The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-01
FARM AND GARDEN.

CORN FOR HoRsEs.-Is 1t or Is It no
economy TO feed horses corn in the
ear? We have practiced it for mum
Der of years, believing that the
portion that was not masticatcd, anC
so passed out of tho horse without
being digested, was not equal to the
miller's toll. Tho toll is every tenth
and this with the waste and time speni
in going to tho mill will make it fully
equal to every eighth. Another thing
| farmers do not think enough about,
Suppose every tenth is not masticateo
and assimilatCd by the horse, 1T Is kept
on the farm, whereas, If it is left at the
mill the fam Is 80 much depleted OF
plant-fcOd. We throw the whole ears
into the manger, and let the work
horses bite the kernels Oft US they like.
AS soon as horses got used to eatiu z
corn there Is no danger of its producing z
any collie or other arrangement Of the
bowels, but care must be taken not to
begin too strong at first. Three or four
ears Of flint corn are all horse should
have to begin diet Of this food. The
Southern and Western corn is lighter,
and Is not SO apt TO produce collie In
the South, corn Is almost always fed in
the car, and so 1T Is in the West, when
fed at all. Corn Is excellent food for
horses to work on, but not so good lor
fast driving. They are more quiet and
tractablc on corn than with any other
grain, and will do more hard pulling
and drudgcry with less loss in condi-
ton, Oats makes u horse sprightly
and active, and hence should be fed
sparingly to a colt. Oats have helped
TO make great many balky, spawned
u 4 - " al, = t1,>,
dull and slow, but strong. Corn is the
best for colts while being broken. 1t
may be made lighter and not SO heating
by having wheat bran mixed with It.
SAVING BY HANDFULs.-Oneh handful
Of hay Is not much, nor for the matter
of that arc twenty handfuls; the saving
of so much would neither make nor
break man. But with twenty head
of cattle to feed twice or thrice day
the saving of handful apiece, every
time, would amount to something be-
fore the pastures arc green again upon
our frost bitten hills. DO you ever
think Of 1t? We are not limiting at
stinling the cattle. But how many of
us allow animals to waste handful
each at every feed, for want Of Il little
attention to feeding arrangements? =?
How many head of stock on our north
crn farms require handful more of
hay at every seed to keep up the ami
NAL heat, than they would require If
their stables had all the cracks st .pped,
and let in the cold winds of winter? a
handful OF manure is but lrila; yet
The addition Of a single handful in Il
hill Of corn may make the difference
between long, full ears and stinted
nubbins, when the harvest comes
How many handtuls Of manure are
going to waste every day about our
yards and buildings? Could you not
save half bushel day, by being care
ful? And tho liquid manure-is there
not enough lost every day to make II
good many long ears where we shall
probably find only nubbins next fall ?
l1andtuls Of hay, handfuls OF manure
those are small matters, say you?
Yet OF just such small matters depend
many mans sucress or failure In life.
llcrc is one man that tends to it care
fully, and ut the md Of twenty or
thirty years he has II competency for
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