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How to Grow Irish Potatoes.
CORRESPONDENCE N. 0. Times.


Itshould be the object of every farm
er to learn to make every crop with
the least amount of labor. Therefore
it is necessary to know the nature OF
our different plants. The new pota-
toes always grow on the same level
the old are planted; hence they
should not be planted too near the sur
face or they will crop out and be sun
burnt; neither should they be plant
ed too deep or they will smother for
want of light and air--for the pota-
toes have eyes. The ground should
be naturally dry, as no amount of
draining will fit the land for good
crop at the season when potatoes grow
best. Rich sandy loan is probably
the best soil, though the plant adapts
Itself to almost any circumstances,
and good crops may be grown on the
poorest land or hardest clay.
On good soil nothing is necessary
but to put the ground in good condi-
ton and open it about three inches
deep, and have the potatoes cut in
pieces of two eyes or more, about three
days previous to planting.
Plant about one foot apart, and fill
up the furrow level with loose earth;
this is all that is necessary till they
are just coming up. Then bar off and
run a harrow on each side of the row
to make the soil as firm as possible.
Next throw back this firm soil cover
ing the entire row to the depth of one
inch, as near as may be, regardless of
the plants that are up.
Now if everything has been well
done, the ground will be little higher
close each side of the plants, which
will keep them moist and yet they
will not be too deep in the ground, and
it wi be seen the crop is perfectly
clean without the trouble of hoeing.
In few days the plants will he up,
and a harrow can be run around them
to keep down the grass ard loosen up
the ground, and thus you have the sec
OUd working without the use of a
hoe.
In after cultivation broad flat beds
are preferable to small round ones,
and wide rows give better drainage
with flat beds than narrow ones.
If the ground is poor the crop is
made the same as above, only a good
coat Of coarse manure is put over the
seed at the time of planting, before
hey are covered with dirt.
We regard February the best month
or planting the crop for Louisiana.
7. J. LACY.
WASHINGTON, Louisiana.
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Grape Growers MaXimS.
The following rules are given by the

The following rules are given by the
Rural American:
Grape-eaters are long livers.
Dig deep but plant shallow.
Hybrids are not always high bred.
Those who prune long must soon
climb.
Prepare the ground in fall, plant in
spring.
Plant your vines before you put up
trellises.
Vine leaves love the sun, the fruit
the shade.
Vines, like old soldies, should have
good arms.
Luxuriant growth does not always
insure good fruit.
Good grapes are like gold-no one
has enough.
Young vines produce beautiful fruit,
but old vines produce the richest.
Laterals are like politicians; if not
checked they are the worst Of thieves.
Prune in autumn to insure growth,
but in spring to insure fruitfulness.
a tendril il an abortive fruit-bunch-
a bunch Of fruit a productive tendril.
Every leaf has a bud at the base,
and either bunch of fruit or a tendril
opposite To it.
Prune spurs to one developed bud
for the nearer the old wood, the higher
favored the fruit.
A bunch of grapes without a
healthy leaf opposite, is like a ship at
sea without a ruddeT-it can't come to
port.
Give the vine a plenty of manure,
old and well decOmposed; for fresh
manure exeites growth, but does not
mature it.
He who buys the new and uutried
varieties should remember that the
sellers maxim i, "Let the buyer look
out for himselfn
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Mr.. Francis A. Wilderman, an en-
terprising and judicious farmer, resid-
ing near Freeburg, st. Clair county,
ILL.,, produced the champion corn crop
last year. From IS acres and "A square
rods of land, Mr.. Wilderman gathered
1872 Of the large, white st. Charles;
being a little more than an average of
100 bushels per acre. Six acres and
IA square rods yielded 109 bushels
per acre, the other IL acres and 80
square rods not doing SO well. These
two pieces, laying side by side, were
planted at about the same time
1.-THE first week in May;) the soil of
each is of about the same quality, and
both received the same attention in
cultivation. The cause of the differ
ence in the yield was owing to the dis
similarity of the drainage. The piece
producing the largest average was
better drained, and the water did not
lay on the land and bake the ground,
as was the case with the poorer drain
ed piece. The small piece has been
in cultivation for about sixty-five
years, and the larger piece net SO long.
Mr.. Waterman had this land in clover,
and pastured it with stock, for three
years previous to raising this large
corn crop. The manner in which he
prepared the land for planting, and
cultivated the crop, was simple and
not very expensive. In the fall pre-
ceding the planting of the crop, he
plowed the land deep, turning under
the rich crop of clover. In the spring
he run his cultivator over it once each
way, narrowed it well, and then fol-
lowed with Franck's champion corn
planter, planting from two to four
grains in hill, and thirty inches apart.
When it was beginning to peep
through the ground, he run his roller
over it. Afterward he used moth
ing but the cultivator on it, giving it |
four good workings, the first when it |
was about three inches high. The |
planting was finished on the 9TH of
May.
This is the kind of crop that will
pay. If all farmers would take as
much pains in selecting good seed,
and in preparing their lands, and in
cultivating their crops, as Mr.. Wilder
man, good crops would become |
more universal. More attention should |
be give to renewing the soil, and there |
is no better nor cheaper fertilizer than
one or two good clover crops, and at
the same time the tiller can fatten his
cattle upon the clover and realize a
larger profit than he can from several
crops of grain raised upon exhausted
soil.-Rural World.
Most of our farmers raise from fif-
teen to twenty bushels of corn per
acre, when, by little judicious ma
nuring and deep cultivation, they could
easily raise from fifty to one hundred
bushels per acre.
Corn is advancing in prices every
day, and farmers should not neglect
to plant 80 important crop.
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Strawberries in Kentucky.

NV little farm Of about $50 acres, is
seven miles from town, about halt
river bottom, and the remainder hill (;
subsoil, tenacious clay. To make a
good cistern, all we have to do is to
DIG a hole and turn in the water; al
though we wall them upwith stone. l
have some open drains, but the water
will stand within five feet of them, If
enamel is not cut for it to run in. L
will experiment little with drains
made with stones, of which | have
plenty on the hill land, but think it
will prove too expensive.
Our hill lands are especially adapted
to small fruits. On one side of my farm
| have q neighbor with about twenty
acres of trawberries and ten acres in
raspberries. On the other side, my
neighbor has about fifteen acres in
Strawberries and ten in raspberries.
| have eight acres of strawberries,
and intend to put in eight acres
more next spring. We set our
berries about three feet apart each
way; set in the spring and work them
thoroughly three or four tunes the
first season, training the runners so
as to make rows, one way, which will
be filled with plants. Alter picking
the berries the next year, we run Il
shovel-plow between the rows two or
three times at the same working,
seemingly tearing the plants all up,
but there will be plenty that will
grow. The next year we run the
shovel-plow through the center of the
old rows, tearing the old plants out as
II ~ or w
berries do we'll for three or four seasons.
If grass or weeds get in, we cut them
with the scythe before seed forms.
We get from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty bushels to the acre.
We are raising the Monarch, Wilson,
Kentucky, Downward and Charles
Downing.
The Downards are the earliest, and
when we get good crop, are protita
BILE. The Monarchs, think, are our
best berry. They are large and solid,
and stand shipping long distance
being large, frequently over six inches
in circumference, the hands pick a
third more in day, and they always
out-seIl any other berry when they are
in the Cincinnati market. We are
now experimenting with the Ameri-
can, Shapeless, &c. By another year
we will be able to tell what they
will do.
You will recollect | wrote to you
about a year ago, telling you about
getting this farm which had been
rented until the fields which had not
grown up to grubS and briers, were
completely worn out with corn. |
told you | had sown about fifty acres
of rye. Last spring 1 plowed under
about thirty acres of it and planted to
corn, and succeeded in getting fair
crop. The remainder [ sowed to
clover, and succeeded in getting the
most of it well set. l have sowed rye
again to plow under next spring. l
have an acre here and there too poor
for clover to grow on, and am going to
SOW to huckwheat in the spring, and |
pl5w under and repeat, and then SOW
rye and clover. | am saving all the
manure that can, putting it where |
most neoded.-C. d. F., Covington KY. |
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The first thing in the morning clean
him down well; If blood horse do
not use the currycomb, but a glove
brush. Then give him water and two
quarts of corn. Four quarts of corn
day are quite sufficient for any horse
two in the morning and two for sup
per. Many people surfeit their horses
with too much corn, or give it to them
when heated. Never give green fod-
der to horse when he is heated. In
any case green fodder should be wilt
ed. There is little nutriment in the
millets or Guinea grass when too
young, and if given to horse just as
it is cut it ferments in his stomach.
We lost two horses in one day by the
servant giving them green corn blades
when the animals were heated. Give
your horse water before corn-never
after. When heated never allow them
to drink too much at time, but just
sufficient to cool the mouth. See that
the bedding is clean and comfortably
laid.
Many of the horses in Florida die
from sanding. We have taken two
buckets of sand out of dead horse.
Those that are turned out to Craze on
pine land are most subject to it, as in
biting at the low grass they take in
much sand, especially if they are
turned out hungry, and try to fill their
stomach quickly. A bottle of whale
oil, or, if that is not handy, bottle of
melted lard, will give relief to horse
when sanded.
The bots are produced by kind of
nit or egg ola fly. 1t may be observed
in abundance ON the legs or shoulders
of horse, and is easily seen by the
yellow colors. Either from irritation
of the skin or some other cause the
horse bites or ticks his hair and swal-
lows the nits, which soon hatch in his
stomach, grow into bots, and fasten-
ing on the inner coat, often perforate
through the stomach. The bots, once
formed, subject the animal to pain,
the symptoms differing very little
from those of collie. He looks at his
side, lies down, rolls in agony from
side to side, and soon dies in most
cases if prompt remedy is not applied.
To make the bots let go their hold give
the horse a quart of molasses, or
dissolve sugar in quart of milk. In
half an hour he will be at ease. Then
dissolve one-eighth of pound of alum
in quart of warm water and drench
him, and in an hour or so after that
give the horse one pound of salts, and
you will find the bots in his excre-
ment. This never fails. The molas-
ses and milk cause the bots to let go
and feed on the sweets, the alum con-
tracts them and the salts pass them
off. Every farmer who keeps horse
or mule should have the ingredients
at hand, as they are frequently attack
ed in this way here.
For cough in a horse use cedar
boughs cut fine and given in the corn.
We have tried these remedies and |
never knew them to fail.-Florida
A griculturist ..
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Thinning Fruit.

a friend writes me from your county
ALBANY as follows: "Our crop of
peaches for 1879 was / AS baskets, and
1 suppose what we took off in thin
ming would have made 500 baskets
more il the trees could have borne and
ripened them. Had put your advice
into effect i'm June instead of August.
I think it would have been some hun
dreds of dollars in my pocket, for after
spending SIS or $50 for cord to tic up
the branches and cutting all the props
we could find on the farm to save the
trees, we had to pick off from one
third to two-thirds of the fruit from
many of them. l believe that s. a
day paid to a faithful and judiciOus
man at the right time, to thin them
out, would have been a good invest
ment." A. NJ. q.
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If the testimony of North Carolina
negroes now being taken by the Exc
dus Committee in Washington can be
depended upon land we see no rea-
son to discredit it) the condition of the
eX-slaves in that portion Of the South
is not by any means uncomfortable so
far as the present, or dlscouraging
so far as the future is concerned. AS
u rule they are fully as well, if not
better, off than large proportion of
their white fellow-citizens of the same
class in life and of the same opportu-
mites in the North. According to the
latest testimony on the subject
the testimony Of the negroes-the
average wages of colored farm labor
ers are from S. to $40 per month, with
cabins, fire-wood and subsistence.
During the cotton picking season men
and women can earn from 81 to 81 %
per day. Skilled colored labor, of
course, commands higher figures.
Blacksmiths and carpenters receive
81 so to 81 per day, and white and
black mechanics work together, al
though white men get little higher
wages. The colored man who gives
this testimony was formerly slave,
but now he is a landlord, being the
owner of houses which are occupied
by white tenants, who pay him a
rental of between $500 and $500 year.
In the matter of education there is no
discrimination, and if negroes are
more frequently punished for petty
offenses than white men, it is because
the latter have more money to employ
lawyers. AT the the close of the late
war distinguished Republican jour-
nalist, who years later was nominated
for the Presidency, addressed stirring
editorial to the emancipated slaves,
entitled "Root, Hog, or die!" In
North Carolina, at least, large num-
Der of them seem to have been "root-
ing to some purpose"
We know of one instance to prove
that the negroes are not in such bad
condition as most Nolt them accounts
them them to be: A negro |
boy being about 49, years of age, assist
I'd by two small girls, made, this year,
nearly thirty bales of cotton, besides
buying wagon and mules. A great
many other instances of the same
kind could be brought up, if necessary
to prove that the negroes are generally
N most prosperous condition.
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IVNHE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY
L for the cure of Scrofula, Scrofulous
, faint, Rheumatism, White Swelling,
Gout, Goitre, Consumption, Bronchitis,
Nervous Debility and all diseases arising
from an impure condition of the Blood.
The merits oil this valuable prepara-
ton are so well Known that a passing no.
tiee is but necessary to remind the read
ers of this journal of the necessity of
always having bottle OF this medicine
among their stock Of family necessities.
Certiilcatesca can be presented from many
leading Physicians, Ministers. and heads
of families throughout the South, endors-
ing in the highest terms The Fluid En-
tract Of ROsddatis.
Dr. X. Wilson Carr of Baltimore
says she has used it In cases of Scrofula
= and other diseases with much satisfaction.
DIR. n. q. Pugh of Baltimore .ecom-
mends 1t to all persons suffering with dis
eased Blood, saying 1t is superior to any
4 preparation he has ever used.
EcV. Dabney Bali of the Balti-
4 more M. Il, Conference South says he has
been so much benefited by its use that
he cheerfully recommends it to all his
friends and acbuaintances.
Craven d. CO., Druggists at Cor
louisville, Va, say II never has failed to
give satisfaction.
SaDl'I q. McFRddeD, Murfrees-
bOro, Tennessee. says 1t cured him Of
Rheumatism when all else filled.
Rosadalis is not secret quack prepa-
ration, its ingredients are published on
every package. Show it to your Physi-
elan and he will tell you it is composed
of the strongest Alternatives that exist,
and is an excellent Blood Purifier. Did
our space admit we could give you testi-
monials from every State In the South
and from persons known to every man,
woman and child either personally or by
Reputation.
Rosadalis is sold by all Druggists.
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What a woman can do" is the
title of All article in an exchange, but
what we want to know is, what a
woman can't do when she makes up
her mind.
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BOILERS FOR SALE

7 AN AGENT FOR the sale Of sIx sEooxB HAND
Il BOILEEs at Br00khaFen-0ne 20 horse power
three 80 hOrss power, one s. horse power one a
horse p0uer all IN good condition and ready for Ne
No a-tf.l J. A. HOSKINs.
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Hens need a great deal Of lime.
Nothing better can be given them
than crushed bone. Bought bone
meal is to be avoided, as it makes the
hens sick.
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An excellent way 10 keep butter is
to mix one-quarter pound of pulver-
lied sugar, aud one teaspoOnful of salt
Petre to ten pounds Of butter.
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J.
of
behalf
aforesaid shall be
felnqushed
sonrha apdnc 0 Company, this -
b. S WALCOTT, President
II" 81 Secretary.
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STATE OF NEW YORK, |
COUNTY OF NEW York. !
STATE OF NEW YORK, |
CITY AND County, OF New YORK. I


Of of
dwelling said City
df,
verify
' % ~ ~ VIM A. BUTLER
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
Hanover Fire Insurance Company.
On the slst day of December, 1879

Then of thee Is NouhANoH 0N'
No Broadwa New
President; kEhSEN LANE, oi0''''
Tbe of Hundred Ihous1nd Doh
paid Five Hundred Thousand DohAS
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MILLER HOUSE,
NATcHEZ, MISS.

Hacks running to and from the house on arrival
Of boats and trains
81 sample room especially for commercial
raFeiera Febl3-1Y
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York; all t
acknowledge whether NM
hereby admitted agreed service the aforesaid
0
Company laws practice said State OF any other
Company February
ANDREW J. SMITH, Presden
LOUIS p. CAFMAN, Secretary
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
Manhattan Fire Insurance Compad
OF NEW YORK CITY,
On the 3lst day of December, 1879.

THE THE Hs%S Of n the So%psqy Wall stree
The amount amount Of Of It's Capital paid up acS
THE ASSETS or THE COMPANY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Cash on hand and the hands other persons
Bcad sis how they secured with the rate of interest
@ cent G %s 4a %sls' : !s s
Central Pacific Cold Rd Bond" =. :.
n e M"Sa S per cant
nrRTs TO THE COMPANY SECURED BY MORTGAGE
Loans Mortgage being first lien on n'mD'sa Real Estate Gas
DEBTS OTHERWISE SECURED.
Interest due on Mortgage Loans
taccrued
DEBTS FOR PREMIUMS.
Gross course collection" hS%S oo' \
i. " h aisni ........ g
ALL OTHER SECURITIES.
al S 1 ssa,s Per sfn %sa taken for Inland Risks
lain Sd accrued on stock MOI included in market
Ineress due due s snd
Total assets
LIABILITIES.
Amount due other creditors .......
Losses Losses s sYa.tsa ' and 1%f
Tai; re- Ssn dsnst proof d
SO
amount a nTs By any oH q said
r R geste ss a@onn noWsd
Copy Of Deposit Treasurer ......a
tied By oF s xo ss s o ss % this
the of
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STATE OF NEW YORK, /
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. I

j. LOUIS p CARMAN, Secretary
New York being duly
statement the H
in
described officers said
Nf"' ANDREW J. SMITH, PRESIDED
LOUIS P CARAVAN. Secreuu
JNO A. HIILERY,
Commissioner for the State of Mississippi in New York GI
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the that
of United
THOUSAND DOLLARS, and that uc
0
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The greatest amount insured in any one risk.
The greatest amount allowed by the rules OF sad Com
pany to be insured in any city, town or village.
Tie greatest allowed to be insured in any one
block.
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ma NJ the Company MANHATTAN FIRE lNSuhAfCE COMPANY
r r,o inns,v If the Company is No 6S, Wall street.
OF stock $3.50
& nount of its Capital Stock paid up $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09

STRIKES IN VARIOUS TRADES.

Tho executive committee Of the JOurneymen Gus
tom Shoelnakers reports that their strike for an ali
vance of 10 per cent has resulted satisfactorily, as
all thelfrms with the exception of two shave agreed
to pay the advance. The employees of these two
rlis Narenhoz, in Broadway, and Bisbee, in Mott
St. continue on strike. The executive committee
of the capmakers has proposed a prce-list,
which was yesterday handed to the manufacturers
They are allowed until tomorrow to consider this
list aud If the same is rejected there will be u
strike, for which the necessary preparations have
been made. The striking buttOnhOle operators eX-
pect to start with their cooperative business this
ditional firms have agreed to pay the advance dc,
manded. A number Of sh9emak9rS in the employ of
entered on a strike The Mutual Benevolent Pro-
tprtiye West Side, and German societies Of opera
tive partners have decided to demand S3 day on
where the demand is not granted Several en-
plOyers are now paying the rate demanded. There
are probably 900 men concerned in this movement
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INFLAMED BY THE INQUIRY.


SIR: 1t makes the blood Of an old Abolition.
st boil read the accounts OF PROCEEDING in the
Whitaker Of that brOoGing nest OF snobberythe
West Point Academy Probably tne boys are MT so
much to blame for their conduct when their instructors
especially General schofeld set them the example He
not only excuses hut rewards them for their ty
conduct toward Whitaker and their condemnation OF
him before trial and without evidence. The aetoa of
the New York Police In tue Chaslino Cox IN their
abuss Of tho husband oil the victim comparatively
mild Does General schoaeld imagiue that It Is sch
dierly for whole school 10 bulldoze" lone boy
solely account OF his colorf Il thus esnducy bscon
Ing officer AMI geat mInt Is t conduct bocvli
ing q coward and snObe TX
Probably the President and Secretary of War caro-
nothing for q opinion OF those who stafway
pay to little thing ike tisv Hut
the opinion VI large class ~ that Genera Scho-
FIELD should be promptly pat In place where no can
do less harm. Probably lesson IA nanne.s the
North American Indian would benefit him ana asso
that that institution should be changed 10
very different kew abolished eatlreiy sjpositton
he right aud liberty education 10 class people
10 Is Opposition to the Foundation pynerls ~
the government and should be Supported BY ths
government The conduct Of very ontl iref md
officers VI the Government there toward The colurel
cadet greater disgrace than any soutnern ouirsscs
yet reported. .t-tll - CITIZENS. 81
Wt,kssbarrs Psnm-, May Q, 1880. ~