Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-09-10

housekeepers will not allow them to be
brought into their dwellings and their
action is commendable.
Breathing the gas, under certain clrcum-
stances, causes serious harm to the lungs
and membranes of the mouth and nose. IL
is unobjectionable if proper care is used
in its employment. The phials holding 1t
should be kept apart from others contain
ing the medicines, ETC.. and rubber stop
pers to the phials should be used.
Ozalic acid is considerably employed
for cleansing brass and copper utensils;
This substance is highly poisonous and
must be kept and used with great caution.
In crystalline structure it closely resembles
sulphate of magnesia or EPSON salts, and
therefore frequent mistakes are made and
lives are lost. -.
Every drug or chemical compound that
goes into families among inexperienced per,
sons, should be kept in a safe place, labeled
properly and used with great care-Detro@
Free Press.
ECONOMIZING TINE ON THE FARM
How to use time to the best advantage IN
the busy season of the year is what every
farmer should study we'll. 1t is not enough,
that he works hard all day long, scarcely
taking time to eat his meals, if his work is
not done right, in the right time and in the
right way. Doing the work in the ,rilght
time will save much unnecessary, labor,
by keeping all kinds OF farm implements
ready for use whenever needed; keeping
fences up so not to be troubled with runa-
way cattle; but especially in the raising OF
crops il is necessary to be in time, both in
seeding and harvesting and keeping the
weeds down in the spring Of the year, SO as
not to let them get a start, or they will be
hard to conquer later in the season. 10 40
things in the right way includes great
deal, and only the outlines can be given IN
a short article like this. The first thing is
to do one thing at q time and do it thorough
ly, not to be- shifting from one work to an
other, for in this way much time is lost.
One thing which is much overlooked is TO
have everything handy; have all KINDS OF
feed close by where it is to to be fed; have
the corn crib near the hog pasture, the hay
close to the barn or stable, and water both
for cattle and house use near at hand, tor
in this way it will not take more than half
the time to do chores as it will if every
thing that is fed must be carried, even II not
thought to be far. It is surprising how
much time will be walked away for nothing
in the course of year. Order should be
strictly observed in everything, in having
all kinds of tools and having them in their
place when not used. While no method
can be mechanically followed in dividing up
the labor on the farm, still it can be arrang-
ed by establishing certain rules so as to save
much time. In this way more can be done
in ten hours work than in fourteen where
no order is followed therefore it is neces,
sary TO plan we'll before commencing on all
kinds of work.
WINTER SEEDING.-Various times of the
year have been recommended tor sowing
grass seed. Many plow and seed down IN
August and have good success unless sep
tember proves too hot, which is often the
case. It'has frequently happened that when
we have piece of corn ground, all ploWed
and manured for wheat in autumn, and
have an opportunity to SOW wheat and grass
in March or early in April, when the frost
is out of only two or three inches OF the sur
face, we have had good catch. AS soon as
we had moved an early piece OF June grass
last summer we broke it up with the inten-.
ton M of sowing corn for fodder, but the ex-
treme drought prevented. We consequent
ly manured it in autumn and narrowed 1t
thoroughly, expecting to seed to grass as
late as possible in autumn, as one farmer OF
our ACQUAINTANCE has been successful with
very late fall seeding, the only uncertainty
being the trouble of hitting upon the latest
opportunity before winter sets in. Failing
to hit such a time we decided to wait until
spring before seeding this piece. But on the
10Th Of January, the first snow having dis
appeared and the thermometer being up to
sixty or seventy degrees we found that the
frost was nicely out of some two inches OF
the surface, so we stepped out between the
showers and sowed six quarts of herds grass
seed on about quarter Of an acre OF ground,
and had a great mind to sow the two acres
already prepared.
nag If belts are allowed to become cover
ed with grease, dirt and rosin, or to grow
dry and hard, they cannot work alright on
the pulleys. Very often no more than
twenty-five per cent. Of the available pow
er is obtained because of these neglects.
MANY persons think they obtain more driv-
ing power by placing tightener against
the belt; but this gain is only the equiva-
lent of the extra surface with which the
belt is brought in contact by the tlghtener,
and in the case of a horizontal belt this will
be nearly lost by friction, though on an up
right belt the tightener may be useful.
There is economy in working with slack
belts, keeping them clean and flexible.
Hardened belts are best softened by wash
of lukeWarm soda water and thorough
scraping and oiling.
nag The times will not allow of any losses
from carelessness and neglect, and the farm
er who does not watch every operation close
ly enough to avoid losses from carelessness,
or is not we'll enough posted to prevent them
in his dealings, will not be able to stand the
pressure of the times. The crops must be
as large as possible to meet and make amends
for some of the losses of the past year. Then
in the next place no Improbable animals
should be kept moment longer than ne
cessity requires. No work should be done
that will not yield fair remuneration either
in crops or in the improvement OF the land.
This will avoid cropping poor land that IS
not first enriched by the application of suffi-
cient fertilizers, or by plowing more land
than can be made to pay-t0 make every
operation yield some return above expenses.
ner Farmers who are accustomed to wear
ing thick leather boots often desire to soften,
or rather to keep them soft. Castor oil is
sometimes recommended for this end, and
serves a good purpose, but there is nothing
more natural than neatsfoot oil, although
this will not always render stiffleather plia-
bic. If boots are very rigid and stiff there is
nothing that will render them pliable easier
than lukewarm water. After the leather is
rendered. soft the oil may be used to good
purpose, and requiring less than II no water
was used.
Bsg~ Heavy soils, and those rich in vegeta-
Bile matter Should receive frequent dressings
of salt. 1t does not act directly as fertiliz-
er except in very rare instances, but salt in
small doses helps to dissolve and make
available other plant food of which heavy
soils usually have an abundance, though not
in an available condition for use. On land
entirely deficient in vegetable matter salt is
us,,allv Of little benafit