Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-25
THE WEEKLY HERALD.
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been cndcavOring, for fOa: year,.
" improve the quality, by buying
the best kinds and selecting from
such stalks as have the best staple.
have planted this season five dis.
tine! kinds. Two Of them, Dick
sons select and 1 green seed varie.
y, ave short staples, and | will
abandon them after this year.
enclose you o lock Of each OF the
Others, which win speak !or them
selves, Us regards the quality Of the
staples. No. l Is similar in growth
TO Dickson's, being short limbed.
No. 2 Is the Peelcr cotton. long
limbed, but short jOinted. No. rs
a black seed variety mot sea Is.
land) medium length Of limb and
joint. The lint from each of these
is near one and one.fourth to Que
and one-half inches long, and, as
you see, very fine and silky. have
proved, by actual experiment on
same land, this season, that each OF
these long staple cottons are fully
as productive as the deservedly
popular Dickson, which | have
planted for years, and can see no
reason why they should not APP
proach in price the Sea Island, and
bring twice Us much as short staple
and If SO, planters can In this way
make up for the falling of in the
number Of bales.
To test the yield Of lint Of the
the above five kinds, after summing
thoroughly an equal number OF
average sized bolls Of each, l care
fully weighed and then picked the
lint of, and found the result as fol-
lows:
SS bOIls Of No. l weighed one ID
in seed, and ZIG bolls gave one ID Of
lint.
TX bolls No. 2, ,Peeler) weighed
one ID in seed, and 269H bOlls gave
one ID lint.
80 bolls Of No. 3 (Black seed)
weighed one ID in seed, and 256
bolls gave one ID lint.
l22 bolls Of Dickson weighed one
ID in seed, 5l2 bolls gave one ID
lint.
80 bOlls Of Green Seed weighed
one ID In seed, and 396 bolls gave
one ID lint.
The above weighings were care
fully made to q fraction OF an
ounce and shows the Dickson to be
inferior to the others in size of bOlls
and very much so in lint. l con-
Aider the Peeler the best of the five
kinds, as it is more productive, ear
lier, Il have already gathered seven
hundred pounds from each of sew
oral measured acres up to the 18th
Of September) the bolls larger, and
the yield Of lint only short of the
Black Seed. This and No. l, | will
Try another season. .
Yours, &c,
A SUBSCRIBER.
November, 1879.
For founder in horses-Clean out
tie affected foot or feet, fill full OF
Spts. turpentine, touch fire and
burn them out. The horse will be
well In a few moments.
For cough in hOrses-Clean out,
and pare the frog of the fore foot
hold the foot up and fiji with
spt. superintendent it up till II
toaks in, then take the other up and
do likewise. | have cured the III
with this treatment, with tho worst
torn OF q cough | ever saw.
Scratchcs-The veterinary editor
OF Wilkes Spirit Of the Times re-
commends the following fol-
scratches in a hCrse Take sulphate
of zinc, one dIachn; g~lycerinc.
TWO ounces; apply every morning
To Wash Calico without Fading
-Infuse three gills Of saltin foul
quarts Of water; put the calico in
while hot, aud leave II till cold, and
by this way the colors arc rendered
permanent, and will not fade by
washing.--tEx.
CoTroN Sled MEAL As FEED =
The Mobile Register, Of the I'LL
says:
A gentleman Of our city sends III
the following memorandum OF his
experience:
II bought fifty pounds of cotton
seed meal last week, which l have
fed to a small pinywoods COW, fGi
which / paid $40 two and a bali
years ago. She had been milked
regularly ever since, until she fell
of to a quart u day, which quantity
she had given for q long time. In
less than six days after | had com
menced with the cotton seed meal
the increase was almost q gallon
morning and night. ! feed will
one quart of cotton seed meal. one
bucket OF bran and the Stops mNd'
in the Kitchen"
How TO CURE WARTS ON HORSES
MULES, OR Cows.-Editors South
ern Cultlvator Dissolve 4 ID o
alum in q quart Of water; with
brush or cloth wet the wart twicl
each day for 10 days they will dis
appear.
To KEEP WEEvILs Our OF CORN
Before housing sprinkle the foo.
with unslacked lime. Throw il
about 80 bushels corn in the shuck
then sprinkle over the pile hal
bushel common salt aud so on TO
every ~ bushels corn half bushe
salt. You will hardly find n wcuy.
and your cattle aud horses vii
1recdily devour your shucks.
In support Of our suggestion