Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-12-10


Eaton, Fennell, Fonville. Grist. Hawkins, Holmes,
Houston, j. B. Jones, A. j. Jones, Miller, Pool,
Sanders, speight Taylor, Ward, Virgins, Wild
er-25.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The House met at the usual hour.
The Speaker presented communication from the
public treasurer enclosing reports from the banks
Of marlborough, Washington, and Of the State of
North Carolina.
Mr.. March, of Davie, was qualified and took his
seat
On motion Of Mr.. Gillian, a resolution was adop-
ted requiring the Judiciary committee to report on
the expedency Of providing for the search Of vessels
trading to northern ports to prevent the escape Of
slaves
Mr. Badham introduced resolution, that no bill
requiring appropriation endorsement of bonds
by the State, shall be passed until after the recep
ton of the finance committees report.
Mr.. Badham made some forcible remarks upon
the present state of public feeling with respect to in
ment.
The Speaker decided that under the rules of the
House, the resolution should lie over one day.
Mr. Badham appealed from the decision, but after
wards withdrew his motion
On motion of Mr.. Settle, resolution was adopted
instructng the judiciary committee to enquire into
the exped'ency of amending the 9Th sec. 59th ch
revised code.
Mr.. Stubs offered a resolution that the same
committee should enquire into the expedency of
giving courts Of equity jurisdiction in cases of dis
puted boundaries. Adopted.
Mr. Reeves introduced bill to open Yadkin riv-
er for the passage Of fish. Referred to the commit
tee propositions and grievances.
The bill to aid in the construction Of the Western
Railroad was taken up. Mr.. Badham moved to lay
the bill on the table. By leave Of the House, the
Speaker vacated the chair, and addressed the House
in favor of the bill. Mr. Shepherds speech was ell
oquent, able and argumentative recovered the en-
tire question: and left no objection unanswered: it
evidently made great impression upon the House.
After some remarks from Mr.. Tcmlinson, the bill
was made the order Of the day on Friday next
A number of bills of no public interest were then
read the third time passed and ordered to be en-
crossed.
The bill authorising the Sheriff of Surry county
to collect arrears OF taxes, was, on motion OF MIR.
Clarke, amended, to include the Sheriff of
Caldwell, and passed its third reading
The bill giving the State lands in Watauga coun-
ty for the construction Of roads, &C., passed its third
reading after the rejection of some amendments in
Guiding other counties. Yeas SO, nays SO.
The bill to incorporate the Macon county turn
pike company passed its third reading Yeas 81,
nays 49,
The bill authorisng Richard Whitesides to erect
certain tollgaes read the second time and pass
ed. Ayes 80, noes 81.
The bill increasing the salary of the Secretary of
State, was recommitted to the committee.
The bill to pay tails jurors in the county of Neck
lenburg. Mr.. BridgerS. under the impression that
the county courts had jurisdiction in this case, would
vote against it.
Mr. Davidson made some remarks in support of
the BILL
The bill was recommitted to the judiciary COM
mittee, with instructions to prepare general law
upon the subject
After which, the House adjourned.
FEEDING SwIHE-If you have no hog pens among
the appointments of your farm have some imnedi-
ately put up, that when it shall be time to put up
to fatcn the pens may be ready for their reception.
The pens should have feeding and sleeping apart
mcnt with yard attached to each. In each pen
there should be rubbing post. The surface of each
ward should be formed into basn-like form, over
which a bushe OF plaster should be spread, and
then covered several inches in depth with woods
mould, marsh mud, river creek mud, the earth
from hcadlands or ditch road scrapings, weeds,
&c. all of which materials during the fattening sea-
son, will be converted into good manure; for there
arc no better manufacturers of manure than hogs.
Without entering into any detail Of the constituent
elements of hog manure, we would say, that it is
considered in the view Of chemists, superior to that
of the COW, and this estimate is borne out in prac-
tice by the closest agricultural observers When
theory and practice both arrive at the same conclu-
sion, we may be sure that this opinion is very
nearly founded in truth.
In filling the yard of hog pen with the sub
stances named every few inches of the matter it
is being placed iE and spread on the yard should be
busted over with plaster, or with puverlzed char
coal, to prevent the escape of the ammonia. Occa-
sionally, stable and COW yard manure should be
thrown the surface, and be treated to sprink-
lings of plaster pulverized charcoal. To encour
age the hogs to root every few days grains of
should be distributed over the yards-i1 consuming
and searching for the corn, the hogs root up and in
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assure an equality in the value of the compound
matter of great consideration in such bodies. If
you provide your hogs with the rough material
named, each hog during the fattening season will
make two loads of good compost manure 10 show
the value of the urine of the fattenng hog, we will
remark, that it is estimated by chemists that it is
rich in the elements of vegetable productions, is
that of human urine, and in every pint of the lat
ter there are the elements of a pint of wheat. If
this be true, and we believe that it is, would ask
is it worth while for agrculturalists to put them
selves to the trouble of saving fruitful fertilizer
as hog manure, solid we'll as liquid?
TREATMENT OF Hoes WHEN TAKEN UP.-All hogs
when first taken up for fattening, should receive
three or four doses of flour of phur and many
of copperas, in doses of tablespoon at intervals of
two days apart. These should be given them in
messes of bran or meal. Such doses serve to cool
the blood, strengthen the digestive organs and re-
move those worms which sometimes attack the kid
neys.
As TO THEIR FooD.-Their food for the first two
or three weeks should be pumpkins, apples, roots
and other vegetables, which would be the better of
being cooked and mixed with bran, or meal of some
kind; the latter being increased from day to day,
gradually, that when the hogs come to have corn
or meal altogether, the change may not be injuri-
ously felt by them.
Whether corn or corn meal be fed out to the
hogs, great saving will be effected by having eth
er cooked. and it is immateral whether It be boiled
or steamed. A saving may be effected by cooking
of from Is to 90 per cent-by grinding into meal