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sUITING MANURE TO THE sOII.


Where you raise variety of crops, barn
yard manure is the thing; you may be sure
it will meet all that is required. But where
one or two products have been mainly
grown, barnyard manure may not be suffi-
cient, or it may be a waste in part-that is,
part of the manure may not be wanted at
the time, and thus will be a loss in the use
of it, lying idle in the soil: As manure is
the material from which we are to obtain
our harvest, and as it is all we can do to
supply sufficient for immediate use, we do
not want to apply more than is necessary,
and of the right kind, or snit the grain to
the manure, the two must be made to meet.
Old meadows run out need something to
supply what is needed for grass. As much
of the mineral is distracted, (the organic
being largely obtained from the atmOs-
phere,) so ashes are an excellent application.
Apply from fifty to eighty bushels to the
acre, leached or, unleached. This has a
wonderful effect, only, however, when large
quantities are applied. And the effect is
distinguishing many years; this in conse-
quence of the hardness with which the in
gradients yield up their treasure it takes
long for ashes to become entirely dissolved;
and so long as this operation is performing
the plant gets the benefit. ~ - s-..7,--s
But an old meadow turned down and put
to grain win often yield well, whereas the
grass did not pay harvesting. Now again
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In the recent admirable address of Presi-
dent Wilder at Richmond, Virginia, before
the American Pathological Society, we per-
ceive that he fully sustains, as the result of
continued experience, the importance of
good clean culture, as opposed TO the old
practice of allowing young orchards to grow
to grass. He remarks, dit seems scarcely
necessary in this presence to say that
through preparation and enrichment of
such soils as are not already rich, is essen
tial. Ordinary farm culture viii not pro
duce the highest class of fruits; they must
have garden culture, and with this they
never fail. After this thorough Preparation,
the cleaner the culture the better, at least in
the older States, where the soils have been
depleted by cropping" This is the practice
which we have repeatedly urged, especially
for young orchards, for more than thirty
years; yet even now, many fine newly set
young orchards are injured or ruined by be-
ing set out and allowed to stand in grass.
There are few instances at the east,and fire.
quent ones at the west, where the soils are so
rich naturally that after a. few years growth,it
is well to check the luxuriance by seeding to
grass-always observing as a guide or index
in the course of treatment to be adopted,
the length Of grot9th of the annual shoots
This index serves as a better guide than all
the dispositions and arguments, pro and
con, that would fill volume, without it.
Grass in full grown orchards, Especially if
cropped short and top-dressed by sheep run
ming in them,) which does not prevent the
trees from growing a foot or two annually,
may be admitted; but if the growth is feeble,
keep the surface clean. ..--.--
We find the following excellent directions
quoted in the last number of the HOrticlll-
tIriSt: Mr.. Cummings says: "You NAV
raise some crops on the vacant land till the
trees and plants begin to yield their fruits,
but after that the land ought not to be taxed
with anything other than the intended
crops. The trees, etc, should be manured
and lined to keep them in heart, and the
ground cultivated like a garden, that no
weeds or grass may interfere with the orch
ard. plow my orchard, harrow and culti-
vate-the latter process three and four
times every summer, when lay it by"
Mr.. Fennimore says: ''My long expe-
rience has taught me that all vegetables,
from the very smallest to the greatest,sma
fruit and fruit trees, require the very best
and constant cultivation in due season; not
to suffer small grain, and particularly white
clover, to grow around the roots. As the
trees come into bearing, it is very necessary
that some stimulating manures should be
applied. ..
"Leached ashes are probably the best fer
tilizer you can get-one hundred AID fifty
bushels to the acre; the next best is well
composted manure. In all cases pillow shall
low; the feeding roots are alb searching
moisture, and the best soil. Therefore, as
the roots work for the surface, where the
manure is, fyOu plow deep you destroy the
feeding power"
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Seeued down, there viii be a good growth
"a II ass, par especially clover; the latter be-
c4ase 50 largely depending ON the atzno-s
spners'lli Bat the ground, having been in.
ysrteo, new SOIL is brought up not reached
pelofe by the embarrassing grass. so
potatoes are benefited. especially by ashes.
wheat can De largely improved both in,
quAnty ana quantity, by the same.F Indeed.
t 9 are lev Products that are not bene-
ntted py liberal application of ashes: this
IN our OLD Soils The difficulty is. we can
not OBTAIN the article in sufficient quantity.
Inc pralfles have it; new land has IL. and
we might dress our old land more with h.
Tor how our ashes are wasted; this. IN n
great measure. under the delusioff that they
are OF little Importance, especially the
leached article hence it is thrown aside
You ind the inevitable heap, surrounded
by its dense growth of grass or weeds. ON
almost every farm. Here is valuable min
eral plant food, thought TO be oflittle worth
because it tardily yields its elements. BIt
IN the soil, it yields constant benefit. I, I.
Land well run by wheat, needs ashes
and ammOnical manures; these well dissaul-
llatea through the soil, uniting with it.
coarse, unfermented manures are not
wanted here. Clover, largely heterogeneous,
IS the plant for our kingly grain. Aid with
ashes and all is right. : h. I-.s-Tr..- -
But these special appliances-and there
are many that might be mentioned--are all
ODvlated where variety of products or a
wide rotation is the practice. Then your
universal manure (baTn-yard). viii apply,
as Its Ingredients are the composition of the
very, the identical, plants that were raised.
and so again TO supply torenew themselves.
Could all OF the product have been used.
there would be no manure; other sources
but the refuse of the plant would have 10
be called upon. And this would be The true
way. 1t would lead to the avoidance of
waste, and the dependence upon the free
manure Of the air. We would not then
have to rot and reproduce our products. on
iy now tolerable by the reduction in value
of the waste. As it is, like begets like: or
the product claims its own. And so il must
be in all cases; it claims but its own. or
its equivalent; but this equivalent is the
one same thing throughout the universe.
The plant may bring it from the SKY, its
cheapest mode. We are safe then in an
plying general manureS to general crops;
but special manures must be used for spe-
cal crops continued, in additional to gen
eral manures. Ashes thus viii benefit
grass; but for full benefit other manures
will want to be applied. The plant needs
all, only varying in some. This, continued
for years, viii make what we see, WORKOUT
soils-worn-out for the particular product
that has been grown. 1t must be the bust
ness of the farmer to see that this is pre-
vented. He must consult books, expert
enced men. and test for himself.
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BEET RoOT SUGAR.

Hitherto the production of beet root SUI
gar has been limited to France, Germany,
Austria, Russia, Belgium and Holland, but
under the auspices of Mr.. Arnold Baruch-
son, this comparatively new and important
industry is about to be introduced into the
United Kingdom upon an enlarged scale.
We observe by our late foreign files that
Mr.. Baruchson has obtained from the Man
chester and Liverpool Industrial Society a
silver medal for FIVE specimens of the white
SileSian sugar beet grown upon English
soil. Some or the same family of beets
having been analysed gave an extraordinary
per centage of sugar-exceeding anything
on the continent-and the soil and climate
having, from ample practical tests, been as
certained tob be exactly adapted to the growth
of the sugar beet, measures have been taken
to establish beet sugar factories at Sand
witch, in Kent, Long Sutton and Sleaford,
in Lincolnshire, and other localities, next
year. There are already two or three
factories in operation in England, which
are pronounced successful. The one
at Lavenham employed a capital
Of 100000 last year, yielding net profits of
about fifteen per cent, in addition to an
equal sum allowed for interest and depreci-
atom Such enterprises, according to the
English experimenters, require some bold
ness, much patience, and a consummate
amount Of economy, good management
and skill. In Continental Europe, and
in France and Germany, this
branch of industry has been decidedly
paying one. 1t has given handsome returns
to individual capitalists, and has added
largely to the national wealth. The sugar
beet is said to be much less eYhausting
crop than the potato, since a quantity of
pulp, of which the feeding value is nearly
equal to one-third of the whole crop, comes
back to the farm. 1t has been found on
the Continent that where the beet culture
has been proftably introduced, there has
been an increased production of wheat and
fat cattle in the same districts. 1t is not
every soil, however, that will raise the
beet. A deep good soil is wanted, but one
of chalk or clay rather than of peat. In
has demonstrated that the sugar
beet can be raised in some parts of this
country quite as well as in any portion of
Continental Europe, and we presume that
it is only question of time when this will
be added to our already numerous agricul-
trIral industries H - -..
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FARM AND GARDEN.
TO KEEP. A HORsE FROM KICKING
: f9tGAAH INTHE NIGHT ,55t 81 .

:
se9tS01E INTHE NIGHT. 3oA SIT
The annoying habit Of: "a horse kicking in
the night, which often produces unsiahtly
swellings on the hooks, beside more serious
injuries, is frequently the result Of nervous !
ness and ennaa, and not Of vicious prouen-
sites. The Edinburgh Medical Jo1saas
says; E'.It is form of hysteria of the limbs,
to which others besides horses are subject;
unfortunately the same simple means of
cure so efficacious in the horse is not SO ap-
plieable to the human animal. To cure
this disagreeable habit in the horse all that
is required'is to attach round bah of wood
weighing about two pounds, to the hind fet-
lock of the limb most commonly eInployed
in this pastime, by means of leather strap
two and half or three feet long. When
ever he lifts his foot to kick, blow from
the bail at once administers correction for
the fault he is about to commit and in a
short time he gives up his bad hibit. This
plan has proved very successful
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very highly Of It, He had los. no meat nor
seen skipper IN his for the sixteen years
he had used it, and spoke of the hams as
being very juicy and Of fine afiavorsi 7 in
tend TO use the recipe this fan, and as some
OF your readers might like to use It also, /
VIII give it: For every 50 pounds of pork
take | pound Of salt, pound sugar, pound
saltpetre, mix them wen together, and rub
the meat thoroughly with the mixture;. al
low the meat to remain on shelf or other
convenient place for "a hours, then salt.
away, using two quarts of salt TO every 80
pounds OF meat, allowing it TO remain IN
bulk for Is days, by which time it is cured
and fit 20 hang up and smoke. An opening
should be made in the cask to allow the
pickle, that win make to run off. It was
held that meat should not be smoked in
damp or wet weather, as the dampneSs
caused the smoke to blacken the meat, and
prevent it from penetrating. Maryland
FtIYTneY Ni'8 I'D 9lffl-t gdl NE .Dl-fl 80 u fll
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woXDERFTI. ssG Ga, OF DOG.

The Portland (Me) Press saws: HThe
following story, strange as it may appear, is
YOuched by several witnesses whose testi-
mOny is unimpeachable. A short time ago
a female Newfoundland dog was in the habit
of coming to the house of lady in this city
who would throw to it pieces Of cold meat,
which the dog would eat, and, having salts
fed its hunger, go away again. So con-
tirmed did this habit become, that at GER
tain hour daily the lady would expect the
dog, and the animal would put in an APP
pearance. A few days ago, before feeding
her, the lady said TO her, why don't you
bring me one of your puppies? repeating
the question several times as she stood at
the window, the dog looking at her in the
face with an expression of intelligence, as
if it understood every word the lady said.
The next day, to the lady's establishment,
at the usual hour, the dog returned, and, 10
and behold was accompanied by a little.
puppy The lady fed both dogs, and then
took up the puppy into the window, when
the old dog scampered off and did not return
for three days. At the end of that time
the dog again appeared; when, after feeding
it, the lady said: Next time bring all your
pIlppies; want to see them;" and yesterday
morning, sure enough, the dog returned, ac-
companied by three Newfoundland pups.
Several of the neighbors saw the whole
transaction, and declared that they consid-
cred this one of the most wonderful proofs
of the saeaeity of the dog they have ever
known. Where the dog came from, and to
whom it belongs, is not known, bIIt we have
the name Of the lady, and also of those who
were eye-witnesSes TO the occurrences as
narrated by us.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
an d EdgefieId
STREET RAILROAD.

VyHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THIS COM
i pany are hereby notified that g call of fifty
per cent of the capital stock is made payable on
Wednesday, the list November next, and a fur
ther call of fifty per cent, payable on WedDes-
day, the 18th November, at the Office of the
Treasurer of the Company, No. 30 North College
street. ~
BY order of the Board of Directors ...H
oc22 st A. V. s. LINDSLEY, Treasurer.
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FEMALE OFFICEHoLDERs.

How women get office is told by the
Washington correspondent of the Pittsburg
Chronicle. He says:
The road to preference in official life is
only easy by comparison. do not propose
to inundate the capitol with feminine so-
licitors by intimating that appointments
grow on the shade trees that shade the gov
eminent grounds, but only to show how
hundreds of women are transferred from
their homes to the elevated station of
''treasury ladies'" For example, father
from Maine or Vermont, by the favor of
his member, gets clerkship for himself.
He has a daughter, and after a time
by persevering effort she gets place.
The family all go into society, entertain
company, and become influential. They
have a cousin, or niece, and presently they
Get place for her, because it is so nice for
her to have an independent purse with
which to dress herself, and the value of her
board adds TO the revenue of the family.
This is a true llustration-nOt of an
isolated case, but of hundreds. In some
instances the daughters of farmers, who are
a little restricted in their resources, and
cOvet a gayer life, perseveTe with their
members until they get appointments, and
thus become independent of the paternal
source Of supply. Not long since lady
died in one of our hospitals who had saved
hundreds of dollars from her salary. and who
had left comfortable home from a depart
ment place that many a soldiers widow
had begged for. A niece of Ben. Butler was
her successor. There is lady resident of
the District of Columbia who holds a place
in one of the most desirable bureaus. She
has a very pleasant home with her family,
all of the members of which, including her
self, would be quite indignant if it was init
mated that necessity compelled her to seek
or accept employment from the government.
At this time she is making an extensive
foreign tour, in company with distinguished
friends, while her sister acts as substitute in
the department. Some few Senators re
main in Washington considerable portion
of vacation time. They are the most sought
after by local applicants, and are the most
successful. One of them is a great favorite
with the ladies.
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THERE is erecting for President Grant
one of the costliest stables in the United
States, two stories high, pressed brick front,
with Seneca stone trimming, and a most
elaboratelly designed French roof, in the
center of which will be built handsome
tower. The outside measurement of the
building is 80 by as feet. The building is
now ready for the roof which viii be put
on during the week. Marble dust will be
used on the front with the mortar, instead
of white sand. This will give the joints a
brilliant snow.white appearance, which will
not have TO be painted or oiled, as is gen
orally the custom, us acid will be used to
clear OF all marks The stable will cost,
it is estimated, $4,000. With all the in
formation that has so gratuitousy been fur
nished to us by a Radical contemporary con-
corning the extravaganza of the stables to
be owned by some of the "Tammany
Ring" it is relief TO think our Republican
President is going TO beat them-all. He
has, doubtless, more coin at his command
than they .--Nelu York Express, oct. 10.
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UNION AND AMERICAN.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25.-The Senate met
at 10 A. NJ, Speaker Vaughn in the chair.
NEW BILLS.
The following bills were introduced and
passed a first reading: .s.----r
BY Mr.. Clarke: To amend the act TO au-
thorize Chancery Courts to grant letters OF
incorporation.
BY Mr.. Clarke: To change the line be-
tween the counties of DeKalb and Wilson.
BY Mr.. DuBose: In relation to public
administrators.
BY Mr.. Gibson: To punish guardians OF
non-compotes.
BY Mr.. Merritt: To provide for the sale
or disposition of the stock of counties, in
corporate towns and cities in railroads.
BY Mr.. Porter: To amend subsection
of section 1,195 of the Code.
THE JOURNALS.
Senate joint resolution to provide for the
publication of the House and Senate Jour
mails was adopted.
HOUSE BILL ON SECOND READING.
To amend the act establishing the county
of Houston. Passed.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING.
To amend the road laws. Laid on the
table.
To regulate the assignment of homestead
and dover in lands. Passed.
SENATE BILLS on SECOND READING.
To further prevent the sale of ardent
spirits to minors. Passed.
Repeating the law allowing payment of
premiums on wolf and wildcat scalps out
of the State Treasury, and providing for
the payment of the same out of the county
treasures. Passed.
MEMORIAL.
By Mr.. Merritt From citizens Of David
son county, protesting against the bill to
transfer the school monies from the hands
Of the school trustees to the County Super
intendents.
HOUSE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
For the protection of owners of stock
kept for breeding purposes. Passed.
To change the practice in Chancery
Courts in the administration of inSOlvent
estates. Passed.
To amend section 4,657 of the Code.
Passed. NJ. ....r
To change the line between the counties
Of Scott and Fentress. Passed.
To amend the act cOnferring criminal
Jurisdiction on the County Court of Hamil-
ton county, andfor other purposes. Passed.
To prohibit Judges and Chancellors from
practicing law in any Of the courts of Ten
nessee. Passed.
SCHOOL LAND MONIES.
Messrs. Clark and Halves were appointed
on the part of the Senate to the Joint Com
mittee to inquire of the Bank of Tennessee
as to the disposition of the school land
monies.
Adjourned till 10 A. NJ, tomorrow.
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RECIPE FOR CTRINf, PoRrx.

AT a recent meeting of the Norton Agri-
cultural Club, OF Kent county, Maryland,
the subject Of discussion being "Fattening,
Killing and Curing Pork member gave
a 'srecipe which he received from the late
Maj. Reynold, for curing meat, and spoke
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z THE electricity generated by rapidly
moving belt is immense. The one leading
from the fiy-wheel of the large engine that
drives the works in Patterson's building,
Hartford, develops electricity enough to 10
mite a gasligbt situated at least six feet from
the belt BY presenting the klnekles of one
hand 10 the belt and the point, Of the fingers
of Line otlleI5te the burner, tile gas viii be
instantly ignited.
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The Mobile Register says that lioness
belonging to Wootten & Haights circus and
menageries gave birth, on the train, Thurs
day night, Oct. 10, en- route to Mobile, to
four cubs, and the lion in the same cage,
not liking so large an increase to his fami-
ly, ate up two of the little ones.