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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17
The Buck Wheat Crop.

A correspondent of the Germantown Tel
egraph says
Many farmers entertain the opinion that
buckwheat is very exhaueting crop
Such is not the case, for it is a we'll known
fact that buckwheat has been raised on
land for thirty years consecutively without
manures or fertilizers of any kind, other
len the straw upon which the crop grew
returned to the soil and after such long
continued growth Of buckwheat, the land
produced with proper cultivation, good
crops of wheat, corn and clover. Buck
wheat would be one of the most valuable
crops on thin land, if cultivated in rota-
ton with other crops and treated with q
due portion of manure but it is consider
ed mean crop, aud other crops of much
less profit and value get all the manure and
good attention.
dare say more hog or cow-feed can be
obtained from thin, poor land by raising
crop of buckwheat than from any other
grain, that is by fair culture.
AS much as sixty bushels are known to
have been raised from a single peck of seed
sowp, and on land that would not yield ten
bushels of wheat to the acre or twenty Of
corn, Buckwheat should be sown very
thin on rich land, almost as thin as corn is
planted. 1t is crop that will branch out
very mnch, the stalks growing in imitation
of young trees, the lateral branches produc-
ing more abundantly than if sown thick
and the crop grown on top of the stalks.
The buckwheat plant is the readiest and
cheapest vegetable known, to plow under
green as fertilizer and pulverizer of rough
land and it stands unrivaled for subduing
noxious weeds, when sown successfully for
several crops.
Timothy seed will make successful
growth among buckwheat If the seed be
rolled early in the morning while the earth
is damp with dew.
If the many farmers who feel prejudice
against buckwheat ON account of its repu-
tation Of making the land poor, would give
the crop fair trial with other farm crops
in regular rotation they would find great
advantage in the way of having plentiful
supply of nutritious food, we'll adapted to
the fattening Of swine and other stock.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17
The Deacon,s SMilI Barrel.

Just outside of the house stood father,
the Deacon, tugging away at big lump of
ice il the swill barrel.
"Bad business, that" said |, resting my
hands on my sides.
"Not half so bad as it might been,
was the reply, as he lifted the cake of ice
out by stout stick that had frozen up in
the swill.
Many an many barrel has busted
for me that wouldn't if this knowledge had
only come to me sooner" said he. "You
see, when this cold snap came ON suddenly,
thought of the swill bar'l away in the
night, and said, Well it can't be helped
It happened, however, that was all that
saved it. A bar'l or a pail may freeze up
solid, and if stick has been put down in
the water, the vessel can't bust. But it
took me long time to find it out-never
knew it till last winter lived seventy
years before / knew it," and his eyes
twinlxled knowingly.
"Why, that's on the same plap," said |,
"of putting spoon in a glass jar when
you are canning fruit if you do that, the
jar won't break"
'Same philosophy exactly" said he, as
he gave the ball Of ice kick and sent it
rolling off down the hill.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17
Heayes In Horses.

A Michigan correspondent of the Rural
Home" gives the following remedy for
beayes in horses Gives once daily tea
spoonful of aquafortis, prepared asfollows (:
mix it with a teaspoonful of sour or skim
med milk, and mix this with bran, and the
bran with the grain feed. The catarrhal
affections of the throat makes rapid amend
ment under this treatment and the CORES
pondent referred to says he has known a
number Of cases cured by it. 1t should be
given, If necessary, until.a pound of acid
Is used. We sppose it will only cure recent
cases, and not those of years. continuance.
Country Gentleman.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17

tE- There is wide field for scientific
and practical research in the mixing of
various chemical and common substances
before they are applied to the soil.
It has been clearly proven that while
lime and salt each have their own peculiar
effect upon crops, yet when these two are
mixed for few months before they are ap-
piled, the effect is very much increased,
with only the additional expense of mix
ing. This is no doubt the case with many
other chemicals now used as manures.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17
Cards.

OHARLES II. SMILEY, Attorney at Law.
~ New Bloomfield Perry Co. Pa
NJ Onice with O. A. Barnett. ESQ.,, next door
to Mortimer's store August 2O 1872
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17

WTM. A. SPONSLER, Attorney-at-Law,
w Ofice-adjoining his residence on East
Main street, New Bloomfield, Perry CO., Pa.-S2 "
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17

u p. MCINTYRE Attorney at Law, and Dis.
j. + Mointire, New @ Bloomfeid, fenn'S. C0 WIN
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

we tnvtte communicdttonsfromd al personsioho are
Interested IN matters property belonging to this
deDQrtfnenk
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17

~ To keep potatoes in the spring that
you intend for table use, from sprouting,
drop them in warm water, and let remain
a few minutes.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-06-17
UNITED STATES HOTEL.

Cor. Fulton, Water and Pearl SIS, NJ Y.
FG1HIS well known favorte hotel has recently
II been renovated, remOdeed and furnished
new and elegantly Throughout. tis kept on the
European plan, and has ample accommodations
for four hundred guests.
The location is more accessible to all parts of
New York and Brooklyn than any other house in
the city. The Broadway Stages pass the hotel
every three minutes, besides various lines of Street
Cars one Of which intersects every other route in
1t being but two blocks from Fulton Ferry,
City Of Churches" as from this ferry diverge ali
theprincpal Railroad routes In the city of Brook
lyn. (6.9dp) GEO. N. TERRY, Proprietor
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16
MerinO Sheen I'm Dem.u5

Inc brownsville Pa.) Clipper con-
ta1Es the following: Gen. J. S. Goe.
the celebrated breeder and dealer in
IN Il FLOODED stock, is by no means con-
nhed IN his sale operations to his own
county OF Fayette, or his own state of
pennsylvania, but hardly fancy stock
man IN the Union but holds with him
a stock business correspondence with a
view TO purchase, nor locality in orr
broad domain, into which his stock
mas not been sent and is still continu
ing to be sent. oftimes upon orders
from persons whom the General never
saw. 1t may also be observed in
this connection, that during past
years, General Goe has been con
sIdered somewhat extravagant, or per-
haps we might say reckless, if not
absolutely wild, in his purchases of
Merlno sheep and other blooded ami
m ais, but the sequel shows that the
| General knew what he was about. when
others lacked the nerve to venture up
on any operations that savored of
| extravagaoce or high prices, and he has
persevered until now he has become
one of the most noted as we'll as iudi-
clous and discreet breeders and dealers
III blooded stock in the Omitted States.
That his name Is not hemmed in by
State lines, we cite a single instance
among many others of a similar char
acter and OF very frequent occurrence.
During a recent visit to Connecticut.
where he had been to deliver lot of
blooded mares and colts, sold to Mr..
". L. Osborne, the great manufactur.
er, he was summoned home by tele-
gram from Brigham Young, the Nor
mon prophet, who, besides the duties
OF ecclesiastical mission, seems to have
found time, not only to erect and put
INTO successful operation, three i'm
mense wooden factories, but also, to
enter largely into the purchase and
management of choice Merino
sheep, to which, although at pres
ent the posssssor of large focks.
he Is nevertheless DESTROYS of making
considerable additions of still supe-
rior quality, and for this purpose ap.
piled to Gen. Goe, who immediately
returned home. and not Only sold and
delivered TO the prophet lis of his fine
pure blooded Merino sheep, but also
aided Mr.. Van Etter, of West Jordan.
Utah Territory, III making up a tull
car load, thus furnishing in all 900 for
that Territory.
Gen. Goe has recently sheared his
reserved flock with the following re-
suit: From the rams, twenty-five to
twenty-slx pounds each, and from the
ewes, from twelve to twenty one pounds
each
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16
CHILDREN'S CORNER.


| cannot do much" said little star,
To make the dark world bright;
NY silYery beams cannot struggle far
through the folding gloom of night
but I'm only part of Gods great plan,
Aud cheertully do the best l can"
" What is the use, said feeey cloud,
'Of these few drops that hold?
They hardly band the lily proud,
Though caught IN her cup of gold
Yet am part of Gods great plan,
SO my treasure I'll give as well as cam
A child went merrily forth to play,
But thought, like silyery thread,
Kept winding Ia and out all day
Through the happy golden head;
Mother said, Darling, do all YOU can,
For You are part of Gods great PLAN
She knew no more than the glancing star,
Nor the cloud with its chaiice tell,
How, why, and for what all strange thing
were
She was only child at school:
but she thought, lit is part of Gods grea
That even l should do all can"
She helped a Younger child along
When the path was rough to the feet,
And she had from her heart a little song
That we all thought passing sweet
And her father, a weary, toil-worn man.
said, - viii do likewise the best that can.
Our best? All, children, the best IF us
Must hide our ia ,es away
When the Lord of the Vineyard comes to lool
At our task at the close of the day
But for the strength from abovc-'tis tin,
Masters plan
Wen pray and wen do the best that we can.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16
Monkey E,mOti0ns.

The moral and physical emotions OF
the anthropoid apes are just now the
subject of considerable discussion and
inquiry. Sir Edwin Landseer, as is
we'll known, painted picture of a
weeping monkey; and it is now con-
coded that some species exercise an
a11ectlonate care for their dead. Mr.
James Forbes adduces in evidence of
tins an observation of his own, to be
found in his " Oriental Memoirs, and
suggested that the very primitive re-
glon-worship of the ancestors
common to to the lowest savages and
the highest anthroPoid monkeys The
passage is as follows:
Gone of shooting party under a
banyan tree killed female monkey
and carried it to his tent, which was
soon surrounded by forty or fifty of the
tribe, who made great noise and
seemed disposed to attack the aggression.
| They Re treated when he presented his
gun, the dreadful effect of which they
had witnessed, and appeared perfectly
to understand. The head of the troop,
however, stood his ground, babbling
| turlously; the sportsman, who, per-
haps, felt some little degree of
conjunction for having killed one of
| the family, did not like to fire at the
creature, and nothing short of firing
would suffice to drive him off At
length he came to the door of the tent,
and, finding threats of no avail, began
lamentable moaning, and, by the
most expressive gesture, seemed to beg
for the dead body. 1t was given him !;
he took it sorrowfully in his arms and
bore 1t away TO his expecting compan-
ions. They who We're witnesses of this
extraordinary scene resolved never
| again to fire at one of the monkey
race "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16

died this very night-what from, no.
body knows"
"Where does this mujik live r.
They showed him the house. Thither
he went without speaking a word. When
he got there he found the whole family
| In tears.
"What are you mourning about ~
says he.
"Such and such is The state of things,
soldier say they.
s. can bring your young people to
life again. What will you give me if /
do 2"
"Take what you like, even were it
half we've got"
The soldier did as the warlock had
instructed him, and brought the young
people back to life. Instead of Weep
ing, there began to be happiness and
rejoicing the soldier was Hospitality
treated and we'll rewarded. Then-left
about, face off he marched to the
starosta, and told him to call the
peasants together and to get ready a
hundred loads of aspen-wood. well,
they took the wood into the graveyard,
dragged the warlock out of his grave,
pldceu MIN on the pgfe, ana set IL
alight-the people all standing around
in a circle with brooms, shovels, and
fire irons. The pyre became wrapped
in flames, the warlock began to burn.
His corpse burst, and out of it crept
snakes, worms aud all sorts of reptiles;
up came flying crows, magpies, and
| lackdaws. The peasants knocked them
down and flung them into the fire, not
allowing so much as single maggot to
creep away. And so the warlock was
thoroughly consumed and the soldier
collected his ashes and screwed them
to the winds. From that time forth
there was peace III the village
The soldier received the thanks OF
| the whole community. He stayed at
home some time, enjoying himself
thoroughly. Then he went back to
the Cars service with money in his
pocket. When he had served his time
he retired from the army and began to
live ut his ease Russian Folks
Id{es," by ". IL. S. RaistOn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16

The old plan Of fattening fowls was
to put from eight to Il dozen IN a coop
with an open front, feeding them regu-
larry three times a day. By employing
a rallied or barred floor, so that all the
dung can fall through, very good re-
suits may be obtained III this way,
though either OF the processes of cram
ming IS now considered quicker and
more economical, Is compared with
what we may call the natural
plan The coop must be arranged SO
as to be permanently dry and free from
draught, and should have a canvass
cover to draw down and keep the in-
mates in darkness. Only fowls which
have run together must be pinned up
III the same coop, or their disagree
ment will prevent any increase of
weight. Before commencing, the coop
should be whltewashed and the bot
torn bars cleaned, tC prevent annoy
ance from yermin; and when put IN,
the chickens should be left for several
hours without any food Mt all. This
is essential, and the neglect of 1t is
why many amateurs, IN their first at
tempts in fattening their surplus, com
pletely fail as the birds, being
naturally fretful at their utter CON
hnement, refuse TO eat heartily, and
rather pine away whereas, by we'll
fasting them before any food is given,
they begin to feed at once. The guam
tity must be measured by the appetite,
and none, on any account, left; but
clean, fresh food given-as much as
can be eaten without leaving, and water
being supplied Mt the same time. When
the feeding is done, hecanvas covering
should be drawn down, and the birds
left in darkness till an hour before the
next meal. The times of feeding must
be observed with the greatest punctu-
ality, or the fowls viii fret and lose
condition. The best food viii be a
mixture Of barley-meal and oat meal,
or buekwheat- meal with the husk sifted
out, and mixed with milk 4 little
suet or lard added IS recommended by
some good authorities, and increases
the fattenlng, but only to the advantage
of the basting ladle. The process will
be completed in from fifteen to twenty
days, and should be carefully watched /;
as, when the proper point is once
reached, the chickens, if not immedi-
ately killed, rapidly decline away
Canada Farmer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16


The patriarchs took no mercury, no bismuth, no
iodine, no bromide Of potassium, strychoria, no
quiniIe. Happy old gentlemen !, they did not even
know OF the existence of these 'spechcs," and yet
they lived until it seemed if Death had forgotten
them. Their medicines were herbs and roots. They
have left this fact on record and the world to
be now taking note of IL aud returning to the first
principles OF medication. Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers, the purest and most efhcaeious vegetable re-
storative of the day, is also the most popular.
Thousands of persons who only few years ago be-
ieved implicitly in all the posons which figure in
the pharmac9pia, now pronounce this pahtable
tonic and Alternative al-suhcient remedy Tor
dyspepsia, nervous debility, CONSTIPATION bilious
complaints headache, intermittent feyers, and all
the ordinary disturbances of the stomach, the liver,
the discharging organs and the brain. The time Il
far distant when most OF the powerful and ven
ornous drugs now so recklessly administered by
practitioners Of the heroic school, IL cases that
might easily be controlled by milder treatment VIII
be utterly discarded by all philosophical physicians
As il is, the thinking public, who are generally
ahead of the professionals, have already put the
dangerous preparations aside and adopted Hostel
ter's Bitters in their stead as safe and excelen
household medicine, adapted to almost every az
ment except the organic and deadly contagious DIS
eases For more than twenty years tins famous
restorative and preventive has been annuah!
strengthening it's hold upon the public conhden
and it now takes the lead Of every advertised msdi-
cine manufactured in this country.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16

1t Is a great mistake to suppose that
sheep can get along without suffering
or retain their health without water.
Alderman Mech, the celebrated Eng
hsh farmer, writes rs follows to the
Mark Lane Express:
1t a great mistake, and the cause
of much suffering aud loss, not to
supply sheep with water, especially
mllk-giving ewes. During the drought
of 1868 many Hoeks were ruined by
want OF water. | know of striking
instance where the animals wasted and
were sent to Chelmsford market in
evil condition, the owner being igno-
rant of the cause. The dealer, who
bought them - for a song first exam
ined the VIII ties of their eyes, thinking
they must have the rot or jaundice ::
but seeing I'll right 50 far, he found
that supply of water was the only re-
storatiye required. Grass IN succu-
lent state. contains 20 per cent. of
moisture, but when dried, very much
less. The same remark holds good for
ciovers, .,&c. When we give cake, corn,
malt combs, bran, &c, which we
always do, 1t becomes absolutely nee
essary to provide water, or the animals
will not thrive. Give them the oppor-
tunily Of judging for themselves 10y an
always available supply, and they will
always exercise proper discretion in
the matter. An iron water cart is on
most farms an indispensable requisite.
When food Is too wet and sloppy, "
dry cotton cake or corn Is a good and
reliable regulator. Turnips and man
gels are disproportionately watery as
food for animals. hence the losses oc-
casioned by them, especially with
breeding sheep. They contain fully
nine pints of water to one pint OF dry
food Ninety per cent of water is too
much 81 to 76 per cent. in pasture
grass is the most natural and proper
proportion The human or animal
frame has - per cent. of water, just as
grass has. Meat is dear as food, be-
cause 1t contains, in the lean portions,
70 per cent. of water. No wonder that
bread and cheese are found far more
economical.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16
Extracted Honcy-How 10 Put 1t up for
sale.

The mise of movable comb hives and
honey contractors, and the consequent
increased supply of honey, has brought
into existence new industries, such as
the manufacture OF glass honey-lars
corks, labels, tinfoil caps, ETC., fol
putting the honey III a saleable shape
| or packing 1t for transportation. Every.
thing IN the line of articles above men
toned, | can furnish from this city al
rates as favorable, as they can be
bought at any other point.
The best shaped honey jars, in my
estimation. both for sale and for pack
ing with the least waste space, are
square jars, containing one or two
pounds of honey. shall have on hand
for next season a large lot Of these jars,
with the imprint, Zone or two tbs.
Pure Honey" respectively on each Jar,
with suitable place for label. [ also
furnish corks anu tinfoii caps, and
labels with blanks left to insert pro
ducer'5 name and address. Or, ii or
dered in quantities not less than l, 900,
/ can, at slight advance, have the ad-
dress printed.
After the jar Is corked press a tinfoil
cap over the cork and neck of the bot.
tie with your hand first, and then finish
with a leather strap, about five eIghths
of an inch wide and four feet long,
one end of it fastened to the wall. The
strap should be wrapped once around
the neck of the bottle, ana while one
end is held tight by one hand, the bot
tie should be passed forward until the
tinfoll Is properly smoothed down. Fol
my own use [ have made ''horse," SC
can sit down to the work of cappine
my jars, keeping the strap tight with
one foot, and using both hands on the
jar.
For shipping, jars should be packed
tight with sawdust, and one dozen il
box specially made for the purpose
4 bee keeper should sell by the gross
his one or two pound jars of honey tC
merchants In the country or city, OF
have it sold on commission until his
brand is known. With his label on
Jars and his brand on boxes, he vii
soon find a market If he bottles {
choice article only. Good honey put
up neatly and in small quantities vii
always bring the best price, and it is
my experience that mdchiae- crtFdcteC
honey is the preferred article, If the
consumer is only convinced of it;
purity.
\ manufactured article of Cubs
honey finds ready market in on
cities, because 1t is put up in merchant
| able shape, T. c. IN jars, nicely labeled
and styled "Whitc Clover Honey.
Now, [ claim that the sale of IL manu-
featured article If our bee keepers
would only take the necessary pains +,
bring into market, in proper shape ant
under their own names, their machin,
extracted honey which is the only pur,
honey possible, and if once known t.
consumer, will be the only honey il
demand.-COr. american Bee Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16

THE editor of the Tobacco Leaf, a
newspaper IN GAINESVILLE, Tennessee,
in response to a toast of the press =
Gentlemen the-the press. The press
as | said, the press (cheers.) The
mill, as L remarked laughter, the mill
and by the mill [ mean the FIGURING
mills the great civilizer and distrib-
ntor of the staff of life. The press and
the mill-the mill and the press-gen
tlemen [great applause, the mill and
the press, stand so to speak-stand III
intimate iuxtaposition, of which the
mill s,istains most intimate relations
TO the press, while both are produc-
tive of indiscriminate grinding =
[Great applause
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-16
England to be Supplied with American
Coal.

One of the results of the recent great
advance III the price of coal III Europe
is visible in the fact that various large
manufacturers in France, Germany and
Russia are casting about for new
sources of supply. They think it feas
ible to import Pennsylvania coal, and
an analysis of the different kinds
mined III that state is being made, with
a view OF ascertaining whether they
are suitable for use in the foreign fac
tories needing them. Already Penn
sylvania las been able to undersel
English coal in the West and East In
dia markets, and it looks very much as
if she might, to a certain extent, bt
able to compete with European Goa
in portions of Europe itself.