The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-04-05


the forces of the plant are all directed
to making weed-afterTards these are
diverted into fruit making channels.
But nature will brave its course aud
time must be given for the frst to com.
plete its work, Gro the tide turns.
Certain pocullart'e, Of our clim to
must also be considered in this cpuuec-
ton drought rarely fails to occur in
July or August. The result is a suspon-
sion Of vegetable ac,ivity-srowth aud
fruiting are b,th arrested. Previous to
this the conditions for making fruit are
generally favorable. With an early
start therefore good ''bottom" crop 10
almost ccrtain-much more SO th,u
either a middle" or top GRIP. AS
young plants arc not so much affect ed
by drought as old one very late
planted crop, may somtimos pass VI
checked through drought aud make
g"od late crop, but tho chances are in.
ierior to those Of an early plan ed cue.
BY the way of question: Do our
farmers take these magazines? Or do
they say Cant fud time to road ?" Or
arc they opposed to book farming ?"
ooh, pshaw." wo here some old rel
low ray, what does bo,k farming
amount to?" Well, now, what ;s book
farming? When did this prejudice
agoinss reading orisu ate? II We go
back twenty Eve years, when it was sup.
posedlthnt nobody bit processio ma
nan could write for tho papors, and
when the first agricultural papers were
del endent on the contributions of
"the"ry men," therc might be soma
reason to distrus, th,ir valu, BIT times
have changed 0oms in twanty 6vo year.
Readers have become thinkers; thinking
loada tn talking, and it his bsen ,li>cov-
cred that man who can tslk can also
write his talk; aud as a result, our pa.
per to-day are filed with the expert: :nco
of practical men. theory, un.uppor
ted by experience soon e,,,un.or, a
stumbling bio ck Publisher, have learn
cd his fact and that their sulces, dc
pends upon the ability to discr min ste
in the sci, ction Of sound matter Of pub
LEGATION:
And the farmer cant find time to
read? Can the mechanic find time to
learn his trade? Better by far that
one half Of each day be spout, if necess
airy, to l.arn how to d. the ,rk to best
advantage bef"ro undertaking it. Oae
aero well titled will produc, more profit
than three cultivated in tho usual slip
shod manner. This has been demon.
strated hundreds Of ,imca, aud nAs be.
come an admitted truth yet the " hois
lani abounds with farmers too lazy, too
negligent to study the mnre successful
method. The one thing necdI'ul t., pro
tect the farmer from the imposition of
m"nol.ulics and elevate his caliue To it's
proper position among the productive
industries, is more reading.
Were the Agricultural So. ictie. to
e1pend one half the present s,Dount paid
in premiums, in distributing among the
tarn.srs OF their respective countis. the
standard agricultural papers, th.y wuull
put in motion an influence f,r goud
which all OF their previous efforts have
never accomplished
1t is justice to remark right here,
that We have in our own State one Of
these very practical Agricultural Maya
zines. 1t is the "Rural Carolinian."
published bp Walker, Evana & Coxs.
well. Price s2 per year Write for i.
Done? Well We have flushed our
chat. We notice Gr'a. deal of gunno
this year arriving y, arI being carried
into the country from Os.:rscburg 30
careful. Not too much :
The extra cotton you mak will inst
about pay for the gu,no! Won't
h2 We heard gentleman, who
has had considerable experience, mark
the other day, az a wagon ladtn with
the rc1olent phosphate passed "If the
s4me hauling was done in bringing in
straw into the lot, as it takes to carry
thcSs fertilizers hons it weuld pay mach
ho,,a.