Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-07-07

The BEST BREED.-Which is the best
breed of cattle Before this question can
receive proper reply, two others must be
answered For what purpose? and, under
what conditions ? If for beef, the Short'horp,
Hereford, Devon and Polled Angus are all
excellent where feed is abundant aud there is
shelter, in severe winter weather. Where
feed is not plentiful, the Devon can get along
better than the two first because lighter and
more active, and so can the Angus, because
more accustomed to trough it." Its thick
skin enables the Hereford to withstand the
rigors of winter pretty well, and the polled
Scotch is more accustomed to severe weather
than its more southern rivals. Grades OF any
of these breeds are harder than the pure
breeds, and if moderately high grades, the
flesh is of an excellent quality. If beef and
milk are wanted, then the Holstein, PEELED
Norfolk and Suffolk and short. horns of
milking tribe like The Princess, OF of q milk.
ing herd, such as are raised in several parts
of the Eastern States, are the best. Here
again the progeny of pure-bred bulls on good
native cows often give a great deal of satls-
faction. If milk for market Is wanted, the
Holstein and Ayrshire are hard to beat but
the former requires considerably more feed
and attention than the latter. If butter and
cheese are needed, then the Ayrshire, milking
Short.horn, and, perhaps, the Holstein,ar are the
most desirable while the first and the last
are the best for cheese, and the Jersey,
Guernsey, Ayrshire and crosses of the two
first, or of the third, are bestfor butter. liza
draft OK is needed, the Devon comes first for
all ordinary purposes but the Hereford, be-
ing stronger, is better fitted for heavy loads
in rough country, All these breeds, except
the jersey, fatten Reli when dried off; but
in this respect the Short-horn and Holstein
are ahead of the others-Rural New Yorker.
MORE ABOUT MILKGNG.-The faster and
more gentle COW is milked, the greater will
be the amount given. Slow mixers always
gradually dry up COW, and for the reason
that if the milk be not drawn about as it is
given down, it will subsequently, be withheld,
and that withheld. is, as q matter Of course,
what is known as the strippings; in fact,
the upper surface of, milk in the udder.
Many mixers draw the milk with strong
downward pull in fact, with jerk. This
should never be allowed; it irritates 'the
cow, and often Injuries the bag. Fill the
teat, and with firm pressure of the last
three fingers empty it, drawing slightly on
the teat and udder at the same time; so
proceeding alternately with each hand until
the milk supply is exhausted. Many milk
ers get the habit of slow milking because
steady, firm, quick milking tires the fingers
and wrists, until hy practice the muscles get
used to work. U til this use becomes natu-
raj the individus should only milk such q
number as they en- without severe cramp:
ing of the hands; what are milked should
be MIXED fast, increasing the number until
at last there is no firing whatever. Five
minutes is about the limit that should be
allowed for milking COW. There is anoth-
er thing we'll worthy of being remembered.
Cows should be MIXED as nearly at given
hour morning and evening as possible, since
undue distension of udder is always injuri-
ous.-Pairie Farmer.
CoNsT1PATIoN.--Hall' Journal of Health
thinks it doubtful if consumption numbers as
many victims as are stricken down by the va
rious diseases that result from habitual con-
stipation. True consumption is an inherited
disease. 1t may remain always dormant, but
when aroused to action, decay commences at
a point circpmscribed, and gradually extends,
unless arrested, until so much of the lungs
become involved that vital action ceases.
The evils of constipation result from inatten-
tion to the calls Of nature, and usually COM
meence with children whose habits are not
closely looked to by their parents. The pro-
cesses of nature are always active while life
lasts. When effete matter is retained a mo.
ment beyond the time its expulsion is demand
ed, the system commences its effort to get rid
of it. When the natural egress is checked,
the absorbents carry the more fluid portions
of the poisonous mass into the circulation and
it becomes diffused throughout the body. The
more solid or clay.like portions is forced into
the lower rectum, where it becomes 6rmly i'm
pacted, thus cutting off the circulation in the
small vessels, causing painful engagements,
known as piles and hemorrhoids. A contin-
uance of these troubles often results in fissure,
6stula or cancer. The trouble is seldom con.
fined here. As result Of blood poisoning
we almost invariably find more or less dys-
pepsia, with decided arrangement of the func.
tions of the heart, liver and kidneys, accom-
panied by headache and nervous debility,
verging often on paralysis.
An OLD FARMERS WIsDoM.-One who
has titled the soil for forty years, and mean.
time accumulated a competence aHd given his
children good education, says his experience
has taught him these things !: l. One acre Of
land, we'll prepared and we'll cultivated, pro-
duces more than two which received only the
same amount of labor had on one. 2. One
COW, horse, mule, sheep or hog we'll fed, is
more profitable than two kept on the amount
necessary to keep one we'll. 3. One acre of
clover or grass is worth more than two of cot
ton where no grass or clover is raised. 4. No
farmer who buys oats, corn, wheat, fodder and
hay, as rule, for ten years, can keep the
sheriff away from the door in the end. 5.
The farmer who never reads the papers, sneers
at book farming and Improvements, always
has leaky roof, poor stock, broken.down
fences, and complains of bad seasons" 6.
The farmer who is above his business and in.
trusts it to another to manage, soon has no
business to attend to. Z. The farmer whose
habitual beverage is cold water, is healthier,
wealthier and wiser than he who does not re-
fuse to drink Winston Leader.