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.“The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the Unitfxi States, niav be rpj5nr«»vi u
® , may oe resumed by them, whenever perverted to tlieu- injury or oppression.”-
-Madison..
-Editor and Piiblislker.
VOLUME 1,5
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ OCTOBER 12, 1841.
S NUMBER 31.
TERMS;
The “ Mccklcnburg Jeffersonian^' is published weekly, at
*I'iro Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance; or Three
Dollars, if not paid before the expiration of three months
from the lime of subscribing. Any person who will procure
six subscribers and become responsible for thdr subscriptions,
shall have a copy of the paper gratis ;—or, a club of ten sub*
pcribers niav have the paper one year for 'Ficcnty Dollars in
advance.
paper ■\\ jI1 be discoiifinued while the subscriber owes any
tiling, if he IS able to paj ;—and a failure to notify the tdifor
a wii^h to discontinue at least onk month betorc the expira-
eiotl^ in:
RESPECTFULLY informs the cit-
izens of Charlotte and the public gene-
rally, that he has opened a shop in the
town of Charlotte, near'lj’’ opposite the
Carolina Inn,” ■where he will be glad to receive
work in his line of business. Clocks, Watches, &c..
will be repaired in the most substantial manner, at
short notice, on moderate terms, and warranted to
..........V ... r-— , P^^lorni well. A portion of public patronage is
: 11 o{ the time paid for, will be considered a new engagement, rcvspectfully solicited.
Oil nnal Subscriber^ will not be allowed to discontinue the 1 - 1, 18il, 13,..F
papt V before the expiration of the first year without paying for j
:i lull year’;: subscription. I
will be eoui^picuous^ly and correctly insert- j
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. ; ; hiiiher than the above rates, (owing to the delay, gene- |
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tioiisdet^ired, or th-y will be publi^^hed until forbiil and charg j
ed aceordiu^lv.
REPAIRING.
2Tf)omai$ ®ro«n*
STILL continues to repair Clocks and Watches in
the very best manner, if requested by the own
er to do so. He is well supplied with all kinds of
inaferial.^^. His Shop is in the Jewellery Store of S.
P. Alexander, situated South from the Cotirthouse,
In'tweon the Mansion House ’’ and the “ Charlotte
Hotrl.'’ It will be his earnest desire to do work
Letters to the 1-ditor, un ' ss containing inoiH v in sums , _
,In, ; faithfully, so as to merit encouragement.
of Fire Dollars, or over, must come free of po.stage, or
amount paid at the office here will be charged to the writer.
11 t very instance, and collected as other account;*.
Weekly Almanac for October, J811.
/)-l i'S'. 1
.•SCN ;
.‘5CN :
ni>r: i
SET. ;
Tiu'sday. 1
7 G
5 1
t) AVt‘(lnesti;iy. ‘
3 ti
45 1
7 Thursday. I
9 6
•11 5
Last Quarter,
- I'riday,
10 G
IJ .T 1
New Moon
il Sanir'lay.
12 6
11 .')
First Qicirter,
10 Suniiay,
1‘2 G
10 5
Fuii Moon,
11 Monilny. |
n 6
;}9 5
PHASFS-
1). H.
7 3
14 11
T2 3
30 0
ii'i
11 M.
40 M.
•II 31.
'i’flE ClLVflLOl'i'E
Female Aeadeiiiv
S
81'50
si.’ r>i)
:b&
\IAj be rr-opL'tj'd on
liie 1st day of Octo
ber next. Pupils can be ac
commodated with board, ci
ther in respecuiMe liunilics
in the village, or in the Aca
demy with the Teachcia. at
s9 per month.
Trriiis of Tiiitioii per Ses»ioii.
THIRD CL.\.S.S.
Ilt-ni’ino'. ►'^])«;lling, witii tlie K]c:ucm1.s )
oi’( Jc jgrajtiiy and Arithmetic, S
SKCOM) CL\ss.
I- ! *. "Writing, Knsrlish (rian’inar. )
J-'.iiirM’sun'.- .ojcojul part Arillaae-it; and ^
t>lii’'v's (.If.'Ogr.iphy, }
FlR.‘';r C’L\>S.
hicliiJiaiT tin* studies of tlir seci'nd. wiiii .
larirer .sysfrni.s ol‘Arithmetic and ( Jeo- j
grapiiy, Al'jebra. (.\>nipo.sitio!i. I'ora-
iiv. History—X;itur:il, Moral tuitl Men
tal Philosophv. Astrouotuy. (,’Iunu.'. ,
try. Uhetoric. oi.c.. &c. •
I’.XTK.V
L-.^iruciioii ill Music on the Piano, per .Ses.-:.i»n.
'riic FrcncJi Language per .se.s.sion 1"
j)ruu inL'‘ ami j)aiiuing i:i water colors, pi'r s'. s.. 10
Oriont.il I'eiiitinu. j)er course, • .
^V.iX Fruit or Flower?:, do t)
J-Inihroiilery m Silk and Chenille. W’oi-.st.' d )
Jjiiiiip Mats. Ollomans. &c. &c ’
l^ri-nch Saciiets, Screen.^, and Work Baskets, f
per cour.se, S'
S. 1). ^yI: HT’rc'Hisox.
Principal.
'linr]i)tte. 11. 1S!1.
ENGLISH
.^no eia.«.gtcal acDool.
1*. s. NEV
'^■4/ILF. open a School in tiu; inumuliate vicinity
V 7 of tiie 'atawba Spriug.s, Lincoln County, on
M'lndoy th»^ ‘30th iii.>tanf. The Studies; will embrace
all tiji*. Itrain-hes requisite to quiilily students for en-
s Uj j; ('(dh'ge*.
'j'p'.RMs ov 'I’rrriox:
Fltu'iirul-^’ ai)'I .[/’ilhtoi' firo mos. -SIO
Fnlirr E/ifjli.-iJi IJi partmc.nf, 15
(‘ki.'^'sical and Matho.inntical do.,_ 2ii
^leno'jni})fu/, to any Slndi:nt dlsin'jig if, gratis. But
}}o adnil^nurn f>)' /(w than half a. Sefision (tico and
a half nionthb') excf-pt on special agreement.
MMie reputation of Mr. .\kv as an instructor ol
youth, is so well known iu Western iVorth CaroUna,
;^s to ref^uire no commendation. As to his capacity
-nd unwearied attention to l!ie advancement of his
i-u|)ils, reft-rcnce may be made to most of the lead-
iig men of the ailjoining counties.
Student-'^ can obtain boarding at the Catawba
Springs, (Thos. llaniy)tou's) on reasonable terms —
the distance from the Springs to the School being
only one mile.
Catawba Springs, Sept. lt>. ISII.
aitaJJcmo.
The Exercises of this institution will be resum
ed on the 6th instant.
We state, for the information of those who may
desire to patronise this institution, that all suitable
accomodations requisite, can be procured in private
iamilies. The location is healthy, as well as the sur-
rotniiJing countrv. The people intelligentj and mo
ral,
RUDIMENTS OF AN ENGLISH EDUCATION.
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic; Grany ^
mer. Geography, Natural and Moral Phi- / !$5 00
losophy, and Ilistory, per session, )
Geometry and Astronomy, Chemistry and 5 cy qO
Geology, per session, (
Latin. French, Spanish, and Italian Lan- } qq
guages, per sesssion. ^
L. B. GASTON. Principal.
Lincoln County, N. C., Sept. 4, 184L 30,..2t
JOB PRINTING.
WE are prepared at this Office with a handsome
supply ol Fancy Type, to execute all kinds o
£Scttet-^^tc54 J[o6- "WiMttiltJ/
in a very superior style, and at short notice Orders
will be thankfully received.
^'•^V;rs',>ninn njfjee. ‘ "harlotte. March 0. 19IL
His price shall be as moderate as pos.^ible
iiir CASH. [ Charlotte. July 6, 181L..4w
COACII^AKING^
THE Subscribers having entered in
to copartnership, will carry on the above
but^iness in all its various branches, at
the old stand formerly owned by Mr.
Carter Crittenden, oppo.^ito the .Tail.
All work WAR U ANTED and Re-
})airin^ done at tlio shortest notice, for moderate
charges.
r'HARLES OVERMAN.
.KLSHUA TROTTER.
( liarlotte, June L'’, ISll, Irim
NOTICE.
AVLVO removed thru stock of Good^ to the
cotnitr\. and declined bu.'^ino 's in Charlott‘.
th('umier.'igned earn*'stly rei|uest all persons owing
tliein. either bv note or ncc-';uii-. iu'.mediately to call
and make settlement. ^\'1LLIAM JvLEX.ANj)KR
will remain in Chnrlotte to close the business of tin'
late concern. an*l it is hoped those iiulebted A\ill
not disreg^ard this notice;—at any rate, oil are re-
quii'sted to call mu! sec* him on the subject, and such
as owe accounts, and l aiuiot now pny. can close them
b\ note.
The subscriht'rs will keep constantly on hand a
iarirc .and well sidected stock ol'
And every other nrticle iii the mercantile line, at
their stand at i'LFAR CREEK in this (.’ounty.
where th».-y will be pleaseil to see and accommodate
;dl v.lio misv favor them with a call.
ALEXANDER & BROTHERS.
'hai'Iotte. Miirch :io, J.sll. 3-p
DR. C. J. FOX
Ha‘'' iiist r-.-ceived a large and gftieral assortment of
MEDICINES^,
Di'Ufl.0, Daiiit.o,
Dy('-Stiiirs. Perruiiierv, Thonipsoiiiau
Metlicine>j, W ines and Spirits lor
medical use,
And a viiriety of other articles, all of which he
wiirrants genuine, and will sell low for c«6'/.
(''harlottc*. April :i7, 18In, 8....F
LIST OF l^KTTEHS
REAL\1NIN(J in the I’ost-OlHce at Concord.
N. ('., on the 1st day of October, 1S4L
(•lark Thomas Misenhamer Solomon
Cress John Martin R. W.
Dry John B. Moore Michael M.
J.)avis Malcomb Martin Miss Amelia
Davis Jticob McRee A. C.
Erv. iu Samuel Means John W.
Groner Samuel McLeod John M.
Hudson Francis OvTrcash Peter
Johnson Rev. Anguish Parish T.
Koch Michael Rodgers Samuel W.
Klutts G. Strobell Rev. P. A.
lattle Ah.sey Sheehan Daniel
Morgan James W. Scotte John
Morgan Enoch L. Turner John S.
Martin Richard Vansburg William
THOMAS S. HENDERSON, p. m.
New Ciroocls.
A G R I C U I- T U K K
TPHC Subscriber having just returned from the
North, otfers for sale, (unusually low for cash,)
the most extensive and beautiful assortment of
ttn() M)ltic(!c>
Ever brought to this market. His stock comprises
every article usually kept in similar establishmerUs.
The public are invited to call and examine for them
selves. S. P. ALEXANDER.
Charlotte, Aug. 10, 184L 23,...r
WILLIAM HUNTER would inform his custo
mers and the public generally, that he still
continues the BOOK-BINDING BUSINESS at his
old stand, a few doors BOuth^eaBt of the Brach Mint.
He will be happy to receive orders in his line, and
pledges himself to spare no pains to give complete
satisfaction.
Orders left at his Shop, or at the Office of the
“ Mecklenburg Jeffersonian,will receive immediate
attention. [Charlotte, March 5,1841.
Notes of Hand and Land Deeds; also
Clerks’ and Sheriffs’ Blanks,
Warrants, Casas, and Casa Bonds
for Sale at this Office.
From the South Carolina Temperance Advocate.
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WHEAT.
BV JUDGE o’nEAL.
To the Neu'berrij Agricultural Societif:
In discliarge of the duty assigned to me, with
other members, at the last meeting of the Agricul
tural Society, I will as well as I am able, put you
in possession of all the information which I possess,
on the subject of wheat. I have now lor twenty-
one years, annually sowed a crop of wheat, and I
have unilbrmly made some, although in two years
that some was very little and very indilferent. Yet,
on the whole, I have generally made enough for the
use oi my family, and I am persuaded that there
are few farmers, who cannot do as well, and many
wiio can do abundantly better.
T he attention should.bi! first directed to the selec
tion ot seed. It is an old saying, that ‘‘a change
from sand is no change ai all,’’ by which is meant,
when you change your s'ed wheat, do not take from
a sandy soil. A strong Ciay soil gives the best vjiri-
etics of wheat. For our climate, wheat from the
North or W'^est does not answer well; it is general
ly too late, and is more liable to the rust. If we
coald obtain wheat from the parallels of latitude
in the ohl world, corresp-inding with ours, I ^think
it would succeed adiairably. So too, wheat from
the South and South-West of our own continent,
will do well, and hence I have no doubt, that the va
riety ofTexiau Wheat, introduced among us by our
estimable citizen and enterprising and skilful farmer,
John Wilson, will succeed admirably. Of our own
varieties, none have answered so well whh me, as
that which is known by the name of the Holland
Wheat. It is a small yeUow grain, and weighs uni-
R^ruily sixty pounds, an • upwards, to the bushel.—
It ripens about a week earlier than our common
winter wheat, and will tand longer after it it. ripe.
As it ripens, the field ex'dbiii a most beautiful yel
low golden appearance looking as it is gently mov
ed by the wind, like a s. a of molten gold. It is not
as liable to rust, bligh“. ur smut. I obtained it from
John Holland, of Laurr .s, in the year 1833, when
the wheal of the upper country was entire]}' blight
ed and destroyed. He made from twenty acres.
two hundred bushels of nicely cleaned merchanta
ble wheat. 1 have .sowed it every year since. This
year, and 1S39, it was slightly touched by the rust,
but not to injure it: in 1S39, I found a little smut in
it, btit not enough to compel us to wash it.
The seed should not only be selected from a good
variety, but it should be well prepared for being
sown. In the first place, it should be thoroughly dried
by the sun betbre it is put up for seed ; this prevents
weavels, and gives sound and liealthy grains for v'e-
getation. In the next place. sil\ the seed carefully
with a good sand seive ; this will take out all the
sn'.all immature grains. In the third place, lor twenty-
four hours before you sow it, soak your seed in a
preparation of water, saturated with about 1 poujid
of blue stone to every five bushels of wheat. Be
fore you take out your seed wheat, which will be
f ound at tlie bottom of the cask or tub, in which you
soak it, skim off the floating grainsand trash. When
I have pursued this course, which was recommend
ed to me by my frieiid, John S. Carwile, I have es
caped the smut. At least a bushel of seed should
be sown to the acre. W’^hen the ground is good,
from one and a quarter to one and a half bushels
may be sown. What thus sown will make a great
er yield, and is not so liable to rust. This idea, I
remember, w as .-suggested many years ago, by Mr.
North, to the Farmer's Society ot’ Pendleton, and
was enforced by such reasons as induced me to
3’ield my assent to it fully. I wish that by some
means, the Agricultural community could again
have the opportunity of reading that valuable prac
tical essay.
More attention, I know, ought to be bestow'cd on
the ground on which w’heat is sown, than we gene
rally do. Fallow land is best for wheat. If it is
well broken up, and the wheat well put in with a
shovel plough, and the ground made level and
smooth with a barrow or roller, I think we should
hear little complaint of the Hessian Hy. Few w'ill,
however, for the present, take so much pains. Our
Society is intended to encourage improvemeiiT; and
I hope some one will try this suggestion.
Wheat ought to be sown on clay soil, and never
later than the first or second week in October; still
earlier would, I think, be better. Twenty bushels
of Cotton seed to every acre will give to the crop
a fine, healthy, and vigorous state. I incline to think
that a top dressing about the first of March, of about
five bushels to the acre of slacked ashes would great
ly improve the crop. I have never tried it on wheat,
but I know that it is of great benefit to cultivated
grasses.
The crop of wheat ought to be cut before it is
dead ripe: it should Btand two or three days in the
field in small shocks. If the weather is dry, it may
then be housed safely. As soon as the crop is laid
by, (about the middle of July,) the wheat should be
thrashed out, cleaned, and well sunned. One day’s
sun is scarcely ever sufficient. Two successive days
is generally-enough. I take it up and put it away
while hot from the sun; in the course of a few days
afterwards I commence to grind. la this way ray
flour at the end of the year is just as good as it was
on the day on which it was ground. Good flour can
only be expected from good wheat, in good condi
tion. When that i« the case, a good mill, with good
doths and skillful miller, can make as good flour
here, as can be made any where. Many persons
ruin their flour by desiring to have more than can he
made. My father, whose long experience and skill
in the manufacture of flour is well known, states that
the following ought to be the result of a well-ground
bushel of -wheat, w’eighing sixty pounds. One-
tenth, six lbs., must be deducted for loll, one-sixth,
ten lbs., for bran—nine lbs. for middlings and shorts,
which will make an aggregate of twenty-five pounds,
leaving thirty-five pounds of flour. From which it
appears, tliat a little less than six bushels, (say five
and a half',) will malce a barrel of flour weighing one
hundred and ninety-two pounds neat.
Springfield. July 8th, 1841.
destroyed, and they will seldom tail t
dily when planted. There is J ;
tmg property of seed being 1 i
destroyed, by putting them aw y i:.
too great a bulk, before proper’ , ■
Advocate.
— : a";'
Eel* From the proceed in -
the Wateree (S. C.) Agricvh'j^ai > s
tract the following. The Pi’fSid bav-? '■ .n,>
ted members to state thei. \ as .u . lo .
rearing and management of Hogs,
I Mr. Jacob Little, a gentleman of long experience,
j observed that he was satisfied that crossing the breed
I was necessary and advantageous, inapinuch as ho
thought the same old stock would degener.ate ; was
harder to keep up; look much more food ; were la-
Mr. fJdilor,—I Iiave seen much in your valuable sluggisli, and became unprolific. Oat fields
periodical, which, by the by, I hope will soon be in ' indispensably necessary to the raising of hoge.
the hands of ever}- practical farmer in Virginia at | “successfully and economically. The stocK hogs and
least, on the .subject of manuring; a great deal that ^^ose intended for slaughter should be turned upon
I think very excellent, and some things that I do not them—it makes them industrious and thrit'ty. If
entirely approve. You well remark tiiat the subject j Practicable, the larger should be separated from the
is all-important, and as any statement of facts may 1 s^^aller. An intelligent and trusty servant should
be desirable, I will give you some that have induced management, and his whole time devoted
I'rom the SouUiern Planter.
MANURING.
me to differ v/ith the generality ol' farmers upon the
use of long provender.
I was at one time in the habit of passing all of
this through the stomach of cattle, to be converted
into manure, and actually undertook to winter other
people's cows for the benefit of their oflal. A very
shrewd, unlettered old neigiibor used to laugh at me j
a good deal for supposing, as he said, that I could 1
to their care. Mr. Little further stated that the hogs
he intends to slaughter in tfie winter are turned in
to the corn field the latter part of August, or first of
September, and that it is all a mistaken notion, that
the destruction of the corn will be much felt—that the
hogs would lirst lake the corn lying on the ground,
which would rot before it is usually gathered for
your barns. Tlic peas and pumpkins they have, al-
give some fo my neighbors’ cattle and have more j Ijcnefit of eating the young pea hams at the
left; which lie called working subtraction by the | Little kills from twenty to twenty
rules of addition. Moved more by the ridicule tlian ■ thousand pounds of pork a year, and there has
the argument of my old friend, I at length, to show j bought but one thousand pounds of bacon for
him how absurd his fheonj was. carried out seve.»-al i lie is Jiving on, for the last nineteen years t
stacks of straw in the fall, and .=^pread them upon my I F^ckJes 10 or I'd beeves through the winter, which,
corn land. * j with the pork that is curcd. n.ake.s a plentiful supply
In the following summer, I turned it under, and | negroes,
sowed my wheat upon it in the fall. Since that crop, ^ II Boykin was then requested to give in-
I Iiave never wintered other people’s cattle, and any
of my neighbors may take as many of mine as they
plca.se.
lormation to the .^society touching the French Clover
or Lucerne. He stated that it was an early grains ;
put fbrth much earlier in the sirring than other grass-
I do not know that I ever would have been indue-1 nidigenou.? to the climate or soil; has an
cd to admit that my neighbors' practice was belter of planted ; can be cut ten or twelve times a
taan mine, notwithstanding the increase of my crops
under the new system, had I not discovered that he
had attributed the effect to the wroiif^ cause. Tlic
year. Tlie time for cutting is when it begins to
bloom ; is fine for horses, cattle and hogs ; should be
planted on a sandy soil, in rows 15 to 18 inches apart,
improvement is not so much owing to my turning in proper time, as ii wxuld require less
it atTords ' ff^t it ahead ; but the spring would an
the v>’hole uf my straw, as to the covering it
the land. Now, I arnnot exactly philosopher enough | and like the turnip patch nice
to account for this ■vvell known fact, which I Jiave
never seen explained, but ccrtain it is. that the mere
cov
tiv
lai
i Irea.iiiunt v.as no-', s-q"-- ^o £j«t in -i .good growing-
way: wlien it has got po^scssioi-^ roots out oil.er
hied to think, this principle, j . t 'auun, uiuiiis ii superior to the com-
rietl out, Avould lead to a ' either for hay
lethods of improvement,— ! the jield being very great; as much as
thirty tons have been obtained from the various cut-
with straw, and I am inclnied to think, this principle,
well examined and carrietl
great revolution in our methods ol nnprov
At any rate, I Avas highly gratified to find, that if I ) . ..ul-
had erred it was not so much because I Avorked arith-1 rough the J ^ai, and is satisfied that the gen-
metie badly, as my neighbor maintriined. as tliat I ! introduction of its culture by planters and far-
was ignorant of a fact unknown to him. 1 am now ^ itnd much to the cconoiay of raising
' f=tocl‘
thoroughly satisfied, that, if any one will try the ex- '
periment fairly, lie will reduce his slock to the num- 'pQ KEEP BUTTEP
her absolutely necessarv tor his purpose.^;, and haul ; a ,oTinntr of
* I • : 4 li \ I r ■ f butter makers are opposed fo wash
out all Ins extra fodder, straw, leaves. &c.. as a cov- ; thon- r • .
r I • 1 1 T. • '*• , 1 ^^"^^^^^i’^'vater soon after It IS churned, and
enng lor his land. Ilworih tlircc t.mcs as m.,ch . ,|,ey ,vo,.l J i„j„rc it bv the operation ■ thev
to h,m, used .n this way, as when it is digested in ir^refcre endeavored ,o sepai'ate theLter-mil'.- bv
the stomachs of other people s cattle, or even cut to i ,voi l-iinT i n . ‘
... . , r 1,1 1 butter, by repeatedly changng
pieces in his own farm yard ; for although, m the at-! r * f
^ , int po.'.ition or tne pai tides ot matter so as to let it
ter case he may get as much ot the nuir.t.vo proiy
ertiesot the straw eventually, he loses the lenefit i ,jthe,s use little shovels and tear to let the butter
of the cover, which is inlinitely more valuable, iu ; ,1,^
the mcantmie. are found to be injurious. Salt is mixed
n.M. I in, and nn-.c-h precaution is used 10 exclude this mat-
Thiswe look upon as a very important sngges-. ;er which is so liahlc to .sudden putrefaction,
tion of our correspondent. \V’’e have often hail our! i> ,
i- n J * ^ » I *1 11 ' “If better mode of casung out this foul mat-
iittenfion called to tne fact he mentions, the well . . , , , , , luai
, , . 1 1 IX- • 1 i practised by those who best understand
known value of a cover to land. Av e think with , i i 11 i .
, . • 1 • *1 r II • should be prepared to be kept. The
him the principle is worthy oi mvesligalion. He is; p. . , ^
, r ^ , • ' Dutch know it, and the Sootch have excelled in it
a practical and successful larmer, whose name is at ; . 11 , , , , . , ,
. 114 1 • . ! Jiiid butter has been so put up that it has be^n foi'
the disposal ot anv one who choosci? to inalie private i , i .. i ,
in uirv for it * ! ' s^veet. It must be admitted by all who
inquir\ oi i . ^ consider the subject, that as oil, or any thing oily
SEED CORN. ! water, we need not fear that we
Farmers should remember that their seed corn the goodness of the article.— '
should always be selected in the tield. There are 1 *'iay use w’ater enough to wash the butter away,
probably none who have not observed a sensible dif
ference in the thrift and productiveness of ditlerent
stalks of corn. This efl'ect, with farmers generally,
is attributed to their growing in richer ground, and of
course such effects might occasionally happen from
that cause, but that is not the only cause. It is a
well established law in nature—that like produces
but we can wash no goodness out of it. When the
butter is first gathered in the chum, the butter-milk
must be turned oflj cool fresh water turned in. and
then the butter should be dashed in again in order to
get out all the particles of milk that remain in the
little crevices or eyes of the butte/. This water may
be then turned out and a fresh supply substituted
wen csiauiisiiuii mw iii iiutuiu—mat iitvc piuuuct;is —— —
like; and if we w’ish to raise a good thrifty animal, This must be dashed like the first, and you
would invariably select it from good parents, will find byt little milky matter in it. This dashin"*
_ t'l I •/. in ftwn wnfpr.«? will bf» fmind «nf7T'Tonf
we
The same rule applies to vegetables; hence if you
wish a thrifty and productive crop, the seed must be
selected from such. Good sound philosophy itself
would naturally suggest this course, but experience
has also confirmed its utility.
Those T^’ho have never tried the experiment are
not fully aware of the advantages of carefully se
lecting their seed with reference to the effect they
Avish to produce in their succeeding crops. Go into
the field before the grain is gathered and select your
seedi from the thriftiest and most productive stalkg,
particularly such as have borne two good perfect
ears; and if you Avish to procure an earlier variety,
mark the earliest ripening and secure it for seed.—
By careful attention in these respects in selecting
your seed, either of corn or any other crop, you may
secure in a few years, almost any variety you desirp,
and greatly improve yo\ir crops, both m quantity
and quality. Seed ol every kind when gathered
should be perfectly dried and kept so until Avanted
for use: and if conA^enient, let them be hung up in
the air in.a dry place secure from danger of Ijeing I
in tAvo Avaters will be found sufficient, though more
Avill not hurt the butter.
Noav, as this operation has taken place while the
butter AA^as soft, all parts of the butter hav^ comc in
contact with this flood of ArA'ater, and if any moist
particles are still left in the crevices they will con
sist chiefly of Avater. Then salt the butter, and this
Avater becomes brine. You have brine, therefore, if
anything, as a substitute for that milky matter that
' soon grows putrid if left among the butter; and
brine, made well, is the best thing with w’hich but
ter comes in contact. Yet, as this brine is not al
ways perfectly free from the milk, it can be wholly
absorbed by any other substance, we feci more sure
our butter will keep sweet. We, therefore, make
the salt as dry as possible. We let all the mois
ture evaporate from it, either while we place it
in the sun or let it stand by the fire. This salt Avill
then absorb all the remaining moisture in the but
ter, and leaA'e us nothing but purity and sweet •
ness.
As the cream boforo churnings may not har« been