The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-19

FARM WAGoKs.-Of tho common
hoight, fore wheels fcct 8 inches, hind
ones feet 4 inches, are too high and
heavy for small farm teams, Weighing
less than ! 200. pounds apiece. What
over may DO the correct theory on tho
leverage of long spokes OH solid, level
ground, we care not, as our only trou-
Die in hauling farm stuff on tho hard
roads has been In the uphill and the
inches, hind wheels 3 feet inches high,
much easier to work with for man and
beast. 1t gives low team a lifting
hitch on the wagon up hill and n light
ing one down hill. "A brake for it Is
unnecessary. AS they go over tho
scales their weight is. $50 pounds less.
Climbing over the hills, every extra
pound against the owner. If a load ls
stalled on tho road we always lower
tho hitch to lift the load, and draw
down Oh tho team to increase their
moro delay. Tho usual size wagon
may be just right for large horses and
tall mon but farmers boys and teamA
generally are neither largo nor heavy!
The pitcher on In tho field determines
the amount Of the days york. A low
wagon is easier to load, therefore
quicker loaded, with shorter fork
handle than common. The hay and
grain rack with eight inch side pieces
may be made level ny put Ing a low
guard over the hind wheels. This, too,
helps the man on the ground and will
20 TO tho field and bring given num-
Der Of shocks as hay or grain quicker
than high built wagon or rack can,
thus making moro hay while the sun
shines. 1t Is lighter on muddy roads;
If tho team sinks the downward draft
Is loss on the low wheels. If they fiji
up with dirt they hold less than larger
ones. They arc not good to back heavy
loads-the wheels hug the ground.
"You cau't make Il farm pay with too
many legs under the kitchen table,"
BUCKwHEAT.--A large proportion of
buckwhont consumed in tho West
comes from the Eastern States and
Canada. Every season several car
loads of buckwheat flour comes to this
market from New York, where consid-
cradle attention is given to producing
tho grain. A large proportion Of what
Is sold rs buckwhcat -four Is not true to
nnmo. 1t IS often a mixture of rye
meal and wheat middlings, to which
minute portion Of buckwhcat is added.
The market Is general well supplied
with what passes for buckwhcat flour,
whether the crop Of buckwheat Is large
or small. Poor as Its quality is buck
wheat flour generally soils for about
tho same price ns the best article made
from select winter wheat. Now tho
yield Of buckwhcat is much larger than
that ut ordinary wheat, and 1t can be
produced at much less trouble and OK
pensc. Tho seed costs worry little, and
the grain can be raised on land that
would not rcturn the seed Of wheat,
rye, or barley. All the work connect
cd with producing q crop Of buckwhca,
can be performed Mt times when other
farm matters are not pressing. The
land on which Il Is to be grown need
not bo plowcd till midsummer, anu
the crop Is not ready to cut till after all
tho common grams arc harvested.
Buckwheat Is crop for small farmers
to raise. rs it IS ordinarily harvested
and thrrshed by hand tools. IT. is Il
good crop to raise for tho purpose OF
snbduing tough sod. 1t is notan eX-
hauSCng crop, like wheat or barley. a
good business may be built up In sup
plying the market with tirst-class ar
ticle OF buckwhcat flour, put up in
small packages suited to the wants of
private families. Country millcrs
would do we'll to look after this branch
Of trade.
SAVING MANrRE.-AS there is much
controversy In the agricultural papers
at present rs to how to make and save
manure, ! will give my plan In AS few
words rs possible. First, | keep my
horses and COWS in tho same stable; |
bed my horses with good wheat or oats
straw; and when they have stood on 1t
one night, clean all the straw and
manure out Of The stall AMI pu: 1t under
the COWS. by doing this say, straw
and II makes the manure finer. The
horse manure Is always dry, and by
putting IL under the COWS II ahsorbs all
the urine, and IL also keeps the horse
manure from bum ng when thrown in a
heap. When tho manure gets well
warmed In heap take a long handled
manure fork and tHrn 1t over, and by
that time II is we'll mixed anu ready for
the land. ltany OF your corrcspond-
ents have any better way, lot US hear
from them.
what the Pennsylvania Railroad Is Doing
In l'hlinielnhia.