Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-06-28
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FEEDING VOWS FOR DUIIEh.-1hI. Dell
nett, proprietor of one of the best dairy
farms in the country gives the following as
his method of feeding COWS in milk: II
and in soaloing dairyInans who aim
at quantity sWflLrealizewe are Shooting at
different targets, for with me 4uantity is
secondary, quality being the great desider-
atum. Our finest butter is obtained in ear
ly summer, when the pastures are sending
forth their early, sweet, succulent grasses,
and we depend entirely upon them; but
when they begin to fail, about midsummer,
I begin to feed wilted clover and q small
quantity of grain, increasing as the season
advances, unless the pastures are unusually
good. I cut all my grass early, beginning
by the 9Th of June and thus trying to secure
an abundance Of rowen hay.
When in winter quarters, begin feeding
at about $50 inssthe morning with hey, 9
little whisp at q time, but not SO much but
the cows Will eat it up clean. Then after
milking, the grain-from three to six quarts,
according to the ecow--consisting of two parts
corn meal and corn cob ground together. AT
ter this more hay, which lasts TIL a. m.
l begin at p. m. again with little hay,
followed with the mangles cut fine, a BUSH
el being divided among three cows; then
more hay, again, which lasts till about 6:3O
p. m.
I maintain that if more shorts are fed
than are necessary to cOunteract the heat
ing quality and condensed richness OF the
corn meal, tdeteriorates the quality OF the
butter. During last March Isaw this Illus
trated, being called upon in Boston to eX-
anime some butter from one of the finest
dairies in the State, and which was troub-
ling the dealer who sold it. He said 1t was
rofhinn nnI116 hl S4I6
against, vet little could be said in its favor.
IT seemed to lack that fine nutty flavor so
necessary to fresh butter that commands
over 10 cents per pound. said at once, on
testing it, "tOo much shorts and not enough
corn meal" He answered, "Just what l
thought, but did not dare to say so until 1t
was confirmed" In less than ten days the
butter from that dairy was improved
CABBAGE CULT1vATIoN.-Almost every
one knows that cabbages will not grow fast
or head out we'll unless they are hoed very
often. Many have also learned that this
crop does the best if hoed very early in the
morning while the dew is on the ground.
Hoeing later in the day, while the dew has
evaporated, will not have the same effect.
The reasons appear to be these: Ihe deW
being covered with soil it retains and helps
keen the earth moist. 1t contains large
amount of oxygen, which it took from the
air. These act to decompose the soil and
toi hasten the growth Of the; plants #
also absorbs large quantity Of ammonia,
which is directly taken up by the plants.
Now the same causes ought to produce the
same effects on other plants, and it has been
found by observing farmers that they do.
Market gardeners prefer to have potatoes
hOed either when the soil is wet with dew
.or after slight rain. Observations made
by one of the best farmers in Wisconsin,
extending through many years, convinced
him that there was great advantage IN
ploughing land while it was wet with dew.
Especially was this the case when clover or
grass was .ploughed under. 1t was found M
that.t grass and sod rotted" much sooner,
and that the succeeding crops were larger
and of better quality.
VALUE OF COTTON STALKs.-ThOmas j.
Spear, an old citizen of New Orleans,
recently had communication in the Ptca-
u,uae of that city setting forth the CONNER
cial value of the cotton stalk for textile
fibre which may be obtained from it. Mr..
S. says: "Twenty years ago reminded the
cotton planters Of Louisiana that the cot
ton stalk contained valuble fibre, that it
was a fine material for manufacturing pur-
poses, but NO, attention as 1T would appear,
was paid to my discovery and information.
l will now remind them again that one
acre of ground will produce on an average,
as is we'll known, two bales of cotton,
weighing five hundred pounds each, which
when sent to market brings ten cents a
pound, giving for the two bales SlO0-
whereas the stalk of thesplant on the same
acre will yield from one to one and half
tons of fibre, if properly prepared would be
found to be equallyas fine as Manillia, and
worth at any time, at the lowest calculation
from $120 to $50 per ton."
How TO CATCH A HORsE.-If a horse is
shy and hard to catch, take finely grated
castor oils of rhodium and cummin. Keep
them in separate bottles, well corked. Put
some of the oil Of cummin on your mana
and approach the horse, on the windy side.
He will then move toward you. AS soon
as YOU can reach him, rub some of the cum
min on his nose, give him little of the
castor, or anything he likes, and get a few
drops of the oil of rhodium on his tongue.
After this YOU can make him do nearly ev-
ery thing you want. Treat him kindly,
feed we'll, handle gently, and victory is GER
tain.-7Wt, Field and Farm. ,....
COLD WATER DRINKING.-COld baths of
the skin are good, but it is doubtful if flood
ing the stomach on going to bed and on
rising, is not, on the whole the most prof.
table form of cold bathing. Costiveness,
piles and indigestion are uniformly relieved
by this morning and evening cold douchee.
The quantity must be Sdetermined by each
one for himself. Two or three swallows
will do to begin with, and the quantity will
soon grow to a tumbler full and we have
I, f>
marked benefit. If wisely managed every
dyspeptic will be greatly improved by this
cold stomach bath.
WET BooTs.-When bootsare wet through,
do not dry them by the fire. AS soon as
they are taken off, fill them quite full with
dry oats. This grain will rapidly absorb
every vestige of damp from wet leather:
AS it takes up the moisture it swells and
fills the boot like a tightly fitting last, keep
ing it's form good and drying the leather
without hardening it. In the morning
shake out the oats and hang them in bag
near the fire to dry, ready for use on anoth-
er occasion.
Say The R,1'm Home says that no one
grass by itself makes the best pasture, but a
combination of varieties. A greater weight
of nutritious pasture can be grown on linn
tied area Of land, by sowing several species
from any single variety. It would seem as
if different species feeding on the same soil
take up various ingredients in different pro.
portions; hence Il is considered expedient
to SOW several Of The species adapted to the
particular soil.
DESTRUCTION OF ANTs.-A cOrrespOn-
dent in the Tropical AgriculteraHst says {:
suTaka q white china plate and spread a
thin covering of common lard over it. Place
it on the floor or shelf infected by the trou-
blesome insects, and youwill be pleased with