The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-03
AGRICULTURE.

s3t AGRICULTURE.
SMALL UoRsEs.-Perhaps It would
Dc better expressed and moro to the
point to say heavier horses are the nocd
OF tho times. Trotting horses, PAGERS,
runners, or any other gait, are all right
IN their places, bur tho majority of
horses are for labor and not for show !;
they are on duty as producers, and are
s valuable In proportion as they can do
, work; they are the motive power on the
farm, the highway, and in the large
towns and cities-as indispensable as
bread and butter. Prices Of large
horses Of all breeds that are compactly
built and constructed on good rules Of
proportion, rule high and pay we'll for
the handling. "Plugs" and scrub
stock are cheap, and Will be even less
III price than heretofore, as all who
employ teams arc fast learning that Il
heavy, strong team costs no moro to
keep than light, poor one, but even
less, and can do much moro service.
A farmer should have, anyway, one
heavy, strong team. Ilo may own u
small, light span, but tor blowing and
general use, the heavy team, that sell
dom is urged beyond fast walk on the
road, and will take a fourteen or six
teen inch plow and go all day without
evidence OF weartness, Is the one to de-
pond on. The market is full OF semi
fast stock, thcy DO not command Il sta
pie price, but depend wholly on cir
cumstances for the margin of profit, if
any that they yield. Pure bloodcd
Norman or Clydesdales may not be the
best In their exclusive nature, but by
crossing them with good native WcS-
tern stock can be produced Il superior
grade OF horses that twillcommand good
prices and be in demand at all times.
Farmers should not be Indifferent to
this fact, and when they prol osc to
raise colt, select from that stock which
will insure heavy horse; 1t may cost
more in the beginning but will bring
larger returns in the end. Good hor-
ses, good cattle, good sheep and hogs,
are Il good deal the cheapest.
TRAMPING FROSTED CLOVER.-SinCe
SO many farmers have failed with their
clover crop there will be no need to
keep some Of the clover fields Tor pas
ture another year. Whoever is under
tlis necessity should by all means re-
move all animals from the clover fields
before heavy 1rosrs come. II one will
visit tho clover-iield in tho afternoon
of the day when there has been Il
heavy frost, he may see the clover black
ana dead wherever an animal has pluc-
cd his foot Oh the frost-covcrcu clover.
The stock is RESTLESS in the chill Of the
morning, and rOams about through the
frosted grass, looking Tor comfort where
comfort Is not to bc found. The cows
from tho stable will, too, fill themselves
with the ice-colu clover, rs they arc uc-
ouston,ed to feed at that hour. Frost
bitten grass is poor feed at the best,
but far worse when frosted or frozen.
If the farmer is SO short OF pasture that
the clover must be pasturcu, hc may
save his frosted clover from injury by
tramping If he will bring his stock out
in the evening and not turn back the
next day until the frost is off. A little
care at this time will ',dd greatly to tho
value Of tho pasture next season.
EXPERIMENTS IN FATTENING HoGs.-
Farmers generally do not appreciate
the Dement'S OF warmth or comfortable
temperature in iatlcning stock. All
the food in the barn or crib cannot fat
ten stock unprotected from the blasts
of winter and shivcring with the cole.
AS this Is the season for fatlcninw stock.
especially hogs, we give the following,
which shows the fact most conclusive
ly: "a certain farmer made cXpcri-
ments In fattenmg hogs. lie fed 100
hoSS3 "C'Si SillliS Eop pOlnuS cucn. InC
weather was good. lie fed them week
and weighed them and found that, ut
four cents Il pound for pork, his corn
realized eighty cents brshcl. The
frstwcck OF November his corn brought
siXty-tive cents. The third week forty
cents. The weather got steadily colder.
The fourth week the corn brought
twenty-six cents only, and when the
thermometer was ut zero tho corn
brought nothing the whole feed only
Keeping up the necessary warmth of
temperature Of the system.
MEASURING 1lAY.-TO find The num-
Der Of tons in long or square stacks, the
following Is the rule: Multiply the
length in yards by the width in yards,
and that by bali the altitude in Yards.
and divide tho product by fifteen. To
lind the number of tons In circular
stacks: Multiply the square Of the cir
cumferencc IN yards by four times the
altitude In yards, and divide by 100.
The quotient will be the number of
cubic yards In the stack. Then diviue
by 10 to get the number of tons.
Muck dug in the winter will freeze
ana fall into fine powder. If put in
heaps, with lime or ashes, It will heat
and icrmcnt, and will noC freeze, but
Will be changed to a loose texture, and
can then be handled with case. In
this conditiOd it is best fitted for usc in
composts as an absorbent, or to put on
tho land.
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