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THE FIELD AND FIRESIDE. Vol. I. fhr/irUUml jFivooidr. ITBI.ISIIED nv J. Or. CAMPBEX-L. <Sc CO. At One Dollar a Year. OFFICE I\ THE OLD PRINTING OFFICE Building, Powder Springs Street, Mari etta Georgia. W. M. SESSIONS, Attorney at Law, MARIETTA, GA. OFFICE, nortli side of Puldie Square in BlaekweU'- Building, up stairs. Marietta. October 1. 1577. l.v |).4. H*( LIT( HKV, WEST SIDE SQL A HE. MAUI KIT A, GEOUGIA. DKAI.KIt IS PITA')' VARIETY <>E Choice Family Groceries. Marietta, Sept. 4. 1577. ly o.vvin novts. w. i. r. m'ci.atciiky. t. b. ihwin. Irwin, McClatchey & Irwin. ATTORNEYS AT L.WV. Will practice in the Blue Bulge, Borne, and Coweta Circuits. Marietta, March 1.1, 1877. ly WM. T. WINS. W11.t.. J. W INS. \Y. T. & \V. J. WINN, II lorii vy ft a I Is a w , MABIETTA. GEORGIA. March 13, 1877. 1 IV. R. I'OIVIIK. Attorney at Law, • MARIETTA, GA. it 1 1.|, practice ITTTIie * ounsoi < oiiii VV and adjacent counties. Collect ing a specialty. Office with Judge. A. N. Simpson, northwestcornerof Puhlic Square. ly J. E. MOSELY, Attorney al Law. "tTTIU. attend to all husincs: confided VV to him in Cohb and adjacent coun ties. Oti'iciv —in McClatchey's Build ing. up stairs. Marietta, .March 1.1, 1877. dm E. M. ALLEN, KrMtlflll llcnli-l. Of more than twenty years. (HA BG E S BEASOX ABI. E . Office—Xorfli side of Puhlic Square. Marietta, Mavelf 13, 1577. ly DR. G. TEN NEXT. (Practicing Physician. Oftice on Cassville street . Bcsi lenee on Cherokee street. Marietta, March 13,1877. ly DR. E. J. SETZE, Physician anil Surgeon, TENDERS his professional serviee in the practice of Medicine in al! Its branches to the citizens of Marietta and surrounding country. Office at the Drug Store of Win. Boot. inch 13-1 v M. K. Lyon, ('ll El?OK EE STREET, i iuiiiV ison.itllls. An<l dealer in COUNTRY PRODUCE. Marietta, March El, 1877. l.v n. t. oKis r. CHEROKEE STREET, Saddle and Harness Maker AND REPAIRER. \i a fir l I ;i. y u*cll 13, 1 5 77. House Building and liepairing. SASH. BUNDS, DOORS FINISHED TO ORDER. Lumber of all kinds, and :t1 ilm lowest prices, for sale. Thankful for the liberal patronage hitherto, the, subscriber would -tare that he is fully prepared to eontract for the erection of Buildings, and to exe cute tiie contracts in the most satisfaeto ry manner. SHOP, south -ide Puhlh So ware. March. 1577. LEMUEL IH.ACK. CONTRACTOR AND RIILDKK. THE undersigned continues hi- bn-i --nessof Brick Making, Stone and Brick Building, and i- prepared at any time to take contracts on the most reas onable terms, and toexeeute them in the most satisfactory manner. H. B. WALLIS. Marietta, March ].*{, 1877. 1> tST PRINTING,of all kinds, neatly and cheaply done at this office. MARIETTA SAVINGS BANK. .ToilX It. WIXTERS, President. G. C. BI'BX’AP, Vice President. A. VAX WAT K, Cashier. Notes Discounted. Exchange Bought and Sold. T. J. ATKINSON, EAST SIDE OF PI BI.IC Stir ABE. -MARIETTA, GEO. KKAI.KI! IS HioitT Family Id'ocerio! COUNTRY PRODUCE ■ f AKEX <N THE HOST LIBERAL TERM*. .1. R. O'NEILL & CO. part Suit' of the Public Syuare , MARIETTA, GEORGIA. ni'At.Kiis is ALL KIXDS or FAMILY GROCERIES & COUNTRY PRODUCE. Marietta, Sept. I, 1877. • ly F. A. IHWIN. A. S. CI.A V. IRWIN A CLAY. Alloriirys al Law . TXTill attend lotlie practice of law in W Cobh and adjacent counties, All collections entrusted to them will lie met with prompt attention. Office j over M'Clatchy's store, west side Pub lic Square. Marietta, August 7, 1877. ly. W. C. GREEN, i Watchmaker & Jeweller, M A RIKTT A, JaMia (i 110 ltd IA. VI. SO, (ff-aler in Clocks of every de scription. Bepairingof Watches, Clocks, etc. a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed, sign of Big Watch, west side Piihlie S(|iiare. • oct 2 ruA RGins: ba Riel rv sr X. 0. GIGNILLI ATS Variety Store, NOKTH Sim: l’l'Bl.te SI*C A lit , VI a•i e 11 :i, ( vorg i a , WILL SELL ( HEAP KOI? CASH!: C 1 ALL soon or yon will loose a har ) gain. Come and see for yourself, i A large assortment of Dry Roods, Dress Hoods, Ready-Made Clothing, Sheeting and Shirtings, Boots, Shoes. Hals, No tions. Ac. Also, GROCERIES! | Sneii as Coffee, Sugar, Spices, Pepper, Soda, Starch, Soaps. Ac. Also, tine Se ga r- and Tobacco. ap3-ly isTs prospectus istk of till; Daily Tribune A Newspaper published u| No. .'l2 ' tip stairs Broad Street,) in (be City of Atlanta. Every Morning (Mondays excepted: containing the latest news from all parD of the w orld, by mail and telegraph with Appropriate Editorial Comments I ’p to the time of going to press, its dispatches will not be surpassed . by an}'newspaper in the Hull' States, and no pains w ill be spared to make its ; general news columns of the utmost in ! rerest to its readers. The Editorial Department : will be conducted in Lite interest of the National Democratic party, but w ith : special reference to the rights of the ■ South and tiie State of Georgia. TheDailyTribime 1 w ill contain the decisions <>r the Su preme Court, the proceedings of the Legislature when in session, and at all times correct reports of matters of interest occurring in the Executive Depart ments. The local columns will always eon tain a full account of everything of iin porlanee happening in Atlanta and vicinity. Sl'ltSf'lll I'TIOS: Daily—One year . .... .p> 00 Six inoutns :i 00 One month 50 Addre- TRIBUNE, L. 11. \\ ILLIA.MS, Manager. Atlanta, Ga. MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 5, 1878. Afivintltural. You Must Come to 11. Cotton planting An a large scale must he abandoned. of fifty acres in this section, with hired labor, cannot move than pay expenses. It is a losing business with endless worry of body and mind. With thirty acres of di vcrsilied crops-—grass, grain, cot ton and root: crops, .judiciously managed, and doing mainly your own work in managing these and your stock, yon can make farm ing pay and pay well; but be sure of disaster when you undertake planting cotton in this section on a large scale with hired labor. Morality of Light Wrights and Heavy Weights. —The New York Central Farmer’s (Hub has been discussing the commercial morality of a practice among city dealers in country produce—who buy corn at 58 and fit) pounds per bushel, and selling at st> pounds. Too Mueb Toll. A leading paper publishes the following: I Living recent ly sent t c mill a grist of clean choice wheat—for the grinding of which I paid in cash—l received in return for each bushel sent, twenty four lbs. of (lour, nine lbs. of bran, and live IDs. of shorts, being an aggregate ret urn of only thi rl v civ hi nomads per bushel, and showing a shrink age of no less than twenty two pounds. Would you have the kindness to state what should have been the amount and pro portions of the products receiv ed C Choice clean wheat should weigh sixty pounds per bushel.— The shrinkage should not exceed three pounds. A well construct od mill should make forty five pounds of good family Hour out of sixty pounds of good wheat will make three pounds of shorts and nine pounds of bran. A mill less complete in its structure should make the same, or even more, in the aggregate. Impor feet grinding or bolting will re duce the yield of Hour, but will add to the shorts and bran. Col. J. A. Stuart, of Georgia, one of the best millers in the United States, a man fifty years in the business, informs us that, in his experience with custom mills— grinding for the one-eighth part— the yield of Hour per measured bushel was from thirty-sfx to forty two pounds, depending on condi tion and quality of the wheat, and upon the number and quality of the bolting-cloth, line or coarse. He adds that the aggregate yield from sixty pounds of choice wheat, should never be less than fifty seven pounds. Plant-Feeding. The first subject presented be fore the New York Farmers’ Club at its meeting on the 22d nit. was an essay by Dr. A. S. Heath on •• Plant-Feeding,” the substance of which is subjoined : The cultivation of plants and crops is virtually a liberal and ap propriate supply of plant-food and crop-food. The wild, woody, spindly carrot has been trans formed into the large and juicy root now grown in our fields and gardens by liberal and appropri ate manuring or feeding. Culti vation, after all, is but liberal feeding. We destroy the weeds in our gardens that our cultivated plants may have the more food.— We pulverize and loosen the soil so that our plants may obtain the more food by making the food in the soil accessible to the numer ous delicate absorbing rootlets.— We water our plants in a dry time that their roots nitty drink up tln soluble elements of food. Thus we fatten plants as we fatten ani mals—by liberal feeding. But there is this difference in fatten ing: animals may be fed too much more than they caw digest, while plant - take up only such food a they require for healthy growth, both a> regards quality and quan tity. Animals are sometimes dainty and require change oIHPIMk-ii.Ti greater variety, to tlio. gestive organs healthy, and increase in Hesh and growth con; stantly progressing. Plants re-, quire a constant supply of all the' elements present in the soil at the same time. Titov feed from the earth and air at the same time, and only at the same time do they assimilate both to the earth-food and air food. All of our cultiva ted plants and vegetables have greatly improved by this very treatment of appropriate supply of the elements of which they are composed. Animals can be high ly stimulated by food given in ex cess and of a rich quality; but excess of food only insures for p ants ;i constant •uul unfailing supply, which perfects the plant bill does not stimulate. The ox cessive supply of manure does not in jure the garden vegetable, but perfects it. This plan has brought to perfection our potatoes, cab bages, turnips,cauliflowers, toma toes, onions, and also our grapes and small fruits, it is this liberal feeding that has increased the size of all our vegetables and all of our fruits. Our grains and grasses have al so profited by this treatment, in growth, size of berry and general luxuriance. It is the new chemi cal conditions in which the plants arc placed which cause the more abundant introduction f certain forms of food into their’circuln (ion, and the more full develop ment, in consequence, either of the whole plant or of some of its more useful parts. We can even darken and enrich the llnwcrs of the dahlia, the rose, the petunia, and other plants, by adding char coal to their rots; or redden hy acinths by carbonate of soda; or make many cultivated plants brighter in line and bloom by the supply of superphosphate of soda or the solution of sulphate of iron. But we can only perfect plants and vegetables by selecting the best of the first fruits—-the seeds of those which ripen first—and by freely supplying all their chemi cal elements in abundance in mi nute division and perfectly incor porated with the soil in which they are grown. Providence will abundantly supply the air-food. Starve cattle, and they become lazy and poor; starve plants and they become dwarfed and sickly ; starve fruit trees and the catter pillar helps to destroy both tree and fruit. (Job Henry Brewer, of Ithaca, thought Dr. Heath was mistaken in supposing that plants cannot be overfed. He knew the wheat plant could he, and had grown a crop nearly all straw, Ac. The Doctor replied that the Col onel’s lacked certain ele incuts; that the plant would not over eat. Colonel Baltersbv fully concur red with Dr. lleatli, and said that if we would go to nature, we would learn more than we could from hooks. He made a very in teresting statement concerning his observations in California o ver twenty years ago. I’liidieiil Experience in Feeding. SAVE VOl'K STB AW. For the past six years, 1 have fed. from .September to March, from six to eight horses on straw and corn, and, without one excep tion, they have done well, and have not any more grain than when led on hay, and no straw. 1 am so well pleased with the re sult that I would rather have good early cut, well-cared-for wheat or oat straw and corn for my horses than 1 lie best of bay with either corn or oats. But if the grain is allowed to stand until dead ripe before cutting, and then allowed to remain, as it often does, in the field for weeks in tlie'rain and the sun until bleached, and, whenaf ter it is threshed, stacked in the most careless manner, so Hat that it retains all of the rain that falls on it for mouths.it will not make any bet ter feed titan bay treated in the same way. which, i pre sume, all will agree, would be ve ry poor feed for any animal, and of little value in the compost heap. I have never had any trou ble in hauling off my old straw at threshing time, but, on the con (rary, have never had enough to last from one threshing time to the next, although I have for 4SS - . •) i. ' 1 ' 1 ■■ l v i'<2 • ’’ >A f Max' IK. dud, nude, ii r.nvh ' _ four dollar- per has o ivmilar m.iMR M*u dol larger I < 1 '""‘a ' |' ",, 'innHEgPfin ji il< - *n \W and grain : and iWHHB po-l hi-yp. in . lind a- ”ooil while I'ccdi®^.;-'^ ,i- while feeding hay. I lied that much of ilic what we shall do with our grow- out of Hie fact that first to last we treat it as a of little value, and, as a result, i! has little value, while, if handled with the same care t hat we use in saving and keeping hay, it would he as nearly as good, and if it could not he readily sold, and for nearly the price of hay, it could he fed to good advantage, and the hay sold, which would bring the same result. Much of our umJM dow land- luiuhl be ii-cd “ or pa-l inv if -I ra w wa its proper position as a feed, as it. i- when cut early prnp<*rly cared for. Large rai-cr- cannot alvay- fon^^Mj r their straw; if they feed stock through the winter on tin y have -aved their hav,wlH| is quite an item. So far as 1 ki<H I all over the country, there is a DTcat waste, in the i.U-jAux-OA—l— than in any other farm product, and mainly on account of not pro perly or fairly testingits value.— M. K. A .in Country Gentleman. Indian Corn, The cultivation of this grain is receiving increased attention iu almost every part of the Globe where the hand of civilization has broken the turf. Especially is this true iu the United States, where the value of litis crop ex ceeds t lint of all other grains com billed; where two million farm ecs ate engaged in cultivating nearly fifty million acres in Indian corn. Last year the exports of corn were 89.70 per cent, in quan tity of all the di tie rent grains, and llti..8(1 per cunt, in value.— Showing the vast importance which the exports of corn have assumed in this country during the past forty years, statistics show that for the live years end ing 1885, the average annual ex port was hut 700,000 bushels; for the five years ending 1845, the av erage annual export was 079,000 bushels ; for the live years ending 185’", 4,780,000 bushels; in 1805, 10,522,000 bushels ; 1875, 29,200,. 000 bushels; while the export for 1870 amounted to a total of 19, 498.572 bushels; showing con cl ii sivelythat its consumption is ra pidly increasing in Europe. Iu the cause of true agriculture it is gratifying to note that the New England states and N. York are again devoting considerable areas to this valuable crop, since it is for staple, standard products, which the whole world demands, that farming is to he made attrac tive and profitable. Indian oorn, as food for man or beast, has ne ver received that favor abroad which its true merits demanded. Corn meal contains four times as much oleaginous matter as wheat flour, more starch and nearly as much nitrogenous material; con frequently in all cold climates it is admirably adapted to sustain the system by furnishing heat forming compounds. The oil gives warmth; the nitrogenous principle gives strength to the muscles. No other cereal, except rice, is so extensively cultivated. On our continent, it is raised front CiiMuda to Patagonia and the i-l amis of the South Seas, through almost every variety of climate and people, and over an extent front north to south of more than 7,000 miles. It was introduced into Africa by the Portuguese, in the sixteenth century, and is cul tivated. more or less, from the Mediterranean sea to the Gape vf Good Hope. In Java and the A siatic isles, it forms an important product. In central Asia, Aus tralia and the islands of the iuj dian Ocean.it is known and val ' mas. If kill it. I Uarnie jj jm-y, iM HrH| ] In. * ter than if ly t wice a day. The English feed for fattening sheep consists of cotton seed and turnips. They claim that it wi™ put on the most fat, is the safest feed, makes the best mutton at aj less cost, and produces the besjj and strongest manure. j Mr. Joseph Stiles, of Stafford! N. IL, raised the past year, on a piece of ground containing jus! three acres. 187 bushels corn, bushels beans, J() bushels pota toes, 87 bssbols rutabaga turnips! and four caul loads of pumpkins. The United-Slates has6sl head', of cattle 10. every 1,000 popula tion, I)enmark/flB7 head, Norway 564, Sweden l 8?, : Hoiland 395, Switzerland 888, Germany 384', Austro Hungary 354, France32s, Russia 315 and Great Britain3oo. f our coni] tetiters for a prize for the best crop of Indian cornt in Maine produced on a half acwr respectively 88, 72, 70 and 60 bu shels of shelled corn. The esti mated cost, counting everything, varied from 28 to 50 cents per bushel. it is of more credit to a farmer to raise 120 or 140 bushels shell ed corn ou an acre than it. would be to serve a term in the Legisla ture, and to be able to raise 167 bushels of shelled corn from aiki acre is more to be desired than! an election as a mi on her of Cn J gross. JM Buttermilk cheeses arentJue simply 'training the buttermilk] through a cloth, and then eithem gently beating' the buttermilk J which causes the curd to separated or, as is sometimes done, by tliej addition of rennet. This kirnlM cheese is not unworthy of attciJfl lion, and it is often richer tliaiß that made from milk only onCfl. skimmed. ■ Some farmers iu Maine are trvfl ing the Miller system of feediijß tod, iii winter, which consists' Hi corn meal alone, disusing hay ,V| tirely. One funner has fed a C®§ for t wmil v days upon three quiftH of meal daily, and the animal thriving, it is said that a can be wintered by this system 1 for twelve dollars. I A Virginia farme^^HHß^'u : Jj ! - M the lime mk