The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-03
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HALTERs FOR HELPERS. - Heifers'
should never be allowed be allowed to
grow up to milking time without having
been halter broken. Also, while young,
and consequently q great denl more
manageable, they should be taught to
stand around and become familiar with
being handled, 80 that when an attempt
is made to milk them, they will not be
frightened or inclined to kick. 1t does
not take any longer to break q heifer
when young, and have her accustomed
to being handled 80 that she will sub
nit to beng m1lked when the time
comes. than it does after she comes in.
1t must be apparent to any one who
gives tho subject q moments thought,
that the latter is the worst possible time
to undertake training helfer. She is
in an excited condition; wildly afraid
her young will be molested; naturally
considers that the effort to milk her is
interfering with the rights of her young
whloh makes her still more nervous and
excitable, and with motherly instinct
she will hold up her milk to save it for
the calf. like the plan Of putting hal
tefs on heifers and tying them up in
stalls the same rs horses, where they
can be taught to stand around, back up
and step forward at the word, and by
being led out to water, they can easily
be taught to follow the halter The
udder and teats should be handled fre-
quently, and the card and brush used
often. When these pains arc taken,
much annoyance may be saved after
walu, and when it is necessary to move
the COW from one place to another, her
docile and gentle habits will be more
than reward for the trouble, and in
striking contrast with yelping dogs, ,yel-
ling boys. whips, stones, clubs and
curses, wlloh too often constitute the
outfit for driving unbroken COWS.
IHE value OF pasture consists, first,
in close, strong sward. To have this
the soil must be firm, fertile and filled
with moisture. BY this we do not
mean it shall be wet; on the contrary it
must be the reverse. The moisture
must be such as is held naturally (me-
chanically); not the moisture of satura-
tion, but that of vaporization. Thus a
permanent pasture should never be
heavily cropped until 1t is we'll set.
Hence homo of the tuberous rooted
grasses like timothy are suitable to
permanent pastures. They cannot
stand close cropping nor constant
tramping. Pasture grasses, therefore,
must be the tbrous and deep rooted va
rieties.
A LoAbiY soil that il, neither so lieht
as sandy nor SO tenacious as clay
soil is, as rule, best adapted to fruit
orchards. What are known as culcare-
GUS loans are 80 przed by the fruit
growers; SO are the most lands III lime
stone districts. Fruit trees make rank
growth II al!uvial soils, but, generally
speaking, they ore neither so hardy nor
80 fruitful as are trees in soil containing
more sand, clay or gravel, and less veg
etable mould. The fruit Is not so high
navored as if from loamy soil. A
gravelly soil is not suited to lrult trees,
anti must be mixed with clay, muck,
peat and the like to insure any success.
The GARDEN.-The farmer who has q
neat and well-kept garden is almost sure
to have neat and well-kept farm, n
comfortable and well.appolnted home,
tidy out-buldlngs, and stock in good
condition; and the housewife who takes
pride i'll her garden, generally has
homo to take pride in and be proud
OF.
STRAwBERRIEs.-An new self-tending
strawberry bed is the invention of a
Californian. Eli with earth any sort of
barrel that has been bored we'll all
around with lnch-holes. Plant straw
berries i'll every hole and i'll the open
top, root downwards and top outwards.
1T is q great success. 1t is quite ornate,
and it will keep for several months IN
bearing.
PnoF. J. P. SrE1hE, of Alabama, is
down on what he calls the "carp farce
He thinks the carp Is no better than the
buffalo fish. He calls It tho "aquatic
buzzard." and says it is the "meanest
fish OF any waters; nasty, grisly- flesh
ed kind of mud-sucker, which digs IN
tho muck and feeds Oh Gecnying sub
etances."
AS FAR as possible the formation of
manure heaps in the fields should be
avoided, If formed, the practice of
turning over the manure should be aban-
doned, as labor is thus lost and much
manure wasted. The best authorities
consider it best to cart the manure di-
rect from the barnyards to the land and
spread it at once.
A PIT LAMB.-By training pet lamb
to como at the call, and afterward put.
ting it with the flock, the owner can
call his sheep wherever they hear him,
as the pet will come, followed by the
lest.
MILK lEsIs.-If all butter-makers
Mould get suitable glasses and test each
cows milk separately, many times they
would find that their best COW is the
thinnest one. They might also find
out that some cow considered good was
really an Improbable animal.
a EXPERIMENTAL farm and hospital ia
to Ee established near Washington
City for the rtatment of domestic
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