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] of seed cotton and 476 bushels of sweet
, potatoes per acre. Large yields OF
corn. wheat and oats have been report
ed.
Not much improved stock introduced.
improved breeds of hogs, crossed on
native stock. are reported to do well.
NORTHAMPTON.
W. III. Burgess produced 100
pounds of seed cotton, 40 bushels OF
corn, 80 bushels of oats and l25 bushels
OF sweet potatoes per acre.
No improved stock reported by our
correspondents.
d. E. Sandlin produced l bale of cot
ton per acre with very little N
The general average of corn is from 25
to 30 bushels per acre on uplands, and
from so TO 100 bushels on swamp lands.
Potatoes yield from go to 300 bushels,
and peanuts 200 bushels per acre.
Great improvement has been made in
the stock OF hogs b. The addition Of the
Berkshire and Poland-China b eeds,
which are reported as beng much more
profitable than the native stock.
ORANGE.
Hal. p. Jones produced s bushels of
wheat from 2 quarts of seed sown,
with a garden drill, on improved land.
The Ayrshire, Devon and Durham
cattle have been introduced and do well.
Of hogs, the Berkshire and Poland
China are the f~ayorite breeds.
Cotswold and Southdown sheep are
bred freely, and considered much more
profitable than the native stock.
James Norwood produced 4 tons of
clover hay and 3 tons of timothy per
acre. Four hundred bushels of teets,
800 bushels of turDips and so bushels of
corr were produced by the same gentle
man, who is the owner Of several fine
thoroughbred horses.
PAMLICO.
G. H. Fowler produced, in 1874, As
bales of cotton on 40 ace of land.
James w. Dawson produced 1861
pounds of seed cotton on | acre. Brad
ford Gatlin produced 1877 pounds of
seed cotton per acre, and Sheldon Saw
yer 2,2O3 pounds per acre, both without
manure. On unimproved land Thomas
j. Sawyer produced 60 bushels of corn
per acre on a field of Is acres. OF
sweet potatoes, 400 bushels per acre
have been produced by many.
The Gait lie, sheep and hogs have been
much improved by the introduction Of
other breeds, crossed on the native
sock.
Chester white and Berkshire, crossed
on the native stock, Is the favorite
breed.
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+ en- he Sou,Ilern fultivatOr.
Distance in Planning, &c.

T.. w. TAYLOR, Town CREEK, n. C.
With the large mass OF planters, fol
some 40 years or mole, one stalk of cot
ton in a bill, was universal. For a long
time the cry was distance, u1tl about
"A perhaps, a farmer chopped out
with an 8 inch hoe none in his field
over 10 inches, leaving |, 2 or 3 STALKS
as usual-next working thinned to one,
leaving a double stand. An old planter,
a cherished friend, advised to take out
as usual. The driver foreman of the
hands was sent into the field-44O yards
sauare-direcued to cross the field,
count all bolls, bloom dropped. He re-
turned, stating So was the average He
was asked what he thought Of taking
cut bali the stalks. He replied by say
ing We have 80 bolls now, and il will be
unce. tain if one s'alk gets to 20 soon.
This was in June. The 40 acres was
Kept clean as the balance, and a better
crop was made than before, | had seen
small fields in South Carolina, my
fathers, prior to 1920, in hills and 2
stalks. | never saw it afterward tested,
| always thought to test, and ordered
over8eers to ,est, but they forgot
really could not, or would not change.
My reason in 1914 and after was, the
early spring makes the cotton crop, and it
bears crowdIng IN row when small and
when the bulk of the crop is made.
| have tried corn fully, and prefer
single stalks, | always plant in drills,
leaving corn | to . ieet, according to
richness Of soil. l tested 3 feet rows, |
foot | stalk, 2 stalks feet and 2, and
SO TO 4 fees-4 X 3, one stalk best.
| prefer oil neal and a pure super
phosphate for COTTON. Have made fine
crops with sound cotton seed, drilled in
January two burrows to cover, and seed
left to decay in land. In April bed up
and plant. Have had a test of equal
quantity of rotten seed and sound seed,
acres of each, on same land, worked
alike and at the same time, The sound
seed the best all the year.
Cotton seed pays the best under cot
ton, | would prefer to have cotton seed
crushed, applied on surface and har-
rowed in for corn, or when corn is bar
red off to cleanse the crop, scatter along
on each side of row in the furrow, and
cover in the return furrow, not deep,
for we do not bar off deep.
[ have tested sufficiently to satisfy
me, that oil meal, superphosphate,
Especially if made of fresh bones, and
rich top soil, will give largest results.
Land without manure, giving only 700
to 900 lbs, has given M V e $500 lbs,
weighed in the field.
| use sub-soil plough freely, where
land inclines, that water can pass from
of furrow. | cultivate early and
the sweep or some c%ultivator
that merely stirs the surface, | always
did stir the surface, even till first pick
ing was over, as there was not enough
for all hands to get out. | believe in
late stirring and done regularly every II
or ii days-the bolls grew larger and
less shedding breaking limbs now and
then did not stop my pIoughs.
Prov LINE OPERATOR.
Mississippi, March 1879.
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How TO MAKE HENS LAY.-A cor
respondent informs us that while on a
visit in the fall to a friend. he was sur
prised to see the number of eggs he
daily obtained. He had but sixteen
hens and the product per diem averaged
thilteen eggs. He had been in the
habit of giving on every alternate day a
teaspoontul and a quarter Of cayenne
pepper. mixed with soft food, and took
care that each hen obtained her share.
The experiment of emitting the pepper
was tried when it was found that the
number Of eggs were reduced each trial
from five to six daily, Our correspon-
dent believes that the moderate use of
this stimulant not only increases the
number of eggs, but effectually wards off
diseases to which chickens are subject.
Germantown Telegraph.
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From the Southern Gu, II vato-.1
An Old Farmer 9 Culture OF Corn

For the past three years | have entirely
changed my manner ofaDplyipg manure
TO corn. and have also cnaoged the im-
plements with which | cultivate nv
coin crop. So far as the preparation
and culture i concerned, l have aban-
doned the shovel, twister and bull,
tongue, and substituted therefor a light
fwo-horse Avery plough. In stiff lands
| Use two mules. in liglt land one, and
6reak the land from tmee to five inches
ceep. | never break my la9d but once,
and when broken | use the ro,ary and
smoothing harrow undl tne clods are
pu!Ver1Sed, and the tusSocks Of grass
and weeds are al torn to pieces. The
Importance OF thoroughly pulverizing is
not appreciated by our farmers. although
Jeth,o Tull demonstrated lis wisdom
upwards of a hundl ed years AGO. |
then lay off my land with asmall $ a 'ght
STANDARDIZATION. The corn IS d,opped
II this THROW, width covered by the
Strength OF the land. 1t is then covered
with the rotary ha row. IF eoiag over
the land nee with the barrow does pot
tll the fu. 0 mace by The st-aight
shovel. | harrow ua,il the land is made
level. When the corr is dropped, there
IS 2ppleG about 30 lbs. to the acre. of
q good commercial fertilizer. mixed with
tn ee times it. bulk of vegetable matter
Sathered in the field. W he1 the corn
has 3 or 4 blades, | 90 through it with
The horse hoe OF maltese cultivator, two
tu-iOWs to the row, which cleans it
thoroughly, AID | Go not go more tLan
two inches deep. | eDdeavor to run
through the corn after every lain. using
the same implement. When the corn
Is knee or waist hi,a, as convenience
sui.s, | apply the bulk OF my manure,
winch Is handful of acid phosI hate.
composled with stable This
IS the quantity | direct to be applied.
but my la orers fad it more convenient
10 put hal. a halG''ul, a: they can then
heep up With the plough more easily. |
ca.e litt'e whether the manure is covered
or DoI, but | do like 70 Get a rain soon
after. | then plough with a sweep. aud
co 't'pue With the sweep until tie crop
is laid By.
| did not plant my corn last year until
| was dOoe planting cotton, and the
sea1ol was much more favorable to early
than 10 lac planting, yet al my neigh
bo:s corn was fired by drought, while
lie ,emained green. [ am now in my
c ght'eth year, and [ have been planting
lorty-,wo years, yet | never saw a field
OF better upland corn, and all who saw
it would say it, was the best field ofcorn
IN the county.
When tie manure is put on top of
the ground, the first rain that falls car
/ es all the fertilizing II after into the
{ ound, where the root are near the
The roots run mostly two.
three or four inches, except in a d.y
tlnle, and if manure is put five inches
below the surface, the root seldom finds
II. CHESTER.
Ches. er, S. c., March 6, 1879.
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THE Uses Or THE LEMON piece
oflemon upon a cora will relieve it in a
day or so. 1t should be renewed night
and morning. The free use Of lemon
juice and sugar will always reliele a
cough. A lemon eaten before break
fist every day fora week ortwo viii en-
tire'y prevent the feeling of lassitude
peculiar to the approach Of sprin2.
Perhaps its most valuable property is
its absolute power Of detecting ANY Of
the injurious and even dangerous ingre-
dients entering into the compassionate
SO very many of the cosmetics and face
powders in the market. Evefy lady
should subject her toilet powder to this
test. Place a teaspoonful Of the sus-
pected powder in a glass and add the
juice of a lemon. If etfervescence takes
place it is an infallible proof that the
powder is dangerous, and its use should
be avoided as it will ultimately iniure
the skin and destroy the beauty Of the
COMPLEXION,
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Ches er, s. G., March 6, 1879.
OIL Cake in Stocking Feeding.

The American feeder of stock (@cattle
and Sheep should more carefully study
b S The sheet anchor of our
meat production, aside from grass, is
Indian corn, as is the turnip or other
root crop, that of England. But we do
not manifest the same skill and judy
ment in compensating for the deficiency
OF albuminoids in corn as stock food as
do the English farmers in the turnip.
The proportion of aIbuminoids to
carbohydrates, is about the same in
Indian corn as in the turnip, but the
turnip, being III a succulant state, assists
in promoting a healthy condition Of the
digestive system IN winter, while corn,
being a highly concentrated ~carbolace-
Gus food, is %promotive OF a heated, fe-
yerlsh state of the system, unless COM
blned with some succulent, oily or laxa-
tive food. The English feeder buys
oil-cake, and feeds a regular ration with
%turnips, because he finds the cake rich
in the element which are deficient nthe
turnip. He does this to make a better
balanced food-to cause rapid growth
and tattening, and rich manure, When
he buys our Indian corn to feed, he
makes an exclusive ration OF it as
we do, but feeds it with oil-cake, bean
meal, rape cake or other food rich in
muscle forming matter. In such acom-
bination, corn is a most efficient food,
and British feeders have become well
aware OF its value. Ofthe 7O,S60, 9S3
bushels of corn exported from the Udi-
led States in 1877, the United Kingdom
took "a. 466,4 35 bushels; and of the S.
461 ,O9S bushels exported IN 1878, she,
probably, took sc, 200, 900 bushels. She
has found corn to be a most excellent
%iatteDiDg food. But when she buys our
coin she does not neglect our oil-cake,
but takes a la, ger proportion Of that
than of the corn. We sold in 1877,
273, 60, $40 pounds of oil-cake: and the
United KINGDOM bought Of this 26S,-
7O3,276 pounds, or 90 per cent. In
fact, BIRTHS feeders buy all the oii-cake
we can export, and would, no doubt,
bay much more if they could find it.
American feeders do not yet prize OFT
cake as it deserves, for during the last
fiscal year we exported nearly 10000, O0O
pounds more than in 1877, and nearly
al of this went to enrich English soil.
They impo, ted about 336, 600 of pounds
OF oil-cake, and paid about $1,000, 600.
Ii we estimate that 4 pounds OF oll-cake
will produce one pound of dressed car
land there can hardly be a doubt
on the point, when it is considered that
oil-cake supplies Just what is lacking IN
the other Ingredients OF the %ratlonl,
then this imported oil-cake will produce
81, 900, 600 pounds of marketable car
cass, and, at the low price now ruling
tn the English markets. cents. per
pound-brings, in marketable beef,
about Sll, 900, OOO, and besides this
would furnish manure for 500, 900 &C
res of wheat.
Late machinery has improved thel
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Notes From Correspondents
showing the Productive Ca
racity Of the Soils Of Various
Counties, and On Improved
Breeds Of Stock.
From Col. Folks Handbook
HAYWOOD.

EECSGo Ci oGOch.
From Col Folks Handbook
HAYWOOD.
The heaviest Weld OF wheat reported
In his county was 90 bushels per ace.
The Norman Pc chero0 horse was n
t%oincc., By Mr.. r. II. PeniaHd, and is
Considered the best breed Of farm horse
Known.
Devon cattle, improved breeds OF
sheep aad The EsseX and BERKSHIRE hogs
are bIli a4d sad 10 thrive we'll.
HENDERSON.
Nr. Jonathan Maxwell produced 50
bushels OF wheat per ;cre. Atwood
hng produced a.. a-e ace yield OF 20
bushels ct wheat per ace on a lot OF 20
acres. ). H.. Leyda. o. Ed Ieesyille
lFecaced 80 bushels Of irish potatoes
Ter aee.
OLlnDroved breeds of BIO. ,sihe Che,
re-" -rHe add Essex ate kaow,. The
..'5e" breed Is conside cd lie most plo&
HEREFORD.
" ). Taylor poAuced n bales OF
'tol GA - ac,e>. l.. L. Tv,er plo-
S''ei ) 300 pounds Of seed cotton on
%!G acre. Capt. Long Taylor D, oGuced
- '1@eS on ! acres. No extra yield of
eds OF root crops reported by our
correspondent.
Improved breeds of hogs and cattle
ait he ng introduced.
HYDE.
o'r correspondents in this county
5'' no extra yields Of crops Of recent
Improved breeds of cattle and hogs
E been recently introduced. The
+ -N.i.re hog Is most common and the
i"osje breed.
I&EDELI.
d.. =, smith produced 6 tons of Col
NH ''''e, per acre on old field land.
tg- s'a'ie manure spread broadcast.
t !, "; and other grasses are reiortei
sn ne Essex, Poland China, and Berk-
L., / l'9> ale bred successfully. the lat
hHueious. 'Ao i''oiite ana most
le, 3r llenry Stimson and William s,ike-
pojna3 Of Concord Township. each
10 bushels Of corn per acre.
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cuaf1ty OF our CO tonSee4 cake, which
forms a large part o. lie o~'-c2se - p.
ted. and 1t J. o cop'1Z i mo- use
IN England a a feeding >.19 as le~r
still rlche- IN nireoecu ta.l f7-ec5 e,< s
: highly prize for the l'cA mann q i
produces. This c0floa-> ckc. WnCq
all me seed shall h. 60 sT >4e. ~
amount % no les Than 1.u@o.C1o su- d.
deeo,Jcatei c~o,toH-Soe o axe. Arj
j, bccomea q question ~ SAT im1or-
ance 70 our u.ure We are 5 f.Ec. el.
TINS great drain on the Is ,lis 81 our
soil
This very valuable cals'e iood >aorIl
all be fed in toe cotton Sees lo pro-
duce the beer and mu..on required lo-
home consumption I'm economical
ga intelligent Use If tbs food in .hs
South would renGer her inderendent Of
the meat production OF other States
would enable ner 70 raise hea own com
anu IertllIZe her own cotton fields VI II
out the aid OF commercial fertilizers
and thus ave many millions. which are
now drawn from her every year. leaving
little surplus from her splendid revenue
or two humble ed millions derived from
cotton exports.
But if the South IS ready to sell this
rlch inheritance Of her soil, careless of
her future. is it not the part Of wisdom
n the feeders of the West. North and
ia T. TO purchase these oil-cakeS. and
combining them with their corn and
other foods requiring the addition of
these elements-turn it all into beef aud
mutton of the finest quality, exporting
thi, condensed product Of meat, aud
~eceivlng a much large: sum than the
cost of the oil-cakes, besides re:a ming
the tertilizing material to grow 10000
900 bushels Of whear per year? The
Nas,ern feeders can purchase all this
co~tton-seed cake with corn, even hand
Sd, aud produce a largely increased
amount OF beef and mutton for the ez-
change, besides adding greatly to their
future resorces. Il. W. :.
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POTATO GROWING.-We desire par
tlcularly to impress potato raises with
the importance of mellow soil. abund-
ant fertilizers and a good cultivation for
this crop. They luxuriate in a virgin
soil just redeemed from the forest and
Astounding IN light half mould. "A
friend IN a neighboring mountain town,
who has a large forest farm, as he clears
up his woodland puts in potatoes as the
first crop and secures immense crop Of
the best quality. Few, however, are
situated as he is and the next best thing
is to make the potato patch as much
like virgin soil as possible. Thi. can be
done by the liberal application Of muck
or leaf mould, with a little sprinkling of
wood ashes. Neither is bara-yard man
ure such a damage to sweet potatoes as
during the prevalence Of rot was appre-
hended and perhaps Justly at that time.
OF late years we have drawn freely on
the barn-yard for that crop and now a
rotten potato is a curiosity.
The potato is emphatically a potash
pant, as IS plainly indicated by its ash.
F" Ich contains on the average 80 per
cent. potash. Wood ashes are, there
tore, a fpecific in their cultivation. Re
gard should always be had to the char
acter OF the soil. A good formula for a
re tjlizer for this crop is the following,
which any farmer can mix for himself:
80 pounds wood ashes, 80 pounds air
; ated me, % pounds foe salt, u
pounds bone dust, - pounds plas,e:
the whole TO be thoroughly puIve +>ed
aud mixed. An ounce Of this com
pound in each hi Of potatoes VIII tell a
good story at harvest tjme.-Exchance:
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STOCK FARM.

am breeding Thorough B~redlfar.e.
The Black Hawk Nor an trattipr a !
rldins family, from import i. rcl,-
20 Norman forses, stock ard Seo..h
Clysdale work horses.
Also fine aud fashionable Short
horn cattle Of all a-es. and Chester
hite, BeI kshirr. aud Essex swine and
will ell stations of any OF the eel.
TO clubs or lndividnil as on paving terms
if applied for soon.
). w. FICkIIN.
Belmont Stick Farm. near char
lottesville. Va. Im4r l3-4w
SPANISH CEUFAS!
Three hundred bushels saved. clean
and sound, expressly for planting for
sale at $500 per brshel So 90 per hair
bushel; 81 90 per peck. Shipped in
ST ong boxes, delivered free. on board
OF cars or at express office at Nagno.
liza. Order early and get good sed.
Cheaper than ever sold before. send
money Registered, or Z. O Money OR.
der on kenansville. ANY info nation
desired in regard 10 the cultivation of
the crop will be cheerfully given.
Address, K Ii. BROWN.
totf Halisvllle, Duplin co, n. G..
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officers Of North Carolina State
Grange. p. Of Il.

Naster-N II N,,Cnoorv Of Al
Oyersetr-D
amal &C. Dpcomnson. IF Guilford.
Leclur'f-D til Of Iredell.
STEWART ard-H f King, of
Assistant 0'eN"hN
0n5low. vn Grant of North
Ctaplan-i'eN
ampton. VIC Renhaw. of Gull
Treasurer
ford. los z Porter. of Edge
SrcTetary-J"'
connie. w paao,ns Edre-
Gaze keeper-L
combe. rhaak Of Warren.
e eS-Nlis = Son,.rs of Gull
Pc nona-Nf>'
ford. ~ Robinson. of
Fora-Mi-s huseh'"
Cat.arrus. NJ, Kinc
Lady Asst.
Of Onslow.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
w. II Chick, E.c-Oficio Chair
Nm' L. u"
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IL A K I'll e. OSB OR |
OsbOrn'S Grain and Feed Store.

with ample room or storage of All ki,as,f
ffoouce, we propose to keep good stock ~
FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN, FORAGE, COAL
WOOD,
and do a General Storage and Commission
business IN Cotton and all Lindo II pro nee
ana make QUICK sales a q Ifompt returgs-
Orders left Al National Hotel, or II HArin
Crimes ~ Co.'S, and ut our Warehouse, " ST
81 y. y Depot, VIII nave our pro mt atten
ton. Reference, Saleigl y .ttol4l 3ank.
aug 4tf
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AZ ~
[,.,fa,eaf solicited from Patrons an
I'll sections Of tie state.
3aoers of the National Grange
uoxfe-.S. E. Adams, Monticello,
-' 11lr@rses.-J.J. "oodman, Paw Paw,
Men 5 5l~.tare-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
e"1 5llsnfi.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
p'- assistant stsgard.-Wm. Sims, OF
A1 T = II. Mcdowell, Wayne,
= sI..ysfarg.-0. II. Kelley, Louisville,
~ GateEeepe.-O. D~inwiddie, Orchard
Grove, Ind:
Tonoao.-llrs. Woojman.
E,L-Irs. Moore.
L Asst. steacard.-Miss c. A. Hall,
Lou vile, Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
y WYATT Aiken, Cokes6ury, S. q.
Henley james. Mar on, lnd.
5. II. Ellis, SPINS ORC, Ohio.
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Gle Orotloe.

zorr.-Commnnicotions for thas De
,.,,fmeat solicited from Pdtroas tn
I'll xecfi0ns Of tie State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-04
District Court Summons.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Il SIXTH
Judicial District, In and for Eureka County.
state Of Nevsds. The State Of Nevada sends
greeting to lanes Langley.
ton commenced agzinst you as defendant, by
Isabella Langley. as plx.ntih. In the District
Court Of the sixth Judicial District. In ana Tor
the county Of Eureka. state OF Nevada. at the
town Of Eureka, and snsver the complaint
therein. which is on file with the Clerk OF said
Court. within ten Gays sfter the service on you
Of this summon Gexclusive Of the day Of ser
vicel, II served in said county, or twenty days
II served cut Of said county but within this
district. and In all other cases forty days; Or
Judgment by default will be- taken against you
according to the prayer Of sale complain.
The said action Is brought against you. the
said defendant, to obtain . decree OF divorce
from the bonds OF mstrimony now existing
between you and said plaintiff. and that plain.
tif nay have the sole custody. csre and control
Of the children Adam Lang .ey, now sged about
ak years. and Jennie Langley, now aged about
three years, the issue Of said marriage. and
that she msy be restored to her maiden name
OF Isabella Me6ill. and for her costa and FOR
such other and further relief ~ 30 said Court
may seem meet and proper; said plaintiff .iiee
ing In her said complaint as the ground for
said divorce. that you said defendant for over
ons year, immediately preceding the com
meneement Of said action, have failed and neg
lected TO provide for this plsintin the common
necesearits OF life. when such neglect Was not
the result u poverty on your part. and which
You could not have avoided by ordinary indus
try. aud which will more fully appear BY refer
ence TO plaintiff complaint on nle herein
you are hereby notified. that IL you fail 70
appear and answer the said complaint as above
required. the said plaintiff will take jud sment
for the relief demanded thertin and for costs.
- In testimony whereof. ], y. r.
N.T> Dopcx, have hereunto set ray hand
e6A and ahfxed the seal OF said Court,
wv this I'd day Of October. A. D. 1878.
4. X. DODGE,
Clerk District Court. Sixth Judicial District.
Eureka County. Nevada. oc3-iswew