The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-18


any ono season since the war. have
heard agrcat number of farmers say,
81 nm using This year my own ma
Commercial fertilizers, they !.
say, arc two high and too exhaustive.
Their constant use in large auanti-
ties impoverish the land, and bank.
fupt the plauter. l heard one man
say that he bought the chemicals, and
has compounded his own fertilizer,
and he was of the opinion that at a
cost Of seven dollars hc had mado a
ton of better manurc-one that
would d. less injury to the soil and
furnish better food for the plant, than
he could have secured at six Zines
the cost from Charleston or else
where. In this effort of the planter
to relieve himself Of the phosphate
monopoly, &c ought in every way
and by all means to be encouraged.
The other fact is the disposition that
is now SO prevalent, TO have '.brcad
for the eater and seed for the sowcr.",
Small grain has been sown with an
unsparing hand. l regret, however,
olearn that the wheat crop, which
promised SO well q month ago is
thought to be very seriously damag-
cd by the frost and ice of the past
week. Cotton, or rather the seed, is
now being planted, and from what 1
see and hear the acreage will be
about as last year. The feeling now
seems TO be bread first then cotton.
The cold snap we have had, has not
only injured our gardens, but it has
cut off entirely the fruit prospect.
l doubt if there is single peach,
apple, Or plum in this section Of the
county. | was lamcnting the loss of
the fruit crop in the presence of an
old and very obscrvant man, when to
my surpricc he said, "wLat VIC lcsc
in fruit we will make up in health"
and added that his observation was,
heavy fruit crop and Il sickly sea-
son went hand in hand. His prcdic-
tion was "t|at doctors would have lit
Tie to do professionally this summer"
Is this theory correct? VIII YOU ask
the Old and observing among your
readers to give lis through your pa
per their experience? Let us have it
as far rs may be settled at once.
What benefit it will be TO the doe
tors to know it. Being forcwarncd
they will be farcarmed.
We have had down here the pre-
vailing epidemic. It seems TO be
known by different ,amcs in differ
cnt localities. l see in aomn sections
it is called the "cpizootic," in some
other place the grip" in Charleston
and thcrcabouts the champion
grip" II is known here as the
"griping grip" and rs 1 have had
some experience with it, think this
better expresses it than anything I
have heard.
There was gathering of the "stal.
warts" as we'll as the "beauty and
fashion" Of our township at fishing
party at the famous Sandy Island
Landing on Thursday, the 10th in
slant The day was not very favora-
Bile, bat the crowd was immense, and
the dinncr-oh the dinner and this
is net III 4 "Pickwickcan" sense.
Will you believe it, there was, said
CuGy, enough wasted TO feed the
same company the next day. The old |
question might be asked, "why this |
waste of the ointment" Bnt he who
dared ask it would be at once written
down as misanthropic and miscrly.
Pleasure Pleasure! is it not one of
the lelusions of the times.
A Lodge Of the Order of knights
Of Honor has been established in
BraEchyillc with our worthy towns
man, Trial Justice and soon TO be
Psstmaster, Reddish, MS Dictator.
1t is made up of good msterial, and
is likely to grow. / saw in Your last
paper very interesting article from
the pen Of our mutual friend, DR.. j.
w. Summers, on the purposes and
plans Of the Order. Why don't you
get the Doctor TO write oftcncr for
your paper, giving us the news from
his section? lie can and ought TO
do it. More anon. BILLY GRAVES.