The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-15
FARM AND GARDEN,

GRATING CRAZE YINEs.--Those who
wish to graft their vines over with
other vines should remember that win.
ter and not spring is tho time for it.
and In tho season the grape Is different
from most other trees. 1t Is different
In this, that In the spring of the year
there Is such a tremendous pressure
upward by the ascending sap that the
parts of tho scion and stock which to
unite must Of course touch one another
arc forced by the sap apart. When tho
gratis are put in at this season there is
little OF this. The severed cells gram
ulate and heal, anu when the sap l.
ready to flow upwaI Is strongly 1t goes
up through it's regular channels in the
graft without any tendency to break
graft grape vines admits of many vari-
GUS replies. The best is probably that
described years ago by Samuel Miller,
or Missouri, who was very successful as
CRATER OF the grape. lie drew away
the soil rom the stock to be graft
cd, cut 1t down about two inches
from the surface, then cut with
stout sharp knife Il long narrow
wedgc-sl,aped notch in the stock. and
shaped the scion as ! wedge to tit in the
notch III the stock. The lips Of the
notch are then tied together and the
earth drawn in around the Whole,
leaving the upper eye OF the graft above
the ground. We may say that it is very
astonishing that grating is not mure
generally practiscd, and especially
since the discovery that the great sac
cess Of the Concord, Clinton and few
other grapes is not owing to any extra
hardness, but to the fact that the power
la
Is greater in uhesc kinds. If this be
true, aud 1t seems to be really the case,
wC may have the choicest and best OF
grapes BY grating them on these Wig
OrOus roofing stocks. For once the
French seem to have taken start
ahead Of us in this matter. They sent
an agent to this county some years ago
ID shrewu observing feilOw-anu he
took in the whole situation at once.
The result has been that millions Oh
millions Of Concord anil Clinton cut
tiDgs have been sent to France the past
live or six years, and in future wines
OF that country may ne brought to q
higher grade of perfection than ever
before.
MEAT AND NOT FAT T.--ButcheTs In
America as well As In England and
Scotland evidently see sigus OF the ap-
proach of a radical change In public
taste In the matter of the meats wanted
for use, fresh on the table. Time was
when TO suit the public taste, meat OF
any kind must be fat. Now to offend
the public taste one Las but 10 show
meat accompanied by Il thick border Of
tallow. One who was for many years Il
successful butcher In England says the
ri; .tfi 10,
beef or mutton, and we have lately seen
in English papers complaints from
butchers there OF this tendency. They
complain that they cannot afford to
cut fat bullocks and sell the lean q sh
only without asking prices which seem
to consumers altogether too high III
comparison with the prices paid tor the
living animals. There has been less
complaint about this, perhaps, on tins
side Of the wal0r, but the effect of our
financial stress was shown IN another
way. People stopped buying meat
wien they found they could no longer
afford to pay the price ofn prime steak
for tallow, worth five or six cents, por-
hapS, to the butcher, but worth little
or nothing to the average household.
They wanted meat and not fat for their
money. No one can be surprised at the
growth OF disposition to reject fat
when flesh Is wanted. People have
learned that In fat there is little or no
food suitable to this climate, and to the
wants OF tho majority Of mcat-caters.
There il little muscle forming food in it,
and so it Is not an economical foo for
those who have heavy manual labor to
DO. For the professional man, and for all
confined TO sedentary occupations. no
n T.,
GREETED that our forcfathcrs did rot Il s.
cover this before they ruincd their Iii.
gcstivc organs and bcqucathed to later
generations dyspepsia and kindred ills.
The stomach OF even those who work
In the open air much of the time are
scarcely able 10 digest the qnantitics OF
grease they are often charged with, a, d
even the farmers arc be ginning to 8 Z
that fat meat is not ALWAYS cheap meat.
1t Is true the hired man will eat less tat
pork than lean beef, but he will give in
return for the fat less labor. Ii you
Starvc his muscle you cannot reasonably
expect his muscle TO give you liberal
and profitable return.
HENS IN WINrER.-If eggs are cx-
pcctcd during the winter months-and
they ought to Oe-the fowls II ust be
kept warm and we'll fed. They will
not bear crowding. Il fact that Is too
often overlooked. liens are naturall,
active creatures, and must have room
to KUN and exercise themselves. The
house must bo kept clean, and an
abundance Of fresh air and pure water
provided; also constant supply Of
oyster shells or bones, broken fine.
FARMERS who spread on a thin coat
of twelve or fifteen loals of manure TO
the acre, and expect to raise a good
crop, would be astonished 10 see the
quantities of the best kinds of manure
which market gardeners often apply TO
an acre of land near the cities. What