fttKBBXAD SUPPLY AND THE BU8SIAN
, J .tt I\
j/u6 scarcity of wheat developed by the
* Ki.ropean war patiie is something remark>
"Me.., tho report of the United States agricultural
bureau is to bo credited the stock
x of this country isno^jialf of that in the corresponding
period in; the last calendar year.
It is not agreeable v> reflect that among tho
natural causes to %hich much of this must
bo attributed are the grasshopper dovasta.
; tions in the wheat growing States of the
I northwest. The problem of the possible caf
pacity of tho grasshopper fur destructiveness
r is a serious ono, especially at this season of
:the year, and emphatically, in view of the
'demands which may be made upon us from
abroad. At the same time the ^oulture of
'wheat has not made such progress hero as
other grains, such as corn, oats, barley,
buckwheat, rice, and rve. Perhaps, on the
country is concerned, and after all that is
tho main mattfct to be looked after. This
subject is of practioal 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
even 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 onoe famous for the
grain it raised, should onoe more turn its
attention to that cultivation. The Northwest,
which will furnish Europe with breadstuffs,
may bo made 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 havo to pay war
priocs for meat and breadstuff's unless she
devotes her fertile?oil to the supply of her
own wants in these respects. While the
South may not be able to compete with the
great grain areas of the West and Northwest,
it ought to raise enough for its own
consumption, and thufl avoid paying the increased
rates which brcadstuffe of all kinds
will command in the North till tho war is
over. The Index revives the tradition that
when Commissioner Blair, of Virginia, and
his associates, went to England in 1690 in
the interests of William aud Mary College
.r aL.I Oi.i. t ii n _ 1 0
ui mat oiaio. Attorney ucnerai oeymour 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.useholds.
All wars, as we havjj already sliowu,
bring want and ruin in their train, except
to the speculaticg buzzards, who fatten upon
the corruption and decay. What should
be our first object is to supply food for our
j>wn population. So far as the wheat culture
c.to accomplish this object and leavo a su>
plus to supply the foreign demand, it should
bo raised, although it has deadly enemies
in the Hessian fly, the wevil and other destructive
insects. Maryland is well adapted
to the permanent culture of wheat, and, instead
of receding westward, it might be
centralized upon tho Atlantic seaboard so as
to enable^the country to command the wheat
markets of the world. At the same time
we do not accept the assei^ion that the universal
demand of civilized men is for wheat
bread, or, if it is so, his civilisation perverts
his taste so as to make him look upon that
which is merely pleasing to the eyo and a
aDkso.- a8 more important than othor food
of tho ApproprW^a m auiriiinna and - aaiwntial.it.
"Njontativea lasijtpnoxt in importance for the pro-"'
portion of the human family it supports to
wheat. It is in sotno parts of India tho
chief agricultural produce, end is the principal
support of tho vast population of China.
It is extensively cultivated in parts of Africa,
in Southern Europe, in the tropical countries
of NorthJandJSouth America, and,while
rit has flourished especially in the Carolines,
bos been found as far north as Virginia, and
sometimes Maryland.
Maize, or Indian corn, is of American
origin, and was not introduced iu the old
world until after the discovery of tho new.
It is estimated that tnaizo is eaten by a
greater number of human beings than any
other grain excopt rice ; its aualysis 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 largo share of the breadstuff's
, of opr farming populations, and although
but little consumed in cities, it largely contributes
to the support of city populations in
the way of meats, poultry, buttor, &c. According
to the federal census tho United
States Droduced more than 760,944,549
bushels of Indian corn in 1870. Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio
and Tennessee are the chief corn producing
States, though the Southern States are more
m remarkable for the superior quality of their
^ corn. In those States it is a more general
article of diet than olsewhere, and is so prepared
as to make it as palatable as wheat.
We, therefore, invoko our fellow-citisens
of the South to diversify their agrioulture
and place tho production of corn, wheat
and rice among their leading industries.?
The Philadelphia North American, one of
the leading Republican papers of the North,
sayfc : ^Unlesri some change shall occur in
^ the agriculture of tho country, the prospect
W now seems to bo that the South, which, before
the war, was dependent upon the North,
for its necessary articles of food, will beoonie
the main reliance of the Northern Atlantio
States for vegetable products. It already
com man da our provision markets to an amasing
extent, and yields at the present timo
a steadilv increasing surplus of grain.?
Should that soction be able to obtain the
entire command of two such immense crops
as ootton and wheat, it would in less than
tcu years regain all the losses of oinnncipaJjao
and oivil war.?Baltimore Sun.
A CRIME AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. I
This from the New York Tribune :
"Lot us face 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.? 5
It has not uiade them good citizens. It hns
not taught them how to use the ballot. It _
has introduced among thcui a dcmoraliza- b
tion more dangerous to the country than the p
violence of tho White Lcnguo, lor no Re- J
publican government can stand which is not 0
founded upon the suffrage of the virtuous
and intelligent." b
One would thiuk from the tono of the p
above extract that tho views embodied 0
therein were entirely original, just evolved 0
from tho experience and observation of a
school of social philosophers. The fact is Cl
they arc at least twelve years old, and have b
boon given ever and oven^ again by overy _
Democratic piper and ^Wy > D etnocratic J p
speaker in the country. The utter failure a
A 1 *
oi mo reconstruction 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 lost vestige of that policy Jt
is disappearing amid the cxcoratious of a
disgusted people, do we find the Republican Q
organs willing to acknowledge what all the p
world knows. ir
But the Tribune, though somewhat in ad- fo,
anco of tho rest of its tribe, is as yet un- L
willing to confess that the acton which the al
reconstruction policy is based was a blunder tl
bo inexcusable and so disastrous that it tl
amounts to a gigantic crime. The more the a
fifteenth amcndmcut is contemplated in the L
light of subsequent events, the more appar- a,
ent does its insane folly become. A race jr
upon which nature has stamped the indeli- C(
ble mark of intellectual inferiority, and
whose original barbarism had been supple- tl
mentcd by two conturies of hereditary.slja.. h
very, is lifted at<0006 td the'fwlKweeiraremT
citizenship. No preliminary preparation, a;
no probation, no education?nothing that tl
might tend to strip the tremendous cxperi- Dl
ment of any of its dangers. The nation was m
literally rushed headlong into a peril whose n
extent we areouly now beginning to realize, w
without any opportunity for that thought- p,
ful study and calm reflection which should
have preceded a sohemc of such vast consequence.
For this unnecessary, this fatal
haste, and all tho evil esulting therefrom,
the Republican party Is solely responsible, p!
Perhaps a small portion of tho rank and r<
file may escape on the plea of iguornuce, tl
but no such excuse can avail the leaders.? sj
Not a single prominent Republican, who p
advocated the immediate cnfaruchisemcnt of tl
the blacks that did not know precisely what at
he was about and why he was about cl
it. He knew what the negroes were in C
temperament and character; he knew they
were hopelessly ignorant of the first princi- g<
pics of politics; that they had not the small- p
est comprehension of tho duties pertaining li
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
ment and the irrcparablo injury of the coun- tl
try. Neither William Lloyd Garrison nor b
Wendell Phillips, the foremost apostles of p
the fifteenth amendment, could bo hired to w
live in a community where the negroes are ]<
in a majority and ruled the whites. Yet w
these fanatics and their associates had no b
scruples in fastening upon the Southern w
people a yoke they would not wear -them- si
selves; and now, when that yoko is dropping a
off, they insist it shall be again riveted by p
bayonets. t<
Philanthropic considerations had nothing v
Bio with thaenPranchisemciftof the blacks, tl
ynrr t , -ir. , i i,;, cxpiOMiy a
and"exelusrvelyMutcnuco^tj yayitww vtufr" -ri
publican supremacy by Republicanising the tl
South for all coming time. The Republi- g
con leaders did not care whether the ne- c
grocs made good or bad citizens, so long as a
they always voted the straight Republican
ticket, llence the idea, constantly urged, t
that no negro can possibly cast r Democrat- a
io ballot except under some kind of com- t
pulsion. The truth is that the negro votes c
with those whom he thinks will do the most t
for him, and consequently is always anxious c
to get on tho winning side. As to the is- <3
sues involved in the electioq^he is perfectly i
indifferent, and now that Ifepublican recou- 1
struction has collapsed and carpet-bag power (
sunk out of sierht. nine-tenths of the colored 1
oters of tho South will henceforth net with 1
tho Democracy. But though the fifteenth i
amendment promises to be a valuable rein- t
forccment of Democratic strength, yot it is i
impossible to disguise the fact that tho <
wholesalo manufacture of African citizens
was a calamity, the effects of which will be
felt as Jong as tho ropublie stands. The 1
burden cannot bo thrown off, cannot be ma- ]
tcrially lightened. Heavy as it is, cmbar- <
rassing as it is, perilous as it is, it must be ]
borne to the end. We havo "mndo our bed <
and must lie in it," and our slumbers are <
not likely to bo either peaceful or healthy.
The confessions of tho Republican organs 1
are good enough in their way, but they will 1
not take from the shoulders of the party an 1
ounce of responsibility. There could havo
been no reconstruction, no carpet-baggery, i
none of tho innumerable curses that nave
fastened and fed upon the South th^So,
twelve yenrs past, had it not been for nogro
suffrage?and negro suffrage is a Republican
child that will live to vex the American
people long aftor tho Republican party has
ceased to exist.?St. JjOuis Itepubltcan.
?? r ?The
Richmond /S(ate ?%ys correctly that
Mrs. Jackson should be sacred from the im!
pudent intrusion of these "interviewers."
When they invade the presence of ladies
and the sanctity of privato life, it is about
time to put down tho brakes.
One of our exchanges tells of n man who
at his death bequeathed to his widow ten
thousand dollars as a wedding gift in the
evont of het second marriage. What refinement
of cruolty to throw temptation in a
widow's way like that.
I J-W
HE DUTY OF FARMERS IN VIEW OF THE
IMPENDING EUROPEAN WAR.
State ok Georgia, f)
Department op Agriculture, / >
Atl^ta, April 17, 1877. )
ro the Farmers of Georgia : /
Iu view of the threatened war in me East
-which seems now to bo unavoidable?it
ecoincs us as prudent men to avert/as far as
ossiblc, its disastrous effects upon our inustries
by a wise forecast iu our f|nn econmy
...
The indications now arc that (here will
o a protracted war, involving tlijb leading
owrrsof Europe, the necessary consequence
f which will be a rapid advance io the price
f all food supplies.
Even the ' rumor of war" has already
auscd an appreciable advance in meats and
rcndstufls, and a decline in our great staple
-cotton,. . ,y njuuaily - iMPgf \
rovisions to the various European porta arc/,
Ircady reported, and mftst continue so long
? the war lasts.
The foreign demand for cotton may bo
reatly reduced, and its price fall below even
s present low figures.
In view of those facts, the farmers of
[corgia arc urged to increase their areas in
rovision crops. It is not yet too late to
lorcaso the area in corn, even if it has to
0 done by red icing tho area in cotton.?
ict farmers plant enough corn to insure an
nplo supply for the ensuing year. Let
lem plant crops for their hogs, and force
lem forward to secure, as nearly as possible,
supply of bacon for home consumption.?
ct them plant liberally in German millet
id field pens to supplement their corn crop
1 feeding stock, in order that more of their
>rn may be used for bread.
If tho war should bo averted?of which
lore is at present little probability?we will
aye lost nothing by tho above policy ; if
ot, we will have provided against the posbility
of loss or suffering, iu either event,
lose who adopt the above-advice will have
othing to regret, whilo thoso who do uot
iay be compelled to purchase provisions at
linously high prices, aud pay for them
ith cotton at prices even below the cost of
roduction. Very respectfully, <
Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculturo.
?
i kan uTs.?As wo aro m tno midst ot
Innting timo for peanuts, and as we have
sceired inquiries from several parties as to
ic method and policy of making them a
>ccialty for reason given, wo venture to
ublish another article upon the subject of
ic cultivation cf the peanut, particularly
i it differi in some respects from tho arties
alrca^|wB1islM& A friend iu Ilorry
ouuty, <5i thtfjfltttc, writes us as follow*:
The peanut is a profitable crop in this
sction, and is worth from 81 25 to 82 50
er bushel, according to quality and handng.
Sandy loam suits them best, and shell
me aud surface from the hammock arc exallcot
fertilizers. The land should be pr*.arod
by thorough breaking, and laid off :n
lirty-inch checks. Two peanuts should
e planted in each check. Shell boforc
lauting and select the seed. Cultivate
'ith sweeps entirely, and as much upon a
ivel as possible, running the furrows both
rays, and using narrower sweeps as tho
unches branch out. Chop through twice
rith a hoe. Keep (he land as levol "s posible.
Any time after the middle of April
ud beforo tho 1st of June is the time for
Innting When the leaves becomo spotid,
in the fall, the crop is ready to be harestcd,
and, if the nuts arc dug before frost,
he tops furnish tho finest kiud of forage for
ii kinds of stock. and nulla A flnmitiiy, )
7TT7 ntter yftnTYaVt Aug uikT gathered all |
hat can be seen, there will be left in the
rouud enough to fatten at least one hog to
very acre. From forty to fifty bushels per
cru is a fair crop in thi? vicinity.
We think from what we have published
hat peanuts, where the soil suits, must be
, remunerative crop. Wo like that idea of
he refuse fattening the hogs. If our farncrs
only knew it, how easy it would be for
ncm to grow incir own incut, x'lve acres
if red oats to the mule and one aero of pinIcrs
to the hog for 150 pouwls of bacon
leeded, with potatoes, chufijf peas, and a
ittlc corn, will mako any farm in South
Carolina self-sustaining, ancLgivc the farmer
lis cottou crop as a iibt incomo. Hut these
ittle things are too troublesome. They dcnand
too much of our time, which wo oan't
ipnro from the cotton crop. Hcuco most of
is plant cotton to excess, and grow poorer
ivcry year.?Aiken w New* and Courier.
The Man Who Stops IIis Paper.?
Philip Gilbert Hamcrton, in his admirable
papers on "Intellectual Life," thus talks to
.he man who stopped his papor : "Newspapers
are to the civilized world what the
daily house talk is to the members of the
family?thoy keep our daily interest in eash
ather, they save us from the evils of isolation.
To live as a member of the great
white race that has filled Europe and America,
and colonised or conquered whatever
territory it ha* been pleased to oocupy ; to
share from day to day its thoughts, its cares,
jts inspirations, it is necessary that 'every
'man should read his Daner. Whv are the
French peasants so bewildered and at aea ?
It is because they ncrer read a newspaper.
And why are the inhabitants of the United
States, though scattered overs territory
fourteen times the area of France, so much
more alive and modern, so much more interested
jo new discoveries of all kinds, and eapabl#-etf
leleotiog and utilising the best of
thorn? It is because the newspapers penetrate
everywhere, and even the lonely dweller on
the prairie or in the forest is not intellectual!)
isolated fVom the great currents of pub!i<
life which flow through the telegraph auc
press."
?
The Norristown Herald has solved th<
conundrum: "Why .?as Washington lik<
a newspaper man?" Answer?"Because b<
couldn't tell a lie "
-'tl ? Jl ] ? 1. li ..i . 1 '
a touching story.
Au old fallow, who gavo his name as
Charles II. Slosson, was called up in a Virginia
City court on the charge ol' drunkenness.
He wub a remarkably seedy looking
specimen, nrrayed in a dirty check shirt
aud a pair of loose, baggy trousers, which
were prevented from falling off by a leather
strap knotted about his waist. He was
shivering and trembling from the effect of
a debauch, nnd hardly had the strength to
stand upright. When the judge asked him
if he had anything to say, he rose up in a
sort of disjointed way and demanded a jury
trial, which was granted, and when his turn
came he advanced and began :
"Gentlemen of the jury, I stand here toiibinStr
7>f my own personal dc
basement than an exuuiple of human depravity,
which like a beacon light, should
warn you from the ragged rocks of intemperance.
A man in niy condition is like n
rude sign post I onco saw in Tennessee,
which pointed up a road over which the
green grass was begiuning to wave. On
the sign was the ioscriptiou, 'Smallpox,'
and the index finger of a hand pointing
westward. If any of you in travelling
along a highway saw such a sign as that
you would pause upon the brink of deadly
danger and turn backward. [Sensation.]?
In me you behold such a sign, and if by
looking upou me any one of you can be
turned back from destruction, I shall think
that God in His infinite mercy tpis allowed
uic to fill a sphere of usefulness which shall
enable uie to bear with fortitude the imputation
constantly hurled upon uic by my own
conscience, that I have lived in vain.
"Gcntlemcu of the jury, as you peruse
the pages of the old poets you will soe how
they have deified the wine cup. They have
wroathed it with the flowers of fancy, surrouuded
it with the halo of song, and peopled
its bloody depths with the creatures of
their own bright imaginations, uutil one
might almost believe it to be the wcllspring
of human happiness, when bitter experience
tells us in very diflcrenc language that it is
the fountain head of misery, the abode of the
uemon uiai destroys our lives. l ncrc is
something which couics ip in the fuuics of
the cup that fools call inspiration, but it is
a CUmiug reptile, wWioh, onWKo^ up fYoa?
the dregs of the grape, enters the wiudow
of the braiu and steals away, like a thief in
the night, with our reason fast in its embrace.
There is a hand in tho wine cup
which at any moment 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 uiiucrs are delving ou 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 icdgc.?
Before long I shall be gathered into the
vast laboratory of death, a piece of useless
porphyry, to be cast into the waste dumps
of hell." Here he nulled from bis Docket
a -v-J >Vjtihverc!iief duu ocgau to sob. The
Old miifers and tho jury moved by his forcible
simile, broke forth into a simultaneous
sob, in whiuh tho court, spectators and prosecuting
attorney joined. The jury were
..V>lirl<rr>/t lii Hint n virdict rtf trnilfv hut
vu,,uovu e>?' j?
rccoinuioudcd him to the mercy of the court,
lie was accordingly fined $5, 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 turgcous for treatment.
Tho case was a novel one, the child
being afflicted with enlargement of the
tongue. His father hailed from Williamson
county, and stated that he came to Sau Antouio
to consult our surgeons, as those of
Austin, Oulvcston, 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 mpst reasons
able charge. The citizens of Williamson
county charitably raised the means to pa\
for the operation. It was executed Wed
nesQuy, under Dr. HerfTs care, others aid
ing him. About four inches of tongue wcr<
taken off. The extreme eud, whioh has
been preserved in alcohol, would weigl
about a quarter of a pound, and about ai
much more was out off in small bits. It i
thick, much wider than tho child's moutl
from which it waa taken, is verv roach, am
resembles very much the tongue of a younj
tialf The patient is now doing well, am
will no doubt bo greatly benefited by th
operation, which called into requisition th
mdst perfect care and the nblest surgies
knowledge.* The affliction was one in whicl
there hMlirobably been less room for sui
gicat cxp^ionco than in uny other, and i
* the first else of the kind wo over heard c
i in Texas.^-Son Antonio ( Texai) Expre*
t The President's mail is something sui
j prising. jjsually the letters for the hxeoi
[ tive mansion aro carried from the post offic
by a messenger on horse-back, by an orderl
who waits it tho President's dvor to do h
3 errands, but, since the 4th of March, it hi
t been necessary to send it dowu in a wagoi
8 specially dttailcd from the Post office Th
pnrtmcnt f<f that purpose.
V
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THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM.
II. V. lledflcld has this iu a recent issue
of tho Cincinnati Commercial: It has
been remarked that very few who get into I
journalism start out with such intention.?
They drift iu accidentally, and arc promoted (
as they develop capacity. Money, wealthy i
parents and influence are of no sort of scr- (
vice in getting a young man a place on a
newspaper. There is no business that is so ,
entirely independent of all these considcra- (
lions as this. A wealthy father can easily ,
get his son a location to read law or mcdi- <
cine, or push hini forward in almost nny j
walk of life he may select, but he is utterly
powerless to do anything for him iu a jour- ^
nalistic way. To b%?ore ho jmj buy*
newspaper and set up bis hopeful iu that ^
manner ; but unless there is something in
the youth called journalistic knack, a natural
knowledge of what to write and how to
writo it, ho will be a failure in that line,
nud all the money and influence of wealthy
and perhaps powerful relatives will count
for nothing.
Some fond parents educate their sons with
especial view to make journalists of them ;
but it is rare that we hear of these young
men after a few years. Meantime some
scrub, boru atnoug the hills, having uothiag
but a common school cducatiou, and the
knowledge scraped up in a country printing
office, will advance to a front rank in the '
profession. He has the journalistic knack, *
and forces recognition because he has it.? 1
Ho gets a place, not because he has wealthy 1
parents to influence the proprietors of lead- '
ing newspapers, but because he knows what '
to write and how to write it, and the editors 1
take it because it is what they want. Ilis 1
articles go in because they supply a demand, 1
while, perhaps, the elaborate essays from the ^
per of a man oducated on two continents,
with an especial view to journalism, arc cast ]
into the waste basket. I
Young men just out of college, and with ]
journalistic) ambition, and who have had 1
their essays passed upon by admiring rela- '
tivos, and pronounced the production of '
genius, think if they can get a letter of in- '
troduction to the managers of some Icadiug '
uewspaper, they will forthwith find rccogni- '
tiou in his columns. I don't know. llOSt.- 1
many applications by mail nud in person I 1
have had from young men asking me for a
letter of "recommendation" to the editor of
the Commercial. I never complied, because
I know that these agencies nra not worth
five cents a peek towards getting into the
paper. 1 tell the applicants to send along
whatever essays and so forth they have on
huud, and that a letter of iutrodution a mile
loug would not be of tho least service in
influencing the editor to print what didu't
fill the bill. Recommendations from those
known to the editor, or tho "influence" of
wealthy relatives of young men ambitious
to shiue in journalism, aro of no earthly
benefit in this matter, unless, indeed, the
latter might furuish money to have the
mniilAii nflfnrtu rmhliahnrt nw nilvprtignmpnts,.,
Rut fame, at thirty dollars a column, is expensive.
The mojority of successful journalists
drift into it from other walks of lifo and
perhaps the most of them up to the time
they are eighteen or twenty years old, had
.1 ? A il ^
do inougnt id mat uirettioa.
First Workino ok Corn.?If the land
has been packed by rain since the corn was
. planted, run close and break deep?if the
land is close and open, the ploughing is not
important. In that event use plows that
will go over rapidlyjund save labor?a shovel,
or sweep, or cultivator will answer. Avoid
. throwing much dirt to tho young corn, only
, enough to cover up any young grass that
may be present, but be suro it is well covered
; much hoeing will not pay in a corn
1 crop, ihe plow alono ought very nearly to
' make it?of course thinning and some chopI
ping is generally unavoidable. Thin to a
- stand as soon as danger of frost and worm
1 is over. Nothing is more prejudicial to a
' plant than having another plant with the
same wants growing beside it?tho struggle j
; for existence then becomes intensified. If
* the middles aro not very hard or foul, and
1 time presses, they need not be ploughed out
? at this working. In any event push on
k raoidlv to give cotton its first working just
i as aoon as it will bear it. The farmer who
ft keeps well ahead, cot only stands the best
d chance to make the best crops, but will do
? it with Yery much less aotual labor than the
i! laggard. Let it never be forgotten that the
b time to kill grass is before it can be seen.
Besides, every ono knows that early and
8 frequent workings make cotton grow off
rapidly?and an early growth of stalk is ono
of the surest antecedents of a largo crop of
r- bolls.
se "I say, Paddy, that is the worst looking
y horso you drivo I ever saw. Why don't
18 you fatten him up?" "Fat him up is it?
} Faix, and the poor baste can hardly carry
s. the mate that's on him now," replied
Paddy.
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SELECTED BECIFES.
Sponge Cake.?Four eggs, bcstcn for
half an hour, one cupful of sugar, one cupful
flour.
Lady Cake.?One cupful butter, two
cupfuls sugar, four cupfuls flour, one cupful
tnilk, three eggs, one-half tea-spoonful soda,
[favor to taste.
Flannel Cakes.?To one pint of flour
ldd one-half pint of corn meal, four eggs,
sne tahlcspoonful yeast, with milk enough
to make a stiff batter; set to rise over night.
Finn with warm uiilk and water before baking
next morning.
Jumbles.?Take four eggs, three cupfuls
sugar, a very little nutmeg, one teaspoonful
baking soda, one cupful butter;
of it* its tliii Aaiii* nutil
bvii iu vuv iiuui uiivii iv n III lUlly tilt III
rounds with a hole in the center. Will
keep good two or three weeks.
Crazy Biscuit.?Three pints rf milk,
five teaspoonfuls of yeast, one teaspoon ful
of salt; boil the milk, and then cool, stir iu
flour, making it a little thicker than pancake
batter; add the salt, and when lukewarm
put in tho yeast. In the morning,
add one egg, half a cupful sugar, one teaspoonful
saleratus, mix and letstaud to rise;
when light, make into biscuits; let it rise
igain, aud bake in a medium oven.
To Preserve Eoos.?When the eggs
ire takcu from the nest, if they arc brushed
sntircly over wiih a solution of gum arabic
and laid in a cool plnco tUny will keep perfect
two years, and chickens have been
hatched from eggs so treated at the end of
that time. If farmers assoon as they gatlisr
the eggs would cover each one with fresh
melted mutton suet?just enough to cover
the pores of the shell?they would confer a
boon upon thousands.
Pressed Corn Beef.?Choose a plate
piece, fat aud lean; put in a p)t little larger
than itself, and cover with cold water; pepper
well; let it boil moderately till the boucs
will come out; turn it several times while
soiling; when cooked place iu good shape
in a towel, and fold up firmly; let it be
i ?i A ;?t i
.uiuK aim snort in snapo; piace a piatcover,
md three or four irons or bricks to press
it, lot it stand till perfectly cold, or four or
5VC lLOIUS^JSlt utk, u..J gal- '
nish with sprigs of parscly.
?
llour in Fowls.?Regarding this offensive,
troublesome, and often fatal disease
among fowls, a farmer gave it as his opinion,
before the American iarmcis' club, that
seven out of ten cases were owing to the
neglect of the poultry keeper, who permits
his birds to be exposed to wet grounds, cold
draughts and bad veutilatiou iu the henhouses.
To prevent this troublesome visitor,
give the hens u wide, clear range and
plenty of fresh water; keep them cool and
airy in summer, and warm and dry in the
winter.
This speaker thought that the best food
for newly-hatched chickens is shelled oats
boiled a few minutes and mixed with meal;
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egg, or, better still, crumbs of bread.?
Boiled potatoes given warm and corn meal
are also good. When they need animal
food the mother hen will provide this with
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stirred with the food now and then will rid
fowIs of vermin and tone up their systems;
this was particularly advised for young
chickens and turkeys.
Dr. J. V. C. Smith thought it all nonsense
to try to advance the I wer order of
animals; lie did not approve of so much
codding and cooking for thcui. Give fowls
a wide range and they will take care of
themselves. Wild turkeys rarely lose their
young, and yet once domesticated in tha
barnyard the farmer finds much trouble in
raising thoiq. ....
Snvkkt Potatoes.?And now is the time
for the potato patch, as we call it. Plough
your intended potato patch two or three
times before setting out draws. Having it
in rows. Plough and reverso, getting the
soil in fine tilth. When the time iB near
for setting out, tnko a single shovel plough,
open your beds to the depth of throe inches,
put a little pure stable manure in the trench
and await the rain. If the rain docs not
come, set out with water?half a pint to
oach hill?tho oarlh being pressed firmly
around the potato root, and a little dry dirt
sprinkled around tho top ground. Next is
the setting out?some say one foot, some say
two feet apart?I say four inches.
Tho best cultivation is to plough to your
potato all the tirno, pulling tho earth up
around the little plants with tho hoc tho
first working. Nevor bar off, therely saving
tho small roots wbioh make potatoes,
and saving one-half the ploughing.
In 1870, I made 150 bushels sweet potatoes
on one half aero of land by this uiodo
?giving one hooing, or pulling up with tho
hoc, and ploughing to the potato.?11. L
Tanner.
\ Western Editor in acknowledging tho
gift of a peck of onions from a subsenher,
says: "I tissual) kindness as this that always
brings tears to our eye* "
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