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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

lard and thoroughly i~ncorpora-
ted with tie soil before the plants
a-e Sc.
Beds that will bear next year
should now be thoroughly work
ed over and muiched. Halt
rotted wheat straw affords the
best mulch we have tried both
for keeping the berries clean and
for re aiming moisture.
Cotton seed applied around
the Gowns answer a good pur-
pose as a fertilizer and as a pro
lection to the berries, but we
prefer to mulch the whole ground
with wheat straw.
The plants should not be coy
cred with the mulch In our Gil
mate.
RaspJerries need attention
now; cut away the old canes
Just above the root and cut back
the new canes. those of last sum-
mer's growth, to a length Of not
more than three feet. Hoe
around the plants and mulch
with coarse manure.
Raspberries require much
moisture and should be planted
in cool moist ground and liber-
ally mulched to preserve the
moisture from spring rains until
the berries ripen. The canes
layered as directed last summer
are now we'll rooted and ready
for transplanting. \.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

William jefferson (colored),
aged forty years, a VIGOROUSLY
bad character, was hung at
Warrenton, last week for rape.
The record of his life covers six
teen pages of foolscap closely
written. He committed high
way robberies, burglaries, and
rapes. In 1866 he raped a wo-
man in Mecklenburg, Va, for
which he a sent to the peni-
tertiary for five years. He
worked in the granite quarry
near Richmond, escaped, was
recaptured, and served a term
with an extra year. After his
release he stole a horse and fled
to Granville county, n. c., mar
ried, abandoned his wife for a
paramount, then abandoned her;
went to Virginia murdered a
man in Weldon, threw his body
into the Roanoke river; raped a
white woman in Northampton
county, N. c., then fed to War
rem county; there he committed
the crime for which be to-day
suffered death. He gave way
completely, and had to be sup
ported on the scaffold. He said
his sins were forgiven, and he
was going to Heaven. He died
miserably of strangulation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
More Holidays Wanted.

L hez long bin Of de 'pinv-
un," began Penstock, as he Sc
cured the floor and braced his
feet, "dat de holidays of dis
kentry come too much in a
lump. f instance, Thanks
givin', Christmusan' New Years
pile In on rs in a heap, almos',
an We hev chickun, goose an
turkey till de eye grows dim
and de froat fills up. Den comes
a skip of six months afore de
Fo'th July am ushered in wild
de roar of cannon an de whoop
of the small boy. It's like
payin' a hull Vars rent in ad
vance, instead of scatterin' it
long, In ten or twelve payments,
an beatin' de landlord out of a
month now an den. AS far as
my intiooence goes | shell give
it to consolidate desc cole wedder
holidays into one to be called /:
'Thankschrisyear' an to set it
ahead to January L."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

side it vii. lie but little trouble
to drag the plow around to fin
ish it up.
The advantages Of this plan
are:
lst. Neither the horses or the
plovman reed put a foot upon
the broken ground while plow-
ing. al ofthe turning being done
either on the u~nbroken ground
of the square or on the walks.
2nd. The soil IS slightly ele-
waited towards the centre Of the
square or bed - that surplus
water will never stand upon II,
but be shielded off towards the
margins in every direction.
3rd One fourth less labor Is
required to prepare beds thus
plowed, for planting. Those
Will who Will give this method
one trial will never abandon it.
All vacant squares should be
MANFRED and deeply broken as
soon as the soil is IN proper con-
dition for working. After it is
broken give a liberal application
Of lime and salt.
Give celery its last ,arthlng
up taking care to hold the stalks
together to prevent the soil from
falling between them.
Early turnips may nov b
taken up and stored like sweet
potatoes after cutting off the
tops about an inch from the bud.
Late ones will keep better in the
ground where they grew. Two
burrows thrown upon Ruta bagas
with turning plow will protect
them as we'll as housing them.
Cabbage need no protection IN
middle and Southern Ga. Satisfy
and parsnips keep we'll where
they grew, beets do better IN
hills.
Lettuce intended for heading
in early spring should be trans
planted to a warm borderalready
made rich. 1t will need no pro-
lection, other than a mulch Of
manure or cotton seed between
the rows. Pull off the bottom
leaves of long coIlards and boil
them for the COW. In mild
weather cut the early sown rye
or barley for the milch COWS.
1t should not be disturbed in
freezing weather either by cut
ting or grazing. The fall crop
OF Irish potatoes may be dug as
needed. Their quality is not in
.jured by remaining IN the
ground in winter. Those who
adopted our suggestion to bed
and transplant for the fall crop,
if as successful as we have been,
have an abundant supply now.
Top-dress the asparagus bed with
stable manure or cotton seed.
n.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

The Pomona Grange Of C4barrns
county, meets at Coddle Creek
church next week on Wednesday,.
A full representation Of all the su-
coordinate oranges is most earnestly
desired, as it IS the meeting to hold
the election Of officers for the en-
suing year. The session. by order
of the Grand Master, viii continue
two days, IN order that all the bus
mess OF the meeting may be trans
acted with due deliberation.-
Concord Register.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
1t is to be hoped that Congress.

1t is to be hoped that Congress.
will pass a law to putting . stop
to dealing in "futures"-t that is,
fixing the price Of the farmers
products ahead-saying what
the price Of cotton, tobacco, ba-
con, lard and other products,
shall be months off. Such in
justice and gambling deserves
severe punishment, and is legal
ly within the scope of Congress.
This ring has healqua ters
among the gamblers and loaters
of New York. Let it be sup
pressed.-Statesville Republican.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

Perhaps IN practice, with in
telligent are and skill. 90 per
cent. of all the elements in the
table above are recovered in the
manure. A ton of manure from
cotton seed is worth nearly four
times as much as a ton from In
dian corn.-Pdnter and Farmer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

Loui.burg lines: The large
tract of land in Gold Nine
Township, known a5 the Ut.
Thomas Davis tract, c~OntaIn.h-
$500 acres, was sold at auctI3A
last week. 1t was bid OFT h..
Captain w. S. Harris at SI,'4
per acre.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
DE-, 10. Is
Some Home Truths

Viii make land permanent.
rich un,ess III conjunction W.,
animal manure. The perm.
nency of improving land cous;...
IN the proper selection o. -r..
agents, their judicious app-i.
ton, and a correct system
man II possession Of S.5oo .
comparatively 4 poor man. tr.
By J%udlclous Investment OF tt.
small capital, il may become 49,.
nucleus on which he can br.rf
an independent fortune.
with sheep. The direct pr.rr
o. 800 sheepwill not enrich . -,o
acre poor field permanentlv. L..
they viii produce the mean. ~.
which that object can be A..
pIlshed IN comparatively ,l...
time by correct management.
If the annual produce Of ,I..
flock, wool, lanps and mY,..,
Is sold from the farm and ,..
proceeds invested for the D,,..
:, the solI, hr d%rolnHag, 1a1.r-
such commercial fertilizer.
may aSsl9s u repIcn'sh ,l.,
substances atstrac ed tromt..
SOIL ana winch are no, pr.,e..
IN sonleieht quantity m th.,.
Hla,lure7 proaneed on the farm
II tne proceeds OF tins flock is
applleo TO procure better, m5r.
enlc'eil aha labor-sayIng imIIr-
menus then they Will, a. surely
as the day Tomorrow IS comin-
graouaIIy enrich the poorest
SOIL.
But, even II We coutIue our.
selves to that class of farms men
tlohea ny Gen, Is. We think hr
i mistaken III some respects.
what constitutes Rational farm
ING and constant improvement,
OF the soil?
Manure and proper rotation
lloW Is the manure procured
by stock
low Is the manure applied
BY producing the IN tteriaI ON
one part Of the farm and arrI,.
ing 1t to another part
Can this be considered robbiug
Peter to pay Paul? By no
means. In acting thus one Dart
OF the Land is made to pro1a.r
an extra amount Of crop, bv the
extra assistance of manure e.r.
INC The material from which n..-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
December in the Garden.

lUaI liIc1c IL lOlllllJS ~ NC uOIlc
in the garden in December.
This is a mistake which materi-
ally increases the labor and di-
minishes the production Of the
next year.
CLEANING Up.
If the garden has been pro-
perly arranged according 10 the
suggestions given monthly IN
Southern Enterprise there will
be no weeds and grass to clean
off, but from our observation,
there is no spot on the farm
more neglected than the garden
by the average Georgia farmer
Generally, gardening is con-
fined to the spring and summer
and weeds are allowed to take
entire possession of the ground
after the spring crops mature.
Gardens should be highly
MANFRED and allowed no rest.
We never have idle ground in
our garden, but keep it in pro-
cess of preparation or occupied
by a crop during every month
of the year. We can gather six
varieties of fresh vegetables from
our garden at this writing be-
sides those already gathered and
! stored for winter use.
All rubbish that has accumu-
lated upon the garden should be
gathered up and composted with
lime for future use. This done,
the garden, if not already ar
ranged to admit the pillow in it's
preparation should be rear
ranged for this purpose.
The spade is too expensive I'm
der our changed circumstances
and after ali is less desirable
than the pillow III Incorporation
of garden soil if the latter is pro-
perly used and followed by the
subsoiler.
LAYING OFF THE GARDEN.
The garden should be laid of
into squares Or rectangles, ac-
cording to the nature of the case,
having each division Of sufficient
size TO admit of the use of the
pillow.
The walks should be so ar
ranged IS to have a wagon way
six feet wide pass on one margin
of each square for the purpose
Of Introducing manure. The
rest Of the walks need not be
wider than four feet. All should
be bordered with a mixture of
lucern and tall meadow oats, or
orchard grass, to be used for
soilng purposes during spring
and summer. These will p.ove
very ornamental, occupying but
little space and prove Of meal
culable value to the housewife
who delights in rich milk and
yellow butter.
HOW TO Pillow A GARDEN SQUARE.
The usual plan of commence
ing at the margin and finishing
In the centre has serious obiec-
tons which increase with each
successive blowing.
1st. Both the horses and the
plowman must walk upon the
broken ground.
End. The soil is thrown from
the centre towards the margin.
3rd. The dead or finishing fur
rows must either be filled or the
centre OF the square and a line
from the centre to each corner
will be lower than the balance of
the square and less productive in
consequence of water standing
upon them, after heavy rains
Every gardener who has use
the piow in this way has exper-
fenced the difficulties mentioned
above.
The remedy is simple and
easily applied. Instead of COM
mencing to pillow on the margin,
commence in the centre of the
square. We adopted this plan
nine years ago to avoid the diff
ficulties mentioned above, but
have never seen it published nor
met but one man who practiced
it before we mentioned it to him.
The point of intersection of
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

AS a cotton market Goldsboro
is gradually looming up. The
shipments from this point for
the month of November foot 10
1872 bales. At this rate the
shipments will approximate 3d.
600 bales this season.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19

under shelter, use the following:
FORMULA No. /.
> able Nanure.---.. g q lbs.
Cotton Seed (greenl. 6501bs.
y lbs.
Making a ton Of ........ 1000 los
Directions Tor CompoStng.-
Spread under shelter a layer Of
stable manure four inches thick;
on this sprinkle a portion of the
phosphate; next spread a layer
Of cotton seed three inches thick
wet these thoroughly with
water, and then apply more of
the phosphate; next spread ano-
Their laverof stable manure three
inches thick, and continue to re
peat these LAYERS in the above
order, and In proportion to the
quantity ofeach used to tie ION,
until the material is cons lmed.
Cover the whole mass with sta
bic manure, or scrapings from
the lot II or two inches thick.
Allow the heap to stand In this
condition until a thorough fer
mentatlon takes place, which
Will require from three to six
weeks. according to circumstan-
ces, dependent upon proper de-
gree Of moisture, and the mate
rails used. When the cotton
seed are thoroughly killed, with
a sharp hoe or mattock, cut
down vertically through the lay
ers; puiverize and shovel into
heap, where the fermentation
will be renewed, and the com
post be still further improved.
Let it lie two weeks after cut
ting; it will then be ready for
use.
The following plan of mixing,
gives equally satisfactory re
suits: Mix the cotton seed and
TIE stable manure in proper
proportion, mOlSten them with
water, apply the proper proper
ton of phosphate, and mix thor
oughly. ~shoveling into IA mass as
prepared.
There is some advantage in
this plan, from the fact that the
ingredients are thoroughly COM
mingled du ing fermentation.
For CoTToN.-Apply in the
opening turrow 200 pounds, aud
with the planting seed IS or Toe
pounds, making in all 275 or 800
pound per acre. If it is desired
to apply a larger quantity, open
burrows the desired distance, and
over them sow, broadcast, 400
pounds per acre bed the land.
and then apply 100 pounds per
acre with the seed.
For ~CoRN.-Apply in the hill,
by the side of the seed, one GIL
to the hill. An additional APP
plication around the stalk, be-
fore the first blowing, will large
ly increase the yield Of grain.
1t the compost is to be used
on worn, or sandy pine lands,
use the following:
FORMULA No ?.
Stable Manure. ...... 600 lbs.
Cotton Seed (green). 500 lbs.
Superphosphate 700 lbs.
Making atol of.... .........2 900 lbs.
Prepare as directed for No. /.
molstenlng the manure and cot
ton seed with a solution of the
kainit instead of water. Muriate
Of potash is the cheapest form in
which potash can be used, but
KANT supplies it in a better
and combination for many
plants.
II lot manure, or that which
has been SO exposed as to lose
some Of its fertilizing properties,
IS composed, use
FORMULA No. 3.
Lot Manure. GOO HIS.
Cotton Seed (green). ........5 800 lbs.
SuperphoSphate. % lbs.
OF Ammonia. SO lbs.
$40 lbs.
Making a ton f........... g, 900 lbs.
I'M
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
Gle farm.
The Orchard, Vineyard, Etc.

If weeds have grown up I'M
der and amongst the trees, they
should be gathered up and burn
ed, not only to get rid OF the
weeds themselves but to destroy
the eggs and Larvae Of insects
that harbor in them.
Apply all the coarse manure
that can be spared for that pur-
pose to the orchard nowaIfd pillow
it in between the rows and fork
it in under the trees with a
pronged spade or potato hoe.
Give the apple and pear orch
ard a liberal dressing of lime
and ashes and to the vineyard
and peach orchard apply flour OF
bone and kainit, mixed In the
proportion Of 200 lbs. of the
former to 100 lbs. of the latter
at the rate of 800 or 400 lbs. per
acre.
Continue to plant more trees
in mild weather. Before plant
ing examine the roots of apple
trees for the woolly aphis which
looks like white mould. If any
are found wash the roots in ar
bolic acid soap suds or in a de-
coctlon of tobacco.
Examine the roots Of peach
and plum trees for borers. Ii
the borer is planted with the
tree it will hardly survive the
next summer.
Spread out the roots in their
natural position, sitt fine earth
around them and settle it to
them by pouring in some water
after the roofs are covered With
an inch of earth.
Do not place fresh animal
manures in contact with the
roofs. If such manure is used
let it be applied as a mulch after
the tree is planted.
Pruning may be done with
propriety in both orchard and
vineyard in December.
In pruning young trees, look
to their future growth and leave
no more limbs than can remain
with propriety when the trees
come into bearing. 1t will re-
quire a little nerve to cut away
all supeItiuous wood, but by do
ing so, a waste of the vital force
of the tree in the production Of
useless branches will be prevent
ed. Besides, the wounds made
in pruning when the trees ire
small will be sooner healed over
and less apt to injure the tree.
Look out for the nests of eggs
of the tent caterpillar on the
small twigs of the apple. By
destroying these now, much
trouble and injury will be pre-
vented next spring.
In tie peach orchard, remove
half of the growth of the pres
ent year. This will not only
practically thin the next crop,
but strengthen the limbs, and IN
both ways prevent injury to the
trees by overbearing.
ReneU the arood OF old and de-
Ginning trees by cutting the
whole top back to where the
limbs are from two to three |
inches in diameter.
If not already done hunt the
borer and leave the root as bare
directed In previous numbers OF
the Enterprise.
Eramine the posts in the vine
yard aud replace defective ones
with sound ones charred at the
bottom and painted over with
tar.
Do all that can be done dur
ing this month, since prepara-
ton for spring crops will claim
attention during the months OF
January and February.
SMALL FRUITS.
Strawberries may be set this
month when the ground is not
frozen.
No garden is completew without
a bed of this delicious fruit. A
few hundred plants will supply
a large family if they are prop
erly cared for.
Moist sandy loan which is
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
Making a ton Of.

The sulphate of ammonia and
kainlt must be dissolved in warm
water, and a proportionate part
OF each
Department.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
Directions and Formula for
Composing.

Ii the stable manure and cot
ton seed have been preserved
under shelter, use the following:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-10-18
Items of Interest.

narrow escape-A fire ladder.
The speaking trumpet was in use 1856
b. @.
The sonnet was invented by Guido
dArezzo, 1924.
Streets were first lighted with oil
lamps in 1852.
The bee gives us honey, but we give
the wasp whacks.
1t will never move of its own accord.
We mean cord of wood.
The first light by gas was made from
a distillation of bones in 1855.
Paris has Sc, 900 houses, London 460,-
600, more than Paris, Berlin, Vienna and
New York combined.
Since the improvements in machinery
/, $50, 900 men now do as much as 8, ,000,-
600 men did in former times.
A widow lady named Mumm has sig
children. The eldest, boy, is nameo
Macmillan, and the youngest, girl, is
named Minnie. Thus one is the Maxi
mum and the other the Minimum.
A leopard and fox had contest SO
to which was the finer creature of the
two. The leopard put forward his num-
berless spots, but the fox replied at
is better to have versatile mind than
variegated body"
Among Stanley's competitors in the
field of African travel is an elderly
schoolmaster of Steglitz, Germany. On
the principle of doing at Rome as Rome
does, he left home (having started
secretly with one shirt, one pair of
stockings, and an old overcoat.
A man may give nickles to the poor,
he may never have bilked a bootblack,
he may never have wronged the widow
or the orphan, perhaps he has always
paid for his newspaper, and sweet chari-
ty, tender forgiveness and compassion
may linger always about the edges of
his lovely character, and yet when that
man reaches out carefessly after FIVE
dollar gold-piece which he sees lying on
show-cas and finds it stuck to the
glass on the inside, he is obliged to ad-
NIT that one of the rivets in his moral
character has only been saved from Civ
ing way by the thoughtfulness of the
man who put it on the under instead of
the top de.-Breakfast Table.
In the palmy days of the gentle craft,
the printer was allowed to wear sword.
But there was such terrible slaughter
wrought by the long-sufering typos
upon the writer's of illegible manuscripts
in those days, that it was finally found
necessary to interdict writing for the
press altogether or deprive the man of
types of his redoubtable weapon. The
first alternative was found of impossi-
BILE execution men would write, though
never so blindly. The printers were
therefore disarmed and though it was
conclusively shown that the number of
deaths the next year was less by several
thousand in each of the large cities
alone, yet it was also developed that the
followers of the art preservative had ac-
quired habit of profanity quite griev-
GUS to hear. Boston Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-10-18
Danger Dimmed by Darkness.

Owing to the darkness that fills our
deep mining shafts our miners are less
conscious of the dangers of their trade
than they would otherwise be. A miner
standing upon a bit of plank thrown
across n shaft 1000 or 1900 feet in
depth sees little of the pit yawning be-
meath his feet. The darkness rises up
till it almost seems to form floor under
his plank, giving a place on which his
eyes may rest, and preventing any un-
steadiness of the head. Place the same
shaft on the surface of the earth, and
let it tower 900 feet into the air and
broad light of day, and the miner stand
ing on his single plank, at an elevation
three times as great as the tallest
church spire, would be unable to move
would be paralyzed. Looking down
through the awful depths below he
would clutch the nearest timbers, afraid
to make move in any direction. Make
for him doors on each side of this
shaft, representing the openings at the
stations, and he would not be likely to
leap from door to door across the yawn-
ing shaft as he does underneath the
ground where the dark rises up and
makes a seeming floor between the
doors. 1t is undoubtedly the darkness
that benumbs the senses of the miner
to the danger to which he is exposed
when passing to and fro across shafts
and wines, or when climbing the inte-
rior Of their compartments, trusting to
the scanty hold for hands and feet af-
forded by the narrow lodges of the tim
bers projecting from the walls. ~ w.
gtrs0 Oily (Nsv.) Eassrprtss.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-10-18
VOL. VI.
The Kings Kiss.

AhO AAAh6 ~@0N
How long," he asked, twill you remember
How long2" Then downward bent
His kingly head, and on her lips kiss
Fell like a fiame-a flame that sent
Through every vein
Loves Joy and pain
How long" he asked, will You remember
this?"
"How long2" She lifted from his breast a
cheek
Red with her sacred love,
Yet when her redder lips essayed to speak,
And when her heart did move
To answer grave and sweet,
Somehow smile unmeet
Broke waywardly across red lips and cheek.
Chow long, how long, will remember this
Say you, she murmured low
"say you "-Rnd while she trembled with her
bliss,
That smile went to and fro
Across her blushing face,
And hid graver grace
"Say you. now long Will you remember this n
He bent above her in that moments bliss,
He held her close and fast
"How long, how long, will remember this ?"
Until l cross at last
With failing, dying breath,
That river men call death
So long, 80 long, will l remember this!"
But, when apart they Stood did he remember
His word that summer dayl
Did he remember thrsngh the long December
The warmth and love of May,
rr The warmth, and love- and bliss,
The meaning Of that kiss,
When kingdoms stood between-did he re-
memberP
All! who can say for him? For her we know
The kings kiss was her crown;
For her we know no agony Of woe,
No other smile or frown,
Could make her heart forswear
That summer morning there,
Between the forest trees of Fontainbleau.
Nora Perry, in AppIetons Journal