Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-11-04
A0rifnlttlral.


WHAT INDUSTRY CAN Do.--There
lives a man in Dodge county, Wisconsin
who shall be nameless-who provided
for himself and family, five persons IN
all, from the proceeds of three acres Of
land-himself cripple, and the Oldest
child girl not yet eleven; and this is
how he did it: u-
Ten or dozen hives Of bees gave a
supply Of honey for family use, with a
surplus of ovel one hundred dollars in
honey and bees. Two cows were Kept,
principally, in the summer from the waste
of garden and yard, with some sowed
green corn, for soiiing, and by lettering
out by the roadside; in winter, upon
corn stalks, pumpkins roots, with a little
straw and braL-purchased from tie sale
OF winter squashes, furnishing an abund-
ance of milk and butter for home con-
sumption, with nearly enough surplus to
pay the grocery bill Two pigs were fat
ted upon the milk and was e from the
house and garden and brought twenty
dollars A dozen hens furnished a sur
plus Of eggs, sold Or exchanged at the
store The tsam work on the lani was
mostly paid for by exchange labor. More
OF less of beets, carrots, cabbages, turnips
and melons, were sold Nearly every
thing used by the family except flour,
groceries and clothing, was raised upon
the land. The wood was bought in the
winter by making ax-lelves, and other
mechanical work, for neighbors.r A few
| dollars worth of onion, cabbage, turnip
and other seeds were raised and sold Al
together the aggregate sales were nearly
five hundred dollars per year, while the
| family Accountant counting what was
raised for home consump tion-was about
| four hundred dollars showing a balance
on the right side of the ledger.-L L..
FaUchid s1Gf sn.ga Z"
| TERMS USED ON 'OHANGE.-For the
benefit of those of our readers who do not
understand the technical terms used, we
will explain them. An option is either
sellers or buyers, ;" and the differ
ence in their value in regulated by the
length of the option, aud the state of the
market at the time the trade is made
A sells 5000 bushels of wheat to B at
a price named, sellers option" this
week, the 'frst'' or 'last half Of the
month or call the year" B may pur-
chase the same amount from G, buyers
option" for any of the periods mentioned.
The seller may deliver at any time be
pIeases during the life of the contra Ct
on sellers option, prov ided he gives SO
many hours notice, and the buyer on
buyers option, provided he gives an
equal warning a-a..s. l.rs
Privileges are when 4 gives B so much
per bushel for the privilege of delivering
grain at certain price during certain
time. IF during this the grain should be
worth more than the figure agreed upon,
| A does not make any delivery. He sim,
| ply loses the money paid for the privilege
This is called put" On the other
hand he may pay B for the privilege Of
calling for a certain amount OF grain al
certain price. .-a
Should the grain decline in price, he
4 does not call, but losses the amount paic
by him for the privilege, This is termec
''call. !" A large number of privilege
transactions are made every day in grain
and stocks; but they have norecognitlor
as legitimate business transactions, either
in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Of
this city. a.r
/ A CORNER" is the result of oversellins
on the part Of the ''shorts." As the time
approaches for them to Eli their contracts
it is discovered that there is a scarcity
eli. her natural or artificial, Of the article
sold "short." and in the eaoerness of the
"shorts" to I'll, an unhealthy and extraor
binary demand arises, which naturally
advances the price. ..
! In nearly all instances these Corners
are the result of a deliberate plan on the
part of the "longs" who have
purchased for delivery in the future
The buy up all the "cash" or "spot'
grain offering, and create scarcity.
As the "shorts" are by their contract:
obliged ''to fll," they are necessitatec
to pay the prices demanded by the com
bination, which is always composed of tht
"longs 1t often happens that the "cor
ners' prove disastrous sto the longs" a!
we'll as to the Shorts" as they are lef
with load W hich they cannot get rid of
except at great loss. Generally speak
ing. there are few CORNERS" which turf
out favorably for their engineers, but a:
there is fascination and excitement
about the business, there will always be
found those who will embark in them, SO
long as "Short selling" shall be counter
anced. We take the above from a late
number ofthe Republican .-Praute Far
n1er.
A CURE FOR FoUNDER-It may not
be generally known that the seed of the
sunfoWer is the most infallible remedy
yet discovered for the speedy cure of
founder in horses The directions which
! we clean from n hriaf ortiolo rnon tho