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JFireside Miscellany.
rlUUSHKU WEEKLY,
BY s. a. ATKINSON,
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STRICTLY IS ADVA SCR.
Office, Broad si., over J. H. Huggiri'.
KATES OF ADVERTISING,
idvcrtlacmenta will b« Inserted at On« Dollar and
F.ftr Cehta par Square of 12 lino, tor the Ant. and
Miinij-tti Cent* for each aubacqucnt Intertion,
fir»nr time under one mouth. For a longer period
Itb-nilcontraeU wlUbe made.
Business Directory.
A
RTiUt
L. & II. COBB,
TTORNEYS AT LAW.
Athena, Geo..la. Offiea In the Deupree Ball
^ over the store of l-Uncr A Ilomer.
ALEX. S. EUWIN,
^TTORNEY AT L A W ,
.Athens, Georgia.
A
M.VAN ESTES,
TTOIINEY AT LAW
limner, Hanks County, G».
D. G. ANDLl.lt,
A ttorney at law
Horner, Banks County. <»a. \X ill practice
In the counties of ILtnks, Jackson, Hall, Uaoer-
•bain aud Franklin.
Well Done.
In a late number of the Galaxy,
Mark Train devotea considerable space
to the praise of his friend Riley, a
Washington correspondent of the San
Francisco dailies, and winds up with
the following “side splitter
Riley has a ready w^t, a quickness
and aptuess at selecting and applying
quotations, and a countenance that is
as solemn and as blank as the backside
of a tombstone when he is delivering a
particularly exasperating joke. One
night a negro woman was burned to
death in a house next door to us, and
From the Farmer and Artisan.
Domestic Comforts.
A HOME-MADE WASH-STAND.
Many young people, especially young
ladies in the country, would like to
make their rooms tidy and attractive,
but do not wish to annoy their parents
about expensive furniture. A little
ingenuity and taste will enable them to
procure many little comforts, at an out
lay within the reach of all. A writer
in Hearth and Home, describes a very
neat wash stand, for instance, which
may be made in an hour or two, the
only tools needed being a handsaw,
paper of tacks and pair of scissors, and
Riley said that our landUdy would be £ e «pens?, being
PITTMAN A HINTON,
^ TTORNEYS AT LAW
.1 rtT. 'Mn, Jackson comity, »la.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
TTOR N EYATLA W,
A then*, Ga. Office on llroatl street, over
Barry A Son’s Store. Will give special attention
> eases in Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection of
steu to his care.
all claims entrust
ALBERT L. MITCHELL,
/^TTORNEY AT LAW
Athens, Ga. Office in Beuprce's llall build-
la|. Will practice in Clark and the adjoining coun
ties.
J. J. A J. C. AI.LXWDKIt.
■HEALERS IN HARDWARE.
Iron Steel, Nalls, Cirriuge Material, Miaii g
mpiemen;*, Ac.. White \ ill st., Atlint
a. m. cochran;
TD E A L E S T A T E A G E N T.
I I Gainesville. Ga. Will give careful alien*
tion to tho
rUU IUSK AND SALE OF AHXKUAL and FARM
ING LANDS.
J. S. DUNES,
A- CO.,
HONRS, BROWN
T MPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
-M- Foreign and Domestic Hardware, Augusta, Ga.
oppressive emotional at breakfast, be
cause she generally made use of such
opportunities as offered, being of a
morbidly sentimental turn, so we would
find it best to let her talk along and
say nothing liuck—it wus the only way
to keep her tears out of the gravy.
Riley said there never was a funeral in
the neighborhood but that the gravy
was watery for a week.
And sure enough at breakfast the
landlady was in the very sloughs of
woe—entirely broken-hearted. Every
thing she looked at reminded her of
that poor old negro woman, and so the
buckwheat cakes made her sob, the
coffee forced a groan, and when the
beefsteak came out site fetched a wail
that made our hair rise. Then she got
to talking aliout the deceased, and kept
up a steady drizzle till both of us were
soaked through and through. Presently
she took a fresh breath and said with a
world of sobs :
“Ah, to think of it, only to think of
it!—the poor faithful old creature.
For she was so faithful. Would you
lielieve it, she had been a servant in
that self-same house for twenty-seven
years come Christinas, and never
barrel and a small pine box, about two
feet long and twenty inches wide. The
RATIONAL HOTEL,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Cor. Whitehall St und H’.tt.I. li. U.
E. B. Pi)Xi>, Proprietor.
Cora Sheller.s
— AND—
AgricultuiM 1 Imp! cments.
^ >rHE
W E ARE AGENTS V
following standard Machine,
ii i-A •
Mai*. Satire A; lt5vVh.nl - . Power Thresher :
Sii'li-ra < if! ho tin-hi nr tV«
Cure I ill. H.I'I Surer En- .rjtnr, s
AVe »l*> have a Tin Shop in the tv-tr it' the store,
whvrcwekMp.il kinds of Tin, Sli-el Iron .ml
t >.ppcr wsrk. We also keep . K'««l .luck of Tin
Ware on hand, not •• the heat in Georgia," but
none bettei th.n ours, and at low prices.
We most eordl.Uy return our sincere thank, to
our friends end customers In Aihens.ndthc coun
try, .ml hope, by .trict .llenllon to business, to
merit a continuance of their custom.
All commands from the rountry strictly attend*
•d to. We trill be happy to see all at our stand,
So. 6, Broad street. Athens, tia.
SCM.MKV A KEWTOS.
cross word and never a lick! And oh
to think she should meet such a death
at last!—a sitting over the red-hot
stove at three o’clock in the morning
and went to sleep and fell on it and
was actually roasted! not just frizzled
up a bit, but literally roasted to a
crisp! Poor faithful creature, how she
teas cooked! I am a jioor woman, but
even if I have to scrimp to do it, I will
put up a tombstone over the lone suf
ferer’s grave—and Mr. Riley, if you
would have the goodness to think up a
little epitaph to put on it which would
sort of describe the awful way in which
she met her—”
“Put it, * Weil done, good aud faith
ful servant!’" said Riley, and never
smiled.
home-made wash-stand (uncovered.)
height can be made to suit the taste.—
Knock out one side of the box and set
the bottom and three remaining sides
on top of the barrel. Four or five
yards of pretty striped chintz, or of
pink or blue paper-muslin, must be
procured, unless it happens to be on
hand, at an outlay of seventy-five cents.
More than this would lie an unwarrant
able extravagance, and a concession to
the luxurious tendencies of the nge.—
When you are ready with your chintz
or paper-muslin, tack a portion of it
smoothly over the three upwright sides
of ti.e box, and the remainder in plaits
around the bottom of '.he box, so that
it will hang “ full” like a skirt over the
barrel. Of course it is necessary to
cover only such parts of the wood as
will be in sight when the wash stand is
finished and in position. If paper-
muslin is used, some white material like
curtain-lace, or even mosquito-netting,
should be loosely tacked in folds over
it This done, your wash stand is ready
for use, and when equipped will look
something like our cut.
NEW CLOTHING STORE
KEMO VICE)
TO
CORNER BROAD STREET AND
COLLEGE AVENUE.
RITCH & MORION,
HAVE OPENED a large stock «•!
Clothing and FurnMiin? ,; oods.
la which they Invite public attention. We li.ee a
Ant clan cutter connected with the eatabliih-
tutnt. Order. Ailed at >hort notice.
Rules of fable Etiquette.
GKOVER&BAK EB
SEWING MACHINES! !
PHONOI'M ED THE HIST IX INK.
DY ALL WHO HAVE TRIED
-IJ them. There machines, with all the
IMPROVEMENTS
AND
ATTACHMENTS.
k>t be bill, at manufacturer', price., freight
•died, .1 the
BANNEIt OFFICE.
Wilson Yard in Athens.
THESUBSCBIBER HAS
L.ufe, comfortable and commodious Wagon
T.M on Birsr street, near tho Upper Bridge,
where Cora, Fodder, and all other neeesmry ap
pliance., e.n be pnrehtred on rearenablo terms.—
Charge, mo Urate. The highest market price paid
for county produce, and bank bill, received In cx-
ek.nge torgood.. WILEY HOOD.
Lumber! Lumber!!
*V\7E have at the Steam Saw Mill,
1 V near the upper bridgo, at Athens,
200,000 FEET OF PINE LUMBER
continuing ft* manufacture.
We are prepared to deliver on abort notice, to any
|~i»t In Athens, or at the Athena Depot, at lha
l Q v—t price*. Also, Laths, Furrowing, strips, and
* quantity of rot,.- lumber, eultable for out hour
aa,I cheap fences. J. E. PITTMAN AUO.
, e <f All orders wHl leeeive prompt attention if
left with J. E. Pittman, B. J or J. F. Wilson, or
I H. Hngglns, No. 5 Broad street,
Notice.
To the Citizens or FrankUa and adjoin
ing Count Its.
M V.GUKLEY,
QURGEON DENTIST,
U Has recently located at Osrneaville for the
_ recently
p.irporeaf practicing his protnalon. Parsons dealr-
11-g work in his line will give Mm n coll. Teeth
inierted on the moat Improved basts for from 87 30
to 163 oo. Office In Franklin House, over A. D.
fuller’s Store. ■■■•< ■ • ■ . Nov. 11,1870-fim
Notice.
HAVE THIS DAY SOLD
- . our entire stork.of stoves, and everything
rert lining to that branch of oar busineuto Mr. E.
Jones, wbo will conduct that bust ness at his for
mer stand. Thsnkfal for the patronage bestowed
i respectfully out a continue
Wl
upon us In that line, we
•nee of the same to our snceenreor.
This transfer has enabled us to make room for*
Uipand Well Selected Stock
HARDWARE!
as"*
JJAVING PURCHASED THE
tar*. an a Well selected
Stock of
_ TP ELM
WL, °f the shove firm, I am D r*n»—a . ™ 1
“ »and*forth.tclLtofioud»*I5i i* a<M aU da*
Athcn-. Omher ll70
True politeness lias its origin in
Christian charity and kindness, and all
staudard rules of etiquette were found
ed for the greater convenience and hap
piness of the members of society. Al
though the reasons may not be obvious
at first sight, they exist and will be ap
parent on careful consideration.
1st Do not keep others waiting for
you either at the beginning or close of
the meal.
2d. Do not sip soup from the tip,
but from the side of the spoon.
3d. Be careful not to drop or spill
any thing on the t ble-cloth.
4th. Keep your plate neat; do not
heap all sort 4 of food on it at once.
5th. In passing your plate to be re
helped, retain the knife and fork.
Gtli. When asked for a dish do not
shove, hut hand it.
7th. While drinking do not look
around.
8th. Instruct the servant to hand
the cup at the left side so that it may
be received by the right hand.
9th. Do not drink your ten or coffee
without first removing the teaspoon
from the cup to the saucer.
10th. Use the knife for cutting.only;
never put it to the lips nor in the
mouth.
11th. Break your bread into small
pieces and rest them on your plate
while spreading.
12th. Do pot eat too fast, besides
giving one the appearance of greed, it
is not healthy. '
13tli. If you find any thing unpleas
ant in your food put it aside as quietly
as possible, without drawing the atten
tion of others to it.
14th. Do not open the lips nor make
any unnecessary noise in ohewing,
15th. Do not touch tho head,
16th. Do not rest the elbow on the
table.
17ih. Do not speak with the mouth
full.
18tli. Brush the table neatly before
bringing on the dessert
19th. Be tlioughtful of and attentive
to the wants of those about you.
20th. Converse on pleasant subjects
with those sitting near you.
21st Do not say anything not in
tended for aU present to hear.
22d. Leave your plate with the knife
and fork lying parallel the handles
pointing to the right
23d. Never leave the table before
others without asking the lady or gen
tleman who presides, to excuse you.
HOME-MADE WASH-STAND (covered.)
Moderate ingenuity will suggest sun
dry additions, such as shelves, towel-
racks, and so on. The i arrel itself can
serve as a little closet if an opening be
cut in the front
Notes and Maxims About Health.
BY DR. DIO LEWIS.
Gluttony counts one hundred victims
where drunkenness counts one.
To regulate health we must regulate
diet.
Certain kinds of food feed the fat
and leave the muscles and brain to
starve. Certain other foods feed the
muscles exclusix’ely, and certain others
the brain. A large part of the food of
Americans is composed of white flour,
sugar, and hntter. People who try to
live upon such stuff gradually starve
to death.
There is a gentleman in Boston who
has amassed an immense fortune. His
carriage is the finest in the neighbor
hood, and he wastes money lavishly
bui his fiice is the picture of despair.
Life is a torture to him, because he is
nervous and dyspeptic. Half the rich
men and women belong to the category
of the miserable; they cannot digest
their dinners.
The common notion that our life de-
ply the oxygen which converts the pro
ducts of the food Into pure and useful
blood.
Dr. Le wis once attended the lecture
of a Thcnsonian doctor whoexphuned
the use of mercury as follows:
“And now do you know bow marcury
produces the rhenmatiz? I’ll tell yon
exactly how marcury produces the
rheumatiz. Yon see marcury has a
great many sharp pints, and them sharp
pints go straight in the flesh, and when
the muscles rub over them sharp pints
it scratches, and that’s the rheumatiz.”
Many people imagine themselves af
flicted with serious diseases when they
are onl f „ \
always despairs; a
consumptive always hopes.
John Abemethy was the greatest
man the medical profession has pro
duced in modern times. Perhaps no
other man has contributed so much to
temperance in eating as he.
To make the best bread that can be
mode of wheat, obtain good wheat and
grind it without bolting; mix it with
cold water until it is as thick as can be
well beaten with a spoon; after it is
thoroughly beaten down, put it info a
large iron pan, composed of many little
ones, which must first be made hot;
put it then quickly into a hot oven,
and bak^it rapidly as possible.
Indian corn makes excellent nourish
ment. It contains a large amount of
oil, has remarkable fattening qaalitics,
and is likewise remarkable as a heat
producer. Rice keeps its consumers
fat, but it lacks the elements which feed
the muscles and brain.
Potatoes, both Irish and street, are
very poor food for brain and muscle.
Of meats, the best for heat and fat
are pork, mutton, lamb, beef and veal;
for muscle, beef, veal, mutton, lamb,
and pork; for brain and nerve, beef,
veal, mutton, lamb, aud pork.
In cold weather, fat meat, butter,
and the like will keep the body warm;
and in warm weather milk, eggs, bran-
bread and summer vegetables will keep
it cool.
There is no difficulty in a poor man’s
having meat for his family every day.
Take, for example, what is called a
shank of beef. The very best can be
bought for a fraction of what the
dearest parts cost A single pound
cooked in a stew with dry bits of bread
will make a meal for an entire family.
The Greek and Roman armies ate
but once a day.
The common impression that toma
toes are the healthiest of all vegetables
is a mistake. If eaten at all, it should
be xvith great moderation, and never
raw. Tomatoes have sometimes pro
duced salivation. Dr. Lewis knew a
young woman who had lost all her
teeth from excessive eating of tomatoes.
Pies and cakes are poisonous.
To healthy persons mineral waters
are not wholesome.
Corsets are most injurious to diges
tion. Their use finally results in an
immense and very ugly protuberance of
the abdomen.
Light and sunshine are indispensable
to health, and great curative agents in
disease.
Those who suffer from heartburn,
should avoid soups, drink nothing at
meals, say “No, thank you,” to pies
and cakes, and go without supper.
If you wish to live to eighty-five in
the full enjoyment of all your faculties,
go to bed at 9 o'clock, and eat twice a
day, a moderate quantity of plain
food.
The native American requires more
sleep than the average European. Nine
or ten hours' sleep in a single night is
very beneficial. Thin Yankees should
go to bed at nine and rise between five
and six.
In a girl’s school which Dr. Lewis
conducted with great success at Lex
ington, Massachusetts, the health rules
were os follows:
“To go to bed at half-past right
every evening, to rise early in the
morning and take a walk, to wrlk
JRarm Miscellany.
tT EY B. F. CASir, COV-
W0TON, GA.
oi, this most valuable
ia a matter of vast an
con tains more nutrition
of .man, as a food,
s cultivation. The
itted were obtained
Experiment.
whole vital force of the stalk is ex
hausted, sapping the support of tho
grain before maturity and rendering it
worthless.
The true cause of rust is probably
somewhat conjectural. The opinion
here offered is that the want of thor
ough drainage, and sterility and cold
ness of such portioqs of soil, is proba
bly the prime cause of rust, as it al
most invariably first appears in such
localities.
been grazed since, and which is now
two feet high, and upon which stock
will not be turned in til after Christmas.
From that time until spring it will sup
port abundantly one cow or five sheep
to the acre.—W. Howard.
First, jpn the germination of seed
Fifty grains being deposited at a
isen .indies in the earth,
gave two-plants in thirty day*, dying
prematurely, maturing not, grain
Fifty deposited at a depth of three
inches, gave thirty-five plants, matur
ing about half a crop of imperfect
grain, the plant reaching the surface in
about eighteen or twenty days. Fifty
deposited one and a half inches, gave
forty-seven plants, which forty-seven
were increased by stools, or suckers, to
one hundred and forty-one stalks, ma
turing a middling average crop, but
showing some slenderness of growth.
Fifty deposited at the depth of three
fourths of on inch, gax’c fifty plants in
twelve days, and were increased by
stools, or suckers, to two hundred and
fifty, maturing a crop of full, mature
grain.
The natural function of the grain in
germination, is the nourishment of the
baby plant till surface feeding roots are
thrown out for its after support; but
when the kernels are too deeply cover
ed with earth, a large per cent of the
support of the kernel is exhausted be
fore the plant reaches the surface, thus
lessening the support of the plant at a
very critical period of its existence, ns
the feeders for the after support of the
plant are thrown out at or near the sur
face of the ground. From these ex
periments it will be seen that a vast
amount is annually lost by seeding too
Much is lost by seediug too
thick, as the plant will not sucker or
stool out when too thick; one grain be
ing d;posited in a rich square of a
small garden, gave a plant which was
increased by stools or suckers to one
hundred and a eleven stalks. Thus it
will be seen how the vield is increased.
The best preventive is a mixture of
salt and lime in equal quantities, to be
sown lightly over the wheat while the
dew is on it, two or three applications
at intervals of ten days from the time
the wheat is in the boot till it is too
ripe to be injured.
Smut is also a fourth disease which
greatly injures the quality of flour
made from wheat in which it exists.
The smut heads are easily distinguish
ed, os the chaff has a whitish ashy ap
pearance, and upon examination the
grains are found filled with a dark,
sooty colored powder or snuff, that is
quite offensive to the smell and taste.
The cause of s: ut is supposed to
originate from faulty or imperfect seed,
and probably arises partly from sterili
ty of soil. It seldom is troublesome
when the land is fresh and fertile. The
seiving out of faulty grains and steep
ing the perfect wheat in a solution of
bine stone, some twenty-four hours be
fore sowing, has proved an efficacious
remedy for smut, strengthening the
growth of the straw, and greatly les
sening the quautity of smut.
To be successful in the cultivation of
wheat, it is necessary to have a dry
soil, if not so naturally, to be made so
by thorough drainage, then summer
fallow and fertilize liberally.
Experiments in Growing Oats.
A correspondent of the Rural Home
Visitor, says he made the following ex
periments the past season i-i the culti
vation of the newly introduced varieties
of oats:
I drilled at the rate of a bushel to
the acre, half an acre each of White
NorwavandSurpriseOats. Tlieground
was bottom land—soil and subsoil
sandy. It was plowed the same day
that the seed xvas put iu. I used a
Buckeye teu hoed six inch drill. No
manure of auy kind was applied.
The yield was as follows: The half
acre of White Norway gave at the rate
of 54 bushels per acre, weighing 40
pounds per bushel. The Gray Norway
yielded at the rate of 50 bushels per
acre, weighing 31 pouitdag^cr lmsliel
The Surprise Oats yielded 48 bushels
per acre, and weighed 36 jiounds per
hasliel.
But little of the common outs in this
region exceeds 30 bushels |>er acre.
The experimental crop was sown early
and suffered much from drouth. Oats
sown later withstood the drouth 1 Hitter.
The White Norway ripened almut
three days earlier than the Surprise,
and this last about eight days earlier
thnn the Gray Norway- The three
half acres were sown us an experiment,
and I give the result for the benefit of
such farmers os may choose to profit
it.
Miscellaneous^
CLOTItt^AT COST !
By W. IT li. White.
vjHf
T-T4VIN.G determined :ro,
J L dure out niy remaining stock of
READYM ADE CLOTHING
1 rek M er ' osc^-.ijk tin- ejllrj.
XKW VOItKTOSY, OR LESS.
Many articles will be offered for LESS TMAS
Many article* will lie otlerou lor
HA LKTUJiQRIQIXALCOST. ,<"’^9
The stock contains many desirable (red*,. »»J
will be offered o» above, butONLY KOKCASII.
The stock consists of an assortment of
Meeds and the public generally, that he still
tinues the
TAILORING BUSINES ,
Including Cutting, as heretofore, in the very.
BEST AND LATEST STYLE/
•Special attention given to cutting,-ft<r those who
wish to have their clothing made outside,
t All are solicited to caU awl. aefctf they warn*.
W.II. II. WHITE.
: tied to rail «K
h.V poU
ue.'su ube July I r*Zni,
187 0'
•b-rr
»tf ftirctn
'nil .ttj
bv
Red Clover.
second time during the day, to eat only
I twice a day plain nourishing food, to
pends upon a mysterious Providence ia‘ u0 ^ to excreise twice aday
downright infidelity. A child goes out j an honr - m gy mna3t ic3, and to
of n hot room with naked arms and tlance mi hour for Sout three times a
legs in pursuit of its daily supply of
poisoned candies, and then dies of
croup. Is that a mysterious Provi
dence ? If a man indulges himself un
til he gets the gout, and the disease at.
tacks his heart and kills him, is his
death a raysiery ?
The reason that the American people
are such dyspeptics is, that they eat
and drink so much, and eat and drink
so fast,
The teeth will not decay if they are
kept clean. A tooth brush is a good
thing, bat one good toothpick is worth
an armful of toothbrushes. There is
a gentleman now living in New York
week. The gymnastic exercises proved
invaluable; but the nine hours in bed
were still more so.”
The word biliousnesses a sort of re
spectful cover for pigisnness, People
are not bilious who eat what they
should.
Weakness of tho stomach Is a pro
tection against other maladies. So dys
pepsia is the safety valve, and may be
spoken of as one of the tources of lon
gevity.
People who are fat can be easily re
duced by reducing their food and giv
ing them more exercise. Such persons
must not sleep too muah. Long sleep
city wbo har. three benutlftil front teeth fatfrunw Thin people, on the contrary,
which he purchased from the mouth of
an Irishman. His own teeth were re-,
moved and instantly Patrick’s wen
transferred.
The process of digestion begins in
the mouth and ends in the lungs. The
mouth grinds the food; the lungs sup-
should deep a great deal.
There are probably 50,000,000acres
of sterile plains between tne Mississippi
river and the Rocky Mountains. Some
of them are too barren to produce any-
j, while some could be made pro*
ive by irrigation.
METHOD OF CULTIVATION.
First, if the land is not naturally
dry, it should be made so by thorough
drainage. Then summer fallow to
clean it of weeds and grass. Some two
weeks or more before sowing, the
ground should be broken to the depth
of eight inches with a square or bias
pointed rooter plow. It the breaking
with single rooters be too slow, they
may be gauged to facilitate the speedof
breaking. Manure should be applied
broadcast previous to breaking the
ground. If stable manure is used, it
should be evenly scattered, about ten
two horse loads per acre. If guano, at
about the rate of three hundred pounds
evenly distributed. In no case should
the manure be turned under or worked
deeper in the soil than one or two
inches; to place it farther than that
from th&surface, would be below the
surface action that renders it useful to
plants, and a poorer yield would be the
result, even though a large quantity be
.pplied. If the land is not loose aud
free from clods after the summer fal
lowing and fall breaking, it should be
cross plowed with a medium sized
rooter plow, and then seeded evenly
broadcast with three pecks per acre,
and harrowing in with an iron toothed
harrow across the plowing.
The time for seeding in Georgia is
from the first of October to the first of
December. The summer fallowing may
be done by cropping the land in corn or
cotton, or by sowing and turning in the
green vines of peas. The average hill
lands of Georgia may in a few years be
made to yield from fifty to sixty-
bushels per acre.
DISEASES OF WHEAT MOST FREVA-
LENT.
The first trouble is what is common
ly called Hessian fly, a small gnat-like
insect which deposits its egg in the foot
of the stalks causing them to sucker
out after the main stalks begin to joint
the suckers bring lute and out of sea
son, give but a scant yield of grain.
When land is summer fallowed and
freed of grass and weels the fly is sel
dom troublesome, not having suitable
vegetation to burrow in.
A second disease is the gray and red
mould which appears in small splotches
on the leaves, sometimes destroying the
leaves or blades of the-'entire stalk,
lessening the support of the maturing
grain, thus lessening tho yield; for
which no certain remedy is known. Yet
the injuries by mould are never so se
rious as that caused by rust, a third
disease to which wheat is subject, and
the most disastriouf of all tho <
with which it is troubled. The appear
ance of rust on wheat may first be seen
in small red streaks, or splotches, on
the skin of the stalk, which contain
copperas colored powder, which seems
I to increase in size and quantity till the
This is so well known as to require
no extended description of its general
value and habits. It will grow in any
part of the State if the soil be made
sufficiently rich, and if not too heavily
grazed during the heat of summer.—
The chief difficulty in its culture is ob
taining a good stand. This difficulty
most generally arises from the poverty
of the ground in which it is sown.—
The young plants not having sufficient
nutriment for an immediate and vigor
ous growth are smothered by crab grass
nr weeds natural to the soil. If the
time of sowing be selected, which will
enable the young plants to strike their
tap roots into the soil, before the weeds
begin to grow, afterwards they defy all
opposition. Ashes, leached or unleach
ed, are the best mauure for it where
lime is too expensive. Gypsum greatly
stimulates its growth, using on v one
bushel to the acre. It is now settled
that success in the growth of clover is
not a question of climate, but rather of
soil. The splendid clover fields near
New Orleans are proof of this. The
lands of Southwestern Georgia, proba
bly could not be surpassed iu their yield
of clover. I have seen it near Savan
nah and in Baldwin county as fine as I
have ever seen it in New or old Eng
land. Everything depends on the pre
paration of the soil, time of sowing and
subsequent treatment. At the North
the danger is that it will be frozen out
the South, that it will lie burned
out The one danger is no greater than
the other. Proper precaution will guard
against both.
Red clover has au especial value to
us at the South, where bacon is so
much used in feeding our negroes. We
have a general idea that clovtr is
great reliance in Kentucky in raising
those large droves of hogs which are
annually brought into this State. But
the full value of this plant for this
purpose is not appreciated. It may not
be amiss to quote two agricultural au
thorities of undoubted veracity, show
ing the number of hogs which may be
raised upon an acre of clover. Dr.
Deane, the father of improved forming
in New England, says s “ I suppose
that ono acre of rich food in clover,
will support twenty or more swine,
large and small together, through the
summer and bring them well forward
in their growth.”
Arthur Young, the father of im
proved fanning in Old England, states
that “ he pastured sixty-four swine
various sizes ou two acres of clover
ground.” If the half of this result
can be obtained in Georgia, a very few
acres of clover would raise sufficient
pork for a large plantation. The large
Mackay boar, weighing 500 pounds,
exhibited by me at this Fair, has been
fed entirely, during the spring and sura
mer, on clover and other grasses, hav
ing eaten no grain, of any kind, except
that which lie found when the stubble
fields were firsl opened. With
clover bears summer posturing better
than the spear grasses, observing the
precaution not to begin to pasture
until it is in blossom, and never to pas
ture it so closely that the roots should
be exposed to the summer’s sun.
have now twenty acres of clover which
was mowed is the spring, which has not
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DAILY THROUGH : TRlir"
Artificial M inures.
Preventing the possibility of a drluy^.f T»\»ni;. -
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We notice by the Report of the
Chemical Committee of the Royal
Agricultural Society on Adulterated
Manures aud Feediug Stuffs, which has
just come to hand, tliat the forming
public of England is imposed upon to
extent far greater, so far ns we can
judge, than we iii this country ure.
Prof. Yoclcker has been analyzing
these vile compounds, sold often at
high prices, and the composition und
utterly worthless quality of some of
them would lie subject of amusement,
were it not a matter of too serious im
portance to the former who buys. A
sample of bone manure contained only
one per cent of phosphate of lime and
one per cent of nitrogen; it was made
up chiefly of gypsum and s~nte cheap
organic refuse, impregnated with sul
phuric acid. It cost four aud a half
pounds sterling jier ton, und was worth
less than a pound und a half. Other
specimens were still worse. Carbonate
of lime aud fine sand were mixed in
largely.
Now genuine lioue dust or liouciiieal
contains forty-eight per cent of phos
phate of lime and yields four and u
half per cent, of ammonia and no
amount of sulphate of lime. All ad
ditions of the latter are cheats.
There is also a remarkable falling off
in the quality of recently imported
Peruvinu guano. It contains much
rock or sand. The supply on the
Chincha Islands is prolmbly running
rather short. The British farmer is
terribly imposed upon iu the article of
commercial manures.
but one liitily truiu.
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or to that of any ru*d in the Soiufi
Tn addition UuillW
luxumoL'is r A*P4V41#iiiw
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vlas, liutoJ.
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Tlit-ru are uu sal., at reduced rate*, tor tliir sum-
uiersewou, llckelato j, (>dM|
Urreabrier White Sulphur Sjirlus*.
Mnatzomsr) White Snip'
tlleuliau) Sprint's,
roayer's SprinK*.
Mark sprlnei..
Warn, Srlnt;*.
Little Hneel Spriain.
Ur,mini Alum Spriiiga.
tluntralr Sniios*.
Ilersheba Sprinn.
Natural llriilite. iff I ireiala.
Ismkont Snnntain.
Maeara Falla.
Hot Sprint*. >ff Arkansas. UIJ! -1 OJ i
null all other resorts
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Thi* it ihe only road iu (l;c South ottering throU'^n.
ii-ketat.» > . n fi Alt 'OnAi
Yokohama, Jupau.
Moya, Japan,
Hong Jiang, China,
Shanghai, China, j
*Yagashi, China.
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FOSTER'lllXlbOETT,
Rev. C. W. Howard, thus discourses
in The Plar.tation on the best stock tor
the South
So far as the experience and observ
ation are concerned of the writer, the
Ayrshire cattle nuswcrall our purpos
es better than any other breed of cattle.
They are aliout the right size for the
climate, neither too large nor too small;
they are thrifty and deep milkers; their
milk is rich ; are good beef cattle, and
make excellent oxen. This opinion is
given after 20 years’ personal farailiar-
tv with them. An importation of a
large number of Ayrshire would be
of much service to the South.
My experience lias been somewhat
dearly bought with the various breeds
of white hogs. In ordinaiy plantations
usage they sooner or later take the
mange, and then they run down to no
thing, or worse than nothing.
About yards or lots in towns add
villages, whore great precautions can
be taken, the White Chester is perhaps
the most profitable hog; but as a gen
eral rule, he is subject to cutaneous
disease. The Black Essex and Black
Berkshire arc certainly the former^
hogs.
If the object be mutton, and a small
flock is desired, and the pastures are
very rich, then undoubtedly the Cots-
wold is the best sheep for ns.
But if we design a large flock, if
wool be the primary object, and mut
ton secondary, if our pastures are thin
or only moderately rich, then the Span
ish Merino should be selected, and will
be found a large source of profit to the
planter.
After many years of experience and
careftil observation, under favorable
opportunities, I do not hesitate to sum
up as the result of both, the following
opinion as to the best live stock for the
Southern planter;_ Morgan horses.
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orders will be filled with i»rom!>tne«* and fidcJUy.^,.
STOCK OF FANCY GOftDSrev
Is large aud attractive, eiubreviuK a utcalprrtrty
BRUSHES;*! -w "
HelraboU!', aud Ayer's Preparation*, Hurlov’s
Warn CMsdy and Sa sapasiUa, Ware’s >'•-> d
Plantation Bitters, Uoiuain’, Crimean
mu*is,UMaSasnl'.sUreminlMreMMM uimim
aud many other popular preparations' always on
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FRESH GARDEN SEEDS- *
of the most approved rattotka tut hand .and for
tala in any quantity desired. Ah*(<MMM.' ' i
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Wanauiod *trictlv pure—the beM in y»c market.
Horst. Hog, and fniiie i-< wiins.
Inraiuabla for all dtaaisare <4 ottafcl - ld‘1
—WANTED an no- '*
wv V V/ . Use map. in each cun- .•!
trarel and e uS^rh h v*ZS ;
pie, for Tau, Coffee, and Splcre. To otiltaidr in n,
■"■I '■ 8000 to >1000a yaar. aUivo I
lira vUl give a salary of 8000 to >1000a y«ar, oUivJ
trar-liug 'and othar expenses, and a res«< nal>'<>
tMwWttwa. / r- • • < t ai*«.G,
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