The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1875-09-08

lllN clN, us CIRCUMSTANCES VI Clluldle alo
the methods of cultivation adopted
must ever prevent any fixed rule to
guide lis in this direction, but in Eng
land, where Il large portion of the land is
worked by tenant farmers, much
Thought has naturally been given to the
subject, and the following conclusions
have been accepted by common consent ::
Lime is held to benefit the soil for u pc
riou Of ten years, but not equally during
the whole time, rs ten times as mucn ls
exhausted the first as in the last year.
Common Stable manure, guano, bones,
and some other Substances are exhausted
in four or five years: and the more high-
ly uitroYenouS The fertilizer the sooner
| ii is exhausted. Manure IS used up Dy
tie growing crops much iaster IN wet
than in Il dry season, and also IN not,
than ina cold one, as decomposition
proceeds much more rapidly III warm
Than in cold weather. Farmers who arc
in the habit 0; applying manure us 4
top-dTcssins 10 grass iahds VIII nave no.
ticcd that Ill wet weather the manure
acts imnl.Gialcly, while if long contih-
ucd drouth prevails at the time or apply
ing the manure, the next years crop
will receive more benefit from the Top
dressing than the present one.-Nc"
Engleusd Farmer.
SENSIBLE WORDS ABOUT ADvERTIS-
tNG.-'Ihe following is from the Imam
rial article OF the Nctv Orleans Rcayanlc:
The people who sit nervously in count
inphol;scs, or behind their goods, wait
inE for customers to take them by storm,
uad making no efforts to let the world
know the bargains they have to offer,
will lind The season very unpropitlous.
Many of those who have spent large
sums in hiring drummers and paying
Tor other wc,l-known appliances of trade,
have effected large sales, but swallowed
up two large Il share of the receipts in
such enormous attendant expenses.
rie best remuneration has been found
by those who have returned to more le-
gitimate old fashioned methods OF push
ing their business. We say it not SIM
y:v beca,.sc VIC are interested in that line
ur rcXpcnditure, but, as our best advice
20 ali who wish to be enterprising and
to secure a larger custom, there Is moth
inc now SO effective to this end as judi
ci0,ls advertising. \ little ADVERTISE
;,,cnt NAV be like q gentle touch OF the
whip to Door Dobbin's horse, "a mercy
thrown away" but liberal outlay is al
most certain to bring in large return,
and this will last cveI beyond the cur7,
rent season. We do not believe that
any one who has valuable service or de-
sirable property to offer can fail OF reap
Ing q rich harvest by continuous adver-
Using OH large scale. -.. !, ...
A FREE HORSE AT REST.-During
the pioneer. days of Indiana, Mich, the
town had IN editor who was patient
and long suffering. Some of the neln-
bcIs of the church got him to give $50
toward securing Il minister; then they
wanted thoir religious notices inserted
free; then he was asked for twenty-five
dollars toward holping to build par
81 age, and he finally found he was
giving the church more than he, gave
his family lie nevertheless chung on"
for time longer, until one evening he
went to prayer meeting and was asked
TO leave his office for a,wesk iandIgO and
help clear the grounds fora camp meet
ing. That was the last straw, and he
rose up aid saiG :: -,,u) ..
'Gentlcman, ia like to 60 to heaven
wiru. you., l. know. YOU all. You are
clever aud obliSing, and kind and ten
der, and it would DC nice for us all. rs Il
congregation, 60 90 in together, but I've
concluded to leave you and dodge i'll
alona,with somcbndy' from Detroit, La
Deer or Gland Rapids. It's money,
money, ali the time, and I've given this
church until, if my wife should die,
she'd have to 20 to heaven bareioOtcd.'
rnc congregation seemed 10 realize that
4 free horse was being rode to death.
They let up upon the editor and paciti-
ed him. lie even had q special tent
assigned him ut the camp meeting, anu
Ill was well.
BRAN AND ConN-MEAL FOR cows.
The Iractic;c Farmer says 1T IS well
settled, in the opinion CT all off, our best
dairymcn, that bran greatly promotes
the lniik seclctionS in COWS. and 1t Is
fed ulmoSt universally. equally
mixed with corn-lneal is the usual pro-
bottom. This mixture seems to pro-
mole the quantity and quality OF milk.
Hungarian grass is also found for mllch
COWS to be rather superior to the ordlna-
ry hay. The last year or two Hunga-
rian grass has loomed up wonderfully in
the estimation Of our dairy farmers; and
Il very large scope Of land will be sowcd
with it the coming season. 1t natures
for cutting in about sixty days, and pro
duccS Two to four tons per acre-thc lat
ter. of course, on good soils. Three
uecks to the acre is the usual allowance
Of seed.
Nashville is ovcrrun with her Ken
lucky cousins. The fare from Louis
rillc is only fifty cents, and handsome
young girls, sturdy young men and a
fair sprinkling of old ones crowd our
hotels daily" say the Nashville papers.
4 large lot of the ladies and gentlemen
visited the capitol and the universities,
SAYS the LNiOn uaad Amcrican, and
doubtless learned 4 few points in arch
itecturc which they wouldn't have
picked up in whole lifetime at Louis
Vile. as.
AS u rule, not only is the simplest
food the best food, but the most se;Ison-
able is, in the long run, the most appe-
tizing. There is no difficulty in deter
mining what we should eat, since the
products OF our climate show us plainly
month by month. Fish, flesh and fruit,
by their plumpuess tenderness and ripe
ucss, themselves denote when they are
roalv to be eaten. y sound stomach
will profit by whatever and unSp"iied
palate enjoys,
THE COST OF A PLEASURE.
Upon the valleys lap
The jcwy morning throws
II thousand pearly drops,
70 wake single rose.
Thus often, in the course
OF life's few tlecting years,
\ single pleasure costs.
The soul u thousand tears.
1t is too frequently the case for papers
Of Il low order Of intelligence to ridiculc
the college graduate as u helpless and