The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1873-01-11
Improve Your Farms and
EnrinlnE.


Every agriculturist, however large 81
small the domoin which he has to ill, Or
Of which he has the oversight, oacht 10 re-
scye every year to make decided advance
IN his farming, and in the value and appear
anco Of his farm. The idea Of digging
living out Of the ground without any resard
70 the manner IN which it Is done, or the
state in which the soil is left after each suc4
cessive crop, or the real and market value
Of the ground, is Beneath an intelligent be-
ING. There il nubhing,tlat we do, or with
which we have to do, that is not suscepti-
bic Of Improvement, and it should ba the
ambition Of every one, whatever his busi-
ness, and not least, of every one who is en-
gagged in the ancient and honorable oceupa-
tion Of farming, to be constantly improving
upon the past in the work Of the present
and the future. Good taste, duty to socio.
ty, and selfinterest, all combine in squirting
him on in the march Of progress.
The farms Of this country very generally;
unlike those Of old countries which have
been cultivated for centuries, need great
amount Of actual clearing not the removal
OF timber, which, on the contrary, requires
cultivation and renewal-but in the way Of
removing brush and rubbish Of various
kinds. The adornment Of farms by the re-
iioval Of blemishes, has been greatly neg
lected in the pressing struggle for immediate
returns. But it is not at all unworthy Of
any farmer to have an eye to the general
appearance Of his land. and buildings and
fences.
If he has not taste to admire these things
himself, and any one who has not should be
ashamed Of it, he will find it to his account,
when he comes to sell, to have looked after
them. No one in buying overlooks the
general aspect Of the farm. This strikes the
eye at once, and so affects the price. Every
one, too, should have regard to the claims
Of good neighborhood, and should feel elithis
duty to crafty public taste by such i'm.
provements and adornments as strikes the
eyes OF even the passers BY,
But beneath the surface there Is work
to be done, constantly, in bringing the soil
and every part of the farm up to d higher
degree Of fertility from year to year IT
cannot oil bo done at once, but it should all
be done, and it may be done by devoting
special attention, and labor and expense
now to this portion and now to that, and
BY degrees going through the whole.
This month Of January is the very month
in which to begin the work Of Improvement.
The fEst part Of the process is to have
plan which shall reach through the year,
and into future years, and just at this sea-
son every farmer has more or less leisure,
which he can proitably devote TO q general
supervision Of his farm, study Of its needs
aud capabilities, and to systematic ar
rangement Of the work thot Is to DO done
when the season for moro active work shall
open. Nothing is wanting on farms in gen
eral more than system, settled plan covering
the farm, and covering the year. Now is
the time to arrange il, and SO to begin the
work Of universal Improvement.
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An enthusiastic scientist predicts that
in less than twenty years balloons will make
regular trips across the Atlantic The same
was predicted over twenty years ago.
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THB New Orleans Times has re.appeared
with Mrs. w. II. G. King, as proprietor
NJ. r. Bigney, as editor, and Henry Green,
as business managre. 1t appears that
Weed has been rooted out.
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A COMMERCIAL Traveller in Western city
handed o merchant, upon WHOM he had
called, q portrait Of big betrothed Instead
Of his business card, saying that no repre-
sented that establishment. The merchant
examined IT carefully, remarked that 1t was
afne establishment and retaned it to the
astonished and blnshing traveller with hope
that he wouldrsoon be admitted into part
'nGrship. m ~ Il
HoRsEs that have not run for years, and
can't be made to run in any satisfactory way,
now run freely at thenose, and the amount
Of backing amoug the hack horses and
coughing among The hearge horses is some
thing without precedent. The Dutchman
complained that he felt little horse because
he had colt in his head But every other
horse one meets to-day seems to have colt
in the head.-N. " Star.
a Young lady whois studying French
lately wrote to her parents that she was q in
vitedout 70 deieuner the day before, and
was going to fete champetre the next day. .
The professor Of the college was surprised
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