The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

cially in the manufacture OF hard
grained morocco and similar goods. i
is also employed as the base OF many
colors in calico and delaine printing
Probably the consumption Of this article
throughout the country for all pur
poses aggregates more than 90, 900 tons
Of which about two-thirds are imported
from Sicily, not because just as good
sumac cannot be grown in this country
but because until a few years ago, oul
people did not know it's value, or in
what way to prepare it for the market.
The sumacs OF Virginia, Maryland and
b Tennessee in particular are said to bt
the best in the world, and even theii
worst articles have been officially pro
nounced by experts to be better thar
any imported from Sicily. Almost
every farmer has a clump Of these
bushes. They are called by some
"~shoemake; by others, cred shoe
make" Probably many farmers may
have tried to kill them by cutting down.
II they have, they know how difficult
II task it is. 1t grows like asparagus,
all the better for being cut and when
/, once started upon u lou anu css onc T y
:. your 10 ID as easy W cus 10 ,o' usa,o.I ne
This must be done with all the care
that is given to tobacco or hops. Elk.
posture, after cutting, to a heavy dew,
Injuries it, and a rain. storm detracts
materially from its value. II is cut
WIEN ~ iu'l ieni; hnu Wh1n pi1p'.iJ
uricn ~ gIouhu' iea'es snu e.aih' III
goVl,or. an uoro ~ iu.i oo"tins "n Wal
prouuce no' iess .pal .ileu J 'Sl n Ssouo
wp e,on n. iof ln"fn TS ~ 30 wo,,n om so ="
10 Sioo per lou. lu9 inahulao1uteis
ue we ourors eio vaileu' pay "oouo one
cenO II PoT'o ior ~ ~ a % gf oen s'"'o' "A
S",nhc miii cos.s uoo"' 90 mhioh
Whhl ~ hANun 'Lnuy 'niHS "ni,
upon neiho appiasu ~ uno oo'' 70
!. 10 roouu u inoio aoutu a GioP, !"
inaiiui1' !nan'io 70 ~ " 40.
nasuini' nich;ai unu meh Mhioh h Ma
aaal niuuuro 10 ahy .niaB mu W.T. ~ 0uns
oo o tni A'', 70 Sn1 not'rn,. ;pl
poav P'iu' .m WIZ .hn har,a ,nsata
" XVI ~ paoph"ts n tu 'aa e.
wv Gn I'LL o.. r ~ WIS, ~
Jaass" ~p "na do",h ~ t,o pio ~
o.ahYo W. : = 't 49, nnia t veg
o.aot;na in nstra1 10 rnu on Tho AL
Jnat;nr ",I nInuI ot,h,o Iisa
"e ao ~ ~ ,aaaannna ). NV tese0a noonr
Th;, =; 10 ~" hno;an;n w nu"ii ~, thn anS
rn,f III IL. ~
NSSoa J neII 80. u,o
onin,ai oomnns;to mh;oh ,na all onu
Lni;na ,a H." ~ w. 80
nio m n ~ IL 't AZ "u,;JG, o,se nnm
paoi rhioh 10 rS 'nu ssun,;oss p ~ IT, annrn
go - III H. III fL;na
w ms' po.hn";.. Maahnn
i'm, mnn".o :. thn un"ni. nS h.oioo "
I'll ~ 1877 So wnahn, ~
49, " ~ ~ t%n
msa.es ars % more teai v VI" W sne
.niinoi snali el'noI VI ooon VI 'ho oShot
nlows borrowa cultivators rolIers
r", - - ~ anI
ri the farmer hooks on to the mechan.
ical manures, guides them by q
thorough application OF the mental
manure. and stirs ND the natural ma
nure. he farms understaudipply. he
loosens IN tbe soiI the life. giving
otmosnberc enters in beot and moist.
,,re ;n Observation-Disclosures W ooId and
wat nervode the earth notnre aasert,
ber nrnrooativo seods And tbo,nsoIvos
in n cnngen;al claimant tbe o~rowino
oron fooia thn troIIn ;n,n,Iso anrros
md comea 70 harvest ahpndantiv
All thase mannres ara aenond.
ont rrnn ono onotbor It 10 srst {
naooesaru 70 onnor Tho north u;tb thn ,
notnroI than tbo mantsI comnrohondo .
tho naooos;t;os ~ tho noso and o]nni;as ,
its.lf ~ ina nood ,yorI nn5 ooIIipn IN :
aid ~ her oIdest son tho macbani. !
ooI ao mon;nnIotos ~ mothar anrth a
that smiles spread over her whole face, r
finally bursting into a laugh of golden Q
oy, which rings through all the happy p
Fl
"And thus NAV wo tbrco meet again. Il
Wheno'er We sow our fields to grain" il
u,,r,rss Nrrr, TO r. hoo hoon al
bv accident tbot ;mrnod;. al
telu aftsr q s,ronn wind nottIos aro re
omrorot;voIv borm1oss Sama Tsonab Il
ohnrora bou;na ocnoo;or ~ wo.L IN ! al
;aiJ ;nfssteI b1 Ills nnr;ou. waad ON
dav succeeding n severe wind. atnrm
'ound that thew could handle the ~nettles Il
With immunity. The;r stino had Lost 81
Ia virruience' NJ. Nand,n IN eynlo;n. 6,
no the Occurrences. states that n strong q
stimulated the eyhalot;on NJ tbe n
,oieon in the stinos NJ the nattlo and II
a time he ontire storo secrotod hu -
he plant will be completely exhausted. "
such was the case in the instance re. h
corded. The truth of the statement is i,
imported by the fact that. eight DAYS !,
# er the gale, the nettles had reflled 7
heir sacks of poison. and were "a h
,icious as ever. d
n
A nn.roannnIont wi - VI l. ihh rmo ArEH; s
r nn uLnm .bn liz sno ooioniA q
nrao.i,, In hnnaa hs o m.a u .hn 70 w O
!, soao W tha ha "aisus .na. 70 han' /,
llb uOgb ~ bfb btbU ADVANTAGE u DuH- =