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0»U may bo sown up to fho initMIc
of October In iJm> Northern ijortion of
Ihe ootton belt, nitd rtill Inter towards
the Gulf; bat the rink >8 rather great
It mwm later thou the time designated,
in the c<ftd, billy regionn. In tho lati*
tnde of Atlanta if we cannot get in oats
by tbe middle of October, wo prefer
to wait attd sow in January. We have
called attention on former occasions to
the importance of lowing seed in the
full from a fall raised crop, and in the
spring from a spring raised crop. Fall
crops acquire gradually I he power of
enduring eold, and spring crops tlie
habit of early maturity. In tbe North
the ditference between winter and
spring wheat U very marked, the
fbnner being much less injured by
cold. The same difference can be es
tablished between fall and spring oats.
For fall sowing the rust proof is to be
referred; for spring sowing the Burt
s perhaps best. It seems to have prov
ed rust proof, and sown in Januarv or
early February, is ready tor the cradle
about as soon as fall oats. The ad
vantage of this is that the crop is made
before the moisture in tho soil is ex
hausted. II matures so rapidly that it
oannot be sown in the fell; it is essen
tially a spring oat.
Barley ana rye may also Iks sown
during this month, but unless upon
very rich soils will not furnish much
grazing or mowing. It is thought
however that the late aown will pro
duce more seed. Wheat sowing will
begin Ibis'month. We have always
advocated sowing enough tor family
use, but as a market crop it pays only
nndcr exceptional conditions. In
limestone regions, where strong, stiff
soils abound, and in localities where
tiie extensive system of farming still
prevails, the wheat cron may pay
pretty well. The first class of soils
is especially adapted to grain, and the
corn holds need rest and restoration of
humus throngh small grain crops.
The ettensive system, in like manner,
calls loudly for a rotation in which
small grain enters, because cotton is a
iestdiug crop iu that system and ex
poses the laud so much to washing and
icocbing. With no expense for manure
tho fermor sows one bashei of seed per
acre and harvests five or six. Two
bushels probably pays expense of plow
ing in and harvesting, and he makes
two or three bushels per acre as profit.
But be considers that the improvement
of his land and the pasture after har
vest would compensate him, even
though his wheat crop did not pay ex
penses. But under tho intensive sys
tem of farming, where crops are raised
by large expenditures for manure, tho
conditions arc entirely changed.
Wheat will not make large yields witli-
out an abundant supply ol nitrogenous
manure—a Bnbstnncc in which old
soils are particularly deficient, and
which is the costliest of all when it lias
U> be purchased, lu addition the crop
is an anoertain one in our climate ou
account of Us liability to rust. But
three or four acres highly manured,
will ordinarilv supply a family, ami
one cun afford to take risks on that
small crop, to foster the feeling of in-
dcpcndcnsc and to supply his pantry
with new^weet, pure flour early in the
season. Appropriate soils, manure,
e<c , for wheat were discussed in pre
vious numbers and need not l>e repeal
ed here. After the middle or the
mouth it is rather hazardous to sow
clover and grass; unless the seasons
arc exceptional Uicy will not get well
rooted enough to withstand the freezes.
Delayer! sowings may l>c deferred till
spring.
It is u little singular how often the
same inquiry is made, though it has
been repeatedly answered in the Cvlti-
valor. A marked'illustration of this
is one touching the propriety of turn
ing weeds under green o» after they
have been killed oy frost. Practical
fanners looking at the matter In the
light of practice, not of theory, had
been diviuod concerning it. The agri
cultural press had advocated so dili
gently and persistently the plowing
under of green crops as a i»nacca tor
sestoring the fertility of worn soils
that practical farmers who catch up
theories sometimes, at lout, begin to
preach the same doctrine, and it is at
nresenKhe popnTnr theory oftho day.
Now, this kind of preaching came
originally from tho north, where tho
conditions of climate, .crops and soils
are quite different from ours. At the
north, soon after green crops are
plowed under in the fall, the soil is
locked up in icc and decom|>osition of
the green stuff is suspended and no
leaching can go on. In onr mild cli
mate the reverse holds good—decom
position goes mi without much check!
and leaching of its products is greaty,
facilitated by copious winter ruins.
At the north a large portion of the
land is seeded down in small grain and
grasses, cropt which arc ready to ap-
priate at once the airy products of de
composition of the green stuff which
may form. With us the laud usually
continues bare until a summer crop is
put upon it tho ensuing spring. That,
therefore, which ' ‘
lice at tho north might
poor practice at the souti
less the difference between practical
farmers at the South arose from some
seeing the good effect of plowing under
green crops when a growing crop fol
lows at once, whilcotbers had their at
tention directly to cases where a sum
mer crop followed. The truth is, us
we liave often argued, no land should
be left bare during the winter. Should
fell plowing then be abandoned? In
most cases we would answer, yes.
FortHBStely the increasing adoption of
tho intonaive system of farming ren
ders it less and less important. But
there is one exception to ihe above
statement. Very stiff attractable clays,
especially such as have beca plowed
too wet, are decidedly benefited by
being thrown into high, narrow ridges,
so that tbe freezes may pulverize and
mellow them. These soils leach less than
others and the mechanical action of
frost outweighs any loss from that
source.
October is noted for tbe beauty of its
weather: it is exceedingly favorable
for the Mrv< '
summer crops
then dry and can be stored wKboat
dahger of injury. The cotton lesves
not yet rendered crisp and brittle by
froet do not adhere and mix with tbe
r.
from ample experience on this
/flight open houses might be ftm
’4 ed in same the maunorfor tbeetori
might bo good prnc-
mignt be very
itli, and doubt-
same die raaunoi-fee the storing of
sheaf oats. Tho * roof would be tiie
only expensive part. Little more than
thc'frnmlng wonid be noeded, and tbe
floor might be made of poles. Expen
sive barns are not needed iu tiie South.
Wo need not imitate tbe Northern farm
er is that particular; our surroundings
are different fr(j>m his. Many enthu
siastic farmers—city bred and retired
professional men—are carried away
with tho pictures of tine barns iu
Northern journals, or in Southern
which copy from them, and spend
large amounts on similar buildings for
which they have little use. Simple,
open shelters suffice for most purposes
iu onr mild climate. But it is desira
ble to have such for all the stock on the
ferm during cold, rainy spells. Sim
ple frames of poles, which can be had
ou every farm, and a plank roof will
answer every purpose. During sum
mer the planks can be taken down,
stacked and protected from the weath
er. Thus managed they will last lor
many years.
Speaking of stock suggests that they
should not be kept on the grass and
clover too late in the fell—if grazed too
closely they do not stand cold so well
aud will not spring forward so early
iu tho spring. One of the best pastures
for late grazing is u Bermuda sod,
which lias not hecn pastured the latter
half of summer. Under these circum
stances the grass grows tall, and while
the frost singes the top, it remains
( ;reon below well into the winter. We
lave known a cow to be well wintered
such a pasture without any addi-
on
tioiial forage. Tho Lespedcga also,
especially if sheltered a littlcby pities
in old fields, furnishes quite late graz
ing iu the fell. Whenever the pas
tures begin to fail, stock should receive
extra feed, that they may enter upon
the winter in good condition. All
wild animals fatten in the fall and the,
lesson is one which it is well to hoed.
Nature is wiser than man. The win
tering of stock is both easier and less
expensive since tho (tcrman investiga
tions on food rations have shown that
such substances as wheat straw finely
cut np and mixed with oil cake make
most excellent feed. Cotton seed meal
can now bo bad everywhere in tiie
South and a very little of it mixed with
wheat, oats or rve straw willjkeep a
cow in fine condition—say two pounds
of the meal witli twenty-five pounds of
straw for a day’s ration. The exceed
ing richness of tiie meal compensates
for the poverty of tiie straw aud at the
same renders it more digestible. We
do not think we hazard much in saying
that in a few years cotton seed meal
will be the staple grain feed of all tho
stock on tho farm. They may not
relish it at first, but animals can be
educated to cat almost anything which
is nutritious.
It is a common belief that it is better
to wait until frost has nipped the vines
before digging sweet potatoes. Our
experience and observation do not
agree with this belief. Any time after
the middle of October in this latitude,
they may be dug if the ground is dry.
If the weather is warm and rainy aud
the potato is in un active growth and
full of sap. it is better to wait. But if.
the grouuu is dry and tiie leaves of thf
potato arc turning yellow, they may
be dug with perfect safety and best
results. Having the ground dry at
digging time is the main consideration.
Some persons arc very successful in
kecking them in houses—others fail
entirely. Tiie exact methods of success
do not appear to be understood, rack
ing away iu a house with jicrfeclly dry
sand filling tiie interstices between the
IHJtatoes, is one of the surest methods
of preserving them'. Next to this is
the old-fashioned bank or hill. If
these are well put up, so that the pota
toes will keep dry, and a plenty of dirt
put on as cold weather approaches,
very few w ill rot. It is wdl to liave
an air hole at the top when the pota
toes are first put up, but this should
be closed up after tiie lapse of three or
four weeks. Wc find a thickness of
one foot of earth on the bank, none too
much. It is important to keep the
temperature of tho notatoes as uni
form as possible, neither warm in the
day nor cold at night, and the thicker
the covering the nearer will this uni
formity lie brought about. In some
instances, where not enough dirt had
been put on, we have observed that
the potatoes ou the soutli side ol a hill,
kept better than those on the north
side. The former, being warmed by
the sun, did not get chilled during
very cold short snaps as did those on
the north side. A little more dirt on
the hill would have remedied tho
trouble, if the sweet potato could be
kc^it through tho winter,, easily and
safely, it would tie a most valuable
stock feed, far suiHuiof to turnips,
carrots, etc. In view of tiie trouble
and difficulty of keeping them, onr
attention has been turned to tiie com
mon gardau artichoke as a winter root
for cattle. It is easier raised than the
potato, and while not as nutritious,
more than makes up for that by its
greater productiveness; under ordina
ry circumstances it will at least double
the potato in yield. In iiutritivencss
it is about equal to the Irish potato,
with tins great advantage that it lias
not to be cooked before it becomes pal
atable and before its nutritious prop
erties become developed. In place of
starcii, which is tho principal ingre
dient of the potato, the artichoke con-
iains a substance between starch and
sugar which gives it a slightly sweetish
taste and reuders it palatable. But
one of its great advantages is tho ease
with which it is kept throngh the win
ter. It has neither to bo dog, nor
banked, nor housed, but simply to be
left in tiie ground and taken* np as
needed for use. Instead it will not
keep if dug. This plant has at times
beeu extravagantly lauded, the yield
greatly exaggerated aud its fattening
and Hfe-supporting qualities rated en
tirely too high. The consequence has
been persona have tried it, and finding
that it fell far below representations,
have cried “humbug,” aud dropped it.
But tliere has been ample trial to es
tablish its value. In some parts of
bo cooked;.It is
tioue In lie raff
not injure it. Some persons esteem it
as a dish for the table, srfeeff toiled
aud property semened. We tyring fcj
worthy of experimental trial as a win
ter food crop for oowxiaud hogs.
Those who oantagnJote-plimUiig out,
orchards attd tf be yards, mtofilff begin
preparation for the aaioe. -November
is probably the best month, in otpr
male, for setting oat trees and plants.
While tlrse do not fnaka »
above groiM, during ihe w
do often make eoasidei
growth—or else prepare the
which is the firtestep iu that ,,
aud enables roots to form tbry
in tiie spring. Cheek off the land wii
two-horse plows, and if it Is ran deep
little work with spade and shovel will
bo needed to prepare the bole for the
reception of tiie tree. Land for
orcliard or vineyard should be plowed
at least eight inches deep before a tree
or plant is set out. Trenches two or
three feet deep in which to set a tree,
are wholly unnecessary. Good culti
vation for two or three years after the
trees are set out, with less frequent
and shallower plowings when tbe trees
get ohter, is tiie secret of healthy,
thrifty orchards. Of course judicious
manuring is not to be neglected.
Avoid stable and highly nitrogenous
manures. Lime, ashes and a little
salt, together with woods earth or
well-aired muck are the best applica
tions to an orchard. These should be
used in sufficient quantities to be
broadcasted. Ueiuember that the
feeding roots of trees are not right
around their trunks, but are distribut
ed in every direction for many feet,
occupying the whole land in the case
of old trees. Orchards are best
manured in early winter, The sub
stances mentioned as best manures for
them will not leach out, but will re
quire sooie time to sink down deep
enough to be appropriated by the roots.
It mav be mentioned in this connec
tion tiiat tiie liming of laud should
always be done in autumn or early
winter, to exert any effect upon the
ensuing summer crop.
THE COTTON CHOP.
September Report of tbe Ratte—I Cot tee
Exchange.
Nkw Oulxans, October 4.—The fol
lowing is a summary of tiie- cotton
crop report of the National Cotton
Exchange for tbe mouth of 8eptem-
ber:
The great boat of September and
the small rainfall has been unfavora
ble for the cotton crop, and the effect
has forced a lowering of its condition
to 75 per cent, against 80 per cent, for
August, 87 |»er cent, for July, 85 per
cent, for June and 84 per cent, for
May. From one extreme of the cot
ton licit to the other the drought may
be said to liave prevailed, and as a
natural result shedding has been gen
eral. Tiie weather has proven uiiusn-
ailv fine for picking, and a* many cor-
respondents say, labor is working hard
to gather and save the crop. It is the
general theory tiiat tiie cotton growth
is a good ono, but the middle crop is
only moderate and the top crop very
poor. In many portions of several
States ginning had not commenced up
to tbe date of advices received, while
in other sections, with continued dry
weather, a comparatively early cessa
tion of picking is predicted, the time
ruuuing from the middle to the close
of October. The average condition of
the crop by States is as follows: Vir
ginia 80, North Carolina 80, South
Carolina 81, Florida 78, Georgia 80,
Alabama 70, Mississippi 75, Louisiana
78, Texas 65, Arkansas 80 and Tennes
see 82.
“AMERICANS TO RULE AMERICA.”
Order of the National Connell of tbe Ameri
can Political Alliance.
The following order has been issued
by the National Council of tiie Ameri
can Political Alliance:
PHiLAi>fci.piiiA, September 25, 1884.
In accordance with orders to State
Councils, issued August 1st, calling
for nominations by councils for Presi
dent and Vice-President of the United
States, to be voted for at the coming
election, Council A. A., of Pennsylva
nia, hereby announce that William L.
Ellsworth, of Pennsylvania, having re
ceived the highest number of votes fer
President of the United States, and the
same having been made niianimoas,
and tiiat Charles II. Watersou, of New
York, having received tiie highest now-
her of votes for Vice-President, and
the same having been mode unanimous
they are hereby deelared to be the
duly selected nominees of tiie Ameri
can Political Alliance. All tiie State
Councils are therefore ordered to pre-
f iarc an electoral ticket Iu the respect-
ve Stales and report the same, without
delay, to tho national lieadquarters.
By the action of the Grand Connell
of tho United States, the oath of thn
order has been repealed. All voters,
while and colored, favorable to the
principles of the order, viz., “Ameri
can born citizens onlv to rule America”
are invited to form independent clubs
as auxiliaries in this camjjpiga to elect
Europe it enters regularly iutb the ro
tation of crops, and Bouseingalt, who
is a most accurate and careful observ
er, pats tbe average crop at three
hundred bushels per acro~-*o me times
rising to five hundred. Of course so
A1 _ , — watery a tuber cannot be fed alone, bat
estingand housing of the in combination. It should fonn a
»P«- Early planted corn is^part, on^ of the daily ration ot.an
chief value is in supply-
anoes called hydro-car-
... _ include 'sugar, starch,
tea.; 44 is deficient iu nitroge-
Amerlcan candidates and preserve the
institution of civil and religious liber
ty, as handed down to us by our an
cestors. The National Committee
have adopted miniature American flaws
with the names of tbe nominees there
on, and with the motto: “Americang
to rule America,” as the badge of the
campaign. r
Tfce Oaorata
Augusta, Ga., October $>-ln yes-
teaday’s State eiecflau titer* was no
opposition to the Democratic ticket
and the vote was very much lighter
than four years ago, when a bitter can*
test for Governor was waged between
Colquitt and Norwood. Tbe Legiwa-
tare elected will return lion. Jostfpb
E. Brown to the United States Senate.
The IndeneddbiiU were dfffeatod iu
Burke and Green counties and their
other strongholds. In several counties
in this section the prohibition ticket
was general) v successful bat created
uo Democratic division. Prohibition
iu one form or aWHMr exists in 90 of
the 137 counties Mm* State.
Indianapolis, Imp., October 2.--At
11 o’clock last night a street oar in the
southern part of the city was stopped
by a highwayman wbe commanded
tne driver to give up Ids cash bM.
He nefoesd to do ao, wbea the robber
fired two shots, one of which took
effect in the stomach of AihgH Mail
man, an iron moulder, who was the
only passenger in the car, killing him
instantly. The murderer eeonpod.
r that she
ttit’SSSSSJlMClXS
frjr Comparison with this one. There
fore, t The fffepattKeans halve tM cull
on the noise, but they are also .doings
vast amount* of bard carnfsl work.
issrisi
range polities of West Virginia the
tlhuifer fo tblffbi* bhsileM-Ake effort
tr refreshing. Tim Itepnbtlcan State
committee has this year taken a whole
bouse iu a quiet part of the city and
has at work three times live usual cler
ical force. Their speaking campaign
Is on a still broader plane and every
crossroad baa Its uniformed olnb. It
Isa regular school bouse, almost indi-
vidnal campaign.
Stamp 8p—Oart Everywhere
Iu reaching this point my route lay
some two hundred miles through the
western and southern portion of tbe
State. Everywhere almost everything
else seemed to be neglected for politics.
At almost every station stnmp speakers
were getting on ami off the train, and
from all came this same story: “Never
saw tiie jieople so aroused in mv life.”
This statement is fully verified bere at
tiie headquarters, with the addition:
“We arc making it hot. Our glue pot
is frill and we will carry the State this
October election by a good majority.”
It ifoks Very much as tbongli this were
true.
Ex-Governor Foster and Colonel
Dudley are really in charge of the prac
tical part pf Uic fight on the Republi
can side, and Don Cameron is expect
ed to-morrow with more glue. So
carefully is this side of tho contest
being managed that for the first lime
the committee has the name of every
voter in the State and a guess as to
bow be will vote. Although the poll
has been carefully made a second can
vass of all the voters is to be made
between now and election day. Upon
the basis of (our years ago this poll in
hand would rtiow about 28,000 majori
ty, if all sections voted about the saioe<
as in the Garfield campaign. Compar
ing it with Uoadlcy’s election and esti
mating that the cities will do about the
same tliev figure 9,000 majority for the
State ticket. This latter estimate is
what the Republicans tie to, bflthope
to do better. They are in excellent
shape. There seem to be uo differ
ences. All factions JR>pear to lie labor
ing night and day.
Th« DmwoowU AIm Ualtml.
Tiie Democrats seem to be equally
fortunate. The Thurman and Pendle
ton factious appear to be as industrious
and earnest as tho McLean and Payne
combination, tiiat has practical charge
ot the party machinery. No growlers
can be found. Tiie headquarters of
the party in power in the State govern
ment, even to Governor Hoadly, arc
out at tbe Park Hotel, more than a
mile from the business part of tiie city.
They are conducting a very different
canvass from'*'their enthusiastic oppo
nents. All thair arrangements bare
been made with a view of making a
•till hunt. Their speaking campaign
bears no comparison to that of toe
Republicans. It is comparatively in
significant, but they are doing a tre
mendous amount of hard work. They,
too, have a complete |>oll ot tho voters,
and are, like tiie Republicans, going to
make another before election day.
They are doing all their work very
quietly, and are claiming nothing.
Careful, trained agents are in most of
tbe counties, and every arrangement
possible is being made to get every
voter to tbs polls. They, like the
KeiHiblicmns, appear to be in funds,
and to be using them where they will
do the most good, without noise or
display. Never before have the Dem
ocrats been so silent or so earnest.
Their canvass is being well and care
fully managed. So quietly is it being
done that it is difficult for their oppo
nents to catch ttieir methods so as to
meet and counteract their effect.
In many raapects the situation is a
very strange oue, entirely nnUke any
tiling ever known in the politics of
Ohio. This fact naturally brings into
all calculations some uncertain ele
ments wbicli will play an important
rt in determining the issue of this
attic.
[Bftoik to the Nom and Uvurffr.]- «
Jew Yore, October 2. — Roocoe
Conkliog^who knows New York poll-
any man in tbe oouniry,
V68tCrtl&? • ^ s . • •
iw mXLtm db$* t
l tfii}fT2,(jp voffHthefH andB Is
doobtfuTif he gets 20JH)0 in the whole
Empire State. Even this vote sub
tracted from tiie Democratic numbers
seems disastrous at first sight, but
closer
tbro
thus
into account. This unspoken element
which is to play so prominent a part
iirthecuppup H %^
wart eMneut, jfrbicluVwttGf
in NewVcrrkthan
will undoubtedly overcome all efforts
that can be made by the Republicans
for gaining tiie Empire State to Blaine’s
support. It is also very probable in
New York, and almost onquestioua-
ble iu Massachusetts, that the Inde
pendent Republicans will by tar ex
ceed aiiyadaUiou that tiie Irish-Atner-
can elements may Blaine and
Logan in those States, aud, consider
Democrat*
('foreland banner i
L. I., lust night, a number
of rowdies made an attack upon them
with dobs and stones, injuring a nnm-
be^ of persons. An ex-policeman nam-
ed Strafford produced a pistol and at
tempted to flVe at one of tbe speakers,
r) ng we
night and carried off. It is expected
several arrests will be made.
lOTTAd
■ Home Ball
I cotc , .
descrfpttve
aomelvbcund to doth, mailed on receipt oM
WR T. COMSTOCK, FuD., •S.AWor Place, N,
economical
states st
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mailed on receipt ot nl.
imOSAfftfAIi Off
la now pubHshtxl
iphy of »he Biate of
ing these facts, there arc no reasons
ig
roy
A MImA O—M—H—.
The so-calied Independent party,
headed by J. Hendrix McLaue, lias
formally joined bands ff itk the Radi
cals. The executive committees of the
two parties met in Columbia last week
and arranged the following electoral
ticket:
At Large—W. D. Cram, (Rep.) W.
W. Russell, (Ind.)
First District—M. H. Collins, (Rep.)
Second District—W. D. Durham,
(Ind.)
Third District—J. E. Wilson, (Rep.)
Fourth District—C. C. Turner,
d District—F. A.Clinton, (Rep.)
Sixth District—J. C. Iluunicut,
(Ind.)
Seventh District—Thomas Baskins,
(Ind.)
It is reported (hut Mr. Wilson was
not eousttlfod and will not ran.
uZ'XSfflSiZtfJZLX'.
bin and perhaps others will certainly
opt ran- .
UM to fcls BMMfetar's lOT«r.
Philadelphia, October 2.—Four
teen days ago Sli B. Hughes upbraid-
William Galbraith, a saloon keeper,
for trifling whh tbe affections'of his
daughter. A quarrel ensued and
Hughes obtaintd a warrant for Gal
braith’s arrest. While attempting to
While attempting
rerte it he was struck in the face by
Gafbrehh, and fell to tbe ground,
severely injured bis bead. He died to
day. He whs sixty-eight years old
and much respected. Galbraith was
arrested.
nMTttgndTtaUMMM Crop.
PmuuBcno, Va., October 2.—The
inspectors o( tobacco warehouses re-
were 4,684,418 peeads—a deereere this _
arSMct#
hands; stock for inspection twelve
hogsheads. In coneequeooe of the pro
tracted drought much damage is being
done to the present tobacco crop.
why Cleveland will not carry New
York, provided that State docs not
vo Blaine a stronger vote than it did
arfield, which is out of the question
at this era of affairs.”
The reports from the groat Indepen
dent meeting in Boston last night show
how deep tne disaffection fs there.
One opinion is quoted hero to-day
with great satisfaction, namely, that
of Dr. James Freeman Clarke, one of
Boston’s brightest intellectual lights,
who said: “I recently visited Governor
Cleveland in Albany, and spent an
houf with him alone in his private
room He talked with simplicity aud
freedom, with a maimer w hich car
ried conviction of its truthfulness.
He did not pretend tiiat he had not
done wrong. From what he said 1
was satisfied that no one suffered more
than himself from his |>ast errors, and
I was convinced that he had left them
behind. But I gathered this not from
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