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A Nameless Song.
BE AN KUITOB.
Air—“Old Hundred”
“Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to liimseff hath said”—
With kindling pride and native spirit land grand—
“This is my own, my ? ”
If such there be he offering. may not bring
To us his cra ven
We feel a glowing pride to own
The beauty of our town alone ;
For Newburgh-on-the-Hudson claims
Pre-eminence in storied names.
And while on relics of the past
Our contemplative eye is cast,
We feel a thr ill of grandeur, too,
O’er what the present has in view.
The burden of our song is seen
In this—Wood’s Household Magazine.
And while we place it in the reach
Of every one, we ask that each
Will take the time and look it o’er,
And note the premiums in store
Awaiting all who take this chance
Our mutual interests to advauee.
And first upon the list is seen—
Our pride—The Davis Sewing Machine ;
Next comes the Buckeye Mower, whose fame
Is so world-wide we need not name ;
The Organs, too, so fine in tone
Are equal, sirs, to any known ;
The Lady Elgin Gold Watch here,
And Silver Elgin both appear
Upon-our list, and, too, is seen
The wondrous Bickford Knitting Machine,
While Washers, Wringers, Scales and such
Are premiums all value much ;
Wood’s Magnifier, to aid your sight,
An Opera Glass, to give delight,
A Compound Microscope and Gun,
Of quality A Number One,
And knives, pens, pen-cases ornate,
Too many to enumerate.
Nor can we in the Silver ware
Tell all the rich inducements there ;
The Butter Cooler—something new—
The Castors, and Cake Baskets, too ;
The Fruit Baskets, the Napkin Bings,
Child’s Drinking-Cup, aud other things,
In way of Spoons and Cutlery
That must induce your Agency.
The Publications offered hero
For club-raising, marvelously to cheap us appear and good,
Most
And just tliG thing for mcnt&l food*
As Ladies’ Book the first and best,
We introduce The Demorest’s ;
And prominent upon our list
Appears The Tribune Agriculturist; refuse,
And if the you
Why, here’s the World for you to choose ;
Harper and Scribner both you’ll read ;
The Herald of Health, of course, you need ;
While Robert Merry’s Museum
Should always for the children come ;
Then there’s the Hearth & Home, aud Blade,
With Harper’s Weekly here arrayed,
While Journal Phrenological
Lifts high its head above us all.
And “Beecher’s paper (who but knows
Tbe Christian Union) wiih Chromos
Of “Wide Awake,” aud “l ast Asleep,”
Whose pictured presence thus we keep
Within our homes to gaze upon,
When infancy and youth are gone.
“Our Hope, Our Joy,” iu crayons divine, flue,
And Easter morning theme
Speak silently ; while on our walls
Appears the Great Niagara Falls.
With Webster’s Unabridged we close
Our partial list, and here proposo
To send a Catalogue complete,
To all our friends who wish to see it;
And if you want to take a look
Between the covers of our book
Why send at once your full addiess
For sample number to S. S.
Wood & Co., Newburgh. New York,
Who do the Nation’s “ Household ” work.
How Should Manure be Applied ?
Observation and experience should
determine the mind of the farmer iri
regard to the best plan of applying
manure, whether to apply it under
deep, or leave it on the surface. The
advocates of surface manuring speak
against manure being* turned under
too deep, while the advocates of deep
manure charge surface manuring
with fertilizing the atmosphere. But
there is a medium course, nml each
theory is supported by plausible ar¬
guments. However, there are true
philosophical principles against bury¬
ing manure too deeply in the earth.
The loss of the saline matter, or the
manure by solution and infiltration
will be great iu porous soil, aud the
evaporation, to which so much is at¬
tributed by those holding opinions ad
verse to surface manuring, would be
only a drop in the bucket uompared
to the loss by solution. Iu porous
soils, it is well known that manure
will penetrate to a great descend depth, and
much animal matter may be¬
yond the reach of surface growing
plants. Humus is formed by the
decay and decomposition of vegetable
matter, which in the philosophy of
nature is manipulated on the surface;
hence the. rule in the application of
manure should be taken from the in¬
dications of nature and science. The
decay and consumption of one crop
for the nourishment of another, the
droppings of animals aud defoliation of
trees and plants, are all left on the
surface. This seems to contradict the
idea of any loss by evaporation. It
will, therefore, be best to adopt tbe
plan of deep cultivation, but to keep
the manure and vegetable matter near
the surface as possible. There is al¬
ways some loss by evaporation, but
much less than by infiltration But it
should be a leading idea with farmers
to be close observers of such natural
operations in the growth of spontane¬
ous and cultivated vegetation, and
accommodate their practice so as to
imitate nature as nearly as possible.
So writes oue o( the correspondents of
that excellent paper, the Farm Jour¬
nal.
Action of Potash on Fruit 7rees.
Dr. George B. Wood, in a late com¬
munication to the American Philoso¬
phical Society in Philadelphia, pre¬
sented the result of certain experi¬
ments made by him upon the clients
of salts of polassa, when applied to
grain or fruit-producing soils In his
view, the depreciation of the produc¬
tiveness of apple, peach and quince
orchards is due to the exhaustion ot
potash from the soil. Several such
orchards, formerly very valuable, but
which had, within a few years, ceased
to bear much fruit, on being treated
with an application of wood ashes to
the roots of the trees, were completely
revived, producing lull crops the fol¬
lowing year. A still more striking
effect was seeu the second year, under
u renewal of the application. He
cited several other instances where
the same results followed ; in one
case where an apple orchard, plantc d
on an old orchard’s site, which had
never borne fruit, was made to pro¬
duce a good crop by the application
of ashes. Those who have failing
orchards and fruit trees that have quit
bearing, should put ashes arouud the
roots of their trees, which prows a
sure remedy.
Garden Moles .—Every gardeu is
more or less troubled with moles, and
eveiy homekeeper is under the ne
cessity of watching out for rats, and
almost everybody knows how tiou
blesome they are when they take
possession ol a house, granary or cel¬
lar. 1 have found that potash placed
in their holes, runs, or places of resort,
effectually cleans the premises in a
very short time. 1 had the pleasure
of seeing one large mole which had
helped himself to a small dose of
potash found iu his walk, and he look¬
ed like a dilapidated and superan¬
nuated scallawag. I don’t think he
ever troubled anybody’s garden again.
— Cor. Pomologist.
Colic in Horses .— V veterinarian
writes: ‘In some cases ol simple
spasmodic colic, after a drink ol cold
water, exposure and tue like, a stimu¬
lating and anti-spasmodic drink will
relieve, and nothing further will be
necessary. A good formula is one ti»
two ounces of spirits of nitrous ether,
twenty drops tincture of aconite, and
ten ounces tepid water. In colic
from indigestion, constipation, and the
like, though this may temporarily re do
lieve, it cannot be relied on to
permanently. It is then preferable
to give a laxative (four to six drachms
Bat badoes aloes) to clear away the
irritating contents of the bowels, aud
thus remove the cause. In tympa¬
nitic colic (windy colic) au ounce of
aromatic spirits of ammonia way be
given in ten ounces of water. In all
cases alike copious injections of warm
water may be thrown iuto the rectum
at We frequeut intervals.”
never failed but once to cure
colic, aud tbe sQ-cailed bots, with one
or two tablcspoonsful of chloroform,
as a drench, in a cupful of whiskey
and warm water. One of the best
Canadian pacers we ever saw (Sally
i\,) died, though we used chloroform,
and squealed most terrific—pains
exceeding anything we ever saw. We
were afraid to use enough.
Keepintj Sweet Potatoes .—A cor¬
respondent of Southern Planter says:
1 have been a little surprised at some
late statements in the Plantrr and
Farmer, about tbe difficulty of keep¬
ing sweet potatoes through the YViu
ter wheu there is nothing more easy;
and yet it is so importaut to every
farmer that l will repeat what I had
published in the Southern Planter,
perhaps tweuty years ago, wheu in
charge of Mr. b\ G. Kuffiu.
Iu a few words, the simple secret
is to put them in the cellar the same
day they are dug, and line them well
with dry oak leaves at the sides, say
six inches thick, and cover them a
foot thick ou the top. But as some
cellars admit water, you may go into
a topsack and make a eouo on the
grouui/ and aud cover and with then leaves, till and
boards, earth, up
with shucks Or you may go iu the
garden aud elevate the earth six
inches or mure lor your cone and put
bn leaves, boards aud earth, and
tbeu make a four square pen of fence
rails, and fill it with leaves and cover
it, to keep out rain and snow. Some
people wait too late to* dig, or keep
them out of the cellar too long ; but
if they cannot bo put in the same
day, they ought to be kept iu a warm
place and welt coveted
VVe in this vicinity have long
adopted ib'-s plan aud seldom lose a
peck.
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. Feeding Sows.—Sows should not
be fed ou dry corn, just before or
just after having pigs. They should
be fed on something loss heating, such
as potatoes, bits ot cabbage, or bran
aud shorts mixed with milk aud
kitchen slops. If all farmers would
attend to this, we would hear less
about sows eating their pigs, or over¬
laying them.
j PHOENIX GUANO
Per Ton 2,000 Pounds, Cash.
Price at Savannah and Charleston........$47 50
At Augusta................................ 62 60
WILCOX, CIDBS & CO.'S
Manipulated Guano!
Per jon 2,000 Pounds , Cash.
Price at Savannah and Charleston........$60 00
At AugAsta...............................05 00
GUANO, COMPOUND. SALT it PLASTER
Per Ton 2,000 Lbs. Cash.
Price at Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C.$55.0
At Augusta............................... CO.O
$10 per ton added for credit to November Is t>
with city acceptances or approved security.
Also, Dissolved Bono, Laud Plaster, aud Agri¬
cultural Salt, at market prices, for cash.
FOR SALE BY
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.,
Importers and Dealers in Guano,
148 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH,
64 East Bay St., Charleston, 8. C.
BAKER & ANSLEY,
No. 267 Broad St., Augusta.
Also for sale, at same prices, with necessary
expense? to interior points only added, by the fol¬
lowing Agonta :
NORTH CAROLINA.
W II Oliver, Newbera
DeUosset A Co., Wilmington
SOUTH CAROLINA.!
G T Scott, Newberry.
James Lipscomb, Chappell’s Depot.
James M. Richardson, Ninety-Six.
David A Stradley, Greenville.
Mills A Co., Lauren* C 11
Foster A* Judd, Spartanburg.
W S Sharpe, Anderson.
Msg. Geo. Seaborn, Pendb-tou.
Wru. Butler A (Jo., Pine House.,
W. G. Keruaghuu A Co.,Bato*villo. O.AA.R.R.
ALABAMA .
W M Murphree, Kennedy Troy
Hudson, A Co., Selma
F U Wardlaw, Opelika
li 0 Hart, Etifaula
Smith & Riddle, Oxford
M B Locke, Union Springs
Felton A Sadler, Loacliapoka
Townsend A Cain, Wetmupka.
)i H Araistnng, Nota.su Iga
J S Mcmullan, Greenville
FLORIDA.
W Isaac R Harris A Dro., Quincy
it Wilson A liro., Tallahassee
TENNESSEE.
Rootes, Vance A Co, Memphis
Combs A Anderson, Chattanooga.
I. GEORGIA.
1 II.rrisA Co, .Macon
zanders A llyle, Gordon
L Carrington, MUledgcviile
KJ. S O'Brien, Barnett
C. 1>. Anderson, Fort Vslley
1,. O. Perry a Co, Dublin
H. P. A 1). M. Alniand, Conyers
A T Taylor A Co, Thomasvilio
J W Carswell, 11 Central R It
U F Adams, Eaton ton
W A Graham, t ort Gaines
\V II Willi* A A li Greer, Oglethorpe
a. J. Baldwin, Dawson
h McDonald A Co, Cuthhert
Brantley A Pringle, Kaudi-rsville
Bozeman A Pate, Hiwkmavlllo
James K Redd A Co., Columbus
W S Jackson, West Point
John N Cooper, LaGrange
Garrett Jones, A Z» liars. New Grantvlllef
Jas K nan
Am A South A Co., Valdosta
Garrett A Walthall, Palmetto
W F Landrum, Fair burn
H Goodman, Atlanta
A Lieeks, Griilln
J; Pye A Sou, Foray th
Win Root A Son, Marietta
Win H Gilbert, Cartersviiio
M McMurrwy, Kingston
Gray A Venaole, Adairsville
Foster A Harlan, Calhoun
T. M. Gordon, P. ingold
licbsA Kenner, Dalton
Berrys a Co., Rome
B F Veal, Stone Mountain
Anderson A Hunter, Covington
P R Thomason, MadtaJh
E A A J W L Smith, Monroe
C C Norton, Greeust oro
(i F Piatt, Lexington
Child*, Nickerson A Co., AlLt ns
Wynn A Siurs, Washington
T O A Del, Turner, Mparia
Stafford Blalock A Co., Barueaviiie
Goo F Hudson, Davisboro
Warren A Hopkins, Lmisvilie
G C > burke. Bainbndge
K I. Felder, Perry, Ga.
W p Drumright, Montezuma, Ga.
L> U (Jurculi A Co., Quitman. Ga.
C Li Seymour, Lumpkin, Ga.
M B. DeVdSghu, Jonesboro, Ga.
John J Eckles, Social Circle
Juo E Benton, Thomson
Harr»J.l. Johnson A Co, Aniericu#
Todd A Coleman, irwmgton. a
M- Shields, Warreutoin
L. A. Lowrey, Web*ter County. Ga.J
