Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-21
Governor Hagood as a Farmer.

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M The last issue Of the New York 7urf,
4 -FYel1 and Farm contaius tho following
conceroing Governor Ilagood. "Ilon
johnson IIagood, the present Governor of
South Carolina, is ono of tho oldest sub
Bcribers to tho TmG Field and Farm
and no makes query which is of interest
to theowners Of valuable road horses. I
converted ono Of my cotton plantations,
I, four or five years ago, iuto o stock and hay
farm and am now mnking on it, beyond tho
needs Of tho place, from $50 to 200 tons of
Bermuda hay for sale. 1t soils in this
market at superior price to the best
Northern Timothy, and tho market is equal
to my present production. But l have
beeu so much impressed with tho vulue of
this hay and tho adaptabiity of our alluvial
lands for ito production, that contemplate
my meadows beyond tho consumption of tho
local market. 1 sold my last crop ut S25
per ton, packed on the cars at my railroad
station. Tho present crop
am now selling at a22 per ton Puokcd in
tho Dedrick press about $1,000 can DO put
in car l could not put it up at less
than $40 per ton, as that is about the
nominal price of inferi,r hay in this re-
gion. Of course, at these figures, to send
North would be impossible, except for con.
sumption by those who, for special pur-
poses, desires the best article 10 be obtained"
Wo will say for The information of Cover
nor lIagood that some Of our road riders use
tho Bermuda hay and prefer it to other
kinds. When its merits shall become
widely known, doubtless others will buy it
for consumption, because tho thoughtful
owner of n good horse docs not hagglc
about tho rrico. lie simply wants tho
best that the market Affords"
The BIRD OF PARADISE The twelve
wired bird of paradise in its adult male
plumagc presents very remarkable appear.
ancc. The head, neck and throat are VEL
rcty biloxi, changing in certain lights to
beautiful purple. The breast fcuthers nro
edged with metallic emerald green The
back is olive green, the primaries aud sec
ondarics rich purple, tho flank aad uudcr-
tail coverts buff, Tho peculiaritics which
suggested name for the bird is curious
prolongation of tho shafts of the flank
fcathers-six on each side, like long wires.
Tho fcmulc docs uot possess these, und is
altogether much palmer in plumogc Mr..
Wallace has described it as frcqucntipg
towering trees, especially sago palms apd
papdani, sucking the flowers, round and
boncath which its unusually largo and
powerful feet enable it to cling. Its
motlons arc very rapid 1t seldom rests
more than few moments on one tree,
after which it flies off ond with great
swiftncss, to another. 1t has loud shrill
cry, which can be heard long way, con
sisting of "Cuh, cah," repeated five or six
times in a descending scnle, and at the
last noto it generally flies away. Tho
males ure solitary in their habits, although
perhaps they assemble at times, like the
true paradise birds
call the book of Job one of the grandest
things ever written by human pen.
The reason why wo find 30 many dark
places in the Bible u.s. for tho most part,
because there nre SO many dark places in
our hearts.
Beautiful is tho activity which works for
good, and beautiful the stiffness Which
waits for gotd; blessed the self sacrifice OF
the one und blessed the self forgctfuIncss
Of tho other.
And sure I om that it is better to he
sick, providing Christ comes to the bedside
and draws by the curtains and saws
"Co,ragc! am thy salvatiop," than to
be lusty and strong and never be visited by
Christ.