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THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE,
VOL. XL.—NO. 26—NEW SERIES; VOL. 4. NO. 18
j country—nothing but an adhesive
day suitable for men and horses to
mire their feet in. It occurred to the
people, however, to bake it, and in
this way brick and tOe, which are die
best defenses against humidity, came
into their hands. You see well-con-
with 18 bushels of corn meal and the
same quantity of pea meal, making an
aggregate of 36 bushels to the six pigs,
worth in the market $150a bushel.—
This was daily made into slops ol Irish
potatoes, squashes and other cheap ar-
tides of food, to which was added a
little salt.. Allowing 200 pounds for
gross, we have 1,200 pounds of pork
worth twelve and a half cents, giving
a net profit of 871 in six months from
six pigs. Now I ask why can we not
raise our pork as cheap, if not cheaper,
than it is done in Kentucky, provided
, we procure the best breeds and use a
little industry and economy ?
My present system
In plowing limed land, it should never
be plowed deep the first few plowings,
though we like to sea a little of the
wild soil brought up when the lime is
applied. It certainly has an effect upon
tied under the operation of the pre
emption laws of the United State; and,
secondly, byitjhe present condition of
things in Tennessee, and other parts
of the South.. I once visited the plain
log cabin homebfan old elder in the
Presbyterian Church, in the center of
Ohio. He lived in the style of the
early settlers, and complained of the
rudeness of the community, the want
of schools, and the difficulty of sup
porting the.church. On inquiry, I
fouuahe oy d over five , foou'sand
acres of land, most of which jvas nn-1
improved and idle; the rest devoted to
and in combination with them. HHAKE this method of annoum
Such is the experienced Only we do
not use enough lime, enough generally • ’
at a time, but mostly in its periodic
application. Apply now daring the
foil or winter, any time. But the fell
or winter Is a good time to scatter it on
the plowed land and have its effect '
there with.the frost and the elements,
so that wfcenHpriflg. oomes for harrow-
corner, s large and < artfully aolectnd acock ol
Choice family Groceries,
Canned Fruits, Jellies,
! 4, / Preserves, Oysters,
Salmon anil other Fishy
Macaroni, Candies, large Variety,
Saiallay and Chcwiaa Tobacco and
• cioarki W4air,*St|fi
Tn short, every article to be found In an
lUhmcnt of this kind. Wo shall keep none hut
***■*-
with sculptured flowers,
my form, is to mg there will be not only a mellow
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Business Directory.
LAM « COBB. A. S. ERWIN. HOWELL COBB.
C OBB, ERWIN & COBB,
A TTORNEYSAT LAW,
U-X. Athtna, Georgia. Offict in the Deuprec
t) mlding
M.VAN ESTES,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
Homer, Banks County, On.
D. G. ANDLER,
\TTORNEY AT
^ X Hoi
LAW
Inner, Banka County. Ga. Will practice
.1 the counties of Banka, Jackson, Hall,. Ilaber-
»h»ra >od Franklin.
PITTMAN & HINTON,
V TTORNEYS AT LAW,
aTX Jeffery,n, Juekaon eonnty, Ga.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND, _
\ TTORNEY AT LAW,
Athon»,Oa. OfBco on Broad itmt, over
— a “■■■Sra, Will giro apeetal aiter.tion
uptcy. Alio, to tha coll* ction of
ed to hla care.
Harry A Son"* Storo.'
to tarn in Bunkru|
all claims entrust.
i. S. k i. C. ALEXIN HER,
[DEALERS IN HARDWARE,
i.v >m«nts.
RATIONAL HOTEL,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Cor. Whitehall St. and IV.itA. R. R.
E. B. POND, PjiorniETon.
Fireside 3>tiscetlai%y.
Room with the Angel-Band.
When the dewy light was fading
And the sky in beauty smiled,
Came a whisper, like an echo,
From a pale and dying child:
“ Mother, in that golden region,
With its pearly gates so fair,
Up among the happy angels,
Is there room for Mary, there ?
“ Mother, raise me just a moment;
You’ll forgive me when I say
You were angry when you told me
I was always in your way ;
You were sorry in a moment,
I could read it on yonr brow,
But you’ll not recall it, mother,
You must never mind it now.
“ When my baby-sister calls me,
And you hear my voice no more;
When she plays among the roses
By our little cottage door—
Never chide her, when you’re angry,
Do it kindly and in love,
That you both may dwell with Mary,
In the sunny land above.”
Then she plumed her snowy pinions.
'Till she folded them to rest,
’Mid the welcome song of rapture,
On her loving Saviour’s breast.
In the bright and golden region,
With its pearly gates so fair,
She is singing with the angels,
There is room for Mary there.
The new state of things in the South
trived buildings of an agreeable aspect I evidently requires a complete recon-
with red, brown and rosy walls cover- stroction of our forming operations,
ed with bright stncoo, white facades, I A* attempt to revive the old planting
varnished and som etimes decorated interest! has been made in various sec-
Thc Netherlands.
Corn Shellercs
— AND—
Agricultural Implements.
W 5 ARE AGENTS FOR THE
following standard Machines :
Darker draper mi) Mower ;
II%'l. Mooreft BnrlhardN Power ft Thresher;
sjniVr;* Sinrkn M whine IV*
fane Mill* and hogar Evaporator* ;
We hare a Tin Shop in the rear of the store,
•S.Tfl »« keep all kinds of Tin, Sheet Iron and
• ipperwArk. Wo also keep a food stock of Tin
Ware on hand, not “ the best In Georgia,** but
n >«r Witer than ours, and at low price*.
most cordially return onr sincere thanks to
jr frit ml a aud customers in Athens and the conn-
try, and Uopt, by strict attention u» Business, to
Merit*ronuauaareof their custom.
All reniiuutd' frm» the country xir’rtly attend-
*1 to We will be liap'jy So see ail a» our stand,
S.». 6, Una l stteel, Athens, Ga.
SUMMKY A N KWTON.
grovurabak; i
SEVVINi l MAC! 11 YES! !
i-uon n '.rtD mi: best r • sk,
13 Y ALL WHO HAVE TRIED
1tncm. I'iiew tna*'iiinos wito all the
IMPUOVKMENrs
AND
ATT AC; IMENTS,
uuv b? had, at inanuftit-iurcr's I’.Lc-*, freight
a tiwi, at the
BANNER OK KICK. _
Notice.
T the Citizens of Franklin and adjoin,
iug Counties.
M.V. GURLEY,
OURGEON DENTIST,
O H»« recently located at CamesrUie for the
ufpracilribit profeadon. renonadeiir-
.... w,.rk in hi. line will give him a call. Teeth
iaierted an the meat improved baste for from 17 50
L> 1*5 00. OlBec in FnnkUn House, over A. D.
EulUr's Store. Nov. 11. 1870-fim
Isaac T. Heard & Co.,
• Cotton Factors,
Comer Reynolds and M’Jhtosh Street*,
AUGUSTA, OEORGIA.
^GENTS FOR THE SALE OF
RnCctt’s Patent Sttcl Brush Cotton Gin,
Hall’s Patknt (Cotton Gin Feeder
and
Cirehton’s Ammoniated Soluble Super-
jthosphate of Lime,
In accordance with lh*>lU of tha late Isaac
H«ard, the budneaa of the Arm of Isaac T. Heard
d Ce., will be continued under the enae name and
•ivle as heretofore .under the management of the
• urrirlng par.oer. O. M. STONE,
Surviving Partner and Executor for
Nov It-laa Estate of Isaac T. Heard, dec'd.
Demurest & Woodruff,
'Saceeaaon to ToiiMiraoa-DairaazST Co..)
G28 A. 631, Broadway, N. Y.
manufacturers of
&Ci
M UUUU1LO,
Espciaily adapted to Southern Benda.
OUR STOCK JOOMPB1SE8
LIGHT VICTORIAS,
PHAETONS,
CABRIOLAS,
ROCK A WAYS,
a And all ether sty lee of Fine Carriage.,
TOP A NO TOP’bUGGIES,
• In dpt ie ami side Fprtuga.
CO NCUR I* RUUU1ES,
•Vail u it it* a nd Jersey
Wtaraalmaole maaiUheturan of tha
Woodruff Concord Buggy
Jdautstte, Wagon *r*7, *. "« and • Rone*.
Tha hen Baggy end Wagon In America for tho
•Specially invite to call at our Ware-
Wt aellcit the trade of merchaat* and
'“—swaasBrsn*’
ly w. W. WOODRUFF, GA.
Of all the countries of Europe at the
present day, says Mr. Paine in his
“ Art in the Netherlands,” Belgium is
the one which, with an oqual area sup
ports the most inhabitants; she feeds
twice as many as France; the most
populous of our departments, that ol
the North, is a portion which Louis
XIV detached .from her. Toward
Lille and Caul you already sec spread
out, in an indefinable circle, extending
up to the horizon, this great kitchen
garden, a d&p and fertile soil dispers
ed • with pale grain sheaves, poppy-
fields, and the large-leveled beet, and
richly stimulated by a low, warm sky
swimming with vapor. Between
Brussels and Mnlincs begins the broad
prairie, here and . there striped with
rows of poplars, intersected with wa
ter-courses and fences, where cattle
browse throughout the year, an inex
haustible storehouse of hay, milk,
cheese and meat.
In the environs of Ghent and Bruges,
the land of Macs, “ the classic soil of
agricnlturc ” is nourished by fertilizers
gathered in all countries, and by barn
yard manure brought from Zealand
Holland, in like manner, is simply a
pasture; a natural tillage, which, in
stead of exhausting the soil, renews it,
providing its cultivators with the am
plest crops, and affording to the con
sumer the most strengthening aliment".
In Holland, at Bucksloot, there are
millionaire cow-terds, the Netherlands
ever seeming to the stranger to lie a
land of feasting mid good cheer,
you turn from agricultur 1 to indus
trial results, you will everywhere en
counter the same art of utilizing and
taking the best of things. Obstacles
with them are transformed into aids
The soil was flat and soaked with water,
they took advantage of it to cover it
with canals and railroads, no place in
Europe presenting so many channels of
communication and transport.
They were in want of fuel; they dug
down into the bowels of the earth, the
coal pits of Belgium being as rich as
those of England. The rivers annoy
ed them with their inundations, and in
land pools deprived them of a portion
of their territory; they drained the
pools, diked the streams, and profited
by the rich alluvions and the slow de-
posites of vegetable mold with which
the surplus or stagnant waters over
spread their land. The canals freeze
up; they take skates and travel in
winter five leagues an hour. The sea
threatened them; after forcing it back,
they avail themselves of it to traffic
with all pAtipps- The winds sweep
unimpeded across their flat country,
and over the turbulent ocean ; they
make them swell the sails of their ves
sels and move the wings of their wind
mills.
In Holland you will observe at eve
ry turn ofthe road, one of these enor
mous structures, a hundred feet high,
furnished with machinery and pumps,
busy in emptying the overflow of wa
ter, sawing ship timber, and manufac
turing oiL From the steamer, in front
of Amsterdam, you see* stretching
as for as the eye can reach, an infinite
spider's web, a light, indistinct and
complete fringe of masts and arms of
• i aummIipd Hnmmrt Kill)
dalions and small columns. In the hape it will be conceded by all that this
older cities, the house often stands with attempt has succeeded only in those
its gable to the street, festooned' with! P 61 * 8 8ootii which are by soil
«rwyl«i hrw.pi»liiiic\ and lpafkty. vlpdi I and climate particularly adapted to j
terSiteana^le!?a.bi8t;|* >nie "P«»ality, as die eMtuarWtfer,
it is not, as in other cities, acontinua- h** 011 ’ tcbaoo ° or Iir other
tion of its neighbor—an abstract com- U**** where this special adaptation
partment of vast barracks, but an ob- doe3 not exist ’ ex P erience «* m8 to
ject apart, endowed with special and I P°' mt 0 «t the necessity of operating on
private character, at once interesting I a new A diversified husbandry
and picturesque. Nothing could be and the subdivision of the large farms
better kept and cleaner. to be imperatively demanded.
At Douai, the poorest have their To the latter P° int 1 invite ^ atten -
domicils whitewashed once a vear, out- ^ ofland owners ®" d practical farm,
side and in, it being necessa'iy to en- «*• % the ^ of events
gage the whitewashes six months in inourda - v > mak< f clear
advance. At Antwerp, in Ghent, aod| that , to hold ^ f hnd nith
in Bruges, and especially in the small hn J* of b f omin S nch b X a ™ “
towns, most of the facades seem to be P™** 40 obsurdity. Some men in
newly painted or freshened the day be- the Northwest, already rich, have suc-
fore. Washing and sweeping are go- ceeded * n makbl g themselves richer by
ing on on all sides. When you reach farrmn g on what be cal,ed tb e
Holland there is extra care, even to ex- millionaire scale, but this is irapractica-
aceration. You see domestics at five ble for the multitude, and anywhere,
dock in the moraine scrubbing the e «*Pt ® g™*t natural fertili-
sterdam, the villages seem to be scenery obscr ' e >
from the opera comiqne, so tidy and so I 1- The taxes on improved and idle
well dusted are they. There are stables l and - “> d the loss of the interest of the
for cows, the flooring of which is cab- money invested in them, are eating up
inet work; vou can enter them only in j The means of our people. In the State
slippers or'sabots, placed at theen- of Tennessee, at least seven or eight
trance for that purpose; a spot of dirt ^“d 18 ®H die land in the State, is
would be scandalous, and still more so I unimproved and unproductive. Per-
any odor; the cows’ tails are held up ? a P s 88 much 88 three-fourths of this,
a small cord, to prevent them from is a dead ,038 eve, 7 7^ to d>e owners.
themselves. Now, when a merchant finds his
Vehicles are prohibited from enter- sbelves bnrdened witb S 00 ^ 3 ^alea-
ing the village; the sidewalks, of brick ble in tnde ' what does be do ?
aud blue porcelain, are more irreproach- Hold on ’ fro ™ -* ear to ^ unt3 tbe
able than a vestibule with us. In An-1 interest 08 tbe raone - v U P tbe
tuinn, children come and gather up the I wbo ^ e oopit®] • ®J* E0 means. He
fallen leaves in the streets, to deposit I ^ out of cost. If he cannot do that,
them in a pit Everywhere, in the| hc auction. His object is to
small rooms, seemingly the state-rooms 8 et the use of his money. He makes
of a ship, the older and arr^^t I moo *T^'* ,,i,, »
are the same as on a ship. In Broock, j wa ^ ^ or an y 11181110 do lt-
is said, there is a particular room in i 2. We must save our population as
each house which is entered only I os our money. If a choice must
once a week, in order to clean and rub I he made between the two, it is best for
the furniture, and then carefully closed, the State to let the money go and keep
In a country so damp, dirt immediately I the people. There is some immigration
becomes a deleterious mold; man, com-1 into Tennessee, but from all accounts,
pelted to scrupulous cleanliness, con- there is great reason to fear there is
tracts the habit, experiences its necessi-1 more emigration out of it It may be
tv, and at last foils under its tvranny. I set down as an axiom that a State that
You would be pleased, however, to see I is not good to stay in is a poor place to
the humblest shop of the smallest street I come to. Bnt leaving this view oi the
in Amsterdam, with its brown casks, I case,let us take another. If the father of
its immaculate counter, its scoured I s * x sons owns 600 acres, and there are
benches, everything in its place, the j n< > cheap lands in his neighborhood for
economy of small quarters, the intelli- them to buy, it is plain that eventually
gent and handy arrangement of all he must divide with them,or they must
utensil*. emigrate. The wise course in such a
Guiccardini already remarks “ that I case, is for the father, os his sons sno-
tlieir homes and clothes are clean, I cessively become able to manage a
handsome aud well arranged, that they farm, to give them*a slice of his land
have much furniture, utensils, and do- and settle them in his own neighbor-
race tic objects, kept in better order and hood. In the rich sections of Eastern
with a finer luster than in any other I Pennsylvania, the contrary course was
country.” It is necessary to see the I pursued by the old English and Scot
comfort of their apartments, especially I ish settlers. The result was that the
the houses of the middle classes—car- young people all emigrated to the
pets, waxed clothes for the floors, warm I West, and the old rich farms fell into
aad heat-saving chimneys of iron and the hands of thrifty Germans, to the
porcelain, triple curtains at the win- destruction of the old social and reli-
dows, clear, dark and tightly polished gious society of that country,
window-panes, vases of flowers and 3. All things considered, that is the
green plants, innumerable knick-knacks best state of things where it is easiest
indicative of sedentary habits, and I for young people, when they arrive at
which render home life pleasant, mir- suitable age, to marry and settle. Now
rors placed so os to reflect the people suppose a man has a large body of un
passing in the street, together with its J improved land, and several sons. If
changing aspects—every detail shows neither of those sons can marry until
some inconvenience remedied, some he is able to eet up an establishment
want satisfied, some pleasant contriv-1 like his father's, or if he marries, must
ances, some thoughtful provision; in I bring his wife home, to be supported
shofy the universal reign of a sagacious by his father; he is very likely to re
activity and the extreme of comfort. | main, angle for a long time, or fail to
marry at oil. But suppose the father
sheep raising. He had set his heart I der a part of this responsibility, and
on owning' land, aud bought and I raise as much pork as will do his fomi-
bougbt until he could travel six or ly. Should he fail in so doing, as is
eight miles on his own land. If he Ls sometimes the case, I am ready to sell
not dead yet, by this time he has prob- him what he needs and wait until he
ably bought himself into a wilderness, can pay me. In this I have succeeded
and soon will not have neighbors I very well, and by distributing stock in
enough to bury his carcass when he this way, they will be apt to receive
dies and leaves his land “to heirs, he I much better attention than where they
knows not whom.” are kept in large flocks.
The practical question is, how shal My best success in hog raising, lias
we do it. To the individual owner I been with those which I never permit-
would say, as soon as possible, settle I ted to run at large,
your son, son-in-law, nephew, cousin, I I still have on hand a few of the
or any person yon can, on as much of I “ Bustei” breed. If they are esteemed
your land as either of them can use to I at all, it must be for their large pro
advantage and yon cannot. If you portion of bone and sinew, as well as
have neither of these relatives, try for their fence climbing propensities
yonr neighbor's sons, or sell cheaply to aud root digging proclivities. I am
the sons of strangers. At any rate, sure it cannot be for their large yield
don’t keep the land, if you have to give of pork, compared with the amount of
it the deserving poor. I food cohsumed.
Again. Find out by careful inqui- Sorghum, peas, Irish potatoes, tar
ry who of your own people talk of em- nips, squashes, hulled cotton seed, etc.,
igrating to Texas, Florida, or Kansas, (every man who has a gin should get a
Ascertain the causes, and if worthy h uller) [we regard the cotton seed
people, don’t let them go. It took meal, after the oil is pressed out, far
twenty-five or thirty years to raise such preferable to the raw hulled seed, and
people on the soil, and it will take Ion- would recommend exchanging the seed
ger to metamorphose German or Irish for meal.—Ed.] are the most easily
immigrants into the same sort of folks, raised, for cheap as well as early food.
Whatever yon do, don’t let them go. One acre of sorghum will feed twenty
To the Legislature I would say, al- head of hogs a month and keep them
low to every actual former one half as in a thrifty condition; one hundred
much land as he cultivates to remain bushels of Irish potatoes can be raised
for timber, etc., paying onlv the actual to the acre, with a cost of about twenty
tax, biit double the tax on all unseated dollars, and this will feed a number of
lands, until the owners are compelled bo g? until frost. We should resolve
to sell them or give them away. If! to-day to build our corn-cribs at home,
condition but a benefit; and the sum
mer through this will go on. It will
not hurt any if there is enough to
whiten the field, as is sometimes seen,
but it will fovor the crop and the land
in a drouth, as it will reflect instead of
absorb the sun’s rays. But meadow
and pasture will receive it in the fall
or winter equally well; and if the
ground is not frozen a little harrowing
will be of advantage, and where ma
nure is applied with the lime this should
be done. But spread fine, close and
even, both manure and lime. Make
this an important point, for such it is.
You want all your substances which
you add to-the soil diffused through it,
becoming part of it. In lumps this
cannot be; even if the lumps tie quite
small they want to be pulverized.—F.
G. in Country Gentleman.
An immeiuo iiipplv of General Bank and Grans,
n* House
STATIONERY.
Blank Books made to oeder in any style of Blad
ing or ruling.
The tamo carafnl attention givan to
OXUDSXtfs
aa to personal purchasers. INSIDE FICVREM
almsjri.
Send for Catalogues, Ac.
EXCLUSIVELY CASH!
REDUCED PRICES.
Hew Much Lime to an Aero.
Borne time ago I saw in tbe German
town Telegraph, the following para
graph : “ I only put on forty to fifty
bushels of unslacked lime to the acre,
in my early liming. Lately I have
put on os much as eighty to one 100
bushels, and I believe that pays.—
Lime on such soil as mine will improve
the crops for fifteen or twenty years, if
the land is not cropped with grain con
tinually.”
Does it pay best ? Everywhere on
ly fifty bushels is applied. I do not
think this plan pays best.
English farmers pursue a very dif
ferent course in applying lime, and
THRESH OYSTERS AND FISH
Ju rocrired rrcry Tuesday and Friday. HUh
65 ceuta per bnnch—Oyetera 70 rente per quart. ,
I have alto on hand a large aatoriaeat of Ctgarr,
PI pea, Tobacco, Candles, Frultt, Pickles. Sat*-
dines, Ac.
9!B4h(9SHBI&e»
At Greatly Reduced Price#.
Soda Crackers .'Jlhs
Lemon Snaps - per lb. Met
Spice Craeken _—_ per lb. 35a. ■
Cream CrackvtUa perlh. it e.
Pte-Nic Crackers. si—.....^.._.jtrlb. »aL
C. M. VON EEKELRX
Wm. A- Talmadgc,
Of. POST OFFICE, COL. AVENUE. ATI!BN
this hecotara ** general law, operating | *»d wHI «» or* Peraaveoao® ia
on all alike, it will lie neither unfair hoU8CS 5 and kee P 0,,r mone y at bome ‘ ^ *“ ^
nor unwise, and if it is not comtitu- f° r tbe improvement of our farms and
tional, you had better make it consti-1 to render our homes more comfortable
tutiona]. C. C.
Hogs and Hog Raising in thcSonth.
The Use of Lime.
Idle Daughters.—It is a most, .... ...
painful spectacle in families where the f ^ to ^ ddest 8on ’ wbe " tbe latter
mother U the drudge, to see the daugh- becomes twfty-one years of age, if not
ters elegantly dressed, reclining at their 800Der ’ “ 80n ’ ,t 19 no ' v fur
ease, with their music, their fancy work y auta begin to stnke out for yourself,
and tlieir reading; beguiling them- Y ?“ h< f Ith ’ ea fgy and
i of hours, days, and weeks, and |^ ^ “ tt
dreaming of their responsible h “ ndred acr f ofLuid ’ 83 8°^ ““»•
t as m n—it wwmn-lM ef aUy M *7 10WD - ,. Go to Work
windmills encircling the horizon with
their innumerable fibres. The im
pression you carry away is that of a
country transformed from end to end
by the hand and art of man, and some
times entirely created, until it becomes
a comfortable and productive territory.
Let us go further; let us take a near
view of man, and appreciate the most
selves
never
ticB,butw^^eoa5^MxnSaquneeMHB^H^H
neglect of duty, growinT weary rf|' ta ® d ®^eyouraelfahome, and the
their useless life, laying hold of every I and f ha11 ** y oure * Su PP° 8e be
nowly-invented stimulant to amuse tlusir ^ Ve * h *“’ m «dl the help he
drooping energies, and blaming fete !** Andsuppoee, further, that tin,
whan they dare not blame their (^ “ custom of thecoun^
for having placed them where they are. 13 diat m sudl a immunity,
These individuals will often tell you, ^“ty-fivayears would qnadruple the
w£b an air of eompa«on-fhr wH^ m8and '? e t*F***™' ®»
, can believe it realt-that poor, dZIJjjJj-jRBtegoftheaa^
mamma is working herself to death..
Yet no sooner do you .propose that they I Hem*. I can say
should assist her, than they declare she **“* experience demonstrates the cor-
i~ quite in her element—in short that rectne!a tbe raatter
habitation. There is no stone in this
and attractive, and not send it off to
enrich the coffers of the North and
West for something to eat.
In conclusion, I ask the cooperation
I of every farmer, as well as every good
We give below an extract from an citizen ofthe country, of other callings,
essay read before the Fanner's Central hoping by this means we will be ena-
Clube of Attala county, Mississippi, on bled effectually to develop the resources,
the third day. of September, 1870, by I prosperity and wealth of our country.
John W. Hanna, Esq. j Then we can say to the immigrant
Now let us look at the meat and hog that oars is a land of abundant sup-
question ; r I plies-, and we will have no difficulty in
We will suppose that the population I obtaining a sufficiency of labor to issue
of this county is 5,000. I presume further developments. Until we be-
that it is nearer 20,000 aud-only take come producers instead of consumers
5,000 as a -basis of calculation, and —until we raise a surplus of provis-
that these bay half enough to do them ions, I honestly believe we commit a
—and that they either buy the other grave error in inviting immigration to
half or do without it—150 pounds, a I our country, and I think that foreign
very small allowance, to the head, will immigrants show their wisdom in not
give 750,000 pounds of bacon, which coming to a country where the resident
at the currelit price, twenty-five cents population do not make enough provis-
a pound, gives the handsome sum of ions to support its own citizens. We
8200,000, all of which can be retained I must look carefully at this matter be
at home. I fore we invite immigration. Those
The question naturally arises, how I who desire more labor must learn to
can this be done? j make more supplies.
We will suppose then, that 1,200
formers of the county procure each one
brood sow of some thrifty breed; this I A limestone soil is known for ita fer-
sow, with proper attention, will raise I tility; also durability. It will also
twice each year ten pigs—but I will I grow a great variety both of grains
take one-half that number as a basis of I and grasses; the blue grass finds its
calculation, and by judicious feeding I home here. This is also the sofl for
they will in six months attain the ag-1 wheat, for barley, for corn, and indeed
gregate of 2,000 pounds, at twelve J what will not grow on a rich limestone
months 3,000 pounds and upwards.— I soil ? And who has ever seen » poor
This gives for the county near 3,000,- one unless made poor by excessive crop-
000 pounds of pork, worth twelve and I ping ? Happy the man who has deep,
a Rolf cents a pound, nearly 8400,000,1 rich limestone soil. But there are
n^l will be an abundant supply for many who have not this soil; some
home consumption ami some to sell, be-1 who have but a trace of lime. In the
ing 300 pound a piece for 10,000 per-1 main these are not the most prosperous
«i n «. In those two items we save the farmers; these flourish more on lime-
annual expenditure of $200,000, and I stone soil. A stiff clay is not so good;
receive an income of $200,000, mak- gmvel or sand predominating largely,
ing a saving to the country of 8400,-1 the same. The two united properly,
000 in a angle year. I think that my however, form a fair soil, but not so
octirrmtga have been small and my cal-1 good as the firm, black, mellow lime-
culation not at all exorbitant So [stone And there are formers who use
much then for raising- our own horses j largely of lime (of course where lime
and mules aud hogs at home. is not prerent naturally,) and their re-
While upon this particular branch, porta are generally the most highly
I will endeavor to give you some of my favorable.
personal experience upon the subject. All this points to what we are to do.
Since the war, I havo adopted the We are to lime our land, and we are to
plan of keeping fewer and better hogs, do it plentifully and periodically, for
which I find is iho best policy for me. lime will naturally work down in most
I spared no expense or i rouble in my soils if not in all, and thus in a few
efforts to obtain the very best breeds, years be ot no more avail Tt* «
My object in this was not only to de- our disadvantage to not having a lime-
monstrate the superiority' of good stock | stone «3, we must be doctoring it
proves it to be correct They apply
smaller quantities at shorter intervals.
Their argument is something after this I
manner:
Suppose we take two separate pieces,
each containing an acre, out of the
same field, and give them both 100
bushels of lime to the acre. Now sup
pose, as above, the lime runs out and
requires renewing in twenty years.—
Then five bushels are exhausted in one
year, or ten in two. Suppose the
,n r^rsa
ported Watches, Double Gun< with
60 Inch barrel, excellent for tong
range. PlttoUofaUkinda.
Penetration of buU 6J-J
locbra mto trail.-
With a deal rate plena all, will asU the jiboeagaoi
st very reaeonobla price*.
REPAIRINQ.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Gan* aad Pistols,
cpr«
LOOK OTJT!
JUST ARRIVED,
DISSOLVED
A FINE STOCKof DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, BOOTS,
AND EVERYTHlSif KEPT IS
^riT^b.S^lAVARIErrYSTpKK
(or its equivalent in com, oats, or 4c ThB ,^ . _
grass), per acre, the flret year. AtfffiS®* tho
the end of twenty years, it is fair to LOWEST CASH PRICES,.
suppose that Would bring but twenty. 1 fcel cnnSdent of BiTjns^otUerriUfacrfyra.
Thus twenty-five bushels will be the|janl«^ra Upder Newton House, College A^nue.
average crop for twenty years, or 600 j
in all.
Now instead of not liming the other I ___ _ ... ...
■* re ,!* te .taW,0fnm7b, .^ied TSJKSJESSr
every second year. This wonld keep England Spyilinnv & OlT,
the average of crop at thirty bushels I u thi*iuj diasolrad by rantasi consent. tro«
a . ‘ J I indebted wlU please pay op immadlstely, s» the
per acre, or 600 in twenty years. old business must be oeltled up, and oil harinf
r " ... * . .. I claim* againat ns are requested to bring them in av
This IS 100 bushels in favor of the I once for settlement. ^ janlai-lm
latter, which at 81,25 per bushel makes j w^SEYMOUR,
81,25. Deducting 815 for the lime (at | VV. C. OUR
fifteen cents per bushel), leaves 110 for. _
trouble for applying «gme to laud. VALUABLE TQWH PROPERTY
gome would say it will be almost >nLWHULL IVHH I IIUI LIU I
impossible to spread 100 bushels even-1 TNCLUDINU dwelling house and
ly over m acre of land. T 00 **
If jam think so (which l don’t), then ,»««,. ^ win b, *.m oh~ P
mix it with sand for clayey laud or 1 fo ^{*j ** * uuo - e.p. bishop.
day for sandy .land, or washing from
the road, dirt from the wood pile or SoiUCtllillg Attractive !
W< ^* . . , W. H. JACKSON
The benefit accruing from the appli- . ., 0 , .
. , , ... 1 ... rPAKL-S pleasure in announcing to
Cation Of the Sand, CUV, Or dirt, Will I _L the public that be h» Ju<t opened, on Col-
amply repay you for the trouble the ' Sr ’ , - )n ^
mixing, which should be done wcU. | p am {| y ^ p a , |( .y
which he propose* to ic'd at
VERY MW PBirBS r«B «v-«n
Glee him a call and bo cewrinoad. Fab—leiy.
she would never be happy if she only
had half as much to do.—Ex.
Rice Pudding.—To one cup of
boiled rice add half a cup of butter, five
eggs, sugar to taste, and cream enough
to make it liquid. Flavor with essence
of lemon, and bake in rich paste in deep
pudding dishes.
4. Without pursuing the subject to
tedium, it is evident that a divirion of
the large farms would promote the
opening up of roads, the establishment
of trades and manufactories, the build
ing of churches and school houses, and
the general advance of the community
in all tho arte of civilization. This is
over the common, but to show the re- But it is for our advantage decidedly
lative cost of the food consumed. I and therefore we ought to do 1 .
kept a correct account of the com and As lime has a tendency to •
peas that I used in feeding six head of the sod, wa * hodd
Star white pigs until they reached surface. On P 1 ° w ® dland 1 0
the age of six months, when they harrowed m’with the grain , P 8 "
weighed a gross aggregate of 1 &0 land, applied eveidy **J°***
During this time I fed them | of course reduced to t powdeft
Crab Grass.—The editor of the
Griffin Cultivator gathered 830 worth
of crab grass hay from a half acre of
land. It was well manured and I Sp€IlCer House
ploughed, and the crab grass volunteer- [god A.L CIRCLE, GEORG Us
ed in profusion. If our formers would
^■few»»» for spring „fln„ lTl MB T — |U '
we beUeve they would find the volun- **
teer crop of crab grass would pay bet-
ter than any other operation of the
farm. The trouble is. that the loudly
demands of kingcotton usually call for
an hands to kUl grass in his doraain^
just when the crab grass fields need I nigbt'a n -iami unakeut. h. lseskceb a co,.
cutting. Thousands of tons . of good j ». x. kddt.kman. c. i. drown.
crab grass hay wither in our autumn | EDDLEMAN & BROWN,
suns every year from sheer neglect— I whoinuie Dealer* in
just bemuse Ac furmcm are ove:-jjgQj Sj [gg^g^
TJ'RENCH and American CalfSkia*,
. JL’ Lasts, Pcgj. Lininsami RlnilinK Skla*. Shoa
Fire and Water-Proof n"
VENT—'To half a pint of milk put an Shoeraoouf u-turer* > aml Merahon'a will[And It te
1 ^ # . I their idfuitifc u ail on as before ntsfcinf tb#ir
’-■* ■“ ' T . *k.*«* Smn —ri — A" ■ rn —- vT -■ —
cropped with cotton.
equal quantity of vinegar, in order to j purchase*,
curdle it; then separate the curd from
the whey, and mix the 3)hey with four
or five eggs, beating the whole together.
When it is well mixed, add a little quick-
lima through a sieve, until it haa acquired
the consistence of a thick paste. With
this broken vessels may be united. It
resists water and fire.
CASSIZZY ADAMS,
DESIONE IR.,
fw4 JjagravH *&d (fiiin,
BLRCnraOTYFINa,
8.W. CoeNBa Fscont and Walsgt Street*.
r.---k Bo* J2'..
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