Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-05-04

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DE.NN.4 nLrEC -AT.-TAeat are
so good ways of doing this. If
tie subsoilis uniformly blue clay,
and the area to be drained large, the
most economical way Of draining it
is By the use Of a mold-ditcher, such
rs have been extensively used in
Ohio and Illinois. II you have sbun-
dance Of stone, a well laid stone
drain, in a blue clay soil, will last a
ite-tme nearly, fit is laid three or
Dur feet deep, as it should be. The
osLiest and the best drain Is a tile
rain, This in answer to L B. L,
Tho, if he has much draining to DO,
will do to read Erelch's Farm
Drainage, price $3.50.
LAcHY LAND.-Wletler sandy
land teaches or not, depends upon
the purity of the land. Pure white
lake sand will allow water to pass
through it without fltering it. But
itchalcgal, or muck, or loan is al
ded to the sand in sufficient quanti-
t., any LIQUID manure passing
through viii lose its color. Sow
clover on sandy land. and plow the
fist growth in, and the sand Is sup
piled with substance which absorbs
fertiizing materials suspended in
water, or liquid manure. Clover
supplies carbon to the soil as well as
nitrogen,
RESULT OF Selecting CoEy,-HES-
RI KlLEElD, Clinton Co., Ohio, sends
Us few kernels Of what he calls
mammoth yellow corn These
kernels are, certainly splendid. He
obtaise Ell it, he says, by planting
large kinds Of corn mixed together;
then selected the finest ears to plant
for a number Of years, until he has
what lie asserts tobe "a No. l Yari-
ETY. Of corn He selects the best
ears, and the best grails cut Of the
middle 'itaese best ears Tor pant
ing,
ArlLTw5 HEy MANURE TO CyEy.-
S. SIBERIAN is informed ha. we
should mix about ten bushels Of gyp-
sum or plaster, with the thirty BUSH
Is Of hen manure, and drop a small
7srttv j. tre HILL haulinr the
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',L -54 ~ o,sr 'N9 a. Gfulo 'i Loro
SPP..I7 - ~, -, n,a,t
4e past winter, mix IN i an equal
quantity with the hen manure and
applyin the hill.
Rresels Fearless Potato nlanted
hv AG r Fartorvvira Pa beside
Eing ~ tbo Tariia:+ Farlv Nobawks
Farir Rose FrceI.;or and Rresae's
proI;fa n i y;oIIad I'm 1s70I an
1aYn5s f,r oact nnnrl HIantad tbs
Ios. n~a,ifc of tFo othnr yoI;at;e,
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REMEDY FOR C1T"5HN N Corn
The Practical Farmer says;-"Atter
the corn IS dropped and covered,
and J9tors 1t IS up, apply on the sur
face OF each hill, about n table
spoonful Of ground salt, Unless 1t
Is carbollc acid, nothing makes
worms squirm Ike salt,
norm, C-.o. r,r Crr,,,yo w.,
A. rr.a7Ianti;a,;G saaa 80. aIooa
- -asL:n ,'r, "y'P a."I
~ t'I Irnsar 4 49, "oo- o" go H.
ns-nc " 'i rafti1 u; r" '.b;oI ~ a' ,nnas ~ >
ho 'I IoootaJ Lr reons nf . - sta aaU9' t uln
onarin% J;r.otIv INTO = TSn tet,Io
Gpoidin9 abont I56 goiIons1 ;s fr.t ~
Ga Laif AHA NH %o+or mh;ab j.; =
then TO be heated, and Us pounds OF
caustlc SODA OF AZ degrees % and
10 pounds OF oielne added to 1t.
Tins soap IS to be boiled thoroughly
FtWeAty or thlrty minutes with
'ntinued stirring and IS then ready
Dr use, forming Il very homogene'
us so-called' soap-gIue' OF a slrlpy
consistency, and especially adapted
Tor washing wool. Should the soap
be required for iulIlng, m addition
Of some ammonlacal salt will be OF
advantage, to be introduced lmme-
dlately before using. Instead OF
causuc soda, which IS sometimes diff
hcult to obtain, we may use ordina-
ry soda salt, which is to be rendered
caustlc by !eachIng through freshly