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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, APRIL 1,1884.
himself and great, good fun to his merry
partner.
The quadrille followed with equal eclat
to the matrons; and then excusing
themselves from any further dissipation
they captured the old gentleman and en-
sconsed in the little bay windows, spent
a delightful evening looking on and ta;'
ing over their sweet glad young days
Farm Work for April.
while the others are “ catching the mules of potash for fertilizing
Purposes,)
| at the present time.
Wood-ashes also exert mechaffic
and hitching up."
Fine, dry land plaster is the best dry-1
er, as the seed are left perfectly white; beneficial effect in opening and
but almost any material will answer, ing the soil porous, thus permitt?
. a more rea( j y
parations that would occupy the camp
to-morrow.
The next day was a busy one in camp. |
The morning drill was dispensed with,
the time being spent in packing knar
sacks, burnishing accoutrements, cool
ing rations find writing letters home.
cenl
| be increased so as to serve as a consid-
j erable dose of fertilizers. Even the 8 or |
. ,# ii • Dill* aimOBb any • UlcUCllwt “*** (uionoii I DV ** M
... .... ...... ......, thHonnSg 8 m”nth be- We haTe uaed charcoal dust ® hich ,eaves and moUture
delightful evening looking on and talk- th0 bout • K , the seed almost as strongly marked as permeation through it, espeeiallv
g over their sweet glad young days. tween spring and summer. The wo k ^ plaster> Peruvian guano or any true as to heavy clay soils 7
paVEoRp*,'fSS'MiS? theZl of 8 »” dlar o. fine dr, condition) “wing tenn. and
the stern remembrance of the busy pre- i t be followed in a Wl1 ^ a ^ 8 ° answer - hut it is not safe to express, approximately, m per ce
norafinna that wnnlH noonnv tho ouvnn I an onfloating ti e use acid phosphate for this purpose. the valuable ingredients of wood
from the South. As in planting corn,
we must take the weather on trust when
rsnome. i we come to putcotton seed in the ground.. „.in
Afternoon the Colonel, in compliment Having all things ready, wait until the y B ® para e ie 8< ? e , . , .. ■ I ~ h ° 8- ftcld
of Miss Coleman, and kindness to his date arrives which experience has proven fit the young P lants; but d . th
*?. I to be about the best time, and ii the | I™*?. orevenmore^maybeMed.
an weather is then open and the ground in
10 pounds—which are sufficient to mere- Potash.
Lime.
Unleached.
7 t0 32 Per - em lto1
3 <• I
short exercise. It being the las
would be witnessed soon at the p
t-t!
ost
The following table gives the
The barrel roller serves an admirable I a S es °* asb > and weights per cubii
perl
wouia oe witnesseu soon ai me post, an ■ — o „„„,i RAW .
immense concourse of neighboring guests good working condition commence the purp08e inp . ep . g , __
.it. . i mt ® • it. _ 'L a. I & ° inrr if a /Inaivml in annlV lift OT* 75
of certain woods:
gathered. The corps was in the best of wor i c 0 f
spirits and acquitted itself with honor.
The young Colonel more than satisfied .
his mother, she was in ecstacies over the y As in all other operations on the farm,
PLANTING COTTON.
ing where it is desired to apply 50 or 75
pounds of commercial fertilizer for each
bushel of oats sown.
a T
>lause he received.
it pays well to perform every operation
iss Coleman’s eyes sparkled their CO nnected with planting the crop, with
pleasure, and her mother so far forgot , .
the torture of her boots as to stamp her ' care and sai
feet in emphasis of her enthusiastic “vi-
SUMMER FORAGE CROPS.
April is the time to plant all kinds of I
Name of Wood.
va.
After drill the final details of the move
were made. A dispatch from the
master of transportation stated that cars
The constant tendency | summer growing forage and soiling Sassafras
plants, such as millo maize, cat-tail or White pine
r T , n Chesnut...
Ih e Pitch pine.
place of hand work and old fashioned I results of all such crops will be unsatis- ylliowpine'
tools. Cotton planters of different pat- factory it planted on poor land or even White oak
1 j r r White ash.
is in the direction of substituting ma
chinery and improved implements in I pearl millet, teosinte, collards, etc.
would be in readiness at 6 p. m. The ents are getting as common as patent on land that will produce good field Locust,
embarcation could be made that night, churns, and some of them quite as im- crops of corn, cotton, or oats. The soil I sweet gum,,
and the next morning, at So’clock.a prac ti ca bl e . The desideratum is a ma- should be absolutely rich. A plentiful)
t ra ; n chine that will plant the seed either con- supply of rich, succulent and nutritious pin oak....
With the train that brought the cars tinuously, or drop them at intervals as food of this kind will greatly relieve the osag^orange 0 ^
came Frank’s horse, a strong hardy ani-1 may be desired. We arc among those pressure in the consumptive looking Persimmon.
mal, excellently Anted for Ins WQr^.^ I who believe that the system of the fu-|corn cribs “’long in” May, June and I chestnut oak.
Dress parade was held as usual and L 7* ' , uriUB 1
final orders read; and then the tents tur ® W1 . oe that of planting and culti- July. We think collards—the common,
were struck with due ceremony, and by | vating in hills. It is certainly within | old fashioned blue stem—are not prop-
You will have observed that
sun down the command moved to the the reach of inventive skill, to devise a er ]y appreciated as a stock feed. Very aBbes —famishing, as they do, po
men°ced and ^ ° f loadlBlg C ° m ‘ machine that will open, drop and cover f ew forage plants afford more food, in an appropriafee condition, and i
There was no use for tents that balmy I an approximate given number of seed quantity and quality, than collards. ? orn ’ (largely in i+D
me night and the men bivouaced in its at a given distance, or at multiples of a They are not a fattening food, but a I lf “ ot a l pbants »
June
open air and on the bare ground.
The scene overlooked from the piazza of
the hotel was a stirring one and was car
short distance.
corn, (largely in its cob), indeed]
requiring poti
muscle producer, and as a preventive of I ^ 1(dr farmation, you cannot be far I
In planting by hand whether the seed cholera and other diseases of swine we in appl y in 8 them to y° ur land ;
bliO IlDLUl WHB U Ol*&I IlIl^ U1IU UI1U Wttb UHX* I , . . 1 , . aolina wan matr
ried away to be remembered in the lone- be sown continuously or dropped at in- know of nothing equal to a daily, gen- , eac 1 e as es y° / 8e one
1 • o ^ i 1 I A 1 ~ i A* r ii I I hn ah al a non n nvn on nlnvm* oa!1
hud
liness of more than one home.
tervals in hills, some preparation of the erous ration of collard leaves.
The next morning all things were seed which will separate them readily is
ft 7n n Li« e , r l^r-« rk rnL an f A indispensable, and is becoming more so,
Frank stood In his mother’s room to
speak his good-bye.
• held hi
HOG CROPS—POTATOES.
Ground nuts, chufas, etc., should be
bushels per acre on clayey soils,
cast. Their application on
may not be so economical, for thel
ble and more valuable ingredient]
gooa-uye. | as t, i ie price and value of sound seed are .
The mother held him long and tend- annually increasing. For this purpose soabed * n ' svater twenty-four hours, then likely to be washed through and
erlv to her heart, and then with soul too we know of nothing more practical and plante(i and covered not less than two the reach of the roots of plants
fajj-fa apeak* turned away. convenient than the barrel seed roller fachea fa depth. The chufa is not prop- crops, probably most benefited, 1
illustrated in the S() „ THE „ N U-ly appreciated a» a hog crop We be ' grass and fruit, are potatoes,
—2ai. \— —«« i-i« I Air Atir rv r\t i«n«A a# a mJi iciu icon I U6V6 tliG cruso is to be found'chiefly in | and Indian com i and for such ,unlci
wood-ashes may be applied in th
ous work to gather seed for planting. I or drill at planting or afterwards
Don’t be in too great a hurry to plant top-dressing, say 25 to 30 busheli
with her Bobs heartfelt blessings on his. World, of the issue of April 15th, 1882.
way. And then he turned to Drucie, We republish the cut and description for the fact tliat ifc ia troubleHOme and tedi
tears were in her eyes too, and her lips th benefit f n readers . “ il J
trembled. In the warm impulse of Ins 1
affectionate nature he stoojied, and put
ting his arm around her waist, drew her
to his breast and kissed her.
Not a word was spoken, but for a few
moments her Bweet heart beat against
his, and then tenderly withdrawfa;
herself from his embrace she turne
away. And with his spurs clanking
against the Bteps as he went he hurried
down and out
A moment more and the train moved
off, the band striking up Dixie, scarcely
heard in the wild huzza that burst from
the command
"Poor fellows, how my heart blesses
them. Oh, I wonder how many will
ever come back again," sighed Mrs.
Ooleman.
" May the sweet Christ love and bless
my darling," whispered Miss Coleman
in the sanctuary of her own heart.
out sweet potato draws. It is rarely the acre upon light or sandy lands, ai
case that those planted before the last I or more bushels per acre upon lif
of the month do as well as the plantings I soils; care, however, must be tab
throughout next month. The potato hill or drill application, for there is
plant is exceedingly tender and a Bet- g er of injury, if the unleached
back from chilly mornings is worse than as hes is applied in contact with the
two weeks’delay in planting. The sweet or it should be unevenly distribi
potato crop in the South is not what it | hence surface application is prefe
should be. With little effort we could
grow sweet potatoes enough to fatten
the hog crop of the whole country, and
have enough left to supply our tables I nures were”thought of, an old-fa:
the year round. Let us have more sweet | compost, made of equal parts of
potatoes. R.
be applied
Leached ashes may
liberally.
Referring to times before artificii
rear® i
The figure so plainly represents the Written especially for the Southern World.]
Wood-Ashes.
** Egad, I wish I was ready and with method of construction, that a text de-
them, ’ burst in Colonel Coleman, as he scr iption is hardly necessary. Any good
1 into an unmusical whistle off- - - - - * K
broke
Dixie.
iron-bound barrel will answer.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Sweet Gum.
The exudation you wo clinging to the Sweet
In a section of country where wood is 1
The | so largely used for fuel, the value of the
axle is two inches square and goes ashes should be better known, and if so a good fertilizer as a top-dressm
through from end to end. The hole in known, it seems as though more care ma ny plants, but dusted on the,
x. j- i x x ’ies square, cut- would be taken to preserve and utilize garden truck plants, it will be
of two staves, them, instead of permitting their waste. 8°°^ preventive’ against the ra'»sl
the side is about ten inches
ting through the width
ally combined with tea made from the old field
igboi
W1 favc
hi
ntly 1
the
l ar
Iter P u '
Thi
einch
unleached wood-ashes and land-pkj
was claimed to supply every waste c
agricultural spend-thrift; and, M
such a mixture so easily secured j
made, is a good thing to have aroa
farm in these latter days. Not <
Gum tree m the hot summer months scientific- w hich are battened together to form the Unleached wood-ashes contain most of mo »t insects, and its use may be
l nine-
tb
V
food
OOacri
Uni
I To 01>erate: put in the barreI two I age of this valuable ingredient is re-1 enemy
and |l.’ This with Dr. Bigger’. Southern lime buBhels of flced and an ordin ary bucket- moved. Wood-ashes, however, do not I am conscious that your quests
dy, an equally ^(ficaclous remedy for Cramp- fai water, fasten the door and turn contain nitrogen, but by their chemical I not answered in detail, still t k ■
Colic, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and children suffer- slowly back and forth two or three min- action in the soil they are an effective 1 have collated may be of some
ing from the effects of KTething present, a little . u tes or until the seed are thoroughly wet. agent fa rendering available, as plant- One question I will answer direct^
out, for the speedy relief of sudden and danger- Now tum the barre ! Wlth the door ^ f ^od, inert nitrogen in the soil. At the not use wood-ashes in composting
ous attacks of the lungs and bowels. Ask your I demeath and permit any surplus water same time it might be borne fa mind | with stable manure orcotton-' ee<
Manufactured by Walter A. | to escape (the door need not be water- that fa admixture with nitrogenous ma-
tight). Then add about ten pounds of terial, they neutralize or evolve a certain
any very fine dry material, as a dryer, proportion of its ammonia. The potash I ‘ n answer to questions asked by
nnd fn.n n. l.nfiwn Ttin — I * , , . . .. . I J -X * ■ * ix maa thllt 1
on i
. at J
i per l
Electee
In see'
Mullein which has mucilaginous principle so d ° or ' , It . lB . Been lyi " g on , the ground, the constituents requisite for plant-food, tinued for that purpose with bene ti
healing to the lungs presents in Taylor's Chero- whole is mounted as shown, about and are rich in potash, in a very soluble without harm until the plant i- ■
ucating iu lira iuu^n preseuiB iu iu\iur b tncro* I i auu aic ntu m puiaou, 111 a very tiDlUDIG I ******** —— -— r
keo Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein a pleas- two feet clear of the ground or floor. condition. If leached, a large per cent- enough to withstand the attacks o
druggists for them.
Taylor, Atlanta, Ga., proprietor Taylor’s Premi
um Cologne.
We return our profound thanks to the and turn as before. The whole opera- in wood-ashes has not gone through and it occurred to me that it*
large number of our subscribers who tion need not consume more than 8 or 10 that form of chemical change, which
have so kindly sent in the names of new minutes and you have two bushels of renders the potash as found in kainit so
Subscribers fa answer to our appeal. Let | perfectly rolled seed. Two hands can superior for agricultural purposes.
In-
every subscriber help (in the good work. | roll enough to last one sower half a day | deed, kainit supplies the very best form
Marietta, Oa.
•Nor with acid phosphate. B-
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might ba of interest to your reader® I
G. W. Bk>H