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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
HOW A BOY BECAME INTER.
ESTED IN FARMING. t5


I would like to tell how became in
terested in farming. We. always have
had plenty of agricultural papers lying
about, and as l read them I became in
terested in poultry. When was eight
years old / bought the fowls of my father,
and then kept a strict account of the
receipts and expenses. The first year
think made about thirty dollars profit;
since then have always had the care of
them and find them profitable. AS it is
early spring, l would like to tell another
thing that used TO interest me. Father
would give my brother and myself each
piece of ground one or two rods square,
and give us what we could raise on it to
buy books and papers with. We would try
and see which could raise the largest
crop, and SO we became interested in gar
dening. The first year raised onions,
and had nearly or quite seven dollars
worth on one rod square. My onions
yielded much better where they were SOW
ed very thick and thinned to about four
inches apart. We not only became inter
ested in our work, but we earned enough
to buy our papers, and felt better satisfi-
ed with them because we had earned
them ourselves.-C. Dean, in Connecticut
Farmer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
SOMETHING ABOUT COTTON.

AS a general rule 100 pounds of seed
cotton will yield 338 per cent of lint, 3:33a
per cent Of hull, and 335 per cent of kerr
mel. In the growth of the whole plant,
lint, seed, roots, burrs, leaves and stems,
in order to make bale of 900 pounds of
cotton, about the following amount of
mineral matter, says ProfessorWhite, must
be taken from the soil: Phosphoric acid,
80, potash 40, lime 6o.5o, magnesia 1880,
sulphurlc acid 2I.22, oxide of iron o.78,
chlorine 1884, soda, 20. 50 and silica 1923
per cent. To grow the greatest amount
of lint there must be strong and vigor-
Gus plant, with room to branch we'll, and
good culture at the right season In other
words, in order to make plenty of cotton
we have to grow a vigorous plant to get
it. The above elements furnished to the
crop at the growing period, make a strong
plant, and, it is said, will insure bale of
lint to the acre. The three elements SEEM
ingly the most important in the above viz:
phosphoric acid, lime and potash, are re-
CURED, in large quantities, and if these are
supplied the rest may generally be left to
the natural resources of the soil. For cot
ton, then, the farmer should apply fertil-
izers that contain largely of these. There
are such fertilizers, made especially for
cotton; and for the home supply (if the
farmer could get enough of them) bones
and ashes will fill the bill. id H.,
Every cotton planter ought to begin
long before the season of planting to
manufacture compost especially for this
crop. Make the foundation of the COM
post heap by tumbling down several loads
of rich mold from the woods, forming
the pile in the shape of basin to catch
the rain, and continue to throw on all the
bones, hair, old leather, feathers, old NOR
tar and plaster, leached ashes, and such
like material that may from time to time
be gathered, having at hand mould to
cover each addition to the pile. When
the bones are added, put them in contact
with strong ashes, that the latter may re-
duce them to powder. Cotton seed, lime,
burnt shells or mari would be useful adj
dit ons to the other ingredients. In this
way the farmer will get very good cot
ton fertilizer. When the commercial ar
ticle is. used, get such as are said to con-
sist of large amounts of bone and phos-
pilates from which plants may derive
phosphoric acid, potash, lime and am
monia-PuraL Messenger.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
TEN PER CENT AND RUIN.

1t is not capital that most farmers
farmers need at either low or high rates
of interest, but quiet preserving industry,
coupled with economy. Farming is in
no sense speculative business. Capital
cannot be turned over in a short time.
True farming, and the farming that sue
ceeds in the end, produces its own capital.
Let the best farmers in the country bor-
row large sums of money at the very low-
est rate of interest, and the operation
will break nine out of every ten. The soil
is the farmers capital, and he must use his
labor in conformity with the seasons to
make his income. If he out-runs the sea-
son in his haste to grow rich, he will surely
fail That aversion to, conform to the
sunshine and the rain,. to move in concert
with the seasons, and the disposition to
control them, brings failure to the famer.
He is apt to pursuade himself that the
great lever to enable him to do this, is
borrowed money.-KansaS Farmer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
esATEW PROCESS" COTTON FAC
TORIES.

Individuals, companies, or Oranges, intending
to establish Cotton Factories on the "New Pro-
cess" or Clement Attachment plan, would find it
to their interest to address the undersigned. I'm
Outstanding thoroughly both the 'old' and the
'new process" having assisted to put up the ''old
process factory at Nashville and operate for six
years, and put up and operated the first Clement
Attachment, and also putup the Bluff City New
Process" Cotton Factory in this city, he is pre-
pared to put up 'new. process" factories at any
point in the South He will be assisted by corp
of competent machinists and will supply an ex-
perienced machinist to operate each factory He
guarantees satisfaction.
He refers to Col. F. E. Whitfield, Sr, Corinth
Miss, Zone of the proprietors OF the Clement AT
Cotton Factory. Nashville, Tenn, ]. w. Moores,
Superintendent of Bluff City Factory, and tothe
Editor of THE PATRON OF HUsBLNDRY, Co.
lumbus. Miss. Address, B. B. SMITH,
Marcella Falls, Lawrence CO., Tenn.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
OIL CAKE IN CATTLE FEEDING.

OIL CAKE IN CATTLE FEEDING.
One of the most valuable aids to meat
production is almost entirely disregarded
in this country. The fax seed cake made
here finds its market mainly in England.
1t is true that corn is cheap, but there are
feeders in this country who have proved
the economy of small ration of oil cake.
No less than 2oI,2oo tons were received
in Great Britain during 1873; and large
quantity besides, is manufactured there
from imported seed. The sum of fI.625,-
500 was paid for it, more than 100000.
The quantity exported from this country
during the last fiscal year was 342,44o,4oo
pounds valued at $5,oo5,Ig3.
The South sends the most concentrated
and nutritious of feeding materials, cotton
seed cake, to foreign countries, and sends
North for portion of her needed meat;
and what is worse, allows large part of
the immense supply of cotton seed to go
to waste, for the oil is useless as fertil
izer, and the feeding of the cake to ami
mails, with large quantities of less nutri-
tious materials, would double the value of
seed as manure, besides making the cot
ton States cattle exporting region. The
waste of rural wealth in this article rep
resents sum that would astonish the best
informed farmers of the country. is
waste, one of numerous class, that has
millions in it." 3
The use of cotton seed cake is rapidly
increasing in England; the receipts were
.344, 1000 bags in 1873 and 100000 in 1877.
The value per ton there now is f6, I5s.,
representing decline on account of the
abundance of hay and low price of maize.
The best cargoes have averaged Is per
cent of oil and AZ of flesh forming materi-
ais. The Agricultural Gazette, London,
calls this "the most valuable feeding stuff
| imported and claims that by liberal use
of it the English graziers can successfully
complete with the American. Cotton
seed cake is gradually displacing linseed
| in that country. AS the seed of cotton
| weighs twice as much as the lint, the util-
izatlon of 1000 pounds for every bale, OF
about 100000 ton per annum, would
suffice to build the Mississippi levees, pay
| for the jetties, and make other demanded
| internal improvements in less time than
would be required to get the money from
the maternal Government In cotton seed
cow peas, various native grasses and sew.
eral other products of luxuriant growth
in that climate, the South has facilities
l for productions of beef and pork to which
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
THE GREAT SOUTHERN
I Poultry Yard,

Trenton, Dade county, Georgia.
JOHN McMAHAN, Proprietor, Breeder of Thor
oughbred Game Fowls exclusively.
Parties wanting superior, reliable Fowls, should
send for my Descriptive List of Strains, Prices,
etc. have the famous North Carolina Clay
Eyes, strain of Birds that has never known a
defeat in cock pit and has record running
back beyond the memory of man. I also have
Col. Bacon strains and BOILER breeds-all
ranted to stand the steel 1 guarantee my pa
irons satisfaction in all sales. Address above.
Can furnish Turner's Rules at IS cents per
copy. apl26-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
The Langly cotton factory at Granite

The Langly cotton factory at Granite
vile, S. c., made $5o,99I last year. Du-
ring the year two dividends of per cent.
each were declared, and the company has
now to its credit a surplus of $I5I,9SS.
The production of the mill for the year
was I22,oSS pieces, 2,o73,533 pounds, or
6,2Io,3 yards of cloth. Cotton consum-
ed during the year 1873, 5,527 bales, with
an average weight of 456 pounds $780,
43I pounds That is only one of many
similar proofs of the way the "Confeder-
ate brigadiers'' are thro' "idleness" plung-
ing the South into bankruptcy.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

Our farmers are fast learning that grass
is a profitable crop, one that pays, directly
and indirectly, as much as any other cul-
tivated crop. We annually send millions
of dollars north and east for hay, which
we can easily produce at home and with
profit. We need to buy (if we do not
raise) a much larger quantity than we do,
for it is notorious that live stock suffers
fearfully during our short winters for
want of little food during severe wealth
er. We can supply all the demands for
consumption if we will, and have liberal
quantity for home use when required.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

CHUFAs-Tolerably light land suits
best for this crop. Make drills or d
feet apart and drop tubers one foot in
drill, soak them in water day or two be-
fore planting, which should be about the
same time as cotton. Plow and hoe to
keep down grass and weeds-that is all
the cultivation needed
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

other sections of the country are strangers.
In this direction cotton may aid in repair
ing the injury which, as an imperial mon
opolist, it has inflicted on the agriculture
of the South.-W. r. Tribune.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
THE PATRON IN TEXAS.

At the recent session of the State Grange. the
following resolution, offered by Bro. jeff. Scott,
OF Milan county. was unanimously adopted:
: Resolved, That we, the members of the Texas
State Grange, recommend
THE PATRON OF HUsBANDRY,
published at Columbus, Mississippi, by Bro. w {.
H. Warrington, as a frst-class Grange paper,
and one that is worthy of the patronage and sup
port OF the membership of our Order throughout
the State
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

SURE DEATH TO THE CABBAG- Worm
-"For every hundred heads of cabbage
I take quarter of a pound of black pep
per and put it in box large enough to
sift out we'll, Go into the patch before
the dew is off and pepper the cabbage
we'll Two or three time will be suffi-
Gent. The worms go through the leaves
and die"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO
ASSASSINATE ALEXANDER IT

ASSASSINATE ALEXANDER II.
An attempt was made last week to kill
the Gar at St. Petersburg, which but
for preciptancy of the would-be assassin
would have succeeded. The Gar was
walking early in the morning, as his Gus
tom, near the palace, when he was ap-
preached by man named Solovief, who
fired several shots at him with a revolver,
but so hurriedly that none of them took
effect Solovieff then fled but was ar
rested by the crowd that collected on
hearing the firing. He is a choolmaster
of Torgpez, in the Government of Pleskov
He was severely wounded by the popu-
lace, who would have killed him but for
the intervention of the police. He will
be tried by the highest criminal tribunal
The Prosecutor General, Senator Leon
tieff, who is charged with the prelimi-
nary inquiry, has commenced his labors.
Replying to congratulatory address Of
the Marshal of the Nobility, the Gar
said he wished, Notwithstanding all that
had happened, to continue to act in &C.
cordance with the laws; but the audacity
of the recent attempt at assassination
forced him, against his own will, to take
extraordinary measures not for himself
but for all, for society, for Russia. This
seems to corroborate the current belief
that the attempt on the Emperor's life will
be followed by terribly repressive meas
ureS
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
COST AND PROFITS OF A "NEw PRO
CESS COTTON FACTORY.


The following statement of the cost of the
chinery of the "new process" cotton factory at
Westminster, S. c., and the daily expenses and
profits, will be found very interesting and sugges
tive to farmers in the Cotton States. This factory
is run by water power, and is attached TO corn
and -four mill:
COST OF MACHINERY.
One card and Attachment, ETC., $4,000 90
DAILY EXPENSES.
operatives at so cents each, 5 3 50
boss or manager, so
Incidentals, oils, etc., 4 50
500 pounds seed cotton at 3 cts. per pound, I 90
Total daily expenses, so
DAILY EARNINGS AND PROFITS.
80 punches yarns, pounds each, I65 lbs,
at IS cents per pound, $2e7o
335 lbs cotton seed at So per ton, $50
per CT hard and good waste, say - lbs.
at cents per h., SO
Gross daily earnings, 3I3s
Net daily profits So So.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

Southern exchanges say that mo.e grain
is sown in Middle Georgia this season
than at any time since the war, and less
cotton planted than for twenty years past.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

The National Board of Health will con-
vene in special session at Atlanta on Mon
day next, and continue in session contem-
poraneously with the American Medical
Association which meets on Tuesday.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
WYNN. H. HARRIS,
w Successor to N. ID. Wetnore,
| GENERAL
Cooperative Grange Agent
4S cARoDELEr Street, NEW okLEA S.

4S CARoDELET Street, NEW OKLEA S.
Commissions on cotton, dollar per bale.
Orders Ior SUGAR, COFFEE, MOLASSES,
RICE, and all Southern products, filled at whole
sale cash prices. Consignments of Flour, Meal,
Corn, Bacon, Oats, Hay, Lard, Wheat, Bran,
Apples, Potatoes, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and
Stock, solicited. 70 Send for circular.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

The New York Times says there are
great many laboring men in that section
who talk of coming South to take the
place of the negroes who have gone to
the North.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
THE MISSISSIPPI STATE GRANGE.

THE MISSISSIPPI STATE GRANGE.
OFFICERS FOR IS79'So.
Master-Put. Darden, Fayette, Jefferson
county.
Holmes county.
Steward-J. B. Bailey, Lake, Newton county.
Assistant Steward-James Williams, Okolona,
Ch1ckasaw county.
Chaplain-D. B. Hill, Palo Alto, Clay county -.
Lecturer-B. B. Boone, Bonneville, Alcorn
county.
Secretary-W L. Williams, Rienzi, Alcorn
county. .....
Treasurer-H. o. Dixon, Jackson, Kinds
county.
Gate Keeper-R. c. Galloway, Pontotoc, Pom
totoc county
Pomona-Mrs. Fannie Q. Willis, Hamilton,
Monroe county.
Flora-Mrs Robertson, Forest, Scott county
L. A. S.--Mrs. Helen A. Ably, Port Gibson
Claiborne county.
Executive Committee
T. ]. Ably, Port Gibson, Claiborne county.
F. L. Afford Jackson, Kinds county. -
I. B. Smith, Verona, Lee county. 49,.
OFFICERS OF THE TENNESSEE STATE
GRANGE.
MASTERY. b. Harwell, Aspen Hill.
0verseer-J K. Hancher, Messy Creek.
Lecturer-H. D. Greer, Memphis.
Chaplan-John V. Dobson, Greene county.
Steward. H. Gooch, Smyrna.
Assistant Steward-A. J. COllingsworth, Crockett.
Secretary-John H. Currey, Nashville.
Treasurer-A. H. Sharpe, Nashville.
Gate Keeper. W: Adams, Macon county.
Ceres-Miss 0ltie Head, Gallatin.
Pemona-Mrs. NJ. z. Currey, Nashville.
Flora-Miss A. E. Wilson, Tennessee Ridge.
L. A. S.-Mrs. A. J. Coiinsworth.
Executive Committee
J. NJ. Head, Gallatin.
John L. Fly, Gibson Station.
H. 81. Norman, Murfreesboro.
OFFICES OF THE TEXAS STATE GRANGE.
Master-W. W. Lang, Falls county.
OVerseer-A. J. Rose, Bell.
Secretary-R. 7. Kennedy, Frsestone.
Lecturer-G. W. Everett, Freestone.
Chaplain-G. L. Jennings, Limestone.
Steward-A. B. Kerr, Fayette.
Assistant Steward-W. NJ. Blalock, Harrison.
Treasurer-John R. Henry, Limestone.
Gate Keeper-A. h. Canfeld, Brazos.
Ceres-Miss Mamie Garfield, Brazcs county.
POmona-Miss L. N. Biggs, Brazos.
Flora-Miss II. NJ. Rose, Bell.
L. A. S'-Miss Sallie Everett, Freestone.
Executive Committee
]. E. Grey, Washinton.
10. W. Barnett, Parker
]. R. Biggs, Marion.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03
oFFICERs OF ARKANSAS STATE GRANGE.

OFFICERS OF ARKANSAS STATE GRANGE
MASTER. S. Williams, Prairie county.
Oyerseer-E. P: Chandler, Dallas.
Lecturer-C. E. Cunning ham, Pulaski.
Steward--C. Z. Tobey, Atkins.
Assistant Steward-W. w. Pace, 0uachita.
Chaplain j. M. Steele, Poinsett.
Seeretary-J. V. Scott, Miller.
Treasurer-R. C. Wall, Pulaski.
Gate Keeper-G. H. Thompson, Calhoun.
Ceres-Mrs J. S. Williams, Prairie.
Pomona-Mrs. W. G. Wall, Pulaski.
Flora-Nrs. Ella d. Coffman, Sharpe.
Lady Assistant Steward-Mrs. Mary L. Pace.
Executive Cemmittee-J S. Williams, Prairie; c.
z. Tobey, Atkins; c. E. Cunningham, Pulaski /;
Thomas Orr, Miller ]. V. Scott, Miller.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

OFFICERS OF THE LOUISIANA STATE GRANGE
Master-E. X. Branch, Bordelonville, Avoyelle
parish.
Overseer-H. W L. Lewis, 0syka, Miss.
Lecturer-J. W. Nicholson, Baton Rouge.
Chaplain-P H. Harbour, New River.
Steward-F. NJ Haygood, Big Bend
Asst Steward-F. NJ. Hooper, Clinton.
Secretary-John McGrath, Baton Rouge.
Treasurer--W. A. Brainerd, New Orleans.
Gate Keeper-B Delavigne, New Orleans.
Ceres-Mrs. e. X. Branch, Bordelonville.
FIora-Mrs. II. W. L. Lewis, Osyka, Miss.
Pomona-Mrs. J. P. Smith, New Orleans.
L. A. S.-Mrs. S. C. Blount, New Orleans.
Executive Committee
H.W. L. Lewis, Osyka, Miss.
Mckinley Gibson, New Orleans.
r. H. Day, Baton Rouge.
Deputies
E. NJ Hooper, Clinton.
J. H. Allen, Port Vincent 4
P. H. Harbour, New River.
Adolph Stogg, Ascension.
FIN. Haygood, Big Bend
John W. Robertson, Hickory Valley.
Nathan NJ. Davis, Sr., Alpha
WA, ]. Odom, White phur Springs.
Daniel Morgan, Baton ROOge.
A. c. Pickett, Jackson.
Charles NJ. Willet, Big Creek
Harris Land, Spearsville.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

ssArEw PROCESS" COTTON FAC
N DRIES
The undersigned is prepared to put up and
start the machinery of "New Process Cotton
Factories in any part of the South.
Address w. A. TURBEYFIL,
Matthews Depot, Mecklenburg CO., N. c.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

represent American agriculfafe.
worthy If note thaf this appointment
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-03

made on the united solicitation OF tie
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24
A Famous Guide.

Pike, the famous guide of the Yosem-
lite valley, has recently run down to San
Francisco for the first time in twenty
six wears. He was born in Tennessee,
but crossed the plains soon after the dis
covery of gold, being one of the few sur
vivors OF the Inflated party that first at
tempted theperious passage OF the Death
valley route He was an associate Of
Peg-leg Smith, who amputated his own
leg with hunting KIN ife, taking up the
arteries and dressing the stump without
assistance This operation was neces-
sary inasmuch as he had received II
wound from a poisoned arrow in Skin
mish with Inaians, and illustrated an
important operation now familiar to ev-
cry college student-that of saving ones
own leg off, short. Pike first visited the
Yosemite in 1852, the year after its dis
covery by white men, and he has re-
manned in these mountain solitudes ever
since, this beng his first excursion. Dur
ing recent years he has purs led the oc-
cupation of guide with thrift and profit
In ascending Mount Whitney. however,
he contracted bronchial affection and
lost his voice so that he cannot now
speak above whisper. He has been
commissioned by hotel proprietors in
p Yosemite to visit Oregon for the pur-
pose of procuring new varieties of plants
and trees for the valley.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24
Keep Straight Ahead.

Pay no attention 20 ISLANDERS and Cos
sipmongers. Keep straight on in your
course, and let their bacl:-biting die the
death of neglect. What is the Use in
lying awake at night, btoodiig over the
remarks of some false friend, that rams
through Your brain like lightning !
What is the use Of getting into 4 worry
and fret over e0ssi that has l2en set
a!loat 70 your Disadvantages iy some
busy body, who has more time than char
acter! The things cannot possibly IN
.jure you, unless indeed, you take notice
of them, and in combating them give
them standing and character. If what
is said about you. set yourself right; if it
is false, let it 60 for what it will fetch,
and think of the old saying, = consider
the sour it comes FROM
If bee sting you, would you 90 to
the hive and destroy it would not a
thousand come upon you 1t is wisdom
to say little respecting the injuries you
have received; we are generally losers III
the end if we stop to refute all the back
pitiliS anu SoSsipiilS We may he"i ~ ''io
way. They are annoying, it is true; but
not dangerously, so long as we do not
stop to expostulate and scold Our
characters are formed and sustained by
ourselves, by oar own actions and pur-
poses, and not by others. Let US al
ways bear in mind that calumniators
may usually be trusted to time, and the
slow but steady justice of public opin-
ion. Say to those who come to You with
news, and want to tell you what such
and such persons say about you that "a
dog which brings bone will take one"
How many families have their peace and
happiness destroyed by medGling and
tattling persons! The best way is to
pay no attention, but keep straight
ahead ~