The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-10-19
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Suggestions.

suggestions.
EDITOR TIMEs.-Thc month of October-loye
liest month Of all-has opened upon US beasti-
fully, and suggests the Importance of noW chalk
ing out work for the coming year. If you
want to economize, to live at home, upon your
own resources, don't put it off until new year,
when most Of your money will be gone, and you
will be looking around for credit Lay your
plans noe, with n resolution to carry them out.
Prepare your ground for wheat and SOW during
this moath, If possible. After the first or second
picking of cotton, you can, with three scooter
burrows to the row, sow your wheat; the tread
ing in the after picking, will make it tiller WELL
and you may almost be sure of good yield, if
the land is good and adapted to wheat.
Wheat should never be covered deep. BE
sure to soak it we'll. in strong solution of Blue
Stone, or salt, and roll it in lime. BE sure that
you dissolve the Buestonc. Don't have it like
Joe Bedenbnugh's, so strong that you could see
the Bluestone all over the ground. If you can't
spare the time-which is all nonsense, for the
same time will be required do it when you will
to sow more wheat than you need, be sure
to SOW enough for your own you will know
what you are eating.
If you have not sowed red oats, do it now.
They eau be sown in the cotton field in the same
way and no crop pays better.
If YOU have not provided yourself with bar
lev lots about the Stable do it ut once-yUu cam
not make a better investment of your time. IL
will keep you out Of the corn crib and save
money.
Reports from all the cotton belt have been
received, and it is pretty we'll settled what the
yield will be. The market has opened low and
dull The necessities of the Planter have forced
him 10 part with his crop, part Of it, at least
at very low figures. 1t is now i'll the hands of
your good friends (:), the cotton Brokers and
spcculators, who have been sorrowing over the
country, talking about hard times, the stringsn-
cy of the money market, the big crop in the
West and the supply of India, Egypt, Brazil
and all the world
Simple minded people can't understand where
all the money has so suddenly gone to. few
months ago the Banks and Bankers complained
of u plethora of Grecnbacks. Money could not
be loaned out Some of tho Banks even reduced
their capital. All this talk about tho scarcity
of money is Il humbug. 1t is unfortunately III
the
crop and make money out Of it. The failures
of the crop West Or South will make very little
difference to the average planter. He is under
q lien, and his hands tied hard and fast-he is
obliged to sell. Even should he hold, storage,
insurance, freight, steaage, patching and sam
pling, will reduce his profits to minus. The
Banks, by extending or contracting their dis
counts, can make money plenty OF scarce, at
pleasure Spectators brokers, capitalists and
spinuers are all in the same ring as. the Plan
ter. And with all that the Planter has the
game in his own hand, if he will play it right.
Keep out of debt, raise your own supplies, and
you will soon have ii i'll your power TO fix the
price of your own labor. Get rid of mddl Z
men, bankers, brokers, factors and spectators,
and let the great principle of demand and sup
ply settle the question
We have secured Home Rule once more and
it will not bc long before our Bench will be
filled with upright Judges, the jury boxes filled
with intelligent Jurors, the Legislatures with
honest patriotic citizens. Labor will become
more reliable and reuumerative, and honesty
more rule than exception. Under this re-
gimc may hope for the farmer to get back
to his old independent position and not be
afraid to moct his merchant or Factor at Christ
mas. EAPERlENCE.