Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-06
The farm aud fireside.

THIRST DURlNG rAkA NONh.-1uol III
health perspire freely when vigorously at work
OH warm days. Very heavy sweating may
somtimeS arise from weakness, a dry skin
may indicate disorder Evaporation from the
surface carries off heat and keeps the body
cool A larger supply of drinking water is
required for the hot days of summer in the
field, but much less than is commonly sup
posed. Half a pint of water, slipped slowly,
will assuage thirst much more etfectually than
quart gulped down. A different tempera-
ture in two adjacent portions of the body pro-
duces congestion. A pint of cold fluid of any
kind, thrown into the stomach, may result i'll
more or less congestion serious illness, not
unfreuuent deaths, arise from this cause. Ii
ice water is taken at any time, it should al
ways be swallowed so slowly that the stomach
can warm each gill before taking another.
As to the kinds of drink, tie positive teach
ings of medical science, and experience, lndl-
cate that pure water is by far the best fluid
for assuaging thirst, and supply the wants OF
the system. Beers, ales, sweetened drinks, on
any fluid that contains material that must be
digested. are tax upon the stomach, and
tend to disorder the system. If taken at ALL
it should be only with other food. Pure water
is absorbed at once into the blood, and is car
ried directly to those parts of the body where
it is needed. If the water is bad it may usu-
ally be corrected by the addition of Il little
ginger, or ginger extract too much or tins
produces constipation, but on this account 1t
may be used more freely in loosenesS OF the
bowels. All alcoholic drinks are unhealtlful
for one in active exercise. They stimulate
increased effort-effort beyond ones natural
strength and unnatural exhaustion inevitably
follows Just so far as any one raises HIM
self above a normal condition by alcoholic
stimulants, just so far below this condition
will lie surely sink a few hours after, and the
elevating and depressing operation wears upon
and DISCREPANCIES the machinery of the body
american Agricultu'Tst.
a. COrn-smut has received considerable pub
lie attention of late. When the kernels, Of a
green ear in the field enlarge and turn black,
putting out beyond the husk and becoming,
finally, filthy mass Of dust and corruption,
that'is corn-smut. In my boyhOOd we didn't
mind it much There would be All ear or two
touched with it at husking time. Some years
more than others. None of the elders said it
was poison, though they knew about spurred
rye and said that was deadly. The smut rare
ly covered the butt of the ear entirely, and
whatever part of.the cob seemed worth saving
was broken off and tossed among the pig
corn. The smutty husks, etc, were generally
to come cleaning, but never heard of injury
done to any animal In dry weather the black
substance was dusty like the dust of u puff
ball and passed unnoticed like that. Spurred
rye, like corn-smut, is caused by the lodgnent
of parasitic fungus seed in the sappy germ OF
the grain. The fungOid rye projects, or spurs,
long and black, from the head of rpening seed,
and might pass the unscientitic eye for mouse
dung. 1t yields some 30per cent. of the oil OF
ergot while corn-smut contains AZ per cent.
n'high stages of civilization spurred rye is
worth more in market than perfect grain. a
walk through the corn fields in August and
September would rid the crop of smut entirely.
GOOD DRAINAGE.-There is hardly any
plant that likes stagnant water. Some things,
like the cranberry for instance, like water, but
it must not I've stagnant, there must be fall
to allow for drainage. How quickly grain
field tells the tale of good or poor drainage.
The yellow patches tell where the water lies
longer than it should. 1t pays always to pro.
vide proper outlets for water. Potatoes will
thrive in a moist season, but the water must
drain off quickly. A heavy rain will do little
damage to wheat field if provision is made
for the prompt removal of the surplus water.
while moderate rainfall upon undrained land
which is already too wet will cause the de-
struction Of many of the plants, and largely
reduce the possible yield of the crop. While
thorough drainage is much better than any
makeshift that can be invented, 1T IS much
better to adopt the very imperfect plan recon-
mended above than it is to make no provision
for the protection of the crop from injury by
an excess of moisture in the soil. 1t is better
to set fruit trees on mounds, where theground
is low, rather than run the risk Of underdrain-
ing.
THE TURNIP CRoP.-No crop better returns
for labor bestowed than turnips. The seed
may be sown any time, from the first of July
throughout August in any locality south OF
Connecticut. 1t may be sowed broadcast, in
drills or rows, or rs q ''cattle CROP" among
corn : or turnipS may be used to seed grass
with, sowing both the turnip and the seed
about August 1st. For turnips alone the
preparation of the ground is simple. 1t needs
good plowino and narrowing if in fair heart ::
but dressing OF 400 lbs. of bone dust or 25O
lbs. superphosph.te to the acre will almost in
sure good cror. We rarely have such dry
weather that turGips will not start in July,
and as soon as they make leaf heavy dews seem
to be enough to keep them growing, but last
year was an exception in :his part Of the coun-
try. In many fields turnip seed on dry ground
any show above the ground
In sowing turnips broadcast the greatest
care must be taken to have them thin enough.
A pound of seed to the acre is all that should
be sowed, and this should be divided, the
whole piece being sowed twice ut right angles.
81 A Vermont farmer found the following
plan efficient in curing cow of kicking:
GA year or two since got in trade hand
some two-year-old heifer, one OF the most
vicious kickers ! ever saw. One OF my men
who mlks tried various devices without ef-
feet and finally took a common garden hoe,
passed the hoe end in front of the Oft hind
leg 1.-THE right leg behind,) and behind and
above the gambrel joint of the left hind leg
of the heifer Then sitting down OH the right
side to milk, he put the handle of the hoe
we'll up under his left arm, and began milking.
The heifer could not stir either hind leg, and
after one week she could be milked safely
without lettering, and proved to be valu;l-
ble and gentle animal OF course she was
tied in the stable like other COWS, but on being
turned out to grass, could be MIXED any
where without trouble.
PRAyINEs AS A REsToRER OF WORKOUT
LANDs-The May (1SS2) Report of the De-
partment of Agriculture for the State OF
Georgia, contains an interesting article on
the value of pea vines as a fertilizer. 1t is
urged that the planting of peas and the turn
ing under of the vines affords the surest
means by which worn out lands can be re-
stored 1t is urged that every farmer in the
state should adopt as part of his rotation of
crops the largest possible area in peas, follow
ing small grain for improvement, and the
statement is made that it matters not whetll-
er the vines are turned under in 4 green state
or are left to decay upon the surface of the
soil. BY the use of pea vines it is said the
old lands can be reclaimed cheaper than the