The Osceola times., 1875-11-27
Work a cron as fast as possible.

3. Work crop as fast as possible,
and try to lay by early. If not large
enough to shade the ground, and have
to continue work, plough so as not to
stir the surface more than haitian inch
in depth.
4. Lot or stable manure makes the
best cotton if freely used.
5. Make your land very rich, and
you will save in work. On very rich
land two ploughings and one hoeing are
enough; poor land win need four or
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, hadall
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 we're pronounced
sound again by the highest medical
authority, and |, who went stranger
among recently-conquered people,
had made valued friends. Never
during these years has any discourtesy
been shown, but, onthe contrary, kind
ness, as unexpected as it was welcome,
was lavished upon me. During i'll
ness in my family, a Southrcn 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 your" 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.
HOW ABOUT THE BLACKS?
Chow about the blacks?" some on,
will ask. If carefully selected, ant
properly treated, they are very eooC
servants, possessing, in many instances
the rare quality of personal attachment
and devotion. The generation nov
growing up will not be as reliable, a
truthful, or as honest as are The ex
slaves. The schools have given then
the little learning always SO danger
Gus; through their newspapers the,
have been made restless and pleasure
loving, and the few educated specimen
that have yet appeared have shown
many of them, personal hostility t.
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 NOR,
rapidly than the whites, and this, com
bined with emigration, will, within tn,
next decade, place the political powe
again in the possession of the whit,
population-"a acoLsummation devoutl,
to be wished. ssu az.
HOW FARMERS WASTE THEIR MANURE
The Crop Reports of the Georgi,
State Agricultural Department are in
structive documents, always containing
in addition to consolidated returns iron
all parts ofthe State, some useful in
formation or suggestions. Here j
what Mr.. James, the able and efficient
Commissioner says in his Septembc
Report, on the waste of manure:
1t is a matter of surprise, that onl,
fifteen per cent. of the farmers o
Georgia save, under shelter, the manur,
from their stock. This is record o
deliberate and objectionable waste
Animal manure exposed to the leachin,
effects OF rain, and the evaporation o
the sun, lose large portion of thei
soluble plant food. Experiment show
that nearly one-half the value ofanima
manures are lost by such exposure
Farmers will consult economy b,
sheltering all the manure saved on thei
farms. In composing manures tina
have been exposed, it will be necessar,
to use more concentrated material t
supply the waste thus Occasioued
BY composing such manurcs, at leas
six hundred of acid phosphate, an'
fifty pounds of sulphate of ammoni
should he used to the ton, or six hun
dred pounds of an ammoniated super
phosphate, compostedwith one thousan,
four hundred pounds of manure an
co''oh seeof 4ILlf1qp ff15f
LONG MOSS FOR IRISH POTATOES.
The Tampa Ela.) Guardian, of tn
3lst ult., says: "Mr. Samuel 7. A
Branch has given us a novel way o
planting Irish potatoes and preparin,
moss for mattresses at the same time
which is indeed a good idea. Firs
dig out your trenches as deep as yol
desire them, then put a layer of gree
moss at the bottom; cut your potatoe
and lay them on the moss, then put
layer of moss over them and thro,
over yoursdirt. Though the season b
extremely dry the moss will keep mois
sufficient TO give YOU a larger Weld @