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HOW MOIHE Y I8 MADE BY FAKMING.
Mach labor it done on&nfts that
is not (arming in iu true sense. By.
such labor no money is itiade. A
mao may support himself and his
family, keep out of debt, /m<f hive
a few dollars in his pocket by prac«
ticing the most stringent economy.
If he is otherwise than industrious
and sober, he is on the down grade
with loose brakes, and the end is not
reached. But farming in its true
sense is a profession equal in dignity
to that of law or medicine, and needs
equal study, mental capacity, and
intelligently directed labor to com
mand success in it. The principle
which underlies the practice of the
true farmer must be well under
stood and a steady, consistent
course of operations must be fol
lowed. Having thoroughly learn
ed the nature and capacity of the
Soil he possesses, and chosen the
rotation most suitable, and the stock
to be most profitably upon it, he
does not swerve from his chosen
course, but in good markets and
bad, raises his regular crops and
keeps his land in regular increasing
fertility. No special cry tempts or
frightens him. He does not talk
dairy this season or crcps the next;
but doubtless if any particular pro
duct be in demand aud brings a
good price ho has some of it to sell
and reaps his share of the advan
tage, He saves as much money as
some men make, by care and econo
my in purchasing and preserving
tools, seeds, manure and machines;
and his business habits aud con
stant readiness fir all occasins give
him reasonable security against the
effects of adverse seasons and bad
weather. Always prepared, he is
never too soon, and thus, “taking
time by the forelock he has the
stern old tyrant at his command,
and turns him at his will. He lias
no losses, and his gains are steady.
COTTON-TO INSURE A STAND OF.
Editors. Southern Cultivator: —
“Middle South Carolina” m respnse
to “Middle Georgia,” omiled to say,
in case of a baking rain after plant
ing Ilia cotton, wnat he would do to
insure a stand. Now it seems to
me that just there lies the chief
cause of bad stands. I beg to sug
gest a little improvement on his
ways and means. In addition to
rolling in ashes, we beg to do away
with rolling in dirt. We recom
mend rolling in some good fertilizer,
to act as a stimu 1 it to the plant
while endeavoring to force its way
through stiff' land, in case of <lr\
baking weather; and again, if there
have been heavy baking rains after
planting, and a crust forme',
rhi an iron-tooth harrow on r tie
bed. This will pulverize the sur
face of the bed, and probably des
troy countless numbers of grass,
weeds, eel. Alter getting u good
stand up, we sometimes fail to se
cure a permanent stand trotn cart
lessness, ami si m■•times fiom dis
ease-—sore skin, rust, lice, t ct. The
first and second we can avoid and
remedy by a It ie care. In the
first place, chop out to a stand aud
a half—in other wools, leave the
hills at the distance of about JO or
12 inches apart, and iu every ot' er
hill leavje two stalks. Two stalks
iti a lull and hills fmtn 10 to 12 in
ches apait. is what is considered a
double stand; the intervening hill
1 stalk, one ami a half-lands. Ti is
latter, it will be observed is our
remedy for sore shin. This manner
of chopping- is a rule lor careless
hands to work In, as they will
bruise the weed in chopping out, by
cutting it wilh tue corner of the hoe
or awkwardly pulling n about, and
jerking grass, weeds and trash slov
evenly over it. In hoeing oversee
ond time, the cotton will have readi
ed a stage in giowth when it is not
subject to sore shin—then thin to a
stand.' First plowing take turning
pioiigh wilh a liar side to the cot
ton and hoard attached, to prevent
too much dia being thrown to young
cotton. The luin shovel will cover
all weeds and grass iu middles.—
Subsequent cultivation ala Dick
6011'8 mode.
MIDDLE ALABAMA.
Bedford, Ala.
PRACTICAL IILTTKH MAKING.
A lady hi tin* Western llttrul thus
pleasantly describes her practice iu
butter making;
“I use six quart pans, putting
nbout three quarts in each, and al
low it to stand 30 or 3t> hours before
lifting the cream, which is put in a
suitable vessel (usually a pan) iu
which it remains in a place some
what warmer than that in which the
milk Is kept: stirring occasionally
in order to equalize the acidity and
temperature. Churning day comes
twice a week, and is looked forward
to with pleasure rather than other
wise. My churn is very primitive
in its simplicity—a stone jar, used
without a cover of any kind. When
churning time comes, ! set my cream
near the stove, stirring occasionally
while getting breakfast. After
breakfast, I scald my jar, and put in
the cream before the jar gets cool,
and in from four to seven minutes
churning, it is ready for the butter
bowl; aud strange as it may seem,
all the work of churning is ]>crfomud
in an open jar, wfth a simple paddle.
Patent churns of the meat philosoph
ical pattern will fail when cream is
not properly c r_d for. Them is r.o
witchcraft about the chum, nor mys
tery in butter making the one thing
needful is common sense and vigi
lance in the care and preparation of
the cream,”
AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Farmers, organize 1 is the watch
word of to-day, all over our beauti
ful country. The Farmers’Clubs in
almost every thickly settled neigh
borhood, are all doing a good work,
developing crude ideas and suggest
ing experiments. The County Ag
ricultural Societies holding their an
nual fairs in almost every county,
are making rapid strides in improve
ment of the stock and the crops.
The State Agricultural Societies
are also working a revolution in the
fine stock interest, the improvement
of farms and crops, and the intro
duction of improved farm machine
ry.
Within the past year or two the
“Patrons of Husbandry”—a nation
al organizationy—has been organized
in various sections of the country,
and is destined to elevate the profes
sion of the farmer, and make them
a power iu the land that will be felt
by monopolies.
The Agricultural Congress com
posed of the best men of the nation,
is making the profession of farming
of the first national importance, de
veloping theories, and adopting plans
looking to the improvement of the
agricultural interests of the country.
Think of the incalculable good
that is now being done every year
by this array of Agricultural organ
izations.
Farmers, organize, and keep up
your organizations, attend your
meetings, consult with each other,
for the contest will now r commence
between the monopolies, and these
organizations that represent your
best financial interest. Heretofore
there lias been no contest; the
farmers, single-handed, were subject
to all the impositions of the sharp
ers and monopolists.
Fanners, organize in defiance of
political leagues. You have the Ag
ricultural press all over the country
at your command. Let these pa
pers be your organs. Give them
your support, and they will stand by
you through every contest.— Bes
tow Agriculturist.
HOW IT HAS RESULTED.
I promised you, sometime since,
that I would write you again about
our farmers club
We did not get organized in time
to get the benefit, or much of
the spring trade. We found,
however, on corresponding with the
plow and ciiltivntoi manufacturers,
that in dealing with them through
the Club and receiving our farming
implements directly from them, they
would he furnised at about 25 to 30
per cent, less titan they could be
procured through agents in the old
way. Reaper men and threshing
machine manufacturers will not de
duct. quite so much, but there can
he 110 doubt in this line it will prove
a great benefit to our members.
Those of the Club who purebased
cultivators and hedge plants last
spring, saved more than it will cost
to belong to the Club a lifetime.
The “regular agents” have conn*
down wonderfully on plows aid
cultivators. They tell us, you know,
that they get them freighted cheap
er, <fcc.
It seems strange that farmers till
over the country will not take the
matter in lumd and deal mutually to
gether, and work, for each other’s
benefit. Much can he saved every
year in buying implements in this
way, or iu selling grain or other
produce. Besides, there cun be
much valuable information gained
l«v these friendly talks about how
we farm, and how weought to farm.
Farmers, it is greatly to your inter?
est to organize clubs for your mu
tual benefit. Try, and see tor your
selves.—N. 15. M. in Prairie Fann
er.
Cure for Bite of Mad Dog.—A
lady friend, about 90 years of age,
sends the following to the American
Fanner tor publication:
Immediately after being bitten,
take IA oz. of the root ol Elecam
pane; the green root is perhaps
preferable, hut the dried will an
swer, and may be found in the drug
stores; the latter was used by the
author of the receipt—slice or bruise
the root, put into a pint of fresh
milk, boil down—fasting at least 0
hours afterward. The next morn
ing repeat the dose, fasting, using
two oz. of the root. Oil the third
morning take another dose, prepar
ed its the last, and this will bo suffi
cient. It is recommended that after
each dose nothing he eaten for at
least six hours. It is supposed tliat
the root contains a principle which,
being taken up by the blood in its
circulation, counteracts or neutral
izes the deadly effects of the virus of
hydrophobia.
Mr. F. Dyer, a farmer of Galena,
Kent co., Md., has a sou who was
bitten by a mad dog IS years ago,
and four other children in the neigh
borhood were bitten ; they took the
above dose, and are alive and w<&
to this day, and he has known a
number of others who wen bitten
and applied the same remedy, t
' Fall PotaTors.— Tbe vines
should be dusted once in every two
weeks, early, in ibe morning, wht}n
the dew is on, with a mixture of
equal parts of lime, ashes jsalt and
plaster: this will not only assist in
the growth of the plant, but will be
a preventive of disease. Top
dressing the potato with compost
earth, well rotted chip manure, Sec.,
soon after the plants make their ap
pearance, has been found to be of
freat service. Tbe vines should be
ept clean of weeds and grass and
the earth between the rows well
stirred, so as freely to admit the
air, dew and rains.
Materials fob Manors.—Eve
ry opportunity and spare moment
should be availed of to gather ma
terials for making manure—these
are found in every direction around
and about the farm—and need only
to be gathered and formed into com
post heaps to become sources of
profit, whilst many things, now
nothing but nuisances, can be made
to yield that which is “as good as
gold."
Danger from Wet Clothes.—
Few persons understand fully the
reason why" wet clothes exert such a
chilling influence. It is simply this:
Water, when it evaporates, carries
oft’ an enormous amount of heat, in .
what is called the latent form. One
pound of water iu vapor contains as
much heat as nine or ten pounds of
liquid water, and all this heat must,
of course, be taken from the body.
If our clothes are moistened with
three pounds of water : that is, if,
by wetting, they are rendered three
pounds heavier, these three pounds
will, in drying, carry off as much
heat as would raise three gallons of
ice-cold water to the boiling point.
No wonder that damp clothes chill
us.— Handicraft.
Arnica. —A bottle of arnica should
be considered indispensable in every
house. For bruises, cuts and burns,
if applied immediately, it is almost
magical in its effects. We find it al
so recommended for ear-ache, to be
used as follows: As soon as any
soreness is felt in the ear—which
feeling almost always precedes the
regular “ache”—let three or four
drops of the tincture of arnica be
poured in, and then the orifice filled
with a little cotton to exclude the
air; and in a short time the uncasi
ness is forgotten. If the arnica is
not resorted to until there is actual
pain, the cure may not be so speedy,
but it is just as certain. If one ap
plication of the arnica does not ef
fect a cure, it will be necessary to
repeat it, it may be, several times.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Lilg Cake. —One cup butler, three
cups sugar, one cup milk, four cups
11 uir, four eggs, teaspoon-full soda,
teaspoon-'ul cream tartar.
Clove Cake. —One cup sugar, one
cup hotter, two cups flour, four
eggs, teaspoon full soda, teaspoon
full cream tartar.
Pine Apple Harmalade. —Parc the
nine apples and take out all the eyes,
then grate them and add to ear h
pound of fruit J of a pound of white
sugar, and hoit gently until it thick
ens and bec<.mc3 clear.
Tomato Lily — Take one peck
green tomatoes, cut them in slices
and sprinkle wilh salt, out (Item in
a jar a,id press them tight; let them
remain over night. Next morning
dtain through a culleodi r, add to
them 12 onions, sliei and, £ ounce black
pepper, a teaspoonful ot red pepper,
I ou.ice mustard, i’ll), mustard seed,
1 lb. brown sugar, 1 ounce cloves,
l ounce allspice. Put in a kettle,
cover them with good vinegar and
foil till tender.
Cocoanut Cake —O ie cup of buty
■ter, 2 cups sugar, -I egg-, I teaspoon
of soda, 2 of cream of tarta in a
cup of milk ; one grated cocoa tut
should be mixed with flour and the
whites of the eggs beaten to a froth.
Flour enough should be used to
make about as stiff as poutul cake.
Chow Chow .—Take quarter of a
peck of green tomatoes, tbe same
quantity each of 1 ieklmg fe ,n» aud
white onions; one dozen each of
cuci.mh rs and gre* 11 peppers, one
head of cabbage. Season to the
taste with mustard, celery seed and
salt. Pour over these the best ci
der vinegar, sufficient to cover.—
Boil slowly for two hours, continu
ally stirring, and add while hot two
tablespoons of the finest salad oil.
j Miss Lee's new mode of Preserving
Peaches. —Pare, halve and weigh
the penehes; put them in a preserv
ing kettle of boiling water, and to
six pounds of peaches, put a tea*
spoon full of soda or pearl-ash; let
them boil one minute ; then take
them out and throw them in cold
water; scrape‘Off 1 the black scum
which adheres to the peaches; wipe
and lay them on a dish ; have the
kettle cleaned, and -put the peaches
in layers with half their weight in
sugar; they will not require eny
water; let them cook slowly at firsjji,
then boil till clear; take them out
and let the syrup boil till it become*
rich. Tbe flavor of the- peath i# re
tained and they dre nbt so sWCet as
in the old waj > ... jah'. v, jp
Bilung’s Advice to Joe.—
awl means,-doe; ge* married, if you
get a fair shovV. Don’t stand shiv
ering on the bank, but pitch in and
stick yure hed under and the shiver
is over. There ain’t enny more
trick in getting married after you’re
redy then there is in eating peanuts.
Menny'a man has stood shivering on
the shore till the river awl run out.
Don’t expect to many an angel;
them have awl been picked up long
ago. Remember, Joe, you ain’t a
saint yonrself. Do not marry for
buty exclusively ; but it is like ice,
awl slipperly, and thaws dreadful
easy. Don’t marry for luv neither
—luv is like a cooking stove, good
for nothing when the fuel gives out.
But marry a mixture, and let the
mixture be some buty becomingly
dressed, with about two hundred and
fifty dollars in her pocket, a good
speller, handy and neat in the house,
plenty of good sense, a tuff constitu
tion and by-laws, small feet, a little
stepper ; add to this sound teeth and
a warm heart. This mixture will
keep in enny climate, and not evap
orate. If the cork happens to be
left off for two or three minutes, the
strength ain’t gone. Joe, for heav
en’s sake, don’t marry for pedigree.
Thar ain’t much in pedigree unless
it is backed by bank stocks. A fam
ily with nothing but pedigree gen
erally lack sense.
John Wesley used to say: “Oh
how hard it is to be shallow enough
for a genteel congregation ” Minis
ters seem to have little difficulty of
that kind in these days.
A sexton, being very familiar with
a physician, was asked whether he
had entered into partnership with
him. “O yes,” said he, “we’ve been
together for some time; I always
carry the doctor’s work home when
it is done.”
SPRING
—AND—
SUMMER TRADE
1873.
Buyers, Look to Your Interest!
WE ARE DETERMINED to
decrease out large stock, and
in order to give an extra Impetus to
Business we are determined to
Mark All Our Goods Doivn !
We shall from this day sell
CLOTHING,
HATS,
—AND—
GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS
at astonishing low prices. Our
Goods have all bee.i selected, this
Spring wilh great cate, and the
styles and prices will suit the most
iastidious and economical. From
our large and varied stock of Fine
and Medium Ready-made
CLOTHING,
HATS,
CAP'S,
STRAW GOODS,
You will have no trouble to select at
prices to suit yourselves.
To Country Merchants, we offer
Special Inducements!
Call and examine helore purchas
ing elsewhere.
Rusel Bros.,
250 Broad St., Under Globe Hotel,
AUGUS TA, GA.
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These liittcra kro poai'.ivtly mVnlu&tlein
They purify the Bystem, and will cure
Bemittent and Intermittent lfevtr*,
and are a preventive of Chills and Fever.
AU yield to their powerful efficacy.
An an antidote to change of Water and Diet. .
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lEBULII/ln Vonng or Old,
Single, time Bitten are
✓•Snallad and have often haan
f - moans of caring lift. :**•
. FRANK & ECKSTEIN,
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