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4 p. A -.-if X VOL. 2. PUBLISH ED W E EKLYIS 5 , V.M-(iv.j.;'t,. $2.00 a Year, in: advance I v ... OJ00O5W-COt3)-' r . 00 -2 r 2 S o C u t V .- - ; ..it 3 - . it H H H H 4 s M 9 S38S3SSS 83888888 SMMHM . 8'888888S f--,f P S 8 5 a 88888S88 ts. Sfi' 1 SSSSS83S a5. n&S3 ..Se tts H . - TO M 1 88888888 .ft?. 8 or ;. S83SSSS8 -.0 -rat? t3-4 avail 88888888 Twelve lines solid Nonpareil type constitute a square.- owe squares estimated, as a quarter-column, eight squares as a half-column, and sixteen squares as a whole column. . : . , I 49, The FAJRMJSIS has a large and' firrotr-; I irtff circvZattetamonff the best class of farm I erg and planters of: the South', especially in k the two Carolinas. . "!-,-. 1 ; " M' . f , 4t' The. Postngre en ' the Farmer Is I only flre cents per quarter, payable ' at' the I office where the paper is received. ' ' ' : r I J-Post OClce Money Orders may be I obtained all the.cities, and in many of the I large townsi, fTe consider them perfectly safe, I and the test means of remitting fifty dollars I ; JBar BesisteredXetters, under the new 1 sastism, which went into effect June 1st, are a I very safe means of sending small sums of mo I ney where T. O. Money Orders cannot be easily I obtained064t!e,' the Registry Jfee as well as I postage, must be paid in stamps at the office I where the letter is mailed j or it will be liable I - to le sent to the Dead Letter Office. Buy and I affix the stamps both for postage and registry, pvt 1 in the money and seal the letter in the presence of the posUinasiercnidtoJcehis receipt for tf.- 'Letters S sent in this way to us are at our risk. 'h mitltttral. , "The Old Path's' in Agriculture. ': Yirgil recororaended both the ashes of volcanoes -and those of wood with shellSj in his celebrated essays before the Christian era. Perhaps the superior quality of the potatoes' of Bermuda, is due to the I fact 1hatthese' volcanic ashes are there I used as a manure,- especially as the same the most inferior variety..; Virgil was hot acquainted with the composition of these manures, nor their relation to the ashes of the planta that depend upon them specially, as " soilr plant food: " - Tradition or ex-! I perience has indicated the use of the same volcanic cashes in Bermudaft without $ knowledge of thdr composition, under the I name of Puzzolana,4 evidently of Italian I origin,) "composed of soluble siUcates like j- Pummice "stone "which Virgil used as ma- : nnre 2,000 years since. The ashes of the "'potato indicates" the' use of more soluble silica than , any ' other jplant, to "form its haulm or. vine and" the tuber yields ashes v , mai mo muia buiuuie xuaii any umer pianu V By a sort of intuUionvm,ore Jikely than by ; accident, or .more probably; by observing the , spontaneous deyelopment of certain "lants in relation -to ashes, ' and the fact k:L,ul3Ct . -J T i . s i 4 i s n T ; : : : . , ' , r- - ! - - . --" ,. . tv - : ) , : -- ..-. - r': ' IPSO"' if. FAEMB KS, ; 'WBITB WHiMESrGTON, N. C , IRID AY, thatthe pine tree naturally follows the oak, (which yields much more potash ; leaving, however, a sufficiency to support the pine, the ashes pf which yield only one per cent,) we ultimately arrive at the rationale, coal is substituted for wood and the cheapest natural supplies of potash' are substituted tor" ashes, 'especially as the artificial supply fails and becomes .relatively? Worthless on! accout of its bulk, uncertainty with regard to its purity advances' with the price.- j I Bones althongh a comparatively soluble salt of lime, are now admitted to be worth twice as much: when only one tenth of their weight is ; rendered soluble i in H water, whereas, sand is insoluble in the strongest acids, however finely powdered, neverthe less dissolves in pure water in proportion as it' is associated with alkaline bases, and in this respect it is the same, whether We call it pumicestone, as VirgU did, or Puz zolana, or wood ashes, or green sand j or Jersey marl. ', " -j f I The characteristic of aU ashes, is silicic acid or common snnd, that is more soluble than that . which constitutes, ninety per cent of the finest clay in proportion as it is intimately associated with potash or some alkaHne b&se. ' ' '""' . ' " : 4 ! : U If Virgirs J experience ; in r, agriculture upon soil abounding in potash rocks jin dicated the use of ashes as a manure, &nd the subsequent' experience in-Europe that the removal of faggots from the vineyards ruins the crops unless the ashes are restored, even among theprimitite rocks, how much more do we risk in labor and the uie- of other 'expensive fertilizers on our alluvial soils, ; unless r we systematically restore with clover its peculiar ' food as the most economical preparation for the cereal crops, especially as Dr. Voelcker has so abundant ly demonstrated to the satisfaction of all the intelligent agricultural editors in America and England, that even-the best 44 super phosphates tail -utterly -in prodiiciirig clover on some soil; unless potash manures are also: applied.;-; r.'"-!?- -f $ .4 , I understand .that one ! of the most'suc cessful growers of choice iwbeat on the:E. Shore of Maryland, attributed his success on a poor soil to leached ashes, which at that ,4ime were abundant in Baltimore. Now coal iscsubstituted for wood,ahd spda or : " concentrated lye," is made directly from sea salt; the refuse of which is worth less as a manure except sea plants," upon the same V principle that coal is concen trated wood and the " concentrated , .lye ?' substituted for both the ashes of wood and sea plants. So. also, we may have, a concentrated - substitute for: wood r ashes, yielding not only Beven fold more potash, but more soluble phosphates and silicates, which can he diluted to any extent on the. farm with lime, and thus reduplicate its value ana aou Die tne area witnin wmcn 11 is now restricted by freightage and haul ing, i "While farmers receive three dollars for wheat, or even half that amount, they might "pay 50 per cent margin; on fertilisers over the cost of - crude . material, but trlow that wheat is 25 " per cent, below the, cost of its production even in our Western States,. and much more on scatooara, eyery neighborhood will manufacture its fertili zers, and means must be provided, where by this ; wiirbe' practicable. The only al ternatives are a resort to the old systep of Catp and Virgil which have been endojrsed by more than two millenniums, using ashes or some their of cheap substitutes, and de pend on clover as a source of ammonia as suggested by Dr. Voelcker, or on th e other hand diminish the relative cost of packages, freight; &C, &c;by doubling, the usual per cent, of the essential elements in all fertilizers, as it can be easily demonstrated that 36 per cent, of . soluble phosphate of lime at $100 per ton, is cheaper : than ten per cent, at $50 per ton, arid ' that thb lat ter may be made for half the price extem poraneously by the farmer.- . -rt .1 - ' ' - . ' -n v '. ,DAvro Stewabt, M.lp. r - P6rt Penn, Delaware, January 28, p.870.; : ' ; n N.'.' .t: N. B. The most economical applica tion of the jirislacked.ashes of wood is in combination with caustic' lime slacked'so as to preserve both in a fine dusty powd'eir as follows r spread Hlie' quick lime six-or eight inches thick, throw upon the centre of .the; layer of, linie one .ormQre'bnckets of, ater, ai w a barrel of, asnes t taereon-now heap the quick lime adding a bucket JiiiU of "water; for every bushel. , VSThen fcold , preserve it in a sharjp.heap.under coytr or; , in barrels filling; each by a shovel, full from the cen tre and sides of the pile alternately, : and allowing one bushel of ashes to jeach.bar rel of slacked lime. Fox 'the destruction of all jfungi, and especially rust in. Wheat, a top dressing -for- clover, -grass, or corn One bushel of lime thus , combined; ; Ts worth, any 10 bushels as a manure,. and may thus not only economize time but eke out the usual scanty supply of wood ashes on the farm - and double its efficiency. See Georg. .347-350, and. 358--D. S., in Planter and Farmer. . Wheat and Chess. . , "In the Chicago Advance' ot "Jan. 27th, A. S. Fuller is represented as having "said that "as a scientist he should 'say that it is impossible for wheat to turn into chess,1 but as the farmer he feels like saying that he doe's ot know.lSojt seems that this mooted question is no nearer being settled now than it was 50 or more years ago.-- : Of a hundred persons asked to give their opinions, probably ' as many would feay yes as no to iti but I much ' doubt,; if; any one of them could giyefa 'reason satisfactory even to. his own mind," why lie ves one answer rather than .the other, while some, with the writer quoted - above5 would frankly say; 'The thing. is impossible," 01? " We dpnrt know."'5 rAsfbr myself;"! 'IdeM dine to -but no matter r;f to Iwhafct will keep to myself, or leave it to be in ferredy if it 1 can be,1 frpm thefollowtngf curious fact . ' P&z vjV?V-&iy-Mk- ? A friend of rnine in Champaign county Dlinois, while harvesting his wheat, found a single head with chess in it. t seemed as if the wheat had made an effort-so to ex press it--to turn into chessj and 'had but partially succeeded.1" It was such an;anom aly, that he took it ta the hduse and; laid it away' for safe" keeping.- : He may,' or may net, have it yet ': There is nor mistake about the fact. To "be certain ? that what I saw 'was actully ' so,' I took the head into my hands,-f-for it seemed to me it' could hardly be possible and turned it round and round, till all doubt was removed "by seeing again both wheat and chess in it. Of the latter there were seven " seeds; and only seven by actual'' count' standing' on small' stems beyond the r general level- of the head.-VW. C. B., Iroquois Co., 111., in Western Sural. ' '" - '' , , ' Ashes for, Fruit Trees. 7 The Editor of The Horticulturist says : "We have known quite a number of in stances indeed; so often as to make it quite a rule-that old orchards -apparently dying out have' been -brought back again to fruitfulness by the liberal -use of wood-ashes, also stirring the soil. Potash is the most important element in the success ful growth of all kinds of fruit trees. .'' An old gentleman told a club, not long ago, that he had known a man to ; make and preserve an orchard of - apple trees in a flourishing and productive condition, or iginally placed on very poor ground, by sprinkling every year around each tree;' to the circumference? of the extent of its branches, half a bushel of hashes, v We consider this a very important item. " Protecting Sheep from Dogs." i A correspondent of the Scientific Ameri can says that his father, a prominent sheep raiser, finding that the 'rbell. ; wether' was never attacked by dogs, conceived the idea that the use pf bells would tend to frighten away the muderous canines. Accordingly he furnished fifteen or twenty sheep of a flock of a; hundred with globular, bells, ;the size of an ordinary teacup. . Having; seen it practiced for several ."years ' successfully our correspondent is certain of its value. p; r f In yanons parts - 01 tne - country clubs are said to .be forming, .to. opposethe inconie,tax and to Jdefeat; candidates4, fqf. Congress w,ho' favor itsT- contlnuancei. APRIL 15, 1870. BRICK'iPOMEBOiritrilE WAR. IN TlliJ VAXIjEY. ' ! iV i 11 dli es t e rVCliaiigetl r - Han ds ?h Fou rv "Ti uies f i 11 On e Day The Home lot Mr, Ma- (The.following is an. extract from "Brick" Poinetoyrs letter from -Winchester, show ing how often and suddenly r that town changed hands during, the war :,- J;r-5 . IVOne day it would be in possession' of the Northern troops.. ; .The next day these would be' driven out, and the Southerners hold the place, f .One day there were lively tiines t at Winchester; The Confederate flag had floated for several days, ; and was' floating at 4 o'clock in the morning. With the early suniise came lon2f lines of armed men on horseback. ! There was a' yella surprise do wn came the red and white; and at 7 o'clock up went the ;: red, white and .blue. Northern soldiers quar tered themselves here and there as if to remain."" Soon there was to be seen a line of horsemen comming t from the foot of the mountains away off" to the , southeast; And soon another line of humanity was seen, advancing towards the place , from the! northeast. Very worfter there was a shock of contending armies, and- those who were finding quarters and '.places to rest . after the victory "of ; the morning hastened; but more rapidly ; than . they came:: At 10 oTclock the soldiers in ' blue had left and the soldiers in gray "took their placed. The red, white . and blue came down from the flag-staff over yonder, arid again the breeze, kissed the red arid the white, as it: floated in triumph 7 where all might .see j f -mL " :'At'2 o'clock in the1 afternoon there, was' rallying, iust back: from where are stan ding; a (concentration of blue-clad men on foot arid on horse. Then came ! a few thousand, more Northern, troops from the northwest;' fjierewas i a yell a charge ;a fight; and away;back to the waters of the Shenandoah ware driven the Confederates; And down came the red ' arid the - white, and up went the; national r embleriij' the flag, of our country forever. Then there wks rejoicing ritong ? the ;Northern - lines. The wounded; were cared for. Those who were hungry were taking' food, ' and the victors thmlung the "war Jwell-nigh1 over, when back to Winchester, like devils who had forgotten something, came the armies of gray which, but a 'fe w hours before had been flying to the east. I: They came as the waves come when navies are stranded; as the winds come when forest are rended. They oame on foot and on horse rough and rapid riding men, .with that peculiar yell which Northern ' troop3 knew- meant business. They came in this street, and they came up that through gardens, over fences, through alleys, into and up streets, down streets, and ' across streets, iiiooa ran like water. ; Men who but an hour be fore .were thinking of home were lying all about here i breathing ' .their last. Back upon the hill where we stand, and back to the fields beyond, were again driven 'the droops froria the North, leaving s dead . arid dying in the streets of the place, : and all about here. Then down came the stars and stripes,, and fupf 3 with a' yell and a shout, and a loud: huzza of triumph,; went the flag of the Cerifederacywhile the vic tors made ready, for supper. And this was one day during. the war at Wmshester f 'i Eighty-seven times during the war did property change hands in . this , place. ,It was indeed the scene and in the. track : of contending armies A .few rods back of Where we stand; was a : fort occupied by General Milroy, who, when he toot pos session thereof, gave it out as a public an nouncement, that he shoujd 'remain in pos session here till hell froze over f . the rebel lion ended; and his army made - rich ,from ;the:plunderi One:day the General wanted: g place for; headquarters,, so he marched iq upon .the finest, "residence Jiri , the. city. Thinking that to tho victors3 belong the -spoils he boxed up, the pianos,' the books,'. the'pictures, fhVelegant bedsteads,' chairsfs sofas and all the furniture he could lay his hands oti from gutter to cellar, and shipped; the same to his home in'theNortb . f or. elsewhere, at the expense of the Govern merit. It did not seem by this time -that -'' he intended to remain here till the pande-'. monium should become: a ; skating-pond.; ; Hardly haji; he" dispatched the property ' thus confiscated to. a distant home, when; there came along a few regiments of gray; -And,! worst of allv they came in the night; 4, Some of them " crawled up behind; and5 reached "the.top of this little hill,. : just i t in front of ris. s- A few more planted a battery ; ; with far-reaching guns on the spur of j the f -mountains over to the left. ' A few ;, more took quarters just behind the city, - creep- ; ing up. behind the feuces, the ' hou-es,,the' ? hedges, and the trees, clear to the very 5 pickets who were - guarding ' Milroy, I his r: fort, arid his property; " Arid,; then those .; who had taken these olaces remained verv T quiets-quiet as cats about to spring .did tbey lie. -Not a whisper not sound'" was heard. The fires and f, lights ofthe- 10 ri cuuiu uo sccu j uisbiuuiiyY xxere .auu j there a little fire marked .where sentinels 1. -arid pickets stood guarding ! those; who I slept, that they might not be surprised. Vf. -f Up goes a rocket away up there' , to .tbe - right X'JL jce'd. fiery; b.urstingrocket away up towards the elouds . In a, , minute by , the watch up goes another from 'over be-II-ynd .the town, r And before the one Mgh rising from $Ee ' left ;hand ("died .'out, up h went another from beyond that .little hill -i S just in-front-of ua -So muchifor .'tthe Jac ? curacy of timekeepers,' and the regularity; of miUtary;mavements When, positions are 7 to be taken. . - - And then there was a charge and a fight, The shells" from those far : reaching , gun's v dropped down about the fort; into the forti ? over it, and around it, .bursting, and. scat-;;. teringdeath,on. all- sides. -;,And-tGeneralf z Milroy went out before s he;, expected v to. ? He follbwed t6wSrd "Harper's-, Ferry ; th'e ; piaribs arid furniture heTiad sentCfdrward,;.: And once more the ; gray coated,'- battlers for their homes took' possession of rWin-? Chester.' V - , s' -'T.tM' ;) But the storv of the fishtincrl . tBe bat-1 ' ties, andthe changing of hands here would;f-' occupy, page auerpage, so we wiu not en' deavor to relate further. - Just in front of us is a pile of bricks and "stones throwri into a41 cellar; r ..weeds growing; here and there, marking tne spot wnere onee was the abode of wealth. This was . "Selma.1 -now a place of ruins. Looking; down"-' upon this pile of debris, rainrw ashed, and '' stormbeaten, one. would, , hardly ; imagine -that bet a few years ago here was the finest -; residence in this part of the - country? That here stood a magnificent mansion ';1; where night ! after , a 4 night wealth, and fashion did congregate; lamps illuminat-x ing parlor, drawing room, and library a : the wit, wealth, and worth of the place here assembled, enjoyirig v themselves ?at r;: whist parties, listening to music pt. trip-'t ping their feet as do merry,5? irght-hearted 7 ;; dancers r ' , - x ? vf j You have all heard of Slidell andMa ,; son, the Southern Senators,", who went -I abroad during the ; early part of trie war. Well, this is where Mason' lived.; Wheri'1'' the Northern troops . took possession and fj' learned that;this was Mason's house ; that ;, that was his ice-house ; that his kitchen ' Was just oyer there, and that his carriage- ; ' house ;?'WasJ just over 5 yonder,j; thbf : made i -'V short 1 work of "Sekna.7-They entered into and took possession jat;.once. v,Wuat. was worth stealing they stole.' -What .was;t; worth sending -home; they; sent; and to take revenge updn Southern.men they left not so much as .onefootof wall upon - the i. other.: i' We found, here. a.; few . old : boots . -and old boot-soles, "warped, twisted, and?; Hiring rn AVnnpnra YY1 flPQ ware; and a few -'necks. and',bottoms of -' If champagne "bottles j and kicking; among the rubbish we found an old-spoon,, indi- catinsr, no matter who might . have" been I ; here, Butler; was not! - , - s I ew York' has arT opium ' eater 'x aged.;104, who is in excellent health; goes . V .t;o church regularly; and can drink laud-, y naum without feeling a any ill effects." 4. r l: "-S. ' J ." - -ST . ... 1 f 11 ill; It 1 fit- i - k 11 111 2-: - i ... t n t -I ..- : : t s S- II s s-r r '"' V '.V - A ft ml
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