The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-18
AGRICULTURE.


from the greater pleasure which 1t
affords, 1t pays better to keep and breed
purc-bred fowls than to breed and feed
lot Of mongrels, which latter many
do for fear Of tho expense Of buying .
few pure bred fowls to start with. In
determining which breed Of fowls to
get, make up your mind at the start
that no Que breed can or does pos sess
all tho desirable qualities you are In
search of. Ifyou wish breed for lay =
ing, get Leghorns or Hamburgers; II
you wish breed for weight, got some
Of tho Brahams or COchinsg and If you
wish a breed principally for ornament,
get the Polish: but give up the idea OF
getting a grand combination Of all
these qualities in one breed. Make up
your mind what you wish, in the way
OF fowls and then select such breeds as
will answer those requirements best.
Give them good, comfortable quarters,
supply them literally with TODD ana
water, giving them requisite caro- and
attention and you Will never have
cause 10 regret your Investment In
pure-bred fowls. When your neigh
bors see what fine birds you have, they
will naturally want somo OF them, or
a settling Of tho eggs, and thus will u
demand be created which will amply
repay your til st outlay Of cash and sub
etQuent trouble and expense. If you
had bred nothing but mongrols, there
would have been little Or no demand,
and then merely market prices, Al
good trio Of pule-bl cd fowls, Of almost
any kind, can now bo bought ut fair
figures tIom reliable breeders, in most
sections OF tho country.
m
common wild quail Of the prairios can
doubt. Tho writer OF this has secn sew
eral flocks Of them, and accounts OF
successful domesticatlOn has been pub
lished In papers III various parts ofthe
country during the past two or three
years. A writer in st. Louis paper
fays: 81 have frequently seen, from
time to tlmo In tho past forty years,
quails raised about farmers houses,
and as tame IS pct chickens with which
they associated. We're it not that the
wild quails, In the farm fields, entice
tho tame ones away, there is no more
difficulty In raising these birds and In
keeping them from straying than there
10 In raising bantam Chi, kchs. Although
never attempting 70 rnlse quails fl ON
the eggs, have, myself, during the
several hard winters, sufficiently do
mcsticated tho wild ones by feeding
them, AZ to have them come ut call Tor
tho iood gave them daily, in order TO
save them from pcr'shlng, and for
breeding them the following season.
True, they became shy again whom
quit ministerinK to their wants. But
tue oldinnry uVmeslicateu lOWls DO
this, and wien they are reared in the
1in1(1a nd wanda fran, a ~, ~ =
Of man." have seen them us viii as
Qualls ever become.
KEEPING MILK.-Milk Will absorb
BAD LdUls 8 from tho uir quicker than
almost any other liquid therefore great
care should be taken thut it is not eX-
posed 10 any condition where it will
be lihely to be damaged In the way
III manufacturing cream iut0 butter,
great caro- Is necessary as 10 the quail
ty OF salt used, rs great loss may to
entaIleu by this alone. Tho salt is Il
very small item III itself, nevertheless
II hns cost many dollars In the course
OF year through the damage dono by
the use OF an Inferior article. Always
use the best known brands and keep Il
close watch upon them ut that. The
use of nrkins, pails or tubs made OF
MY AibO VI NOOu lntI lllpHTCS Ill ull-
pleasant 1laYor mnsC be avoided, rs,
after packing butter Is very susceptible
III coming in contact with any tlayors
OF this kind.
DRAINING PRAIRIE SOIL.--ln untitled
prairie soil tho corn extends lC roots
until 1t strikes tho water, u short dis
1anCe under tho surface vt the ground.
When soil is titled ut IL depth OF thirty
six Inches, tho roots of tho growing
stalk eXleud by numerous tibres to the
new water level, thus drawing TO tho
plant the food found in tho much grea-
ter aopth Of earth. The ground In the
untitled land cakes and bakes into Il
hard mass III dry weather, while that
III the titled earth is Loose and porous.
Capillary attraction in the latter in
stance supplies moisture to tho upper
strata OF ear.h.
LAAps should DO separated from tho
dams and given good pasture 1y
themselves. Ii early lambs arc desired
for the spring market Il Southdown
cross is preferable Tor quality, though
IN size the CutswOlds are much larger
than the Soulhdowns.
WHEN one has warm apartments In
which to keep his flock, VIC think it an
excellent plan to shear sheep several
weeks before turning them out to pas.
ture. Give 1t Il trial.
YOUNG cows should not DO taught
to eat at milking time, as 1t will not
always be found convenient to supply
food, and they will bo restless without
It when accustomed to 1t.
HORSES hate solitude. and are made
savage by being kept alone.
Why tho Glo,o-,corms Glop The
French scientist Joussct do Liellcsme
claims to Eavo discovered that tho glow
of the glow-Worm Is spontaneous ac-
ton, and that the little insect has the
snn,o object in glowing that somo Pa
risian ladies have in displaying certain
ribbon. strcamors, which arc very ap-
propriately called "smucz moi" 1t has
long been known that tho iemale glow
worm alone understands tho art of
glowing exceedingly we'll, though the
male and evon tho larva possess some
of this phosphorcec Some earlier
scientists expressed their belief that