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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. iow the Farmer May Profitably Use the Present Time of the Year. It is hardly necessary to urge the prompt gathering and housing of all manured crops still remaining in the field. The day wvill get bhorter and shorter, and the weather increasingly told and unpleasant; corn will waste and cotton will drop on the ground and become stained and trashy. Every tonsideration prompts to energy and diligence. A month hence the days will be an hour shorter, and one-tenth less work can be gotten out ofa laborer thau at present. LAdred, with our present labor, it is becoming unprofita ble to employ any more of it than one car help dnringthe winter months. The negro is so averse to wet and cold during that periud it i- hard to get work out of him. But for tiis, there is much about a farm which could be done, and most conveniently too during the winter. Almost every thing in the way of bettermeints can be attended to with more advantage then than during the busy crop season. Ditching, removing stumps and stones, clearing and cleaning up, terracing, filling gullies, making levees aerpss bottoms, making farm roads, hauling leaves for litter, making composts, and other like things, can receive at tention without detriment to growing crops. Such matters are generally put off until spring, and then there is a burrying, and rushing, and half doing, to get them done and out of the way, that preparations may be made for summer crops. Very much of this kind of work may be advantageously done in November, if labor can be held steadily to it; end where hands are hired for the year, it ought to te done. The farmer can give his whole at tention to these matters-study and plan and supervise closely. We find that our presence is more imperatively called for by this kind of work than any other on the farm. In routine operations, trained hands can de pret ty well, but in betterments repeated exercise ofjudgment is called for at almost every step. We. talk much of improving our lands by deep plowing, sowing peas, heavy manuring, but what availeth these if land is rolling, and the soil is washed away as fast as it is deepened or enriched. In all efforts to improve the soil, the Irst step must be to hold it-attention, study, ingenuity, must all be directed to this point. Since terracing has acquired notoriety, hill side ditching has been almost entirely discarded. This may be vell after terraces have become firmly establish ed, but anterior to this, whilst the ter races are being made, and the loose earth thrown up by the plow is easily washed away, ditches will be decided ly advantageous, especially if washes have already begun. In heavy rains, water acquires a terrible momentum ~ down slopes that are long and steep, if allowed to traverse the whole dis tance; catch.it in a ditch before it has had time to acquire volume and veloc ity. Make the ditch large and deep enough to hold the water in the heav-. iest rains; d9n t bel timid about this, fearinw your ditch will become a gal ley. With the greatest fall given hill side ditches, it is an easy matter to get them filled up after they have served their purpose. Every one who has had much experience with hill side ditches knows that the trouble is to keep them open. Briars, weeds, etc., falling into them are constantly catchingearth and maki- a soil in their bottoms, upon wich spring up grasses and. wPele; these catch more soil andso! the ditch breaks over, utuden.iten cleaned out. In crossing Alifem with the plow dirt and trash fall in to such a degree that it is next to impossible to keep them open~ when the plowman does not turn at the ditch. Where rows are run on a level one year's breaking and cultivation of the land will completely obliterate a ditch that is crossed. A poorly made, inadequate ditch is worse than no ditch, but a properly made, large ditch has one decided drawback: especially on steep slopes -the water falling into it from above tends to start little gullies on the upper edge of the ditch; and these if not checked tend to elongate up the hill in other w.ords ditches tend to gener ate .gullies. Fortunately this. can be obviated by leaving an unplowed strip * along the upper edge of the ditch. Weeds and grass growing upon this striD binds its soil so that wates: will notcut through it, but checked, in its flow, deposits its burden of soil on said stripand quietly percolates through This strip should be not less than three feet in width. }Where this precaution has niot been taken, and gullies have starte'd along the upper'edge of ditches, it would be well toi put trash of some kindin every one of these, weighing it dow'n with rocks. A perfect edge to the ditch can thus be soon estab lished, and the unplowed strip will take care of it afterwards. Don't defer looking after these apparently little things; a stitch in time will save more than afterwards. Where moderate gullies have al ready formed haul leaves, straw or trash of any kind and put in them-a little brush at inter'vals, or a row of stobs placed across them-will serve to keep the leaves from being washed out of them. If this is done, and plowmen made to lift their plows over in crossing these washes, they will very soon fill up. More are less dirt and trash will drop into them from the plows as thep are lifted over, and this will help to till them. If washes are plowed across without lifting plow, the loose dirt in the wash is carried off' by the first rain, and t hus every plow ing serves to deepen the wash. Make It an unviolable rule to have the ilow lifted over every wash that cani be crossed. At this season of the year it is well to sow a little rye, wheat or other grain along these washes that are filled with leaves; it will help materially to catch and hold the dirt. which is'carried into them by rains; when this is done in the spring, a spontaneous rowth of grass and weeds will do the same thing. It is all im portant. however, in every case to fix carefully the lower end of. the wash or ga ly so as to check the ac:ion of wvater there; the filling up will begin there and gradually work up the hill. We have repeatedly changed the face ofa field by such simple dlevices as we have described, and with very little labor. Land thus guarded is ready for ter racing,.and terraces, when well estab lished, will permanently hold the soil and fit it for the reception of all the inanure you can apply to it. After the soil is prepared to receive manure, the next step is to tit it for labor-sav ing impleirents. Tlhese are our main reliancee for lessening the cost of pro duction, which is but another expsres, sion fr inceasing mnet nrafts Erery I large quantit- of manure can be made in the next three months if one goes about in it earnest ; and all of it will be necded to make up the compost !aps in February. To increase the richness of the manure, and facilitate it; rottingZ where much litter Is used, cotton seed may be scattered in the stall occasi'.1-mally. To preveit loss of amm1onia a lit tle kainit may be sprin kled in the atnills: a pound, or less, a day to cavb %tail will uffice. Where one r e, to uWe ktinit in his con 1s:,. 1j tlic best maninir of doing it: I ,' hecone o oln byiah inicorpo raitel with ithe .tall miianure; an( thoromialh mnixture of its ingredients add, much o Ithe value of a compost. TIE EDGEFIELD LYNCHING. Proceedings in the Court of Sessions--The Trial Postponed, and the Prisoners Ad mitted to M1an. As already stated, Ohe grand jury of Etbretield fouid a "true bill" against all tte parties charged with the killing of Culbreath. When the indictment was read to the prisoners, their coun sel interposed a motion to quash it on different grounds, eighteen in number, which may be sumnarized as follows: 1. ihith the copy of the indictment firlnished them by the clerk of Court was not a truc copy. 2. A challenge to the array or panel of the grand jury. 3. The objections to the validity of the grand jury because sone' of the jurors were removed and some excused and others were instituted in their places. 4. A motion to quash the indictment because of defects in certain of the counts. The State, through the Attorney General, answered these objections, denying that any one of them was tenable in law. The argpunent of the questions in volved in the defendants' motion com menced before Judge Hudson on Thursday morning. An hour was spent in a technical skirmish over points involving the order in which argument should be heard. The defence then proceeded to open the case, Major Gary delivering the opening argument in their behalf. Ile delivered a splendid legal argu. ment, absolutely free from anything like sensational appeals, but confined entirely to the legal grounds upon which the plea of the defendants was based. ' Ile was followed by Attorney General Miles, who likewise addressed himself wholly to the discussion of the legal question's involved in the case. Mr. Miies took occasion, however, in passing, to make a public acknowledg ment of his indebtedness to the coun sel associated with him, Messrs. Bon ham & Bonhamn, and Gary & Evans, for the valuable aid which they had extended to him in the preparation of the case. General M. C. Butler closed the ar gumeint for the defence in a very strong speech. Where human life, he said, was concerned, it would not do to come into Court and say that the solemn injunction of the law should be trifled with. Before a man can be put on trial for his life every provision, every injunaction of the law, must be strictly and scrupulously complied with. The State could suffer no detriment by having the law strictlv enforced. The citizen could stiffer no detriment and would, besides, have no excuse for taking the law in his own hands. Judge Iludson then delivered his de cision orally, sustaining the State in ever'y particular and overruling all the points madte by the defendants, after' which the Court adjourned for dinner, the defendants giving notice of ex ceptionis to the ruling of the Coutrt. The defence next moved to quash the panel of petit jurors, alleging vari ou, irregular-ities, and argument was heard. Shortly afterwards, this mo tion to quash was abandoned. The defendants' counsel then moved that the trial of the case be postponed till the next term of Court, on the ground of the absence of a niumber of their witnesses and the expected absence of Lieutenant-Governor Shepparnd, one of the counsel, and Senator Talbert, one of the defendants. Attorney G;eneral Mliles said he considered that the motion was addressed entirely to the discretion of the Court. The State, he added, was ready' for trial. Afteir hearing the views of all the counsel, Judge Hudson granted the motion and continued the case. A motion was then made to admit all thd dlefenldants to bail, and the die fenzdanits' counsel spoke at some length on this. The attorney-general said that it was simply his duty, as the officer of the State, to call the atten tion of the Court to the law on the subject. The State's attor'neys, he said, were glad that the responsibility was on the shoulders of the Cour't. They made no active resistanco to the motion, as they did not feel it to be in thme line of their duty. Judge Hudson said that lie regarded the circumstances of this case as some what extraordinary and peculiar, and without expressing an opinion as to the weight of evidence in the case lhe wvould admit all the defendants to bail in the sum of $2,500 each. Poor Feilows. Prostrated, debilitated, enfeebled, they feel as if they were hardly worth picking up. They would hardly give the toss of' a bright penny for a chance of a choice between life and death. But even such forlorni people can be renewed by the use of Brown's [ron Bitters. It vitalizes the blood, tones the nerves, and renovates the system. M1r. Isaac C. Weed, Burr's M1ills, 0., says, "I uned Brown's Iron Bitters for general weakness, and it helped me, greatly.'' * Speaker Carlisle Ill. Speaker Carlisle was so ill whenm he arrived at Washington ou Thursday afternoon that he was obliged to take to his bed at once. Visitors were not permitted to see him and cards were not taken to bia roomi. He is now im proving. - A flaid and Deaf Womnan. Miss Minnie Wallace, of Atlanta, lost her hiearinig, iher sighit and sense' of taste. Sor,'. "nvered h itr ho i and limibs. 11er joints3 wer.' sw~ollen anid painful, her limbs p~iam~yze.d, appetite lo..t, andi she was oking out a miiserahic' !ife. Six battles of B. B. 1i. restoTed her sight andi hearing, relieved all aches arnd pains, added flesh and strength and she is now a well woman. Write to her. A pioinient Alabama physician said: "A patient who was almost dying from the effeets of' Tertiary Syphilhis and who had been treated by several noted physicians without be tefiit, used oine dozen bottles of B. B~. B. and was entirely cured. Ile had nleer~s on his arms and the bones protruded through the flesh andI skin at the elbow, and dheath seemed iniev'iable." * -Germany has acquiesced in the Pope's settlement of the Car'oline ques A SHOCKING TRAGDY. Three Men, Father and Two Sons, Killed by a Kinsman--PartIculars of the Occur rence. (Fom the Newrs and Co'rier.) At noon on Wednesdav the 1St h inst. a white imian1, named Corley, and a negro, named Charles Brooks, galloped into Edgefield with lie news of a most horrible crimlc. The victims are Edward Pressley, a white lman, who is over tighty years of age, and his two sons Charles anud Edward, aged about tWnILt-six and tlirity Vea-s rec ivel;. The murderer is Robert Jones, also white, who illarried the graild dauhteh.r of Press!ey and who lives Oil the trm i witi them. Tie scne ot the tragetty is about eight lie tes of the court-house. The representative ot the News and Courier, upon hearing of the occur reIce, at Once ;et out to ilivestigate it anid gathered tihe fuliowing i details 01 the horrible affair: Jones, the mur derer, it appears, came here from Georgia several years ago and married Mr. Pressley's granddaughter. The Pressleys rent some land iii the neigh borhood, a portion of which was occu pied by Jones, who, however, paid no rent fur it. On Tuesday eveing before the homicide Charles Preasley went to Jones's house and told him that lie would have to vacate the land as he and his brother could not aflord to pay the rent for him. On Wednes aay about 11 o'clock Jones entered the field where old Pressle and his Sons Charle.- and Edward were ploughing. A colored man who lives near the scenc of the murder states that he saw Jonmes go tup to Charles Pressley and, without any words, ra.ise a double barrelled gun to his shoulder and empty the contents of both barrels into the body of his victim. Ile then turned and iwalked off in the direction of the wood4. Edward Pressley, the brother of the murdered ian, putting down his plough, started to pursue the murderer of his brother. Jones waited until he came up and, then taking a knife, stabbed him in the right side ripped the knife entirely across his chest, killing him almost instantly. In the meantimle old Presslev was in the field trving to hold his son's plough horse which had been frightened at the sound of the firing. Jones deliberate ly reloaded his gun, approached the old man and shot him dead. He then went home, Mounted his horse and rode off. John Pressley, the only remaining son), was in the house at the time and came out after hearing the firing, onl to find his father and his two brothers lying dead in the field. A messenger was dispatched to the court-house to get out a warrant. The Pressleys have the reputation of being respectable, quiet and orderly people, the elderly son, John, having served through the war with bravery. Jones came to Edgefield about six years ago and settled in the countv. His sisters are married there, one of them being the wife of Mr. Parkman, one of tile defendants in the Culbreath case. There is the strangest sequel to this horrible affair, however. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon a short, thick set mali, attired in an ordinary home spun suit, entered the village, carrying on his shoulder a double-barrelled shotgun. lIe went to the postoffice, left his gun with a man in there, and then slowly and deliberately walked on to the jail, which is situated next to the court-house alnl which has a front yard, railed inl by an ordinary :iron railing. "That's JTones," said some onle, and as thme news of the murder had been known for some time a crowd speedily followed .Jonte~. lie applied to theC negr'o turnkey, whIo opi'eedie gate, and entered the place and gave himself up. lie was followed into the jail by a miscellaneous crowd, but no one made any attempt to injure him. Upon entering tile jail lie remarked to somne of the proners who knew hlimf that lie had killed three of the best men in tile county, but lie was obliged to do it. At this point hlis ielative inter-posed and advised him to say nlothin~g miore, anld he obeyed tihe injunlction. The evidence before the coroner's jury was brief. Charles Brooks, ani eye witness of the killing testified as fol lows: "I was at my3 ho0use shuckinlg corn anid thed first nloise I hedard was a gull, then I heard a scream, and I raised up aud saw two men run ninlg whom I recognlized as Edward Pressley, Jr., and Bob Jones. I saw them catch hold of each other and I saw one~ reach out of his hand as if he was using hlis knife but I don't know which one it was, but I saw Mr. Pressley fall, an~d Mr. Jones walked off with his gull inl his hand, an~d theni I saw somethling lyin~g 0on the ground that I took to be Charles Pressley. Mir. Jones walked back in the direction of where Mr-. Charles Pressley was lying and 'stop ped and loaded his gunl, after which le walked to where Edward Pressley, Sr., was standinlg aind said, "Dog gone it, I will shoot you too," aud there upon lie raised his gun and shot him. Mr. Jonles then walked on towards his house, about 400 yards off. Mr. Pressley, Sr., fell as soon as lie was shbot. Wvhen I saw Mir. Edward Press ley anld Mr. Bob Jonles runinilg Mr. Jones was in firont. The first report thlat I heard seemed to be as if bot h barrels were discharged at once. No one else could have done the shooting without imy beeing him. 1 aml satis fied from what I saw that Mr. Jones killed all thr'ee of tile Pressleys. Dani Mitchell and mylself were about the secoind ones to get there alter thley fell. I did not see ai'y weaponsi of any kind lying about. I nev-er .eard of M r. Press'ey andl Mr-. Jones having any difficultv. Mr. J. B. Pressley, the only sur viving male member of the fanmily was not all eye- witness, and his erldJence is not imlportanlt. Mr'. J. R. Terry testified as followvs: "I was at my house, about onie mlile f'rm Mr. Pressley's place, on the~ road towards Edgetield village. I wans in my potato patch andi saw Mr. .Jlnes comintr up through thle corn fiel, andi lhe called to mle. I stoppe'd, and after shauking hands said thamt he was in great trouble. lie had his gun on1 his shoulder' at tihe time. I asked himi wvhat was the matter. Hie said lie had had a diffienlty with the P'resslvsj about land. IIe said lie botught the haand anddipaid for' ir andl had papers for it, and thlat the Pressleys hamd at tempted to sow oats upon) it, anld that he had told them that he would shoot thlem if thley did, and that they had esmmenced-to sow oats in the mor'n ing-, anld that he hadl shot them in con seguience. He then said that he would it go the village and give hitmself up, or go to Georgia and die there- I thlought' thlat lie was jesting. He thlen wvent in the direction ot the village of Edge field, lie said that he was afraid that he ha~d killed Charles Pressley, Ed ward Pressley, Sr., and Edward Pressley, Jr. H~e did nlot give any raean for the chantinag other thanii FOR COUCHS AND CROUP UU Of~ ET C The swet gns Ath e fromatreohssenm. growing along the sm streams n the Souther Stats. contains a stimulating expecorni principle that loosens the Vbe~ producing the er . onn-og.ad5i~ lates the id to w othe false membrane ou p whoopingzo. When combined with the heeling =nol. lacinooC pin pcie In the maullein plant of the old fieldS. po ats In Con I RXMIOT or Swzrr GUM 'L= wvtLsxmv the duneat known rennedy for Coughs. Crop Whooping-Cough and ConsnmPtis; and -o palatable, any cbild Is pleased so take it. Ask our druggist for it. Price, 25c. and $1. WALTERA. AYLOR. Atlanta, G, Use DR. 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Wiloetwjouso hat they (the Presslevs) were trving o take his land after he, had forbid len them Ile (lid not sar what he lad shot thei withl. TIE WAR IN THE IWLKINS ?rince Alexanui-r and :iS 1u1garians Gain A G reatI T,t ini 1) $. The latcst news fron the -eat of Var ill Erope show 1 a ) oinpete :hanget in the aspe'ct faftirs. The >rospects Aof 1: Do ri: t, 1.h nk l al PrincI-, tre rh. twx a, ;wy w l. -eeenlyr. An lli.::, report -at-s that ne Se:rvianls enntt--red rsnk on heir h:t-te to g away, icf) aight iuns >ehind them. Th:: capture of BIresnik eaves that rout o1pe t11) Soi1. The 3ulgarian arny of tLc Wi tli! dis riet 111ay1 be con1s- d:-lcme'y Jestroyed an d disprse:. The hn!ga ians have carl etied evvrv ()n1, of the nig :5ivnitza. Prince .Alexanider led he Bilgarian columis inl per.<on. Later lews colifirtais the tiding". of :e great victorv woin by Prinie Alex nder an ii Bulgarians, at Widden. Even the Servitn dizpa:c'is freely icknouwledge tihe trunti of ihe tulgarian icconlit, although ltey first denied it Prince Alexander, however, feels the leed of assistance, and has given up lis claim on R'outllehia ill order to )btain aid from the Sultan. Bulgaria is denigiwr the Turkish rlontier of tiops and is sending all her available force, to coibat the Servian. The public are allowed to go to tle depot ent *ottee to see their relations and frienktk. Many of the villaters aip long disltances and wait at the depitc several hiours, and ill Sollie ill- 1ilC-we whole dayS and nights, to see their frields aid --ive them fowers and present.. Prince Alexalider's succes; belbe Slivniitza has revived tHie eottrage o1' 1ho-e guin)g to the fron', atir] they undergo extreme hardships with reinarkable foiritude. In many cases they ire cotulliled to march long distances in bad weather, and at night camp in open spaces where they are shelterless, tot having oven ordinary tents to protcCt t hem from the severitt of the weather. The Rebel Riel Ex-cuted. Louis liel, tle leader in the half breed insurrection againist the Dotnin ion govermnient in the Northiwet Ter ritory, was hanged at Regina on the 16th inst. In his laist hours he behaved with a coolness and cotrage that com imanded the respect and even adiira tiOll of his eXcuntiolnerS. II WS hanged. it is Qaid. not so much for his leadership in the revolt as for partici pation in the killing of some of the Queeln's ubjects, which tile authorities called a slanghter, but to the last he denied participation or complicity in that killing. After his c:onviction strenuous ellorts were n.ad(! to set aside the verdict o'f the court which convicted him, by an appeal to the Privy Council, but this was refused. Then all eflort. wit made to procure from the Governor-General a coniiu tation of sentence, which was also refused. The Can:odian French took much interest in his case, he being of French parentaze, and it was urged in his behl:lf that lie was instme. Three physicians were selected to visit him and make a test of his sanity. Two Dut of three were of opillion that he was mentally unhilaniced, while the third refu.,ed to sir Ihat he was not. B3ut al this did not save hilln. The edi<:l for his execution went forth, and the hatnginaii obeyed it. SuIcide in Marlboro. Mr0. .J. K. Glass, a promnisilig young nanl about twenity-onle years of age, wvho has been keeping books for Mlessrs. Pegues & Brothers, of 31arl bor~o county, committed suicide last I'hursday night about 9 o'clock by hooting himself in the head with a pistol. ~lie had made all arranlgemlent o come over to Chieraw with some riends to a dance, and while convers ng with these friends handed over his pocket-book, told them good-bye anld, placinig a pistol to his ear, fire~l. ~No :ause can be assigned~ for the rash leed. The deceased was a native of LMAheLANRIA Enestesystem fo nnw causes, at all seasons. Shaiters teNerves, Impairs Digestion, and Enfeebles the Mnscles. an ees orlIntermittent Fevers, L as situde, Lack of Ener ', it has no equal. It enriches and purifies the oad. stimulates the ap petite. and strengthens the muscles and nerves. It. does not injure the teeth, cause headache, or prnduce constipation-all other fr a medicinea d.1. FAmza T. 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It probably would not pay to spend the requisite labor on these. But there is an abundance of open land in the country with very few stumps or rocks upon it, and this shou ld be cultivated and improved, even if badly worn, Inl preference to any other. On all such land the rocks and stumps 4hould be removed: the cost wil not be great. and will sooni b' paid back in t the saving of labor froi the use of itplienet1ts which 0eano0mize '-)LabIr. The smoothingr i:nrrow, with itz broad sweep of ten or :welve feet, in the earlyv -4t:tre- of culhiivation, anud the straddlin g enti tors, carrying a row at a go, at a later stage of the crop, will soon pay back with large intere-t the expense of dig n 1 up a few 1tump- -n;d u 1n'lin. If a few rock-. Pertiaip [Ii - stumnlp are needed clo-e by to build obstruc tions across gullies or ravines, or. levees across branch bottoms, to check the flow of water during floods and gather deposits of sediment upon the soil. The building of levees across valley lands is worthy of attention. Branch bottoms are in some respects our very best lands, but they are often badly washed or scoured1 by heavy rains. Levees built across at narrow points, where the hills project into the bottoms, would not only stop the dam age from water, but make the over flows a positive blessing through the rich sedimnents deposited. Where the levees cross the main ditch, abutmetits of heavy rocks or of large timbers should be built or willows planted on edge of ditch. Where rocks cannot be had to build a levee, a double row of willows planted across the botton, with brush and logs between and above them, will soon make a good dan; a willow dam would cest almost nothing; green willow stalks driven in along the line is all that is tecessary as these take root and grow readily. A little work of this kind, niot done because not thought of, would often double the value of bottom lands. Some time ago we discussed at some length the subject of farm roads, and will not repeat. These should be looked after now and put in good order. Roads can kept in gcod condi tion much easier by a little work oft repeated than by much work at inter vols. As soon as a wash or hole begins to form fill them at once; a few well broken rocks or spadefuls of dirt will do it then; a wagon load may be required-if neglected long. Our public roads would be kept in much better order is small squads of hands were kept working on them all the time, in place of many hands upon them twice in the year. This is very emphatically one of the cases in which a stitch in time savet nine. Rocks should always be broken fine when used upon roads; no piece should be more than one and a half inches through. Small rocks will pack into a compact mazs, large ones will not: the latter will continually work Put of their beds, and a loose rock in a road-bed is as objectionable as a stum p. A rock hammer will be found a very convenient thing on a farm, where rocks are found. A road-bed of clay is much improved by the addition of sand. This may sometimes be very convienently obtained by placing ob structions at intervals in the adjacen ditches to catch the sand which washes into them. On the contrary, a sandy road-bed is improved by the addition of clay, and this can sometimes be cheaply obtained where there is an underlying clay subsoil by digging ditches, on each side ot the road, (leep) enough to get clay and throw it on the road-bed Farmers are more di reetly interested in good roads than any other class in the community, and it behooves them to look carefumlh into these matters. They nteed good roads on their far-ms over which to haul their crops to their barns, and good public roads to facilitate tranls port of produce to market. A large supply of barnyard manure, with which to make compost, is every year regarded as mnorc and more essen tial on the farm. Com!mercial fertil izers give so much better results .in conjunction with stall manure, than when used alone, that every farmer is anxious to have a full supply of the latter. He wants enough to go over all the land he cultivates. This can only be had by the use of ample quan tities of litter. During the busy crop) season, he (lid not feel perhaps that he had time to stop his teams and hands to haul leaves; but for some months now he will have ample time. A rude shelter under which litter could be stored and kept dry is very desirable. Thus arranged a limited quantity could be put in the stalls at short intervals, and become thoroughly incorporated with the droppings of the animals. Wet leaves haule directly from the woods and pttt in the stalls, not only brings discomfort to the stock, but adds ss much water as (lead weightl to be handled and hauled owt. Where there is a choice of oak and pine leaves the Jatter are rather to be preferred; some persons regard them of little matnurial val ue-anmalysis does not confirm this view. Freshly fallen leaves of the common old tield pine contain the following quantities of manurial substances in a hundred ANALYsis OF 1'NE STRAw. Ammonia (potenitial)...........0.47 Phosphoric acip............ ...0.24 Potash........... ............0.12 Magnesia.....................0.08S Limue.......................--8 Siica. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4 Sulpuric acid................0.05 Now compare the above with ordi nary damp or gre stable manure. ANALYSts OF STABLE MANt-RE. Ammonia.....................0 Phosphoric acid................50 Potash..................... ..0.40 Magnesia.. ... .... . .... . 0 Lime....................... -.0 The pine straw cotainis abont four fifths as much ammonia, about one half as much phosphoric acid, about one half as much lime as thle manure. Pine straw is recor-mended also b canse it brmeake ump and mixes with more easily thani oak leaves. Alltr the pine leaves have lain on the ground fr along time mituch of their fertilizint contents have been washedl out by rains, and thier are then less valuable. Before the wiinter rains set in will be a good time to haul up ati abundant supply of these leaves. Make petns of poles or rails, fill them with the pine straw aiid colo:- with planks, as befotre sugested, planks make the best temn porry rors, especially idunring thi winter, when they ..re 11mit. nehi warj. edl by the sun. Litter the stalls now as rapidly as they will bear it. F'romn time to time fork up thle edges and d ryer part. andu