Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-10-05
CHE fart1 aud fireside.
FARM NOTES.

So soon as the young clover begins to show
heads it may be lightly pastured without much
injury. Blossoming is an exhaustive process,
and stock prefer the blossoms.
One advantage in pasturing sheep, and one
which greatly promotes fertility, is that these
animals naturally select the highest points in
the field for reclining at night. AS these spots
are usually less fertile, the feed consumed OH
the low lands helps to bring mp what needs
fertilizing most, and thus an equilibrium OF
fertility is preserved.
When farmer finds some new kind of in
sect, beetle or worm, with whose habits he is
not familiar, he should resist the propensity
to destroy it. More than likely it is friend
preying on some of his insect enemies. Moth
ing in insect life should he destroyed because
it is offensive in appearance or for the fun OF
the thing. In our fight against insect enemies
we need all the help we can get. ..
Damp in poultry houses is especially injn'
rious to health. Care should he taken to stop
all leakage and to insure dry sleeping places.
Birds will bear being out on grass-run on the
wettest of days better than being housed in
damp place. Carelessness in this respect is
the source of colds, inflammation of the stom-
ach, and liver disease, and is apt to develop
scrofulous' deposits should the strain be weakly
in any way.
A tile drain, if carefully laid, will work on
a fall as low as two Or three inches in 100 feet
and will give good drainage. Tiles should be
laid below the reach of frost Two and halt
feet may be called the minimum and four feet
deep the economical maximum. Three feet IS
the best depth, all things considered. Certain
ly tile draining is recommended for sloughs
If the slough is a long one the line of tile vii
generally give living water at the out tlow
Autumn is the best time to clean fruit trees
and indeed all plants from scales or insects
Now the fruit trees can be handled with less
liability of breaking buds and spurs than IN
the spring after the buds have begun to swell,
and the work will be as effective now rs then
Use strong soap-suds of whale oil soap. Ap'
ply it with stiff brush, and do not conine the
washings to the trunk, but go over the smal
branches and everywhere Oh the tree where
scales are found.
When meal is fed to COWS dry it is most offer
swallowed without sufficient mastcatlon and
salvation, and it is then only partly digested
being in part wasted in the manure. 10 pre-
vent this, it is better to wet some fine cut feec
and mix the meal with it. When thus given
the whole is thoroughly masticated in the pro
cess of rumination, and is then completely dl
gested and none is wasted. For this reason
wet, coarse material is most effective and eco
nomical.
EARLY FATTENING OF ANIMALS.-1t il
quite as important to fatten and market eco
nomicaliy the animal products Of the farm a!
it is to raise them. A pound of beef, porl
or poultry can be made cheaper in October ant
November than later in the season when I
larger part of the rations must 60 to keep III
animal heat. There is no sleight of hand il
laying fat upon an animals carcass. 1t mus
come out of good honest food in the ration:
fed. The temperature in the latter part o.
summer and early autumn is in favor OF tine
best use of all the fattening articles of food t(
sharpen the appetite and keep up good dlges
ton. We have found green corn, an excel
lent article in the stye, to be fed IN connec
tion with corn on the cob and corn meal an(
other rations. We have never seen pork made
more rapidly than with this kind of feeding
1t will be safe to feed all that the swine vii
eat up clean, and no more. Slack up the fee(
little when anything is left in the trough
This will require little attention, but thf
pigs will grow so fast that one can afford tt
linger by the stye few minutes, once in ;
day, to see the fat accumulate Corn is higf
this season, and we want to maket the best OF 1t
The best poult men we know begin to give
extra feed in September when they mean tt
kill in November. The Thanksgiving market
is pretty sure to be a good one, and bring:
ready cash. The small potatoes boiled ant
mixed with Indian meal and hot water make
an excellent feed for turkeys and other poul
try. This favors growth as we'll as fattening
The rations of corn and other grain ungroulld
may be reserved to the last few weeks Of life
Turkeys should have their liberty all through
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their geese and ducks, but we doubt the econ
omy of this method. With good run they
will have greater variety of food, and thrive
better with an access to pasture with pont
or brook, while they are receiving full feec
for market. All the fattening animals viii
eat up clean is a good rule for the last montl
of feeding.
THE Pig FOR THE PEN.-In selecting the
pig best suited for converting food into pork
there are several matters to be observed, ant