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About Blackshear news. (Blackshear, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1879)
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MOORE, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN ’ Elaekbhoar. Ga. oct31-ly S. w. HITCH, AT LAW J Blacksheai’, Ga. Practice regular in the Brunswick Circuit. oct3I-ly J. C. HICE0LLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Itlackshear , Ga. Practice regular in the Counties of Appling,Clinch, Camden Cbaritou Ccffc-e, Echols, Glynn, Liberty, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne. oct31-ly T w jrr XV. T> rniliLiro, ■p’CTTTTTPCl . M ATTrtDMPV ’ l ¥ Ml AT Bmterv, I AUf octSl-Iy BlacksUear, Ga. BLACKSHEAR. GA., JUNE 187fi. FARM, GARDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD, Manure for the Garden. The garden is indispensable for every have well-regulated good and country family; but to soil a be productive garden the tility. must The frequent kept in a stirring prbper state offer of the soil, its constant exposure to the sun during copious dressings with some appropriate fertilizer, the land must soon become noor-too In applyi poor to produce good crops, e ga fertilizer, we should first consmer ne clmihctcr of the soil If sandy, ingredients; lime should iljfl, be used AiNth Wiy other if a heavy then wood ashes, chip manure or:sand used with the other ingredients. Fresh barn yard or stable manure is not good under any circumstances. If the summer should be a dry one, the vegetables will } K ' llard and dry, and may eventually burn up. If wet, they grow too rank, and a f soft and spongy. As barnyard manure is not suitable, composts should be used. In some part of the garden, or other convenient place, » lak f a c ‘“post heap. W lien the place selected, with the boe or shovel make it hollow in the middle by putting the soil around the outside, to keep the com post from wasting As the garden is cultivated, rake up all the weeds, dress tie ai } d trimmings of the borders, and throw them on the compost heap. 1 lie pea, bean, cucumber and tomato tomato vines \ines, the me diseased mseasea beat iieat and ana cab cap bage weeds leaves, should and be all other leaves and weeus, snoum dc thrown mi own there mere, u Tf the tne the house, the chimneys lawn, if and with cellar; the grass on the to to the the mown heap. heap. a . scytne, scythe, should snouia go go compost compost liean heap Late Late in in the the fall fall add add to to the the a a couple c< of bushels the droppings from the chicken-roost, and a load or two of manure from the cow-stable. If a load or two of muck can be obtained from a swamp or bog, and applied, it will add greatly to the quality Immediately of the compost. after the first thaw winter or early spring, fork over the sandy, compost add heap, anil if the garden soil is to the heap half a barrel lime and half a bushel of salt, mixing them well with the compost; then bank the whole in a close heap, and throw on a little soil to“prevent the escape of the i ammonia. When the season arrives for making deeply, garden, spade up the ground with thoroughly the soil, incorporate*the plant com¬ post the seed and give rewarded good culture, and you will be amply with an extra crop of vegeta¬ bles of superior quality. Do not think it too much trouble to make a compost heap It is not half as much trouble as some may suppose, and a garden in this ! way may be kept clean with one-half the labor than if fertilized with common stable manure.— G. F. N. in Country Gentleman. Plowiujc in Crops as Manure. A understand large number of farmers are unable to how it is possible to better the condition of lands by plowing in clover, rye, buckwheat, etc., in a green condition. The difficulty is in compre¬ hending methods by which crops that are from supposed tlie to draw their sustenance soil in which they grow can re¬ take turn anything in more to the soil than they away their growth. The point is cleared up when it is known that all plants draw nourishment from tiie at¬ mosphere as well ;is from the soil, and this is one source of gain. While the leaves are accumulating stores of fertility from the air, tiie roots are busy search¬ distinct ing for it in the soil, and tlfhs the two parts of plants work together. It is probable nitrogen that crops absorb in some way from the atmosphere; at least, it has never leen satisfactorily proved that they do not, and hence from that source one of the most valuable , i,ie . . of . plant , food be various lorms may denveu. If tins point is in doubt, L is certain that the leaves gather from the atmosphere the elements of organic mat ter, and organize them so as to form the the great body of the plant; and when i we turn under the clover it leaves its organic matter in the soil, and this is in an But important the sense manure. excellent effects of plowing under clover or other green crops are not tained due from alone air. to elements The of fertility deep-pene- ob trating great lower of the roots cereals, go to and a point than most hence they draw supphes of mineral food from sources m roots of coarse texture disintegrate and loosen the soil, so that air is let in, and in some sense the work of the plow is pel formed by them. When these roots of decay, they form a considerable portion combined organic with or vegetable the matter, which for better plants mineral,gives thrive a pood compost -From brief to m. those considerations it will readily be seen how it is possible to manure land by plowing in green crops; and we will here remark that is a prac tiee not often followed by our husband men. Ihc clover is perhaps the best all the plants for green manuring, ai E l it fe easily and cheaply raised. A pt- bin dressing will almost of superphosphate (home-made) give land, a heavy crop of clover on common and this crop turned under when at its maturity, and allow i d to decay, brings it into good tilth, and certainly affords to the farmer a wide margin for profit inftuceessive crops. Journal of Chemistry. Garden Peas. When an earlv -J,. cron * of P neas ’. is “ the planting * & should , be made in the . . . d situation As earlv a " ,u ,» «ry rv situation, as t any the £ ground can be worked select a ., , . , When nraetien planting apply thoroughly decomposed manure The usual mode is to sow in drills three feet apart for the earlier sorts and about five feet for the later and larger varieties, distance. which thrive better at a greater This arrangement furthermore gives space for planting some low-grow Lng vegetable between. Peas should be kept clean and earthed up twice during their growth. From one and a half to two bushels of seed are required to tiie acre, according to their liabits of growth. Peas drilta ^utoon.“LSh broadcast ca’l of* for b»E« sown an extra amount, three bushels being the rule, One quart of the smaller sorts will sow say 1*20 feet and of the larger kinds 200 feet in the drill. For a smwession plant every advisable two weeks. the In dry weather it is to soak peas a few hours is previous to planting, and if tl„* ground drv wetting them in the drills wiL prove beneficial. The height to which all peas grow de pends jn great measure on the richness the soil and the wet or dry s.-iison. Varieties requiring it should be bushed when about six inches high. TheClmm pion of England, a favorite for the gen era! and late profise crop because of its flavor and yield, does not need the same amount of manure that growing excellent kinds earlv require. winkled The little Gem, an tains variety, tonsequently only about one foot in height rardens is a good kind in where brush would be in way. In addition to the variety trefirredto or a general crop is the White Marrowfat, one of the oldest in cultivation, and a favorite kind. It grows six feet high and Marrowfat, large pods well-filled. the The I)warf similar tin; as foregoing name indicates, to but of habit, and on tiiat account preferable small plats. The Marrowfat Eyed is also an excellent pea, either field or garden culture, und attain feet Coming in height. ton’s Alpha, to extra McLean’s early kinds are Little Gem, ready W onder. mentioned, and Bliss’s This last variety is a cross tween the Champion and Little containinfr the desirable qualities of It is numbered with the earliest of winkled peas in cultivation and from ten to fifteen inches high. del phi a Extra Early is a favorite pea in the Southern States. NO. 13. Advance, a prolific dwarf sort, is also counted among desirable early varieties. though tionea it is a little later than those men World. as being extra early .—New York Food. The use of food by different persons should be regulated in quantity or char andt ho climate in which they live, Milk is the only perfect food for in fants . It is the best food for children <uu i V outh un to the »cr f > of Old people are weaker inUieir whole digestive powors , partly weaker, because their sys terns are and partly because of their diminished muscular activity, Their fo„d should be less in quantity than that used by younger persons, * and of easier digestion ” j n summ r and in warm climates loss f ood bv one-third is needed 'and the tone of the system being ble lowered persons thus boing una eitlier to digest or to assimilate as much as in winter and In colder latitudes So a]so f at> SUgar and starcli-tlie latter includes fine four-being should mainly heat making elements, be but little US cd in summer and in tropical regions, . ind largely used in winter and in cold climates. Corn-bread, which contains a large per cent, of fat, is better adapted for food in winter than in summer. Shoemakers, tailors and people of sedentary » t u ®uuiry liabits minus generally uenerallv neta neen loss less food . and food t,iat 18 imm ' digest , than the farmer and all nersnnswbn eu * v n er ana aii w "° work , hard in • *i the open air. Still, every ol jD oatmeal, but he must not use his brain , at the of vigorous muscles,* for it J muscles expense that K have to work not . ^“ stomach, but the lungs and ^ e j heart. l of course, need food earelully a, hipted , to their particular condition, an< ‘ those who are not in full health ma y .^eatl v help themselves by nyectmg whatever they find injurious to them.— 1 outli s Companion. Buried Alive Titusvlllo W <mpI,oy^» and B(d]alo of railroad th. I’itWmrg, rclata a ' s, iang, and hoiiibfi story. It seems a man died at T luniph, a smull place not f al A on |, I ,da,u ^ ^ a ^J 1 '' * ,0< }y was > * kept for three lays, and at the expimtion of th;it J ] l on 8 ? n ? 0 P^son remembered that a sister o , of the ' 1( ‘ c(!a * 0(i , ad lain a a dea th-hke trance for f vera ' da y s - It w ‘ w 8U «« e8ted that perhaps the man had , , been prematurely 1 h » «Uspiciou took so strong a A> so ,X ld ed ex }H l 11( people “ tl‘ c that boily, it and was tiie re ^as disinterred, . after having ,ud ^ nec l ,l *^ s n lc was wrenel.ed off, «. when a horrible sight . greeted the eyes of the resurrectionists the Evidently wretched the corpse had had revived, and for his man life. fought des P er,l erna,Is tely lble Imprints the hnin of his “ n « we r e ™ on 8 of * cofim, which . . phu-es , 1<: in some was t ? rn ,n f° 8U ' edH * The coffin itself was framed . the and death wrenched agonies apart of the at miserable the ,om mgs m who buried alive. He had man was j' u rned ( ‘°mpletcly ov*er and was found ^“8 . u P° n h indicating ? 8 ,! ,rea8t ’ bls the dl frightful « to ^ d countenance sufferings lie had undergone. Kissing the Governor. The Governor ofCalifomia was making one of his official visits to the Napa Insane Asylum, and while j>assing through one of the female wards was introduced by the superintendent as “Governor Irwin.” One of the pa¬ tients, a fat old lady, immediately took him by the arm with the salutation: “ How are you, governor? let’s take a walk.” His excellency humored her for a while, and then tried to leave her. • 6 Not a bit of it,” said she, “ you don’t go until you have kissed me!” And rumor says that the governor was com* pelled to purchase his liberty at that price.
