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- ffce |arm. From the Georgia Grange* j Work fortlie moutli. Cotton —It is very important that cotton should be picked out before the severe cold weather sets in. It is im possible to get a days work accomplish ed in cotton picking during very cold weather. See to it, farmers, that this crop is gathered, housed and ginned during the month of November. Don’t keep much cotton unginned on hand. There are too many iucendiaries in the country, and insurance is very high on gin houses. Our rule has been through life, to pick, gin, pack and sell as fast as possible. Coen —lf all of the corn has not yet been housed, delay not to attend to this matter at once. Too many thieves and unruly stock will depredate, aud cause-a loss if farmers neglect too long the gathering of corn. Peas —lf a sufficient quantity of the pea crop, for seed, has not been secur ed, don’t neglect to put away in the hull an abundance for that purpose, at least. Sweet Potatoes —This crop is often allowed to remain in the ground until a severe freeze destroys it entirely. When harvesting, it should be done in clear, open Weather, aud if very cold, the potatoes should not rernaiu on the ground (after being dug) during the night. Care should be taken in bank ing and covering with shelter to insure success ia preserving them during the winter. Sugar Cane —Now is the time to complete syrup making if it has not been already done. Those who plant the ribbon cane, had better look well to their supply of seed ere a sudden frost should come and blast their pros pects for another year. Cut at once, and place it in such position that the leaves will protect it for a time Wheat —This is the proper month in Middle and Southern Georgia to put in a full crop of wheat. Let us urge upon our Georgia farmers the great necessity of this valuable crop. Dou’t neglect. Don’t put it off beyond the last of November. Don’t say, “we did not have the time to sow wheat.” Would that we could so impress this subject upon the whole farming com munity, that every farmer in Georgia would be cheered with a beautiful patch of green wheat during this winter. Oats —It is not top late even now to sow fall oats ; especially will this apply to the Southern portion of the State. It has been an unfavorable year for the ccrn crop, and the deficiency should be supplied with oats which is far superior to feed to stock. Now, brother -'"farmers, don’t be iiatjling coruTueit spriDg from the railroad depots, but go to work and sow oats now. Eve and Barley —lf there is a patch near the lot, let it be seed ed at once with rye, or barley, it will save much of the dry forage from the barn next spring, and promote health in the animal. We have laid out much work for this month, but it should be accomplished even though extra labor be employed. If we want prosperity, we must diversi fy our planting, and to do this every thing should be done at the right time. See now, brother Patrons and farmers, what can be done during this month, and keep an account of its effect upon oar present and future income. m- ♦■■■* Agricultural Value of Ashes.—A reader who can buy dry wood ashes for twenty.five cents per pushel, wishes us to tell him whether if he applies fifty bushels of such ashes to the acre, on common mowing land, be would have sl2 50 worth of grass the first year more than if he did not apply the ashes. Now, to the writer, this probably seemed like a very plain question, and one which we ought, to be able to auswer at once, but we cannot do it. Ashes are especially adapted to clover, and “com mon" mowing is not usually very thickly set with clover. Ashes are chiefly val uable for the potash and phosphoric acid they contain. Grass needs these elements, but it also needs nitrogen, and cannot grow without it. Which of these three principal elements are most lacking in the soil of the mowing land referred to we cannot possibly know. If potash only were needed, the ashes would be worth more the first year than if the soil were lacking in the other two elements also. It is claimed that potash is usually most beneficial on light, sandy sods, that they are less valuable on clay and loam soils, but as so much depends upon the kind of rock such soils are formed from, it is impos sible to lay down any set rules for the application of ashes, which will not be subject to a good deal of modification. Our judgment is, that for the kind of mowing you describe, it would be very doubtful whether the increase the first year would pay the whole cost of the ashes. Ash- s last a long while in the soil, and give up to vegetation their elements little by little, from year to year. They are not specially quick in their action, like nitrogen in some ot its forms. But the hardest problem to solve in this case is, how much grass dees it take to be worth sl2 50? The letter referred to has neither post office address nor date, aDtl we are left en* tirely in the dark as to the location of this land, whether it is near Boston, where a ton of hay is worth $25, or it is ia Canada, or ill some o THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST. the new western territories, where hay is worth little more than the cutting.— New England Farmer. Salt in Agriculture. —Few persons lealize the value of salt in agricultural operations. In large doses it is of course an injury, destroying every thing vegetable it comes in contact with. In heavy soil it is also an injury, as the tendency is to make it still heavier and thus whatever good it might have in one respect is outweighed by the other. But in light, sandy soils, or those ele vated tracts of land not wet, but which are liable to become dry in summer time, it has been found of the greatest benefit, and this chiefly on account of the property it has of absorbing mois ture from the earth in dry weather. It is for this perhaps as much as tor any chemical quality, that it proves so ben eficial in these cases. Usually wheat does best on rather heavy, though not wet lands; but where salt has been used on light soils, as good crops have been gathered as on the most favored heavy soils. In the far western States, where rain does not fall often, aud the danger to crops is chiefly through droughts in the summer time, salt in light doses ought to prove beneficial; and in the sandy soils of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, it might be employed to a much greater extent than now, with profit. It is chiefly for the moisture it seems to draw from the atmosphere that it has often been found of so much good for asparagus. The asparagus requires an immense deal of water in the make up of its stalks, though it does not like to grow in wet ground, and this moisture the salt supplies. It has also been found of excellent benefit in rais ing turnips, beets, cabbage and other succulent vegetables. But it must not be forgotten that it is an injury in soils already wet or heavy, aud therefore, good as it is in so many cases, an in - discriminate use of it will result in disadvantage. In this respect it is like lime and some other things, in which even “ salt w : ll not save it. - ’ — German town Telegraph. ®hc Jijnarg. Bee Notes for November. BY L. C. ROOT, MOHAWK, N. Y. It will be remembered by the read ers of these Notes, that one of the best swarms in my apiary, the present sea son, is one that was wintered upon its summer stand. lam generally opposed to out of door wintering, yet in an or dinary season, bees may be so win tered with success. Even when the season is severe, bees may be wintered on tl.eir summer stands u.ore success -futly, when the necessary Equip ments are observed, than wftenWaced in a damp, poorly-ventilated cellar- A cellar properly ventilated, so arranged as to be kept dry,dark, and of even tem perature, where the bees may remain perfectly quiet and undisturbed, is un doubtedly the more preferable place for wintering. If, however, it is thought, after due consideration, best to winter out of doors, the hives should be protected in some way from the wind, and the cap, or vacant space at the top of the hive, well packed with cut straw or chaff. This packing will absorb the moisture, and at the same time retain the warmth. When wintered indoors, I use a small quilt spread over the frames. THE HONEY CROP IN CENTRAL NEW YORK. The yield, generally, has been below the average, and besides being less in quantity, it is generally inferior in quality, or rather, in appearance. This is from the fact that it was gath ered less rapidly than ordinary, and the combs thus became soiled and yel lowish. It does not follow that the flavor is inferior, it is quite likely to be the reverse. Having recently visit ed the dealers in New York city, and inspected the honey from the apiaries of several prominent bee-keepers, I find that the average appearance is as stated above. In my home apiary of 150 swarms, I have but very little in crease in numbers, and have marketed 2,775 lbs. of box honey, and 6,644 lbs. of extracted. From another apiary, seven miles away, results are better. One of the peculiarites of this location is, that the bees gather no dark honey, and the white honey is of superior quality. In this apiary, there were, in Tie spring, 65 swarms; this number was increased to 100, and the honey marketed was 3,225 lbs. of box honey, and 356 lbs. of extracted, showing a much better average of box honey than from the 150 swarms above men tioned. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. About Ventilation. —“W. H.,” of .fronton, Mo., asks: “Is it best to close the bottom ventilation, or to leave it open in wintering bees out of doors ? There is a 3 inch square hole in the bottom board of my hive, covered with wire cloth.” I am inclined to think that the low er ventilation is not essential, yet there are conditions that seem to make it necessary. The lower entrance to the hive, of necessity, gives some ventila lion. The arrangement of this lower opening, s > that it may not become closed by dead bees, is of much more importance than the question of lower ventilation. If the hole in the bottom board were 12 inches square, and cov- ered with wire cloth, it would not prevent injury, should the small en trance become closed, and the bees find themselves confined to the hive. Some of our best bee-keepers make hives with a 6x12-incli ventilator in the bottom board, which may be opened or closed with a slide. For wintering, these slides may be opened a short distance, leaving the opening in such a position, nearly under the clus ter, that the dead bees will drop through, thus avoiding the possibility of its becoming clogged; while the opening is so near the cluster that the bees are aware of their perfect free dom. The hole in the bottom board, three inches square, is large enough, but the wire cloth should be removed, and a slide used, that may be opened or closed at pleasure. —American Ag riculturist. ©he ftouUrjr-fJartl. In-Breedlug of Poultry. Breeders are prone to advance ultra views on the subject of in-breeding of poultry, based on mere prejudice or constrained qpinion of the term. All ot our strains of pure bred poultry, with but few exceptions, have been produced by a systematic course of in-breeding Judiciously carried out. Bake well, of Licester sheep fame, in tensified and improved his sheep by an intelligent in breeding of such ani mals as possessed, in an eminent de gree, the qualities he wished to inten sify and perpetuate. In horse-breed ing this is carried on by old breeders, with most excellent results. Knowing the above, it behooves us to know just what will bring the divid" ing lines together, so as to combine those qualities in the offspring from the animals or birds coupled, which we desire to secure a permanency for. We hold to the opinion that with fowls, more care is necessary to pre vent the intensification of bad qualities in adopting any system of in breeding than with most of the animals which require more than a year to give them age enough to properly bear offspring. We believe that an infusion of new blood lo be a good thing to do every second year —perhaps every year— thougbnWe would advise fanciers to se lect mate birds from the same strain, so as to m.ke breeding for particular points far more certain than it would be if a male bird was selected from any, or no particular strain, merely because he was fine individually.— American Poultry Record. MISCELLANEOUS. _ j* ' pH I', Southern Mutual Life Insurance Com pa- Any, of Louisville, Ky., hae deposited ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS for the protection and benefit of the policy hold ers in Georgia, “ besides giving to them the sur plus pro rata." They have invested One Hun dred Thousand Dollars in safe securities and lodged with the State Treasurer, on which they at e limited to draw interest, and only when there is entire safety, without encroaching upon tlio security which the law requires. We challenge investigation as to its soundness, and as to its possessing superior claims to public patronage. It. S. JACKSON, octlß-tf General Agent for Georgia. Lane & Bodley Cos. CINCINNATI, Manufacturer of Standard Plantation Machinery, Stationary and Portable Steam Engines. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Shafting Hangers, Pul leys. elc. Our machinery iH strong, simple and well made, ar.d is especially adapted to the wants of farmers and planters, for Ginning, Sawing, Grinding and Factory nsc. Rend for an illustrated Catalogue. LANE & BODLEY CO., 0ct25.1y John ft Water etc., Cincinnati, O. MANNING, ROBINSON & CO. MAN UFACTURING Electro Silversmiths, AND General Platers with Gold,Silver and Nickel. 54 FULTON SQUARE 54 Cincinnati, Ohio. SsT Licensees of the United Nickel Cos. juuel4.tf EST ABLISHEP 1846. SHELDON COLLINS & Cos MANUFACTURERS of PRINTING INKS OF EVERY VARIETY. Offiee and Depot—si Frank fort Ntreet mar 26 6m NEW YORK. ATLANTA PAPER MILLS WM. McNAUGHT & CO , Whitehall street ATLANTA, On, sample of newspaper see Tire. Christian 1 INi-Kx which is printed on paper made at the above Mills Cotton and linen rags wanted. 19-tf Deeds. Size 12*18 inolics—Splendidly gotten np. Price 10 cents per copy; 4 copies, 25 cents; $2 per quire. Postage prepaid. JAS. I’. HARRISON ft CO„ Atlanta, Ga. 55 to 77 Dollars A WEEK to Agents. $lO outfit fr.e. P. O VICKERY. Augusta, Malta sepl2,ly Rifles, shot-guns, revolvers sent C.O D , for examination, all charges paid. No risk. No humbug. Write for catalogue. Address GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, Pittsburgh, Pa. jnlyl2.6m CHAMBERLIN, BOYNTON & CO. 66 and 68 Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, G-A.. DRY GOODS STORE. LKS—The largest stock of Black bilks in Atlanta, that ive will sell at prices never before seen in this market. Cashmeres, Alpacas, Basket Cloths, Lustres, Camels Hair aud Knickerbocker Suitings, Water Proofs in every style and quality. COLORED SILKS—AII the new shades in Plum, Navy Blue. Seal Brown, Medium Brown. Myrtle Green, Prune. Parti Colors, etc. We have four different gradts of ftiese goods and can satisfy the most fastidious in price and quality. special attention is called to a largo purchase of black aftd colored Silks bought at auction, in addition to our regular stock of these goods. HOSIERY —No less than 85 different styles Gents’, Ladies’, Misses’, and Children’s Hosiery. 111 this department will ho found everything from a ten cent quality to the finest. LACES—AII kinds, prices and widths. CORSETS—Our “Bon Ton,” the best in Amer ica—every pair warranted. Misses’ Skirt-Sup porting Corsets on hand. RID GLOVES—We have invostod twice as much as usual in Kid Gloves, in a variety of qualities/ and can furnish any style and prico needed, ? CLOAKS—-Will open this week all the nvoel ties in clfndis. GENTS’ AND LADIES’ UNDERWEAR—A very large assortment @f best makes. Cashmeres, Joans, Blankets, ltloaehod and Brown Sheetings and Shirtings, and Flannels in large quantities, lower than ever before offered. BLAOf- CASHMERES AND COLORED CASHMERES—We have bought in large quanti ties Multilist sell them, heuco have made prices astonisbitigly low. Dross Goods in styles aud qualities too nu merous to mention. Atlanta lion and Brass Foundry, W. S. WITHERS PROPRIETOR. wj Persons having A lead ores for sale, or ores of any kind they would have ™ tested, will please Mmf correspond with the \ undersigned, as he Etrjp x/.I" f/y is prepared to make TBi lot In, and would fa M like to buy lead ores fill if satisfactory ar- NjSgf rangements can be made with the own- Offica. and Shop cornei of Calhoun street and Georgia Railroad. OPPOSITE ROUND HOUSE ALL kimlM of Caßtiuurt made. FENCING of every description, for cometerioh, yards and clmrchoH, of various and BEAUTIFUL patterns, Columns for buildings, grates, wagon boxes, eto. Every description of Cast Iron manufacture, Portable aud Stationary Grates always on hand. Manufacturers of everything in the Oast Iron line, useful or ornamental. Old Stoves repaired. Cash paid for old Castings. Manufacturer of the “Prairie Corn Sliellor’’ and Well Wheels. Terms—(’heap for Cash. Over thirty years experience. (Jail and seo mo. J W. S. WITHERS. Iron Founder. CHEAPEST AND SSrf HOWARD Hydraulic Cement DlinuDictured near Kingston, Bn-nw County, (fcorgla. Equal to the best Imported Portland Cement Send for Circular. Try this before buying elsewhere. uT ii. WAKIIttI, feb2i 3m<§> Kingston, Georgia. —THE NEW— W! /c # SeiviHCMACHINE A L iJK? > MgMCjv, Simplest & Best. —Agents Wanted offi?! No. 177 W.4 t ." St. CINCINNATI,O. (|mch24.ly@ PIONEER STAINED GLASS WORKS. McCully & Mile?, MANUFACTURERS OF STAINED. ENAMELED, EMBOSSED, CUT and COLORED GLASS. 85 Jackson St., : CHICAGO. dec7-li Wire KadiHa hiui Ornamental Wire Work* ls<Jt-’IIR A CO., No’HA Howard street, jXsOQvM Haltimore, Ifld. ANUFACTUKE Wire Hailing fer Cemeteries, *' A Balconies, etc., Sieves, Fenders, Cages, Sand and Coal HcreoHH, Woven Wire, etc. Also I on Hedsteads. Chairs Settees, etc., etc febls-1’ ® "I *) * < ay at home. Agents wantod. OutAt HP 1 and terms free. TKUE ACO , Aligns ta, Maine. decl4.ly QA E'egant Cards, 10c.- 50 Ladies’Favorite o y 10e., with name. Siooombm A Cos., Kinder hook, N. Y. octlf)-6ui CARPETS, CARPETS. BODY BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, THREE PLY. Best ingrains medium and low priced carpets. This season has furnished the most beautiful designs in carpets we have seen. We have pre pared for the oarpet trade a much larger stock than usual, aud of entirely now dosigns, FLOOR OIL OLOTH3, alt widths aud quali ties for halls and dining rooms. Table oil cloths, alt colors and widths. ■ WINDOW SIIVDES, Cornice, Lace Curtains reps and brocatelle for lamhregrins, lace iam bregrins, etc., etc. Wall Paper, several hundred of latest patterns in wall paper and bordorings. Remember tins is a separate store from our dry goods and boot and shoe Htore, under same roof, and handling large quantities of these goods, cannot be undersold. An examination of thts stock will pay you. ESTABLISHED, ISSO. BEST IN THE WORLD, 1371 CLOUGH & WARREN ORGANS EVERY INSTRUMENT FULLY WARRANTED ! CAPTIVATE THE WORLD! HAVING NOT ONLY RECEIVED Diploma of Honor and Medal of Highest Merit at the United States Centen by the World’s Best Judges, as Superior to all Others. In those qualities whioh go to make Perfection, thus deservedly placing these Unrivaled Instru ments at the heal of the highest rank of Reed Instruments ma lufaeturod in ths World. While the competitors of the OIOUOH A WARREN have been accredited with producing smnthuess, Evennoss of Tone, etc., it remains! with the Clough A Weft he v al m i to receive the Crowning Honor of producing, in a pre-eminent degree, (to use the extet words of the Judges* report,) “Volume with Purity of L'ou \ hailing the. ok mie'er of the Ihipas >n i t the erdin try {Pipe) Orgm, a distinction bespeaking the Highest Possible Musical Qualities, the desideratum eagerly aspired to, but not attainei, hv otuer miuifactiirers. A 111 1 this t m re n lining lutiuetive clause of the Judges’report, as a basis of awar 1, to-wit: “bemuse of certain ru: ihi hoi! arrangements, whioh facilitate the world lg of the Instruments, together with neatness of design ail ornament, com bined with simplicity of eo lst-iedo i,"vi 1 vsihavethi liscr.ptiou of the iustr uneut. leserved ly loading the first rank, in the critical judgment ot' the Musical World. Cloigii ,t W.asaax Organ Company, by ttio introduction of SCRIBNER’S PATENT QUALIFYING TUBES, (AVer whioh we have the exclusive control for the. United States .) Are enab'od to impart to a Reed, in addition to all ordinary desirable qualities, the paramount characteristic, pr > re mol by the world’s host ju Iges. as that of the Diapts u Stop in Pipe Or. gans, thus confirming our pre-existing claim to Equality in Pipe Organs of same capacity. All late im >rov iue its f>r .}.-s ies..-l. til I 11 1 Organ effects, will he foi ii in Organs raw ufaoturei by tuis ll'm. a u >ug wno i nav be meuti me 1 ear coleh at el 'V ix Oaleste,” “Vox Hu mana,”“ Wile >x Pa'e it Octaveo >inler," aid c iir alg "0 ):l>" or “Olarie iet” S ops. “Gems Hern, “Cremona,” “Vex 1 1 g <lt " -V lASthena.” “o>r highs," Viola Dal eet.” etc , producing all tb varied harmonies, an! shales of tone ooior imaginable. All iustfuon enti an > upa ted oy a written guarantee far five or coven years. Fifty Different Styles Quality aud Volume or Tone Unoqaaled For the Parlor and the Church. Tno Be t M sternal and Workmanship! ——- PRICES Ar.l* TO 81.300 Factory ami A’arer eoms, corner Sixth an and U ingress sis., DETROIT, Mich. AOENTS WANTED IN EVERx COUNTY. Address PHILLIPS, CREW & FREYER, Atlanta, Ga. O'-t'-T' We have the best TmlfatlA Cold Watch In th® Market for TYiidfflfc Parpoeos. The metal is a coni position of other metals, so closely rcHemb ling t,ml tho .l u 'lj;es rttiil It dlffl =**S. - - rfiK cult io detect the difference, except by % /' Kk/aa i&A'wr* chemical test, and it has the virtues ro- JBj £dHFav ***Pg. 'A '■. q nisi to to make it the best substitute jfltTTTfi \ TFPTJ 'lifi uan*m'ovkmS*nt. expansion’ balT mm Alwii anci. kkautifully engraved or WATCHVHAT'cOST8 C fro|w ttt i Kl! wlfhawatch for your owfn use or to make W * S t *<•' uPECU LATQ n S mill ~l,>ney . tf y , Owing to our large H||X r ! |Vj -!•. we are enabled to reduce the price fi i aant Chain attached. Thev are used on MWJ ffi Rjr \|l y V wb j' Kali roads, steamers, mid in Manufactories, and J i 1 ; i*; iH^oqnlred, JM4M w) Fifty Pennyweights, and the same pattern la gw jpure gold would cost sl*>o. We sell those Chains B a- jn aaA each. But wo sell the Watch and Chain for ’’ iy' oj v ’**~r<Bii*l* >g r sl2, sent by MaU In a Registered Package, post- WE SELL THE WATCH WITHOUT THE CHAIN FOE $lO, I. BRIDE & CO., Clinton Place & No. II Eighth Street, N. T. eepm-13 mX PATRON’S PAINT COMPANY. Ingersoll’s Ready Mixed Paint and Paris Green no per Cent Saved. r FREIGHT paid on Paints to all parts of tho country. Onr book, “How every one can paint,’ . mailed free upon application to the PATRON’S PAINT COMPANY, 259 Front street, New York. Trustee*. T. A. Thompson, Pres,, Minn., Mcrtimrr vVhnehovl, N. J., O. H. Kelly, Ky., D Wyatt Aiken, S. 0., Samuel E. Aiainn. Vtmu., J. W. Naughton. N. Y., M. D. Dixie, Ky., J. W. A. Wright, Oil.. O. it. Itvgersoll, Manager. aug2.3m® BOOTS AND SHOES. We have fitted up in connection with our dry goods and carpet store, a room of equal size to either, aud we have opened one of the larges stocks of GENTS, LADIES, MISSES, aud CHILDREN'S Boots, Shoes'and Gaiters in”the State. These goods are e'mry’pair made to order,'ani freak from the lianas of the manufacturer. WE WARRANT EVERY PAIR Aud guarantee prices lower than elsewhere, as we have bought in large quantities for cash ex clusively. This is strictly a /fine store, not a few styles mixed up with dry goods, but SEPARATE SHOE HTORE,and m it oan be found evorvthing from a brogan to the finest Gents’, Ladies', Misses' and Children’s Shoos and Boots made, without shoddy or bad material. Shoe Findings —A full supply of Shoe'Plud ings, Luther, etc., on hand. sep29-*t 7 * PRE-EMINENT FOR PURITY OF TONE,