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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
The Sweet Potato.

The Sweet Potato crop IS generally
good, and IN many sections very fine.
This extremely valuable crop-easily
produced, nutritious, wholesome, rel
iShed by man and beast and peculiarly
a Southern prOduct-haS not received
al the hands of most farmers the atten
ton that its importance demands. 1t
=. q crop easily made, requiring no
special skill in cultivation but TO keep
them requires q certain amount of
care. which, the hurry and press of
picking cotton, is often withheld, and
a large crop is sometimes utterly lost
by rotting in the banks or hills. To
insure their proper keeping it is i'm
pOrtant
lst, That the tubers be ripe. This
may generally be determined by cut
ting several potatoes and allowing the
mt surface to dry. If they dry evenly
white, without dark spots, the crop is
considered mature and ready for dig
ging. This ripepipg seems to depend
more upon the previous dryness OF the
soil for two or three weeks, and the
cCnsequen stoppage of growth, than
upon the age of the vines or size of the
tubers. Ifthis stage is reached during
the month of October, shortly before
frost is expected. the ground being
dry, it is best to dig at once. 1t will
pay to do so. If postponed until a
light frost shall have occurred. sufi-
cient to kill the vines. the digging
should not be longer delayed. If a
rain sufficient to start a new growth
occurs-not followed, as usual, by kill
ing frost-the crop should be gathered
as quickly as possible.
%. The potatoes should be kept as
dry and at as uniform temperature as
possible. After digging they should
lie exposed to the SUI during the day.
50 as to dry as much as possible, and
before night deposited in hills of SO to
80 bushels each, around a stake driven
IN the ground, which should first be
covered very thickly with some dry
abSorbent-pine straw, or similar ma
terial. The hill should be made as
sharply conical as possible, the tubers
being piled upon II by n as may be
necessary, and then covered with a
thick coating of the same material
used for the foundation. Dry corn
stalks, regularly disposed around the
ill so as to shed water, also answer
~ell for this purpose. If pine straw
or other loose material be used, it is
desirable to lay common boards, refuse
plank or pine bark, on the straw,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
:. Importance of a Clean Skin.

Most of our invalids are such, and
millions of IA healthy people will be-
come invalids, for the want of paying
the most ordinary attention to the re-
quirements of the skin. That mems
brance is too often regarded as a coy
ering only, instead of a complicated
piece of machinery, scarcely second in
its texture and sensitiveness to the a
or the eye. Many treat it with as little
reference to its proper functions as if
it were nothing better than a bag for
their bones. 1t is this reconsideration
for the skin that is the cause of a very
lgrge proportion Of diseases in the
world. If, as claimed by some scien-
fists, four-fifths, in bulk, of all we eat
and drink must either pass off through
the skin or be turned back on the sys-
TEN as a poison, and that life depends
as much upon these e~xhalations
through the skins as upon inhaling
pure air through the lungs. it must be
of the most vital Importance TO keep
that channel free.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
WOman'S Devotion.

Another striking evidence has been
furnished of a wife's undying and un-
conquerable love. Away out in Charlie
voix. Michigan, recently one Edward
Ward whipped his wife so outrageous
lv that hi, neighbors tarred and feath-
cred the monster. But what did the
supposed indignant wife do. Apply
a match to the inhammable material.
and rlins cremate the villain who had
so shockingly maltreated her whom
he had soIemnly promised TO love,
serve. protect and cherish. Nothing
Of the kind. On the contrary, she re-
moved the tar and feathers from so
unnatural a husband, poured oil on
his wounds, bound up his sores. and
then accompanied him in his flight
from a community of which ne had
proved 50 unworthy a member.-"o-
man woman who can appropriately
extol thy virtues, or properly sln5thy
praises?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
Domestic.

Pies are eaten and enjoyed by a great
many people, notwithstand their dele
terious effect upon health and dlges-
ton. 1t will be hard to persuade old
house-keepers to do away with pie,
they are Joined to their idols but we
can at least make the effort. In sum
mer time, pies are an unnecessary ex-
travagance. When fruit a be had
for the picking, or at very low prices,
when you cen sugar down for dessert,
golden or red or black raspberries, or
blackberries, when you car pile up a
beautiful, artistic pyramid Of pears,
peaches and grapes, for a center-piece
to your table. and can flank it by plates
of sliced melons and rosy apples, what
more could a king ask? Doesn't it
seem half like Dissertation, to spoil all
that beauty by making of it a fruity
paste between two layers of pie-crust?
Do believe for once the best way is
as good as any" and let the fruit come
on the table in all is freshness and
beauty and wholesomenesS, rather
than waste health and strength and
labor IN co%ncocting digestion Staying
pies.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
Last Years Cotton Movement.

The exports from Louisiana (New
OrleansJ for the year ending Septcm-
Der /. were III OBJ bales, against l.
419, 101 bales for the previous year.
From Alabama (Mobile) 421 ,547 bales
against 366, 0O7 bales the previous
year.
From Texas Galveston 46S, 6S5 bales,
against 512, 0S2 bales in 1877.
From Florida (Fernandina, &C. 81
SIS bales, against 23,0e9 bales in 1877.
From Georgia Savannah and Bruins
wick 604. 616 bales, against 491, 800
bales in 1877,
From South Carolina charleston
450, $50 bales, against 468, 024 bales in
1877.
From North Carolina Wilmington
$50, 500 bales, against 13S,0S7 bales in
1877.
From Virginia Norfolk. &c. 513,-
9S5 bales, against 575,491 bales in
1877.
From Tennessee memphis, Nash
vile, Gc..) SO, 591 bales, against 7o4,-
sS3 in 1877.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
Immortality Among Clergymen

"The popular Judgment" or that
which the populace is pleased to call
its judgment, rests upon this as one of
its fundamental canons-that the
thing which is most improbable is
most likely to be true. 1t is perfect
ly well-attested fact that ministers Of
the gospel are more free from ordi-
nary immoralities than any other class
of professional men. This is not say
ing much, perhaps hut this IS certain
ly true, and everybody knows it.
Charges of immortality made against a
minister are. therefore, less likely to
be true than similar charges made
against other professional mon. Yet,
following its own perverse maxim.
the public generally accepts without
questioning accusations against a c'er-
m which it would not entertain
for a if made against a law
Yer or a physician. The notion seems
to be that things go by contraries, and
that which is least probable Is most
credible. If poor Nr. Hayden. Of
Connecticut. lately a~rraigned for mu~-
der and other grave crimes, had not
been a minister. it is not likely that
anybody would have believed him
guilty. This is rather hard on the
ministers. and they are entitled, we
think, to ask of the public a little
fairer Judgment. Rascals there are
among them. and these must not be
shielded but it is neither just nor rea-
sOnable to load them all with the pre-
sumption of rascality Sunday After
noon for November.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14

breaking joints so as to exclude rain
water. Ii lain is not threatening. m.
hlll may be allowed to s aid thus two
or three days, or until the entire crop
Is gathered.
Now. with earth dug from around
the ba- e. cover the hill several inches
deep; except ngthe top, orapex, which
shouid be projected with a piece Of
p'ank or bark. AS the weather grows
colder me thickness Of the earth COW
erIng should be increased until it
to twelve inches or more.
IL Is suggested, especially to those
wh" have drying apparatus, that the
potato sliced and dried may be made
a source of profit. 1t is known that
the dried product. ground into meal.
may be shipped to any climate, and
VIII Keep for an indefinite time. When
properly prepared for the table. in a
manner analogous to that of preparing
other dried vegetables and fruits. il i
scarcely inferior to the fresh potato.
Enterprise in this direction would
probably develop a steady demand for
the dried potato for use in the army
and navy OF this and foreign countries.
-Crop Report of the Georgia Depart.
ment of Agriculture for September.
1879.
ooine advise that no opening should
be left al the top, but covered over en-
nrely, which excludes the air. thus
preventing the heating or sweating
pr'cesS. L ave saved them on thai
plan, but my experience is limited to
two years.
r Med
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
NOVEMBER, 14 1873
Che Granoe.

<oTE.-Contmunjcdtioas for mas Df-
Daltment solicited from Pdtf0"S ."
oil sections of the state.
Officers Of the National Grange
Uasfe.-S. +. Adams. Monticello.
Mimi.
Orersee.-J. j. Woodman. Paw Paw,
Lecftre-Mortimcr Whitehead, Gin
cinnati.
Sfglrod.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
Assistant .Sierdrd.-Wm. Sims, of
TJeasurer.-F. N. Mcdowell, Wayne,
y. y.
Secretary.-O. II. Kelley. Louisville,
Ky. o.
Grove, Ind.
Ceres.-Mrs. Adams.
Y0mOnd.-Mrs. Noodman.
FV0a.-Mrs. Moore.
Ltdy Asst. 'Ste2cdrd.-Miss {. y. Hall,
louisville, Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
ID. Wyatt Aiken, Cokesbury, ,. {.
Henley james, Marion, Ind.
s. III. Ellis, Springsboro, OHIO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14

TIE GROWTH OF NAILS.-The growth
of the nails is more rapid in children
thar in adults, and slowest in the
aged goes on faster in summer than
IN winter. SO that the same nail which
is renewed in one hundred and thirty
two days in winter, requires only n
hundred and sixteen in summer. The
increase of the nails of the right hand
is more rapid than those of the left /;
moreover, it differs for the different
fingers, and in order corresp pnds with
the length of the finger consequent
ly, it is the fastest in the middle finger,
nearly equal in the two on either side
Of this, slower in the little finger and
slowest in the thumb. The growth of
all the nails on the left hand requires
eighty-two days more than those or
the right
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
Sncers Of EIOrth Carolina State
Grange, p. of Il.

Easter.-S. b. Alexander, Charlotte
Mecklenburg county.
Ocerseer.-N. T.. Whitfield, La
range. Lenoir county.
Lecfurer.-T. III. Robinson, Concord.
Cabarrus county.
.Steudrd.-D. II. Armstrong, Ashton,
Ponder county.
asst. !Steuard.-Eill z. King. Stump
Sound Onslow county.
CheplGin.-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
sDa Northampton county.
TfeaSure..-D. W. {. Bcnhow,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
.Secretdry.-Joseph E. Porter, Tar
boro', ~Edgecombe county.
cute Keeper.-W. d. Wharton,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
Lfres Mrs. S. b. Alexander, Char
sotte, Meclienburg county
F0mona,-3irs. :. II. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
Fgora.-NIiss Eusenia Robinson,
Concord, Cabarrus county.
Lddy asst. Steuard.-Mrs H.. f.
King. Stump Sound, Onslow county.
State business Agent.-Dr. ID. W. G..
Benbow. Greensboro.
FXFCUTIvE COMMITTEE.
9. Il. AiexandeF, Et-CVffo Chair
..lan.
&. L. French, Wilmington.
l.. /. Polk, Raleigh.
~. IL, Cheek, %arrenton.
J. L. Porter, Ec-0liciO Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
1st Deputv District.-Wm. b. Shaw.
Indian Town. Currituck county.
end Deputy District.-John a. Davis,
Tarboro'. Edgecombe county.
3rd Deputy District.-B. +. Hooks,
Goidsboro'. Wayne county.
Ah Deputy District.-Hil E. King,
eiump Sound, Oa5low county.
9th Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk,
Raleigh, Wake county.
9th Deputy District.-Frank NJ. Pitt,
Oakville, Warren county.
18th Del uty District.-Dr. d. A.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county
9Th Deputy District. w. B. Clement,
Jerusalem, payie cQulltY.
9th Deputy District.--T. II. Robin
son, Concord, Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. p. Rein
hardt. Hickory. Catawba county.
18th Deputy Districr.-To be sup
piled.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14

SAVING SEED CORS.-"W. \. D.
Fillmore county. MINI. To save seed
corn successfully in a cold climate,
you should not keep it in a warm
place, or especially where it is warm
but a part Of the time, as there Is dan
ger that the changes of temperature
may destroy the germinative power.
Continued warmth Is almost conducive
to decomposition. which VIII destroy
the life Of the seed. Corn and similar
seeds are best kept in a dry, 0 room.
where the temperature IS uniform.
When your seed from the "small pile
kept over the lIving~room" failed to
terminate, the cause was probably due
to both dampness and warmth, which
melted incipient decay. Seeds differ
greatly in the degree Of cold they will
endure without losing vitality. Corn
has terminated after having { sub
iected TO the most intense cold OF the
polar regions, and ali experiment Is re
ported in which other seeds germ;nae
tod after having been frozen into i
cake of ice.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14
Potato Cheese.

Cheese is made from potatoes in
Thuringia and Saxony in the follow
ing manner After having collected "A
quantity of potatoes of good quality.
giving the preference TO a large white
kind, they are boiled III a caldron, and
after becoming cool they are peeled
and reduced toa pulp, either by Means
of a crater or mortar. To five pounds
of this pulp, which ought to be "a
equal as possible, is added one pound
of sour milk and the necessary quaint
ty Of salt. The whole is kneaded to-
gether, and the mixture cevered VI
and allowed to lie for three or four
days, according to the season. At the
end of this time it is kneaded anew,
and the cheeses are placed IN little
baskets, when the supertiuous moisture
escapes. They are then allowed to dry
in the shade, and placed in layers IN
large vessels, where they must remain
for fifteen days. The older these
cheeses are the more their quality i'm
proves. Three kinds are made-the
first and most common is made as de-
tailed above the second, with four
parts of potatoes and two paris Of
curdled milk the third, with two
parts of potatoes and four parts Of cow
or eve milk. These cheeses have this
advantages over other kinds. hat
they do not %engender worms and keep
fresh for a Number of years, provided
they are placed in a dry situation in
well-closed vessels.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-14


In view OF the many accidents
which have occurred in this State
since the hunting season commenced,
the following advice by an interested
philanthropist to amateurs, or as he
puts it sp1outIng spOrtsmen, Is at least
timely and worthy of attention
Don't point your gun at yourself.
Don't point your gun at any one else.
Don't carry your gun so that its range
includes all your hunting companions.
Don't try to find out whether your gun
is loaded or not, by shutting one eye
and looking down the barrel with the
other. Don't use your gun for a walk
ing stick. Don't climb over a fence
and pull your gun through muzzle
foremost. Don't throw your gun into
a boat, so that the trigger will catch In
the seat and the charge be deposited IN
your stomach. Don't use your gun for
a sledge hammer. Don't carry your
gun full cooked. Don't carry your gun
with the hammer down. Don't be 4
fool. Don't you forget 1t :"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-11

When Thomas drove up to the house
on Elizabeth street yesterday to deliver
the usual quart of mixture, the gentle
man of the house kindly inquired:
''Thomas, how many quarts of milk
do you deliver?'' r.
Ninety-one, SIR
"And how many COWS have you9"
"Nine, sir"
The gentleman made some remarks
about the early spring, close of the
Eastern war and the state of the roads,
and then asked:
"Say, Thomas, how much milk per
day do your COWS ayerages''
"Seven quarts, SIR
"Ah-um," said the gentleman, as he
moved Off. Thomas looked after him,
scratched his head, and at once grew
pale as he pulled out short pencil and
began to figure on the wagon-cover.
tNine COWS is nine, and 7 set seven
quarts down under the COWS and multi
ply. That's sixty-three quarts of milk.
I told him sold ninety one quarts per
day. Sixty-three from ninety-one leaves
twenty eight. and none to carry. Now,
where do l get the rest of the milk
I'll be hanged if I haven't given myself
away to one of my best customers by
leaving burned big cavity in these fig
gers to be filed with water !!''-Detroal
Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-11
COMPARISONS:

The weekly edition of the New York Times is $4,000
copies and advertisements charged at 80 cents
!ine. Inc American Newspaper Union gives an adver.
usement 2b0O0 circulation for 20 cents a line The
humbug.
The weekly edition of the New York Post is 2 5o
copies, ana advertisements charged at 10 cents
a hne. me American Newspaper Union gives ad-
The Post don't think very well of the American News
paper Union.
The New York Commercial Advertiser prints weakly
eGuon n $500 copies and charges advertisers 10 cents
American Newspaper Union. 49,
The Boston Post weekly issues $500 copies charges adj
vertlsers 1915 cents line and expresses doubts of the
honesty of the American Newspaper Union which gives
that circulation Tor less than oneourth the price which
the Post demands
The Boston Advertiser charges 1873 cents line for
vertisng in weekly having 2,5Q0 circulation and warns
circulation for cents line
The Toronto Globe prints the best weekly in Canada
has 20 circulation and charges % cents line THE
Globe has contempt for the American Newspaper Union
which gives 20, 600 circulation for 16 cents line
The Utica Herald prints 432 copies of weekly edition
which advertisers allowed to at 10 cents line
it joins in crusade against the American Newsnaner
Union which gives 6432 circulation for cents line
Ihe Warsaw, N. T., Democrat prints 1880 copies and
operative paper only Il cent line was demanded for
its columns and it is no better than it was then
The ST. Louis weekly Post sells II 92 copies weekly to
Germans in and around St Louis Its advertising rates
American Newspaper Union gives II 912 weekly circu-
ation to advertisement for cents line the Post
despises and speaks unkindly of it.
The LockpoTt, n. Y, weekly Times prints 720 COMES
and charges advertisers 6A cents a line. When the
Lockport weekly Times becomes cooperative paper
advertisers use its columns at * cent line which
is all the American Newspaper Union demands for
papers of like circulation and influence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-11
Vitality of a Sharks Heart.

The Providence Press tells this story,
apropos of a shark story in the April
number of the Wide AaOGke, written by
DIR. J. T. Payne: "He describes the
capture OF shark and it's dissection at
sea, and says that after the heart had
been removed from the body and placed
upon the deck : it kept up it's contrac-
tionsforaperiod of twenty minutes or half
an hour, just the same as when in place
and performing it's Office of pumping the
blood to the various parts Of the body
We, in company with the late Surgeon
MacGregor, used to enjoy, annually, a
hark-fshing excursion. One season we
rendezvoused at Edgertown, and fished
for the monster off Capoge,' Wecaught
among others fellow of splendid plnck
and proportions, and decided to dissect
him. We landed him upon an old wharf
in Edgertown, about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, and proceeded in true sur
geon's style. We opened him took out
his immense jaws, which, when opened,
passed over to the extreme of our shout
ders. and afterward found his heart ex-
banding and contracting as if in life,
though the body was devoid of blood.
We cut the heart out, placed it upon an
inverted iron try-kettle used by whalers,
and proceeded with our work. After we
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-11
Jewels of the Crown OF Scotland

At Edinburg, Scotland, some years since, the
Jewels of the Grown were locked in box, that
box in another, and SO on, until they were sup
posed to be burglar-proof. They were then
locked up in the vault Of the castle, there to
remain for one hundred years, the keys being
placed in mortar and fired into the sea.
Scarce fifty years passed by, and the modern
lock-picker opens the vault and boxes without
trouble. So the science of medicine, when
studied with the aid of chemistry and the mi
croscope, becomes plain and simple, and dis
eases that were regarded incurable q genera
ton ago now readily yield to remedies en-
ployed by the modern and progressive physi-
clan. A decade Of years since, and women
were taught to believe that their peculiar dis
eases and weaknesses we're incurable; but now
hundreds and thousands of once-bedridden
women in the United States will testify to the
fact that DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has
effected their perfect and permanent cure.
a5 TOLEDO, Ohio Dec. 6, 1876
DIR. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. T.:
Dear Slr--About five years since my wife
was taken sick, and, though we employed the
best physicians in our city, yet she gradually
grew worse. so that she was confined to the
bed. Every remedy had tried or could find,
failed to cure or even give relief At last
procured bottle of your Favorite Prescription,
and, to my surprise, 1t gave almost instant re-
lief, and, with a little perseverance, an entire
cure was effected. Ever gratefully yours,
GEO. BoDENMuLLER.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-04-11

The man who has written anything
for the editor and didn't ''scratch it off
in hurry, will please call at this office
and hear something to his advantage. =
OIL City Derrick.
He is busy looking for the man who
read q personal paragraph and did not
have his "attention called " to it.-Neav
York Mail.
And when he has found him, the two
will inaugurate search for the fellow
who made up his mind to become can
didate for Office without being "urged
to d. so by his friends. ''-Elna&ra Ad-
UertiSer.
The three, arm-in-arn, will then start
out to find the reporter who never spoke
of fire as the "devouring element" and
the orator who never " expressed himself
in few well-chosen words. "-Jamaes-
torn Journal.
Having found him, the four will then
call on the man who "don't care much
for the paper, but his wife likes to read
it. "-Cdn1Clee Post.
And then the five will call on the man
who is in arrears on subscription for five
years, and threatens to quit patroniz-
ing" the paper because the editor won t
give him free puff. -Brookville Demo-
crdt
Taking him along, the six will go in
search of the man vino is perfectly WILL
ing that his name should appear in the
paper, and consequently doesn't add,
"But If you should use it, you know,
you can put in "a half column puff for
the modest fellow Worcester Press.
And then the septet will start out to
find the correspondent who does not cad
mire your very valuable and ably-con-
Quoted journal. st. Louis Times.
And the eight, in company, will then
march out to the frontier to see how the
old curmudgeon gets along who is al
ways threatening to "stop my paper .
when it says something that goes awry
with his poor, miserable, Ignorant, big.
oted self-conceit.