Hillsboro recorder., 1888-02-16
SPRING FARM NOTES.
,WHfT THE SOUTHERN FARMERS
: THOUGHTS ARE TURNING TO.
Intensive Farming the Order OF fhe Day
Progressivrs w omen Are, Doing
Abouf Eggs. Butter, Tobacco. Etc.
GOLDEN WORDS.

sbktHotVO EhfuthH tNC OfucF VI tAb D1y-
What Progressive Women Are Doing ,,,
Abour Eggs. Butter, Tobacco. Etc.
GOLDEN WORDS. II
,eThere are many farms in the South ii
yielding a scanty living for, all con-
cerned, where it would be wise to sell ~
lone-half the mules, one-half the plows
and other implements, half the land
Tor let it rest), dispense with half the
labor, and invest the money saved in fer
tilizers, improved stock and improved
implements, and such appliances as may
be needed to reduce loss and waste. The .
farmer who confines his best efforts and
skill to small portion of his farm and
still continues the whole area in cultiva-
tion has practically only reduced area
without reducing expenses. Southern
CultioatOr.
AwoMAN's WORK. "5t~ .Psaf
~ have raised ever so many chickens"
says lady in St. Mary's Parish, La, 'and
been very successful. My chicken eggs
alone some months bring me $12 or $40,
and during gnnding season have made
from s75 to 800 easily. My chicken
sales keep my pockets amply supplied
with cash." So mote it be in thousands
of country homes all over our dear old
poverty stricken Southland We ask
what able-bodied white man or able
negro is making as much money planting
cotton2 Echo answers none, and this is
being done with only a lady's spare time.
What Is here said of the women of Lou
isiana is also true of the women of many
other Southern States. - Exchange. s.,.. p.
TOBACCO. F5 fas VI h.
The best soil for growing the "Black
Wrapper" is dark, rich loan. Black
loam is inclined to make dark tobacco.
The manure should be well rotted, if any
can be had. Fresh manure inclines to
fire it up and 'shead in" and should not
be used II fertilizer is used it should
not be put Immediately in the hill, it win
do better to scatter 1t around the hill.
The soil should be broken deep and well
pulverized. II good freeze comes after
the first breaking so much the better, il
will clear the soil of cut worms, r5st
'ss$ .sa. PECAN TREES. .-. .-.., ~.
The pecan belongs to the same genus
with the hickory, and is equally difficult
to transplant. 1t will not grow from cut a
TINS and eOufse fSsfTsRf nuts ssfTSsaa ps care e e
fully gathered from the tree, and buried
under some loose earth and trash, so that
they will be kept cool and moist, and
where they viii not be disturbed by ver-
min. Then plant them as you would
peach-stones, say in February or March,
or Just as they begin to sprolit. In other ]
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It is better to plant the nuts just where
you wish the trees TO permanently grow.
But If not convenient to do this, cut off
the tap root the next fall, and transplant
again, and so on until ready to set them
permanently, transplaniing, or re-setting
every fall until finally located. The trees,
IL well cultivated, will commence to bear
few nuts in eight or ten years, and the
yield will rapidly increase annually, as
the trees become larger.
TO MAKE GOOD HANS.
The Westphalia hams are made as fol.
lows: Well rubbed with dry salt and left
to drain twenty.four hours. Take two
quarts Of salt; two quarts Of bag (rocl)
salt; three pounds Of brown sugar; one
pound Of saltpetre four ounces of sal
prunelle, and four ounces juniper berries.
we'll mixed and boiled in six quarts Of
water. The brine is then cooled and
SKINNED. The hams are then taken
from the salt and wiped dry, and the
cold pickle poured over them and rubbed
in. There should be enough brine TO
cover the meat. Turn the meat every
second day for three weeks, then take
them out, wipe dry, and mixture Of
ground pepper, salt and bran is thor.
oughly rubbed in, filling all cracks and
openings. They are then smoked little
every day for three months nrmore, until
completely dry, when they will keep and
improyein favor for years. Pyroligne.
ous acid will keep off flies and aninalcu-
lR Of all kinds, aud improve the flavor Of
the meat.
sa EGGS AND BUTTER.
A lady In Water Valley, Miss, writes
10 Southern farm journal: "As I wrote
you what | was doing in the Summer
with our scrub stock, I will now tellyou
what have made clear Of expenses In
one year Have sold 1,0iG pounds ofbut.
ter, besides what we used Ut home, at
lWNbtl-hNe tehtS l'i pv"uNf htahHS
S254. Also twelve dollars worth Of eggs
and seven dollars worth Of turkeys. SO
you see that farmers wives can do some
thing to help their husbands il they will
only try. I have not been running
dairy, but simply selling the surplus
butter from the cows we kept to supply
the family table, a al.
g.. BLACKBERRIEs. H
The people Of North Carolina pay more
attention to the gathering Of wild berries,
roots and herbs than the inhabitants Of
any other Southern state. During the
last blackberry season single farm IN
Greensboro shipped in one day $4,000
pounds Of dried blackberries. This is
the kind Of work for women and child.
rem, as we'll as the gathering Of herbs and
roots, Of which VIC shall soon have some
thing practical 10 give 70 our female
i readers.
i TnE nInaT SORT.
The young ladies of Auburn, Ala, have
1 froa Sad a fofirfshtf,,r coolinu elub As