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From the Plantation.
ROTATION OF CROPS.
A correspondent of the De
partment of Agriculture, writing'
from Southwest-Virginia, says:,
“Increased attention is given
to rotation. A favorite course is!
to fallow an old clover sod for :
wheat, follow with corn, then oats, ■
with clover and grasses again, to
remain four or five years in grass,
in which the land will yield as
great, or perhaps greater, net in
come by means of stock-grazing
as d iring the years of cultiva
tion.’’
The farmers of Montgomery
and Washington counties, who '
pursued this system of rotation,
are distinguished for making!
money, and keeping up the ter-!
tility of their 1 inds. The rota-1
tion includes keeping ground
in clover and grass “four or five
years;” to three years in success- ’
ive crops of wheat, corn ami oats. ’
Cotton culture will rotate with
clover quite as well as grain. If
the soil is poor, plaster, soluble
phosphate of lime, wood ashes, or
German potash salts, should be
used with clover to fertilize it. I*
is bad economy to cultivate poor
laud without an effort to improve,
permanently, its condition. Ro
tation with clover and grass pro
motes such improvement. llowi
the practice results, may be seen ;
by the following statement from
the same writer.
“'flic soil is very productive,
yielding, with annual dressing of
plaster and ashes, halfa bushel of
each to the acre, three tons of hay
per aero, each year while it re
mains in grass, which is usually
for three years in Washington
county. Wheat (drilled) on ai
clover sod, produces twenty bush- j
els per acre; corn, which succeeds 1
wheat, fifty bushels; and oats,
(coming alter) fifty to seventy
five bushels.”
The intelligent reader will see j
that a system of farming, that
makes fields itndercultix at ion six
ty years and more, yield three
successive crops of hay, with I hree
tons at each crop, and them twent y
bushels of wheat, fifty of corn, and
fifty ol oats, per acre, in success
ion, is not a bad system. Not on
ly is Ihe system of these \ irginia
farmers wise and profitable, but
salt-bearing rocks underlying
their farms give them elements o
fertility which arc invaluable.
During the war, when salt was
very scarce in Georgia,!he writer
spent a Summer at Saltville,
Southw est-Virginia, examined its j
salt-bearing rocks, and identified I
them with the Onondaga Salt i
Group of New York. The plaster {
is the same in both States; and!
the other salts of lime and mag-i
nesia are also the same. Nt> one
doubts that the.se tertilizing salts
all came f rom Ihe ocean t hat once
covered theeontinent* Now,ifthey
imparl remarkable f ruit f ulness
toelavin Washington and other
counties in Virginia, they should
have the credit, rather thana;
“half bushel of plaster and a| halt
bushel of ashes” applied to an
acre. These, undoubtedly, help
other minerals in the ground: Fnit
without the latter, the former
Would be nearly \alneless.
This view of Virginia rotation
of crops suggests the use of larger ;
quantities of agricultural salts)
than a half b.ishel of plaster and
hall bushel of wood a dies to the
aero. Il also suggests the pro
priety ol going down to the sea ■
to obtain such fertilizing saltsas
the sea has 101 lin the ground ol
Washington county, it we want
t.lty bushel ofeorn ami three tons
of hay as lair crops, in rotation,
on our upland fields. Rotation
old rop.'. without fertilizers, on
\e.y pa n- ’arms, is like turning a
dock o sheepoill of olio field t hat
is nuked into;: .other that is quite
as ven. >iation never gives
somethin : w here there is nothibg
t'ai\e. Its \ ;:lue consists, first,
in develop'.;; , elements ami ren
deiing them soluble in wate\
wlm i c before insoluble and
unavailable. Secondly, m using
and consuming these elements to i
. the very best advantage.
Uneducated farmers are prone
to waste the things that make
i corn and cotton, without knowing
I the fact. If a bushel of wheat is
worth a dollar, what is the raw
, material worth that v. ill form a
: bushel of wheat? Every farmer,s
; son and daughter, twelve years
' old, should be able to answer this
question correctly. The study of
rotation of crops and of the ele
ments of fertility, are inseparable.
What is the essential difference
between poor clay that will pro
duce only live bushels ofeorn to
' the acre; and the same clay rich
j enough to yield fifty bushels per
acre? Reader, while we cultivate
1 corn or cotton, Ictus cultivate our
1 thinking faculties. L.
“Can you tell me the road to Greenville?”
| asked a yankee travellei of a boy whom he
| met on the road.
“Yes sir.” said the boy. “Do you see
’ our barn down there.”
“Yes,” said he.
“Go to that; About three hundred
yards beyond the barn you will find a lane.
Take that lane and fellow along about a
mile and a halt. Then you will come to a
slippery elm log. You be mighty keerful,
stranger, about going on that log—you may
get into the branch —and then you go on
u p until you get to the brow of the hill, and
there the roads prevaricate: you take th
1 left hand road, and keep that until you get
! in to a plum thicket, and when you get
! there, why then —then, then —,”
“What then?”
“Then, strangci, I’ll be hanged if you
ain’t lost.”
What snys Mr. Nye to this from the
Chicago Tribune ?
“Grace Greenwood writes from the
Senate gallery in Washington:
‘Mr. Nye spoke of his own speech as
possibly the last he should make in
! the Senate. He had just heard the
news from the Legislature of Neva
da. He takes bis supersedure with
philosophic coolness and Christian
submission; he makes it more a case of
resignation than of defeat.'
“Dear innocent! Mr. Nye sold his
‘claim to John P. Jones, and had checks
of 550.000 on the bank of California as
long ago as August, and the transaction
was tin n, and is now, as notorious as
the heathen Chinee game itself.
1 MroiriAST Dates. The following
will refresh the minds of our readers
as to the dates of the most important
inventions, discoveries and improve
ments, the advantages of which we now
enjoy:
Spinning wheel invented 1330.
Paper first made of rags 1417.
Muskets invented and first used in
England in 1421.
Pumps invented 1425.
Printing invented by Faust 1441.
Engraving on wood invented 1400.
Post-offices established in England
lin 146 1.
Almanacs first published 1441.
Printing introduced into England
1 >y ('axion 1474.
Violins invented 1477.
Hoses first planted in England 1505.
Hatchets first made in 1504.
Punctuation first usedin literature
1520.
I Jeforet hat time words;’, ndseiitencesw
, ereputtogethcrliketliis.
More Hiuhf.h Lavish.—lt is stated
(hat the examination of the accounts in the
New York Controller's office and different
city banks, which has been in progress for
i some time, will show that the frauds ol
) the old board of and it wiil amount to near
-Ily ten million dollars. It is believed that
1 die evidence will enidde the authorities to
! bring to account mam politicians implica
! toil. Additional bauds are reported to
have been discovered in the Pcwartiuent
•f Public W oi ks.
A Queer Ct STOM. —Die Celestials of
<:>n I-' -incisco have away of preparing a
■ great feast tor themselves. Three times a
year they spread a royal banquet beiide the
graves of their departed friends, and. after
•i little time, fill to and eat it themselvc.
On :: recent occasion of this kind forty ex
press wagons were employed in
hogs, chickens, rice and liquor to the cem
’!< ry, ami over otic hundred wagons were
■ in the pioec.-sien.
A Cut! 1» TIWZb.X ON THE St HOOT.
Hot sK Steps. Bessie Coles, aged ten,
’ daughter of Wm. Poles, of Pecek-kiil. N.
Y , was so benumbed by the cold last
Thursday morning while on her way to
. I that she was unab. - to open the d u r
She was found standing 'he step with
her Ii 1 1:< hand frozen to the doorknob.
Iler feet, legs, arms nose ami ear-, were
Itv-jw.r .'till. She was insensible aud lies in
j a prerarioU' condition.
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RAILROAD DII? ECTORY.
Georgia Railroad Schedule.
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE OF TRAINS
Georgia. Kailroad.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Augnsta 8.20 o’clock, a m
• ! Atlanta 8 3l “ am
Arrive at Atlanta 6 40 *< p m
“ at Augusta 5 3U “ p m
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Augusta Sls “ p m
“ Atlant t 8 15 “ p m
Arrives at Atlanta 0 45 l; a m
“ Augusta 6 32 “ a m
ACCC.VI .VIOD AT ION TK AIX.
Leeves Atlaara “ p m
'• Stone Mountain 45 “ a m
Arrives at Atlanta ( 0 1 a m
at tone Mountain Ol) “ p m
Atlanta & West Point Railroad
DAY’ PASSENGER TRAIN-(Outward)
Leaves Atlanta at 6 50 am
Arrives at West Poilit 11 40 a m
Day Passenger Train—(lnward.)
Leaves West Pojnt at 12 30 p «
Arrives at Ai! iita 5 (jc p
Nigltt Passenger Train—(Outward.)
Leaves Atlanta 7 00 pm
Arrives at We.-t Point jo 15 a m
Night Passenger Train—(lnward.)
Leaves 'Vest Point 1 45 A j.
Arrives at Atlanta (j 00 p m
Macon and Western R. R,
Leave, Arriv
Macon 7 111 a m 730 am
525 p m 6] 0 pm
Atlanta 200 A m 1 48 pm
I 10 p m JOSO p
St. Louis, Memphis, Nashville & Chat
tanooga Railroad Line.
CENTRA L Sil OR T R 0 UIE.
Tiic Great Route to Boston, New
York, Baltimore, Washin
ton, Pliiladelphir and
all Northern and
Eastern Cities.
Through Silver Palace Cars Attached
TO LOUISVILLE.
Holders of Tickets are Entitled to Vis:
Catoosa Springs. Mammoth Cave,
and Niagara Falls Without Ex
tra Charge, Resuming
Their Journey at
PLEASURE.
No Change of Cars from
Chattanooga to Nashville
Without '-liiingc ot (Jars to Nashville, McKinzie, Uon.n
City, Hickman, Columbus, Humboldt, Brownsville,
and Memphis.
Only One Chnnge
To Jackson, Tenn., Paducah Ky., Lillie Rock, Cairo
and »>t. Louis.
More than 150 Miles Shorter to St.
Louis
Than by the way of Memphis or Louisville, and from
8 to 15 IFoi'i's Quicker
Than by the way of Corinth or Grand Junction.
Six Honrs Quicker tc Memphis by This
Route than ANY OTHER.
ATv FO R TICETS TO
Memphis and the Southwest via Chattanooga and Me <
Keuzie. j
AM) TO
St. Louis and the Northwest via Nashville and Colum
bus—all Rail: or Nashville and Hickman—Kail and
River
THE LOWEST S PECI A L R A TES ;
Fr T'.nt Igraiit,, witll more Artvnntngee ;
Quicker Time, mid Fewer Cluing- i
es Cars) thnn anytlier
K ii t e.
Tickets for sale at the Principal Ticket Offices in the -
South. :
J. W. THOMAS, Gen’l Supt. ’
A. B. WENN, Travelleg Agent,
No. 4, H. 1. Kimball House. i
sept. 21 ts.
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FLORAL WORK!
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Ft»r January now, issued ns a Quarterly. The ;
four ininibeis s“nt to any aihirrss. bv mad tor 25 t ;i u.
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TherichvsiL and most instructive ilhitr.t <1 ci. d»*scii;>-
-■ - ’?■’ nwi r'm
tIVF Floral Giintc published. T» <»-»* < to pattons
wiio oftiv'ed I ist, ye tr and we.e r Id d .wUli
25 cent-, will receive the jonr Qn..rirr!it s tor IrG
imi ur ii irr rr ■ —ii 1 ~
'l'hosr w.io order seeds tine year wid he credited with
- -tjjiMi w ibi rain
a s ihsrrip?i<m i<»r lri.4. The January number c<>Ht«ihi -
■TTsvrrtMn’Gsr- •**"»
uear|} 4‘>o F.nurnviugs, two bU|»erb v»! ’i-l p! d- ‘-••Pt-
i- 4 ■&*.". -L -t3sfcf r’.
able f«>r framing, k aDo tmted plntus of our c<.rffeou«
gMBTT Ji -— m .. A*
Flunti Ctironio*; imorrna iou r* la v to 1 » • -rs, \• -i
• tar.l* s ? X;-., K ihmr cunivation, k a’l « h mailer as
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torrnrrk found incur C.ttah irm-. You will
m Jif you order need* before in • Bn.-i- KBr ■ s
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Quarterly. VVe challenge < «»mp<r ’<’»» on u : Hi:y <
L iiibii jjwrwßMMßwmmrrTirr- 3-raror-
r>ri d & pri’ »s k size* hi p• k ’ hir • i!» nda’ . *■*
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TO STIC OIL
FOR THE HAIR!
For Bervutifijiiicj and Preserving the Hair
and rendering it Sod and Glossy.
USED AS A DRESSER,
twice a week, or daily, and it promotes the
growth, removes the dandruff, scurf, etc.
W ill always prompt the hair to its growth
when falling out-
VY a nan ted free from Injurious Substance.
Prepared only by
Fenner,
Pharmaceutist,
PiOME, Ga.
W. D. HOYT (Sr UO., Sole Agts.
For Burns, Erysipelas and inflamed sores
use Fenner’s Soothing Ointment, it will
cure a burn in from 3to 5 days, Testimo
ials fmni-hed if de-ired.
W. D; Hoyt & Co.
SOLE AGENTS, HOME, GA.
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Centra,! HailroacL
NG CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN
AUGUSTA AND COLUMBUS.
Genf.ril Superintendent’s Office, i
Central Kailroid,
Savannah, September 27, 1872. )
O'N ami after Sunday the 29th inst., Passenger Trains
on the Georgia Central Kailroad, its Branches end
< onuections, will run as follows :
UP DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah 845 a m
u z\ugusta 9ho a m
Airive at Augusta 5 30 »• m
“ at Milledgeville II 55 p m
“ nt Etonton 1 50 a m
•( at Macon 7 15 p m
Leave Mancon for Atlanta 10 1)0 pm
“ Macon lor Columbus 805 p m
.Jrrive at Vlilanta 616 a m
*• at Columbus 4 a m
Making close connections with trains leaving Augus
ta, ,illauta and Columbus.
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Leave .Atlanta j?? 11 A M
Arrive at Macon ' a m
Leave Macon w n<l * *
u 9 oo a M
.Augusta {>3o pm
“ at Savannah 6 1, P.a
This train co- meets at Macon with S. W. .fcronitaoa
ntion train lenvi ni Columbus at 8 20 P M, ami arrivlnd
t M.icnn ar 115 M. ami makes the same couiiection
t .iu u ta as the up day train.
NIGHT TII.HN GOING SOUTH.
Leave Savannah 7 00 p x
“ f. 15 t ”
.irrive at Savannah ‘> "
'• nt Macon '• ■”
I.rave Maeon for .itlnnta 8 5() >. m
•• Macon for (’'dumbus -'sG a m
.irrivc at * olumbus L> a m
“ at .itlanm 316 pm
Mar.i g prompt through connections nt both Jtlnr ta
and C > Itimbus•
NIGHT TH.HNS GOING NORTH.
Leave Colnmlms 4 ff' ? M
I - .illanta '*
.ir’iv at Macnn for CoJwmhiH • •' M
' •• a: Mir<m lor .itlaniu ■' “
i » Sa-.aPinh II 00 PM
.inf** Miihdgeville .s. p m
at Eatonton *. •*' A *
; “ at .itigustn f ’- K
: “ H-. S,.v;iPl>ah .30 A M
i .j >,perfect conneetlona with traina leaving Ju
. .... r■ ■■ Mi h dgt ; I an I ttt < n
! j;. .. wut • niebt 'rain from t olumbus. .i lar.ta
• . .. day train from J i»u» ta and Bavai u .
. ti! ..I at Gurdon (Sundays excepted., with
’ he Mrilcilgr-. ire and Eatonton trains.
in F.legant Sleeping Car on all Xiglit
Trains. (
. -j1,., i') r.> : 'i all piuiits can be had at C< .itr.i
Up,-... ; at Ptiia-ki Hi. Use corner Bu!
I m*
. eta < n also be had at Dej »t
W IL/.’.i'l BOGERS, i
, G'-neral Superintended
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