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Tavborough, CKdgeeambe County, X C.) Saturday, July l3, .833.
Vol. IXjYo 46.
RURAL ECONOMY.
From the Fredericksburg ( Va.) Herald.
O.N KAIStXG POTATOES.
ilr. liar rote: hi passing through our
etreeis the other day, I could hut observe
llie Irish potatoes, placed at the door of
almost every house of business; on ask
ing the price I was told that one hundred
bushels, could he had at one shilling per
bushel, and in lots of twenty bushels at
twenty cents per bushel. Now, .sir, as
we look for you to correct whatever goes
amiss in domestic as well as political e
coiiomy, would it not be kindly received
by tin; readers of your paper, especially
farmers, to give them a hint at the policy
pursued by them; in the general neglect,
of this most valuable root. Its cultiva
tion in the first phtee, is perhaps, of all
others, the least difficult, as well as re
quiring the least labor none possess
ing more nutriment, adapted to the con
stitution of both n.in and beast. Ii has
its place upon (he President's table as
well as the cottager's, and is no less the
choice vegetable of the delicate and bloo
ming lady than the rustic ploughman.
The season for planting tin's invaluable
article is now at hand, from the 1st
June to tho 15ih or 20th July, for fall use,
(in light and quick soils,) the time of
laying by the com is the time to plant
diem, in the last middle furrow, and the
dirt gently thown back upon them, they
Hoed no further cultivation, and have
often yielded ten, fifteen and twenty bush
els for one of seed. Again, the stubble
of wheat is u fine preparation, a slight
furrow and the potatoe placed in, and
the dirt thrown brick on each side, will,
with the September rains; produce an
Hbuttdaut crop, without further cultiva
tion, when the soil is light and active,
arid is found to be a grent improver of
the soil, yielding two crops in the season.
iNuw, the uses of this famous. root, be
side that for the table, and as a substitute
for bread, hogs, sheep, oxen, milch cows
ire very fond of them, and when boiled
with a little salt and bran, nothing is
more improving to their health and gen
eral good condition. Hogs, especially
when in pens, fatten and grow more rap
iilly thnii with corn, always less liable to
fever and cosliveness. Would farmers
ay a little attention to this article, they
miht largely increase the sale of their
com crop, winch is often wasted without
die improvement of their pork, except to
harden the flesh. A simple calculation
will easily show how it is that the eas
tern farmers make their little farms not
hi all as large as one of our ordinary size
fields produce so much. They calcu
late each acre in corn will produce 50
bushels the same planted with pota
t(, in laying by the corn, will produce
from 250 to 350 bushels, according to
the season. The first is worth, gener-
iiri.-n V o-n . " ,,,no"". "' ordinary
7r"'. ,,f 1J ,u"- TI,o lot i Wlei
i , " ,, "": s"ne degree. Notivitlwtmid
"C these n must a
.... i - "wi.mi iumiiis rrnm
it AVSlKtll. ir. R..A .. -
J , "ur sman larmiers
to draw the plough, delve on from year
yr, nt corn alone, and often before
tne 1st March have t Lm..
'i "in hi 0(I1C
biml .1.1.
..noorto loan thorn a little corn
br bread, to get on until fruit season.
iNot to say any thin- about the smoke
bouse, which, except in grass season,
never has had introduced into it sjnr,(.
ty hog, a fat beef, mutton or pir. Vhy
this! Ask the yankee. He wilfsav, be
cause you neglect the simple and easy
culture of Irish potatoes.
Suppose, again, yuu takeSlO and pur
chase oO bushels at the market nrin- aikI
plant them on the 1st July, or on the 15th
if you please, either in wheat stubtde. or
corn ground in :he short period of nine
ty days you will gather your crop at a
moderate calculation you will get ten
bushels for one of seed, making 500
bushels which will sell for seldom less
then 30 or 35 cents ttke the lenst price
and you have 150 for the ten advanced
for GO days and so in proportion, by the
few day's labor of your least effective
nanus.
Who is it that has felt the ravages of
the Hessian fly, and with hopes all blas
ted with regard to meeting promptly and
at whrtstmas bonds lor hires, &c. let
him be up and doing while the season
invites, and seed can be had, cultivate
potatoes; who the last year had tlu last
existence of his smoke house drawn out
with sighs and groans and a useless
dairy let him plant potatoes; who la
bora to maintain his punctuality and is
desirous to behold his helpmate cheerful,
and his children happy let him plant
potatoes.
The Crops.--h is with regret that we
inform our distant readers, of the failure
of the Wheat crop in this section of the
State. A large portion of our farmers
will not, we fear, realize more than half
a crop, although a much greater quantity
of that grain was sown last fall than any
previous year. The Oat crops have, we
believe, amply repaid the husbandman
for his labor; and as far as our knowledge
extends, the Corn crops, so far as they
have advanced, look well, and promise
an abundant harvest. The Rice plan
ters in the lower part of the State, with
those who cultivate Cotton, chiefly to the
South, have suffered incalculable injury
by the late freshets, and we fear they will
share tho same fate, if not a worse one,
with those of our planters, who raise
wheat as thier chief commodity.
rittaboro1 Reflector.
n5Iy, GO cents per bushel, is 30 dollars;
the latter, say 250 bushels, nt 25 cents
licr bushel, thoiifrh often more, is G2 dol
ors 50 cents; this 92 dollars 50 cents is
elicit wc receive from a single acre.
Family Steamer. Scarcely ever have
we seen a little apparatus so admirably
adapted, from its simplicity, its easy ap
plication, and its various and important
uses, to the convenience and comfort of
the neat and industrious house wife, as
that which has recently fallen under our
notice, with the above appropriate title.
It is a portable steam generator, whose
principal object is to assist in creating
and preserving cleanliness, to destroy
obnoxious insects and vermin, and to
prevent their increase. It is used with
out U-ouble or inconvenience, and su
persedes tho annoying application of wa
ter in manv cases. That vexatious and
mdisncnsa'ble ceremony, which is after
all too often ineffectual, the cleaning of
bedsteads, may be performed most thor
outrhly by the aid of this apparatus
without taking them apart or removing
them, and without the slightest injury to
the floor or carpet upon wlncn tney siann.
IVnt .1 him nr other insect can possibly
escape the searching and destructive
nower of this instrument. F or cleansing
furniture, removing spots from paint, pu
rifying varnish, cleansing windows and
looking classes, picture frames, maps,
&c. it is most completely adapted. Its
penetrating power is truly wonderful.
I lie smallest crack or fissure may be
thoroughly searched and every thing har
bored there effectually removed. It may
be useful too to destroy worms, which o
often infest fruit trees, without injuring
'he trees themselves; and to remove
skippers from bacon without affecting
the meat. In fine, in those numerous
essential family operations, which, while
hey contribute to neatness, health &,
oinfort, are so often full of trouble and
vexation to the matron and to all about
her, it is an almost invaluable auxiliary,
and when it shall be introduced into gen
eral use we have no doubt it will rank
among the most valuable and indispensa
ble articles of housewifery.
It is capable likewise of being- cmnlov-
ed in many cooking operations to great
advantage. It will, for example, boil
eggs or potatoes with great ease and in
a most excellent manner... Nash. Banner.
If it will whip the children and keen
them clean: scold the
w -" J wvwvv
the bread, milk and other accounts: feed
the chickens; milk the cow; saddle the
horse; black the boots and shoes, and a
hundred little troublesome duties in a
family it would save the wasting of a
deal of breath, and prove a most useful
contrivance. We should ike to sen thi
"Family Steamer." IV. C. Chron.
Military Academy. The Washing
ton Globe of 22d ult contains the report
of the Board of Visiters of this institu
tion for the present year. Not having
room for it entire we present the fol
lowing synopsis of it, which we find in
the Baltimore American.
The examination has occupied several
weeks, and has been conducted with
great strictness. In order to avoid all
suspicion that the examining Professor
had adapted his questions to the particu
lar capacity and attainments of each ca
det, the Board appointed a committee to
assign the subjects and order of exami
nation. The result was highly satisfac
tory, and the Board express "perfect sat
isfaction with the progress of the Cadets."
Of the first class that which has com
pleted the whole course and is about to
receive commissions in the army, the re
port says, "They will leave the Academy
well fitted to fulfil the great objects of the
institution, viz: to introduce into the ar
mies of the United States all the modern
improvements in the art of war, and the
high state of discipline which distinguish
es the best armies of Europe; to dissem
inate throughout our country a knowl
edge of Military T icties and Engineer
ing, so far as to furnish the means of ren
dering our militia as well as our regular
army an efficient arm of defence in time
of war; and to provide officers properly
instructed and fully capable of superin
tending the conduction of fortifications
for the permanent defence of our mari
time frontier, and of works connected
with the internal improvement of the
country."
The report makes several important
suggestions in reference to the improve
ment of the means, accommodations,
buildings, and course of instruction, of
the Academy. An increase of the Libra
ry, and the philosophical apparatus, and
a very considerable enlargement of the
quarters of the cadets and Assistant Pro
fessors, and new buildings for various
departments and general uses, are rec
ommended. A course of applied me
chanics in the study of military and civil
engineering, referring to the investiga
tion and description of some of the usual
machines employed in the construction
of public works; a course of topography,
as applied to military reconnoisances,
various improvements in tbe department
of Natural Philosophy; and n course of
Strategy or Grand Tactics, are urged as
proper to be introduced into the Acade
my with great advantage to the Cadets.
They particularly advise the adoption of
system of Cavalry Tactics, which have
hitherto been totally neglected.
To meet the further call upon the
time and attention of the. students by
these additions to their course of study,
the Board recommend that the term of
Academic study should he extended, or
the qualification for admission be made
much greater than at present.
The financial management of the In
stitution, and the treatment of the stu
dents, both as to food, lodgings, and
clothing are approved of, with only such
exceptions as arise from the inadequacy
of the buildings to accommodate them
fully.
The report pays a just compliment to
the character and exertions, uf the late
superintendent Col. Thayer, and con
cludes wiib expressing regret that tl;e
old works in the neighborhood of tho
Academy (Fort Putman, &c.) have been
disturbed. They ought to be preserved
as national monuments of revolutionary
heroism.
Matrimonial. We copy from the
hymenial record of the Boston Travel
ler, the following annunciation:
"Married, in Wiekford, after a court
ship of ten years, Mr. George M. Shaw,
to Miss Mary P. Nichols.
Why would it not be well in every in
stance of like association, to state tho
time the parties have been forming theic '
acquaintance! It would be of vast utili
ty, and show at the first glance the prob
able chances of happiness of the united
pair, as it would be inferred from long
uegociations lhat they had become in
timate with the dispositions, passions,
sentiments and peculiarities of each oth
er; while on the contrary, u sudden
match would make it evident that they
had entered into it haphazard and taken
each other for better for worse, as tha
result might prove. And why would it?
noi be as well to add the ages of the re-
spective parties to the covenant, so that
the reader might know whether the Jen
years billing and cooing was passed in
the autumn of their life, or whether they
adopted the advice of the poel, to love
while life is young, and consummated
an engagement entered into while in
their childhood when they arrived at ma
turity. Boston Atlas.
Q7Cut a conple of cards each into a
circle of about two inches in diameter-
Perforate one of these at the centre, and
fix it on the top of a tube, say a common
quill. Make the other card ever so litile
concave, and place it over the first, the
orifice of the tube being thus directly;
under, and almost in contact with the
upper concave card. Try to blow ofF
the upper card. You will find it impoa-
sible. We understand that the cause
that counteracts the effect at first expect
ed at this singular phenomenon, has late
ly puzzled all the members of the Royal
Society. A medal and a hundred guin
eas are said to be the reward of the suc
cessful discoverer. We recommend the
ingenious reader to find it out.
A Calculation. --Some pains-taking
citizen has made a calculation lhat there
are 400,000 xegar smokers in the United
States, thnt puff away 9,000,000 of do!
lars annually. Tho same calculator
makes 600,000 chewers, and 500.000
siiuffers, whose amiable propensity costs
anuuullv seven millions!
Laic. At Worcester, Mass. an indi
vidual bro't suit against a Manufacturing
company, for damages sustained in conse
quence of the horse he had in a wagon ta
king fright at a piece of cloih spread out
to dry, running off, breaking his leg and
injuring the man. The jury returned n
verdict of 206 damages for the plaintiff.