The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
Cores pondence Of the Union TIMES,
News from Sautuo.

MR.. EDIToR.-It would be useless and, rs
certain old darkay usei to say, look like n
piece Of "foolerxin," to tell POUR rea lers hat
1t was wet in this vicinity, but YOU ought
to see farms down here, how verIent aud
nourishing they look-in grass. 1t gives the
farmer great de Il Of much healthy exercise
OF defensive nature, but it certainly does
not put him IL very pleasant mood. The
land at present, is still heavy tho clouds
l'ok ihre tcning. and it is Greek meet Greek
When the farmer g'es ont 20 vie with grass, to
;. see Which holds the balance Of poses,-.;:,As.
}, still q little ahead. My attention was called
few days ago to some grass growing on top
of q shed. 1t was two or three inches high,
and the question is how can VIC keep the
grass down on land, whoa il fourishes OIL
sie house ops?
Cotton is small and far behind tho CORES
ponding peri last YER, aud in many
p.a;es poor stand, with scarcity of labor
to hoe that poor 8 aud.
Corn is looking fine, csl lecially that
planted three "r six weeks ago. with almos.
arcr:ect st"nd. a large amount Of this is
upland, aud from :hc present outlook will
prve that old South Carolina can pro iuce
corn enough t. do her peopc.
Hu: harvesting has begun. and oats arc
very good, especially when mt sown too late.
Some lrre the smut right bad. Tho,e, how
ever, are generally from bought seed, raised,
we don't know where. | have not noticed
any smut in those sown from home rrised
seed. II wonll be well, anyway, to raise
oar own seed, MS it is 8, much easier than
raising cotton to buy them, and that some
times Mt very high price.
'Lirk we Farmers make one great
mistake in putting the corn and cotton
rIws too close, for when the grass gets bad :,
N 4 he n, Hvrr nj oil In,
awct season the only effectual way to kill
grass is to bury it, and between very narrow
rows, whe-e no hing but small plaws can be
used you cannot bury it, Wide will
elr!" !".b~ III VS. 10 DC used. even if they
must be turn p!owa. | have "sidcd' cJtt,n
with turn plows set shallow, il WIDE rows
where the mi idles were extra foul with boi Ii
w'e l. an grass, and cleared the mdd cs.
Al this tame the horse flies are very annoy
ing t. bo,h mule and Ilowman, aud the
other day, | made pair of pans out Of a
sack, and put them TN my pl0w mule, TO
keep the flies off, and it woud have done
any one good to have seen til. mule trying
to learn how to walk in pants. You woull
have hurt yourself laughing.
The hardest FAN for a long time past fell
in this section last Friday. Land was badly
washed
The La1is Of the B.pts! Church here have
formed Ladies Missionary Soco'y, with
Mrs. II. G. IIobsOn, President and Mrs. G..
r. Wileford, Seer, tlry and II easurer.
The Presbyterian church has just been
plastered, and the painting Of 1t will begin
this week.
Mrs. Lula jenkins of Charleston, is visit
ing her father, DIR. J. p. Thomas
Miss Nellie Brown has, since the close OF
her school here, returned to her home III
Columbia, to spend the vacation.
Miss Eloiso McGill, of Monticello is here
visiting her sister. Mrs. J. NJ. Friday
Mr.. II. G.. A. Jeter, Miss Nctic Jetcr an
Miss Irene FAINT, have all come home tc
spend their vacations. The former is from
Furman University of Greenville, and tn,
tw) latter are from Converse College Spar
tanburs. l.. W. j.