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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Sod Houses.

Those who have never seen or been in q
sod house are apt to feel great pity for
those whom they consider so unfortunate
as to have to dwell in such a domicile
A mere mud hut is their idea, and they
cannot imagine how one can be content
in so mean home. Just there they are
greatly in error for while the sod house
is not very beautiful to gaze upon out
wardlv. yet it can, when built by master
hand, be made to look very neat, and
with a coating or cement over it, and a
little penciling, could not, at short dis
lance, be distinguished from a stone
house, while, even without these, it is
one of the most comfortable houses that
can be made for moderate sum of
money. it far exceeds a common frame
one for warmth in winter and GOODNESS
in summer, and is stronger and more
durable, withstanding winds and storms
that would demolish the former. 1t can
be neatly plastered inside on the walls,
which, unlike stone and brick, are not
damp after once drying out. In this To-
cality we are very fortunate in having
material from which good mortar is
made, without having to purchase lime
or hair. The magnesia and sand are
used, and make a hard, durable plaster.
They can be had free of expense by all.
Of course, shingled roof can be used
as on any other house, but in this coun-
try those made with boards, with tarred
paper placed between the two layers,
then layer of sod, and lastly coating
of alkali dirt are considered preferable,
as they keep out both summers heat and
winters cold better, and seldom leak at
all when rightly made. These houses
are not plastered overhead, and when
good dressed lumber is used, fastened to
smoothly peeled pitch-pine ridge logs,
have a very neat appearance and are
more airy and roomy than if low CELL
ing were placed overhead, and much
more healthfu1.
The great point for commiseration is
that most of those persons who have
have large enough ones. They are
and So of course, are often much
crowded.
A house tsx2O feet, with 2-feet walls,
leaving a room 14x16 feet in the clear,
can be finished completely, or with one
coat of plastering which is all that
should be put on at first, as the walls
will settle some and thus crack the
plastering, and second coat be needed
after after a few months--for 500 II
the work is hired done. But if one has
a team and can do the work himself the
only expense will be the lum Der for roof
or floor. base boards, sash and door, the
tarred paper and few nails. In this
way little money will go a good way
Farming IFGrL0.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Viciousness Descends.

Viciousness is inherited, as much as
the virtues are. Breeders should, there
fore, be on guard against using vicious
animals for breeding, and as far as pos
sible train and manage their stock to Sc
cure the most docie disposition. This
is not only great convenience, but is
economical and profitable. That noted
Horse Messenger was exceedingly saw
age, and transmitted this quality to
some of his most valued descendants !:
Royal George, in particular, was so
vicious that his owner kept him in a
stable four years idle, for fear of him,
and he killed one groom and severely
injured others. This quality of docility
is invaluable in the dairy, for many val
liable lives are yearly sacrificed by the
Miniature of bulls. It is equally valuable
in beef cattle, for a quiet animal is fed
much easier and quicker than an unruly
and fretlul one.-Ncw lork TrUunc.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Farm and Garden Notes.

Chicks only are sub ect to gapes.
Cholera is always known by intense
thirst
Gapes is the result of suffocation
caused by small, slender worm.
Remember that the horse needs daily
exercise and likes variety of food.
It is claimed that sheep take readily
to good, sweet ensilage and do we'll on 1t.
Carelessness with hot ashes from the
house fires may result in serious loss by
fire.
Small potatoes will often prove more
profitable if fed to pigs and poultry than
if marketed.
The profit in raising capons is much
larger than that of keeping hens, with
less than half the trouble.
Roads and road making is now the
subject of general interest and discussion
among farming communities.
Avoid the mistake of sowing seed too
thickly in hot beds, as crowded plants
spoil quickly if not transplanted at just
the right time.
Whenever old hot beds are replanted
with second crop, give them thorough
SlnOK1uS 10 hlIl tuS IlCS Will !" hICA tACJ
are apt to be infested.
Professor Henry is reported as affirm
ing that uncut cornstalks make enslage
of the best quality, but the laber of get
ting them out of the silo IS too great.
DR.. Hoskins says, in Garden and
Forest, if there is best apple we surely
have it in Hunts russell. sometimes
called the golden russell of Massachusetts.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Hints for the Swine Herd.

Keep large and small separate and not
more than ten in lot. Feed regularly
and literally Of wholesome food, always
some bulky food, and let each feed be
taken up clean before more IS given.
Give waIlowing places, ashes, charcoal
and salt, and plenty o. exercise in tim
Der pastures yielding shade, roofs, nuts.
acorns, etc. But no doubly soured Stops.
Provide ventilated shelters from wind,
rain and snow, but no litter, Hogs with
litter get too warm. If you wish disease,
put your hogs to the straw pile. Main
tain cleanliness in all things. Breed only
mature animals and never from a show
herd, The offspring of immature or
pampared animals is predisposed to DIS
ease. Give pure water, from deep wells
protected from surface water. Well
water is not freezing cold in winter nor
lukewarm in summer. Water from
creeks unless fed by springs, ponds or
pools is disease breeding. Pigs should
be narrowed in early spring and kept only
On growing foods-milk, bran Stops,
oats, green rye, grasses, clover and sweet
corn-until late fall; then fatten rapidly,
on corn mostly, but also green rye, blue
grass, pumpkins, boiled potatoes and
surnips, with bran, steamed clover, hay.
etc
Kindness will do much more toward
controlling an ill-natured SOW with a
young litter than a club or heavy boot.
BY rough treatment the farmer can get
all the fight out Of an old sow he wants,
and more. In handling al unruly SOW
1t is we'll not to get scared before
getting hurt; oftentimes there is more
young pigs and the sow objects to your
presence, when she is lying down quietly
spread blanket or large sack over her
head so she cannot see you; then hold
your tongue and quietly do the work.
Nea0 Y0rG Herald,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Among new breeds of Z.

Among new breeds of 2. ,ss
future popularity appears to Dt set
tied, p. 81. Jacobs includes the White
Wyanndottes and White Plymouth
Rocks.
Testing the vitality of oats designed
for seed should be a common practice.
With ordinary methods of field culture,
probably less than one-halt the kernels
sown produce mature plants.
The way to have good neighbors is 10
be q good nei9hbor yourself. But neigh.
borliness does not cover the borrowing
or lending of the small, every day farm
tools t4at every farm should have.
One farmer reports that apple pomacs
proved disastrous as a fertilizer, but wa.
a 'squelcher'' on Canada thistles and
obnoxious weeds. The pomace was thai
made by the old style of pressing ane
contained much acid
One of the best preventlves against
lice in the poultry house, or in the nests
of sitting hens, is tobacco refuse, such
as the sweepings of cigar factories. By
the use 1t, with kerosene on the roots,
there need be no fear of lice.
A deep cut made by sharp calk or
LuO S1OC Sl4OO4o NC uESSSCu NY Ill
little turpentine or liniment, and then
putting plug of lint dipped in this into
the opening so as to prevent the surface
closing before the bottom is healed.
The shorter the line of communica-
ton between the producer and consumer
the larger is the proportion of what the
latter pays when he rea hes the pockets
of the former. Why not plan to reach
directly into the consumers pocket
book2
Soft feed for chicks is undoubtedly
the cause of great deal of mortality
among them. A mixture of cornmeal,
old bread, bran and middling, with just
enough milk to moisten it, is good
feed, and broken rice may be given for
change
Many dairyman who is glad to get
twenty-five cents pound for his butter
would employ his best talent to find APP
preciative customers and keep them sup.
piled regularly with product up to the
standard.
Feather pulling is due to idleness, and
not to lack of something in the food
as many suppose. Active birds, if con-
fined and not exercising, will pull feath.
ers, but The habit is easily acquired
from any one of the flock by the other
members thereof.
-Four pounds of cornmeal should make
an increase of one pound live weight in
good young pigs, and fourteen pounds
skinned milk should also make pound
Of increased weight Then seven pounds
Of milk and two pounds of meal ought
to make the same weight of pork.
If readers who are troubled with COWS
milking themselves will take one fourth
of pound of cayenne pepper and mix
it with one pound of lard, applying the
mixture to the cows teats after milking
(wipe the teats before milking) and con
tinue its use about two weeks, it will
cure the habit, says one who has tried
the plan with satisfactory results.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
FARM ANB GARDEN.
Low-Headed Orchards.

The whole tendency of modern tree
planters is to have trees, especially for
fruit. headed low. The tree is less ex-
posed to the winds, its fruit is more
easily gathered, much of it being low
enough for man to pick while standing
on the ground or mounted On short
step-ladder. The fear that the trees
NAV be in the way of cultivation should
not make it necessary to prune high.
After the trees get to the bearing size,
mulching, to keep the grass down, is
better than cultivation. -B2ston C.Isti-
ratOT.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29

water, but the cold penetrates more
easily any land that contains no air in
its interstices, and the freezing expands
it so that the roots are torn and the plant
suffers serious in Jury. Light frosts thus
lift the surface soil and cause what is
known as heaving. which results in the
disastrous winter killing of fall grain,
grass and clover. The warmth of drained
land, secured by the removal of the
water and the existence of air spaces all
through the soil, is of very considerable
benefit at all seasons, but most especially
in the winter, and should not be Ignored
by those farmers whose land is water
soaked at any time.
UNFRAMED land is always wet in the
spring and can never be worked as early
as drained land can. This delay some
times is a serious obstacle to farm work
and often reduces the crop one-half or
more. And any land in which water ap-
pears in the furrow or which is go wet as
to smear the moldDoard in the spring
needs draining Water is doubtless in
dispensable to plant growth, as it is to
the life and growth of animals, but as an
animal perishes when it is submerged in
the water so plants will perish when the
roots are submerged. Stagnant water is
deadly to plants, not only because it
destroys their life, but because the ex-
cess of water so dilutes the dissolved food
as to starve the plants by depriving them
of nutriment. These are sufficient rea-
sons of themselves why wet land should
be drained, and some land that is not
always wet needs drainage as well as the
wettest, for smothering in water or the
temporary Withholding Of nutriment for
even short time is quite as fatal as if
these obstacles to life were permanent.
-New Tcrk Iimes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
A Remedy for scabby Legs.

What is called "scabby legs'' in poultry
is due to the presence of small mite
somewhat similar to the species which
causes scab in sheep. If scab is re-
moved from the leg of fowl and placed
under q microscope of high power, the
mites and pupe may be seen in large
numbers. An ointment made of equal
parts of lard and kerosene, and then
Slightly thickened with towers of sui
phur, will destroy the mites and cause
the fungus-like growths to drop off,
leaving the legs and feet clean and
smooth. Two or three applications of
this ointment will usually be sufficient to
effect cure.-New York. Sur.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Cleanliness in Drying Apples.

One of the great apple regions of this
country is in the counties of Wayne,
Monroe, Orleans and Niagara in Western
New York. Apples are largely trans
ported to the Atlantic city markets, and
thence exported to foreign lands, but in
recent years the evaporating business has
grown to large dimensions, and the pro.
duction and export of the dried fruit has
greatly increased. Within a part of the
area of the counties above named are
some 1000 evaporating establishments,
some of them disposing Of 1000 bushels
of apples each day. Not less than 30, =
600 hands ere employed and the value of
the product runs into the millions. AS
100 pounds of the fruit yield about
twelve pounds of the dried product. some
idea of the drain upon the orchards may
be formed. There is, of course. a great
saving in the freight charges upon the
dried fruit. A case of fifty pounds from
New York to Liverpool would cost thirty
cents, while the equivalent in apples
would cost So. 25. There is also the loss
from deterioration in the fresh fruit from
which the evaporated is free. One point
is of the greatest importance in the pro
duction of dried fruit in evaporating
establishments, and that is the element
CT scrupulous cleanliness. We have seen
carelessneSs and neglect in some concerns
which if witnessed BY a consumer would
turn him forever against this product.
They should make cleanliness habit. -
american Agricu7turit
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29

If the proprietor Of Kemp's Balsam should
publish card Of thanks, containing express
sions of gratitude which come to him daily,
from those who have been cured of severe
throat and lung troubles by the use of Kemp's
Balsam. it would fill fair-sized book. How
much better to invite all to call on any drug
gist and get free sample bottle that you may
test for yourself its power. Large bottles soc
and 81.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Lancet.

The Duchess of Hamilton is about to
place facilities in the way of young Lon
don women who desire instruction in
dairy work. and she has arranged with an
experienced dairymaid to give lessons at
Glemham Farm.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
Benefits Of Land DRAINAGE.

Drainage Of land is beneficial in more
ways than the mere removal of water
from the land. The winter with its
aosts brings to mind ore very import
ant advantage gained in respect of the
absence of excessive cold from the land.
Wet land freezes very deeply, because
u i pot only compact asa slled with
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29

A fashionable New York select school
drills it's pupils in the art of getting in
and out of carriages, as well as how to
eat asparagus, oranges and grapes.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
In General Debility. Emac,,,,.n

CONSUMPTION, AND WASTING IN CHILDRMS.
SCOTS EMULSION Of Pure Cod Liver Oil with
Hypophosphites, Is most valuable food and
medicine II creates an appetite for food.
strengthens the nervous system. and builds an
the body. Please read: 81 tried SCOTS Emul-
sion on young man whom Physicians 81 times
sAfe up hope. Since he began using the Emul-
sion his Cough has ceased, gained dssh and
strength, and from all Appearances hts life viii
BE- prolonged many years. "@JoHN SULLIyA Az
Hospital Steward, MorganEa, Pa
A Radical Cure for EpiIeptic Fits.
To the Edttor-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which i warrant to cure the
tues that l viii send free a sample bottle aud
valuable treatise to any sufferer who win give
me his Q. and Express address. Resp'y,
A-S. ROOT. n G.. lsS Pearl St. New York.
No OPIUM In Piso's Cure for Consumption
Cures where other remedies fail. CSC
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29

THERE are over three hundred thousand bee
keepers in America.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-03-29
A Radical Cure for EpiIeptic Fit.

No OPIUM in Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
Cures where other remedies fail. sc.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
IRVING COLLEGE.

Irving College, April ., lSSS.-The
weather has been fair and pleasant
for the last week and the farmers are
having a fine time to plant corn; and
many of them are making use of it.
Wheat is looking well. The prospect
for a good yield has not been better
for several years. More oats have
been sown this year than common
and the yield, from the present out
look, will be equal to or greater than
an average. 1t is said that the pros.
pect for fruit this year Of all kinds is
quiet flattering.
There were two funerals at Hebron
last Thursday: viz: Mrs. w. f. Gar
ner, of Viola, and Miss Eva Cunning
ham, of Van Buren, county. They
were attended by large concourse OF
sorrowiAg friends. Services were
held by Mr.. c. NJ. Rutledge and a
Mr.. Garner, relative Of the deceased.
The bereaved ones have our deepest
sympathy.
Your correspondent is visiting the
old folks in north Warren this week,
and he finds craps about an average
down here.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
County News
NOTEWORTHY OCCURRENCES and
PERSONAL MATTERS GATH
Erred BY STANDARD COR
RESPONDENTS.
LEEDS.

Leeds, April ., 1SS9-The Noun
tain City Mills have suspended bust
ness for a few days.
Mr.. Eden NJ. Lane is visiting rela.
tives at Riceville, East Tennessee.
Messrs. T.. Montgomery and VIII
A. Mason, two of Leeds prominent
drummers, left this morning for the
lower counties on bushes.
Mr.. j. l.. McGehee, who has been
in the South this winter with stock,
returned home last Friday.
Mr.. A. j. c. w. Stewart is visiting
relatives in Nashville this week.
Mr.. Thos. ii. Faulkner, who has
been in feeble health for several
months, has been confined to his
room for few days.
Mrs. Thos. Faulkner and her little
daughter, Maryetta, returned last
Saturday from a weeks visit in Leba-
| non.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
Serious Blow to Our Navy.

News was received at Washington
last Saturday of hurricane which
swept the harbor at Apia on the 10th
of March, and which wrecked three
American and three German war
vessels. The Trenton and Vandalia
were total losses, and the Nipsic was
beached. Fifty men lost their lives.
Two German vessels were also totally
destroyed, and one beached, with from
90 to 100 lives lost. The English war
ship, Caliope, put out to sea in the
face of the storm, and was supposed
to have escaped, but as she has not
been heard from since, it is now
feared she was also lost, with all on
board.
Apia is located on one of the SamO-
an islands, and was the seat of the
trouble between the United States
and Germany over which there was
so much recent newspaper talk.
The wrecked vessels were consider
ed the best wooden ships in the L. S.
Navy.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
VIOLA.

Viola, Tenn, April 3, lSS9.-We
are having some fine weather. The
mountains are beginning to look
green, and peach trees are in full
bloom.
Mr.. Joe NJ. Lively was in our viii
lage this week, buying lumber for
his firm. Joe is always welcome
here.
Mr.. l.. p. Sain left yesterday for
Chattanooga, and will be gone several
days.
Rev. Mr.. Paine preached his quar-
terly sermon here last Sunday to a
good congregation,
Most all of us went to the show
Monday, and were April fooled. We
think they were there "for the pur-
pose"
Col. Burnham is much improved,
and we hopeto see him out in a few
days.
Walling Bros. have received their
stock of spring Millinery, and solicit
q call from all the ladies.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
DAYLIGHT.

Daylight, April 3rd 1SS9-Several
of our farmers planted some corn last
week. The ground has been too wet
this week for planting.
Last Sunday evening while J. C..
Wheeler was out driving with Miss
Ella Brown and Miss Dellah Wheel
err, his horse became frightened and
ran away, overturning the buggy
and throwing them all out. They
all escaped with slight injuries. The
buggy was somewhat broken up.
+. l.. Adamson's horse fell down
with him yesterday, throwing his
wrist out of place.
Miss - Custer, Of Coffee county,
commenced school at Hickory
Grove Monday.
Scott Weaver mas a bran new boy
at his house.
Mr.. A. r. Hammer spoke at Pleas
ant Grove last Saturday in behalf Of
the Farmers Alliance. l did moi
hear him, but understand that hi
said many good things in its behalf
1t appears to me that with the lessor
taught many of our farmers by SINH
lar organizations in the past, they
ought to exercise a good deal Of eau
ton in the matter.
DIR. Stainback will preach the funer
al of Mrs. Mary A. Collier and Mrs
Susie Pope at Bethlehem next Sunday
The second Lords day in April +
c. Preston will preach the funeral 0
Mrs. Eta Patterson, at Pleasan
Grove.
DIR. w. II. Hammer has retired
from the medical profession and gon,
to farming.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
Commercial
MCMINNVILLE PRODUCE MARKET.
Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.
OFFICER SOUTHERN STANDARD,

Corrected weekly by Mead & Ritchey.
OFFICER SOUTHERN STANDARD,
McMinnville, April 1889
Country produce trade has been
quiet during the last two weeks.
There has been a good demand for
poultry, but Eggs and dried fruit
have been in demand at reduced
prices. Eggs continued to decline
until they reached &c. in Nashville
and &c. in New York. The produc-
ton has never been so large any
previous season as this. Prices have
gradually declined until Sc. is all
they are worth now in this market.
The demand for poultry for Eastern
market will end Wednesday April
18th. Those who have poultry to
sell should sell now. Mead & Ritchey
will buy two weeks more for the
Eastern market and quit Wednesday
the 18th of April.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-06
NEW.

New, Tenn. April /, I8S9.-Mr, a.
II. Gross, accompanied by his family,
of McMinnville, were here ON a visit
Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Hamilton and children
were visiting here Sunday.
Mr.. James Julian and Miss Annie
Tosh were married the 18th of March.
Ed. j. Denton, IA hardshell Bap-
fist preacher, preached at Warren
College last Sunday. Ed. Jesse
Sewell, az Christian preacher, will
preach there the second Sunday in
this month.
Ed. d. p. Vance, a missionary
Baptist, will preach at Oak Grove
the fourth Sunday.
Tive Mormon preachers passed
through here last Saturday. They
did not preach or leave any appoint
ment.