Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-15
HOME AND FARM.


SUNFLoWERs.-Su nilowers are rich
in honey, and are, consequently, good
neighbors for bees. Oil, hardly TO be
distinguished from olive oil, by any
but an expert, may be extracted from
the seed. One acre will produces some
thing like fifty bushels Of seed, and
each bushel furnishes from five to sew
en- quarts Of an oil which is excellent
for Illuminating purposes, besides be-
ing OF use in the mixing of paints.
The Portuguese and American Indians
make n kind of bread from them, and
roasted they may be ground and used
as a substitute for coffee. The stalks
may be used as bean poles while grow
ing. Dry, they make passable roof for
sheds and the like, and burn readily on
the hearth. The ashes are very rich
in potash. The leaves are relished az
food by cattle; and the flowers fur
nish a supply Of rich honey for bees.
Altogether it is very useful plant, and,
to crown all, it has a reputation which
chemists have never disprOved, for alb
sorbing malaria, and acting as an effec-
tual screen against that scourge of low
lying districts-fever and ague.
THE FARM BLACKsnTH-SHoP.-A
we'll appointed blacksmith-shop for
farm work can be procured for about
$50. This may consist Of portable
forge, an anvil, a vice, and the usual
hammers, tongs, etc, which form the
kit of tools. With these a farmer may
make q bolt, or n nut, or mend n
chain, or do any OF those small re-
pairs which are continually needed
! - "a
coming into such extensive use, the
means of repairing any trihiBg break,
or replacing a lost bolt or nut, must
of necessity be at hand. To have a
! mower, a reaper, or a threshing ma
chine, break down when the hurry OF
work is at the greatest, may frequent
ly occasion a loss equal to large por-
| ton of the cost of the appliance for
making an Immediate repair at home.
| We have known q. farmer in such O
case to mount horse and ride sever
al miles to get bolt made, that could
have been made at home IN ten min
utes, if the means were ready; mean
while a dozen men and eight or ten
| horses were idle for half a day. The
same will apply to country mills, both
/ saw and grist mills, which are often
some trifling mishap, the real cost of
which is nothing as compared to the
indirect damage from delay Amer
lean Agriculturist.
THE VALUE OF HEALTH.-Horace
Mann says somewhere: / am certain |
could have performed twice the labor,
both better and with greater ease to
myself, had ! known as much of the
laws of health and life at tWenty-one as
do now. In college / was taught all
about the motion of the planets, as
carefully as though they would have
been in danger of getting off the track
if had not known how to trace their
orbits; but about my own organization
and the conditions indispensable to the
healthful functions of my own body, l
was left in profound ignorance. Moth
ing could be more preposterous.
ought to have begun at home, and ia
ken the stars when it should come 10
their turn. The consequence was,
broke down at the beginning Of my
second college year, and have never
: had 4 well day since. Whatever labor
L have since been able to do, have
. done it all on credit instead of capital
"A most ruinOus way, either in regard
to health or money. For the last
twenty-five years, so far as it regards
health, have been put from day Il
day on my good behavior and during
the whole OF this period, rs an Hiber
nian would say, If / ha lived as othe
folks do for Il month, / should havi
died in fortnight.
INFLUENeE OF THE MALEIN FREED
ING.-The Kentucky Live Stock Rec
ord gives its opinion on this topic a
follows:
To improve the breed, the question
! arises, whether the male or female play
I the greater part in the proposed eleva
/, ton of the herd. If breeder wishe
! to perpetuate and impress the goOC
qualities, and remove the defects of hi
breed, he must exercise the creates
care in the selection of the bull and hi
/ cows A single mistake in the selsc
| tion of bull will stamp qualities OF
: his herd that viii take years to eradi
! cate. We believe the same rules tina
f hold good in horses, hold with increas
, ed power in cattle. Although we be
lieve the sire plays the most importan
, part, and has more influence on tn
/
: of the dam are at least of equal consid
Grafton as the sire.
In reference to breeding horses, Gen
Daumas, a French officer, addressed
himself to the Emir Abdel Kader
, This was his reply: ''The nobility o
: the father is the most important. TIL,
. Arabs greatly prefer the product of 1
blood horse and common mare to tina
1e
They consider the mother as having
almost no influence upon the qualities
of her produce"
A NEGRO Hung NEAR BARTLETT
This morning n negro was diseOvere1
hanging to tree on the road between
Raleigh and Bartlett. Those who dis
covered the body made an examina-
tion and found that life was extinct
The body was not disturbed, but was
left pendant to await the arrival of the
Coroner. The following facts connect
ed with the mystery Were discovered
by our sensational reporter: The negro
named White, had been working on
the plantat of a widow near Raj
eigh. Yesterday morning the lady re-
paired to the kitchen to engage in
cooking, when the negro entered the
kitchen, fastened the door, seized the
lady and attempted to commit an out
rage upon her person. She screamed
for help, and her son, who was in the
main building, approached rapidly,
when the negro made his escape
through window. He was arrested
yesterday and was held to answer the
charge befoIe Esquire Bartlett at elev.
en- o'clock to-day. Last night some
persons seized the negro, carried him
out to the woods and hung him, il
, which condition he was found thi:
morning.-Ledger, 2Sth.