The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-11-12
Judge Rogers ruling in the Storey will

though L could be witness, nv legacy
would be void. John Bcuvier was an emi
nent lawyer in Philadelphia, some years
ago, and the author of several standard
law books. a lady left him a hand
some bcquest in her will, which t<himsel If
drew and witnessed There was no doubt
about the intention of the lady, but Bou-
vier failed to get his legacy.
Having sigued and sealed you will, you
can revoke it by destroying it, buspot sim
ply running your pen through your name
or through the lines, but you CIT revoke
it by subsequent will properly Executed.
Marriage also rcvokcs q will.
The OAT CRop.-Wc doubt if many
fields of oats will have been pluned when
this issue of The Cotton km reaches
its subscribers owing to the dry weather,
and we want to impress upon tho farmers
the absolute necessity of planting a;s. A
writer in the Southern Cuuirato, says
Of all the crops planted by the louthern
farmer, the oat crop should figure among
the foremost of them all. Why. you may
ask, is the oat crop to be desired! We
could give several reasons, but will only
First, because it requires les labor to
produce it. thereby rendering tie farmer
independent of the thriftless ant indolcnt
class of labor that is now aSiatiug the
minds of farmers all over the South
Second, there is no better way of build
ing up worn-out soils, exhausted by re-
peated cultivation of the same crops IN the
same land for number Of years. Afer the
oats are harvested there is suro to fellow
lnxuriant growth Of grass which On be
pastured or, better still, be left alone until
fall to be turned under with larg turn
plows, supplying quantity of vegetable
matter for the succeeding crop ;ht vii!
keep the ground mellow and lose and
retain the moisture in the land, in aSe of
a dry May, which would be very irurious
to such crops.
Now, the most important part OF all is,
which is the best way to prepare tb land
and seed down crop OF oats to receive the
best results The land should be broken
at least six inches deep with SOM pow
that leaves the soil in mellow ad pull
vcrizcd condition, and not in haks, as
great many plows do.
We have tried the Brinley 20. 3 with
great success. Immediately .rhind the
plows, or sometime during the day. should
be run Corbin Disc harrow, with sceder,
sowing about two bushels per acre and to
hQr9RRfHIlT y rS9RfI 1--WE! th6 'nnbw& al4h6mas
smoothing harrow. which can be dine with
but very little cost. The idea is to get
land IN the very best possible condition,
because the soil cannot be loose1 only by
the harrow over it bcfc hc oats
are six inches high, and for thai very re-
son, a thorough preparation of to sSil is
esscntia to an abundant oat crol
So much for planting. Now leE pass
over from secd-time to harvest hd see {
what must be done. The oats apo be
cut and housed, Of course, andh Cord !
Binder will play a most importanprt in
doing this 1t is no longer safch this
progressive age, for us to run tn Elsk OF
having our crops damaged by ba'wathcr
which is provorbial at the haes time
by waiting for the od-fashiond'cadlcs
to cut them, even though it coulo be done
at less cost. The average cradlclwl cut
off the top Of the oats and scatte thm all
over the field, and unless there a, hgs to
pick them up it will be total los.
Let us see what it will cost ppduco
an acre of oats. Cost of labor r phwing
one acre, twenty cents; cost ofmule feed
while plowing one acre, twenty-five cents
cost to harrow one acre with DC h:rrow,
including seeding down, etc. thirty @nts
and with Thomas harrow to PERFECTLY level
the ground, fourteen cents, miirS n all
eighty-nino cents for preparing land and
seeding down. Now for gathcing. Cost
of mule-fccd one day, sixty ceLs cost OF
three hands one day to shock, one dollar
..a E. :..-i. ~i.s.-i--~-a.1rv---sJ S1"ts,
for use of binder one day, tw, dollars, and
for twine to bind one day, loty-iivc cents,
making a total cost of five dollars anu five
cents for one day with Cord Binder (the
binder will average about wc!vc acres
per day) which viii be an avcnsc OF about
foriy-two cents per aero; aided to the