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TIIE FIELD AND FIRESIDE. Vol. I. dluvfiolrt.mil fivroirto. IT BEE-MI ED iiv J. G-. <Sc CO. At Oii> l>oll;ir a Year. OFFICE l\ THE OEM 1*1? INTI N< • <>lll* E Building, INtwilcr trinu - - Street. Mari etta < ieorgia. W. Yl. Attorney at I a:i \>, .MARIETTA. GA. OFFICE, north-iile of I’uhlic Sipiare in Blackwell's Building. 11 {• -lairs. i. injA K iiiA, WEST Sll>F. MA KI ETTA. GEORGIA. in vl.l i: in EVERY VARIETY <>F Choice Family Gi'ocerie... .Ylarietta. Kept .-1. 1877. 1> iiavid n:\vis. V\. A. V. MYt.AK.iI I. Y. i. 1!. II!" IN. Irwin, McClatchey & Irwin, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. NY ill practice in tin* Blur Ridge. Homo, anil < owotii < iroiiil -. Marietta, Miiroh lii, 1877. ly YY.M. T. "INN. "HI. -I. "INN. \Y. T. & W. .1. WINX, All oi*nr v a I I. '* ■ M AIM ETTA. OEORCI \. Match 1.1.1877. ly w. is. i*o r.is. Attorney at Law, • M A HI ETTA. GA. '■itt'lET. practice in tin* < ‘curls of < ohh VV and adjnoont counties. Collect ing a specialty. Otllee with dodge A. N . Simpson, northwest corner of I’nhlio Situate. l. v .). E. MOSELY, /Uloniry :tl Liim. attend toall hiisine- eonlided W to hint in < old. and itd jaeent I'omi ties. Oi- t icK —in Met 'latehey's Hiii Id itig, tip stairs. Marietta. Match Id. 1877. lint LfeEN. ICtsitltnl .^ vT ; Of more than twenty years. ( li tKO ES B F. Aso \ \ li I. E . Office —North side of l’nhlie St|iiare. Marietta, Mart h 111, 1877. ly DR. G. TEX NEXT, PrarliriiiK' jjgjjp Otllee on < 'assville street. Besi lienee on Cherokee street. Marietta. Match Id, 1877. ly DR. E. J. BETZE, :<ntl Niii^ron, rpENOEBs his professional serviees 1 in the praetiee of Metlieine in all its hranehes to tiie citizens ot Marietia and suvroundiugcounfry. oilieeat tin* 1 true store of Win. Booi. melt El-1 y M. H. Lyon, riIEBOK E E ST B K El'. I A yi 11,1 icn s. A ml dealer in < OFNTBY I'BohlTi:. Marietta, March id. 1877. ly m. t. rlmt, CIIEROK EE STREET. Me and Harness Maker AND REPAIRER. Marietta, Ueo., March lil, 1-77. ly House Building and' Bepuiring. SASH. 81.1 N Its. OOOBS FINISHED TO ORDER. Lumber of all kinds, ami at llio lowest prices, for salt*, rphankful for the liheral patronage 1 hitherto, thesuh-eriher would t:ito that lie i- fully preparetl to Vont rad for the erection of Buildings, and to exe cute the eon tracts in tin* most -atisfaeto rv manner. SllOl*. south -ide I’nhlit Soil.ire. March, 1877. I.EMCEE BI.A< K. CONTRACTOR AND , rpll E under-igned continues hi - htisi -1 ness of Brick Making. Stone ami Brick Building, and i- prepared at any time to take contracts on the mo.-t re.i-- ottahle terms, anil to execute them in the most satisfactory manner. 11. B. U A ETAS. Marietta., Mstreh Id. 1877. 1> ~'ar'Frln ilNcEot all kinds, ueatlv anil cheaply done at this ottiee. A !| V i ( t! i 1 tl V it 1 . Beware of Humbugs! A Now York paper gives llte following: •• Beware of all sorts of humbugs, whether new devices 10 entrap the unwary, or old ones revamped. There is no survival i>F the tittest' of things long ago exploded or proven failures, a nil its to new matters no farmer or liorlionlturist worthy of thetnitne should purchase a so failed new seed, plant, fertilizer, or imple ment, tint ii entirely satisfied that 11 will dill the'hill'to a reasona ble extent. All peripatetic veil dels of new and wonderful tilings lor country residents may safely In* received with suspicion, for as a rule they are far from being i*i t her saints or philanthropists, and those who treat them hospitably will not be likely to entertain an gels unawares." Points about Plowing. fhe •• wins" of ploughing are given from various standpoints; as, for instance, to pulverize the soil, to mingle the dill Trent por tion, to kill the weeds, to cover the sward, Ac. The ploughing which hest accomplishes the de sired end is the hest, all tilings considered. For all seed plant ing, Ac., that ploughing which most nearly pulverizes the soil, and fits the seed bed, is the best for the purpose. Dill Trent crops veijuive the soil to be pulverized to dill Trent depths, and there are very few that are not henetitted by having it broken and loosened quite deeply. Gardeners seem to understand and apply this princi pie where tine vegetables and plants are to be grown, as they work the soil thoroughly and deeply, fining it to the greatest possible and economical extent. Would farmers, on tlicit* larger areas, hut measurably adopt this system of thoroughness, fewer failures would occur and there would he less deterioration in va •rieties to complain of, especially where there, was dm attention to selecting and saving seed for plant ing. If we are growing corn or wheal it is less work to raise one hun dred bushels of the former, or forty of the laiter on one acre than to produce the same amount only from three or four acres; and then the profit, which is what we work for. is sotnel hing to speak of with the larger product, while with the smaller il needs lo be spoken of. Deep ploughing and shallow ploughing tire merely relative terms depending entirely on the soil to he ploughed. \\ hilt; some soils are ploughed three*6r four inches deep only, t hey are plough ed deeper comparatively than others two to three times that depl It. All soils are capable of be ing deepened,but it s a work of pa tience, good judgment and care. It is scarcely safe or economical to take it Held which has been ploughed only four inches deep and plough the same t wo or three incites deeper, 1 uruing the 1 opsoil to the bottom of the furrow: and covering it w ith'-oil which has nc ver seen the light of the sun and free air. If we would deepen flit* surface soil we should do i! grad ually, working it a 1 rifle deeper at each yearly ploughing, and then being careful not lo turn all fhe best soil to fhe bottom of 1 he fur row. The standing or lap furrow provides fhe host and most perfect way of mixing and deeping soils, as then the' dill Trent strata are not inverted merely, but are hro ken and mixed, the whole soon be comingleavonodand alike. Deep ploughing and deep working of tiie soil are two distinct and dif ferent operations which are often confounded, ami in practice di gits! fhe operator, sometimes to his great los-, with hook farming. ('oofi-ii and lvn. . Shred fine and properly soak some codfish. Press it dry a- possible. To one cup of lish. add one cup of egg removed from the shell; beat the two well together, and drop in in spoonfuls into a hot pan. and fry a light brown on both -idc-. I-e half lard and half butt• r lo fry them in. Yerv nice. MARIETTA, GEORGIA, JANTjKKjg29, 1878. Cheese Made from Potatoes. NI-.W W 1(1X10.8 till; \ M IlitlC AX S, A foreign paper says that cheese is made from potatoes in Tlntrin gia ami Saxony, in the niamtfr described below. Possibly, the 'process may be found worth try ing, ii' not prolitahle. in t his conn t ry : After having collected a quan tity of potatoes ot good quality, giving the preference lo a large, white kind, they are boiled in a cauldron, and alter becoming cool they are peeled and reduced to a pulp, either by means of a grater or mortar. To live pounds of this pulp, w hich ought to lie as equal as possible, is added one pound of sour milk and the necessary quan tity of salt. The whole is knea ded together, and the mixture co vered up and allowed to lie for three or four days, according to fhe season. At the end of this time, it is kneaded anew, and the cheeses are placed in little has kets, whew the superlluotis muis lure escapes. They are then al lowed to dry in the shade, and placed in layers in large vessels, where they must remain for fif teen days. The older tho eltei ses are tiie more 1 heir quality im proves. Three kinds are made - t lit* iirst and most common is made as detailed above; the second, with four parts of potatoes and two parts of curdled milk; the third, with two parts of potatoes and four parts of cow or ew e milk. These cheese have this advantage over ot her kinds, t hat t hey do not engender worms, and keep fresh for a number of years, provided they are placet! in a dry situation and in well dosed vessels. Doubling or Lapping Crops. OATS AND NWKET COTATOKS. In many eases, tin* doubling or lapojng crops is very profitable; and in no instance, perhaps, will i! be found more so than in the one indicated above, il neeessi I ales, of course, t he sow ing of I In* <>iils in th ills, bill the time is com ing w hen the drilling and culliva lion of spring grain especially will cease to he regarded its novel in this section of the country. We are no prophet, nor the son of one, lint we w ill not hesitate to meddle this much with proplio cy (if it may be regarded .as such) to anticipate that these advan tages will he recognized as il is tested; and as farms become sma! ler ami under the management of those who regard farming its some thing more than growing cotton and a little corn, it will be (ested, and extensively ado pied no doubt There is a class ( small {■) the -lip shod. * 4 do il in a minute" style of farmer 1 hat will never he indue ed to Iry t In* drill system. <), no ( not while it is so easy to scatter a bushel of seed on an acre of old field in February, and skim a round w ith a blunt scooter, and then hank goodness I've got my oals in." lie gels ahead of hi neighbors in this. and doit Idles-, will be ahead again in get I ing his oat crop under shelter in dime. From* a representative of thi class, as ho stands in his Held ami looks about hint for a blade of oats to chop at. comes this di couraging assertion, *‘ t hi-oat Im siness don't pay." We drift, how ever, into what wje intended say ing by admit I ing that there are two sides to the shield, and that tin* slam! point is everything. On one aero of good land, thir fy to forty bushels of oals and one hundred or more of sweet pot a toes may he readily made be tween January awd November. The land being well prepared, lay off rows four feet apart, in which sow two bushels of rust proof oats in January or early February, if 1 lie soil i> not good, ti e two or three dollar- wort It of manure in the drill. < Hiltivate lhe oals two or t h roe I inies. In April, or alii lie later, open the water furrow wit It a long narrow scooter, and. after applying manure again in this furrow. li-t on il w ith tin* same scooter. The pot a toe plant being ready, set out on 11 1 i- nar row ridge lifteon to twenty incites apart. Iloe tin* potatoes once or twice before the oats are olf, and when t lie outs are taken off. finish the potato bed. ploughing up llte oaf stubble with a large round shovel. The ploughing w ill not injure the oats, and the light tra- < Mil.:: ite i.i. n< ... h,ir\?'ai; Y <>at-. will mu injure t lie ] At e.l Jr- r >. Wi s land, wit mil manui Mr: tivatiou, will produce bushel to the hundred yards. On a small -calc, we have known of two bushels being made on 100 yards, from a September sow ing. Land set apart for potatoes should certainly be made to produce a crop of oats. A full crop of po taloes can be made. < hie remark as to sweet potato vines. Whether the potatoes are harvested jttsl before or just alter a frost, the* amount ol forage rep resented by the pities should, by all means, be secured and eon ver fed into milk and manure. The day before, or the hour before (just as (hi* size of the patch de mands ) the harvesting begins, cut olf the vines w ith a sickle, grasp ing all the vines in a hill with the left hand, and with one stroke cut ting litem oil'; pull (he vine on to llte next, and. after -ix or a dozen hills,have been cut. roll in to a bundle, and drop into the row. Throw the vines of a half dozen or more rows info one. Do this after t he dew is olf of course. Haul olf at once, and spread out thinly in loft or other -belter; or. if you choose, may he put into pit s if cut before touched by frost. A large lot of il can lie run thro' tin* fodder cutler and mixed with oat straw and corn fodder, and w ill he highly relished. .None of il need he lost ; and its long a- it last-, the milk will be richer and more abundant. 'There i- no im ■pediuTnrt tcrvr m 1 1! reign [Tig ; aim without any further ploughing oat - or ot her grain can go into tin* furrow made by ploughing up the potatoes. The following spring lap cow peas on the grain, which should be turned under as man tire, lap a second crop of peas im pea-, and all in lime tor wheat. I'mler This rapid rotation land will only grow richer if supplied with a little inorganic matter (phosphoric acid childly) from time to time. S'. ,I. ('. in Smilli lip ('itltir/ilor. Sheep—-Value and I’rolit. In all suitable localities our Southern farmers and planters should keep as large Hocks of sheep as pos-ilile. for the* follow' ing reasons : ’They are very profitable, both for wool and million. They speedily enrich the land over which I hey range. 'Their number increases with rapidity when properly cared Tor, and protected,and they will make the owner rich in a few vears. ... * A A German agrtiMill nrist has cal ciliated that the droppings from one thousand sheep during’ one night would manure an acre of ground -iilliciont for any crop.- By usingcheap portable fences, and moving the same from place to place, a farmer may manure hi outlaying Holds with sheep, will) a less co-t than the hauling and pi eading ordinary manure. A great deal of 1 he most valua ble manure may bo made by a cheap and easy -y-tem of night folding on well liltered yard- and in -lied- w hich should he creeled on t.he range to protect the llock against -urlden and -even* chaw go- of t lie weather. These are a few of I he many ad vantages of keeping -beep, and if we can obtain stringent legis lative enactments against prowl ing and sheep killing dogs, and engage extensively in hu-bandry. tiie wealth of the country can he increased bv million-, in a very few voar-. How to Manage Wet Boots.- Though not exactly agricullti ml. the following paragraph, which appeared in a Western pa per a- cminating from *• a friend in Europe," may prove of service to many farmer- during winter and spring: What un amount of discomfort wet hoot- entail, to be sure ; and how well we all recall Ihe fretful effort- we have now and Il>eii made to draw on a pair of. Hard baked one- which wen- by the (ire overnight lodrv. Damp and adhesive within, they arc without still' and unyielding us a horn. Once on they are a sort of modern t lock-, de- t rind ive of ■ ■ u : .- oa 1 ■ _ and y; . g ■ 4 y~ , lg ~ t ightTts-^Jgjggjjj keepTiig its form good l lie leal In r u il lioiil ha o BH and hang them in a lire I<> dry. ready for the night ; draw on the boots aa happy about the day’s worfl lilt ml Brevities. The next crop of w heat in Tex " as promises to he very large. .More wheal ami less cot ton is tin* order of t In* day. Cattle, sheep and hog- to the aggregate value of were received at tin* Chicago l nioH Stock Yards during tin* \Mumj \ Mankind p-vo -aid to have -hipped t rcl- of peach kernel- to (tliio, recent ly, lo he u-eiJ^R||| • • 11• 111i■ •;11 imrpo t The public land- than 1,000,000 dollars last \ uA. If would he inleresling to how much the public land- away to railroad- yielded in the same time. 11 It r 1 i,i >w 1 |Yt*i.*.t for a thoroughbred yearling is •tdD.OOO. Lord Lonsdale Inn ing re cently pnidlhal sum for a brol her ; to Doncaslor, tlie Dei by w inner of 1 s7.‘. Il required nearly I .'>,ooo lbs. of poultry and 5,000 lbs. of oysters to feed tin* inmates of I he public institutions of Now York oily on ('lirist mas day. Corned mutton is extensively i used in foreign countries. 'There is no good reason why il is not in general use here. Tor cooking with vegetable- then* i- no meal superior lo it. It i- the poorest kind of econo my to attempt to manage a farm without a newspaper. If it- ad vice is heeded and it- teachings followed, each of its number w ill he worth ten time- its annual cost. 11 is si ated t ha! il la lies NO per cent, of the wheat crop ol lowa lo t ran sport if to the seaboard. If so, Ohio. Indiana and Western Virginia wheat growers ought to be able I o com pete with t lio-c of lowa. More grass and h*--grain, more condensing ol food on the farm,! should be the motto now. 'The plan of put I ing more of our idle acres into gras.-, and of raising more live slock of a bid ler qua Ii ty, will be a Hep in the right di red ion. 'The pork packing deficiency in 1 lie We-I io.lanuary I st, was li 15,- 000 head, a- compared with pre vious year. The crop Tor llte on lire ensen i- ox peel ed lohe a fid I one. Total packed to above dale •‘>,020,000; estimate for the full season. .'>..‘>oo,ooo. The only management. besides warmth and high feeding, by the which a perpetual succession of eggs can he obtained iu wittier, is by having pullet- and lien- of ii i Heron I ages, which, moult ing at din’eron! period-, do not all con e laying at Ihe same t ime. A fat call’ i <>2.-‘> per cent, wa ter, and 07.7 of dry sub-lance. There are I. I 1-1.500 mule- in tin* I nilod Stull*-, valued at SOO. 150.070. Nebraska mi ed 2*>.000,000 of bit-hel-of corn, and I 70,000 hog in I "77. Books and papers form as much a part of a farmer'-working tools ti-do the plow and -hove! and hoe. The farmer who attempts to use (he latter without the as si-tance of the former does an • i p hill lui-ine-s " which nearly a! ways end-in failure and poverty Mr. 11. J. <lsiniin. t In* largest grower of potatoes iu Totnpkin <'minty, N. Y., recently sold ov er sixteen hundred bushels of M v a ;Vi/ j^Y'™; 'CTaBP W! giMMBMteMMMI ygm ~ tr *V *■s>.'.u/•■ -.*‘*i ' •'.y.V.’V./-' > •7-* s i i V% ;-■*/ " r % “ V } B |iSS*M A correspondent <!' the Farmer who remarked that “ Carl hut’s don't work enough," woktfl up an agriculturist, who says I lie Farmer t hat digging up and hauling oil' old apple lives from morning until evening, and tlien 4 doing chores with a lantern tilt; eight,mid setting glass in the hard windows until ten, thinks that at ' ter pul ling anol her pine knot on. the lire, lie is in a condition to re* 1 lute such mii improper and till I rut liln 1 charge. ( ol lon seed some years ago was considered worthless, and im mouse piles of it, accumulated on I lie Soul lieHi plantations. For a niiniher of years it kgs been util ized. however, and lirtS become a valuable source of income. It yield per lon about seven hun dred pounds of cake or meal and thirty live gallons of "oil. The meal i wort h eighteen dollars per iod the cake from I wenty-fourto I wcnly ciglil dollars, ami the oil in tCtSjri rude state about thirty eight cent pm'gallon. Much of I In* cake is exported. According to the .Northampton ( M assaeliuset I s ) < hizettc, William S. houglass, of (ircenwich, has a very remarkable cow. It 'is staled ihat lie gave in the nioutlt of June. lijnarts of milk. The most she gave in any one day was ■>i!\ *lllarts. She averaged through Hie month JUj quarts a day; aH i.\ cenls a quart, the milk would bring eighty I hree dollars and fif ty t wo cents. K .u: .hick’s Fit err <'ikk. Soak two mips of dried apples over night in lukewarm water. In the morning drain the apples and chop them fine. Simmer them for two hours in two cups of mo lasses: when cool, add a cup of brown sugar, half a teaspoonful of (dove-, one of cinnamon, half* a nutmeg grated, and a pinch ofJ salt. Stir in a nip of hut ter, twqj heaten eggs, half a cup of sotnl milk, and three cups ol Hour; adefl a heaping lcaspoonfi.il of soda, dissolved in t wo lablespoonfuls of hot water, and last of all put. in a nipfiil or more of stoneJw’ai.sius dredged lightly Stir! i l ■ i JH 'I i m jfl r.III led.■ ■WrSRMpn