The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-16

BEGIN tho fattcnWg OF hogs early, and
do not wait for tho approach Of cold
weather. Most farmers delay this too
long. All ANIMALS will more readily
tako Oh fnt Ill warm weather than in
cold. Give them plenty Of food, 80 that
they will got good start before freez.
ing weather sets III. 1t will be saving
oi food to do SO. In cold weather much
OF tho food is used Ill combustion to
keep tho body warm, and tho thinner
tho hog Is tho moro food it will require
to keep up animal lcnt. Tho fist OF
August is not too early to begin the lat
trning PROCESS.
The C0u,ltlV GCMiCniau recommends
planting Ehgilsh ivy Oh tho bnro ground
under trees where grass will not grow;
adding that whcro tho winters arc too
severe Tor 1t whom trained on walls it
Will often remain unin)urcd on the
E,ound. Plants should bo set within
iuur OF five icct of each other md plenty
OF OLD manure gwen.
CORRESPONDENT says that young
he rSes should liever have shoes lmposcu
upon them until 1t IL well proved that
they cannot do without them. no pro
diets TINT tho day IL not far of wnel
some humane brnelnctur OF his kline
and horse kind will produce Il breed OF
horses hnving such h:m, ton II feet, il
addition to MI otntr good qualities, that
shoelng will be unnecessary.
a GREAT many farmers bolicvu that
tho breeu of hogs IL determined by the
# in h, IL
that the best bred hogs require the most
advantages OF Il good breed that 1t will
mako better use of tho greatest amount
CT feed than poor animal, but Il starved
pig Of the best breed is the worst kind
of Il scrub.
ONE advantage in planting truit trees
by rondsides Is found in tho fact thnt
they are less Liable to attack from in
s, cts. 1t Is believed that road dust is
helpful Ill driving insects away. If
tins theory be true. dusting treen i'll or
chards with limo should prove ctftctual.
Ashes are still better, where they can
pe had, ms III Mpenmg irult u CONSIDER
able amoun, ct potash is always reuuIr-
cd.
THE last milk drawn from COW nj
ench milking IL much the richest part
OF the mess. The reason is the same
that the top Of the pan of milk which
has stood II while is the richest part of
1t. The cream being tho ightcst part OF
tue milk, rises or remains Mt the top of
tho uddcr, while tho heavier, wntery por-
tlons, settle ut tho bottom.
IHE first tam, Il city man do es when
he becomes rich in to buy farm, move
into the country and bankrupt himself
trylhg TO raise enough to keep him from
starving. n rich countrymnn, on the
other hand, buys brown-stono front III
tho clty and becomes Interested III stocks
with II like result.
The longest livel tree is to he Oh
tanned 10y planting seeds where the tree
Is TO grow and grating it there without
over moving 1t, but 1t will be too long
coming into bearing; this with apples
"hd pears, but with the peach it IL the
way 10 insure the greatest possible hnr-
dlness with any given variety.
n CAREFUL observer reports that he
has seen toad swallow tifty-tour rose.
bugs Tor II single meal and another
tenst Oh five lage green caterpillars.
two-thirds the silr OF Il Enuy's llttIe tin.
ger. They will even take tho hairy ca.
terpillars that most birds dislike. Far
HERS and gardeners would do well to
cultivate 80 useful though humble friends
MS these.
BY weighing n small sample of wheat,
counting the number oi Kernels in the
sample, and multiplying by tho number
o1 times the weight Of such sample is
contained in the weight Of bushel, il
has been found tina. there are from
6oc,o to 100000 kernels i'll bushel
In orchards the trees are more lmpor
1aht than any crop that can be grown
under them. Ii they arc not, cut them
down. The hills of potatoes or beans
close 10 the trees never amount to much
and 1t Is not worth trying to save them
ut the risk of injuling tho trees.
DELAwARE peach growers are 10 CO.
operate this year to prevent n glut il
the market. One OF the practical mean.
to this end is to provide fruit inspec
tor, who will throw out all interior
fruit. If only the best is marketed tn.
demand will be- increased and prod ucers
Will get better prices.
InE California barley crop is this
year reported less than M average
California is ono of the five or six SEQ
tions where barley is largely grown, ,anc
Its failure there Will affect the price. Les.
barley than usual has generally beer
sown on account of the high price o
oats The past two or three years.
The Germantown Telegraph says
"The cucumber, it is said, will aluay
produce more abundantly if furnishe,
with trellis Of laths and strings for it
support, as 1t Is climber and not
creeping.plant. Brush laid on tn
ground around the hills is better thai
no support"