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Theories Practically Applied. I find that each number of the Rural Carolinian contains something valuable t") me, and for the benefit of those who erv down "book farming" I will say that I do not think it advisable to read an article on any subject in agriculture with a view to following its suggestions "to the letter," as a soldidr would follow Ilardjo's Tactics for drilling, or a housewife i a receipt for making cake; for the same ' rule for drilling or for making cake will i h >ld good anywhere. Not so with farm- 1 i lg. Judgment, and discretion arc lie- i cjssary to the successful application of any theory. Where the climate, soil and seasons are so varied as they are now i in our country, that plan for raising corn, \ cotton,, wheat, or any other crop sucess- 1 fully in one locality, will, and in many 11 instances does, prove ruinous in another- 1 part of the country. Theory and prac- 1 tice must go in Hand. liv other words, I ^as 'faith without works is dead," so is i i theory without good practical judgment i to back it. And whenever the two can < lie brought to amicable terms with each < other, and be induced to keep company, t there will be a profound silence amgng t croakers against "book farming;" and 1 agricultural papers will be more largely c rculated, more appreciated better sup- < ported. ' 1 Let us read the articles written by s those who have been so generous as to go to the pains and expense of ascertain- 1 ing facts, and call therefrom such ideas i < a id suggestions as are applicable to our t own case and necessities.* For my part i I drm't expect everything in the paper to bo adapted to my wants, but I am thankful for such as does suit me, and j i willingly allow the rest for the benefit t . of others. Otherwise I should be as ungenrous t and unreasonable the man who said, < ' "If it didn't rain for him, he didn't want it to rain for anybody else." Ilencc I wish you much success with your, or . rather over paper, for I believe it does L more good than what I pay for can pos- s sibly do you. a 33ut I have not done what I set to ? do, viz: to say something about small d grain, and the importance of making e preparations or laying plans at least, b even this early for another crop. The ; notion among farmers generally since the war has been to sow down largely of their old'fields in small grain, because it does not require freedmen to work it. I in- . tended this article to show that it is an error, and should be abandoned. I also j T wanted to say something about rust in | wheat, but maybe I have written enougli for tliis time, it being my first attempt. Littfo boats must keep near the shore. '' I am a young farmer. Came out of T the war and went at it, and expect to keep at it, for it is an honorable and independent profession, affording an un- 1 limited supply of pleasure, health, and ; . profit for its faithful devotees. However, I would like, before I am done, to invite other young men of the " " plough and hoe" to a social interchange of views and experience in our business, _ using, by your permission, the columns of tue Rural Carolinian as a medium. AVe may not be able to express onrselves in language as terse or elegant as those of other callings, but hope, at least, to j . make ourselves understood. Plough and Hoe. i Line Creek, Laurens County, S. C. A Big Cotton Plant or?a Big Story. t( The DemopoJifl (Ala.; Jbxpnmm gets a credit for the following incredible story * of a cotton tree. Has the Demopolis ' editor seen the plant ? Can any of our b readers tell us anything about it ? See- 1 ing is believing, but we nave not seen : In 1867 a planter of the county living ' twelve-miles from this city, conceived 11 the idea that the cotton plant properly 11 cared for could be made to bear for more than one year. lie believed that the vitality- ot the-plant was destroyed by c frost and frost only.- The result of his tl ii experience, which we will give in by his ii own words, is of unspeakable importance I.1 ti?v the material interests of the cotton growing country,, placing us above and c beyond the necessities and annoyances 0 of our present system of labor. r Mis account of his success, which is far beyond, his most sanguine expectations, is largely vouched for, and is as p follows r ?, "I lost a Targe amount of money in n 1866, the year succeeding the surrender, b in my farming operations, and despaired, t] almost, of the future cotton section, in r the many sleepless niglilS T passed thirds 11 ing over my own affairs, and what the * future had in store for myself and neigh- t bors, whose dependence for existence t: rested solely upon agricultural produc- J! ti'ons, of' which the culture of cotton was the chiefest, the main stay, in fact of the cotton States, the foundation upon which was built all they enjoyed of pro- \ perty in manufacturing, in banking, in ? merchandizing, in all that went to make * up the sum of their industries and f threatened, as these interests i seemed to be, about to suffer extinction f by a system of labor that made the cost ] nf nroduction of the cotton crop greater j than the value of the article produced, by inspiration, for it could have been : nothing else, it occurred to me that could the annual killing of the plant by frost be prevented, the plant might become a tree?a fruitful, ever-bearing tree. '"Success has exceed my most sanguine expectations, my wildest dreams. I will tell you exactly how I proceeded and describe the result. In the spring of 1867* I selected a spot of ground', aoout forty feet square, planted in the centre a cotton seed, tended it carefully; in September I built about it a pen some eight ffeefc square and covered it with glass, kept a thermometer in ifc^ and1 by the ^ aid of a small stove, kept life anc in the plant until May 1868,. at which time I removed the pen. Dnring the summer of 1868 my plant grew till it became a small tree- In the fall of that year I picked 800 pounds of seed cotton from it, ancl built another pen of the same pi ah, but larger than the first; followed the same process through the winter and again removed my pen in the spring of 1860. That year I picked from what was then a tree, cotton that made a bale of 476 pounds. The tree bad now grown so large that I deemed it safe from frost, and in the winter of 1860 and 1870 I left it unprotected, rn the sp iog of 1870 it bloomed at the same time with the peach tree and in the tail I made trom. it Iyiys pounds ol lint cotton. At this writing the tree is in full bloom and promises at least three imles of cotton, and is the wonder of all ivho see it. It is some twenty or twenty-five feet n height, measures at the butt nineteen nehes in diameter, shows no signs of demy, and will bear fruit for years to jome. If this statement does not settle ;he labor of my experiment; to have enured fully into all the minutiae would lave occupied a volume, but if this short xrticle shall turn the attention of planters to the following up of this marvellous irogress, my purpose will have been answered." Don't talk about cotton fields any onger! Give us a cotton grove of a liunIred trees, and we will he satisfied and icknowledgc that the white robed! ty ant is still kincr. Sheridan's "policy'' toward tlic Inlians, being interpreted^ is "heads I win, ails you lose. A young, man in camp-meeting asked he prayers of the assembly because he 'coulll not sit down to a meal without itting three times as much as he ought." A ^Liverpool cotemporary, in report- , rig a meeting, says that one of the ! pealcers "briefly addressed the audience ,t some length." Pending a suit brought by them for , ivorce, a Michigan husband and wife loped together and" left their astonished iwyers in the lurch. HEAD CAREFULLY. 1 a - __ 3 ? . * Ague ana j? ever. j ho only preventive known for Chills and Fovcr . is the ?se of Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. 1 Is good for Dyspepsia* Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. s good for all kidney and bladder complaints. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps s used all over the world by physicians i? their practice. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps Is good for CTont. j Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps Is good for all Urinary complaints. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps Is recommended by all the Medical Faculty. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. Is good for Colic and pain in the stomach. Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. * imiifliAfl finrl eminlprfeilod nrtfl nnrrhnaurB will have to tine caution in purchasing. I beg leave to call the attention of the reader d testimonials in fuvor of the Schnapps: I feel bound to say that I regard your Schnapps s being in every respect pre-eminently pure, nd deserving of medical patronage. At all orcnts it is the purest possible article of Holland in, heretofore unnbtainable, and as such may e safely prescribed by physicians. AVID L. MOTT, M. 1)., Pharmaceutical Cbomirt, New York. Louisville, Kt., Sept. 1*?I fee! that wo have i oiv an article of gin suitable for such cnscs as liat remedy is adapted to. Dr. J. W. BRIGHT. "Schnapps" is a remedy in chronic catarrhal omplaints, eto.: I take great pleasure in bearing highly credible testimony to its efficacy as a remedial agent i the diseases for which you recommend it.? laving a natural tendency to the mucous surncc.%. with a sKgkt decree of stimulation, I reard it as one of the most important remedies in (ironic catarrhal affections, particularly those f the genito-urinary apparatus. With much cspect, your obedient servant, PITAS A T.TCAS. M. D.. New York. 20 Tine Street, N. Y., Not. 21, 18G7.?Udolho Wolfe, Esq., Present: Dear Sir: I hare made chemical examination of a sample of your 'Schiedam Schnapps," with the intent of deterlLning if any foreign or injurious substance had een added to the simple distilled spirits. Tiie examination has resulted in the conclusion hat the sample contained no poisonous or harm111 H'1"1 1 tin...X- " nv trace of the deleterious substances which are oihetimes employod in the adulteration of liuors. 1 would not hesitate to use myself, nor o recommend to others, for medicinal purposes, lie "Schiedam Schnapps" as an excellent and nobjectionable variety of gin. Very respectully yours, (Signed) CIIAS. A. SEELY, Chemist. Chemical and Technical Labobatobt, 18 , Exchange Place, Nf.w York, Nov. 26, 1867? Jdolpho Wolfe, Esq.: Dear Sir: The undersignsd have carefully and thoroughly analyzed a !ample of your "Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps," iclected by ourselves, and have found the same 'ree from all organic or inorganic substances, nore or less injurious to health. From the remit of our examination we consider the article >nc of superior quality, healthful as a beverage, ind effectual in its medicinal qualities. Respectfully yours, AT.EX. TRIPPEL, Chemist, > * UAAtJiJS Sj. 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We have on hand the largest stock of the above Goods south of the city of Baltimore, all of which we guarantee will give entire satisfaction to -all who want GOOD and SUBSTANTIAL WORK The subscribers can refer to gentlemen nil over this State, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida, as to the character of their Work for the post twenty years. ; ' ** W. P. RUSSELL & CO., EAST END HASEL 8TREET, Opposite Wando Fertilizer Works, and in the immediate vicinity of the Charleston and Pavilion Hotels. Aug. 31?2m. ^ - - , ' PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON Life Insurancs Company, - V vf ^ .tJ? w :% ^ OF mCHMOIMU, VA.. 0 ' ?, .->/ ASSETS, over ^?5000,0?0 ]?ET SERPEES, over ~ 75JM5J2 POLICIES ISSEED, over 1,00,000 IS- '?> 0 .? > . a -V , >?vi W. C. CARRINGTON, President; ..,i - ^ J. E. EDWARDS, Vice President, D.J. IT ARTS00K, Secretary, j J. J. HOPKINS, Assistant Secretary, ,, T P. Wfll.V KrnvnriiTMnrxT n? Ancitntcs. / i * r?- ?.? / 0 ... I*. ,'T\! / South Carolina Branch Office at Columbia, S. C. j j ^ ' In South Carolina National Bank Building. J i J. P, THOMAS, President M S. L. LEAPHEART, Secretary, Dn. ISAAC BRANCH, Superintendent of Agencies. ., J uHu i?l^rrT<L"" kT^' 1; i^lr^.Py'r. Shi" -r ^C8^on'^' ^ McMiiater^ w. B. Qulick, Hh State atLaboe.?Ex-Governor M. L. Bonham, Gcnernl M. C. Butler, General John D. Keanedy, Colonel T. C. Perrin, Dr. Isaac Branch, Dr. II. R. Cook. o We offer in tlio Piedmont and Arlington n solid and reliable Insurance Company, thoroughly Southern, in the hands of men of the highest integrity, with abundant assets, recent risks, tb? most secure of all investments, pledged to retain within the State of South Carolina all funds accruing therein, and, indeed, presenting every advantage that can be desired. We confidently appeal to every one interested in Southern prosperity to look to their own interests by sustaining their own institutions, and thereby establish that self-confidence without which there can be no permanent prosperity. Bear in mind that already over $10,000,000 ara < annually sent North for Life Insurance, taking so muoh from our strength and thereby giving additional power to our competitors. Right of party to non-forfeiture in all its politics. Rights of party to re-instatement paid up policy, and surrender value where "intervention of armies" or any other cause cuts the insured off from home office. This feature, omitted in policies of Northern companies, cost the Southern people very heavily in the late war, and should make them seek the only company that provide against such contingency in the future. From an official exhibit, it is shown that the Piedmont and Arlington had a greater increase of business in 1869 over 1868 than any company on this continent. It shows that there were only three companies in the United States that issued more policies '; also, that, with their accumulated risTfs of fifteen or twenty years all combined, this company, though young, stands twentieth in amount of risks in force. * - - - ' ?j itio Pinilmnnt nd Arlington tho ltidinv mis exniuu, among over a nunurea cuiiipum, ui"?v? a? ? 0 Life Insurance Company, at. least of this country. It shows, not only progress, but caution and economy?its losses being light, its expenses small. . .. IFILlAILT ZMZTJTTJ-A-XJ. Dividend puid on whole Life Folicies, forty per cent. Dividends given at end of first year, when all cash is paid. All policies non-forfeitable. . ' * * LEAPIIE IBT, JEFFEBSO.V ?& RAJfSOS, GENERAL AGENTS. WM. CLYBURN, Agent for Kershaw and Lancaster Counties. may 12?ly - ?