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Kiitered  iiccorainn  to  Act,  of  Ooiiki-ums.  in  tl»n  your  mi,  by  ilio  Uunil  I*ubll»UliiK  Company,  in  llio  olllco  of  tlio  Librarian  of  (kmuresH  at  WiiHliiiiKton.i 
tho  fanncru  of  Weaterii  New  York  and  tlien 
among  tlio  fannora  of  Tennosaeo,  he  can  not 
apiireciate  tlie  great  dilTerence  in  this  particular, 
Tlie  Now  York  runner  fattena  his  hogs  upon 
what,  in  Tennessee,  is  thrown  to  the  dogs. 
Tho  yearly  waste  in  the  Kouthorn  States  is  past 
all  computation.  The  refuse  from  lie  table  is 
wasted ;  kitoheu  slops  ai'o  wasted ;  stablo  and 
barnyard  manure  is  wasted ;  wheat  straw,  in 
fact  all  straw  and  cornstalks  are  wasted.  There 
is  no  saving  anywhere.  It  is  a  carnival  of  waste 
from  tho  Oliio  river  to  tho  Oull'.  And  this  is 
one  of  tlie  tilings  that  is  tho  matter,  and  tho 
chief  reason  that  we  hoar  tho  eternal  complaint 
that  “  there  is  no  money  in  tho  country.” 
interesting  stories  told  about  the  jirolits  of  fruit¬ 
growing,  and  who  went  to  Vineland  to  follow 
this  easy  and  respectable  occupation,  whereby  to 
fill  his  pockets  full  of  “rocks.”  But  it  turned 
out  the  other  way.  He  found  tlie  furni  and  the 
vines  already  to  liis  liand,  a  perfect  bargain.  It 
does  not  seem  to  liave  oeciirrcd  to  hiiii  that  if 
this  farm  was  a  perfect  fount  of  llowing  profits, 
it  would  not  liave  been  offered  at  sneli  a  troinen- 
doiis  bargain.  Of  what  use,  inihasl,  would  he 
Hucli  reflections  against  the  columns  of  llgnros 
showing  tlie  treineiulouH  gains  that  liad  been 
made  ?  Figures  cannot  lie,  and  Hie  New  Ilanii)- 
shire  man  went  in.  Hut  the  grapes,  or  tlie  mar¬ 
ket,  or  siitneHiing  wont  contrary  Hie  moment  Hie 
deeds  were  signed.  At  tlic  luid  of  one  year 
there  was  a  halanci!  of  two  Hionsand  dollars  on 
the  wrong  side.  Tlie  next  year  it  was  worse — 
tlireo  Hiousaiid  dollars.  All  lie  had  was  gone, 
and  he  departed  for  his  native  granite  liills  a 
saddi-r  and  a  wiser  man ! 
Tliis  is  not  a  solitary  case.  It  is  the  lot  of 
linndreds  of  inil’ortniiatos  every  day.  Tho  novelty 
is  to  find  it  reeoi'iled  in  our  papers,  so  customary 
is  it  to  paint  all  so  lovely  in  regard  to  farming 
and  gardening  affairs.  We  are  often  told  of  the 
man  who  found  ten  acres  enough ;  hut  wo  do 
not  often  hear  of  him  who  found  it  more  than 
enongii  out irely  too  much  of  a  good  thing.  It 
is  a  very  healthy  sign  when  both  sides  of  a  ques¬ 
tion  can  ho  fairly  lieai'd,  and  it  was  tliis  Hiat 
OLD  METHODS  AND  NEW.-A  CONTRAST 
another  side.  With  all  its  losses,  farming  and 
fruit-growing  is  as  good  and  better  Hiau  most 
pursuits.  The  thorough  hiisinesH  man— one  who 
understands  his  business  seldom  loses.  Wo  are 
not  aildrussing  these,  hut  Hioso  who  holievo  they 
have  only  to  plow  a  pieee  of  ground  or  pluck  a 
hiineh  of  grapes  in  order  to  he  at  once  rich. 
ihTiiHiiiUnmi,  Telryroph.. 
“The  moral  of  a  tiling  lies  in  its  application,” 
as  Major  Jack  Downing  used  to  rennuk.  In 
tliis  caso  tho  application  is.  porliaps  iincoiiHcious- 
ly,  omitted.  As  we  read  our  contemporary, 
Bometimes  funning  pays  largely  and  sometimes 
it  does  not  pay.  and  all  without  assignahlo  rea¬ 
son.  It  only  1X111111,1118  to  he  atlded  that  good 
fanning,  using  skill  and  economy,  always  [lays, 
wliilo  poor  fiirining  does  not.  Wo  don’t  mean 
that  monoyoan  not  he  wasted  in  farm  operations; 
hut  where  it  is  used  wisely,  the  more  speut  Hie 
greater  tho  anioiint  earned,  in  otlier  words, 
fanning  is  subject  to  tlio  same  laws  whicli  pre¬ 
vail  in  all  other  industrial  operations. 
Thk  progress  wliich  lias  heeu  ma<le  in  tho  life, 
maimers  and  surroundings  of  Amcriean  fanners 
is  greats  r  than  Hiat  of  any  other  porUoii  of  the 
community.  Jn  the  early  settlement  of  Hie 
country,  poverty,  a  rude  agriculture,  poor  houses 
and  other  farm  hnildings,  ami  ill-conditioned 
stock  were  tho  rule.  Tlieso  havo  been  replacixl 
by  wealth  and  all  Hie  surroundings  of  scienfilic 
thouglit,  combined  with  Hiorough  farming.  Tlio 
log  cabin  is  replactal  by  tho  elegant  and  comlort- 
ahle  frame  or  lirick  dwelling,  and  oommodious 
and  well  -  tilled  lau  iis  show  Hiat  tlie  fanners’ 
friends  are  not  forgoth'n.  It  is  not  all  the  spirit 
INDUSTRIAL  NOTES. 
Thti  Price  of  Swtiach. — From  present  appear¬ 
ances  tho  price  of  sumach  will  ho  very  high  dur¬ 
ing  the  coming  year.  Advices  from  Sicily  re¬ 
garding  the  crop  aro  anything  hut  favoralile, 
and  tho  liglit  stocks  on  hand  and  to  arrive  have 
caused  liolders  to  advance  Hio  price  snddi.’uly 
from  iJd’iy.OU,  at  which  it  has  been  qiioted  for 
some  tinio,  to  $l!J0,  within  a  week.  Many 
liolders  are  asking  $135,  and  even  iSl  lO  is  talked 
of  as  soon  being  the  llguro  for  tlio  best  Sicily 
brands.  Aniorlcaii  sumach  is  also  reported  to  ho 
in  short  sloelt,  and  a  corresponding  advance  lias 
taken  place  in  that  variety. 
Well)  t/.sc  for  (lypitum. — It  is  said  that  gypsum, 
FAULTS  OF  SOUTHERN  FARMINO 
II.  V.  It.  writes  as  follows  to  tlio  Cincinnati 
mixed  with  four  per  cent,  of  powdered  marsh¬ 
mallow  root,  will  harden  in  about  an  hour,  and 
can  bo  sawed  or  turned,  and  made  into  dominoes, 
dice,  etc.  With  eight  per  cent.  marshmaUow 
the  hardness  is  increased,  and  allows  of  its  being 
rolled  out  into  thm  plates,  aud  painted  or  pol¬ 
ished. 
Commei’cial  from  Tennessee.  We  suspect  that 
ho  has  made  tlie  picture  from  the  worst  side  of 
Southern  fanning,  which  is  too  common  in  all 
sections : 
Tho  trouble  in  eveiw  Southern  State  is  over¬ 
buying  and  under-production.  Then  the  waste 
is  dreadful.  Unless  a  man  has  lived,  say  among 
gave  us  so  much  pleiisuro  in  reailing  tlio  letter 
of  our  disappointed  friend. 
Every  one  should  remember,  wlien  he  roads 
accounts  of  some  tremendous  prohts  in  one  call¬ 
ing,  Hiat  they  are  quite  exceptional ;  that  they 
are  generally  balanced  by  tremendous  losses,  of 
which  we  hear  very  Uttle.  Land  agents  and 
pnted,  but  the  progress  already  made  is  a  sure 
augui-j’  for  the  future. 
THE  OTHER  SIDE 
The  papers  aro  telling  us  just  now  of  some  one 
New  Hampshire  who  was  captivated  by  tho 
