Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-02-26
The fartu aud fireside
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
FARMERS SHOULD FORM CLUBS.

developing of their profession than any 9TH
er people on the globe. do not mean that
they are not energetic and industrious in
cultivating their farms but that very few
take any interest in testing new theories
and in trying to reach perfection in their
calling.
Farmers, arise Awake to your interest,
and place your profession where 1t should
stand-equal to any in giving honor TO IT'S
followers and money to their pockets. Sci
entific reasoning and theorizing will be
necessary and helpful in bringing about
this result; but they must be reduced to
practice, before they can he of any benetlt to
the common farmer. We can form good
ideas, and gain much useful knowledge by
reading such literature, thereby avoiding
many errors that we would commit without
such knowledge; but it will take time and
experience to make perfect. II We,.'s 1ar'
mers, desire to develop our profession we
must experiment and keep an accurate ac-
count and record of all details, and com
pare the results of the, different MODES.
We have many varieties OF SEEDS, varying;
in their adaptation to different climates, ana
to different soils in the same climate, giving
rise for much thought; and close observa-
ton in this line. 1t is very essential that we
should know the varieties that are best suit
ed to our particular climate and soil. Chance
is moor manager, and if we do not know,
we could hardly expect ourselves to be so
lucky as to accidentally choose the right
one.
The lands of the Southern States nave
been much worn, and by improper and long
tillage and teaching rains have been drained
of the greater partof the minerals that con-
stitute plant food. So that it has become a
matter of fact with us, that we must 1eed
our lands if we expect them to feed us, ana
at the same time liquidate old debts. extend
our border lines and increase our income. y 1 .
perform the labor required to make afull
crop without the proper food, as for full
CROP of corn or cotton to grow on poor land
without manure. Unlike the mode of feed
ing the animal kingdom, we can not SO dis
tribute the minerals, from time to time, to
suit the eXigencies of the case, but must
give the plant the whole dose, in one potion,
in the spring of the year, and if we DO not
place at the plants command a full supply
we may expect it to flourish only for a sea-
son and when all the elements, or any one
of those elements that are necessary to veg,
etable growth has been exhausted, 1t VIII
languish, and like the barren fig tree yleld
no fruit Should close this article here l
mistake; butallow me to give another hint.
I would remind you as eXtravagant living
in man is the cause of much suffering and
disease, so improper and eXtravagant man.
uring may injure your crops. The OBJECT OF
this article is to persuade our farmers to
search for the secret, how to fertlliZe, how
to cultivate, so that the greatest profits may
come from our labor. These things can
only be learned by experimenting.
Man may learn great deal about farm
ing in the course of time by his own efforts
and experience, but much more can be gain.
ed in shorter period by having CLUB and
with much less expense than 1T would cost
otherwise. Many new theories are eXpen'
sive and they often prove failures, and TINS
very fact keeps farmers in the old track.
If we, as farmers expect to become wise in
the short time that has been allotted to
us, we must profit by the experience oi
others. Therefore, I insist on the necessity
of farmers clubs. The object of these clubs
should be to bring about larger yield to
the acreage titled. This can be accomplish
ed by offering premiums. These preml-
ums could be raised with very little expense
to each member-far less than the knowl-
edge would be worth, which would be gain
ed by the experiments induced. l ask the
farmers of Bethel township to think ana
talk of this matter, and that all who are in
terested will take part in trying to OBTAIN
a meeting at some convenient place to dis.
cuss this matter by the first of March, If
possible. f. ID. THOMPSON, JR.
THE EADyANTAGEOF A COW.-It is some
times question of health and cleanliness in
purchasing butter Those Whoare compell-
ed to purchase good butter know how diff
cult it is to get what they desire. For that
reason cow is an indispensable adjunct to
those who have the facilities for properly
providing for her. We are satisfied that a
good cow will not only pay for herself but
give profit also, but supposing that she did
not give profit at all, yet the owner feels a
satisfaction from the fact that he knows what
he consumes on his table in the shape OF
butter, and that is something great many
would be glad toeXperience. With the I'M
position of dozen substitutes for butter,
many of them being itticult to detect, it is,
at the presentday a matter of Life and death
to use butter in the family. Filth, delete
rious ingredients, and even poisons, are sold
as butter, in form SO disguised as to be re-
cognized as the pure article. There is no
remedy for these evils at present except to
keep cow, or buy direct from dairymen.
Butter color protects many rascalities, as the
ignorance of grocers who buy from whole
sale dealers has much to do in promoting
the evi.-Far7n, Field and Stcckman.
A REMEDY FOR DIPHTHERIA.-Numb
of children are suffering from diphtheria,
and the skill of the best physicians frequent
ly proves useless against the attack of the
dread disease. 1t often happens that sim
pie remedy is of more value, in some cases,
than the most skilled treatment, and just at
this time, all suggestions which bear the
evidence of worth are interesting and val
liable. a communication to the P0St-Dts-
patch gives q remedy which the writer de-
clares was tried with success in the case of a
son of one of the city letter-carriers, and
which is believed to be very effective. 1t is
at least harmless, and there can be no i'll re-
suit from test of its efficacy.
The recipe is as follows: Place black OK
ide to the depth of half an inch in an ordi-
nary tumbler and put in enough muriatic
acid to form paste. This mixture should
be placed on the floor of the room, or what
is even better under the bed occupied by
the patient. The fumes of the mixture will
rise and will be breathed by the sufferer; in
this way the germs of the disease will be
killed and relief will be afforded in a few
| hours time.
| TANBARK FOR MAN CRE.-Spent tan Dark
as received from the tanneries, is valuable
as fertilizer, and it would pay for the
trouble of drawing it some distance. The
tanning or tannic acid which the tanner eX-
tracts is of no value as a fertilizer in reality,
because this is obtained from the atmos-
phere it takes nothing which comes from
the soil, and is of value when returned to
the soil. Leaves contain more potash and
phosphates than the limbs or timber of the
tree. Bark contains nearly as large a guam
t;t.. Of thoco mi naral Is as the lnaNes Wairht