The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-08
krNa AND SAVING MANuRE.-A1


Watere p that will absorb the liquid part of
the manure, and among these there is moth
ing be6ter than sawdust, which would be
more valuable if dry, but if gyeen it can be
useduhder cattle with almost as good results
1t IS our practice. when obliged to use it in
a green state, to scatter it under the fore
feet Of, cattle, and by thoir lying a1d tread.
mS on it it will become nearly dry, and
when VIC clean our stables push it back and
rfeplace it again with green. BY this means
we arc able to increase our manure pile con-
sidetably, and ] am almost inclined to think
II is pore valuable than clear manure, for
SaaScz a month or two it will Torment
3p6lljissa a.talsrpaz. VIII aS5
fak 8atter .S6ndition to be tssen III up,
as plant food than stable manure in its coarse
soggy condition. Another idea in using
sawdust is that it DECAYS slowly and its cf.
fects will be felt for term of years; or long
or than stable MANURE alone. Straw, dry
earth, leaves, coal ashes, and in fact anything
that will absorb the liquid, should be used
in tho stable to prevent the enormous waste
that is going on in our dairics Where
straw is used it would be much better to run
1t through straw cutter, not only on ac.
count OF handling the manure but it would
absorb more of the liquid, and if to be used
on crops the present season, could be worked
into the soil, much better. -Eimira Hus
bdndn,dn.
WORMS IN HoGs.--I will give you nv
experience with the hog disease universally
called cholera. In the years of 1857 and
1868, lost two fiue lots of hogs and ohol
era was the disease, so thought by all, and
they died in various ways. Some died vomit-
ing, some bled at the nose until death ended
their bleeding; some crampcd until knots
raised on their legs and bodies as largo as
small guinea eggs, and others wandered off
and laid down and died, seemingly without
a struggle. made careful examination
of sixteen of them, taking those that died
as above stated, and the examination rcsul-
ted in the same thing with all. Worms
were the cause. About one foot from the
mouth OF the stomach Cor paunch as it is
commonly callod) tho worms had gathered
and perforated the entrails for about ten
inches the worms were still hanging about
half through, but all dead when examined,
and examined several as soon as dead.
Snow, shall we claim the disease desert.
bed as cholera? ESQ, keep the hogs whilst
erowing free of worms, and the, dreaded
sssr,'. iii-rcsses rhs cau-Se
done by giving plenty of soap suds, salt aud
ashes. coppcras, etc. But has not fine keep
ing, such as forcing growth, preparing breed
crs for show at fairs in-brccding, etc in
jurcd to great cxtcut tho constitution of
our hogs? They arc certainly not so hardy
now as twenty years ago, with greater care
given. Hogs that have died here this sea.
son all seem to have lung disease But one
examination that | heard of showed tn =.
lungs to be rotten.-.ind;una Farmer.
THE RESULT OF RELYING UPON ONE
CRoP.--Bishop Marvin, iu his interesting
letters from various Earts of Asia to the
Christian 1dOocdtc, says that in portions of
India the population is now suffering and
indeed dying from starvation, because oftwo
successive failures of the rice crop, and the
farmers there grow nothing e's, to cat or sell.
The present crop threatens to be third fail
ura from drought, and consequently there is
great distress among the people, Is this not
lesson for the farmers of the South p
Growing cotton to the exclusion of bread.
stuffs might result dsastrousy in single
year to our sparsely settled country. The
Bishop says that India under British rule,
>notdcvastated by petty wars, and has
therefore "becomc over populous." Are
VIC therefore to conclude that Christianity
will substitute in that heathenish country
"fmhe" for "petty "wars ?"
The same authority tolls us that the daily
labortrs in China and India get from IS to
~ cents per day, and feed themselves -
Their weekly rations are peck of rice the
proprietor furnishes empty quarters for their
lodging which are usually small rooms eight
by ten feet, with dirt floors. Eight men are
allotted for the night to each room, and lie
on the dirt floor with single blanket to COW
erLthe party The Bishop curtly writes :
E"EIht in an area Of eight by ten, on dirt
fooT with peck Of rice week each, and
no 1eat! What would an old-fashioned
Southern darkey say to that ?"
FARMING IN GEORGIA. is con.
sideied TO be the most prosperous of the
Southern States, and yet here are some of
the pll-tale evidences of her prosperity =
Sevdty.ive per cent. of her people are en-.
gagel in agriculture; they spend annually
two ind half millions of dollars for ferti.
lizeri; they import about thirty millions of
dollys' worth of the products Of other ooun.
trieshnnually eighty per cent. of the far.
meuconduct their business on credit, and
payk, an average forty four per cont. above
the Ast prics for everything they buy the
ints4st on the money borrowed to buy sup.
plisapmcunts to about four millions of dol.