The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-07-20
NUMBER %.

SIZING can be had; both these articles
apounainS with ammonia, and both we'll cal
cu'ated TO heat up the compost heap and set
inc "hole IN fermentation. Living near
village, as We do, our great resource for am.
monla Is night-soil, and there can be moth
ing better. Dead animals is another groot
resource, and 1t is wonderful what an amount
OF these village will furnish if the farmer
Will only let it be known that he has goI.
gotha where they may be buried. There is
no trouble in finding ammonia if we onlv
search for it, J
Potash is not so easily found When wo
could buy wood ashes for ten cents n busboI
.pesc ines" furnished an abundant supply, but now
,nSy ,,y arc scarce at twice and thrice the price.
w w hcrcVer unleachcd ashes can be obtained
lor twenty-five cents per bushcl, aud lcacbed
,or haif tins sum, the farmer can put no
peter material in his compost. If placed,
however, IN direct contact with ammoniocoi
compounds their tendency is to set the am.
mona Tree, and it must be absorbed bv soil
or some other covering of the compost or
tncrc lsS great waste. In the present deartb
OF wood ashes Providence has furnished
another resource for potash in the mines Of
Hermany-ALENANDER HYDE, IN Nc,,
York Times
FATTBNING ANIMALs-Avc vcrv eo,,,,.
error among farmers, which nccd corrcctinn
''c opinion that animals may be fattencd
IN few weeks and fatted for market bv
nea'y ieeding, or, as it is termed, by push
ing Many farmers do not think of be-
cunning to fatten their hogs or cattle for
sy sRJS %1ssH RsF food is then sud-
denly changed, and they are dosed with
large quantities Of grain or meal This
sudden change often dcranges the system,
aud 1t is frequently some time before tbev
recover from it. From observation and in
qury we find that the most successful man
ayers adopt very different course Thev
feed moderately, with great regularity, and
Tor longer period. The most successful
pork raiser that we have met with commen-
ccs the fattennS OF his swine for the win
ter market early in the preceding SPRING
In TACT ne keeps his young swine in a
good growing condition all through the
winter. lie begins moderately, and increa-
ses the amount gradually, never placing be-
fore the animal more than it will freely eat.
with this treatment, and strict attention to
the comfort and cleanliness of tho animal
his spring pigs, at ten months, usually ex
cced 5oV pounds, and nave sometimes gone
as high as $50 pounds, and wintercd over
each a weight of 500 or 600 pounds
The corn which is ground and scalded be-
lore feeding, nets him, on an average. not
less than 81 per bushel when the market
price for pork is five cents per pound.
The TRUE CAUSE OF HORACE GREE
LEY's DEATH.-7he Sun, in an article on
Horace Greelcy's death, claims that the loss
OF the Tribune, and not his defeat in the
election or domestic Affections, was the cause
of his insanity and death 1t publishes a
fac sin,ie of an article written by Greelcy,
for insertion in the Tribune editorial col.
umns, of November 8, 1872, claiming the
authorship of an article entitled Crumbs of
Comfort" which appeared on November Z
1872, simultaneously with his card in which
he announced bis intention of resumins con.
troll of the Tribune. His disclaimer, which
the Snn says is now published for the first
time, is as follows:
"By some unaccOuntablc fatality an arti-
Gle entitled Crumbs of Comfort crept into
our last unseen by our editor, which does
HIM the Srossest wrong. It's true that Office
seekers send to poster him for rccommen-
dations when his friends controlled the GUS
tomhouse, tn Agh the ':rcd .nosed" variety
was seldom found among them 1t is not
true that he ever obeycd summons to Wash
ington in order that he might there promote
or oppose legislation in favor of that private
scheme. In short, the article is a monstrous
fable, based on some other experience than
that of the editor of this journal"
The Sun says this disclaimer was never
published in tie Tribune, by order of the
editor in charge, though Greeley begged
and entreated for three days. that it might.
Greeley then began to realize that he had
been deposed and that if he remained con-
nected with the Tribune any longer, it must
be as mere subordinate lie would not
consent to that, and on November I2, he
left the editorial rooms of the Tribune for
ever, broken hearted man, and he never
returned. Almost his last coherent words
were: "The country is gone, the Tribune
is gone, and l am gone"
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A youth Of six years, on returning from
church, inquired of his father if those who
engaged in silent prayer on entering the
church, all made use of the same words