Georgia Historic Newspapers

    TIIE FIELD AND FIRESIDE.
Vol. I.
(The .field and .fireside.
PUBLISHED BY
T. Gk CAMPBELL dc CO.
At One Dollar a Year.
OFFICE
IX THE OLD PRINTING OFFICE
tiuihlino;. Powder Springs Street, Mari
etta Georgia.
DAVID IRWIX.
\V. A. I\ M*CLATCIIKY. T. . IRWIN.
Irwin, McClatchey & Irwin.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice in the Blue Ridge. Home,
aiuLCoweta Cireuits.
lis;;. ly
WM. T. WINN. WII-L. J. WIXX.
W. T. & 10. L WINN,
A<tor ne y s a t Is atv ,
MARIETTA. GEORGIA.
March 13,1877. ly
w. R. POWER,
Attorney at Law,
MARIETTA, GA.
'vtt IT.T. practice in tiie ('ourts of Cobb
VV and adjacent counties. Collect
ing a specialty. Office with Judge A.
N. Simpson, northwest corner of Public
Square. l.v
J, E. MOSELY,
Attorney at Lav*.
WTryiT,!, attend to all busines confided
W to him in ( 'obh and ad jacent coun
ties. Officr —i McClatchcy’s Build
ing, up stairs.
Marietta, March 13. 1877. din
E M. ALLEN,
ttei<lent Itcnlisl,
Of more than twenty years.
rHAR GE S it EASOXA 81. E .
Office —North side of Public Square.
Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly
DR. G. TENNENT,
Practicing Physician.
0* Office on Cassville street. —Resi-
lience on Cherokee street.
Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly
DR. E. J. SETZE,
Physician and Surgeon,
TENDERS his professional services
in the practice of Medicine in all
its branches to the citizens of Marietta
aud surrounding country. Office at the
Drug Store of Win. Root. inch 13-ly
R. W. GABLE.
BOOT m 1- SHOE MAKKR
AND REPAIRER.
POWDER SPRING STREET.
MISHA, GEORGIA,
Work done at very low prices,ami war
ranted. March 1, 1877.
Haley Brothers,
CHEROKEE STREET.
Dealers in
OltO<' HHI EH, PRO VIHIOX H,
AND
GENERAL MERCHANDIZE.
Marietta, Gu., Alareti 13,1877. ly
M. It. Lyon,
CHEROKEE STREET,
FAMILY <-ieoriJCll>.
And dealer in
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Marietta, March 13,1877. ly
n. T. IwRIHiT.
CHEROKEE STREET,
Saddle ail Harness Maker
AND REPAIRER.
Marietta, Geo., March 13, 1877. ■ ly
House Building and
Repairing.
SASII, BLINDS, DOORS FINISHED
TO ORDER.
Lumber of all kinds, and :it the
lowest prices, for sale.
rjTliankftd for the liberal patronage
1 bitlierto, thesuhseriber would state
that he is fully prepared to contract for
the erection of Viiihlings, and to exe
cute the contracts in the most satisfacto
ry manner. SHOP, south side Pnblii
Square.
March, 1877. LEMUEL BLACK.
CONTRACTOR
AND
mibiMJt.
THE undersigneil continues his busi
ness of Brick Making, Stone and
Brick Building, and is prepared at any
time to take contracts on the most reas
onable terms, and toexeeute them ill the
most satisfactory manner.
H. IS. " \ LLIS.
Marietta,'March 13, 1877. ly
Ajivicultuval.
Swine.
IJV GEOH6E GARDNEIt.
Having just delivered my last
' lot of hogs, which 1 sold for eight
j cents per pound for all those
| about 200 pounds and under, and
I for seven cents pr. pound for those
above 200 pounds, and having al
so bought some voting ones for
another year, I feel free to write
; a few lines on swine in general.
It is astonishing how much im
provement has been effected in
j the whole swine of the country,
j The Berkshire breed is the most
i fashionable and as.is the case
with the Shorthorn cattle extra
| ordinary prices are paid for them
| to those holding particularly fa
> vorite strains, and though there is
much bordering on the ridiculous
in the absurdly high prices, it is
not altogether folly, since, beside
giving greater renown to this par
i tieular breed, it causes a general
| respect for pure-bred stock.—
! There are several other really
j good breeds, and much of the ex -
I eellence of the best types has
i been attained by high feeding,
followed up through successive
j generations. By this remark there
I is no reflection intended on high
| feeding; for, on the contrary, it
i would be of the utmost benefit to
farmers if from the birth of every
| animal on the farm they all feed
in a way*!o force growth and se
| cure the very best quality.
There is no doubt about theEs
| sex and the white breeds being
; possessed of ahhgcmd ijm (i 11i jt. as
j also the Magic and the red breed.
In relation to the last mentioned,
| 1 can remember when there were
| hundreds of thousands of the red,
; or. as they were then called, san
i ‘ly pigs. They were decidedly
much more prolific than hogs in
general are now a days, for it was
rare to see a sow, after her first
litter, with less than twelve or
thirteen pigs. Fifty-seven years
ago, my father had a saiulv sow
killed which weighed forty scores
or 800 pounds. Thirty-eight
years ago, i was steward for a
large land-owner, and had a
young sow slaughtered after she
had (.nly two litters, and her
weight was 000 pounds. Her mo
ther, a Yorkshire white sow, was
killed previously, weighing 803
pounds. The mother was nine
feet long, and the daughter not
| eight feet; but she was thicker
and deeper. The last mentioned
j had her pigs by an Essex boar,
| and won a great many premiums
'at agricultural shows from this
S cross, the offsprings of which were
not as large when full grown like
j the ones mentioned above, but
| they came quickly to maturity.
The progeny of this cross between
the large Yorkshire white and
the small black Essex was very
| good for fattening at any age, for
from the age of two months they
would lie only just aide to wad
dle about, 1 ill at the age of twelve
months the show pigs became to
tally blind from the accumulation
I of fat. and were fed with balls of
barley meal put into their mouths
as they sal on their haunches.
It is very certain that it will
not pay to keep pigs running a
round in what is called “store"
condition, but which is often a
J half-starved state; for, although
| they cost but little for food, they
1 pay nothing at all for that little ;
whereas, when fed well from the
| first, they pay all the while, and
by being kept in styes they will
i so enrich any farm with their nia
! mire as to bring it up to bear
j heavy crops. Indeed, their drop
pings are richer in fertilizing pro
perties than those of any other
animals, excepting those fed on
a great deal of oilcake. Swine
; are fattened by a great propor
| tion of the best tenant-farmers in
j England on account of the prodi
j gious crops which the manure
from fat tening hogs produces. So
well is this understood there that
i a farmer is well satisfied if the
I manure is all he gains for the
; trouble; that is,if the hogs when
sold make enough to pay for the
feeding, the fanner thinks tin*
manure a good profit.
The worst of hog feeding in the
West and South is, that the culti
vated land is robbed and impov
erished by giving the com to the
hogs either in the woods or in
places where the manure i- <ll
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, JANUgMK), 1878.
j lost, and if the present genera
tion of Western farmers could he
allowed to revisit the earth a cen
tury hence, they would find its in
| habitants at that period lament
ing the ignorance and terrible sc#
fislmess of themselves, the spir
! itual visitants, when they were in
j the flesh.
Come to Georgia.
Northern and North-western
; man—yea! no matter where you
hail from—if you are desirous of
| making a change of residence,
j come to Georgia. If you have in
| dustvy. if you wish to do well,
| prosper, live well, and to a good
| old age, come on, and we will cor
dially welcome you. All the ne
eessaries, and many of the luxu
ries of life, can he made here. —
Prosperity already peeps out from
j our hills and valleys. The politi
j cal condition of the State is set
| tied satisfastorily and durably.—
I We have a perfect climate and a
J good soil. It is now mid-winter
! and yet a pleasant sunshine Isolds
j North Georgia in her arms. To-
I day the skies are as beautiful o
ver Georgia as ever looked down
I on Italy, while the air is pleasant
; and not too cool. Here you do
not require as much food or fuel
as where you are. And here you
can work more hours in the day
than where you are. Here in sum
l mer the term is not too short nor
! very debilitating, but the country
is pleasant, with the melody of
! birds, the murmur of waterfalls,
ithc songs of laborers, and the
j chattering of squirrels.
Georgia is rapidly recovcrijuug
j from the effects of the war, and
| wills intelligent farmers, horticul
turists, gardeners and laborers
; from your section, to aid us. she
will rise from all her defeats, with
| renewed activity, and soon be
I come ‘magnificently rich and glo
! riously independent.' Instead of
the ‘thorn, shall come up the fir
tree.' and our grand old state shall
more than ever blossom as the
rose.
The Grain Props.
The reports of the correspon
dents of the Department of Ag
i ricnlture,received at Washington,
and nowin course of preparation
for immediate publication, show
the enormous aggregate yield of
300,000,000 bushels of wheat for
1877. which is 50,000,000 bushels
more than was ever before pro
duced. The same official author
ity shows that (lie corn product
was 1,300,000,000 bushels, with
correspondingly large yields of
oats and potatoes. The report
show s that there never was great
er abundance in the land. Out
of the wheat product it is estima
ted, deducting forborne consump
tion in food and seed, that up
wards of 110.000,000 bushels of
wheat can be spared for export.
The largest export yet made in
one year was 91,000,000 bushels,
with an average of 03,000,000 of
bushels. The Department is also
in receipt of information from
wheat producing sections of Eu
rope, from which it is ascertained
that the wheat crop in Southwes
tern Europe, which produces the
largest of the surplus,is good; in
Southern Russia amounting to 25
per cent, above the average. The
crojt in Northwestern and North
eastern Europe is poor. It ia stat
ed in communications from south
ern Russia that, if the war should
stop shortly, there will be a large
shipment, and that shippers are
| ready to take advantage of Ihe
first opportunity, Great Britain
i offering the lowest market, which
will, il is stated, require about
100,000,000 bushels from the pro
! sent season’s yield. The Aineri
| can surplus will have its usual de
| maud in English markets, with an
increase subject to the contingen
| cies of the existing, struggle in
southwestern Europe being pro
longed into another season. The
Department is also in receipt of
very flattering accounts of the on
eouragement which the great
yield of the past season is having
on every class of enterprise. The
acreage of winter wheat for this
year is greater than that of last.
.Sorghum molasses of last year
is of superior quality. When it
is properly made it is a healthy
article of diet, and is far better
, than the syrup made from ulplttt
' t ie acid and •;! arch.
Does but Littb^W^pa
i’hc g. neral il \ of GoorgWS%jC
In thcm^^^H
■ jiictith dn not pr<q£pyf|
• hey >hoiild. to aid in
their localities as they
Gato had a favorite maxim which
was. that a farmer should always
be seeking to sell ’rather than
buy. What would the censor say
if life could be breathed into him,
and he be transported to a Geor
gia farm to see its management ?
He would find with a majority of
farmers that from the hat to the
shoe, and all the articles of cloth
ing, were made abroad that they
consume, use and wear, yet do not
Meed, raise or manufacture.
§
The Tea Plant in America.
A pamplot treating of the cul
ture of the tea plant in America
has been prepared at the Agricul
tural Department at Washington,
under the supervision of General
LeDuc, the commissioner. It will
soon be published as a supple
mentary report of the department.
Quoting from treasury statistics,
which show that the value of the
annual importations of tea into
this country from China and Ja
pan amounts toahoul $20,000,000
in coin, the commissioner expres
ses the belief that the payment
of this large sum to foreign coun
tries can he avoided. lit* thinks
that the United States can at least
compete with those countries for
its local consumption, even if it
cannot rival them.in supplying
foreign markets. The pamphlet
gives a detailed history of the cul
tivation of the laa-yJhwl.—u-t-4-k-e-
East, and then continues;
“ The lat itudes in which tea is
successfully cultivated in China,
Assam and Japan, correspond
with those of the states of Dela
ware, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mis
souri. and a portion of the Pacific
coast, and the conditions of tem
perature of the soil are also about
the same.*Successftil experiments
in tea cull tire, already made in
several of the states mentioned,
amply justify the opinion that it
can he made an industry in this
country of immediate advantage
and profit.
“A little calculation will show
the profits which may be derived
from an acre of land containing
2,000 tya plants three years old.
The third year the yield should be
187 pounds, ihe fourth year 312
pounds, the fifth year 500 pounds,
and the sixth year 750 pounds
per acre. When the leaves are
abundant one person can gather
sixteen pounds per day,. but the
average result of a (lay's work
may not exceed ten to twelve lbs.
The leaves are gathered at three
different periods, ranging from
March to September, and on an
acre yielding 500 pounds, the first
picking would be about 120 lbs.,
and could be gathered by four
persons in two days. The same
number could pick the two crops
in three days.”
Many extracts from letters writ
ten by farmers in the localities
named above arc given, with the
report, and the commissioner
thinks they justify the opinion
that the practicability of the cul
tivation of Ihe tea plant success
fully in this country,is no longer
a matter of doubt. On the sub
ject of preparing the lea leaves
for use, the report says :
•• Asa business, and in compe
tition with t he cheap labor of the
Chinese, it "would he an experi
ment in 1 his country, especially as
regards the coarser article. As
the finer teas rarely leave China,
and the finest never, there would
be no competition in these grades
if the manipulation of the leaves
is carefully and successfully at
tended to, while the possibility
that modeni methods and appli
ances might be substituted for
the tedious hand work of the
Chinese, seems to promise suffi
ciontly well to make the experi
ment a wise one.”
The eomdm ions reached are that
whet her or not t he cultivation and
curing of tea can ever become an
industry among us, it is plain that
there are thousands of families in
our land who may profitably eul
tivate tea gardens, and enjoy the
fruit of them as they do that of
the orchard or the berry patch,at
the same time that they have the
agreeable sensation of drinking
The tea
the Failed SiHjßMjfi
commissioner I'Mp
original v>
Smith made
tended > :!i£jX§j|
(■ reeiivillo. Soul It*
thirty years ago, aPH
success in the Patents
ports from ISIS to I
same experiment is no\
peated in California by
of Japanese.
Hints on the ( are of
In pot ting n i-o- to liloomflHH
winter, use small plants. ;®|jf§l
not use over a four inch ptTH
Keep the foliage clean by fiR
quent sprinkling with luke wan*
water, and give the roots a good
drink of soot tea occasionally if
you want a large quantity of
blooms. Do not be afraid to keep
them in your bed room at night;
it will he beneficial to you and
your flowers il you will set a
bucket of boiling water
llowcr stand at night. I
in gi vo I liom all Iho sine .
von can. For winter I'loWBft 1
nothing can give more
i ban a dozen ever bloom
aud to think that that iJkHSb
can be obtained I'm the ‘HiHv
of two dollars. I have every |W'
or w bill*, cream, canary. \ cflgSj
blush, pink, and crimson.
One of the most interesting aim
never (ailing m> <■- m beaut v
and fragrance that my yard eon
taiued this summer and fall, were
my ever-blooming or monthly ro
ses, which I had sent me by mail.
When I received them not a sin
gle leaf was wilted; some that
were received in April are over
two feet in height , and have been
covered in blooms all the time.
./owe (1. in Courier Journo/.
Fruit Growing.
The value of fruit crops in the
United States is estimated by the
Government Statieian at one hun
dred and forty million dollars an
Dually, or about half the value of
the wheat crop. The value of the
annual crop ol Michigan is put
down at $4,000,000. California
has 00,000 acres of vineyards,
producing 10,000,000 gallons of
wine annually, besideg vinegar,
raisins, brandy, and fresh grapes.
The other states produce five mil
lion gallons of wine annually.
The single port of Norfolk, Vir
gi ilia, reported 3,000,000 quarts of
strawberries shipped Ibis year.—
Illinois, a prairie state, whose
fruit growing is of recent origin,
now has 320,000 acres of orchards.
Farmers.
Whitt calling more honorable—
what profession freer front cares
and annoyances? Good judg
ment, energy and attention by
the farmer, and sunshine and rain
from above, and the business is
a success. No fawning toothers,
no bank bills to meet, no sleepless
nights,no particular dependence
on others, but work and energy
and a reliance on self are the great
requisites. No cringing and ser
vilify upon another’s power and
caprice in the supply of tjieir
wants. It is immaterial how they
please men by their votes and
acts; under t lie smile of < tod's sun
shine, and the fructifying influ
ences of 11 is showers, they are
the makers of their own fortunes,
and get their living by a faithful
and upright use of the faculties
of body and mind with which God
has endowed them.
Winter Plowing.
Clay lands are bcfiietittod by
being broken up in the winter.
The action of frost, snow freezing
and thawing improves such land
after being broken up. Do not
wait for spring to plow hiu-Ii lands.
You will be delayed in your work
frequently, you will be forced to
break your land when too wet and
it will he sure to run together. Be
sure, too and plow deeper than
you ever have, and with the assis
taoe of Ihe frosts on your plowed
land your crops will be better.
To Ct ke YVakts ox Houses.—
Take one ounce of cobalt, one of
gunpowder, and the same of lard,
mix well, apply to the warts with
a soft woolen rag, twice a dav.
si ry'clmlj
Lalmfl
I'alhol 1
lor I Ins I
class li M
j§
r M|
New Yon
sl3s,C2fif
bushels^
in N | 1,1 i 11, 1 r'c •• fj
feed c;ilI It* w ith
it led with ground bones, in
lo increase the dose of phosphafl
lime in the food.
The farmers in Scotland sutfejJ
ed severe loss last year by bfl
weal her, and 1 heir aggregate
emie will fall short of that receßj
<■<l in good years by an cstimatS
amount of $40,000,000.
Fall ploughing is very destroy
t ive to weed seeds, and hence it is
of great value to gardens and all
cultivated plots, #i aTioiisamls of
weed seeds arc turned up td \ fl
surface, and with the winter frosts
they are largely destroyed.
America annually imports $50,-
000,000 of flax, hemp, jute andra
mie—till being products that
be raised on our own soil This is
an actual fact, as in 1870 America
raised 27,000,000 pounds of llax,
as from successful experiments
that have been made, jute and
hemp may be produced in like
quantities and of equally good
quality.
A sound New Hampshire farm
or says no acre of land ever chea
ted him when lie had treated it
with a liberal hand. Cultivation
and manure will redeem a swamp,
or a sand bank.
Ten Texas stock growers own in
the aggregate 1,024,000 head of
cattle, besides horses and mules,J
and have an enclosed pasture con’
turning 682,000 acres. i
The farmer who is negligent has
less stock, lighter crops, and more,
money to pay out than his mora
careful neighbor. V
The careless planting and bail
vesting of crops, leaves but aj
small margin for profit. aj
Plaster should be used freely ifl
bout stables and pigpens, spring
ling it upon Hie floor immediately
after they are cleaned. It w
not only serve to keep down noifl
some odors, but will greatly by
crease the value of the
pile. A bad -iiicll about a
ini pi ie u-nally a waste of aiiHH
nia which may all be saved jH&ij
liberal application of plasteJHiJ
Keep the teams at work pb'Mg
ing this cool, bracing
whenever the frost don’t pr<
i priii:'.
do le now. II
•Tops 1.0 In* puU
orally in lictfl
al)o\i* all. i*l J
1 iooil plonjdiß
iln*
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