The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-07-20
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sizing can be had; both these articles
aboundlnS with ammonia, and both well cal
cu'ated to heat up the compost heap and set
tno whole IN fermentation. Living near
village, rs we do, our great resource for am
monla Is night-soil, and there can be moth
ing better. Dead animals is another orcat
resource, and tits wonderful what an amount
OF these village will furnish if the farmer
will only let it be known that he has ool.
gotha where they may be buried. There il
no trouble in finding ammonia if we only
search for it,
Potash is not so easily found. When wo
could buy wood ashes for ten cents busbcl
these furnished an abundant supply, but now
tney ,,y are scarce at twice and thrice the price.
Wherever uneachcd ashes can bo obtained
Tor twenty-five cents per bushcl, aud lcached
Tor half this sum, the farmer can nut no
better material in his compost. If placed.
however, in direct contact with ammoniocol
compounds their tendency is to set the am.
mon'a free, and it must be absorbed by soil
or some other covering of the compost or
tncrc Is great waste. In the present dcarth
OF wood ashes Providence has furnished
another resource for potash in the mines Of
! Germany.-ALENANpER lIypE IN Ncr
York Times.
FATTBNING ANIMALs.-A very common
error among farmers, which need correction.
is the opinion that animals may be fattcncd
IN few weeks and fattcd for market bv
neavy feeding, or, as it is termed by push.
ing Many farmers do not think of be-
cunning to fatten their hogs or cattle for
s sfJy %niSn efRRsF food is then sud-
denly changed, and they are dosed with
large quantities of grain or meal This
sudden change often dcranges the system,
and 1T Is frequently some time before they
recover from it. From observation and in
quiry we find that the most successful man
ayers adopt very different course. They
feed moderately, with great regularity, and
for longer period. The most successful
pork raiser that we have met with commcn
ccs the fattening of his swine for the win
ter market early in the preceding SPRING
In fact he keeps his young swine in q
good growing condition all through the
winter. lie begins moderately, and increa-
scs the amount gradually, never placing be-
fore the animal more than it will freely cat.
with this treatment, and strict attention to
the comfort and cleanliness of tho animal.
his spring pigs, at ten months, usually ex.
cced 3uU pounds, and have sometimes gone
| as high ms $50 pounds, and wintercd over
each IA weight of 500 or 600 pounds
The corn which is ground and scalded be-
fore feeding, nets him, on an average not
less than 81 per bushel when the markc,
price for pork is five cents per pound.
TIE TRUE CAUSE OF HORACE GREE
LEY's ATH.-We Sun, in an article on
Horace Grcecys death, claims that the loss
of the Tribune, and not his defeat in the
clcclion or domestic affiictions was the cause
of his insanity and death 1t publishes
fac simHe of an article written by Greeley,
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 rcsuming cun-
troll of the Tribune. His disclaimer, which
the Sun says is now published for the first
time, is as follows:
"By some unaccountablc fatality an art-
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 rccommcn-
datlons when his friends controlled the Gus
tomhouse, tn NGh 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 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 IL, 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 am gone"
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
His father was unable to inform him, but
asked what led to the inquiry. The boy
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