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AGRICULTURAL.
GARNERED FOR THE GAZETTE.
By D. A. M.
Why do Young Men Leave the Farm ?
—We have answers without number,
complaints without end, warnings innu
merable not to do <so, but still the exo
dus goes on. The abstract argument is.
largely on the side of the deprecators
Country life, though by no means what
it might be, is more wholesome, physic
ally, than that of towns. Farm life,
however dull and dreary its drudgery,
can be and generally is more independ
ent than any commercial or than most
mechanical pursuits
What must we do ? If we would re
tain our young men in the simpler, more
healthful and better life of the country,
we must not only make our farm houses
more pleasant and attractive, as many
have already insisted, but we must place
our calling on a paying basis. We must
follow out earnestly the plans begun by
our Patrons of Husbandry. Wo must
educate ourselves. We must know more
than how to read, write and cypher. Wo
must know our relations to the world as
the great producers and consumers, and
linder&taml the cost of our products and
the cost of the products of those with
whom we exchange.— [W. C. Flagg.
It has been found by some remarkable
experiments made in Germany, by Dr.
Weiske and others, that the stubble and
roots left in the earth by crops that have
been harvested add to the soil much
more nutritive value than is commonly
supposed. These experiments fully ex
plain the great value of cloyer as a pre
paratory crop for wheat, and for all oth
er crops which are manured with nytro
gen, potash and phosphates.
The clover of a single acre has been
found to leave nytrogen enough for 116
bushels of wheat, phosphoric acid enough
for 114 bushels, and potash enough for
78 l ushels. Moreover, it is found that
most of the valuable material is left in
the very beet possible condition for use.
Whether the nytrogen of the clover comes
wholly or partly from the soil or from
the air, it is certainly taken from a con
dition in which it is of little use to most
crops and is convertible into an available
one, so that practically the clover is a ere
ator of nytrogen in the soil, as it is also
an efficient purveyor of potash and phos
phorie acid.
Experiment with Wheat. —l promised
to give you the yield of my four acre lot,
sown in wheat, and I herewith redeem
my promise. It was sown the last week
in November, ploughed in with the ordi
nary scooter plough—l2s bushels of cot
ton seed having been previously broad
casted. Harvested with Buckeye reaper
the 19th May—threshed the 2d
day of June. Yield bushels, or 40
bushels to the acre. lam satisfied the
yield would have been much heavier lmd
not the frost killed a number of spots—
the most promising parts of the field.
The reaper was the first ever used in our
section, and gave great satisfaction.
They do best on land cleared of stumps
and harrowed or smoothed.
Our farmers cannot too soon substi
tute, as far as possible, labor saving ma
chinery and manures for manual labor.
Such a course, coupled with a diversity
of crops, will certainly herald the dawn
of a brighter day.
[A. B. Watson in So. Cultivator.
A Test fob Drainage.— We neglect
drainage. The only safe way with farm
ing is in a dry and porous soil,; and this
can be known in onr cultivated clay land
only by test. The post hole will serve
for this. The past summer a row of
post-holes were dug early and left open
during the season. The land was the
usual tillable .soil —drift, with considera
ble clay—and boro tolerable crops of
grass and grain, including sometimes
corn and winter grain. The winter grain
would sometimes be severely hurt. Corn
the past summer did remarkably \Vell,
the land being put in good condition for
it, and the season favorable—that is,
there was less rain than usual. Yet du
ring the entire season water remained in
most of the post-holes, to the surpi i c
of those who toward the close of sum
mer found it there. It however lessened
gradually, though very slowly. At the
end of the season there was water still
in a few of the holes, and these on a
higher part of the ground. In a wet
season, or in a severe winter, this soil is
sure to suffer, and the crop with it; and
yet it is considered a dry soil. The
grass and grain on such land will suffer
more or less, the land being kept cold
and sour. There is much soil just like
this. To drain it properly is usually to
double the yield for a number of years,
paying in two or three years the ex
pense of draining.
[F. G. in Country Gentleman.
ONE STEP AT A TIME.
A great many people dishearten them
welves by worrying too much about pos
Bible future troubles. Prudence and
.forethought is commendable, but mere
unreasonable worry should be avoided.
It is an act of folly for a man to conjure
up all the troubles that might befall
him as so many obstacles overcome at
once. A man at the foot of a flight of
.stairs which be is about to ascend, would
be foolish to assume that he must take
all the steps at once, and that because
be cannot do that be cannot ascend the
stairs at all. i~.e lias only to take one
step at a time, and when he gets to the
top step he takes that almost as easy as
he ook the first. But when be gets to
the top let him be careful lest lie does
not all all the way down by one misstep.
It istlie same way with the affaiis of life.
All we have to do is to take one step at a
time.
A young gentleman, after having for
some time paid his addresses b> a young
lady, popped the question. The lady,
in a frightened manner, said, “yon scare
me, sir.” The gentleman did not wish,
to frighten the lady, and coma qm ntjy *
remained silent for some time, when she \
ezeluimed, “Scare me again.” £
PAT AND RIS MASTER’S PIG.
A stingy man is so nearly related to a
thief that he should not be surprised if
thieves get intimate with him to his cost
as illustrated in the following incident:
A Yorkshire man having killed a pig,
and not wishing to divide with his
neighbors as was the custom, said to his
man, who, by the way, was a son of
Emerald.
‘‘Pat, if I give the neighbors, who
have given to me, a piece of my pork,
I’ll have none for myself. Can you tell
me what I am to do ?’’
“Bedad, sir,” said Pat, “it’s meself
as can do that same thing.”
“Good,” said the Yorkshireman, rub
bing his hands and looking at Pat; “now
tell what I am to do.”
“Faith, sir,” said Pat, “when the cra
ther is cleaned bang it up again the
door where every mother’s son of em can
see ; then early in the morning, before
any of 'em are astir, get up and take
your pig in and hide it away. Than
when yer neighbors come, just be after
telling thim that the pig was sthole-”
“Capital idea, Pat,” exclaimed the
Yorkshireman. I’ll do it.”
So when the pig was cleaned it was
hung up outsido, so that the neighbors
might nee it. The countryman anxious
ly awaited the approach of night, and at
length retired to bed, but not to sleep.
Pat under the cover of darkness crept
round the house and stole the pig.
What was tho astonislimont of the
Yorkshirerann, wlicd at early dawn he
arose to hide away his pig but found no
pig there, can be better imagined than
described. Pat came in with the “Top
’o the mornin to ye, sir,” and giving him
a knowing wink, said:
“Master, how about tho pig?”
“Well, Pat, the pig was stolen, in re
ality.”
“Faith, and that sounds just as natur
al as though you had lost your pig," said
Pat with another knowing wink.
“But you blockhead, 1 tell you the
pig was stolen.”
“Faith, and sorra a bit did I think you
could act so well. Just stick to that its
as natural as life.”
“But,” roared the now irate York
shireman, “I tell .’you the pig was
stolen.”
“Ocb,” said Pat, “stick to it and yer
nabors will believe ye, and sorra a bit of
it they’ll get. Faith, I didn't think ye
could do it so well.”
Hon. A. H. Stephens has, after a long
interval of silonce, replied to Thur
low Weed about tho Taylor adminis
tration. The New York Herald, allnd
ing to the matter, says: “Mr. Weed
contends that Mr. Stephens, Mr.
Toombs, - and other leaders of tho old
Whig party sought to compel Taylor
to veto the bill admitting the free
State of California into tho Union. It
will be remembered that Mr. Ste
phens denied this story when Mr.
Weed first printed it. But
ble> townsman was not satisfied with
the denial, and asked for more evi
dence. Mr. Stephens gives him evi
dence enough this morning, espe
cially a letter from Mr. Toombs which
confirms his story in all of its dotails.
It is not our business to interfere in a
controversy between opponents as skil
fill as Mr. Weed and Mr. Stephens.
Tho letters which have grown out of
this subject are valuable contributions
to a most interesting period of our his
tory. The letter of Mr. Stephens is a
model of good taste and clear, concise
statement. We are glad to note this,
because it leads us to hope that tho
distinguished Georgian is regaining his
wonted strength of mind and body,
that lie will soon return to the House
and be spared many years to adorn a
scene which ho has made memorable
by a many a conflict and many a tri
umph.”
—— ♦ I
Gen. Sherman seems to be of ( pinion |
that if Samson had had Wendell Phillips’
jaw instead of the jaw of an ass, he might
have slain three times as many of his I
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