The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
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NIB. EDrToR-It would be useless end, as
certain old darkey used to say, look like
piece OF ''foolerkin." to tell your readers IN At
II was wet in this vicinity, but YOU ought
TO sec farms down here, how yerIent md
nourishins they look-iu grass. II gives tho
isrmer great de II Of much healthy exercise
oI oeiensi,e nature, but it certainly does
not put him In very pleasant mood. The
iand at present. is still heavy tho clouds
i1ok thre tening. aud it is Greek meet Greek
Maen the hrmer gees out to vie with grass. to
-.s.ep. $50 sn.oe n-lLs the balance Of power. AT
still q litsle ahead. My attention was called
. few days ago to some grass growing on top
OF shed. 1t was two or three inches high,
aud the question is how can VIC keep the
grass down on land, whom it fourishes on
tae house ops!
Cotton is small aud far behind tho cores
ponding peri ID last year, aud in many
p.a,es poor stand, with scarcity of labor
to hoe that poor aud.
Corn is looking fne, especially that
planted three 81, Pix weeks ago. with almos,
aror:ect stand. A large amount Of this is
upland. aud from The prescnt outlook will
prove that old South Carolina can pro Juco
corn enough t. do" her peop'e.
But harvesting has begun, aud oats are
very good, especially when NIT sowu too late.
Some have the smut right bad. Tho.e, how
ever, are generally from bought sesd, raised,
we don't know where. / have not noticed
any smut in those sown from home rrised
seed. u would be well, any way, to raise
) anr own seed. as it is 81 much easier than
raising cotton TO buy then, and that some
times at very high price.
'Lilk we Farmers make one great
mistake in putting the corn and cotton
r,wstoo close, for when the grass gets bad /,
you have nat the room to work at II we'll. In
awet season the only effectusl way to kill
grass is to bury it, and between very narrow
rows. whe-e no hing but small plows can be
used you cannot bury it. Wide rows will
allow large pl 'ws to be used. even if they
must be turn plows. have "sidod' cotton
with turn plows set shallow, il WIDE rows
where the miidles were extra foul with bo h
wteis AMI grass. and cleared the midd es.
Az this time the horse flies are very annoy
ing t, both mule and plowman, and the
other day, made q pair Of pants out of q
sack. and put them ON my plow mule, 10
keep the flies off, and it would have donc
any one good TO have seen that mule trying
to learn how to walk in pauts. You would
have hurt yourself laughing.
The hardest rlia for long time past fell
IN this section last Friday. Land was badly
washed.
The Lads Of the BSptis. Church here have
formed Ladies Missionary Socio'y, with
Mrs. n. G. Hobson, President, and Mrs. c.
n. Willeford, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Presbyterian church has just beer
plastered, and the painting Of it will bcgir
this week.
Mrs. Lula jenkins. Of Charleston, is visit,
ing her father, DR.. J. P. Thomas.
Miss Nellie Bro own has, since the close oil
her school hcre, returned to her home il
Columbia, TO spend the vacation.
Miss Eloise McGill, of Monticello, is here
visiting her sister, Mrs. ]. NJ. Friday.
Mr.. II. g. A. Jeter, Miss Neuie Jeter, on,
Miss Irene Fant, have all come homo t.
spend their vacations. The former is iron
Furman University Of Greenville, and III
tw, latter sre from Converse College. Spar
tanburg E.w.J.