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Let eaiora sing of the windy deep,* ”~"
Let soldiers praise their armbr;
But in my heart this toast I’U keep— -■ ■
“The independent farmer.* * 1 '
When first the rose in rolje cf green
Unfolds its crimson liuing,
And round his qottage home is seen
The houeysuck'e shining.
When banks of bloom their sweetness yield
To bees that gather honey—
He drires his team across ths field,
When skies are soft and sunny.
The blackbird clucks behind the plow.
The quail pipes lond and clearly;
Yon orchard hides behind the bough
The home he loves so daarly.
The gray old barn doors nnfold
His amp's store in measure;
More rich than heaps of horded gold ;
A precious, blessed treasure.
While yonder in the porch there stands
Ills wife, the fair-love charmer;
The sweetest rose On all the lauds
Os the independent farmer.
To him thq spring comes danciugly,
To him the summer blushes,
The autumn smiles with yellow ray,
His sleep old winter hushes.
He cares uot how the world may move,
No doubt and fears confound mm— *
His little flock is linked in love,
And household angels round him.
He trusts to God and loves his wits,
No griefs nor ills may harm her 1
He's nature’s nobleman in life—
The independent farmer.
For the Jefferson News «j* Farmer .
THE WHEAT CROPS.
Messrs. Editors : —Some musty,
rusty, .old author of ancient times
lias observed iu substance, perhaps
it was the younger Seneca, and pre
ceptor of Nero, that he who writes
for the public eye, is presumed to
know something not generally un
derstood by the public, and there
fore may be thought aide to instruct
the common minds. Ido not wish
to presume to that distinction. But
as a plain fanner who wishes to see
every portion of our extensive agri
culture improved and advanced, and
who desires also to see it take the
loading position to which it belongs,
as the most beautiful science, and
the most noble and independent pro
fession of any in our land, desires
simply to add b s quoto to the gener
al stock of information. The age is
passing away, and the erroneous
opinion with if, that any leather
heads or dull clod-hopper can make
a good farmer. Wonderful improve
ments lmve been made in the lust
quarter of a century. And if the
same benifieent statutes, and the
close interests and attention that lias
been bestowed on other professions
had also been given to this, the im
provement would have been greater.
The science of chemistry as applied
to agriculture, should be the closest
study of those, who expect to live
by the profession. And as farmers
can rarely make more than one ex
periment a year, every attention
should be bestowed upon the re
sults. lint, necessity is said to be
the mother of invention, and l think
the hard visaged old matron is among
us now.
I consider the wheat crop as sec
ond only to the corn crops. Yet
all small grain is important and ben
eficial ; and it is to lie regretted so
little attention is paid to them.—
Among the general objections al
lcdged by planters against the wheat
crop is its uncertiin'y. From an ex
perience of twelve or fifteen years
in its cultivation, under the manage
ment I have adopted, 1 have found
it about as certain as any crops we
usually plant; and I am fully satis
fied if the samp pains are taken with
its cultivation as with corn and cot
ton, others will find it, so too. What
is the usual course pursued by most
fanners in its cultivation t many
plant a crop of corn on the, ground
they expect to sow wheat on in the
fall*. As soon as the corn will do to
gather, all the stock belonging to
the! plantation is turned on the field
to eat it out, which materially in
jures the land ; and with seldom any
other preparation tiff* wheat is sowed
down amidst'the turf, the grass, the
stiff pea vines and half standing
corn stalks. This is slovenly work ;
find if the Hessian fly id abroad, it
is not destroyed, but turns to feed
ing oil the young wheat as soon as
if comps »p. Hence the injury by
theHesstanfiy. If the f inner would
even take the time to turn under his
ground and let it remain two or three
weeks before sou nig, the fly would
disappear. Others delay sowing till
too late in the winter. There is no
good reason to expect a good crop
under such tillage.
The system I have adopted iu the
cultivation of wheat is simply this:
—The ground T contemplate sow
ing down in the fall, I give an ent ire,
uninteniuptod rest unto throughout
the year, unless I may let in some
sows find pigs, or sheep, or perhaps
goats, which do not'injure land, but
rather benefit it than "otherwise;
and these may be .permitted to run
on the field at limited periods, Af
ter my crop is laid by, 1 take every
suitable occasion to turn over tin*
land with the green nop of Weeds,
&.d., on it. In a few weeks the
work is accomplished," and I am
ready to plant at any time I choose.
I have generally selected the dark
nights in October if they come by
the middle of the month. But have
sowed with success*as late-as the
middle of November. I much pre
fer the earlier sowing, events early!
as the 20th. of September. • In each
instance tile ploughing is done thor-,
oughly. Since pursueing this sys
tem I have not failed in a single in
stance ; but will observe that the
dryer the month of May is, not to
be injurious ; the more full the heads
of wheat will* bey if the pionth
[troves quite wet, the lieads will be
ess perfect, which is readily accoun
' ted for by the loss of polern The
main draw back to the wheat crop
with me is, that it does interfere
very much with a full cotton crop ;
and thereby hangs the true reason
why planters will ilot sow it, in my
opinion. But true policy admon
ishes us to make all the provision
our plantation needs. And to do
this successfully, we should gain all
the time we can to feed our land.—
The better we feed our farm the bet
ter it will feed us. It is a bounti
ful giver if bountifully given unto.
In conclusion I will say if my farm
ing friends will adopt the plan I have
here given, and adopt it energetical
ly, for no work on a plantation should
be done slovenly, I have no doubt
they will find the wheat crop about'
as sure as any other.. And the
wheat we raise is much m#re pleas
ant to eat than the wheat we buy.
Respectfully,
11. RAIFORD.
To Judge the Weather by the Barometer.
In general we may expect, that
when the mercury rises high, a few
days of fine weather will follow. If
the mercury falls again in two or
three days, but soon rises high with
out much rain, we may expect fair
weather for several days, and in this
case, the dearest days tire after the
mercury begins to fall. Iu the same
manner if the mercury falls very
low with much rain ; rises soon, but
falls iigaiu in a day or two with rain,
a continuance of bad weather may
be feared. If a second fall does not
bring much rain, but the murcury
rises gradually pretty high, it prog
nosticates settled weather of some
continuance. When a heavy rain
lias fallen upon the mercury’s sink
ing, and is continuing steadily low,
the weather is sometimes' fair and
promises well ; but no prudent farm
should trust to such appearances. —
There is indeed a caution of this
kind which the poorest may profit
by. When the mercury rises high
in this barometer, the air sucks up
till the moisture on the surface of
the earth, even though the sky be
overcast, aid that is a sure sign of
fair weather; hut if the earth con
tinues moist, and water stands iu
shallow places, no trust should be
put iu the clearest sky for it is in
this case deceitful.— Exchange.
United States Agricultural
Society.—The United States Agri
cultural Society has re organized l>y
the flection of Mr. Win. G. Beck
w iih, of Michigan, President, with
a Vice-President from each State.
Messrs. Fred. Smith ol N. 11., John
A. King of N. Y , It. F. Furman of
Neb.. J. S. Caller of Pa„ and John
Wentworth of Id., constitute the
Executive Committee, with Mar
shall P. Wilder of Mass., Tench
Tilghman of Mil., and Frederick
Watis oi l’a., ns a committee to in
vite Stale Agrieultmal Societies to
send delegates to the next annual
meeting in January,
The Mass. Association lor Promo
ting agriculture will.hold a Cattle
Show in Sept, at Boston, which will
he the large-1 and most imposing O’e
ever hdd in this country. The pre
miums vv II amount to $'22.000
The Frederick Cos. (Mu.) Won.
Growgi s’ Association recently
organized by the election of Mr.
Ohas. Gross as Pres't and Mr. W.
11. Lease, S -dv.
Interesting to FXn.xJi its. A
series of experiments, instituted to
ost the average loss in weight by
drying, shows that corn loses one
fifth, and wheat one-fourteenth by
the process. From this the state
ment is made that farmers will
make more bv selling unshdjed
i orn in the Fa I .-,t «ev< lily-five cents
than • lie I .flowing Summer at one
dol’-ir p. r bushel, and that wheal at
SI 33 in Ucce.iih-r is dpi i t<> SI.SO
for the san e wheat in the June fid
lowing. This estimate is inude on
the basis r f . ts rest a 1 seven percent,
and takes no account of loss from
depredations of vermin. These
facts ar6 worthy of consideration.
Home Made Disinfectants. —The
following recipe is taken from an
agricultural paper. It has b(k>n
.tried,: and found to he successful;
‘‘Dissolve a bushel of salt in a
barrel of water, and with the salt
water slack a barrel of lime, which
should be wet enough to form a kind
of paste.’ For the purpose of dis
infectants, this home made chloride
of lime is nearly as good as that
purchased at the shops and drug
stores. Use it freely about sinks,
cellars, gutters and out -houses, anil
in this way prevent sickness, suffer
ing and expense/* ' v 1
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“Doctor, is tight lacing injurious ?”
“Os corset is, Madam.”
USEFU L RECIPES.
Summer Drinks.—A “Farmer’s
Wife” in the Gejmaqtoyvn Telerl
graph gives jjie fallowing recipes .tb'
make summer drinks:
To make root beer, take a quan
tity of sarsaparilla roots and sassa
trass bark aud some hops and boil
till the strength is extracted. To
three gallons of the liquor, after* it
is si rained, add one quart of molas
ses aud a cup of yeast. After stand
ing in a warm place eight Or teii !
hours, strain again and bottle. It
will be fit for use the following
day.
For ginger beer, take one pint of
m jlassas and two spoonfu s jfginger,
put into a pail to ue halfblled with;
boiling water; when well slired to
gether, fill tli# pad with cold water,
leaving room for one pint of
yeast, which must not be put in
till lukewarm. ' Place it on the
warm heartn for the night, and
bottle it iu the morning.
For spuce beer, lake three pounds
sugar, tour gallons of water, one
ounce ot ginger, a little lemon peel
o. tsseuee ui lemon, aud a little es
sence of spruce to give it a flavor.
Stir all together, warm it a trifle;
add a cuptut of yeast. When fer
► mented, uotile up close.
Tomato Custard. —This is said
to be a beneficial diet to consump
tives. It is made by straining fine
ly stewed tomatoes through a
coarse seive, aud adding two pints
ofmdk and one pint of tomatoes, for
four eggs and one teaspoouful ot
sugar. Bake iu small cups quick
*y-
Cleansing Hair BR ushe s.—To
Cleanse a hair brush, t a^e a basin
of cold suds, add a' spoonful of
spirits of ammonia, put i ll U le brush,
and draw a coarsecomb through the
bristles as many limes as necessary;
a cloth too may be used toheelptlie
cleansing. Finally rinse in clear
water.
Blind Staggers. —Lately I had
a young mule taken with blind stag
gers, aud it was a bad case. A
friend advised me to mash up the gum
of camphor (say half an ounce); di
vide and put in each ear, fill the ear
with rags or paper and lie, to pre
vent his flopping it out. I did so,
and to my delight my mule was well
in less than two hours, and has bien
at work ever since.— Cor. Our Home
Journal.
A Good harness blacking is made
ol four ounces of hog’s lard, sixteen
ounces of neat’s foot oil, four ounces
ot yellow wax, twenty ounces of
ivory black, sixteen ounces of Brown
sugar, and ten ounces of water.
Heat Ihe whole to boiling, and stir
until it becomes cool enough to
handle, then roll it inio balls about
two inchas diameter. —Ex
To Get Rid of Flf.as.—Mr. Ely
said at a late meeting of the New
York Fanners’ Club that there are
two or three substances that are ob
noxious to the flea—be does not like
the smell of them, or they remind
of something he does not like to
think about—these are carbolic acid
aud sulphur. If you want a barn
thoroughly purged of weevil, or lice,
or fleas, the best way is to fumigate i
with sulphur. But if you white
wash all around the stables and posts
of the yard with a whitewash made
by adding carbolic acid to the lime,
it will drive most of these pests
away. Washing an animal thus in
fested with carbolic soapsuds will
give relief.
Greasing Wagons.— The Ohio
Farmer says that more injury is done
to carriages an I wagons by greasing
too plentifully, than the reverse
Tallow is recommended as a bettr r
lucubrator than bird for wood axle
trees, and castor oil for iron—lard is
apt to penetrate the hub, and work
its way out a round' the tenons of the
spokes and spoil the wheel. Just
enough grease should be applied to
the spindle of a wagon to give it a
light coating; this is better than
more, for the surplus put on will
work out at the ends,- and be forced
by the slimtlderbands and nut wash
ers into the hub around the. outside
of the boxes. To oil an iron axle
tree, first wipe the spindle clean
with a cloth wet with spirits of tur
pentine, and tlieu apply a few drops
of castor, ojl near the shoulder and
end One teaspoouful is enough for
the whole.
Toxic Tooth Powder —Tritu
rate well together one ounce of pul
verized Peruvian bark, one ounce of
pulverized white Castile soap, and
two ounces of the best prepared
chalk. It may be flavored by add
ing a little of the Oils of wintergreen
and rosemary, with the latter in a
very small proportion. This powder
is not only good lor the teeth, but
also a preventive of, Slid remedy for
spongy gums. Another very good
tooth powder may be prepared by the
addition of one ounce of pulverized
orris root to the above The addi
tion of bole armenian to tooth pow
ders is only for the purpose of col
oring them, and is not of the slight
est benefit. The Peruvian bark will
impart sufficient color to this prep
arati6n.—Druggists’ Circular.
A had marriage is like an electric
machine ; it makes you dance, and
you can’t let go. • • ' !
... lo Prevent J
seen it stated in a dozen papers .that
clipping the lower (eyelashes of cat
tle would prevent, their jumping.—
Tell your readers of a better plan.
With a sharp needle run a small
twine through the ears and tie them
Rack of the head. The animal will
not jump, unless forced to do
so. Horses arid cows invariably
throw their ears forward before ihev
jump. They would know what is on
the other, side of the fence.—South
ern Argus.
Things have changed in Washing
ton. A dozen years ago our colored
brother was no positive weight in
the social or political scale. His
present status is illustrated by an in
cident that occurred not long since
at the capitol: A Western man
dropped into the House of Repre
sentatives to note wliat was going
on. Beckoning to a well dressed
man of color who stood near him,
he said, “Jim, will you show me to
the barber’s shop 1 I want to get
shaved and have my boots blacked.”
The “Jim” thus familiarly ad
dressed happened to be one of the
colored Representatives, who quiet
ly replied “Excuse me, Sail; I's not
a ivaitah ; l’s a tnembah /”
The Western party elevated his
eyes for a moment, and retired in
good order.
Bloggs had his nose pulled and
was asked by a friend to resent it.
He said he would next week.
A dandy inquired at a fruit stall,
“Are these apples fit for a hog to
eat ?” “Try oue and see,” said the
woman.
Go to W. T. Brown, Artist, at
Riddles old Stand, Macon, Ga., and
have a sac simile of yourself finished
off* in the finest style known to the
art. Mr. Brown lias a great deal of
experience and well understands his
business as an Artist.
SPRING
—AND—
SUMMER TRADE
1873.
Buyers, Look to Your Interest!
WE ARE DETERMINED to
deciease out large slock, and
in order to give an extra Impetus to
Business we are determined to
Mark All Our Goods Down !
We shall Irom this day sell
CLOTHING,
BATS,
—AND—
GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS
at astonishing low prices. Our
Goods nave all bee.i selected, this
Spring with great caie, and the
styles and prices will suit tlie most
iastidious and economical. Fiom
our large and varied slock of Fine
and Medium Ready-made
CLO 1' HING,
IIATS,
CAPS,
STRAW GOODS,
You will have no trouble to select at
prices to suit yourselves.
To Country Merchants, we offer
Special Inducements!
Call and examine belore purchas
ing el.-ev here.
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AUGUSTA, GA.
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They purify the system, and tviil cure 1
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All yield to their powerful efficacy.
Are an antidote to change of Water and Diet. .
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Will save days of raftering to the sick, and q
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