Year: 1875

me how you began, and. II you WILL excuse the
question, if you were not in independent cir.
cumstances when the war closed to be able to
give your experiments such thorough test?"
II will answer your last question first. [
married about one year before the close of the
war. My father and mother had died two
years before. came home in April, 1865,
and found everything in most deplorable
condition. It is true had 1900 acres OF
land, worn out, as the saying is about half
enough poor stock to run the usual size farm,
and about sixty badly demoralized negroes;
very little provisions nc hogs. My fathers
estate was badly in debt. About half of the
negroes, being aware of the poverty OF the
place, left me soon after the emancipation proc
iamation was enforced. With the others I
made tolerable crop. My creditors acted
quite generously4 proposed 10 settle off the
entire Indebtedness in three annual Install
ments, which they agreed to; and by the bless
ings of kind Providence was ready tomake
every payment before the time expired.


soon saw that the abnormal condition of
the cotton market, rendered so by the war,
could not continue, and began as early as 1867
to try the capacity Of my land by system
of rotation, &c. l began that year with COW
peas on stubbie land. The crop turned under
and the land subsoiled. My first experiment
was not altogether success, owing, l. think,
to my lack of experience in subsoiling. !
plowed two deep in the beginning. l subsoll
now gradually ly-plowing from three to four
inches deeper every year.


My next experiment convinced me that,
with the help of God, could make farming
success. 1t was COW peas turned under fol.
lowed by clover turned under-the subsoll
plow used after each crop. l use commercial
Fertilizers only for cotton consequently the
same land is guanoed every fourth year.


How TO KEEP MEAT-A farmers wife
York, telling the farmers club how to keep
meat fresh long time: There is no good
reason why farmers and their families should
eat so much salt pork, leaving all the fresh
meat to the inhabitants of cities and villages
when the following method will keep meat
fresh for weeks, even in the warmest weather.
I know, for have used it for more than ten
years. As soon as the animal heat is out of
the meat, slice it up ready for cooking. Pre-
pare large jar by scalding we'll with hot and
salt water. Mix salt and pulverized saltpetre
to one teacupful Of salt, cover the bottom Of
the jar with sprinkling of salt and pepper
Put down layer of meat, sprinkle with salt
and pepper, the same as if just going to the
table and continue in this manner until the
Jar is full. Fold cloth or towel and wet it
in strong salt and water, in which little salt
petre is dissolved. Press the cloth closely
over the meat and set in cool place. BE
sure and press the cloth on tightly as each
layer is removed, and your meat will keep for
months. It good plan to let the meat lie
over night, after it is sliced, before packing.
Then drain off the blood that oozes from it.
1t will be necessary to change the cloth occa'
sionally, or take it off and wash it, first in
cold water, then scald in salt and water, as at
first. In this way farmers can have fresh
meat the year round. | have kept beef that
was killed the 18th of February till the 21st
of June. Then packed large quarter Of
veal in the same way during the dog days,
and it kept six weeks" This recipe alone is
worth the price of any newspaper in the land


A VICTIMIzED YOUNG MAN-An amusing
story is told of young American gentleman
who, while so]ournlng IN farls, invited TWO
demoiselles to accompany him to the theatre
He secured three seats, and drove to the house
of his fair friends, half hoping that one was
indisposed, so that his felicity might be un-
bounded. The two were awaiting him and
their mother as we'll, who kindly invited her.
self to chaperon the party, and intimated that
her daughters could, under no circumstances,
20 without her. There was no help for it. The
four crowded into the carriage. No fourth
seat could be obtained adjacent to the three
already secured, or even on the same tier, and
during the three long acts the three ladies sat
in box, while our young American gazed at
them with feelings unutterable, from his seat
in the parquette The drama over, only cabs,
with room for two, could be obtained to con.
vey the party home, Here, then, was d.
lemma-which young lady should he select
for his cab companion. They were both
charming, and the matter was difficult to de-
eide. The old lady settled it, by saying
"Hortense and Sophie, you 60 in this cab.
Monsieur and I will follow you in the next.
The young gentleman now thinks that French
social customs are barbarous.


THE PREVAILING HOUR OF DEATH.-Dr.
Lawson has recently published some curious
observations regarding the time of the day
when the greatest and least number of deaths
occur He finds, from the study of the statis-
tics ofseveral hospitals, asylums, and other in.