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VOL. XIV. ... CAMDEN, S. C? tit-tpst^ 17> 1887. NO. 22.
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TIMELY TOPICS TOR FARMERS.
HOW TO DO PAYING WOllK AT Til 18
SEASON.
ty.. Quggcatiuns of li)toro?t, from an AutUoH
tutlvv Source.
Jono* in tho Southern Cultivnt >r )
iod that bjj^this time every
tturpd liia plans, and is a'
jrjui executing them. Ono
to olaim his attention
" ,o nianuro to be
tp uso composts
Jjreparo them;
efyrml much
will givo fair
month- or nix
application, the
eticc indicates that
where they are pro
in advance. Com
i^hould bo put up at
n that every condition
mentation bo present,
are proper admixture
decided moisture all
i, and a doeidid com
loosely thrown up pilo of
become too hot and bo
A proi>er fermentation
Jgfepout several valuable results.
Bfeleduoefl or breaks down the
coarsor.ingredients, aa hay, straw, leaves
or other inter, and renders tho distribu
tion Of the compost easior and more
uniform. Uniformity of distribution is
a matter of first importance. In the
next placo it renders inert, insoluble
materials activo and soluble. All of tho
nitrogen, for instance, of green or frosh
manure is insoluble; it is either in the
fortn ? of albuminous compounds or of
urea (a constituent of nrino), and must
be changed to ammonia or nitric acid,
before plants can appropriate it. The
dangeAyaKjj .that"; pi' tl|Ifr ammonia is
itori^e^ it may bo driven off hy heat and
keeping tho
bound*, an?
covering th?
dirt s& or oif
and absorb
Another an$>,
venting low }s tii^gkaimVas
ingredients of <
in a comport ^r>eat
x HBii.fWf.u u.iirttT. H f * I
whoro piaster will not. K>umt
is dooidedly thobe?t cheap arid m\,h:(iMc ;
subatanoo for the purpose that wo k-iow. i
It baa boon ju6t stated that kuinit
ought to bo one of the ingredients of a 1
oompoat heap?what other of the chemi-)
oal or ooncentrated fertilizers should en- i
ter into it. Thero need be no hositntion j
in saying that phosphoiic acid, in some |
form, should occupy a front placo in this
roapoct. No subatauco is wore univer
sally wanting in old, long-cropped lands '
than phosphoric acid, none, the appiica-!
tion of whioh, on such lands, has given ;
moro uniformly good results, Uehides j
kainit and pliosphorio acid, thorc are no ,
other chemical fertilizers whioh need
gonorally enter into composts; in ex- j
ooptional caaes Homo others may bo
noeded; that depends upon the nature,
of the more bulky basis of the compost,- {
andtothiBlot ua turn attention. Asa
rule, barn-yard manure, is tho main
' foundation of composts. It consists of
the exorement and urino of horses and
oaitla mixed with a variable quantity of
?litter. With tho farmer it ia au ever
pressing liiquiry how he may inoreaso
the quantity and improvo tho qunlity of
this most valuablo substance. As to tho
first (the quantity), the ready answer of
Northern and European writers lifts been
by keeping more Btock. IJut bear in
mind, howovor, that thin answer comes
' from rogions whoro grass and grain are
the leading orops, and whorif iargo cities
and a dense population (largely, manu
facturing) create . a large dormmd for
food, including meat. To a Northern
or English farmor tlie question is, shall
hay and grain be sold direct from tho
farm, or Bhall thev bo converted 'into
meat and milk, and cheese and butter,
and th^'Become *tho obieot#- of sale?
Ho can-find rtale for either. With a
Bouthom farmer tho conditions arc aoino
what different. At proaont tho moat of
hia land ia too poor to grow graw suo
oossfnlly, $nd olimatio oonditiotts render
email grain props rather uncertain. The
oities about hiin are amall; population is
sparse, and a small portion gf it engaged
in manufactures. Would thesosurrottnd
viing warrant a general inoroaso.iu tho
number of live a took on the farm? That
is extremely doubtful. Exoopt in local*
ittos where there is an ox toil dad "ran go,"
most farmers havo, until a roeout period,
erred in keeping too mnoli rather than
too Utile dtoek. In one direction thutro
mighf be a profitable increase, VJk.'/ in
raisix% all .the horson and mules .they
need, and possibly the hogs required for
domestio nso. Gradually our fariha
might be brought up to the rcquimito
degroo of fertility to produco gras? and
tnrain enough fot a modorato inorcaso in
t)?o n^mbeJf qf milk oows. There is a
dpmaod for good butter At thtf Hont.h,
and wo ought by all means to striyo to
. .Work Up to tho point of supplying it.
Bui after all. tho increase suggested
would be small, and would not go very
,far towards inoreampg the quantity of
manurp. , How, then, oan it lie done?
By moro careful husl>anding of allmanu
rial material on the farm (especially tho
Urine of animalsj and the preventing of
the leaofatnw til the soluble (and therefore
most valuAblqi portions by rain.
In this connection the moat urgent
need 6t Honthom farmers is more Atall
room fd*Vlt64k. * Stalls shojild bo largo
Mid roomy, and so arranged that stock
will not bave to be halterod, but may bo
freo to move about at will. When ani-1
mals are haltered their uriuo is dis
skarged at curtain spots; tlio ooarse |
manure is not uuiformly impregnated
with it, as it should be, aud the animalfi
will stand or lie down iu wet manuro to ]
the serious injury of tlieir hoofs or hides. !
Again, huge stalls iuo desirable, that
manure may accumulate iu them for,
long periods of time without undue rais-'
ing of tho bottom of tho stall or other I
inconvenience. Largo stalls, for like |
reason, admit of tho uso of lan o quanti
ties of litter. And this is 0110 of our:
most available means of increasing the |
quantity of stablo manuro. On many I
Southern farms nine-tenths of tho urine I
i>f stock is practically lost. When notat I
work they arc allowed to run at largo in i
open yards, wlier j thero is no absorbent; j
ur it' there is one to absorb it, tho rains
most effectually Jcacli it out in tho end.
Kept in large stalls, when not at work,
una these stalls kept well littered, a very
large portion of tho urine is absorbed
and perfectly sa%o.l. When litter is im
pregnated with urino, its quality is
groatly improved. It is a very difl'ajont
thing iron litter simply mixed with solid
excrement and rotted. Here is room for
great improvement in our jnethods?this
husbanding of tho urino.
Again, stalls Bhould.net be cloanod out
more than once a Year. Managed as
above, neither tho lioalth nor tho clean
liness of animals demands it, and undor
no other conditions can manure bo ao-!
cumulated with so httlo Iobs or detriment i
to its quality. Tho groat foe to barn
ynrd manure of high quality is tho open
yard. Abundant littoring lxolps matters
some, but leaching will bo great, Tho
dark, rioli juices which flow from it after
every heavy or protracted rain are im
pregnated with Baits of ammonia no less
than soluble mineral ingredients. Let
us banish tho opoti yards from our
farms, and chango tho name fr'om bant ,
yard to stall manuro
Another Bource of bulky, orj
nuro,. whioh is quite unlimi
which may servo as a basis for
is leaves, strive, etc., debo
^ ojr of aahr- -
meorf
ay be useflr albne.
prupv-T^ftmowni "?>!' fi'iiUirrtrft' Trfid"Efcihe
phosphoric acid be added to imoli a
mixture, very complete and perfect
manure is produced. Such u mixture,
thou, makes an excollont basis for a
compost. Ashes and limo should not bo
added directly to stable manure; tlley
will drive off ammonia. But after those
substance# have been mixed with largo
quantities of leaves, havo boconio diluted
alid marked by them, and entered into
new combinations, thoy may then bo
mixed witli stable manure without detri
ment. Veil bushels of ashes to three or
four well packed two-horse wagon loads
of leaves makes a good mixturo. It
ought to bo prepared some months bo
foru it enters into the final compost heap,
A fanner might begin now, and at all
available opportunities through the year,
gather and haul leaves and put up, pons
of btieh mixtures. Ho would be aston
ished at the amount which system and
energy would accumulate iu the course
of a year. It should not bo put in piles,
but in pons four or tlvo ' foot high, well
moistened to start with, well packed and
covered at top with a layer of rich dirt
several inches thick to retain moisture.
After bucIi a heap has been well moist
ened, rains will be apt to koep it wet
enough afterwards. ,Kain will loaoli thin
layers of manure scattered iu a yard or
the thin odges of a spread-out heap, but
will not leach a mass four feet thick with
straight upright sides.
Now, supposing a farrnor has the
several materials mentioned on hand and
is ready to mako his compost?how shall
he proportion tho several ingredients?
Furtyian's formula, now so oxteusivoly
used, is thirty bushels oaeli of fttabhS
mannro and cotton seed, 100 pounds of
! acid phosphate and '200 pounds of kainit,
Enperionco has shown this to bo a vety
excellent compound for land of average
fertility. Can it and should it ovor bo
varied ( Bupposo one has cotton so< d.
but no stable munuro. In Huoh eoso ten
additional bushels of cotton Bced shoivld
take tho place of tho lacking manuto; so
that the formula would bo 10 bushels of
ootton seed, 100 pounds of aoid phos- j
phftto and 201) pounds ot kainit. But it
"would bo dosirahle, to keop up tho do
Bired dilution of tho chemical fortilizors 1
in th? compost, to mi* with the above
ingredients twenty-flvo or thirty bushes
of rioh earth, of wood mold, or some
thing of tho Kind. Again, supposo one
has stable manure, but no ootton seed;
the tthico of tho ootton sood may bo
tfck?ii by ootton meal?say HO bushels of
manure, !MX) pounds of ootton seed meal,
400 jHiunds of aoid phosphate and 200
pounds of'kainit. Bupposo ono's land is
extrolnely poor. Then tho (piantity of
tho cotton seod in tho compost may bo
doubled, the quantities of othot ingrodi
enti) Remaining tho same. If one's lan 1
is (pule rioh, half or even 1msof tho oot
ton need may enter into the ?>ompost,
I the other oonstituonte remaining the
| same. Bupposo one has tho mixture of
lftftve* and ashos. but no manure or oot
ton sqod; then tlie formula should bo 00
bushels of loaf mixture, 4(H) pounds of
ootton sood meal. 400 pounds of aeid
phosphate and 100 pounds of kainit,
IiOis xainit would bo called for in this
caflo, because the ashes, in leaf mixture,
would take its plaoo. If lime only was
mixodl with tho leaves, the full (piantity
of kainit should l>o added.
It iff well to build tho oompost pens in
or near tlio fields to which it is to bo ap
1 plied; this will savo hauling during tho
vory busy sea^n of spring. And every
ono ought to provide himself with a
oompost distributor, bolli for eoonomi/.- j
ing labor and time and for securing uui
formity of distribution. Various pat
terns of those aro now made over the
country, and some of them are simple j
and inexpensive. A revolving cylinder :
with spikes, in a hopper with slot in tho j
bottom and movable elides to regulate j
width of slot, constitute the essential
parts of a spreader, and almost any farm
er can make ono for himself.
As spring oats will bo sown this
month, attention In called to tho mixed
chafaoter of Beed oats sold in the market
as Texas rust-proof ojits. Last year a
good deal sold under that name were not
red rust-proof; the crop ripoued late and
vory uequally. Tho straw of some was
tall, soft and giving?quite dill'erent
from tho strong, st>tf straw of the rust
proof. Homo Beed sold as Texas rust
proof is very good, but one should be
cautious and examine closely before pur
chasing. As a rule, it is better to buy
j homo-raised seed, if it is possible, when
ono is uudor tho necessity of buying at
all. For spring oats, sow spring-grown
Beed, and those from a region south of
your locality aro preferable to thoso from
a point north of you. Wo need fully
acclimated variotios. Sow as early as
possible, it is just as woll to risk killing
by cold when a crop is sown oarly, at to
run tho tho gauntlet of destruction by
tho drought and rust in tho spring when
a oronp is sown lato. Rich land and bot
tom land m-jy bo sown lator than poor
upland. Have seen good crops of oats
on bottom land sown in Maroh. It is
always well to sow somo of tho oat crop
on such land, if ono has any that is well
drained. Bottom lands need occasional
test from corn crops, and if tho spring
is voir dry an oat orop on bottoms pays
very handsomely. By all moans sow a
e drop of oats, and give it a fair
'ALirroirvoiNQ #1KS.
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JiwiMl on Common Smimo and
Je^-Dny Kxperleijce.
? .-tip right 1 ''foro us, while
l to you liko a Dutch unolo. And
going to say? .lust this:
? ipniotliing, young man! Don't
Tr.-a.ll you got, and run in debt,
iblow in your money on oigars,
boor, good clothes, or, it may bo, a fast
gfirl. "jDon't run-or incline to that sort
of business. It is' demoralizing, danger
ous, deadly. Thoyo i* nothing that giv^a
oat oheat bo ,broadlytiim with
auoh an inspiring sonso of manliness, n?
t? own something. Try it, and soo whnt
a noblo ploasuro it is to own a pieoo of
land. It may bo only a few acres. Per
haps an humulo village plot, or a more
t>rotontiouB oity lot, but to own it?to
?avo as all your own, that which you
' havo paid lor, a pieco of God's good
ijound earth, is to acquire a fooling of
I security and independence whioli is the
j most delicious and profitable experience
| in the world. To step out upon?to
|<ph}nt your poor feet squarely on some
I pioco of land, somo little portion of
I earth anil fotl tliat it is all your own? |
that you alono possess it, that it has
boon won by your own endeavors, by
toil and strugglo, through patient work
ing; to know that the grass that greens
it, this spot of earth, you own?the
violet that blooms nbovo its vorduro, the
viucs that ornament i^ are yours to pos
b^Ks and on joy, gladdening tho eye, de
lighting the senses; that tho glad sun
will boautify it and tliq iains of heaven
' moisten it into brightoning beauty, all
ti^ia brings a nonso of pleasuro and feel
ing of oontentmont that can bo realized
from no other method of onjoymont. It
afreodom? independence, ioy! Then to
is oxquisito and onnobling sense of
possesion may be added the delight of
a homo, and underneath hoavon, there is
no joy bo pure, so olevating as a well
ordered home I Beneath tho shade of
your own vino and fig treo, clasping
Jour little onos to your heart, with wife
1 loving oommunion, tho glories and
peaco ox tho homo of God is only above
this hoavon on earth I Yea, young man I
Own a piece of land I No ono, however
nmall Ins pay, little his savings, but can
in due courso of timo have a havo a
home of hia own- ft pioeo of tho good,
wide earth, all hia own! Boys, work for
it! Young man, got it, and tho State
and tho nation will bp the gainer, and
humanity tho bettor off, for tho truo
nobleness of citizenship is oentored in
him who haa earned a homo, for that
homo lcada to tho olmorvatico of law,,
and respoot for constituted authority iu
ouloatcs moral and Christian duties and
thoso to lovo for your felloWmou and to
the fear of God! Young man, got a
pieoo of land.?Exohango.
A Son)vmiiiImiIInI'n I'rnniAimilfi.
A dooidod aonaation was oroatod on tho
streets at Akron lato last ovening by a
well known lady rosiding on North lligh
street coming upon tho street in very
airy attiro, being dressed in a singlo gar
mont in whioh suo lmd gono to bo<l. Hho
walkod at least tliroo blooks and .crossed
two main stroot? near the heartof tho oity,
being soon by quite a numbor of pooplo.
A gentleman who saw the la<ly oome
from her house, and seeing that she was
walking away from her homo in anything
but proper dross, apnroaohod hor and
laid his liand on her shouldor, whon he
noticed that sho was asloop, He took
hold of her arm and lod hor l>aok to her
Jionso, whero sho onterod, giving no
signs that sho was awake, though the
oold, air and froat of tho night must have
severely chilled hor body, whioh was
almost nudo. -Upooial to tho Cincinnati
Knqniror.
? ? ?? ?
A bane deceiver Is fit for nothing hut
playing hall.
Ufi Their
. ft* Woe tern
"to the pros-^
KlnatM "a crop*
it'sA \ Vlt*/J^)iied.valno to tho peo
ple wlnt fix wit than tho cotton crop in
low. 'J 1 o AfflRotop of Europo has tho
chid reso rori v? the northern provinces
of Italy u. ut oi several districts of Franco
for more vafc luiif a century. It is still
at the lug ^*^p<)8itaon for those coun
tries, butg if "eaiuiot bo- increased and
made ndeA^fe to supply this country
with silk."*lt njninot \>e increased for
ream Mi* c >. l&oted-with the closo occu
pation of t'ao laiid hbro, the heavy taxes,
and tho en ;>wrm?*tnentH and restrictions
on the occljweea.ol' the soil; tho Heavy
rentals am' ? V nbnolute need of growing
as much 1- /< Ijo* possible, and tho labor
of the poo,., tafco ouro of.
In the o<nn?J.and southern States here
tho sit nati.<%;%holly different. There
is a Hurplu^> Juud, very lightly taxed,
and not ii|! jiuboved,' but almost abso
lutely out of' t\ae, beoauso it does nd* pay
to cultivate at ill -competition with tho
Westb ?
Tin wo is ]h>^urpunt demand for labor
to piodnoo Fu><l crops and no restriction
whatever ?onf j^'fi^Uxto Of tho owners
of land or t'
'J 10 few VAtV-.
tho own or*.
aciit/ii of tk
plo, aud tfyv
a orop o, on;
The cotto
tion as the
fcJouth, but
neoe&ttiry o?L
growi ug'it^
er. It does
labor, and it
fertility oi th<
propnro for u
to realize wh
as it still is l<
rich lands,
to tho grea
and espeoiull
tho South;
But in all
soil and the <
growth of 6:
digonous, ami
cultivation.' I
??ud all classel
profusoly wil
ploughing or 1
being praotioJ
pan t? ^ '
iuco
y.
the
ly grown it
into Bilk?a
than a mont
Tho cocoom
soquenco, oj
material cos
nalborry trooH?,o nafflSTolit
3 an easy work to turn them
Tow days only, not niore
1?and the crop of tho year
is grown an< ? Gathered, ready for salo.
need no preparation of con
nono which involves any
If a filature is noar at
haud *.bey <lan bo immediately reeled,
and the reiudd is worth five dollars a
pound?not merely tho six or eighteenth
a uonud whi h tho ginned cotton brings.
The cocootii w hru gathered, aro worth
eighty odntu one dollar a pound; but
thov aro not difheult to reel, and may bo
reeled at mil '"S a.1- is done in Italy. Tho
full value of 'he Ik can thon bo realized.
This silk wl > n reeled is tho most en
during and i><>nu;ineutly valuable of all
fibros; oMiu'-ch more valuable for any
definite wei] :ht than any other as gold is
more viilnal than iron.
There is i"'t the least practicul dillieul
ty in prodiu 'ng silk in any villugo or on
any farm. >o machinery is needed, and
not a dollar ueod ho pain for any tools
or fixtures. I-?ight feeding frames may
be made by any man or intelligent boy
of light boa' ds or of branehes of trees.
Hhelter frorj' storms must be taken to
avoid wotti ng or ohilling the young
worms. Tl o eggn must bo kopt in a
cool and dr/ place until the leaves ap
S^Mir. It is not proposed to give preoiso
lireotionu li ''re, but only to asmre all
intelligent | >orsoriH that there is nothing
more roqiin <'d than every such person
can rea uly learn. If a mistake is made
in some pr; eew? once, it may bo easily
corrected tl e next time.
T1 in writ?lr of this note hns had a lifo
tirne oxpetiV"^ tho public service and
a thorough (knowledge of tho cultivation
and res"urcf K the country for a long
period, auifl of the Houth particularly,
mnco IHol, Thon tho best realization
from the o< tton crop was still very iin- I
porfeofc, bfc ause ootton was very littlo j
manufaotul '?d. Now mainifaeturors of j
ootton in iho Houth aro gonoral and
prosperous, but to grow cotton iH no
longer noHj'ible, with profit, on tho worn
lands of tbJ> osatorn States Houth.
Htill ran. "? tho ciroumstanoes of tho
country ar * greatly ohanged, and an im
mense consumption of raw silk has boon
established- The present demand taken
500,(MX) poinds per month, or (5,000,(MX)
pounds ix
045,174.
r year, worth 830,000,000.
Tho impor M of raw silk for Novoml>or
1880, wore 540,0BC pounds, vrluo $2,
f lialf of tnis wero not grown
hero it wot M oost tho merest trltlo to
tho growo l>oyoiid their time, and
would l>o a n?t profit of almost ita full
valuo. It would bo so muoh directly
added to tl10 national resources, and it
would all c. [,mo to those who have no
other rosot iro<> to oonvert their time into
money.
*?^ ojBB'tKyi has boon out through from
1-ako Angeles oounty, Cali
forniafw fhW%cean, ""t further work
toward* fn|l'<ing a harbor of tho lake hns
l>eon BUflp<P,<^fld until the arrival of piles,
wl^ioU aro Wtt>o?ted. Largo suotion
p^mB hav(f )M'on ^rom tho lako ovor
Che hill inf? doop valloy, whore a stoam
dredger l)u. ar* to work and tho
dfifotilj rtJJvoyod 'T)y, tho suction pipes
ftM ""'"K 'or the road, which
noA IxS^Rfftdod for flvo miles towards
m .
I . . SHKKMAN AM) II LA IK.
A 1'reBlileiitlitl Ticket that Is Mr.ch Talked
About.
(From the Wa?hiLb'ton Republican.)
Tho presidential ticket rnivL or.* ubout
Washington are talking a gu-xt deal of
Sherman and Blair as tin; Republican
candidates for 1888. It .s claimed that
the two Senators would form a peculiarly
strong combination on account of the
variety of causes to whioh their promi
nence is duo. A leading western Senator,
who woiUd not allow his name to be
used in this connection, for obvious rea
sons, spoko of tho ticket with enthusi
asm in conversation with a reporter.
"Senator Sherman," said he, "has tho
contidenco of tho business, men in every
section of tho cor'itry in a greater du
Lcreo than any other man iu public life.
His wise and conservative) policy as Sec
retary of tho Treasury and his soundness
on all the important questions which
have engaged tho attention of Congress
in tho last twenty years murk him as an
absolutely safe man to put in tho Whito
House ovon if he did not possess any
brilliant qualities of mind. In one par
'tioular ho is unique. Although a West
ern man, and of course deeply interested
in tho progress of his section and alive
to its peculiar interest*?, he is ae well
liked by tho Rreat financial movers of
Now York and tho faotory men of Mas
sachusetts (is ho is by tho farming
olemont of tho west. You will not find
that tho Senator's namo is very generallf
lauded by tho politicians on account of
his personal popularity, for he does not
?g*Vel on his "magnetism," so to speak;
;o north, east,'south or west and
' * w pooplo say: "Sherman is a
The business interests of thd
on him." This, it
,e greatest praise that
' on a statesman. For
brllUanoy 011 tho
boy s aro all
bnl business
jSOUtld principles,
' legislative ex
is one of
who have not, in
public ciureer, gone
?rdueetion?
100 ho in
^ - New
Jfrthe
;inorethan
A
uwrau ihi.y a?T**,wj, anu wna turn ohio'1
Senator on tho tioket tho cgjsdidnto 1
would need no dofonse oitbor. His
recoid over since ho entered politics is j
puro, and thero is nothing to hide or
explain. Of course there would nccos-1
sarily be petty feampaign litis, but they '
would aftect tho Senator just as the |
throwing of pebbles would utTect the j
Washington monument.
Senator Rlair would, I think, m.iko j
the strongest kind of a second in this j
ticket. In tho first place, ho is from the
east. Then his strength is of a peculiar j
kind which would swell tho Republican ]
vote in doubtful quarters. His earnest;
and consistent temperance record would !
be worth thousands of votes to tho ticket!
in New York State alono wlioro, among !
temperanco peoplo, ho is looked upon as j
a sort of apostlo. No one doubts the
sincerity of the man or attributes his'
profession of temperance principles to a !
desire for political gain. He in known
to bo opposed to rum on principle, but i
he is ono of those who believe that the j
liquor trafllo can bo regulated better by |
tho llopublioan party than by any third
party organization. He does not seo the .
expediency of breaking up the grand old
party, which has taken the lead in every j
species of progress and reform during j
the past thirty years, in order to advance ;
prohibitory plans of moro than doubtful
feasibility. With tho conservative tern- I
peranco pooplo his namo is a tower of ;
strength, and thero aro enough there in ;
the very quarters whoro their votes are ;
needed, to swell tho Republican vote to j
such proportions as would oloar away all i
doubts of success in 18H8,
Another great element of strength in j
the Henator is tlio favor with which tho I
South looks upon his efforts to promote
education in their section. I am not one ;
of thoso who think that tho South is
going to remain forover "solid." L be- |
novo that with a man on our ticket who
would represent some idea that is popu-1
lar in the South we could gain two or
perhaps three States next time. Vir- j
ginia, you know, is strongly in favor of
the Hlair educational bill, it is likely to |
go Republican any how in 18HX, but j
with Senator Rlair on tho tioket assur- (
anco would l>e rendered doubly suro. |
Tho samo may l>o said of Tonnosseo, |
which, in a national oontost, is a clone
Stato. West Virginia would likely fall
in lino also, since tho Rlair bill has more
advocates thero proportionately than in
any other State in the Union. So, all
things considered, I think tho Republi
cans could not namo a stronger tieket
two yoars honco than Sherman and
Hlair.
The A nrirraOii Itnnri I,aw.
Senator Murray has rnised a row in his
county by his now rotul law, and Is busy ,
trying to satisfy his constituents. The law
provides that tho roods in Andcison enmity i
must 1k> worked enough days to put and
keep them In thorough order, and the pro [
j visions of the hill are stringent enough to
nceomplish this end. There is, also, a
small levy mado for macadamizing parts of 1
of the road which arc so spongy Hint ordi
nary work cannot cure the defects. The !
law is an excellent, one and wo wish it hail
j lieen extended to this county. The howl
Is raised principally hy Mr. Murray's oppo-'
nent, who would seek any opportunity to 1
i render him unpopular.?opwrUinbiiru tier- .
1 aUl
THE COTTON CHOP.
I' iioqimllvtl fur ClruullueM, Color utid
l.ciiKth of Sti?|ilc--l'rlc? of Heed Is Low,
Washington, 1). C., February 10?
Tho report of the cotton orop of 1886
shows tho average at tho date of the olose
of tho picking season, the proportion of
tho crop marketed on tho nrrt of Feb
ruary, tho quality of tho staple, tho
prieo of seed and product, oompored
with that of 188f>. The close of tho
picking is reported tho name as last year
in tho Carolinas and Toxas; one day
earlier in Mississippi; two later in
Georgia and Louisiana; four in Tennes
see and twenty-one in Arkansas.
Tho dates are: North Carolina, De
cember 2; South Carolina, November
;$u; (leorgia, December 1; Florida, No
vember J7; Alabama, December 22;
Mississippi, December 7; Louisiana, De
cember 12; Texas, December 3; Arkan
sas, December '25; Tennessee, Deoember
15. The later maturing of tho orop is
extending tho season in a few States
only. In Arkansas the soason was
lengthened by the inability to piok tho
heavy harvest. Returns of the propor
tion marketed made the average to Feb
ruary 1, 188."), one por oont. At that
date'about 5,'>50,1)00 bales had gone from
the plantations.
| This would indicate a crop of 6,460,
000 bales, a mere trifle above the No
vember indications. Of tho rate of yield,
the proportion by States is as follows:
North Carolina 87, South Carolina 88,
| (leorgia 85, Florida 83, Alabama 87,
| Mississippi 84, Louisiana 83, Texas 80,
; Arkansas 81, Tennossoo 83. The quality
j of tho crop is suporior. llaroly, il ever,
] havo returns of cleanliness and oolor,
J combined with the longth of staple,
: equalled th080 just roeeivod.
Tho price of /mmmI iff low, and oomplaint
1 is made of tho combination of oil millers
to reduce prices. Renters will sell at
any prices, sometimos as low as five to
eight cents per bushel. The best plant
ers refuse to sell at ruining rates. The
avorago in Mississippi ana Louisiana is
ten cents, eleven in Arkansas, twelve in
Texas and Tennessee, thirteen in South
CfiVolina, Georgia and Alabama, sixteen
in Florida.
x Feeders of cattle and shoep pay tho
highoBt rate. Tlio product is larger than
last year in Florida, Tennossoo, Arkansas
and Texas, and smaller in the other
States. The average result from a oare
analysis of present returns is an
' $ than two por oont. lower
HLfcCNG* Jm
lU VdloUD Oll?H|tll??H of thfl Food It
I'roduron.
Mr. tioorgo W. Koinor, a loading
farmer and 8took minor of Augusta coun
ty, Ya., has furnished choHtaunton Vin
dicator tlie following account of liiH ex
porionco with a silo.
"Last August I put up a frame build
ing 12 by 12 and 12 foet high. The
frame is H inches, planked up on both
sides. The space between was flllod with
sawdust. I put in a plank floor and
covered with plank, with a door in one
corner ut the ground. The building did
not cost over $20, with an estimated
capacity of 3<J tons. On August 23 green
corn was cut. Not liaving planted tho
corn for the purpose, and only as an ex
periment, 1 selected tho lightest growth
in the corn field. The corn wao cut in
half inch lengths by steam power, and
(luring the filling of tho silo three men
trumped the cut fodder as tight as they
could pack it. Tho silo was only filled
only half full, not feeling sure that this
plan of house would keep it well. The
top was t 'leu covcred with ono and a
half feet 'Iry wheat chaff rad placed loose
planks, closely fitted, coloring the en
tire top. Upon the plank was put two
feet of stone. Tho gablo ends wore
nailed up and tho job was complotod at
a cost of about $1 per ton.
"On December ?"> I oponod the door at
the bottom made for tho purpose of get
ting the ensilage out. I found it in
splendid condition, except a few iuohefv
around tho sides and on top. Fearing,
there would bo somo troublo to teaoh
stock to eat it, some of tho onsilago wa?
offered to horses, cows and hogs?all etc
it at once with as much relish as if it wae>
green clover. After feeding tho onsi
lago a few days to cows, thoy inoreeeert
their How of milk, besides giving a richer
quality. The stock, which havo been
fed upon ensilago alone except aooom to
a straw stack, havo increased in weight
and manifest an increased appetite ftnA
taste for it. It is said that green olover*
cut when in bloom, makes as good en
silage as green corn. Clovor that will
make one and a half tons of hey will
make twenty tons of ensilage per eoTo,
and oorn that will mako forty to fifty
bushels per acre will make about twenty
five tons of ensilage.
While Adellnn I'attl waft Kinging In the
Orand Opera House, Ran Francisco, on
Wednesday night, a tremendous explosion
was heard, and a cloud of smoke arose
altove the railing of the top gallery. As
soon as the location of troumo could t>e
learned, a policeman rushed to the nceno
and found a man with burnt, faco and
hands, moaning with agony, and tho re
mains of an infernal machinc about him.
I le was placed under arrest and conveyod
to lie hosmtal, where he stated that wner\
he stooped to piek up tils hat ?nd cane 1*^
found a pnekage under his scat which ke
picked up, and that as he raised it U* ace?
what It was it exploded.
lie was badly hurt. He gave kle narcu?
as I)r. James I lodges, aged 7\ years, resi
dent Id Han Francisco. Ho atouJJy main
tains Ids Innoeenco, hut It kt generally be
llcved he tried to throw a tK>mb at Petti.
" What's l?h i ttrfo In kicking?" asks art ?*?
(luvngv- There Isn't any. That la proha
V>ly why most men kick.