The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-19
Tup cU1r1yAr1oN or Hon s.-Through

THE CULTIVATION or HOl s.-Through-
out Virginia the cultivation of hops seems
to be attracting much attention. IL IS as
serted that they can be easily grown, ana
that during the past year many farmers have
made much money by planting them. For
the benefit of our country friends we have
clipped the following relative to the cultiva-
ton of this article, which may prove of use
to some one among them:
Select land protected from high winds,
well drained. hard sub-soil, clay or gravel,
to hold fertilizers Pillow deep, manure well,
if not rich Pulverize well. Square the
field and then subdivde into squares. seven
by eight feet, with line, setting a small
stick at each hill Select good roots from
the English Grape" or "Goldings,' and
four or FIVE slips in ten inch circle about
the stick. Slips to be six inches long and
set perpendicular. Compress the fine earth
c.ose about the root, and entirely cover 1t.
Set inch hills to every ten square hills
Plant corn in the intervals, 81 x feet Hoe
and weed when corn is worked, and "hlll
up" late in the season-August.
In November put from half bushel to one
bushel coarse manure on the crown of the
hill Uncover them hast of March. In the
first half of April set two poles, cedar, 20
feet long 4 inches at butt, running to small
est taper, well trimmed, bark on, one foot
apart. and one foot deep, taking space from
the widest way. Train vines, two t. the
pole, to run clear of each other. with the
sun. Fasten with light Irvine or yarn, by
twisting, that it may not bind the growing
vine Continue to train until they are we'll
started up the pole. Plow and weed twice
when necessary, and the third time when
the hop is in blossom pillow and "hiil up
Pick early in August, when seed is turning
brown. Dry in kiln built for the purpose,
managed by an expert.
1t will be observed by the above that no
crop is obtained the first year. Roots can
be taken from the hills the second spring,
and it is necessary they should be taken out.
Roots are very high now, about $40 per
bushel. Az acre will require three bushels.
How THEY Work OUT ON THE PRAIRIEs.-
The Dubuque Times, in a review of
the late Waterloo campaign, has the follow
ing:
In the West we do those things different,
and we can point our Eastern brethren to
Iowa as bright example and one that will
do them good to copy after. Here instead
of running behind, we gave a large majori-
ty for Col. Merrill, the Republican candi-
date for Governor than was ever before Civ
en- to any man for that office Large meet
ings and stirring addresses are all very we'll
in their place; but one quiet, perscvering
man, working prudently among his neigh
bors, will accomplish more toward fixing
the minds of men than would one half of the
popular speakers of the nation. The fact is,
it is not among the noisy demonstrations of
public gatherings and set speeches that
mems minds are most susceptible to the
force of reason; but on the contrary, most
persons are either drawn to such places by
previously formed opinions, or 60 with pre-
judices which ward off the effect of any
truth they may hear. One trouble with the
as already suggested, is that
they have depended too much upon demon
stration and oratory, and too little upon
work.