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VOL. XXIV. ‘RELIGION WITHOUT BIGOTRY, ZEAL WITHOUT FANATICISM, LIBERTY WITHOUT LICENTIOUSNESS.” SUFFOLK, VA„ FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1871. NO, 25. The Christian Sun. Devoted to Religion, Morality, Temperance, Literature, News, and the rapport of the princi ples of the OnmsTiAS Ouifbon. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. TKRMS: For one year, invariably in advance...$.1 00 Fur Six months. 1 50 RKV. W. B. WfcLLONS. Kditou. Ossie* ox Kilby Strsht. Money sent hvmall most be at the rink ofthem who send it Thesafrst wav i. by a Post otTiic money order made payable to Die Eilltor, or n draft on some Rank or business house in Suffolk Norfolk or Petersburg. SELECTIONS. The Christian Soldiery. f Heroes in every scene of conflict, mnntl or physical, display Similar qualities. A pood soldier of either ermics in the Franco Prussian war will bo resolute, persistent, patient brave. Whoever can bo thus char acterised, whatever his cause, is a capital warrior in it. Soldierly trai's however, do not grow up eqtiillly well in every soli. .Hugged experiences oro -necessary to the production of these rugged virtues Heroism is cultivated in conflict with something, and must have sprung up hutho men before the battle is joined,or there Will he eowardioe in the fight. Indulgence-end luxury enervate. ' Mountaineers arc usually hardier men and more valiant than those of the plains. On the high bills where the air is bracing and the winds are strong, where the cold is piercing and dorms are severe, the miud becomes sturdy and .the 'body robust. Moral causes-mustmot succeed too-easily. else the world will be deprived of its-saints. The opposition that goodness receives has a : healthful influence -upon virtue which we could hardly afford to lose. The difficulties in the path thut -Oboist 'trod improve the quality of his followers. 'CFinsfianity it; a ; life on the mountains rather than on the plains. A loysl Christian is surrounded bv circumstances that -call on him for every j element of heroism. Courage 'he must-have; or at times, before -sinners, ftluy the onward Patient he must !ba,Jin calm-assurance of; triumphs that .delay their coming Per sistent and resolute he must be, or mover overcome and wear the crown -Of life. The missionary Character of Christian work makes a demand on him for these virtues The world does not desire,(bat gospel without which it perishes. Because Immanuel is not wanted, the efforts of men to make him kltig call -out~enttiity and open n campaign of hard fighting. The kingdom of heaven suffercth violence. It,is extended just so far and fast as it can conquer a way for itself against Christ, fighting his ideas fiercely, animated by the spirit which, in Ephesus, oiicn provoked the silversmiths. Therefore the Christian who serves Christ, is not carried to -tho skies. He-, must cut a way with 'the sward for his pas sage through tW world. He succeeds bv exhibiting a will more immovable, a ^perse verance more undaunted, a bravery more irresistible than nis foes employ. illow can a disciple speak of Jesus to-men that do not love the things of Jesus : how can Christians go amoitg the viscious; wedded to their vices, aud invite ffeeril to ll holy life ; how can they meet and roll back the opposition of sinners, awaken desires for Christ in hearts now hating him, and lead llic bitter enemies of the cross over to the side of our God, unless they have the spirit Osgood soldiers in them, and be superior in pluck to their opponents .? Effeminate minds can never servo Christ; Cowardly disciples can never win this word to Christ, lie needs heroes in his Church. Cue of the most attractive virtues of the Christian heart is of this martial nature, llravcry is a virtue that egpects'homage,; and when displayed in a good csilso,’it wins adherents to if. Wo houored it in child hood, we honor it to-day. ff£very war of nations, on many accounts,- is -revolting*, The field of' battle is enough to make the humane shudder. Gtit When we read his tory, how refreshing is the description of battles, and how willingly tdSOmit weightier matters, skipping many a page devoted to times of peace, to follow the eareer of smite , hero, and to revel in the accounts of’h’is exploits. In our admiration of his cofcrage- ' Ous spirit we forgot the wonnfia, groans and foie qualities 6f ininff,-shown by the disciples of Christ, have the same power to charm, and when the Church abOOnds -in -such ■' Christians its influence is irresistible It is in the presence of the bravb and true'- ] that men forget the cowardice and desertious , ■ Of thoso disciples whose virtue may havo failed them. The blemishes on which the jaundiced eye of the world so fondly gloats are bidden best by the luster of a devotion to JcsuW conspicuously heroic. The-timid ate in every army. They are in the host of the Lord. Many there love thefpost of honor, are eager to telejgfajih hntfle reports of viotories which they did littlo to win him, and to plnnge into the Spoils of an enemy that the courage of their comrades subdued. Often, when the foe presses hard against thojicramental Bast and crowds if Back. e will be found Baed leaving the ranks and akulking away, exposing, as much as In them lies, the cause of Christ to whole gale disaster. At such times, who shall atone for the timidity of these “feeble knees,” make good their places, oonoeal from the enemy the damago done, cause the wavering line to -stand firm, and oarry their standards into tbethioWest of the fight"? The biavo and the faithful have this power, both to hide the faults of their brethren and tb display traits that give attractiveness to -religion. Aa there will always be traitors ra the camp, so thero must be good "soldiers there, courageous and loyal enough to hide as in a dazzling cloud those ipuwcleome traits, and by the grandeur <#1 Letter lives still draw men to the cross. Besides, a good soldier inspirits.those disciples who catch their torn from Christians about them, and so save; many who would otherwise fall away. ]l is easy to create a panic inrthe Church and so paralyze the people of God on the Gelt! of battle with sudden fear. On the othei hand, by the same means,;t iseasy .tospread the assurance of victory amdiig disciples aod cause them to feel, in .view rtfauy work to bo done, as the old guard «rf Napoleot felt whefa ordevsS into battle. Keen a bran leader ‘may say to hia followers: "Let nx hear fhetvoiee of your courage, see youi persistency and endurance, and I, who was about to desert the service, will spring tc support you, and do,my ’part :in fbe ton las' for the Master.” Th this way the coura geous heart that, accepts the challenge oi any Goliath defying the army of the Lord, and goes forth to meet him, -may convert fearful souls into brave cries, calling them out of-dens aod holes iu the rooks to pur sue their -enemies, aud among deserted camps to send-to (heaven the shouts of vic tory. Herd ism 'has not yet left the Church — There Is a good soldiery among its mem bers', doing to day brave-tilings for it. The missionaries, the true disciples on thedron tiers of civilization, teadhers north and south, who are animated with the spirit of Jesus, wiil pass unchallenged as brave sol diers'. But there are more at borne, in our populous cities, in our wealthy'Churches, among learned and ^Unlearned disciples, in the pulpit-and in tho pew. Many more there might ‘faq. Those that now ,serve Christ might'be more -enterprising'and am bitious. But tho virtues of Christians ere not all in the past, nor are they all array from liotne. The great Captain sees piore than we see in our-sChurches, who are loyal jay and night, prompt to obey his call,and happy in the rewards of true brave, steady, patient devotion.—Morning Star. Woman's Dutv.—Women have many duties, some in-common with men, and not a few peculiar -to themselves, but among thorn-all, there is none which they owe to society greater than that which should lead them to take an active, personal, and abi ding interest in all moral reforms. The Temperance Reform especially, should End among rvotnen its warmest friends, its firm est supporters; 'For does not woman her sei'f suffer from the great curse of intem perance Ask the thousand of drunkards’ wives in our land, and with a wail of an guish they would tell you that women suf fer, even if it is only man that sins— Ihe innocent thus sharing the punish ment of tho guilty. But, then wo man herself, alas ! sp far forgets herself as to "lorfk upon-the wine when it is red,” and 5nd herself the victim of the "worm of the still.” For the sake of our suffering sister hood, for the sake of car-sinning sisterhood, t call upou the women of our land to awake, >nd ariso that the claims of the temperance :ause may be ftflly mit by them. Lend a helping hand to those ryho would ift your brothers and -sisters from the nitre if intemperance. .Join temperance organi lations which Cre in your midst, let the utl weight of your influence be-felt on the ide of truth and righteousness; There is voifiairs-proper place, and there she sheuld to, Unless she believes that, like the Mo tammedon houri, she has no soul, and it is immaterial what.course she pursues. Wo r.en of America, do ^our^fluty in reference o the temperance cause, I beg of you, that totir own souls may he blessed when tho JaStef Shall say, "WelWdone,” to each of lis faitlifCl JfsCiples.'—Mrs: P. A. IJana ord. Life.—The mere lapse of years is net ife. To cat and drink and sleep ; to be ixposed to darkness and the light, to pace iround the mill of habit and turn the wheel >f wealth ; to make reason our book-keeper, ind turn thought into an implement of ratio—.this is not life. In all this, but a poor fraction of the consciousness of human ity is awakened, and the sanctities still slumber which make it most worth while to he. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, good ness, faith, alone give vitality tb the me chanism of existence. The laugh of mirth, which vibrates through the heart; the tears which freshen the dry wastes witbin:; the music which brings-onimowi -W>a , it. jrayer that qallsithe future neaV the doubt ivbich makes us rticditato ; -the death which itartles uk with' its mystery:; the hardships hat feroe tis to ^struggle-; tho anxiety that mds in’trust, are the true nourishments of mr natural boing. Good Teaoubr?,—They must, in tho first )laoe/bo industrious ; the kind of people hat, on Saturday night, will got out their Concordance and' 'Bible Dictionary, nnd ither helps, pouring light upon the Sacred inee. There is no other way of getting it the truth of God and making it intercst ng. Cheating Churches. Recently we had our ‘say* on ,Chraliti Minister? • Rut churches have rights t S well as ministers, and it may .balance th ' account to write what wc tlliuk oh che*uin churcboe. When ft minister becomes a pastor of n ohurdh, he puts himself under obligatioE to render very important services to th i same. 'flin people have a right to cxpcc , him to proa eh the doctrines of their churcl , If it should come to pass that he-^houl ; doubt any of them,he is not to trorible thei witjji bis doubts, but to resign his ohargf i It would no? «lo for him to remain Silent i regard to the doubted doctrine, preaehio the rest of the creed to them, for they hnv : a right to expect that particular doctrin from his lips,; and he has no right to.chea them out of it. The world of theology i ! pretty wi le. He can most likely find a pen pie agreeing with him in due time. Wha j right, for instance, has a Methodist minis ! ter to deny his people the doctrine of per | feet love, when It is one of the radical idea | of our system ? Many congregations hav : so long been denied this doctrine, that the; 'hardly kr.ow that the Discipline enjoins i as a grace .to ’be groaned after until re ceived. i The'chprcb had a right to expect fron ] the lips of its pastor the purest morality.— Not one of the moral laws has been 2ltere< since they were written by the finger o Gotl on<tbfl tables of stone. <Or if ’change! at all, they have been made mores’rict ; fo Jesus taught that- they were net only to ap ply to the outward life, but to the score thoughts of the heart. Puritanism, thougl so often ridiculed, never taught so rigii morality as did Jesus and Moses. Tbi minister is do be an oracle of moral pnrit; to his people. Immorality as to have m wink of favor from him. He is not to giv licence ’even to the wealthy and powerful Many congregations have been cheated ou of a pare morality, especially in refereoei to some questions, until the distinction be tween fight abd Wrong -has almost fader out. Ilow is it that in some churches win •and strong drink are used, as if they wen as harmless as water, there -beki.fi next:t do conscience on the subject of temperance Have not such people been cheated out o tiie light they-should have had, ic raspea to this most prevalent of evils ? The minister should be a medium b; which the Holy Ghost should be transmit ted to the people. God.seems to be in soon men, so thil from them a Divine influeuc’ flows out upon the congregation. They be come v?arfn,vbceau«c ibe minister is warm They borrow spiritual impresaiooS fror. him. How is it that, some congregation are so ignorant and void of the truly spirit ual; knowing only of the “letter tlpit liv eth ?” Have their ministers failed to brim them to the very lift of the Gospel? A minister should be the model of a man ii •moral purity. He should Dot only be frei •from aetuai transgression, but from the veri j appearance of evil. Hu should not be flu j slave of any unseemly habits. parent, should be able to point their children to tin minister as a pattern of excellence for irni lationg and ye't, do not some rirfnlsters, hi i their carelessness and laxity in social life j cheat the people oat of the Christ-like mode they should find in their pastors? ■Church08 have & right to" cipcct tlieri [ pa3tors to visit from house to house. Might} sermons in the pulpit will produce but litth druit, comparatively, unless preceded am followed by pastorg.1 visitations. The peo pie ask that..the minister should ho a frienc in the family, ready to counsel, and ful of sympathy. Do not many ministers fai at this point? Is the literary recluse i a pastor ? Gan h^ whose time and atien tion'is absorbed by financial speculation and outside operations, be a freguent.visi tof and intimate friend at-the homes of hi: parishioners ? Many Chu'rehes are cheater at this point. People everywhere are crying for souk one to help them to Jesus. Multitudes dissatisfied with their preseut experience want^to go on to perfection, and don’t know how. Some of these ask their pastors, ant sometimes fajj to get any light, instead o satisfactory advice, and urgent exhortation; togo on at onee;; or rather, instead1 of lead ing them at once, a fi'tng is made at ‘perfee tiottism;’ or they are told not to expect tot itiuch ; and so th6y arc guided, for the time with soothing syrup. Ministers should bi able to lead all theso into the covertet ■Canaan of perfect peace at otice. Some ohu’rches cheat ttietr minister* ; «n< is not to be feared that quite as many min isters cheat their churches ? Let us dea fairly all around. It is a shame, and a sit for a church to allow the minister tq be it debt. It is a deeper shame, and a blaeke sin,'for a tpiuister to starve the souls of hi: peoplt. Dear brother, let not ydur pcoph starve! Though you may seem not t< have more than five littlo loaves ahd tot small fishes, ask Jesus to go with you ti your puljjit and about among your people and you will have enough for thorn anc something over. Don’t substitute literary husks or sentimental trash for the Gospol —Methodist Home Jovmal. Duty or the Church to Give Religious Teaching to the Young The Sunday School is not an institution t y it'elf, having an independent existence and organization of its own, hut is only the church working in that particular way while carrying out its appointed mission of of evangelizing the stor'd. The duty of ;■ | giving a Christian education to the young t lias heoa laid upon the church by the Mas , I ter, and this duty, it has been found, can best be discharged hy means of the Sunday day School. Children may indeed be taught the doctrines and rpft’Cepta of the ■i I Bible privately at home Tv their, parents or » : by others specially employer for the pur pose. The saint, is true of all parts of a child’s education. Me may be taught the languages and the various sciences at home by his/parents r.r by private instructors— . I Many persons prefer this method of ediiou t | lion. .But it is easy to see that not one in ten thousand has the means to educate hi children in this way. Few .parents have themselves the' education or tic leisure to discharge the duty, and still fewer liaye the wealth to-enable them to employ a | private .tutor. Religious teaching is r.o ■ | exception to this remark. It - would he a sad day for the church and for the world if no children were to.receive religious teach j ing, hut those who had educated and godly ! parents aids and-willing to do the work.— To the mass of-mankind, the ninety and nine out of the hundred, knowledge comes by schooling. The young learn the doctrines and precepts of the Bible most readily and effectually, just as they loses most readily the rules of arithmetic and grammar—nacie ly by going to school fer the purpose, by making e business of it. Any other method is apt to be fitful, irregular and Inadequate. If the great body of children -in -the com munity are to -be instructed systematically and effectually in the doctrines of the Chris?!^^religion, and if this instruction cannot, be conveniently given in the week day School, then we must have a school especially for the purpose on Sunday, and this Sunday School must be made as effi cient as the talent.the education, the wealth and the fidelity of the church to her Master can msko-it.—Sunday School Idea. r L Sin* Stroke AXI) Lii1!ITN.!.VI Stroke.— /‘As th^> is the seasou when persons are , most-exposed to the danger, of sunstroke j and lightning stroke, we publish the foliow i **DS / i j ‘ Sun stroke and stroke of lightning, sc . j cording to JDr. Ilall.caUsc death in the same j manner; the blood is expanded and gases ; are l&erdted, both ten ling to distend the • ! veins, which causes in the brain a species I ' . ! of apoplexy-—so that the treatment suitable ; iu one ease wKl be equally efficacious in the other. The distension of the blood ves | sels induces presiirc on the brain, and con , | sequently all los* of sense and feeling ; the j | muscles arc paralyzed, all motion ceases, ! and-the functions of the body are all.arrest . 1'eii. Apply cold cfloths or ice bags to the i I head, and mustard plaster to the neck, with i ! something to act on the bowels as soon an i possible. This u'.ay save life in some cases, | if promptly, resorted to , but In other and I severer attacks something more speedy than | this is an imperative necessity, with the I alternative of death iu a f w minutes.— [ Skillful and eminent phy>ci:ms- in this ! country, upon actual experiment, founded | upon a true philosophy, have ascertained ! that speedy recovery takes place within an ; hour if the patient is bled from Loth arms in the old -fashioned way. From the ; largest distended vein, the blood may only ; flow by drops at the flr&L second or two. but , ! as it flows freer the relief becomes almost . J miraculous and speedy arid complete. Dr. ; j W . Kulltr, editor of the Medical a ‘id | Surgical Journal of •I'tiiJede’phia, one of ; I the physicians who has practised this mode ! of treatment successfully. * Toe Tuck!—A few friends will go and bury us, affection will rear a stone, ami plant a few CowerS over our grave, in a brief period the little hillock will be smoth ed down, and the stone will falls and • neither friend nor stranger will be oifteerm d to ask which one of the forgotten luiUiona of the earth was buried there. Every ves tige that jve ever loved upon the earth will , have vanisted away. All Mho little tne morials of our remembrance—-the lock of hair encased in gold, gr the portrait that I hung.in our dwelling, will cease to have then-lightest interest to any human being. Lath at Sunday School.—It is an im position on the teachers and scholars, j who are promptly in <their pieces at the opening of the school, to bo disturbed a [■ long .tilde by the coming in tardy .— i Tho insult is no less to the pannts of such i as are in soasen. Dr. keener says, “If a man will "take Care of his Lord’s interest, looking neither to tho right norleft, his Lord will take care j of him.” —-— | Be. watchfuL The Better Band, There is a place of blessedness. No' storm ever boats upon' itsfheres ; no famines or pestilence ever stalks around its cities.; no tears, are ever wept there ; no disap pointments ever crush the heart. \ ou have I friends atnl loved ones there. In the night visions, ‘When dee;\ sleep falletli upon in onthey arp present with you in dreams. There is a ladder like that which Jacob saw at T.u?,, reaching from heaven-to eavJf; and they go to and fro upon it. Jrney ; stand beside you in the night waters, and | utter,tUo old words of love. Their voices j have caught soinetfiing of the music of { heaven, though they have lost the old love tone. Their ; eyes glow with much of that i light which bathes tho heavenly world, but have not lost the melting tenderness of the j ■ former times. They shake colostia'l odors 1 from their wings when they come in their dream visits,, and ^for days leave all the ] air about, you redolent af heaven. We wish they would come oftenor, and bring > with thorn when they come,yet largar tokens | of the land whither they are, gone and | whither we are going. 'Ever and anon, another and another is j being caught away from my household : and we reach out our arms.after‘them, weeping bitter tears. . Let it not be so. Lot it rather he our 1 first care that they and we are suitably apparelled when the diaster send. Up there \ they go in raiment which has been “washed ami made white in the blood of the Lamb;” —for that is the royal color in heaven, and i •is worn by all the sous and daughters of the Iviug. Russian' Froyehiis.—Every fox praises ] his own’tail. Go after two wolves anil you will not find even one. A good beginning,is half the work. Trust in God. bat do net-sthmble your-1 self. .i | With God, even across the sea ; without hint, oven to threshold. Without cheating no trading. Money is not God, but it ehow3 groat i merev. i The deeper you hide anything, the sooner 1 you find it. If God don’t forsake us, the pigs will cot take us. - A debt is adorned by payment. Roguery is the last of trades. Never take a crooked path while yon can j 'see a straight, one. Rear not the threats of the great but rather the tears of the poor. Ask a pig to dinner, and he will put his 1 feet on the table. i Disease conies -in by hundred weights i and goes out by ounces, i Every little frog is great in his owu ; bog. : 1 An old friend is worth two now ones. j ! Re praised not for your aueeslors, but • 1 for your virtues. When fish are rare, even acral is a fi-'h. i A fathers blessing cannot be drowned in ! water, nor consumed by fire. A mother’s prayer will draw up water ; from the depths of the sea.. i ; --—-—• Tub Lord's Fraves.—Did you eve.-, think, short though it is,how time!) there is ' in it ? Oh -it is beautiful And like a diamond in the crown of a queen, it unites a thousand sparkling’ gems in une It teaches all of us—every one of us—to look to God as our parent—"Out Father.” It breathes the saint’s reward—* Thy kingdom come.” And a submissive and obedient spirit— "Thy will be done ca earth as it is in heaven.’ And a d^etident. trusting spirit— 'Give . its this day our daily bread.” And a forgiving spirit—"Forgive us our trespasses, as wo forgive those who trespass against us.” — A id a cautious spirit—"Deliver us from j evil.” And last of all an adoring spirit—"For thine is the kingdom, aud the power, atld j glory forever Amen.” «. Usciset of Haitixkss —A drowning j man plucked from the jaws of death is hap pier with three feet of Lari' ruck, limn oth ers with thousands of broad acres ; so is the ! humble Christian hafpi-’r with theT.ope of j Heaven than the men of t.hc world aro when i their corn and win - do most abound, and all j things go well wYu them. In the depths of the sea the waters are still ; the heaviest grief is that borne in j silence ; the deepest love flows through the eye aud touch ; the purest joy-is unspeaka ble; the most impressive preacher at r. funeral is the silent one whose lips are cold. - sIt- would not hurt most Christians if their attention .was taxed occasionally by the great truths of religion, if they made occasionally a few heroic efforts to do and get good. People- nro trying to get their religiou too cheap.and easy FARM A \ n GARDES. Meeting of the CdiucltatncV Agricultu ral Club. At ameeting of th : Chuckatuck Agricul tural Club, held at the resilience of I)f. Cjf. V> . Briggs, on Friday the 7th of July, the fallowing, condensed1 in the form of a Syllu' us, is the result of the discts.-inn . The President, Mr. C llaliia thcchnir. Secretary, Mr. 0, L Upshur reed th question; ,“Tl.e beet and mo; t economical mode of making manures from the resource11 of the •farm.’ Oorrerponditig Secretary— I>r. Briggs—-presented the following as tin basis, Cr guides-to the discussion ; Manures—from vegetable matter— sources—muck from the swamps, vrrg-ir soil, ditch banks, green crops of clover, buck wheat, peas, (oats, plowed in before maturity of seed.) . This was fully discussed, r.nd Col. P. says the, ‘ basis cf all my hopes for success in crop growing is found ic muck, ’ which i-hould form the busts of a.li c impost heaps. . The material used by each farmer must depend in a great measure on his location,' anl the resources of his own farm. Thus, One can obtain swamp citsJ, another virgin topsoil from the woods, ona grow peas to turn iu, belter lliau clover from the char acter of his sail, the principle is the same, give tbh -soil vegetable matier. Manures from animals, its value depend ing.od condition in which animals are kept, amount of grain and forage consumed, hence the necessity of growing a larger quan tity of long forage for eon version into ma nures during winter than is at present the custom among us The mineral manures an-eallsd of marl and lime, their use and collection essential .0 any improved system of fanning. The cost per ton—estimating ten bushels to a cart load, and four loads to the ton, of composts containing one fifth animal niauure —whether this would give sufficient ammo nia, to the compost for hill and drill appli cation of manures is not patchiug the soil aud impolitic? To the first question—The cost per ton varies so much, depending on the hire ol the labour, and distance to haul, that it will vary materially with each farmer, but that it will pay no one doubts, since, as one ol the members mention two of.our most suc cessful farmers keep a horsst and cart em ployed a greater part-of the year iu making composts. It would pethaps be best to use all manures broadcast, but is not practicable, we think, because ef the limited supply, especially iu truck crops, melons, et cetera. Cost per day °f nian am! team iu collecting homo manures, and the, estimated value of his labour, compared with the value of com* post made. Some discussion as to value of team and hand—uuauimous conclusion ; It will pay any way. How far can we afford to haul muck and marl’: Marl four miles, muck two miles. What is the value of a load of stable manure (do bushels) of average quality, to the farmer here who grows potatues aud melons for market? Answer §1. Is the pfoliey of penning cattle all spring on. small patches of naked earth, to grow turnips, to be commended? Answer, no. Would not-the same maijure they would drop, collected on muck in the eow yard, applied broad east, or in drill, produce far bit r results ? Yes, double to four times Does the Club not think that the use of marl aud lime with plowing iu green crops of clover, peas, buckwheat, or oats, the most economical method of making manure: from the resources cf the farm? Yes, or most farms Mr. \Yalravan—a very successful growe cf •wh at and cl ivr, wh.i /ays no tjiuilH. ah. ; Ms mc/tboj of making manures. Hi stock are k pi r-mr I all winter, regular)] watered and fed The wheat and oats art cut. ri.re.-l.--d r.rd th-s straw stacked near tfcireuwyartf. fire t it, is eat, shocked, aud when the ears are shucked a uderjihei. the stalks with the f-.'dJermff^are a!s> slacked near the pea, iu fi a iarge quan tity of coarse feed and vegetable matter for nodding is i’t.'de.. -d us possible, the ensuing spring lwhen the cattle go to pasture, this manure, uvtstly kept under ,:.a/fe n.is thrown into largo heap.-., to undergo fermentation, and in October is applied broadcast to the wheat crop—on which clover , is sown — He uses oue peck of clover seed to the cere, when sewed alone with sural! grain. Cuts but one crop of clover annually. Always sows orchard grass in the fall aud clover ii the spring'. U UI lii^ IIIUUIM USJIUU, tuu t mjii m 11 ■ Secretary read from Agricultural reports o 1847, page 228,certain maxims in refereuci to manures, one of which was “that stabh manure agrees-best with alWkinds. nf field and plants and modes of culture.” To thi Of our most intelligent members tool exception aud says : “If the idea is iutenl ■ed that tire application of stable manur ahuie will giro better results for all crop than any or ait other manures, we demur and appeal to experience to prove to tb contrary. Irish potatoes, turnips. n%eal,itri oxceotious. No one will question hut tha -A Tub Chinstiaw Sck. -T~' ' AIJ ¥ K K T f M KM KXT8. — Ailvcrtic^!/cnt-« no: iiM*>n?istfTit v, Jtl* tJachltf piil r, will l i-> •! :! l!ir fallow ingrate*: \\" &BT One square of ten line?, firsti ;rtion,...^ 1 Forench suhsetjue-r t in-u rlion...t..m****:■; One square three months....*. 6 (© One square six nomi:,..;..... JO CO One square l.vel.v months.*....*.IS If) A 1 verier* changing wpakjf, tjfttst make * Mrreemenf. ) •. advert. \rlil pay quiwH-rly or semi-nmniirMy in edvani#, Trar .-i*' if aii -'it* •, merits to t»e paid for on insortion*’ Jor. Pma-mo exesatrd v.‘ith neatness and dis patch. pome lauds, rich in amnn'r.ia and tho,'phK|i phjtef, are deGcreut in time, potash, etc ,tc add ammonia, (to some crops*) contained ■ in stable manure would products excessive j growth of stalk with deficiency in elements | for the grain," &:o. _ < i After the regular discussion, and inter ! change of viewo in regard to many subjects i ’■( interest to each individual, farmer, till) ; following paper waa read cn Tuhi-'p grow? subject diseased at the previous meetly, tug, and the views therein contained ap I proved by ,jthe club. GROWING TURNIPS. j 'Pile practice, as’usually pursued tu Tide .^ water \ irgiaia, of penning a few cows on u Email famed fl it, near the road, all the Spring,. breaking it up and cowing a few j fnrpip r.ocd, then bushing or harrowing it,— >nd in general, raising enough roots for , tim family, and salad in the ensuing spring, ,*hon'd be abandoned. Many of our corn i crops, hare been seriously injured beyond recovery, by the cut and juicl worm... and :triy %e who tries it, will bo delighted and, surprised-at the results of having COO to. 1,000 bushels of largo turnips from an acre iu%iid winter. Turnips, sweet pota- , 1003, and corn meal, boiled together when iVigs are -Cist penned for fattening, will x save the corn, and is uu 'StJuiiraMo feed for the milch cows. There is .perhaps r^ crop which is so easily raked.rerpotris so ruick-. lv, and pr.jo so well in yield to liberal treat ment, and none os which the bought ferti lizers cau be used to greator advantage. The drill system with rows, three feet apart, and seed dropped in dfcts,- made by a toothed wood wheel, nine inches apart is. ihe plan wo have pursued for years with both the white and Swoedish Kuta baga. ■ A very important point for success in turnip growing is the preparation of the laud. Wo select our turnip ground in. January and plow it, at some leisure time in May it is craiiplowed, in July when we I can spare enough'the manure is broad cast,. iland agaiuyilotted and harrowed, then the 1 the drills arc opened, lluaco Peruvian and i Bone dust, at least 200 each to the acre, | sown in the drills, which are then Slled j with compost, covered with the turn plow, two streaks, and harrowed again, flattened with a broad hoe, the wheel run, and tur : nip seed dropped- The first week iu July, j regardless of the moon, ifpossiblc the Kuta. I llaga are planted, and quite often the white | turnips at the same time, although they require a shorter season to mature, and wo | have made fair crops tnwu the last week in August. In England hundreds of acres of Swede turnips are grown for'stock, and their time of sowing .is from 7th June to 3rd . July. The best success we ever bad, the crop was plantedTtb Juue. Thus liberally treated, and carefully hoe-worked, aud plowed, thinned gradually in moist weather, to a stand of oaa plant, the crop will pay \*t Kell.as ami acre on the farm, end is not. | perishable, requiring simply shelter or store ! room, iu fret not even that, thrown iu coni ! cal heaps of thirty to fifty bushels, covered ■ with a layer of .straw then earth, they keep | finely until April. j One great advantage of the drill system, 1 is the crop is easily worked and replanted, aud the important and greater consideration ! a larger yield in weight and mora cuifpv-, j uiity in size of the bulbs. Wo have seen ! very largo turuips grown from seed sown broad cast, but theu the great majority were Small aud of middle size, frequently doubled aud trebled, while the drill system I properly fertilized will yield rows on rows, of uniformly largo smooth handsome hulbs i which load tho carta very quickly. r! Ttia great principle of English farming ' is often said to bo to keep the laud dry (ie ic,': drained} clean, free from weeds,russa : trass, brass, &e„ lastly—rich. Thus anyr .-y.-,!,in likely to bo adopted by intelligent. aud obsersing farmers will probably prove successful. The acre of laud treated as above, for tur nips will, tbo ensuing year grow clover, I coru, or sweet -potatoes, wheat or cotton,. : that will in increased yield, repay the oot ! lay fir ftrCilizars. .. Sandy loam is the soil for turnips, sdJ ! iu our experience, the darker and morn 1 vegetable matter itecataiued, the better.— j Wo have used plaster and ashes for the ! turnip fly with-success, ai.d iu conclusion, ■ permit me to express what l believe to bo facts iu tide-water, that most persons sow the crop too late iu tho summer,thus loosiug - seasons, use too little care in preparing tba ] soil, and don't use halt' enough manures of . either house made or bought fertilizers, nor plant one fourth as tinny turnips a3 they ' | should grow. Naxsejiond. To Kestoks. Color.—It is well known ; shat v-heii the color of a fibrio has been de . stroyed by acid, ■ammonia is applied to, ■ n utralizo tbo same. But it is'not so well" 4-known that the appiicu'iou of ammonia, , chloroform will iu almost all cases, rostoro , ■ 1 tho original color Chloroform will also . ■ retucTro paint (foul's garment when almost : [ oeery thing'else fails. ,:a»
The Christian Sun (Elon College, N.C.)
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July 21, 1871, edition 1
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