The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-09-03

God1foFthcir Support during several years.
lu fact, they find it difficult to obtaip liy>
ing for thcuisc'ves.and families. The peS-
erty of their fields is due to their lack of
meaQs, rather than to a want OF knowledge.
They have nsed up the only capital they
possessed-thc fertility of their land They
cannot obtain the prescriptions and follow
the advice Of the land doctors they consult.
Thoy are 10 the condition of sick paupers
who are advised to travel in Europe few
years, to pass their summers on the scashore,
their winters in the West Indies, and to
drink expensive wines.
AS the class of men who have impover-
ishcd farms arc generally impoverished
themselves, it is evident that they must
bring up tic fertility of their land by means
that demand but Il small expenditure of
money. If they can obtain sheep to keep
on shares, they will 6ud it to their advun.
tage to do so. but it is useless to advise them
to purchase them at he present prices. 1t
is also folly to tell them to raise large crops
of plants ON con ,iderabe portion of their
land, aud to plough them under. Large
crops Of plauts suitable for green .manurng
cannot be raised without manure and they
have not the fertilizers to apply. They
must use most Of the mandrc made by the
stock they are able to keep, on the land
where they are to raise the crops for the
support Of their families The first object
in life for any person is to gain living,
and this often requires the cxcrtiou Of all
his energies.
AS it took several years to run down
farm, so it will require several seasons to
1 hn Of
necessarily be- very slow if an attempt be
made to improve the condition of all the
land in an impoverished farm every season.
Most persons will be better satisfied with
the results if they commence with com
parativcy small area of land, and put that
in process of restoration before they be-
gin with another. Land becomes impovcr-
ished by taking from it more than is res
tored. This practice must stopped. The
first step toward restoring fertility to the
soil of given field generally consists in
turning under the grass crop at about the
time it is usually cut for hay. The grass,
| together with the roots, will form consid
cradle amount of fcrtilizing material.
If the crop Of grass be ploughed under
the last of June or the first of July, buck
wheat should be sown Immediately, and har-
rowed in. If the season is favorable, the
buckwhcat will be ready to blossom by the
middle of August, at which time it should
be turned uud,r by cross ploughing the land
The land may then be sOwn to winter rye,
which should in turn be ploughed under as
soon rs the stalks begin to head out the next
summer. BY following this course three
crops will be buried in t ,e soil within the
short space oftwelvc months There wills
be time to raise a crop Of buckwhcat, Hun
garan grass, or sowcd corn, which may be
ploLghcd under in the fall. Ifthc work be
well done there will be good seed bed in
the spring on which to SOW oats aud red clO-
yer.
But small amoun. Of oats should be
sown, as the chief object of raising them is
to afford protection to he young clover plant.
The oats should be harvested and thrcshed
If practical, the clover should be eaten down
by the sheep the season after it is sown. If
no sheep are kept on the place, the clover
may Dc harvested and fed to stock. 1t is
most profitable to plough clover under the
second year after it was aowu The stalks
are then of their maximum size and We'll
supplied with leaves and blossoms, while the
may be much increased by sowing land plas
ter on it early in the spring at the rate of
one hundred pounds to each acre of land.
The cost of the article is very small, ami its
effects i'll increasing the growth very remark
able
The method Of treating land above DIES.
cribed calls for but small outlay Of money.
1t requires but short time to carry it out,
while it ensures very great benefits. Soil
with which 4 large crop of clover has been
incorporated is iE good condition to produce
corn, wheat, or other small grains. IF a
farmer can spare comparatively small
aIhount Of manure, lie may greatly increase
the amount of the clover crop that is de-
signed for manure. The growth of clover
is greatly stimulated by the application of
hog dung and lime as well as by the use Of
plaster y farmer who has prepared one
piece Of land in this manner may raise crops
on it while he has another lot under similar
treatment, and in due time he may bring
up the whole farm to Il good state Of icrtili.
ty.
Penny wise, and pound foolish, sol..o-
quized the man in church, and he put the
penny in the box and the pound in ms
pocket.
n prudent man, says witty French.
man,"is Ikea pin. His head prevents him
going too far"
The report that thc baby elephant was
born with q yalise instead of a trunk is in
correct.
lhc society lady never sheds tears She
knows enough to keep her powder dry.