Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-07
AGRICULTURAL.


APPLEs-There have been shipped
from Quincy the past year between 45,-
600 and 5000 barrels Of apples which
sold at an average Of three dollars pei
barrel. All the new barrels used, to the
humber Of 50, 600, for home use and ship
ment, have been made at Quincy, 81 an
average cost Of sixty cents each.
Il is easy to calculate the value Of the
apples aud barrels so exported. Why
should not our States Of Tennessee and
Arkansas raise their wi apples, and il
need be make their own barrels? There
are no better apples grown anywhere,
than in Northwestern Arkansas, in
Crawford and Washington counties,
whence considerable quantities were
annually carried to Texas for sale before
the war. Indeed, one variety grown
there we never saw equalled. The nur-
sery of DIR. RICHARD THRUsToN, near
Van Buren,, though greatly injured dur
ing the war, can furnish fine varieties Of
young trees, in any quantity and if good
fruit can be grown there, on the uplands,
so it can here.
From the southern Cultivstorl
Let the planter take q field Of fair up
land with a clay sub-soil, turn it over
deeply, so as TO mix clay and sand to-
gether, top dress it with such an amount
CT guano or stable manure as will secure
q heavy crop of small grain; then SOW
clover with the grain, let not q hOof go
- - E--a-- a. -. 4ha# eka Grain
IS sowed, and my word for il, in an ordi-
nary year, he will obtain a good stand OF
clover. II it does not seed the first year,
let nothing 20 on il the next spring, m
til it has seeded. When the ground st
the south becomes thoroughly filed once
with clover seed, it viii never be neces-
sary to SOW again. When the land is st
rest, it springs spontaneously like crab
grass. 1t should be borne in mind that
clover should never be pastured until Il
is in blossom. Then the stock should be
taken from it in July, kept from it until
November, pastured again until Febru-
ary, and then shut up until it is again in
blossom. It should never be too closely
grszed. On rich bottom land, dry
enough for wheat, clover viii grow with
ont manure, as on HutchisOnis island.
On very wet bottom land, let the
planter SOW herds grass. He need not
doubt growing this valuable grass sue
cessfully. There are thousands Of acres
Of creek, branch and river lands in
Z Southern Georgia which are yet to be-
come splendid herds grass meadows. My
immersion is that, in your latitude, herds
grass will grow all winter, and thus ena-
be your cattle, horses and mules to do
their own moving, besides save you the
expense of barns.
Lueern, which produces more than twice
a. much hay as clover, will, I know,
thrive As well with you as it does in
France. But as much pains must be
taken in putting it in with you, as they
take in France.
The crOcUS iHperdh IL a native OF
Italy. 1t grows Wild and blooms ia De-
eember, being aconnecting link between
the autumnal and vernal crOcuses. The
flowers are lovely, a kind Of purple in
side, shading of into pale yellow. For
the decoration Of drawing rooms or din
ner tables, the crOcus Is well suited.
When used for these purposes, the pots in
T which they stand should be well con
cealed, as the plant itself has but few
leaves, depending alone for beautiful
effect upon its flowers.
Preserving BACON.-Col. 1. Wilker-
son has shown US a quantity Of bacon
sides, the history Of which is as follows 4.
1t was killed and packed in Chicago a
year ago, for the English market. salt
was rubbed in, and then the sides laid
down in dry salt 10 boxes, so as to ex-
clUde the air, permitting the Juices to
drain out. At the end Of a month it was
taken out and repacked in boxes, fine
salt being sprinkled between each layer
Of meat-the boxes covered and hOoped,
and shipped to England. Failing TO OBJ
tain q sale there, without loss, it was
shipped back to Savannah, and thence
to Athens. Finer looking NEST is not to
be found. He tried the same plan with
100000 pounds packed and put up at
Louisville. Ky, and shipped here in jan
uary, 1861. 1t was in perfect condition
when the last of it wa sold in August of
that year. He had previously tried the
same plan, o q small scale, Ia this eli
mate with perfect success.
CURING AND PRESERVING MEAT.
Editors Southern C~ultiUat0r: Kill early
and smoke only in damp weather. The
lst Of March takR down the meat and
scald it Ia boiling wafer, By taking hold
Of the hook end and dipping and turning
Il about for one minute, then put in the
shade to dry. Get a wide plank-sO
wide that the meat will not touch the
sides-nail strips on each side five Inches
wide. Get dry leached or old wood
ashes. cover the plank knee deep in
ashes thea rub meal on the flesh side,
and put the meaE Gn the ashes, so as not
to touch another piece % the plaRks on
the side. Rad then cover the meat one
inch deep ia ashes. All the good the
meal does is to make the ashes fall of
easy.
When you want a piece, take it out
and give it 3 lick against some hard sub
stance, and all the ashes will fall off and
leave nothing but the meal sticking,
which will be easy washed of. Tn
blesched ashes Of new wood will make
the meat too strong.
The above plan was given TO me by
one of my neighbors, Mrs. -. She
says she has lost no meat by the skipper
for twenty years. / have known her six
years, and L have eve seen nicer hams,
or tbOss more free from skipper worms
than hers are, In my life. w. +. @.
STUMP PULLKR-SULKEY CULTTvA-
rOR-EditOrs Southern CultUdtOr.-The
Richmond county agricultural society,
organized last fall, is progressing finely,
The meetings are proving to be highly
interesting. At the January meeting,
the s~tump-puller was tested and proved
satisfactory. The sulky cultivatOr was
also tested. The following report was
made by the committee who tested its
workings We respectfully report that
the stump-puller was placed at cur dis
posal, and fully tested, giving perfect
satisfaction. It's construction is simple,
not liable to get out Of order, and when
out of order, easily repaired. We recon-
mend this implement TO pull up stumps
or trees. -Four mules are required in its
lanaraFfna muaa - EFafford sHHIlrv 1rnTrf
vator - was also fairly tested. We can
recommend it TO our brother planters as
a " cultivator F." to bed up ploughed land,
70 flush anew p%lOughed land, TO barron in
grain, 70 rsbed land, retaining same bed.
It was drawn by two mules, It's greatest
depth was about eight inches. IL will /
operate best on land free from stumps, ,
though it can be used on land with
stumps. As a labor-saving implement,
ID win perform the above mentioned ope-
r~atiOns, as alsO cultivating field crops ia
the time required by four single ploWs."
At sur February meeting, the subject
Of " fertilizer" viii be further discussed. :
The question Of " pine straw as a fer
tilizeT is creating quite a sensation.
More anon. w. G. WILDLY.
AUsUsrA, January u, 1867. Secretary. !
FRUIT TREES. SEEDS, ETC.-We would :
our readers that this is the last !
month IN which trees can be safely ,
t~ransplanted, and the proper one to lay !
in collections of see1s. We have dealt, =
IN times past, with most of the parties +,
who are advertising in our columns, and !
all Of them, as far rs we know, and We :
are pretty well posted on these mattersh, :
will treat their customers with fairness +
and integrity. In all branches Of bBsi- ,
ness mistakes viii sometimes occur, and
10 HOne are they more annoying than ia
he nursery and seed trade. Twenty
years ago, there was hardly q nursery =
On the continent to which you could send u
An order for a hundred varieties, Withs p
lut getting several not true 10 name i
lut now there has been so much impreve- a
nent In system and care, that with the a
houses, mistakes rarely occur, =
md the few discovered are promptly j
'ectiied. In this country, there is no a
Of commerce or production, the O.
conductors Of which surpass in intelli- (.
renee, integrity aud genial feeling, those d
low engaged in the nursery and seed NJ
BUSINESS. Seeds and vines and small 81
come by mail now very cheaply, Ii