The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-11-13
:fHiN Work for Eoyen,her

t'u W OIR lOr HOVeNlO6r
! ''''"n whether we plant next wear or
! not, AA"aii hs entirely picked his month
! rs II Is 'hc Last III whitn we can look for
/ hhc "cathcrior sa"ing the crop bad wealth.
~ rc'hrdihg ihc WORK ami injuring tho
s''fie ana lhe ginning. bailing, &C., must
! receive special care. Let your bales br
w,il and carefully covered, and If Won
| dcc'dc OH planting another year, begin ~
! soon rs y"u can to prepare iar II crop
planting only your best land in the hes,
manner, ana using the hest and most proi
nc SEED. bni, IN trying to make Il cotton
crop, do not neglect other important things
! um the paulation.
| Corn, reas, &c all grain, forage and
/ rr"'cm!rT--~must he gathered and housed
/ now, n soon as possible.
sweet Potatoes. which the lnic rains have
| greatly hcncf'cd. will, in NEST eases. Lr
d'G a"b BANK" before this numbcr reaches
| o''' 'eaiSis' IL not, III localities where tho
vines ar, not already killed, they may be
cn' aGd secured ror stock. We have giycn
h'n'S Tor saving, Ne, in present and prcri.
oni numbers OF the Cutivator.
Sma!i Grain, such rs Nhrat. Rrc, BARLEY.
Winter Oa!s, Nc., should bc sown wi,hou,
| delay And itye aud Whoa, may sill be
sown III manurrd land for feeding green in
! carly spring The crop viii be later. and
! inferior TO that Sown earlier but il will
Si''i pay where forage is scarce. II is use.
''s' TO -" wheat unless the ground is well
"an"rtt, deeply plowcd, finely pulvcrizcd.
AMI, IL all respects, put into II hrst.rtc
! condition. Twenty (2Vl bushels per acre
o"9hi 20 bH made, where the conditions arc
reasonably iavorahla: anlthcrc is li,),
profit On II less ycll than this.
Kyc and Oats, TO yield satisfactory crops.
| must be we'll put i'll and heavily inanurcd.
| Try liitlc clover seed among your wheat,
| on ,hc neSI SOIL rs an experiment. aud We
a'u't not you will he Graiiird at the result
oEc gallon to the acre is the quantity re.
! quircd.
| The plantation stock should now receive
alcntipn p,oyiio good shelters. mud i,
VIII be far less expensive 10 bring them
''r""eh the winter in good plight, and TIE
manure can ali be saved in The best cond-
ton. houg shelters, well ch,nkcd, and
covered with split boards, will generally
save the'r cost the first year, if one wisher
I" make stock comfortab!S in the cheapest
| manner.
logs should have been failcncl ready
| slaughter the first really cold spell. |,
more troublesome to cut up neatly, but
| meat taEe sllt better If well rubbed in
whlic warm, nnl it is then spread, and
allowed TO ccal before packing in salt. This
hiht may be Of advantage 10 readers in the
warmer portions CT ''our parish" Meat is
safer If packed in tight tub; in salt rs
usual, and iArn lc, strong brine to be
poured over the mass We use but little
salt.p .petrc.
>, he5in now to start a big piic rf manure.
Ever. ming iha, once formed pavt of an
an'mh! or vegetable, il i Is cnrahleof lie
composition. viii make fnnd for plants. -
III .
ah'mHiS. swamp muck. 6ccnycd chips,
vrartahlc refuse, house Sl"ps, soap Su,ls
Sha"l! be applied 10 cnriciing our soil
Plant Orchards. Of all The finest ApDlcs,
'rnrS, Peaches, Figs, &c sc. and Vine.
Yards of such hardy Gaapcs rs Will not rot
"r mIdcw. We have the finest climate in
i''r worNl for Fruit and Wine; and the time
! i approaching when all our '.coor" hili-
,,ics, unfit for c,hrr Corn oy Cotton. viii
be covered with tho most rroi,ahlc Vine.
yards and Orchards Why. rcnlcr if the
| people cf Europe could only hr made sc,.si.
bic Of the advantages offered hy the States
OF the South, for The groTtl Of the Grape
and Wine mailing, our noW neglected ..nll
fields would go mp two or three hundred
per cent in makct value Mt once. Let the
present owners of the soil be wise, aud
avail themselves Of all their resources -
A"d let no one say that we are over cnthu.
sinslio ld this matter; or that if 80 many
people go into Fruit Growing and Wine
making the hfsinoss will be over done, y
&c., &c. OF this there is not tho slightest
danger. The demand for fine Fruit, am
good pure wine. cannot possibly be snrpli
ell in the noXi fifty years the pric, OF al,
Agricultural and horticultural productions
are now three or i"ur times ~ high a8 thcS
were twenty ycnrs ago; and will continue tc
increase rs long rs our population Increases
faster 'lnn our food crops.
meeting of the citizens Of RicMlanC
piStict on l,h inst at l2} o'clock, n
Gibbcs' Hall. for the purpose Of nomiua,in,
oclccacSio the Conservative Couvcutiu;
TO bo held on Wednesday, the 9Th instant
Hon. j Arthur acting as Prcsidcnt, m,
i. &. DeFontane, Esq. Secretary Mr.
Ficklng explained the object of The meet
ing, and moved that II committee of five b,
appointed by tho Chair, to nominate dele
gates. The Chair appointed NIcssrs. Hck.
ling, Hampton, Stork Thomas, and ID I
DcSausSurc, who, after due consideration
ropcucd the following names: W F DcSaus
sure, Waldo Hampton, Il Arshur, |. |
Childs, Theodore Stark, W B Stanley, T "
Radcliffe, Ray, Warren Adams, a Il
Taylor, Il j Scott, Samuel W Melton, r Y
McnlaSlcf, III alcy. d y Preston, ID |
DcSaussurc, J G Gibbs, J s Green, II
Caughman, jas Douglass, j II Kinsler 10
seph ID Pope, G DcFontainc L W Ficklinc
John English, Wm Wallace.
| On motion Of Captain James D Trade
| vel the report was adopted, and tho meet.
| ing Adjourned. -PA9ai1 81"
PERsoNALs.-- Professor j. ". Miles, O,
the College of Charleston, arrived in this
city on Sunday by the Emily B. So"dcr
after dn absence in Europe during the
past six months. Woyare pleased to learn
that no returns with his health much i'm
proved.
Carl Benson" Charles Astor Bristcd)
and wife arrived in this city q few days
ago, and is at present staying at tho Mills
Monso. Mr.. B. spent last winter III Charles
ion. and became 50 onamored ofits climate,
which he,says Il, more delicious even than
that of Naples, that no has returned, and,
wo understand, has taken a house OH South
bay charleston N.,es, 5th r,
| IEss E-@s s<------------
General H.. Kirby Smith has boon ap.
pointed Principal of the University Of ths
South, at Suwannce, in the Cumberland
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