The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-03-06
AGRICULTURE.
HOW TO CURE THE LONG MOSS.

being simply boiled for a short while,
then dried and beaten to get rid OF the
vegetable outer coating. Prepared in
this way, it is much cleaner than when
prepared by the common process OF rot
ting in mud or in hog pen.
INsFCTIvoRoUs PLANTS.
1t will not diminish the interest in
these plants to know that one family of
them, the Sarracenia, is probably our
best remedy for Indigestion. If the
root be chewed, or if they be put in
bottle Gas much as can he conveniently
got in) and then the bottle be filed
with whisky, or other spirits, and a
tablespoonful of this tincture taken in
a little water, it will Immediately re-
lieve a fit of indigestion, without caus-
ing any apparent action of any kind be-
yond the relief.
TANYAH ROOTS VS.. TANYAH TOPS.
From the disappointment of your
Orangeburg correspondent "B," I sup
pose that he must have planted his
crop on dry, sandy land. I raised
plenty of them on q cleared cypress
pond, about five miles below the village,
during the war. If he wishes to grow
them successfully, let him try them in
a rich, damp soil, say in his neighbor-
hood, in part of cypress pond, where
the black gum grows freely, and not
dig until after the tops have been killed
by the frost. am very sorry that
have none to send him, as have here
no land suitable for their growth.
HORTICULTURAL HINTS FOR MARCH.
Beets. carrots and parsnips may be
put in for the main crop Gin this 1ati-
tude) from the middle to the last of
this month (next month in the middle
and upper country, also satisfy. Swiss
chard, cress, mustard, kohlrabi, etc.
Lettuce, radishes, and turnips, for q
succession, may be put in any time
during the month. Sugar corn may be
tried here toward the last Of the month,
but the main crop should be deferred till
March. Cabbage plants should be set
out at various times during the month !;
and, as they begin to grow, the soil
should be frequently stirred. Toma-
toes and other tender plants may be
started in hot-bed or a cold frame.
If one is disposed to take the trouble
to protect them, few hills of cucum-
bers, equashes and melons may be
planted. Bottomless boxes, fifteen
inches square, and six or seven inches
high, covered with oiled cotton cloth.
serve admirably for this purpose and
cost little. After the plants come up,
the boxes must be lifted off, or raised
at one side in pleasant weather, to ad-
NIT the air.
In the latitude of Charleston garden
peas are planted with the best results
from the Goth of December to the mid
die of January, but they may be put in
any time during the present month to
keep up a succession. A little further
north this is a good time to plant the
main crop. Hoe frequently those that
are advanced and set sticks for their
support. Even the dwarfest kinds do
better in that way. We have recon-
mended to plant pretty thickly, but
there may be question what is to be
considered thick planting. Well, for
the dwarf kinds one pint of seei to
from Fifty to sixty feet of double row.
Of the large growing kinds a pint of
seed should plant from eighty to one
hundred feet of double row. Let the
distance apart of the rows be about
equal to the height the peas sre ex-
pected to grow, whether it be one, two,
three or four feet.
Irish potatoes are, doubtless, already
planted, in most cases, but they are
still in season, and if put in at once
may make as good crops as those planted
earlier. Choose, if possible, a good,
black, moist, but not wet soil, and
manure literally, avoiding, however,
too much crude stable manure if you
desire tubers of the best quality. Wood
ashes, chip manure, rotten sawdust and
the scrapings of the house. ard are ex-
cellent for this clop. The Early Rose
is the best variety, SO far as our expert
ence goes in fact, it il SO much better
than any other, that We would not &C.
cept as a gift, for planting, any of the
older kinds, good as some of them are.
The Peerless is said to be an excellent
and very productive variety, and to be
suited to our climate, but we have not
tried it.
In the flower garden there is plenty
of work to be done lily and giadiolus
bulks should be planted, and. toward
the last of the month, the seeds of hardy
and tender ANNALS may be sown under
weather becomes warm. Perennial
plants of last seasons growth may now
be transplanted, dividing them in such
cases as permit this mode OF multiply
ing specimens. Many of the early flow
ering Dubious plants will now be in
bloom, and they should be carefully at
tended to and tied up to neat stakes
when necessary. Always cut off the
lower stems as soon as the flowers have
w,thered, and In many cases a second
stalk will spring up and bloom.
This is a good time to strike cutting
of barbaceous plants, such as eeraniums.
heliOtrOpee, salviaa, and coleus. OF
these, young or unripened wood should
always be taken but it must not be too
soft. When a shoot will break on the
upper part, on being bent, it will not
be far from the proper stage of growth.
The cuttings may be from two to three
inches in length and the leaves must be
removed Cutting them close to the
stem) from the part to be inserted in
the soil. Use pointed stick for insert
ing them, and il set in pots place them
near the sides.
II insects of any kind trouble you in
the garden, orchard, or elsewhere, send
specimens to our entomologist, Mr..
Chas. R. Dodge, Washington, d. c.,
With notes of inquiry or information.
A wooden match box is one of the best
thirgs to send them In. DO not send
them to us in Charleston, rs some have
heretofore done, but directly to Mr..
DOuRo, AS IudG WILL save LTOuDl0 ana
expense.
ONE CAUSE OF SOUTHERN POVERTY.
First, then, I assign as one of the
reasons of our continued poverty and
want of progress the fact, that we do
not produce enough of what we eat or
drink, and buy too much on credit. To
present an elaborate argument in de-
tense of this position would require O
volume. One or two practical facts
will suffice to prove my assertion true,
and the answer that every farmer will
give when applying the idea to his own
case will corroborate these facts.
In 1859 the south produced over s.
900, 900 bales of cotton of 400 pounds
each, which sold at an average of eleven
cents per pound, realizing less than
$3.50, O00, 900.
In 1869 the cotton crop of the south
was less than three and half millions
of bales, four hundred pounds each,
and sold for an average of twenty-five