The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-02-20

too much of what We call nervous
trouble.
There are many good vegetables.
like every one that grows, some bet
ter than others. There are also many
wholesome fruits, the grape, apple
and orange probably being most I'M
portant. With all this no vegetable
or fruit takes the place of the onion
in the economy Of the human system.
There is also a method of instantly
removing all smell from the breath
after eating onions, (but l acquired
this in confidence and can not impart
it. They formed part of the diet of
Semiramis, Zenobia and Cleopatra;
Lalla Rookh may have eaten them at
intervals between the hours of pray
er, for they were common diet in the
Vale of Cashmere then, as they are
now.
They were relished by Ninon de
pEnclos and Madame Recamier, and
Mary, Queen of Scots, grew up at a
court where onions were served daily
and she must have eaten them. Queen
Elizabeth certainly did and called
them "ing-uns. ~
In Spain and Portugal, lands Of
chiyairy. onions have always been
highly regarded; and it may be noted
that dyspepsia is unknown in these
countries.
There should be millions Of bushels
Of onions grown on the South Caro-
lima coast, and if the subject is
studied an industry may be. built up:
It must be studied; for rushing into
It blindfolded is sure to entail disas-
ter.
One memorable year certain parties
around Port Royal planted onions,
acres and acres of onions. These were
picked green and shipped to Savan-
nah, the effect of which was to bury
that devoted Georgia town under
mound of green onions. All the beasts
and birds, added to all the people
there could not possibly have eaten
such quantities of onions. Very
shortly they began to rot and the
municipality fought for life. Red
tace was cut out. 1t was wonderful
to see the CELEBRITY displayed by
ordinary city functionaries under
compelling necessity, for hour by
hour the incense, so to speak, rose
to the heavens, causing an exodus to
the Isle of Hope OF staid citizens,
never known to pass beyond city
limits.
But at last the iob was done and
the odor slowly drifted seaward and
became ore with the universe.
The Port Royal growers swore
there was nothing in onion growing
for they had tried it; and the wrath
full Georgians served notice that they
had better not try it on them
second time.
The South Carolina coast is pecu-
liarly we'll adapted for the production
of onions on large scale and irriga-
ton is unnecessary. Onions, like
other vegetables, have better keeping
qualities when grown without irriga-
ton. They have likewise a finer
flavor, Our winters are so mild that
onions, once firmly rooted, will pass
the winter without injury. Some
record cold snaps have killed young
onions; but if the seed had been
sown in September or early October
the plants would always be able to re-
sist such cold as we have.
Seed are sown from a planter, be-
ing dropped at four-inch intervals.
Transplanting is not necessary IN this
region as Prof. C. c. Newman has
shown and as his father. Col. }. S.
Newman, demonstrated before him.
It is not catch crop, nor get
rich-uuick scheme. A man may, and
almost certainly will, amass a COM
Portable fortune growing onions IN an
ordinary lifetime; and some men
have become millioraires at the busl-
ness. These were, of course, men OF
large executive capacity.
There is an advantage in produc-
ing staple crop, marketable through
out the year, for onions, properly
cured will keep more than year eX-
cept the tenderest varieties which re-
uuire earlier marketing.
But, as the matter stands, l am not
acquainted with a man on the coast
that has enough onions for his
family's use all the year round, ana
this is in keeping with the usual I'M
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