True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-07-30
N0pel Mode Of Cai4rs--As every success

NoveI Mode Of CaItNTe --As every success
ful experiment connected with farming is wor'
thv to be recorded, we insert the following. in
the hope that it Will prove worthy the attention
of the agriculturist An enterprisinG indus
,rious and observing farmer, was DESTROYS to
as.ertaia how Oats and Peas would grow q.
es,her Last spring he sowed half a bushel Of
meas, and about that quantity less than ordinary
of oats to the acre They kept pace ia their
rrowth-.tle oats trifie higher than the peas,
| There was no additional manure or any other
difference in the preparation If the ground pre-
viOos 10 plansing, but as Il is usually made for
oats alone. The oats turned out well, and the
peas an excellent crop, and, whit IS not COM
rnOn, without any worms in them. He iouad
no difficulty ia separating the peas from the
the oats when threshed, with Tanner AS
they grew the oats supported the peas---they IL
pcned together, and there was no miIdew---.
they were cut with the scythe when ripe, We
hope this experiment will be renewed next
spring, and, il again successful, will be perIna-
nently adopted, as We think the genoralcuhure
Of peas, is At present. too much neglected, but
would amply repay itself, BY lettering the quail
ity ofour pork, for exploration, as we'll as the
many domestic nses.-Er. paper.
AatidOie Jor-ths Bite Of Rattlesnakc.-
An intelligent lady from TiOga county, Penn,
informs US that the settlers in that section Of
country care liule for the bite Of rarlesnake.
She states that a piece of common indigo made
into paste WIN spirits of camphor, and APP
piled to the wound, viii prevent any serious
consequences occurring, and in fact at once neu-
tralize the poison Crescent City
Tarpentine and Tar.-The extraction of
lurpcntine from the pine trees which cover the
region near the sea coast in the Southern states
furnishes employment for a great portion ofthe
population, especially the poorer classes A
Southern paper gives an account Of the process
by which this iseifscted; it is even simpler than
that by which sugar is manufactured from the
zap Ofthe maple at the north:
GAS soon asthe sap begins to run in the Sec
son, notch is made near the root ofthe tree to
catch the turpentne. This is called boxing the
tree, Then it is dipped out generally with
simple gourd, into buckets, which are emptied
into the barrels on the spot These arc ready
for market as soon as they are filled.
HAnother small portion of the tree is then
paired of and the sap then dcscends freely into
these recepiacles. Under this operation, pine
viii usually live for six or seven years, and is
used in this manner until ii is thus deprived OF
is bark and small portion Of its trunk to the
ength of ten or fifteen feet
F" One man, il is calculated, will attend 1000
,oxes in a season and will collect from 100 to
$50 barrels Of tdrpentine in year"
When the trees become useless for this pur-
,ose, they arc felled, and then cut up into small
'ieces which arc piled in heaps, set on fire,
nd carefully covered with dirt AS the wood
lowly burns away, the tar runs from beneath
ITO cutters prepared for its reception. The
lin, while burning, is carefully watched day :
nd night One hundred barrels Of tar are usu.
Ily made from a single kiln, and the remains
+ the wood are then used for charcoal I