The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-01-15
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GEOPONICS.

"A netc agricultural Wrinkle A funny store
is told of an old friend of ours-one who sick and
tired Of the care and hustle OF city life has re.
tired into the country and "gone to farming'' as
the saying is. His land, albeit well situated and
commanding sundry romantic prospects, is not SO
particularly fertile some we have seen-re-
curing scientific culture and liberal use of
guanO OF some sort To induce an abundant Weld
So far by way of explanation.
Once upon time, the story books saw our
friend, being on short visit to the city, was at
tending an auction sale down town, and as il so
happened they were selling damaged sausages at
the time. There were some eight OF ten barrels
of them, and they were 'iust going at fifty cents
per baTel,' when The auctoneer. with all ap
parent seriousness, remarked that they were
worth more than that to manure land with. Here
was an idea Sixty two and half,' said our
friend. just going at sixty-,wo and hall
cents--third and last cal-gone 20 retorted the
auctioneer-" Cash takes them at sixly-two and
half per sarrel."
TO have them shipped for his country seat was
the immediate work Of our friend, and as it was
then planting time, and the sausages, 10 use a
Common expression, were Z" getting no better very
fast" to have them safe under ground and out OF
the way was his next movement. He was about
to plant field of several acres of corn-lhe soil
of the piney woods species-so. here was just the
new wrinkle in the science of geoponics One
-" link of sausage being deemed amply sufficient,
that amount was placed in each HILL accompan ed
by the usual number of kernels of corn and an
occasional pumpkin seed, and all were nicely
covered over in the usual style. Now, after
promising that several day have occurred since
the corn was planted, the sequel of the story shall
be told in dialogue between our friend and one
of his neghbors
.Meighbors-" Well, friend, have you planted
your corn"
Friend" Yes, several DAYS since.''
.Neighbor-'' Is it up yet?"
Fr,end-" Up! yes; up and gone The most of
Neighbor-" How is that?
friend" We'll, you see | bought a lot of
damaged sausages in Orleans the other day. a
smooth tongued auctioneer saying they would
make excellent manure if nothing else | brought
the lot over, commenced planting my corn at once
as 1t was time, placed sausage in each hill,
and
Neighbor-'' Well, and what %
Friend" And felt satisfied that had made
good job of it. Some days afterwards went
out to the field to see how my was coming
on. and pretty piece of business have made Of
trying agricultural experiments"
Friend" Why, what was the matter 90
.Neighbor-" Matter the first thing I saw
before reaching the field, was the d--dest lot
Of dogs digging and scratching all Oucr IL =
There were my dogs, and your dogs, and all the
neighborS dogs, besides about three hundred
strange dogs never set eyes before, and every
one was hard at it mining after the buried san.
sages. Somehow or other the rascaly whelps
had scented out the business, and they have dog
up every hill by this time. If could set every
dog of them on that aucloneer, I'd be satisfied ;"
~. D. Picay,me.