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Farm Matters.
Wc Mn3ce Restitution orO ir
will Become Barren.
There are certain general principles
which govern farming operations, that
must to observed, in order to prevent
disastrous results. A soil may be so re
markably fertile as to produce good
crops for a succession of years, without
the application of fortilzers, but, sooner
rr later, the fertility yields to the ex
cessive drain of the crops and a worn
out soil is the result.
Wherever any course of cultivation
of the soil has been pursued, in which
the above result has been brought about
it is wholly from the injudicious prac
tice of the farmers, for it wili be conced
ed by all thinking men, that a course of
cnlluro that leaves the soil iu a poorer
condition than when the seed was plant
ed, is injurious, by actually reducing the
value of the land. It follows then that
wherever a crop is put into the soil, a
previous preparation by manuring
should be made, so that whenever the
crop is harvested, the soil is actually in
better condition than at first. This is
restitution; and the only true way of
improving the fertility of the farm, in
stead of injuring and almost destroying
it.
But, we are met by the objection of
many, “that the soil on their larms is so
worn out as to be almost destitute of
any fertilityeven such a soil may bo
improved although the rrocess may be
slow at first. There is probably no sur
er method than the plowing under of
crops of cow-pea vines, in conjunction
with animal manure. It may be object
ed that upon so poor a farm no stock
can be raised, heuce no manure can be
made. In answer we will say,in all our
travels in the southwest we have never
met with a section of country where
good ranges for ca\tle' and other stock
did not i b mnd, and it only requires the
careful attention of the farmers, to make
stock rahing profitable and at that time
furnishing manure for fertilizing, meat
for hon e comfort and wool for cloth
arid other purposes.
This system of restitution by the
growing of cow- peas, grasses and stock
raising is the only method by which the
southwestern, and especially, the older
States, can even hope to regain their
former prosperity and independence.
The reason we refer to tnis subject so
often, is because we intend to hammer
away at it until we induce the majori
ty of the farmers to follow it. llestitu**
t ion must be made, or our lands will
come barren wastes.
In coi nec on with the foregoing from
the News and Vindicator, it maj be
profitable to road the fdlowing clipping
from some of our exchanges :
The collection and application of ma
nure should go on continually, for the
grasses and cereals and all kind of cul
tivated plants make an annual draft on
the soil for the ingredients which ena*
bles them to build up their stems, foliage
and seeds No liquid or solid manure
suited for enriching the soil should be
allowed to go to loss about the home
stead. Soap suds, wood ashes, soot,
charcoal, sawdust, etc., may be applied
to the soil with much benefit to crops.
Leached wood ashes are good for top
dressing grass land, deepening the coh r
of plants and increasing their produc
tiveness so much as to double the acre
able yield of hay whenever tl cy are ap
plied in sufficient quantities. —All farm
er i who are striving to make farming
pay, and are in favor of improving in"
stead of going backward, will see and
appreciate the well meant suggestion on
manuring land. To all euch we look
for that improvement and progress so
much needed in farming.
A month’s experience on our own
place, says the American Farmer, has
given us a telling illustration of the vast
amount of material which can be gatha
crcd together in a small space of time to
augmeut the size of the manure heap.
If, as we firmly believe, and as compe*
tent and eminent chemists now aver the
artificial fertilizers applied to soils de
pend for their effect upon, and are ef
fective in exact ratio to, the presence of
mould or humus in soil, then—that far
mer is willfully negligent whip fails to
securo the means at hand of increasing
the supj: ly of that substance in his soils.
The making and continued increasing
of manure piles, in which are deposited
all decaying organic matters, and the
base of which is barnyard manure, is
then the duty of every farmer who seeks
to do the best for his land, since the fer
tility cannot be preserved without con
stant supplies, in one shape or another,
of putrescent organic mauures.
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Build np a Homestead.
The feeling that you an settled and
lixcd will induce you to work to im
prove. your farm, to plant orchards to
Jet out shade trees, to enclose pastures
to build comfortable out'houses and
each year improvements is a bond
to your homes. This will bring con
tentment in the family. Your wives
and daughters will fall in love with the
'-ountry your sons will love home better
than grog-shops and prefer farming to
measuring tape professional loafing, and
you will be happy in seeing the cou.-
tenkd and cheerful faces of your fami
lies. Make your home beautitul
convenient and cheerful and
ful and your children will love it above
all other places ; they will leave it with
re .;ret, think of it with fondness, come
back to it joyfully, and they will seek
their happiness around their home fire
fcide. •
Women and chddred need more than
meat, bread and raiment; more than
acres of. corn and cotton spread out
around them. Their love for the beau*
tiful must be satisfied. Hheir taste
must be cultivated ; their sensibilities
humored notshocked. To accomplish
this good end home must be made lovely.
Conveniences multiplied comforts prov
ided and cheerfuln.BS fostered. The
mind and the field must be cultivated
and then intelligence and content’*
ment will rule instead of the excep
tion. Stick to, improve and beautify
vour homesteads, lor with this good
work comes contentment.
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The average of < otton in the South
hi:- easan ; s 9.518,000 acres
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Sewing M achine Sales 0f1874.
The table of sewing machine sale3 for
1874 show that our sales for that year
amounted to 211,697 machines,- being a
large increase over the sales of the previ
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exceed those of any other company for the
period named, by the number of 148,852
machines, nearly
Three Times Those of any other Com
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It may be further stated that the sales of
1873, as compared with the sales of 1872,
show a relatively large increase, beyond
the sales of other makers. For instance,
in 1872 we sold 45,000 more machines than
any other company ; whereas, in 1873, the
sales were
113,254 Machines in Excess of Oar
Highest Competitor.
And in 1974 our sales were
1-48,852 Machines More Than
Any Otiior Company.
OFFICIAL REFORT.
The following is a correct report of the
sales of sewing machines made by the lead
ing companies during the past four years.
A careful examination of the figures will
show that the “SINGER” have largely in
creased each year, while, on the contrary, a
corresponding decrease is shown in the sales
reported by all other companies. This is a
highly satisfactory result to us, and is only
another proof that “merit always has its re
ward.”
Sewing Machine Sales for 1874.
Machines sold.
The Singer Manufacturing Cos 241,676
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Cos 02,827
Howe Sewine Machine Cos., (estima
ted) . - 35,000
Domestic Sewing Machine Cos 22,700
Grover & Baker Sewing Mach ine Go.
(estimated) 0,000
Florence Sewing Machine Cos 6,515
Secor Sewing Machine Cos 4,541
Sales oj lbT 2
machines sold.
The Singer manufacturing to 232,414
Wheeler & Wilson manufacturingco. 119,190
Domestic sewing machine co 40,114
Grover & Baker sewing machine co. 36,179
Ilowe machine co no returns.
Florence sewing machine c 0...., 8,960
Secor sewing machine co 4,430
Sales of 1872
Machines sold
The Singer manufacturing co 219,753
Wheeler & Wilson manufacturing c 0.174,088
Howe machine co., (estimated) 145,000
Grover & Baker sewing machine co. 52,010
Domestic sewing machine co 49,554
Florence sewing machine co 15,793
Sales of 1871
Machines sold.
The Singer manufacturing < ,181,260
Wheeler & Wilson manufsct ring c 0.128,526
.Grover & Baker sewing mo nine co, 50,538
Howe machine co.(Jan. 1 t July 1,) 34,010
Florence sewing machine o- 15,948
Domestic sewing machine Cos,
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