Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-05
Small Grain.

Therefore, wood ashes arc a good manure for
it,
Put a few live fish into wols if anglo worms
} iuSest them
I sIfthc roots Of trees arc dipped into water
ltiast before planting, tho earth that sticks to
thSsaRtll give imm )iatc support to the small
fbros.
John johnson says farmers must givo spec
ial attention to sheep and cattle keeping if
thoy want to mako grain growing most prof.
itablo.
! Cacinod plaster is as good fertilizer as
tho uncalcncd. But it is usually wasted af
Setsr its uso in the arts.
Some ono says if salt is kept before horse
in the stable, he will not gnaw his mangcr
! Trial will tell.
:. Root crops, not grain, are tho thing for
joung orchards They do not steal so much
tree food.
Toads arc capital hclpcrs in taking caro- of
4 vino patches. Lay boards between tho rows
J to shelter thom in tho day time, and they
'n,l make carnival of tho bugs at night.
|
posts set up tho reverse wny from which they
grew, will last much longer.
1t is difficult to tell collie from bots in
horse, but table spoonful of chloroform in
twice as much mucilagc, is good remedy
for either.
Rich milk is not The best for calves. A
butter COW is not good stock COW.
Look out for morals as we'll as muscle in
hiring farm hands. They may ruin the boys
BY their vicious examples
| Carrots arc recommended for horses, to aid
digestion, and tomatoes for COWS to improve
and increase the milk.
Feed stock regularly, and cook feed as
much as possible. Few farmers do it.
!. hangers should be low, and stables well
ventilated and we'll lighted.
Many horses arc made blind by being kept
in the dark.
Insects do not nfcst very late sown peas as
they Go early ones.
| Stcwcd pumpkin as poultcc has been
found of great value in reducing inhamama-
| tory rheumatism.
| Pork and beans arc the most nutricious for
the money that can be found
! Smoke from rags, dry wood or corn cobs
is better than from tobacco in pacifying bees
to remove honey.
| Tomatoes can be raised ten days earlier
than usual by topping the vines. The prop
Mr. time is when the first fruit is of the size
of an egg.
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u CURE FOR INHERENT LAzINEss.-Now-
|&aad then one meets with an exceptional case
in which energy seems to have been entirely
omitted in the moral make up" of tho ind-
vidual; but human beings totally devoid of
this clement Of worldly success are about as
rare as braulcss living skeletons. Give
single spark of energy, it may be increased
and utilized by cultivation, just as an insg-
nificant amount Of muscle may be developed
and invgoratcd by proper exercise
When other means fail, the sharp spur of
necessity will sometimes rouse the indplcnt
from their apathy and drive them ahead. The
parent who has tried "moral suasion" in vain
upon slow going, cfortlcss son, should place
him in position whore he must either labor
OF suffer. When it depends "upon himself
whether a man shall "sink or swim, or pcr.
ish,' in nine cases out Of Ten he will strike
out and swim. If, on the other hand, not
even the instinct Of sclf.prescrvation can over.
come his vis Inertia, he might as well 90
down. He can do no good in this working
world, ant the sooner he leaves it for live mon
to hustle in, the better for himself and all
concerned. But if there is particle of tho
motive principle in the human dronc, priva-
tlon is pretty sure to render it active. The
individuals who arc dead to all tho noblcst
incentives to cxertion, should bo subjected to
the penal rule he that will not work, neither
shall ho cat" The tcrrapin is naturally
dull traveller, but if you put fire on his back
nc makes extraordinary time for oold. blood
cd reptile, and, "bonclazy" youth may
generally be induced to bcstir himself by an
analogous appeal to his scnsbilitics, |
pa~ \ correspondent of tho Charleston
Mcrca,y ".itos as follows &c The Dpmo
cratic clubs in this and other States arc doing
much good. Colorcd clubs arc being formed,
and their numbers rapidly increasing. Let
all tho Democratic clubs in The State ,dopt
some badge, say plated star with name of