Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-08-14
RAIN AND FROST.

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4th, 9th and 9th frost. April 14tha season Of
rain. April 10th light frost. May Sd frost
killed some cotton. May 9th frost Injured DOT.
ton. May 18th good shower Of rain. May
10th good season. Juno I'd a half season.
June Both tho Thermometer reached 90 degrees
July 9th, 9th and 7th season FELL July 10Th
llth and 18th tho most oppressive heat ever
known i'll this country was felt, tho thermometer
reaching from 100 to los degrees in tho coolest
places in tho houses. July 10Th quarter of o
season. July goth, 2Gth, 27th, 28th, Goth md
goth good season fell all over tho county 80 far
as heard from. July 3Ist and August lst rain
continues August I'd washing rains II will
thns DO seen that we have had partial showers
nearly oil The season in this ncigLborhood.
The corn crop generally will bo very light
think over the County, owing to tho scarcity in
acfcage planted and the general drought. Bot
tom corn however is yesys limo where it has been
well cultivated; bueeplahd corn looks sorry and
fear II is too far gono for,the lato seasons to
rovivo il. sihl2@e hopo for ttesbotter
10 ~ IA COTTON. t.
think there will boa larger crop of cotton
| raised in this vicinity and probably in the
County this year than has been for many years
past. II is as well and even better fruiied than
! ever saw 1t. and great many persons agree
| with mo on this point, and thnktlls acreage
in cotton s more than is commonly planted in
this county.
walked with my old friend, Milton Reese,
(July 3Oth,) through part of his twenty acre
f0 0eft1 IVol lns1 IL. q
with plow ands planted in tho drill and has
used the plow but litllef any since ho planted
it and has eight hands with their hoes anu other
rice tools laying it by to day. Nearly all of tho
rice @e saw was from whist TO head high, though
did not sec any heading out. Mr.. Reese says
the straw will make better food for stock shan
fodder. lie has erected two large wheels md
placed them in the Twenty. Six Mile Greek,
(near aud above Maj. Lees mills,) that carrie,
up nearly n barrel of water Mt every reYo, alton
OF the wheel or 1900 barrels day. TIen he
has troughs 10 conduct tho water on any part of
his rice field. Mr.. Reese thinks his rise crop
will make ncar one hundred bushels 10 he acre
for several acres. 1t is the finest field &C rice
ever saw growing. lc has also about ole acre
| in tobacco and about thrcc-fourths of an acl in
| pindcrs or COOLERS which arc very promising
Mr.. y. j Bowdcll hns II or l8 acres planted
| in rice on the same creek near or in the vicinity
of Centrcvlle. lie, too, is watering it by the
wheel process and il acts finely; but he thinks
he did not commence in time to make il sue
cess. Ills crop is not as promising as Mr..
Recess.
wATEENEIONS.
rs tho fruit crop made an entire failure in this
| County, or nearly 80, except blackbcrrics and
walnnts, we have planted watcrmcions as a
| substitute FOR iruit. Our mode Of planting
melons (and we only planted 229 hills) is to lay
oil the ground 10 feet by 10 feet, dig holes in
the crosses 8 inches deep and 8 feet across, fill
up these holes with lot and stable manure, mixed
we'll with top soil all through the hole and raise
| it n little above the common surface This work
should &c done in January or as early in the
year as possible. Wcplantcd March ist abou,
| 10 hills with OF seeds to the hill to insure n
stand; then thinncd to or vines TO tho hilI.
March 2oth we planted GO moro hills as above
April 10th we planted los hills Wo rcplan.e ed
and thinncd the patch May 18th and OH the lIth
we plowed the patch both ways. June 81 we
| plowcd The patch again both ways and laid the
The mclcns by. June 23d we pulled 90 mcloro
that the crows Ind pcckcd holes in We then
stretched white strings across and around the
patch and the crows have not been seen in there
since. We have been gathering. eating, selling
ana eiylrg away melons nearly every day since
| the first day of July, and We now think thcy
i will last until frost.
! Mr.. SuiHuel Smith, Dr. Duck and Robert
| Dreaaealc have put ZIP unh arc now burning q
brick kiln Of 10000 or 10000, for their own
use.
W. II. McElroy, at Sandy Springs. Mrs. Anne
Dar"lcot, at New Lebanon, and Miss Virginia
Smith, ncar the Twenty Three Mile Creek, nrc
all having fine schools. We are blessed with
good teachers in this vicinity at this time and
We hope they will be success u in teaching the
young idea how TO sloot
| Messrs. james G.. Don hit & Son arc working
| several bands gctt'ns out timbcrs TO baill dam
| across tho Millwec Creek 10 run glisc mill and
cotton gin this fall. They arc also getting Tim
| bcrs for the erection Of the mill and gin house
| The cotton gin and mill will Lc very handy for
several of our ncighbors. and We wish Them
great success and speedy finish Of the job.
| The Penileton Factory Company have built u
new race part Of the way TO conduct the water
on the main wheel, as the old one was about
| rott cd out.
Our gnr'icns, and in fact all vegetation. begins
to look like life once more and is in fine grow
| ing condition We hear of somc Of the farming
community setting out potato slips, cabbage
plants and sowing turnip seed for tllC last few
| days.
w. q. Smith is finishing up his new residence
at Sandy Springs In few ycnrs lie will havc