The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-12-11
FARM AND GARDEN.

avery great difference in the disposition
OF COWS. Some are ready to. kick, with
apparently no prOyocati0n, while
others Will bear great deal of i'll
tre@tmont without showing scarcely
any resentment. A kicking COW is
certainly very disagreeable animal to
nave around, although it 1s said of
Ralph Waldo Emerson that some Of
his brightest thoughts havo came TO
him while being kicked half way
across the stable. do not doubt that
sparkling thoughts would come to any
one at such time, for l know that
ones mind (and tongue, too, soma
times,) is quite active when COW puts
her foot in the pail, or sends it spin
ming across the table, and it takes a
person of good disposition to endure
1t patiently, One must certainly have
a good disposition to deal with such a
COW, or sho Is made worse or coon
spoiled. 1t Is usually the case that bad
treatment makes COW vicious. II a
| COW mas kind treatment from the time
she Is calf up to the maturity, she
Will hardly ever be inclined to show
any temper, and if shu does happ en to
KICK, 1t lOay be taken for granted that
she has very good reason tor so doing.
On no condition whatever should she
De Kicked or pounded, but the cause
should be found and measures taken to
remedy 1t. 1fa cows tcats arc sore
she cannot he blamed for kicking.
Hired men often make COWS klckers,
ana when hired man Is caught treat
ing cow cruelty he should be rebuked
anu warned to be more careful in til .
future. 1Ieifers most certainly must
receive kind treatment whom teaching
them to be MIXED, and for this reason
hfl fnG To f1
hlred man, but the owner himself
should milk and care for them.
NEAT Door YARDs.-The person " no
lives In The city has but snlall yard.
and generally can manage to keep 1T
neat and clean. But country folks have
larger places and having so much work
constantly on hand they feel unable
to spend the time which they think
would be required to make their sur.
roundings pleasant. Many farmers
also haye an idea that it costs great
deal to put out ornamental trees and
lay out the grounds as village people
often 40. In order to lay them out in
an artistic manner and have the
grounds resemble city park, consid-
cradle money 81 ould DO lecded. But
yard can be made quite pretty with
out much labor or expense. The SUR
iace OF tho ground should be made and
kept quite smuoth,anu the grass should
De cut often. Il lew ornamental trees
or shrubs may be planted, but IL good
green strctcn of lawn by itself looks
pretty and saves work. Such Il lawn,
LOO, Is enticing to the children, and If
Kept neat, which alter all Is the main
thing, the place will be much more at.
Cractivc than such TOO often are.
n NICE BED CONERING.--White bed
spreads are the incest outside coverings
for bed, and when clean arc always
as good us new. A very pretty design
Tor one is made by taking two 5readLhs
vi unbicachnd, 40-inch cotton cloth.
ana sewing It together III the middle.
Five yards and half is Il great plenty.
"A box OF stocking yarn, is needed.
oe" the cloth on quilting frames us
you would bed quilt. Stretch it
smoothly, then with chalk and line,
marx IT corncrwisc, in diamond form,
having the checks about an inch anu
Il half in size, then with Il large needle
ana yard OF cotton yarn threaded,
take 4 stitch in length bring tho needle
pnck hall way, keep the stitches close
together, SO IL will look like q small
Sord 1t Is very rapidly done, If you
like to do it,. a knot in the centre OF
each diamond looks pretty, Il row OF
Roinah hersldry all around the quilt is
a. pretty finish. a hand hem 1iluishcs
up the spread, and it is IL nice, durable
article that will last for years: Is
easy TO wash, anl is rs heavy az is
needed.
FIXING SHOES TO IloRsKs' lloors.-
a new iden for accomplishing this
without the use OF nails is carried out
us follows; The inventor takes a shoe
OF ordinary construction, having, aay,
iour holes therein, and through these
he passes bands or wires Of metal, two
extending from or near the hinder ex-
Irenltcs OF the shoe, and the other two
ut short distances from either side of
the toe, the position being varied with
the number Of bands employed, TO
1lX the slloc tho hinder wires or bands
are 1irst drawn tightly round the front
ana upper part or corona of the hoof,
tne ends passing through buckle or
ring, or they may be twisted together.
Inc ends OF tho other Tres are also
passed through the rlug or under the
the first bands, and, being drawn
tightly downwards, tho hinder wires
OF bands, owing to the contorna ton of
the hool, are, as II were, wedged tight.
~, tnUs nHlnE the shoe firmly to the
hoof. This invention only receives
provisional protection.
VINEGAR. - The essentials of good
vinegar are; good cider; a temperature
of at least ~ degrees, and us complete
exposure to the atmosphere as possible.
The process may be fastened by ad.
ding yeast to the cider, or "mother"
from old vinegar barrels which
amounts to the same thing. Vinegar
making is therefore u sort of termen-
tation, facilitated by low microsco.
PIC plant OF the fungus group.
ALL Tools going out Of use for the
season should be put away in Il whole
and bright condition. Teach the bows
tho habit OF cleaning shoYcls, hoes and
cultiVator teeth.
n rerv ingenious apparatus tor the
detection OF dangerous gases In fiery
mines has been invented and success.
fully tested by NJ. l.. Gosslaux, enei-
nccr OF the coal mines OF tho Bouchcs d,,