The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-08-14

hold the worlds record under tho gov
ernment test both for number and
weight of eggs, one hen laying 202
eggs in twelve months. weighing six
to the pound.
1t is said that strawberries refine tho
complexion when eaten literally. Be
that as 1t may, we know they will put
a feather edge on n fellows digestive
machinery, and he will have a mighty
good time doing it.
The Dorset sheep will bring the most
lambs, the Cotswoid are the best NUT
ton sheep, the Merino produces the
finest wool and the Shropshires are the
best all round sheep for n farm where
from fifty to n hundred sheep are kept.
II you are born lazy and just want to
make n living I'm the easiest way possi-
bic, keep 200 laying hens. You cnn buy
the feed for the fowls, hire a kid to
gather the eggs and still have enough
left to keep your lazy body and soul to-
gether.
India has a very plentiful wheat har-
vest this year, one Of the greatest
crops which the country has ever
raised, but a bad feature Is that the su-
perstitions of the people prevent them
from so boarding this surplus as to pre-
vent their periodical famines.
The old orchard which has grown
gnarly and unproductive may be reno
vated by removing all dead and decay
Ing growth from the trees, deeply
plowing and continual cultivation Of
the ground for two years and IN appli-
cation Of forty loads Of good barnyard
fertilizer to each acre.
In the timbered sections Of north
Texas we noticed not long since men
girdling sections of fine native forest
and planting cotton on the ground %
treated. The old fashioned rail fence
is also much used there, and we saw
lots Of fence rails In some Of the clear
ings which had been cut the past win
ter.
Unless more than 800 cows can be
secured to support creamery it 10 al
foolishness to put more than 5000 In
to n creamery to care for their prod
uct. If all the money worse than vast.
ed throughout the country ON unneces-
sary creamery plants and outfits could
be Jumped in q pile it would astonish
the natives.
We know of one community where
the introduction of n registered Short
horn bull did the people more lasting
good than did the work Of travelling
evangelist. AS soon as the people be-
gan to raise better stock they built bet
ter houses. took more papers and mag
azines, raised the wages of the school,
teacher, started Sunday school, set
out trees and paid their debts.
A Maine dairyman Bays that II costs
him from $40 to $50 to keep cow a
year and that he makes q profit of S25
on each cow. In many Of the dairy
sections Of the west the cost Of keeping
the COW does not exceed &26, and the
net profits are not as large rs with the
Maine farmer, this because he Is forced
to keep n well bred dairy animal, and
the western farmer won't have that
sort around.
The nations stomach is fast being
segregated at Battle Greek, and when
the time comes that all our food n
predigested there we should like to
know what will become OF the liver Dill
and dyspepsia cure fellows. In the
Hawaiian Islands the natives chew up
the taro root and then throw their
cuds into pot to ferment, when they
have pol, the great national delicacy,
and 1t looks as though we were coming
to something Of that sort before long.
The condition OF many q stock yard
was fearful this spring, ten inch
deep lake Of liquid filth, and on many
Of the farms where these yards were
might have been sent the ash pile of
stack of good straw burned last fail
to get rid Of Ii. The straw pile ana
the filthy yard should be got together
for the comfort Of the stock and the
man who has to care for It, for the in
creased amount of valuable fertilizer
thus to be obtained and because TINT
way is good farming and the first one
Is not.
Our friend, farmer who had been
through the sweat and fret incident 10
the paying of OF big mortgage on his
farm. found himself year ago with
the farm paid for md $500 in the local
bank which no creditor was ciamorine
for. We think that he made very SEN
slble use Of the $500, for he took his
wife and son and went to southern
California and spent the winter, alI
three delighted to get rid of har I'd xroxsr