The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 25, 1885, Image 4
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS.
iow the Farmer May Profitably Use the
Present Time of the Year.
It is hardly necessary to urge the
prompt gathering and housing of all
manured crops still remaining in the
field. The day wvill get bhorter and
shorter, and the weather increasingly
told and unpleasant; corn will waste
and cotton will drop on the ground
and become stained and trashy. Every
tonsideration prompts to energy and
diligence. A month hence the days
will be an hour shorter, and one-tenth
less work can be gotten out ofa laborer
thau at present. LAdred, with our
present labor, it is becoming unprofita
ble to employ any more of it than
one car help dnringthe winter months.
The negro is so averse to wet and
cold during that periud it i- hard to
get work out of him. But for tiis,
there is much about a farm which
could be done, and most conveniently
too during the winter. Almost every
thing in the way of bettermeints can be
attended to with more advantage then
than during the busy crop season.
Ditching, removing stumps and stones,
clearing and cleaning up, terracing,
filling gullies, making levees aerpss
bottoms, making farm roads, hauling
leaves for litter, making composts,
and other like things, can receive at
tention without detriment to growing
crops. Such matters are generally
put off until spring, and then there
is a burrying, and rushing, and half
doing, to get them done and out of the
way, that preparations may be made
for summer crops. Very much of this
kind of work may be advantageously
done in November, if labor can be held
steadily to it; end where hands are
hired for the year, it ought to te done.
The farmer can give his whole at
tention to these matters-study and
plan and supervise closely. We find
that our presence is more imperatively
called for by this kind of work than
any other on the farm. In routine
operations, trained hands can de pret
ty well, but in betterments repeated
exercise ofjudgment is called for at
almost every step.
We. talk much of improving our
lands by deep plowing, sowing peas,
heavy manuring, but what availeth
these if land is rolling, and the soil is
washed away as fast as it is deepened
or enriched. In all efforts to improve
the soil, the Irst step must be to hold
it-attention, study, ingenuity, must
all be directed to this point. Since
terracing has acquired notoriety, hill
side ditching has been almost entirely
discarded. This may be vell after
terraces have become firmly establish
ed, but anterior to this, whilst the ter
races are being made, and the loose
earth thrown up by the plow is easily
washed away, ditches will be decided
ly advantageous, especially if washes
have already begun. In heavy rains,
water acquires a terrible momentum
~ down slopes that are long and steep,
if allowed to traverse the whole dis
tance; catch.it in a ditch before it has
had time to acquire volume and veloc
ity. Make the ditch large and deep
enough to hold the water in the heav-.
iest rains; d9n t bel timid about this,
fearinw your ditch will become a gal
ley. With the greatest fall given hill
side ditches, it is an easy matter to
get them filled up after they have
served their purpose. Every one who
has had much experience with hill
side ditches knows that the trouble is
to keep them open. Briars, weeds,
etc., falling into them are constantly
catchingearth and maki- a soil in
their bottoms, upon wich spring up
grasses and. wPele; these catch more
soil andso! the ditch breaks over,
utuden.iten cleaned out. In crossing
Alifem with the plow dirt and trash fall
in to such a degree that it is next to
impossible to keep them open~ when
the plowman does not turn at the
ditch. Where rows are run on a level
one year's breaking and cultivation of
the land will completely obliterate a
ditch that is crossed.
A poorly made, inadequate ditch is
worse than no ditch, but a properly
made, large ditch has one decided
drawback: especially on steep slopes
-the water falling into it from above
tends to start little gullies on the upper
edge of the ditch; and these if not
checked tend to elongate up the hill
in other w.ords ditches tend to gener
ate .gullies. Fortunately this. can be
obviated by leaving an unplowed strip
* along the upper edge of the ditch.
Weeds and grass growing upon this
striD binds its soil so that wates: will
notcut through it, but checked, in its
flow, deposits its burden of soil on
said stripand quietly percolates through
This strip should be not less than three
feet in width. }Where this precaution
has niot been taken, and gullies have
starte'd along the upper'edge of ditches,
it would be well toi put trash of some
kindin every one of these, weighing
it dow'n with rocks. A perfect edge
to the ditch can thus be soon estab
lished, and the unplowed strip will
take care of it afterwards. Don't
defer looking after these apparently
little things; a stitch in time will save
more than afterwards.
Where moderate gullies have al
ready formed haul leaves, straw or
trash of any kind and put in them-a
little brush at inter'vals, or a row of
stobs placed across them-will serve to
keep the leaves from being washed
out of them. If this is done, and
plowmen made to lift their plows over in
crossing these washes, they will very
soon fill up. More are less dirt and
trash will drop into them from the
plows as thep are lifted over, and this
will help to till them. If washes are
plowed across without lifting plow,
the loose dirt in the wash is carried off'
by the first rain, and t hus every plow
ing serves to deepen the wash. Make
It an unviolable rule to have the ilow
lifted over every wash that cani be
crossed. At this season of the year it
is well to sow a little rye, wheat or
other grain along these washes that
are filled with leaves; it will help
materially to catch and hold the dirt.
which is'carried into them by rains;
when this is done in the spring, a
spontaneous rowth of grass and weeds
will do the same thing. It is all im
portant. however, in every case to fix
carefully the lower end of. the wash or
ga ly so as to check the ac:ion of wvater
there; the filling up will begin there
and gradually work up the hill. We
have repeatedly changed the face ofa
field by such simple dlevices as we
have described, and with very little
labor.
Land thus guarded is ready for ter
racing,.and terraces, when well estab
lished, will permanently hold the soil
and fit it for the reception of all the
inanure you can apply to it. After
the soil is prepared to receive manure,
the next step is to tit it for labor-sav
ing impleirents. Tlhese are our main
reliancee for lessening the cost of pro
duction, which is but another expsres,
sion fr inceasing mnet nrafts Erery I
large quantit- of manure can be made
in the next three months if one goes
about in it earnest ; and all of it will
be necded to make up the compost
!aps in February. To increase the
richness of the manure, and facilitate
it; rottingZ where much litter Is used,
cotton seed may be scattered in the
stall occasi'.1-mally. To preveit loss of
amm1onia a lit tle kainit may be sprin
kled in the atnills: a pound, or less, a
day to cavb %tail will uffice. Where
one r e, to uWe ktinit in his con
1s:,. 1j tlic best maninir of doing
it: I ,' hecone o oln byiah inicorpo
raitel with ithe .tall miianure; an(
thoromialh mnixture of its ingredients
add, much o Ithe value of a compost.
TIE EDGEFIELD LYNCHING.
Proceedings in the Court of Sessions--The
Trial Postponed, and the Prisoners Ad
mitted to M1an.
As already stated, Ohe grand jury of
Etbretield fouid a "true bill" against
all tte parties charged with the killing
of Culbreath. When the indictment
was read to the prisoners, their coun
sel interposed a motion to quash it on
different grounds, eighteen in number,
which may be sumnarized as follows:
1. ihith the copy of the indictment
firlnished them by the clerk of Court
was not a truc copy.
2. A challenge to the array or panel
of the grand jury.
3. The objections to the validity of
the grand jury because sone' of the
jurors were removed and some excused
and others were instituted in their
places.
4. A motion to quash the indictment
because of defects in certain of the
counts.
The State, through the Attorney
General, answered these objections,
denying that any one of them was
tenable in law.
The argpunent of the questions in
volved in the defendants' motion com
menced before Judge Hudson on
Thursday morning.
An hour was spent in a technical
skirmish over points involving the
order in which argument should be
heard. The defence then proceeded to
open the case, Major Gary delivering
the opening argument in their behalf.
Ile delivered a splendid legal argu.
ment, absolutely free from anything
like sensational appeals, but confined
entirely to the legal grounds upon
which the plea of the defendants was
based. ' Ile was followed by Attorney
General Miles, who likewise addressed
himself wholly to the discussion of the
legal question's involved in the case.
Mr. Miies took occasion, however, in
passing, to make a public acknowledg
ment of his indebtedness to the coun
sel associated with him, Messrs. Bon
ham & Bonhamn, and Gary & Evans,
for the valuable aid which they had
extended to him in the preparation of
the case.
General M. C. Butler closed the ar
gumeint for the defence in a very
strong speech. Where human life, he
said, was concerned, it would not do
to come into Court and say that the
solemn injunction of the law should be
trifled with. Before a man can be put
on trial for his life every provision,
every injunaction of the law, must be
strictly and scrupulously complied
with. The State could suffer no
detriment by having the law strictlv
enforced. The citizen could stiffer no
detriment and would, besides, have no
excuse for taking the law in his own
hands.
Judge Iludson then delivered his de
cision orally, sustaining the State in
ever'y particular and overruling all the
points madte by the defendants, after'
which the Court adjourned for dinner,
the defendants giving notice of ex
ceptionis to the ruling of the Coutrt.
The defence next moved to quash
the panel of petit jurors, alleging vari
ou, irregular-ities, and argument was
heard. Shortly afterwards, this mo
tion to quash was abandoned. The
defendants' counsel then moved that
the trial of the case be postponed till
the next term of Court, on the ground
of the absence of a niumber of their
witnesses and the expected absence of
Lieutenant-Governor Shepparnd, one
of the counsel, and Senator Talbert,
one of the defendants. Attorney
G;eneral Mliles said he considered that
the motion was addressed entirely to
the discretion of the Court. The State,
he added, was ready' for trial.
Afteir hearing the views of all the
counsel, Judge Hudson granted the
motion and continued the case.
A motion was then made to admit
all thd dlefenldants to bail, and the die
fenzdanits' counsel spoke at some length
on this. The attorney-general said
that it was simply his duty, as the
officer of the State, to call the atten
tion of the Court to the law on the
subject. The State's attor'neys, he
said, were glad that the responsibility
was on the shoulders of the Cour't.
They made no active resistanco to
the motion, as they did not feel it to
be in thme line of their duty.
Judge Hudson said that lie regarded
the circumstances of this case as some
what extraordinary and peculiar, and
without expressing an opinion as to
the weight of evidence in the case lhe
wvould admit all the defendants to bail
in the sum of $2,500 each.
Poor Feilows.
Prostrated, debilitated, enfeebled,
they feel as if they were hardly worth
picking up. They would hardly give
the toss of' a bright penny for a chance
of a choice between life and death.
But even such forlorni people can be
renewed by the use of Brown's [ron
Bitters. It vitalizes the blood, tones
the nerves, and renovates the system.
M1r. Isaac C. Weed, Burr's M1ills, 0.,
says, "I uned Brown's Iron Bitters for
general weakness, and it helped me,
greatly.'' *
Speaker Carlisle Ill.
Speaker Carlisle was so ill whenm he
arrived at Washington ou Thursday
afternoon that he was obliged to take
to his bed at once. Visitors were not
permitted to see him and cards were
not taken to bia roomi. He is now im
proving. -
A flaid and Deaf Womnan.
Miss Minnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost
her hiearinig, iher sighit and sense' of taste.
Sor,'. "nvered h itr ho i and limibs. 11er
joints3 wer.' sw~ollen anid painful, her limbs
p~iam~yze.d, appetite lo..t, andi she was oking
out a miiserahic' !ife. Six battles of B. B. 1i.
restoTed her sight andi hearing, relieved all
aches arnd pains, added flesh and strength
and she is now a well woman. Write to
her.
A pioinient Alabama physician said:
"A patient who was almost dying from the
effeets of' Tertiary Syphilhis and who had
been treated by several noted physicians
without be tefiit, used oine dozen bottles of
B. B~. B. and was entirely cured. Ile had
nleer~s on his arms and the bones protruded
through the flesh andI skin at the elbow,
and dheath seemed iniev'iable." *
-Germany has acquiesced in the
Pope's settlement of the Car'oline ques
A SHOCKING TRAGDY.
Three Men, Father and Two Sons, Killed
by a Kinsman--PartIculars of the Occur
rence.
(Fom the Newrs and Co'rier.)
At noon on Wednesdav the 1St h inst.
a white imian1, named Corley, and a
negro, named Charles Brooks, galloped
into Edgefield with lie news of a
most horrible crimlc. The victims are
Edward Pressley, a white lman, who is
over tighty years of age, and his two
sons Charles anud Edward, aged about
tWnILt-six and tlirity Vea-s rec
ivel;. The murderer is Robert Jones,
also white, who illarried the graild
dauhteh.r of Press!ey and who lives
Oil the trm i witi them. Tie scne ot
the tragetty is about eight lie tes
of the court-house.
The representative ot the News and
Courier, upon hearing of the occur
reIce, at Once ;et out to ilivestigate it
anid gathered tihe fuliowing i details 01
the horrible affair: Jones, the mur
derer, it appears, came here from
Georgia several years ago and married
Mr. Pressley's granddaughter. The
Pressleys rent some land iii the neigh
borhood, a portion of which was occu
pied by Jones, who, however, paid
no rent fur it. On Tuesday eveing
before the homicide Charles Preasley
went to Jones's house and told him
that lie would have to vacate the land
as he and his brother could not aflord
to pay the rent for him. On Wednes
aay about 11 o'clock Jones entered the
field where old Pressle and his Sons
Charle.- and Edward were ploughing.
A colored man who lives near the
scenc of the murder states that he saw
Jonmes go tup to Charles Pressley and,
without any words, ra.ise a double
barrelled gun to his shoulder and
empty the contents of both barrels
into the body of his victim. Ile then
turned and iwalked off in the direction
of the wood4. Edward Pressley, the
brother of the murdered ian, putting
down his plough, started to pursue the
murderer of his brother. Jones waited
until he came up and, then taking a
knife, stabbed him in the right side
ripped the knife entirely across his
chest, killing him almost instantly. In
the meantimle old Presslev was in the
field trving to hold his son's plough
horse which had been frightened at the
sound of the firing. Jones deliberate
ly reloaded his gun, approached the
old man and shot him dead. He then
went home, Mounted his horse and
rode off. John Pressley, the only
remaining son), was in the house at the
time and came out after hearing the
firing, onl to find his father and his
two brothers lying dead in the field.
A messenger was dispatched to the
court-house to get out a warrant. The
Pressleys have the reputation of being
respectable, quiet and orderly people,
the elderly son, John, having served
through the war with bravery. Jones
came to Edgefield about six years ago
and settled in the countv. His sisters
are married there, one of them being
the wife of Mr. Parkman, one of tile
defendants in the Culbreath case.
There is the strangest sequel to this
horrible affair, however. About 2
o'clock in the afternoon a short, thick
set mali, attired in an ordinary home
spun suit, entered the village, carrying
on his shoulder a double-barrelled
shotgun. lIe went to the postoffice,
left his gun with a man in there, and
then slowly and deliberately walked
on to the jail, which is situated next to
the court-house alnl which has a front
yard, railed inl by an ordinary :iron
railing. "That's JTones," said some
onle, and as thme news of the murder
had been known for some time a crowd
speedily followed .Jonte~. lie applied
to theC negr'o turnkey, whIo opi'eedie
gate, and entered the place and gave
himself up. lie was followed into the
jail by a miscellaneous crowd, but no
one made any attempt to injure him.
Upon entering tile jail lie remarked
to somne of the proners who knew
hlimf that lie had killed three of the
best men in tile county, but lie was
obliged to do it. At this point hlis
ielative inter-posed and advised him to
say nlothin~g miore, anld he obeyed tihe
injunlction.
The evidence before the coroner's jury
was brief. Charles Brooks, ani eye
witness of the killing testified as fol
lows:
"I was at my3 ho0use shuckinlg corn
anid thed first nloise I hedard was a gull,
then I heard a scream, and I raised up
aud saw two men run ninlg whom I
recognlized as Edward Pressley, Jr.,
and Bob Jones. I saw them catch
hold of each other and I saw one~
reach out of his hand as if he was
using hlis knife but I don't know which
one it was, but I saw Mr. Pressley fall,
an~d Mr. Jones walked off with his gull
inl his hand, an~d theni I saw somethling
lyin~g 0on the ground that I took to be
Charles Pressley. Mir. Jones walked
back in the direction of where Mr-.
Charles Pressley was lying and 'stop
ped and loaded his gunl, after which
le walked to where Edward Pressley,
Sr., was standinlg aind said, "Dog gone
it, I will shoot you too," aud there
upon lie raised his gun and shot him.
Mr. Jonles then walked on towards
his house, about 400 yards off. Mr.
Pressley, Sr., fell as soon as lie was
shbot. Wvhen I saw Mir. Edward Press
ley anld Mr. Bob Jonles runinilg Mr.
Jones was in firont. The first report
thlat I heard seemed to be as if bot h
barrels were discharged at once. No
one else could have done the shooting
without imy beeing him. 1 aml satis
fied from what I saw that Mr. Jones
killed all thr'ee of tile Pressleys. Dani
Mitchell and mylself were about the
secoind ones to get there alter thley
fell. I did not see ai'y weaponsi of any
kind lying about. I nev-er .eard of M r.
Press'ey andl Mr-. Jones having any
difficultv.
Mr. J. B. Pressley, the only sur
viving male member of the fanmily was
not all eye- witness, and his erldJence
is not imlportanlt.
Mr'. J. R. Terry testified as followvs:
"I was at my house, about onie mlile
f'rm Mr. Pressley's place, on the~ road
towards Edgetield village. I wans in
my potato patch andi saw Mr. .Jlnes
comintr up through thle corn fiel, andi
lhe called to mle. I stoppe'd, and after
shauking hands said thamt he was in
great trouble. lie had his gun on1 his
shoulder' at tihe time. I asked himi
wvhat was the matter. Hie said lie had
had a diffienlty with the P'resslvsj
about land. IIe said lie botught the
haand anddipaid for' ir andl had papers
for it, and thlat the Pressleys hamd at
tempted to sow oats upon) it, anld that
he had told them that he would shoot
thlem if thley did, and that they had
esmmenced-to sow oats in the mor'n
ing-, anld that he hadl shot them in con
seguience. He then said that he would
it go the village and give hitmself up, or
go to Georgia and die there- I thlought'
thlat lie was jesting. He thlen wvent in
the direction ot the village of Edge
field, lie said that he was afraid that
he ha~d killed Charles Pressley, Ed
ward Pressley, Sr., and Edward
Pressley, Jr. H~e did nlot give any
raean for the chantinag other thanii
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ANODYNE
IENT%>
MAK E
3rEW. RICEPLL
L.00e n h wrD. Wiloetwjouso
hat they (the Presslevs) were trving
o take his land after he, had forbid
len them Ile (lid not sar what he
lad shot thei withl.
TIE WAR IN THE IWLKINS
?rince Alexanui-r and :iS 1u1garians Gain
A G reatI T,t ini 1) $.
The latcst news fron the -eat of
Var ill Erope show 1 a ) oinpete
:hanget in the aspe'ct faftirs. The
>rospects Aof 1: Do ri: t, 1.h nk l al PrincI-,
tre rh. twx a, ;wy w l.
-eeenlyr. An lli.::, report -at-s that
ne Se:rvianls enntt--red rsnk on
heir h:t-te to g away, icf) aight iuns
>ehind them. Th:: capture of BIresnik
eaves that rout o1pe t11) Soi1. The
3ulgarian arny of tLc Wi tli! dis
riet 111ay1 be con1s- d:-lcme'y
Jestroyed an d disprse:. The hn!ga
ians have carl etied evvrv ()n1, of the
nig :5ivnitza. Prince .Alexanider led
he Bilgarian columis inl per.<on.
Later lews colifirtais the tiding". of
:e great victorv woin by Prinie Alex
nder an ii Bulgarians, at Widden.
Even the Servitn dizpa:c'is freely
icknouwledge tihe trunti of ihe tulgarian
icconlit, although ltey first denied it
Prince Alexander, however, feels the
leed of assistance, and has given up
lis claim on R'outllehia ill order to
)btain aid from the Sultan.
Bulgaria is denigiwr the Turkish
rlontier of tiops and is sending all
her available force, to coibat the
Servian. The public are allowed to
go to tle depot ent *ottee to see their
relations and frienktk. Many of the
villaters aip long disltances and
wait at the depitc several hiours, and
ill Sollie ill- 1ilC-we whole dayS and
nights, to see their frields aid --ive
them fowers and present.. Prince
Alexalider's succes; belbe Slivniitza
has revived tHie eottrage o1' 1ho-e guin)g
to the fron', atir] they undergo extreme
hardships with reinarkable foiritude.
In many cases they ire cotulliled to
march long distances in bad weather,
and at night camp in open spaces
where they are shelterless, tot having
oven ordinary tents to protcCt t hem
from the severitt of the weather.
The Rebel Riel Ex-cuted.
Louis liel, tle leader in the half
breed insurrection againist the Dotnin
ion govermnient in the Northiwet Ter
ritory, was hanged at Regina on the
16th inst. In his laist hours he behaved
with a coolness and cotrage that com
imanded the respect and even adiira
tiOll of his eXcuntiolnerS. II WS
hanged. it is Qaid. not so much for his
leadership in the revolt as for partici
pation in the killing of some of the
Queeln's ubjects, which tile authorities
called a slanghter, but to the last he
denied participation or complicity in
that killing. After his c:onviction
strenuous ellorts were n.ad(! to set
aside the verdict o'f the court which
convicted him, by an appeal to the
Privy Council, but this was refused.
Then all eflort. wit made to procure
from the Governor-General a coniiu
tation of sentence, which was also
refused. The Can:odian French took
much interest in his case, he being of
French parentaze, and it was urged in
his behl:lf that lie was instme. Three
physicians were selected to visit him
and make a test of his sanity. Two
Dut of three were of opillion that he
was mentally unhilaniced, while the
third refu.,ed to sir Ihat he was not.
B3ut al this did not save hilln. The
edi<:l for his execution went forth, and
the hatnginaii obeyed it.
SuIcide in Marlboro.
Mr0. .J. K. Glass, a promnisilig young
nanl about twenity-onle years of age,
wvho has been keeping books for
Mlessrs. Pegues & Brothers, of 31arl
bor~o county, committed suicide last
I'hursday night about 9 o'clock by
hooting himself in the head with a
pistol. ~lie had made all arranlgemlent
o come over to Chieraw with some
riends to a dance, and while convers
ng with these friends handed over his
pocket-book, told them good-bye anld,
placinig a pistol to his ear, fire~l. ~No
:ause can be assigned~ for the rash
leed. The deceased was a native of
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obstructiou in the shapc of rocks,
stumps, ete:, should be removed. Of
course this remark does not apply to
ncwgrounds or excessively rocky
land. It probably would not pay to
spend the requisite labor on these.
But there is an abundance of open
land in the country with very few
stumps or rocks upon it, and this
shou ld be cultivated and improved,
even if badly worn, Inl preference to
any other. On all such land the rocks
and stumps 4hould be removed: the
cost wil not be great. and will sooni
b' paid back in t the saving of labor
froi the use of itplienet1ts which
0eano0mize '-)LabIr. The smoothingr
i:nrrow, with itz broad sweep of ten
or :welve feet, in the earlyv -4t:tre- of
culhiivation, anud the straddlin g enti
tors, carrying a row at a go, at a later
stage of the crop, will soon pay back
with large intere-t the expense of dig
n 1 up a few 1tump- -n;d u 1n'lin. If
a few rock-. Pertiaip [Ii - stumnlp
are needed clo-e by to build obstruc
tions across gullies or ravines, or.
levees across branch bottoms, to check
the flow of water during floods and
gather deposits of sediment upon the
soil. The building of levees across
valley lands is worthy of attention.
Branch bottoms are in some respects
our very best lands, but they are often
badly washed or scoured1 by heavy
rains. Levees built across at narrow
points, where the hills project into the
bottoms, would not only stop the dam
age from water, but make the over
flows a positive blessing through the
rich sedimnents deposited. Where the
levees cross the main ditch, abutmetits
of heavy rocks or of large timbers
should be built or willows planted on
edge of ditch. Where rocks cannot
be had to build a levee, a double row
of willows planted across the botton,
with brush and logs between and
above them, will soon make a good
dan; a willow dam would cest almost
nothing; green willow stalks driven
in along the line is all that is tecessary
as these take root and grow readily.
A little work of this kind, niot done
because not thought of, would often
double the value of bottom lands.
Some time ago we discussed at
some length the subject of farm roads,
and will not repeat. These should be
looked after now and put in good
order. Roads can kept in gcod condi
tion much easier by a little work oft
repeated than by much work at inter
vols. As soon as a wash or hole
begins to form fill them at once; a
few well broken rocks or spadefuls of
dirt will do it then; a wagon load may
be required-if neglected long. Our
public roads would be kept in much
better order is small squads of hands
were kept working on them all the
time, in place of many hands upon
them twice in the year. This is very
emphatically one of the cases in which
a stitch in time savet nine. Rocks
should always be broken fine when
used upon roads; no piece should be
more than one and a half inches
through. Small rocks will pack into
a compact mazs, large ones will not:
the latter will continually work Put
of their beds, and a loose rock in a
road-bed is as objectionable as a stum p.
A rock hammer will be found a very
convenient thing on a farm, where
rocks are found. A road-bed of clay
is much improved by the addition of
sand. This may sometimes be very
convienently obtained by placing ob
structions at intervals in the adjacen
ditches to catch the sand which washes
into them. On the contrary, a sandy
road-bed is improved by the addition
of clay, and this can sometimes be
cheaply obtained where there is an
underlying clay subsoil by digging
ditches, on each side ot the road, (leep)
enough to get clay and throw it on
the road-bed Farmers are more di
reetly interested in good roads than
any other class in the community, and
it behooves them to look carefumlh
into these matters. They nteed good
roads on their far-ms over which to
haul their crops to their barns, and
good public roads to facilitate tranls
port of produce to market.
A large supply of barnyard manure,
with which to make compost, is every
year regarded as mnorc and more essen
tial on the farm. Com!mercial fertil
izers give so much better results .in
conjunction with stall manure, than
when used alone, that every farmer is
anxious to have a full supply of the
latter. He wants enough to go over
all the land he cultivates. This can
only be had by the use of ample quan
tities of litter. During the busy crop)
season, he (lid not feel perhaps that he
had time to stop his teams and hands
to haul leaves; but for some months
now he will have ample time. A rude
shelter under which litter could be
stored and kept dry is very desirable.
Thus arranged a limited quantity could
be put in the stalls at short intervals,
and become thoroughly incorporated
with the droppings of the animals.
Wet leaves haule directly from the
woods and pttt in the stalls, not only
brings discomfort to the stock, but
adds ss much water as (lead weightl
to be handled and hauled owt. Where
there is a choice of oak and pine leaves
the Jatter are rather to be preferred;
some persons regard them of little
matnurial val ue-anmalysis does not
confirm this view. Freshly fallen
leaves of the common old tield pine
contain the following quantities of
manurial substances in a hundred
ANALYsis OF 1'NE STRAw.
Ammonia (potenitial)...........0.47
Phosphoric acip............ ...0.24
Potash........... ............0.12
Magnesia.....................0.08S
Limue.......................--8
Siica. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4
Sulpuric acid................0.05
Now compare the above with ordi
nary damp or gre stable manure.
ANALYSts OF STABLE MANt-RE.
Ammonia.....................0
Phosphoric acid................50
Potash..................... ..0.40
Magnesia.. ... .... . .... . 0
Lime....................... -.0
The pine straw cotainis abont four
fifths as much ammonia, about one
half as much phosphoric acid, about
one half as much lime as thle manure.
Pine straw is recor-mended also b
canse it brmeake ump and mixes with
more easily thani oak leaves. Alltr
the pine leaves have lain on the ground
fr along time mituch of their fertilizint
contents have been washedl out by
rains, and thier are then less valuable.
Before the wiinter rains set in will be
a good time to haul up ati abundant
supply of these leaves. Make petns of
poles or rails, fill them with the pine
straw aiid colo:- with planks, as befotre
sugested, planks make the best temn
porry rors, especially idunring thi
winter, when they ..re 11mit. nehi warj.
edl by the sun.
Litter the stalls now as rapidly as
they will bear it. F'romn time to time
fork up thle edges and d ryer part. andu