The successful farmer employs
little thought in his business, lays few
careful plans. and when emergencies
arise has no provisions made to meet
them, and thus, often gets behind with
hls,WOrk, and in his haste to "catch
up' with 1t, suffers loss, tor "haste
makes waste"
VALUE OF PARsNIps-For spanning
over the season "between hay and
grass" there is nothing better than
parsnips. They are the only roots
that will remain In the ground all win
'er without Injury from freezing.
They may be dug and fed to stock at
amy time after the frost is out Of the
soil till they begin to leave our: For
COWS giving milk in early spring they
u oI,~
will also eat them readily. If they are
boiled or steamed pigs and fowls prefer
them to almost any kind of food. Pars-
nips are extensively raised for feeding
fowls in France and Belgium. When
designed for fat tening fowls for the ia
bic they are first boiled or steamed and
then fried in cheap fat. The parsnip
is more valuable tor human food than
most persons suppose. They should be
first boiled and then cut in thin slices
and fried in lard, butter or "drippings"
till the surface is brown.-Cookcd in
this way they are excellent when
served with ham cr roast meat. No
edible root is rs easily raised in this
country rs the parsnip. Our climate
is not favorable to the production Of
turnips, but parsnips may be raised
with very little trouble, They should
90 planted in drills from two to three
feet apart, and thinned out so that the
plants have space Of about four inches
between them. Ii cultivated by hand
the rows may be only eighteen inches
apart. 1t Is necessary to cultivate the
plants by hand. After they have at
tanned considerable size the foliage will
shade the ground so that little cultiya-
ton is necessary. Five hundred BUSH
els por acre Is an average yield.
10 DEsrOY CABBAGE WoRM-The
complaint still continues of the raya-
ges Of the cabbage-worm and demand
for remedy for 1t. In an agricultural
journal, fcw weeks ago, a correspond
ent told OF his troubles last year and
that they were already beginning this
season, and asked for some way to dis
lodge tho worm. Several knowing
persons responded, and in looking over
their remedies we did not re card one
of them us furnishing what was need
ed. But we can tell the enquirer and
all others what is a remedy for the
cabbage worm, which Is within every
ones reach, If 1t is properly applied.
1t Is simply to sprinkle over the parts
of cabbage plant where the worm us
ually operates, pinch of cayenne or
red pepper. Nothing moro or less
Keep FEW ounces on hand and
use 1t when needed, but use it carefully
so as to reach the insect, and it will
promptly dislodge It,.
POULTRY YARDs-Every chicken
house should have an ample yard or
grass run, Never clip the wings of
fowls If 1t can be avoided; it disflgurcs
the bird, prevents the right use Of the
wings, and consequently they will not
thrive as well. They should have
small trees or grape vines for shade, or
to scratch under. Ground bone, sui
phur, charcoal and cayenne pepper
should be administered every eight or
ten days. Sulphur, pepper and char
coal, tcaspooniul mixed with the
morning fecd, will contribute much to
the health and ADpearancc of the fowls