Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-04-13
HERE N THERE.

"A corner lot, size twenty by forty
feet, in the business center of Chicago,
recently sold for $3.50, 900. 1t is hard
to realize that land could sell at the
rate of So, 1867, 800 per acre.
There has been a large increase in
the membership of the Grange in the
past two years. It is said that the
Grange now has over 100000 active
working members.
The man who makes his farm pay
these days by use of brains as capital
has real talent, and should stand sec
ond to non in the community where
he lives. Farm, Stock and Home.
"A little salt is necessary to "bring
out the flavor" in butter, but when any
one says: II want considerable salt in
my butter" it is certain he does not
know the flavor of the choicest butter.
-When the hogs are killed the %livers,
lights and hearts should be saved for
the chickens, and a small portion
boiled each day. All this seems a
great deal of trouble, but the increas-
ed production OF eggs repays with
compound interest.
The invention OF labor-saving de-
vices, and the improvement in farming
methods, have lifted the husbandman
from the level of the mere machine
1--WE might say, of the beast of burden)
to that of the intelligent and skilled
manipulation and engineer.
Mr.. Goodpasture, representative
from Montgomery County, Tenn, has
introduced a bill in the Tennessee
Legislature which revives the old
method of the tobacco inspectors be-
ing elected by the quarterly courts in
the counties where there are tobacco
markets.
The best plan Of feeding the plants,
a cotemporary correctly remarks, is
by applying fertilizers to the soil. The
continual growing of any crop without
returning to the soil the plant food
they are taking from it will, sooner or
later, exhaust the valuable supply, at
least to the extent OF lessening the
yield.
As a rule, says the Live Stock Indi-
Gator, blackberries require about the
same general treatment as r%aspberries,
with the possible exception, however,
that they need not be planted on quite
as rich a soil. They need, however
good pruning and clean cultivation t.
secure the best quality of fruit.
Some people think the poultry bus
mess is small potatoes" 1t If esti
, mated that the annual cotton crop o
the United States is about 1000, 00'
bales, worth about 500 per bale, thi
t would be $500, 900, 900. The poultr,
t product is over $500, 900, 900 annually
according to Burnham. Surely poul
: try is king!
While it Is an item to commenc
/ work as soon as possible in the Spring
there is nothing gained in attemptin
to work the soil until it is su ficientl
/ dried out to work readily into a goo
filth land sufficiently dry and war;
h to induce a good termination Of tn
: seed, and q vigorous start to the GER
a of the plants.
"A practical test viii convince til
dairymau who has tried it that b
COWS are capable OF consuming and d
costing a much larger amount OF foe
"a than the usual allowance. Exper
Ia .ments of this kind will soon demo
t. which of the COWS pays best, by nc
o ing whether the Of food is co
verted into increased quantity of mil
IS or converted into flesh.
OF In summing up the present con
ton of cattle in Southwest Texas Il
b. following is about the result; II
cattle are a little thin on account
id the grass having to some extent be-
IL rotted BY the continuous rains, b
Id they are strong and IN good eonditi
NJ to rapidly take on flesh. The loss
OF during the winter have been light r
of have besn confined to low lAnls whi
lie were overlooked