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HAsrEN1NG rHr R1rEN1NG OF FRul

FASTENING THE RIPENING OF FRUIT.
Acting upon the principle that re-
newal of the earth Immediately sur
rounding the roots increases their
activity, and accelerates the maturing
of all parts of the plant, including
the fruit, Mr.. Stall removed the old
earth about an early pear tree, eight
weeks before the normal period Of
ripening, for a space of thirteen to
fifteen feet in diameter, and to such
an extent as to leave depth of earth
over the roots of only about 2 to
inches, which could be thoroughly
warmed by the sun. He was sur
prised not only by the ripening of the
fruit in the middle of July, but also
at its superior juiciness and flavor. In
another experiment, the removal OF
the earth from the north side of a tree
alone, caused the fruit on that side to
ripen several days earlier than that on
the south side. Frequent watering
was of course necessary in the above
experiments.
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Choosing Matching Eggs.

Eggs for Matching should be chosen
of the fair average size usually laid by
the hen they are from any unusually
large or small being rejected. Some
henslay large eggs and others small
ones. A fat hen viii always lay small
eggs, which can only produce small
and weakly chickens. Absolute size
in eggs is, therefore, of but little i'm
portance. Round, short eggs are
usually the best TO select; very long
eggs, especially Ifmuch pointed at the
small end almost always breed birds
with some awkwardness in style of
carriage. Neither should rough she'll
ed eggs be chosen they usually show
some arrangement of the organs, and
are often sterile. Smooth-shelled
eggs are alone proper for Matching.
1t is farce to suppose that the sex
of bird can be determined by the
shape of the egg.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is the time to
look out sharply for caterpillers. They
are busy weaving theif nests and
stripping the leaves of apple trees. It
Is the best way to take them while
they are small, Cor if neglected till the
leaves are full green, there is neces.
sarily greater injury to the tree, to
say nothing OF the destruction they
canse in the process OF growth. Fix
q brush on the end OF long pole and
go at them. IT the trees are kent
perfectly clear of them this year, Won
will have less next, unless some care
less and slovenly neighbor lets all his
go to seed. Caterpillars are a sign of
careless farming.
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.E-RNIS:

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Byscznning the above one VIII see I.
subscrfber can save from one TO three DIS
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Small Fields.

Upon this subject the New York
World has these sensible remarks,
. @hich although well known to every
tlIu.k king farmer viii bear reiteratiDg.
Il astoEIsiic5 great many men TO 10
uce how many more other men persist
in fencing small felds-in keeping up
fences wher. they are not NEEDED and
blowing short burrows where long ones
would save a vast deal of time and
labor, besides avoiding the tramping
of the ground in turning. which few
men know how TO avoid. The econo
my Of time and labor in farming is as
important as the saving Of crops. Two
long rows Of potatoes are far more
easily cultivated than eight short ones
containing the same number OF hills
An acre or ten acres OF corn costs far
less money to cultivate if embraced iu
only FIVE or fifty rows thanif double
or triple the number. Then there is
not in the case of corn the loss from
breaking it down in turning, if the
farmer has left no grass head lands to
turn on, or has not two or three rows
of potatoes planted on the outside of
his field.
The fences about small fields involve
not only a great waste of labor and mon
ey to care for them, but are also great
waste of land. They are not only un-
productive property. but they cost in
the waste OF land alone enough on
many farms to pay the annual taxes.
1t is also noticeable that the greater
the number, proportionately, of fenced
fields. lin the case of pasture it is
desirable to feed only part of field
at a time (which by the way, is not
often a wise policy, it is cheaper to
build and move hurdle fences, unless
the stock keptis large.
The same principle applies in the
culture of garden crops. One sees
little beds made here and there about
the spot set apart for kitchen garden.
1t is now the practice among the best
farmers to plant row of beets iii
so many are wanted) the whole
or half the length of the garden,
then OF carrots, parsnips, lettuce,
beans, ETC., etc, and each row
such distance apart that horse or
hand cultivator can be used between
the rows. Thus The back-ache work |
of hoeing and wedding by hand is
saved to a large extent, and all this
petty fussing which is involved. Nor
is it a bad practice to grow the gar
den vegetables in some portion of the
cultivated fields if near or convenient
to the house.
The ma in point aimed at is to sug-
gest to those who have fields, or cul-
tivate small patches of ground, here
and there, a mode by which a great
deal of labor and time may be saved
and vast deal more produced on the
same area. Instances occur to US
where farmers have added one-third
to the products from the farm by re
the fences, plowing long fur
rows, cultivating long rows, keeping
the stock in the stable and soiling it
or enclosing them in hurdles wher-
ever the best food for them could be
found growing
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The wheat Fields ofthe Future.

As soils constantly sown to wheat
will in time lose the elements faVora
bic 10 its successful production, unless
they are restored by expensive fertil
izers, it has become a question of
some interest whether lands on which
wheat will naturally grow are likely
to be found within the area of civil
zation in years to come. 1t is well
known that virgin soils, if rich and
favored with proper climatic influences,
almost always produce good crops of
wheat; but in a few years the con-
slant drain ofthe constituent elements
of the grain from the soii exhausts its
productiveness so far as this crop is
concerned, and to restore its fertility
resorts must be had to mapures, rota
tion of crops, or other means familiar
TO agriculturists. The principal pro-
ductlon of wheat in the early days of
the country was from the alluviai
lands along the Connecticut, Hudson,
Delaware and Susquehanna rivers
and their tributaries. Then Ohio,
Michigan and Indiana became IN their
turn the great producing States, and
as the wheat culture there declined in
importance it increased in districts
further West.
During the period embraced be-
tween the years 1865 and 1872, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Missouri, although growing
immensely in population and in gen.
eral pr oductiveness, fell off in their
relative yield of wheat; while Min
nesota increased its production from
100000 to $4,000 900 bushels; Iowa
from I3, 100000 to 10000, 900; Kan
sas from 100000 to 100000; and
Nebraska from 10000 to 100000.
And still the boundaries of the wheat
region are extending toward the
West.
No finer wheat csn be grown any
where than in tha. section east Of the
Rocky Mountains which can be uti.
lized by irrigation. Should the ex-
pertinent of artesian wells succeed
generally as it has in few cases along
the line of the Union Pacific railway,
the entire six or seven hundred miles
between the Missouri river and the
Rocky Mountains-once called in all
our school biographies the Great
American Desert-may in the next
half century become one vast wheat
field. Northern Minnesota and the
central sections along the line of the
Northern Pacific railway will produce
the finest wheat in abundance. Mani
toba gives excellent promise as
wheat producing region, while in the
Saskatchewan Valley, extending from
Lake Winnipeg 10 the Rocky Noun
tains, and the country directly east of
the mountains as far south as New
Mexico, there is an area suitable for
the production of wheat which bids
faf>to afford an ample supply of this
great staple for centuries to come
Ohio FdTDler
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s6uHle and farm.
The WORLDS AEKD OF YOU.

The worId is moving slowly on
In weariness and anxious pain,
To reach the time so long foretOld,
when truth o'e- all the earth shall reign.
sbe calls on you, my noble friend,
Who feel a thrill Of honest prids
For every triumph that is hers
To lend hand 10 breast the tide.
Why should we wait and wish and sigh
For all that's high and pure and right.
When mans great pressing need Ills plain
Demands Of us our fullest might?
Oh, brother, hold not longer back,
Stay not thy strong and helping hand,
Let want no longer wait for thee
Go join the worlds great working band.
II this in earnest thou wilt do,
Be sure thy heart will sweetly sag
And even men shaIIspeak II, too
"He helped to bring the better day"
In Gods good day that day VIII come,
Though we may not fOretell its truth,
But working each one in his place,
VIII bring its glory on the earth.
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8eusrnIsut.

FindIaY Council, No. SO R.& SIM.
Regular Convocatlon second Menday IN
each month. James Wilson, Z. l. u. N. ana
ID. B. Beardsley, Recorder.
Findlay Chapter, No. So, r. A. M.
Regular Convocation on the first Monday
in each month. b. Kimmons, Ii. p. and
+. w. Eirmin, Secretary.
FindIay Lodge, No. 227, r. g. A. Nj.
Regular Communication first and third
Wednesdays in each moLth. M.B.Patterson
W. NJ. and o. ]. DeWolfe, Secretary.
Golden Rule Encampnent, No. 81,
I, o, o. r. Stated meetings on the second
and fourth FRIDAYS OF each month. X. ii
HolIyday, e. p. and ID. T. Winders, Scribe
Hancock Lodge, No. 70, 10. o. +.
Stated meetings every Tuesday evening
&c. Powell, n. Il. and William Klamroth
Secretary.
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LrME.--Domestic fowls need more
lime than wild fowls, because they lay
more eggs. The wild fowl lays a
setting" and then incubates, while
the domestic lays on indefinitely
Crushed raw bones are among the
very best articles for supplying lime.
The pieces of bone found in patent
fertilizer preparations cannot be rec
commended as hesltLful. Tbs il the
advice of the Poultry Void
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ITALIAN QUEENS.

AM now prepared to fill all orders for
1 Queens, carefully selected aud guaranteed
nure al The following rates: One for 50; three
FOR SO six for SO; ten for So
After September l5,wil sell full STOCKS from
SIS 10 SIS each according to quality of hive.
We guarantee the safe arrival Of all queens
sent from our Apiary to the nearest express
office. IfOueens are not received In good
Queen will be put up in n small cage, with a
few workers. and sufficienthoney 10 last the
Journey. Large sums should be sent by Z. y.
order, on Forest z. o., Forest, Hardin Co., v.
small sans may be sent by registered letter
at our risk All orders should be accompan-
led with the cash. Orders registered and fill-
ed and filled in rotation. No queens or STOCK
sent q. %. d.. unless one half of the money
accompanies the order. Orders from Hancock
county may be left with =. q. DeWolfe & Co.,
JEFFERsoNLAN Office, F1ndlay, y: Address
orders to JOHN MCCLUhGi
June 6, 73-3m Forest, Hardln Co., U.
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ESTRIKIN d MILLER,

PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS. Surgical and
Chronic cases desiringto consult Dr. En-
trikin will find him in the office on Wednes-
days and Saturdays from 10 O'Clock a. m. 10 3
TUESDAYS and Fridays at same hours. once
in room formerly occupied by DR.. Entrikin.
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Splendid Illustrations

executed in the most fauItless and artistic
style, and pOTtrdyfnJ accurately and FULLY all
leading eUeHtS tDftlttn flOe1lt- four hours after
their occurrence. Those who have made Jour-
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enterprise manifested in the collection and
publication of news by the aid Of the tele-
graph, steam presses, and the development
OF Journalistic talent, have been fond Of ad-
vancing the theory that the next advance in
that field would result in newspaper FUR
nishing in its regular issue pictures Of all
current prominent events That theory is
theory no longer; the newspaper OF the fu-
ture is the newspaper Of to-day, and that pa
per is THE DAILY GRAPHIC. The processes
which render this marvellous achievement
an existing fact are the result of the most
careful study and an endless variety of exper-
iments, gradually perfected during the past
twelve years They depend upon improve
ments in lithography and the application Of
the Photographic camera Bytheir aid o pic
ture is engraved and made ready TO print IN
from twenty minutes to two hours. Costly
and elaborate plates, works of art, scenes Of
interest, are reproduced and pictured forth
with equal facility and the most scrupuIous
fidelity. Illustrations ofleading events are
engraved and prepared for the press even be-
lore the accompanying written narrative or
description leaves the hands ofthe com Dositor
Fort the proper practical working ofso great
an enterprise. THE GRAPHIC COMPANY
was formed with
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9ankrrs.

crEYMOUR, VANCE & CO., Bankers. Bank
y ofDiscount, Deposit and Exchange. Deal-
,sTs in all kinds of Bonds, ,6c. Collections made
on all accessible points. tan.lI, 1875
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HORACE GREELEY!

The most Popular biography extart-The
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Special Notices.
Tbo Confessions of an Invalid.

The ConfessionS Of an Invalid,
Published as n warning and for the benefit of
Young men and others who suffer from y Err
yoUs COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, Loss OF MAN
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Written by one who cured himself after un-
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aiIthor- NATHANIEL MAYFAIR,
Box l5s, Brooklyn, Kings Co., n. u
March Ia, lS73-6m
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inAFER. AARON
SHAFER BROS,

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Iii practice of Law, will practice in State
and United states Courts, and will give
prompt attention to all business placed IN
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law. Ohio. lmay7.
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A TTORNEY AT LAW and Claim Agen
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and attend promptly to business intrusted TO
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Attachment Notice.

Madison Dorrow, vs.. 81 II; Greese Before j.
On ti,e 2ofh day OF June, A. d. Is73, said
Justice issued an order OF attacnmenL IN the
oanse will be tried on the I'D OF August A. d.
1873. MADlooN DOhhOW.
July ll-SW
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WN. NJ. DETwILER, N. D.,

HOMEOPATHIC Physician and Surgeon
III Main St) Two Doors North of Hubers
Drug 3 tore, Findlay, Ohio.
IN StogPM May I6 '75-tl
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WE CLEAN the following statistics of
the ''Grangers" from an Indiana ex-
change: The first Grange ever or
ganized was the Star Grange, at St.
Paul, Minnesota, which was instituted
on the 4th day of December, 1867.
In the first year of the order ten
Oranges were organized. The order
has continued to grow with amazing
rapidity up to the present time. Dur
ing the year 1872, 1,1OO Oranges were
organized; and in the year 1873 up
to this time over 5000 Oranges have
been organized. The total number
of patrons in the United States is
about 500, 900, and by the end of 1878
the number will in all probability
reach half a million; 200 oranges
have thus far been organized in the
State of Indiana.
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Manhood How Lost, How Restored

Just published, new edition OF
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