The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-18
AGRICULTURE.

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out becoming less valuable in every
particular. TO reach the highest de.
gree Of value the animal should be per-
! fectly gentle and always reliable, but
If 1t expects every moment that 1t is
In the harness to be "jawed" at and
struck, it will be IN q constant state of
nervousness, and In Its excitement as
liable through fear t. do something
which Is not expected as to 20 along
doing what you started it to do. 1t is
possible to train horse to be governed
by word, almost as completely as it Is
to lrain child, and In such training
the horse reaches its highest value.
When horse is soothed by the gentle
him calmed down from great excite
ment by no other means-it may be
very fairly concluded that he Is a val
uable animal for all practical purposes
and 1t may be certainly concluded that
the man who has such power over him,
is humane man and sensible .one.
But all this simply means that tho man
must secure the animals confidence.
Only In exceptional instances is u horse
stubborn or vicious. II he understands
his surroundings, and what Is required
OF him, he gives no trouble. AS almost
every reader must know,if the ami
nal when frightened can be brought
up to the object he will become calm.
The reason is that he understands that
there Is ROthing to fear. So he must
be taught to have confidence In the man
who handles him, and then this pow
erful animal, which usually no man
could handle, If it were disposed to be
vicious, will give no trouble. The
very best rule, therefore, which we
would lay dow for the management
Of the horse, Is gentleness and good
sense on the part of the driver. Bad
drivers make bad horses usually.
MISUNDERSTANDING is very simple
operation, which can be dene at any
tlme when the bark ''peels' readily
and the buds are sufficiently rfpened-
OF September. Take well-developed
single bud, cut Oft the leaf, leaving
enough Of the stalk to take hold of when
inserting the bud. With sharp knife
out OF the bud, with thin slice OF bark
and wood, commencing. say third Of
an inch above the bud and ending the
cut about as far below It, so that the
whole forms a straight, smooth cut.
Then make crOss-cut through the
bark OF tho stalk In a smooth place, ,and
also longitudinal one, 30 that the
whole has the shape of Roman cross
about an inch long. Now raise the
bark on the stalk with Il knife or with
au ivory, and push down the bud un-
der the bark until the upper end is even
with the cross cut Of the stock. Now
wrap the whole firmly and smoothly
with basswOod bark or woolen thread,
leaving the bud out to prevent smoth-
erlng, put closing all tho bark tightly
hkl nj 81 az q
tne bandage may be taken of, and if
the bud is fresh and green, 1T has taken,
and the stalk should be cut OFT an inch
above it next Spring and only the bud
allowed 10 grow.
HRNs THAT EAT EGas..-The best
way To break hens Of agg-eaung Is to
break their necks, and restock with
birds that have not acquired the habit.
Fowls that are expert In egg eating
| first attack the shell with their bill. II
| 1t is thin shell a lew strokes will break
1t, and the rest Is an easy job. If, how
ever, the shell thick one, they gen.
| orally iail to break 1t with :heir beaks :;
| they then begin to scratch In the nest,
ana with their feet throw the egg
against the hard side OF the box until
it Is broken. First of all make hens
lay hard-sl elled eggs-so hard thu +
they can not De readily broken by a
| uen's bill. This can be done by feed
my freely with Stacked lime, ground
or broken bones, oyster shells, etc. To
prevent breaking against The sides OF
The box the nests should be high and
| lined upon the sides with cushions
nlleu With hay or other soft material.
Their only cnance then il that they
uIay throw Two eggs lorcibly against
each other. 10 prevent thus, lake the
nest egg away and gather the eggs
several liiues II day. Ii Is good plan
| to leave i lew china eggs near the nest
for them to work at, which will make
| their bills so sore that. They will strike
The real eggs with less force.
LOOK TO Your Observation-Disclosures
Is ioL made to your goat, but to the
uncluOus substance obtained by churn-
ing cream. A Cincinnati firm the 'sCin-
clnnatt Facing Company" is engaged
III manufacturing u powdered soapstOne
| which finds Il ready sale IN supplying
Legitimate demands, but now the iarm-
sud butter-packers are using it to adul-
terate their butter. The sOapstone Is
white and perfectly tasteless, and ia
sold At twenty dollars per ton. From
six to eight pounds can be mixed In
every tub OF butter In such manner
as to render detection immpos sible.
This greately increases the weight, but
does not affect the bulk very much.
Til, inc1 ease Of six or eight pounds in
every package occurred,lt was noticed,
only In Western butter, but the most
experienced buyers were unable to de-
Lect any foreign substance in this
heavy weight article, and reIin-
guished the problem as a mystery. Re
| Gently, however, Il prominent dealer
| discovered the fraud. In view OF the
above iacts 1t would be well for fami-
| lies to give their milkman a rest and
look alter their butter for n while.
A DISCOVERY ABOUT Corn.-An ex-
change tolls OF u man who plants, two
or three weeks after the tho crop Ia
planted, a new hill Of corn every tif-
teenth row each way. And this is the
reason: II the weather becomes drv
alter the filling time, tho silk and tas
sells both become dry ana dead. In
this condition, If 1t should become sea-
sonable, the silk revives and renews
its growth, but the tasscls do not re-