The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-02-28

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UNION G.
The debate continued at great length
Mr.. Blackburn, on the question of the alleg-
ed disloyalty of the Southern seminaries,
asked who had shed lustre on And team
arms before tho war broke out; who had
not been graduate of West Point and had
not then learned (from Rowle's Commenta-
ries on the Constitution every thing that
he ever knew of the Limitations of the Con-
stitution2 That "hornbook of the nation"
was certaily the most advanced advocate of
the right of secession. He entered his
protest against the injustice done to the
South in imputing to it any responsibility
for these war claims. The South did not
ask for the pensioning of her soldiers
She had staked her all on hsr convictions
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She bore her losses, and simply protested
that it was neither generous, nor kind, nor
manly, nor merciful to drag her into this
question, and TO make her tho football of
the passions of men who seemed to have at
heart the serving of partisan purposes rath-
er than the advancement of common good.
Applause on the Democratic side
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, expressed the
wish that some means should be adopted
either to wholly exclude all such claims, or
refer them all to a tribunal where they
could be passed upon on their merits. He
regretted that his friends on the Democratic
side should have allowed themselves to be
placed in the attitude of favoring claims
for which they had no sympathy. With
out action on the bill the committee rose
and the House took recess till z P. NJ.
HOMEMADE FERTILIzERs.-In accord
ance with article Sd of the resolutions adopt
ed In q farmers mass meeting, held at
Greenville Court House on the Sd inst,
the committee on "Best mode of compost
ing and utilizing the materials of the farm
for purposes of fertilization" beg leave to
report:
That in view Of the fact that only a short
time remains till the season for the applica-
tion of manures for the crops of the present
year, your committee have thought BEST to
confine themselves to the mode of prepar-
ing such compost as will be soonest ready
for use, and which, from practical expert
ence, they are willing to recommend, viz:
Let place, or more than one, as may be
necessary, be prepared in the field upon
which the compost 10 to be used, by max
ing level and smooth space Of twelve or
fifteen feet in diameter ; then haul say thir-
ty bushels Of cotton seed and place near
the spaces, one sack Of salt; this being
done, commence hauling stable or barn yard
manure, and with shovels or forks, put
layer of manure three or four inches thick
on the spaces prepared for the compost heap;
then sprinkle co<ton seed and salt as the
manure is unloaded, at the rate of five
bushels of seed if the manure is from the
stable, or ten bushels if barn yard manure
is used, and one bushel of salt to each two
horse load of manure. At least each third
load should bo of woods mold, rakipgs
from fence corners or the dirt from under
meath old houses, with which the cotton
seed and salt must be mixed, as with the
other. When the compost heap is thus
made up to point like potato bank,
strike it sharpely with board or the back
of a'shovel all over, 20 as to make it COM
pact; then cover the heap with earth to
the thickness of three or four inches, and
the work is done. No water should be
used, as the moisture of the ingredients
will be sufficient to produce fermentation,
30 that in two or three weeks it will be
ready for use One small handful is sufi-
cient to each hill of com on thin land, and
Just as small quantity as can be put in
the drill with an ordinary manure box is
enough to equal the yield of cotton thatsis
commonly produced by the use Of CONNER
eial fertilizers. i"'"7~
The reasons of the above plan for COM
posting are rs follows:
LIST The field is the best place for COM
posting, because extra handling is avoided
and all ABSORPTION by the earth in utilized.
I'D. The ground must be smooth so that
hlf the compost'fnay bessasils taken up.
Sd. Good stablS mahufeis highly ammo
plated, and therefore cotton seed (Which al.
DO contains asgreat deal ofsammonia) need
nds bs'so freely asel as With batn-yard ma
nure -
4th. Salt is used because it contains
properties of its own, is taken
up largely without undergoing any chem-
cal changes), by growing plants, and there
fore is preventive Of injury to the plants