The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-25
AGRICULTURE.

TAKE Coon CARE OF THE HORSES -
There is no animal on the farm that Is 80
likely 10 be neglected as the horse. The
horse of the city truckman, or of the
cxprcssman, the driving horse and the
saddle horse, are well cared for, but
tho farm horse is too often irregularly fed;
and 80 far as cleaning ls concerned, regu.
1arly and Systematically neglected. 1t is
difficult to obtain hired man brought up
On "a farm who thinks there Is any neccs-
sity for taking special care Of a horse.
Some horses upon tho farm are rarely if
ever properly cleaned, and yet the condi
ton and usefulness Of the farm horse de-
pcnds rs much upon the manner III which
it is cared for as any other horse. When
brought pcrspiring to the stable, he ought
not to be allowed TO stand over night with
the dust drying upon hlm. a good clean.
ing is half rost. and yet how often we
sec the farm horse brought out IN tho morn
ing covered with dirt of the day before,
and with the accumulated filth of the night
still clipging to him Under such condi-
tions horse is not much more than half
horse. Often too, he is egularly fed and
indiscrcety watcrcd. A horse at work
should have water five or six times day
If he docs not drink more than two or three
quarts at a time all the better. A horse that
is kept from water till he will drink two or
three pailfuls, will be very likely to have
his digestive organs and bowels seriously
dcranged. TO keep horse In good work.
ing condition he should be fed regularly,
whether at work or idle in the stable. He
will last many years longer than If, when
at work, he is heavily fed, and when idle,
neglected A horse on the farm should
always be cleaned ut least once day,
when working, both night and morning.
If not at work, good grooming once q
day would be sufficient, and when idle,
good hay might be substituted for grain at
the MONDAY meal; but when at work grain
should be given, as he would obtain more
nutrition in half an hour from grain than
in many hours from hay. A hired man who
is worthy Of hire will take pride in Minis
tering TO the comfort and improving the
appearance of The animals he drives.
Corn IN DRY SEASONS. There is one M
portant item i'll corn growing which is well
known TO be a fact by those who have
tried it, but which is not so well known by
those who have not practiccd the system,
namely: Planting a couple Of kernels Of
good. sound seed i'll every other hill, that
is, alternate hills, twelve or fifteen days
later than the first planting; or about tho
time the corn IS up and ut the first hocing.
The principle of it is that these late plant
cd seeds make fresh, vigorous stalks
little later, to scatter their pollen on the
silks Of the other stalks, which has been
found very generally TO fcrtilizc or frucLify
the cars better and more fully than Is often
the case with only the first planting. Es-
pecally is this result obtained when there
has been drought or Il dry season TO re.
ducc or stunt the vigor OF the carly plant
cd stalks, but has affected the later plant.
ing somewhat less. The writer has repeat
cdIy seen very beneficial ana marked
results produced by this course, and no
confidently believes it will very generally
be TO the advantage Of farmers to make
tlial (cvcn on n small scale, which can
not cost much) of this plan with the crop
of the next season. We have, in past
years, found the gains much more than
the cost of doing it. Take n few rows in
the field and make the experiment OF plan
ting two kernels in alternate hills at the
time of first hOcng, and then carefully
compare the results with other parts of
.hc field.
CARROTS As FooD FOR SToCK In many
respects carrots arc preferable 10 any kind
of roots raised in this country for stock.
a given weight contains larger proper
ton of flesh. fat and milk(orming princl-
pies. They in.part Il desirable color and
no undesirable odor or flavor to milk
They are rich III sugar, and are therefore
rclshcd by young stock When cook
ed they are readily eaten by pigs and pg,ll-
try. AS food for hcrscs they are very far
superior to any roots grown. Many horse
men in the cities go TO great pnihs to procure
n supply Of carrots for their stnGlcs They
improve the digestion of horses, keep up
their condition, and impart Il gloss to the
hair. Carrots are almost the only kind
of roots that can be fed to horses with nd-
vantage.
SPEAKING OF our great wheat crops the
american Miller remarks that few people
III our own country realize how incXhaus-
tiblc our resources arc for wheat growing.
The total area Of lands available for wheat