The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-08-25
FARM NOTES.

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used, from orange cane. Iowa people
are going largely into the making of
sugar from sorghum.
IT is found In my own experience that
urine collected into tanks from fifty
COWS tied up during the winter months
is sufficient to keep in high condition
seven or eight acres of meadow land
London Agricultural Gazette.
INSECTS as they relate to man are nox-
ious, beneficial or neutral. Those
ranked as beneficial may be directly
beneficial, like the silkworm or honey
bee, or are Indirectly beneficial az de-
stroyers Of noxious insects.
SPEAKING Of the pioneers of cattle
breeding, the Ltve Stock Record re-
marks "The distractions now in the
way of breeders are by no means those
which met Bakewell, Ceilings, Bates,
and Booth. They had to lay the foun-
dation and build from the ground up,
while at this time these are found ready
to hand, and it only remains with the
present breeder to keep them up to the
standard of excellence of iudicious GROSS
ing and true breeding"
COUNT THE Cosr.-No man is fit to
manage farm who does not think be-
forehand what is best to do, and which
is the best way to do it. Work with%
out thought, without plan, has been the
blunder of many who pretend to be
farmers. Raising crops without knowl-
edge as to their cost, or thought as to
whether they will sell or not, has sapped
many fortune. More forethought in
the management of farm is required
than in most any other pursuit followed
by man, and the forehanded farmer is
always the one who counts the cost, and
closely calculates all matters that apper-
tain to the farm, not that farmer is
necessarily obliged to make shifts and
turns in order to succeed, but simply
to count the cost.
BALKY HoRsEs.-It is rarely we'll to
whip or kick or scold balky horse, as
is the common practice. One of the
best methods is to feed where he stands
with any accessible food, such as oats.
ears OF corn, or even grass by the way
side, or hay from the wagon, which can
be provided for the emergency. For
getting his whim he will generally start
without trouble. Another good way is
to do something not harmful, but new.
which will direct his thoughts, and be.
fore he knows it he will be logging un-
consciously along. Sometimes, if one
can spare the day, it is best to wait till,
from uneasiness and hunger, the animal
submits to the will of his driver, and
che triumph in this instance is generally
complete. In any event, it is poor pol
10y to whip and abuse the animal be-
cause 1T does no good.
INDICATIONS OF THE WEATHER.-The
color OF the sky at particular times
affords wonderful good guidance. Not
only q rosy sunset presseges good
weather, but there are other tints which
speak with equal clearness and accuracy,
A bright Yollow sky in the evening indi-
Gates wind a pale yellow, wet n neutral
gray color constitutes favorable one in
tho morning. The clouds are again full
of meaning in themselves. If their forms
are soft, underlined, full and feathery.
the weather will be fine if their edges
are hard, sharp and definite, it will be
foul. Generally speaking, any deep,
unusual hues betoken wind and rain ::
while the more quiet and delicate tints
bespeak fair weather. It is very true.
however, that all signs in regard to the
weather some times are deceptive and
fail.
SELLING by WE1aHT.-It cannot be
denied but what the fairest way in dis
posing of articles from the farm is by
weight. 1t Is the only proper way and
why? Let us take eggs, for instance
A dozen OF large eggs, under the pres
ent system OF traffic, brings no more
than dozen Of small ones No one will
pretend to say there is any Justice in
this: Then take potatoes or turnips, or
apples or onions, or fruit Of any kind A
person who understands clark ways"
can make, by measuring by the bushel
or quart, a good deal more or less. &C
cordlng to the interests that suits him.
In all the berries sold in this market by
the quart there is q leakage in the meas
ure In most instances. Honest scales
won't cheat. It is just as right to sell
wool by the fleece as it is eggs by the
dozen or hay by the load-as to sell po-
tatoes, tomatoes, wheat, rye, barley,
oats, corn, apples, berries by the quart
or bushel. There is no justice in it,
neither is there any representation in it.
The only fair way in either buying or
selling farm products is by the wei ght.
THERE is good deal said about sheep
breeding in this country, md the advan.
tages respectively presented by the
grassy mountain or Western prarie land
for sheep culture are commented OH by
exchanges and correspondents. But
Australia, it is probable, exceeds any
other part of the world for sheep. The
GoUe1 nneent Gazette for Canterbury and
Otago, New Zealand, gives list of a
few owners and flocks, as follow, in tho
colonies of the antipodes:
Nov Now Zoaland and Australian Land Co.. 1856, 600
NI Ml' HoDerC UampDell. l................ 800, 900
NJ. NooTSe hehry Moore. 10000
meSslS' Dai8ety 90. ............... 208, 900
Messrs: Clifford & Weld ............ 10000
OH D'iion bell. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
hon hon! VIII Robinson. ............... $1,000
OF 0racoit wilson. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4,000
MT Mr. hnGchem. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
"E. alien Mclean. ..................... $4,000
There are number of millionaires
among the Australasian sheperds.