The Copiah signal., April 07, 1882, Image 4

About The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883

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Shtfiopinh Jfifjnal,
i!:i/l.lnii>i. Abril 7 1882
Watermelon < til (me
The fallowing article on water
melon culture wna road beforo the
Georgia State Agricultural Society
at their late meeting, by Mr. T. Lit
tle, of Ricbman county Georgia:
“To the person wodded to the all
cott<>n system of plautiug, the cul
ture of watermelons, m» doubt, seems
to be of v.ry slight consideration;
l ut when it is kuewn that hundreds
of thousands of melons grown in
Kichmcud county alone, arc annually
shipped from the city of Acgus'a,
besides tho large number grown in
Floiids nnd other portions of Geor
gia, r faint id* a of the value of that
crop can be formed. It is a crop
that mntnrea and is marketed at a
time when money is scarce with the
average farmer, and is very val
uable on that account alone, without
taking into consideration the ques
tion of ;»r« at pro lit when well grown.
Of c* urse, like other crops, the price
obtained is rrgtilated by the supply
and dcrasud, probably to much
grcaVr extiut than crops that are
less perishable. I propose with the
ptrmissicti of the convention to give
the mode of cultivation that prevails
in Richmond county so long and
justly celebrated for tbe largo ei/.*»
and lino qualify of its melons.
!u my opinion the beet land for a
watermelon patch is a sandy loam,
and if i o -niblr, select ft pieco that
lias b. en "lying out," and ha* grown
tip in broctnsedge or young pices,
Plow it thoroughly during tho whi
ter, having first lure, d < IT the grass,
ft* the ashes of tbs grass sectn to
correct the acidity of the soil. Lav
It < n twelve feet one w.<y, and ten or
twvlvo tbe other. Dig a hole about
«’gbteen inches or two feet in diam
eter, ar.d si ut ten or twelve inches
deep, drawing the top eoil out on
one hide c f tho hole, and the subsoil
out on tho othor side. All this op» r
u'ion cr.n be done in the winter or
ear’y in the Spring. As early as
possible, in tho winter preparo a
comport of nbcut three-fourths sta
ble rnanre ar.d oue-fonrth cotton
seed, to be used ns a ftrtilizor for the
melons. Ahont the Inst of March
put two shovelful* of this compost,
together with a small hand-full of
•<>ine good ammouiated superphos
phate iu the check already prepared
ned mix it all thoroughly together i
with a ht e. Thou draw in the top
eoil thrown out when digging tLe
hole, and make the hill tip in shape
c>f n cone. Throw two furrows each j
side of the hill with a turn plow, iap- (
] iug the dirt around tho base of tbe
cote toprcv*at water eettl.ng ironed
flu* hill atil thereby leaching away !
the manure. The patch is n< w ready
to p’ant, atd as soon as all danger of
fre at is passed, tako a hre or rake j
andkmckfff the top of the ct-nc,,
leveling the hill down about two or
tbn o inches above tho surrounding!
surface of tho land. This ii dour in !
order to have a flash hill and kill any
wt eds or grass that may have started,
riant about sis seed iu a bill the
first time, and iu about a week go i
over tho patch again and pnt in three j
or four more, pressing them in with i
the finger. This is d me iu order to *
insure a stand nud to provide against
Miy late frost, as melons ire injured
by cohl weather, anil it would be bet- j
ter to dig up and plant over, any
that may have been so checked ie
their growth. As to m as the plants
arc largo enough to admit of stirring
tho ground amund them, h<>o the
hill thoroughly anil thin out to two,j
and an eocn as they bAva formed fonr •
or five Jeavis, thin down to ono plant :
to the bill, which, if yon aro growing
for market, it ia absolutely nccMMry i
to hare.
About this time it will be necessa
ry to plow out the middles thorough
ly with a turn-plow or shovel plow,
running a* deep as possible. Keep
the hill freo from grum by the frr-'
fju< nt ueeof the hco, and cftcb work j
ing of the middles must bo dono in
the opposite direction. Be particu
lar never to plow the ground when
very wet or distuib the vines when
the due is «>n them, hut always work
when the ground is dry. In '‘laving
by” a melon patch it is customary in
Richmond county, when tho vines
bavo in ar!y met or bavo commenced
to fret their fruit, to carefully aet the
vires upside down out of each alter
nate middle, and then plow them out
with sweeps, running next to the
bill as shadow us possible and drop
ping two rows of cow peat about
eighteen inchtw apart in the centre |
to l.e Covorcd by the last furrow of!
the sweep in the middle. Turn the
vines back into tbeir former places
as soon as possible in order to pte
vent tbo sen from twisting thorn and
then by catl ing tro b'e in handling, j
Ii is belter to have two sets of bauds
for ibis business; out* sot to turn the
vinca out and anntbor aet to tnru
them back. Having worked oat
each alternate middle in this way,
turn back aud work oat the ballanco
in the same manner. It would prob*
ub'y be hotter to allow two or throe
days to elapso in order to let the i
vine* catch bold of the ground again,
aa a storm might cause considerable
damage to tho patch, if both aides of
the bill had been torn up at one
time. To a person nuaocuslotued to
seeing tbia plan of “layingby" a
mcllon patch, it would aecin aa
though it had been completely min*
ed, but in a few dAjs, tho vines'grow
og with increased vigor and soon
completely cover tire ground, in a
short timo the aretes are gladdoned
with that luxury of laxnriea—ripe
watermelons; and now it is ouly left
with the conaumor and producer to
say *'to what profit." There are two
varieties that are very popular in
Angnata at prosent, viz: the old
"ltattlo anako" aud the new “acaly
bark.M The former oblong in ahapo
with light ai d dark greeu stripes,
and tho latter more round in shape
and of solid dark green color. Both
havo bright red crisp fleah, are very
tercet, and grow to ctnouse sizj
when properly cultivated. 1 have
known mollonsto havo been sold in
Augusta, that weighed over sevonty
pounds. Thcso always command
fancy prices.
American Taxation.
Mr. Turner, of Kentuekey, in a ro
cciit s]>ei>ch in Congress, drew the
following picture of the customs and
duties of America. These duties by
. . . I
excluding foreign competition main
tain high prices of goods produced 1
at home:
Is it jr.st? Is it right, that the |
agriculturists of this country shall be !
discriminated against in this manner |
Whcro is the protection gmn our i
lnhoi? There is none. The honest
former arks nor.e; hut he doe* do-{
raand equality umlor tho law, and be ;
baa a rght to it. Sir, I have hocn a ;
farmer all my life, and I havo fait ,
and understood tbo burdens nndcr ]
which we labor and tb3 injustice !
done the farmers of tbo country, and
the doctors, lawyers, artisans and la
borers of tbe laud.
Hero in ft HftU'raont showing a fow
of tLe bin dens of the farmors under
this tariff—"be rises in the niormrg, |
puts on his common tl.im.cl shirt, i
taxed nioety-fivo per cont.; his coat, |
taxed fifty seven per cent; shoes, tax
ed thirty-five per ceat.jand hat,taxed
ninety-two per ecut.; tubes tho wa
from u burlot taxed thirty-tivo per
cent., and washes his face aud hamle
in a tin b-/wl taxed thirty-live per
cont.; dries them ou a cheap cotton
towel taxed forty-five per cent. 11«-!
sits down to bis humble meal and !
eats from a plate taxed fifty per !
cent.; drinks his coffeo with sugar J
taxed sixty-eight per cent.; seasons!
bis food with suit taxed sixty-nine
• I
per cent.; pepper, taxed with sixty- j
one per cent. Ho looks round on j
Lis wife and childrvu all taxed in the 1
snmo wuy; takes a chew of tobacco,!
taxed 199 per cent. And eveu tbs '
nnlight from heaven that pours ioto ,
his hutnbla dwelling must come j
through window-glass taxed fifty-1
nine per cent,; and yet ho thinks lie ;
lives in the freest government nndor
tho Min. Then he starts to wotk;
puts a bridle taxod thirty-five, on
his horse that hat been shod—the
nails used in shoeing being taxod
fifty-nine per cent.; driven by a ham
mer taxed tweuty per cent., and
hitches him to a plow taxed fortj
five per cont., with chains taxed fifty
fight per cent., and after tho day’s
labor is closed aud his family arc
all gathered arennd hn reads a
chapter from his Bible taxed twonty
five per cent., aud kneels to God on
an humble carpet taxed fifty-one per
cent, and then ho rests his wearied
limbs on a sheet taxed forty-fivo per
cent,, ord covers himself with a blan
ket that has paid ono hundred and
four per. cent
Nor do grasping manufacturers
stop hero, bat even the broom with
which bin good wife sweeps tbo door
is taxed thirty-fire per cent., and the
cocking vowels, are taxed forty-two
per cent., and the soda nsed to light
en his bread taxed Gfty-nino per cent.
She sits doan to bor sewing with a
needle taxed twonty fivo per cent,
and a spool of thread taxed seventy
four per cent, to make a calioo dress
taxed fifty-eight per cent; and thus
daily and hourly must the hard earn
iDgs of tho lohoror go to satisfy the
manufacturer and add to hia ill
gotten wealth. [Great applause.)
I have takon these note /from the
statistics furnished by the bureaux of
statistics. Look, for oxsmple, at the
bill to pat trace-chains on the free
li*'. Upon trace-chains there is a
duty of fifty-eight per cent, Vhicb
amounts almost to a prohibition,
for the whole amount of rcvenuo col
lected upon traco-chains, as shown
by tho report of tho commissioners
of Keaenno, is only $1,G00 in a year.
Yet is an article used by every farm
or in tho land and overy teamster,
and by virtno of this tariff, millions
ro in to the pockets of tho manufact
ures of chains every year as a bonus.
Can any man doubt that, if we could
Ret a vote on tbo bill to put trace
chains on the free list it would not
be done by a large majority in this
House? Would any member repro -
tenting au agricultural district face
his emstituents on the record and
vote against that bill whioh would
give the farmers cheap traeo-ohaius?
it would do tho treasury no harm,
beoauso (lie rcvenuo is a more pitt
anco— $ 1,500.—Christain Observer.
■ ..■ —
Consent rated vs. Green
Manures.
Concentrated fertilizers pay best
upon land where there ie plenty of
vegetable mould. Wood and grass
land turned under in the winter or
fall, will give better results than land
that has boon in cultivation for lev
ernl years. It is absolutely essential
that land bo not dcOciont iu vegeta
ble matter to insuro the beat results
with commercial fertilizers. Iu us
ing this kind of fertilizer with sac
ceas, year by year, requires good
judgment But ns we have said
time and again, barn yard manuro
will give tho most permanent results
iu enriching tho s. il. Couocnt rated
fertilizers should bo composed witii
barn yard manure, loaves and straw
mixed iu well, and tho whole allowed
soflicieut time to n»t sud intcr-mix.
But upou most farms,animal manure
comparatively setroe. Tho main do
pcndeuco then must ho green cops
plowed under, or the land allowed to
rest and recuperato by stoning down
h few yoors to clover atd grass —
F eld pass aro decidedly tl* woflt
preforablo crop to plow under in tho
Gulf SUtes, as Urey are suited more
generally to ail tho varied soil*—
They will grow and rnako good size
vines on very poor laud. Tho roots 1
which are dense and penotrato to a i
great depth in tho soil, will furnish
good manuro, and the vines can bo
saved for hay, an better forngo it is i
hard to find. Pea vino hay posses- j
sc* due fattening properties and i«
an extremely healthy diet. Fees
should Lo sown every year in the 1
corn at tho last workiug. In this
way tho fertility of tho land can be
maintained and good crop* prodaood ]
annually. Enough peas should be
picked, to ne^d. tho following year.
The pea crop in not sufficiently ap
preciated by our farmora or they
would bo moro generally growu. To
grow them requires but littls labor
and the land need not be rich.—Live
Slock Journal.
The Tragic EihI of a Life of
Toll.
All his life ho hod toiled and saved
and scraped and pulled every siring
that had a dollar at the end of it.—
And now all his hard earned wealth
was gone, and a great, hatefnl, inter
est cat'ng mortgngo spread its black
wing'* over all that be owned and
lovod on earth. Ho sank into ff
chair, and, folding his arms upon the
table bef >re him, lowed his gray
bond upon them and groaned great
groans, llis heart loomed breaking.
‘Did you mortgago tho farm?’ ask
ed his wifo anxiously; stealing soft
ly to his side.
•Yes,’ he growled, ‘both farms, and
sold the wood lot ovor on Big Is- i
laud/
•And did yon mortgage the town •
house, too?* she naked, with quiver
ing lips and glistoning eyes.
‘Ob, yes!’ said tho man, in hollow
tones. ‘Oh, yes! nud sold my stock
in the northern and hypothecated
what I had in tho Sixth street bridge /
‘And was it enough?’ sho asked,
trembling with eagerness. ‘Was it
enough?’
‘Not quito,' be growled, and then, |
as bo saw tho ghastly pallor of death-1
ly dieappuntmeut spread over bar
face, be added, ‘but the milliner let
mo hare it on ninety days’ time for
balance at 8 per cent.’
‘And you’ve brought my now hat
homo, then,’ sbo caroled joyonsly.—
‘Ob, Philip, you dear old dock!*
‘Well, no, not all of it,’ be aaid. ‘1
bought tho plume and one of the
bows down with me in the express,
bat tbe bat iUolf is coining down
from Chicago on a flat oar.*
And the next week after that elev
en dark-browed men who eat behind
Philip's wife at church waylaid tbe
wrotchcd man on bis way home,
haalcd him off down Front street,
rolled him np in a wad. and stopped
□p tbe new onlvert with him.
TTo will furnish tho Signal nml N,
f>. Times-Democrat for one year for
two dollars and fifty cents.
Smith Was Out,
A Orisworld street lawyer wee
sitting in Lie office the other woek
when a stranger appeared at the
door and aaid:
'Heg pardon, bat can yon tell me
whero Smith's offico is?’
'Yes, air—noxt door.'
The atraugor altered hie thanks
and passed to the next door, which
was locked. Retaraiug to the law
yer he said:
'Smith seoma to be oat?’
'Of coarso he is. If yon had asked
tho question in the first place j
should have answered it by tolling
yon so.’
Tho visitor bad a troubled look on
his faoe ae he pasted oat of the build
ing, but that look waa gone when he
returned the next day and inqaired
of the lawyer;
'How much will yoa charge me
for a vorbal opinion in a little mat
ter?'
'Oh, abont $5.
The caso was stated and tho opin
ion given, and tho stranger waa
moving away when the lawyer said:
•My fee, please,'
'I haven’t a cent to pay you.'
'Yon haven’t?’
'Of course not. If yon had askod
me that question in the first plaoe I
should Iirto answered by telling yon
so. Good morning, air.*—Detroit
Freo Press,
Dangerous Vaccination.
Mrs, Peter Matthews, residing on
Totowa avenno, Patterson, N. J., is
; tho mother of two boys, aged six and
eight years, and a girl aged three
years. About a wcok a go sho con
cluded to have the children vaccin
ate 1 to peotect them against small
pox, but finally determined to per
form tho opperation hor*olf and savo
$1 CO. Ehe accordingly procured
tho scab from tho arm of a child in
ih*» neighborhood, and beatifying tho
arms of the children with a noodle
rubbed tho scab on it. Tho arms
soon swelled np to a very large size
nui a physician was called in. Ho
has so far been unablo to check the
increasing intUmation aud swelling,
and yoatorday morning informed tho
parents that tho only way to save tho
lives of tho children would bo by
amputating tho < fleeted arms. The
parents declared that they would
permit of no such action, as they
would rather lisvo tho children dead
than maimed for life. Other physi
cians havo been called in, but oxprosH
littlo hope of the recovery of the
Htifferera—Now York Herald.
CHEAPEST
CASH STORE IN
SA.ZI.EBCXTR.ST.
Goods sold At Auction
Prices At
L. L. FATHERREE’S
CHEAP CASH STORE.
Dry Good*, Notions, Hits, Grocer
ies, Confectionaries, Kroits,
Vegetables, Etc., Etc.
Coffee, at 121 cents por pound, Sa
ger at 10 cents, Calico, at C cts.,
Ladio’s Hose, 10 c'.s per pr.
Everything sold at bottom figures for
CASH ONLY.
l£r The public will benefit tbem
rtclvov by giving me a call before
purchasing elsewhere.
L. L. FATHERREE.
ITazlehnrat, Miss.
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^R LIFETIMES*
' SURPASSES** OTHERS
,.n> iTjiPM.nruA
30 UNION 8Q.NCW YORK
Chicago ill.■»—
c-^9 Orange masq;
H. PENN.
Still in the corner Brick Shop, in the
Undertaker’s] Business.
Yon can got any and all kind* of
BURIAL GASKETS, soiled in price
and quality to all classes. Gall on
me.
n. pinn.
CITY BARBER
JAMBS S3ITO&A3B
Hazlehurst, Miss.
Wflhavinj? Hair Cutting
and ^lampooning dono as
cheap as anyone can do it^H
Satisfaction Guaranteed
J. J. Walh. J. J. Wood.
WALLS & WOOD.
JlasleJiurtt • • lfi*iit*ippi.
Manufacturers of Buggies, Wag
ons and Blows. In tho ooruor Brick
Shop. Tonne to suit tbs times. Or
ders solicited. All work gaurantoed.
BARNES & WILKINSON
Consul Gkoiujstowx anil Railroad
AVENUE.
Crystal S prirgs, - - Mississippi
r Have always on liand a full stock ot
I)HY GOODS, GUOCERIKS, HARD
WAKE, SADDLERY, AND
GENERAL SUPPLIES,
w iiich will he Hold on (lie smallest pos*
hi I do margin of profit for cash.
PARSES Ac WILKINSON
P.E. HEIWAY,
zlehorsf, - • Mifflisfippi.
MAKES AND REPAIRS
Wagon*, Buggies, Plows, and
alt Farming Tools generally.
Ropnira Giu Stands,
Cleans Rioe,
Grinds Corn erery Satnrday and
alt other work done in a
ft lift county shop.
ORDERS SOLICITED- TERMS
REASONABLE.
TUTTS
PILLS
SYMPTOMS OP A
TORPID LIVER.
Loaeof Appetite. Bowel* ooettre,Pain In
the Bead, with a doll eenaatlon la the
baok cart. Pain under the bhoulder
blade, ft 11 neea after eating, with e dtxln
olmation to exertion of body or Bind.
Irritability of temper. Low eptrlte, with
• feeling of haring neglected eome duty,
Wear-1 nee*. Ulaaineee, Fluttering at the
DoU before the eyee. Yellow Skin,
Headache generally orer the right eye.
Beatlaeeneee, with Otftl dreane, highly
eolored Urine, and
CONSTIPATION.
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TOTT'S HAIR DYE.
Oaar JUta om Wihikbm rhaneed toeOioeer
Black by a elnfl* application of tblaDTK. Ulfj
pane e natural oolor. act* InetanUneeualy. Bold
oy DniMleu. or eenl by eipreea on receipt of B.
omn, sa msmay n« BMW YeiB.
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