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i'iinll win and brasses. Wheat iu the South. The editor of the Union Springs ' /;< r<:l<l gives the foilowing as a inode • of preparing and cultivating wheat, which will insure it from rust and se- ; cure large yield : This,June, is the month in which to ' In <’in vour preparatory work for next : crop of wheat. Select a high, well ! < rained piece of land, however thin it H-iiv be. in preference to low land. 1 !.‘y off in rows of twelve inches apart, w ith a shovel plow, following in each < ! >hovel furrow with a subsoil plow, or a scooter 14 inches long, made of iron or steel, Ljx2| inches, not wider, or ■ vour horse will not be able to pull it, f put in the ground as it should go. i If the land be thin, put iu sufficient, manure to give the peas a good start, before running the scooter furrow. In j these furrows drill from one to two pecks of speckled peas per acre, and : close these by splitting out the middles i with one shovel furrow, followed by the subsoil or scooter plow. Bore two holes with a six-quarter auger into a 4x4 inch scantling six feet long, one loot from each end, into which insert ,t WO small hickory poles, which when 2fastened to the harnes, will serve as shafts and traces. With this itnple-j ment you can “knock off” live rows: simultaneously. When the peas shall, have attained a growth of about eight) inches it would" be of benefit to run ■ one furrow, with a small shovel, be-1 tween the rows. During the month of August, while the peas are in bloom, turn the vines under, covering them entirely with soil, . if possible. To accomplish this, twist; two heavy chains together, to be used , .as a drag ; fasten the two ends to the| singletree, thus forming a bow, which , should at the nearest point be two or | three inches in front of the turning' jilow. This drag will hold down the ; vines enabling the plowman to cover them up. In October between the Bth and the; 15th, sow broadcast 30 bushels of cot-1 ton seed on each acre. Turn under! with a two-horse plow, following in each furrow with your scooter or sub soil plow. Sow broadcast bushels: of good seed wheat, and then sow' broadcast four bushels of chloride of) sodium (common salt) to each acre; cover' by dragging a harrow or very heavy brush over the land. Prepare your seed wheat for sowing as follow: Take a tub fill half full with water, and dissolve salt in the water until a freshly laid egg will float, showing a space the size of a nickle above the water ; then stir, and skim off all the wheat that rises to the) top. Continue to stir as long as any i wheat will rise to the surface. Feed the scum to stock. As soon as the defective wheat has been removed take out the sound wheat, and repeat the operation until all the wheat designed for sowing has been in the brine. In January, scatter broadcast, one barrel per acre of gypsum (land plas ter) over the growing wheat. If these directions are closely fol lowed you may confidently expect to reap, next spring, twenty bushels per acre of as good wheat as can be im ported. As the result of the year’s operations you will have forty dollars for each acre treated as above directed, and your land which is now poor, will then be rich. Repeat this process the second, third and fourth years, omitting the cotton seed, and after the second year use only two bushels of salt—and 40 bushels of wheat per acre will be the result for the fourth crop. For the fifth year five times as many bush els of corn per acre as can now be raised on the land ; and for the sixth and seventh years, from one to two bales of cotton weighing 500 pounds each, barring Providential interference. - To cure boils, felons, or any inflam ed sore, take one tablespoonful of good rum. one of cold water, mix, bring to the boiling point, stir in sifted corn meal until it becomes as thick as hasty pudding, let it become nearly cold, spread on a cloth and apply to the sore. Change as often as the poultice becomes dry, for about twenty-four; Lours. A proper food for infants during the summer months may be prepared in this way: Tear in pieces the crusts of a newly made loaf, brown without burning in an oven; boil in water for an hour, beat into a fine pulp, add warm milk, a little loaf sugar, a few grains of salt. Limo and Salt for Wheat. At the December meeting of the Genesee county, N. ¥., Farmers’ Asso ciation the following letter from John Johnson to 11. T. Brooks, was read: Your letter was received two days ago, but being now nearly eighty-four years old, I find writing quite a bur den. I used lime from 1829 till 1844, at from forty to fifty bushels per acre, and found a large profit on dry land,' but no benefit when wheat would heave 1 out. In 1844 I limed sixteen acres, with fifty bushels pei acre, and I never saw wheat to equal that. Losing all my wheat crops in 1838 by a hail storm, and nearly all my wheat crop in 1848, it crippled me in credit and funds so that I limed none since. 1 commenced tile draining in 1838, and found that was the starting point for successful farming, and expended what I could raise in that way. It took me twenty years to finish my draining. Lime is a preservative from rust, but no better than three hundred pounds of salt to the acre. Salt makes wheat ripen four or five days earlier. It saved me an immense amount of wheat during the midge years. In 1853 a farm joining mine gave seven bushels of wheat to the acre, while mine aver ! aged twenty-nine bushels. Salt and ; draining did that. I think lime will Ido no good on light loam or sandy [ soils, but it makes stiff' soils friable, j and they feed the crops better. Cutting Grass Early. In response to a number of requests read before the New York Farmers’ Club, in reference to cutting grass | early for making hay, S. E. Todd re -1 marked: In many localities at the ! north much grass is fit to be cut, even at this date. This is more particularly true when there are more or iess weeds I among the growing grass. In many instances, a large number of white dai- ■ ses appear among the grass, which it not cut down before the seed is fully matured, will fill the stable manure with seeds sufficient to cover an entire farm with these noxious plants.— 1 There arc many other kind of weeds growing in meadows, all of which should be cut down as soon as the ■ blossoms begin to appear. Even if ' the grass has not arrived to a clesira i ble stage of maturity, it will be far ) better to cut the crop early, sor 1 the purpose of giving a damaging blow to the vitality of weeds. Although, the stems and leaves of noxious weeds, even when properly cured, cannot be expected to make fodder of a thii d quali ty, still, if such herbage be cut down when the stalks are green and tender, and be properly cured with the hay, ' domestic animals will cat both weeds i and imy with avidity, if (vebds are mowed close to the ground just before the blossoms appear, many varieties will receive such a set back that the after growth will be exceedingly fee ble and sickly. Most sorts of peren nial weeds may be thoroughly extermi nated from permanent grass land in the course of a few seasons simply by mowing them close to the ground, and the grass early in the season. Then, as soon as the stems have at tained a height of six inches, let ev erything be shaved close to the ground. On many farms there are acres of half an acre, or perhaps an acre of low ground here and there, on which the grass grows up so rapidly that it is in danger of falling flat to the ground if allowed to remain until the crop on the upland is fit to be mowed. The most economical system of managing such grass is to mow and gather a crop before the burden has become so heavy as to lodge. By this means, two crops may be secured before au tumn. If the grass on such plots is allowed to grow and fall down until that on higher ground has matured sufficiently enough to be gathered, a great loss will sometimes be sustained in the premature decay of a heavy burden of grass lying flat on the damp ground. More Clover. Very few men are aware of the amount of soil washed away every year in this section of country. If we keep on with this kind of farming many farmers will do as they do in eastern States and put guano, ashes, plaster, superphosphate or lime in every hill of corn. Farmers! you should stop some of this waste; don’t think of leaving nothing but the yel low clay for future generations. But there is a remedy for all waste; sow more clover. Keep the ground filled with roots or vegetable matter, then it can’t get away easy. Plow up a clover sod for corn or wheat and be sure to have the clover in the rotation of the crops. Sow in February or in March and bear in mind next si miner you can mow a big crop of hay from that piece of ground and remember that it is getting richer. Make calculations to seed another part of the farm next year, and in a short time you can have a two-year old clover sod to plant corn on ; then look for fine corn, bjg ears and big yield, grown with hall the labor that you now grow corn on those worn out fields that have been in use for corn and wheat for twenty or thirty years. Oats—Experiment With. I sowed ten acres of oats last Sep tember, with a view’ of experimenting. I have been in the habit of sowing one bushel per acre, and always thought that amount was sufficient, but I am satisfied it is a great mistake. I made the land rich, sowed three bushels per acre of clean black oats— said to be rust proof—the first of Sep tember. My neighbors say they are they are the finest oats they ever saw. I* have had several to tell me they would make eighty bushels per acre. They are three feet high, very thick, fine color, will be ready to harvest by the middle of May. Plenty of heads in the lot the 6th of April. The oats are best where I fenced ray sheep and goats. lam satisfied the oat crop is the crop for us to raise to feed stock upon—best and much the cheapest.— aS. 7>., in June Cultivator. ■ ♦ Half a Hog Apiece. Statistics, carefully collected by the Department of Agriculture, reveal the startling fact that within the United States, at this present moment, there are “on the hoof” no less than 18,000,- 000 head of hogs. Exclusive of aged, toothless persons and young infants, and those who abstain from pork as an unchan thing, there are now liv ing in the United States just about 36,000,000 human beings. The alto gether appalling deduction from these facts is only too obvious, the horrible conviction being forced upon us that j within the next twelve months each | individual able-bodied man, woman ’ and child within the boundaries of j this misguided land, where once was : liberty, must eat half a hog or disturb the export and import equilibrium of the world. The Cotton States Congress and the Cur rency Question. The cotton States Congress, recent ly in session at Raleigh, North Caro ling, resolved in favor of* more green backs and less bonds; for the substi tution of the National Bank notes by legal tenders, and generally declared for measures in behalf of the people vs. moneyed power. This cotton growing Congress, remarks the Cin cinnati Enquirer , represents the views of those who raise more than half of the exports of the country to foreign nations. They are the customers—the great customers—of the East and the West. They speak the views of the Grangers. They will be heeded. They are not a political body. Their meet ing was not held for any political pur pose. Its only business was to look after the interests of one of the great jest of all the departments of Ameri can agricultural industry. Its declar ations, therefore, cannot but have great weight and influence. The com mercial and manufacturing North sym pathize with anything that aids that from which its prosperity is largely derived. The cotton raising interest is for more money. So is the cotton manufacturing interest. The workers in iron are all that way. So are the w’oolen manufacturers; so are the farmers ; so are the commercial class es ; so is everybody except the nation al banker, the usurer, and those who have fixed incomes. Select One With a Border. As a general thing we do not im plore young gentlemen to dress gush ingly, but if they will wear a handker chief in the rear pocket of their pan taloons, it would be an ordinary fa vor to a blushing public to select such as have ornamental borders. We like to feel sure it’s a handkerchief—that’s all. ©he (Stance. The Mississippi Grangers Moving. We note with pleasure that the Grangers in Mississippi proposes to build”a cotton factory in or near Nat chez, the capitol to be supplied by the grangers of Adams and the adjoining counties. The proposition is to form a company with a capital ol $60,000 to be represented by 2,400 shares of $25 each, payable in four installments. It is estimated that a fair start can be made with an investment of $45,000 for land, buildings, water, power, and machinery, which would leave $15,000 for working capital. When the neces sary capital is subscribed, a board of directors is to be chosen by subordi nate granges interested, each grange being entitled to votes in proportion to the amount of its subscriptions. The proposed enterprise is an attempt to put in practice one of the purposes of the order announced by the Nation al Grange, namely, that of reducing the cost"of transportation by selling less of the great Southern staple in lint and more in warp and woof. This is a step in the right direction, and one which we sincerely trust will be successful. A cotton or woolen factory would no doubt prove highly remunerative in this section, where we have water power and other facilities inferior to none on the globe. Effect of Harmony. A Texas paper reports the following little incident as the workings of the order in that State : “We have heard of a circumstance that occurred this week, which we think clearly shows the true character of the grangers. A member of Adel phia grange which meets at the Rock church on pepper creek, had been sick for some time, and on that account was hopelessly behind hand with his crop. The matter was mentioned at the last meeting of the grange, and on Monday morning a number of his brother grangers came to his farm with plows and teams, and all turned in and put his land in good order; so that now he is fully up with his crop. Actions like this speak in terms stron ger than language and show the true character of the order.” What the Grangers have Done. The New York 7Vmes, in speaking of what the grangers of the Western States have done, says : They have broken the power and combination of the pork packers. They started out the past fall as they did the fall before, to buy pork at about three dollars, expecting again to get double the price when* they sold, as they did last year—but the grangers were too sharp for them this time. They said rather than sell at these low prices, we will pack our own pork. So all over the west, the Grangers combined, determined to pack unless they could get what their pork was honestly worth. Pork came in slow, not fast enough to meet the demands of packers. Grangers went to putting up their own pork. The packers be came alarmed, and thought they had better make smaller profits, and so commenced offering higher prices. The Grangers were firm, resolute, and insisted on fair prices, and the packers were compelled to pay them. The farmers triumphed over the com binations to wrong them. Millions more of dollars have been saved to them than otherwise would have been. They needed the money and have got it. They were entitled to it, and got only what was their due. The farmers can combine on a larger and grander scale than any other class, when it becomes necessary.” The Grangers. Kentucky stands No. 5 as regards the number of Granges, having 1,560. Indiana heads the list, with 2,027 Granges; Missouri has 2,026; lowa, 2,004; Illinoise, 1,584. The total number of Granges in the United States is 23,500. The official aggre gate membership is 1,500,000. The official history of the Order, just pub lished by the Secretary, shows that the total receipts from 1868 to 1871 inclusive, were less than $5,000, while the receipts last year were $316,381. The Order at present has $69,000 in vested in Government bonds, and $19,- 000 in cash on deposit at the financial agency in New York. (Ihusrltohl (gconomg. Lemon-juice and glycerine will re move tan and freckles, and cleanse and soften the hands. Lunar caustic, carefully applied, so as not to touch the skin, is given as a remedy to destroy warts. To obviate offensive perspiration, wash your feet with soap and diluded spirits of ammodia. The juice of ripe tomatoes will re move the stain of walnuts from the hands without injury to the skin. Borax dissolved in boiling water* is an excellent wash for the hair, for the teeth, or for cleaning black goods. One pound of rock candy, one pound honey, one pint vinegar, and two large lemons, makes a splendid cough mix ture. Tea made of box wood leaves will promote the growth of the hair, it is said. For burns or scalds, mix linseed oil with whites of eggs well beaten, and apply by spreading on a soft cloth. It affords instant relief. Starch, for colored and black calicoes should be mixed with boiling coffee. Where calico is inclined to fade, particularly blue, make a strong solu tion of salt and water, and leave it in twenty-four hours before washing. To destroy bedbugs, whip the whites of four eggs and beat in an ounce of quicksilver, and apply with a feather. This quantity serves for six beds, and is a deadly poison. For the whooping cough, take raw old Java cough, pulverize it fine, with out browning, make a nice cup of c,of fee, sweeten with loaf sugar, use no milk, drink often. To destroy warts, dissolve as much common soda as the w’ater will take up, wash the warts in this, let them dry without wiping; keep the water in a bottle and repeat the wash often, and it will take away the largest wart. Gather life-everlasting, after the first frost, but before the winter sets in, take out the large sticks, and fill your bed with the blossoms. They will soon become odorless, and are very highly recommended for athmic people. To make knee caps foa rheumatism, take single zephyr, or some soft yarn, cast forty stitches on a coarse steel knitting pin, knit back and forth 20 times, then knit twenty stitches, widen and finish the round, continue to widen twenty stitches from the last, every time, until fifty more have been added, *aen narrow the twentieth frpna the end until only forty arc left on the pin; now knit twenty rounds, take up the edge where begun, and join, casting off the stitches, then with four smaller needles knit a rib around one end to keep it in place, and it is completed. A Redwctton. —Letter Heads, 1000 sheets, $5; Bill Heads, do., $4 to $8; Cards, $3.50 to $5 per 1000, printed by Wrench. Items from the Citizen. The exercises of the fall term of Craw ford High School will begin on Monday the 30th August. — Judge Freeman is an inventive genius. He now conies to the front with his second patent in the way of an ingeniously ar ranged burglar proof sash fastener. A concert will be given at the chapel of the Female College, during the sitting of the Agricultural Convention in this place, complimentary to its members. We saw five four horse wagons loaded with wheat roll into town, one after the other, one day last week. The wheat was from Jathan Gregory's plantation in Mur ray county. If we had a few hundred such farmers as Mr. Gregory in this sec tion it would not be long before prosperity would be seen smiling in every valley and from every hill top. Under the fish appropriation bill of the government, a number of Commission ers have been depositing young shad in all of the Gulf streams of Northern Georgia and East Tennessee. Our friend, Tim Ford, who has a magnificent pond a mile and a half from town with some eight hundred grown fish in it, besides millions of little ones, was fortunate enough to get a few white perch—as white as snow— from one of these gentlemen. He reports the little fellows O. K.