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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

ErOOm-hIakinQ

Nh. EDITOR.-Ne write YOU a short
article on the culture and maaufac-
turing of broom corn hoping II may
fall INTO the hands of some one " ho
might be inclined to turn thei, at
tentlon In this direction and would
necessarily need some information.
lst- Broom corn requires a good loamy
soil turned III the winter Just as YOU
would for common Indian corn Civ
ing h land time TO freeze and become
mellow and well rolled. About the first
of April, cross plow to kill all the
grass and small weeds likely 10 be
making their appearance about
that time. Now YOU want to begin to
plant about the 18th or goth of April.
and your land must not lie too long af-
ter cross plowing before planted. Put
on a light harrow after cross blowing
to level the ground and follow the har-
row with the planter, planting N
bushel good clean seed to every 16
acres. When the corn is up one mel
scrape with a hoe taking one side of
the row at a time and pulling the dirt
from the corn. In the ours of 4 or ,
days lake small cultivators and u as
close TO the corn a possible without
covering the corn. After this pillow as
IN Naoc Hias icHuhe, Cut tuc DiuoH %
soon as the seed is out Of the blow as ii
makes the toughest and heaviest
brush; the brush must not be allowed
to lie in the sun but hauled TO the barn
and threshed just as fast as cut: it must
not lie in piles ger night as it is very
liable to heat; spread thinly on poles
riged in the barn to dry which
will require about one weeks time
when it should be taken down and
punched or bailed and put in a dark
room. We would recommend nothing
but the evergreen seed as it makes
much the handsomest and much the
best broom and will always sell for
fifty per cent. more than ordinary
corn.
T. 5. Our address is Nunck & Cald-
we'll. Hanover Courthouse, Virginia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
STATE NEWS.

The Superior Court of Green county
opens on Monday of next week.
Rev. Mr.. Bynum is To start his Epis-
copal paper in Greensboro instead Of
Winston.
J. w. Albertson, OF Pasquotank
county, has been appointed |. ). Dis
trict Attorney for the Eastern District
of \. G..
INsANE.-Lueco Mitchell. well known
in this part of the State, was sent
to the Insane Asylum Tuesday morn
ing last.-SdlisJtvy Wdtchmdn.
Granville Echo: Mr.. Hollingsworth
has arrived and is busy fixing up his
carriage factory. Mr.. II. brings sew
eral workmen, and will begin work at
once. Mr.. George Orenshaw is
getting timber to build a stove and
pillow foundry.
The Presbyterian church of North
Carolina has five Presbyteries, 123
minister. 216 churches. 1876 mem
bers. If the Reformed Association
and Northern Association are added
holdingthe same doctrines-there are
-. 900 members.
Hillsboro Recorder Though the crops
of both wheat and oats are rather be-
hind hand, in q general way, with some
few favorable exceptions) yet the
ploughs are running gaIiy, and the
sight of frequent smokes and fires at
night, show where plant beds are being
burnt of, making ready for the future
tobacco crop. ......One or two letters
have been received at this Office, deny
iny in toto, the statement in our last
issue with regard to confessions said to
have been made BY his Grandfather on
his supposed death-bed, after a stroke
Of paralysis. Mr.. Walker pronounces
the entire article a tissue of falsehoods.
What should have induced the fabrica-
ton of so monstrous a story IS beyond
our power to conceive. II IS absolutely
without foundation, and for the sake Of
the highly respectable nane w%antonly
used. we hasten TO make the correction,
as we had not The slightest purpose to
ipjure lead or living.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

IInGT~ AI-saANE ENgToEy-CoI
! Holt shipped frons his factory
htE' 70 one hTyn II Atlanta. Ga. n.ss)
NasAs - p4a2d& wk.h sa feather IN
hoits cap considering the uumb~r II
manufacturers there or IL Georgia
lie has ten spinning frames which
cost $1,000 each lie las also marh
tnsTx thirty years o1.. whach has t~en
IN active service all the time AMI =
sttIl T-CklnE away
lfse nvw factor, = four stores aiwh
las feet long. the r@sf 90 which Is no~
brtnS painted with the asi<zStos fire
and safer pvo~nf ya2ut bv Mr.. Wcv<iou.
who painted a number II r~pfx ~
I~r~enlorn. III. intends alsa hsvtns
has tens nent houses panied. Tho~s
that have bvn painted AFe giving
gou-i satisfaction.
Tie capacity # the factory i SIX
tal"s average pr dav. I thread i
doubled iee0 temes from the raw col
ton - weaving THREAD. over > mil
lion - pounds a Year % warm AMI
warp are shipped from this station
q o,Haoru Fufrsot.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

ToBACCo.-Reports to the Tobacco
Netrs says the receipts at Durham have
been heavy-grades unusually fine,
and prices stiff. Wrappers have
been coming in freely, and taken at
advanced prices, a few lots of extra
fancy as high as SO, so, 80, 100, 1O2,
10, and 115, per cwt., but these prices
only paid for strictly extra fancy"
At Reidsville, the breaks are better in
quantity, and quality than at any time
previously during the year. "Our
Manufactures buy all desirable grades
for plug and twist for early spring
work, leaving the rest-smokers. etc.
to leaf dealers, who buy on specula-
ton. or to fill orders from Baltimore
and other distant markets wanting
brights and smokers especially. OF
these grades a large demand a be
supplied from this market.
At Winston, breaks are large. and
grades improving.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
Questions and Answers.

c. r. b.. Copenhagen. y. u see
You are State immigration Agent.
Will you tell me if.your lands are pro
ductive, and is your section healthy
| am a farmer and wish to come South.
the winters here are too long AMI Sc
we're. Can | rent a farm for n year
Ans.-Our lands are fertile ana pro
duce almost everything. We have
genial climate and as healthy country
as can be found on the Continent.
Thousands of farms to rent in all sec
tions of the State, but none registered
in the office for rent. These farms
belong to large land owners who
worked them by slave labor. and now
they want to rent them out. Doubt
less as soon as the plan of the Depart
ment for leasing and selling is known
to our people, they will avail them
selves of its advantages.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
COrRl Work

LIS COUNTRY GH~TraAN-N.r
beautiful mas -, male in
exact imitation ~ coral Take =
pound II bcc>wax AMI half a tz1und a.
Ncrmillion. such a. painters Ia. a
dry powder melt the a II an ir.f
kettle over a Slow ire. anu sir IN Tie
veTmillIon nix il thoroughly hv con.
slant stirring Make r.aiv the ar.
tlcl"s YOU wish. II i. Isl hanging
basket, take strong wire. bend IL and
tie lt firmly together a. all the cor
ntrs with White Irvine
wind cloth tight around thc wire
thtu cloth Is the best. lest YOU get tho
frame too large-tie knots If wrap
plnE twlnc tlght over the wound wire.
cut oil the ends AZ ,arious lengths.
from half an inch ~ two or three
inches, the more ''scraggy' II looks
the better. For the cords Ia suspend
II by take pieces OF the Irvine and tie
knots OF the same, cutting OFT the
loops SO a. 10 leave them standing out
IN every direction. Take a pan and
suspend your basket over il. 50 as to
a all the drippings. Then v ith \
large spoon, dip the hot wax and yer
million all over il. covering every
particle OF the cloth and wire. Is il
grows cool, bend the SPRAYS into grace
ful forms, 10 initiate the branches az a
coral spray. BE particular that the
suspendlng cords are covered and
hang straight. and that the ends and
knots are all correct. Ii cools very
quickly. and If there are any vacant
spaces left, You can heat the wax and
DIP upon the sprigs. When cold, YOU
VIII find yourself the owner OF a thing
or beauty. and one that will last FOR ali
time. For ferns and dried immortel-
les. and bright MOSES, IL is very fine.
A. the bright red Of the coral contrasts
beautifully with the shades Of green
and brown.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
CONTRIBUTED.
Views of an Experienced Hog
Raiser.

Raiser.
Which breed of hogs is the best :
The answer to this question must de-
pend upon the answer to another
What do we al with our hogs: In
the rich prairie regions of the West
we want the animals which will CON
vert the largest amount of cheap corn
into the largest amount of pork. Age
being a small consideration, and food
being ALWAYS abundant. In North
Carolina, however, this IS not the case.
Corn is high: there are no luxuriant
clover fields: our forest do not abound
with acorns and beech nuts. We want
the hog which will arrive soonest
at maturity and give the greatest
amount of meat from the same amount
of food. Early maturity precludes
huge size. Hence We throw out OF
consideration the Chester, Poland,
China, &c. &C., narrow our enqulrlng
to the small breeds.
Ofthese two are prominent, for ex-
c~ellence. The Essex and the Berk-
shire. There are marked differences
tween these, the Berkshire is larger.
1t is also much more restless and active.
Its activity consumes flesh as all ac-
ton does. If by its running around
it finds food to replace the expendi-
lures made in moving its restlessness
paws, otherwise it is an unrewarded
outlay. The Essex is very quiet.
Once fed he wishes nothing but a sleep
in the sun till it is time to eat again.
He rapidly assimilates fat, and miser-
like boards it when he has got it.
[ Judge from the above facts that
where there are grasses n oaks and
chestnuts the Berkshire is the best
hog for us, where our old fields are
covered with broom-sage, n where
grass and pine growth prevails in the
woods, the Essex would be more adj
visable.
Berkshires are good breeders, proli-
fic and secrete milk freely. There
fore the pure breed is good for pork
ers. The Essex on the contrary dOes
not breed well, has few pigs at a litter
and furnishes a scant supply of milk.
Many of the sows die in bringing
forth their young. Hence the pure
breed is not profitable where pork is
the object. But the Essex is a thor
oughly settled breed, and Of all thor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in an exceptional
degree, the power of transmitting its
peculiar qualities to its offspring des-
pite the counter influence of opposite
qualities in a parent of a different ma
ture.
Reaching III conclusions from a
consideration of all the above facts,
we should advise the planters of Eas-
tern North Carolina not to attempt
raising pure blood hogs, but to send
North or West for an Essex boar
which can be had for $50 to $50. Sc
lect to cross with this sire a prolific
SOW, one that has plenty of pigs, and
that feeds them well. The Progeny
will be hard to distinguish from the
thoroughbred sire save in the power
of transmitting their qualities. Hence
they should never be used for breed
ing purposes). At 8 to 10 months old
with moderate treatment they will
weigh 125 to 80 pounds. Their meat
is equal to the best to say the least.
And in no other way al an equal
amount of good pork be produced at
an equal cost. Let some of our plan
tiers try the Essex.
j. c.. l..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
PEACE.
Great Rejoicing at ST. Petersburg
over the Signing Of the Treaty.


LONDON. March 4,-The Times St.
Petersburg and Pera correspondent.
confirm the report that the treaty of
peace was signed. At st. Petersburg
the enthusiasm over the news of peace
was unprecedented. Immense crowds
are before the palace shouting God
save the Gar.
Thirty n thousand troops were re-
viewed at San Stefano, and a Te Deum
was sung amid great enthusiasm. The
correspondent of the Times at San
Stefano is able to state that neither
the surrender of a portion of the Turk
ish fleet nor a claim on Egyptian tri-
butte is included in the conditions. No
interference with the portion of Turk
ish revenue ~hypothecated to foreign
creditors. Nothing is definitely set
tied relative to the indemnity. but it
will principally be in the form of ter
ritory in Asia, including kars and Ba-
toum. not ErZeroum. Salonica and
Adrianople are not included in Bulga-
ria.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 4.-The
Grand Duke Nicholas has sent the fol-
lowing to the Emperor:
''.Sdn StefdhO, March 81 do my
self the honor of congratulating your
Majesty upon the conclusion Of peace.
God has vouchsafed to Us the happi-
ness of accomplishing the holy work
begun by your Majesty, and on the an
niversary of the Acknowledgement of
the serfs your Majesty has delivered
Christians from the Musselman yoke"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
a Winter Evening Amusement

a Winter Evening Amusement.
\ German amusement. entitled
Shadow Bun, may be something OF a
novelty TO our readers. a white sheet
should be fastened smoothly against
the wall, and there should be one
bright light on the opposite side Of the
room. Buff sits on the stool about
three yards from the sheet: the rest OF
the party should pass behind him. To
puzzle him. false noses, whiskers or
Boards may be put on. or people may
exchange costumes or dress up in a
variety OF WAYS. We have at time,
hung up a sheet between two rooms.
n Buff has sal on one side which is
dark, Willie the players have passed
between the lamp and sheet on the
other. There - ample exercise for
ingenuity in this amusement. y
dwarf may be represented by the same
plan. a table, with "A table-cov-r
reaching to the ground. is placed near
the curtain. 4 person stands behind
the table his hands and arms are
dressed IN stockings and shoes. and "A
gown Is placed q his neck. Another
person stands behind the curtain, aud
his arms, which alone ONE out, are
run into the sleeves OF the gown, So
that they have the appearance exactly
of belonging 70 the person IN front.
who should have a bonnet and a cap
on his head, aud spectacles on his
nose. Ills appearance viii be exactly
that Of a funny little dwarf. sitting on
a foot-stool. He can now and then
rise, and begin to dance and kick his
feet about, that is 10 say. his real hands,
while the hands from behind the cur
tain can play all sorts Of tricks. A jug
and some bread should be on the table.
and the little old woman will be seen
to pour the water over her nose or into
her ear, and she viii have great diff
Guilty in putting ycn tho bread into
her mouth.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

\ tragic story comes from ST. Louis.
Michael Letter, a wealthy German, had
a barkeeper named Gumbinger, young,
handsome, and poor, and a beautiful
daughter named Margaret. Gumbin-
ger loved Margaret. but being afraid
of a rebuff f..m the father. he con
Quoted his courtship IN the sly. when
Letter eyes were opened to the facts
he became greatly euraged and prompt
" discharged the barkeeper, telling hirp
that this was not because tie bad cour-
ted his daughter. but because he had
done - b. stealth. On Monday after
noon last the girl left her fathers
house, saving that she was going 30
visit some friends. She did not re-
turn that highland Letter remarked
to his family that she had no doubt
gone and married Gumbinger, and
that, while he regretted she hal not
married somebody aore TO his liking.
he would not make any fus. about II
when they came home. She did nOt
come home, however. and on Vel
ne-dav afternoon tine deal bodies 4
the two lovers were found IL = room
in the Lindell Hotel. GuInblnger
having shot Margaret and then HIM
self. All of which, facts form a lesson
well worth the study both 81 parents
and young people.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

FROM PENNSYLvANIA.-Col w. NJ.
Allison writes from Niff1in, Pa, to
his paper, the Hendersonville Ner Era,
as follows:
''Since our return home we have
answered many inquiries in relation
to the 'Old North state" for the &C
commodation of immigrants and trust
that the seed we have sown may take
root and yield abundantly. We have
also distributed quite a number of
copies of the Farmer e. Mechanic, and
everywhere we hear its praises as a
newspaper, sounded. 1t is decidedly
a credit to our State, and deserves a
wide circulation"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
Department Of agriculture
state Board Of Agriculture, Immigra-
ton aud Statistics.

L Il. VANCE, Governor and ex oficio Chair
man.
member of the Board
h 4. BATTLE, President State Agricultural
C.It,.,. and ex officio member Of the Board.
4. NJ. HoLT, President State Agricultural
society and eA otficio OF the Board.
: b. ALEXANDER, Master State Grange, L.
If II and ex oficio member of the Board.
j. X. THIGPHS, of Edgecombe county.
,JoSATHAS EVANS, OF Cumberland county.
IEOSIDAs J.. POLK. Commissioner
THoS. J. ROBINSON, Secretary and Treas
urer.
once, second floor OF Briggs Building
Raleigh, y. c.
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Johnston county has joined hands
with Wayne and Craven to demand,
the opening of Neuse River navigation:
At a meeting at Smithfield last week,
(Mr. Michenor in the chair: d. j. Wei
Ions, Sec a committee consisting of
Seth Woodall, CaptT. r. Youngblood,
and DR.. S. G. Rose, reported a series
of resolutions, setting forth that the
Neuse, a magnificent stream, 200 feet
wide at Smithfield, and 80 miles long,
drains a rich and fertile country.
heavily timbered with valuable oak.
hickory, ash, cypress, black walnut
and pitch pine, which are decaying
and rotting for want of accessible
transportation; with eXhaustless beds
of mari, rich mines OF iron ore, and
thousands of acres of the most fertile
lands of the State which are worthless
for want of drainage; And, whereas,
the removal of the distractions in
said river would render it navigable
for steamboats, at all seasons of the
year, effectually reclaim said lands,
and thereby increase the facilities of
public carriage by which the products
of the interior may find a safe and
easy outlet to points OF shipping and
thus add to the thrift and growth of
the country, therefore,
Resolced, That we earnestly petition
Congress through our representatives
for an appropriation of 100000 for
the Improvement of Neuse river.
Notwithstanding all the sneers and
jokes at the Motif liquor register now
in operation in the Virginia rum mills,
it has already established the fact that
it will pay above sir hundred thousand
dollars into the State Treasury, during
the first year of its work Just think
More than half a million raised without
taxation, merely by charging two cents
on every drink of liquor taken over the
grog-shop counters. And here We see
the amount of money spent for liquor
that vile poison which enters the mouth
to steal away the brain, the health, the
honor, the life OF course not much
more than two-thirds of the whole
amount is drank in saloons; hence if the
tax of two cents could be collected upon
every ''drink'' taken at home, and
abroad, by the way-side as well as IN
the groggery, the whole aggregate Of
Revenue must reach the enormous sum
of nearly one million dollars !. Now,
suppose this law were adopted in North
Carolina, and a tax of only one cent per
drink were required, and the receipts
given to the common school fund
Think of the magnificent school houses
that could be built in every township,
and kept open all the year round, for
5000, 600. 90 a year And who could OBJ
iect To the one cent tax? Even liquor
dealers will admit that the amour OF
damage by accident, or villainy, and the
cost Of Furnishing crime, resulting from
intemperance, far exceeds the per cent
age Of n penny per dram.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07
And Still They Come,

COMPANY SHOPS. March, End, 1878.
At a regular meeting to-day of Howell
grange.l6S, seven e members were
added to our list, and others are in a
state of preparation for the next.
Wake up for day is a breaking.
Action of the State grange enthusiast
cally endorsed.
AT the name of Polk every dog in
the neighborhood is heard to howl
most pitousiy, and every sheep blates
with joy.
d. A. NJ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

.LEg
Ihtre - = fertilizer ADVERTISED here
and the ingredients are - follow
Dry Peat or Muck - bushels
lnlcachei ashes. >
Dissolved Bone $
G.. Plaster. ..
Nitrate soda 60 hounds
S~ulphate sn
SulpiIate -
This 10 MAKE a ton. Vow do Won
think II would - A. cheap a. cotton
seed and acid phosphate:
Would ashes b. q top-ircs~ln- for
clover.
Are common collarts v,ry nu-
tTtious II Gems 10 me that an acre
IN them would produce - many
pounds Of forage as.anythlng. not ever
e1csptIn. the celebrated PrIckly Com
frey. They viii keep IN most gardens
all the winter. and after the heads are
cut OF. they viii put ont a great many
sprouts IN tn. spring. | have fed ms
hogs with them 4 great deal. and be
lieve them u be cholera proof or near
" 80, - | have not had a single case
OF 1T yet. The best NAY to Use them i
10 crop the under leaves. This NAV
be done all the year. from the time
they are u foot high, for the leaves
vii drop OIL and la lost If not pulled
mex are equally a. good for COWS ana
horses.
We Will have 10 quit raising 50 much
upland corn. and substitute oats. Glow
er, &c. or his worse nelghbor. the law
white man. viii ALWAYS take enough
of Your highland corn II get all the
profits, or have foundIt So. nj least.
Rutabagas are another good crop.
though easily stolen. They are nice to
feed on at this season.. H.. Ncw
Berne. y. G.
Answer:
\ ton Of the fertilizer described
would cost a little less. perhaps, than a
ton OF cotton seed and acid phosphate
= bushels seed TO 100 lbs phosphate.
but the latter would more than make
up the difference BY It's greater value
as food for plants; in other words. a
ton OF cotton seed compost would 20
farther IN m~anuring a crop.
Iop-dressing for oats-either - lbs.
soda ar 100 lbs. Rectitied Peruvian Gu
ano-apply this month and follow
with a harrow. Ashes are a very good
tOpdressing for clover-10to % bushels
per acre.
Collards are about equal To Rutabara
turnlps III nutritive value, and consid-
erlng III greater ease with which
they may be grown. are superior as
stock feed. For that urpos they
might be largely cultivated with pro-
ht.-S0utHeTn CuItirdtOr.
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For the Farmer and Mechanic.
ASHEvILLE. n. c.. Feb. O. 1878.

ASHEVILLE. \. C.. Feb. 2 1873.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Wil you please ask
the question, through your paper,
what variety of sweet potatoes are the
earliest. Also the mode of planting
and cultivating, SO as to bring them on
the earliest, and oblige
A SUBSCRIBER.
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There are ten stockmEn III Texas
who own together I.3J1.O0 head Of
cattle.
John w. Lift, the cattle king Of Col
orado. IS dead. lie owned between
10000 and 10000 head of cattle. Hls
estate is estimated at 81. 90, 00D.
An Elmira, y. Y. fisherman IS hay-
ing great success fishing through the
ice with grass1oppers caught last
summe anu preserved By dipp ng IN
gum arabic.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

Not a mile of railroad was built ! ist
year in Georgia, Mississippi or Ar
kansas.
The New York herald., 1878-11-15

NIBLO'S GARDEN THEATRE
Edward r. Starn. Proprietor and Manages
Overwhelming success Of
OLIVER DOUD BYRON
and his grand sensational drama,
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
THE STRONGEST CAST OF THE SEASON
Scenery, costumes properties and effects all and
usually magnificent.
The New York herald., 1878-11-15
AMUsEMENTs.

WALLAcK'S
w Proprietor and Manager. Mr. LESTER wALLACK
LAST NIGHT OF THE COMEDY SERIES
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER Is.
will be presented for the last time present Shedsn's
Comedy OF
THE RIVALS
The New York herald., 1878-11-15
ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
rIyHE AQUARIUM. BROADWAY AND 18Th ST.
i Wonderful performances Of the
TRAINED KENTUCKY THOROUGHBRED HORSEa
introduced by Mons Oscar
NEIL SMITHS EDUCATED DOGS.
Daily a 80 and 4 O'Clock +. NJ.
Admission 81 cents. Reserved serts 10 cents extra