The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-06

Extracted from The Tribune.
A FORTUNE IN her.


as years old, In perfect health, weigh 100
pounds, have always lived in a dairy a s,,a
Tor the Iast seven years have made All Tue
cheess from 80 cows, besides having atl Ihe
care or the house. our family conslstinS =.
six nersous most OF the time. also Hia .t
the butter, and did the greater par. o .ne
sewing. Owing to the en feYe asp YOU V what
sSs,I do thss viii pay the best-iearn a
trade. lire out as housekeeper, orin cneese
cantnysp understand all kinds OF mouse
rrort brt would prefer the cheese factory.
What is the services of good gari "of'h III
that business? :, ,haso
a, S. Fuller How refreshing IL d Is III Sr md
DAYS Of female lecturers. ieina@ ro 10 bnusc.
ncS,see and cheesemaker, who asks no riSnsss
~ the riyht of making up somepouvs
s.,as,, and working over somebody's Dreaa
.Ths enod old race, deep-bosomed, strong
armed, and frightened, Ike our mo Hnt
and crandmothers, is not eXtlnct. na'
surprises me is that there Is not naie u,s-
sarnment enough in the town OF Batafla 10
,,rnyent Minnie Frost from being in way
= ur;te such letter to the Farmers Cluo.
T.sn easiIy see that the girl Is sure 10 get
o,onc. NV advice is that she Keep on IN
tbo f;ne Of homework, for in these DAYS
there Is always place for woman VINO IS
cansble of managing house. One Who
can do 80 faithfully can name her own rate
OF compensation, and is sure 10 get IL
TEE ASGoRA GOAT.
A. Eutychides, from Angora, IN ASA i MI.
nor. came before the Club with specimens
Of the hair and pelts of this animal. 1ils
ancestors for centuries have been ehSa:eu
in tending these goats, and have grown licli
by selling the hair. 1t was supposed that
the Angora goat would not prosper on
other continents, but since 1851, ne says;
(" have noticed that they have been Shlppeu
IN port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, at
ESQ to ESP each $500 to $40, and the colo
nists have taken it up in such good earnest
that they have exported mohalr IN 1851,
Nc. 9s2 pounds in 1868, 90,295 pounds; IN
1869, ,634 pounds; and they expect TO
increase their expectation to ten tunes Us
much in another five years, though their
mohairs are not Of much value at present,
ON account of their crossing the thorough
breds with the native common goats, and
eliuping their hairs twice year. l have
not the least doubt that in short time the
breed will improve, or they will not cross
the pure-bred with the common, and clip
them once year. Having seen the success
made in the Cape of Good Hope, have
fastened to New York, Influenced by afeel-
ing of national love to the United States as
a Greek, to be instrumental in introducing
this beautiful animal, which is so remunera-
tive to all the breeders. I will undertake
20 import for all who wish to breed at $125
each, in any quantity, guaranteed TO be
thoroughbreds, both rams and ewes: And
l shall be quite at their service to give any
information for treatment, breeding, &c:
have SAMPLES with me, and shall be glad to
show them to any who would kindly give
call on me. If any have mohair to sell !
will give 81 pound, and Lean De addressed
ct 346 West Twenty-Seventn streeI.
Senator Pomeroy's farm. and they promise
to be of great value. Their wool makes the
Tohtest. handsomest, and most enduring
fabric known to the arts, and their pelts,
when tanned and colored, furnish the love-
Hest rugs, mats, and cushion-covers.
COWS TO BRAG ON.
John w. Temple, of Lionyille, Pa, has
the common native cows. The year past
they brought on an average something more
than net income of 800 each. We feed,
he adds, about four quarts of meal per day
before turning out to pasture, and then
sIack of gradually. During the winter we
haYeR our milk-room heated to a regular,
stove, into which we put large chunks which
cannot be split for other stoves. On one
occasion, In this room, l churned in COM
mon old dasher churn in three and q half
minutes, and brought excellent butter. We
are particular to put nothing but cream in
cream-cans, j. G., no milk. Wheat-screen-
ings and rye mixed with corn and oats be-
leve to be the best feed. am trying pota-
toes now.
W. S. smedley, Lionville, Pa, a neighbor
OF John Temple, writes as follows: Aubrey
Hoffman, living in an adjoining township,
has two COWS, huge Durhams-from which
he is making now % pounds of butter per
week, and from one of which, in the sum-
mer season, when in her flush of milk, he
has made 81 pounds of butter in seven days
He is wealthy old farmer, not givento
boasting, and without mercenary motive in
making the statement, as he has no cows to
sell, but would like to procure some more
Of the same sort.
DRAINING-DITCHERs WANTED.
W. Il. DUNCAN, Of Greenwood, Ind,
wrote to say that there is chance in his Sec
ton for good, practical dtchers to obtain
also said Tile-draining is in its infancy
here, and while tile establishments are null
tiplying fast, and tile plenty at reasonable
rates, good ditchers are very scarce. Our
Irish ditchers generally construct drains
rom two to two and half feet deep, and
contend that this is better than deeper, and
Inany farmers believe it. My experience
INC past scusOu LII pluClIlS VIC VIC tnTeS leeL
deep has proven to demonstration the
falsity Of such nonsense. What we need
most now are good, practical men, who are
willing to construct drains as laid down by
our best writers on the subject. In con-
structing my drain was governed by Hen
~ French's work, and my drains are giving
perfect satisfaction, and will quite pay the
entire cost the first season by the increase
Of crop.
I.P. Trimble believe in draining firm
ly, but only when the lands are wet.
Swamps, of course, should be drained-they
make the most productive lands on the farm.
But there has been passion for laying tiles
for some years past where they are quite
needless. have lately received q letter
nom Charles S. Weld, Penobscot county,
Maine, In which he says the farmers in his
vicinity have caught the draining pet of one
money with no immediate prospect of see
ing it again.
N. G. Ely The letter that have Just
read proves that it does pay to drain, even
three feet deep, and that it pays, not after
ten years, but ut once-in single crop.
J. A. Whitney: Farmers are accustomed
to take things literally, and the broad state
ment that all lands will pay for underdrain-
ing may do mischief. AS general rule,
any soil that lies low, is retentiye of moist
ure and dense cold in its texture, viii pay
well for thorough draining, but this is not
true of light, dry uplands, where the soil is
loose enough by nature to admit the ready
passage Of water, air, and heat. In all such
cases the farmer had better pay his money
for hauling manure than for digging bitches
and buying tiles.
HI: Reade: was recently in converse
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