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Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
Pruning Trees at Time Of Trans.
planting.

Here is mooted point. with some
thing to be said on both sides. Cer>
train theorists declare that a tree
should not be pruned at the time of
transplanting, because it needs the
branches to elaborate material for new
roots. The roots are weakened just
in proportion as the top is diminished.
Leave on the tops, it is said, until the
roots are partly restored, then (say,
the year after removal give the top a
moderate pruning. That tree close
ly pruned looks bad, no one will deny.
On the other hand, it is replied, every
newly dug tree has many of its roots
cut off or rnangled, and we must
diminish the top in order to maintain
the balance of parts: otherwise, the
superabundant branches will pump the
feeble roots dry. With care a tree
may be transplanted, without pruning
but experience shows that one suitably
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
The Best Bed.

Of the eight pounds which man
eats and drinks in day, it is thought
that not less than five pounds leave
his body through the skin. And of
these FIVE pounds a considerable per-
centage escapes during the night while
he is in bed. TIE larger part of this
is water; but in addition, there is
much effecte and poisonous NATTER
This being in great part gaseous in
form, permeates every part of the
bed. Thus, all parts of the bed, mat
tress, blankets, as we'll as sheets, soon
become foul, and need publication
The mattress needs this renovation
quite as much as the sheets.
To allow the sheets to be used with
out washing OF. changing three or six
months, would be regarded as bad
house. keeping; but [ insist, if a thin
sheet can absorb enough of the pois-
onous excretions of the body to make
it unfit for use in few days, thick
mattress, which can absorb and retain
a thousand times as much of the pois
onoUs excretions, needs to be purified
as often certainly as once in three
months.
A sheet can be washed mattress
cannot be renovated in this way
Indeed there is no other way of cleans
ing a mattress but by Steaming it, or
picking it to pieces, and thus in frag-
ments exposing it to the direct rays of
the sun. As these processes are
scarcely practicable, with any of the
ordinary mattresses, am decidedly
of the the opinion that the good old
fashioned straw bed, which can every
three months be changed for fresh
straw, and the tick be washed, is the
sweetest and healthiest of beds.
If, in the winter season, the por-
BUSINESS of the straw bed makes it a
little uncomfortable, spread over it
comforter, or woolen blandets, which
should be washed as often as every
two weeks. With this arrangement,
if you wash all the bed coverings as
often as once in two or three weeks,
you will have delightful, healthy bed
Now, if you leave the bed to air,
with open windows during the day, and
not make it up for the night before
evening, you will have added greatly
to the sweetness of your rest, and in
consequence to the tone of your health.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
From the American Agriculturist.
Preparing for the Sugar Crop.

Thousands of acres of Chinese Su-
gar Cane are now growing in Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
'braska, and even in California, to say
nothing of the large tracts planted in
many of the other States. AS far as
heard from, with very few exceptions,
the cane is maturing we'll, often re-
markably so, and ripening heads in
dicate that the season of manufacture
is at hand. For several years people
planted more as an experiment than
for profit, and in many cases the cane
was suffered to waste for want of suit
able implements to grind and evapo-
rate the juice. The low price of
Southern and West India sweets was
not favorable to the profitable grow
ing of the northern cane, with the
limited knowledge then possessed
The case is far different now. Sugars
are high, and the results of the past
few years experiments have proven
that not only syrup of good quality,
but well grained sugar can be manu-
factured from the northern cane at a
profit, even were prices much lower
than at present. Much, very much is
due to improved implements or mills
for grinding, and especially for eVap-
orators which Will rapidly convert the
juice into thick syrup for granula-
ting.
But what we wish to urge now is
that suitable provision be at once made
for promptly working up the coming
crop. Too much reliance should lot
be put upon neighborhood mills, and
evaporators, convenient and ecOnomi-
cal as they are, for with the vast
amount of cane to be disposed of,
some will doubtless spoil before it is
reached in rotation. Every person
who expects to raise a few acres Of
cane each year, needs a good iron
mill and a medium size evaporator,
and he should not leave the procuring 9
of them until wanted for use, as there
will doubtless be scarcity the pres
eft season, so great is the Demand
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
How to Judge weather signs.

Admiral Fitzroy, in his instruction
to meteorological observers, is careful
not to cut off any source of .informa-
ton, as he especially notes that the
observations of nature are to be
watched. Thus, when sea birds fy
out early, and far to seaward, fair
weather may be anticipated; on the
contrary, when they hang about the
land, or fly inward, stormy weather is
indicated. When animals, instead Of
spreading over their usual range, seek
sheltered places, storms may be ex'
pected. Dew is an indication of fine
weather; so is fog +; but clearness Of
the atmosphere near the horizon, is a
sign Of wet. When q mountaineer
sees the hills cutting sharp against the
sky, he wraps his plad around him.
A good hearing day is also an indica-
ton of coming wet. The public viii
feel all the more confidence in the
Meteorological Department for not
disdaining the phenomena noted by
the weatherwise, as they rest upon
exactly the same foundation as what
may be termed the more scientific
signs-namely, experience. Now that
meteorology is elevated into an ap-
piled science, we feel confident that
immense progress will be made. 1t
it great thing to know that there is
a central department, instituted pur-
posely to collect ali information bear
ing upon the subjecl, and it has chief
like Admiral Fitzroy, whose heart is in
his business, and who seems never
better pleased than when he is collect
ing from any source, however insig-
nifcant, fact that is noteworthy
unless it be when be is diffusing his
knowledge so attained, either to indi-
viduals or to the public at large. The
growth of this new department seems
to bear the same relation to the Ship
wreck Relief Society and the Lifeboat
Society, that preventive medicine does
to remedial medicine. Indeed, as we
progress in knowledge, we are begin
ming to find out that prevention is
better than cure; and, what is more
to the purpose, we are becoming
enabled to put this prevention in prae-
tice.-Once Week.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04

A poorly made, light mill, is little
better than nothing-often worse
When the cane was first introduced,
hand mills were to do the crushing,
but with two strong men at the cranks,
it was found that but small portion
of the juice was extracted. Next
wooden rollers and light iron mills
were tried, only to break down in the
midst of the work. A strong three
roller mill, worked by at least two
horses, is needed where much grind
ing is to be done, the feeding rollers
being one / inch apart, while the final
pressure is given by rollers which run
directly upon each other, the whole
keyed up very strong.
If the cane can be used up before
heavy frosts, let it be cut and either
stached in the field, covering with
straw. or packed away in shed or
barn to be worked up as soon as prac-
ticable. It is better to strip off the
leaves before grinding which may be
done with the hand after cutting, or
by striking them from the cane with
forked stick, while standing. Save
the ripest heads for seed, and remove
at least two feet of the upper end of
the stalk as worthless.
The juice should be rapidly evapo-
rated as soon as it is expressed, using
some kind of a shallow pan so as to
expose as much surface as possible,
both to the fire and air. To granulate
set the thick syrup in shallow Vats or
other vessels, in a moderately warm
place, and stir occasionally. After it
has grainedput in barrels or hogsheads
with holes in the lower end to drain
off the molasses or syrup. Of course
everything connected with the grind
ing and boiling should be done in a
cleanly manner. Nothing is needed
clarity the syrup, if it is rapidly cOn~
centrated and the scum faithfully re.
moved, nor will such syrup need going
through the refining process of the
sugar house to prepare it for market.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04

Avoid taking the extraordinary risksof
long credits, no matter what profits are IN
prospect.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
From the Baltimore Rural Register.
Fall Flowing.

Too little regard is paid in this
country to advantages that are to be
derived from plowing heavy lands in
the fall of the year, and leaving them
rough and exposed to the action of the
frost throughout the winter. This
winter following is of great service in
other respects; it tends to rid the land
of weeds and of the seeds of nexi0us
plants, which would otherwise germin-
ate, but which, to a very considerable
extent are destroyed by exposure to
the frost. So highly is fall blowing
esteemed in Flanders that the farmers
of that country make use of an instru-
ment unknown among our agricultu'
raj implements, but which is especially
adapted to elevating the soil and leav-
ing in ridges to that the largest pos
sible surface may be exposed to the
beneficial influence of the winter frosts
The action of frosts mellow even the
stifest clays, breaks down the clods,
and leaves the land in the spring far
more light and friable than it could
possibly be made with any number of
plowings, or even by the combined
action of the plow, the clod crusber
and the harrow. In fall plowing it is
of course essential to the perfection of
the work that the burrows slices sho'd
not be laid fat, but that they should
be so turned as to lay at an angle of
about forty-fve degrees, the outer
edge of the furrow resting upon the
inner edge of the one that proceeded
! it. The advantage of this mode of
blowing is two fold-you present a
much larger surface to the action of
the frost, and at the same time an
open drain is formed between the two
| furrows, which not only carries off the
surplus water, but allows to air to per-
meate through the mass, and thus
renders the soil fit for tillage at an
earlier day in the spring. Moreover
lhe harrow breaks down more thor
oughly soil which has been thrown
up into ridges than furrow slices that
have been merely reversed and lie fat
upon the ground. Neither sands nor
sandy loans are at all benefited by
autumn blowing, bnt whenever there
is a soil that has a tendency to bake
and cIod, exposure to the frost renders
its subsequent tillage much easier, and
exerts a singular beneficial influence
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04


upon the future crop. The action of
the frost also upon such soils is pecu-
liarly valuable in one other respect
it exerts potent influence in render
ing soluble the inorganic constituents
contained in the soil, and setting them
free for immediate use in the spring.
All cIay soils, says Mr.. Smith of Lois
Weldon, whose experiments in spade
husbandry, and in growing heavy
crops of wheat upon the same soil for
many successive seasons without the
use hf manure. have made his name
known to the generality of farmers
.'All clay Soils" he remarks, "contain
the elemeats of wheat, and perfect
tilth dispenses with the need of manu-
ring" This is pushing q theory a
little too far. 1t was propcunded yeas
ago by Jethro Tull, but can never be
accepted in its entirety. The reason
is obvious. The richest soil contains
only certain positive amount ofplant
food, which must be exhausted eventu-
ally by constant cropping if a portion
of those constituents are taken from
the soil annually, and the loss is never
replaced by manures and fertilizers,
but it is nevertheless true that an
immense amount of plant food lies
dormant, which in heavy clay soils
can only be rendered soluble an d
therefore actively useful by thorough
disintegration, whether that work be
effected by spade husbandry or by
action of the frost. English expert
ence has come to the conclusion of
late years that natures agency in this
respect is superior to the more costly
agricultural implements, and that on
suck soils as those to which we refer,
the most laborious and artificial means
of reducing them to fine tilth, and
thus rendering their mineral constitu'
ents available, do not compare with
the action of frost upon a rough ex-
posed snrface. The London Agricul-
tural Journal in discussing this ques-
ton declares that after all the expen,
sive appliances which science has
invented or industry has brought into
play-"It has at length been found
that it is better, cheaper and more
perfect, too, to leave the last refine
ment of the tillage process to the
weather-which does it without cost.
The land is now torn up-smashed up
or moved and thrown about in large
clods and Jumps. This is best done
in dry autumn weather, and thus it
lies until the spring. The rains and
frosts of winter following dry Sep
tember and October penetrate and
thrust assunder the hardened masses
of the soil. No two particles shall
remain adhering to each other if you
only give room and opportunity to the
best disintegrator in the word. No
rasp or saw, or mill, will reduce the
indurated land TO soft and wholesome
tilth so perfectly as a winters frost.
All that is needed is to provide an
outlet for the water when it comes, by
efficient drainage, and that drainage is
accomplished when the land is deeply
plowed, and the burrows are thrown on
edge just tapping each other, and
presenting, as they rest on the subsoil,
channel through which the surplus
water may pass of.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04

shOrtened-in will recover from the
shock of removal, and make a more :
vigorous growth in three years than
one not pruned. If small trees arc
taken up with care, and Immediately
set out in the same garden, they may
require little or no shortening~in.-
This is often done by nurserymen.-
But trees taken up in haste, and in
the rough, bungling way often prac-
tised, and then exposed to sun and
then exposed to sun and wind, one.
two, or more days, can hardly be-
expected to live without vigorous
pruning. Better prune at this time,
and seldom use the knife afterward..
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
Fi1rniture! Furniture! !! !

The most complete stock Of Furniture ever o1ered ID
this upper country just received by 7. HILL.
BrownvlIe, April 25th, 1861.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
KINGDOM COMING.

Say, darkeys, hab you seen de Inassa,
Wild de mustash on his face,
GO long de road some time dis Tnornin'.
Like he guine to lesb de place?
He seen a smoke way up de ribber,
Whar de LinEum gun boats lay,
He took his hat an LEI berry sadden.
An spec he's run away.
CHoRUs-De massa run, liza hal
De darkey stay, no! hol
Itmust be now do kingdom comm
And de year OBJ iu-bi-Iol
He's six foot one way, two foot tudder,
And he weigh tree hundred pound,
His coast so Bis he can't pay d. tailor,
AM it won't 90 half way round.
He drills so much dey call him Cap'an,
AM he get so drefful tann'd,
spec he try an fool dem Yankees,
For to think he's con-tra-baid.
CHoRUs-De rnassa run, SC.
De darkeys feel so lonesome, libing
In de log house on de lawn,
Dey move dar tings to massas parlor,
For to keep it while he's gone.
Oars wine and cider in de kitchen,
An de darkeys dey'n hab some,
spose they'll be corn fis Gated,
When the Linkum sojers come.
CHoRUs-De nassa run, &o
De oberseer he make us trouble,
An he dribe us around spell;
We lock him up in de smOke-house cellar
Wild the key trown in de we'll.
De whip is lost dc handcuf broken,
But de massa'll hab his pay
Res old enough, big enough, ought to know bette
Dan to went an run away.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
How Mist is Generated.

The production of mist is the sub
ject of a note by the veteran DR.. John
Davy, (brother of Sir Humphrey,) in
the Edinburg Philosophical Journal.
The cause usually assigned for mist is
the access of cold air, and its admix-
ture with warmer air, saturated, or
nearly saturated, with moisture, (such
as that resting on the surface of large
bodies Of water, and strikingly exem-
plified in our autumnal and winter
fogs, when the water, owing to the
heat absorbed during summer, is of
higher temperature than the infowing
air. DR.. Davy, however, refers to
another cause, not so much noticed,
viz: a mild, moist air, coming in
contact with a colder air, equally
humid, resting on cold surfaces, Z
whether of land or water, about the
end of winter or beginning of spring.
He describes mists which he considers
to have been thus formed in the lake
district of Cumberland. To similar
cause, also, he refers the phenomenon
termed sweating, which is the preeip-
itation of moisture on walls and flag
ged floors excluded from the influence
of fire. He also attributes to a warm
south wind, succeeding a very cold
north wind, the deposition of largo
quantity of moisture in the gallery of
nobleman in Devonshire, and quotes
the saying in Homer, "The south wind
wraps the mountain top in mist"
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04

SOLDIERS PAY.-The Russian SOL
dier receives annually only thirty-six
dollars per year as pay, and his rels-
tions consist solely of black bread
The soldiers in the Frenzy army
receives fifty six cents a month. The
pay of our soldiers is twenty times
greater. The estimate in the French
budget for 1860 was s64, ,687, 500 for
an army on a war footing of 762, ,766
men, and in addition, a reserve militia,
on peace footing of 49, TAG mem
1t costs the United States nearly three
times as much to maintain a soldier as
it does the British Government; and
it must be remembered that the Brit
ish Government can get money at
three per cent. interest, while it costs
US six. per cent. or more.
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
published by Request.
ALLEN PERCY.

ALLEN PEKU1s
1t was beauteous lady, richly dressed;
Around her neck are chains of flowers rare;
A velvet mantle shrouds her snowy-breast,
And young child is sweetly slumbering there.
In her own arms, beneath that glowing sun,
She bears him onward to the greenwood tree;
Is the dim heath, thou fair and thoughtless one,
The place where an earI'sson should cradled be.
Lullaby!
Though proud earl be father to my child,
Yet on TIE sward my blessed babe shall lie;
Let the winds lule him with their murmurs wild,
And toss the green boughs upward to the sky.
Well knows that earl how long my spirit pined,
IlOved forester, gay, bold and free;
Aud had welded as my heart inclined,
Ny child were Graded me tn the greenwood tree
Lullaby!
Sumber thou still, my innocent-mine own,
While call back the dreams Of other days:
In this deep forest feel less alone,
Than when these palace splendors mock my gaze.
Fear not, my arm shall bear thee safely back;
need no squire, page on bended knee,
To bear my baby through the wildwood track,
Where Allen Percy used to roam with me.
Lullaby!
Here 1 can sit; and while The wild-wind blows,
Heavlng the ringlets of thy shining hair,
Giving thy cheek deeper tint Of rose,
can dream dreams that comfort my despair;
can make visions of different home,
Such as we hoped in other days might be;
There, no proud earl's unwelcome footsteps come;
There, Allen Percy, am safe with thee.
Lullaby
Thou art mine own-I'll bear thee whereT list,
Far from the dull, proud-tower, and dungeon
keep;
From my long hair the pearl chain I'll untwist,
And with peasants heart sit down and weep.
Thy glittering, broIdered-robe, my precious one,
Changed for simple covering shall be;
And will dream thee Allen Percey's son,
And think poor Allen guards thy sleep with me.
Lullaby!
Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-04
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