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South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
The Potato Bug.

From almost every part OF the country
we hear alarming accounts of the progress
of the potato bug, and some farmers have
given up all attempt to check the ravages
of the insect, and have abandoned their
crops to destruction 1t is probable that
such faint-hearted individuals will bitterly
regret this course, especially when they
see the crops of some of their industrious,
~persevering neighbOrs, saved by the timely
application of preventives or remedies.
One of the most instructive of Esop's ia
bles is that which describes the ridiculous
conduct of the wagner who, when the
wheels of his wagon stuck fast in slough,
knelt upon the bank, and, with loud lam
entations, called upon Jupiter to assist
him out of the difficulty. The indignant
deity, who could scarcely refrain from an
Initiating the lazy fellow with a thunder
bolt, told him to cease calling on Jupiter,
but to get up and put his shoulder to the
1ohee, cheer on his horses, and help him
self out of the difficulty.
There is no doubt but the ravages of the
potato bug may be entirely prevented by
picking or brushing off the insects as fast
as they appear, gathering the eggs, which
are easily seen, and running the cultivator
between the hills, or drills. The bugs de-
post their eggs on weeds as well as on the
potato vines, therefore all weeds should be
destroyed. Coarse, lumpy soil is very IA
vorable for these insects, as they hide
among the Jumps and clods. The soil
should be well pulverized, as this will en-
courage the growth of the vines and de-
prive the bugs of a hiding-place. Paris
green or white heIlebore will kill the bugs,
but while waiting for these remedies the
crops may be destroyed.
We say to all potato growers, pick off
the eggs and bugs, Danish weeds, keep the
c%ultivator continually at work, and the
crop will be saved Western Rural.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Ashes as Cattle Feed.

IS The Maine Farmer says: One of our
substantial subscribers, in a recent CONVEX
sation, gave his experience in training
neat stock affected with the habit of eating
wood, chewing bones, etc. His cattle
were one spring affected in this way; they
became thin in flesh, refused to eat hay,
and presented a sickly appearance. He
had the impression that their food lacked
the constituents for making bone; but his
neighbors used bone meal without MOTTO
ing any good results whatever. Last
spring he put about four bushels of leach
ed ashes in his barnyard, and threw out to
them about a shoveiful each day. They
all ate it as if with evident relish. After
turning them out to pasture, he put one
peck of dry ashes per week on the ground
in the pasture. They ate it all up, and
gnawed off the grass where it had been
lying. The cattle began to improve gain
ing flesh and looking better than they had
for several years. He says that this NOR
bid appetite was unnoticed years ago,
from the fact that the land was new,
and ashy from the burning of the
woods and land clearings. He has anoth-
er proof of the value of ashes for stock
from this incident. He had a large tub full
of leached ashes, which remained in it
sometime. 1t was afterwards used as a
w~atering-tub: and when the cattle drank
at it they would lick and gnaw the sides
and bottom of the tub, actually biting off
pieces and eating them. Latterly he gives
one quart of ashes, mixed with the same
quantity of salt, to twelve head of cattle,
about once a week, and finds it to agree
with them wonderfully.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Farmers Homes.

Keep a stock Of wood ahead. ANY wife
has a just reason of divorce from a hus-
band who is so mean and so shiftless that
he furnishes her stove wood from day to
day and any farmer who does it with the
idea of economy, is a Ounce, for the time
spent in hunting up the ax-and such a
farmer arways has to hunt up the ak or
anything else he Wants-and the time
spent in going to and from his other
work, to cut wood, and the delays waiting
for meals, because the wood is green and
wet, would go a long way toward work
ing up a good stock of wood; which,
being seasoned and handy, the hard-work-
ing housekeeper could use so as to save
herself many a scolding; and a man who
has no woodpile must be a scold, and un-
reasonable enough to find fault with his
wife, when he alone should be blamed.
Pork is the most expensive food, besides
its tendency to make people gross and
vulgar. A big pork eater and a man of
delicate sensibilities and feelings are Oppo-
sites. A pound of chicken can be pro-
duced on a farm as cheaply as a pound of
pork. The same is true of mutton. Both
are healthier than hog flesh. Then why
not raise chickens and lambs, and eat
poultry and mutton?
A house on a hill with no trees around
it looks cherries and unhomelike. Have
grounds around the dwelling. Tear away
the fences; they cost money and are use
less. / mean the fences shutting the house
up as if there was danger of its running
away. Let there be not less than an acre
of door yard-ten will be better. Make a
rich lawn of this and cut the grass. It can
be no waste, but it will be a thing of
beauty, and ga thing of beauty is q joy
forever" There need mot be any loss to
be tasteful; nature and beauty are syn
onyms good taste and economy can there
fore be made landmarks to each other.
Set out fruit trees in this enclosure, and
dig around them with a spade each year,
and top dress the whole, and the trees will
grow finely, and the grass will grow luxu-
riently, and the house will grow beautiful,
the children will grow contented, the
fathers and mothers as they grow old will
grow happy, the neighbors will grow to
emulate and 10 excel, the township will
grow attractive, and the young men and
the young women will grow up to think
and to feel that there is no place after all
like home, "Sweet Home."-F D.. Our
fiss
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
How often to Milk.

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The Irish Farmers Gazette has the fol-
lowing, which at least goes to show that
cows should be MIXED oftener than twice
q day, for some time after calves are taken
away from them, If they are allowed to
suckle till they are weaned:
Regularity in the milking of cows is
of as much importance. as regularity in
the feeding of them. In a state OF nature
the COW is relived of its milk a great many
times each day. A calf allowed to remain
with its mother will help itself to the
lacteal fluid seven or eight times a day.
Under such circumstances the udder OF
the COW. will remain small and if allowed
to retain the milk secreted during twelve
hours, feverish symptoms are likely to be
produced. The practice of milking COWS
more than twice in the twenty-four hours
causes the capacity of the udder to be
greatly increased, and, probably, helps in
maintaining the lacteal secretion long af-
ter pregnancy has taken place.
" When, however, by an artificial sys-
TEN the cow has been enabled to retain its
milk without inconvenience for twelve
hours or so, it ought to be MIXED regu-
larly every day at the same hours. When
the time for milking arrives the udder usu-
ally becomes distended TO its utmost ca
pacity, and if the fluid be not speedily
removed, the animal suffers considerable
pain. Cases of fever, the result of allow
ing animals to remain too long. unmilked
are, indeed, by no means of ~unfrequent
occurrence. 1t is especially necessary to
attend to this point for some days after
the animal has brought forth its young,
for during that period very little ir-
ritation of the tactical organs
is likely to bring on that most fatal of NAL
aides, puerperal fever. If the milking be
too long delayed, nature will try to help
the poor animal. An absorption of milk
into the blood will, to some extent, take
place, and that which remains in the udder
will become d~eteriorated. When neglect
to milk a COW at the regular time is re-
peated severaltimes, the secretion of the
fluid is permanently checked; and there
are many cases where by such neglect an
animal has become Sdry" in less than a
month.
In these countries and in North Amer
lea, COWS are only MIXED twice a day, ex-
cept in some cases, when for some time at
ter calving the operation is repeatedt thrice
daily. In most Continental States it is,
however, the general practice TO milk
dairy COWS three times a day, at regular
intervals of eigh hours. Now, would ii
not be worth while determining the ques-
ton whether an interval of eight ortwelve
hours between milking is the best. We
incline to the opinion that a COW would
yield more fluid if MIXED three times than
if MIXED twice a day; but the former
number would involve great trouble to the
work people. In Germany and Holland
the COWS are MIXED at four o'clock a. IN.
noon, and eight o'clock p. m. We feaI
our dairy maids would consider these
hours too long for aday's work. +,
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Abuse of Study.


Parents, Ignorant OF the laws of health,
and without experience of their own in
the acquisition of knowledge, are almost
sure to urge their children to an injurious
excess of mental labor. All around me l
see lovely children who are victims of
their parents unenlightened ambition.
A. school from nine to two or three then
perhaps, piano and dancing till dark; and
in the evening, study till nine or ten.
What a massacre of the innocents is this !
Even on Sunday sheyhave no rest. What
is rest to a schoclboy? 1t is not to go to
school. Nothing saves some children
from utter destruction but their ceaseless
rebellion against our murderous require
ments. They will not sit still in nl-ven-
tilated roomsl They will not learn those
long lessons out ofschoolI They will not
coax excuses and holidays from their
mothers. We compel them to disobey
and misbehaye, in order to save their
lives.-PdrtOn, in PctIic School Journal.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Repairing Roads.

This is an operation which is or should
be performed Immediately after the set
ting of the ground in the spring. In ag-
ricultural districts il is often deferred till
later in the season.. In this case the labor
of putting a road in good condition is often
doubled. 1t is IS true of roads as raiment
that "a stitch in time saves nine" and if
for the word stitch, we substitute ditch,
the old saw will be even more forcible in
its meaning.
Winter makes sad havoc in the earth
roads, which intersect the country in all
directions. His frosts upheave, and the
springs wash out deep gulleys and ruts,
and when at last the reign of frost isover,
that which was straight is all crooked
level places are changed into alternate
rises and depressions, stones are left onthe
top, and, in short, these roads become
sloughs of despond in which loaded teams
wallow IN despair, and where wagons are
left standing for weeks up to the hubs in
mud, simply because it is beyond the
power OF horse flesh to extricate them.
II, when the mud has dried, the ruts
were filled at once, and the bitches at the
wayside opened, much would be gained,
but as this is generally neglected, the June
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AdFO tIluSb Ill llCI OWL
way. Sluices are filled, bridges under
mined and washed away, and, finally, when
the road master" summons the mhabit
ants to turn out and work on the road, they
find plenty to do. The road is at last pui
into passible condition, and remains so ill
the fall rains and the marketing wagon:
again cut them up, and the snow following
hides them from ill the ensuing spring
That this is only a fair picture Of the
majority of the roads in the Northern
States, we know from experience; anC
those of the South and many parts OF thu
West are eve worse, if all accounts O
their miserable condition during the win
ter rains are to be credited.
There is, perhaps, some excuse in the
pressing work of spring for the delay il
road repairing. We believe, however
that the custom is maintained more
through habit than necessity.
An old farmer once remarked to us tina
there is no other work done by farmer.
that pays so well as road-making bu'
there are few of them that are f~ar-sighteC
enough to see that the saving Effected by
good roads in the current expenses of re
pairs in wagons and harnesses, and the in
crease of loads which can be carried, pay
literally for the work, which they d.
grudgingly, when at last it is performed
Scientific American.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Improvement Of Seed.

Plants may be improved by selection
They will always reproduce themselves in
their specific characters, and often in those
of their varieties, especially when q varie-
ty has been cultivated for a considerable
time under the same conditions Of soil and
climate. In a general sense, like produces
like; and if proper care is taken in selec-
ton, it will do more than this, it will I'M
prove upon itself Therefore, if the best
plants of any variety are selected yearly,
and the best seeds of these are planted il
a soil especially adapted to their highes.
development, a great improvement will be
effected, and often new varieties of great
excellence will be obtained. When the
French began to manufacture sugar from
the beet, the best specimens yielded emily
about four and a half per cent. of their
weight but when they selected seeds
from the beets containing the largest
amount of this substance, and applied the
manures which were best fitted to pro-
duce it, as potash, ammonia, etc, the
plant was at length so much improved
that it pielded nine per cent, or double
the original quantity. The same course
may be pursued with equal success with
other plants.
Multitudes of new varieties are spring.
ing up every year, which are lost from 8
want of competent observers to select
them and bring them into cultivation. The
skillful agriculturist goes through his
fields, and observes with a keen eye every
variation of any plant in any particular
direction, and converts it to some useful
purpose. IF a head of wheat of remarka-
bic size or plumpness is seen, it is selected
and cultivated by itself, till a new variety
is DEVELOPED and permanently fixed. Ifan
ear of corr is observed which is distin-
guished for its length, the number of its
rows, the size of its kernels, or its early
maturity, it is preserved for seed. In this
way most of the new varieties which are
considered to be so remarkable, and are
sold for so great prices have been origin
ated. Farmers are not generally aware
how much is lost from their yearly crops
by not selecting the best seeds. s. G..
Patee, of New Hampshire, threshed two
bushels of wheat from the ends Of the
sheaves, where the largest heads are usu-
ally found, without opening them, and
picked out the largest and best kernels
by hand and sowed them. He got one
third more wheat from this seed than from
the same quantity not thus selected, 81
though the soil and cultivation were the
same.-C0r. Country Gentleman.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Forget Your Sins.

BEECHER says: "Thsre are men who
have committed great sins, and who are
like the knight that used to wear sack
cloth in order that the scratching might
remind him of having, perhaps, murdered
his royal master, and who never wantedto
forget that he was a murderer. But what's
the use of remembering ones crimes?
Some set apart days to remind them of the
sins of the olden time. They want to keep
them IN memory. But what is the use of
keeping ones sins in memory? You are
not the children o. night, that you should
set up a monument of this kind. It is not
worth a maa's while, after he has once
escaped, to ponder the things of the olden
time. 1t is not in accordance with New
TIE lament truth, or Gods truth, or
Christ's truth. Forget, forget, FoRGETI
God promises that he will Go it; and he
commands you to do it. Il will never
make mention again OF your trans
gressions,' he says to men. He declares
that their sins should be cast as into the
depths of the sea- And why should a man
trouble and vex himself about his past
sins. Do you suppose you are any better
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Planning Out Werk Beforehand.

FORESIGHT and calculation, and plan
ming beforehand, will save much hard
work. No hour or part of a day should
90 Il waste. Work should be so planned
and prearranged that when the weather
is threatening, and rain expected, the work
for a rainyday must be taken up. By so
doing, the delay and uncertainty caused
by waiting for the rain to come, the loss of
time in returning home when it has ONE,
the injury to clothes and harness by a
thorough drenching, and the time occu-
pied by drying off again, are all saved or
prevented. An "ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure here. So many
jobs are on hand, and ready for a rainy
day, that generally when it comes, it is
passed away in indecision as to which
should be taken up first. To provide for
these occasions is the duty of the business
man and good farmer. When work is laid
out ahead, make a practice of going
through the list, and thoroughly complet-
ing one thing at a time. There will then
be no occasion for lying awake nights,
thinking of what ought to have been done
during the day, or what ought to be done
You may literally and wisely
then take no thought for the morrow"
for "the morrow will take care of the
of itself-Hedrth and Home.
PHILADELPHIA has female undertakers
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30

for remembering that which brushes you
and fills you with pain? Pain is like
emery. If it scours anything that wants
to be secured it is good. Otherwise it is
not good. He who seeks mere pain is an
idolater. While the strife and conflict of
sin is on you, then look at it and fight it;
but when it is past, then throw it away
and forget it. Never look long at your
self or at the old burnt out craters in life.
Never linger long in the precincts where
you have suffered a great deal. You are
children of light. Look to Jesus"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30

IS, and are confined entirely to the West
and Northwest, with a single exception,
that of a daily, semi-weekly and weekly
Il New York City,, the immigrants from
Denmark, Norway and Sweden having
principally settled there. Many of the
thriving Western towns have been almost
entirely built up by these industrious and
frugal people, who use their native tongue
universally, and frequently never learn the
English language.
In the Spanish language there are but
z, Hollandish 6, Italian 4, Welsh 8, Bohe-
milan 2, Portuguese 1, Cherokee /, none of
which have a very wide circulation or in
luence, owing TO the reason that the pop
ulation speaking these languages is COM
paratively limited and widely scattered.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
THE PHRENoLoelcAL JoURNAL 70

THE PHRENoLoGIcAL JOURNAL for
July is unusually good. Conspicuous among ifs
contents are: Auduboniana, or "Reminiscences of
the Great Naturalist, with portrait; Mans Place
in Nature; A Rule for Editors-Wha they should
be; The Last of the Tasmanians, Illustrated;
Woman vs.. Woman's Rights" reviewed; Lead
ers in the Mormon Reform Movement, with por-
traits; The ~Beard-Should it be Worm Tree
Wonders of California, illustrated; The Treaty;
Hon. Ward Hunt, Chief Justice OF the New York
Court of Appeals; Western School-houses; The
Traveller, an Illustrated poem. This number be-
gins a new volume. Subscribe for it now, Price,
SO a year; single numbers, 30 cents. S.R WELLS,
Publisher, $50 Broadway, N. Y.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
SoyE queer ANSWERS are elicited Al n

SOME queer answers are ELECTED al the
examination of government clerks at
Washington. One young gentleman being
asked, what is the plural of itY re-
piled, cts" Another to the question,
"Where do the northern lakes empty them
selves ?" answered, "Into the Gulf of Mex
ico." Yet another to the question, an
what direction is the North Pole from
London? 2" answered. Northwest"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30

A correspondent of the Journal 9fAg-
riculstre states that the leaves of the com
mon basket willow (sslir nigrd, MarshalD
make an excellent yeast, if treated in the
same way as usual with hops. The dis
coyery, he says, "was made in my family
last summer, and, after a thorough trial, l
was convinced that nothing is equal to it,
as it rises much quicker than hops-in
half the time-imparts zone of the hop
flavor so disagreeable to some; and, in
fact makes better bread every way. The
thing is well worthy the attention Of
every good housewife; and, lest some
should hesitate in consequence of not
knowing the medical properties of the
willow in question, 1 will add that it is a
healthful tonic, from which nc harm can
possible arise"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30
Called Shoulders.


The heat, sweat and dust, together with
rough and badly fitting collars, are very
apt to make troublesome and painful sores
upon the shoulders and neck, and it is not
unfrequently the case that a valuable
horse is disabled for weeks, and some
times months, all from the want Of a little
care.
A collar never should be put on a ploW
horse in summer time, until It has been
carefully rubbed, to remove every particle
of grit or earth that may possibly have
gathered there. After taking off the col
lar, in summer time, It is a good plan to
battle the shoulders in cold water, after
wards wiping them dry. s.
Be careful to have the collars fit the neck
perfectly, not merely touching at top and
bottom.
If the neck of a horse is already CALLED,
battle thrice a day with cold water, care
fully removing loose hairs from the sore,
and then apply an ointment made of sugar
Of lead, pulverize very fine, and rub this
amount in a piece of tallow half IS large
as a hens egg. Apply a small portion
after each washing Of the sore.
The same salve is excellent for scratches
or sores. of any kind that are not of long
standing.-Erehdnge.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-30

THE LITTLE CORPORAL for July is a
model number. Mrs. Miller's new story begins
well, and will be read with delight by all the boys
and girls. The poem Pictures on the Slate,'
has q full page illustration by uauderbach, which
is exceedingly fine and suggestive. Under its new
management, this already popular journal is
gaining in beauty and excellence with each num-
Der. Terms, St.5O a year. Published by JOHN E.
MILLER, Chicago, III.