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BELTON, BELL COUNTY, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 26, 1859.
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NO, 88.
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To Airleillnriili. .
Iowa, Jan. 6tb, 1850.
Editori Netos.—1 wish to call the
¡ftention of your agricultural read-
to the Hungarian Grass, as a
ibstitute for Timothy Clover, Red
op, Oats and even Corn.
pTbat there exists a necessity for
: some crop to supply the places of
hese, I think no one will deny.
i greater or less extent they have
i>ved failures. I believe the Han
ian Grass a crop just adapted
take the place of .these, and far
Iter than either as a forage for
fery kind of domestic animal or
iltry, and far less liable to fail-
from dry weather, rust, insect,
iny cause whatever,
our State,, the oat crop this
r, has proven a complete failure;
corn not more than a third of a
>p, while the tame grasses are
jrty middling. As a general thing
tame grasses do not succeed
ere.
have grown the Hungarian five
rs, and I never had a failure
and I have never known a fail*
where the cultivator did any
nything- like his part—no bug,
sect, rust or blight ever touching
i the least. Our usual yield of
grass is from four to bíx tons
I have often seen seven or eight
aised, to the acre The premium
top of our country the fall of 1857,
as eight tons and 835 pounds
if good dry bay to the acre, duly
iworn to bjr disinterested persons.
This, I know, looks like an ;m-
cose weight to the acre, but it is
rreet. It grows from three to
e feet high and very thick, and
solid grass, drying out but very
} |ittlo in curing.
This grass is as easily raised as
crop of oats, and requires tbe
|ame cultivation and only a third
I ■ #f a bushel of seed to the acre. It
I -ía8 a very quick and rapid growth
| #nd makes excellent feed, either
V .irecn or di-y. It can be cut like
nothy, or cradled, as one prefers,
pures much quicker than aT.y oth-
Kind of hay; that which is cut in
i forepart of the season being suit-
ble to put, in cock the latter part,
lid not requiring to be stirred again
liave raised, and 3een raised, hun-
dreds of tons oi it, and never Baw
sund spoiled from mould. This
Iscs froin so little water being in
; the time of maturity.
ic seed do not easily shatter or
blades crumble in handling. It
|be cut quite green, or remain
or four weeks longer until
mature, and cut at leisure,
bout injury to hay or seed. The
is bb rich as rye, wheat or
jt,in all the elements of nutrition;
a very thin bran, and is rich,
and heavy; weighing fifty
ids and upwards to the bushel,
bay is better than timothy or
iver for all kinds of stock, and
ey ftill eat it in preference; and
with the seed upon it, it is q
-complete substitute for hoy, oats,
'|rn, rye or barley. All kinds of
altry do woll and fatten upon the
which yields at the rate of
ty or forty bushels to the acre,
ir five years cultivation in this
Iltry, its place of introduction
¿■one of the Hungarian exiles
|rkey, it has averaged from
ix tons of hay to the acre,
premium crop of our coun-
857 was 8 tons 285 pounds
iry hay to the acre, auita-
ck, duly sworn to afcd this
i the aid of extra cultivation
ares.
irely ever lodges or falls
i—the winds and rains may
it to the earth but when it
out it will riso agaiu. I rais-
psixteen acres the past season
i ten the previous one, and am, at
í time feeding it to my stock, and
V,
y 1
am therefore ablo to speak from ex-
perience.
This graBS .stools or tillers like
oats or rye, and bears some resem-
blance to millet, which we have
raised; but it is .far superior to mil-
let or anything of grass kind 1 ever
saw. It should not bo sown until
after corn planting time, as it
makes a quick and rapid growth,
and dry weather that will curl corn
blades, makes no impression on
this grass. The roots shoot deep,
and it completely shades the earth.
During the past season I have dis-
tributed seeds in nearly ovcry State
partly with a view to test its adap-
tibility to different soils and climate,
and I find it gives general satisfac-
tion, and promises to do well.
I have written considerable on
the subject of this new forage crop,
with a view to call public attention
to its great, value and usefulness,
and also to be the means of introdu-
cing it to all parts of our country
because I believe it is just suitable
to supply a great want in agricul-
ture. Should any of your numerous
agricultural readers desire any fur-
ther information about it, I will
most freely give it. I will enclose
you a couple medium sized heads of
of my own growing, that you may
see it and take such notice of it as
you deem best. I wish you to pub-
lish this for the benefit of agricul-
ture, and send me the number of
your poper containing the same.—
I believe this grass better adapted
to tho southern country than the
northern; yet we could not ask'for
it to do better here in Iowa. In-
deed we think wo could not farm
without it, bo great is our reliance
upon it, and it remains no longer
an experiment. *
I am yours, most respectfully,
* W.G.CLARK.
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How to Kill Gopher*.
Cure for Iconn tu Cattle.
One of the most trdublesomc quad-,
rupeds upon tho Western prairies is
the gopher, but to get rid of them
has long been problem with our far-
mers. They are also abundant in
California, and as agriculture advan-
ces in that new country, various
ways and means have been devised
to destroy them. The California
Farmer gives the followiug as an
easy and suro method of killing them
while at tiomr. Having never tried
t we do not endorse it, yet if the
smoke will descend we cannot doubt
ts efficacy. Try it and report pro-
gress for the benefit of the vest of
mankind,— Valley Farmer.-
"Prepare strips of pine wood,
about tho size of the finger and bíx
inches long, then take resin and
melt the same; dip the point of the
stick in the melted resin, about two
and a half inches, and let the resin
be rolled around the end of tho stick
—perhaps two coats of resin; then
take of powdered sulphur, (flour of
su1phur)and roll the dipped end in
the sulphur until it is well coated:
then again dip it in the melted resin
and again in tho sulphur, and give
a last coat of resin, making four
coats of resin and two of sulphur,
to the thickness on the stick, of one
half to three-quarters of an inch;
prepare as many sticks as there are
gopher holes, and take them to the
place; insert the stick a little dis-
tance in tho hole and light it; then
cover the bole with a clod of earth,
not to put out the light, and leave
the remedy to work a cure. The
match will burn freely, although
the hole is closed, and will speedily
generate sulphuric acid gas, which
is and must be certain death to all
breathers below the surface within
reach«of its power, and it will pcrfo-
forate every nook and corner of
earth where there is a pore, working
downward as well as upward; thus
at once relieving our industrious
farmers from one of the severest
triol* have had to enwntre."
An English Farmer recommends
tho uso of adftn meal as a sure
cure for diarrhea in cattle, sheep and
young Btock generally. Ho says:
"I sent the dried acorns to the
mill to bo ground into flour, and,
when I. found symptoms of sconrs
or diarrhea in my cattle, I ordered
two handsful to be mixed in a bran
mash, and given warm immediately,
and to continue it once a day until
the disease disappeared. This has
proved a never-failing cure—inso
much that I never had any trouble
from the diseaso afterwards: and
my neighbors, seeing this, had re.
course to me for a little of my acorn
flour when the disease appeared in
their cattle, which of course, I was
glad to give them, the result being
the same as in my own case."
—. ♦
Hungarian Grass.—A great deal
has been said about this grass. We
note that a citizen of Iowa writes
to the News in favor of it. We
should liko to see tho tria] made.—
It is planted after the corn drop is
got in and it will be found green
when the leaves of corn are crisped
with drought. It will average five
tons to the aero. It grows about
threo and a half feet high; tho seed
are nutritious and furnish a fine
food for poultry. Many prefer this
grass to clover or timothy.—Gaz.
#-•-« —
A "Farmer" writes to the News
that a new trade-is about to be
opened on Old Caney—the ship-
ment of cotton, baled in the seed,
and sent to Boston or other points
for ginning and manufacturing pur-
poses—the. seed to pay for the oper-
ation and all expenses, in oil, cake,
and in soap made from the oil cake,
and paper made from the lint, ob-
tained by re-gining tho seed. '
Mr. Jonah L. Grant, of Worchos-
ter Mass., id now here making ar-
rangements for tliia Boston company
and will poy for tho cotton accor-
ding to its quality, from Low Ordi-
nary to Middling and Fair—only
deducting the weight of seed and
transportation to Galveston; Say
for S000 lbs. "Beed cotton, he deducts
1400 !bs. of seed at Galveston in
lieu of ginning and baling.—Chris•
tian advocate.
Madame Mont, tho celebrated pro-
prietor of the Champagne vineyards,
recently met her death In a most
extraordinary manner. She was
gathering flowers iu her garden,
when she felt herself bitten by a fly.
She thought nothing of tbe slight
puncture, but in tho evening hot-
face began to swell, and a few days
afterwards she died in intense ago-
ny. It is supposed that the fly must
have fed upon putrid flesh.
What a hose 1"—Not many years
ago, in the village of Eatonton,
Georgia, a man made his appearance
and stopped at the tavern. He had
a most remarkable nose—one which
almost monopolized his entire face—
red, Roman, enormous. The glances
cast at it and the remarks made
about it, had rendered its owner
Bomewhat sensitive upon tho sub-
ject. A half grown negro boy was
summoned by tho proprietor,to carry
his baggage to his room. Cuffee
was much taken with the nose. As
he came out of the room, unablo to
contain himself longer, he exclaimed,
"G o'ly, what a nose!" Our traveler
overheard him, and went to bib mas-
ter, with a demand for his punish-
ment. Cuffee was called up, and, at
tho suggestion of Bome bystanders
was left off, on condition that he
would apologize to 'the offended
gentleman. This he readily agreed
to do. Walking to the room where
our traveler was, and tonching bis
hat and humbly bowing' he said,
"Massa, you ain,t got no nose at
all!?
Tbe Belly Canal Project.
Tbe following, from the Paris cor-
respondent of the "Commercial,"
(Jan. 18th,) is important in connex-
ion with the last news from Costa
Rica, announcing the reception*
there, of the Belly treaty:
The Belly Nicaragua Canal Com-
pany has been duly organized be-
before a notary of Paris. The com-
pany will be anonymous and will
have its Boat at Rivas, Nicaragua.
Tbe administrative, financial and at-
tributive office will be at Paris,with
purely financial offices at London
and New York. Tbo society will
be placed under tho proteqtion of
the most distinguished men of the
two worlds, amongst whom are Al-
exander Humboldt, Sir Richard Mur-
chison, Eli de Beaumont, Lieut, mur-
ry, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mr.
Aspinwall. The services of these
gentlemen will be gratuitous.
The'active board of direction will
be .composed of sixteen members,
divided into BectionB, of which one
(the section of technical) will be
composed of the representatives of
the great imperial bodies of engi-
neers of France and of tbo engineer
corps of England and America; tho
other, tho section of administrative
and financial affairs, will bo compo-
sed of bankers of France, England
and the United Stutes. In fine,
there will be a committ3o of direc-
tion chosen from both sections, M.
Belly reserving for himself the posi-
tion of director-general of the compa-
ny, residing at Nicaragua. The
question whether tho subscription
shall all be given to a few banking
houses, or offered to the public, is
not yet decided, but M. Belly inclines
to the first method, in which case
M. Millaud would bo the principal
shareholder.
From the vigorous manner in
which M. Belly is bringing this sub-
ject of a Nicaragua cannal before
tho the public, it would not be sur-
prising if the money necessary
should bo subscribed With as much
rapidity as was that for Sues canal
which was all taken in throe weeks.
1 i i
Census.—The total population of
Texas, according to the late State
census amounts to 458,620; of whom
138,265 are slaves, 260 free negrees
and the residue white; of these -
850 are voters. Upon tbe foregoing
tho Austin Intelligencer remarks:
''We have been accustomed to say
for the last ypar, that Texas has
half a million population, and this re-
cord does not change our opinion;
for if these census takers did not
omit 41,335 souls, it is very, certain
that more than that number have
comc in Bince the rolls . were closed.
By the U. S. census of 1850, Texas
had a total population of 212,592.—
This population has been moro than
doubled in eight years. The same
ratio'of increase for 24 years would
give us 4,000,000 of inhabitants,
which exceeds the present bopula-
tionoi New York. Thero is there-
fore some hope for Texas Without
re-opening the African slave trade,
or carrying out DeCordova's Euro-
pean exodus. Wc are doing pretty
well in the natural way." ■
' Boots ano Shoes.—It is estimated
that not far from 75,0( 0,000 pairs of
boots and shoes are annuity required
for the consumption of tbe United
States wIiobc whole lvalue is not less
thau $80,000,00.). Of these, 12,000,-
000 are made in Massachusetts, at a
value of $40,000,000, employing 45,-
000 mqn and 32,825 women. One
half of these are made at Lynn,
which is the largest shoe-shop in tbe
country; the next is Philadelphia.—
Every eighth man in Massachusetts
is a shoemakor. Boston has 218-
shoe-houses, doing a business of $02-,
000,000 annually. New York hat
55 houses in the trade, doing «busi-
ness of $16,000,000.
Manuring In the Bill..
a sausage story.
An old friend of ours—siok and
tired of the caro and bustle of. city
life, has retired into the conntry,
and "gone to farming," as the say-
ing is. His land, albeit well situa-
ted and commanding sundry fine
prospects, is not so particularly for-
tilo as some wo have seen—require
scientific culture and a liberal sys-
torn Of manuring to induco au abun-
dant yield. So far by way Of expla-
nation.
Once upon a time, our friend be-
ing upon a visit to New Orleans,
was attending an anction sale
down town, and as it so happened,
thoy were selling damaged sausage
at tbe Bame tide. There were
some oight or ten barrels of them,
and they were "just going at 50
cents a barrel," when the auctioneer
with all apparent seriousness, re
marked that they were worth more
than that to manuro land with.—
Here was an idea. "Sixty-twó and
a half cents—third and last call—
gonol" reiorted the auctioneer.—
"Cash takes them at sixty-two and
a half cents per barrel 1"
To have them shipped to bis
country scat was the immediate
work of our friend, and as it was
then planting time, and the sausa-
ges, to use a comon phrase, "wore
getting no better very fast," to
have them safe underground and
out of tho way was his next move-
ment Ho was about to plant a
field of several acres of corn—the
soil of the piny woods species—so
here, was just the spot for his new
experiment in agriculture, this now
wrinkle in tho science of gcoppnies.
One "link" ot aauRnces beinff deem-
ed amply sufficient, that amount was
placed in each hill, accompanied by
the kernels of corn and an occasion-
al pumkin seed; and all nicely cov-
ered in the usual style. Now, after
premising that several days have
occurred sicue the corn was planted,
the sequel of tho story shall bo told
in a dialogas between our friend and
one of his neighbors.
Neighbor. —Well, friend, have you
planted your corn?
Friend—Yes, several days since.
N.—Is it up?
F.-f-Upl yes; and gone; the most
of it.
N.—How is that?
F.—Well, you occ, I b«asi.t
lot of damaged sausages the other
day in New Orleans,a smooth tongue
of an auctioneer saying that thoy
would mako excellent manuro if
nothing else. I brought the lot
over, commenced planting my corn
at once, as it was time, planted a
sausage in cach hill, and—
N.—Well, and what?
F.—And felt satisfied that I had
made a good job of it. Some days
afterwards I wont out to see how
tbo corn was coming on, and a
pretty piece of business I have mado
of trying agricultural experiments.
N.—Wby, what was tho mat-
tor?
F.—Matter I Tho first thing I
saw before reaching tbe field was
tho greatest lot of dogs digging
and scratching all over itl There
were my dogs, and your dogs, and
all the neighbors' dogs, and besides
about three hundred strange dogs I
never set my eyes on before, and
every ono was hard at it mining af-
ter the buried sausages. Somehow
or other, the rascally whelps had
scented out the business, and they
havo dug every hill by this time.—
If 1 could set every dog of them on
that auctioneer, I'd be satisfied.—
Writer unknown, ■
• •
"The newspapers of your party
are perfeBt nuisances,' said a politi-
cian to his opponent. "That's just
what borse-tnoivefl think of sheriffs,"
was the reply.
A Tocchim iKCmmn.—At
pondont, writing from
to the Louisvilh) Democrat,
tho following:
Whilst an'hgett and
female was asking alms at tbo oot-
ner of Fourth and Chestnut stroets a
smart-looking young looking sailor
passed within a few feet of hor, ga-
zing intently for several sooondsjm
her haggard faoe. Sho approached
him, and extended hor palm in al-
ienee. Instantly bis hand found its
way to hie capaoious pocket, and
when he drew it out it was _ Blind
with gold and silver, which he for-
ced her to take saying:
"Thero, good mother, tako this;
you may as well have it as the
laud-sharks. The last cruise I had
out of Now York found me with four
hundred dollars on hand; but the
neighbors told me my mother was*
dead, I got on a spree with tha mo-
ney, spent it all inside of a weok and
then shipped again," *
"Ob, good—good sir! you are too
kind to an old body liko- mo. For
your sake, I will .take it. Oh I you
remind me of toy poor son, George,
who shipped and was drownod. Oh,
Goorge—George White! whero are
you now?"
"George White!" hurriedly ex-
claimed the now excited sailor.—
"Why, that's my name! And you—
you are my mother 1"
With this he seized her in his arms
and caressed her affectionately,
whilst the big tears of joy ran down
his bronzed cbeok. The poor wo-
man was entirely overcome by tbe
recovory of her long-lost child and
wept and groaned alternately. ▲
carriage shortly after conveyed the
mother and son away, leaving many
a mniaéfincd eye among the orowd
who witnessed the scene.
as '.
A gentleman applied to the Pro-
bate Court at Cincinnati, some time
ago, for a license to marry a lady.
He was informed by the olerk. that
upon an application made on the
previous day, a silence had been
issued to another-party to marry
the same lady. A license was given
to tbo second applicant however,
and he has since married tho lady,—
The mother favored tbe first appli-
cant; tbe daughter the sccond.
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A Fable.—A young man once
picked up a sovereign lying in the
road. Ever afterward as ho walked
utuug, ne kept hi* wjw «UNNtflmty-
fixed on tho ground, in hopes of
finding another. And in tbe course
of a long life, he did pick up at differ-
ent times a good amount of gold and
silver. But all these days as ho was
looking for them, ho saw not tlial
heaven was bright above Wm, and
nature beautiful around. He never
once allowed his eyes to look up
from the mu<l and filth in which be
sought tho treasuro, end when be
died, a rich old man, he only knew
this fair earth of ours as a dirty
road to pick up money as yon walk
along.
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Ixdiavola Railroad.—The contract
for the Indianola Railroad to its
junction with tho If. G. é 8. Á. B,
R., has been awarded to llr. Shonse
a gentleman of ample means and
enorgy to prosecute the work with
vigor, and complete it in a substan-
tial manner.- Wo understand that
tbe work will be commonoed by 1st
Of March.—Courier,
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A physician of cinoinnatl was,
last week, mulcted in the sum.1
$26,000 for baring neglij
up belladonna, for
instead of dandelfcjn, ae
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