Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-05-10
The farn1 and firesiaR.,

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VALUE OF WooDLAND.-No part of sthe
farm is better worth careful attention chan
the woodland, and as 4 rule, none is" soTnuch mn mn
neglected. Year by year lumbgF1 OF all
kinds is harder to find, and higher prices
when found, and firewood, excepting the
newest districts is fast becoming luxury
when on the farm. That this is true is oW-
ing to the extravaganza, Wastefulness ana
carelessness with which the woodland. is
treated. The farmer who has q hillside
or back lot covered with trees IS to be enVled
his possession, and if wise he will be-
stow upon it care and attention equal at
least, TO that which is given the best OF his
arabic land. AS source of fuel supply a
few acres of woodland may be made to serve
farm for generations, by proper attention
of selecting, and increase in value every
year. Generally, when firewood is wanted
certain district is cut over, taking all that
will burn-good, bad and indifterent-and
the land is subsequently ''cleared" and put
under crop or suffered to grow up, again,
with little care as to what grows or how IL
grows. A better, way is to select from the
whole area of woodland such trees as from
any cause are least adapted to any useful
purpose except firewood, or, having arrived
at full maturity, are hindrance to the
growth of some fine, thrifty, young, hard
wood sappling which may stand near
them. In addition to this the trees left
standing should all be carefully, and neatly
trimmed of all branches as high as can be
reached with an ak from the ground, taking
pains to leave a nice smooth stub, cut as
may be that it may readily heal over and
not 'iniure the growth of the tree nor leave
bad spot in the timber when it IS cut Tor
use at some future time. The brush may
very advantageously be- hauled out to the
adjoining field, ,spread itin thinlayer over
the ground and, when dry burned. This
viii prove an excellent and cheap way of
giving the land a dressing of potash. A
little care and thoughtfulness in connection
with the woodland will be very profitable.
|-Agricut1ral Eloitonaist.
CULTIVATION OF MELONS.-The proper
soil for ali the cucumber tribe, which in
cludes melons and squashes, is rich sandy
loam. The same is true of tomatoes. Ii
your soil is clayey peck or more mixed in
the hill will be beneficial, since it Will, in
a great measure, protect the roots from too
much dampness. Upon such soils we have
had the best success, by throwing apart ten
burrows, where the hills were to be, filling
them with we'll rotted manure, and then
blowing in lands according to the crop, tive
feet apart for cucumbers, six feet for musk
melons, nine-feet for watermelons and II
feet for squashes. Leave good dead fur
rows between and thoroughly harrow the
surface. If the crop is to be late one plant
the seed (plenty of it) in the hills as directed.
We always plant plenty of winter squash
seed about the hills. of all the cucumber
tribe. The striped beetle will eat these ten
der leaves in preference to anything else.
Watch closely for the disappearance these
beetles and kill them. They sometimes
come in such quantities as to destroy crop
in a single day. "A watering pot OF cold
with coal oil in it will enable you to effectu-
ally destroy them. Give the hill a sprin-
kle with the water, and use the swhisk to
brush them into the dust pan and dump in
to the OIL; if necessary drain OFT the OIL,
dump out the contents and touch match to
the pile, then 60 ahead killing again. This
is the best plan we know when the beetles
are very thick. The cultivation is sim
ple; plow or cultivate the land as long as
possible. When the vines have run nearly
two feet, with the handle of a rake lay the
vines over the right and left OF one OF the
lands; plow this lightly with one-horse
plow, turning to the hills. Then lay them
back and so proceed until you have gone
over the whole place. do not be afraid OF
getting the ridges too high, but they should
not be sharp. 1t is the easiest and best way
of raising vines on prairie soil, and especl-
ally if itbe strong clay:-farneer's Re0'e'0'
STOMACH DIGESTION IN THE HORSE
Elinberger and Hofmeister report the re-
suit of numerous experimental researches
in regard to the stomach digestion in the
horse. Some of their, conclusions are OF
practical interest to all who have horses
under their care. They found that there
is always food in horses stomach when
he begins meal. When food is kept from
him digestion is very empty for twenty
four hours at least. The stomach contents
after feeding oats form a relatively dry,
crumbling mass, containing sixty to seven
ty per cent. of water After meal of hay
it contains seventy-five to eighty per cent.
of water. The relation of this mass is al
ways acid. The turning of starch into su-
gar is most active in the first one or two
hours Of digestion. 1t gradually dimin-
ishes and ceases after five or six hours.
The digestion of vegetable albumen takes
place actively in the stomach. After mod
crate meal it reaches its highest tate in
three or four hours; after full 'meafin six
to eight hours; therefore one heavy meal
should not follow another in less than six to
eight hours.
FIFTY BALES ON TWENTY ACREs.-Nr.
w. P. lowers, of Webster county, Ga, last
year made fifty bales, averaging over 500
pounds on twenty acres land. The follow
ing is his plan:
Laid off the rows four feet apart with a
two-horse plow, following that with scoot-
er drawn by one horse. In this furroW he
put thirty bushels of cotton seed to the acre.
Bedded on this with a two horse turning
plow, following each furrow with a scooter
drawn by one horse. At planting opened
with large scooter, in the furrOW Of two
hundred pounds of guano to the acre, and
on this soWed his seed and covered them.
Sided this with a scooter at first plOWing,
and when ready for the second ploWing put
in two hundred pounds more Of guano to
the acre in these scooter furrows and cover
ed it up with sweep. No hoeing was done
as the cotton grew so rapidly as not to re-
quire it. Mr.. lowers says If he lived close
to railroad depot'he would use thousand
pounds Of guano to the aacre.-G Gdh6er En-
terprise.
CORN ROOTs.-Ifa corn plant be dug up
at any period during its latter growth, the
greater part of the feeding roots will be
found away from the hill, extending, as
seems evident in some cases, to a distance
of at least twelve feet. This range of the
roots cannot be purposeless, but it is pro-
vision whereby this strong-groWing plant
gathers its food from large area and COM
petes with it's neighboring plants. How
rapidly these roots grow we know not, but
we can say with certainty that they may
extend at least three inches daily through