The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-09-24
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the following June. They are valuable
plants, especially in localities where ordi-
nary red clover will not thrive. Our
friends below the head of navigation in our
rivers could have as fine clover pastures in
the spring, from these two plants, as could
be seen anywhere. Make the ground rich,
sow plenty of seed in September and
cover them lightly; that is the whole secret.
Towards the last of the month pea-vincs
and crab-srass will be ready for moving
and curing. Farmers seem t. be pretty
generally Of the opinion that pea vines
should not be cut until young peas form on
them; that the peas arc less apt to drop off
then and the vines more easily cured than
at an early stage. If left too late the stems
become woody and hard, and arc worthless
as forage. Both extremeties then are to
be avoided. 1t is a difficult forage to cure
and opinions vary as to the best method Of
doing it. If one has abundant housc-room,
or the means of providing cheap, temporary
shelters, it is nnquestionably best to put
the vine uader cover as soon as they arc
fairly wiltcd, hanging them on poles, or
arranging in scmc way SO as TO allow free
circulation Of air. A loft with Slated or
open floor is an excellent place to cure this
or any kind Of forage. In the absence Of
the above appliances the vines may be pnt
in small cocks-narrow but highland if
the weather is dry several of these may bo
thrown together into larger cock on tho
third or fourth day. Constant regard
should be had to avoid exposing much sur.
face to sun or dew. Hence high and mar
row cocks arc recommended. 1t is difficult
to have them properly made by ordinary
hands this is one of the things farmer
should personally supervise.
Crabgrass makes very good hay if cut at
the proper time, which is just as the seeds
are forming and before they arc ripe. The
seeds drop off readily when mature, and
whatever of the substance of the plant
passes into seeds is thus lost. Cut and
cure, therefore, before the seed will drop
| off and before the stalks become woody.
They are too small to be stiff, but when old
they become woody, nevertheless, and lose
! th,ir Iisestib,iity, just a, cTcr-ripo str.w
rGocs.-- ". Il, JoncS, IN Southern Cultivator.
DESrlrUrIoN IN TEXAs.-Washingto
Sept. 13.-Eirst Auditor Chenoweth has
just returned from a month visit to Texas.
lie gives sad picture of the destitution
and suffering there on account Of the
drought. lie is astonished that there has
been SO little said on this subject lie says
1T IS estimated that in Jack County not
| twenty bushels Of corn and wheat have
come up The drought extends from be-
yond Fort Worth up into the Pan Handle.
This is fine grazing country aud largo
amount of stock is kept there. This year,
however it has been impossible to supply
the stock with water People have been
obliged to haul water for household pur-
poses for twenty and thirty miles There
arc few running streams and Il few artcsian
wells. a great deal Of stock has furnished.
In large tracts Of country the people have
almost nothing to cat. They made no
gardens and have no potatoes or other vcgo,
tables While Judge Chcnowcth was in
Texas he presided over several relief meet
ings where people were collecting seed
corn, wheat aud money to send to the suf-
fGrcrS. III, says tho farmers in the regions
affected by the drought arc generally of
small means, and depend upon their pro-
ducts from year to year for subsistence.
They thus find themselves Immediately in
want when their crops fail.
| Two GIRLS WEARY OF MEE.-Dun-
dee. Mich, September 13.-Two young
and pretty girls, named Ictta Fogclsang,
Of this place, and Ada I.aflington, Of Mon
roe. attempted suicide to-day by taking
chlorororm. They were together or tho
streets in the forenoon, apparently happy,
but near noon they secured vial Of chlo-
roform and repaired to the outskirts of tho
village, where they seated themselves by
the roadside and prepared to die. They
wrote letters saying that it was their last
day upon earth that no one cared for them ;
that the people Of Dundee had traduced
them until they wanted to die. They were
discovered in time to save their lives,
though at first it was thought that Miss
L1hington was dead.
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