Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-10-15

the IL 'rd stNled "Oi"liie, thau Eihine,
M the latter il the ,lssical derivati n.
[Gleanings of Husbandry.
OLD FEEL. S
The Editor oi the American Farmer
suggests the use OF sdinfoin in rennvaiing
those desolate tracts at exhausted land in
the South passing nder the iami ia n me
Of old fields lie recommends the follow
ing as probably The INST advantageous
mode of trea ,menf. Sow bllshel ot plas-
ter to the acre, turn under tw" crops at
buck wheat the same season, and spread
thereon from fwent, five To finy bushels
of lime; then SOW the sdiRfoin.
This grass il highly esteemed in Eng
land. especially as renovator. II will
grow upon the poorest land, only r,qnir-
ing dry soil--its roots are generally pen
e'raioIs, and the grass. il is said. WI at
'rd grod hav and pas'urage, when once
{, tor ten or fifteen Years. The cee-
ted Mr.. Coke esteemed it very highly
used il most extensively as a renova
le dav, thank God, is passed mhen
I'D fields are deserted for FL Dora
IN other lands, and the great question:
3, what is the most advantageous
of Improvement f-SOutiern Pan
tgging made of Cotton --Messrs.
,sden and Sanford Of Aatonton have
'arded to our office a sample of bag
made of cotton, at the Factory Of
Williams, Esq. Of Athens, in this
e. This bagging is A inches wide,
chs 10 pounds to the yard, and can
sold for o. cents per yard. We invite
farmdrs of Baldwin to call and see the
;imen that is IN this office. A better
lcle of Begging we venture to say has
dom been manufactured. We hope
ION to see the day, when all the cotton
aised in Georgia, will be packed in bag
ling made of cotton. -4MiLLedger.He Jour-
,dl, 2OM ut.
IMPORTANCE OF THE QUALITY
Of SALT USED IN MAKING BUT
TER.
At late Agricultural meeting in Au-
rusta, Maine, DIR. Bates stated the Qua
ters in Fairfield were in the habit of buy
ng the best description of Coarse salt and
cleansing it, and having it ground, g. this
salt they used in the manufacture of butter.
The consequence was, the butter made by
'eQuakers Of Fairfield, had better repu-
ton and bore higher price than the but.
made in other towns. He held them
as worthy of imitation. He stated that
loss Of butter manufactured in this
tic was greater IN amount every year
IN the tax-more. tnan two hundred
rousan6 dollars. He believed that, il
his tact were generally understood, il the
people could he made aware Of the lass IN.
CURED by bad manufacture, we should at
once see an Improvement IN this article If
whirh 50 much is produced and " hrh EN-
lers in our daily consumpiiun.- -Maine
Farmer.
@rhe following facts illu trate with
force the great supe iorlty OF sma farm
we worked. over large one indItferently
TILED. Yet, this one of the most itficut
lessons which farmer is required to learn:
FARMING IN A>SACllU ,ErTS.
Mr. Jesse Trull, Jr., of Anduver, ON a
farm o. S acres, has expended IN the last
three years 81 1856 for manure, besides Us
ing Il which could be made on the tarm,
and 0 loads of night soils, which cost bu.
little except the trouble and labor of cart
ing. Besides this large rum for manure,
he has paid in the same time s s. 0 for Ia
Dor, Sc for wagons aud tools, and his
iamlly expenses estimated at So year.
He also expended in cellar tor his barn,
and other improvements enough to make
up $4,000 in the three years. All this has
been returned to him by the sale the
products of the farm, and the farm he has
in the meantime increased in value full 80
per cent. Notwithstanding the state OF the
times.
tie has the present year among other
products, one acre vi blood beets which it
is supposed will yield 8 III bushels; an acre
and half Of cabbages planted at the rate
of 20 hills 10 an acre, which he Calculates
will give 6, 90 marketable heads, worth
SiJ IN usand; acres OF potatoes, aver.
aging $50 bushels the acre; ~ acres of
melons, squashes, and cucum ers; 3 acres
Of peas: acres OF beans; several acres of
corn; : acres oats, yielding 10 bushels to
the acre; and IL acres moving from which
he has taken 20 to- 8 English hay. He
keeps but COW, horses, yoke OF oxen,
and hogs enough to work over his green
refuse stuff and make his own pork.
He regards his late crops as the most
profitable. and saws that all early stuff is