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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-03

COOKED FOOD FOR SWINE.-Ihe |
following report of experiments IN
the cooking of food for swine was /
furnished the Prdctical Farmer 10y !
Thomas j. Edge, Chester county,
Penn:
My first experiment was with old
corn, in three forms, namely, Shellcd
and fed whole; ground and made
into Slop with cold water and
ground and thoroughly cooked.
The pigs, five in number, were
from the same litter, and were the
lproducc Of IL good common SOW,
crossed with Il Berkshire boar.
In each case the food was given
them rs fast as consumed, and all
possible care taken to avoid any
waste, or regularity of feeding; in
every case of a change Of food, three
days was allowed before the weigh
ing for the experiment i'll order that
the effect of a sudden and entire
change of the diet might not affect
the result.
! found that five bushels of whole
corn made A. "a pounds of pork
Five b shells Qcss milIcr's toll, of
COZ ground and made into thick
slop with cold water, made "a | .
pounds of pork. The saluc amount
of meal, well boiled aud fed cold,
made SO 81 pounds Of pork.
With the whole cora, the pigs had
the Stops from the kltCheH--no milk /;
and for drink with the boiled muSh,
one or two quarts were Trimmed with
cold water or slop from the house /;
i'll each case the slop was used in
some form or other, but all the milk
was reserved for small pigs.
The fifteen bushels of corn cost
Sl,30 per bushcl, and you will no
tce that while the pork made iiom
the whole corn barely paid for tn,
corn-that from the same amount OF
ground corn cooked, paid the whol,
cost of the corn and little more
than one dollar per bushol over, and
that the economy of grinding and
making into slop will fully warrant
the extra trouble and expense. How
could it be otherwise, when tn,
whole economy of profitable feeding
consists in bursting of or breaking
the indigcstiblc hull which incloscs
the minute particles of the food
In the above experiment the da
ta are based upon pork at 81 PEI
cwt, and corn at ! 30 per buShcl
but 1t will apply rs well 10 otheI
prices.
The second experiment was cxcll
siycly with new corn, in two lolms
namely, ON the ear, and shellcd an,
ground before boiling, and all il
such ease was what we know n
"nubbins,' or soft corn. The hes
of this class Of corn was reserve,
for the pigs, and the worst fed {
the cattle. Ten bushels of the 60
made 20 IL pounds Of pork, fed /
the usual way, Oh the ground, tn
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-03

same amount shclled, ground by
horse power and boiled, made ol
pounds of pork. OF course, por-
ton of that ted on the ear was vast
ed; bat it is the common plan, ana
forms but a fair test of the compar-
atiye merits of cooked food. l have
made no experiment with sound new
corn, yet may have a favorable 0p-
peItunity before the season IS past,
but would suppose that my expert
ment with Old corn would form a
good criterion to Judge by.
| have found that there is econ0-
my in allowing the food to become
thoroughly cold before it is fed that
in this state larger amount WILDE
eaten, with more apparent good ap-
petite. that while Scalding is bene-
fetal. thorough and prolonged cook
ing, under pressure, IS more cconCm-
zeal. In more than one case, / fast.
encd the lids of the barrels down
until the pressure was as high as
five pounds pcr square inch III the
barrel and steamer, and an cXaml-
nation into the condition Of the food
convinced Inc that It's globulcs We're
thoroughly burstcd, and it was all,
OF nearly AZ, rendered available
During a given time, the same pigs
will consume rather more corn cook
ed than uncOokcd.
Having eaten various portions OF
one of the above pig, fed almost
entirely on cooked food-led cold
and having assisted in killing all OF
them, must say that the prevalent
idea that the meat Of such pigs is
not as firm as if fed on uncookcd
food, has proven, III my case, to be
elroneouS-though | am not prepar
ed to say what the result woulc
have been had the food been uscC
while warm,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-03
Aorieultnral.
IfOiC to make Good Pastures.

Many an acre grazed will not car
nv sheep. Other acres will give
full feed to a COW, each, all through
the summer. and be pretty good
moving when frost comes. BotLl
kinds pass under our observation
every day. The difference is not III
the original character Of the lahd'
for it is found on adjoining farms,
with the same formation. the surface
and subsoiI looking Just alike
There is a big pasture oi % acres,
where 80 sheep would lose rather
than gain flesh during the summer.
The oldest inhabitaut does not re-
member when it was plowed, seed
ed, or top-drcssed. 1t has always
been paSturcd-generaIly by cows
until it ceased to yield !eed enough
to support them. There is some
grass upon it now, but more null
leins, five-fngcr, and moss. The
grass is nearly choaked out, but the
soil was originally good. The trees
that stand on the borders are heavy
oak and cheSnut timber, which DO
not thrive on poor, thin soils. lon-
der is a field of five acres, that pas
lures five cows, and done it for Sev'
eral years. The grass Is luXurlant.
and grows much faster than the cat
tie can consume it. 1t was stocked
down five years ago, after several
years Of heavy cropping, with veg
etables and tobacco. Oh course ii
was manured heavily, and very
thoroughly Cultivated. The land
will feel that treatment, and make
grateful returns, for IA whole gen
Grafton to say, that one acre on tins
five is worth the whole 90 OF the
other for the purpose of sustaining
animal life and making salable pro
duets. The one does not pay the
taxes; the other pays them and
hanS0mc profit. Now we 90 not be
lieve there is any royal road to thTi
with these run down pastures. Top
dressing will not answer, for th'
grass seed is not there to Vegetate
Seeding will do little good, for TIN
grass already there is growing SINAI
by degrees. If the s)il is fair, ara
sole land, pillow, plant, manure an
cultivate, and you give 1t ne\
start. That old sod Of dead gras
roots and moss roots, becomes plant
food and send up joyful harVest>
But this will cost money, spent II
manure, seeds, and labor. You say
of course it will, and if you sc
your money back again, prIncipa
and interest, You ought TO be salts
fed. If by spending $50 upon
worthless acre of pasture YOU max
y pay you the interest on 500 aboN
the working expense, You are doih
a good business. We must bury
as we do in our wheat, that it ma
live and bear fruit. II we buy Stoc
in a railroad, or in almost any enteI
prise, the capital dies for a time
We do not lose faith if it does nC
come back the first or second yea
Spent in rcnovatng old pastures Il
blowing and manurlng 1t usual
gives full interest the tirts year, an
puts us in the way to secure div
dcnds for years to come Amer
can Agriculturlst.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-03
GOES COUGH BALSAM,
For Group,


he BalSam VIII be found invaluable and may
ways be relied upon IN rytrcme CASTS
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-03

Neckties, ScarlS, Gloves, Hosiery
Sc. Paper Collars and Guns, ii
cycle, Burliugamc, ST. James. Oricn
tai, ana all other styles, from The
cheapest to best
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-03

$50 fat men OF Connecticut and a
few from Western Massachusetts
had a clam bake at Georgia Point,
Conn, OH Friday. The heaviest man
weighed 35S pounds and the others
ranged all the way down to the Vi
unity Of 200. Such IN exhibition
of avordupois has seldom been seen
in the country.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-09-03
tLLRGYMEN

The Rev Isaac Aiken. of Allegheny, tcsti.
tie. that II hos cured him, after all othcrreme.
dies had faded.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15


Summer is a debilita'isg season, and the sudden
CT augo Of temperature which takes place at this period
ofthe year finds the heal hiest Of US considerably ener'
waited by the preceding heat, aud the weakly and deli.
cate almost Frustrated. Tuis Is not a favora. le condt'
ton IN which TO encounter the raw cold WindsoiO October
and IL chilling fogs and night dews, and consequently
Intermittent fever, d~ysontory, bilious attacks, and
rheumatism are more or less prevalent even whore, but
especially in ~localities where the atmotphefs IL unnatur.
aly unWholesome. In order to avoid the dangers arts
ing from these oauseF, the exhausted system should now
be renovated and invigorated by a course Of HOsTET.
TER's STOMACH BITTERS. This purest and mo /
potent Of all vegetable tonics aud eHhrirants regulates
the ssoretious while u renews the strength aud purihes
tho fluids Of the body, while II gives hrmness and viRor
TO the nervous organization. Free from the unpleasant
flavor which renders the ordinary tonics 90 rtpulslvs.
composed OF extracts and juices Of the ohoicett veFe
table invigorauts aut oorreotiyes, mingled With a
dihdsive stimuiant from which even noSious element
has been expelled, this renowned preparation IL, In all
respects, the very best medicine Of it's Kind that the
world has ever known Sach is The opinion Of distin-
guished members OF the medical profession, and the
general verdict Of the public. after an experience Of
twenty years, during which H~OSrEfTER's BITTER
has attained a greater popularity aud = more sHtsndvs
sale uisn suy specific ever advertised In the columns
Of the American press.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15
Personal Items.

The story goes that Butler will start a
radical paper in New York.
Mr.. Stewards Pacific coast speeches are
to be published by a Washington firm.
Mrs. ODonoyan Rosa ia travelling
through Canada.
- Mrs, Andrew Johnson IL not expected
to live through the winter.
A niece OF Mad Anthony Wayne ia a
hotel-keeper in C%oyingtOn, Ky.
Asa Packer is said to be the champion
euchre playerof Maueh Chunk, Pa.
Daddy" Cain, q venerable negro, of
South Carolina, is a candidate for Congress-.
Ex-Governor Pierpont, of Virginia, il
a candidate for the West Virginia Legisla-
ture.
William Anderson, onoe a popular &C
tor, has died in tho Philadelphia almshouse.
Whisky did it.
Koopmanschoop, the chap who imports
Chinese for service, etc, charges 5000 a
head for his services.
Julia Ward Howe will represent the
New England Woman's Suffrage Assooia-
ton in Berlin next year.
Thomas Thompson, late Of Boston,
left $500 900 for the benefit of the shop
girls and seamstresses of Duchess county,
N. Y.
Geo. VIM Curtis il the author of "Sue
and l." "Potiphar Papers" ''rrumps, " the
editorials in Harper's Weekly, and the
Easy Chair in Harper's Monthly.
Ida Lewis ia leading an idle life as the
temporary idol OF Newport iashionObles.
She plays in private theatricals and taJleaug
%riudntS.
Henry W. Raymond, the eldest son OF
the late Henry j, Raymond, will take an
editorial position on the New York Times
in October.
Miss Schomberg, the Philadelphia
belle, said 10 be the most beautiful woman
in America, il reported to have an ambition
for the stage.
George, SON of ex-Goy. Bullock, OF
Massachusetts, IN TO marry, in Paris, one
Of the daughters Of the Hoboken twenty
millionaire Stevens,
The oldest clerk in the departments al
Washington is John Barclay, chief clerk
in the office Of the Commissioner of Gus.
toms, who has been a clerk for Go years.
Charles Vincent, OF the Third Auditors
office, has been there So years.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15
political.
Facls That Cannot be nIsnnted.


1 That the government is paying $780,
600, 900 per year fer the national bank
currency, whenit could issue bank notes
for nothing.
2 The federal government has power to
tax the bonds the same as other property
IS taxed. This would yield n revenue Of
100000, 900 per year, and save the people
the tax on coffee, sugar, tea, and salt, but
n republican congress has refused to do IL.
3 Under the law rs it stands, the ten-for-
ty bonds are payable in gold and FIVE TWEEN
tiesin groonbacks, but the republicans
have agreed to pay them both in gold, thus
adding 5000, 900, 900 to $500, 600, 900 to the
national debt, besides violating pledged
faith TO the people.
4. The government is paying 81, 25
on the dollar for overdue bonds that are
redeemable at par, which is simply stealing
no more nor less.
b. The present high protective tariff tax
ing goods notupon their value, which il
the only fair rule, but upon their measure
ment and weight. Thus, the great bur
dens OF government are laid upon the poor,
who consume the cheaper articles, The
democrntic tariff was al r%diorUn, and not
specific.
o. Upon every article which comes in
$3.50 N'AhhN ANht tullttt hNkhNf hhllt NibAh"
ing OF all sorts, for men and women's wear
lumber, spices, icwelry, articles of necess-
ity-there is o levied, on the average,
the monstrous duty # forty four per cent,
IN gotd. Under an economical democratic
administration ten to fifteen per cent would
be sufficient.
4 The war closed in April, 1865, more
than Tour years ago. In that time the tax
es, collected from the people amount to
nearly $1,000, 600. 900. This, If all applied
to the national debt, would nearly have OK
hngnished 1t, and yet, az it appears from
the official reports, the debt was larger on
Sept, | 1869, than Il was on Sept. 1865 1!
What has the republican party done with
the 81, 600, 600, 600 since the war
s. SO entirely is the republican party
under the domination of New England,
that 1t allows the Yankee fishermen TO have
his salt free Of duty for packing his Goldfish
and maokerel, while the western farmer
and dealer, who pack beef and pork, have
to pay n duty of one hundred and ten per
cent IN that article.
p. The expenses of the army are estima-
ted, for this year, in time of profound peace
to be 1913, 900, 000,. During the last
democratic administration the whole ex.
penses ofthe government were only S7O,-
000, 900.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15

A RUMoR ABOUT VANDERBILT The
World of the LIST inst. says: "The state
ment was freely made yesterday that Com.
modore Vanderbilt had borrowed $40, 600, =
QUO from Barring Brothers, giving them Ms
collateral Hudson River at par; and that
with one hall of this he had purchased
seventy thousand shares of Lake Shore.
II this is true, the transaction is n heavy
n in more respects Than one. Hudson
River sold yesterday at li5. The Commo-
dore, therefore sacrificed $3.50, 900. If he
bought Lake Shore he paid from SO to SO.
Some people are inclined to disbelicyc the
stptaNnant
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15
Iowa State Fair.
OFFICE STATE AGRIcULTURAL SocIET'
hEnHIE I-Ann snnl II lADl

NlllNE NlaIE AuhlONLIukAL 0OClLIN,
kEoRuK, Iowa, Sept. II, 1863.
Decision OF the Committee on Fire Engine O..
Having witnessed an exhibition OF the work.
ing Of the u. s. Chemical Fire Engine an to
its power in subduing fire, we can cordially
recommend this Fire Engine az being the
best thing we know Of for the use OF towns and
villages. Signed,
Peter Melendy, President, Cedar Falls; Jas.
ID. Wright, Vice President, Charlton; j. NJ.
Shaiier, Secretary, Fairfield; Geo. Sprague,
Treasurer, Butler county.
Committee on Fires. i. SpOhord, Des
Monies; i. l.. Downing, OskaloOsa; =. b.
Hewitt, Jr., Wright county, Directors.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15

HOMEOPATHY. The sixth edition of
IIahneman's Organon, containing the prin-
ciples Of this science, has just appeared in
Germany, edited by the distinguished DIR.
Lutte OF Cmthen, who enjoys the highest
and most lucrative practice Of any Home
opathic physician in Europe. Its appear
ance has created a profound sensation in
the school, because DIR. Lutte has restored
two paragraphs which he claims were sup
pressed in the publication of the last edi-
ton of the Organon in 1888. These para
graphs authorize the combination q two
or more medicines in a single prescription
and show the procedure to have been known
and sanctioned by Hahneman. Hence, Ho-
meopathic societies, and colleges, and edi-
tors, both in Europe and Ameria, are vie.
ing with each in ~endeayoring to suppress
this medicinal heresy there.
Fifteen years ago, DIR, Humphreys of
New York, then professor Of the first Ho-
meopathic Medical College in America, an
nounced the same discovery here, and pro-
ceeded to form his system of Homeopathic
Specifies upon it, and TO give the advant-
ages Of them 10 the country. The announce
ment provoked the same opposition here.
DIR. Humphreys became a hereto then, lust
as DIR. Lutte il so pronounced now. Mean
time the truth prevails. The sun shines
though men close their eyes aud swear il is
darkness.
DIR Humphreys and DIR, Lutte enjoy their
practice and the proud satisfaction of see.
ing their patients recover, while thousands
daily use DIR. Humphreys Homeopathic
specifics and are restored thereby, however
heterodox they may DO considered by 9th
ers. Northern Independent, NouemJer 23d,
1865, auburn, NJ Y.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15

SEC. Boutwell, does not believe that the
rich are growing richer, and the poor poor
or. During his recent visit to Groton he
made il a point to inquire into the condi,
ton OF the poorer classes. He found that
they live better, have fewer mortgages and
more money in the savings bank than they
did before the war. y
Groton is not the place to institute any
inquiry into the condition of the poorer
classes, 1t is II of the richest towns OF
Massachusetts,. Nearly all the people are
wealthy farmers, or retired business men,
who are living upon incomes derived from
their untaXed bonds. There is scarcely 0
poor man in the town, save n few farm Ia.
borers, and they are not likely to have
many mortgages, nor much none in the
savings bank. Mr.. Boutwell, should have
extended his inquiries into the manufac,
turing cities.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15

TIE BEST AND ORIGINAL Tonic Of Iron
Mack q Co.'S FerTo P~hosphorated Elixir of
Calisaya Bark. The Iron restores color TO
the blood the Phosphorus renows waste OF
the nerve tissue. and the Calisaya gives
a natural healthfulness 10 the digestive or
gans thereby curing Dyspepsia in its various
forms, Wakefulness, General Debility, and
Depression OF Spirits. Manufactured only by
CAsWELL, HAZARD Il CO., successors 10
Caswell, mack 4 Co., New York. Sold by all
DrupQistH.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15
pottrD.
TOGETHER.

Sweet hand that, held I'm mine,
Seems the one thing ] cannot live without,
The souls one anchorage In this storm and dOubi
take thee AZ the sign
OF sweeter days In store
For life, and more than life, when life Il done,
And thy soft pressure leads me gently on
To Heavens own Evermorc.
I have not much to say,
Nor any words that at such fond request,
let my blood speak 10 thine, and bear the rest
Some silent heartward way.
Thrice blcst tho faithful hand
which saves cen while II blesses; hold me fast;
Let me not go beneath the floods nj last.
so near the better land.
Sweet hand that. thus IN mine,
Seems the one thing I cannot live without,
My hearts one anchor In Hfc's storm ami doubt,
Take this, and make me thine
-IFrdfer's Magazine.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15

The Pennsylvania radicals are in q great
strait. They find the democratic tide too
strong TO be steamed without the rid of
the great ULYSSES, and they have ~besought
him to make them another visit, and he
has consented. 1t is scarcely within the
possibilities that he can save them from
overwhelming defeat. lie can SAP nothing
do nothing TO arrest their fate. The peo-
pie have determined that Asa Packer, shall
be the noxt Governor Of the old Keystone,
and therefore Ulys SEES Grant had better
RlnY nj hnmn.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15

Nicole was willing to continue a con-
versation which could not but he interest
ing since Babel was its subject, when the
shadows began to gather and warned them
to retire, after promising to meet at the
same place the next evening.
D'Ovrille, returned home, gave himself
mp to all the ideas which n like adventure
could create in a romantic mind. He direct
ed La Fleur TO go early in the morning TO
inquire after the health of the two cousins.
TO inform himselfo Of their name Of living,
and, above all. to discover il Babel had any
secret inclination. The skillul valet full
filed his commission to the delight of his
master, and returned with the most salts
factory report.
The evening came at last, and the two
villagers appeared at the same place.
la Fleur gives lis arm TO Nicole; Dor
vile profits by the example, and offers his
to Babet. The promenade is long without
being tatiguing. D'Oryille speaks of love,
and she listens. On the morrow this con-
yersation is repeated, and although repeat
| ed, becomes still moro interesting. From
day o day love makes now progress, and
Baket finally makes the confession which
completes the happiness Of her lover
Upon this touching avowal D'Orville de-
cides, without hesitation, TO brave the pre-
iudices' Of birth and fortune, and to follow
bliudly all the feelings Of his heart.
lie flies TO the chateau to give La Flour
orders to make preparations for a fte cham
pe're. where Love and Hymen should pre-.
side. Suddenly the noise of a carriage is
heard in the court. IL is our Uncle.
There you are, found at last, " said tho
good man, throwing himself into an arm
chair. "Is il thus one should quit his re-
%lations. his friends, his mis- ress, to bury
himself in the woods I have learned Of
your pnnks, Of your little flirtations at the
opera ball"
Howl myuncle, you know"
II know all, but | pardon you. Learn
that the charming unknown, with whom
you are SO much in love, is no other than
Madame de Faventine."
"Heayensl Can it be possible"
ooh! very possible, and TO convince you
OF it you will hear il from her mouth, for
she has ccme with me.
GLOW! She will be here? mol never; /
can never see her again. Know, uncle, all
my misfortune, if 1t can be so called, TO
love and to be loved. l have formed q new
attachment: / renounce fortune, era ces
wit; l espouse candor, artlessness, beauty.
My part is taken, and nothing can turn me
from IT.; 80, for PHYS sake, my dear uncle,
save Madame de Faventine n humiliation
she has so little merited."
useless prayers. You shall see her.
you shall speak to her, and shall learn il
from herself, ifyou have the courage. But
here she is."
At these words the door is opened, Ma.
dame do Fayentine appears, and what Is
the nstonishment OF the happy D'Oryille
when he recognizes in her his charming
yillager!
Penetrated with love and JOY, lac throw
himself at her feet.
"Whatl' says he, "is it you, is it you,
Madame you, my lovely unknown You,
my dear Babet! What name must finally
give yoS?'
"Your own, - answered she, bidding him
rise.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-15
M OA

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per single box. Sold by all druggists, and
sent by mail on receipt OF price. Address
Humphreys Specific homeopathic Medicine
Company, $50 Broadway, N. Y.