Year: 1877

give superior light. When cold
pressed the peanut yields large per
ceutage, and if heated before pressing
a still larger quantity, although in the


latter case its fue favor as a table oil


is somewhat impaired. The hotter the
climate the greater the percentage Of


oil is said to be. When roasted and


finely ground they are an excellent sub
stitute for chocolate, and large quanti-


ties are used for that purpose in most


tropical counties


Although a sandy loan seems to suit


it best, yet the cultivation of the peanut


is not confined to any particular soil.


any light soil to which q goad coat Of


well-rotted stable or chip manure has


been applied being more favorable to


its production than soils containing


more body. They are usually planted


in rows two feet apart, and the kernels


dropped six or seven inches apart in


the row, and then cultivated deeply un-


til they Jegin to bloom, after which it


is only necessary to keep down the


grass aud weeds by hand-weeding and


hoeing. Some advise that in their cul


tivation the bloom should be covered


up, supposiDg that the bud, where the


bloom appears, produces fruit; but this
is hardly probable. it being more likely
that The bud only produces the flower
necessary 10 make them produce. If
SO, the covering up the bloom must in
evitably prove injurious


As soon as the frost kills the vines
they should be pulled up. and any of
the kernels left in the ground dug up
with hoes, and the whole washed clean
and dried to prevent moulding


THE FARyER. the farmer can
SO manage his farm as to make both
ends meet even if it be with the most
rigid economy, he should be content to
his lot. If we take a survey of the
business men of our villages and cities.
we find that only two or three or four
in hundred realize a competence for
old age. Then imagine the unhappi.
ness Of those who sooner or later, fail
to support themselves and families re-
spectably-and cares and anxities that
constantly produce pangs and tortures
that no farmer ever felt. These may
lead happy lives. as the
world cannot witness the emotions of
man who strains every financial nerve
to meet his notes falling due at the
bank. The time between l and 3
o'clock every day in the city of New
York, brings more anxieties to the
business men than all the farmers Of
the United States realize in a lifetime.


No, farmers, your lot is not hard |
one. Your food may be plain and the
cut Of your coat may not be as fashion
able as those of the merchants of the
day, but when you lie upon your pill
lows your repose is sound and sweet.
The harroWs Of protested notes seldom
keep you awake at night; and in the
as you go around to feed your
foeks and view your crops that have
visibly grown while you were in the
=sEEEa,ss rs sf Me- Morpheus FeH mag take more
real enjoyment in life in one hour than
many city merchants and manufacturers
10 in year Our advice therefore is,
be not discouraged. The times may
now be hard but you are promised
'seed-time and harvest" to the end,
md with hard labor and judicious man.
lgemeDt, you come out in the end VIC
orious lStiLlpater lfSnn Messenger.


Farming is spread over too much sur
ace to be profitable in the highest de-
yree; it occasions great waste Of travel
Or man and beast. Cows and other
domestic animals drop much fertilizing
natter in the highways. Distant fields
.annot be SO directly under the owners
ye as home fields. Cultivate less acres
md cultivate them better.


No process is SO fatal as that which
Fould cast all men in one mould.
every human being is intended to have


character of his own, to be what no
ther is, to do what no other can do.