The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-06-19

The commonly received advice to or
chardists to scrape ths rough bark from
old apple trees has been contradicted,
some having tried it and concluded that
the practice did more harm than good.
The rough bark is protection to the
tree IRON sudden changes of tempera-
ture. The benefit often claimed from
scraping trees comes from the greater
attention paid to them i'll other respects
by men who take this trouble. White.
washing apple trees is equally ineilect'
nal for good.
HE conveyance of pollen from ono
flower to another in cross-iertilizntion il
effected naturally by the wind or by the
agency of insects and other creatures.
Flowers that require the aid Of insects
usually o11er some attraction to theil
visitors III the shape of bright color, fra
GRANGE or sweet juices. The color and
markings Of flower often serve to gui it
tho insects to tho honey in the obtaining
OF which they are compelled either tl
remove or deposit pollen.
FRESH, clean hogs lard rubbed three
horses or cattle will remove them OIL
three or four npplicatlons. 1 have re-
moved the warts time after time, ani
Tor the fourth application. If 1 should
send the Latin namo for lard and tell
men to pay fifty cents to the druggists
Tor about two cents worth Of good lard
this remedy would be oftenor used.
The old-fashioned idea that exposing
stock to tho cold in winter hardened
them had ut lcast tins basis of truth: 1t
took OIL the soft spots and left only the
bones and skin. Besides, 1t DESTROYED
the less hardy animals, and though h
often stunting the growth Of those that
lived, they had generally n capacity for
enduring cold. The small shagey shet-
land ponies are examples of what this
method will do for horses; but tbs is a
direction III which low horsemcn will
wish to breed.
TIE European average of beets ia
about twelve tons to tho acre, from
which is extracted ovor ton of sugar.
France nearly supplies all her sugar
from bcets, ani Germany IL venturlne
largely in their cultivation. Several OK
pertinent III tins country have proved
failures, but the cause is attributed to
lack OF knowledge rs to tho best and
cheapest method of producing tho beots
ana manufacturing the sugar.
THE first and most important consid.
Grafton i'll selecting spot for tho gar.
den il the situation. The most suitable
is very gentle inclination toward the
east or southeast, that it may have ali
the advantages of tho morning sun. The
next preferable exposure is south O,
southwest. II sheltered from tho north
or northwest SO much the better. AL.
ways avoid, If possible, the neighbor,
hood OF large spreading trees, rs theii
roots Will exhaust the soil and thcl,
shade inlure the crops.
WHEN the ground becomes frozen. OF
no other work oilers, preparations cal
always be made for advancing prospect
lvo work when it arrives. Bean poIes
may DO made; and if the ends aro Char
red and then dipped in coal tar the com
monest material will be rendered nearl,
equal to the best cedar.
FENCE corners with their mass of brusI
and weeds afford secure retreat fo,
such troublesome insects rs live through
the winter, and Tor the deposit of cpp<
OF others ready to hatch out in enrIy
spring the larva prepar 4 to engage il
depredntions upon the first plants that
appear. Fire puts an end to most O,
these, and thus tho destroying element
la II,
the farms.
Com will shrink from the time it is
husked from the field or tho shock, il
the autumn, in well-protecteu cribs
flom 20 to 30 per cont. by spring; tina
is, 100 bushels will shrink to seventy O.
eighty, according to how dry it wa
when husked and put into the crib
Sound corn will shrink 20 per cont. s,
that forty cents per bushel rs it come
from tho field is as good as fifty conts il
the spring says an observer.
EXPERIMENTS by careful breeders Civ
somo valuable facts for estimating tn
cost OF producing pork. 1t is concede
that ono busheI Of corn should produc
ton pounds Of pork, but everything de
pends on. the management. With goo,
weather, good breed, sound corn an,
regular feeding this average may b
roached. but not otherwise.
In MI OF tho tests of new grapes
should be remembered that the test fo
mildew is not conclusive unless tn
vines are exempt. 1t would seem TIA
after few years the annual prunin
destroys tho proper proportion bG
tween branch and root. If this be til
true cauhe root pruning should be
remedy.
LIVERY one interested in potatoc
should try on small scale now yarietie
till they find something adapted to the,
cultivation, etc., and by beng o. littl
careful can doubl. their yield on mn
OF the old kinds with but little additio,
al expense. Money spent for good see
is we'll invested, and will be very certai
TO pay large dividend.