The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-06-28
PASTuEING-SF0eK.

Throughout the West there is more or
less pest of flies in summer. In the
prairie region there arc the green heads,
and near timber the deer flies, both vcri-
table bloodsuckers. The warblc fly
the large black warblc flies that deposit
their eggs on the backs of cattle and
hores-arc also not only annoying at the
time of ova-positing, but painful and de-
bilitating as the larva grows. The bot
flies, that deposit their eggs on the limbs
and on the breasts of horses, occasion
much annoyance to the stock.
The general means of avoidance of all
these disabilities is a dark place to which
the animals may retire when not feeding,
and especially that animals during fly
time be allowed to pasture night and
morning, and, i'll fact, all night when
possible. Where the flies are very bad
we advise that all stock be driven to dark
stables from 10 A. NJ. until 4 Z. NJ, even
mt the expense of giving them cut forage
during these hours.
Another thing the careful feeder will
do well to observe is to pay strict attention
that stock have access to water ut all
times, or, at least, at stated intervals, SO
that they may never get thirsty. Animals
are very much like men in the matter of
drinking. Some days they SCENE to re-
quirc very little; other days they take
what may seem an inordinatc quantity.
Nevertheless, when required, the water
should bc accessible, and this in line with
the tritc saying: "a mcrciful man is
mcrciful to his beast. ."-Pruiric Farmer.
SMALLER CROPS AND BETTER PRICES.
1t is small, not large, crops that we
need more Of. My minimum crops have
invariably been more profitable, and |
have Ecard 0srrry farmers makc the same
remark. Would it not be well for our
farmers to combine to produce less for a
few years of all staple crops, thereby
thoroughly cleaning up the surplus and
getting better returns for our labor than
VIC have received for the last decade?
Certainly we have the same right to com
bine to limit production rs have coal or
oil companies, millcrs and manufacturers
Some may say that il is our duty to our
selves and our country to do our best in
our chosen calling-but best for whom?
If we can do better by producing less and
getting more for it, why not do it, as
long rs other producers are doing the
same thing and we have to exchange our
products for thcirs9
Why should farmers be the only class
of producers that cannot establish Il price
for their commodities When we buy
we have to pay the price asked; when wc
sell we have to take the pittancc the pur-
chaser secs fly to offer. Surely, no class
of labrGA H6rks as many hours for as
little pay as the farmer, and it is time our
calling was more rcmuncrativc. Can this
be done by producing more or lcSs9
am of the opinion that General Butler
was right when he said that
''our trouble is not ovcrproduction,
but undcrconsumption, and the qucs-
ton is, how shall we increase the con
sumption of farm productss Certainly
not by increasing the quantity, but by
improving the quality. Every one knows
that soggy potatoes, stale eggs, rancid
butter, etc, last much longer than good
fresh No. 1 articles. If all our food
products were the very best, much more
would bc consumed, thus making u
greater demand aud more remuperatiyc