The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-11-12
Judge Rogsr'ss ruling in the Storey will
case. and IL fs ROOD law st

'"ouS" 0ooiu W WITNESS, my legacy
would be void. John Bouvier was an emf
nent lawyer in Philadelphia, some years
ago, and tho author of several Standard
law books. A lady left him a hand
some bequest in her will, which Shimsel II
drew and witnessed. There was no doub.
about the intention of the lady, but Bou-
Vier failed to get his legacy.
Having signed and sealed you,5 will, you
can revoke it by destroy ing it, but pot sim
ply running your pen through you namo
or through the lines, but you car revoke
it by subsequent will properly &ecuted.
Marriage also revokcs will. 4
gTnE OAT CRoP.-We doubt tf many
fields of oats will have been plans ID when
this issue Of The Cotton h,mi reaches
its subscribers owing to the dry weather,
and we want to impress upon the farmers
the absolute necessity Of planting hts. A
writer in tho Southern Cultiuato,s says:
Of all the crops planted by the touthern
farmer, the oat crop shonld figure, au,oug
the foremost of them all. Why, you may
ask, is the oat crop to be desired? We
could give several reasons, but will only
notice ono or two of the most important.
First, because it requires les labor to
produce it. thereby rendering the farmer
independent Of the thriftless ant indolcnt
class of labor that is now agtatiug the
minds of farmers all over the South
Second, there is no better way Of build
ing up worn-out soils, exhausted W re-
peated cultivation of the same crops 90 the
same land for number ofyears. Affr the
oats are harvested there is sure to oIpw q
luxuriant growth of grass which On be
pastured or, better still, be left alone until
fall to be turned under with largo turn
plows, supplying quantity of vcs setable
matter for the succeeding crop tht will
keep the ground mellow and loae and
retain the moisture in the land, in ase of
dry May, which would be very iojl lrious
to such crops.
Now, the most important part of nll is,
which is the best way to prepare th land
and seed down q crop of oats to recdyc the
best results The land should be Broken
at least six inches deep with SOM plow
that leaves the soil iu mellow al pull
verized condition, and not in faks, as o
great many plows do.
We have tried the Brinley 10. 3 with
great success. Immediately ,shind the
plows, or sometime during the dy, should
be run Corbin Disc harrow, vi IN seeder,
sowing about two bushels per AL and to
+ %SRidl b9e 9eAE8eah, E8ea,i' he lUl6 6@"@en Dhh6mahs I
harrow. which can beIone with
but very little cost. The idea is to get
and in the very best possible condition,
because tho soil cannot be loosei only by
running tho harrow over 1t befd pe oats
are six inches high, and for thatS.ry re-
,oD, q thorough preparation Of soil is
essential to an abundant oat croI s
So much for planting. Now ID 5 pass {
over from seed-time to harvest d see Q
what mu,t be done. The oats % be 7
out and housed, of course, and Cord p
Binder will play most important hrt in g
doing this. 1t is no longer safe |, this
age, for US to run th risk Of !
having our crops damaged by bad dFather
which is proverbial at the hal timo
by waiting for the old-fashion radles
to cut them, even though it couldbe done
at less cost. The average cradleAvil cut
off the top of the oats and scattes shen all
over the field, and unless there al Hhgs to
pick them up it will be total
Let sus see what it will cost ppduce
an acre of oats. Cost of labor plswing |
ono acre, twenty cents; cost Of Sule feed
while blowing one acre, twentyHe cents
cost to harrow one acre with Dl harrow,
including seeding down, etc., IN ty cents
and with Thomas harrow to peH3 3ctly level
the ground, fourteen cents, md ing in all
eighty-nine cents for preparing land and
seeding down. Now for gath4ng. Cost
Of mule-feed one day, sixty ceI !; cost of
three hands one day to shock pne dollar
-.l Lag, t---A 1.s'ovAsJ -"Sentsj
for use of binder one day, two daollar, and
for twiDe to bind one day, foS-five cents,
making total cost of five dohrs and five
cents FOR one day with Cord Binder (the
binder will average about aWelve acres
per day. which vii! be an avea go of about
forty-two cents per aero; afed to the