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AO-RICULTUBAL.
CASSAVA.
tas-avu i*. in my judgement, one of
the tirst production'' ot'tbi* State. It is
more rapidly |l;ti l l*il than potatoes,
line person can plant from one to four
store* per day, plaiftiiigsiiinc a* corn—
fmr by four feel each way—otic piece
in a hill or drill as desired. It is more
easily Kept clean when it can he plowed
each way. It will lirodnee more per
acre than sweet potatoes, and not one
half the labor. Hog* prefer it to the
potatoes in its raw state, to a great
extent it will take the place of bread ;
it makes delicious pies, puddings, cakes
custards, eel., in fact, it i;an he cooked
in almost any form desired. As the
great cry has been for some product
from which we can obtain our supply
of meat, 1 think cassava meets every
want. Non can leave it in the ground
and dig a* you nerd, the mots coni inn
ing to grow. affording you food for
stock, tinfii your peas amt gras* are
ready for use in the latter part of spring
or early summer. Another advantage
—you plant the stalk instead of the root,
•consequently no loss of product. I’lant
only the matured wood ; break in piec
es three to six inches long and plant
about four iuchesdeep. The roots grow
mainly in the subsoil. < Ultivate level,
two plow iligs being sutlieient ; unless
the ground is very grassy. Avery tine
starch is made from it, the proportion
being about one of starch from four of
the raw material. It is stijierior to corn
starch. Much more can be said in its
favor. Imt this is sufficient to indueeany
one interested to try it.— (or.. Flu.-
Sim.
HOLLAND FARMS.
In the north of Holland the farms are
not over a foot above tin* level of the
sea, and some are tower. The laud is
loose, spongy muck, and is very rich.
It i- subdivided into small parcels hy
eaual. There are thousands of wind
mi Ila w hich are used to pump water all
the time. The dwellings are a* neat a*
they possibly can Ik*. They are built in
small villages, clustered close together.
The roads are all paved, and not a par
ticle of dust is ever seen. They measure
distances hv the hour, saying that from
place to place it is ten hours’ walk, four
hours by boat, or two hours hy rail.
The houses are built, as nicely as any in
our cities’ about fifty feet square, with
about eight feet between I lie joists upon
the lir>t floor: all above is used for stor
ing hat . Out he side are the staldes for
the cattle, and they are models of neat
ness. The floors are all paved with
stone or brick. In these stables w here
ibe cattle are they make but t er, cheese,
do (lie washing, ironing and baking,
and the general household work. Ills
not an uncommon thing to see hundreds
of cheeses there :they weigh about four
pounds each. The bedding is always
clean, and la*t- a good while. \\ hen
the cattle are put into the stable tbe\
are put there fhr the season, and.tied
with a rope to the corner of the stall.
The air there i* always chilly, and the
ew* nre blanketed in summer, and of
course are w arm in their stalls in w inter
for H re> are quite generally Kept burn
ing in two stoves through the coldest of
the season. The calve* do not need to
lie covered in stiiiiilier, heoouse nut uB
ha- provided a very lliicK
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(tKORGIA. TIU’RSDAY, MAY 8. 1870
CJCK AND ITS USES.
There is a good deal of concentrated
practical kmnujedge. and some experi
ence, in the fiWtoxviug, taken from the
“History of a l’oor Farm." w hich we
timl in the Hut W Vcu) Yorker. The
owin*r of Hie farm being in eon versation
w ith an iuquisifivenld gentleman, w bile
considering a piece of uiiiek swamp, is
asked: ••VVliat does rhi* muck consist
of?” The answer is: **| guess its
mostly rotten leaves and grass, and I
don’t see why it is not as good as they
are. Hardeners think very highly of,
leaf-mold. I always thought.” “That
is true,” said l. “Muck that is free
fixin sand, as tills is, contains about j
three per cent, of nitrogen : and on** ton
of it, dry, would be equal in value, in
this respect, to seven tons of straw. A i
ton of good dry muck would contain
sixty pounds of nitrogen, ora* mueli as
six tons of Imrse manure, or ten tuns of
cow manure, in the wet state in which
these are generally used. And there is
no need to draw 1.500 or 1.000 pounds of
water w ith every load of muck, if it is
dug.and left to dry for a few months, or ;
even weeks.
The old gentlemaii was too astonished j
to reply : so I continued: “If this dry j
muck is spread a foot deep in the pig I
pens or cow stables, every drop of the!
ii ri n will be save l, and this,in one year
from one cow, amounts to 7,000 pounds,
in w hich-there is more than 150 pounds !
of nitrogen, liesidos fifty pounds of pot
ash and five pounds of phosphoric acid.
From leu cow s there might he saved
thirty-rive tons of this valuable manure j
which would make, with sufficient (
swamp muck added to absurd it, at least
:>oo loads, which would be worth more ;
than anv eoiiiinou barnyard manure ev
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er made.’ “Then,” said the old gentle- j
man. ”1 don’t see vvliat more you want
tluiti a lot of cows, and to set a horse and
wagon to work hauling muck, to make ,
your farm rich.” “There is some truth i
in that,” ? replied, ••but what is wanted >
in this ease is some way in which 1 can
grow something to feed the cows tirst ; !
and this niiiCi be something which must 1
tint require a large outlay of money.
“The most difficult tiling in the ini- i
provenieut of a poor farm is the start..
This needs an outlay of money to pur
chase the fertilizers needed to grow the :
first crop. .Inst now artificial fertilizers
promise to be of the greatest use for
such a purpose, and the question of;
what should he used and how it should
lie used, is <uie. that requires serious con
sideration.
TRICHI NOUS PORK-
Vt the request of < ommissimier De-
Wolfe, of the ( liicago Health Deparl
iiienl, l>r. Atwood, Vice-President of
the State Microscopical Society, and Dr
Kellield, Demonstrator of Physiology
at Kush Medical College, lately enter- :
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cubic inch, while the specimen from
tlie ninetieth hog contained, by a care
ful estimate not less than thirteen tlums |
and in the same hulk.
In answer to the quest ion as to wheth
er trichinous bogs are generally out ot
hcaltii. the doctors said that nothing
in their observation would prompt an
affirmative answer. It i* the normal
condition of the animal to barber one
or more varieties of parasites. Early
in the investigation they began feeding
a young rat on the infected pork. The
rut grew rapidly, and enjoyed good
health: when killed its muscles w ere
found to be literally alive with trielii
me.
The investigators can not say why
trieliinou* pork is on the increase, nor
why the eases are more numerous here
than in other-countries. They say that
eases of trichinosis are so rare in human
beings: first, because in most instances
the meat has been subjected to thorough
cooking, whereby the worms are killed;
second, that the symptoms being very
similar to those of other diseases, not
ably typhoid fever, it is likely that tri
chenosis lias been mistaken for other
complaints; and third, that the inges
tion of a certain number of these para
sites has no injurious effects. In proof
of their faith in this latter belief, Dr.
Relffeld ate a portion of the rat refer
red to, and has as yet felt no unusual
symptoms. —Fur mem Her ietr.
THE GRASSES.
The soils'best adapted to clover are
tenacious or stiff'loams. It i* a fertili
zer, a* its long, powerful tap roots loosen
the soil, admit air. and when the roots
decay, add largely to rim black mass of
earth. It helps destroy annual weeds
by it* luxuriant foliage, and by shading
the surface of the *oil. increasing its fer
tility. Clover seed should always he
sown in the spring of the year in the
Eastern, Middleand Western Suites. It
is often sown upon the late snow s of
March or April, and soon finds its way
down to the soil, where, aided by the
moisture of early spring, it quickly ger
minates and rapidly shoots up its leaf
stalks.
Miniiiiiiitli, ui‘ Liny? Hed I'locer—(trljo
lium i>mtniisi'.. —This variety is the best
for plowing under for manure. It
grows five or six feet high and its
stalks are so coarse and large that -took
w ill eat only t he leaves. By its judicious
use lands which have been exhausted
can he reclaimed and unexhausted lauds
preserved. <ireen manuring has never
or rarely failed of producing satisfacto
ry results. Sow in spring at the rate
ofabout eight pounds per acre. Sixty
pounds per bushel.
(Hum Hud. or June (‘loci r — ti'ifylium
iimtans a-) —This is by far the most im
portant of all the varieties for the prac
tical purposes of agriculture. It i*
grown for hay or for pasture, and for
milch cows it is better than timothy,
and on which it
f* an iudispeusa
niixed grasses,
n nootlier gras
of six to eight
( jug required on
( /w and lighter
bushel.
Tiuiidluj—[fdtehnu f ii'iitcnne. As a crop
to cut for hay, this is probably unsur
passed by any grass in cultivation.
Thrive* best on moist/ loaiuy soils of
mediuin|tenaeity atAs-i* uq^gA ( yil to
'uJuy or
be
twelve pound* per acre, if alone, hut less
if sowed witli other grasses. Fortv-rive
pounds per bushel.
Orchard (Iruns, or C nek- .* toot [duct>/~
lin ijlohumda.) —One of the mo*t valua
ble of pasture grasses, on account ot it
quick grow tli and liixu l ions attenuate
If is ready for grazing in spring two
weeks sooner than most grasses, and
when fed off’is again ready for grazing
in ;i week. It is palatable and nut ritiona
and stock eat it greedily w hen green.
It stands a severe drouth, and will en
dure considerable shade. it isles* ex
hausting to the soil than timothy. and
will grow more in one day in summer
than timothy will in a week. When
sown with clover,it makes excellent hay
as it blossoms at the same time and
they should he cut together. It lias a
tendency to grow in tutts, which cai.’. lie
prevented hy close cropping. For graz
ing it has no equal, and should be used
more than it is. When sown alone)two
bushel are required per acre: if sown
with clover, half that amount, it ought
nor to be sown alone, except for fowl. It
is perennial, and will last for years,hut
its habit of growth untits it for lawns.
Fourteen pounds per bushel.—/>. ,tf.
Ferri/'s Seal Arnnud.
ONF HUNDRED TONS OF SQUASHES.
I*. S. Dunning & Sous, of Cook Coun
ty, Illinois,.best known as owners of
an extensive cheery orchard, have, in
the past three years, engaged largely
in the growing of squashes for market.
In the year just past they had forty
acres planted in this crop. The aver
age yield was about two and one-half
tons per acre. Mr. Dunning does ,m*t
care to us tell how much money
he makes from this crop, but we can
say that it runs into the thousands of
dollars.
The land is tirst well manured with
ordinary barn-yard manure,and plant
ed to corn leaving every eighth row for
the squash seed. The squashes are ma
nured in the hill, but otherwise receive
the same treatment as corn. The corn
crop this year was as large a* usually
in this part of the iState. 'faking both
crops-together we know of no forty
acres in this part of the country that
have given so good a return. — Hccicu:.
Feed For F(Utcnnin<j Slh-cjj: Sheep
growers in England claim that a feed
consisting of cotton-seed and turnips
is not only the safest for fattening sheep,
hut: will put the most fat and make the
best mutton at the least cost. It also
produces the strongest manure.
Hut-firoof ('orii-iy’rd,. —“if seven years
are a test l have a rat-proof corn-crib,
mieol my ow n contrivance, on the fol
lowing plan and size : Sixteen feet long,
rive feet wide, eight, feet from the floor
tothe plate above, three bents, sjiu
trained into the posts eighteen inches,
from t lie ground, short way. A two
by Sevan .joist, sixteen feet long, set in
outside ot posts, to correspond with
sill*. I * lutes spiked on top ot posts;
tour-inch scantling for nail, ties half
way between: tour scantlings, two by
tour, set in lengthwise, to sustain the
lloor. I lie floor is of inch plank, doub
led. laid crosswise, and *uwed off'eveu
w ith the outside sleepe v . to which the
lower ends ot siding are nailed. The
door i* *et in eighteen inches above the
floor, or three feet from the ground.”—
and. o, j/" if t \y or ld.
The pricenf this paper i**! per year.
kSMj’ribe and thereby make votir faini-