The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-06-19
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Questions to rmerS.

terest on the pendln!gkperlment with
treedmen's labor and e necessity for
authentic information the full devel.
opment of the labor an resources Of this
State and other State3 q like condi
ton, we earnestly requk for the HeraM
brief reports of facts ID observations
from farmers and planEs or overseers
or managers OF plant{ons or farms.
Friends Of the Herald e requested to
answer this request in timc, and from
time to time, or to call kttention to the
subject from friends pra{ {cally interest.
ed and willing and able % give answers
on any point.
Attention and eatlyFeplies are spe.
clally requested for thefollowing quer
ries winch, tor brevity $d convenience,
may be designated by ts numbers as
herewith given:
/ /. How much land have you plant.
ed, and how much in dmparison with
1860, the year before tlt war?
2. How much in ctton, corn, and
other crops?
3. dow many OF tn sc formerly ser.
wants have accepted Employment as
freedmen laborers undr the former
employers?
a. What is the supply Of labor; and
what measures are needd or proposed
to increase and regulateIit?
,s 8. What changes OF conditions Of
contract or engagement would you pro.
pose in view Of actual experience?
6, Whatnew staples of culture, pro.
cesscs sof culture, implements, utensils, OF
machines for farm use, or field use, OF
garden use, or household economy, have
you tried and approved since 1860?
These questions could be increased
and extended, bnt we ogly wish to en-
information and benefit, and prevent, as
far as we can, the undue influence of re
ports originating from selfish or specula
tive motives.
We respectfully invite the attention
Of district exchanges to the importanc,
OF general and systematic efforts to pro
cure the information which wonld bt
given by general answers to such ques
tions as we have given as hints anu d;.
rections for inquiry and observation,
Nails in Fruit Trees.
a singular fact, and one worthy o.
being recorded, was mentioned to us ;
few days since, by Mr.. Alexander Dnkc
of Albermarle. He stated that willis
on VISIT to neighbor, his attention
was called to large peach orchard
every tree in which was totally destroy
ed by the ravagcs OF the worms with The
exceptions of three, and these were tho
most thrifty and flourishing peach tree.
he ever saw. The only cause of thei
superiority known to his host was al
experiment. made in consequence of OBJ
serving that those parts of worm eater
timber into which nails have been driv
en-, were generally sound. When hi
trees were about a year DID, he hat
selected three Of them, and driven ten
penny nail through the body, as nea
the ground as possible Whilst tn,
balance Of the orchard had gradually
failed, and finally yielded TO the ragage
Of the worms, these three trees, selected
at random, treated precisely in the sam,
manner, with the exception of tie nail
ing, had always been vigorous ant
healthy, furnishing him at that very pc
riod with the greatest prof,sion of tn
most lucious fruit. Itis supposed tha
the salt of iron furnished by the nail i
offensive to the orm;whilse it is harm
less, or perhaps be nefcial to'the tree.
A chemical writer on this subjec
says: "The oxydation, or risting O
the iron by the sap evolves ammonia
which as the sap rises, will Of cours
impregnate every part of the foliage, ant
prove too severe q dose for the delicat
palate of insects.
This writer recommends driving hal
a dozen nails into the trunk. Shvera
experiments of the kind have resulte
successfully. Southern Planter.
A Pittsburger, who has in his pos
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