Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-02-15
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February CagenSlsa..
Ifnot already done, Irish, potatoes.
may YET be planted and Sweet potap1
toes bedded--which is the bestmodea
of growing this invaluableroot. q For,
The main crop, select some sheltered
nook, IN hollow or thesouth. side. Of
a building or board fence. andtherea
mark oil beds, say five feet, wide,s
leaving an alley four feet wide be-
tween each; dig and rake the bedssd
slopng. them a little TO the south, and;
raising them tritle abovethe alleys.,.
1t the soil is not already rich, make it
SO with well rotted manure of any
kind, Lay the seed-potatoes, with
out cutting or bruising them, regular,
y over the beds, leaving only a finger-
breadth between each potato; then
cover them evenly and nicelywith,;
two inches ofthe soil from the flleys.,
which should also be made rich, rais-5
ing the beds some four inches above
the alleys; rake off smooth and finish,
Should dry weather ensue, give. one
or two good waterings with rain or
ditch water. When the first sprouts,
show themselves, hoe and rake the
beds, to break the crust and destroy,
all the grass and weeds, If cold.
weather set in cover with corn stalks
or clapboards, Manure and plow.
the ground intended to be planted
next month, when every thing will,
be hurried. Continue all of the.
work named last month, that may be-
yet undone.-Southern Rurql 1laet
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The Causes Of Cheap Iron. o., I1,ss.
Std and SiCeden.---But it car hardly
be that this is with any one an actuss
atlng motive in his opposition TO this,
measure. 1t would barely. seem pos
sible that an American could desire.
tosee his countrymen rendered So
Wretched as to be driven torlabor
the mines, or at the forge for fourteen
cents day, as in Sweden the laboreri
is compelled 10 do; or as in Russia,
where, by the testimony OF Erpan,;
the laborer is compelled to Toll at the
torges or the mines ofthe Ural noun
talns thirteen and a half hours per
day, for cigtrt and a.lartass Il 5,ssiss,st 10
Cess than penny if single; but with
the addition of eighty pounds OF rye,
meal yer month, if he be man Of
tami where the yearly wages of
labor &c but four Prussian dollarsl
Though this is bitter, cheerless toll to
the laborer, its fruits are sweet TO the
Russian tyrant, as they doubtless
would be to the American who night
desire a similar state of things at
home. Those fruits are, that the
Russian iron-master is enabled to
manufacture iron, to transport itfron1
the Urals in boats three thousand
miles to ST, Petersburg descending
on theroute nine hundred feet, re-
ascending again six hundred more to
the point of Shipment and to shipit
thence four hundred more to the
point eff Shipment and TO ship it
thence four thousand miles to our
shores; and here, after paying a duty
OF thirty per cent to undersell the
American iron master, and return
with wealth to reyel in Russian lux.
ury.
Or. j. @. Calhoatn.-We are graf.
flied TO learn, says a ST. Augustine
paper, that the property heretofore
known as Drayton island, at the out.
let of Lake George, has recent
ly purchased by DR.. j. G. Calhoun,
of South Carolina, son of the late la
mented Senator Calhoun, EIe has
given TO the place the beautiful name
ofAniie, by which it will hereafter
be known, We understand that DR..
Calhoun intends Immediately to trans
fer his residence to Florida. 99
State Rights Republicans
A squirrel sitting on al a'hickofy tree
was once observed to weigh the nuts
he got, in each paw, to find out which
We're good and which were bad
The light ones he invariably threw
away, retaining only those which
were heavier. II was iounti, on exam
imng those he had thrown away,
that he had not made a mistake ina
single instance. They were air bad
nuts. N tl