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TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

Baldwin u Flagg, hat manufactur-
ers, Yonkers, n. Y, have again failed.
Liabilities large.
Martin Bergin, a Mollie Mcguire and
one of the alleged murderers of Patrick
Burns, was arrested mt Pottsville yester-
day.
The Oxford crew arrived mt Eaton
yesterday for practice on the Thames
preparatory to their race with the
Cambridge crew.
The schooner Carrie p. Martin and
crew of fourteen men have not been
heard from since January 3D., and it is
feared they are lost.
The vote in the House by the Bank
ing and Currency committee on the
bullion certificate bill yesterday was as
follows In favor of its passage. 6:
against, 3.
Kentucky has appropriated 100000
for a monument to John G. Brecken-
ridge. The modest sum of 500 was
refused for national flag to float over
the state capital.
A Norristown, n. j., dispatch says
that Calvin Stewart, sentenced to be
hanged for the killing of a railroad
fireman, received a communication of
sentence to 20 years imprisonment.
Joseph La Paige, alias Joseph Parish,
was executed in the state prison at
Concord, N. H., Friday, for the muir
der of Jessie A. Longmaid. aged IL,
at Pembrake, Oct. 4, 1876. He con-
fessed the murder of Miss Longmaid
and Miss Bell, school teacher at St.
Albans.
At Hot Springs, on the 18th inst,
some dozen persons were burned out by
a second fire. The loss by this fire was
about $4,000. A meeting was held
to-day to demonstrate against the pas
sage of the senate bill extending the
time of the commissioners, and author.
izing the superintendent to lease the
water to the Hot Springs Mountain
Water company.
Ne,o York Money and Stock Market
New York, March 15.-Gold CLOSED
at 1014.
Silver-bars, ll9, greenbacks; 11s
gold.
Silver Coin-1a(a1l discount.
Money-easy at 3G4.
Governments active, Stocks heavy.
Western Union, T92; Quicksilver, Il
Pacific, 19a; Mariposa, II; Wells-Fargc
s5b; New York Central, lO5; Erie, 10;
! Panama, 1913; Union Pacific, ia; U. I
bonds, 1861; Central Pacific bonds, 1906
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THE deficiency bill lately reported
appropriates total of 80, 800, ,O65.

The FIRST cargo of grain from the
Black Sea, since the raising of the
blockade, has arrived at Falmouth.
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-15
ITEA nT FsapA tn.


REGULAR MEMPHIS AND BEND PACKET.
Leaves on WEDNESDAY Nov. 2o at .. N.
IT, a. FOR MATCHES. YICKSBURG.
saaES5Sa#aAsa dreenville. Annapolis, Terrene he
- Iona, Memphis and the bends-Ihe
ifst class freight and passenger steamer
CHHAs. r.. CRaOUTEAU,
W, H. Thorwegan master.
Geo. Miltenberger clerk.
will leave rs above
Coast, town and bend freghts solicited and
promptly attended to.
piafseRg i4s' recommendations FIRST GLASS
Through bills Of ladng signed to Pine Bluff
and stations on the Little Rock Mssissppi
River and Texas Hallway via Arkapoils. Ark.
and Little Rock Railway. via Hopenad, Ark
oc3o BROOKETT h GARTER, Agents.
REG ULAR MEMPHIS AND BEND PACK EFT.
Leaves on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 81. at .. m,
IT. =. FOR NATCHEI VIOKSBUKG.
k4EHssss O. GreenyIle, Arkapolls. Terrene He
17s's7TEHEzH' lena. Memphis and tho Bends-The
first class freight aud passenger steamer
HENRY FRANK,
J. Frank Hicks master ALI. Grissom clerk.
will leave as above.
Coast, town and bond freighs solicited md
promp pity attended 10.
Passenger recommendations FIRST GLASS
Through bills of lading signed to Pine Bluff
and stations oh the Little Rock Mississippi
River and Texas Hallway, via Annapolis. Ark.
and to Little Rock and stations on the Mem pills
and Little Rock Railroad via Hopeleld Ark.
oc3o BkOCKETT 4 GARTER. Agents.
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EsersEpfs aG the New Basin

Amite RiVer-Per steamer Aliee-2G0oVu shngles
60 cords wood to Muncy Il Marcy
Bayou Lacombe-Per steamer Jenn,e--~~tnoOo ieet
lumber to Honey island Co
Pearl River Per steamer Crescent CitY---ju,VuV
feet lumber to Honey island Go
Tufdon River-rer sobr r Z Hioholls---25 COO feet
lumber tn Fl Buadig
Blind River Per sohr Geo Comar-25 cords wood
TO nihster - :, ,
Pearl Rvev-per Hchr Z Emer -35 cords WOOD
to master l..
Boxi-rer sohr decentralization bills charcoal to
master ooo ,,, ~
Biloxi~Per Hohr Anna and Josephne-soo bbs Oh
charcoal to master
Fascagoula-Per schr Jno Fopp-3aoo 600 feet lutn
Der TO II Buddig "a A.,
Pearl Rver-Per schr Gen ashngton~-aoooo
feet lumber to W w Care Geo
Mobile Bay-Per sohr Martha M-5o0 bbls roa1n i"
Simpson & Tticou - rms r.
Pearl River-Per barge Il Young $4,000 teet
lum Der to order 49, a.. = 49,,
bayou Lacombe-per barge Lucy-5o,oo 600 feet lnh''
| Der to II Buddig 4c
Pearl River-Per barge Katie--ao cords WOOD 10
Honey Island Go , t
Pearl River-Per barge Lucy--t5 cords Wooa 10
Honey Island Go
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THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1878

John T Moore &co-sundries to order-Total "a hhds
sugar 90 bbls moIasses - r.u. r. hh,s
a,nasas n Rrngier-g5 do 90 hhas sugar Schmidt "
7;onTar-lO do 10 bbls mo1asses Lanaux & sons-s3
In + M Ora vfnrd-5 do u M Scott--~-sunaFles bo VI
dar-Tptal 80 bhds sugar le3 bbls molaases
LOWER COAST Per steamer Emma lrVihe--
sundrea to order
LOWER COAsT-Per steamer Flank hranz~--
,uuIyiaa to order
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Pascagoula~-Per achr Walter Depny--45o 600 feet
lumber TO II Buddg
GRANDDAUGHTER eehr IIepriette 600 feet lumber
II Buddig ao ,,,
Pearl River-Per sohr Union--aO,o0o teet LUMBER
to order ~
Pascagoula-Per schr Deceads95o 900 feet lumber
order
Mandevile-Per sohr Democrat 1000 hbls charcoal
TO master
Bayou Laoombe-Per sohr News cords wood to
master -
Blind Rfver-Per sohr Hermit No 2-l6 cords Wooa
TO
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vECKsBUHsa, ssREENvHLhE AHHp BENkss.

vHCMHBBgass sae aaAGs VHGaIE AHs BHsfskse.
FOR GREENvILLE, yICKsBURG AND THE
Leaves every MONDAY, at Is { D. m. commencing
Monday November t8.
IT. r. FOR GREENVILLE VICKBBURG
44h assalA Vi and the Bends - The magnificent
#@'s72TH7 passenger stenmor
FRANK PAREOUD,
J. ", Tobin master, W. N. Gaines clerk,
connecting at Vcksburg with, Parigo's Limo
for al points on Yazoo and Tallahatchie rivers.
Boat reserves the right to pass all landings
'A''' 'o0 captain D'''' 'o0' JA nqfi & WORK,
i. W. ADAMS.
>, VIII give throueh bills Of lnnHng to Trenton,
''A '''1 W. i. BROCKETT. Agent
no15 So Magazine street.
UNITED BrATEg MAIL PACKET. -.
heavoff 9 9I?r' 3 T2EFR4f g. I AR+ouEz
$780, paws, Pend ., and Intermediates land
sS RoaT. II. LEE,
William Campbell, master,
John Fl. Mossop. clerk,
Parsots Line For ali ponts on the Yasoo. Sun.
flower Deer qreek and Tallahatohie,
80 & 9E s; B y. nfris. Agents.
viii givo thpBbgh p lg Of hiding t2 Trenton
Monroe and all stations on us s.ekspnFg'
W. D. BROCK EFT. Agent
% nhof111Iz1l e,l r,n u.
UNITED STATES MAIL PACKET
FOR GREENVLLLE, YICKBBURG AND THE
Leaves f sy2ry ri 81 H E 81 AK ti4k#na
La 60 i'll and the Bends-The now and mag
$3.50 n'flce g. H. sHss WifsFE s!s"mer
connecting at Vicksburg with Parisot's 81 Line
for all points on Yazoo and Thllahacte rivers.
Boat reserves the right to pass all landings
that the captain may deem unsafe.
setA II Il. W. ADAMS.
viii give through bills Of ladng to Trenton,
port and Texas Railroad, via Delta, La
w. b, CROCKETT. Agent,
3s Magazine street.
SATURDAY vIUKgBURH UNITED STATES
MAIL PACKET,
80 -, rob vfokBBURd: D 81 BEND
dazaEszaRi nas-The passenger packet
NATCHEEX,
L. z. Leathers, master, J. T Muse, clerk
connecting at Vicksburg with the Parisot Line
for YazOo, Tallahatchie and Bunflower rivers
aa nd With Anchor Line for Memphis Cairo and
This boot reserves the right to pass oil land.
ings that the CAPTAIN may consider unsafe.
J. T.. OARLIN. II Tchoupiteulas st.
Through bills hiding given to Trenton. Mon
roe and MI stations on Vicksburg, Shreveport
''> . 0N>''' N'''l'N 0'''' '' ". 5, BRoCKETT.
SO Magazine street
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atsssssa

HENSAEOLA-per eteamer Amte-500 scks corn
m sacks hran 40 sacks oats 10 sacks coffee Is eacke
aat lGO bhls -four so If do 25 bills whisky 10 bbls
Dork 10 caske meat 800 pkga mdse
TIvERPOOl,-peI steamship Wa,rior1e75 bales
cotton 90 CAS- husfes wheat in bulk 12n soks oiloaka
nuRDgA UX-P Per hak Leopold ct Marie-t4 200
Dce stavee 100 bbs -four $50 buckets lard bbEs
brandy
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Sailed

shin Aaipua Williams from Rio Janeiro previonsly
re,urted beow waiting orders sailed Tor = CIV
York: also hips john Murphy and Royal Char
lie for Pensacola.
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sseiSw-aiGyNimA VI y
Esesoyv-WaitGu@ Orders.

Brit steamship John = Best Vanderhagcn, IRON Gar
diff in ballast to K Miller aco-
Shin John r Berry Emmersen, 3e days I'm itavfe, III
ballast to A X Miller Geo
Nor bark Progress Telefseu, 81 days from London,
to master
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COAST PACKET
Leaves every TUESDAY st II III. and SATUR-
DAY at 10 q. m.
For DOnaldsonville, Lafourche and upper coast.
IL nr The NeW !; P ? $ !. Is Steamer
E77TTHTs1s77z 2. A. Chariot master. n. 4. DuDuis,
clerk, will leave as above Returning, down the
or passage apply on board or to
no9 en- =. RIVET, 1O5 Decatur street.
TRT- WEEKLY BAYOU LAFOURCHE AND
COAST PACKET.
t. Or THE NEW AND FAST PASSEN-
sAs% ger steamer
HENRY TETE,
J. T. Aucoin, master, III. Fl. Landry, clerk,
Leaves every TU E9DAY at 10 q. NJ, THURS
DAY and SATURDAY at 10 N.
Lands all freight In daylight and pays partic-
ular attention to way business, and returns
down the coast, leaving DonaIdsonville every
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday morning.
For freight or passage apply On board or 70
3. RfVET, lD6 Decatur street.
P. B.-Has g clerk on the landing during the
day at the head Of Bienville street to receive
freight. Freight received for the Lafourche,
with privilege Of reshipDing at DonaldsonVille.
se28tf
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Brit steam hip Jas u

Brit steamahip Jas Drake. from Marse'les i9'i W.
In ballast to l. Lncomhe Geo 4th dis ~ p.
t3er bark Marie S,'hEs. Besaerdch AZ days from III"
.Ianeiro to L Phipps Geo lst dis W , J.,
Nor bark Paasat Petersen, from Arenda' 0ep' ~ '"
mast I'D dis 30
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WEEKLY RED RIVER PACK EFT.
asy

DgEAOUsAH.
REGULAR UNITED STATES MAIL PACKET
Leaves every TUESDAY. at ) .. m.
IT, y. FOR WASHINGTON. oPELOU~
lfl as1h Vi sns Port Barre Simmsport, Church,
Rs"sVE=SE7s=z7s7 vle md all landings on tbs Coast
Atchnfalayn IliVer and Bayou COurtabIgau-Th
now, light drift steamer
BsaS SHRFHNWER.
In place Of Fhnchonl
f. e. Broad master, T. John clerk,
will leave rs above. For freight or passage ap~
ply on board or TO
BBITTON b EpPLER, 80 0ravler street.
oCB tt
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E.EF POOP.
LIVERPOOL soUrHERH 9. o. LHNE

<SEfSs5, The steamship
s2gkMAsAAAkas MARION,
Jones', Commander.
will sail on or about November 1G. 1878. from
wharf. foot Of Els anade street.
VIII receive cotton and sign through bills
lading for the Continent, between Ha7res
CrOnsthdt,
Those steamships, being Of light draft, VIII
cross tho bar Of the Mississippi at all times
without detention.
For freight apply to
DRCAN Il CO.,
DECO " I89 GrAvIsr etressf
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sgH Tss ~ gEH Er-AF
STEAM TO BREMEN.

EORIh dEtsUAH lAlOGDs
BTEAM BETWEEN BREMEN AND NEW On.
LEANS. VIA HAVRE SOUTH
AMPTON AND HAVANA,
4ag%ISs The steamships 81 the NORTH Gar
man lloyd will resume thejr Regular TriDA
as follows:
From Bremen. From n. Orleans
Hanover -OctOber u About Novern. n
Nurnberg ...-...-N overn. About Dece1n. 8
Frankfurt. Decen. About January
These stearners touch outward ct Eavre auq
Havana, and on their home trip or Havana and
SouthaEn pton.
PRICES or pAggAG0:
From Bremen. Southampton or Ha7re to HIS
Vana or New Orleans-Cabin, $3.50 gold: Eteexs
If FIX 80 RsW orleans to Southampton Havrs or
BLeLnen-.Cabia, $50 (goIO: Storage, s4g gold,
From New Orleans TO Ha7ana-Capin. gga
gold; Bteecage. SIS gold,
Children under ten Tears. bali price: chill
dreD under one year. free.
y, R,-OUr agent for TeXas Mr.. Peter H. En-
hard. In Galveston. Is authorized 10 Issue steer,
age passage orders at the following throuQa
rates:
From Bremen TO Galveston, 81. gold
From Bremen To Iudian0a s45 80. gold
The com Dang reserves the right TO chaugetnf
route OF the steamers, their advertised daYgII
departure and the prices Of passage.
Passage tickets from Bremen, E 1uthanrtc
signed.
Eor further particulars apply 10
I'D. r. BTOCKMEYEs j. CO.. Agents.
en8l " - Union street
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RIO DE JANEIRO-~Per bark Marie Spatz-500o
sacks cttfee J l. Phpps Geo
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MARINE NEWS.
nTFICE NEW ORLEANs DEMOCRAT, !
November Is, 1878. J
CLEARED Yesterday

E@ see"ah''''p " Ocean &cn
s25 s., ,,o.,a for parsnco,a-- 4 M suria
AZ phih A""P Master
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STEAMBOATS,.
III Eas Nav EB.


Ned River and FeKas.
NEW ORLEANS AND RED RIVER TRANBs
PORTATION COMPANY. AND TEXAS Pa
OlFIO RAILWAY AND CONVENTIONS.
Through bills Of iading and through passenn
ger tickets TO all landings on Red Rlver and nj
r r. e stations In Texas. The best route
The following splendid and fast steamers
composing the line will lehve as advertised DO"
"a J, Belle, w. ie Louise. Texas
Y. J. Behan. B t;;. Lee. Dawn,
'A'''7 1880, <sr-@~ ron sHnGttvEponr, JEFFEH~
ks o9s Hot ao t B,paFpPffs .; and all !and.
statons In TeHas
FOR SHREVEPORT.
-, -, master,
Leaves ----. - ut s pm.
FOR ALEXANDRIA.
Jewel, G. r. Truslow master.
Leaves SATURDAY. November lG, ut q. m,
will be charged ut mouth Of Red Rlyer, Bayou
sara Or at NeW Orleans II fqrWarsdIi Il freight
F9r freight Or! Or pagsaee apply on board 81 the
dzaye7 " gtT J5For }3s 5 XII fEIEE fFosdoHt
]. d. OAhLIN. BRfTToN b EpPLER.
ia4 LORD & MOPEAKE. Agents.
WEEKLY RED RIVER PACKET.
r. e.. FOR RED RIVER. EGO BEND
k4Ss66aas25skka Nnrnnp's. Barhin'R Wares and way
s8zEAaT&Saazas landings-The steamer
BONNIE LEE.
In place OF the New Bart Able)
Richard 5innott. muster. 90. Hamilton, clerk
Leaves every SATURDAY. ut D. m.
VIII leaye ae above, For freight or passage
apply on board. or to
2. B.-Treight consigned to wharfbOat, mouth
Of Red river, or to agents at New 0raenns for
tho steamer Bart Able will be- forwarded free Of
charge, ieG
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ETHkM BOATS.

tspldeu Rule Shnkle. from Cincinnati
J M White, White. ffom G1eenvllle
Tpbp wilson Hodge, from Hari5onnnfg
Henry Tere, Aucon. from Donalds'nVlns
Trepfnn Te1rehonne from DonhldsohT1le
~ Nm. ,tn,t Rerae,on. from Upper Coast
MARY Ida Ruiz from Upper tnast
isabel O'Pry, from Lower Coast
Eva DeBnuchel from liainville
Martha Bassett from Lower Coast
1,sjia, Harper, from Bonnet Care ~
ELL, Kranz ottendorfer from Lower Coast
Heisw-4)omVpa UP.
Brit bark Aprodite. Theakstone, days from 5a
, yeetou in ballast TO Hall IL Vaughan
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BFKME NHEABNs
TO KENNERV LILLE.
NEW ORLEANS. UPPER COAST, MORNING
and Evening Packet. for Eighteen
Mile Point
Leaves EVERY MORNING ut 10 o. IN. and
EVENING at + .. m,
T~=s FOR KENNERVILLE. JEFFER-
H aza1k vi son Parish. Westwego and all Inter
'ssEz====z=z7@' me dne coast landings-The fleet
passenger steamer
.HUEEA.
master, clerk.
leaves rs above, paying particular attention to
all plantation and way business. Freight and
passage rates lower than any other boat In the
trade
For freight, passage or further Information.
apply on board.
r. B-The JULIA has clerk daily ut Cont
street. ready to receive freight. Commencing
early. in charge OF experienced officers.
nnth IF
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LIST OF VESSELS
ITps Csen rcd and Sailed Tor New GrEaaueo
NOVEMBER Is. 1878.

Domestic
NEW YORK.
Steapl ship MOI gan City. Read. std Nov 9
Steamship Knicilorbocker Lemble. sid Nov .
Brig Eugene Hale Lord. cid Nov 8
Foreign
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
HAVE NO SACKS IN PICKING
COTTON.

There is more dirt and trash
gathered by the use of sacks
and bags than most planters
suppose. No person, however
careful, can use a sack and have
his cotton as clean as if none
was used. In picking cotton
the picker will have to bend,
and consequently the mouth Of
the sack will receive a large por-
ton of the leaf without his
knowledge. When he empties
the sack it will be impossible
for him to take the leaf out, as
it will be crumbled up. Besides
this, it is common for those
sacks to become ragged, and in
dragging will receive dirt. The
proper way to pick the cotton
is to use two baskets, one smaller
than the other; the former may
be used Of a lighter. The hand
should carry four rows across
the field at the same tine. For
instance, put the basket between
four rows, then pick two rows by
the basket as far as you can
throw the cotton in the basket.
Their cross over to the next two
rows and pick these back then
the four rows are picked beyond
the basket, and you are ready
to move it, which is easily done
and no time lost /; thus pick by
and back, and thus continue to
the end. All the leaf and dirt
will be seen, and therefore no
excuse for dirty cotton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
OF TO ALL

With the present issue closes
the second volume of the FARMER
AND MECHANIC. When We say
that the FARMER AND MECHANIC
has attained that success never
before known in the history OF
agricultural journalism, we state
what is now an established fact.
The FARMER AND MECHANIC IS
the only weekly paper published
in North Carolina devoted eN-
clusively to the farming and
mechanical classes, and during
the brief period Of its existence
has secured a circulation far be-
yond the expectation of the pro-
p%rletors.
The autumn IS the season
when u rural people begin to
consider what agricultural paper
thew will take. Those who al
ready take the FARMER AND Me
CHANIC will not seek to change
since the live practical matter it
contains both editorial and con-
tributed, speak for itself. The
increasing popularity Of the
FARMER AND MECHANIC is evil
denced by its rapidly increasing
circulation.
Now is the time to subscribe
for the best agricultural and
family paper ever published in
North Carolina. We intend to
make it a welcome visitor to
many thousand families, and
the exponent Of agriculture and
the Southern mechanic.
The FARMER AND MECHANIC is
the official Organ of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture and State
Grange, and the North Carolina
Agricultural Society.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

to one unchangino spot and the
ton Of guano admits Of only one
application. But the great facts
of experience in farming are
not bounded by an acre and DO
not expire in one application.
On the contrary. they are devel-
oped by use and grow BY repeti-
ton. They spread and multiply
from farm to farm and from
year to year, until a continent
is made richer by them and pos
terity halls them as a treasure.
The timidity shown by many
in applying a sum SO ridiculous
as, say, s. to obtain the priceless
knowledge on which depend the
whole value and final profit of
their business is more than sur
prising, he thinks. The tritling
sums often lavished without a
thought on objects of compara-
lively no value, if applied to
such a purpose as this, would be
sufficient to supply a journal
that would at once create a new
atmosphere Of thought in the
house, and while thus rounding
out the education of tie family,
would also enlarge the yield
and the profit of harvests to
come.
This is exactly the right kind
of talk to work wonders in favor
Of true agricultural progress.
The man who has never taken
a paper knows but little of the
value Of one, and unless some
more fortunate nelghbor tells
him about it he may be a long
time in finding out its value.
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creature who IS to plod along for
ever in mental darkness and for
over be content to toll for his
taskmaster, because forever to be
kept in ignorance of his powers
and the value Of his services.
The Agricultural Department,
yet in its infancy, is designed to
be the dissiminator Of practical
information, of scientific truth
clothed in intelligent garb, the
gatherer offacts, the investigator
of truth, the scrutinizer of errors,
the shield against imposition.
Intelligent farmers recognize
all this, and the spirit of en-
lightenment is possessing all
classes of their vocation. But in
the infancy of the Department,
anu UClOIc IL udS tdkCu SUCH
hold of the popular mind as to
make its existence imperative
even at the cost Of annual legisla-
tive appropriations, it is made to
a great degree ddendent upon
the revenue derived from the tax
on fertilizers. To abolish that
tax now, would be to abolish the
Department.
Are the people prepared for
that contingency at the bare sug-
gestion, that the tax on fertili-
zers is oppressive to the farmer!
We think not and certainly not
before facts had been presented
to demonstrate such oppression.
j. ID. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
MORE CORN AND LESS COT
TON.

We cannot too urgently i'm
press upon the farmers Of the
State the great and urgent i'm
portance to them of adopting
this change of base. Corn and
root crops in plenty, and conse-
quent abundant hocks and herds,
home comforts-advance pro-
gress-less labor,-and as much
money for the little cotton pro-
duced, on account Of enhanced
value, as for the much hitherto