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’frie Cherokee Georgian
THE FARM.
How to Cultivate Corn.
UAn agricultural paper tells how big crops
of corn are raised, as follows: Early in 1
the planting season we ventured some sug
gestions with regard to deep plowing, to
anticipate a dry season, which were so wtll
received by the agricultural public that we
congratulated ourselves that we had made
no amateur’s mistake in the timely giving
of the admonition. The suggestions were
inspired by a conversation with an old Min
nesota farmer who had recently settled on
a farm a short distance from Nashville.
He to us how, in the severe
drought of 1874, he had made good corn
and a comparatively full crop, when most
of his neighbors had failed utterly. His
plan was no more than setting his coulters
deep and harnessing to the plow-beam
three powerful horses abreast, and driving
tham into the very bowels of the earth as
if he didn’t care much if the share went
through to the antipodal regions of China.
The cultivation was so thorough that the
plant had a better chance to withstand the
severe drought that burned up other corn
almost to the roots of the stalks. His plan
may have been ridiculed as “scientific”
farming, but it turned out in the end to be
eminently practical.
It is held by experienced Western farm
ers that'the difference in a crop of corn be
tween slovenly and thorough cultivation,
even where plaster can not be conveniently
and profitably applied, is one-half, or twice
as much under good as under careless treat
ment. The St. Louis Republican cites
some notable instances in illustration. In
J 873 a Mr. Hudson raised on one acre of
ground on the “Oakridge farm,” in Amherst
county, Virginia, 170 bushels of white corn,
the fact being attested by a notary public
of the county. A copy of the Virginia
Farmers’ Register, printed by Edward Ruf
fin at Petersburg has this statement: “Mr.
Meggison of Albemarle county was report
ed by the county society to have raised 110
bushels of sound shelled corn on one meas
ured acre of ground, being river bottom
and thoroughly cultivated; a large white
sort of corn.” In the Department of Ag
riculture report for 1808 there is an authen
ticated statement that Joseph Goodrich
and Luther Page of Worcester, Mass., each
raised 111 bushels of shelled corn on one
acre of land ; and the same report gives
instances in Ohio whore 99 and 101 bushels
per acre were raised. The Rockbridge
county (Va) society, at its meeting in 1871,
gave a detailed statement of the results of
competition for the premium for the largest
yield of corn ; J D. H. Ross raised on one
acre 76 bushels, and on five acres 253 bush
els ; A. L. Nelson raised 91 bushels on one
acre, and 400 bushels on five acres. The
treatment in each case consisted of deep
plowing, from ten to fourteen inches, and
the application of home-made compost.
Our farmers may not be able to apply
plasters and other artificial stimulants, but
they can cultivate more thoroughly than
they have done, by not undertaking a larger
area than they cun manage well, and make
more grain to the acre and more money in
having as the result a more marketable
article.
Am Alabama Farmer’s Plan.—Mr.
Joshua Kelley, a most prosperous North
Alabama farmer, who has long since aban
doned cotton planting, and taken to grain,
grasses, clover, good stock, and fine hogs,
has given the Cherokee Agriculturist some
valuable notes regarding hog raising. Mr.
jicjloy, after giving various breeds of hogs
u fair trial, will now have m>ne on his
premises but full-blooded black Berkshire.
Two years before stocking with the Berk
shire, he lost over one hundred with the
cholera; the next year about sixty; the
year after introducing the Berkshire, only
three, and for the past few years has suf
fered no serious loss. He never shelters a
hog only at pigging time, in bad weather.
He feeds his hogs on clover, except a few
months in .the spring, when tlie hogs root
up the clover. Though he has the finest
hogs in the country, he goes to Tennessee
every rear or so and selects a new boar.
He now Ims seventy-live pigs, eighteen
■ moMbs old, which average two hundred
and fifty pounds each in weight, and had
not been fed with corn up to Novcmltcr
Inst. At the Huntsville fair he sold a blue
ribl on sow, with a biter of nine pigs three
weeks old, for fifty dollars. The enterpris
ing purchaser sold six of the pigs on the
grounds for sixty dollars. Here is food for
reflection for those who grumble at the
hitrh price of bacon. There arc a great
many of our old fields that would m«ke
good clover grazine', though to-day urprol
ifwhleA What ft tlitfbrence between this in
dependent farmer and the growling cotton
planter I and yet only a difference of judg
ment is the cause of the success of one—
the ill success of the other.
A Victors Circle ix rvmttxa.—A
Pennsylvanian ore day hearing a Virginian
boosting if 'he large crop of corn he cx
)»cct- 1 to make on a fio ni remarked, “Colo
nel, you must make a great dcnl of corn to
sell?” “No. sir, I never sell corn ; what we
don’t cat 1 give to my hogs.” “Oh, I beg
panion; yon arc a dialer in bacon.” “No,
sir. I don't scH Itaeon; I give it to my ne
groes.” ' “Anti ptfty, Colonel, wl-at do you
do with your negroes*’ “What do Ido
with them ? Why, sir. they make my
com.” This in the ciiole, otfly a smaller
one, which most of our fanners pursue.
They make cotton to buy meat, mule*, etc ,
tpsl they meat, mules, etc., h» make
t Uu, <nd whc» the Cotton is net suffi
cient for this pur|H s.“, they buy on credit,
and morygige their mules, land, tic., tor
payment. But an industry m-nh to be di
vejsitled in o>hvt rrsjaxti. ’ In the language
of Mr Jvtl t-ti,' \\e noM n >w place the
luanufacuuei bi the side of the agricifl
Jurist” i
DOMESTIC.
Death in the Dishcloth.
A lady in the Rural World says: During
the hot mouths, when some of you are sure
to be down with typhoid fever; when
neighbors are" neglecting their own work to
nurse you; when doctors are hunting in
cellars and old drains for the cause; let me
whisper in your ear, Loek to your dish
cloths. If they be black and stiff, and
smell like a “bone-yard,” it is enough
throw them in the fire, and henceforth and
forever wash your dishes with cloths that
are white, cloths that you can see through,
and see if you ever have the disease again.
There are sometimes other causes, but I
have smelled a whole household of typhoid
fever in one “dish-rag.” I had some neigh
bors once—clever, good sort of folks ; one
fall four of them were sick at one time
with typhoid fever. The doctor ordered
the vinegar barrels whitewashed, and threw
about forty cents worth of carbolic acid in
the swill-pail and departed. I went into
the kitchen to make gruel: I needed a dish
cloth, and looked around and found several,
and such “rags!” I burned them all, and
called the daughter of the house to get me
a dishcloth. She looked round on the ta
bles. “Why,” said she, “there were about
a dozen here this morningand she looked
in the woodbox, on the mantelpiece, and
felt in the dark corner of the cupboard.
“Well,” I said, “I saw some old, black, rot
ten rags lying around, and I burned them;
for there is death in such dishcloths as
those, and you must never use such again.”
I “took turns” at nursing that family four
weeks, and 1 believe those dirty dishcloths
were the cause of all that hard work.
Therefore, I say to every housekeeper, keep
your dishcloths clean. You may wear your
dresses without ironing, your sun-bonnets
without elastics—but you must keep your
dishcloths clean. You may only comb
your head en Sundays, you need not wear
a collar —but you must wash your dish
cloths. You may not lace your shoes, or
wear clean linen—but you must have clean
dishcloths. The health of your family de
pends upon your washing the discloths.
Churning in Cold Weather —Heating
the cream and using hot water will make
butter come. By filling the churn only a
quarter full, so that when the cream is
swollen there is abundance of room for the
dashing and splashing of the cream, there
is also no difficulty, beyond the necessity of
double-quick motion. lal ways rise at 4a.
m., on Tuesday and Saturday, and churn
for my wife. We scald the churn, leaving
the boiling water in ten minutes, and on
. very cold mornings putting a second lot of
hot water in, so that the wood is warmed
through, then put the cream in while warm,
just after the water is poured out. When
the cream froths and swells, I know the
butter will soon come, and sometimes it
goes very hard ; but, although the perepim
lion streams fiwn every pore, I stick to it,
and soon there is a change in the sound,
and butter comes. Women and children
are not strong enough to churn in winter,
so they use heat and make the butter while.
Swill and slops given to the cows, unless
meal or bran is libtra’ly added, retard the
butter’s coming.
To make a good servant, let the mistress
of the house take two pounds of the very
best self-control, a pound and a half of pa
tience, a pound and a half of justice, a
pound of consideration, and a pound of
discipline. Let this be sweetened with
charity ; let the mixture simmer well, and
then be taken in daily, or, in extreme cases
in hourly doses, and be kept always on
hand. Then the domestic wheel will rim
quite smoothly.
Never use anything but light blankets
as a covering for the sick. The heavy im
pervious counterpane is bid, for the reason
that it keeps in the exhalations from the
pores of the sick person, while the blankets
allow them to piss through. Weak per
sons are invariably distressed by a great
weight of bed-clothes, which often prevents
their getting any sound sleep whatever.
Why do Men Want Office’—The
universal mania for holding some public
office is surprising to us Few public places
I can tie regarded as conferring honor on the
I incumbents. Formerly, to be elected to
; office was held to be a proof of merit. It
i can hardly lx? so any longer. Chicanery
1 and partisan machinery are the controlling
i forces in our popular elections. Then as
i to compensation for private service ofsiini
i lar grade. A candidate is subjected to all
niannei of abuse; his independence is di
; minished ; his peace of mind is destroyed ;
his feelings are embittered; his family an
noyed and made uncomfortable and anx
i ions. Why should a sensible man be a
candidate for office?
I The widow and orphans association of
; the North Georgia Methodist Conference
; is one which might b" profitably copied nf-
I ter by other denominations. This associa
! tion pay s to the family of the minister who
dies, (being a member of it) the sum of $3
per capita for clerical, and $1 for lay mem
| bets. They number now over 300 members.
Rev. J. R. Barker, who died recent y in At-
• Until, vis r. nit inlt’r. Instantly they for
warded to his family over S6OO. The asso
ciation will doubtless soon nach 1.000
members, when a handsome home wifi at
, once be p irehascd tor the frnily of each
one who yields the service of his life for
i the cause of Christ and the Gosps 1.
St ccKs--ri les on every hair: grv'||'c it,
• an<! you m.• tn, but without a grapple it
will never go with you. Work is the weap
on of honor, and he who lacks the weapon
will never triumph.
For a man who has been ruined by wo-
' man then.* is no law and no judge.
Try-’Vng ’h Wj - Gin w< s. l
CAISTTOK
HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS School having been conducted with
almost unparalleled success during the
last two terms of its existence, giving satis
faction to the true friends of education, the
teachers feel encouraged to continue their
labors in said school, hoping the friend#
and patrons of education will appreciate
their labors, and encourage their efforts in
building up and sustaining a school of high
order and usefulness in the town of Canton.
The next session of this school will open
for the reception of pupils on Monday, the
10th of January, 1876, under the instruc
tion ot its former teachers, J. W. Attaway
and Son. The first terra will continue six
months and the second four months.
rates of tuition per scholar.
First class (beginners)—Spelling, Reading,
etc., per month $1 50
Second class—Spelling, Reading, Writing,
Primary Geography, Primary Arithme
tic, etef ’ $2 00
Third class —Spelling, Reading, Writing,
Arithmetic (intermediate), Geography,
English Grammar (primary), English
Composition $2 50
Fourth class—History, Analytical Arithme
tic and English Grammar, Latin Lessons,
Latin Reader,English Composition. $3 00
Fifth class—Latin, Greek, Rhetoric, Alge
bra, any of the higher branches in math
ematics or any other science $4 00
Incidentals 20
The above rates to be paid monthly.
Charges from time of entrance to end of
the term. Deductions made for providen
tial hinderances in attendance.
The amount received from the State will
be deducted from the above rates of tuition
for three months ot the last session, in pro
portion to the time of the attendance of
each pupil. 20
Don’t Go Away
TO BUY YOUR
STOVES AND TINWARE,
When your wants can be supplied at home
PERRY HASTY A CO.,
Successors to John A. Webb,
Will continue the Tin-shop in Canton, and
will keep in stock STOVES and TIN
WARE of all kinds, and will manufacture
tin and sheet-iron work to order, in work
manlike manner, at prices as low as can be
afforded.
REPAIRING made a specialty. 17
I recommend the above firm to a gener
ous public, and ask for them the patronage
friends extended to me. JOHN A. WEBB
ATTE7STTIOTST,
Citizens and Friends of the M. &
N. G. Railroad!
JOSEPH ELSAS,
At the old Pinckney Young Corner,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA,
Has a large stock of—
DRY GOODS.
NOTIONS,
HATS. CLOTHING,
CROCKERY WARE.
BOOTS AND SIIOES-the best custom
made work,
Which be offers cheap at Panic Prices.
Cull and see for yourself. No trouble, to
demonstrate to you what is going on in sell
ing goods now, during panic times, when
goods must be sold for cash, and cash only.
Thanking all my friends for their liberal
patronage, and asking a continuance of the
same, I am, veiy respectfully,
17 JOSEPH ELSAS.
Special Notice.
VLL those indebted to the late firm of
J. B. Barton & Co. arc now notified
for the last time that they must come for
ward at once and settle these notes and
accounts, or they will find them in the
hands of an officer for collection. lam in
great need, and must have the money to
pay off demands against said firm.
I would also notify the public generally
that, for cash and barter, I am selling goods
at remarkably low prices.
Calicoes, from 7 to Bc.
No. 1 Brogan Boots, $3.50.
No. 1 Calf Boots, $4.
No. 1 Brogan Shoes. $1.25 to $1.75.
Coffee. 3' 3 fi»s for sl.
Sm ar. good brown, 9J£ f° r
and all other articles at like reduced price*.
' I feel confident that all wanting to buy
goods for cash or barter will find it to their
interest to examine my stock and prices.
No trouble to show goods.
Respectfully. J. B. BARTON.
December 15,1875. 20
W. A. BIUIiHTWELL.
■CARPENTER, CONTRACTOR AND
BUILDER,
Residence, Canton, Ga.
O
ALL work done by me will he done with nrat
n- *5 and dispatch. i’ric<« niasviiable —eulisfaction
Aug 4. 1-Qm
UROSCO PIA.
T \R. G. W. MADDOX has practiced
1 / medicine tor three years, wuh great
success, in the rapid cure of diseases, c-pc
cially those of females. Chronic diseases.
b<nh of males and females, yield readily to
his pure medicines. Cases can be sent to
him by express or by hand, one half ounce
of urine being sufficient to locate the dis
ease. Medicines sent to any part of the
United States at h - risk. Alf cases prompt
ly attended to, day or night. Address, G.
W. Maddux, Walesca, ('htrok«e countv,
Cccawi-i
Brewster, Sharp & Dowda,
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Agents,
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REAL ESTATE,
Examine Titles,
FVRNISM ABSTRACTS,
Make Collections,
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NESS IN OUR LINK.
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i
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It is well known tn doctors and women that the latter are subject to nuineroHß dia
csscs ;>eculiar to their sex, such as Suppression of the Menses, Whites, Painful Monthly
Periods Rheumatism of the Buck uul Womb, Irregular Menstruation, Heinorthng#
: Excessive “Flow,” and Prolapsus Uteri, or Failing of the Womb. 3be Professioa b«,
’ in vain, tor many years, sought diligently for some remedy that would enable them to
treat this disease with success. At last that remedy has been discovered, by one ot the
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Rutledge, Ga., February 16th, 1871,
Thi* is to certify that my wife was an invalid tor six years. J fad disease of the
womb, attended with headache, weight m the lower part of the back ; suffered from lan
guor, exhaustion and nervousness, loss of apatite and flesh. She bad become ex
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aug26-ly JOHN HHABP
Thankful for the very flatteringreceptien the FEMALE REGULATOR baa met wltk
from ail portions nt the country, the Proprietor begs leave to announce that ba has
i largely increased bis manufacturing facilities, an 1 hopes that before very long he will be
able to place within the reach of every sulk-ring woman this, the greatest boon tn her sok
i Prien, 81.->D per Bottle. For saie by all Druggisls in the United Statns.
• L. 11. BRADFIELD. Proprietor, Atlanta, Werrefn