Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-08-06
! Importance q Selecting Good Seed.


sLike.ptodrcea like, !, SAN axiom we'll sus.
tanned by experience. If you want 70 grow
good DROPS you must begin by sowing good
seed. IL is poor economy for a former to sew
OF plant anything but The fparest and best seed,
merely because he has q poor article on hand,
81 \ ean buyian inferior article at atlow price.
Bysach economy his drops will grow poorer
and poorer. every year, and SO will the farmer.
Crops will degenerate more or loss byoSoonns,
%tinaing9 tosssowI Or plant, for q long series Of
years, seed which has been grown from pre-
ceding crops from the same farm, or even ID
the same STRAIGHTFORWARD. The general opinion
with practical men is, that seed taken from
a more northern to a more southern climate
will do better, mature earlier, and consequent.
ly bosooner out of the way .ofits enemies.
When you have even good seed of your
own and can get better by paying an extra
price for it, get tho better. Do not. be salts.
fed with seed of standard weight as fixed by
law--the law is graduated to medium quality,
and seed ought to be off higher standard.
The grains of seed wheat ought to be full
and plump, with no weak CT shriyelled seeds
among it, nothing that will swim on water.
Those weak grains, ifthey grow at all, produce
but q weak stock that only robs the stronger
ones Of nutriment and prevents a freer circu-
lation 0 fthe atmosphere and sunshine-in fact
are no better than weeds.
Seed corn should be selected on the stock,
or at the husking Gin tho South, shuoking).
Select only from a stock that has two or more
ears, of these take but one-the largest and
best matured. If your crop does not yield
stocks of this capacity-reject the whole aud
procure seed for your next crop elsewhere,
and do one other thing-manure better. In
husking corn intended for seed, a few husks,
should be kept on, sufficient to form a loop
by which it may be strung on a r,le to cure,
without undergoing the heating process of q
crib, by which the germ is often injured.
Grass seed should be selected with much
care, and with that you will seldom get it
pure. Timothy is easier selected pure than
almost any other grass seed. To test the quail.
ity, wet your finger aud dip it into the seed;
a pretty fair sample will adhere to the finger
when Withdrawn, and give you a fair opportu
nifty ofinspecting it.
Three new varieties have been introduced
within the last year or two-the Surprise, tho
Norway and che New Brunswick.
The threshiug Of this years crop will do
much towards settling the standard of their
claims, respectively, to public favor. No
doubt each ono will do better in some neigh.
borhood than in others. Let each stand on
its own mcrits.--Amertcan Stock Journal.
DAILY LIFE OF NAPOLEON N EUGENE. |
Perhaps our readers may be curious on the
fifth 3 IapOsSal-JrAnnNr of Iii sebfp,l
Tbs yAaoy pest aqflsgs R bsqs s9.! Ss which g5l b we s,ly.-
staying at Fontaincbleau. The Emperor
rises very early, as indeed is his habit every
where. BY 8 O. clock he has got through a
certain amount of governmental business, aud.
settled more than one important affair. 1t is
well known that at Fontainebleau, Her Ma.
jcsty occupies Marie Antoinctt's apartments,
where she is surrounded by many of the be-
longings of that unfortunate queen. Her
bed, which is gilded, at the time belonged to
Nine. Dubarry afterward the Dauphine
had it, and she retained it after she became
Queen, and ultimately it was removed to Fon-
taineblcau, where it remains stationary. At
IL O clock the Emperor and Empress break.
fast; when their Majestios are, at the ,Tuilcries
they are usually tetc.a-hctc, but at Fontaiue.
bleau all tho principal officers and ladies Of
the household join the Imperial breakfast ia.
BILE. When the repast is concluded, the En-.
peror takes a turn or two in the garden, and
thom %retires to his study for hard work. The
Council of Ministers, who assemble in Paris
at ] o clock, do not meet at .Fontainebleau
until4 O'Clock, At 7 o. clock dinner is an.
nounced the household assemble at it, and
generally some guests are invited from Paris.
Dinner over, the company meet again in the
Empress apartment after a stroll in the park.
The Emperor retires early, between 81 and
10, but the Empress rarely bids goodnight
before IL.
Azure Fon Low SpIRIrs.--Exercise TO
the body, occupation for the mind these are
the grand constituents Of health and happi.
ness, the cardinal points upon which every
thing turns. Motion seems to be a great
preserving principle Of nature, to which even
inanimate things are subject; for the winds,
waves, tho earth itself. are restless. ara ~