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I 7 JOiKioiq) 12 ; - 1 1 1 11 fVfT PUBLISHECWEEKLY)? q -AT - - ' '. l .ii' ti $3.00 a Tear, in advaacej OS 00 P . & ' ' r; -- e 9 9 8: : s : t . :0 it S is w.-ir b Pi 5 ED 3 X 'I m a H , 2w5 ,-,2 -5$ 5 so cs bs m 'SO 41 3s g.8 (32 -i SS88SSSg-. ..-. - co'iJmmm w oi to o oe os eo . . .. O K el 883S8g8f i- so St. 3 SB . 39' -3 888888831- 4 I I- S33S3SSSJ . t S ao a ntS SSS8BS3S rrr Twelve lines solid Nonpareil type; 'constitute a square. x our squares esumaieu .as & .ouar-ter-column, eight squares aa a half-column, and sixteen squares as a whole column, dx j ;'J 'St. he'FAMER Aas a large and. grow- ing cirwiatiin dm&ng the best tlmOLtof farni' erg mCd plants in the tico Xfardlinds. Til eatge en . tfae; Farmer ' is eniy 'flvo cents per. quarter, payable : at; the ' offlecrwkere ine!paper ts ree'eived. , r 't J Jr Post OlSee 'Money Orders may foe obtained wail 3the 'cities, and in many of. the large to was. JW e consider them perfectly safe, and the best means of remitting:flfty dollars 1. orless;; mU . sdi'l ; 49rBegtstered letters, under the new sastem, which went into effect Jun.lit, are a very safe means of Bending smaUsumS of m0- ney vriiere P. 0. Money Orders i caamot be easriy obtained, ; Observe, the; JLW7fXec,as-jWli as postage,-; must . be paid , in stamps at the bnlce where the letter is mailed, or it will be: liable to be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Buy and afflx ike stamps both for postage and registry, put in the money and seal the letter in thejoresence of the postmaster and take his feceiptforti." ' .Letters sent to us in this way are at our risk..; v ,:.-.- A Short Wheat Crop Probable. Advance in Prices of Breadstuff. ,11- As the wheat crop: of 1870 ;will soon; be ready for market, and as many thousands 'of our , "readers are producers of .he'great staple and. directly: interested1 in the yield : ana prices, sucu iniuriaaiiuu ur &uggetiou ;- on the subject as we may be'ablja 0 give - will be seasonabiefdnj the best infpr . ; mation we now. hveyeri ved mainly frbm , such reliable sources'as bur own correspon- - dents, the opinion of the Commissioner of . ... various, wheat growing sections, and the statements of exchanges--itis .apparent : that ; thecrop ofvwheat now kavesting V i . must prove .far, short of the average !of tor- mer years, certainly seven millons of bush-' : es!Jless, ia ;tbe;aggregai : - 18,69; i True, -the" reportsClwe," givefrom' lauthorities; for. weeks past, indicate a ghort crop a great ueui ease, m iwtu acreage and yield from the large crop of last year. i x The lastireport, of the Commissioner' of lacige thisyealr,;a3'cmpa ! - -.., . j . l . i : , , . .- , , ... . u , ; J t , . . . ; " f , -:. - . - II , coiresponpjenii j iis,,weeisEriiiir.e generauy favorable,' butr tne "testimony f oOhe4 bes! f V Ij 1 I I fV-Xl. r . X. 7 11 II 11 I.I : . . I.I X 1 - - - V V 1, l. f J I IrA . I J lj I J v - ' ' . r r? : H:? ? A' ."( ? I -.rf .-' - 4- ft i while it:is tieKeved- the; average yield .per acre will be" :less than -that -of anv season forJsTeveral yearaf.ev;;ilence,'5 with a material diminution of both acreage and yield,, we cah8afeiyt assume; a f short Crop, aod thkt the prices -of 7preadstun-will ibe - corres pondingly advanced; especially if, as now seenis' probable thero is to' be an increase foreign f demand: iii iconsequence of; poor harvests in'the .wheatft growing iiegions of theold-vorld. Y.ii?l:'t- &6v-.l a1 - 1 '-The wheat crdp oftFrance is undoubt edly-short, andMt 'iso understood- that, in consequence, : agcnls aifer: already .in . :our mOTket purchasing-lor that, county. .This is but One'strawr. but it tells. - Russia and Prussia are the greatest competitors of the unuea ocatesiorine saie oi;preaQSiuns in Ed gland, (see labia showing .imports; into Great" Britain duririsKthe first four;monthj3j tiffthis year, aa i given; in Rural of .June' 25,) and of course pacesLwill be effected , byi the yield - of he. wheat .crop in those countries. ? Another fact-.worthy fpfinoto i&-that iii conrsequence of jlow . prices durf in'g-'the past yar,.considerabJe!i wheat has "been fed to stockf sfimewhat extensiyfiferl in theiWest-T-tlvusr' matqtially reducing the' T-If; itr4 frue?,caswe.iisstmei and believe, thaouf? CfJfa oi i the ; greatr cereal upon which 'itien --'Civilized i .wurldi depends) for; bread is-many.millions less than was an ticipated,: prices must advance; , materially over lasts year's 'rate's,' though j we ca))npt expect them to rule as high as formerly as during'arid for il .while after the .war. for -exampJeandVi ti theitfpre behooves; 'eve-wKtatTgrower.'toCgiyfe tjie matter jof many are to sitoatedlthat they, cannot well hold their grainbuf those who can should keep themselves thoroughly; advised , as fo' prices, prospectsc.-(noting the result of both home and foreign harvests,) and then act upon 'their4 Ibest judghient. Our own. opinion4 asaireaay inumacoa,' is inai prices wiUlhaterialiy .advance during - the" season, and whence, unlesathere should "be an unexpected change jnfbemrkets,and prospects", ;'itf "will xiop xtoalf be safe butjehi ihehtly wise iorprbrJucers. to ?make haste' slowly" in disposing 'of the; present crop.; Ag a matter ot course, f middle-men, t spec ulators and the commercial paper in the interest' of - operators,, will attempt to bear the market asusual hut ' the intelligent,' reading,3 thinking farmer should be. gov, erned in ' his -acti6n .(helding -or- selling) by the best information bbtainable-f and , tne most reuaoie sources oi sucniniprma tion j allowl us to add, are the . journals published iii3th-e:interests tof tprodae'nu ; Our-YlatesrforeigritTparr since- the above was written, show 'a ma terial ' advance in' the prices of ,breadstuffs in most Of the ?lptal Eurdpeahrmaickets. Moore's ilfoiral New rYorker. tqI t 'zrm Grape. Vines jon the , 'V-tfr'-CVanning-giVei,' in thfe? Broya&ence Jokirnaly in interesting rMivdf:5Y!ilHam; J4 Flagg's book,'-? Three ' Seasona .in '-.En--; Topean Vihey ards"; recently publish bd by thef,HafpersThe i object of MTt'Fiagg is toy awaken ' aS iiiterestp ' among iour grape growers 1 ih: thd ew? method (of .training vinea which is 'practiced inEufopei -W.e do not know how fair this system i may be adopted with 'advantage' in tthisrcDUntry.' If is important that "the method should be 'uriderstoodfi' ahd -the system r. thoroughly. irie.a uy .coiupexeni vane cumvaiurs. ? m, '!.- r iu The cAe'Culture, of the vine converts it- into- a -shfub ;in - Summer and into & stump smaller, than . a cabbage in; Winter No stake br trellis i ever crequired;,JTwp or three ; shoyelfols Tf s. eaith7 lii jthe Autumn, ::cOver Out Of sightla vine twenty, vears old. ' ' Three fourths, of the labor, and ( expense of-the present method of cultiva ? tion aWilavM; xlUU& Ustili -iSwcitraittiiJgs np imystery At the end of the first year the young vide ia cut backtd a stumti about nine, inches .high, leaving at its top, if possible, two canes re-; UUCea eaCU W IWUejca lit; icugm nmy are 'to become permanent . arms oi ; tne .iu-tare-imtine-i lAt the "i enditof the second. year the pruhingi isr so performed fas ;-tp. give to - this "'stump of nine c inches, A from i wv 1 nvi -ii it. 1 1 1 threje tolBx ihort armaip' At tperitfbttie third.year the .goitcheja . sv trimmejcl ;ast to increase tlje number of short anpstftsixj if that ptnnb'pr' has n,pti beer? previously? 6btaine;5Cie pruphin.gs;raoehtly uniform yearby iye w sibly two canes of the .3 preceding year's, growfli; (but' back tO one or two eyeseach). at tend of!,each' arm.rCaie is ta(ken to. balance the 'spuch',phali' sides'by v kjm? metrical' arrangements bt the arms, hen toq iriuch did wood curaulatesV UP? theni they are carefully ? cut back so as to restore the original conipact form.-5 fi ; i ne greaiest: proaucv,is ppiamea irom vines ?n $duche when : they are set out.'fiVe; feet apart .in each direction: (1,600 plants ta thVfre) v This; allows the plow 'and cultivator .toJ be used Iii field culture. "One precaution needs.tb jMf oVtyedJ f This' is Seasonably to remove the suckers " which spring up around the stiim'p. The ground bould ; te - kept clean ' ofweeds. - The Winter ' trimming;, is. rapidly jH one0 by shears. The- European practice of ipro-. gressively stripping the vine of leaves ip aid; theV npmnpf .thef grapie' lis not adapted! to ourrjcjimalp .' ;lEten ' ibe.'prncb ing in of --the 'gtbwing'j &os f ami jatnda has been probably carried! to excess' in ITewglattd.rft 5; -' t-W V The grape vine pn. the stqmp Can bdrcnl-. tivated.in the garden, whereyer; a.rasP" berry pr blackberry can be set,- Mr. f'lagg especafly reepmmerids for the souche pur short jointed varieties, cari7in stiff canes. The trimming and.perhapSjheight; ';f the stump will probably vary lttiin certain liniitsthdifrerent varieties. ?r,7r? ; ! AIn Kw EngUnd and ?thV north of the United ;StateSj souche; culture promises the :meaUs pf. easy . Winter protection "'.ifor our best varieties, tyhieh we havelojbg.p4ed. 'Armature vine, reduced to such dimensions in y"mter thattpve piphatca. cdver it can be buried' put 3ot. harnVs way by plow ahd spadewith the : greatest ease. The compactness' of the grape, ;en sovche in Sunimer makes it - easy, also, - to apply the ..sulphur; cure (fully Ulustrated '..m Mr. 4 Jb'lagg'SADPoic) ati tne -inrstpapproacn :pi mildew: or "odium; 2 1 The protection s' from extrenie 'cold and jrbm disease thus afford.-, ed makes it; at once ; practicable tb culti vate :en&wcfyM6vx: fields . many of the early ripening European varieties,; tJn doubtedlv bnr Aliyn'fl hybrid is better than the!, European; Sweet Water or Chasselas,; and the BeTawarisvnp class. -The Crevellins andV dirdndac'k.' rank-high among (black ; grapes. ,?:But'alL pfthese, ana eyen the hardiest of oujrjia? t tive grabet; are much benefited in this lat- ituae t oj l mper ; covering , sucn t.as ,xne souche invites. , . - -. a ?.. 1 ; ,; -, The nrd3j0f the; South pf France, nnw Occupying a-inillipn and ;a half ;cf acres", have been keptfrpm time immemo rial en souche: ae. ; ;This is true also of much Dpi Burgundy, of ..Cognac, ; Medo'c And Rftiitfrne. .. . . : ' 3- i 5 The soils : pf many, of the ; celebrated French wine districts are sandy or gray ellyrand contain;an unusually large pro portion, of lime iand iron. Stones in;the though natural pr "artificial drainage is al ways indispensable.. Yauable grapes; are cuinyatea they The poorest soils, the quality' being m inverse rauo 10 ine quantity. . 1 uus nuuue uar u. lv vieldsmore thahVi50- gallons- of-the; choicest grape juice'.' The yield of -Tile dOQi;apd. the Cote dpr of Burgundy; only 250 gallons to .the acrei" -while in rapV, idly descending, scale of .' quality are-'-p'ro ducts : ot grape juice 6t 1,000, ' 2,000taf even p,yuu gauons xo ine a,cre. . xnis 13 il lustrated by . the story( of the jineyard'Of Clos r Vougeotr the seat- of lan old- mpnas- terv, From 80 T acres ' the .' monks ob tained only .1,200 gallons 'bf, very choice years bid. F The French revolution dispQsv; sessed the monks, and; thir secular sud ce&orS; obtained ifrornCTieWf yinesj on the same ground no less than ; 18,000 gallons OI lUe pUUrC?l UUU:BVIUC81; .T1UC. , lUUUg, and recently manurea vmes areconsiaereq i TL----. M-Ak'mAii- anil' nvt-f?4' ntimvAnAa eceniiy manureu. vines are consiuerej uc aia , uuiv;vcu.., - juuito, - ance" on a par and unfit toproducallittiec'be keptfat:and in wciK;,if-;;;'"f gc6d.wiBe; - Jiji pnee .in three years'; inMedoc: once in 17 to 10 or even! 20 years.? Toi H diminish the .' iciu 4111 w. ;peteL lut? JU .mi v iujj- yxn es are sometjmes crowded to the extent-of from ia0Mfbr25'06bona'smgle aCreJC50A.bom- ;nin , number iiVC444tktbat",1is'thre feet apart in cacn uirecuoq. , ;. -, ; ; : v . v. In, this country we ? want ;to obtain' th& largest Vpossibld., product of ripe; ' grapes,' but ;we h ave niucp ' to larU if fdm European experienceOur grapes frequently re main sour and never ripen from the exces sive use of stimulating; manures, which induce overgrowth and. Overbearing. IWe I Luiujs. mai.r yuuugvjues iu .xsew jugiauu are frequently rained by soil which they are setbr by a subsequent; surfeit of animal manures. ; Mineral -man--. urea and the least i advantage severe cbmpnlsorr' Winter.; Ifb; Vicituriiiibject' rnany pf ,'our': varied ties. ,JA few varieties,"; like : the Rogers hybrids, are perhaps;. too rampant" foMhis severe treatinentjbut they are yarjceties J wmcn thrive .witn ; the r least ;amount ot care, J, With many "varieties it 'wilb be de-: sirable even pn, 'Jtib'twchi tp ' reduce the 1 1 li 1 i:i? -ii'X j'-U. tstry. -7. Provide Against' a Dearth of Provisions, The declaration of war'.byTFrance jagainst' Prussia, musimeyuaDiy.ieap: ,10 a geperai war in Europe.; ibtwhicn event breadstufife and provisions of all kinds will prbMbiy? reacn. enormous .prices, wnue couon,ine great and only prpductipnpfi;he Southern planter, 'will fall Jtp ,a very Ipw figure. The policyruinoUs! and "destructive ;ihv the. best timesf. . the Southern planters since the war, has beentp. raise cotton ex clusively and. depend upon the North and West for coin, bacqi Jlour. and jbay. . ,We have again nd;&ga'iEAitee1ib'd'1 94 jpro- tested. against'soch' a paradoxicaLand: un ke; system; 'ut; to W ton-at thirtv-fiveCent&'Za Pounds suCh 'a cdurte could be lialylciscft' with 6'Ur? great -staple selling :satVao'-Lpel0W'' twenty cenf si -it' becamo crimihab folly;" iep suca;is ine ;Conaiuou-p'iiairs nowv Cotton is plantepV almost (BXclsivjely the present year," and in 1 all; .pfobability ! will sell very loyr. While corn and.proyisidnsy '-iLJUiZ: Wial SMIL's -w-aA. -a' Tery high.':r ou account 01 me war, rWiji oe scarce anu There is time vet-fori something . tbrbe dqneio jrefrieye bur-past error, and inakb Us less dependent for. food upon the-North and West.; rNature Jbias btessed. ns with a generous? climate;, and .fruitful soij, well adapted;; to- the growth of grasses,' small grain 'and root cropi. -:' These - grow and flourish here rmg thjelentife WihtenifA-i lew acres 01 and weit prepared, ancj prppv erly enrichedj will secure a full;, and abunA dant( crop of , turnips, beets or . carrots'for the, iupplyxf animals Jduring the entire Winter and Sprihg.t;:,Asmall plat Pf land nigniyvieniiizea. anasqwa.in ryeojc uariey, arlyin September will furnish'largesup piles oi iprage; airer me. root -crops - suau. prepared than any plant . with :, which we areacuainted;;?rhe jcollard is highly nu9 itritipus.fman;ahd: bcast,vahd;ifQr Mtler nJakm qualitiris ibn"ibri6resentf Mtuioneomethip like thefollowmg-Fbrav,fa mule force, one acre -each ittlurnipsi beets;- carrots and collards, and tw-aqres; in rye;,- X11G lumips iuiauugaa Buuu"uy cv.n.i-v in drills twqranArli the i 20th ,to.. the last.his, rnonth, .the. beets.r carrots and collardsjaiin f drills the same drstac abtv Aut,andtbevrvelbrrdcfe of Sptemb'erTlislll fuf hish a f all; supply for 'the work, stock, cattle, ; .sheep. and hogs ' on-' an I'ordmaii iplantation', of the size ihdicatedA ules; ! with a very , sucn as lime,-plaster, grouna bone; oxides of lirbri, heed less caution; 'Not of the : souche is ' the ; uumuerHyi uuuues .oue uau. luseuurei good IripmgJfjr'af Chlemrl miicn-cows.- jjei-au. mcatj MHu 1 V-TOwbnld 8tiggestJ as a suitabie? proviso K-.ft Dili oj srji sworiving: conditio a 4unUtotthe BratL,bf 1 April.' . ThiSk ia too important auf matter.to aLstarrjationV.Diiast: j5 ensue in Kquelocali-ties-Jiext Jear;unJe,e(taljjeVihe forfelock and. ami)lv; Drovide airainst! such lamentable ODtingeDcyi, .u , jrfc inust ,be made.on. land ;eUp7fetndtiighly. fertilized.- -pyijui-uapoTplj'fJJhe I standard superphospiatfsAin4Ee. absence of rick stable.; manure .qr ,cottonTseed, at ; the:rate of-two hundred; poundl.'oi .the Peruvian or three, hundred jand fifty; of the saprerphpsphatQs, jQn lani, jthjaroughly ! plowed ; and harrpjedK, m rto secure a good crppqt,ejery'oneJtry atodirelieve himself s:frg;ter .clutchei pf grain jandbacQab&McuUto 1 Chronicle. ;tt . h " '- r f,,r -r 1 J V -Mulching Bearing Fruit tree " ; -?iTbere is no doubt nowl by oun;niost in-j telligent-horticunuHst&boiit': the - practi4 cal .advantages "ttf be "'aihetb by iihulching th5e surfade ofWwSatdl andJfruit gar-: ;deo.'r This should be oidre generally prac-j ' ticed an jfruitTpr6ducing districtspfor it is ' :the! lealsfr' extensite and most'i effedtive method trM 'tirdtectijifr Jtheinfruitsirees aaihsVthe 'bad ftfsUltS of ten following the -rtreci5eht' andTsuddenUhaneei of t'enipefai Mre'durrag' thd'Su'fnrner and Fall mojaths. Wjheh the mulchisp'Qt! twxrcr three itehes 'in' tnicknessf -th sTirfaeet-sbH is confetntly f mbist andslooseje'Vett when'no' raittjfalls - ipr a xerm pi several weeKs-, anaine ,irees &rfrtiitaibe ofmpis ture and food under such circumstances. . ; : My- methpd is 'to cultivate. : the spaces :betweHberfowof !tr"ees inihe'lbrpjhard, 'using "a smaiVone rprsepio w;aUd cuitifa- "f tpf,! unnifig1 quote more 4hanrWO; inches deep, during the4early 'pact bf the.seasoa. From''tlielst--of iJulyX? havjei put con a heavv coating bf salt; hav,f covering" the surfaee as" far as thetbfanChes' extend. Af- j t ef tliisf th ere i is . ha t tnor trouble ) with I -"weeds' aiid grassiThereimayr.a'ifew' scat- fefe'ffbfiei start uTr,Tbut! they arq easily de-1 stroyeaisH - mm "-rfoiiei'.vi 1 f ; 'threeeks before the time:; pfy gathering ;the main crop "of tfruit, fine'spechhens are constantly falling off om blownoff ;-by: strong winds, toil When n the ground ,isf mulched the majority lof;spei-arenptl i alohe:I: consider, pays me for the troubles 'df mulching -the orchard.',; -I v;:v- f " f The j-li only one serious -drawback to -th abbiicatibn of mulch, that is the dan ge'Pf the hay: pr; straw ' gfc ttjffg 'on fire; wnenrenaerea ary ioy ;cominaaiT warm r weather-B. T; Quinn, in if, X, Tnbuyl ff :,s lCeepr Plowing Under.-ji j ; fnA? Qebrgifarmer,' in 1865,-fenced in a "' jfield. - of ' ten acres :lahdwprn . out, and plowed; it in June and sowed' it to wheat V jn; September,. aud ath&rvest!;time got four bushelsto the aCreJeriexiCseason there was a r- fair crop of s weeds n These wereplowed under and -wheat tried again) The'lsyieldjS perj acre, rwas, nine ibushels. The same process the succeeding year pre. ; duced seVehteenbnshelaipeC4ice,, and the last : -year- twenty-seven ibushels.1 f As f no p mentiPDr;is;:made apput the use.Of . clpyer, these successive-7 croppihgs xmdjconstantly increasingyields are somewhat remarkable. . ; Ti-.'ti"'-;. "j utl -a.'. t-a:iii n s-.t-lJL. ' it 1 is assureu ' i-uafc uau i me grounu uetai , subsoiled0 ttw'enty' 'ihchiesc deep,? the lalt yield would have b?ett-dbubld;i&? v American- jrarmer.., rs v i Sale of Texas Sea Isfand Cotton i The" Hbtbn4 iHwnW bf::th6'itb, ineh Oftlvfiktnn1 Mr.Alfred muckle: which katedtif'I tiay r1yedptdayi2accbunt tothe idirfav'i ithp csfimdAgaini Of Harris 'wuntyfrdrn'his merchant in .prices fbBSeHandttofifOr 14 jbags T b l8d; itmmmzr&z; h . ;f T iw.v"o,LvMv , vmwj. g0(-i5hkKway:they,m v V 1 I ft 'M Am
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