Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15
Raising Clover Seed,

'na"nSf ot managing clover TO save seed frou
fit--the best time and manner for cuttiu
D cufing, storing and threshing What is d
average yield Of seed per soref What Is sh
best clover huller? viii the "s.raw" do t
mulch Strawberries withY Can the few see,
remaining initbe kept from terminating b
stacking and sailing in the s,aok2 Ifso, viii
the salt hurt strawberry plants M :
Select a good orop of clover the second year
for first year after seed ng, free # IN weeds o,
on clear faa3 All ols IL f,r nay when ia
aower The sooond growth will thnn make .
handsome, uniform ssed crop. AT the north,
this is done about the middle or 2Jth of June,
but much depend. on the length Of seasons,
latitude, and the earliness or teuess Of the
variety. A little experience will bs neocessa
~ for good success. The seed crop is cut in
Autumn, when most of the heads have be.
come brown. The best way to out is to take
combined moving machine, put on the pla.
form. make the knives sharp. aud thon, with
good hand rake. keep the cut on the plat
form until there 10 good pile. whom Il is
thrown of. At the next passing, drop the
bunch at the same place, 80 as to make win
rows. When dry. draw in or cocks It turning
over when necessary Draw in on dry day,
and thresh it out with good huller At tho
north these machines are itinerant. and thresh
for certain sun per bushel When m,w
ing machine ,snnot DO hsd, I must of course
be cut by hand I'd when clover hullcr il
not accessible, let the h.y bs verv rip,. (,nd
if it has barn wet, it will shell all tn b.ttcr.
and resort to the m,re i,nparfact mode Of
thrcshing and p'ssing through tho tanniug
mill The threshing should be dono in frosty
weather The average yield per acre is three
to four bushels; sometimes Eve bushels are
obtained, and in bad seasons only one or two.
Birdsall is one Of the best machines for
thre1hing. No practicable amount of salt
will prevent the seeds from, terminating, nor
will it injure strawberries when the straw is
used as a mulch. A'banu Culioator.
TIE Dismal Swan nn the boundary line
of Virginia and North Carolina. is every
year affected by the drought. so that the sur
face takes ere and burns until extinguishcd
b, ..utumn rains. Thi, year, on account OF
the long continued dry weather, the conf,.
grafton ia Of unprecedented magnitude. and
has already burned for distance Of l6 niles
from northwest to southwest. Several fine
farms have been burned out. and on fields
formerly rich with crops nothing is to be seen
but acres of ashes, the pits in some ,ses be
ing Is feet deep. The surface Of the swamr
consists Of dec"mpnsed vegetable matter
held together hy the roots Of water plants
Though slight shower may cx,ineuish tn,
confagraton on the surface. yet in many in
stances the fire continues to hurn underneath
and thus forms extensive hnlIows. The bee
of Drunmoud Lake. in the centre Of III,
Swamp. is supposed to have bacn burned ou
i" this way, many hundred Of years ugo.
, A HANDSOME BEQUEsr FOR THE SoUrH
The following ia the codcil nf the will of tn
late Caleb Dorsey, ESQ. If H"aard County
Md, making charitable bcqucst for III
f benefit of Southern people. The c"dci bear
d"te August 49, 1869:
Igive and bcque 'th $50 900 to NY brother
Reuben E Dorsey. and Governor 7 w. Lie
on. III special :rast to Apply the sane 10 th
relief of such p"rtions Of the people of tn
late save-holding States Of this Union as tn
! said truetecs may think Most require assis
: tance on account of their suffering aud want
and the said sum Of money shall be nnplc,
!, in such manner as they may deem hest to nc
complish my purpose. Ifmy pcrsonal rsta,
should nn. prey" sufficient 20 pay I'll ls,acic,
0 including this Of $4,000, direct that s
8 much shall be deducted from the s45 90
given by the codicil dated August 10, 1865
as may be necessary to make up this l,s. c
n for the benefit Of the people Of the South
= AN HONEST LvFE.-Thc poor pit.ance
!, seventy years is mt worth being vllinn 70
What matter is it it your nsighbor lies in
h splendid tomb9 Sleep you with nnoceno
8 Look behind you shrueh the track Of tine
II A vast desert lies opru in retrospect. W..
,s ried with years and sorrow, they sink fro
Ie the walk Of man. You must leave the
u where they fall; and you are to vn lit
,e further, where you will find ctern.l rest :
,s Whatever you may have to encounter hotwr,
10 the cradle and the grave, every m"nent