The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-11-02
AGRICULTURE.

AGRICULTURE.
| WINTER DAIRYIHo.-The better class
Of livers in the United States are begin
ming to demand good fresh butter in
stead Of the salted article which has
hitherto been eaten through the winter
months. In consequence, those farm
ers who try TO please the palate by pro-
ducing sweet, nutty-tastlng commo-
dity, will reap their reward by receiv.
Ing a remunerating price. Setting aside
fancy prices 1t fs certain that q good
fair rate will always be paid tor butter
which can be depended upon to come
to hand weekly In the uniform quality.
The best butter-maker in the United
States falls unless the cows are fed pro-
perly therefore there must be the right
sort OF food. Tho hay should be made
from grass cut when In bloom, and this
alone will do, but some corn neal and
wheat bran will incresse the cream, and
add to the rich flavor of the butter, AL
80 the use of carrots Will cause greater
flow of milk and there will be then the
peculiarly fresh taste which character
ICES butter when cows are in good
pasture in June. or course, comfort
able stabltng, cleanliness and exercise
IN sheltered yard will be requisite for
full success. The cows should have
their calves in September or there
ah0uts, and the beiIer calves from all
good mixers should be raised, which
can be done on the skinned milk. In
the autumn there is no forage or food
OF any KIND better for milch cows as q
heIp to falling pasture than pumpkins.
| have used them freely for wears with
the best results, and find the fear of the
seeds all nonsense. At the present
time have fine lot growing among the
corn about three acres planted near the
barn, Which together will be sufficient
10 last Till Christmas, Ii 1 can secure u
portion OF them from frost. After the
pumpkins are gone, carrots arc better
than any other variety Of roots, and If
led I'LL grass comes again there need be
no loss OF quality in the butter. The
quality Of the milk will be equal to the
best grass season, and will depend upon
the COWS. Any man having common
sense, and managing properly, can OBJ
lam double the average given by cows
OF the Kind usually met with, ii he will
Duy good ones and breed from none but
dcepnilkers, and from bulls which are
from deep milking strain"
MULCHING FOR FRUIT.-A fruit
: grower gives the result Of his expert
ence In mulching for fruit, as follows: !:
1t may not be generally known, espe-
clally by farmers or those engaged In
pursuits foreign to fruit growing, that
many varieties Of fruit plants, vines
and trees require to obtain the best re-
suits. large amount Of mulohing and
manuring. The grape vine Is a great
feeder, requiring before planting 4
deep preparation of tho soil, good cul-
uVaLion and frequent applications of
manure to the surface ever after. Cur
rantsand K OscOerrios require frequent
mulching to keep out the blue grass,
keep down weeds, and TO promote lux
uriunL growth. Tho Doollttlc black
cap raspberry, which every family
should have In abundance, cannot be
grown "ucccsstvely on any soil with
out heavily mnnuring, and should be
cultivated both ways, like corn, and no
tips all lowed to grow. The Straw berry
ped also requires frequent top dress
ing OF wcll-rOLted compost and plants
Kept KEPT thln on the ground: Cherry
Creen, OLD enough to bear, by heavily
mahuring, Will oduco nearly double
tho number Of bushels, much larger
ana sweoter, and from ten days to two
| weeks earlier. 1t has been Il theory
with fruit growers, and has generally
boen conceded, that apple orchards
| oven whom down in grass. are better
OH without manaro. When an orchard
IL not In cultivation, and Is old enough
to boar good mulohjng IN tho fall nnd
| wlntcrlt will, In nino cases out Of ton, -,
result In fair crOpof apples the next
| season.
10 TELL TiE AaE OF C0ws.-'rhe age
! horned cattle may generally be known
ny rings on tho horns till their tenth
year; aftor TINT time they ri W no indi-
| cation OF ago further than that the ami
| mai has pa scd It's tonth year. The
| lirst ring appears OIL tho horn after the
| animal Is Two years Old--soon aftor, as
a,gcncr,l rule, though sometimes before
mat ago. During Tho third year tho
ring gradually Increases, and at throo
years OF nge Is completely formed. Tho
second ring appears during the fourth
yonr,and at tho nth year 1t Is complete.
After that period an additional ring is
formed each year. This rule Is sutilci-
ontIy plain, and ovon II young farmer
needs but little practice to enable hlm
TO read cows ago on hor horns. A
COW with three rings is six years old;
with four rings IL soven years old. No
new rings are formed after the tenth
yenr; tho deeper rings, however, ,and tho
worn appearance Of tho horns are pret-
~ sure Indications OF old ago.
LITTLE FAKMs.-Many litle farms
we'll titled, with many industrious, 80
| ber farmers to till them constitute Tho
highest degree Of agricultural prosporl.
ty, The greater number of persons
who own land In any community, the
moro interest will they take in It's i'm
provcmcnt. People who ront land as
rule care nothing for tho soil they
work, further than what 1t will yield
[ them but II man who owns land wants
to 500 Its tortillty and productive capa-
city kept up, not alone for his own.
but for his Cnildren's benefit who. will
inherit II after him.
GLOVER SEED.-ClOyor seed Is ono of
the most profitable crops. The time to
save tho seed Is when tho heads become
brown. There Is littlo danger of the
seed shclling, 80 that tho work may