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iat) Jrkrcity of wheat developed by the
K*<ropean war panic is something remarkable
Jf the report of the United States agricultural
bureau is to bo credited the stock
of this country in no4 half of that in the corresponding
period- nfcthe last calendar year.
It is not agreeable w reflect that among the
natural causes to which much of this must
bo attributed are the grasshopper devastations
in the wheat growing States of the
i northwest. The problem of the possible ca/
pacity of tho grasshopper for destructiveness
r is a serious one, especially at this season of
tho year, and emphatically, in view of the
'demands which may be made upon us from
abroad. At tho same time the culture of
wheat lin.q not made such nroirrcss here as
other grains, such as corn, oats, barley,
buckwheat, rice, and rye. Perhaps, on the
whole, thi| may be natter of oongrataj*
lion, so far as the eottfttnptio# in otu^fwfl
country is cqncerned, and after all that is
tho main mattef to be looked after. This
subject is of practical interest everywhere
in the United States, and especially in the
South. Almost everybody in that region
buys bread.
The Petersburg (Va.) Index expresses
tho belief that a great deal of the flour consumed
evcu in Petersburg, surrounded as it
is with grist mills and water falls, is brought
from the West and North. A correspondent
of that journal suggests that the adjacent
country, which was once famous for tho
grain it raised, should onoc more turn its
k attention to that cultivation. The Northwnat
whinh will fiirniidi Eurone with bread
stuffs, may bo mado rich by the European
war, and the North and East gain from the
demaud for arms, clothing and supplies, but
the ootton and tobacco of the South must
suffer, and th% South will have to pay war
prices for meat and breadstuff's unless she
devotes hor fertile ?oil to tho supply of her
own wants in these respects. While the
South may not be ablo to compete with the
great grain areas of the West and Northwest,
it ought to raise enough for its own
consumption, and thus avoid paying tho increased
rates which breadstuff of all kinds
will command in tho North till tho war is
over. The Index revives tho tradition that
wheu Commissioner Blair, of Virginia, and
his associates, went to England in 1690 in
the interests of William aud Mary College
of that State. Attorney General Seymour received
them with tho ungracious counsel.
. "D?n your souls, raise tobacco." It is a
good deal better and more Christian advice
now to the planters of the South?bless your
souls, raise corn and meat and whatever else
is necessary for the support of your ho.usoludds.
All wars, as we huv<e already shown,
bring want and ruin iu their train, except
to the speculaticg buzzards, who fatten upou
the corruption aud decay. What should
be our first object is to supply food for our
jnvu population. So far as the wheat culture
c.ic accomplish this object and Icavo a su:plus
to supply the foreign demand, it should
bo raised, although it lias deadly cueuiies
in the Hessian fly, the wevil and other destructive
insects. Maryland is well adapted
to the permanent culture of wheat., and, iustead
of receding westward, it might be
centralized upon the Atlantic seaboard so as
to cnablejtho country to command the wheat
markets of the world. At the snino time
we do not accept the assci^iou that the universal
demand of civilized men is for wheat
bread, or, if it is so, his civilizition perverts
his taste so as to make hiui look upon that
which is merely pleasing to the eye and a
luTiirt/ as more important than other food
portion oi tnc nutnan lamiiy it supports to
wheat. It is in some parts of India the
chief agricultural produce, and is the principal
support of the vast population of Chiua.
It is extensively cultivated in parts of Africa,
in Southern Europe, in tho tropical countries
of NorthJandjSouth America, and,while
?I it has flourished especially in the Carolinas,
* has been found as far north as Virginia, and
sometimes Maryland.
Maize, or Indian corn, is of American
origin, and was not introduced in the old
world until after the discovery of the new.
It is estimated that maize is eaten by a
greater number of human beings than any
other grain except rice ; its analysis shows
it to be admirably adapted to sustain life
' and to furnish material for the growth of
both human beings and domestic animals.
It furnishes a large share of the breadstuff's
of our farming populations, and although
Tbut little consumed in cities, it largely contributes
to the support of city populations in
the way of meats, poultry, butter, See. According
to the federal census the United
States produced more than 700,1)44,549
bushels of Indian corn in 1870. Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio
and Tenuesfiec are the chief corn producing
States, though the Southern States are more
k ? o
rcmarknblc for the superior quality of their
corn. In those States it is a inoro general
article of diet than elsewhere, and is so prepared
as to make it as palatable as wheat.
We. therefore, invoke our fellow-eitir.ens
of the South to diversify their agriculture
and place the production of corn, wheat
and rice among their leading industries.?
The Philadelphia North American, one of
the leading Republican papers of tho North,
says : "Unless some change shall occur in
. the agriculture of the country, the prospect
now seems to be that the South, which, before
tho war, was dependent upon the North
for its necessary articles of food, will bccotno
tho main rclianco of the Northern Atlantic
States for vegetable products. It already
commands our provisio i markets to an amazing
extent, and yields at tho present time
a steadily increasing surplus of grain.?
Should that section be able to obtain the
entire command of two such immenso crops
as cotton and wheat, it would in less than
ton years regain all the losses of emancipation
nii^l civil war.? finlfimorr Son
L
A CRIME AND ITS CON8KQUENOE8. T
This from the New York Tribune :
"Lot us faco the truth. Our Southern
policy has not only been a curse to the
whites, but it has been a curse to the freed
people for whose benefit it was adopted.? 1
It has not made them good citizens. It has
not taught theui how to uso the ballot. It ?
has introduced among them a dctnoraliza- b
tiou more dangerous to the couutry than the p,
violence of tho Whito League, lor no Re- J
publican government can stuud which is not 0i
founded upon the suffrage of the virtuous
and intelligent." b<
One would thiuk from tho tono of the p,
above extract that the views embodied cj
therein were entirely original, just evolved c|
from tho experience and observation of n
school of social philosophers. Tho fact is Ci
iIiav nrr? nl. lentil, t.nrolvo vcnrs old nnd liavn k
"** V *"tw ? ,v? w " J ~ ' -! V
been givoQ over end ov?^ gaio by o.very JDwBOcratie
pkpdr auffHifVy Democratic p
speaker in the country. The utter failure a]
of the reconstructiou policy was predicted a{
at the outset, and the prediction has been
repeated at each stage of the wretched game; g,
but not until the last vestige of that policy it
is disappearing amid the excorations of a
disgusted people, do we find the Republican Q
organs willing to acknowledge what all the p
world knows. i,
But the Tribune, though somewhat in ad- b<
vanco of tho rest of its tribe, is as yet uu- L
willing to confess that the act on which the a1
reconstruction policy is based was n blunder tl
so inexcusable and so disastrous that it tl
amounts to a gigantic crime. The more the a
fifteenth amcndmcut is contemplated in the J,
light of subsequent events, the more appar- a,
ent docs its insane folly become. A race [r
upon which nature has stamped the indcli- C(
ble mark of intellectual inferiority, and
whose original barbarism had been supple- tl
uieutcd by two centuries of hereditary sla- h
very, is lifted attqjee td thd'&IFeweasuryOT q,
citizenship. No preliminary preparation, s;
no probation, no education?nothing that tl
might tend to strip the tremendous cxperi- u
ment of any of its dangers. The nation was
literally rushed headlong into a peril whoso r,
extent we arc only now beginning to realize, ^
without any opportunity for that thought- p
ful study aud calm reflection which should
Knwo nrnnn/1 orl n onlinmo nf finnli vftfif. pnnsn.
qucncc. For this unnecessary, this fatal
haste, and all the evils resulting therefrom,
the Republican party is solely responsible, p
Perhaps a small portion of tho rank and r<
file may escape on the plea of ignorance, tl
but no such excuse can avail the leaders.? s]
Not a single prominent Republican, who p
advocated the immediate enfaruchisemcnt of tl
the blacks that did not know precisely what ai
he was about and why he was about c
it. lie knew what the negroes wcro iu C
temperament and character; he knew they
were hopelessly ignorant of tho first princi- si
pics of politics; that they had not the small- p
est comprehension of tho duties pertaining lj
to citizenship ; that they were simply grown li
up children, who would be controlled and c
led by desiguing men, to their own detri- p
mcnt and the irreparable injury of the coun- tl
try. Neither William Lloyd Garrison nor b
Wendell Phillips, the foremost apostles of p
the fifteenth amendment, could be hired to v
live in a community where the negroes are li
in a majority and ruled the whites. Yet y
these fanatics and their associates had uo h
scruples in fastening upon the Southern v
people a yoke they would not wear them- s
selves; and now, when that yoke is dropping a
off", they insist it shall be again riveted by j
bayonets. t
Philanthropic considerations had nothing >
to do with the enfranchisement of the blacks, t
J t. JK -4?..n?vnej* jn.nty oyvi epu VjYf & 11 111 5 {
South for all coming time. The Republi- j
can leaders did not care whether the nc- e
groes made good or bad citizens, so long as y
t.hpv ?(u-fiva vntn/1 llm T? I:
.......ju fvvvu v.iv Obiaiguv lVt'l'UUllUail
ticket, llcncc the idea, constantly urged, t
that no negro can possibly cast t Dcuiocr. t a
ic ballot except under some kind of com- t
pulsion. The truth is that the negro votes e
with those whom he thiuks will do the most t
for him, and consequently is always anxious o
to get on the winriiug side. As to the is- d
sues involved in the election,, he is perfectly n
indifferent, and now that Republican recoil- li
structiou has collapsed and carpct-bag power (.
sunk out of sight, nine-tenths of the colored li
voters of the South will hcnccfrrth act with li
the Democracy. But though the fifteenth n
amendment promises to be a valuable rein- s
forccincnt of Democratic strength, yet it is u
impossible to disguise the fact that the e
wholesale manufacture of African citizens
was a calamity, the effects of which will be
felt as long as the republic stands. The 1
burden cannot be thrown off, cannot be ma- p
torinlly lightened. Heavy as it is, cmbnr- t'
rnssing as it is, perilous as it is, it must be p
borne to the end. We have "made our bed d
and must lie in it," and our slumbers arc fi
not likely to bo either peaceful or healthy, o
The confessions of tho llepublican organs ti
arc good enough in their way, but they will w
not take from the shoulders of the party an e
ounce of responsibility. There could have t<
been no reconstruction, no carpct-baggery, si
none of the innumerable curses that have it
fastened and fed upon the South these ?
twelve years past, had it not been for negro 1'
suffrage?and negro suffrage is a Ilepubli- I
can chilci that will live to vex the American A
people long after the Republican party has] S
ceased to exist.?St. Louis Republican. ft
? 11
The Richmond State says correctly that ei
Mrs. Jackson should be sacred from the iui- p
pudont intrusion of tlicsc "interviewers." tl
When they invade the presence of ladies c1
and the sanctity of private life, it is about tl
time to put down the brakes. is
li
One of our exchanges tells of a man who
at his death bequeathed to his widow ten
thousand dollars as a wedding gift in the
event of her second marriage. What refine- ei
incut of ciuclty lo throw temptation in a a
widow's way like that. < <
" DfJJE%.5tESJgS/&5,EA.or
State of Georgia, "1
Department of Agriculture, [
Atl^jta, April 17, 1877- )
"o the Farmers of Georgia :
Id view of the threatened war in |bc East
-which seems now to be unavoidable?it
ecomcs us ns prudent men to avert, as far as
ossiblc, its disastrous effects upon our inustries
by a wise foree ittiu our f*rin econa,y
The indications now arc that there will
0 a protracted war, involving the lending
owcrsof Europe, tlio necessary consequence
['which will be a rapid advance in the price
f all food supplies.
Even the "rumor of war" has already
luscd an appreciable advauco in uicat6 and
rcadstuffs, and a decline iu our great staple
. UujMuaily 1?w?rovisions
to the various European ports are/
[ready reported, and m&st continue so long
1 the war lasts.
The foreign demaud for cotton may bo
rcatly reduced, and its price fall below even
s present low figures.
In view of thoso facts, the farmers of
eorgia arc urged to increase their areas in
rovision crops. It is not yet too late to
icrcaso the area in corn, even if it has to
B done by red icing tlio area in cotton.?
et farmers plant enough corn to iusurc an
nplo supply for the ensuing year. Let
lem plant crops for their hogs, and force
icm forward to secure, as nearly as possible,
supply of bacon for home consumption.?
et them plant liberally in German millet
id field peas to supplement their corn crop
i feeding stock, iu order that more of their
>m may be used for bread.
Tf the war should be averted?of which
lere is at present little probability?wo will
aye lost uothing by tho above policy ; if
ot, we will have provided against the posbilityof
loss or suffering, in either event,
lose who adopt the above- advice will have
othing to regret, while thoso who do uot
iny be compelled to purchase provisions at
ainously high prices, aud pay for them
ith cotton at prices even below the cost of
roduction. Very respectfully,
Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculturo.
Peanuts.?As wo arc in the midst of
hinting timo for peanuts, and as we have
jceived inquiries from several parties as to
lie method and policy of making them a
pccialty for reason given, we venture to
ublish another article upon the subject of
lie cultivation cf the pcauut, particularly
b it differs in some respects from tho artiles
already ftublishjjd. A friend iu Ilorry
louuty, *t"f'4jhrTr. writes us as follow*;
The peanut is a profitable crop iii this
cction, and is worth from 81 25 to 82 50
er bushel, according to quality and handing.
Sandy loam suits them best, and shell
inie and surface from the hammock arc cxollcot
fertilizers. Tho land should be prepared
by thorough breaking, and laid off in
hirty-inch cheeks. Two peanuts should
e planted in each check. Shell before
planting and select the seed. Cultivate
ritli sweeps entirely, and as much upon a
evol as possible, running the furrows both
fays, and using uarrower sweeps as the
lunches branch out. Chop through twice
vith a hoe. Keep the land as levol as posible.
Any time after the middle of April
nid before the 1st of June is the time for
limiting When the leaves become spotcd,
in the fall, the crop is ready to be liar
rested, and, if the nuts arc dug before frost,
,hc tops furnish the finest kind of forage tor
iv.d can be'seen, there will be left in the
;round enough to fatten at least one hog to
ivcry acre. From forty to fifty bushels per
icre is a fair crop in this vicinity.
We think from what we have published
hat peanuts, where the soil suits, must be
, remunerative crop. We like that idea of
he refuse fattening the hogs. If our farncrs
only knew it, how easy it would be for
hem to grow their own meat. Five acres
f red oats to the mule and one acre of pinlers
to the hog for 150 pouuds of bacon
icedcd, with potatoes, chufnl* peas, and a
ittlc corn, will make any farm in South
Carolina self-sustaining, andgivc the farmer
lis cotton crop as a ifbt income. l?ut these
ittle things are too troublesome. They dcland
too much of our time, which wc can't
paro from the cottou crop, llenco most of
s plant cotton to excess, and grow poorer
very year.?Aiken in jYrus and Courier.
The Man Wiio Stops His Paper.?
Miilip Gilbert llamerton, in his admirable
apcrs on "Intellectual Life," thus talks to
lie man who stopped his paper : "Nowspaers
aie to the civilized world what the
aily house talk is to the members of the
unily?they keep our daily interest in caoli
ther, they save us from the evils of isolaion.
To live as a member of the great
hitc race that has filled Kurope and Amrica,
and colonized or conquered whatever
:rritory-it ha* been pleased to occupy ; to
tiarfc from Jay to day its thoughts, its cares,
s inspirations, it is necessary that every
lan should read his paper. Why are the
'reach peasants so bewildered and at sea ?
t is because they ncvor read a newspapor.
iiid why nrc the inhabitants of the United
tates, though scattered over a territory
mrtcen times the area of France, so much
lore alivo and modern, so much more interred
in new discoveries of all kinds, and caablo
of selecting and utilizing the best of
icni? It is because the newspapers penetrate
verywhero, and even the lonely dweller on
le prairie or in the forest is not intellectually
olutcd from the great currents of public
fe which flow through the telegraph nud
rcss."
m
The Norristown Jf'-rabl has solved the
juundrum: "Why was Washington like
newspapermen';'" Answer? lieeanse he
Mthln't Ml a lie "
A TOUCHIHG BTOXY.
Au uld follow, who gavo hi* oatnc as
Charles H. Slosson, was called up io a Virginia
City court on the charge of druukenuess.
.flc was a remarkably seedy looking
specimen, arrayed in a dirty check shirt
and a pair of loose, baggy trousers, which
ware prevented from falling off by a leather
strap knotted about his waist, lie was
shivcriug and trembling from the effect of
a debauch, and hardly had the strength to
staud upright. When the judge asked him
if he had anythiug to say, he rose up in a
sort of disjointed way and demanded a jury
trial, which was granted, and when his turn
came ho advanced and began :
"Uenilcmcn of the jury, I stand here toM
my own personal deA
. i _ _ n t J.
ousemeui man un cxauipic ui uuuiau uipravity,
which like a beacon light, should
warn you from the ragged rocks of iotenipcrauce.
A uiau in my condition is liko a
rude sign post I once saw iu Tennessee,
which poiutcd up a road over which the
green grass was begiuuing to wave. On
the sign was the inscription, 'Smallpox,'
and the index finger of a baud pointing ,
westward. If any of you in travelling
along a highway saw such a sign as that
you would pauso upon the brink of deadly i
danger and turn backward. [Sensation.]?
In me you behold such a sign, and if by
looking upon ine any one of you can be ,
turned back from destruction, I shall think
that God iu His infinite mercy l}as allowed
me to till a sphere of usefulness which shall
enable uic to bear with fortitude tho imputation
constantly hurled upon mc by uiy own
conscience, that I have lived in vain.
"Gentlemen of tho jury, as you pcruso
the pages of the old poets you will see how
the, have deified the wine cup. They have
wroathod it with the flowers of fapcy, surrounded
it with the halo of song, and poopled
its bloody depths with the creatures of
their own bright imaginations, uutil one
might almost believe it to be tho wcllspring
of human happiness, when bitter experience
tells us in very different language that it is
the fountain head of misery, the ahodcofthc
demon that destroys our lives. There is
something which comes ip in the fumes of
tlm oim lliil frtnlo n-ilt inanirntirtn lmt. it. ia
...w .WW ? ? 1 ?
a CUOJiiug ro.ntiLi, wkiek, ornVrKng-up frtrcn
the dregs of the grape, enters the window
of the braiu and steals away, like a thief in
the night, with our reason fast in its embrace.
There is a hand in the wine cup
which at any momeut may put its felon grip
upon your throats and strangle you as a
strong man might a babe. Gentlemen of
the jury, I have not long to stay. Two
mighty miners arc delving 011 this lode?
time and death. They are daily at their
posts, working together side by side as ono
eternal shaft, clearing away the rubbish of
waste rock and pushing along the iedgc.?
Before long I shall be gathered iuto the
vast laboratory of death, a piece of useless
porphyry, to be cast into the waste dumps
of hell.'-'o^^rembi and'Dfighn toVob. ind
? -,<d b/-)rs and the jury moved by his forcible
simile, broke forth into a simultaneous
sob, in which the court, spectators and prosnnifiiirr
nUiirr.nv iniimil Tim
e j J ? J
ublidgcd to tiud a virdict of guilty, but
recommeuded hiui to the mercy of the court.
He was accordingly fined 85, which the jury
paid on the spot.
Cutting Out a Hoy's Tongue.?A few
weeks ago a man presented his son, a boy of
about twelve years, to our surgeons for treatment.
The case was a novel one, the child
being ufllictcd with enlargement of the
tongue, llis father hailed from Williamson
county, and stated that lie came to Sau Antouio
to consult our surgeons, as those of
Austin, Galveston, and New Orleans, to
whom he had applied, had demanded exorbitant
fees. Dr. Hcrff informed the troubled
father that he would endeavor to cure his
son of tho excrescence, and sympathizing
with him in his trouble, and the child in his
pain, the father being a poor man, he offered
to perform the operation at a most rcasonaablc
charge. Tho citizens of Williamson
county charitably raised the means to pay
for the operation. It was executed Wednncntiv
nmlor lir 11 /- '? ? .? K
iivi'uiij I uuuv J' javi u o tUIU| UIIIUI9 Hill"
ing him. About four inches of tongue were
taken olf. The extreme end, which has
been preserved in alcohol, would weigh
about a quarter of a pound, and about as
much inoro was cut ofT in small bits. It is
thick, much wider than the child's mouth
from which it was taken, is very rough, and
resembles very much the tonguo of a young
Calf The patient is now doing well, and
wjll no doubt be greatly benefited by the
operation, which called into requisition the
most perfect care and the ablest surgical
knowledge.1 The affliction was one in which
thcro has probably been less room for surgical
experience than in any other, and is
the first else of the kind we ever heard of
in Texas.-v- Son Antonio ( Tcxai) Express.
The President's mail is something surprising.
JJsually the letters for the Executive
mansion arc carried from tho post office
by a messenger on horse-back, by an orderly
who waits at tho President's door to do his
errands, but, since the 4th of March, it has
been necessary to send it down in a wagon,
specially dialled from the I'ost office department
for that purpose.
THE FIELD OF JOUXHALISX.
II. V. lledficld has this iu a reoont issue
of the Cincinnati Commercial: It has h
been remarked that very few who get into f
journalism start out with such intention.?
Thoy drift in accidentally, and aro promoted c
as they dovclop capacity. Money, wealthy ur
parents and influence are of no sort of ser- fl
vice in getting a young man a place on a
newspaper. There is no business that is so a(
entirely independent of all these considora- 0I
tions as this. A wealthy father can easily ^
get his son a location to rend law or modi- f
cine, or push him forward in almost any
walk of life he may selcot, but he is utterly
powerless to do anything for him in a jour- ^
nalistic way. Tp ln wis hw -sway bnj+
newspaper and set up bis hopoful iu that 8(
manner ; but unless there is something in r(
the youth called journalistic knack, a natu- ^
ral knowledge of what to write and how to
O write
it, ho will be a failuro in that line, ^
aud nil the money and influence of wealthy ^
and perhaps powerful relative# will count
for nothing.
Some fond parents cducato their sons with
especial view to make journalists of them ;
but it is rare that we hear of these young
nicn after a few years. Meantime somo
Bcrub, boru amoug the hills, having nothing
but a common school educatiou, and tho
knowlcdgo scraped up iu a country printing
office, will advance to a front rauk in the ai
profession. He has the journalistic knack, ei
and forces recognition bocnusc ho has it.? ai
He gets a place, not because ho has wealthy
parents to influence the proprietors of lead- ^
ing newspapers, but because he knows what ^
to write and how to write it, and the editors 8
take it because it is what thoy want. His u
articles go in because they supply a demand,
while, perhaps, tho elaborate essays from the ^
per of a man educated on two continents,
with an especial view to journalism, arc east P
into the waste basket.
Young men just out of oollcgo, and with p
journalistic ambition, and who hnvo had w
their essays passed upon by admiring relalives,
and prouounccd tho production of 11
genius, think if they can get a letter of introduction
to the managers of some leading n
newspaper, they will forthwith find rccognitiou
iu his columns. I dou't knny Jing, Ji
many applications by mail aud in person I 11
Imun linl fmm v/iunrr mr>n nukiinr m(> for .1
letter of "rccouimondation" to the editor of g
the Commercial. I never complied, because a
I know that these agencies aro not worth ^
five cents a peek towards getting into the g
paper. I tell the applicants to send along n
whatever essays aud so forth they have on ^
hand, aud that a letter of introdution a mile j
long would not be of tho least service in ^
influencing the editor to print what didu't t
fill the bill. Recommendations from those ^
known to the editor, or the "influence" of
wealthy relatives of young men ambitious ^
to shine in journalism, aro of no earthly
benefit in this matter, unless, indeed, the f
latter might furnish money to have the j
lint lame, at thirty Jolfnrs a column, 'i9"expensive.
j
'J he majority of successful journalists
drift into it from other walks of lifo and ^
perhaps the most of them up to the time
I
they are eighteen or twenty years old, had
no thought in that dirottion. ^
First Work (No of Corn.?If the land 1
has been packed by rain since the corn was c
planted, run close and break deep?if the
laud is close and open, the ploughing is not *
important. In that event use plows that n
will go over rapidly{and save labor?a shovel, c
or sweep, or cultivator will answer. Avoid a
throwing uiuch dirt to tho young corn, only 1
enough to cover up any young grass that H
inay be present, but be suro it is well cov- b
ercd ; much hoeing will not pay in a corn r
crop, the plow alone ought very nearly to
make it?of course thinning and some chopping
is generally unavoidable. Thin to a y
stand as soon as danger of frost and worm
is over. Nothing is more prejudicial to a jj
plaut than having another plant with the 8(
same wants growing beside It?tho struggle
for existence then becomes intensified. If 0
tho middles ai o not very hard or foul, and p
time presses, they need not be ploughed out !t
at this working. In any event push on c
rapidly to give cotton its first working just c
as soon as it will bear it. The farmer who a
keeps well ahead, not only stands the best 8
chance to make the best crops, but will do t
it with very much less actual labor than the
laggard. Let it never be forgotten that the
time to kill grass is bofore it can bo seen, p
Hesides, every ono knows that early and ai
frequent workings niako cotton grow off fi
rapidly?and an early growth of stalk is ono Ir
of the surest antecedents of a large crop of
bolls. ' k
"I say, Paddy, that is the worst looking
horse you drive I ever saw. Why don't J
you fatten him up?" "Fat him up is it?
Fail, and the poor baste can hardly carry j
the mate that's on linn now," replied 8a
Paddy. w
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elected recifxs.
Sponok Gakk.?Four egg*, bcsten for
alf an hour, one cupful of sugar, ouc cupul
flour.
Lady Cake.?One cupful butter, two
upfuls sugar, four cupfuls flour, ono cupful
lilk, three egg*, one-half tea-spoonful soda,
avor to taste.
Flannel Cakes.?To ono pint ot flour
dd one-half pint of corn nieal, four eggs,
ae tablespoonful yeast, with milk enough
) make a stiff batter; set to rise over night,
bin with warm milk and water before bakig
next morning.
Jumbles.?Take four eggs, tlirco cupils
sugar, a very little uutuieg, one toajoonful
baking soda, ono cupful butter;
ir in the flour uutil it will roll; cut in
)unds with a holo iu the center. Will
ecp good two or three weeks.
Crazy Biscuit.?Three piulA if milk,
o toaspoonfuls of yeast, ouo tenspoonful
f unit; boil tho milk, and then cool, stir in
our, making it a little thicker than pnnake
batter; add the salt, and when lukcarui
put in tho yeast. Iu tho morning,
3d ono egg, half a cupful sugar, one tenaoonful
saleratus, uiix and let stand to rise;
hen light, mako into bisouits; let it riso
;ain, aud bake in a medium oven.
To Preserve Eggs.?When the eggs
re takcu from the nest, if they arc brushed
atirely ovor vriih a solution of gum nrnbic
ad laid in n cool place they will kc?.p pcrjet
two years, and chickens have been
atehed from eggs so treated at the end of
:int time. If farmers as soon as they gathr
the eggs would cover each one with fresh
icltcd mutton suet?just enough to cover
be pores of the shell?they would confer a
oon upon thousands.
Pressed Corn Beef.?Choose a plate
iccc, fut and lean; put in a pat little larger
ban itself, and covor with cold water; pepcr
well; let it boil moderately till the boucs
ill come out; turn it several times while
oiling; when cooked place iu good shape
i n towel, and fold up iiruily; let it be
l:?i. :n ?i ..i
IIIUK UIIU OllUlb IU OIIUJMj JMUVC U f JIU U V U I ,
nd three or four irons or bricks to press
:; let it stand till perfectly cold, or four or
yt| hoyrgiirf'Ulf 'iVn c"- U?.? 4?Wy, iish
with sprigs of parscly.
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ltour in Fowls.?Regarding this offouivc,
troublesome, and often fatal disease
tnong fowls, a farmer gave it ns his opinion,
>cfore the American funnels' club, that
even out of ten cases were owing to the
loglcct of the poultry keeper, who permits
lis birds to be exposed to wet grounds, cold
Iraughts and bad veutilatiou iu the henlouses.
To prevent this troublesome visior,
give the hens a wide, clear rango and
ilcnty of fresh water; keep them cool and
liry in summer, and warm and dry in tho
vintcr.
This speaker thought that the best food
or newly-hatched chickens is shelled oats
loiled a few minutes and mixed with meal;
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>gg, or, better still, crumbs of bread.?
Uoilcd potatoes given warm and corn meal
ire also good. When tlioy need animal
bod the mother hen will provido this with
nsects and the like. A spoonful of sulphur
tirrcd with the food now and then will rid
owls of vermin and tone up their systems;
his was particularly advised for young
hickcns and turkeys.
Dr. J. V. C. Smith thought it all nonensc
to try to ndvauco the I >wer order of
nimals; he did not approve of so much
odding and cooking for them. Give fowls
wide range and they will tnke carc of
hcmsclvcs. Wild turkeys rarelylo.se their
oung, and yet once domesticated in the
arnyard the farmer finds much trouble in
aising thon}. ? ****+.Sweet
Potatoes.?And now is the time
)T the potato patch, as we call it. Plough
our intended potato patch two or three
imes before setting out draws. Having it
i rews. Plough and rcverso, getting the
)il in fine tilth. When the time is near
jr setting out, take a single shovel plough,
pen your beds to the depth of throe inches,
ut a little pure stable manure in the trench
nd await the rain. If the rain docs not
ome, set out with water?half a pint to
ach hill?tho oarth being pressed firmly
round tho potato root, and a little dry dirt
priuklcd around tho top ground. Next is
lie setting out?-some say one foot, some say
wo feet apart?I say four inches.
The best cultivation is to plough to your
otato all the time, pulling tho earth up
round the little plants with tho hoc the
rst working. Never bar off, therely savig
the small roots which make potatoes,
ud saving one-half the ploughing.
In 1870, I made 15ft bushels sweet potass
on one half acre of land by this uiodo
-giving one booing, or pulling up with tho
i>e, and ploughing to the potato.?It. L
'tinner.
\ Western Kditor in acknowledging tho
ft of a peek of onions from a subseiihcr,
its : "It is sii? li kimlm ss us this that alays
brings tears to otjr eyev"
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