Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-08
Rotation,

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of which is indispensable to its development
itfolows as a matter of course, that the culti,
vation of that crop, for several consecutive
years, will abstract so far from the supply in
! the s,i as ultimately to deprive it Of tho pow
or of producing it. But all crops do not OK
h,ust tho soil If tho samo special subst,nces
anl honoo if W, cultivate Tn,lian corn for a
couple ofyears in succession, on ono fold, and
then potatoes, turnps, peas, beans, or carrots,
wo shall lini that the latter arc by no means
stupclicd from any lack Of nutrimcnt-c
finding its appropriate almcnt, aud in suIh,
cient quantities to insure its healthy growth
and maturation. Thcro arc many ors,nic
substances in tho soil which tho corr plant
docs not especially require, or appropriate,
and which arc consequently not exhausted
by its cultivation; while caclrof thom are es.
scntial to tho growth Of son, other vegetable.
lIoncc it is that when these arc grown altcr-
nntcly, the productive powers of the soil are
mot sorapidly exhausted, and fertility3is kept
upbyasort of rccupcratvc process; the organ.
c element necessary for the development of
ono crop having time to accumulate while the
soil is occupied by another crop by which
they arc not required
In many sections Of tho country tho Iudian
corn crop is one of prime Importance, consc.
quently, it is frequently cultivated for two,
three and even foir years in succession on
the same field but have observed whcncv.
cr this practice has bcen iulciously ~doptcd,
that aftcr the third season, generally after the
second, thcre is an obvious falling OF, even
whom liberal manure is adopted Very few
farmers, therefore, who consult their own in
terests, and who have had tho benefit Of expo.
ricncc and observation are found to favor it
either in theory or practice.
by adopting a judicious system of rotation,
and adhcring rigidly to it, with tho assistance
OF coplous manuring- to the soil
more, if possible, than the crop carries Off
any land may be retained in condition of
high fertility while by an opposite course, it
will as certainly be exhausted and "run out"
1t is principle with me never to attempt
the cultivation of crop which cannot afford
to manure well, and this sLo, "a be the policy
of every farmer. One had better run lin debt
for manure than exhaust his soil by cropping
without it; or, perhaps, had better suffer his
land to rest until manure can be made
Gcrmamto'cn TclegrupA.
SECURE TIE LEAVES. The woods arc
now full Of leaves. Indeed they appear to be
more abundant than ever, but farmers do not
value them as highly as we think they should.
For barn yards especially thcy are profitable
| to haul in. They are obtained too when
there is little pressing work on hand. Gath
cred up in heaps they can be readily loaded
in carts and wagons with close shelvings by
using either cloth some two or three yards
square, or with wooden rake and the arm.
Hogs are very fond of them for lttor, so arc
cows and for compost they are excellent
as oat straw is now usually fed to cattle and
rye straw commands high price in the mar
kct, there is nothing left for the purpose of
littcrng but wheat straw. Hence forest
leaves should be held in higher estimation
than they commonly are.
ARREST OF ~ DEFAULTER AND RECOVERY
OF S70O0.-Informatio was received in this
city somc weeks back that man nancl Thos.
NJ. Hannon, an agent of the Frcelmen's Bu
rcau, at Lake Providence La, had abscondod
from that place with between $1,000 and $1O,-
OO0. 1t was known that he had left Jack
son, Miss on the 9th instant, and it was sup.
posed his destination was Charleston. Infor
nation of the facts of the case, together with
description ofthc defauter, were sent to this
city, aud received by Lieutenant Hendricks,
OF tho Detectives. This intimation was su(fi
cicnttoput tho Lieutenant on the alert, and his
officers were Immediately notified of the fact.
1t was supposed chat if the individual came
to Charleston he would appear under an as
sumcd namo, and cndeavor to destroy his
identity by altering his appearance, but the
Charleston detectives arc used to dealing with
rascals, and know how to trap their gamo On
last Wednesday Lieut.. Hendricks and officer
Coates arrested man calling himself James
NJ Ormsby, at his boarding house in Society.
street. Ormsby had been ondcavoring to pur
chase real estate, and had in various ways
excited tho suspicion Of the vigiant detectives,
AID they felt convinced that they had found
tn, man. On arrcstng Ormsby, S7398
were found, which was TUNED over to tho mi. i
itary authorities, who reccpted for tho somo