The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05

| DEAR BRO. MEEK, Ed. "rhe Central
Methodist" Oatlettsburg, Ky. I see
In the last Central" that you want a
remedy for Sick Headache. If YOU
Will use a remedy that you advertise in
III your paper every week, I am sure
you will be greatly benefited thereby,
and believe cured. T have been q
sufferer from Sick Headache, I saw
almost from infancy, and have tried
every remedy could get, and never
found anything to do me any good un-
til l used Simmons Liver Regulator.
IL mas been nearly three years since l
Headache since, and have never used
but two packages and half of the Reg
ulator. had sister last spring that
mad from one to two spells of Sick Head
aches every week. sent her half of
package, and she says she has not had
1t since. feel for any one that suffers
with that terrible disease, and l hope
you will give it trial.
9. s. MORRIS. Brownsville, w. Va.
AGRICULTURAL ExPERIN ENTING. We
do not know OF anything which
would be more Interesting on farm
than small experimental ground.
New plants and seeds come into notice
arc the most valuable, and the great
public depends OH the newspaper
editor, some Interested correspondent,
or the reports of some agricultural So
! ctety to tell him all about thcm. FL
nally, on the strength Of what he roads,
he invests considerable money in sOmo
article or another, plants considerable
ground with 1t, and finds out onl when
too late that 1t is not at all suited to his
climate or soil. 1t ottentimes happens
that an article really good in a ma
jority of cases Is of very little value in
| some particular spot. This is just the
sort OF knowledge no paper or society
can teach, but which small experi-
mental garden would readily supply.
At market, or when visiting friends,
one often has a few seeds or roots given
him which may be very useful to him,
but which are lost chiefly because there
Is no spot assigned for the testing of
these things. There is. indeed, a ils-
position In many cases to regard these
presents of new things as bores, and
they are often accepted because it Is
not thought courteous to wound a
frienu's feelings by refusing what he
regards as somewhat Of treasure.
But besides the pecuniary value which
often results from tying experiments,
| ohSAS 10 " & iCoO VI plcaSurC
from watching things grow that we
never saw before; and we are we'll as
sured that no one who established a
small eXperimental-ground on his iarm
could ever after be without it.
LOOSE AND COMPACT Soils AND
EVAroRATIoN.-In order to nave the
greatest evaporation, the surface of the
soil must bo constantly wet. After the
upper layer Of the soil has had its
water evaporated it must be supplied
from below, In order that evaporation
must 20 on. This supply from below
depends upon the caplllarity Of the
soil; OF, in other words the nneness of
the pores-the finer the pores the
greater the supply. A compact soil
has greater capillary power, and when
the upper surface Is comparatively dry
will evaporate large amount of moist
ure. If such a soil is broken up and
the surface made to consist Of coarse
humps, the power to raise water from
below is much weakened, and there is
less evaporation. This is the cXplana-
nation of the general belief that it Is
important to keep a soil loose in dry
weather, and break up any crust that
may have formed afte: a shower.