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The New York herald., 1873-05-25
The above figures show that the banks now nod
$4071 ATS In excess Of the required by law
a decrease for the week OF $s9s,soo.

Inc ABOVE uBurcS SNOW Cn8J DdHkS uoW uou
SAC ATS in of the reserve required by law
q decrease for the week OF $89s, 800.
THE FOREIGN MARKET
London advices continue favorable and reject
about the same condition OF affairs reported yester
day. Consos were 93X, '65's 91A, new f1ves steady
at S91S s91z and ten-fortes at ss1l ssA. In the
new French loan the premium still stands al 34
per cent. Paris rentes were o shade stronger,
being quoted at 54.95 The increase OF specie In
the Bank OF France to-day was SOC, 900 francs The
London market is reported dull. The statement
by private telegram was to the effect that money
is worth to-day per cent at Frankfort and 6h per
cent at Berlin, and further that the Bank Of
Prussia will probably adjust Its rate Of discount
as to keep up the drain English gold. which had
been partially checked by the directors Of the Bank
Of England.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Nothing new rs to be SAID concerning this depart
ment Of the street. Money was freely offered at 4,
8, ana per cent for call loans and to per cent
for prime mercantile paper. The latter, however,
is becoming scarce. The Treasury balances in
Washington at the close Of the week were as fol-
lows
SOu lo1vv,ovu
tS.
The New York herald., 1873-05-25

WILLIAM TRsr BAILEY.
4 h.. b. mansion 2DS West b9th st., fronting Gen.
tral Park. between 7th av. and Broadway the
building the whole lott, 25xl00 teet 600
BY ALDHAUs AND sMYrH.
10th st. LIST h. and 600
l35th st. s. Alexander av., 40x00, h. and 17D0
7th av w. g. near 127th St, h. and .8O0o
l26th ST. g. g. near 9Th av h. and l............ 16UO
washington ay O. A.. near l72d st., lOOx3O 10 O0O
Sing Sing 20 acres OF land buildings &C $1,000
Ella St Morrisania near Morris av Hxl0O ~ H0UO
The New York herald., 1873-05-25
FOREIGN EXCHANGE


is duh and lower. The leading drawers have re-
duced the rates 4 per cent. Prime sixty-day bills
ore now quoted at 10s1 q 100, and sight
at 109X o 110. The following are the
prices as amended :-Sterling, sixty days. CONNER
cial, los 10sh; do, good to prime bankers, 10S%
109 do, short sight, 1o9 110; Paris sixty days,
5.2sA a 5.23%; do, short sight, $40 51s%;
6.22K: Switzerland, 5.27K 5.22S; Hamburg, e5h
q 90; Amsterdam. 39X 404; Frankfort, 4oA
Az: Bremen, 95k q 90.
GOLD sTRONG-11sM 11sH.
The evidences Of the anticipated squeeze" in
gold have not yet appeared, and the mind Of the
street is as much disturbed by the possibilities OF
the present bullish assault as ever. II plans
have been formed for the future they have not yet
developed and speculation as to their purpose
would be simply idle. The market opened at
11sH, and during the entire day advanced but
u per cent The pending complication in France
between Theirs and the opponents Of his admins
tration, and o foreknowedge Of another shipment
OF bullion from England to the Continent, may
have had shadow OF influence on the operations
Of the day, but 1t was so very slight as to be
worthy Of no more than passing mention. With
some the impression prevails that the market all
Summer will run In this gold groove, and that
the present movement is only the f0rerunner Of
speculation in specie rather than in stocks. The
steamers which left New York for Europe to-day
took out S195,51S in specie, principally In silver
bars.
Nm tn11n
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FINANCIAL.

A UGUST BELMONT L. &C.,
"A Bankers 10 and Il Nassau street.
Travellers Credits, available in all parts OF the
world, through the
Messrs DE ROTHSCHILD
The New York herald., 1873-05-25
FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
THE BANK STATEMENT FOR THE WEEK.
A Slight Falling Off in the
Reserve.
GOLD STRONG --l8 3-8 A u8 SIS.
The Stock Market Dull, but with a
Firm UndertOne.
Money Easy and Foreign Elk
change Lower.
THE MOVEMENT OF COTTON.
THE MOVEMENT OF COTTON.
Government Securities Steady and in
Good Demand.
WALL STREET,

WALL STREET,
SATURDAY, May ASP. NJ
On 'Change to-day cotton on the spot was quiet
and unchanged, while futures were In good de-
mand at an advance Of nc. 3-16c. Flour was
dun. Wheat and corn we're nrm.
THE IMPORTS OF THE WEEK.
The fetal imports OF foreign merchandise at the
port Of New York for the past week were
$s5S5,2ls, made up Of ,479,4o7 Of dry goods and
$7,105, 811 OF general merchandise.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
The total receipts Of cotton at all the ports for
the past week were 34,044 bales, against 41,O31
bales the previous week, making the total receipts
since September l, 1872, 3,s7s,5l4 bales, against
2641 19 bales last year-an increase in the present
crop OF 737, ,395 bales. The exports from all the
ports during the week were AZ, 542 bales, against
2S, S38 bales for the same period last year. The
total exports for the expired portion OF the cotton
year 2315s74 bales against 1886, 252 bales last
year. The stock at all the ports is 1927 500 bales,
against 211, ,020 bales in 1872.
THE BANK STATEMENT
The bank statement Is unfavOrable, inasmuch as
it shows falling of in specie and legal tenders,
an expansion in loans and an increase Of deposits.
The surplus reserve, therefore, shows an impair
ment OF pretty nearly 100000. The loss in specie
is trining and scarcely worth mentioning. The loss
in legal tenders is not readily explained for 1t is In
actual contrariety to the usual current OF the
money market at this season of the year. STILL the
amount is not SO very large and the difference may
have occurred In the system OF averages OF the
banks in connection with the payment for the
government gold this week, for which the Treasury
required 80 per cent to be paid In legal tenders.
This fact alone ought to explain the disparity. In
deed, it more than accounts for it. These are the
only notable features OF the statement, the
changes otherwise being nominal. The statement,
rtb itu docassor NJ In st week ia piyen belOW.-
The New York herald., 1873-05-25
The following table VIII exhibit the nuctua tions

manifested little activity the sales being connned
TO new Tennessee SKIES at sox and old
at 81. The quotations are as follows:-Ten
nessees, ex coupon, cox as1; do, new, sox 81;
Virginia, ex coupon, 40 4s; do, registered stock,
old, 30 q 20; do. sixes consolidated bouds, 53K
64 DO, skies, deferred scrip, II H. Georgia skies,
70 80; do. sevens, o1 %; North Carolina cou-
pom, 2sj< 80; do, 70 North Carolina Railroad. 70
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05
Pl0ws and Flowing.


The Irish Farmers Gazette says:
BY the usual mode of blowing the soil is
cut iuto solid slices and partially turned
over. This slicing and partial upsetting of
the soil varies in depth, aud when the op.
Grafton is repeated next year it consists in
merely reversing what was previously done
The burrows cut in blowing lea, by most
plows, present a firm, unbroken, nicely cut
surface, very good to look at, but it is not
efficient cultivation, and the less effective
it is, as in the case of "high crested" plow-
ing, the better it looks to the eye which is
satisfied with mere straight lines. Such
lines are, no doubt, very good as showing
the skill of the plowman, aud the excellent
construction of the implement for the pur-
pose for which it was constructed, namely,
cutting the land into nice looking slices
but, as has been observed, it is not cult.
walton. 1t does not free the earth--it does
not let light into it, nor heat, nor cold, nor
air, nor moisture. Slices of land are nra.
ted on the outside, but it gets only skin
deep, and the lump remains solid, aud it
is neither heated, lighted, nor watered by
atmospheric showers, bringing ammonia
with them. Nor does the frost act on a
compact mass Of solid, though fine cut
slices, as it would do were the slices
knocked about, broken and smashed to
the extent Of letting the atmosphere into
and around it. The finest pillow, then, is
not the implement to mole-hIl our soils,
and hence 1t is not the implement to cu.
| tiyate them, in any true sense Of the word.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05
Condiments in Poultry Diet.

Cayenne pepper mustard, or ginger can,
with great benefit, be added to the food OF
fowls, to increase their vgor, aud to stimu-
late 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 berries
and buds articles that give the "game
flavor to their flesh. The ordinary food
Of the domestic fowl is not, indeed, entirely
without some such addition, since there is
more or less of an aromatic principle in
wheat, Indian corn and all other grains.
Nevertheless, it is not sufficient in quantity
to supply the place of the stronger spices,
a taste for which is part of the fowls in
herited constitution. A moderate quantity
of cayenne, ETC., added to the ground grain
is always productive of health and thrift
in poultry.
Cooked meat for to,ols. Fowls, as well
as dogs become quarrelsome if fed on raw
meat. Besides, cooking makes it more nu-
tritious When raw, it is rather harsh
and crude, compared with the mild natural
diet of worms aud grubs, which are for the
most part soft, and easily dissolved by d.
gestion. Occasionally, for variety, little
meat may be given raw, Fish, when plen.
ty, is more conveniently given boiled, be.
cause in that state the fowls easily pick
every morse from the bones, and no mine
ing is required. Chambers scraps have
the advantage Of being already cooked, and
on that account, as well as many others,
they are excellent--7He Poultry World
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05
Winter Bnltcr Making.

A farmers wife thus gives, in the Rarai
New Yorker, tho result Of % years ez-
perience
Commence to heat the milk when the
COWS are first given corn fodder, which
| manage in this way Strain the milk in
tin pans, filling only half full-a little
more or less will make no dfFernce them
as soon as convenient, set the pans
on the stove, where let them remain until
a roughness or wrinkled appearance on the
top Of the milk il noticed Of the milk gets
too hot the only harm will be less cream
then take it in the milk room or cellar,
into cool place until next morning, when
bring it up in a warm room and let it stand
until the next day, when it is generally
ready to skim. When treated in this way
it will not do to skim much under 4 8 hours
My plan is to skim mornings and nights
milkings both at the same time in winter
1t does not hurt butter for the cream to
sour rather aids in churning, making but
ter come sooner. The cream kettle | keep
in the cellar until the day or evening be-
fore wish to churn then, If convenient
set near coal stove or one that fire is kept
in all night In the morning, before churn-
ing, try with a thermometer it should be
at the temperature of 62 degrees. If not
convenient to set the cream near warm
stove setting the kettle in hot water will
answer every purpose. Many object to
heating the milk because the milk sometimes
burns to the bottom Of the pans. Set pans
with water on the stove, and place the pans
with milk in these, and the difficulty is at
once avoided
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05
How TO Wash Flannels.

There is great difference of opinion
concerning the temperature Of the water in
which hannels should be cleansed
Mrs. A. thinks it should be just as hot
as the hands can possibly endure, and hot
ter if washing machine and wriuger are
employed, while Mrs. B. thinks that sudS-
ing iCater-the water in which the white
clothes were rinsed after taking them from
the boier-is much the best for them.
And again, Mrs c. says that it is capital
way to soak them over night in cold suds,
wash them out 10 it in the morning, and
rinse in cold water.
have noticed that Mrs. G. is always
buying flannel and making new sets Of it
for her husband aud children, and com
plains that the wool now.a.day S is miserable
-"it will full.up so badly, you know"
She seems to think that the sheep need to
be talked to upon the subject Then Mrs.
B. complains that her girl never can wash
faunels decently clean-they have such a
dingy appearance. But if the suggestion
is made that different method of washing
might produce different result, she re-
plies-"My grandmother and mother al
ways washed their fannels in this manner,
and it is by far the most desirable way to
do it. 1t is all that stupid girls fault,
She don't rub hard enough !"
Mrs. A. has never visited fulling
mill, and seen the process of shrinking
flannels in boiling water and then turning
cold water on them, or she would not hall
scald her hands on every washing day in
cleansing the soiled fannels of the family,
and then hang them out Of doors to freeze
think that there is a happy medium in
all things, and that water comfortably
warm to the hand, with soap mixed with it,
and not rubbed on the articles, will give
the most satisfaction in the long run. The
chief secret in washing Aannels so that
they will not shrink lies 10 the art of wash.
ing and rinsing them without too sudden 4
change in the temperature.
Hard rubbing upon board tends tc
shrink flannel and it should be avoided
Wash with the hands; rinse in water Of
the same temperature as they were washed
in. Rub no soap upon them, and hang
where they will not freeze.
1t is good thing not to wear flannel ar
ti,les until they become so soied as to re-
quire hard rubbing to cleanse them
Change stockings twice week at least, and
underclothing surely once week, if moi
oilener. Flannel skirts should never be
worn until they are perfectly dingy.
If washed oftener, they will not shrink
SO badly because they will require less eI-
ertion to cleanse them.-Daisy Eyebrighi
| in The Country Gentleman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05


In the Country Gentleman Of January
10Th, W. j Pettee inquiries for a special
fertilizer for potatoes. have used the
following articles in different proportions,
and find them super-exceleut
|. One part salt, two parts plaster and
four parts Of unleached ashes.
? One part salt, two parts plaster, three
parts lime and four parts of ashes mix
thoroughly and apply tablespoonful on
or with the seed at the time Of planting
Plaster GYPSUM alone is excellen' as a
top.dressing. Ashes alone are always good
for any crop, and potatoes want nothing
better---the trouble is to get enough Of
them. But let W. j. p. try No ., and
report. have had no experience with any
other special fertilizer for potatoes.
| usually cultivate in drills, open the
furrow with plow, cover with pillow (un.
less on sod), cultivate with Aden's horse
hoe, and dig with a common shovel plow--
using the potato hook to scratch ont those
which may be covered Il think the tops il
the way of narrowing, especially when large
as those of the Peachblow) and believe
one-third of the time is saved, over the ole
way.-W. E, Weld, SteuJeh Co., NJ Y.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05
On Selling Stock.

At a recent gathering, where nearly all
the speakers were practical farmers, and most
of them engaged in making milk, one of
them spoke earnestly and decidedly in favor
Of soiing the stock. His opinion was
formed after grazing his cows for some years
upon natural pastures formed by poughing
moving lands and then re-sceding, aud then
by cutting the forage and feeding it out in
the barn He had no doubt but the latter
course would be generally cheaper, aud in
the long run, easier, and that it would pro-
duce more milk than either Of the two for
mer modes.
BY proper care in feeding AMI giving the
stock opportunity for exercise at suitable
times, the health of the stool, could be pre-
served just as perfectly as it is when they
run in pastures. Fed and tended in the
barn, they will get clean water regularly
and abundantly, and their meals at regular
intervals. That will be great gain over
many pastures, where water is taken from
stagnant pools-sometime in an offensive
conditon--and in other cases, where they
can get no water, good or bad. -Enchange
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05

The quintessence of the omnivorous ia
supposed to be imaged in the hog, but a
hog is a Peabody among animals alongside
of hen. Hens are by nature monopolists.
When the subject of victuals is mentioned
they evidently listening. Throw hand.
ful of corn into ten-acre lot, and every
hen in the enclosure will get dab at it.
The last hen on the spot may not get more
than two kernels, but nothing in the hens
appearance will indicate that 1t will step
around with as much precision and graft
tude as any in the flock, aad wear the most
pensiye smile you ever saw. A hen will
not eat everything it sees, but will try to,
and there isn't one on the face of the earth
but that can tell you the taste of everything
it has seen within the radius Of a half mile
Of its houce. 1t is only when man has
kicked at hen and missed it that he begins
TO understand how thoroughly hollow and
deceitful this world is, and it is a marvellous
fact in this connection that he will miss the
hen if he does kick at it, and misses it If
he don't DanJary Ne,os.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05

When the queen bee is forcibly taken
away from the hive, the bees which are
near her at the time do not appear sensible
of her absence, and the labors Of the hive
are carried on as usual for a time. 1t is
seldom before the lapse Of an hour that the
working bees begin to manifest any symp-
toms OF uneasiness. They are then OBJ.
served to quit the larvae which they had
been feeding and to run about in great agi-
tation to and fro; and on meeting with
such of their companions as are not yet
aware Of the disaster which has befallen
them, communicate the intelligence By
crossing their antenn@ and striking lightly
with them. The bees which receive the
news become in their turn agtated, and
spread the alarm further. All the inhabi-
tants now rush forward, eagerly seeking
their lost queen. But finding search use.
less, they appear to become resigned to
their misfortune, the tumult subsidies and
if there are worker eggs or young Larvae in
the cells preparations are made to supply
the loss by raising a new queen, and the
usual abors of the hive are resumed
american Bee Journal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05
Pumpkin, for Cows.

From peck of seed dropped and cover.
cd in the gaps of corn field, dairy Of
nine cows has been kept up to summer
milking and the quality of the butter is
super excellent, and six heifer calves raised
from the above are fat as moles The COWS
are fatter, too, than majority of the cat
tie slaughtered. These cows have been max :
ing about six pounds of butter per week,
besides supplying new milk and cream for
gentleman's house with sixteen inmates.
The pumpkins are chopped up in the man
gers with a spade, morning, noon and night,
about half a bushel each time when cut
into pieces They eat while being MIXED
morning and night, and they come to the
yard and go into the stable for half an hour
at noon. Beets, carrots and some other
roots and small ears Of corn will follow, so
as to keep up the milk during winter
Cor. Of Country Gentleman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05
Foul Brood in Bees.

A new theory respecting the origin, cause,
and cure of foul brood has been preached
in the Bienenseitung by Mr.. G.. Fischer.
1t is in substance that the disease origin
ates when the brood is supplied with an in.
sufhciency Of heterogeneous food-that is,
when the food though proper in its kind is
furnished in inadequate quantities.. or when,
though plentiiuly supplied, the requisite
Ingredients are not duly apportioned. To
correct this, and counterfeit the effects Of
bad nourishment, food containing the prop.
er elements in due proportion must be fur
nshed in the requisite quantity, at the
proper time. Suitable food SO made up,
Mr.. Fischer thinks is found in the albu.
minous contents of hens eggs-and he &C.
cordingl y resortcd to feeding a diseased
colony with mixture Of two parts egg
with one part solution Of sugar-candy, ad-
ding few drops of honey to make it more
acceptable to the bees. The brood reared
in new comb after such feeding matured
in due season, free of disease--as did, also,
with two exceptions, that in the cells Of
old brood comb in the foul broody hive
The food thus prepared was given at inter-
walls of two days, and according to Mr.. f.,
effected the desired purpose completely
arresting aud Graduating the disease, re-
gardless of the old doctrine of contagion.
The process is simple, easy aud cheap I;
aud if efficient will prove very valuable.
Egg-feeding has indeed, been objected to by
some as injurious; and may be SO, if used
to excess, but we have never found it 80,
when employed moderately, at intervals, as
stimulant. If however, we should have
occasion to test it as cure for foul brood,
we would at the same time use the hyposul.
phite Of soda, suggested by DIR. Able, as q
disinfectant,-Am. Bee Journal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-03-05

To PREVENT THE DECAY OF SHINGLES.
Take a potash kettle or large tub, and
put into it one barrel of I've Of wood ashes,
five pounds Of white yitriol and also five
pounds Of alum, and as much salt as will
dissolve in the mixture. Make the liquor
quite warm, and put as many shingles in
it as can be conveniently wet at once. Stir
them up with fork, and when once well
soaked take them out and put in more, re.
newing the liquor as necessary, Then lay
the shingles in the usual manner.