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Farm Work for August.

The wet season has prevented the COM
plete destruction Of grass in the cotton
fields in many places. This must be done
with sweeps or hoes, cultivating as shall
low as possible, so as not to in]ure the
roots of the plants. Make preparation
for gathering the cotton as itripens. Han
die it neatly, keeping it free from stains
and trash. Sort it well, as it is put in
the Clubhouse. A few stained locks will
iniure the sale of bag of fine cotton,
causing it to be classed as mixed, when it
is really good article. AS the dews are
now heavy, that gathered in the morning
will be damp. This should be dried be.
fore putting in bulk, or it may mould
giving the fiber blue tinge.
Fodder may be pulled this month
when the corn is sufficiently ripe; but
this is doubtful expedient, where good
hay can be saved, as the injury to the
grain is greater than the value of the fod
der. Save hay from crab and other late
grasses. Exterminate weeds now grow
ing to seed. The cuckle. burr-that pes
on the farm-must be looked after ant
destroyed, or there will be a bountifu
crop next season.
Be careful to sun the new wheat well
so as to destroy the black weevil. While
it is hot from the sun, put it in barrels
and place it in cool cellar. This will
,ro,.op4 tho batchino of anv eupS that
may have escaped the heat.
Examine the oxen and COWS daily
Destroy the ticks, which annoy them
greatly, by washing the parts most GOV
cred by them, with n strong decoction o.
China root. 1t is said they Will not take
hold again for some days.
Now is the time to cut timber
for when cut now. before the. sap is con
verted into starch and deposited, it will
not be attacked by worms. So says the
Southern Cultiuator for August.
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CLAY1NG SANDY SolIlLLse..-A correspon-

4 - Z
CLAY1NG SANDY SoILs.-A correspon-
dent in the Hammonton Culturist, offers
the following on this subject: 1t is, per-
maps, not generally known, that one of
the very best methods of renovating or
improving these light soils is to clay
them. While all clays cannot be applied
with safety, there are some which the
farmer may use without fear. Where
the clay is calcareous, the effects of an
application are fully equal to marling,
and if the clay contains alumina, it gives
firmness and retentiveness to sandy soils.
Clays which are pliable, of solid consis.
tency, and have an unctuous or greasy
feel, invariably produce excellent results.
Fifty cart loads of such clay to an acre
Of light soil will give to it frmness that
is really wonderful, and will fit it for
crops, which in its natural condition could
not be grown upon it. | would as soon
have good calcareous or aluminous clay
bed on n farm Of light soil, as bed Of
marl
s Allow me to remark, that the applica-
ton should be made in Fall or Winter,
the time when our farmers have most
leisure. The frost acting upon the clay
will pulverize and incorporate it with the
soil. A word of caution-never apply
clay that abounds in iron. 1t will do
more harm than good"
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The Currant.

Of all the small fruits that grow in the
temperate latitudes, the currant is the
most reliable and costs the least labor,
and for this very reason it seems
to be the least appreciated. The va
rious forms in which the currant may
be used, its agreeable flavor and healthful
qualities, entitle it to higher consideration
thai it generally receives. and should in
duce its more universal cultivation. In
the first place, being adapted to use when
green, it is one of the earliest fruits availa-
Bile. By the time it is half grown, if
stewed in swimming supply of water
and sweetened to the taste, its mild, fresh
tart, forms refreshing relish upon the
breakfast or tea table, and is to the taste,
what the first notes of the early spring
birds are to the cara prophecy of good
things to come. Strawberries are deli
cious, and red English raspberries are
luscious, and the full ripe currants, served
up raw, with sugar well moistoned with
water, stepping in just when these step
out, are scarcely less grateful TO the palate;
and with little care in leaving the later
punches, the luxury may be continued
from four to six weeks. And except in
cases of organic disease of the stomach
and bowels-when the seeds must be
avoided-they are a most healthful fruit,
the acid having the effect to counteract
bilious and malarious tendencies, and the
expressed juice, properly prepared, makes
harmless and refreshing beverage in
most cases of sickness.
There is said to be great difference in
different kinds of currants, in respect to
yield and qualify. Undoubtedly there is
some difference in varieties. The white
and black currant do not seem to yield
as we'll as the red, and some reds seem,
at least, to produce better than others.
But much of this difference in the red
currant, we apprehend, is owing to cult
vation. Ground cannot be too rich for
the fruit, nor kept too clean. The mode
of propagating is we'll understood by
most people A hill of old currant bushes
taken up, may be divided into half dozen
settings, which will produce fruit year
or two earlier than cuttings. But when
these cannot be obtained, cuttings of last
years sprouts-which from old hills
should be mostly removed-cut any time
before the buds start, and set early in
good mellow, rich ground, VIII take root.
The lower end of the cutting should be
cut square with q sharp knife. The top
should be cut back to good stray bud.
Dig and set the shoot-not force it into
the ground. The latter process is liable
to tear the bark from the end and prevent
it's taking root.-Wisconsin Farmer.
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SELECTING SEED CoRN.-An Illinois
correspondent of the Independent writes {:
Last spring and early summer there was
some discussion about selecting seed corn.
Some advised shelling the tips off and
reserving the middle of the ear for plant
ing. One man said one grain on the
same cob is as good as another. Had he
been a raiser of corn he would have
known better. Some ten years ago |
planted an ear of corn to test the differ
ence between the produce of the kernels
of both ends and the middle of The same
car, and will give you the result. The
soil was just alike, the cultivation the
same, and the crop very different.
planted the first two rows from the large
end of the ear, the next two rows from
the middle, and the last two rows from
the tip or small end and planted all the
same morning. The large end produced
fair-sized ears, with irregular rows, much
as you will find them at that end of the
ear. The middle kernels produced large
ears, mostly straight-rowed and fair. The
tips brought forth nubbins only there
was not a fair ear on the two rows of
corn. This is an experimental fact which
you may use as you please. have
raised corn more or less for forty years :
and now plant only about halt, or at most
two.thrds, of the kernels on each ear of
corn; and generally raise good crops.
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4 the : young plant, bursting out short
time after the caring, throws upon it fun
-ei. in the dark rusty form with which We
q are but too familiar. If we simply
steep e, our wheat in water, the lig hit grains
which, though too heavy to be blown out
by the tanning mill, are imperfect, will
rise to the surface and may be removed.
If to this water we add lime, we shall
kill all traces of smut, &c, &C., which
may have clung to the otherwise sound
seed by contagion with the infected grains.
But let US remember, above all, that the
most certain prescription for the securing
of good crops, is change of seed get
your seed from different variety OF
| ooi1
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Jackonet CAMBRIA,
Soft Finished CAMBRIA,
Jackonet STRIPES,
Jackonet CHECKS,
Nainsook CHECKS and STRIPES. -.
Swiss, Null, India, Book Victoria LAWNS,
White MCUSALINE and TARLA FANS,
Colored TARLATANS,
PARCALES and BRILLIANTS,
Toilet QUILTS, ,
Tape Bordered HANDKERCHIEFS,
Printed Bordered HANDKERCHlEFS,
Hemmed Stitched HANDDERCHlEFS,
Plain Button Stitched HANDKERCHlEFS
SHIRT FRONTS,
"A Fronting LINEN,
5-4 Pillow Case LINEN,
7-8 Irish LAWNS,
Scotch DIAPER,
Birds Eye DIAPER,
Linen DIAPER,
8-4 1O.4, 2 4 White Satin DAMASK,
Damask NAPKINS,
Damask DOYLIES,
Colored-edge TOWELS,
Fringed
Crash HOLLAND,
Bay LINEN,
Farmer's Brown DRILLS,
Brown DUCKS,
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PICKING SEED WnEAT.-A cores
pondent in the Candda Farmer, writing
on the subject Of wheat growing, offers
the following:-" An important opera
ton in the process of wheat sowing is
too often neglected. allude to the pick
ling of Seed First, it points out to us
the bad grains, which may thus be re-
moved, reducing the percentage of lost
seed +; and secondly, it strikes at the root
of smut and other fungi; for it is these
very imperfectly formed grains that are
chiefly attacked by such parasites. Now
smut is found in the imperfect grains,
and in such small quantities las botanists
tell us,) that it is absorbed In the root of
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IL Lo,,o oo1ornd the whole ground

think have covered the whole ground
and have tried to be plain. II anything
has been overlooked, will fill up the
omission when my attention is called 10
it. With my best wishes for the success
of your paper, am
Your obedient servant,
JAMES w. WATTS.
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PUBLISHERS OF
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And ITusjc Rocks.

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Preventive Against the Turnip Fly

We quote from the North British Ag.
riculturia the following recommendations
respecting the methods of preventing or
mitigating the risk of damage by the
Turnip Fly:
"Various methods have been suggested
to prevent the attacks of the turnip fly
when the plants are newly brairded.
Sleeping the seed in oil, and afterwards
busting the seed with sulphur preparatory
to sowing, has been found to be of con-
siderable service. There is. however a
still more certain method of preventing.
Newly Stacked lime, strewn thinly along
the rut made by the seed.coulter of the
sowing machine at the time of the braird-
ing the plants, proves a protection. We
have also found a mixture of lime and
SCOT very efectual in protecting the young
plants as they put out the first leaves.
When small quantity of white turnip
seed is sown in the hollows of the drills,
the insects resort to the white turnip
plants, preferring them to the Swede.
This method of protecting the latter is
more expensive than top,dressing the
seed rows with lime previous to the
brairding of the plants. after the rough
leaves are formed, little damage is caused
by the tnrnip fly, but other insects feed
on the leaves, the black beetle being the
most common. The most eGectual means
to combat all insects is to push forward
the growth of the plants by manures ap-
Piled at the time the seed is sown, and
after the plants come up to stir the sur.
face frequently, but without injury to the
tnrnip plants"
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GARDENING FOR BOYS AND G1aLs.-
Mark off plot of rich land for the boys,
where they may raise all kinds of vege-
tables and little Spring grain; and des-
ignate another plot as flower garden for
the girls, and manure the soil bountifully,
and let it be plowed or spaded deep.
Then encourage children to mark off the
ground in drills, and make small beds
here and there for raising only few speci-
mems of every vegetable that is usually
produced in kitchen gardens. Provide
bountiful supply of flower seeds for the
girls, and encourage them to plant, cult
vate and love flowers. See also that they
have suitable tools to work with, and do
not turn them away with an old hoe, or
miserable spade that skillful gardener
would reject with scorn. The heavy labor
of preparing the soil should be performed
by strong man, as the strength Of chill.
dren soon fails wien engaged in such
fatiguing labor as spading the garden, es.
pecially if the soil be heavy. If required
to do the spading themselves, they often
become disheartened in the gardening
operations; and for the want of little
assistance, they abandon the enterprise
and engage in something else. BY means
of few dimes worth of seed, and few
hours, work, and few encouraging words,
small children may be taught lessons in
agriculture, horticulture and Horticulture
that will be of untold value to them when
they grow up.-N. Y. Times.
CLOVER is to farming what faith is to
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farn1ers Department,
There's wor,- Enough to Do.

The blackbird early leaves his nest
To meet the smiling morn,
And gather fragments for its nest
From upland, wood and lawn;
The busy bee that wings its way
Mid sweets of varied hue,
At ev'ry flower would seem to say
"There's work enough to do"
The cowslip and the spreading vine,
The daisy in the grass,
The snow-d drop and the eglantine,
Preach sermons as We pass.
The ant, within its cavern deep,
Would bid us labor too,
And writes upon its tiny heap
"There's work enough to do
To have heart for those who weep,
The Scottish drunkord win;
To rescue all the children, deep
In ignorance and sin:
Tc help the poor, the hungry feed,
To give him coat and shoe,
To see that all can write and read,
ais work enough to do"
The time is short-the world is wide,
And much has to be done;
The wondrous earth, and all its pride,
Will vanish with the sun.
The moments fly on lightning wings,
Aud life's uncertain too;
We've none to waste on foolish things
"There's work enough to do"
The planets, at their makers will,
Move onward in their cars,
For Natures wheel is never still,
Progressive as the stars
The Leaves, that Huttcr in the air,
And summers breezes WOO,
One solemn truth to ran declare
There's work enough to do"
Who then can sleep when all around
Is active, fresh and free?
Shall Mau-crca'ion's lord-be found
Less busy than the bee
Ouy courts and alleys are the field,
If men would search them through,
That best the sweets of labor yield,
And "work enough to do
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Sept II
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Hosiery, Notions

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RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY PAPER,
the object Of which will be the dissemination Of
intelligence, religious and moral principles among
all classes of our people throughout the country.
1t is the desire and design of the publishers: to
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as interesting family visitor-one that will be
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To aid us in earring on the work we have
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Contributions for its columns are solicited from
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All communications and remittances must be
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A few select advertisements will be Inserted al
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All papers friendly will please give tho above Q
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Irish Linens, White oods, &c.

White Linen DRILLS,
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GROvEsTEEN & CO.,
PIANO FORTE MANUFACTURERS,
400 Broadway, New York.

4cC DIOao"oyS 49,
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AugS lyH&p 80
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State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT,
IN ORDINARY

IN ORDINARY.
DY W. F. DUR1soE, Esquire, Ordinary Of
I'D Edgefold District.
Whereas, John S. Parduc has applied to me
for Letters Of Administration, on all and sim
gular tho goods and chattels, rights and credits
Of VIM. H. Summcrall, late of the District afore-
said, decd.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, tho kindred and creditors of the
said deceased to be and apnear before me, ut our
next 0rdinary's Court for the said District, to bo
holden ut Edgefeld c H., on the 18th day Of Aug.
administration snoud not be granted.
Given under my hand and scal, this Goth day
of July in the year Of our Lord, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty.seven, and in the
92d year of American Independence.
WI DURIsOE, O. L. D.
July 81 2t 81
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DRESS GOODS, eloAKs, sHAwLs

Our House mas always Dcen noleu ior
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the new and desirable Styles yet brought
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vs. fOr. Attacn.
J. A. Bass,
vEyHE Plaintiffs in the above stated case having
Il this day filed their Declaration in my office,
and the Defendant having neither wife nor Attor-
ney known to reside within the limits of this
State on whom copies of said Declaration with
rules to plead can be served; On motion of W.
W. ADAMS, Esq, Plaintiffs Attorney, Ordered,
that said Defendant appear and plead to said
Declaration within year and day from the date
hereof or final and absolute Judgement will be
given against him.
Sept. 20, 1855 lyq Al
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Nov. 27,
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