The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-02

between the nations Of this globe con-
tinual warfare even when they do not
shoot or sabre each other. For while
actual fighting with guns and swords
may cease at some distant time, even
the millennium would not do away
with competition. And competitor in
the ordinary walks Of life, would de-
stroy the weak and lead to a survival
Of the fittest, that is to say, the strong
est and most gifted.
AS with human beings so with ami
mails and plants, nature is stern task
master. Only those are allowed TO
increase which ore capable Of improve
ment and even of rapid Improvement.
II they fail In the development of their
physical and mental faculties, they
arc soon replaced by other animals, or
plants which have outstripped them
in the universal race for perfection.
Now among tho domestlcated AMI.
mails, the pig has been hitherto con-
sidered tho consumer of garbage par
excellence and Is kept and tolerated
mainly for this reason. Twenty years
ago the rabbit was brought forward in
competition, but It was not success.
France certainly adopted rabbits and
turned cold shoulder to the fat and
dirty pachyderm but the swine did not
care. If Frenchmen lived on rabbits
pork retained its sway nearly every
where else and they grunted defiance
alike at the tidy little rabbits and their
polite protectors. What else might DO
expected Of frog eaters like themP Let
them take their custom elsewhere and
welcome. People with sense and a
digestion would require pork for ever
and aye; Americans, Englishmen and
Germans would know how to apDreci-
ate its merits.
The pigs really held their own In
the market as woll as in argument.
But Of late there Is a fresh stir among
them, for another animal Is pushing
them hard In the struggle for the post
OF honor among the vlands which are
daily converted into human beauty,
human energy, human Intelligence by
the processes of mastication and diges-
tion throughout this broad land of
ours. The feathercd birds, ducks,
geese and turkeys, and especially
chickens have entered the lists against
them and Justify crow a challenge for
the position OH tho national bill Of fare
which has been for generations con-
sidered as being above the aspiratio MS
OF even the most ambitious birds of
any family whatever.
Poultry, as is we'll known, consume
garbage quito rs we'll as pigs and
much more thoroughly. Their personal
qualities are In some respects less OF
tensive and If some people cannot
stand thoir morning song, why tho
lay of a full-grOwn pCr1er or the
sQueals of his sons and heirs are also
far from agreeable to the human car.
The drawbacks therefore which may
be laid to the charge Of tho Winged
creatures arc comparatively light.
However there Is against them one
trait in the character Of birds that
human lenlency - their tlightlness.
1t Is easy enough to herd swine. Let
them settle In some convenient bog or
marsh and they will not move out of
1t OH their own account, for pigs arc
phNgmatlc. But try to keep chickens
penned up in Il yard be It ever 80 nice !!
And II you could even keep them from
sparring and running about your gar
dens and tearing up your fnvorite
flowers Is there anything more difficult
or more trying than to mako them
hatch and bring up their chickens in
decent moGhcrly wayp
SO the popular mind was badly d.
vided In regard to tho hogs versus
chickens question until lately, say
during the last five years, the chicken
cause has been helped onward by tho
most marvellous discovery ofartihcial
Matching or incubation. Tho result of
1t has been that hens nre absolvcu from
that pal Of their maternal duties which
has always In their minds played the
part OF a mental bugbear, and chickens
may be brought into this lite at a rate
which Is really astonishing.
Mrs. N. &. Grove from Ardmore.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a
lady who is. s.rcnowncd for her way of
farming chickens, writes to the Pcrfec-
tlon Incubator Company at Pnlladel-
phia:
I'VE hatchod ont Of your Incubator last fall
l48 clicks out OF ITO cggs. or this number
thoro we're 10 moro than chicks uoioimcd,
tho balance strong and nonllhy.'
We say well done for the lady, and
also for the Perfection Incubator. If
the oflal Of our great cities can be
transformed into chicken broth and
delicate spring chicks by the patience
and skill of American women, and If
new line of action can be opened in
every larm house in these United
States, the sooner tho Perfection Incu-
Dators are introduced all round the
better 1t will be for the commonwealth
at large.
Meanwhile the hogs arc turning ups
their noses at what they call these H.Sw
tangled notions, and the fcs.thered
ones feel elated. That is all about
chickens versus hogs for the present
----e~s,, -
REMEDY FOR CAnpAGE WORMS of
all the many rem edics that have been
tried for the Imported cabba 20 worm
IL hrst began to spread over the coun-
try an % play havoc with our cab
al y fow, ifany have given en-
bage fleldsNlon. 1t Is sato to say that
tire satisfactNsfactory remedy 80 far
the most sath tho use Of pyre' hrum.
discovered Is INT TO apply this in 1879,
We were tho firs\2 recommend it un-
but did not care t6Nncnts had been
til further experiNso made tho pros
made. These we haVt be made by q
ent year, and caused t6Qd correspond
number Of our agents aA."nce is most
ents. The general expcrMingly rec
favorable. and we unhesita&,t worms
ommend it for all the diiferoh> cabbage
affecting the leaves of our
plants.