New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-04-02

nifty afforded to say something for the section OF
country in which his lot is cast. Ny paper. he
tinued. is yet in its infancy, and the same. to
great extent is true OF our improved agriculture.
Hitherto have had. TO speak. only TO drop the
seed and gather the harvest but now different sys-
TEN must be adopted, for the soils do not longer
smile by being simply tickled with the hoe. Still
the Southern country Is very inviting one-qulte
superior from an agricultural point of view. TO the
rougher regions of New England and the other
States at the North and what Is needed is energetic
men 10 come in and possess the richness of
the land. We want accessOns of the brown.
handed from the more sterile clImes, and will
gladly welcome any and ALL and this know is the
sentiment of every Georgian. The young men to the
manner born are getting into better ways-they are
WORKING instead OF being waited upon ana tins TACT
Is full of promise. We accept the situation as we
lind 1t. We fought for separate Government, but
we are not without attachment to the Government
OF our fathers Slavery Is dead and we art frank 10
own that better OIL without II. The South
never realized more from cotton crop than she has
pocketed this year.. Bir Echols further stated that
many of the best citizens Of the State are Northern
men, and he closed by predicting that with the new
accessOns of this class which Is certain 10 he made
Georgia and, in fact tho whole broad South, VIII
yet be a country not second To any III capacity or
charms.
Andrew S. Fuller-For my part: am glad TO see
this young Georgian amongns lie, and all like nun,
who believe in epoch for the South. brighter
day, truer system. sOunder ideas, and Just
economy Of the powers of nature are welcome.
and If can aid I. EN- by words uttered, or
words printed, we Will be glad so to assist.
There is hope from the young men OF the South.
They are not haunted by vague regret and dim
visions of a faded glory and splend0rS now tradl-
tional They are not broodng over old wrongs, and
asking whether there Is protection from Just God
The old planter wall never take lessons from North
eTn farmer in anything, because that would be 10
admit ha Northern ideas may be better ana souhuer
than Southern ideas But the young man OF the
South, he who hOnors labor and is not above work
himself viii come, IN time, 20 understand and adopt
a system that Will lift their acres from vaue OF $40
TO a value Of 500. Thorough tage bloOded stock,
and big manure piles VII DO 1t IN Georgia as they
how -, Aavr IaVgt4 md New York
MANIPULATION OF MANURE-Nathan Written OF
Etna, Maine: Al the chief and al-lmporiant
subject for farmers Is manure, propose TO give
my mode of operations III Winter. keep, the pres
ent Winter eleven head of neat stock and two
horses. The drOppngs Of the stock Is thrown under
shed, and that from the horses is spread over
the entire mass. This is done every day. once IN
three or four days j spread over the heap SMALL
quantity of lime. putting about cask dullng the
Winter, and alternate days, coat OF plaster My
reason for my process Is the hoTse-manure promotes
fermentation, as does also the lime: the plaster re-
tans the gases. This has been my practice for Few
wears and manure l. ripe by the lst OF May as
formerly It was III September. am no chemist, and
can't tell ammonia from inter, but know that get
good manure III this way, and was led TO 1t by ex
RAISING CAIvrs.-To c. Marsh. II. Covington n.
y. the Club says If he will read the paper IN late
number OF IHE TRIBUNE, by Harris Lewis, he would
not need TO ask AT five days old make pOrrldge OF
scalded skim-nilk and potatoes boiled and mashed.
Induce him to drink IL by kindness. That is the INST
step By-and-by add some Indian meal; iced twice
The BIRD QUEsIION.-W Manchester, Fair Haven,
Conn, writes lines bad doggerel but good IN sen
tlment. He defends and praises all birds but the
crow and thinks the robin especially should be pro-
tected from bad boys. The woodpecker does more
good than hurt; same true OF the bobolInk the
meadow lark and the blue jay.
CRANBERRIEs.-F. s. Abbott Of Sharon, Penn, and
Augustus Parker Westyille Conn, make inquiry
j. b. Lyman-Ihe best soil Is cold. black muck
The land must not be made too dry. II cut win
bitches these should be kept half full of water;
aud dam necessary TO flood the patch III W inter
and To hlI worms. The best results follow top
dressing OF white sand the cleaner and whittier the
better sand does good in two ways. 1t keeps the
patch clean OF grass and weeds and II keeps the
muck below cool and moist. The tOp-dresslng OF
sand should be renewed once in two or three years
The plants can be obtained BY applying to Mr.
Ephraim Empson, New-Egypt, y. j., or Air. Frank
Todd. Bricksburg, n. d. They cost about s. a
barrel and you set out eight barrels 60 an acre ike
cabbage plants, two feet apart each way. II you
have sand mixed with the muck naturally, and the
ground is too wet, plow, harrow. and set out !;
then keep clean with the hoe and hand.