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The Cherokee Georgian.
THE HOMESTEAD.
It is not as it used to be
When you and I were young,
When ’round each elm and maple tree
The honeysuckles clung;
But still I love the cottage where
I passed my early years,
Though not a single face is there
That memory endears.
It is not as it used to be.
The moss is on the roof,
And from their nest beneath the eaves
The swallows keep aloof.
The robins—how they used to sing,
When you and I were young;
And flashed about the wild bee’s wing
The opening flowers among.
It is not as it used to be I
The voices loved of yore,
And the forms we were wont to see,
We see and hear no more.
No more! Alas! we look in vain
For those to whom we clung,
And loved as we can love but once,
When you and I were young.
How to Keep Book Account on the Farm.
Not one farmer in ten keeps a book ac
count of his operations. In tact, it is sup
posed by some that farming is business
which can not be carried on according to
system. But such is not the case. The
farmer should open books and keep ac
count. If he has a son, intrust the business
to him, as he will take pride in keeping his
father’s books; besides, it will give him
business knowledge that will help him. It
will also give the son a love of fanning and
make him more interested.
In beginning his books, an inventory
should be taken. The value of the farm,
live stock, agricultural implements, grain
od hand, and any other property belonging
to the farm, should be entered on the books.
It is not essential to keep the cost of each
crop, unless there is a special object in
view. The value oi live stock can be taken
at the beginning of the year, and then at
the close of the year another estimate may
be made, taking into consideration the sales,
etc. At the close of the year the wear of
the implements must be entered into the
final account. * If there be a dairy, an ac
count may be opened, crediting all sales
and debiting all expenses of the dairy, and
the difference will be the gain or loss; the
cows should be valued with the other live
stock, and come under that head. The
book-keeper can open as many accounts as
he has separate things, such as farm, agri
cultural implements, dairy, live stock ; and
under live stock he may subdivide and
have hogs, sheep, horses, cattle, etc. But
this article will give a general form and
not enter into the details, leaving them to
the ingenuity of the accountant. The per
cent, of interest must be allowed for the in
vestment, in closing at the end of the year.
Dr.
From 200 acres, @ S2O per acres4,ooo
Farming implements 400
Live stock, teams, etc 1,000
$5,400
5 We will suppose this a wheat farm, and
average accordingly.
Wheat Crop. Dr.
To labors6so
Threshing bill 50
Corn for teams*.l2o
Wheat for seed 100
$920
Wheat and Hay Crops. Cr
By 100 acres (2,000 bu 75c.)51,500
60 tons of hay 300
SI,BOO
Now the closing will stand, December 31:
Dr.
Farms4,ooo
Implements 400
Live stock 1,000
Ten per cent, of investment 540
Crop expense 920
$6,860
Farm. Cr.
Implements (loss by wear, sso)s 5150
Live stock (gain by growth, $60).... 1.060
Crop receipts 1,800
$7,310
; Gnfri for the yegt, $350. Os course, this
Account should be put into the ledger in
proper form, under the head of “Stock.”
It must be remembered that this $350 is
gain over and above ten jmt cent, on his
investment, making the per cent, of his
gain on capital over sixteen and a half per
dbnt Supposing the debit side hnd conic
out equal to the credit, then he would have
gained ten per cent, on his investment; and
if the debit side had just come S9OO greai
er, tncn the capital would not be dimin
ished, but stand as at the beginning of the
year. But there is another consideration.
It most have cost the farmer the $350 gain
to support his family, so he just made ten
per cent, clear from all expense, which is
lietter than the business man experts for
his investment. Os course a heading in
the ledger should la? devoted to family ex
pense, because a farmer must support hi<
family tts well as his hired help.—[.Midland
Farmer.
Working Barren Cows.—An experi
enced Kentucky breeder, Mr. Vanmeter,
writes to the Live Stock Record, giving the
results of his treatment of cows that had
been deemed to be hoplcssly barren. This
sjiccific ns a remedy for barrenness is—
work. A 1 the famous New York Mills herd
sale he purchased, for a song slOO
the 3d Duchess of Thorndale, then deemed
hopelessly barren.as she hnd not prtxlueed a
c«lt for three years, llis mo de of manage
ment is simply to reduce the flesh without
'producing inflammation. Starving the ani
mal, he thinks injurious, and adopts the
j lan of giving severe exercise with only
moderate feeding In most cases he works
th*supposed barren cow under the yoke.
In the case of the 3d Duchess of Thorndale,
hr h < I her hd or ridden four miles daily,
and f I on a limited quantity of hay and
fu<hki. Bi»v is nou with calf.
Large and Small Farms.—Twelve of
the States have farms that average less
than 125 acres in extent, which is less than
the average elsewhere, which in some States
even run up nearly to an average of 500
acres. These twelve States give the follow
ing as the average size of their farms:
Acres.
Maine 98
New Hampshirel22
Massachusettslo3
Rhode Island 94
Connecticut 93
Now 7 Yorklo3
New Jersey.9B
Pennsylvania 103
IndianaH2
OhioHl
Michiganlol
Wisconsin.ll4
While the total value of farms in the
United States is put down at $9,262,803,361.
the value of the above small-farm States
foots up $5,407,587,178, or nearly three
fifths of the total—and this, too, while the
area of these States is less than one-tenth
of the area of the whole country. No more
conclusive exhibit of the practical superi
ority of the small-farm system could be
given than this.
Venerable Trees.—lt has been claimed
that the cypress of Somma, in Lombardy, is
the oldest tree oh record, but a late writer
overthrows the claim by stating that there
is at Anuradhapura, in Ceylon, a bo-tree
that was planted B. C. 288 —that is 246 years
before the Lombardy cypress sprang into
being. The bo-iree is so decrepit with age
that it would have blown down along ago
were it not for a strong wall encircling the
trunk and pillars supporting all the main
branches. Every leaf that falls from the
tree is picked up with pious care by Budd
hist pries’s and preserved in a holy part of
their temple. The leaves are thence sold
to the people as a sovereign panacea for
their sins.
Broom Corn.—Broom corn can and
should be raised in the South. It will grow
on any soil where bread c >rn will grow—
and yields from five hundrel to one thou
sand pounds per acre, anl requires but lit
tie care. It is planted closely in drills four
feet apart; and as it so in outgrows the
weeds, requires but little work. The low
est yield is five hundred pounds per acre,
and this at ten cents (it is two to five cents
more) per pound, makes a crop worth as
much as cotton, with less trouble every
day.
A Plague ot rabbits has visited the
ranches on Fish creek, Nevada, totally de
vastating the crops, having destroyed more
Hum one hundred acres of barley. The
ranchers made an attack on them and de
stroyed two hundred in a single night; but
it seemed to make no difference in their
number and they swarmed into the field
the next day.
lions love sulphur, and a considerable
amount of it is necessary to keep t’ e n in
fair health. When hogs run at large an l
find green food they supply themselves
with what is needed, but pigs kept in close
pens and fed on house slop? or corn need
some more laxative food.
Charcoal should be fed to hogs frequent
ly. Keep a supply by them in small boxes.
Mix four quarts of salt, two ounces sulphur,
and one bushel of wood ashes, and keep
constantly in the pen in box< s. It tends
to reduce fever, destroy worms and aid
digestion.
There are over 2,700 varieties of apples
known by 1,800 names, 2,200 of pears, 200
of cheiries, 150 of plums. 300 of our native
grapes, 50 of currants, 80 of raspberries, and
30 of blackberries, according to a counting
up of somebody.
CHEAP CASH STORE.
W. M. ELLIS,
Second door west from corner Gainesville
and Marietta streets,
CANTON, GA.,
Dealer in
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
Will also do a general Bartering business,
anil allow the highest market prices for
country produce. It will be to your inter
est to call and examine mv stock and prices
In-fore purchasing elsewhere. You will
find goods at the old prices, tor cash
8-lyW. M. ELLIS,
Dissolution Notice.
riMIE FIRM OF J. B. BARTON & CO.
1 has lievn dissolved by mutual consent.
Hereafter the business will be carried on
by .1. B Barton alone, in his new house,
corner of Marietta and Gainesville streets.
Having bought the interest of his former
partners, he is compelled to call upon all
who are indebted to the late firm to come
forward and pay up at once. He would
also invite them, ami all others who wish
to buy goods, to call ami s»*e his new stock
before buying elsewhere, as he is ileter
inined to st 11 as low as any other man, and
will give as much tor country produce.
His motto is, “Short profl’s and quick sales.”
He would also inform the public gener
ally that Dr. .1, H SPEIR will continue in
the practice of medicine at his oi l stand.
J. B. BARTON. ’
Mis. M. A. Smith, Canton,
II A I R WO R KER,
Manufactures hair into an kinds
. of braids, ringlets, setts, bracelets,
watch-guards, necklaces, etc. Will insure I
satisfaction in quality of work and price. |
All grades of mounting furnished when de- I
sired Call and see style of work, on Ma- !
net la street. 4 3m
I F YOU WANT PRINTING DONE,
I with neatness and dispatch, call at this
office. I
MONEY MADE.
I desire to call the attention of all
those who owe me anything, that
their accounts and notes are now
due, and that I am compelled to
have money. We have been bless
ed with bountiful crops, and all
can pay who are so disposed, as I
will take corn, fodder, wheat, oats,
rye, cotton, peas, potatoes, pork,
and almost everything, in payment
of debts due me. So 1 hope my
old friends and customers will re
spond liberally to this call, for by
so doing they will save cost and
their good name at the same time.
I mean business, when I say that I
am compelled to have money. All
those who are indebted to the firm
of McAfee & Moss must pay their
accounts and notes at once. Those
failing to do so, or to make satis
factory arrangements, will certainly
find their accounts in the hands of
collecting officers.
I want to purchase 10,000 bun
dles of fodder and 1,000 bushels of
corn, for which I will pay goods or
cash to those not indebted to me.
I have now got, and am receiv
ing daily, one of the largest and
best selected stocks of goods ever
exhibited in North Georgia, which
I propose to sell very cheap for
cash or barter. I am determined
to sell as low as the lowest, as my
experience in business and facili
ties for buying are not excelled by
any in this country. We—l mean
myself and clerks—invite all the
children and ladies to call before
purchasing elsewhere, as we will
give all the children candy and
love all the ladies.
9 J M. McAFEE.
CARTERSVILLE
SALE & LIVERY STABLE
BY
Roberts k Stephens,
(Successors to Rolierts & Tumlin.)
This is one of the largest and liesl ar
ranged establishments in North Georgia.
The building is eligibly situated near the
depot aud court-house, and is well stocked
with
GOOD MORSES AND SUPERIOR VRItTCLES,
which are ready at all times for those *vUo
wish to ride, either on iHi-ineas or for plea
sure. The proprietors keep constantly on
hand a
GOOD SUPPLY OF FOOQ FOR HORSES,
and have in their employ faithful grooms
to take care of stock left in their charge.
We will
BUY, SELL, AND EXCHANGE
Horses aud Mules on very accommodating
terms. jal ly
“ Secure tire Shadow ere the Sub
stance Failes.”
A. OVERLAND,
Ellis's Brick Building, up stairs.
CANTON, - - - GEORGIA, j
WILL remain for a short time, nnd
would respectfully invite a call from
all who wish anything in his line.
All sizes an I kinds of pictures made in
workmanlike* style.
Satisfaction given, or no charge.
A. OVERLAND,
nug 4 1-ts
Bargain Offered-
CANTON NEEDS A TIN-SHOP
ANO. 1 SET r of Tinner's Tools, with
a small quantity of Raw Stock, can
tic bought at low figures, or on short time,
with approved notes. For information,
app y to the editor of this paper.
Aug 4,1 3tn
Brewster, Sharp &Dowda,
PUBLISHERS OF
THE •fIEROKEE GEORGIAN,
Real Estate
Agents,
BUY AND SELL
REAL ESTATE,
Examine Titles,
FURNISH ABSTRACTS,
Make Collections,
ATTEND PROMPTLY TO ALL BUSI
NESS IN OUR LINE.
OFFICE OP
THE CHEROKEE GEORGIAN,
CANTON GEORGIA.
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