The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-09
AGRICULTURE.

thoii Ill 'he noie with dry soil or sand.
After doing this. shut out the pigs anu
poultry from the well, and keep them
out' III tho curb Is broken or rOtted
down, replace with 4 new one. After
uolnK this, sorape away the grass aud
surface soil around the we'll. and re-
place with layer Of sand and gravel.
Ii, from the character Of the land. your
wen ever ILLS with water, cut u ditch
six feet deep all around it, at the dis
lance OF few yards, and have an out
let from this to take OH the water. The
water III the we'll will not, after this,
rise higher than the bottom of the ditch.
II your water Is muddy aud impure,
throw In peck OF lime to purify It, Ii
anlmaiculse appear In the water, throw
III y halI gallon Of salt to make them
settle to the bottom. And it ia worth
whlle to take some pains to fix up some
convenience at your we'll. A bench to
set the bucket Oh while it is being filled
ana handy and easy way to got the
water, ana smooth, dry path from the
we'll to the kitehen-these things viii
make so much easier the task Of your
wives and daughters. Farmers, do not
neglect your woll single day longer,
but see that all about them is neat and
tidy, and determine to keep 1t so.
PRODUCTION AND KEEPING OF EGGs--
Oftentimes 1t IL a muLter OF import
tance to keep eggs fer time. When
prices rule low, they may DO preserved
In comparative freshness tor several
weeks, even in July and August, If
care b" taken to place them on end as
soon as brought III from the nest. Ono
not accustomed to handling and care of
eggs can form no idea of the shortness
OF time required for the yolk Of an egg
to settle Oh one side, where it adheres
to the. shell and quickly spoils in warm
weather. Always place the egg on
the big end. 1 have tried both ends,
and have decided In favor Of the former
position. Eggs should be gathered
from the most every day, and where
there are many hens kept, twice day.
1t matters not for what purpose we de-
sire eggs, the hens that produce them
should always be young and healthy.
Eggs that are to be kept for any length
OF time should always be those from
young hens, or If two years old, only
from those in perfect health. If this
rule Is closely observed by the breeders
who export eggs for hatching, from
one locality to another, there Will be
better satisfaction given. 1T is Of
much Importance that the eggs have
perfect shells, and hen not In per-
lcct health maya drop her eggs reg
ularly, yet the shells may possess I'M
perfections that render them unfit
either Tor keeping or Matching.
CHICKEN LIcE.-Vermin is the post
of poultry, and when chicken houses
get thoroughly infested, 1t Is not an
easy matter to clear them. If the house
Is washed with a hot lime wash, and
the roosts arc rubbed with mixture of
kerosene OIL and lard, tho lice will be
made uncomfortable, and If this treat
mentls repeated a few times, the house
and also the fowls will be quite free
from vermln. If the house Is, as all
poultry houses should be, detached
from Darna and other buildings, it
pay be fumigated. Shut it up tight
and close every opening. Then place
pan of live Goals on the ground Cor If
must be a wooden floor, put down
few shOvelfuls of earth, or coal ashes,
10 hold the pan). Throw OIL handful
Of birthstone, and got out quickly, clo-
sing the door tightly. lfLne work has
been done thoroughly, no lice can be
found at the end OF a few hours. The
etc., may be then done.
How MUCH WILL KEEP A HORsE.-A
horse weighing from ten to twelve hum
dred pounds will eat about six tons of
hay, or its equivalent, In a year. And
we suppose the real point TO got ut is,
whether one can keep his horses cheap
cr on some other produce than hay.
This Is an exceedingly difficult question
to answer-it depends 80 much on Cir
cumstancea. We shall not attempt to
answer it tully at this time, but will
merely say that, In our opinion, three
and a-half tons of corn would keep a
horse a year in fully as good condition
as ak tons of hay. We may estimate
also, that 1t will take three and a-half
tons of oats to keep q horse 4 year. A
'bushel Of oats weighs thirly-two pounds
so that 1T will tako over one hundred
and 1lfty-tive bushels and three and ~
half tons Of straw to keep q horse a
year. 1t would take about two acres
Of good land to produce this amount,
SANITARY PROPERTIES OF TREES -
Mr.. Klngzett fluids that the sanitary
properties of the cucaiS ptus are not
owing TO its drainage powers, but to
the oil which Is cvapOratcd from Its
leaves. Th" oil is practically identical
with the oil Of turpentine derived from
pine-trccs, and with most of the So
called essential oils or perfumes. All
these oils, when subjected to the action
OF atmospheric oxygen, produce perox-
ide OF Hydrogen and number OF CAM
phoraceous substances having marked
untiseptlc chara cteristics. What Is true
of the eucalyptus is true also Of the pine,
an Immensely larger scale, for pine for
e:ts are distributed freely over both
Hemispheres, and the oil of turpentine,
which Is u natural product OF the pine,
tndcrgoes the came chemical changes
In the atmosphere as tie oil Of the Gu
calyptus.
ONE spoonful O1 cJaaSG-pOWuerGd
saltpetrc to pail Of water will destroy
potato bugs, squash bugs and other in
scots. For roses 1t Is unsurpassed.
For maggots that work at tho roots OF
vines, pour about pint Of tho
liquid at tho root of each vino as soon
rs the pests indicate themselves.
TO destroy planlalns, dnndclions,
or othor weeds on tho lawn, drop care
fully a single drop Of sulphurlc acii,
oil 80 t~to t,>k