Tarborough) Edgecombe County, V. L Saturday, August 2 1851.
Ti Tarhorot Press,
BY GEORGE HOWARD.
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AGilfCULTUR Iffj.
WHY NOT GROW MORE WOOL?
It has been the aim of this Journal to
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go awaKeu uie aueuuoii oi larmers, as 10
enable them to adopt the most profitable
system. We have, therefore, urged upon
them from time to time, an increase of
their flocks of sheep. Our own expe
rience,and observation have satisfied us,
that there is no kind of farming that is so
generally profitable as raising sheep and
wool. It matters not whether you are
upon the bleak mountains of Vermont, or
in the fertile plains of Texas; upon the
prairies of the West, or the now solitary
hills and mountains of the South. Every
where, and any where the sheep will live
and thrive, and with proper care pay
more for the labor and capital invested,
than any other animal, or any other sys
tem of farming. It is one of the most use
ful and economical machinery which has
been given us to convert the vegetation
ot the farm to money. Were it for the
first time now presented to us, we should
consider the sheep one of the most won-
ry year will give them a crop of wool if
they do but take care of their sheep Rut
there is no certainty for wheat, prepare
the ground ever so well. If we have been
rightly informed, the wheat raised in the
West has cost the farmer more than he
has obtained for it in market. Too much
dependence has been placed upon this
most uncertain and expensive crop. We
have tried wheat growing upon probably
as good a wheat farm as can be found in
western New York, and we have also
tried sheep upon the same farm; we are
free to confess that, although we have a
good market at our own door, yet we
can raise a given amount of money quick
er, and much easier with a flock of sheep
than with wheat. But we find it well to
raise both sheep and wheal; as by that
means we find we get abetter profit than
to be confined to either alone, which, in
deed, most land that can be plowed, is the
better to come, at regular and not long pe
riods, under the plow. With us, and in
this region, 4 years is as long as it proves
profitable to leave lands to grass. Verv
few now resort to naked fallows. Some
mow their clover early, then let it grow
till August, and it is then turned under,
cultivated and sown in wheat; others mow
the first year, pasture with sheep the sec
ond, and then plow. Every good farmer
keeps a few sheep at least. Very many
who have been in the habit of putting up
a large quanty of pork for summer use,
now select out a few wethers and "ivc
them extra keep, and make their summer
meat of mutton; decidedly the most health
ful that can be used fresh, and thus real
ize the money for their pork fresh.
The inducements to grow more wool,
area sure market less fluctuation from
the point of profitable production than
not attained. They should be cut close
to the ground while in blossom, but be
fore any seed is formed.
Albany Cultivator.
A Modern Farmer9 a Wife. A young
lady, recently married to a farmer, one
day visited the cow-houses, when she
thus interrogated her milkmaid: "By-the-by,
Mary, which of these cows is it that
gives the buUer-milk.?,,
(QThc French papers speak of a new
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invention called a ''Musical Bed." It is
so constructed that the pressure of the bo
dy causes the performance of one or more
operas, according to the length of the
slumber. A dial is placed at the head of
the bed, with a minute hand to be set at
the hour when the sleeper wishes to
wake; and when thi hour arrives, a grand
finale is executed from Verdi, with imi
tation of trombones and kettle-drums,
sufficiently loud not only to waken, but
inspire a lively disposition to get up.
New Invention The Steam Elevater
is the name given to a recently invented
machine which is now in operation in
New York in measuring and transhipping
grain. The Courier says:
'lt is erected on a propeller, which is
moved to any desired part of the harbor,
by merely transferring the power which
operates the machinery of the Elevater to
et: in this she cairies any thing, from a I urn's variation with a given line. 'I threw
half barrel of poik or potatoes, down to a overboard two pieces of thin board "four
papoose, keeping the burden adjusted by inches wide and three feet long. They
drawing ihe blanket snug around it likea both descended with a rotary arid gyrato
bandage, and holding it. firmly logether ry motion spinning -rapidly on their
upon her breast. We hope civilized wo- longer axes horizontally, while at the
men of America, in adopting the costume same time they described spiral gyrations
of their Red sisters, will not be afflicted of not less than 200 feet in diameter,
with their burdens also, which are truly I was now aloft half an hour, and had
grievous and heavy to be borne' expended in that time 40 pounds of bal-
The editor of the 4 Weekli Fonetic Adr last, a quantity required to overcome the
vocat,' of Cincinnati, thus speaks of the leaky condition of my air ship, and a
new costume: "Utiliti befor ornament! quantity sufficient to have kept me uj 40
We zinc no wun will disput de butiful hours if the balloon had received no dam
aperans dezladiz present in denu cuslum; age beiore I started. While at the high
but de cumfurt and conveyens ov de gar- est point I conversed with people who
mentz giv far mos satisfaczhun dan dej were at least two miles from me in a hori
mer utward adornment da atford. So wejzontal direction they invited me down
to partake of their hospitalities a charac
teristic of the Ohio people.
At 20 minutes after three I was com
pelled to come down nolens volens and
down I came in a hurry having expend
ed every pound of ballast. I landed in a
wood about three miles south of the city,
and got down through the trees without a
scratch or blemish.
ar informed by wun hu nos from ecspery
ens." This ought to settle the point at
once.
JjIVenlice says of the new costume,
'We like it, because when we look at wo
man we wish to see all we can of her,
and the new costume shows more of her
than the old.
Mr. Swisshelm on Conventions.
The following remarks by. this lady are
advisable and well aimed, and indicate
strong sense amid many unfeminine pecu-larities:
"The physical right to be taken care of
is one of woman's rights, that we will
the propulsion of the boat on which ii is' never yield. Our physical weakness will
placed, and with the framing of which it ! be our strongest argument for claiming all
is so connected as to form a part of it. It legal, intellectual and moral powers' of de-
1.9. Willi tbn i A rf fmir mfn pimKln t f fence. In an intellectual or moral war.
transferring from the hold of one vessel to e ask no quarter on account of woman-
that of another, two thousand bushels of hood; but of every man we meet we claim
corn an hour, in doing which the grain is physical piotection, just because he is a
screened, winnowed, and weighed with an &ntJ we a woman. As to meeting in
I a a '
any. aim prouuet a Iarg r interest or rrtotoc, ,r. rnnveniinn to discuss woman's rinht to
derful animals nature has produced for: profit on the capital invested than any . . no , , . , . I?nwfl, : in anv oceunation for which she
the use ot man. Its annual growth of. other business am therefore the best , f r . , , , rmitv ii U shpernonsensp There
. , , , T . i : on account ot the perkct cleaning it un a capnny, n is sneer nonsense. j.nerc
wool so admirably calculated for human business as a general thing that the (arm- d ,,y xvjlich jts iaii Q hQ- s U(l law to prevent women from fol
clothing, and used in every portion of the er can follow. We ak our subscribers to' . . . 4- .,... immmr nmnst arm business, aftd whv do
MniiioLii uj .Jiuiiii ii iiidii.1 iiiiij viiiiiiii-"v"0 7 -j
ished, have so fully demonstrated the su- they not take their right to work ai any
pcrioritv of this method, as to have cans-! thing they plcast? Mrs. Coe urged that
cd it verv tri-neraHv to snnereede the; nld women have a right to be captains of ships!
Neatness in Farm Matiaemeul . Mihiinrt, n nvn.w.m nn l,v, iu u,r Well, whv arc thev not camains? There
tie loss, 'or at least seven years of its Moic attention should be given to neat-; bl!8iel rmeed so imp0rtant do our 'is no law to prevent it. If we believed
life .t will give annual fleece, each year ness in (arm management, especially in hcavicst shippers of grain esteem these " MRnt, and thought we had the capacity,
Ta. u.w ,a,uo u. w.wm, um. ycdi- pruveiiui uie growm oi pernicious : advantages th.it thev make it a sneeial i we would soon command a vessel, and no
Jy increase will be nearly or quite equal plant.., and in keeping fences and build-, mallep 0onXvmMt shaII thus b nt
Globe; its skin and flesh, and in many lo-'give us their views on the subject.
calities milk, all serve for the necessaries
or luxuries of man. There is no animal;
in which there is so little waste or so lit-
JVool Grower.
Amalgamation Checked. The New?
York Assembly has thrown out the ne
gro college appropriation. There is a lit
erary fund to be distributed annually in
the State, in aid of colleges, academies
and medical institutions. One of the ne-
gro-philists grafted on the bill, for distri
bution, an appropriation in favor of a par
ti-colored college in Cortland county,
where amalgamation is practically observ-
ed, and black and white arc taught and
mix indiscriminately. rOne of the pro
fessors is also of African blood. The a
vowed object of the founders is to bring
the races, both sexes, into such iniimacy
as will destroy the prejudices as to color. .
The tendency is to blend both into one."
race of mixed blood. The amalgamation
ists fought stoutly, but their adversaries
succeeded at last in defeating the bill, by
changing the destination of the - w hold
fund, and directing it to be distributed a
inong the common schools of the State,
Instead of the higher institutions.
on hoard ship. The old board of Meas-
doubt the world would ackowledge our
right. It would have taken a deal of talk.
urcs deserves great credit for having in-, to convince the world Joan of Arc and
be soldiers, but
had a 'right lb
to the cost ot keeping, giving as a gener- ings in repair. I here is a gencial care
al thing a profit of cent per cent. Of all Icssness and in many instances a down
oineranimais me cow comes nearest to right slovenliness evinced in this- respect, i troduced into the service of the shitmers: Jngeilo
thesheep in the profit it returns to the which detracts much from the beauty of ; uf ftrain a bbor saving made machine of without any argufy ing on the subject they
farmer, for if well cared for, it will pay the country and at the same time depre-; sucn efliciencv and economy. The pa proved their title to a niche in the war
for itself each year by the milk it yields, ciates the value of the land.- It is aston-, tentcc js Mr. Pacin, who is also one of its rior's temple of fame. A man of words
fina detray also a portion ot the cost ot ishing that the matter should be so little ! proprietors and principal operator." j and not of deeds, is like a garden full of
tecPlng- j regarded. It is not uncommon to find j weeds, and a woman of that kind is ve-
Is there any branch of farming, or any the door-yards of a farmhouse grownup Advertising. Gvtun, the great hatter, ry much like him. There is no use
other kind of legitimate business that will to thistles, burdocks, &c Sometimes jn a n0(c lQ lhe C(j;(or 0f tlc evv yQrk claiming rights for those who do no want
Jieia tor a series ot years a profit ot 10 half an acre or more of the best land the ..... . to use them, and those who do shouldjust
per cent? We assume that there is none, farm affords, is thus appropriated as a seed
fhe very idea that profit of 50 per cent bed for the propagation of these viie
could be realised in any branch of busi- thing", and from which they are scattered
Courier, inviting him to test his style of
hats, holds the following language:
"The benefits I have derived from the
take them.
Ascension of Mr. H ise. Mr. Wise
ness would set the whole capital of the around the country. Even the spot rress as an advertising medium, it i be-; has published in the statesman an account
country in motion. Farms would be sold misnamed "the garden," frequently has a;ynd my power to estimate, and I amj0p hjs serial trip from Columbus. It was
-merchants would sell off their stocks wide border, which, perhaps, amounts to well satisfied from careful observation and ; . . 12Qth ascens;0u! . He states that he
indeed half the area, wholly filled and occupied experience, that advertising is the main-
bankers close their banks and
every body who had money to invest weeds and bushes.
spring of success in every branch of busi-
would rush into this gold mine.
We aver without fear of contradiction
The injury from these foul plants is ness
much greater than is generally supposed. I
rose almost perpendicularly for the first
ten minutes, and adds:
All this time I was passing through an
atmosphere highly impregnated with hy
drogen, escaping from the balloon, and
R truth, that there is hardly a locality in; They increase the expense of cultivation, J"e ew Costume. the papers all o
the whole Union where anv kind of farm lessen the vield. and debase the aualitv of vcr the country are literally filled with
animals can subsist, that the sheep if pro- crops. When the soil is full of weeds extracts i elating to the progress of the j for the first three thousand feet of my as-
perly attended to, will not give a net pro 'thev often get the start of crops, and Teltiloon" revolution, i he new sty le is cent, u was hkc passing iniougn an or
U on the investment of at least 50 per, s-nolher them down. In broadcast crops, generally caiiea me i urKisn cosiumc,
cent, and that with the ordinary manage-1 it is hardly practicable to eradicate weeds but the Minesota Pioneer has distinctly
ment of farmers it will give some 20 to
40 per cent.
That there is no danger of overdoing
the business we have shown repeatedly in
previous numbers. The annual increase
f population in the Union requires the
wool from three millions of sheep, so that
to clothe the increase population would re-
TJire an annual increase of sheep equal
lfour millions. But when we come to
consider that there is now an annual defi
ciency of over seventy millions of nounds.
here can be no doubt that wool growing
13 the most stable purs.uii that can be en
&3Sed in. We cannot glut the market,
norwill there be any long time that the
Market will be depressed below a point of
Profitable production. On the contrary
ltls certain that no farm product goes less
flen below this point than wool. It has
n&been a source of constant wonder to
lllat so many farmers in the Western
' atft9 neglect the sheep for the very pre-
lnus business of grain gro wing. Eve-
and they run to seed the seed mingles ascertained that it originated with the
with the grain and depreciates its value in squaws of the Sioux Indians. Instead of
market. Much of the choicest land in say8 l,lc,uu,c' IdU ,su,tsacuu
the country has been greatlv deteriorated! Turk, it would be more proper to say
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deal of fire. The radiating power of the
IVomen as Field Laborers. Mr.
Ureely, in on of his letters from oavoyj
thus speaks of the condition of women in
that country:
I think I saw quite as many women as
men at work in the fields throughout Sa
voy. A girl of 14, driving a yoke of ox
en attached to a cart, walking. barefoot be
side the team and plying the goadstick,
while a boy of her own age lay at length
in the cart, is one of my liveliest recollec
tions of Savoyard ways. N"t brown, un
bon netted women, hoeing corn with an
implement between an adze and a pick
axe. (and not a bad implement, either, for
so rugged and unplowed soil,) womervv
driving hogs, cows, &c, to or from mar
ket, we encountered at every town. So
much hard rough work and exposure is
fatal to every trace of beauty, and I do
not remember to have seen a woman in
Savoy even modeiately good" looking,
while many . were absolutely revolting.
That this is not Nature's fault is proved
by the general aspect of the children, who
though swarthy, have often good forms
and features.
in value, by this careless cultivation and
the consequent growth of weeds. In
some of the western states, this has been
strikingly the case.
It should be a standing rule with farm
ers to prevent their increase, except with
those species which spread by the root.
In addition to this, the thorough exterm
ination of all noxious plants should be fol
lowed up, at every convenient opportuni
ty. .These efforts should not be confined
to the limits of the farm; but the sides of
highways, railroads, and all public thor
oughfares should be guarded with the
same attention. There is a law in this
state requiring thistles, which grow on the
banks of the canals, on -the sides of rail
roads, &c. to be mown twice a year, but
the work is often, neglected, ; or done in
so poor a manner,
a la Sioux, or perhaps more proper still,
a la Squaw. That paper says:
"We find accounts in all the newspapers
of the new style of dress for women, i. e.
pants and short skirts. The long skirts
are stigmatized as draggle tails. The
new fashion must have originated with
our Sioux women, the Squaws, who all
wear pantaloons of blue broadcloth, close
ly fitting their limbs. Over this they wear
a garment usually made of calico, with
skirts reaching a little below the hips, and
much like a josey. They all wear mock
asins of buckskin; and their walking dress
is completed by the addition of a YJakin
aw blanket, worn upon the shoulders in
stead of a cashmere shawl in which she
snugly wraps herself from shoulders down
to mid leg, making the top of the blanket
Watering Horses. We see every
summer, hundreds of incidents of horses'
balloon, with the pungent abrading effects i being killed by giving them water when
of the escaping hydrogen, caused a feeling 'overheated while travelling It would
more like passing the descriptive pains of seem that drivers generally think that the
purgatory than like sensations which we preservation of the horse's life consists in
might naturally expect to arise in sailing ! having him watered at every tavern they
heavenward over such a blessed fructile come to. But we would condemn its be
land as the State of Ohio. When I got ins a most absurd and. unnecessarv orac-
three quarters of a mile high, this unpleas- tice. A farmer who works his horses ati
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ant feeling ceased the balloon having a nloush. harrow or cart, never fri vest hem
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gradually approached her equilibrium, water from the time they go Jo work af
When I reached the altitude of a mile, ter breakfast, until they come in at noon.
I commenced some experiments upon the In France, coachmen never water ; their
spiral movement ot oooies wnen lauing horses except when they teed, and if you
through the air There is certainly a law take the trouble to inquire into the effect
of nature which tends all bodies .to rotate 0f the system in that country, you will
and gyrate. All substances that I drop- find it has a salutary influence. When
ped from my car partook of this double the driver stops at an inn, he washes the
ur eompounu ujunwii, owu hi iii iiuifiui nurse s nose wan a little vinegar in a
opinion it is this very law which gives the sponge.
Vljuwiutii . . I , (
ftpmnnslratina viaihlv ihn i flTA M r likMllna livinir nP!JP Van.
earth's diurnal motion, since it is an ellect dalia, Indiana, had twin children about
arising from a cause that indirectly ap- eighteen months since, and about Tthreo
proximates his theoretical assumption as weeks since gave birth to five Hi ore, all a
"that the oijec shoulders scryc as ahuge pock-J the true and original cause of the peod-j live and kicliirt
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