Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-07-29
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LICK IN FARMING.

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LUCK IN FARMING.
There are few words oftener upon the lips
of a certain class of farmers than "luck. :"
Smith is a "lucky dog" because his corn never
rots, his wheat never winter-kills, his sheep
never get into his rye, and his cows never
invade his meadows and orchards. His crops
are better than his neighbors', his butter
brings more in the market, and even his wife
and children have,a more contented look than
other people, Everything he touches thrives
What lucky man Smith is. Now, the fact
is, luck has nothing to do with Smiths sue
cess in life. If you watch the man you will
find that every result he reaches is anticipated
and planned for, and comes from his own wit
and words It is the legitimate reward Of
his labors, and it would have been bad luck
had it turned out otherwise. His corn al
WAYS comes up because he always selects the
seed himself, and hangs it up by the husKs
in the garret, where it is thoroughly dried.
He does not plant until the sun has warmed
the soil enough to give the germ an immedi-
ate start. His wIeat-felds he drains with
tile. and the water that used to freeze and
thaw on the surface, and throw the roots OF
the wheat out and kill them now passes down
into the drains and runs off. His fields are
green and beautiful in the spring, when his
neighbors' are russetbrown and desolate. His
fences are in good repair, and his animals are
not made breachy by continual temptation OF
dilapidated walls. His wife and children are
comfortably clothed and fed, and are not kept
in continual fret and worry by husband
and father who has no system or energy IN MS
business "a time and place for everything" "
is his motto, carefully carried out. The shoe
maker is always called in when his services
are needed, and none of his household get wet
feet, catch cold, have lung fever, and run up
the doctors bill Of twenty dollars, for want
of a cents worth Of leather at the right time
in the right place.
Smith does not believe in luck. He knows
that health in the family and thrift upon the
farm depend upon thousand little things
that many of his neighbors are too lazy or
careless to look after. So, while they are at
the tavern, or loafng in the village, or run
ming muck in politics, he is looking after
these things and laying his plans for next
year. He has good corn in even the poorest
year Sbecause the soil has the extra manure 1t
needs to bring out good long, plump, well
capped ears. He meant to have eighty bushels
to the acre, and he has it, good measure and
running over. Talk about luck; it's all non
sense Bad luck is simply man with his
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his mouth, looking on and seeing how it Will
come. Good luck is man of pluck to meet
difficulties, his sleeves rolled up and working
to make it come out right.-Boston Cultirator
POULTRY H1NTs-Ducks are not much
trouble. Their young may be fed much the
same as chickens They are very fond OF
animal food and milk. Through the sum-
mer they need little care, but are fattened
up in autumn, the same as geese or turkeys.
There is no better duck than the White Pes-
kim As for geese, the Bremen variety is
white, and the Toulouse and Chinese Kinds
are gray These three are the best. Feed
young geese on bread, meal, or boiled grain,
letting them have plenty of green grass and
water.
Young chickens should be fed four or five
times day, until they are two or three months
DID, There should be clean vessel provided
in which to place their food. Some prefer to
use dry board for this purpose, placing it in
a sunny spot. II is to be remembered that
sunlight and warmth are necessary to the
health of young chickens. The form of coop
used must be such as to allow the free admlS-
sion of air and sunlight. Dampness is fatal
and so chickens should be kept from running
in the grass until the dc " has dried off.
One of the greatest alnoyances in keeping
fowls is the vermin which are so apt to infest
the coops, nests and houses. Unless the pests
are destroyed there is little comfort in the
poultry business. The following plan is re-
commended: Drive out the fowls, and burn the
old litter and straw from the nests. Then
take an old pan or kettle, set it in the poultry
house, and burn pound Of birthstone there
in Close the house tight, and let the fumes
penetrate every clevice, for at least an hour.
The walls may then be swept and the whole
building cleanSed, and newly Whitewashed,
both inside and out, including the steps, walls,
nest boxes and perches. Nests are then to be
made of newly cut hay, and for many months
the health and viCor of the fowls will be sur
prising.
BoNE-DUsT AS A FERTILIZER.-The more
this substance is used for fertilizing purposes,
the greater it's value is appreciated. 1t is we'll
known that in England it is valued higher
than any other substance. There the farmers
do not only use up all the bones of their own
country, but the importation Of bones from
other countries has assumed gigantic proper
tion. All the old battlefelds have been ran
sacked, and unless reports do them no injus-
tice, many an old fellow whose bones were
supposed to rest in peace in some grassy,
daisy lowered church yard, would have to
hunt some modern turnip-feld to find all that
remains of them, Foreign countries have
not only to pay tribute to England of their
wealth during life 3; but even their bones
have to follow, in order to enrich British
pockets Australia sends an enormous guam
tity of bones to England. 1t has become such
heavy trade that the article itself was found
too light for profit. Science has been called
in to enable the shp-owner to take the same
weight in less bulk. The bones are first
ground, then the dust mixed with some sub
stance which will give it just enough adhesive
ness to make the particles stick together.
Then the material is put under heavy pres
sure in moulds about six inches square, SO
that it can be packed in the hold without any
loss of space One ton of this bone-cake
measure only twenty-six cubic feet. Ofcourse
these bones are all of wild or domestic ami
mails, but still 'silence is golden. ."-German-
to,cn Telegraph.
SALT ON WHEAT LANDAU experiment
with salt on wheat the Indiana Farmer says,
was made this year by James A. McMurray of
Boone county. On one tract he applied ''re-
fuse cnlt," which lie purchased for fifty cents
per barrel, putting it on at the rate of a
thousand pounds to the acre on one tract ; on
another 500 pounds on another 250 pounds;
and the remainder of the field, which contained
better soil than any other portion salted, was
left untouched. All the grain was sown Oh