The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-03-06
AaRIoULTURR.

extra into the National pockets every year.
We might have horses wbich would walk
Ave miles an hour, just 20 naturally aAd
easily as three toi3 and a half, and rarely
four, as Is now the rule. All the rarm,
and much Of the countryToad, and town
street horse work Is done at a walk. 1t
costs no o.moie to feed smart walker, than
it does a slow, logy cne,t ana frequently
not 30 much. Now let any one. calculate
the profit and advantage Of using tho fors
mer IN preference to the latter. Let the
farmer see hoy much more lapd per day
lie can get ploWad and narrowed; how
many more loads Of hay, straw, grain and
vegetables he can take to market; and how
much more rapidly he is able 10 accomplish
all his other work, and he Will have lttic
patience in Keeping "a slow walking horse
any longer 1t will be the same with the
expresaman, the tea!lm1ster, !l1 and the truck
man. .&S V& III
Bellfounder, got by the celebrated i'm
ported trcttlng horso Of this name, out of
Lady Airport, was not only a fast trotter.
but had natural, easy walk of five miles
several years; and nearly all his stock, out
Of quite common mares, proved excellent
walkers. THIS shows how easily and rap
be bred by all farmers, If they will only
take due pains to select the stations to
which they may hereafter nick their mares.
A fast walking horse commands q consld-
erably higher price with those who care
for the pace, than slow walker, and sIch
buyers are constantly on the increase now,
and that day will come NY and by wAen
slow walker will hardly ut bid. The
fastest walk have yet seen exactly timed
and put on record, was that Of the English
h0rse Sloven. He made, without extra
effort 6. 50 miles per hour. ALI agricultu-
raj societies ought to give good premiums
10 fast walking horses, the highest prize
to be awarded TO tho one which walked
fvo miles pei. hour; the second TO four and
halff miles; the third to four miles.
This last should be tho least time for which
to award u prize, and oil breeds should
be allowed to compete.
Low BUTTER MAY RE, SPoILRD:-
butter may be spoiled in churning. Over
churnlng ruins the texture and changes
the proper waxlness to disagrcsable, sick
ly grcaslness. This Is the more easily
done in churn with dashes, which will
press the butter against the sides of he
churn and squeeze and rub 1t until it is
spoiled. Too long churning spoils the
quality by the oxidation Of the bu tier and
the premature formation of atrong- favored
aoids Ill 1t, tho tull presence of which we
Call rancldity. 1t may be spoiled at too
high temperature, by which 1t is made
soft and oily, and of greasy texture and
1laVor. No subsequent treatment can rem
edy tins error. 1t may bo spoiled before
the cream reaches the churn by keeping it
too long, or, what is practically tho same,
by keeping 1t in too warm place; 90 de-
grees ,s about tho right temperature II the
cream is kept week; II 1t is kept at so
degrees three days Is long enough. White
specks are produced ip butter by over.
churning or by having tho cream too sour.
Either OF these faults produce curd In tho
milk, and tho small flakes Of this cannot
be washed out OF the butter. Milk from
COW III Ill health and that is acid wher
drawn, will produce speeky butter. 81
Will the use of salt containing specks O
lime, whic5 unite with the butter and forn
lnsoluble limo soap. White specks art
covered up TO large extent by using gooc
colorlng, which is male OF oil as tho sol
vent. But this use of colorhg being uset
TO disguise fault, and TO and all undeser
we'd virtue, is worthy of denuncation.
lHh same treatment IN Wintor Will MOI
answer for all reot.crops alike. Beets anC
carrots are the least hardy of ali, aud whsr
frozen lose their sweetness TO O market
extent, The parsnip is not only not mi ur
ca, but many thipk it ls greatly improved
ny freezing. If the amount of sugar Is no
actually increased, its flesh is 90 modified
that 1t tastes swecter. The parsn,p an<
satisfy are our very hardest oots-thougl
we should include horseradieh-and ma,
10 iUft without harm Ill the SOIL wher,
they Reew. But, as we cannot depent
upon tinding the ground open at all times
share should be dug to supply tho table
These may be packed III boxes or barrol
and 1t they are to be, kept In the cellar
should be covered with sand to proven
them from sbriveling. They can as wei
be placed III some shed or other outbuild
Ing.
In all the tests Of the new grapes Il
should be remembered that the test fo
ni;iiaicw as aot conclusive unless the vim,
has acquired age. Most very young vine
arc exempt. 1t would seem that after ,
few years the annual pruning destroys th
proper proportion between branches ant
root. II this be he true cause root i,ruu
Ing should be a remedy.
AN English paper asserts that 1t costs q
much to transport u bushel of whea
twelve miles on turnpike road in Eng
land as from IAN American seaport acros
the broad Atlantic. .... !
BUToHRRs' waste, such as plucks, etc.
whom boiled and thickened with meal, an
swer good purpose as substitute for IN
sccts Wien ted to poultry.
IaE stock raisers of California estimate
the aggregate valve of their hocks and
herds a. $35,00O,0 The number OF
horned cattle Is placed at 2,25O,O0O.
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Nebuchanne Ezar's Doorstep. o.
In the Egyptian and Assyrlan gallery al
the British museum, London, and in close
contfguity to the Hittite monuments and
the brenze gates of shalmaneser, there has
just been Is.aoed an object OF considerable
interest "a bronze doorstep from the great
temple OF E-Saggll, at Boraippa, 4 suburb
or division of Babylon. The doorstep not
only has inscribed on it the name of Ncl,.
uchadnezzar, but also mentions HIS health
or restoration to health The dnnret o,,