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simple Flan for Coring Pea
vine Hay,
Editor* Southern Cultivator : I see
in your Jtine number, under the bead
of ‘‘lnquiries and answers to Inqui
ries/’ your two plans for curing Pea
vine Hay. In some respects your
plans are doubtless very good, but in
others altogether, to my mind, imprac
ticable. For instance, your “Rail Pen”
plan requires the procuring of both
rails and boards, to insure anything
like success, belore commencing to
cure the hay; ADd that of hanging
vines on the bows of a tree top set in
the ground, to sey the least of it, is
attended with such labor and inconve
nience in placing the tree top in
positiou as to render the undertaking
almost out of tbo question. If by this
article I can make myself understood,
I will endeavor to give “Book Farmer”
a simple plan for constructing pea-vine
stacks, and the curing of hay, that will
never fail of success, however rainy
the weather may be or humid the
atmosphere, if carefully pursued. In
the first place, procure six posts, (green
pine poles will answer,) 8 feet long;
bore in each post with a two inch
auger three holes, two feet apart,
beginning with the first hole four feet
from the lower or ground end of each
post; insert in the holes pins one foot
long, made of hickory or other strong
wood ; lay off the stack 30 feet long
by fffur feet wide. This will give
three posts on each side of the stack
in a straight line, 15 feet apart one
way, by four feet the other; dig the
holes two feet deep, and putting in the
posts turn the pins to the inside. Next
procure twelve poles, sixteen feet long,
('medium size,) place four of the poles
on tbe lower row of pins, two on each
side, lapped at tbe centre post. Tbe
stack is then ready for the first layer
of vines—commence stacking by grasp
ing the root end of as many vines as a
man can well handle with both hands,
throwing the vines across each pole it
long enough to extend, leaving about
one foot of vines at the root end on
the outside of the pole; in this way,
pass up and down alternately on one
and then on the other side of the stack ;
if the vines are not long enough to
reach across from one pole to the other,
it makes no difference, as the space
will soon fill up as the stacking pro
gresses. When the space between the
first and second row of pins is well
filled, lap up four other side poles as
in tbe first instance, being careful to
keep the outside of the stack perpen
dicular with the outer end of the vine,
about one foot outside the poles. In
pulling up the vines and in carrying
them to the stack, care should be taken
to keep the roots compact and even.,—
After filling to the third row of pins,
and placing on the last post, continue
the stack in the same manner until
nearly completed, when it will be
necessary for the stacker to get on top
and make a rounding shape to the top,
eo as to throw the water during rain
fall, off at the sides of the stack.—
Green pea-vines staoked in this man
ner, will keep perfectly sound and sweet
in tbe open air, until after the gather
ing of corn, and make bay far superior
to any grass ever mowed North, East
or West. In this manner, I have suc
ceeded for years in saving pea-vine bay
perfectly sweet, without mildew, or
tbe loss of a pond by rot.
Quitman, June 4 lk. Quitman.
Stacks may after the sarno manner
be made any size, from ten to one
hundred feet long. Q.
YYliat is a Good ITlilk Cow.
AY hat we need is a good cow that
can eat and digest a deal of food, and
can then convert it into milk, not into
meat or fat. It is by careful attention
to and development of some points,
that the good milker is at last obtained.
"What are these points?
First; health, good constitution or
digestive apparatus, for which we re
quire a capacious belly.
Second ; that the largest possible de
velopment of the animal shall be be
hind, in the udder and parts adjacent.
A good cow is likely to be wedge
shaped, of which the head is the small
er end.
Big heads, or horns, or shoulders are
not to be desired, because they have to
be nourished by the food. But these
are indispensable ; a large bag, and
hind quarters to support and minister
to it. How have they been attained,
and how can they be further perfect
ed ? By always breeding from the cow
having this development and from the
bull descended from 6uch a mother.—
More and more these perfections will
increase as they descend from mother
to child, until at last the greatest pos
sible milk producer is reached, if in
deed, it he not already. Possibly an
individual cow may have reached the
limit in this direction ; but what we
need now is the certainty that every
calf will grow to be such a cow. We
want, not that one. but that eveiy cow
shall give thirty quarts in summer, and
twenty in winter, then we will agrre to
stop awhile. Observe, both parents
sbo.ild have health, and both should
have these posterior developments.—
By using due care, then properties will
become so fixed as to bo continued with
certainty to their descendants.
So little attention lias been given to
this matter in this country, that our
great milk raisers say: “We know
nothing of breeds; we prefer the na
tive cow.” And what is the “ native
cow ? As early as 1608, it is suppogN
ed, cattle were brought from England
into Virginia; in 1624 into New Eng
land ; in 1625 into New York from Hol
land ; in 1627 into the Delaware coun
try from Sweden; in 1831 into New
Hampshire, etc., etc. All these, com
ing from various sources, have been
miDgled in every possible way, and are
known here as "natives.” They have
SO distinctive peculiarities which they
transmit, but in many cases care and
climate and good food have produced
from them excellent cows, and the “red
oxen” of Connecticut are not easily
equaled. The vast, majority of our
cows are of this kind, and are poor;
and from these the milk raisers are ob
liged to select. What do our milkmen
look tor in selecting milk giving cows?
The first appearance, to a judge will
convey an impression as to the health
or constitution of a cow. He will ask,
also, a bony frame, one that does not
steal the fat from the milk ; lie will feel
the skin, to find it flexihlo and covered
with close, softish hair; he will ask for
good lung room, a capacions belly, a
wide rump and a well developed bag
covered with soft hair. Extending
from this bag forward, be will he desir
ous to see prominent the two great
veins which lose themselves in the bel
ly ; and on the back of tbe udder he
will look for many well defined brandl
ing veins. Then comes Guenon’s ‘milk
mirror/ which is a broad strip of hair
running up from the udder, to the vulva,
which be consideres the one thing
needful; but which has not, in this
country, been found an infallible test,
though it is a good one. If, iu addition,
the cow is gentle and good tempered,
you are almost sure a milk-maker.—
Look for that kind. — u The Milk -
Makers ,” in April Galaxy.
Farm Phoverds. —Do not keep
more live stock on your farm than you
can keep well.
House all thiogs as much as possi
ble—animals utensils and crops.
S<-11 when you can get a fair price
and do not store for rats and specula
tors.
The more comfortable you can keep
your animals, tbe more they will thrive.
A good cow is a valuable machine—
the more food she properly digests the
greater the profit.
A few roots daily, to all the stock
are as welcome as apples to boy3 and
girls.
Replace all the bars where you
pass often by strong gates and then
wonder that you didn’t do so before.
Always give the soil the first meal.
If it is well fed with manure, it will
feed all else—plants animals and men.
A borrowed tool, if broken, should
be replaced by anew one. A nice
sense of honour in such matters is
much to be commended.
It seems strange that house-keepers
don’t buy pails and tubs with brass
hoops and trimmings. They cost a
little more at first, but last wonder
fully.
LiT Liquid manures have of late
yearß been much employed. They
can be applied after vegetation has ad
vanced and they are in a state to be
made once available to the crop. More
recently some have advocated steeping
the seeds and grains in certain solu
tions before sowing them. Prof. John
stou suggests a mixture of phosphate
of soda, sulphate of magnesia, nitrate
of potash, common salt and sulphate
of ammonia (one pound of each) in
ten gallons of water, for steeping three
hundred ponnds of seed, which are to
be afterwards dried with gypsum or
qucklimc.— Exchange.
A Boy Lifted bva Kite.—A young
lad at Lake Station, Mississippi, had a
very large and beautiful kite presented
to him, about six feet by four in s ze,
which he attempted to raise on the 2d
ultimo, just as the wind was increasing
and a storm was threatening. The wind
drew the kite so heavily as to drag the
boy along also. To prevent losing the
favorite, he wound ihe cord around his
body. At last the gust bore kite and
boy along in the rapid air currents.—
The boy seemed to be about one hun
dred feet above the earth, and the kite
five times that distance. At last the
young kite flyer caught in the top of
a tree and was suspended seventy five
feet above the ground. A flood of rain
came on, slackening tbe line, abating
the wind and allowing the little suffer
er to he rescued. He was found to be
unconscious, and so bruised and marred
as to be scarcely recognized, but was
restored the same evening and is now
doing well.— Vicksburg Times.
Printing in the United States.
—lt is estimated that there are over
6000 Printing Offices in the United
States. We should think that to this
number there are added at least one
new office every day. At this rate,
and supposing that every proprietor of
a Printing Office keeps up with the
constant improvement of the times in
presses and material, it is difficult to
form an idea of the vast magnitude
and influence of the printing fraterni
ty. Verily, they are a power in the
land. In the matter of improvement
some of the finest minds and best taL
ent of the land seem devoted to that
end, and what was deemed impossible
a few years ago seems now to be in the
grasp of every printer.
[Chicago Specimen.
The Orientals travel with bar
gold coin and jewels to pay ther way
in foreign lands, ban) ,ng being very
little of *n Eastern institution ; there,
ore it is Dot so very wonderful, if cu
rious, to hear that the Viceroy of
Egypt, to meet his expenditure in
England, came furnished with twelve
boxes oak, bound with brass, each box
being eighteen inches long, nine inches
high, and twelve in width, and con
taining gold and notes.
Cotton Sales for Future Dkliv*
ery. —The New York Mercantile
Journal says :
The sales for future delievery appa
rently betoken a higher range of values
tor the early winter delievery, although
it is difficult to state on what ground
these assumptions are based. Low
Middlings, for October, have sold at
29c.; November, 27£ ; December, 2GA
@27? ; and January, 26@26£c,
I. T. BANKS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Dealer in Boots and Shoes, Leather,
Calfskins, and Shoe Findings, (Rawson’s
Building,) Corner Whitehall and Hunter
Streets, Atlanta, Ga.
No connection with any other Shoe
House in the City. Extra Inducements,
at Wholesale. jan2l 6m. *
Dried Peaches.
bushels peeled and unpeeled Peaches
4JYJVJ wanted, for which the highest market
price in cash, or goods at cash prices will be
Paid. e. T. POUND.
m. &s. v. Kmm,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Jslajilt ;uiij /anni
DRY GOODS,
YANKEE NOTIONS,
Soots anil Sljocs,
IIATS, CAPS and STRAW GOODS,
Raedy Made Clothing,
(Old Stand of Talley, Brown A C 0.,)
Whitehall Street,
jan2i ly* ATLANTA, GA.
HANSON, BLOODWORTH & CO.
The undersigned having associated
themselves under the firm name of Han
son, Bloodworth A Cos., for carrying on the
MERCANTILE,
WAREHOUSE, COMMISSION,
MANUFACTURING and MIL
- LING BUSINESS,
Respectfully solicit the continued patron
age of our friends and the public general
ly*
The Warehouse, as heretofore, will con
tinue to receive the personal attention of
our Mr. Bloodworth, and each of the part
ners will use their best efforts to promote
the interest of all who patronize them.
We are now receiving a select stock of
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, I'lotktng, Notions, &c.
Also a choice stock of
Family Groceries,
A general stock of
Fertilizers, etc.,
To which we invite the attention of nil
buyers. We will sell as cheaply as any
merchants in our village. Give us a trial.
J. B. Hanson,
E. ff. Rloodwurtii,
J. F. llanson.
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NEW ERA IN OIL!
(Patented Sept. 11, 18G0.)
Vacuum Oil Blacking
Renders Hard Boots Soft as
New and Impervious to Water.
Vacuum Oil Blacking
Makes Stiff Harness Tliable and
Prevents Cracking.
Vacuum Oil Blacking
Softens and Strengthens the
Fibres of Leather and adds
Greatly to its Durability.
CdF 3 No Farmer or Horseman Should
be without it. It is Good and
Cheap. Try it and Recommend
it, as
Thousands tire doing Everywhere.
PUT UP IN TIN CANS, BY
VACUUM OIL. COMPANY,
Rochester, IS. Y.
BRlCES—Quarts, 75 cts. ; Pints, 50
cts. ; Half- piitts, 25 cts.
Sold by E. T. Pound, Barnesvillc, Ga.
and by wide awake Dealers everywhere.
June 24 6m
O BLACKMAN S Graded Songs for Day
• Schools. Already introduced with great
success into the schools of Chicago, Peoria, Tol
edo, and other cities, Price, No. 1, Bc. *6 00
P- r hundred. No. 2,15 c. sll 25 per hundred.
No. 3,25 c. $18.75 per hundred.
Address HOOT & CADY,
10—tf Chicago, HI.
Millinery.
Mbs. M. C. GOODWYN respectfully in
torins her triends and customers that she
has on hand a Large and well selected assort
ment of
Willmovy daods,
And will continue to receive the Latest Styi.eh
during the Spring and Summer months, Will
spare no pains to please those who may favor
her with their patronage, and respectfully so
licits the favors ol her former friends and cua
tomera. may 13—tf
MUSIC.
J W. Ramsey & D. S. McFarland Teachers of
\ocal Music, Dalton, Ga., will teach Vocal Music
in any part of the country where schools are
w anted. Churches desiring their services after the
Ist of July will notify them at once
TERMS:—6 days $1:00 pr. Scholar; 8 days.
$1:50 pr. Scholar ; 10 days, $2:00 pr. Scholar; 20
days, $5:00 pr. Scholar.
We would say to the Church and people, that
after many years constant devotion to the science,
weare prerared to interest all who may favor ns
wtth their patronage. Reference as to character:
Rev. J, M. Richardson, Dalton, Ga.; Atticus
H ygood, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. M. label, Spring
P.ace, Ga heference as to qualifications : J. I*
Warren, Norfoik Va.; William Walker, Sparten
burg, S. C. For further particulars address
uneß-3re J. W. RAMSEY, Daltoa, Ga.
HARRALSON, PAYLOR & CO.,
MANUFACTURER’S AGENTS
For tlio Sale of NORTH CAROLINA and VIRGINIA
TOBACCO,
No. 10, Hollingsworth’s Block, - -- -- -- -- Macon, Ca.,
Keep a, Large Assortment of
eaSWIHG and SMOKING TOBACCO
AT
MANUFACTURER’S PRICES!
J ulyS-Gm
TO THEJTRADE.
WE INVITE the attention of tbe trade to our magnificent stock of Tobacco, con
sisting in part of the following celebrated brands:
Chewing Tobacco-
Davis & Son’s Gold Leaf; Davis & Son's Rattlesnake; Davis & Son's
Three Belles , Magnolia of tbe South, extra fine. Three Kings, Brown’s Best,
R. E. Lee, T. J. Jackson, 11. P- Moore, Mountain Rose, Rosa Belle, Twist,
McGee’s Best, Max 1 A, Max 2 A, Magnet, Tycoon, and many other popular
brands.
Smoking Tobacco.
Pride of Virginia, Hiawatha, Here’s Yer Mule, Fruits and Flowers, and a
variety ot other superior brands.
JORDAN, HOWARD & HARRALSON,
may 13—tf Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
BEAD! READ!! READ!!
—AND BE—
CONVINCED rALYLUJ):
GROCERIES
CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE IN
Middle Georgia,
We keep at all times a heavy Stock, and are receiving additions each day,
which enables us to give our Customers Fresll Goods as at the Lowest Points.
Wow in Store, and Arriving,
150 lag 9 Rio Coffee, all grades, 200 B, C, and Crushed Sugar,
75 Tierces Lard, 140 Kegs do, 20 Tierces Carolina Rice,
150 Barrels Flour, 300 Sacks and Half Sacks Flour,
150 Boxes Cream Cheese, 75 Barrels Rectified Whisky.
25 Barrels Robinson Cos., W hisky, 50 Barrels old Rye and Bourbon Whisky
240 Sacks Salt, 20 Tuba Choice Goshen Butter,
350 Boxes N. C. and Va., Tobacco.
Consignment and for sale low— 90 Hhds, Bacon Sides and Shoul
ders, 50 Barrels Mess and Prime Mess Pork ; together with a large Stock of
Case Goods- Such as Canned Oysters, Lobsters, Raisins, Wines, Soap, Soda,
Potash, Lye, Pickles, Sauces, &c., &<*..
Be sure and Price our Goods, and we know you will btiv your bills of
SEYMOUR, TINSLEY & CO.,
Corner Cherry & 3d Streets, Macon. Ga.
JAMES Bb* rnuun, A. It. TmM.nr, T. I>. TiNfot.ur. . deo!7— tf
GET A BUSINESS EDUCATION
■■ . ...
BRYANT, STRATTON & EARHART’S
NASHVILIjE
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Without Competition.
Tha only Commercial Institution in the
State which has introduced
ACTUAL BUSINESS PRACTICE.
Affording the facilities of a Practical
Business Education,
BY WEANS OF
Banks, Representative Money, and al j
FORMS OF
Commercial Paper, such as
| Notes, Drafts, , Sfc., together with
Business Offices, to Represent Differ
ent Departments of
Trade and Commerce.
An Improved
Course of Instruction.
Adopted by a Convention of the Res
ident Principals and Proprietors
of the International Chain,
held at Cleveland during
two weeks of July
last, embracing
AN ENTIRELY NEW
System of Actual Business Training ’
Original with the Colleges of the
"Chain,” and marking an
era in Commercial Edu
cation.
Scholarships Issued For Life. Good in
MORE THAN
Forty Institutions.
For College Journal giving full partic
ulars, Address H. P. EARHART.
Masonic Temple, Nashville, Tenn. )
jan7-8:n
R. SINCLAIR & CO..
02 Light Street,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Manufacturers of
A GRICULTURAL IM CLEMENTS,
MB M&GEIKEBY,
Growers and Importers of
Gafdea ami Field Seeds,
Invite the attention of
Farmers,
Planters,
And the Trade,
To their choice and well selected
Stock of Labor-Saving Implements
and Machinery, which are princi
pally of their own Manufacture.
We name in Part:
PLOWS, all sizes and Patterns.
HARROWS,
CULTIVATORS,
SULKY CULTIVATORS,
SELF-RAKE REAPERS,
and MOWERS,
.Voicing Machines, Southern Iron Jirace
Gram Cradles, Horse Sul kg Rates, for
(i rain and Hay, Re voicing Hay Rates,
W heat Gleaners,
Ilorse Powers, Different Patterns,
Thrashers and Cleaners, Thrash
ers and Straw Carriers,
Wheat Fans, Grist
Mills, Corn and
Cob Crushers,
Hay Presses, Fodder
Cutters, Hay and Straw
Cutters, Horse Power Shellers
and Cleaners, Hand Shelters, Singl
and Double Spout, Wheat
and Guano Drills, Im
proved Corn Plant
ers, Cotton
Planters,
And a large selection of
Agricultural Hardware.
R. SINCLAIR & CO.,
62 Light Street,
6m Baltimore, Md.
H. T. COX & 8R0.,1
dtommission itlerdjants,
FORSYTH STREET,
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
17—6 m
W.H. KEIFER,
—AND—
HARNESS MANUFACTURER.
STILL at his old stand, at the corner of
Pound’s Brick Store, is now fully prepared
with a good stock ol material of the best qual
ity, to manufucture
SADDLES,
ALL KINDS OF
HARNESS,
COLLARS,
BRIDLES,
WHIPS, Sfe.
All work done neatly, and with despatch.
Feeling- thankful for former patronage, and
believing that he has given full satisfaction
heretofore, he hopes for the future to receive
a liberal share ol patronage.
Having a heavy stock of Saddlery Hardware,
purchasers would do well to give him a call
before purchasing elsewhere.
Barnesville, Oct. 22, 1863. I—ly
H&TIQKAL EQTHL,
ATLANTA, GA.,
Cor, Whitehall Street, and Western & At
lantic Itail Road,
E. B. FOND, Proprietor,
novl2—tf
AMKRIGAM UQTL.
Alabama Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Nearest Passenger Depot,
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Proprietors.
W. D, Wyley, Clerk.
HAVING re leased and rrnovated the above
Hotel, we are prepared to entertain guests
in a most satisfactory manner. Charges fair
and moderate. Our efforts will be to please.
Baggage carried to aud lrom the Depot free
of charge. novl2-tf
READ THIS.
A NY PERSON desiring to buy pure blood
iV or half breed Chester White Pigs, can do
so by calling ou the subscriber, five miles south
ol Barnesville on the Culloden Road.
MORGAN G. HOWARD.
oct22—tf
R. WALTER & CO.,
illljolcoalc i£!oll)icvs,
—AND—
Jobbers in Cloths,
Doeskins,
CnssinicreS)
Saftincts,
Jeans,
Kalian Cloth, Ac.
WE GUARANTEE to all who
send us orders that perfect satisfac
tion will be given in selections.
R. WALTER & CO.,
32G West Baltimore Street, Cor. How ard
Baltimore, Md.
nov 20 6tf
K. E. BROWN. WM. F. BROWN.
BROWN'S HOTEL,
OPPPOSITE DEPOT.
MACON, GA.,
E. E. Erowa & Son.
W M. BRASWELL,
Fashionable Barber.
BHO W N HOUSE,
MACON, GA.
PLANTERS
—AXD
COTTON DEALERS:
We again tender you our services as
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
At our Old Stand on Third Street, and
pledge ourselves to conduct strictly a
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
And shall give special care and attention
to all business entrusted to us.
TPe return our sincere thanks to our old
patrons for past favors, and solicit a con
tinuance of the same, and would request
PLANTERS
Generally to give us a trial, as we make
the sale of COTTON a specialty.
Shall be prepared to render the usual
accommodation.
JONATHAN COLLINS & SON
Cotton Factors,
Julyß-3m macon, oa.
j COUNTRY MERCHAKTg
AUD BUYERS
“OF
Boots,
Shoes,
Hats, *
OROCER lEs
Tobac CO,
Hardware,
Steel,
i
IRON,
—AND—
MANY OTHER ARTICLES L'SPaLIT I KP7
—IN A—
FIRST CLASS
WHOLESALE HOUSE,
—ARE—
INFORMED
—THAT Till-
Spring Stock
—OF—
J. B. ROSS & SON,
! •. f
IS NOW COMPLETE,
A NO IS THE LARGEST AND BEST
.ajA. selected of any they b T ® (Tt
had the pleasure of offering to the K v ’ 5
of Middle and Southern Georgia. 1°
SPRING DRY GOODS,
It is unusually heavy and select *
thy of special attention. Indeed, tk e J
prepared to furnish from a Fish H<A
a Grind Stone, from a Hair Pin t 0 *
of Domestics.
In GOODS and PRICES we know tW
can suit you. Call on
J. B. ROSS A SOX.
WHOLESALE DEAL
—IN—
Groceries, Dry Goods, etc., MaCOD®
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