The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21

p enkdnys old it will begin TO cat a little
pealtand bran mixed aud some hay, which
SHOULD be so placed that it can get at bcm
atl the time without being in reach of the
cqYA AIhe more the cali cats of good nu.
triapus food the sooner it will be ready for
i'sjdtureNVsc, let that be for milk or for
Every Hook of breeding ewes should be
alpyed:to run ih> the field portion of the
dat nnicss II; be very stormy. Sheep do
no{ pear conhnementin> his climate as well
| as Psher animals. 1t isalso very Important
tIf they are not turned out with either
| horees ofscattle; ; the horses are sure to run.
andlthe cattle are liable to injurc thcm, thus
causing the ewes to bring poor lambs aud
ireqYensly TO have them before reaching
the yaAfPeriod. A tiuid aapimal like a
shce& SiaaAlM always DO handled with great
care; care;yleysrcIoxisdthrough narrow gate
or lrsS manner scared
DS1ot neglect to supply all animals lib
crall with straw or somc absorbent. as by
SO dong the manure Pile can be greatly in
creased. then haul it out at once and save
one Years. interest by using it on grass or
corn for 81 rather than keep it wasting
till fall to use on wheat to ripcn in 81
An,cFican Furmcr.
DENOMINATIONS OF SEEDS--ln the opn.
ION OF General lie Due discovery of value
has been made in relation to the planting
OF cotton. a question having arisen us to the
oil cells in Indian corn the matter was re-
!errcd to the microscopic, Prof Thomas
Taylor He found a series of oil cells near
bn r.Itnr L..
ateiyjsurrounding the chit or terminating
p'ins cvidcncing the complete protection
whicf the latter received This fact led
Prot Tlaylor to experiment, with view of
asceSNininy the amount of resistance offered
to h&pttacks of agents generally supposed
To be Sfa destructive nature to all urya lic
life, e&ton seed being used in the cxper.
iments For the purpose Of removing the
cuitonif iftou, the seed he used concentrated
sulphi&ic acid, whio!. completely removes
it without visibly affecting the outer brown
shcll(S5the seed.
Tos&st the actual effect of the gcrminat-
ing pr3perty he handed some cotton seed
thus ueatcd and aftcrward washed, to a
Mr.. Sanders, who planted it. TO the sur.
prise ofsycry one except Mr.. Taylor, who
had tnSesecn this result, the germ had not
been destroyed, the seed came up at least
five d&Ss earlier than that in its natural
state. sToascertain whether this might not
k'mc 4 rs grii!t Tor several months and then
planted ut the same time with seed Of the
same crop unprcrarcd. The same result fol-
lowed
The advantage to planters in having
five or six days start can scarcely be over
estimated, whether availtd of in avoiding
early frosts or raising earl y cotton, for which
premiums arc offered by several cotton
boards in the South. But this is not said to
be the principal benefit conferred by the
discovery. Hitherto cotton planting has had
to be done by hand, and the seed sown broad
cast, owin;; to the adhcrcnt cotton preventing
the seed being used in the planters used for
corn and other clean seed. After preparation
the seed can be used in any planter, and by
the regularity of growth resulting, the sub.
scpucnt cultivation greatly facilitated The
mode of preparing the seed is rs follows: The
seed is placed in an carthcn or glass vessel
and ordinary sulphurc acid poured over so
as To completely cover it. 1t is then stirred
until tho brown shell is left free from cotton.
The acid is poured oft to be used again. and
the Sccd>washcd till all acdity disappears
from the water, and dried. \ large quantity
is 20 be thus prepared and distributed among
cotton planters for ncXr season. The acid,
after it has become saturated or exhausted,
il to be experimental with to ascertain
whether the glucose cannot be recovered.
Experiments are also to be instituted with
Il view TO ascertain the practicabiity Of the
process as applied Ia seeds slow OF germi-
nation, such as that of the palm, which takes
three years to sprout.
FIGURING on TIE APPORTloNMENT OF
REPRESENTATIONS The Boston .idccrfiS"I'
has been figuring out the results as they
would be distributed among the several
States Of Il Congressional apportionmcnt
under the present census and sums up as
| follows:
The number $50 600 would only further
take away three Northern and four South.
crn members, the losing States being Con.
ncctcut, Florida Illinois. New York, Nir,
ginia. West Virginia and Wisconsin. But
the quota 100, 600 would further take away
nine Northern and only six Southern mem
bcrs. leaving l64 to the North and 81 tc
the South. That is to say, if the South is
it can deprive the North of twcnty-thrcc oi
its members. 1t can do still b tier by Civ.
ing up three more and taking ten from the
! North by fixing the quota 1T :!OO, 900. II
that were done the changes from the pres
cnt representation would be- as follows III
tn" North the LOSSES would be: Maine >