The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-25
How TO PUY HORSE. old horse

MAJ hn!s - II you want to buy horse
doh t eli, ". your own brother, Take
no nuns VOID for it. Your eye Ia your
Il n'arket. Don't buy horse III hn,Arss
Unhlicn lin, and take everything of
but his halter and lead him around. If
he has IL com or is stiff, or has any
other tuilnIg, you can see it. Let him
&" 10y himself litlle way, and if he
slaves night into anything, YOU may
know he is h,m.d. N latter how brig Int
his eyes are, he cun'l see any more than
Lat. Buck him, too. Some horses
show their weakness es or tricks in that
way when they don't in any other, But
be as smart "s you can, you'll get cauRht
sometnne Even ali expert gets stuck.
A horse may look ever no nico, and 90
q good pace, and yet have hts, There
ISL t Il man ,onId te'l 1T until something
hal pens; or ho may have n weak back.
Give him the whip, and of he goes for
q mlle or two, then all OF sudden he
stops II the road. Alter rest he starts
again, but soon stops for good, ,and moth
ing but \ delrlck could move him."
81 oRINa GRAIN.-AB u moro econonl-
zeal al,u just "s convenient plan Of keep
ing grain as storing 1T in the ordinary
way III Rranurles. it has been suggested
that it might be pres o. we'd III air- IT, Int
sheet-non cylinders, sealed after par
tial exhaustion OF the air Wheat, flour
and bread hnvc--so it is stat ed-Leen
canned" in thNs fashion for 7 months.
and have been found to be in excellent
condition at the end OF that period.
Taking into consideration the security
OF the grain, when thug sealed Ill pur-
tlal vacuum. against the attacks of in.
sects, large vermiu, fire, dampness, fer
mo tatlon, and other dangers, + omething
might be said perhaps in favor Of the
plan here br, fly alluded to. Doubtless,
however, Vely strong cvldeDoe of its
etlcucy against damp and fermentation
would be required before the Thinning of
gram coald really become largely adop-
tod. Aa regards the other risks men
toned, they do seem TO be tolerabIy
provided agaiast.
SOME Western breeders state that it
Is mistake to sulpuse that the cross OF
the Cotswold and Merlno to be IN im-
provement on the originals. The wool
IL 1t lther the best Tor comhing, nor oan
1t compete in the mark ct with that from
pure Meriho i'll hhenehs. The cnrcuss
is not equal to the Cotswold, and the
cross Ii not suitable i'll other respects,
as the Cot, void thrives only on good
pas,ulage, while the Merino IL all ac-
live iolaaer.
1AE theel, Is II clobc grrzer, and even
p,.i,rs slCrt pastures. IL is scrupu-
lousy clean, though not very select III
the choice OF the hcrbase on which
it feeds. Wool, being II highly mtroge-
nous substance, requires larger sup
ply OF albnmnoid food lor sheep than
other ruminunts demand. Wool being
ibe ch,el profit OF sheep farming. it VIII
hc economy to feed oats or Oil cake
pretty freely to secure liberal growth OF
this staple.
IHE water tina, Lows ofcr O pIowed
tielu washes rtfthe most soluble portions
OF the sol and dep sits them in the bot.
tom of bitches. Wien it percolutes
through the soil to nn underdrnn, tho
loss Is reduced to the smallest pueslbie
amou"t. There is some loss in under
draining watcl; but even this il III
great part prevented by having
growing crop OF the ground Ill the
time,
WHAT shall be done with sour milk?
"
COWS ar kept und much butter is made.
Ii any where nrur village or cIty ~
gooa market can be had for cottage
cheese. made BY heating the milk to tie
curullng point. pressing, and adding Ii
little sait In al place az many pigs
may be- kept as there are COWS AMI they
Will only need little corn in fall to
make gOoI pork.
We have noticed that when rye or
other green manure is plowed under the
SOIL IL enslly worked and tree from weeds
Ii We examine under the l.aves OF a
strong growing green crop OF any kind,
we viii tiLd thousands OF puny weeds
that have gtImlna:ed while The ground
was uncovered and been smothered by
thd lar growth. When weed seed thus
perishes 1T bene fits the soil more than /,
can by growing larger before being
plowed under.
MlILET ls an excellent fodder plant of
whloh COWS are exceedingly fond. 1t is
warm weather crop, and needs to DO
grown on light, sandy soil. Ey ma
nuIlng well ii may be made to produce
from two to five tons Of hay to tho acre.
A coplous flow OF miIk IS produced
W SuttthS tho SllKnGIY,
moistening, and sp,iukllng with little
meal.
EARLY-HATOAED chickens are more
vigorous than those produced later in
the season, wh,n n hot and dry weather
az dies hall the eggs while incubation is
il progress 1t ls more trouble to care
for the very enrilest chickens during
cold, wet weather. in March and AurlI
but the cock kerels will bring fancy prices
AZ eslly br"iiero. and the puliets will be
good layers next winter,
THERE is ali advantage in growing
some Kinds Of trees from the see d wbere
tho trt cs are expected to remain. The
peach tree is longer lived if never trans.
planted, and il budded at ono year old
will soon get into bearing. A few vari.
etles of peaches reproduce themselves
from the PIT, The Wager Is one Of the
nlost popular Of these.