The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-16
AaRIOULTURH.

kinds OF stock like green food, and it ia
especially desirable for young poultry,
Where the fowls have plenty of range
it is no trouble to have them supplied
IN that direction, but there are breeders
who have but little room and keep sew
eral varieties, who are compelled to keep
their birds yarded all through the breed
ing season, and all poultrymen know
how soon the fowls will clear up every
vestige Of grass in their yards. 10 keep
them suppiled with fresh sods is a good
thing, but IL either necessitates going
some distance Tor the daily supply, or
soon distigures o plot OF groupd by
taking so mnch SOD from 1t. Raisipg
cabbage for them is desirable, but it
takes some time to getlt. The quickest
growing thing to raise is lettuce. In
very early spring small hot-bed will
start enough to last until the sowings in
the open ground have grown large
enough to iced. Small beds can he
sown, and it a good growth is kept up
ut first, the bed will last quite q while.
as the tops can be out off as wanted for
the poultry, roots being left in the
ground TO sprout more leaves and tons
which they soon do If well cared for
Inc expense OF keeping up small bed
OF lettuce is not very great and trom t.
Inc 1owls can be supplied with good,
"holesome green's" at O time when
otler garden sass'ls yet in Its infancy.
IL Is ono OF the best things for pigeons
~ oonhnemeht, ana as many OF oul
readers arc plgeon-fancier1,, as well
as poultry breeders, the advice
above given will be of two-fold advan.
tage to them. Breeders, try It.
GARDEN AND ORoHARD.-Don't begin
to work the soil until there is some
warmth in it.
hon,t get afraid OF seeds unless there
ls pretty good ground for it. Good seed
VIII oiteh not sprout because it does not
receive moisture enough.
Are any Of your readers intending to
Duy trees from nursery, for planting
IN the spring? If SO, let ME Whisper a
word i'll their ears-buy small trees.
Small trees, ten chances to one, will
come into bearing sooner than the lar
ger ones. The latter are apt to be those
that have been left in the nursery row
after tho best trees have been selected
NY the wlGe-awake orchardist who
has "been there" and chosen for him.
self.
Tho larger the tree the less fibres
there will be upon the roots. A tree
that has plenty Of tibrous roots will live
and flourish, while ono that locks such
leeders Will languish and perhaps die.
Az least the chances are that it VIII
meyer be vigorous fruit-bearer. The
foots or largo trees are always more or
less mutllated i'll taking up, while the
Il ,<>t
THE FRUIT PRt sPECT The weather
thus lar llns been quite favorable for
The frult, and the prospects are exceed
1ngly bright just now for one of the lar.
gest crops OF fruits of all kinds known
Tor number OF years. Il! is is espe.
cialIy 30 regarding peaches. pears, cher
Hes, and plums-- the trees being hcuvi.
~ covered with buds, and the soason IL
30 far advanced that many of the trees
are i'll full bloom. Should no severe
lrosts occur during the time of bloom.
ing, large crops OF delicious fruits will
be 9athered, The prospect for apples
is also very favorable, while the smaller
fruits, such rs currants, gooseberries,
raspberries, strawberries and black ber-
nes also promise au abundant yield.
BEET PULp.-Discussion arc still
taxing place respecting tho relative
qualities Of beet pulp, after the extrac-
ton Of the sugar either by diffusion or
pressure. The former process yields a
pulp moro aqueous. 1t has not yet
been established, that tho fresh pulp
produces moro meat than the preserved
pulp. Henneberg and Kern, who have
joined to their laboratory the stomach
of the animal and the slaughter house.
very essential collnteral stulies-ailirm
that III the case OF fully developed nni-
malls, tatteniDg them does hot produce
muscle or increase flesh; it only aug
Ments the quantity Of fat stored mp in
tho animal TISSUES
PoTAToEs.-Although potatoes do not
become spoiled by few degrees of
OF cold, especially when they are dry.
Their eating quality, as we'll as their
gelmlnatlng power do certainly deteri-
3rato when exposed to temperature
below thirty degrees. In cellars not
entirely iroBt-ploof the heaps should be
covered completely with old cnrpets or
mating, and these with Six inches of
straw or hay. Such IL protection will
&:io:;: safety against almost Il y amount
OF cold possible III IL cellar. When the
weather becomes warmer, the windows
and doors should bo kept closed iii du, :
lime and opened during night.
OATS FOR SToCK.-An experienced far.
mer rtct mmelas that oats be Aoaked
suihclently to swell them before feeding
10 stock. Ground oats arc in proper
condition at all time, but millers are not
partial to grinding oats, and many far
mere iced them unground. When soak
ed the husk is partly torn away, and
facility Of digestion increased. Poultry
Will carefully pick out hesoaked gluins
from the dry when allowed preference
i'll the matter.
BTFoRE filling up vacant places in
tine orchard with young trees it is best
to think whether the full. grown trees
how standing will not, with vely good
manurlng, bring more fruit than a lur-
ger number would. Most of our or
chalds were planted too closely.
and the tree roots intcrlace 80 as to
rob each other of what fertility each
should have.
AS TAR as possible, the formation OF
manure heaps in tho fields should he