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"a worrying Cough or cold.r

Dry, parched, sore throat, losing flesh,
bronchitis and asthmatic attacks, weaken
ed and debilitated state OF the system, all
these dangerous symptoms are cured by
DR.. Sledyles Compound Syrup Of Wild
Cherry" The first dose gives relief, and
the worst cough and sore lungs yield to its
healing properties. Sold by druggists at
% cents and 81, or six bottles for S.. Tho
large size is the most economical, Pre-,
pared only by Or. Swayne & Son, and sold
by all druggists in Wheeling and else
where. TTs2w
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WHAT other preparations fail to do,
Halls Hair Remover surely accomplishes.
1t renews the hair and especially restores
It's color when gray and faded. As q
dressing 1t is unsurpassed. making the hair
moist, soft and glossy. The most econom-
ical preparation ever offered, It's effects re-
main long time, and those who have
once made trial Of it will never use any
other. Advertiser and Union, Fredonia,
NJ Y pdW
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DsONSAL'


] cur,OyncE, BOARD oV Cows,
tLAiA WngKttSG, March 6, 1880.
~, ill h. received Al this Othce un' Il
tllt!l Y In,il 4 10 close at o'clock A. NJ, loi
| aiAanet. M. clinton aud Potomac rOadI Ftrsl
Ssable Yards matchmaking
/ btsts' I'm, IiiBiou and Potomac road, second
g sir IJS rs6Is yIIdi excavation and 100 cubic
20 sI, ss,I Middle wheeling Creek road, $50
y ~ ~, s,,,iitaIing, and 10 cubic yards MA
~ ,,Jlpn Wheeling to Glenn'S Kun, Loo
y nj "a SlInliLlui mn I mn ,,LIr
n i.,gi Rln IsI Cherry I'LL ToAd, SOOO euOic
Vt.,,s,rt,lls, ard TO snh'c {aruii, masonry
n. y,lLT nfo,S and Middle hheenns SIeg =
tSgtss!t Tlrls excavation, anu . euUie yatu1
SstV Ma, Wut Lllarty and Bethany turnpike,
WSs,i,S5 psar Brooke county llneI 20 cubic
ne ~ W. I'D Rohey's Point turnpike, 500
~, illaitI1s. 100 cubic yardS e1ta'a-
" a 10 attic yards masonry .,,.-
q 49, nm nal, 100 cubic yards excavation,
u = ~ Jrls mleAi1miEing' -,,-.
4. ~, gln mad 800 cubic yards excavation,
ilo.I,irsi,T tsi Biz Wheeling Creek road, 200
~, nj, aisilIniLing, aud 800 cubic yards eHca-
nj n I,,l,y', Run ruld, 100 cubic yards masonry,
q & l,in1, Esa rosd, 400 cubic yards srnduh-
", h ab tyId, mAlnFy., o 49,, m
n = "a I'd Middle Wheeling Cnek road, 80 Gu
N "a, atslhfJ, lad $500 yards excavation;
Ointa nd tNm Glennb Kun 10 SNORT Ieek'
iGIsf JIrdi excavation, aud Is cubic yards ma
sI n h. "a EtInlu'I rad, 1900 cubic yards ex-
,1s,.. I'd 10 cubic JAFiS masonry.
sHT..s; lQ4,s Lii road, lao cubic yards ma
d I'd fork Short Creek, 1000 cubic yards exca-
n n Ts,lIs, md Elm Grove rosd, 1900 cubic
MI nI1lIalEbg, ?,OOl cubic yards excavation,
Il n ask IIfli mE1RTy,
n EIlSiI.l Wlrlsns Run road, $50 cubic
1E,zsaJ, tnI COO yards excavation.
D Bal, kan raj, 800 cubic yards excavation,
| n y ruae yINI masonry.
0gllrspili Ran road, l2j cubic yards masonry
n e~bs IIidA eIraVstlln.
| O,A5a,ht Eaa md, 100 cubic yards masonry,
Rllsa s4be JINiS 'IraTation.
ePt1I Gan raad $50 cable yards masonry, and
aTT;ol' Rla, Joli, 10 cubic yards masonry,
lllSpt ubis JLfdJ excavation.
aFfagI Ran rpad, $50 cubic yards maeadamiz.
y
q abaary iii Of the second t?l) class 10 laid
b i s.E.OfnltJ Nth the county specification for
vi hat thaIe'eT.
E1i!S, excavation must 10 separate for Garth,
isa5i nd I,ll rUek, And must cover an average
lalAuteilaI ~ ieei,
lhsgsl y Rparlie for each road, and each bid
~ pIs al alae and pOstOttite address, also
lhs utblistOri references ~ 10 character aud re-
pltSf!
'EsitHttieiihaVe given are merely approximate
li4 hA, to Change
isIEi 4 Conml,a!Onen reserve the right to re-
HuIRilb BIDS
~ 1tSibi 10 le bad al this ofice.
sEis 4 The Bard Of Commissioners.
CHAS. II. DElTElS, Clerk.
Carl, Engineer. mh9
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CINCINNATI, March 2L-Cotton easier q
I2Xc. Flour dull and lower; family at s. 9:
as 50; fancy 50 00a6 rs. Wheat unsettled
and lower Of 81 27al rs. Corn dull at 40a4lc
Oats weaker at 37a3Sc. Ryedull at SIC. Barley
firm; extra No. 8 at 7Sas0. Mess Pork dull
and nominal at 81 90 Lard quiet and
steady. Bulk meats frmer at $ S11fa4 0Oa
9 s75<a6 IS. Bacon at s. COAT 25aI 10.
Whisky steady and In fair demand at 81 Ok.
Butter stronger; choice Western Reserve Of
27a2Sc; choice Central Ohio 2Sa25c. Linseed
OIL steady mt SOC.
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Undoubtedly with children, attributed to
other causes, is occasioned by worms,
Browns Vermifuge Comtits, or Worm
Lozenges, although effectual in destroy.
ing worms, can do no possible injury to
the most delicate child. This valuable
combination has been successfully used
by physicians, and found to be absolutely
surein eradicating worms, so hurtful to
children. twenty-five cents box.
TuTh4s
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TOLEDO.

ToLEDo. March 4.-Wheat weak: No.
white Mich 81 2lI< amber Michigan 81 q "
No. 2red winter. spot 81 275si March 81 2Isli
April 81 IS; May 81 2sIS; June 81 PAX;
No. 8 red Wabash 81 10; No. 2 amber Illinois
81 2s1<; No. 2 red mixed 81 25 Corn easier
western mixed Axe; No. 2spot Ale; March
409lc; rejected 40c. Oats steady; No. 2, 33llc;
do May Sc; March 3Sh. Clever seed steady
mammoth s. 65; prime 81 OK.
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FoR UPWARDS OF Thirty WARS Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for children. II corrects acidity OF the
stomach, relieves ivind collie, regulates the
bowels, cures dysa,tery and diarhod,
whether arising from teething or other
causes. An old and well.tried remedy.
% cents a bottle. D4w
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The Violate Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,
Will send their celebrated Electro.
Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon 80 days
trial. Speedy cures guaranteed. They
mean what they say. Write to them with.
out DELAY. D4w
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aswnyne's ointment and PMS"
THE GREATEST REMEDIES THE WORLD HAS
EVER KNOWN.


Curing the most inyeterate cases Of skin
diseases, such as letter, Salt Rheum,
scald Head, BARRIERS Itch, Sores, all
crusty, scaly, itching skin eruptiOrs, and
that distressing complaint, Itching Piles,
As blood purifier and liver regulator
SlpdinSs Tar and Sdrs1pdriuG Pilb are ex'
cellent. Cure Sick and Nervous Head
ache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, ward of Ma.
larial Fevers, cleansing the system and
bowels Of all impurities, restoring "a
healthy activity every organ Of the human
body. Price % cents box, five boxes 81
Ointment 30 cents, three boxes 81 %. Car
be sent by mail 10 any address on receip
Of price. Address letters, DR.. swayne. I
Son, No. $50 North Sixth street, Philadel
phia. Sold by all leading druggisa.
| TTsaW
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good to me. What good does It do TO pay
debts7 ! can't drink the likker over that
money paid for, nor kin ] eat the same
meals over again. That Is gone. But l
'spose ! shel hey to stand It. But oil the
same, ei they git that money / shell confess
! hey fallen into my dotage.
PETROLEUM v. Massey,
Delegate Elect.
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sHrLoH's CArARRH REMEpY.-A marvellous
cure for catarrh, diphtheris, canker mouth
and headache. With each bottle there Is ar
ingenious nasal injector for the more success
full treatment Of the complaint without extrt
charge. Price 80 cents. Sold by 4. Book
ing, Agent, Odd Fellows Hall, and Chas
MOenkemoellef. TTS4Eow
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NV YoRK, March 2L-The jObbing trade
IL fairly active but business Is only moderate
with commission houses. Cotton goods quiet
main firm. Printed lawns and wide prints
ara In good request and ginghams active
Mems WoOlens quiet and firm. Shirts and
drawers In good demand. Foreign goods les
active.
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A PRECIOUS gem is "sellers' Cough sy.
rup"-has never been known To fail In
curing colds, coughs, and whooping cough.
Price 20 cents. :.
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BosroS, March 24.-woo1-Firm; prices OF
grades are well sustained Ohio, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and Xxx and above CSC;
Michigan and Wisconsin extra held at6Ia65c /;
white medium and No. find ready sale at
6Sa6lc; combed delaine fleeces nominal and
scarce: pulled bOa70c.
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o1scrSSAT1, March 24.--Hogs dull; com.
mon s. 60a4 20; light 81 25a4 40; packing
81 20a4 50; butchers 81 65a4 90. Receipts
LOO head; shipments S25.
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opened at ssKc, highest ssKc, lowest ssKG
closing at 6sKc Shipments $500 barrels
average 4l,900 barrels; charters 400; aver
ago 1890. Transactions 1900 barrels.
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While the market was not active, It was
perhaps slightly more so than II was last
week, at the lower prices that were accepted
as compared with those obtained then. Deal
ems generally report prices as Halc lower on
Western droves-less on the better grades
than on the others-while they say Peunsyl-
vania cattle are fully Nc of, as compared with
last weeks figures for the same grade OF cattle
Quotations 21fa51fc, most sales ranging from
4ha5kc.
Mich Cows-Prices range from S20a45 per
head, with good cows in good demand and
common not wanted.
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TuE invalid finds in "Dr. Lindsey's
Blood searcher" natures great restorsr. 1t
IL wonderful,
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MI! Y !. I!RG!NlA UNIVERSITY.

Nj ,i Lnhstli u study; tsIt.bookI furnished
- ~ irunged 10 1uit iSlnhGFl, ~.
~ -. ISai Iron SI75 10 5000 nop-Soe.
',aI,t "A / sssSS'Oaga. Fall term beEinI Sep.
~ lSEi:1,' STS' md other Information apply
esE ' d h Thompson, MorEsnt6sr.
Aul
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Arrivals this week

Arrivals this week 7I99
Arrivals Last week ........ G'7s0
Arrivals one year 42li
The receipts are somewhat fuller than they
were last week, and the quality averages In
all the yards near about the same grade as It
was then. Prices are without any very not
able change, though there are rather more
hogs sold at and near our top quotations than
there were last week. Nearly all dealers re-
port trade as being good. no complaint being
heard at any Of the yards OF want OF Gus
toners. Prices 6a8Nc., the former for rough
soWs and stags.
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PRICES OF BEEy CATTLE AT THE MARKET THIS
WEEK..
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Mrs. Ellen Johnson 3?7 Spruce street, Phila-
lelphla, wrote April 10Th, 1875: "Dr. J, 7. Miller
Dear sir:-Your DeBlng's Pile Remedy cured me IN
one week, after had used all the medicines could
In this city that my only chance for q cure was
an oPs1tiOn which be wanted TO charge me aity dol
Ian ior."
]. =. Cooper, Druggist, at Savannah, No.,
wrote September u, 1872: "Dr J. r. MIllef-i'eaf
sif-l have been selling DeBing's Pile Remedy foF
several yeaFs, always recommending II, and some
times guaranteeing Il 70 cure. Never heard Of any
thing but cures"
Being regular graduate Of medicine and surgery,
PILES, flslnla Skin and Blood Diseases, and Nerve
n0inVitOd 10 write or call At our Office Once Hour
iel6-ATHAw J.P. MILLER, N. D., 5. w. CO
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Financial and Commercial.
Money Stringent aoysrnmsuts QUIET
Stocks Irregular.
Flour DulI-wheat Firm and Higher
ProV1sIons In Good Demand
and Higher.


NEW YoRK. March 2I.-MoNEY-stringent
during the day, and loaned up TO per cent
per annum and lie per cent per diem. Prime
mercantile paper Sac per cent Sterling ex.
change steady; bankers bills 81 S6ki de-
mand 81 IS.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Massey.

Mr.. Nasty. Friends Hold n Consultation
nj the Corners, the Subject Under Dis.
cussion Being the Democratic Nominee
for the Presidency.
tcuIn.In nI.ln
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ICE CREAM
i Remember ODER special Inducements 10 persons
Wishing Cream. mAke Z speciality 10 making moth
log but the very hnest article noted for the Delicate
AGyor and Richness. Tan furnish the very btlt Of
city and country reference. Address or call on
THos. HEYAAN,
iaaR CaSVBcTIoNER. 1910 Main EtrNai.
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THE SHEEP MARKET.

There Is heavy increase in the receipts
since last Monday over the previous week,
but they are scarcely yet up to the demand,
as they have had TO be again divided around.
The quality Is about as good as 1t was last
week. Prices are firm at former quotations
generally, quality considered. Wequote fair
70 good sheep at 64a6Xc, and good to extra
6Na7kc, gross,
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The arrivals OF cattle during the week
amounted to 2,76S head. against 1900 last
week, and l,03S head the corresponding week
OF last year, and the sales during the week
amounted to 1929 head, against $50 last
week. and 900 head the corresponding week
OF last year, and were us follows:
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S1000 c.; ( e Z ~. !: III
LII
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srocxs-The market was irregular and
feverish in early dealings, and prices declined
v to AZ per cent, Manhattan Elevated,
Pacific Mail, and Iron Mountain leading in
the downward movement The decline in
the balance OF the list was from u 70 1per
cent During the afternoon frmer tone
prevailed, an0 the market was strengthened
by the announcement that the Treasury had
purchased 5000. 900 worth OF bonds for the
sinking fund prices advanced n to3h per
cent. with an active demand. especially for
Pacific Mail, Manhattan Elevated, the Coal
stocks, and the Granger. Among the invest
ment shares, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
advanced per cent, and Rock Island 5 per
cent on the proposed doubling Of stock, but
the latter closed at a reaction OF 3H per cent
from the highest point. The earnings OF the
third week in March, amount to 500, 900, an
incFea "a nj RAJ 9g0
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SUFFERERS E ns:. a fsssss D'ssl anSy;
z-sSi.sssss.s-@-sVl gor, syphilis, or any
form Of dlsaeso, cured At the old WESTEkh
MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 29B Vine 81, Gin'
No eharge until cured. Call or write for free
ldyioo. Charges low. Haif rates 20 the
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w. b. stewart, Practical Druggist at Cauons-
sir-l have your medicine, DeBIng's Pile Remedy,
always In stock, and sell II because II cured zoe Of
case o. {earS' standing and honestly and do most
eheerfully recommend it,
@; u. Cole, ". H., Of the Drug firm Of Cols
Wick a. Ashland, o., wrOtU April ~ 1872:
y. +. Miller, u. D.-Dear Strive aro having
salea Tor your DeBng's Pile Remedy through my n
commencing II, being practical phySlclan. j nnI
confident the remedy will bie"me very p0pulIF "a II
has the merits, and Will recommend iSelI when OutS
Us Debility speciality persons 10 need Of our services
9to II a. N. and 2t6b P.N,
Z: Tenth and Arch sts. Philadelphia, I'm.
LIST CO., AGENTS, WHEELING RlsSr VA
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FINANCIAL.


RlSE Of THE OHIO VALLEY.
SUCCESSOR TO TIE
I'M NATIONAL BANK OF WHEELING.
1hTiL -..,............................-sa5o, 900.
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ItLlrT, President. W.. b. SIMPSON, Vice p.
Len rttdrel % deposit.
lrzsip % special deposits.
lEsE', E..hlISG Business conducted with prompt
AElt4dilT
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From Eminent DIR. Ii. II. Hopson, Mem.
phis, Tenn.

have made use OF Colden's Liebig's
Liquid Extract OF Beef in consumption
and general debility, and have found it to
act admirably as nutritive food tonic.
nav
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TITusylLlE, MaFeh 2l,-PEEEOLEyN-Matke
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-23
The CohIlnr Mo,h and Rorsr

The codling moth is an enemy not readily
overcome, and as its rayages in the apple or
chard are very destructive, prompt and per-
sistent efforts are required for its suppress
sion.
The moth deposits its eggs in the eye or ca
lyX of the young apple. In q few days they
hatch and the worm burrows into the core of
the fruit. 1t can be traced by the brownish
powder which it casts out behind it. In about
three weeks it attains its full size, and escap-
ing from the apple through hole which it
makes in one side, takes shelter in the scales
of the bark of the tree or other suitable
place
The most efoctual warfare may be carried
on while the enemy is in the pupa or cocoon
state of existence and while in the injured
fruit in the worm state Scraping OF clean.
ing the bark of the trees early in the spring
prevents the hiding of cOcoons in the crew
ices. Placing bandages of old cloth carpet
or wrapping paper around the trunks and
large branches of every tree as early as the
LIST of July and examining this band once a
week throughout the season should also be
resorted to in all localities visited by this pest
The bands act as a trap and the worms are
easily hunted out and killed 1t is also i'm
perative for the determination. of the moth
that all the wormy fruit that drops to the
ground should be destroyed before the worm
inside escapes, When it is not convenient to
turn hogs into the orchard these apples can
be gathered and fed to them.
The borer is another troublesome visitor in
orchards. The beetle is striped brown and
white, and measures three-fourths of an inch
long. 1t deposits eggs during the months of
June and July in the bark of the trees, near
the ground. Here the larya is Matched be-
coming a whitish grub which saws its way in
TO the tree, performing it in all directions.
| Similar preyentiyes are resorted to against
the apple-tree borer and the peaeh-tree grub,
4. &, placing a mound of ashes around the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-23

There is no crop that the farmer puts in the
ground that pays him better than the turnip.
We are aware that with some persons it is
looked upon as Of little account but it has
never received the consideration to which il
is really entitled, and those who tu77l-up their
noses at It are not genuine farmers 1t is a
crop, moreover, that is put in at a time when
the hurrying work of the season is over /;
when it occupies ground that has already been
used for something else. The cultivation also,
say of from one to two acres of turnips, in
wolves comparatively little labor. The crop,
too, is harvested in November, when there is
almost no other labor on the farm to interfere
with it.
As to the variety of seed to SOW. we believe
there is no turnip equal TO the Purple-top.
top dressing of bone-manure is almost indis-
pensable to an abundant crop. For an early
crop take the Early Flat Dutch and SOW broad
cast-and now is the time. The Purple-top
for the regular farm crop. This should be
sowed in drills thirty inches apart, and, when
the turnips arc the size of a hickory nut, thin
out to eight or ten inches apart in the row.
They seldom fail in affording satisfactory
crop. The crop can be put in the first half
of August Where land is little short SOW
among the corn at the last working. They
will not interfere in the least with that crop,
generally, and very little when it is harvested.
BE sure always to procure seed from estab.
lished seed-houses of reputation, and use that
grown here instead Of in Europe, if you wish
the best and safest article. - GerMdntOton TEL
eQFdDh
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-23


One of the greatest benefits from sowing
our garden seeds in drills is the opportunity
it affords us of hoeing frequently and thor
| oughly between the rows.
Too many persons who use the hoe suppose
that the chief benefit derived from il is to kill
the weeds That, certainly, is an important
work, and which is greatly neglected. Weeds
are not only in the way of cultivating crops
which we plant, but they rob them of much
of the nutriment which they need. Hoeing
then, is an essential service in respect to de-
stroying the weeds.
There are other advantages, however, which
are quite commonly overlooked. Let us see
/. The loosening of the soil in the opera
tion Of hoeing is beneficial to the plants; as
much as the destruction of the weeds or more
so.
> Moisture abounds in the atmosphere
during the hottest months, and il Is absorbed
and retained most abundantly by a soil which
is in the most friable state. Prof. Schluber
found that / 600 grains of stiff clay absorbed
in twenty -four hours only thirty six grains of
moisture from the air whilst garden mold
absorbed forty-fvc grains; and fine magne-
STA seyenty.siX grains
3. Then, again, pulverzing the soil en-
ables it better to retain the moisture absorb
cd
1. The soil, in order to be healthy and &c
tive, must breathe. A light porous soil admits
the air and thus it is fed and greatly inyigora-
ted by the atmosphere.
.. The suns rays heat a hard soil much
quicker than loose one, and the hotter the
sun is, so much greater will be evaporation
from it. So that the hard soil is deprived of
its moisture much sooner than one Of loose
texture.
6. The roots of plants can find their way
through a moist, loose soil, in search of food
much better than they can through a hard,
dry soil.
I. A soil that is kept loose near the sur
face by the action of the hoe, will receive and
hold the rain water that falls, while a hard
soil will allow most of it to run off into the
valleys and streams as it falls.
An English gardener, Mr. Barnes, of Dew
oushire, in giving an opinion OF the import
ance OF hoeing, said he did not agree with
those who say that one good wedding is worth
two hoeings ! say, never weed any crop in
which hoe can be got between the plants,
not so much for the sake of destroying the
weeds and vermin, which must necessarily be
the case il the hoeing be done WELL as for in
creasing the porosity of the soil, to allow the
water and air to penetrate freely through ii. !"
He adds II am well convinced, by long and
close practice, that oftentimes there is more
benefit derived by crops from keeping them
well hoed, than there is from the manure APP
piled. Weeds or no weeds, l still keep stir
ring the soil. well knowing from practice, the
very beneficial effect it has. "-Ey.