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t, P VOL. IX.?New Series. ' UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 30, 1877. NUMBER. 47. -AJCJS'aPitJN' .<2O. HOME-MADE FERTILIZER. | acclimation of cattle. i clovfr .o~, ? fc *?? ? I I * eeea Wheat. A LOT of fin* Seed Wheat for**file by ? Jt\. ' AU8TIN & Co., - Spartanburg. Not. 2 ^ 48 tf ? Provision?. BAOON, Flour, and Lard, for sole, cheap, by AUSTIN & Co., . i ' Spartauburr. Nor 31, 48 ^ tf Groceries. /"i BEAT Bargains iu Sugar, Coffee and Salt, at \X AUSTIN & Co'S., Spartanburg. Not 2 48 tf : * Drugs and Medicines. Bj T)UY your Drugs ani Medicines of W JD AUSTIN & Co., Spartanburg. Not 2 43 _tf_ Paints and Oils. ALL kind of Paints aud Oils for sale at bottom prices, at AUSTIN & Co's., Spartanburg. Not 2 43j tf ' Window Glass. Not 2 43 ? ^tf Pure Liquors. ju ur, MyuUKS, Tor Medicinal purposeo, for JL ?*le by AUSTIN 4 Co., - r Spartanburg. Not 2 43 tf J. E. Adger Ac Oo.? CHARLESTON, S. O. JOBBERSOf 'V FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE. CUTLERY, GUNS, and SADDLERY. BAR IRON AND PLOW STEEL. PUMPS. ^ - ^FAlBBAyR'S Sf;ALES^\ For (he Celebrated FARMERS' FRIEND RjHri ONE, TWO AND THREE. HOlJR^ffon^ AT REDUCED PRICES f dliion> * i - ' K>X TIMM." 4U LIBERAL TERMS TO TBf 2t * LARGE ASSORTMEXfiyQ Aifiicultural iimtod' AOBICUTURAL STEELE A 8PEC&U>*^ln,ulJ Bull Tongnca, ^ Turn Shovels, ScooterH, , Sweeps, Heel Bolts, Ac, STATE AGENTS, TREDEGAR > HORSE AND MULE SHOES. Ordert receive prompt and Careful Attention. , J. E. ADGER & Co., Charleston, So, ( a. Aug 31, 1877 84 8m , BT rTRAVLs & coT Drugs and Medicines. A FULL supplj at 13. P. RAWL3 & CO'S. No 1, East Uuion. July 20 28 tf Patent Medicines. BRADFIELD'8 Female Regulator, Simmons' Hepatic Compound, Sarsaparilla and Yellow Dock, at B. F. UAWLS & CO'S. No. 1, East Uuion. July 20 18 tf Pure Medicinal Wines. AND Liquors, for sale at B. F. RAWLS & CO'S. No. 1, East Union. .< July 20 28 French Candies. AFRESH supply of Fancy Caudies, at B. F. BAWLS & CO'S. No. 1, East Union. /frnf 20 28 _____ tf_ < A 4-ACRE LOT FOR SALE. T OFFER, for sale the lot on wliieh I formerly | lived, on the western edge of the Town of * Union,.containing four Acres, bounded by lands of Jas. Grant, N. IL A. Dunbar and Mrs. M.C. < Willard. On the lot is a comfortable log cabin, with two rooms, a garden spot under good fence and in fine condition. Tho whole lot is enclosed with a heart-pine plank fence. TERMS OF SALE.?One-half cash, the remainder on a credit of twelve months < tho pur- ' .chaser to give a bond with security and a mortgage of the premises, until the whole ie paid. P. T. LEMASTER. Nov IB 46 4t WE MUST COLLECT. /\UR Note* and Account* arc in tha hand* of V/ Maeare. Shand k Muaro for Collection.? We had the miafertune to loae heavily by the ' Are of June 3d, and mutt have money to cemneae* buaiaesa again. OUR FRIENDS will come up promptly and giro ua a above up the hill. GIBUE8 & Co. Hot 2 43 More Oheap Shoes. I SAVE just get in another let of thoie cheap and aervlcaabl* Shoes that everybody are enquiring far. 8. w. PORTER. N.,14 ly-1'.*'" B'~klf * % LONO'S PREPARED CHEMICALS, TWO Barrels composted with cotton seed ox stable manure will make a Ton of good Home Made Fertiliser, at less than half the cost ef ainraoniated Phosphates. Call and get a circular and see certificates of Union County Fai*niera who used tfle Chemicals the past Summor, The Chemicals are now in store and ready _ for delivery. Payments May 1st, or Not. 1st, 1878. ^Jonesviixk Messrs Qibhks & Co.?Haying used "Long's Chemicals" I can with safety recommend them as a splendid Mailure for Cotton, composted according to directions. The dry, hot, weather did not affect the growth of cotton where 1 used them as it did Vrhere I used other Fertilizers on the same seil. Yours &o., THAU. L. IIAMES. Note.?Mxv.llnines informs us that the cotton nerer shed the squares in the dry spell, and the Chemicals proved in his hands superior to the "Carolina Fertilizer" and another very popular standard Quano. 01BBE8 & Ce. Umon 0. If., S. C., Sept. 28, 1877. Messrs. Gitonra & Co.?Gentlemen tr?Long's Chemicals hare proved a success with me,' composted with scrapinge of the yaxd.v4 applied thetn to cetlbn at the rate of VOjPhr per acre. They are far superior te any other Fertilizer I lor-MiUgjrop. the cotten shed the squares, as all other Fertilisers de, in time of dry spells. I have read Mr. ThadaA. Ilames' statement and fully endorse it. ' J. C. SHETTLKWORTH. ""REFERENCES: W? r!or* l?U Ik- It*??? * ? . _ ?? ~?v >ua nucri j ui reivrrmg to the following gentlemen in this Ceunty who hare used the (Compost:* G. B. Hogan, VT. J. TuclfirtCand David Cane. No*. 2j$ ' 46 tf JAS.H. RODGER V HAS just opened the largest and most complete STOCK OF GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, WOODEN WAKE AND u T I NT W ABE, that has been seen in this County for many years. IIi? Prices ire fully as low as they are in any market above Charleston, and, if anything, I A LEETLE LOWER COME AND LOOK AT MY STOCK OF STOVES I They arc n*t only (lie prettied and most durable, but they are CHEAPER THAN EVER. I have sold te parties who hare tried the Spartanburg and Charlotte markets, because, BETTER AND CHEAPER than any they had seen in either of those places. DON'T FORGET TO CALL. J. If. RODClElt. Nor 2 _ 4H tf NEW STORE. NEW GOODS ?AND? LOW PRICES. S. W. PORTER, Respectfully announces to the people of Union County that he has opened one #f the MOST COMPLETE STOCK OP DUY GOODS, AND READY-MADE CLOTHING er brought into this County, and is determined to sell for the * SHORTEST PROFITS FOR CASH. lie is not afraid to compare quality and prices of Goods with Columbia, Augusta or ereu Spar taaburg. , CALL 4.ND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. H. W. POHTER, Fant's new Building, opposite the Big Oak Tree. Nee 8 _ ]_ 48 tf Non-breakable Lamp Chimneys JUST received, a lot of the oelebrated Labostie Lamp Chimneys, trhiiH, it la said, will stand the roughest kind ef usage, extreme heat and oold, without breaking. You can drive a nail into the end of a piece of wood with them, without breaking them. B. F. BAWLS & CO,, No 1, East Union. Nov 16 4A tf A Fu'l Stock of Groceries, JUST received, and to be sold at the lowest prices, at S. W. PORTER'S Cheap Store. Nov 1G 46 ' tf 3001bs BLUE STONE. FOR Sale, VERY CHEAP, at B. F. RAWL'S k CO'S.. No. 1, East Union. Nov 16 16 tf I in a icuer, bearing dato ScpU 2nd, 1877, from Mr. J. M. Foster, of Shrevcport, La., he says, "I waut to get some breed or breeds of cattle that are better than our common longshore, but am bothered to know what kind is best and will suit our climate. I bought a 15 months Durham bull from Kentucky last January, but he lived only about sis weeks, and a like fatality attendant* large per cent of cattle brought here the last winter and spriug from Kentucky and Missouri J* I hnyofa stocjc that I wnril to flea the Durham is best for beef, and Jersey for butter, but how' shall I proceed to get them acclimated auJ get a start ? Do you think to bring theui here as weanlings ?say six or eight mouths old?would insure much success ? What month do you think most advisable to bring cattle to this 011111x10? What do you think of the propriety of breeding the Jersey on our commou stock ? What course would you pursuo during'the first summer?and would you shelter or not from the hot sun ?" Iu answer to this and similar inquiries, aud to save almost weekly the burden of much correspondence upon the subject of ucclima^iou, we will ask the use of your columns for a reply. Any information we may impart upon this subject is necessarily i limited auij very unsatisfactory. Most of 'the facts embraced fu this were previously published iu 1874 iu the Country Gentleman, in a correspondence at that ^tiuie between A. B. Allen, of New York, and ourselves. Our entire loss of Northern purchased cattle from acclimating fever has' been near fifty par cent. In opposition to the generally received oniuion. our heaviest losses have beeu with the youngest animals ?aud have led us to the opinion that the question of age docs uot modify or influcuce the disease. Of Jersey purchases made in 1873, of those purchased of Mr. 8. W. ltobins, of Connecticut, the youngest died. Of two purchased of Mr. C. S. Sargent, of Massachusetts, tho younger died. Of six purchased of Mr. J. M. Huckie, Great Barfington, Mass., the oldest escaped the fovor entirely. ThetftuxLhad the fever, but noL est had very severe and protracted nUnclcs, but untimatcly recovered In the year 1872 I purchased a Jersey heifer calf of Thos. S. Kennedy, of Jxmisville, Ky., the call being only\.2 to 3 months of ago. Notwithstanding her age, she came very near dyiug from acclimation ; a bull two years' old aud purchased at the same time of Col. Waring, of Rhode Island, passed the summer without any attack whatever of fever, although nearly two years older, and from a uiueh more northern climate. These facts iu our own oxpcrienflb tend to establish the fact that the risk is uot proportionate to the age of the animals, apd do not sustain the popular idea that the younger the animal tho more easily aud 'Yearly is it acclimated. The risk of acclimation is not limited to the first summer; the f^ility often being much greater the second Summer. Mr. Kennedy, above mentioned,.jeports in his efforts to introduce cattle from Kentucky to his plantation iu Mississippi, much the greater fatality occurred the second season. The sanio was true with our townsman, Capt. L. A. Fort, who in 1871 purchased eight hcalTof cattle iu Kentucky, which passed safely through the summer of 1872?but much to his surprise seven out of eight died front acclimation in 1873.? Not only the original stock purchasscd, but all the calves eveu, dropped after their arrival here, except one, died from acclimation. In our own experience, Jennie Douglas (3313,) purchased in New York in thd spriug of 1873, escaped fever the first summor, and was not attacked with it until tho fall of 1871. And just here we would mention a fact cveu more remarkable? Jennie Douglas was bred in New Yort tiA] the bull Hero (840) in 1872. On June 7tb, 1873, she dropped, several months after her arrival in this couuty, the heifer calf Nellie Curtis (33? 1.) In October, 1874, Jennie Douglas and her New Yorkbred, but Alintdsaijipi dtopned calf, Nellie Curtis, then 14 months old, were simultaneous/// taken down with the acclimating fever. Could any stronger proof than this in the cuse of Nellie Curtis be adduced to establish the fact that the question of age does not affect or modify tho question'of acclimation ? To tho above facts might be added the heavy losses (heretofore publittb<wi r ix ? ? ?u >n juui ?>i'ui ii.ii ) HUHiuincQ me presen* summer by Mr. O. G. Duffec, of Mobile," Ala., of "young things" purchased at/U brought South during tho past winter.? vB. M.,?So. Live Stock Journal. . Diarrhea in Calves.?Calves thai suck are not often troubled with diarrhea/) unless there is something wrong aboqt tho food or drink of the dams. A handful of rswdered corn bread, which has been urned or scorched brown, fed to each calf, will stop the diarrhea for the time, but the orginating cause must must bo sought for and removed: One ounco of alcohol, two drachms of cayenne, one ounce of keroseue oil, mixed and left standing a day or two, will cure I the worst case of toothache. We give our experience as wcil as obscr ation in growing red clover, demonstrating beyoud ull controversy that on land contain ing a large per centage of clay, as well as stiff bottom lands, not subject to overflow, or, in other words, number one wheat hands, it is more remunerative tliau the same lands planted in any other crop ; nnd to prove this, our farmers are increasing the area anuually sown down in clover ; in fact, an eutcrprisiug farmer of our county remarked a few days ago that he was disgusted with mm KtP <P* -of seed for his fall sowing. Our experience is, that clover should be sown the first seasou in October, on land thoroughly prepared, and if not already well uiauurcd, add, according to fcrtilily, 100 to 200 pounds of fertilizer to the acre, or sufficient to a standard that will yield fifteen to tweuty bushels wheat or corn to the acre. Ploughing deep and close, sow seed at the rate of ten pounds to the acre, passiug a light brush over the ground, or, if a roller is on hand, roll, which covers the seed sufficiently deep for germination.? Avoid covering too deep, lu the spring? say in March?add 100 pouuds of grouud w iiiu Hero wniic llic plaut lb dauip. lf .it is seasonable, a fair crop may be cut in June. When mowed, add 100 pounds ,pl;i^to$ ta the accc, ami. so pu afYer moL cutting, and in the spring following. Failing to get a stand, mow iu the fall. Prepare the same laud and sow iu February, using one-quarter bushels oats or rye to the acre; plough under the grain aud brush or roll uuder the seed as abovo. % Clover may be sown with small grain and a full crop of the latter made, thus making small grain pay the expenses of the crop ; but wlicu clover is the main object and to be cut the first year, no grain should be sown with it. When not over one-fourth of the bloom turns brown, the crop should be mowed, and if a mower is used, all mowed during the day should be put in cocks. Two hours' exposure the day following will ordinarily be sufficiently loug to cure the bay. In ^M^^kW^flPP*eariinc;c-PCr?ini putiu good PaItiallJ jvery two days Tu tlic barn, until beyond danger of mould, is decidedly preferable to curing altogether in the sun. If cut with grass scythes, the same process in curing is necessary, only requiring a longer time, dbwiuif to the heavv <>n.l ......... y a - J - ? "? W"?quent frequent turning. liaud that will yield fifteen bushels wheat to the acre will furnish two tous good clover hay tirst euttiug ; and as the fertility of the soil is increased, the yield will be increased, evcu to five tous. An inexhaustible supply of hay can be made by cleaning up waste bottom lands too wet for cultivation, mowing in May and September until the annuals arc destroyed, giving place to perennial grasses. Any grass or weeds that stock will cat when green, will make forage, if cut in the bloom and properly cured?even the rag . weed, so thoroughly experimented with,aud so admirably utilized by the Hon. J. W. Watts, of Laurens county. Yellow clover, now cultivated to a limited extent in tbis State, sown in September, is ready for pasturage as early as the middle of January, the first year; afterwards in December; ripens and dies about the 1st of May; the laud planted in corn or other crop, aud in the fall it springs up again.? Lauds thus used are rnnidlv imnrnv^ - r j ?r .? THE GEAS8ES. j ''1. Docs lucerne make good pasturage for hogs, horses and cuttle ? 2. Docs uot lucerne require richer land thau red clover? 3. For what is white clover best adapted? 4. What uro the best grazing grasses for hogs ? - 5' Docs uot Bermuda grass require rich laud and constant manuring, to make much pasturago. Is there no substitute for it in the way of summer grazing??Orion, Ark , Sept. 2G." 1. Lucerne does not bear the hoof as well as clover or the grusses, but yields to none in proauctivaness, nutritive power, or being Relished by stock of all kinds. 2. tea- I 3. i\>r lather* damp meadows, to be grazedL goofl for cattle, excellent for sheep. 4. riovJ-. 5. Not As rich as most of ihe grasses, kn> ilk -El? a. i?Fa- K -HI uuv ?ttu I4LMUI mc iuiiu tuu oener it will grow., Wc know nothing that will compare with Jit fbr summer pastures. 'Will not lucerne sown in the spring, ordinarily do better than red clover? Will it snceed as well when sown in the lull ?? Is it necessary to umnurc for lucerne as you would for turnips, or will it do equally well on a naturally rich soil ? Sown n spring, Lucerno will not grow as readily as red clover. It has to be carefully cultivated, or crab grass will destroy it.? Clover can take care of itself. The fall is the pfopcr time to sow lucerne in all localities where the winters are not very severe ?it then sets well rooted, and makes a good start in advnucc of grass. It would doubtless grow on a rich soil, but manure never comes amiss with lucerne. tSouthern Cultivator. Kye Grass for the South.?The an uual or Italian rye grass might prove more ; valuable, being a hardicr'plant and better lor hay and pasture. The followiug letter ? on this subject received last month, Iroui , Wm. Saunders, the able superintendent of i the experimental gardens at Washington, is i just in point, and may prove valuable to i many Southern readers : "I have for several years been trying to have the Italian rye grass fairly tried in the Southern States us a hay crop. 1 find that'this variety grows so fast, that when sown, r By"*liemij0ne to end of "April. ^Thit you observe, allows the hay crop to grow in winter, obviating the difficulty found in the warm States, of having the hay crop arrested in its growth by dry, hot suns. It could - [mkuuuij dc rcmovcqjn time to plow up the sod for cotton" or ^pqg^Cccrtaiiily for corn, and would also itnnovo the land. My opinion is, that even the poorest of soils will give a crop of grass during winter, and if the practice was followed of putting all the land down in this grass as soon as the cotton crop was removed, a considerable growth would be ou the ground when spring plowing commenced?this I mean to turn under, not alluding to saving for hay. My idea is, that by sowing a rapid growing grass, as soon as a crop is gathered, it would afford a cheap mode of at least par* _ ml, una i ao not kuow that such a mode need be coufined entirely to the Southern States, as#I find that here, by sowing Italian rye grass in October, it reached a length of 20 inches by the middle of Apjil ; such a covering plowed under would certainly be useful." Seed of the Italiau rye grass could be obtained of the leading nurserymen in the Atlantic cities. It is distinct from the English or pcrenial variety.?M. B. Bateiiam in Cultivator and Country Gentlemen. v Slaves ok Debt.?It would be a curious speculation to inquire how long the peoplo of Europe will be likely to endure the enormous load of debt under which thev am now groaning. No one believes that the principal of the European dtbts can ever be paid, and th.o War system goes on vear est. If tfiese frequently recurring wars do not soon come to an end it will be impossible to pay cveu the iuterest of these debts ? Then the great powers of the world will be reduced to the condition of Turkey and be compelled to repudiate, and, if they go to war at all, carry it on in a crippled and inefficient way. The only use of their intol-* crable debts, that any one cau sec, is to compel the nations, finally, to keep the peace. At present, however, the people of Europe arc slaves of debt. All the fruits of their toil <jo to jmi/ the interest on the enormous national obligations. A condition of debt like this is oppressive to all true freedom and manliness. There, is no form of slaver// more o/t/tressivc to tuitions or individuals than that of debt. The American people should take timely warning from European examples. The national debt which now exists here should be paid off as soon as possible. We should see to it, also, that no form of debt shall t- ? * - again oe aiioweu to press upon the people. Fur this purpose let us avoid, as we would slavery and ruin, the perpetuation of sectional animosities by the fanatics and malignant politicians, whose evil counsels, if followed up, would iuvolve us again in sectional and perhaps civil war.?Uiiltimorc Sun. ? Rkmedy foh Cows Giving JJi.oody Milk.?The remedy for the troubles which cause bloody milk will dcpcud, in each case, upon its severity and the cause of it. If there be no other troubla than that the milk is discolored ; if.it comes easly, aud if there be no iutlauimation, the best remedy will be aconite. Give tweuty drops twice a day, for four days. If the trouble results from nt? uoliml * .ujuij, uo 10 dc ice case with jour cow, it will be best to trust to naturd for a remedy. The diet should bo of a laxative character. Give uo graiu while the trouble exists. If there is fever existing, the udder being hot and swollen, and the milk not only bloody but otherwise disorganized, it may ** be taken aR a case of garget. Draw the milk frequently by means of a tube or quill. Givo a pouud of Epsom salts in a quart of linseed gruel, slightly warmed; and give one tcaspoonful of saltpetre once a week.? Prairie Furmer. Ashes ani> Salt.?"I have engaged thoashes of several stores iu town. How will it do to mix them with salt and annlv th?m fV ?' tf> cotton r Will it pay to buy salt at J cants per lb.,, and mix with top soil and swamp mud for cotton ??Wild Bill, Rock Hill, S. C., Sept. 30." Ashes and salt made into a compost with swamp mud, muck, &c., would make <* good manure?say 12 bus. of ashes, and 2 bus. of salt, per cord. If applied without composting, some furrows should bo run in the drill after they are deposited in it, so as to mix them thoroughly with the soil. Thus appliod, 6 to 8 bushels ashes, and one of salt, is enough for an acre. Salt is rather dear at 3 cent a pound?at half a cent a pound it might pay.?Southern Cultivator.