The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-18
AGRICULTURE.

Eaas vs. MEAT. - Would it not be wise
to substitute more eggs for meat In our
| daily diet? About one-third Of the weight
Of an egg Is solid nutriment. This Is more
than can be said of meat There are no
bones. no tough pieces that have to be laid
aside good egg Is made up of ten parts
shell, eight parts white and thirty parts
yolk. The white of an egg contains sixty
six per cent water, the yolk fifty-two per
cent. Practically an egg is animal food, and
yet there Is n. ne Uf the disagrceable work
OF the butcher necessary TO obtain IL. The
vegctarans of England use eggs freely,
and many Of these men are eighty and
ninety years old, and have boen remark
ably free from illness. Eggs are best when
| cooked four minutes. This takes away the
animal taste that is offensive TO some, but
does not harden the white or yolk 80 as to
make them hard to digest. An egg If cooked
very hard is difficult of digestion except by
those of stout stomachs; such eggs should
be eaten with bread and masticated very
finely. AN egg spread on toast is food fit
for king, if kings deserve any better food
than any body else, which is doubtful.
Fried eggs arc less wholesome than boiled
ones. An egg dropped into hot water is not
only clean and handsome, but delicious
morsel Most people spoil the taste Of their
eggs by adding pepper and salt. A little
sweet butter is the best dressing. Eggs con-
tain much phosphorus, which is supposed
to be useful ID those who use their brains
much.
PUT CLOVER ON YOUR LAND. - An Ohio
paper say that by clovcrinS hundreds of
al
rescued from dilapidation and ruin. 1t is
al accepted trulsm that as long as "clovcr
will catch, the farm can soon be restored
to paying fertility, and by good rotation is
cVcn getting more productive and profitable;
for alter some years of such treat mcnt the
land will bear harder farming; that Is, two
or three crops may succeed good coat of
clover before lying down to clover again.
Rough new land should be subdued by
the use of new clover. Nothing 80 ef-
fcctually roots out stumps aud kills weeds
and sprouts, and prepairs the land for the
plow and good paying crops. Wild now
land should always have it sown on the
first grain crop down. 1t saves q vast
amount OF labor, for in few years il so
tamcs the ground and clears it of enemies
to the p!ow that 1t works like old ground,
aud is good for full crops. One great error
is often fallen into, and that Is folio wing
the cd tradition that a bushel of. clover
seed will do for eight acres. That may have
been enough to cover land partially when
it Was new, but whoever aims ut getting
up his land in a speedy and profitable way
should SOW a bushcl on four acres, so that
his land may be thoroughly shaded.
WONDERS OF Broom Corn. - Broom
corn is likely at no distant day to rcvo-
lutionzc the brcadstuff supply OF the world.
a process has been discovered by which
the finest and most delicious -four can be
made from the seed 10 the extent of one.
half its weight, and leave the other half a
valuable food for making beef and milk.
The average yield per acre is three hun
drcd bushels, and in many instances f1ve
hundred bushels, or thirt ythoasand pounds,
have been secured. Nor does it exhaust
the soil as Indian corn, from the fact that
1t feeds from the deeper soil, and assim-
lutcs Its TODD from cruder state. 1t belongs
to the same genus rs the Sweet cane, com
monty known as sorghum, which ns an
article OF food is growing rapidly in public
esteem, ard from the seed OF which a most
nutritious flour can be obta,ned.
WET BGoTs. - We give the following
advice TO farmers, who next to fishermen,
arc apt to get their boots wet through:
When the boots arc taken Off, fill them
quite fun with dry oats. This gram has a
great 1, ndncss for damp, and rapidly alb
serbs the last vcstigc of it from the wet
leather. AS it takes up the moisture 1t
swclls; ills the boot like tightly fitting
last, kc ping its form and drying the leather
without hardening it. In the morning shake
out the oats ana hang them in q bag near
The gle TO dry. ready for the next night,
draw On the boots and 60 happily about
the days work.
TARRlNG ropes it has been shown, slight
~ dln'nishcs their tenacity against pull
ing stain, but a tarrcd rope maintains a
high average OF tcnaclty much longer than
an unturrcd one, by reason Of tho protec.
ton the tar affords against atmospheric
and o,Ecr causes of deterioration. The
quantity OF tar found most suitable ls about
10 per cent. Of lho weight of the rope.
WHEN all orchard requires fcrtlliZng, it
is best to do this all over the ground, and
not to apply manure only near the trees.
This produces large growth of roots close
to'thc trees, for roots grow where the soil
is richest. Orchards need lime and ashes
more than manure, and these soon produce
healthy, smooth bark.