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BY JOHN H. RICE.
“ Equality in the Union or Independence oat of it.”
B. F. BENNETT, Publisher.
VOL. IX.
OASSYILLE, GEO., THURSDAY, SEPT. lO, 1857.
NO. 32.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
C ONSIGNMENTS of Produce alway* want
ed, and on which liberal advances in cash
will be made, and returns promptly rendered,
b r E. M. REAGO,
Produce Commission Merchant,
Feb 12—lv Atlanta, Ga.
Tin Manufactory,
CARTERSVILLE, GEO.
T HE undersigned has on hand and expects
to keep on hand, a large stock of Tin ware;
Cooking, (mice, and Parlor Stores—of all sixes
and patterns; and invites the public generally
to call and see him before purchasing else-
" p.i/v'ork done to order. Linen and Cotton
Rags taken in exchange for Tin ware,
mh 19-0m
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Doct. B. F. Hanie,
JASPER, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
September 25. 33,—tf.
JAS. W. STRANGE.
GLOBE
HOTEL,
Cauril le, gjirgESg Georgia.
RY GFO. W. BROWN.
M R CEO. IV. BROWN having recently pur
chased this old and well known house,
has permanently located in Cassrille. and will
l.e glad to accommodate all desiring board, ,i-
tlier bv the day, week, month or year. His ta
ble will la- .implied with the best the country
nip.nls and charges moderate.
Cassrille, Dec 4 43-1 y
ROBERT YOUMANS.
IBKOTYPIST,
OASSYILLE, OA.
ME subscriber is non- prepared to take Pic-
tores, neatly raised on G.ass. He flatters
self tb'at be can ph ase any who may favor
with a cal'. . .
„ „,Mi <.f the pob'i" sonare. ndnoning
etan'dard t.f.’ce. ' ItOR’f Y0UMAV8.
assville. Ga., May 14—lv
\[. McMURRY,
.ilor ill FsithtIv Groceries,
rONEECTIONATUES. Ac.,
: „,,J. West corner of the Public Square,)
Cassville, Gn.
■j-M’S constantly on hand Coffee, Sogar, .
h '/• i
;a other artirVs, too teoi- i
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I. 0. 0. F.
Vallet Lodge, No. 43, I. O. 0. F.
A REGULAR meeting of this Lodge will be
held every Friday evening,-at 7 o'clock.—
Transient brethren invited to attend.
Bv order of the Lodge.
B. F. BENNETT, N. G.
R. C, HOOPER, Secretary.
F. & A. M.
Cassvh.lk Lodge, No. 136, F. A A. M.
T nE regular meetings of this Lodge areTield
on the 1st and 3d Tuesday in every month.
The members will take due notice thereof, and
govern themselves accordingly.
SAMUEL LEVY, Secretary. . . .
Oct. 23, 1358. 37—tf | information, instructive to hitu is none
tlm less acceptable to the more ednea-
ffiisrrllnimms.
From the Cutton Planter and Soil.
A Practical Plantation Man*
uel.
Dn. Cloud—Dear Sir: In Agricul
tural writing, brevity is merit, concisen
ess a virture, and simplicity a jewel.—
Tropes nor figures, verbosity nor high
sounding words, can avail anything in
edifying the hard working, industrious
laborer, whose education has been limit
ed to the discipline of an ‘old field school’
and whose library consists probably of
his Bible and his newspaper. Common
sense telling him her practice in what
he wants; in fine, he wants knowledge
acquired experimentally. This kind of
days during the winter, we have all | be a greater restorer of land if managed
hands shucking and shelling corn and ; judiciously, without knowing or caring
cutting up shucks for cattle aud mules, j to know its chemical constituents, or hav-
Our variety was originally the white; ing a knowledge analytical of the coin-
thirtv bushels per acre. Cotton seed 1 our garden for both white and black,
are always applied to the corn we plant j In the winter we broadcast it with good
on cctton land, throwing the seed into | manure, turn it over with a twister and
^ the laying off furrow, throwing dirt on] deepen it with a scooter. As soon as
crourd seed, but now seenAo have be-! pounds of the soil. We have tried faith-! them by one of the bull tongue farrows, ■ the freezing is over, green peas and Irish
come a little mixed, though is vet suf-; fully several of the reputed renovaters, dropping the corn and covering them j potatoes are planted, the latter together
ficiently ‘prolific’ to prevent ns buying ihe 4 Molia’ the ‘Rescue,’ Millet Ac., but w'lh the other bull tongue. In thisl with the ckra, receiving nil the manure
* * none of them equal the pea. The ‘Moha’ month we manure our potato land also, made in the fowl house, in addition to
upon‘draws,’and then*!!
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. I). 0 A -R. PENT E B,
i ;.SEVILLE, GEO ,
\ • ; - nf inftirmiiig lcs ens-
; . , . rs hi. has inaile n change in his
.. ; i o’Tit! on the 1st nit. He
„ .... that nil those indebted to
. . . >-d ami mtiki nn.vuumt,
op
-ss !'j
T. M COM 1*1
ck Compton,
Carpenter, il<*
v -,vr*ent
Slice *sr.A of ,T
cj nn; j 1-V ; ricv Dry (»«>ofls,
rroekerv. B.nlis ami Shoes, Hats »nd Gaps,
ami all articles usually kept in a Bn* Goods
More, solicit, a call from the trading public,
heme- bv Lev nriees and abnmbint variety, to
please tie* fast'.Eons All those wishing
ti> par cash for a-nods ere especially requested
to give them a call, as they seM low to good
customers, on credit, and still lower to cash
cuslomers. Cnssvillo, Veb 5
1’I.UMB A LEITNl-n,
DRUGGISTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
rpilF. attention of the public is respectfully
| invited to our stock of CHOICE MEDI
CINES, CHEMICALS, DRUGS. PAINTS,
OILS, GLASS, and every article usually sold
bv Drnsrsrists.
' We feu! assured that no house in the South
ran oiler iv stock superior to ours in genuine
ness ar»d puiity; every officinal preparation be-
iiijr m&de in strict accordance with the formu
laries of the U. &. Pharmacopoeia.
Our stork of Dental and Surgical Instru
ments is hirer, and we hare unequalled ar
rangements for procuring additional supplies
at the shortest notice.
Feeling confident that we can furnish our
customers with the best articles on reasonable
terms, we solicit orders, and pledge ourselves
to fill them with fidelity and despatch,
apr y, 1857-1 y PLUMP k LEITNKB.
McCarter & co.,
ttooksellcrs, Publishers & Stationers*
I NVITE the attention of country merchants
to a large and well assorted stock of Books
and Stationery, which will be sold on accom
modating terms. .
They also keep a full supply of Law, Medi •
cal, and miscellaneous books, and invite the
attention of professional gentlemen and those
who are collecting Libraries, to their establish
ment, at lid Meeting street, Charleston, S. C.
mb 26, 1S57—ly
~A W. STROUP,
Architect and Builder,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
I NFORMS the citixens of Cass and the adjoin
ing Counties that lie has permanently loca
ted at the above named place, and will attend
promptly to all order* ill his line of business.
Feb 1,' 1657—If
8. LEVY, Agent,
Dealer in Dry Goods, &c. &c..
A’erM- fl V*i Corner Public Square,
Cassvtue. Ga.
A LWAYS at borne, and ready to attend to
all who mav favor him with a call.
Jan 1,185* ' 49—tf
A. C. D AY,
■X 1 ailor,
Casbvit.le, Ga
O HOT*—In the Patton building, east of the
lO court house.
Jan 1, 135
-48—tf
FAIN * MARTIN,
ATTORNEYS*AT T.AW,
Morganton, Ga.
A NY business entrusted to their care will be
attended to nromptlv.
AY. C. FAIN. Morgnnton.
IVM. MARTIN, D.iblonegn.
Sept. 4, 1853. 30—ly
M. J. CRAWFORD,
Attorney ami Counsellor at Law,
luvncfu n, catoosa roUNTY, ga.
W TT«L pnctict* '.n nil ihe counties of the
Cherokee Circuit.
Fa r ticulnr jittent : on pnid ft* the collecting of
mor.or, nrid t<* pnriutj rver the some when <
»cited. * mh 19, 19‘7—L
J. W. & R. C. HOOPER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAV
Cassrille, Cee.
•NTTTT.T, praeliee in all the counties of the | On ti
t T
Oct
Circuit.
r*. it. EEEKE
ATTORNEY ai
Cnss,
Umldi
r lTTSfN
> with
monies n
Return
Oflie..* i
ville. Ga.
Dade
CennCe
entrusted te
e . ,’ iys before Court.
Court-house, up-sta'i 1
rill meet
ion. and
'-*'*.■*■ *^i i-wtrete's {’i-nrts. in the county ree:-
ular'y eitend* d • Jurisdiction after 4th March,
>-,o. ' Jams, 1857—tf
"W oE’ord. Crawford & Howard,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassvit.i.e, and Cartf.p.sville, Ga.
CXTlfiTi faithfully :ittond to any business en-
VV trusted to their enre, in any of the coun-
lies of Upper Georiria.
Win. T. Wofford, .T. A. Crawford, Cnssville;
J. A. Howard, Cartersville. July 23.
JOHN n. RICE. ANDREW n. RICE.
J. IT. A A. II. RICB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassville. Geo.
MTTILL Practice Law in the counties of
YY Cass, Gonoox,
Catoosa, Ft.ovn,
AY HTTVir.l.U, PlCKSNS.
Also in *hc TT. R. District Conrt at Marietta.
Oct 9, 1S55—ly
H. r. FAltnOW. | J. Q. RTALS.
FARROW & RYALS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, CASS COCNTT, OA.
apr 53 1957
B. F. BOMAR,
Commission Merchant,
FQR THE PUDCH.ASK AND SALE OF
Tennessee Produce,
COTTON, GROCERIES, Ac.,
Alabama Street, (South of the Macon A Wes
tern Depot, Atlanta, Ga.
Oct 23, 1S56—tf
Watch Repairing,
ted. because education without practice
itt agriculture, is akin to polish without
common sense in literature, beneficial a-
lone to (lie possessor.
With the above idea constantly be
fore us, we propo-e giving you without
further prelude, an article, simple and
instructive to the illiterate, as well as
interesting and probably instructive also
to the better educated planter.
First then, as to the cultivation of
COTTON.
The nature of this plant is generally
well known; it is a tap rooted annual,
tender, and when once bitten by frost
never revivifies; suffers comparatively
little ftom dry weather, and like every
thing else that vegetates, yields best on
best land. In preparing land for cotton,
we throw up beds, varying in width, ac
cording to the sOfugib of thehmd, from
two and half to four feet wide, and as
high as can be thrown bv a twister plow,
llie firs; furrow being run with a shovel.
we ‘itipple,’ ‘space,’ or
, . I ‘spot,’, when seed are scarce, otherwise
C.l_ j we run a furrow with a very narrow bull
longue, sprinkle in 'the "seed and cover
— r ! with a barrow cr board. We generally
” • ! have a good stand, and in doe time be-
! gin to plow ihe crop. This we do with
I ‘buzzard wings,’ shaving the bed with
one furrow on each side of the co ton.
1 I The beds are left perceptible as beds, and
a small ridge is seen in the middles. The
hoes follow t tie plow merely to scrape
the tops of the bed, and thin or ‘chop
out,’ each hand doing about one acre
and a hull'. When we return to this
part of tlic crop rgain, we give but two,
sometimes three furrows, with the same
kind of a plow, throwing out the small
middles, atyj giving a little dirt to the
cotton. The hoes follow the plows as
closely as their proportionate number
will allow, four out of every seven being
plow hands. This worktug is given a
third t’mo and the cotton laid by, more
than six furrows being seldom given af
ter the crop is up, unless the season is
unusually wet, when a fourth working
may probably he required. We always
observe, however, never to use the plow
when the fall of rain is inevitably com-
ing, or just after ii lias fallen, preferring
to let our stock have that time to rest,
and the land as long to dry. In the fall,
we pick cotton clean, preferring 150 lbs.
of cotton as a task, to 250 lbs. of cotton
and irBsli. From the first picked we
save our seed, having no partiality for a
variety of cotton, planting principally nou - n
the two excellent kinds, known here as
Boyd’s Prolific and the Bach Cotton.—
We gin, pack, and sell as soon as possi
ble after housing, believing the weight
of the freshly packed cotton and the sa
ving of the interest of the money, to be
in the aggregate more profit and less
risk than wailing on the changes of a
fluctuating market.
CORN.
If corn is planted upon corn land, we
mu a deep narrow furrow in the old wa
ter furrow and bed on this as we did for
any of the lauded improvements of the
day.
WHEAT.
Wheat is sown upon corn land, which
is prepared by having ihe corn stalks
chopped into at least three pieces, and
the land broken up thoroughly with a
two horse turning plow, running at right
angles to the direction we plow when
turning in the wheat. If the land be
undulating, we generally ‘break up’ up
and down the hills, then sow the ma
nure, fifty bushels of cotton seed per
acre, and upon this the wheat, covering
both at the same time with a narrow
twister running horizontally. After this
wo generally brush over with a brush as
furnishes fine hay, innumerable seed and
stands the hot aummer well ; but it is
only an annual, producing summer pas
turage, uuless harvested, and therefore
useless. Millet is a most excellent sum
mer food for all kinds of stock. If too
succulent, it wilts and becomes palatable
by a few Lours exposure to to the sun, in
which case all animals eat it readily.
We prefer the African Millet to the Dou-
rab corn. Having planted last year only
a few bills of the Chinese Sugar Cane
we can make no report of it. ‘1 he Res
cue’ we know full well, haviug given it
space, labor and manure foi three years.
On poor land it is worthless; ou rich land
large as two mules can draw, but never j it pioduccs more seed per acre, by meas-
roli or harrow. Our seed are soaked in j urement, than any grass oi grain we
a strong solution of blue stone for twelve I have ever planted. Its grain and stem
Lours, and sown at the rate of one bush- j supplies well the place of oats, bu must
el of unsoaked or five pecks of soaked * have rich land to grow on. In win'er it
wheat, per acre. At harvest time we ! is a most beautiful green pasture, a pret-
place about in the field large boxes, each ! ty plot, but inferior as a winter pasture
having a slat across the top. Every ’ (o rye or barley, particularly if the last
bundle before being put into the wagon j has ticb land. Although never failing
is kuocked or threshed once or twice j to cultivate a lot in each of these grasses,
across this slat The heaviest, plumpest
grains drop into the box, at the rate of
about one bushel to the acre. This
wheat is winowed of its chaff, and put
away for seed,-in barrels or hogsheads
in which meat had been salted, and a
handful of salt to every bushel of wheat
scattered over it as it is put up. This
salting is a preventative against the wea
v«|, and no injury to the wheat. The
wheat stubble is opened a few days to
he hogs then turned under with a two
i:o;se plow (Warleek’s Patent) vnd there
upon Oregon pens, half bushel pier acre
are sown and brushed in. These in the
fall are turned in as manure, except a
sufficiency to ptoduce seed, which are
allowed to ripen.
OATS.
Oats laud is prepared precisely as the
laud for wheat, only more heavily ma
nured. Oats are probably more remu
nerative than .either corn or wheat, on
ordinary land, without manuring, and
satisfy us quite as well by yielding the
more bountifully the more heavily they
v.e seldom rely upon them for a green
crop manuring, or winter provender.
The millet is grown for summer nights
feeding for milch cows and working
slock; the Moha for a rarity, and the
Rescue in front of our residence for its
beauty.
POTATOES.
The sweet potato is one of the easiest
cultivated, most prolific, and valuable
crops we cultivate. The land upon
which they are grown is sandy and poor.
\Ye begin by laying off furrows five feet
apart, then bedding upon these as high
as a twister will throw the 'dirt, after
which the hoe hands ridge up by one
drawing from either side of the bed, as
high as the hoes can draw the riJges, if
it he two feel. The tops of these ridges
are openc-d with the hoe, the potato
dropped in about fourteen inches apart,
and drawn from the middles with the j ed for oatF. These various kinds of tna
hoe to cover them. When the vines arej nure, we think, rank in value as follows
up and have grow* about six inches, we —1st, fowl house ; 2d, stable ; 3d, pig
scrape down the beds with the hoe, and ! pen; 4;b, compost; 5th cow house, and
run two furrows in the middles with aj 6th, barn yard. If the hogs could be
are manured. Some of our oat laud is twister, keeping the straight side next to fed and fattened in a house they would
broadcasted «ith manure from the sta
ble, lot, covvpen, &c.; some with cotton
seed like the wheat, and some receives
no manure at. all. The best manure
compensates us the best. The oat stub
bie is plowed in, and the shiney cr speck
led pea sown upon it, which in its turn
is plowed under. This pea grows rapid-
Iv, does not run, and ripens in a short
time, hence we put it on the oat stubble,
because this is generally plowed in from
two to three weeks later than the wheat
stubble. We thrash seed here, loo, from
the best oats.
RYE.
unless we depend upon‘draw s.’and then'the previous broadcasting. A furrow is
the manure is not applied until the lat- j run with a large shovel plow, the ma
ter part of April. We manure the pi -. nure sptinkled heavily in, the potatoes
lato by scattering manure at the rate of! dropped ten inches apart, half inch of
about 300 bushels per acre, upon the j dirt raked upon them, and the furrow
bed, as thrown tip by the plow ; the hoe j filled with pine straw ; before the pota-
lrauds in drawing up the beds cover the 1 toes come up, the eotire bed is covered
manure completely, just deep enough to j ftom four to eight inches deep with
have the potato embedded in it at its! straw, 'ihe okra is laid off thre* and n
growth. We have applied a broadcast : half feet, the manure drilled and bedded
covering of leaves ami trash from the I upon as a cotton or corn bed. nr.d the
woods, to corn and potato land, which jseed planted in dibbles on the bed about
‘told’ tolerably well the first year and (the last of March, or soaked in hot wa
better the second. Th-y were scattered , t* r for two or three days and planted
and plowed in November. This is how- | about the middle of April. The remain-
ever a tedious job. The fowl house is j der of our garden is plauted when the
scattered with pine straw about once a j spring is known to be fairly set it. Cab-
month, which is as often rak. d up into jbago, cauliflower and toniatoe seed are
one corner to ret until wanted. It is as ! sown in a hot bed in January, and trans-
tonishing the quantity of manure &! planted in beds like those made for o-
house full of Shanghais will make in | kra, so they may receive a plowing when
this way during the year. The manure j large enough to lay by.' The hot bed is
we make in the following manner, wejon ti e north side of the garden, eight
will designate merely for distinction— feet square, spaded up every fall aud
compost. Under a rough shelter in the j heavily immured to the depth of twelve
lower corner of our lot the earth is dug i inches, and covered by two sash eight
out about one foot deep, and thrown on ! leet long, four feet wide, inclining in a
the upper side to prevent water running Southern direction sufficiently to lot rain
water rtiti off.
ROTATION.
Our system of rotation is not as perfect aa
it should be, because we cannot practice it
as we can theorize upon it As much of oar
cot ou bind as enu be manured with cotiou
seed is put in corn, and some of it in oats;
corn bind is sowed in wheat, and as mnch of
it as we can manure from stable, lots, Ac.,
is again planted in corn; this part, the nest
year, growing wheat. Oar wheat and oats
laud is planted in cotton, except when the
location ofil requires tis, for the conveni
ence of pasture, to put it io corn. If possi
ble we never grow the same crop on the same
laud two years in succession. A large por
tion ut uur crop is manured every year, tho
wheat getting ci'toa seed, oats broadcast
manure in part, corn manured partly with
cotton seed and partly with stable and oow-
house manure, &o., and tha ootton put on
the small grain laud, which has the pea crop
plowed in.
STOCK.
We keep ji’St so many cattle as we ct n
In the fall atler it is cleared of its
heap for oat manuring, the wood yard
is scraped and the contents (brown into
this hole; upon this the ‘drawn’ ash hop
pers are emptied, and from time to time
the sweepings from ihe house yard and
the young weeds hoed up in ihe garden.
Daily it receives the liquids from the
chambers, water front the wash tubs,
occasionally a I t tie ii me, a dead chick
en, or pig, or rotten eggs, bones, and in
fact everything that can possibly decom
pose, is thrown upon this pile. So [•ar
ticular are we to have this constantly
done, that we have flogged the chamber
maid for empty’ng the contents of her
vessels elsewhere. This heap, too. accu
mulates to an astonishing size dating
the year, and in the fall it is broadcast-
the potato bed, thus covering up the j yield a manure superior to that from (lie I Louse every night, thereby protecting them
grass that has been raked from the beds.
In the more advanced stage of the crop,
when the vines hove probably reached
the middles, two more furrows with a
twister are run, throwing the dirt to the
beds. A few days after ibis the hoes
draw tLis loosely plowed earth upon the
beds, arranging properly the vines to
prevent any portion of them being cov
ered by the dirt. Our work is now fin
ished till we harvest, which is done suf
ficiently late iu the fall to ensure oui
gathering a crop of ripe potatoes. We
house eating potatoes in one end of our
stable, hut it is not so good when made | from the cold in winter, making them corn-
ill an open pen. Whenever we can af- j foi table of summer Lights, and laving *11
ford if, we broadcast manure, unless it their manure from exposure They are al-
be for a cultivated crop. In this instance ! lowed woods pasture all the year, corufieid
our judgment suggests that plowing ] pasturage during dry weather in the win-
would expose the manure and conse- j ter * a "d every night fed with morsel of slop,
quently weaken its effects. We do not • wheat straw, shucks, vegetables, nubbin?,
believe, however, that manure spread.: ,,r something of the kind. In the winter tho
broadcast and allowed lo remain so for j milch cows receive boiled peaa and cotton
a day or two, loses much of i's slrenglh, | seed well suited. Grinding peas and then
but after being once coveted, and then j mixing tho meal with cotton seed and slop
exposed for a time, much of its value es- ; previously boiled is belter food, however,
capes, because it is then damp, and has j th in the pea whole Our hogs are kept un-
a I ready begun the process of more corn- j der fence always, called up every morning,
TLis grain is sown upon whatever ! smoke house; the floor is about six inch- j plele decomposition. Sometimes manure j g’ lveu eero, turned upon wheat and
land weUtn spare for it. The land l>e ! es deep in dry sand, u[K>n this is laid four j is broadcasted from the w agon by scat- j <iat stuhbtc jn-vous to pluwiug it in, and
ing well broken up and the seed brush-1 inches of cotton seed, thereupon are i tering it out as the wagon movus from | g ! ‘va the run uf tho fields generally through
ed in. During the winter the calves are ] placed the potatoes, and the pile covered j place to place ; sometimes it io thrown ; the winter. Occasiooly they are salted,giv-
uastured upon” it, and occasionally the with about six inches more of cotton in piles and scattered afterward*, de j « a a copperas and sulphur and slops
pastured upon it, and occasionally
milch cows. Iu the earlv summer,
seed. Last winter they kept well in this j pending upon our pressure for tinier when j We generally raise about meat enough te do
igli is saved for seed to sow again in j wav, theswinter before we lost them, j hauling and the state of the ground, j u* seven or eight mouths in the year, and
fitll, the remainder plowed in with j Seed potatoes are put up in the o’d fash- j whether wet or d**y. Our broadcast tna- j coaid easily raise a plenty of hog meat and
which in the fall is j iotied banks. When our seed are scarce j wiring always produces a better ct op jn.u: ton, V>o, if our Legislature would protect
we l ed out in the garden, deep and as j the second than the first year. Guano, | the planter by taxing heavily all dogs, both
the
the shienv
pea,
BY CHARLES SIXER.
"AYING opened a shop in Cassville, for the
_ purpose of carryingon the \Ya‘ch Repair-
business, he is now prepared to receive all
work that may be entrusted to him. He has
been in the business for a number of jfars in
some of the principle cities in Germany,and slso
treated like the pea on the oat slubblc-.
PEAS.
Of this land renovator have several
kinds: The Crowder, Slock, Shiney,
Black, and Oregon. The two first aie
planted in the corn, dropping from five
to eight peas on the corn bed between
each two stalks, at the second hoeing.
When ripe, about one half the yield is
gathered, each hand being required to
pick peas bv weight as he did cotton,
cotton, sometimes follow the twister with j pound for pound with the cotton. The
a scooter, one horse to each. After bed
ding ‘out and out,’ we plant in the drill
on the top of the bed, and cultivate the
corn precisely as we do the cotton, plow-
iug it just as often and with the same
S. B. OATMAN,
DEALER IS ITALIAN, EGYPTIAN AND AMERICAN
STATUARY AND TENNESSEE
MARBLE,
Monuments,
Tombs, Urns and Vases, Marble Man
tel.-. and Furnishing Marble,
Atlanta. Geo.
All orders promptly filled. Ware room op
posite Georgia Rail Road Depot.
James Vaughan, Ajjent, Cassrille, Geo.
Jau 1. 1857—tf
summey&hurlick7
DEALERS IS
MARBLE
iwtjnnintuis Tombs Urns Va-
«BS, YALI.TS, TABLRTt?, HEAD
ASU FOOT STONES, 4c.
/ORDERS promptly filled. Address Marble
r / Works P. O., Pickens Go., Ga.
July 23, 1857—ly
Notice.
T HE undersigned will pay the highest oash
prices for roung negroes. Persons want
ing to sell, w ; ll find him at his residence near
(he Etowah Furnace. For every communica
tion, direct to Etowah Post OSc*. Cass'co.. Ga.
June 18—Jat. JftHF JOLLY.
lie OI me nrmcn»ic WUCS 111 VJuruiituT.miu \ £C Ta* v
the United States and pii dtres himself to do J number of furrows. If com succeeds cot
ton, we lay off with narrow plows four
and a half or five f et wide, drop the
corn, aud cover with a scooter furrow
on either side, leaving a narrow little
riilire containing the corn, the middles
untouched. The fi st plowing this por
tion of the corn crop receives, is two
furrows with a scooter, one in each of
the covering furrows as deep as a good
untie can pull it, and this followed by a
the potatoes will lie without touching., pondrette, &c., we have never bought, ; two and four lefgad Every negro in our
From these we procure ‘draws’ for the j because we believe properly expended, | loud almost has a bob tailed cur. and every
patch which can be transplanted any I the same money will make us as good ; rascally while man dogs enough to eat
cloudy afternoon, and if watered, as j manure at home, and a great deal more ; iliul “P 1“ this case . both dog and master
well as planted carefully, they never fail; of it. | should have a problb tcry t#x levied upon
to take root and grow. Sometimes ourj plowing.. i them, make the master work and kill tbs
entire crop is of ‘draws’ as a matter of j Concerning this lovely portion of h ; dog.
preference; because at the time the pota- i farmer’s labors, we would say much, but I ujll mde ditching.
to beds should be made we are too busy j will condense as much as possible. We Vie are compel led to have horizontal ditch,
planting cotton and com to stop for the j always plow as deep and as close as we eB * Because our lands are too hilly to culti
potatoes. In this event, we postpone can, but not as deep as we would wish, I rate without, but we cannot boast of our
this crop until the other crop is planted,
H AYING opened ashop in Cassville. for the t jj nC r ‘ ou t ju:d out,’ we plant in the drill upon oat stubble, to secure food for the t j‘ en - u P *
purpose of carrying on th e \Ya*ch Repair- tf ,„ „f ,„Yhwl La ooltivato the tl,o winter and also for the previously bedded potato m the gar
den furnishing ‘draws, large enough to
he set out and take root before the grass
wilbappear on tbe lately formed beds.
Twelve bushels of seed potatoes will
plant an acre; two bushels will fur
uish draws enough for the same land.
MANURE.
Our principal reliance for manure, the
farmer’s treasure, are the stable, the cow
house, the pig pens, into which we scat
ter shattered corn daily for our stock
W ILL give strict attention to receiving and the covering iurrows as tieep as a tiooo ing in me neiu, out. always uouse me hogs, and keep sows with young pigs;
forwarding merchandise^ of every de- „, u |ecan pull it, and this followed by a pea, and thrash them as we shack corn the horse lot, fowl house and trash from
similar furrow from a narrow shovel, in the winter—of rainy days. The hulls ■ the yard, soap suds, chamber lye and
thus only widening the bed a little, still j are carefully preserved, salted down and | ship water. Once a week at least, lh k works - belter an j keep “ hie in an, land destitute of lime,
leaving a middle. Ihe hoes follow tins ’ fed to cows and mules. In fresh lands; throughout the year, we haul leaves to «... . ... Y
plowing thinning out to a stand and re- ' the pea vine are sometime, pulled np by ' tbe stable, pens, cow bouse and horse
■ .- ti, . t • 1 - JJI - I ■ - 1—-t- i- <*--■> The leaves in the lot, when suffi
ciently trampled, are raked up under
shelter or used as manures immediately;
the manure made under cover is seldom
touched except to haul out for the crop.
In July we broadcast about half an acre
bv the crop. This is done jnst before j bein** housed. This is most excellent! for turnips with-stable manure ; in No-
; Milliner^ and Dress Making tasseliing. ‘ winter proveuder for all kinds of stock. I vember we dean out the stable again,
! carried oa H* the neatest and most fesbtonabll * In harreiting corn we invariably go Whether peas should be planted in the! cow boose, and pens thorough lv for
Gartersville, mh 26 j [ 0 t i, e g e | j yj tjj e best corn to seipet o«;r j corn is a debatable question; believing j broadcast manuring of oat land and tbe
seed for the next crop. If the stalks i however, that tbe peas gathered from garden; in March we give ail the ma*
sbinev pea is put in late corn as well as
upon oat st ubble, to secure food for the
negroes during the winter, and also for
our own table occasionally. Tbe black
pea is sown broadcast on open land,
enough picked ft.r seed and tbe vine
plowed under. The Oregon pea is sowed i
as above stated on the wheat stubble, j ’’ an *
This we consider our most valuable pea, i
because it will yield upon the same land j
more vegetable matter than any other
pea we have. It is also readily gather
ed and will thrash itself by being expo
sed to the sun. We never allow thrash
ing in the field, but always house the
pea, and thrash them as we shack corn
in the winter—of rainy days. The hulls j
crop, because experience has told us,
that land broken up iu the winter runs
together, and during ihe cultivation of
the crop, is as hard, if not harder, than
that broken up as late as possible in the
spring. Could it be done, land should
be well broken up just before planting
pood and faithful work, and <ri>*e ecnoral satis
faction to liis customers A fair trial is all he
asks.
nis shop is kept at
Cassville, Ga., may 21—5m.
CARO.
Thos. S. Wayne & Son,
Savannah, Georgia.
r ILL pirc strict attention toreceivinpand
, , fovivardinp merchandise of everv de-
tim. to. • »» >bo.«l.
Liberal advances made on consipnments.
Savannah, Jan 2*. 1857 ly : leaving a mtuuie. me uoes ioiiow mis : ten to cows ana mines, id iresa isnusi luruueeoui uie j»i, »o u.m i»ics more arable the entire season We use
the twister for bedding up; a larger turn
ing plow for plowing in stubble; a sliov
el lo lay ofi beds; a scraper >r sweep iu
tbe cultivation of the crops; a bull tongue
to break up land, and a scooter follow
ing a twister to ensure a depth. When
ever we possibly can, we always bitch
two mules instead of one to the plow,
except when cultivating the crops. Our
deepest plowing is always given to the
turnip crop and the vegetable garden.
GARDENING.
Uuiike most housewives, we do not
care to Lave our garden cut up into lit
tle, nice, square beds, like a draft board;
f INES and Linen Drill, Ccttoaade, Bcdtick-' ling a littie salt over each load, as it is i the'pea t we invariably plant pea* abovej long the farrow with an apron fall of but have it in as few walks as possible,
[_j ing;' Shirting, Stoetiag, Apron Check*,; thrown into the crib or barn. We con-1 described, in our corn. We consider I the seed, grabbling a handful and dasb- every possible square foot being covered
im-h.m. Catiro* Ac. i s y er jjjjg e^QgQHty, because jn rainy ' from reason and experience, the pea to' ing it into the farrow. Tb» 5* to near with luscious vegetables, which grow iu
in the preparation of land for any crop, j success in their construction. We haven
and as shallow as we can in the culttva- : level with a span of twelve feet. In layic-
tion of any crop. We never plow just i off a ditch, wo look about and determine e:
before or after a rain, preferi icg to let (ther where it should stnrt or where it should
the grass grow and the mules rest, and j end; then we begin at either of these points,
believing that one furrow in dry weath- j as We ma J determine is most important, and
er will kill grass more effectually, and j S‘ TC rite ditch a fall ol not less than three
benefit the crops more ultimately than j n ' jr more than four inches in twelve feet.—
ten furrows upon tbe same land, plowed j Gur ditches are wide and pretty deep, the
when the earth is wet. We do not ad-: deepest part being up tbe hill, or tbe uppe-
vocate winter plowing for a summer ; s 'de of'he bottom of the ditch. The land
for cotton and corn is laid off with a fell l(
about one inch, by the same level, in a di
rection contrary to the directiau of tile
ditch We have tried horizontalizing land
under cultivation, but unhesitatingly pro
nounce it impossible in all hilly awl irregu
lar lands, nor do we believe it :n be profits-
Ngyy Goods
a f-ISS C. M. DAVIS solicits tile attention ofi planting. Tbe next plowing these middles! the roots about the time the pea is full
\j the ladies cenerallv n> ter new and bean- are throw u out with long twistere when j and begining to change its color. They
tiful stock of srRIXG GOODs, consisting of t [)e corn is about two feet high; the lav on the ground at the spot where pul-
Bonnets Ribbons. Flowers, Laces. Muslins, ■ , . , ’ . j, ■\ , ,» . r , V
Silks, Mantillas. Summer Cloaks,Gloves, veils, noes follow again, and in due time the led for a day or two, or perhaps three
Ginghams—in fact everythin*-appertaining to. middles are scraped by two furrows of a days, dependent upon tbe weather, and
prilS ft7^t«^iB^neU?n ; ^weep,’ n hich the hoes fallow and jay then shocked in
the country.
Ur. Wa S. Kilnifl, bear two large rears, we take both or : the corq field, when added to the pasta- j nure we can gather to our coru 9 putting
H AYING permanently locatedmth^ place, , largest one if thev differ iu : ra»e the? leave for stock, are of more; it into the ‘ laying off’ furrow, and bed-
offers his professional services to tne cm- , & - • ,, , | u . • .v 1 tin i :
sens of Cassrille and rioiniiy.
apr 9, 1857—tf
size. As much coin as we can afford value than the increased weight, worth,! ding upon it When cotton seed is us-
room far is housed ic the shack, sprink- i or yield of corn when planted without led for this purpose, each hand walk* a-
. * • ’ • 11 ii-^ : .l. _;.v mi -t
1}
Gingham*, Calicos, Ac.
CHEAP AT LETTS STORE-
rcvciHG.
This is the heaviest work ou a plantation,
and unfortunately must continue to be sc
for generations yet We have tried every
kind of fencing, and beli.va tha old fash
ioned worm fence, where timber is abuu
dent, to be tbe cheapest, safnar, ugliest and
best. Each hand eats and mauls 125 rails
a day, we lay the worm four and half feet
wide; build nine or ten rails high;stake each
corner inside and out. and never put up ri
ders We never allow gaps or bare, but al
ways have strong, substantial gates. W»
have done eoneidersble fencing by cutting
white or post osk posts, five feet long, sirA.-
icg them one fcofia tbs ground, at* >eez
apart; digging a ditch oatsid* ut the
three end a half foot wide a» ta. top, oa.
foot wide at bottom, three hut nerpndic'*-