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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
4 Year Of Plenty.

Corn leads the cereals in general i'm.
portance and promised abundance of the
crop Spring wheat has not fully main
tanned it's high promise in June.
Full estimates of winter wheat cannot
yet be made, but the results of threshing
so far as known promise larger yield
than was expected early in the season.
Cotton has passed through the season
with but little injury from climatic
changes, rust or insects. Pasturage in
the main has been excellent, and in the
states and territories forming the great
pasturage belt exceptionally good.
The apple and peach crops are large, es,
pecially in states where scarcity existed
last year 1t is satisfaction to know
that importations of potatoes will not be
needed, every state reporting o high av-
erage. Hay is generally satisfactory,
clover standing high in quality. There
has been large increase in acreage OF
oats, and the crop is probably the largest
ever grown.
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They Wear Big Hats.

At AMMAN, an empire occupying the east
ern portion of the Indo- Chinese peninsula,
with a population of 1900, 900, men and
women wear their hair in the same way
and dress almost alike. Like the man, the
woman wears turban, q long tunic, wide,
loose trousers and bright sash, the ends
falling below thickness. The physiognomy
is almost the same, as the men are beard
less and have their hair done up like the
women.
The only clew to distinguish them is the
earrings and finger rings, worn by women
only. The earrings are like double shirt
studs, and among the lower orders are Of
colored glass. The wives and daughters
of mandarins alone are allowed to wear
gold jewelry. The rings are Of spiral wire,
fitting tight and standing out to some
height. Some women Of the upper class
wear also necklaces Of strings Of gold or
silver beads. ~
The hat of the woman is monumental
It is like large barrel cover, three-qnar-
tiers of a yard in diameter. Six or seven
silk cords as thick as quill are fastened
on each side, and when worn fall down be-
low the waist. Where the ends are fast
ened to the hat on each side is hugo
black or brown silk tassel Some of these
hats are artistically made of carefully So
lected palm leaves and lined with neatly
plated flag leaves. These are expensive,
especially when they have chiseled silver
clasps at the tassels. Many women fasten
a little round mirror in the hat, before
which they arrange their turban when
they go to town. The hat Is the article
most priced by the stylish ladies, and often
costs $40 or $15.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
orat
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EXCELLENT KNOTS.

On the end to which the horses are
hitched use o "bowline" or sailors knot. !"
This is shown at A and c, A being the
knot before tightened, showing how it is
tied. 1t is hard to describe how the knot
is made, but by studying the illustration
and using stiff string you can learn in
in the large loop at the right hand side
and pulled, it will tighten and make as
firm knot as any known. The one shown
at B is excellent for tying to the fork. 1t
is made by passing rope twice through
ring and returning the end around rope
and under both coils.
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BUTTER PACKAGES.
Description of Four Kinds of Packages in
General Use for Creamery Butter.

There are four kinds OF packages in
general use for creamery butter Tires
of these are made OF wood. the remain
Ilig one Is of tin
.i torn very commonly used is known
as the Welsh tub. although it is made in
America The Welsh tub is made OF
white ash and is bound with black ash
hoops The slaves are made by machinery
and the bottom is fitted in like barrel
head Either five or six hoops are used,
more generally five If only five, two are
placed at each end and one in the middle
If six are USED. three are placed at each
end Tie weight of the tub is eight OF
Einc pounds and it holds fifty five or
sixty pounds of butter
The tirliin is also largely used 1t IS
made Of white oak. with hickory hoops
1t is headed top and bottom. like barrel
and is the same size at each end, being
twelve and one half inches in diameter at
the ends and fifteen inches in the middle
The slaves are thirty inches long Inc
irkins are very often sawed in two ana
used us half iirlin tubs. with white OAK
covers. which are nailed on. The l!rkln
holds about hundred pounds OF butter
The creamery pail holds from sixty 10
eighty pounds 1t is made of white oak
and bound with iron hoops. either gal.
vanized or not These pals are painted
and are fitted with patent fastenlngs Tor
the ash or oak covers, and make the hand
soonest packages in the trade. They are
not popular with commission merchants
rs they are so expensive that they have to
bp rpturrp0 tO the creaInerieS.
Tin packages are growing in favor and
are used by the government, but are
long way from superseding wood in the
markets, notwithstanding that they seem
to be equally as good as wood i'll all re-
spects and better in some. They are non
absorbent, of course, ,.and do not flavor the
butter. while they keep it much better
Tin packages are made of all sizes, in
cylindrical shape. and are cased and COW
cred ut the top with wood The wooden
cover rests on the salt brine which lies on
the butter
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IN THE VINEYARD.
Ptoiing Grapes for Packing-Best Grap~
for Market.


In harvesting grapes that are to b
packed away for market or long keeping,
be exceeding gly careful not to rub off the
bloom in handling the fruit. Place in
large shallow trays and place in a cool
airy spot for several days to "cure" be-
fore packing. During this curing process
the skin becomes toughened and the
stems to the cluster shrink somewhat,
and the berries will not fall off, as they
would if packed at once. The varieties
vary greatly as to the time required for
this. The best keeping grapes, such as
Catawba, Iona, Diana, ETC., should be al
lowed to hang upon the vine until quite
ripe; this will be known by the
ness and the bunch hanging directly
down.
The most salable variety of grapes, &C.
cording to Orchard and Garden, are Della
ware and Concord, but few Ives seeding
and Hortford Prolific, coming very
early in the season, often bring good
prices. White varieties, such as Martha
or Rebecca, gave a somewhat uncertain
demand. Strictly fancy lots often sell
very well, but unless very choice they
are generally neglected. The best pack.
ages are light wooden boxes containing
two or three pounds each; the thres
pound boxes are generally used for the
black varieties, but the higher priced
kinds, Delaware, Martha, ETC.. are usually
packed in two pound boxes. The boxes
should be packed in slat cases, holding
eighteen three pound boxes, or twenty
four two pound boxes. After picking,
the grapes should lie at least twenty -four
hours in a cool, dry place before packing,
as when packed fresh from the vines
they shrink in the boxes. Remove thu
bottom of the box, and pack against the
cover first. Fill full, but not 80 that the
contents will be bruised. Put one kind
only in a box. Lithographic labels can
be obtained for the top Of the boxes,
which give the package handsome ap:
pearance; the name Of the variety should
be printed neatly upon the label.
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Vinegar Making.

Vinegar making is now In order IN all
sections of the country where there is a
surplus of apples. Much vinegar is made
from the juice of early apples, wastes OF
mills and repressings. Farmers who make
vinegar in small quantities for home use,
as rule cling to the CID fashioned way
of putting the cider into barrels or casks,
filing them two-thirds full and letting
them stand till the contents turn to vim
egar, which usually takes about two
years.
The vinegar business carried on in .
large way, however, necessitates some
kind Of generator which hastens the
process.
The vinegar generator shown in the
cut is an arrangement used by Charles A.
Green, of Rochester, N. Y, and was re.
Gently described and illustrated in Rural
New Yorker.
The design of this arrangement is to
draw cider from one barrel to another,
exposing it to the air and heat. The cides
slowly drips from the upper barrel down
the troughs to the other barrels. When
the first barrel is emptied, another n
rolled up to take its place. -,
Another plan sometimes used, when 1t
is desired to make cider vinegar quickly,
consists In making shelves with grooves,
say an inch deep, through which the
cider flows backward and forward and
then down to the next shelf and 80 on
until In this way the cider is exposed to
the atmosphere and warmth for an hour
or more before passing into barrel or
tank. Another plan is to fill barrel with
t. .1o ohor xytn ryh
them, then run the cider through the
shavings slowly. But it has been found
that all methods Of fastening the making
of vinegar are inclined to affect the
quality; that vinegar hastily made is sharp
and stingy, but that it lacks body and
richness Of fruit tone, and yet the process
can be somewhat hastened without re-
sulting in any injury, as for instance with
the generator illustrated.
To make vinegar in small way the
most practical mode, as has been inti-
mated, is to put the cider in barrels three
fourths full, leave out the bung and keep
the cider in q warm place, the warmer the
better up to 80 or e5 degs. The authority
quoted from advises, when one has old
vinegar barrels or casks containing
mother" and some good vinegar, these
need not be removed. Simply put in the
cider daily or weekly and draw it off as
fast as made, and place in fresh barrels.
This is the manner in which the best
vinegar is made, and with the least
trouble. By this plan the vinegar il
being made continually with vigor. Re-
member that vinegar Is always growing
stronger or weaker, and that if an old bar:
rel of vinegar has no new material supplied
it may perish from idleness, It's strength
and virtue becoming worthless.
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Winter Dairying.

One of the most powerful arguments in
favor of winter dairying, says Rural
Home, is the fact that it gives the farmer
profitable employment the entire year.
During five or six months there is a ces-
sation of growth of the farmers products
and then, if he has no way of proftably
employing his labor for the remainder of
the year his remuneration must be much
less than if he could proftably employ
himself every secular day in the year.
The value of his products depends largely
upon the amount of labor he can put into
them. The forces of nature are laboring
for him six months of the year; then if he
can employ the other six months profit.
ably in manufacturing his raw products,
converting them into more valuable forms,
his profits must be greatly augmented.
The subject is important and many sided
and we may refer to it again.
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Posts Preserved with Petroleum.

In building fence around our young
orchards several years ago we tried many
plans for preserving posts. Having oc.
casion to remove the fence this winter we
noted the conditions Of the posts as
follows: Those set with no preparation
were decayed an inch or more in thick.
ness; those coated with thick wash of
lime were better preserved, but were
quite seriously attacked by worms; those
posts coated with hot tar were perfectly
sound as when put in the ground; those
painted with petroleum and kerosene were
equally as sound and as good for setting.
Let the posts get thoroughly dry, and
then with pan of cheap kerosene and a
whitewash brush, give the lower third Of
the post, the part to 20 into the ground,
two or three applications of the oil, let
ting it soak in well each time. Posts 80
treated will nst be troubled by worms or
insects of any kind, but will resist decay
to remarkable degree. This we find to
be the simplest, easiest. cheapest and best
method of preservation.
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The rye crop Of Europe is considerably
short.
American evaporated apples are largely
sold in Germany.
Heavy losses have occurred to cranberry
growers from the severe frosts.
Prospects for increased apple exports
from America this year are encouraging.
In Kansas drought has caused severe
decline in the condition Of the corn crop.
Killing frosts have done great damage
to the corn crop in many sections OF the
country.
The general average Of cats at time OF
harvest was four points lower than st Inc
last report.
The prospect eppears to be that tho
onion crop Of the country will fully equu
the large crop of 1885,
P. H. Jacobs, who is assured from ex.
perience that the '.incubstor mas come 20
stay" nevertheless advises those VINO
contemplate using it to begin IN O smau
way and learn how before attempting to
do large business.
A Maine farmer says: From expert
ence continued through many years we
are still surprised each haying season by
the better staying qualities OF the grass
where stock is entirely kept off and never
more surprised than this present year.
It is not good practice 60 feed grass
fields"
One of the troubles which cheese max.
ers have to contend with is q floating
curd. There are numerous ways of treat.
ing floating curds, but the main points to
be observed are: Draining the whey early.
developing an acid, exposure of the curd
to the atmosphere long time and grind.
ing in q curd mill.
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latory system Of
the horse, so that
a mere glance is
sufficient to con-
vince one how any
disease of the re-
spiratory organs
may be carried
through the sys-
tenn and thus in
volve the whole
animal system in
tern lily. The
heart, pulmonary
artery, pulmon-
ary veins, verte-
bral artery, dorsal
artery, jugular
vein, ETC., etc.,
are all clearly de-
fined.
Fig. 2 shows a
bad case of farcy.
It illustrates the
external effect Of
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FIG. IA CHEAP APIARY.

1t is frame building, 10 by 16 feet. 8
feet from floor to ceiling. The door is in
the south and a double window in the
north. The studding in both ends are
sided up inside and out with ship Tapped
lumber and the space between and that
above the ceiling are packed with chaff or
sawdust to the depth of 5 or g inches.
The sides are made double Of lumber
8 inches wide. The lower inside board
being sawed so as to fit between the stud
dings, of which there are three in each
side, is hinged to the floor and falls out
wards, the ends being sawed on inter
on each side of the studding thus making
a reasonably tight joint when the board
is raised; the next board is nailed solidly
the whole length; the next one sawed as
before and hinged to the top of the second
board and alternately to the top: The
outside boards are left the entire length
and are put on the reverse of the inner
ones, the upper board being first nailed
ON, the next one hinged to its lower edge
and so on, or two inch strip could be
nailed on with it's lower edge inches
below the plate. and the second board
hinged to it's lower edge and strip cut
to ft between it's upper edge and the cor
nice board hinged to it's upper edge.
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ARTIFICIAL INCUBATORS.
4 Short Chapter. on Artificial Incubators
by One Who has Experience.

P. H. Jacobs, Hammonton, N. j., in re.
ply to queries asked by Rural New York
sr's readers, makes the following state
ments: There are no "good incubators,"
for all incubators are good according to
the management of the operator. We
have the Monarch on one place. the oper-
ator considering 1t the best. Another
thinks the Eureka the best Another pre-
fers the Perfect Hatcher, and another the
Keystone, while others pin their faith to
the hot water incubator. Some succeed
with one and fail with another, while
reighbor succeeds with the kind the other
could not work, and fails with one that
has been successful. The man does not
live who can pick out the best incubator,
any more than one can select the best
harvester, the best thrasher or the best
churn, as each is favorite with some.
The incubators used at Hammonton are
the Monarch, Perfect, Eureka, Centennial,
Keystone and hot water incubator.
The percentage of chicks Matched de-
pends upon the season. Sometimes an
operator will hatch 80 per cent. and over,
and the next time he may get only 40 per
cent.
We find that eggs from pullets produce
weak chicks, that eggs must not be
chilled, that males with frosted combs are
of no service, that inbred stock cannot be
relied upon, and other objections, yet
these difficulties are in the way.
The operator who hatches and markets
40 chicks from every 100 eggs is doing
we'll. The loss is In the eggs, not from
any fault Of incubators, as the eggs have
been tested with hens also. With good
eggs the number of chicks would be
largely increased.
Some of the broiler farms are no larger
than half an acre. Howe, who marketed
about 5000 chicks, lives on town lot.
The egg difficulty is the greatest draw
back. Only few months of the year are
used
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Bismarck Surprised.

I6was a witty answer by which hero
whom Bismarck was commissioned by the
emperor to decorate with the Iron Cross OF
the First Glass discounted the chaucellor's
attempt to chaf him.
II am authorized" said Bismarck to
him, with that liking for playing jokes
which has been so strong throughout his
creer-"I am authorized to offer you q
hundred thalers instead of the cross"
"How much is the cross WORTH" asked
the soldier.
Three thalers."
Very well, then, highness; pll take the
cross and ninety-seven thalers."
Bismarck was 80 surprised and pleased
by the ready shrewdness of the reply that
he gave the man both the cross and the
money.-London Tit-Bits.
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A Living Vase.

The process of Ornamenting vases with
living green is by no means new; but as
very many of our readers may not know
how it is done, we give the representation
of living vase. with directions for du-
plicating it, that appeared recently in The
Southern Cultivator
Any sort of vase may be employed. but
those of unglazed terra cottG are prefer
able, being porous. In such vessels the
water with which the vase is filled perco-
lates constantly through the sides and
moistens the plants which are fixed on its
surface. This kind Of vase is. however,
not indispensable. for we can ornament
all kinds. whether in glass or metal. In
the latter case it is necessary to prepare
the surface so as to convert it into a sort
of soil, which it really represents-an
operation which is easily managed by the
aid of piece of cloth or flannel which is
fixed by means of a little pack thread or
thin iron or brass wire. This being un.
derstood, the means employed TO grow
the seed must next be described.
If porous vase be used it is filled with
water or. better still left in pail of wa
ter to soak. After lapse of twenty. four
saturated the vase, it is laid OH it's side,
and the seed sprinkled slightly over the
surface. taking care to tnrn the vase in
different directions, in order that the
whole surface may be well covered with
seed. This operation terminated. the vase
is placed In a dark closet for some time,
and, II possible, under glass frame, so
as to preserve humidity and facilitate
termination. If a non porous vase. after
having well soaked the cloth which covers
it, the seed is sown upon it and the same
care is given as has already been indicated.
When q porous vase is used it should be
kept constantly full. as it is the water I'll,
tering slowly through it that feeds the
plants which cover the sides. If that be
insufficient to insure vigorous growth,
the vase must be watered, taking care to
pour the water cautiously, so us not tc
detach the plants If glazed or metal
vases be used. glass bottles. for instance
they must be constantly watered; the
water should be poured from the top ovel
all. 20 that. in descending, it vets al
parts oEthe cloth. which should always
be damp Whenever the plants drooI
they must he refreshed by watering them
carefully. The vase should stand in 9
aautsr OF plate.
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A Negro Millionaire.

Daniel Scales is the colored millionaire
of San Francisco. He is friend OF Sena-
tor B. z. Bruce and Frederick Douglass
His acquaintance with distinguished men
of the nation is extensive. Mr.. Scales Is OF
fine appearance. He dresses in the height
of fashion and his gray beard frames q
face of amiability. Forty years ago he
went to California. and his early invest
ments in San Francisco property made
him rich. Mr.. Scales has never been in
politics. He has confined himself entirely
to law and realty. Although in his seven
tieth year he is as lively as q cricket. he
believes in enjoying life.-Denver Republi-
ram
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HORSE
becomes general, as the whole system be-
comes involved; the circulation is inter
fered with, causing disturbance which
is the first warning that fever has set in.
We have quickened pulse, higher tenn
perature and general fever. It is then
contagious. In the chronic or acute form
the whole system is involved, and in this
case it is both contagious and infectious.
It does not remain local, but takes the
malignant general type capable Of caus-
ing the death not only Of the animal af-
fected, but of all other animals and even
species that may come in contact with 1t
in any form, either by breathing the air
or being touched with the virus. .
In Fig. is shown distinctly the circu-
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DESTROYING Ants in the Apiary.

Professor Cook is credited with recon-
mending the following for destroying ants
in the apiary: Find their nest and make
a hole in the center of it with crowbar
or other iron rod, then turn in half gill
of bisulphide carbon. and Immediately fill
the hole and cover it with little clay,
which should be trampled down. The
LIQUID vaporizes and kills all the ants.
Like gasoline, it is very inhammable, SO
it must not be exposed, either the liquid
or vapor, to the fire.
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There are 100000 of people that walk
about the streets of London daily, and in
so doing they wear away ton Of leather
particles from their boots and shoes. This
would in year form leather belt six
inches wide and one-fourth of an inch
thick long enough to reach from London
to New York. The amount Of disinte-
grated leather at twenty-five cents a pound
would amount to $4,000. Reduced to a
strap one inch in width it would reach
more than once around the world.-St.
Louis Republic.
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Best Fowls for Breeding Purposes.

We find that the best birds for breeding
purposes are from one to three years old.
We do not prefer pullets just commencing
to lay for breeders. It is great mistake
to sell off the older hens and breed from
pullets; harder and better developed
birds will be the result if bred from and
year old hens. More than one-half Of
early maturity is in high feeding.-Amer.
lean Agriculturist.
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A Few Hardy Grapes.

On the experimental farm at Ottawa,
at point ], 200 feet above sea level, ninety
six varieties of grapes were planted six
years ago. At meeting of Ontario fruit
growers the following varieties were rec
commended for hardness, yield and flavor
after this rather severe test: Black
Wilder, Worden, Moore, Concord, Barry.
Red-Delaware, Brighton, Lindley, Aga.
wan. White-Niagara, Lady, Martha.