The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-29
AGRICULTURE.

( BITTER HAY AND PAsTuRE.-
passing through agricultural districts,
say In june when the herbage has
about or nearly reached its full growth
must notice how land Is only half or 4
quarter utilized, by allowing the un-
checked growth Of all sorts of weeds,
a large proportion Of this land Is pas
tured, and the way the poor cattle lave
to seek out the little grass from among
the overwhelming weeds Is source of
actual sadness, These pasture fields,
too, are allowed to go on producing
noxious weeds for a series of years
without an effort being made to get rid
of them by the surest mode known to
the observing farmer--.frequent culttra-
ton. Then, again, we see tho same
proportion Of weeds in many fields from
which the cattle hay Is to be cut and
this is done year after year just as
though COWS and other cattle would
eat the weeds any more rapidly dry
than green. 1t Is as apparent as the
sun at MONDAY that to whatever extent
weeds are allowed to growljust to that
extent Is the land wasted. Now that
this can be avoided in most cases scarce
ly admits of doubt. And what Is true
OF the pasture fields, Is the same where
the herbage Is Left to become hay. The
good clean field Is the exception. Not
only the ox-eye daisy, but sorrel and
plantation, anu asiers of various kinds,
which cattle care no more for when
dry than when green, constitute the
bulk of what is to be hay; and it is tol-
erably good stuff which has but on O.
fourth Of extraneous matter. Wehaye
before suggested that our agricultural
societies, which give so many and such
high premiums for fast trotting horses
might at least share 4 little for the en-
couragement Of the food which tho
noble animal Is to eat. Premiums for
well-grown hay, clean hay, hay from
improved grasses, and well-managed
hay-fields, would surely be objects
worthy of the attention Of even a estate
agricultural society,"" and we think it
Will become 80 if the press will unite
III commencing the subject to general
attention. Surely there, Is no greater
eyesore than Il field. looking as II it
might produce thirty bushels OF wheat,
seventy five Of corn, or from two to
three tons OF first-class hay to All acre,
allowed to be covered with masses OF
noxious weeds, which can and should
be destroyed. A merchant from the
city who may pass through rural sec-
ton, and see these myriad Of ox-eyed
daisy flowers, will almost invariably
ask why they are there, and if they
cannot be extermlnated and good hay
and grain raised instead.
SHORT. HORNS FOR THE DAIRY. Be
fore the uncertainties OF tradition were
suPplarted by the facts Of history, the
Durham COW was known and highly
nri2pI in ,Nar 70 IF ,tr1o e., I,
dairy qualities. In the earlier history
OF this breed they were known rs the
Teeswater, the Holderness, the York
shires or Durham, depending upon the
location where bred and kept. But,
about century ago, Mr.. Turner, OF
Hurworth, bred the famous bull Hub.
back, and from him and his dt sc ,ndants,
Foljumbc, Bolingbroke, Favuritc, and
Comet, were established the various
families Of the improve Short-horn
breed Of cattle. Robert and Charles
Collng, taking the lead and making Sc
lections from the Teeswaters, York
shires and Durhams, established the
Duchess family or Short-horns which
has been sure to improve every other
known breed OF cattle with which they
have been crossed. The Ceilings have
been followed by Bates, Boo.h, Spen .
GERS Ducie, and others of England, by
Morris, Thorn, Sheldon, Alexander,
Groom, Wadsworth, Kelley, Harrison,
Butts, Samuel Campbell, and host of
others, until the Short-horn IS we'll
known and duly appreciated in every
civilized country OF the world. AL
though some OF the breeders named,
and many others, have bred for fancy,
rather than for tho dairy, yet the dairy
qualities are inherent In the breed, in
an eminent degree, and only require
proper management to develop it III it's
original strength with absolute ter-
tainty. might give records OF milk,
OF butter and cheese, Of Short-hOrnS,
and their grades, butt will perhaps be
sutl1c1ent for me to say chat the largest
yield of milk on record was by Duchess
lst, the motner of the Duchess family
OF Short-horns. The largest yield Of
cheese per COW OH record was produced
Dy herd of grade Short-horns, owned
by a. l.. Fish, Esq. of Uerllimer
county, New York. The great value
Of the Short-horn over other breeds for
he dairy, Is in her ability: to digest and
assimiIate the food she consumes more
perfectly than any other breed, thereby
enabling her on given amount of food =,
to produce the most milk, the most but
Ger, the most cheese, and the most beef
Tor the food consumed, Of any breed of
cattle We have.
THERE is contained in the corn CO.'S
raised in the United States from 1lH to
l2O million pounds Of carbonate of pot
ash, which Is the third most valuable
article required In agriculture.
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Imitation Power oi1Dugs.
Some dogs DOsSpss on miiofipu po,yor