Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-08-11
CARE OF LIVE STOCK.


of care during the hot days of summer. Fre-
quent brushing rubbing and currying will be
necessary to remove the sweat-stains and make
the coat clean and smooth. An occasional
washing, especially of the legs and feet, is
important Flies will cause great inconve
nience, and if not guarded against, will worry
the animals greatly. A cotton sheet is great
protection and costs but little. Horses should
have water frequently, but in small quaint
ties-and should not be allowed to 60 thirsty
so long as to overload themselves when they
finally come to drink. The feed should be
substantial something more than grass is de-
manded by working horse, especially if its
time for eating is limited, as is often the case
during this month. The stables-and all the
surroundings of the horse, should be kept
clean; failure here may develop bad gases
that may breed disease.
Cows that are in milk should be watched
and given extra food So soon as signs Of fall
ing off are seen. II is very difficult to in-
crease the flow after shrinkage occurs. So
soon as the pasture begins to get short, sup
plement the feed of the field by ration Of
green fodder in the yard or STALL Many COWS
suffer from the excessive heat, being exposed
the whole day through to the hot sun in a
treeless and shadeless pasture. A pasture
should afford a comfortable place-as we'll as
furnish food for the animals, that the greatest
profit may be obtained.
Chickens Matched this month will be large
enough to 60 through the coming winter with
safety. Hens set after July do not always
succeed with their broods. The hot weather
favors the growth of vermin, and strict clean
illness must be observed about the poultry.
house. 1t is an &C vantage to have all the
hen.turkeys come Of with their young al
nearly the same time, that they may all 60
as one fock-thus lessening the care Of look
ing after them specially if they are given the
whole range of the farm. After the broods
are large enough to roam, feed them enough
to make them care for their home, and they
will return to it at night
BROAD WHEELS FOR FARM WAGONS
The surface over which loads are drawn upon
the farm is soft, as rule, and wheel with
broad tire will not sink so far as narrow
one A load of manure or hay may be drawn
across plowed or other mellow ground, upon
wagon which has tires four inches wide,
when it would be impossible to do 30 with the
old narrow wheels often less than two inches
wide. The usually heavy, muddy country
roads Of earl ly spring, are much more passa'
Bile with the wide wheels than with the mar
row ones and even upon smooth, hard roads
the difference in the draft is so slight as to be
no argument against the use of wide tires.
Most of the teaming upon the farm is upon
soft ground, and the light draft of broad, tired
wagons should make them preferable, because
they are saving Of animal strength. One
of the first things t! 1t strikes an intelligent
European in coming to this country, is the
very frail look of our vehicles, especially the
narrow wheels. While this may be desirable
in road wagons, those for farm use may we'll
be with broad tires. Contractors for road
work always use broad-tred carts, as they
find them most proftabe.-American Agri.
cuturist
COTTON PIcKING.--It happens very often
that cotton crop which has been planted
and cultivated with energy, judgment and
care, is gathered in a careless and slovenly
manner, with material damage to the value
of the product of our years labor. Prompt,
clean picking and good ginning will always
pay handsomely, even though they may take
more time than the "fastpicking," by which
hulls, trash, leaves, etc., are gathered with
the cotton and ginned with it, to the depre-
citation of the staple and its market value.
The difference in the price paid for clean
cotton as compared with trash" cotton often
amounts to one and half to two cents
pound. Cotton gathered damp should be
summed and aired before it is put away in
large quantities.