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VOL. IV
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Good Fens lor the Hoc.
There is much to be said in the se¬
lection of a location for the pen. It
should have a southern exposure with a
movable frenttbat can be opened or shut
to admit or exclude the sun at pleas
ure . When the pen is lai^e a half to
three-fourths of it should have no floor¬
ing, but the earth should be hard and
tbe drainage complete. Manure can be
manufactured from leaves, cornstalks,
and any dry substance convertible into
that valuable product. The floored
portion tdionld hold no moisture, and
be supplied with plenty of straw as the
sleeping and resting apartment. Hogs
always lay clo-e together to produce
warmth, and the warmer they can make
themselves with the addition of a close
pen the less food they will require, not
only to give them increased weight, but
to enable them to retain the fat they
possessed when they went into winter
quarters.
Vnlui- of Uoot Crops.
Writing on this subject a correspond
ent of the Country Gentleman says:
Farmers who neglect to provide either
carrots, parsnips, beets or turnips for
their stock make a serious mistake, if
they anticipate the best profit and
work for largo results. We often see
the feeding of roots argued from an
English standpoint, but many things in
this country in an agricultural point are
quite different. Nevertheless, there is
no question of the value and economy
of feeding roots in this country to a
larger extent than is done at present
Probably the most easily raised, most
productive, and most profitable root
crops for us to raise, are some of the
varieties of beet, some of which grow
very large and yield 800 to land 1,000 bush¬
els to the acre, if the is well
manured and thoroughly tilled. The
best way to grow them is to let them
follow some deeply-worked, highly-ma¬ land,
nured crop, on thoroughly good
putting on no manure the year the beets
are grown. There will then be few
weeds to trouble, which is often the
plague of root culture.
ASllCS.
The _ Pioneer Press says : What are
the ashes which remain in our stoves
after the stick of oak or maple is
burned, or that are left in a blackened
alter S tiui lias oeen applied r Wo an
swer, They are the indestructible part
of the wood or fiber-the mineral por
tion which has been extracted from the
Mil and absorbed by tbe growing plants.
hTOr;; h poL o 8 pUX™'a”d
b»nd
tbe plant and converted into wood,
fiber and bark. Into everything in the
shape of plaut life go these minerals in
greater or less degree to help make the
sted and leaf and Aower and fruit. The
absence of any one in the soil dimin
ishes. to a certain extent, the growth
of the plant, and the general lack of
all results in what is generally known
as “ worn out land.” Every crop re
moved, therefore, takes with it a cer
tain portion of these indispensable elo
men >:s, which must, in time, be restored,
or else impoverishment of soil ensues,
Hence the applicition of manures and
fertilizers, which contain, in an eminent
degree, the elements greeri of plant growth ;
hence the value of crops turned
under, which abound in potash and
nitrogen and phosphorus in a large
degree. It would seem, then, that if
the ashes of a plaBt were restored to the
soil on which they grew that they would
tend in a large degree to revive th
waste, and. that burning of the straw on
onr wheat fields was not so bad a thing
after all. Well, it is not, providing the
burning can be made general all over
the field and the ashes equally distrib
uted. A large portion of the constit
neat elements have been permanently
taken away, however, in the grain; yet,
if the ashes of the straw could be as
evenly spread as those of a prairie fire,
the result would be equally as beneficial,
for we all know that prairies which have
been burned over produce sweeter and
more luxuriant grasses, owing largely.
bo doubt, to the ashes which have been
left upon them. Is it wise, then, to
barn the straw on the fields? In some
respects, yes, and in others, no. Yes,
because ashes in any form applied to
the soil are beneficial, and no, because
if the straw was fed to stock
or used for bedding, and thereby
made into manure, its value as a fer
tiiizer would be still further increased,
We have been looking over some
authorities on this subject, and find
that The everywhere a»h< s are commended,
old editor of tbe Amtrvym Agri
cult Uriel, Mr. Lewis F, Allen, says:
• Don’t waste even a pound oi your
a* bee Bare them and apply to the sod
atrate oi twelve to fifteen bushel*
to the acre on light soils, end twice that
BLACKSHEAR, GA., MARCH 16, 1882.
amount on heavy ones. All kinds of
roots and grasses are especially bene¬
fited, and even if they have been
leached apply and them, soda as only a portion
of the potash have been re¬
moved.” The department of agricul¬
ture for 1875 reports a case where, lie
fore the application yielded of ashes, a certain
field had only 600 pounds of
hay per acre. Ashes were freely put
on in the fall and the yield the* next
season was increased to a ton. The
next year the yield was a ton and a
half, and for five successive years fol¬
lowing the cut was over a ton per acre.
The party had tried barnyard manure
on the same field, but failed to reap as
great a benefit as with the ashes. Har¬
ris. the author of “Walks and Talks
About the Farm,” says: “ I use all the
wood ashes I can get on my
farm. It agrees with my land as
well as manure does.” As so we might
go indefinitely giving illustrations, all
proving the value of tins fertilizer to
the soil. For wheat lands it would
probably be better that the straw be
made into manure and thus applied, as
ashes are not as quickly appropriated
by wheat as they are byjferass. It is a
good deal better for the land, at any
rate, to stack the straw and let the cat¬
tle feed from it, than it is to burn it in
the center of the field. Made into
manure it is easily convertible into its
original elements and, being washed
into the soil by the rains, it is readily
taken up by the rootlets of the growing
plants. The moral of this brief article
is, save not only your manure bnt your
ashes. Restore to the soil in some
shape that %hich you have taken from
it or else pay the penalty in years to
come in dwarfed and stinted crops. The
ashes that are made in your stoves save
and apply either to your meadows or
grain fields. The ashes that have been
leached save also and use in like man¬
ner. Don’t be bo wasteful. By and
by your soil will cry out against you
and answer back in stunted growths
and diminished yields.
Recipes.
Potatoes a la Tbi anon.— Wash, peel
and slice some very good potatoes of
medium size, cutting each potato into
six pieces; steam until tender; have
ready some fresh butter cut into diee,
place the potatoes in a hot dish, sprinkle
crushed salt and strew the butter over
them and serve immediately.
Fish Sato*— A delieiou. fi.li sstos
* ade of * l of butter
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Rice Chicken Pie. Cover the bottom
of a Padding dish with slices of broiled
ham ! cut up a broiled chicken and
nearly fill the dish; pour in gravy and
n chopped )6lted butter onions to if you fill like, the or dish; little add
a
curr 7, powder, which is better; then
aJ( * foiled rice to fill all interstices
an “ cover the top Hack. Bake it for
one-naif or three-quarters of an hour,
Tapioca Pudding. —Soak one enp of
tapioca all night in water; in the morn
ing mash with a spoon every little un
dissolved particle; put it in a quart of
milk, with a little salt added; let it
boll until the tapioca is soft, then stir
in the yolk of five or six eggs and a cup
of sugar; flavor with lemon; when cold
spread over the top a thin layer of jelly
or raspberry jam, and on this put a
meringue of the whites of three eggs,
Let it brown in the oven for.two or
three minutes.
Hints on Cake Baking. —When cakes
are made without yeast or egsrs, 3 oda
and powder being the substitutes, they
require quick baking in a moderately
hot oven, and should be drawn directly
they are done or they get dry and taste
less. For a plain cake, made with one
pound of flour, etc,, the time to be al
lowed in baking would be from forty to
fifty minutes, at the outside not more
than an hoar. Yeast cakes take longer
—say from ten to fifteen minutes—and
will bear being left in the oven rather
over the time without much injury,
Very rich cakes, in which butter and
eggs predominate, take, of course, very
much longer time to cook, a pound
cake taking from an hour and a half or
two hoars, and a bride cake three and
a half. On no account should an oven
be too hot when the cake is put in—
that is, hot enough to brown at once ;
if so, in five minutes the whole outside
will be burned, and the interior will
stand little chance of being cooked.
The old plan of feeling the handle of
the oven door to test the heat is not al
ways successful; it is letter to sprinkle
a little floor inside and shat the door
for about throe minutes; if at the end of
that time it ia of a rich light brown the
cake may be put in, but if burned the
fieat moat first be ieeat&ed. In making
cakes see that all the ingredient* we
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thoroughly flour; dried before use, even the
this, for a very rich cake, where
a dark color is wanted, may be baked,
as it adds materially to the rich appear¬
ance of the condiment. Beat the eggs
in a cool place, near an open window if
possible, and then let them stay till
wanted. It may not be out of place here
if I suggest to any lady amatenr who
wishes to practice the art of cake mak¬
ing that she should take care to have
all her ingredients ready to her hand
before commencing her work—sugar
pounded, raisins stoned and chopped if
necessary, citron cut np, currents
washed and dried, aud tins already
greased to hold the mixture when ready.
A Chinese Policeman In Denver.
Concerning Denver’s naturalized Chi¬
nese policeman, Lonis Johnson, alias
Kan Yun Yu, the fact that Johnson is
the first Mongolian who ever wore the
star of a policeman in Amerioa, was
early developed in the conversation, and
is worthy of note. Johnson is married,
and, more important, his wife is an
American, a lady in all senses of the
term.
“I married her," said Johnson, “in
Lonisvilie, Ky., in 1873. She was a
Miss Burt, and lived on Twenty-first
street. A good family ? Oh, yos. First
class. She is of German descent, and
was a working girl, bnt I assure you in
every way an excellent woman—oh,
yes I”
“ Keeps you pretty straight, doesn’t
she ?”
“ You bet. She objects to my going
among the Chinese, and makes me do
just as Americans do—just the same.”
“ How do you like that?”
“ Oh, I don’t object. You see I con¬
sider myself civilized, and my country¬
men are not. Many of them are bad
people. handed. They When are envious and under¬
has good they thing see that a China¬
man it a him they try to get
him.” away from by underbidding
“ Are they immoral ?”
* 1 Most of them are bad. So my
wife doesn’t want me' to associate with
my countrymen here.”
“What do Chinamen pay for the
Chinese women I”
“They are bought first in China.
Young girls are preferred. They are
stolen on the streets in Chinese cities
and sold to slave dealers there, who
again sell them to men who ship them
to America. They are bought there for
from 8250 to 8300 by wholesale, and
retailed in S»u Francisco for from 8300
to 8800—-young giris bring the best
prices. They then belong to the men
who buy «nd them, who keep them till they
get old then sell them to China¬
men, with whom they live as their
wives. Their owners collect all the
money the womon receive, except what
they steal, and feed and clothe the
women.”
“How many Chinese women are there
in this country ?”
“Well, I should say there are about
10,000. thickly They Pacific are scattered coast.” pretty
over the
“Do all the Chinese smoke opium?”
“ Most of them.”
“ Do you ?”
“Oh, I hit the pipe occasionally
when I have a headache.”
“ Does your wife ?”
“Not much.”
“ How many Chinese are there in
Denver?”
“About 500.”
J jhnson says it is his determination
to live the life of a respectable American
citizen. He is a member of the Meth¬
odist church, while his wife belongs to
the Christian denomination. He has
devoted most of his time to the tea
business. He was natnralized in
Evansville.
Speaking of his courtship, he
says he met his wife through her
brother, who was a friend of his. He
courted her for about a year, and when
they decided that they each loved the
other more than any* one else they were
married by a Christian minister.—
Denver New*.
The statistics of the Reformed
(Dutch) church churches show that reported during the ad¬
past year 118 no
ditions on confession, sixty-four only
one; thirty-six kept their own number;
194 lost more than they gained. In all
540 less than last year were received;
net loss, 477. Seven theological grad¬
uates, thirteen ministers and one candi¬
date died; 108 churches in their gifts
ignored the foreign missionary board,
140 the uomestic missionary board, 220
the education board, 341 the church
building fund, 351 the board of publi¬
cation, 380 the disabled ministers’ and
widows’ (nods; fifty-two passed them
all.
A Ht. Louis man baa * coat made of
tiger akins and he which bad he purchaned i* in New
York, only worn twice
when he waa credited with iiaving
fought three duals, killed six tigers and
diaoov-wed • gold mine.—AW* Perm.
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SUNDAY READING.
Mission Work In China.
The London telegraph says: There
appears to be a very lively competition
among the various sections of the
Ohristian church for the honor of con¬
verting the “ heathen Chinee.” In his
annual report Sir John Pope Hennessy
states that one ecclesiastical resident in
Hong Kong is the agent of no fewer
than eighteen missionary bishops.
These are probably Catholios, but the
Protestants are quite as much to the
fore, the governor observing that the
number of ministers and priests now
devoting themselves to the task of
Christianizing China is extraordinary.
It happens, however, that the results
are not at all commensurate with the
means employed, the number of Chi¬
nese Christians, we are told, being con¬
siderably less now than in the last cen¬
tury. As to the cause of this a Chinese
official has made a statement to which
Sir John Pope Hennessy attaches im¬
portance. He said: “ The missionary
enterprises that have their headquar¬
ters under your government would be
treated by ns with the same friendly
toleration that we accord to the Budd¬
hists but for their constant appeals to
what they call treaty rights, which * do
not appear to ns Chinese to be as se¬
renely elevated above worldly consid¬
erations as their religiously minded
authors doubtless intended, and the
consequence is that Christianity is mak¬
ing no way—is, indeed, declining vis¬
ibly.” Here we have matter for thought.
Has the old missionary spirit become
extinct, and must we support the gos¬
pel with gunboats? Formerly the
pioneers of Christianity went forth
“ with their lives in their hands ” and
had no thought of “treaty rights.”
Bnt we seem to have changed all that,
despite a Biblical warning. St. Paul’s
career as a missionai y closed when he
stood upon his rights as a liotnfcn citi¬
zen and appealed to Gtesar.
ItcliuloiiM Nrwa find Note*.
Fifteen women’s missionary boards
raised last year 8800,000 for foreign
missions.
Dnring 1881 182 Congregational min¬
isters were ordained or installed, seventy
were dismissed, and seventy-four died.
Eighty-nine churches were organized.
A pretty Methodist Protestant church,
and the only church in Uniontown,
Kansas, was dedicated a few days since.
A remaining debt of 8425 was wiped out
at once.
Chicago has a larger proportion of
Hebrews in its population than any
other city in the world. There are fif¬
teen synagogues in this city, with an
aggregate attendance of 20,000.
Rov. Bimoon Parmaloe, D.D., nearly
eighty years a Congregational**minister,
celebrated recently at Oswego, N. Y.,
his one hundredth birthday. He was
iconsed to preach in 1807. .
The gospel is winning its way in the
New Hebrides. Ten years ago there
was but one island in the group that
could be called Christian, and now they
are all open to the gospel. One great
drawback to the work is the fact that
twenty different languages, or dialects,
are spoken by the natives, requiring as
many different translations of the Bible.
There are in Richmond, Va., fifty-five
churches, with 00,140 members. The
list of churches includes three Catholic,
nineteen Baptist, ten Episcopal, ten
Methodist, and four Presbyterian con¬
gregations. The Baptists number
10,554, of whom 12,219 are colored.
The Episcopalians number 2,381, the
Methodists 3,150, the Presbyterians
1,471, and the Catholics 5,051. The
population of the city is 64,670, and
nearly one-half are church members.
A Caution.
In these days of vaccination, says an
exchange, when points are in general
demand, it will not be amiss to remem¬
ber the following: Don’t pick your nose
with the finger that has shortly before
come in contact with vaccine matter. A
man in a neighboring village acted
contrary to this rule, and, as a result,
the matter took kindly to his nose, made
the acquaintance of the membranes,
spread all through bis head, and he is
now just able to leave his bed after a
confinement of more than two weeks.
A Glens Falls lady scratched the bite of
an insect on her foot w‘>th the fingers
that had been toying with her vaccin
a ted arm. The following day her foot
swelled, and shortly exceeded by an
oveiwhe'ming majority the size of the
traditional Albany girl’s feet. She was
crippled tlfe for a month, and pined away
over heartrending prospect remainder of wear¬ of
ing a No. 11 shoe for the
her days, bnt finally recovered. These
be practical points on vaccine points,
M u will bear the caution they point
out.
“ Generous to a fault” may be raid to
some men. At b ait, they are *.—LnwUt g*-nerou*
enough, to their own fault
Ctiitm.