Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-05-28

be carried past the best Of harbors ut Port
Royal to Baltimore New York and Boston,
to BIO thence brought back to us. A change
will be effected in this regard. Many of us
will live to see the day whom the, richest trade
of the country will be from South America,
Spain and tho West Indies, through South
c%astorn ports.
Port Royal will, at no distant day, DO q
great naval station, which will vastly aid US
in attracting trade which, by the laws Of ma
future, should 'come'to US Instead Of passing by
us to Baltimore and Now York. fIf you, yof
Cincinnati, will comiee'to our aid, a great rev
~olutions will boa speedily wrought in this re-
gard. .yaigs3lt nj uotfllCI
The State Of. South Carolina has loaned its
credit to the lBRluo; Ridge road to the amount
,of s4,o.0Q,0O 900 This >willionable us otop push
it. o yKSn.ooxSyiillle in .fopgtecn months, eoulda
million Of lmatcriqlraidl from CINCINNATI and
another million from louisville BIO procured
rs, thought that he could SO present the ar
gumrcnt that private capitalist, Of CINCINNATI
would at once subscribe q million..,., ry,o n.
aocI It may be that if you DON'T make Knoxville
your, Southern terminus, wo shall be- discour,
aged, Cincinnati, is9worth more than the
1 WHOLE jR3ttatssd9f South Carolinp, and yet our
State ia hos expended s7,500,O00 on railways,
and has given her credit for 81, 600, 900 moro
With such asp atoms as tho people of Gin.
%cipnati have in reference to her future great.
ness, how can she neglect to extend some ma
tcrial aid to the great universe about her from
which she expects to draw her rcsourccs2
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7f 27'' Agricultural.
z Wo have received through the favor of II
Z. McLain Chief Clerk Of the Department Of
Agriculture the monthly report for the months
of March AM April. Among other items of In
terest to the farmer it includes a digest Of
the April returns of the condition of farm
stock and diseases of farm animals, oollatcd
from the different States and Counties and
Systematically arranged. A Among the v%arious
classes of domestic animals, thc!repcort shows
a creator, NJ ortality everywhere ttins the hog
than ip anyoothcr. Under this head for South
Carolina q few Counties return as follows.
H'Abbevillc, very destructive, average loss
six to seven per cent. ..n
York loss about rs per cent.
Grecnvillc large numbers swept off, in some
sections rs per cent.
Spartanburg, loss averages S per cont.
Chester extensively; two thirds Of the hogs
destroyed.
In this connection VIC clip tho following
from the correspondence of tho Department
on diseascs from worms and lice. NV y
The writer having for several ycaas sustain
cd a heavy loss by hog cholera, has applied
his mind to discover the cause and cure of the
same, and now thinks he has gained tho vic.
tory over tho great enemy. by examining
the carcasses after death I find they contain
an incredible number Of worms, and also Of
lice on the body. After making this discov.
cry I experimental as to how the lice and
worms could be cxtcrminatcd in time to pre-.
vent an attack of cholera. The lice were
easy to drive with coal oil; to kill the worms
I stccpcd the herb "Jcrusalcm oak in hot wa.
ter uutil the liquor was very strong. l then
mixed corn meal and fed the hogs while
in health, which killed the worm before tho
cholera set up in the aystcu.
No doubt worms and lice, nine times out of
ten are the cause Of hog cholera. But l OBJ
jcct to tho use Of tho remedy. Never use
coal oil.H It viii "drivc the licc," but will
notkill the nits besides, it is very injurious
to the skin, and often kills very young pigs
Soap spds is just as effective, and far moro
healthy. Coppcras is a far better anti worm
medicine than ''Jerusalcm oak" besides being
q fine tonic and appetizer Thliss,. mixed With
ashes and salt anothcr| cxecllonrt y1ccrmifu;gcc-
will prevent worms and give tone to the ssys.
tenn. The best remedy for licoc is grease and
tar in equal parts stewcd together, mixed with
q erSy'strong' dccoction, Of common tobacco.
One application Of this will last six months
while warm apply With tho hand or mop tied
to a rod. Change their beds, and If you have
any old'tobacco stems let your hogs slccspp. Oh
then. lice will Kill hogs that arc perfectly
fat, by getting into thoir cars, eating into their
eyes, and very often prevent hogs from 'thri-
wing, where they do not kill thom outright.
Tho owner wonders why his hogs do not fat.
ten. If you sec nits shining thick about
tho neck and TANKS, and great lice crawling