The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-28
HINTS ON AGRICttIryRE.
LABoR-sAv1Na IMpLEMENts.

LABoR-sAvINa IMPLEMENts.
Labor-saying implements were once thought
70 be destructive to the intercsGf the work
dfndgery OF labor. This seems reasonable at
first but little thought will correct the error.
How, then, do the farm laborers thrown out OF
ments o ae ns Of bv Pe
increased amount OF t;lies1 sI,iricl machinery
and tools make possible in the country. In q
section where all the soil is undes cultivation
Of some kind, it leads to more Through sys-
TENS of farming. In the case ofo3r own coun-
try, it leads to the faster extehsio. of civiza-
tion Westward, the rapid subjug{tion of wild
land, and the better cultivation Of that already
under the plough. For instance, She Western
grain. grower who now devotss setenty five to
one hundred and, fifty acres 10 CON and other
crops, with the meagre facilities o thirty years
that amount in a similar msntfa. This in
crease Of agriculture net onlyyaaass15s good the
original number of farm laboSehs but creates
new demand for laborers in eyeW other field
OF industry.
MECHANICAL INGENUITY or sARMERs.
One of the component parts Ola good far
mer is mechanical ingenuity. Some lose half
days time for want Of knowing low to repair
o breakage which an ingenious serson could
do in five minutes. team andtwo or three
men are sometimes stopped q Wiple day at a
critical season for want of littld mechanical
skill. It is wsn for every farnit to have at
hand the facilities for repairinRs In addition
to the more common tools. he slould keep
supply Of nails Of different sizes, ,acrews, bolts
and nuts. Common cut naile SS TOO brittle
for repairing implements or tor \ther similar
purposes, But only iY, the very beS and anneal
purposes OF the best wrought ilils. To an
neal them. all that is necessity is to heat
them red-hot in common fito.aad cool grad
naming in the fire white. it burss down n and md
goes out. One such nail, well snched viii
be worth half q dozen uf.ahaaled. Moth
ing is more common than forEA farmer to
ken or lost bolt or rivet Inserted, and
often siugle nut on q bolt. This must be
paid for, and much time is bst. BY pro-
yiding supply of bolts, nurs and riyets,
They may be purchased Wholesale at low
rate. These should all be ket in shallow
boxes, with COMPARTMENTS nladsfor the pnr-
pose, furnished with bow-hangle for conve-
dozen divisions may be appropriated to nails
OF different sizes, and another, with as many
COMPARTMENTS, to screws, bolts, rivots, &s.
Every farmer should keep on hard supply OF
or copper strapc. Copper wirejs better than
annealed iron wire. 1t IS almost as flexible as
twine, and may be bent and twisted as desir-
ed; and It will not ruet. Copper straps nailed
en- article will strengthen it i'll a thoro ugh
manner. sk.{! %
DEATH TO THE COTTON NORM
A meeting of the planters wt held at Ope-
lousas, Leuisiana. to hear repoSs Of commit
tees, previously appointed. ard to concert
caterpillar fly. The. plan reported was. that
fires should be made twice aweek, on every
Wednesday and Saturday. and ftener if prac-
fires are " to be small So som maass G ers to create as as
much blaze and as little heat, af possible-on
an elevated position, il practicable, and at q
distance of two hundred and nes yards. Old
shingles. branches, tallow AMI cotton. and
mended.
The report also recommended, as the larym
Of Insects are found in the fetiH, the ground
as to submit ( to he & s Wer ana
ss eSS a1 sSssH sns ss1 sa
burnt.
DR.. Boagin delivered an address, in which he
said that planters had the policy of securing
exemption from the ravages of the worm, in
the simple fact that the fly produces the cater
that fire destroys It. A more phosphoric ay s.
tenn of illumination, he said, might be sug-
gested with redectant lights and receptacies,
but the pecuniary condition OF planters places
tnended that the tires be made an amusement
to young folks, and that they should not
be continued too late at night.
Commencing at dark, they might be kept up
uutA uiu0 VI Ccu " ClOCh AlbOs tE8G D person
might usefully go about on horseback with D
lighted torch, to start the flies towards the
fres. AS long as the cotton fly does not APP
pear in force, the fires should be'lighted twice
9 week otherwise, it would pe well to light
them every night; Failure will be almost Ger
tain, it was thought, If the fires we're too large
In that case the flies will be started, but would
fail to reach the fire on account Of the surround
ing heated air.
A friend of DR.. Boagin's, during the preya-
lence of fevers last fall, lighted numerous fr1s.
He had planted cane and tobacco. All sorts OF
insects were bu-nt, and at this date, although
he has gathered one crop of tobacco, and the
seconi is shoulder high, he has not seen q
worm in it. Years ago, Q Louisiana planter
tried fires to destroy the cotton fy, but he
made his fires too large, and they attracted
flies from oil quarters, which failed to reach
the fires on account of the heated air; and they
toyk refuge in his field and generated cater
pillars in untold numbers, and his crop was
most thoroughly destroyed.
The importance Of destroying the fly is thus
calculated: One fly Of today will be repro
duced by 250, 1000 on the 18th of August; then
by Lee. .000. 600 on the 18th OF, September; then
by 62 5U0 00O, 900 on the 18th or October.
It was believed by Intelligent pl ,nters that
the fire system OF destruction would succeed,
and that the originators or it would be regard
ed before long as the regenerators Of the for
tunes Of the South. &