The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-08-14
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THOROUGH WORK.

Az 40 -" oio ahaAiiip tutt whatever IS
worth doing at all, is worth doing we'll, and
this truth is as applicable to agriculture rs
to any other branch Of industry: The at:
tention to, or the neglect of this principle;
constitutes the great difference between far:
mers: Take for illustration, tho simple and
scemingly trihing operation of stocking a
piow: Ono itiati is careful iii the selection
of the timber from which the stock is to Be
made; the parts are properly shaped and
nicely put together: Another uses what
ever may be at hand rough hews" tile
pieces, and puts them together hurriedly.
The latter may seem to accomplish n great
deal more he consumes less time in the
operation, but it will be found beforS tho
seasoh is oset, that his iiore CAREFUL neigh:
Dor has really saved time and labor by ia.
king more pains. In the midst Of tic
plowing season, his stock breaks, ahd the
labor of tho hand tiiist he lost, willie tS:
pairing the consequences Of little negfi-
gence in the beginning. And precisely so
is it with everything else on tile plantation;
from building a barn, or cultisatlng tile
cror. to making pig-pcn or helving a hoe
We frequently see very industrious faiinnef
who seems to be ahead of everybody iii lis
neighborhood, get in the grass while those
who have apparently been beliind hand:
have kept clean fields. One has gone to
work on poorly prepared land, while the
other has taken timo for faithful prepare:
ton. before putting seed in Tie ground.
One has hurried through the crop, pushing
mules md negroes, with more regard to
tho mum Der Of acres cultivated III the day,
than to the care with which Tie crop is cul-
tivated !; whilo tho other, aiming to mako
------ Ike cfF":.:,.c hoo ~o-o-o, n emolIa;
.:srg, i,.. &: Sc, = Is
grass s''s,As, , ;.,n;":, ,aH >..:" e. ,s,r,a
rs III 'sayss s,,iia IIe;,i, ,,i,i. .ver9 s4ai-
having been caref4.iy ''a-: ..c"i , !,e la.
-, t'": :tur rc,:':.i':s ,;~~ /, !i,.. 4e:t
s-:A.4s. The s.::4~ r....siplo is applicable
to the care Of stock. One planter seeks TO
economic in the purchase Of plow mules,
and buys an inferior article because it eoses.
few dollars less; another selects tisrhsses.
he can find, and tho rcsiilt s6on tleuuo,s..
stratcs that his was the better trra
though the first cost of his purcllas
little greater. Ono provides good
takes special care III adjusting the
careful i'll feeding, DC, and though
consume more time, lie finds that hi
end, saves more than lis less careful
Dor, Who Is always in hurry. U
we'll, whatever he does Al all the
satisfied to do any way that will ,ss
present purposes.-SoI Of tile Soui
Tomat5 Fgs.-We have seeh M,
the figs referred to in the following
from Hovey's excellent Huticulti.tdt Nug-
ozine;; and endorse all which lie says iii tllei5
favor. We hopo that those who; raise abaSI1.
dance Of tomatoes will save this feGipS; and
try tho experiment. if only on small ;Scale~
Recipe for Tomato Ffgs:-Pour boilips
water over the tomatoes, in order toci issHtors
the skin; then weigh them and place tthem
in stone jar, with as much sugar aas you
have tomatoes, and let them stand two days;
then pour off the syrup, and boil and skim
it until no scum, rises: Then pouut it over
the tomatoes, and let them stand Two days
as before; then boil and skim agiainii:: Az
ter the third time they are fit to dry Il lie
weather is good; if not let them stand i'll
the syrup until drying weather: fheh
place Oh large eaithen plates Of dishes; and
put them in tho sun to dry, which will take
about r week, after which pack them down
in small wooden boxes, with fine white SUI
gar between every layer. Tomatoes pro.
pared in this manner will keep foi years.
A few apples cut up and boiled in, the
remainder of this syrup make d very nics
sauce.-Mrs. Eliza Marsh.
The State Of Arehiteetur1s; 81 tic Lunar
Suyaee.-Though negative il their results,
the observations already Made BY Lord
Rose with his great and niew telescope. arc
interesting. His lofdsbip assures Us thss
every object on tie surface Of tbs 1lsooRa
100 feet in height is now distiiisssstlY yisiblx,
and under favorable circumstances Iii ever So
jects seventy feet in height. ROOFS aBdl
stones innumerable are seen, but shos aatclie
lecture, no buildings abpngh ssiasssS sissl j s;aseIy
structure as sonisrsss Houise foY ;ns
ought TO- be lssiisnlly e;sSStbsio;s liSais n Il
street, x >r;lInt6ss S3 I'D :idSt 81 S. SyS: