The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, April 01, 1874, Image 2
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?I>e sEfxington Jjisimtclu
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1874.
W. D. M. HARMAN, Editor.
Logout for APRIL-FOOLS.
We call attention to the sale of
the. property of Lctheu Fulmer,
deceased, on the 13th instant. See
notice.
?1
In Florida they are buying butter
by the quart; in Maine they
are selling milk by the pound; in
South Carolina pay certificates are
going off by the yard.
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Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes goinjr
off at cost, at Harman*
o '
wjrt's. Give them a call soon, for
they mean business in the way of
quick sales and no profits.
There is a new issue of ten cent
bills, and owing to their large size
is sometimes mistaken for a fifty
cent stamp. They are said to be
the prettiest made since the "unpleasantness.''
We had an occasion to pass over
n portion of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, a short
time since, and found the trains
well filled with passengers. There
appears to be a great deal of travel
over this road.
Arms and ball cartridge are being
distributed to the militia of
Edgefield County, preparatory to
the Fall Campaign. From report
Lexington County \rill have use
for a/etc, in order to put down
"insurrection."
"We see it announced that round
x-'- A-?t-n ov?/l fi-nm Charles
il'ijj Ut'&CIO, W UUU -
ton, will be furnished by the Greenville
and Columbia and the South
Carolina Railroad officials, for one
fare, good until the 1st and 10th of
May next. See notice in another
column.
Col. Thomas Dodamead, Superintendent
of the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad, has been mentioned
as a man well qualified to
fill the gubernatorial chair for the
next term. The Colonel is spoken
of as beiug no politician, but a
shrewd, energetic Railroad man,
who could af d would run the State
proceeds from the taxes thus lev-!
ied are reqyured by law to be kept
by the State Treasurer separate
and apart/and to be applied for
the purposes for which they are
respectively levied and none
others.
? A., . ?
A second edition of the History
of the Soutti Carolina College, by
!Dr. LaBorde,^mbracing'additionnl
sketches and a life of the author^
by Kev. J. L. Reynolds, E>. D., will
be published by subscription during
the ensuing Summer, by Walker,
Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S.
C. The price of the volume will
be $2.50, payable upon publication.
?A true balsam. Dr. Wistar's
Balsam of Wild Cherry is truly a
balsam. It contains the balsamic
principle of the Wild Cherry, the
balsamic properties of tar and of
pine. Its ingredients are ell balsamic.
Coughs, colds, sore throats,
bronchitis, and consumption speedily
disappear under its balsamic
influence.
m
It is stated that one C. A. Trotter
has trotted eighty dollars out of
the citizens of Anderson?he claiming
to be an agent for a Boston paper,
and he is trotting around under
an assumed name as one of the fast
/rollers of Boston. He must be a
pretty fast trailer but ae can be
teat, so 3*011 had better not oei your
money on him. He is still trotting
on around the course-.
The Edgefield Advertiser says:
''Judge Carpenter, when asked to
order the publication of the Grand
Jury's Presentment at the recent
term of our Court, said that he was
willing so to do, but that he disliked
to impose a heavy* expense
upon the County of Edgefield for
printing. We tnen agreed to puolish
said document for half price.
"Will other parties follow in the
same direction for the sake of reducing
taxes nud getting out of
debt?" "We have never charged
or received a cent for publishing
the Presentment of the Grand Jury
of our County, and expect to continue
to do so1 free of charge, as we
consider this document as general
news to our readers. Now, what
other newspapers will do likewise,
"for the sake of reducing taxes and
getting out of debt ?' j
\
Some time since a case from
| Georgia?Guxs vs. Barry?involv!
ing the constitutionality of the:
i Homestead law, was decided by i
the Supreme Court of the United
States adversely in this: That '
ja judgment obtained before the ;
: adoption of the Homestead law i
could be enforced. So we take it
; as a fixed fact that judgments ob- !
: tained prior to the lGth of April,
11808, can be enforced without regard
to the Homestead law.
i
I Mr. Dcxx, Senator from Horrv
County, shows that $1,756,000 of
i the people's money have not been
; accounted for by Mr. Iyimptox, Fi:
nancial Agent of the State of i
'~ ' " ?r*;*.,
i SOUtQ uarouua, m Hio w
: New York. Of the $9,514,000 of
j "new bonds" issued during the
: late administration, the Financial
|
I Agent appears to have received only
^ $8i472,000, and of these only $7,i
757,500 nppear to have been sold,
leaving $1,756,000 entirely unaccounted
for. A committee has
been appointed to look after these
; self-appropriated bonds.
We do not wonder at the grum;
bling noise made about the attachj
ees, or "snatchees" as some call
1 them, at the last General Assembly,
for it is said that there were one
; hundred and twenty-five. This is
, far beyond the number that this
i economical body voted to employ,
i They thought that they had cur!
tailed the amount of expenses in
: this line, but by some hocus-pocus
i movement it has amounted to a
I nice pile and reaches$51,000?$23,'
000 for the Senate and $28,000 for
: the House. We suppose that some
of the sable members thought that
the public bowl held enough "pap"
for every one to help himself to it.
; |
By an Ordinance passed by the
; City Council of Columbia, last
week, we see that the bar-rcoms
are to be closed on Sundays. Now,
what will a fellow do for a phlegm
| culler Sunday mornings, or his
j ice-cold Lager during the heat of
! the day this Summer? We fear
that some of the members of the
last Legislature have whispered
; something in the ears of the Council
in relation to the-matter, for
we hjHard one say, a few weeks
; since,ithat out of the many
be true, we don't blam? any - memI
ber fdr this act, but wh think that
he ought to have caused ?h"? Legislature
to have looked into this
matter, before its adjournment, for j
' its own protection.
The Columbia Daily Union says:
i "Messrs. Haitian & Morels, Photographed,
No. 75 Assembly
Street, have succeeded iu getting
ar\n\a nrnrwl views nf the State House
i o- -- .
and grounds, and of the Palmetto l
j Monnment. Also, among their coP-!
i lection is a photograph of one of j
the sand hill teams, a copy of which j
has been forwarded to make glad j
the heart of Dr. Redfield, of the j
j Cincinnati Commercial.'
j Give them a call and examine i
: their latest specimens, and you will j
i be sure to have your likeuess put \
| in a frame, and one that will please j
i you so much that you will not leave j
| dissatisfied as some have done at j
other establishments of this kiud. I
; "We had them to take our phiz and !
it pleased us so much, we had it
| placed in a frame and brought it
away. Go and try your hand.
i
Pitman's Phonography has hith- 1
erto been considered the shortest,
most perfect and rapid system of
Short-Hand Writing. It, bow!
ever, has several and important
! defects: being difficult to learn on
! account of its numerous rules, with :
! an array of exceptions to them, 1
; and from the fact that several
1 sounds have a multiplicity of signs,
I which are apt to delay and confuse !
, even an unexperienced writer, who
! has to think which form he should |1
'use when he ought to be free 3
i
; from all thought except as to what
j the speaker is saying. The de- 1
j fccts, and the necessity of a more
! simple and uniform system, have '
: led to the perfection of a new sys
tem known as Edeography (de- j
' rived from two Greek words mean
j ing pleasant writing,) which is free |
Tfrom all irregularities, and is much i;
j easier, and thirty per cent, shorterp
' than Pitman's. The whole princi- i
j pie of this new art may be acquired
! in a few days, and a month's pracj
tice of one hour daily in reading
I and writing will enable any one to '
i use it with facility. The "Manual 1
J of Edeography" is published by j
I Messrs. T. W. Evans & Co., of j
| Philadelphia, a responsible lirm,
who will promptly fulfill the ofter
they make in our advertising col
umns. . i
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For the Lexington Dispatch.
Mr. Editor:?The Republicans, J
and True Republicans, having had j
a good deal to say in the Dirpatch,I
not long since, I now propose that i
they all drop politics for a while,:
and join us and say something!
about establishing a few more Cot-1
ton Factories in. Lexington County, j
So far, as I have been informed, j
. . |
those in operation are doing a profitable
business, and, as there is no
danger of over doing the business,
I would suggest a plan by which
oue or two more might be put up
without the aid of foreign capital,
or seriously embarrassing those interested
in it.
There is water-power enough on
Twelve Mile Creek to spin all the
cotton raised in Lexington and
Edgefield Counties, and money
enough could be raised in Lexington
County, within five years, to
put up the Factories to do the
work. I do not propose to go in
on quite so extensive a scale, but
start by putting up one good one,
capable of manufacturing one
thousand bales of cotton a year,
and enlarge upon it as circumstances
would permit I am. not
much acquainted with manufacturing,
but it is my opinion that it'
would require less capital to spin
one thousand bales of cotton than
it would to raise it, and if I am
right, the profit is certainly greater,
because a pound of spun cotton
is worth more than two pounds of
raw cotton. Mv idea would be to
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lorra a company aim juiuc
hundred dollars a share in the
stock; and allow no stockholder to
subscribe less than one share, but
as much more as he pleased. In
this way I think a large number of
shares could be obtained in the
County. Hundreds of people in
the County would take one share
each, and many would take more.
I have not the least doubt that the
good citizens, owning the waterpower
ou Twelve Mile Creek,
would| willingly take the amount
of a reasonable price for the water-power
in stock, and glad to do
so to forward the enterprise. I
would lik-e to hear the opinion of
others upcyi Ahis plan of establishing
Factories throughout the coun-c
try and I may say more upon the'
iHJfiwpt another time if .the plan
who will subscrib*^*^^^
ONE SHARE?
For the Lexington Dispatch.
The I>ol>ut oi'.T. W. L.
Artlnn*.
Mr. Editor:?1 bad at first concluded
to pay no attention to that
tyingtrficle which appeared in your
issue of the 25th instant, over the
signature of that Congam* tchrlp,
but since he has attempted to deceive
the good readers of your valuable
paper I feel it a duty, which
devolves upon me, to show him up
in his true light and awaken within
him a feeling of surprise to his sad
condition.
There are three counts in the
case of this false and frivolous aw
tiior:
1st. That he has attempted to
make it appear that he?the said
"J. W. L. Arthur"?is wealthy,
and must ever protect and defend
the aristocracy of his County.
2d. That he, the said Conyarce
"J. W. L. Arthur," is intelligent
and educated, inspired with great {
wisdom to detect the en^* in the !
dent.
3rd. That he, the said "J. W. L. |
Awthur," is a polished gentleman, j
In answer to the first count I j
must say that the inspired writer, j
"J. W. L. Arthur," has lied, for; by\
referring to the Tax-books you will'
6nd that he onb* pays one dollar j
tax on his empty gourd. I
In answer to the second count I i
am sorry to say that the said "J.!
YT. L. Arthur" has lied again, for j
the article over his signature was!
not his own production, but was :
written by a man who is a base cow- j
ard and using the said "J. W. L. I
Arthur" as a tool for its publica- j
tion.
In answer to the last count I am j
truly sorry to make this exhibit, for j
it will deprive the said "J. W. L. I
A-rthur" of ever}' principle belong- j
ing or in anywise appertaining to j
that which constitutes a gentleman.!
"J. W. L. Arthur" thou stands j
charged with having stopped, for i
the night, with an honest, hard- j
working gentleman, who resides on j
the Augusta wagon road 8 miles;
from Lexington Court House, and!
that you, the said "J. W. L. Ar- ;
rnrR," sneaked off without- paying i
for your night's lodging.
mra-irr i A 1
I am sorry tlmUs have been forced :
by my own feelings to be so severe j
upon you, biit^perhaps, it may be ;
instrumental in making a man of |
yon. And now, # my good fellow, |
let me say a few .words to you o'c.
I bid you an affectionate farewell,
and before doing so let me inform
j you that I am 4fo scholar; that I
have never been to school; never
j studied grammar? but I do know a
| little about arithmetic and can
i some times ciphar-out a fool, which
I have done, in your case, with
your assistance.
I would say to you. for your own
good, that mugfc depends upon
your future courgji and actions to
sustain yourselflts a gentleman.
You have attempted a mammoth
undertaking. Ate you not aware
that you should be well heeled before
you step iato the political
arena ? "Why m j friend, if I am
permitted to ealhyou thus, you are
entirely too younir. You will do
very w^Illo be tlife boss dog in a
Temperance Lodtt, but stay out
of politics, ^th^Tls one thing
which is muchUa^our favor, and
that is you are oung. I would
suggest that yotPj t? to your friend,
who wrote that a? icle for you, and
demand of him one year free tuition,
you are entitled to it, and he
has lips enough t&teach you?provided
that empty gourd will keep
it?at any rate he can learn you to
lie, which, in your ease, if you continue
in politics^yon will need.
There is nothing like being a good
liar, and for one ^ young as you
are, you have made a pretty fair
start. \
Ar.TircK, if yon knew Iho sentiments
of the peoji Lexington
County you wonli not hesilate^oi
one moment to do what I herewitl
! suggest: 1
IMml', Tliutj . "J. v.*. L. Ar
thur," having l>eei dn/^d by an in
fernal coward \ylio is acting behinc
the curtain, that * n consideratior
for the injury1 ha tarfweived, anc
the impression tluS^as been mad<
upon me, by a dcjmf that I will 01
! next "Wednesday, fthrough the col
J nms of the I)i?pajch, expose thi
incognito friend. *
Now, my good fx)//, uuless yoi
do as snggesteibnAwre you are for
ever lost, stigmntu&Lfo* 705U* owl
acts, and unless jtjf S it I shal
never take aDT-Jp|NfoffhV ~'?rai
I ttSncle Ibv yor
that I have an eyc3eartne directioj
! whence it came, a? just as sooi
| us I get evidence^^ufficient to sat
j isfv my mind thatHf^'rote it I wil
! attest his pluck, q^B@) pared witl
i his writing, by which I wil
) put upon- his bJP? and that h(
j must either prov^T him.self a mar
j or show the //andejfeather.
nanitai ftTT^BEiondcnce.
Columbia, - *? 1^74.
The adjournment of the Legis|
lature and retireitpnt^of the incnij
hers thereof has-?B^?ast a gloom
; upon o\uv fair The world
j till moves, ev?i^^B|^|li^*4iot
at"the helm of .Sfl^^^Bregnlate
i the movements finan|
cially) of the grai^^H' ship. It
I has been corcedt^^Pto the session
jist iertainabeen the
most corrupt our ?l3:t have been
called upon to w#*^s. Bribery
has existed to anTCjfming extent,
and it is a fact ^^S'tby of-note,
that whenever jflSeasure which
failed to pass \vm subsequently
brought to the attention of some
of the members, /B would invariably
reply: "TVkJno .offer was
made for a djvisimAnd of course
we could not 'se^B
THK CLOfii^BfcfES
Of the General A^fcbly surpass {
description. ^PayJfcpiium could :
not have been ^^Bdepicted by!
the greatest artr^Kkill.' Mem-1
bers abused an^ftcused each
other for every dnjpiable sliortnr?min<*.
It was dorinc one of1
these scenes that^ two members ;
from Orangebtfr^T'imccl Dannek- j;
ly and Riley, wer^ummarily ex- j j
pelled. They we^so boisterous i<
and loud in deuBiifcition of other j j
members of the iagislature, that j
patience was exh^Sged, and they J f
were thrown oveiwth J,
AX ixJB
In connection w^TOiis adjourn-! (
ment I will menl%. It was du- j (
ring a general disown of nothing,n
when nearly e'^J^kember con- j v
sidered it his di^^B his n
feet, 16 licHy'pi^aeW his right j t]
to be heard by ifal^Bsidipg of- j p
ficer, that a coart^B&a arose, j g
doubtless feelin^^nWnity of the a
position which he a^Bd, and ad- i tl
dressing the , " 3Ir.' C
Speaker, I rise to state that I made j
that motion." His. voice, being
more stentorian, could be heard
, above the others, and he accord- j
I ingly convinced those who heard
I him that he very well vii<trpre '
! sealed his County.
A few days after the adjourn
ment of our grand Legislature
A MEETING Or THE ATT.VCIIEES
, Took place, because they had been
| deprived of their pay. This meet!
ing included all those who had
been employed by the Legislature
as a body. Of course every one
desired to have his " say " concerning
the question involved?namely,
I I ?? nmumn Kir flm T.p.risla
; me ?ioiuu kjj ?~o
j ture for those who filled its suborj
dinate offices. Daring these very
serious deliberations, one of the
j speakers was interrupted by a col|
ored attachee with the remark,
"He ain't no attachee! he ain't no
j attachee!" Upon application to
I Treasurer Caudo^ they were? informed
that, as usual, "there was
no money in the Treasury." He
also assured them that as soon as
funds were placed at his disposal,
he would compensate them for
services rendered. -There being
no other resort, they were content
| to fold their hands until the Treas:
urer should be enabled to imburse
- n.irl to
i mem iur Liicii iutuojjvuUi.v.v
our Legislature.
a very curious
; And unaccountable proceeding
j (from an honed standpoint) is inI
volved in the loss of a resolution
! passed by the General Assembly,
| and which only awaited the Gov|
ernor's sanction to become a law,
directing the Attorney-General tc
i institute proceedings against Niles
G. Parker, former State Treasi
urer, for over-issuing conversion
bonds. It appears that the suil
- would involve various State offi
- j cials,^md consequently it was ven
I j convenient to lose the original cop]
1 j of the resolution. The Governoi
1! and Maxwell, of Horry, Chairmar
21 of Committee on Engrossed Acts
i i are each charged with complicity
- j in this transaction and subdrartion
s and neither has as yet made ;
satisfactory statement of the dis
.i appearance of the objectionabl
- measure which only awaited th
a signature of his Excellency to be
^bcom^^law^ypur readers will re
- the bonds whic^^^ctjV^i^g^i
i, j All who understood the question
a : at the time considered the neces
11 sitj for a vu'ula'.ing Act as an ach
- bowledgement that tEey wen
I j fraudulently issued, for the reasoi
i; that, if genuine, they would no
II require such bolstering. As th<
i! .Legislature succeeded in valida
i .
i i ting the conversion bonds over
I issued, the Governor and his allies
! arc making a desperate attempt tc
"validate" Parker.
AN* IMPORTANT BODY
Met here on "Wednesday last, emj
bracing the corporators and stockj
holders of the Spartanburg and
Ashville Railroad. The meeting
i was held for the purpose of organizing
a company under the charter
| granted by the Legislature.
A committee was appointed to
! examine and report the amount of
, capital stock subsciibed?a certain
'amount being required by the
j charter. Hon. C. G. Memmixger
j was chosen President of the Company,
and an efficient Board of
Directors was also chosen. The
Directors have since held a meeting
in Charleston, and transacted j
the business entrusted to them, j
This road will connect our State j
directly with the great Northwest,
giving us through commu- j
nication with that productive part j
of the country. This line, when '
v.i, ?*iii kjxj LLimy,ii duui ici
than any other by wbifh the pro- j
ducts of that section can be i
brought to our doors. The bene::
fits in store for us are incalculable,]
if this movement is successful. \
the city election ;
[s now engaging the attention of | s
:hose interested, which, of course,: <
jmbraces members of the Radical! i
oartv, for our city, like the State,' i
s wholly given over to them. Af- j <
,er considerable caucusing, the j t
jresent incumbent, John Alexax- :]
>er, was nominated for Mayor.? La
)f the four wards constituting our't
)ity, only four white persons are j I
lominated on this ticket. Each j.
rard is allowed three aldermen? J i:
aaking a total of twelve. It will f
bus be seen that the white peo- g
le, who mainly support the City d
overnment, in payment of taxes h
nd licenses?have only a third of j p
be representation in the Cityj si
louucil; and this number rcceiv-, fi
ing office from the source specified, I
are not fit champions for their J
race.
The Conservatives have no voice |
in this election, being largely in j
the minority, and can only sit i
with folded hands, waiting for;
j "something to turn up."
j COLUMBIA.
i
Georgia Correspondence.
i
In my last, I promised, at some
future time, to give your readers
i
( ray experience in farming, and as
i it is, perhaps, more limited than
0 ' 1 " r-viVm* if oq
some oi cueus, x ?u um uuv>
a criterion for them, but rather
"witli the view nf an exchange of
j opinions and modes of farming,
i With this brief explanation I now
proceed to the self-imposed, but
pleasant task:'
In the first place, I will stfcte
that farming, as much as any other
profession, is an art, and to be
made profitable, must be studied
and practiced in a scientific manner.
We live in a progressive age,
and farming, to succeed and meet
our demands for sustenance, must
njove apace with the times?must
discard all its old foggy notions
and experiment and pi^fctice what
experience teaches to be best. Because
our fathers done so and so,
planted this way and that way,
and cultivated the other way, is
uo reason why we should, provided
we have learned a better way.?
We once heard a story told of an
old dutchman, >who, when lie went
j to mill, always placed his grain in
[ one end of his sack and a large
j stone in the other, to balance it on
' ( his horse. He had followed this
J plan from boyhood, simply because
' j his father had done" so. After a
i while his son John- grew up to be
'! a mill-boy, and he conceived the
"; idea of throwing the stone-out and
! dividing the grain in the sack sc
r | as to balance. The old man, bi
r I * ? .
j the force of habit, thought hi:
1 j way was right an^iis son's a ver
' | foolish idea, so to reinonstratec
' j with him, but all to no avail, anc
' finally, his little stock of patienci
x being exhausted, he exclaimed
"Slion, you be von porn fool! Yoi
0 | fadder and grand-fadder dake da
61 shtone to mill mit dem aud nov
j yon dink you git shmart and trsw
j" i it ava^Now, young farmed i
^e^carrviijg a stonnJ^rju
^pneWRo^^^tiy and see if v6i
J can't conceive a better plan, f,u
_ j throw thfct cumbrous stone uSdc
31 even the risk of being calle-.
'j smart.
( The first thinrr a n-nr.d
0 o
a "does is to thoroughly prepare hi:
', lands for the crops be intend?
i planting. My mode of doing this
; is by the use of the two-liors<
'; plow. I use the fourteen inch
j steel clipper, which turns the land
''entirely over, burying all vegetaj
tion beneath. I am not alarmed
j if I turn up the yellow clay if I
j get the vegetable matter eight or
j ten inches under it. I turn all my
I land in this way. "When I comI
menced this manner of plowing
j my neighbors condemned it, and
expressed the opinion that I wa?s
j ruining my land?rendering ft
j worthless. Now, since they have
j seen the results, many are supplyi
ing themselves with two-horse
j plows, and are adopting the same
! plan. Turning stubble lands should
; be done in the fall before frost hills
the vegetation, though if it cannot
; be done then it may be profitably
done anytime during the winter j
or spring, even up to planting;
time. If land is rough or not thor- j
oughly pulverized, I inn a heavy '
two-horse harrow, with iron teeth
fourteen or fifteen inches in length,
over it. If to be planted in corn
this , generally puts it in pretty ;
good fix for that purpose. I the^
check off my rows four feet each
way, and drop my corn in the
cross and cover with a small scouter
nlow. If I annlv home made ma- !
Qure, I put a small quantity?say j
a single handful?upon two sides
3f the hill before covering. If I
lpply commercial fertilizers, I put
ibout a tea-spoonful about three j ^
>r four inches from the <rrain in .
1
he furrow. The second time
blowing the corn, after running j
iround, I put down in the furrow,
o each hill, a tea-spoonful more, c
! find that this is much better than c
mtting the whole in when plant-jB
ng'. "When the whole quantity is j
u when the planting is done, I j
;et a fine stalk, but generally a g
.isproportioned car, but when one : n
alf is reserved for the second i
lowing, I get a fine proportioned !
talk and ear. I plow corn the i u
rst and second times with a scouter ei
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plow, deep and thorough, and the "
third time lay it by shallow* with a
broad sweep.
My way of preparing cotton land
is the same as for corn?thorough
de?p turning. I always alternate
my crops, never plant two years in
| succession, the same kind on tho^
I same land?always running in
I small grain after corn and cotton.
After nfy land is thoroughly turned,
or broke, in the spring, I lay
off my cotton rows, about three
: feet apart with a long scouter plow.
t. in mv jruano, I use what
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we call a guano horn?a tiu or
sheet iron pipe an inch and a half
in diameter, with a funnel at one
end?which I fastened to the reaf
| of my plow stock, letting the lower
end of the spout down a little below
the heel-screw of the plow. I
then run this plow in the furrow I
have laid off for the row, and have
a hand walking by the side of the
plow putting the guano in the funnel,
and the constant motion of the
plow causes it to run down through
the spout very readily, and it is
deposited at the bottom of the
second furrow. In this o^ratlon
I also use the scouter plow, about
three inches wide, and the ground
falls back in the furrow and covers
the guano. I next throw two
furrows on this with long scouter
plows, running as deep as possible.
I caught this idea from Mr. Dixo.v,
the celebrated cotton raiser of this
State, and find it an admirable
one. * I next bed out with twisters,
' I lnornncr rmfi fuiTOW Still iH the
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j middle, to be thrown out after the
| cotton is planted, which leaves the
; field all fresh. I then plant any
'; time from the 12th of April to the
, 1st of May. Of late, doubts have
" j arisen in my mind as to the utility
I cf putting fertilizers as deep in the
|; ground as I have been in the habit
| of doing. It has long been argued
' i in this country, that we could not
1 conveniently get our fertilizers in
3 j too deep, and I had held to that
j j opinion. Now, my mind has so
j j materially changed on the subject,
; that I am induced, this year, to
" j try it on a more shallow plan.?
'jOne advantage to be gained, is .
1 that the top root of the plant will
^: reach it sooner and cause it to
v | grow off quicker, enabling tho
S ! farmer to work it with more epse
and dispatch. This yoax I am
?i using a Am post of acid
^ ^ot>tton seed and ^stable /hiantfre,
} : equal parts, and will p^ it in the
, | rou' after the first furrow has been
j!drawn, and then run a second
j tunc in the furrow with a sm.ilT
^ , plow, to incorporate the compost
^ l witn tun soil before bedding on it.
^ j I plant my cotton by means of a
_ ; planter, constructed so as to open
^. the bed, strow the seed and cover
* i them at the same time?thus one
hand and one mule doiDg the work
| of three hands and two mules,,
j when the old way is pursued.?
.; "When the cotton is up, I use for 0
j siding it a small bell-tongue or
scouter, with a protector, or board,
j as commonly called, made of an
: old saw blade, or stout sheet iron,
| fastened on the side next to the
cotton. By this means I am enabled
to run very close to the row,
; leaving it not more than three or
four inches wide, and lessening
i the burden of chopping out and
' putting to a stand. After the first
plowing, I cultivate entirely with
| the sweep. Cotton should be
plowed, at least every twelve or
fifteen days until the middle of
July. I know of Ranters who
plow until picking commences, but
I don't think it pays?at any rate
I am satisfied that I can get mine
plowed at the proper time until
the middle of July.
As a general thing we plant too
much land. The consequence is,
bad cultivation, short crops and *
shjwt profits, if any. Fiftee%acres tis
enough to the hand, ten in corn
and five in cotton?and will make
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more, n properiv cultivated, man
thirty will if but half cultivated.
Let us manure more, plant less
and cultivate better, and success
will crown our efforts.
Not long since, *in conversation
with an old and experienced farming
gentleman, from your State,*
ipon the subject, he remarked,
hat as long as the people persist
11 planting their broad acres in
sotton, almost to the exclusion of
ther crops, so long they will retiain
noor. I am satisfied that he
ras correct, and" I'believe the iaelligent
reader will agi-ee with men
conclusion, I will say, when you
o to market, don't put your eggs
11 into one basket, but divide
liem into several, and if a mishap
efals one, you still have the othrs
left?or that I may not be misnderstood,
I say diversify your
rops. FINK.