The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-08-22
Contributed Locals.

Sow turnips. This succulont root
,hould be sowri this month. Plant just
before q shower if possible. Any rich,
pulverizcd soil will do if you will use a
little phosphate Of lime. In fact the great
discovery of the value Of bones as a ma
nuro for turnips, but for all crops, was
discovered by a close observer noticing
that a certain turnip was larger than its
mates. lie examined and found that the
roots had cntwincd themselves III the
:ibrcS of a largo rotten Done-this was the
TACT discovered by an ordinary farmer.
It took the gigantic brain Of a LiebiS
md the science of chemistry to start the
enormous trade in pllosphatcs, which has
reached such immense proportions:
Keep your eyes open farmers, and SOW
urnirs.
Mr.. w. d. Mann, OF Mountain View,
has illustrated in the hot season, his W
person that a white skin cain withstand
The burning rays of 4 Southern sun II the
spirit is willing. He has thirty acres of
.orn, we think we are safe in saying, Is
she best in LowndcSvillo township; he
will gather over five thousand bushels
from it. The work on this field has been
done by himself except about twenty
dollars worth of help. This expense was
caused from the fact that his little daugh-
ter WIS sick with typhoid fever eleven
weeks. Who can beat t. is. We wait for
areply.
Sow BARLEY.-Whcn VIC sec a farmer
with Il fine barley patch adjoining his lot
we put him down as an intelligent, thrifty
and live man. When we see none, the
conclusion is forced upon US that he either
knows not its great Sa ing value or is too
law to bother with it.. The ground must
be as rich as your means will allow. :Iofl
cannot make vour ground too rich for
this crop. 1t viii grow better in a ma
nurc pen than any where else n the
moro your patch resembles a pile OF
manure, the finer will be your crop.
PREPARE TO PLANT FRUIT TREES
In a warm climate like the South, fruit
should be used largely. 1t is cooling and
refreshing. In fact all meats and highly
seasoned food should be dispensed with
until cool weather returns. II all the
farms in Abberille county wero as well
supplied With fruit rs Mr.. l.. G. Clink-
scales, of Diamond Hill, Abheville coun-
tv would be what it can be made, the
garden SPOT of the world. Prepare to
plant, and plant an orchard, farmers.
A colored man on the day of the fence
election, was until 9 o'clock driving his
neighbours hogs out of his field. He then
walked three miles, and voted for the
fence law to remain rs it is. Hc then
| went to his neighbor and told.hcr she
must put up her hogs, as he could not
keep them out Of his field. This same
negro owns about n hundred acres OF
land and not n rail tree. Consist
cncv thou art a Jewell but one never to
be found III a negroes breast.
Lewis Grant the campmecting murder
err of Hiram Weems, was caught by Mr.
Singleton A. Mcintosh, seven miles from
Vicna. near the river. Sheriff Jones had
offered no reward and MI. Mcintosh
deserves great credit for bringing the
criminal to justice. 1t is getting to DE toe
much the case, that no n willapprehcno
a criminal or put themselves to the lcas'
| Inconvenience to catch them without 8
reward. a man who brings q criminal t1
l~justice is a public benctactor.
| REMOVE 1T AT ONCE.-Wc had our hV
ldollar straw hat mashed into u eye;
tabove Lowndesville by Il black a nm,
the other day. If Mr.. J: G.. Barker VII
start from his gate and go II east tcl
chains thence, south west lSht cllaiiE
then south east three chains, thence souti
two chains across a gulch near a lcanln!
slack lack stump, he will see a long lin
extending from q small black oak lnt'
thc middle Of the road, a terror TO Icy
horn hats, and nervous men.
IF clover had suited II climate as We
&c i docs the valleys of Virginia the Oh
red fields and worn out scdge plans G
the South would have been gradually i'm
moved until they would have reache
tMho;r pristine fertility, but u no Or
spells kill out clover. When the Glow
fcver was raging, nearly eVer
bodv was mcditating upon how 10 tn
prove their soils, but dover was, a, nn
due trial, pronounced q Failure a.." a,s
tho idea of Improvement md recupef'
tionfstopped.