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TIIE FIELD AND FIRESIM Vo). I [.—No. I.] i. i ami'iiki.i.. h. n. oooomax. ?lir fidilaml .ficcoulc. pr bushed by J. CS. CO. At Oh** Hollar a V*ar in advance, or Oih- Hollar ami Flftv Cents if not paid in advance. IN TIIK <>l.l> PRINTING OFFICE- Building, Powder Springs Street, Mari etta <leorgia. \Y.\I. 1. WINN. W 11.1.. .1. " INN. \\T T. At \V. F. WINN, Al twin'll* VV . ot Loir, Marrli Pi, 1577. ly -ye’ll 'itr M.SESSIirt Ijp*, Attornnjot Loir, W . otiice HOI-1, Nl4l<*iyt.tiul*!i‘ Square in Rlarkw'oil’s )*4rli •"r ~-"j||'' ! * M ai irtla. < lf*77. ))' HOMELY, Attornfii ot Loir} , w ill attend roall to him in < ’oll> ami counties. Or Met: in McChitrliey’s Building, up stairs. Marietta, Man'll Pi. 1577. ly 17. >l. AU,I7N, H?xitl?nl I>• nt Ist, of inon* tliaii twenty years. < harges Reasonable. • lint i: Nortli side of Public Si|iian‘. Marietta, Man'll Pi, 1577- l.v D|{. TENNENT, Vrortiriixj I‘hijsirion. oilin' on < assvillo St. —Residence on Cherokee street. Mariotla, March Pi, J 877. ly nit. 17. A. SETZE, l‘h>isiciti)i anti Sim/i-iiii, tenders Ii is professional sen i•**s in tin*practiceof Medicine inall it.- branches to tin* citizens of Marietta am I surrounding rout i try. * Mice at tin* Drag Store of Win. Knot. mrli P>l y n,V T. IJ. IRWIN, AthtVyt’ffS tit . Lair Will practice in tlic Blue Ridge, Rome, and Coweta Cireuifc. Marietta, Maivli 13, 1878. ly V. U. COW Kit. 11. If. IIAMMKTT. IJOWEK & lIAMAIETT, Attor nri/s nt Lon-, Marietta, Ua. Will praetiee in the ( onrls of (’old) and adja cent counties. ("ollecting a specialty.' ly | )ll 11,1,1 INS A CREW, wholesale JE and retail dealers in Books Station ery , Sheet Music and Musical Instru ments. s ,V 10 Marietta st. Atlanta, (hi. VSntzky, Merchant Taylor, under • National Hotel, Atlanta Ha. TIT A. Hayiies, (at Phillips <A VV . (Tews,) Jewelry,-Atlanta (hi. I,T W. Hart, 3*o\S. Broad. St. Atlan ’ „ ta, Oa. Jsee'Advertiseniet in this paper. Cl eorge K. Camp, Attorney at Law 7T id Kinihall House, Atlanta, Ha. N ational Hotel, K. T. White, i Agt) Proprietor. Rates s•'.(*() pr day. Atlanta, Oil. ] ,Vl> I* 1 . SIIEOPSIII It 17, niaiitifae- Jiturer of Shirts, Drawers, etc. Sat isfaction guaranteed. !5>7 Peachtree -1. Atlanta, Ga. IaRLTT JARS'—Pints, Quarts and ’ Half Gallons; JELLY GLASSES, extra-tar Caps and Rubbers, Cement and Sealing Wax, for sale I>v may 23 WILLIAM ROOT. M. R. Lyon, c II EKOK 17 E Silt E 17 TANARUS, fa vi i L v icon: it if*. And dealer in i 'GENTRY PROM < E. Marietta, Mareli 13,1877. ly 11. T. I.RISI CHEROKEE STREET, Eaddlc anil Harness Maker AND REPAIRER. Marietta, Gen., March 13, 1577. ly W. r. GREEN, Watchmaker & Jeweller. MAitJKTTA. OKOItO I A. 4 1,80, dealer in ('looks of every de- J_\. scriptimi. Repairing nf Watches, ( locks, etc. a specialty. Satis factjon guaranteed. Sign rtf Big Watch, west side Public S< |uarc. ocf J CONTRACTOR AM) ■tni.mit, rpll I . undersigned continues Ids bir-d- X ness of Brick Making, Slone anil Brick Building, anti is prepared at any time to take contracts on tlie most rea .onalilc terms, and loexecute tliem in tin- ! inn- t -at isfarlot'V niannet. If. B. W VI.US. Mai letta, Match 13, 1877i 1\ TgREER f RKYNOKDS. Dentists. WfcSl SIDK 0 V fHI.,.mtM( Slit tItK Boom ot eiM'( lan liey'■ Store. XT gives ns pleasure to inforni our friends that we have returned from ifxN-lTiiladeliiliia trip where we have ' i 'lwl s'.dtiiif solely in the interest ot ; On j 1 Again we tender our iNa ihe I"Wor friends and the publie r^Bli-sionConfident that wit'll the lat i mores and most improved in ’ .milts, \\ iip :,i | oilier improvements. ,ed regardless of expense nrtrou- K- mu do work as satisfactorily can la- done el-ew here. March •'>. 1878 ■turnip SEED.- New crop, all warrenbd Pennine, received at I, sVni , "V ' . .'qiyN<T, B, l{. Strong, Successor 1011. W . W illi:ims, ANH Apothecary. ajxtll.l. emitinii<* business at tln* Obi VV Stand in MARIETTA. amlwill keep on hand, and for sale, A OI.NK.IIAI. ASSOIt'I MUN I' Ol K RES 11 AND GKNPLNE Di •ngs! Chemicals! n Toilet and r.'turt .triitlr*! Paints and Oils! Fine IVi*f imirry, rlr. All wliieb will be SOl.il [,IIIV KOH CASH. Prescriptions carefully eom pounded by an experienced Apotheca ry. AS ItKUKT* I FORK. li. R. STRONG. Hooks and Stationery. %/ School Books and Station**rv of all kinds. Also, Musical Note Books for Sunday Schools and Singing ('lasses. Any book not in stork, eitlirr Pitrrary, Scientific or Educational, or any piece of Sheet Music, will be ordered and de livered in Marietta at publisher's pri ces. B.H. STRONG. Marietta, Feb. 18~S. The Rcli-oil Free Pi*e*s. This popular weekly is received regu larly, and for sale at live cents per copy, at tin* Drug and Stationery Store of . fel* 2fi R, R, STRONG . Pirn* drier Vinegar-— : Roeoived at the'Drug Store of B. R. Sritoxii. I' LAV OR INO E X T'R A < ITS;—— Tropical Vanilla'(warranted good), l.es mow, Rose, Peaeli, and other Flavor ing Extracts, at jue27 B, I{, STRONG. Bl ßl> KKEO. —Canary. Rape and Hemp Seed, for sale at the Drug SI ore of June 27 B.'R. STRONG. PERFUMERV. —Tetlow's s„ p ,.- r'tor Extracts for tin* hankorrhief, equal to any made, on hand at the Drug Store of (june 27) B, R. STRONG. JAYNE’S HAIR TONIC, Ayer’s Hair Vigor, Lyon’s Kathairon, Bar ry's Tricopheroiis, Vaseline Bowder. and various other Hair Pressings, also Hair Dyes, for sale by june 27 B. R. STRONG. J. R OM & (V HAVE REMOVED THEIR STOCK OE (xoneral Merohaiidiso To Urs Barrett’s ohl stand, East, side of Public Stjitaie. Marietta, Georgia. Where they will keep a full line of choice Family Groceries STAPLE DRV GOODS. /attorn Gat ns, 'Motions, Boots and Shoes. &c. All of which will be sold low for cash. IL 1). McGt TctiKON will be pleased to wait on any, who will favor them with a call. (Jointtry Product* taken in exchange, on reasonable terms. Respectfully-, J. B. O’NEILL A (’<). Marietta, April 1878. l v Manning <Sc Barker. AND REPAIRERS MARIETTA, GEORGIA, VRE now | ire pa led to ill, all kinds of ! work in their line of business as cheap and as w ell as it cun be done any- I w here, Buggies and Wagons made or ; repaired in (lie best style of workman ship, of the best materia! and on the, most reasonable terms. Plantation w ork and repairing done cheaply and At short uotiee, and in a satisfactory manner.— i Blaeksmitiiiug executed witli despatch. ' <a 11 and see u-at our .Shops on Atlane. street, near the ('< i • Mouse, and give ii- a trial, and we M ill guarantee p.irfect j satisfation. up 3—ly Fine Tiilmccn and Cigars. —The 11 \ Vo 1" and “Red string," live cent Cigars; also, tine Chewing Tobacco,on hand and for sale by B. it. Siuoxo. ffTTii il A \OS. mn TI M.V(> AND RKRAI RIND. riIHE undersigned respectfully ten- I ders his sendees to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity as tuner and re- i pairer of Pianos. Warrant- bis work in every respect, and w ill doit aseheap or cheaper than any one. Postal cards dropped in the Post-otlii e. will secure prompt attention. M ill -ell Pjanos or < >rgans at the lowest figures, and upon, a- accommodating terms, cash, nr on time „• >o( M ) oid reliable pai t b - -. j re'* r Court da,,. JOHN sEALs. L. *5 ssr* t Marietta, (Georgia,) Thursday, August 8, 1878. Atpiniltuval. August oil tin* Kiii-iu. I'nfnrtunately for both farms and farmers, under l he tenant and cropping systems so generally a dopted in (ieorgia, much of the farm labor is unemployed during the larger part of August. This should not he. Much of the protit of the year's work is lost hv this custom, and much that migltt he done during this month of comparative leisure, must otherwise he hurriedly and imperfectly done during 1 he press nf other farm work. In the upper part of the State, the fallow land, intended for oats or wheat, should now he well bro ken and harrowed, preparatory to seeding as early as the seasons will allow. In North (ieorgia, winter oats should be sown in September, and to do Ibis, plows should he kepi running in August, whenever the land is in proper condition. (torn fodder should he cut when in full bloom, strong stakes or forks planted in rows eiglil or ten feet apart, poles laid along their tops, and the corn, after wilting on the ground for half a day, lean eil against the poles on both sides, and left to cure. The opening under the poles will facilitate the curing of the corn fodder. As soot) as the stalks are suffi cientlv cured, it should he stored in a well ventilated barn, where it should he frequently examined until all danger of moulding is past. A small quantity of lime and salt, sprinkled between the layers as it is stored, will prove beneficial. This is a most valua ble forage crop, hut is exceeding ly difficult to cure. Turnips, intended to make roots, should he sown during this month. Those for winter and spring salad, may he sown later, and left much thicker on the ground. The soil should he free as possible from undecomposed vegetable matter, and heavily manured. Superphosphate, eon taining not more than two per cent, of ammonia, applied at the rate of three or four hundred pounds per acre, will, if other conditions are favorable, produce a fine crop. Early sowings should he in drills two feet apart, and the plants thinned to eight or ten inches in the drill. Many make i he serious mistake of leaving the plants too thick for profitable root development. If the ground is dry at seeding time, open the furrows for the seed four inches deep, and let them stand through the night to receive the dew ; plant early the next morning in tlie bottom of 1 lie furrow, and press the dirt up ou the seed. A stand may he se cured by these means, when fail ure would follow planting on a bed. Turnips me valuable for mixing with stronger food in win ter, and should iceeive more at tent-ion at the hands of farmers. Hay, wherever found on the farm, should be saved and stored for winter, for while our cattle live with little attention during our mild winters, cold spells fre quently occur, during which hal ted to them would well pay the owner of the stock for his trouble. Our people generally allow hav. especially crab grass, to become too ripe before cutting. All gras ses, intended for forage, should he cut when in full bloom Lucent, which is especially a da pled lo Middle and Southern Georgia, should he sown in Sep (ember to secure a stand and es cape being smothered by grass and weeds while young and ten der. The land should he thor oughly broken and pulverized, and, il not already rich, it should be made so, either by (lie appli cation, in large quantity, of thor oughly decomposed lot manure, in- better, by a liberal dressing of lime, superphosphate and kainit. The seed should be sown in drills lifteen to eighteen inches apart. Right pounds will sow an acre. Vo farm should he without a few acres of lucerii. The second crop of Irish pota iocs, though rather uncertain on account of the ditliculty of seem ing a stand, is so much superior in quality to Ihe first, that they are worthy ot extra attention, it August and September are moist there is no difficulty in the way. A stand may, however, he secur ed with certainty by planting the whole potatoes in a bed. and wa tering until they are well sprout ed. when the potatoes, with the sprouts attached, may In* trails planted to I lie rows where they are to grow. Harley and rye patches for win ter pasturage should he sown on rich, well prepared ground in the latter part of this month. The best plan i- to sow in drills, into which a liberal application of highly ammoniated fertilizer lias been made. The drills may he fifteen to eighteen inches apart, so that, when well up, it may re eeive one plowing. Hogs should have abundant food during this month to~push them rapidly forward, bolTi in size and condition. Fodder pulling, a most tedious process of saving winter forage, will demand attention. We pre fer cutting the topw.just above the above the ear, and saving that portion of the stalk with the fod der on it, since, properly waved, il is relished by all stock. The fodder below the ear may lie rap idly saved by pulling it from the stalk in the usual way. Try both plans, reader—we have, and like cutting tops better than stripping the whole stalk and wasting good forage. Cotton will open earlier than usual (Ids year. Preparation for rapid picking should he made ev (*n now, —Southvv n Kutvvpvixv. A Leader Wanted. Leaders are wanted greatly just ! now in many walks and positions, governmental, professional, com mercial, manufacturing, artistic, and last, yet far from least, ioiu j cu/rcKAi.. Leaders are in demand in various spheres and occupa tions, for, as a distinguished A merican once said, ‘there is al ways room up stairs"'— places tor men who are qualified to occupy prominent and responsible pnsi lions. Montgomery Blair, not 1 that he is any authority, says a leader is wanted for our National ( iovernment, and there are scores lof people calling for leaders in' | various enterprises and branches ot business, from the highest to i the lowest avocations. But we have nothing to do, in this in stance,with cither statesmanship, commerce or manufactures pro per (though the farmer is in fact an extensive manufacturer) in this connection, and hence turn to another hut equally essential mat ter—that of agriculture, upon which depends the sustenance of all nations and peoples through (nit the civilized world. In regard to the last-named sphere or department, which is our special province ofdiscussion, it is plain that industrious, intel ligent and progressive leaders are wanted on thousands and tens of thousands of farms, plantations and ranches here, there and al most everywhere throughout the country. Yes, there is a demand for brains and discriminat ion, and discrimination, and also of mus cle and push for men who can not only direct and command,'but who have the power to say cm phaticallv "Conic, hoys !’" and the ability to follow the exclamation with suitable action. Such are the leaders wanted all over the land, and especially at this busy, urgent, period, when the most im portant labors are commencing over a large portion of the conti nent. For this is one of the times when wide awake, level headed and far seeing leaders are most needed in rural operations. To open the campaign aright and prosecute it with vigor and sue cess from seed-time to harvest, making no serious or dameging mistakes at a season when “time is money. *' should be the purpose of every one engaged in any branch of agricultural industry and production, and the accom plishment of this object in ad verse seasons and in spite of oth er obstacles exhibits a superior qualification for leadership. But to achieve signal victory, even in favorable seasons, is often <1 itli cult, as rare knowledge and alert ness are the requisites to marked success. Asa rule the most <tb serving, experienced ami timely industrious farmers are the most successful—grow the best and ; most remunerative crops—and profit is what the great majority of people are or should lie work ing for in these days, when a re sumption of the sway of that long absent commander and friend, <ieneral Prosperity, is so univer sally desired by the people and country. Though it may he true that no man ever planted or un earthed potatoes for love of the work, it is equally certain that no people were ever ruined by well directed industry, or any country made bankrupt by an over-pro duction of the staples of its soil. But our heading says l *A Lead or Wanted," and we must stick to the text. There are many farms and plantations, from Maine to California and from < 'anada to the Gulf, where leaders who possess such cardinal virtues as sobriety, industry, energy and sound judg ment, arc greatly needed. On a myriad *>f rural homesteads the laborers, teams, soils and other things, animate and inanimate, are, we fear, waiting for tin* ad vent of men who have the abili ty to lead and direct in person.— Those so-called farmers who sit down cross legged, when they should he at work or directing others, are not by any means lea dersin ihe true sense. They— the indolent—are the ones who bring- reproach upon the inost,na tural, useful and honorable of all occupations, and it is their preva lenoe which creates a demand for leaders who will prove a credit to themselves, their calling and the country. Let the young men of the farm prepare themselves to become such leaders, instead of seeking fame or fortune in uncer tain avocations in overcrowded towns and cities. Indeed, wherever there is lack of capacity onlorelict inn of duly in responsible positions leaders are wanted who possess ability, integrity and stamina, and we fear this want is very general in the various ranks and walks of life—official, professional and in dustrial. Every farm and family not omit t ing the “kitchen cabi net" -requires an efficient and authoritative head to inaugurate and promote timely and harmo iions action, facilitate* progress and assure prosperity. Header, we sincerely trust there is no va cancy for a leader on your farm, and that the industry, skill and management of its owner will he abundant ly .rewarded. Wheat vs. Chess. Every year; the much vexed question,' “ Does wheal turn to chess or cheat arises, phu-uix like, for discussion, and each year the subject gains fresli advocates (or both sides. Farmers contend that seed which has been cleaned by running through a fanning mill several times and putting through the floating process, i. <>. placing the wheal in a tub of brine, when the few stray grains of cheat which have escaped the fan will float on top and can be readily skimmed oil", will some years on portions of I lie field come a good crop of cheat instead of the desired w heat. A California correspondent, who refuses to re reive the scientists" views on the subject, starts out with the theo ry that the original plant from which wheat is produced was cheat, and asks: “In the absence of proof to the contrary, where is tlie fallacy of claiming this pro position to be a correct one In icply to the object ion to I his, rais ed on the other side, that oat fields are likewise liable to chess, and therefore, according to the doctrine just nut forth, must he identical with wheat; another California writer urges that while not identical, “wheat and oats be long to the same species the grass family- differing only in variety of the same family," Oth ers, without giving any reason for the same, believe that wheat which has been injured by frost in autumn or otherwise arrosted in its growth, is liable to turn to chess. Chess, cheat and brome grass are common names of several spe cies of the genus firomvA, hut the two former are'usually given to that variety ( /{rootoh xertrtihv*) which is a source of annoyance particularly ingrain fields—most of all. wheat since it is so ditfi cult to separate its seed, having nearly the size but not the plump- [Subscription, SI.OO. uess of barley, from the cultiva ted giaips. J Some years ago thoCnltivatioif of chess as a valuable grass f<o cattle, was recommended by petal sons in ignorance of its worthle ■ quality, and occasioned no doub o its present wide diffusion. This*| plant thus disseminated was pro bably mistaken for the livomit itvitennh, the only species of the bronie grass at all suitable for cultivation and very inferior to, most other grasses. J The wheat genus ( TvltlvumM belongs to the sub tribe *vlti>r ses called /fwih iova, frotteQywj| ley, which is in structure related to* wheat, and rye in the same division. Likemlrpr cereals,wheat ( Tvitivum vttlyave i is not certainly known in the wild 'tc4e, and its origin lias been the suoject of much speculation; some suppose it to be a plant no* < Bxtinet in the wild state, others that it is the cultivated form un wind are regarded as distinct wild species. Whatever doubts exist, how ever, concerning the origin of this cereal, scientists who have 1 brought to hear on the subject an immense deal of pat ient. and care ful investigation assert that the weed chess or cheat of thegeti >s livomutt cannot in the nature i things spring from the -•• male wheat of another genus, b’OMLIIj true ami only explanation a g£ wheat dies* mystery > s .'iiiiq ll '- seed of*the heat exist<j'J u in t he ground previous ing of tin* grain or was snjv n with it. With as much i-easofi.d they contend, may a farmer look , for a crop of barley when he h(/| sown oats, or of red clover froi*j a sprinkling of orchard grass, expect to find chess from a sow '• ing of wheat or other cereal, ** Feeding Corn Stalks. There is one portion of our com product, which, in the Soull ,ps hardly ever utilized at all, w ‘ . , in the North it is considered* '* great value, namely, - the iv <H course, if the fodder is j hillie: (or not); and the corn is r- <I,< ** to become perfectly cureus. '>*; field, and the stocks become liV •' and hard, they are of no val#* for food. But if cut in season / with the fodder on them, and all" cured together, there is but little, if any, loss to the corn, and both stalks and fodder make u first rate food for stock. The proper lime to cut fhe corn lor this purpose is w hen the grain has become en tirely hard, and the shucks begin tdry. It will lie found that file shuck on the ear begins to drv sooner than the fodder—so that,, if cut and cured in this state, both , the fodder and the stalks are full . of nutriment. In order to feed stalks to the l>cs(, advantage, New farmers cut and steam tL makes every part ol flulirV'f- -** and w holesome. As few f" 'n* - ern farmers arc prepared Ihis, they would have to feed them whole; hut even in this way, they would find that a large portion of them would lie eaten and make good food. When stalks green an v uII of juice, are cut and closely shocked up, or stored away, t hey retail! the juice a long lime *r ud nmjfu of this juice is. it is, ol '('fit •"‘"ol very fattening. Our |Vti*T Utfai VI (I too much in tin* habit an d "'-ding,'* what stock they feed at ex cltisively on corn, and w? n *\ipe they will turn their to < this met hod of utilizing the whole corn crop. Soul/writ Frrntrr. zi What the Country Needs, 'he* 1 .. Fewer men who seek office and’ more men whom the office seeks. Fewer dogs and more sheep. . Fewer truckling demagogue?* e who arc anything or nothing./"j ( )tj interest dictates, and more b:t' ll M l i : men who dare to do their (i j|| thinking, and say what t*"" 1 ® think. alii Fewer great men made to and ot -mall material, and thru&f in trout of men who have aVa f parity for greatness. ~)? L Fewer juvenile statesmen/ are eager to rush into print, u *’ raise tin* mischief generally. Fewer men to advocate Ihe lection ot favorites on persotigf grminds. and more for the publi^ good. _ 'lfc-erH.iy Fewer wire pul) "jp .. aiUw vmivwntiuj