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The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28
CROP NEWS.

From all parts of lower Louis.
lana, good news of the cane CroI
are received. The cane in AS
sumption 10 small for the season,
but is now growing rapidly, and
has time to attain it's usual size ii
the rains continue in sufficient
quantities. The cane and rice
crops 10 Plaquemines promise to
be large and satisfactory. Iu
West Baton Rouge, enough rain
has fallen to make the plant cane
lock specially well aud the cotton
Egives promise of a good yield. 10
Lsfonrche parish, dry weather Ia
much needed for the harvesting of
the rice crop, but cane is excellent.
The cane is doing we'll and the
rice is supurb in the parish of st.
John. The rains have benefited
the cane crop in IberviIle. In
Attakapas, the weather has been
rather too wet, but the sugar crop
promises to be very large.
la Tensas, the rains have been
bad on the cotton. A terrific
squall swept over st. Bernard,
but fortunately did no material
damage to the rice fields. The
cotton has suffered somewhat from
the wet weather in East Baton
Rouge. The appearance of the
cotton worm is reported in several
parts of Caldwell parish. In sew
eral localities ia ConCordia, worms
are reported, bat as yet they have
done NO mischief. Cotton pick
ing commenced last week on
many places 10 Pointe Ooupee.
Cotton worms are ,becomingufet-
ty thick in East FeiiCiana, occa- J
sionally a report of the rust, aud
cotton is shedding to q limited
extept. The late rains in st. Ian
dry have assured rice crops, and
helped the cotton. From OalCa~
sieu, reports are more encourage
ing regarding the corn, rice and
crops. Corn in AvoyeIles
will be scarce this year.
On the bayons, the crop is an
average one, but the prairie farms
failed to yield more than halt a
corn crop. There is still a good
many reports about worms in the
Of De Soto, bat none have
as yet appeared. The cotton crop
30 Claiborne promises to equal
hat of 1878, with a tWo~third
sorn crop. There is some appre-
tension that the rayages of the
worm will considerably reduce the
crop on Red River, although the
stand is quite good. The cater~
pillar is reported in various sec-
ions of Natchltoches. Some
picking has been in progress, but
t is believed that the yield will
all far short of last year. Rice
uniting was to begin last week on
he east bank in lberville parish,
)ut the rains interfered. The
ong dronth has cot short the corn
in CatshouIa parish, and the
is not SO tall az usual, but
'ery heavily boiled.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28
For Sale.

BOILERS, a2 inch diameter, 30 feet
long, 9 lues in each, with steam and mud
drums, Also, 2 BOILERS, ~ inch dia-
meter, % feet long, 2 fluos in each, mud
and steam drums, five front, CRATE bars
and preaching. All in gooi order. for
sale cheap, zoos " BARNETT,
Shady Side Plantation, Bayou Techo, La,
July24 Nv CentrevilIe 2. O,
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PROGRESS OF THE RAILROAD.

To-day, Thursday, Aug. 2StIl,
the Morgan Texas aud Louisiana
Railroad track is completed
through New Iberia to the upper
corporatel imits, andifweather, per
mitsrai laying will progress vests
ward steadily at the rate of about
a third of a mile a day., The mile
posts have all been planted, the
10th being in lower New Iberia.
There are some bridges to be
completed down the Teche, and
workmen are engaged thereon.
The tack of filling in dirt between
the cross'ties is more of d lob
than we at first thought, and the
gang OF hands engaged in that
work are progressing slowly.
They are now above Franklin, all
below that point being finally
completed except in two sWamps,
which we learn will yet have to be
elevated two or three feet. Thus
1t seems that our hopes of having
passenger cars running as far as
New Iberia in September, are
-
likely to be disappointed.
Between New Iberia and Yer
miIionville two gangs of men are
at work-one cleaning up the
track and the other building
bridges. AS work now progresses,
we have nos doubt the truck will
be completed to VermiLionville in
bat it will probably be
a month later before the road bed
will be in a condition to run pass
senger trains. However, before
the close of 1879, we confidently
hope to see the iron horse making
trips between Houston and 4
New Orleans.
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DoNALDsoNVILLE ROAD SOLD.
After years Of litigation, tle rail-
road line from New Orleans to
DonaldsonviIle, formerly known
90 the Chattanooga road has been
sacrificed. The Morgan Railroad
Company have purchased Ii for
less than the cost of the rollings
stock. 1t is not likely they will
ever extend or even use the road,
out more probable that the iron
ties and rolling stock will be used
on this line. To fact, 1t seems to
oe the common opinion that they
have purchased it to avoid it's
falling into the hands of the New
Orleans and Pacific company,
which is struggling to build a road
from that city to Texas via Shreve.
port, Meantime, it is hoped that
the Illinois Central Railroad
company will sid the New Orleans
and Pacific (Wheeock roadl
and thus give that competition
between New Orleans and Texas
necessary to hold the Morgan line
10 check, and prevent its beings
monopoly.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28

WEArHER AND CRoPs-Last
Friday the foodgates of the
skies opened upon us, accOmpa~
MED with . very high wind. We
learn that it has injured the
cotton iu some places quite SCI
Fiouaiy, in some instances blown
OIL the hollis or destroyed the
olesse,m. This week the weather
mas Teen clear, pleasant, and 90
warn that theoane crop will grow
with great vigor. AS we are
almcst certain Of a dry fall after
20 u.uch rain, this promises to be
ano Their sugar year.
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Tilden is now bitterly opposed
by the New York Herald, and
Kelly is fattered with the hone
OF carrying the State convention,
Apostle Smith delivered a very
seditious speech at Salt Lake
City, urging the Mormaus to sell
their clothing and secure arms.
The Grant party have now an
organ in the District of Columbia.
Murtagh, formerly of the WASH
ington Republican, is the mana.
ger.
by instruction of the Nationaa
Board of Health, DR.. Kilpatrick
IL making an inspection tour
through the cities and towns on
the lower Mississippi.
The commission for the inns
proVement of the Mississippi was
organized on the 18th inst, They
discussed many subjects bnt
passed no resolutions.
Owing to the threatening CON-.
dltlon Of affairs said to exist in
Utah, the troops stationed there
are ordered to hold themselves in
readiness for an emergency.
Numbers Of Louisiana neproes
who nave gone to Kansas are now
leaving that State for Texas. and,
ing that Kansas is already over.
stocked with the colored element.
All admit that shermans tour
through Maine did no good To bin
party. He talked much bat omit
ted to state that the public debt
SG,0S6, $40. 'O'S "a
The condition of Memphis is
trightful and crime is ramnsnt,
Anonymous letters have been semi
to the papers containing threats
against the inhabitants Of tbe
city. One ofthese letters il sionaS
"a number Of colored citizens.p
a thirty-four days drouth in
Telfair County, Georgia, ter
minated by a Tremendous hail
storm, which stripped the cotton
OF bolls and leaves, beat the corn
into shreds and leveIled the
fences.
10 Norfolk, Va, one of tbesever.
est storms ever experienced occur,
red on the 18th. Il swept along
the Atlantic coast, doing immense
Churches were blown
down, unrootfed or otherwise
damaged shipping DESTROYED,
trees uprooted and many lives
.ost.
At appears that the Treasury
department Is about TO modifv
6 present regulations regarding
duties, so as to make The
strength Ofthe sugar the standard
instead of the color. This in
wing to the ''crookednesss dis.
lays By the manufactures of
Juha III evadiDg the customs
eg lation OF the United States,
III. Z. Stuart, Of New York.
tarted for Georgia on the 18th
nst., as the representative OF the
Cooperative Colony Aid Asso-
iation which proposes to plant
70 hist COLONY in Georgia. The
fgan Of the society ID the "Work.
I, published By Mre. Elizabeth
thompson, aud it numbers many
philanthrophists among
Il supporters.
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MEMPHIS News Memphis,
Aug, 90 10 cases reported vess
terdayi z whites, IL negroes. s
died. nag
During The storm, last night.
Q house was blown down. IL was
occupied by q woman ana two
children. The woman has since
died.
len new cases reported this
morning, of whom two were ne-
gr0es.
a difficulty occurred between
I've white Raen aud two negroes.
One q the latter was killed. The
eeFoners verdict was Unsuitable
homicide.
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IHE GALE Ar B1LoxI.-Tbe
storm 0t he 22d inet, las pro-
dnced singular effects at Biloxi.
a whirlwlnd carried away 4 por-
ton OF the roof of the tabernacle.
taking The fragments high into
the air. Several cabins were
DloWn down aud a boy almost
crushed 10 death. Bath houses
were washed away and numbers
q trees torn up BY the roots.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28

SIX FEET CANEMr. Dr.. j.
brown, Of the keystone Or Col.
brown plantation, yesterday sent
Us two canes, az IL cutfor the mill,
measuring owes sip feet each. The
heaviest had sixteen red joints
aad weighed ~ pounds. This
beat for the season.
The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-08-28

Lack Of space prevents a
continuation of the T~errebonne
crop article this week, bit We re,
sumo the subject next issue.
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The SToRM.-The storm OF
Friday, in passing The Sabine
caused the wreck Of the steamers
Vicksbnrg and Laura aud two
schooners. The damage done TO
the cotton aDd orange crops is
very great.
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On next Tuesday there will ba
q jug Breaking entertainment
given at Lake Charles, for the
bentft of ths library 81 The Meth
odist Church.
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Acting Gov. Wiltz has issued q
Proclamation declaring that vel.
low fever does not exist 10 New
Orleans.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE CoryBN-
TIoN.-The Central Committee
last Monday convened ia New
Orleans, and decided the State
Nominating Convention should
meet Of Baton Rouge on Oct. 9th.
Z. S. Perry represented Iberia.
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-05-21

These chemicals are also very val
liable for composing muck and veg
etable matter, and will, if properly
manipulated, make as good a tertil-
izer as any of the prepared COM
pounds, and with trifling cost.
FORMULA FOR COMPOSING MUCK.
To one ton of muck,
so lbs. Muriate of Potash,
50 lbs. Superphosphate of Lime,
lbs. Nitrate of Soda.
to be we'll mixed together, and then
mixed with the muck, and allowed to
become well rotted before using.
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Laws Relating to Newspaper Sub
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Strawberry Protector.

We are very favorably impressed
with the idea of the strawberry
Protector" a cheap baked clay saucer,
twelve to thirteen inches in diameter,
with with 8 l hsl.s in the seEseE Some Of
the advantages claimed in its use are
a much larger crop, much finer berries
cleaner, and free from sand and dirt,
mulching the ground, the retention
of the rains to the roots of the vines,
killing the weeds, earlier ripening,
easier picking. They are turned over
as winter protection to the vines.
For full particulars, send for de-
scriptive circular, to D. NJ. Dewey,
Rochester, N. y. 81 I.
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Homestead Decision.

In view of recent decision by the
Hon. Secretary of the Interior, the
following regulation, contained in.
the eighth paragraph of the circular
of April 4, 1877, and reproduced on.
the seventh page of the general circu-
lar of December l, 1877, regarding
combinations of pre.emption filings
to homestead entries by parties wish
ing to avail themselves of the Act Of
Congress of March 3, 1877, entitled,
I" An Act for the relief of settlers on
the public lands under the pre-emp-
ton laws" is hereby rescinded,viz:
"Under this statute, party desir-
. ing to change his claim under a pre-
emption filing to that of homestead
entry, is required, in making the
change, to appear at the proper land
office, with his witnesses, and show
full compliance with the presumption
law to date of such change, proof of
such compliance to be forwarded
with the entry papers to this Office"
Hereafter this interlocutory proof
will be dispensed with. In lieu there
Of the form of homestead affidavit
in such cases must be amended so as
to set forth the fact of a previous
presumption fling, the time of ast-
ual residence hereunder, and the in
tention of the party to claim the
benefit of such time on his homestead
entry, as provided for, in the Act of
March 8, 1877. When the final home
stead proof comes to be made, the
party must show bona tide resi-
dence on the land, and full compli-
ance with the legal requirements tor
the period prescribed in the home
stead laws as amended by said act.
J. A. WILLIAMSON
Commissioner 2. S. Land Office.
Washington, D. c., March 81, 1879
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main, Yokohama, Japan, IN CdIitor-
MIA H0rticulturist.
Florida Fruits III Chicago.

G. A. Jones, general agent of the
Fort Harrison Orange Grove Co Tam.
pa Bay, Florida, is in the city perfect.
ing arrangements for making Chicago
the distributing point for Florida or
anges In the west. Heretofore, or
anges from that section, have come
around by way of New York. Now
they go by steamer to Cedar Keys,
and thence by rail direct to this city,
reaching here within ten days from
the time of picking. Messrs. Van
Fleet & Armstrong, Chicago men,
are now building the Tampa, Pease
Greek and St. Johns Railroad, which,
when completed. will give an all-rail
route direct from these groves to
Chicago, shortening the time from
picking to delivery here, about six
days. Several car loads week, have
already been received by the gen.
eral agents here, and when the trade
is fully developed, it promises to be-
come more important than that in
California fruits. The productions of
this country include several varieties
Of oranges, lemons, ETC., and the pink
shaddock, fruit as large as child's
head, the skin about the color of that
of a lemon, and the fruit itself a
cross between an apple and an or
ange. l. is used in cooking and
making delicious buildings, pies, etc.
The smooth orange is best known in
this market, but the russell orange,
the skin of which bears some resem-
blance to that of the russell apple,
will probably come in favor when
better known, being just as sweet
and juicy, while not so liable to decay
as the other kinds. These frnits will
probably usurp the place Of the Med
iterranean, tor the reason that the
time required, for their delivery is so
much less, whereby they can be al
lowed to remain on the trees till they
come to perfection.
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Chemical Fertilizers.

Messrs. Hart, Benham & Co., Of
Jacksonville, give the following in.
struction toprepare and apply chem
ical fertilizers
1t is a well known fact, that the
many prepared compounds thrown
upolA he market as fertilizers are the
result Of disinclination on the part
of farmers and agriculturists to find
out tor themselves the cheapest and
most effective forms of plant food,
and the methods of applying them.
1t is also well known fact, that
these compounds contain large
amount of comparatively waste ma
terial, the cost of which, together
with the transportation upon the
same, renders the whole very expen-
sive.
The three great articles of plant
food are potash, phosphoric acid, and
nitrogen and these are found in the
most available forms, in the muriate
of potash. superphosphate OF lime, or
dissolved bone, and nitrate of soda.
The most efficient manner of apply
ing these fertilizers to orange tree, is
by direct application to the surface.
Where the trees are Of good size, say
two inches in diameter, we would sug-
gest pint to each tree, to be worked
under the surface with pronged hoe,
leaving space of, say, one foot from
the stem of the tree, untouched.
Where the trees are smaller, we
would apply one-half pint in same
way; or it would do equally as we'll
in the form of a solution-regulating
the solution so as to give about same
quantity to the tree. For larger trees,
where the roots extend beneath the
whole surface, we would apply broad.
cast, allowing about two quarts to
the tree.
For vegetables and strawberries,
we would use the recti6ed Peruvian
guano, added to the potash, super
phosphate and soda.
We have found by close observa.
tlon ana experience, that the follow
ing formula produces the best result
upon the orange. We give only the
proportions:
Say-100 lbs. Muriate of Potash,
so lbs, Superphosphate Of Lime.
20 lbs. Nitrate of Soda
to be thoroughly mixed and applied
as above.
FORMULA FOR VEGETABLES AND
STRAWBERRIES.
8 lbs. Rectified Peruvian Guano,
10 lbs. Superphosphate, 7
8 lbs. Muriate of Potash,
1 lb. Nitrate Of Soda -
dissolved in $50 gallons Of water
and sprinkled broadcast over about
one-eight of an acre.
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Celery for Rheumatism.

New discoveries-or what claim to
be discoveries of the healing vir-
tues of plants, are continually max.
ing. One OF the latest is, that celery
is cure for rheumatism indeed it
is asserted, that the disease is impos-
sible, if the vegetable be cooked and
freely eaten. The fact that it is al
most always put on the table raw,
prevents its therapeutic powers from
becoming known. The celery should
be cut into bits, boiled in water I'M
til soft, and the water drank by the
patient. Put new milk, with little
flour and nutmeg, into a saucepan
with the boiled celery, serve it warm
on pieces of toast, eat it with potatoes,
and the painful ailment will soon
yield. Such is the declaration OF a
physician, who has again and again
tried the experiment with uniform
success. He adds, that cold or damp
never produces but developes the di.
sease, of which acid blood, is the
primary and sustaining cause, and
that while the blood is alkaline, there
can be neither rheumatism nor govt.
English statistics show, that in one
year, 1875, 3,640 persons died of
rheumatism, and every case it claimed
might have been cured or prevented,
by the adoption Of the remedy men.
toned. At least two-thirds OF the
cases named heart disease, are as.
cribed to rheumatism and its agoni-
zing, ally govt. Smallpox, so much
dreaded, is not so destructive as
rheumatism, which, it is maintained
by many physicians, can be prevent
ed by o leying natures laws in diet.
But it you have incurred it, boiled
celery is pronounced unhesitatingly
to 6e speclfc.-Neao York Times