The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-07

and distinct from the other that is
10 walking, make him walk and dc
not allow him to trot. While trot.
ting, be equally careful that he
keeps steady at his pace, and do moi
allow him to slacken into . walk
the reins, while driving should be
kept snug, and when pushed to the
top of his speed, keep bin well in
hand, that he may learn to bear
upon The bit so that when going at
high rate of speed can be held al
his pace; but do not allow him to
pull too hard, for it is not Only I'M.
pleasant, but it makes him difficult
to manSge.-National Live Stock
Joufual.
DAIRY SToCK.-Mr. Young, q
noted farmer of Pennsylvania, was
asked some questions as to the reia-
tive values OF the Alderney and the
common stock for dairy purposes,
aud he replied that both in quality
and quantity of milk yielded the
former is superior. The milk from
the Jersey cow is as rich in quality
as the cream from the milk of the
common cow, aud while the average
amount of butter yielded by stock
like that owned by Mr.. Young
will be ten pounds of butter from
each cow, only six or seven pounds
are producible from the ordinary
COW. The butter from the Alder
ney milk, too, is not only far richer
in quality, but it has frmness
which it retains through the cold of
winter and the heat Of summer,
when the butter of the ordinary
cows is barely marketable.
PATENT RIGHT SwNDLEs.-It is
safe to assume that every attempt 10
sell territorial patent right is an
attempt to sWindle. 1t is possible
that the seller may himself be duped,
end not intend 10 swiadle; but the
act itself is none the less swindle,
for all that. So true is this, and SO
apparent is the swindliug character
| of such transactions, that no taker
of note for such territorial patent
light dare himself sue for it in the
courts. He knows well enough
that he ca IN aot collect hat he cam
not show value for the same. But
he can sell TO tFird parties, and they
| being held in law as innocent par
ties, can and do collect on such
nOtes-snd SO they swindle the
farmers. So we say TO the farmers
beware Whatever you pay for
such patent-right is just so much
money thrown away. You are
sure 10 lose all you invest in it, un-
less you turn swindler yourself, and
get 1t back by selling 10 and swind-
ling somebody else. Give the pat
ent-right sellers wide berth. Keep
about your business when they
come along; and, if they stay to
dinner, charge them full price for
1t!
CUTTINGs.-This is a particular
| good time 10 make cuttings from
| pithy, succulent, soft-wooded
shrubs, including currants, goose
berries, etc. With q sharp knife
and clean, sloping cut, make cut
tings eight Or len inches in length
from sound, well-Iipenened shoots
of this years growth. Remove all
leaves, and disbud ali but the two
| upper buds. In well-prepared
ground make trench with a spade,
set the cuttings upright against the
ledge side of the trench, hoe the
dirt to the cuttings and tramp and
pack, the harder the better, and put
lose soil over all, leaving only the
| upper bud at The surface. Granula-
ton, cailOusing and slight roofing
will ensue this fall, and in the
| spring rank and luxriant growth
will follow. All kinds of cuttings
from hardy shrubs, vines and trees
| are better made in the fall than
spring; bat as rule, it is best to
wait until the falling of the leaf
Indicates the full maturity of the
wood and bud.
CLOVER FOR SEED.-CloYer will
not flourish we'll on soils that are
maturity damp neither can a heavy
crop be expected from soils that are
very sandy. The best soil in all
respects is q well-drained clayey
loan. To raise clover for seed, il is
well to have the land in some we'll
tended hoed crop the season previ-
Gus, SO as to be sure that it is not
Weedy. AS it should be sown quite
early IN the spring, it is good plan
toehaye thS &rop nd plowed the pre-
viotis fall, when, unless it is quite
clayey, itwM require no prepare
lion but narrowing, before the seed
is sown. The soil should be free
from Jumps, and of nearly uniform
| quality throughout the field, other
" Use ne crop i'll mature unequal
| ly. Tue seed should be sown broad
cast at the rate of about twelve
| pounds per acre. Tho covering
| should be light. ord NAV generally
be most easily performed by brush
harrow.
POULTRY DIET.-Cayenne pepper,
mustard or ginger can, with great
benefit, be added TO the food of
fowls, TO increase their Vigor, aud
TO stimulate egg production. This
apparently artificial diet will be
seen to be natural If we remember
that wild birds of the gallinaceous
species get. access TO very many
highly spiced berrias and buds; ar
ticles that give the "game flavor" to
| their flesh. The ordinary food of
the domestic fowl is not, indeed, en-
tirely without some such addition,
since there is more or less of an
aromatic painciple in wheat, Indian
corn and in all other grains. Never
theless, it is not sufficient IN quanti-
ty to supply the place of stronger
spices, taste for which 10 a part of
the fowls Inherited constitution.
A moderate quantity of cayenne,
etc., added 10 the grain, is always
productive of health and thrift in
poultry.-The Poultry World.
AGRICULTURAL STATIsTIcs.-At
the meeting of the Executive com.
mittee of the State Grange; in ses-
sion at Keokuk, Iowa, last week,
the COMMITTEE on Agricultural Sta
tistics made the following report
which was adopted.
WHEREAS, We ragard complete
agricultural statistics the founda,
lion of our control of the business
of agriculture, by which we NAV
obtain suitable and just reward foI
our labor, and allow the law of sup.
. ply and demand to operate freely In
the regulation of prices to the ben
eft of both producer and consumer
therefore,
Resoteed, That we use our best
efforts to establish, in every State In
the Union, a system of agricultural
statistics by which we can get exacr
information of the acreage of the
principal crops, the amount of live
stock in the country, the quantity
of produce and the number of ami.
mails of each kind for market; thai
we may consider the best plan fol
getting such information is for eacL
Safe to have q Commissioner Of
Statistics, whose duty it shall be to
send the proper blanks TO assessors
and complete the information re.
ceived and cause the same to be
published in the agricultural papers
of the State, on or before the 1st OF
July of each year, and send . copy
to the Commissioner of Agriculture
at Washington; that it shall be the
! duty of the Assessor, while making