The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-12-03

enough to shade the ground, and havI
to continue work, plough so as not I,
stir the surface more than haitian incl
in depth.
4. Lot or stable manure makes tn,
best cotton if freely used.
5. Make your land very rich, anC
YOU will save in work. On very rich
land two ploughings and ore hoeing are
enough; poor land will need four OF
FIVE ploughings, and two hoeings-
sometimes three.
FALL PLANTED SMALL GRAINS.
During the three years spoken of
oats, spring and fall planting, had been
tried, demonstrating the superiority OF
fall-planted crops. Corn had been
planted every year, always with salts
factory results. Sweet potatoes had
also been an annual crop, but uniform
| ly turned out badly, caused by my ig-
norance the first two seasons, and
absence from home the last. Cattle,
horses, sheep, poultry, hogs, etc. had all
been raised successfully, and the prof
its of the farm increased from these
sources; financially the farming had
been successful.
HOW THE STRANGER WAS TREATED.
Best of all, my health was complete
ly restored, my lungs were pronounced
sound again by the highest medical
authority, and |, who went stranger
among a recently-cOnquered people,
had made valued friends. Never
during these years has any discourtesy
been shown, but, on the contrary, kind
ness, as unexpected as it was welcome,
was lavished upon me. During i'll
ness in my family, a Southern lady
came to our home, and remained nurs-
ing and housekeeping for more than
two months, "because," she said, 81
could not bear to think of you all in
trouble, so far from your relatives, with
no one to help you" and to this day
she makes light of the service, and
claims to have "enjOyed the visit"
This is our experience with our white
neighbors.
Chow about the blacks?" some one
will ask. If carefully selected, and
properly treated, they are very good
servants, possessing, in many instances,
the rare quality of personal attachment
and devotion. The generation now
growing up will not be as reliable, as
truthful, or as honest as are the ex-
slaves. The schools have given them
the +" little learning" always so danger
Gus; through their newspapers they
have been made restless and pleasure
loving, and the few educated specimens
that have yet appeared have shown,
many Of them, a personal hostility to
the whites, and dislike of hard work,
which argues i'll for the future of
State where they are in the majority.
They are, however, dying much more
rapidly than the whites, and this, COM
bined with emigration, will, within the
next decade, place the political power
again in the possession of the white
population cOIsummatiOn devOutly
to be wished
HOW FARMERS WASTE THEIR MANURE.
The Crop Reports of the Georgia
State Agricultural Department are in
structive documents, always containing,
in addition to consolidated returns from
all parts of the State, some useful in
formation or suggestions. Here is
what Mr.. James, the able and efficient
Commissioner says in his September
Report, on the waste of manure:
1t is matter of surprise, that only
fifteen per cent. of the farmers of
Georgiasave, under shelter, the manure
from their stock. This is a record of |
deliberate and objectionable waste.
Animal manure exposed to the teaching |
effects of rain, and the evaporation of
the sun, lose a large portion of their
plant food. Experiment shows
that nearly one-half the value ofanimal
are lost by such exposure.
Farmers will consult economy by |
all the manure saved on their
farms. In composing manures that |
have been exposed, it will be necessary
to use more concentrated material to
supply the waste thus OccasiOned.
By composing such manures, at least
six hundred of acid phosphate, and
fifty pounds of sulphate of ammonia
should be used to the ton, or six hun
dred pounds of an ammOniated super
composted with one thousand
four hundred pounds of manure and
cotton seed.
LONG MOSS FOR IRISH POTATOES.
The Tampa Fla Guardian, of the
Dist ult., says: "Mr. Samuel I. A.
Branch has given us a novel way of
planting Irish potatoes and preparing
moss for mattresses at the same time,
which is indeed a good idea: First
Zig out your trenches as deep as you
desire them, then put layer of green
moss at the bottom; cut your potatoes
and lay them on the moss, then put a
layer Of moss over them and throw
over your dirt. Though the season be
extremely dry the moss will keep moist
sufficient to give you larger yield of
potatoes than you ever had before,
white and clean as if they had been
freshly washed in water, and the moss
5 now thoroughly dried ard killed, and
1y washing and beating ii little you
ave a nice lot of moss ready for mat
Resembling"