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AC-RlCULTURAL. -
How to A.Ojjji'..rci;i2er3—08ej» or
sa.iiiow.
There U a wide <li« rrsby of opinion
among ».trw!.;io u|'io:i this subject, Cer
m.rly thfc'.o is a wvie diversity among
tbctn la j iac ticri. Bourn apply fertilizers
deep sooio shallow, some in the drill,
some. i.i the tsill and now ana then there is
ono * h>i applies them boadc;,.-t. Iq
rei'itr.u 1 .! o the depth at which they
ti, it.! b applied, our own experience
t.e;u h-s to put thei'a iu deep, an ou r
ruasuns for this u, that when the fertil¬
izers. u: s put in u«:sp, the fine food-find¬
ing and food absorbing roots are devel¬
oped at a depth under tb's surface where
they are not injuriously affected iD time
of drought, whereas, when they are put
in shallot , the roots being chiefly de¬
veloped just where the fertilizers arc
deposited, these r ots are put forth
where they will languish and die when
the surface soil becomes parched under
the scorching influence nf the sun during
the droughts which generally occur dur¬
ing the first months of summer.
It has been abundantly demonstrated, i
we think, that plants are endowed with !
a sore of instinct which enables them to 1
search for .food and select that which is .
host suited to tr ir several species, and 1
that the roots which search for,find and 1
absorb ti food which nourishes the
plants, are most largely developed imme- .
diateiy round the matter upon which j
they feed. Therefore this development j
should be encouraged to take place - !
where the effects of a protracted drought
will be least felt. There is a v try corn- j
mon error that roots are provided at I
■their extremities with spongtoles rosem !
bliug the mouth of a leaoh, by which l
they t-.uek up nourishment and that it is j
wholly in this way plants .-are fed. It is .
well proved that this is a mistake, that
the extremities of tho roots and rootlets
cannot absorb liquids at all, but that it
is through the young and tender surface
or the roots that they absorb nourish¬
ment from the earth- The old tough
roots have no power of absorption.
It is astonishing to what a length the :
roots of familiar plants are developed,
lilpcriaient has shown that iu a rid, j
w» 11 broken and thoroughly pulverized j
soil, a barley plant willproduceas much
as 128 feet, and an oat 150 feet of roots. I
Wheat, m lesa than two month3 after j
being sown, has been found to have sent I
its roots as deep as seven feet', and clover
and ucerne have been known to extend
to a length of thirty feet.
We thus see to what a depth the roots
of plants will penetrate, to what a large
extent their combined volume is equiva¬
lent, and bow they feed and absorb
nourishment. 'All this teaches the nec¬
essity to healthful plant growth of deep
breaking of the soil, of extending as
much as possible the area of nourish¬
ment, and of encouraging the greatest
develments of feeding rootlets where
drought and heat can do the least inju¬
ry, by putting the fertilizing material
designed to be absorbed by them, where
an ordinary drought can done injury.
We wish that some of our friends
would make oxpeiimentson the subject
this year and report results. Our own
practice, to which we mean to adhere
until! convinced of its error, is to open
the rows with a long, wide shovel, de’
posit the fertilizer at the bottom of the
furrow, diffuse if. thoroughly in the soli
by running a sub-soil plow in the ferr.il
ized furrow, and than finish the bed.
MILLET.
A correspondent asks us to tell how
and. when to plant millet, aud whether
or not we regard it as a valuable forage
plant.
Millet is coarser and les6 nutritive
than good timothy hay; but it is the
most prolific of all the grasses, and wil*
grow in all sorts of soils and climate.
HOW TO PLANT.
Let the soil be well and deeply broken
and pu’verized, and if not naturally rich
let it be made so artificially. Sow three
packs of seed and harrow or brush it j
in.
WHEN TO PLANT.
Sow the seed as early in April as pos¬
sible. to escape frost—from the 15th to
the 30th. The spring rains during the
first weeks of its growth, will give it a
good, healthy start. It can be cut in
about eighty or ninety days from plant¬
ing, when the beads will be generally
visible over the fie d. On good land
three or four cuttings may be made,
5Ve recommend it strongly as a very
valuable forage plant.— Macon Tile graph
and Messenger.
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Lr TANE month after date application will be
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View at every stage of the course. The
most thorough and practical instruc¬
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to Commercial calculations, and as ra¬
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attain these objects. Among the cases
in which these ready methods are most
desirable may be mentioued Exchange,
Percentage, Interest—both simple and
Compound-Commission, Insurance, Dis¬
count, Profit aud loss. Custom House
Duties, Partnership, Equation of Pay
' ments, Equation of accounts, &c Tho
mode of instruction and explanation on
Black-board of various questions are so
thoroughly taught and demonstrated as
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My School-Room.
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master style of learning to write by copy
imitation, and the slow, nervous, im¬
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men;.
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ttie business Hmi, O'her H-.ei m.w may
settle down upon »•■>•.< iilugfr tracings^
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to business is bu-'iu-m.-'- m and at ;t
rate to keep pace with the lisenaada- uii
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[MACON. GA }
FOR 1880 1SSJ.
npHE -A. important pre-': nt events. year is pregnant C fiic-ral elections with stirring are
to be. held for National, Ftatc, and cuunty
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of tlie m^st vital character, alse, to the futyre
of the eountry, such a* the modifications
sought to be iuaugurated in our system of fi¬
nance, the projected revision of the tariff - , our
Indian policy, etc., arc to he discussed before
the people, and every intelligent person should
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the sections especially in which it ?e largoiy
circulates, and whila advocating, with all the
aeal and ability they posses?, the principles
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