The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-07-09

OF leaves to last until spring; a liberal use
OF these not only makes q nice, soft, clean
bed, but largely increases the quantity of
manure. The stable opens into small ward,
across one corner of which runs small
orook. Each morning the cow is permitted
TO go out and drink if the weather is pleas.
ant, she is allowed to remain out an hour
for exercise She is let out the same at
| night, after sunset in warm weather, so that
she will not be annoyed by flies The burn
is well battcned, and is warm in winter it
is well ventilated BY two windows, but these
In summer, are darkened by blinds, with
wide stats to keep out flies. Each morning,
while "Spot" is eating her breakfast, she
is we'll curried with curry comb or card,
and if any filth is observed onal10f bag or
teats (Which is very seldom), it is carefully
washed off, if in winter, with warm water.
Atodys Treated Pleasantly, and Neuer
ScoIded, nor whipped; consequently she
never kicks over the pail, or holds up her
milk. She is fed in winter with peck of
sugar-boets cut up, both morning, noon,
and night; also bushel of cut feed, either
corn-stalks or clover hay, wet with a pailful
Of hot water, with two quarts of tsugar
NEAL or bran, thoroughly mixed together,
with little salt sprinkled over it. I gen.
orally use what is known here as "sugar
meal to mix with her feed it is corn meal
from the factory after the sugar or glucose
has been extracted; it costs from 1Oc. to
lac. per bushel, and prefer it to bran,
and "Spot likes it very much. We consider
her a machine for converting the food we
give her into milk, and the more we can get
her to eat and digest, the moro milk is OBJ
tanned, and the greater the profit. 1t is q
good plan to change the food occasionally,
substituting carrots for beets, clover hay
for corn fodder, for brutes, like mankind,
are fond of q variety.
There arc root-cutters that can be pro.
cured Tor cutting up roots, but 1 have al
ways used common spade, and an empty
Hour barrel to hold the beets Ittakes but
few minutes to cut up mess of beets in
that way. With one bin full of road dust,
and the other full with leaves, a winters
supply of litter is secured, and it is surpris.
ing what pile of manure we have in the
spring. Another valuable source of manure
Is the pig,sty, with plenty of leaves for a
warm bed, and sufficient road. dust to absorb
all the liquids, it is astonishing how clean
our pigs are, and the sty is free from all
bad odors; the big potatoes and mammoth
beets show the richness of the pig. pen fer.
tilizer. think our hfty hens pay for all
their food with the droppings the poultry
house furnishes. The roosts are over slant
ing platform, which is kept covered with
road dust both summer and winter, the
droppings fall on this floor, and roll down
into large box twelve feet long. three feet
wide, and three feet deep. The dust the
chickens work down with the droppings is
sufficient to absorb all the ammonia and
preserve all the fertilizing qualities of this
most valuable guano. A large box of road
dust is always kept in the wa:er-closet,
liberal use of which furnishes q quantity of
most valuable fertilizer, besides freeing the
closets from all noxious smells. The wash
water and slops from the kitchen arc util-
lied by being thrown on pile of sods and
other rubbish, which are forked over, and
as soon as decayed, carted to the manure
pile. From 80 many sources we are enabled
to give our small farm Most Liberal Sup
ply Of Manure each spring and fall, so that
even with the double cropping most of it
gets, it continues to improve, and yields
more bountifully each succeeding season
For sugar beets, the ground is first ma.
nured heavily, plowed deep, and thoroughly
pulyerized with the cultivator, then marked
out in rows with garden plow, two. feet
apart. Manure from the poultry. house is
scattered in each furrow, which should be
lightly covered with soil, so the seed will
not come in contact with it; drop the seeds
about six inches apart, covering lightly
with the garden rake. When tho leaves
are about four inches long, thin out to one
plant in place, aud fill any vacancies with
the plants pulled out. Hoe them thorough
ly, destroying all weeds, which can easily
be dono by cultivating each time before
hoeing, with o narrow cultivator. Keep
the ground mellow, and cultivate three or
four tunes, after which they will take care
of themselves and soon cover the ground.
With ground in good condition, and fair
season, 600 to 800 bushels per acre can be
easily produced. Let them grow until
frost comes, when they should bo dug with
a garden fork, the tops cut off, and stored
for winter. Those to be used before tho
first of March, are stored in the cellar, the
others are buried in q long pit, digging out
a shallow place, piing up tho roots about
three feet high. and three feet wide, cover
ing we'll with straw and sufficient soil to
keep them from freezing, putting in drain
tile about every four feet in the top Of the
pile, with one end to project little through
the covering, for ventilation. If tho wealth
er becomes very cold, lay turf over the
tile, and remove when pleasant. 1 grow
carrots after tho same plan, and store in
liko manner. prefer beots, as they are
SO much larger, II is less trou,le~to- gather
aud take care Of them, and the crop is gen.
orally larger, still always grow some car
rofs for change. I plant sweet corn in