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PROFITS OF COOPERATION.
From the Neu England Farmer.

From the Neu England Farmer.
Some eight or ten years ago, Joseph
D. Holmes, Charles Jordan, and VIM.
Willard, three young farmers living al
most within stones throw of each
other, decided to join in establishing
dairy milk route from their farms to
Pawtucket, r. l., some six miles away.
Neither farm was large enough to sus-
tain a route alone, but the three togeth-
er could do it easily. Neither wanted
to take the place of middleman and
do all the marketing, nor did either
wish to give up his business to a mid
dle-man. So they agreed that each
should take his turn on the milk wagon.
The milk accounts are all kept in one
book, and the buyers at the village set
tie their bills by this book, whether it
comes by one or another of the men,
bers of the company. Each of the
three men go with the wagon every
third day in regular order, unless, for
accommodation sake, one goes a trip
for one of the others. Each uses his
own horse and wagon, and each knows
the amount of milk that is taken from
the different farms every day.
The two trips that each one makes
every week enables him to market most
of his other produce, such as apples, pota-
toes, sweet corn, tomatoes, and other
garden products, of which each one
raises considerable quantities without
making special trips for such purposes.
Nor is there any hitching up and going
to the store for purchase all the buy
ing, as well as selling, being done on
their regular market DAYS; and they
are all in daily communication with the
Post Office, which is no small conve-
nience to farmers.
Under this system Of partnership the
cost Of marketing is reduced to the
minimum, while each bears his Just pro-
portion of the expenses, and receives
equal share in all the advantages of the
combination. Since this arrangement
has been established, all their farms
have been really enhanced in value.
The young men have increased their
stock, and it is better fed and better
housed. Buildings have been repaired
and enlarged, more and better tools
purchased, and the land is constantly
increasing in fertility and productive
ness. But little complaint is heard
from them about hard times for farmers
They pay their bills, take the papers,
and know what is going on in the world
outside.
We have been familiar with this com
pany from its organization, and believe
the example these men have set is wor-
thy Of imitation by many farmers who
are now grumbling about the cost of
getting their goods to market.
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METHOD OF MANAGING MANURE.

Mr.. Won Horsky6eld, owner of the
largest land estates in Bohemia, has
since 1850 introduced method of treat
ing the accumulating manure, which
differs from the usual process, and for
which he claims many advantages,
viz, economy of time, space, feed, and
bedding, great saving of money and
of hands, and no necessity for such
contrivances as cellars, tank-pumps,
&c; also, far better product, no loss
occurring from evaporation and rot;
and, finally, decided improvement in
the condition of the cattle-yards, which
never show any trace of manure, either
solid or liquid He says all these favor
able results are obtained in the follow
ing way: The manure is not removed
from the stable until it reaches the
height of five feet; the straw for bed
ding is cut into length Of about f7e
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Save the Largest Gobbler.
From the Poultry World.

ifoHt tto VukIy VVtu'
Now that the season has arrived for
selecting the male turkeys to preserve
for breeding purposes, the necessity of
picking the largest and most perfect as
regards form and vigor may we'll bc
urged upon everybody who keeps this
very profitable farm stock Let it con-
stantlv he borne in mind that size is a
great desideratum in a gebbler kept for
breeding. The largest males may be
used with safety, even if paired with
fair to medium sized hens, provided the
following precautions are used.
The peril from thirtv-iivc pound
gobbler is a reality, whether the hen be
large or small. This arises not so much
from the great weight of the gobber as
from vicious use of his well-grown
spurs and claws If left free, the
feathers are soon torn from the backs
of the hens, and the skin not infrequent-
ly follows, and the hen dies from the
injuries. To prevent this, the gobbler
may be kept in confinement for a few
weeks before YOU wish his services
1t is a well-ascertained fact that sin
gle connection of the male with t he hem
turkey, at the proper time, insures the
fertility of all the eggs she may lay in
the first litter after it. A day or two
of the gobbler with the hens answers
all the purpose of weeks, and greatly
diminshes the danger Of injury. AS
an additional safeguard, cut the spurs
and toe-nails, and burn off all the sharp
points with hot iron. of course taking
care not to iujure the fowl. If this be
done, breeding with large turkeys is
quite as safe as with smaller birds.
We are aware that the American pas
sion for size has sometimes operated to
the detriment of poultry But in tur-
keys, size can be secured without dan
ger
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inches, and thus more readily absorbs
the liquid portion and facilitates the
distribution of the manure in the fur
rows. The entire mass is constantly
compressed by the weight Of the ami
mails, and thereby kept moist, while air
and consequent putrefaction are exclud-
ed. After about three months this ma
nure is carried to the field and immedi-
ately covered in the burrows, where it
readily decomposes and yields all its
strength to the soil, fully doubling its
usual value, according to Mr. Won
Horskyfeid's experience Besides this.
the air in the stables is never tainted
by exhalations injurious to the health
of the cattle
This plan is not new in this country,
has been practiced by several, and is to
be recommended where the height Of
the stable will permit such an accumu-
lation during two or three months and
litter and muck are at hand to keep the
stable sweet.
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WORKOUT LAND RECLAIMED.

A contributor to the Agricultural
Report" writing from Kentucky, SAYS:
In 1869 | purchased farm on the
Cumberland River 1t had been cult
waited in corn without rest for from fifty
to seventy years, and was badly worn.
1t did not, in 1869, produce over TWEEN
ty bushels per acre. a portion of it
was not planted, as it was thought
that it would not pay expenses of cult
walton. A 35-acre field, one half of
which was not considered worth plant
ing, | turned over, blowing ! inches
deep. In the spring sowed oats and
clover; pastured my clover too close
and had no sward to turn under Last
Winter turned up inches deep; in the
Spring cross-plowed with long bull
tongue, running or 8 inches deep
Planted in corn lst to 4th of Nav, 8
feet by 4; thinned to two stalks in the
bill. Did not pillow as often as | would
have done, on account of the rains in
June, but plowed three times, last
blowing with bull-tongue, as deep as
[ could we'll do AS the result, / am
now gathering from one-half the field
65 bushels per acre, from the other half
have gathered something over so bush
els. An adjoining farm of 500 acres,
all in corn, has not raised as much as
my IS acres. SO much for clover and
deep blowing. am confident that
within few years can make mv farm
produce 70 to 80 bushels per ac.e, with
no other fertilizer than clover and deep
blowing, break deep, and pillow deep,
and when your corn is young.
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Growth of the Oat.Meal Trade.
From tile -imerican Grocer.

From the 4merican Grocer.
Perhaps in no department of the
grocery trade has the increase of late
years been more apparent than that Of
oatmeal. AS an article of diet it is
now very generally used in the East
crn, Middle and Western States, and is
fast making inroads into the hitherto
undisputed domain of Indian-meal in
the South and Southwest This is GER
tainly fit cause for general congratu-
lation, for no more healthy or nutritious
food exists than a good oat-mcal por-
ridge. Its mild, aperient, and unequal
ed muscle-producing qualities render ii
particularly suitable for breakfast
diet for Americans. Its phosphores-
cent qualities act as gentle and
healthy stimulant to the brain, and on
no other food can one endure so great
or so prolonged mental labor as on oat
meal porridge.
Properly cooked, it is not only d
most healtbful and nutritious food, but
it is decidedly palatable, as is fully at
tested by its wonderfully rapid adop-
ton as popular diet by the very fasti-
dious palates of our American people.
THE healsome parritch, chief o'Scotia's
food" to which Burns refers in the
"Cotter's Saturday Night can be had
in its greatest perfection from Scotch
oatmeal, for of Scotland we may say it
is indeed the national food. Ireland,
too, produces good oatmeal. But our
chief supplies are drawn from the neigh
boring Dominion of Canada, which for
years has stood pre-eminent for the
quality of the meal which she produces,
yieing with the mother country for the
palm of excellence, and, in at least one
International Exhibition, carrying off
the badge of victory from the Land
o. Cakes Here, too, in the United
States. we are manufacturing this arti-
Gle to some extent, and it will in course
of time, no doubt, become an importa ut
industry, though the inferior quality of
our oats initiates materially against it..
The analysis of tho Imperial Scotch
Oatmeal, made by the eminent chemists
Leibig and Hassell, shows that while
wheat and barley contain but fourteen,
and corn but twelve and a quarter oats
contain within very small fraction of
twenty per cent of the nutritious pro-
team elements of life and muscle giving
qualities. AS a food, the merits of
which have stood the test of centuries,
and which is calculated to promote the
sanitary interests of the nation by lay
ing the foundation for more hardy and
vigorous constitutions for the coming
generation, let us regard its general
adoption as an article of diet, as moth
ing short of a national good.
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Or person not skilled in manipulation

for person not skilled in manipulation
of sulphuric acid, and it is not to be
recommended, as general thing The
largest variety of potatoes is frequently
the poorest. Early Rose is choice
variety, and when well grown is of
good size and yields well. and is the
very best table potato If potatoes
are grown for the starch they contain,
varieties of poor eating quality, but
large yielders, may be the most prolita-
Bile. The Peerless is large vielder.
but poor favored variety.
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Potash is the great specific manure
for potatoes. Nitrogen is not so valua-
BILE; therefore the sulphate of potash
should be chosen in preference to the
nitrate of soda. Superphosphate is
also an excellent fertilizer for this crop.
There is no difference between home
made superphospIate and the factory
made, if the latter is pure. The pro-
cess is very dangerous and inconvenient
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FOUTZ'S.
Vegetable Life InvigOratOr,
OR,
Health Restorative,

composed OF simple vegetable extracts; it contains
nothing eletcrious to constitution however deli
cate its functions being to substitute strength weak
ness which it fails to do. 1t has a most delight
full desirable and novel effect upon the nervous syste
and is good for Females, old young.
As simple appetizer it will replace with advantage
any Bitters in the market its being perfectly safe.
and its taste pleasant.
1t is the best antDyspeptic extant, and will
DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, GENERAL DE-
BIIITY, DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS, LOSS OF Ape
TITE AND VITAL ENERGY. HEART DISEASE,
NERVOUS IRRITABIITY. DISEASE OF KIDNEYS
AND BLADDER, RHEUMATIsM AND GOVT, and
purifes the Blood
effects. makes life pleasant by substituting the cheer
funcss consequent upon vgor and health the morbid
Influences of shattered constitution diseased Liver
Spleen.
1t will strengthen all who in any way Frustrated
by nervous debility
Tho feeble the languid the old and the young, all
should give ForTZs LIFE lNvIG0RAToR trial 1t will
give relief in Dyspepsia with the first dose brief
persistence in its use will the stomach to .
degree of perfect health.
A preventive of the weakness and diseases OF
women, and positive corrector of the Ladies'
send stamp for circular giving testimony of what it has
done for
Price, 81 per bottle. Prepared by
DAVID f.. FOUTZ,
Sept 20, ls'3-ly BALTIMORE, MD.
Sold by DR. II. II. MITCHELL ELKros ND.
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Notice to Creditors.

This il to give notice. that the subscriber Of Cecil
county, hath obtained from the Orphans Court said
county. letters IF Administration on the Personal
estate of ISAAC GRAY.
late of said county deceased. All persons having claims
against III" said deceased hereby warned to exhibit:
the Same" with III. vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On or before the the 18th day of November, 1874:
they otherwise by law he excluded from benefit
of said csHta All persons indebted to said estate are
requested 10 make immediate payment the subscriber
Given under my hand, this End dav of Nov onber 1873
MARY G. GRAY
Administrative of Isaac Gray, dcc'!.
Test-RrUREs D. JANAR Register.
Nov 90 ls72-6r
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MEDICINAL.
MAKES THE WEAK STRONG.

The PcrHriNn SyrHD. u Protect
Ell Solution Of the P,'otOr;Ge of
Iron, is so combined as to hare
the character Of On 0tine,,f, as
easily HiHrSfe! 0,,d ttSSiItiIateL
arith the biOOd us the simplest
food. 1t increases the pu0ltity
of Natures OWn Titutisin0
agent. Iron an tie blood, and
cures "n thousand It's, )" simply
tyTonil,g up. imri9oratiny and
TitatiSing the System. The en-
riched and ritaii=et GiOOd per-
medtes erery part Of the body,
repairing damages ana W0Stc,
se0rchi1y Out morbid sccrc-
TONS. and tearing nothing for
disease to feet Ul,oH.
This is the secret eff L:c HOn-
defJHt success Of dis remedy i;I
curing Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant. Dropsy, Chronic Diar-
rhGa, Soils, Nervous Affections,
C;;ii.5 and Fevcrs, Hu.nors,
Loss Of Constitutional NigOr.
Diseases Of the Kidneys and
Bladder, ECmalH Complaints,
UI,d all diScG%cs originating in
a bad state of ne btood, or &C.
cOmpGNicd GY dc5Hity or q ioJU
stote Of the system. Being free
from 1ilcohoi. in Gny form, its
cnergi=iItg effects are not fok-
to'ced by corresponding rc1c-
ton. ont arr permanent. itfiG-
sing strengths. riJC". t;,sG neaO
life into Citi,0r.s cfH:a system,
and building EIs e., IRON Com
stituti0n.
thousands hare 6cC;: changed
by tie use of this remedy, frc:n
WcGE. SicEiy, SUFFERING c,'cH-
lures, to strong. hccitEY, end
happy men C12a ,cc1;5c:.; and
inU0iids c;n,,c; reasc:.G5{ykcs-
StGtc 10 Civc IL g trjGI.
See ttat cGch bottle has FcpU-
WAN SYRu? 0lor,e i,s the gloss.
Tam .1ialcts Tee.
SETH VI. FO~LE ( SONS, Psopri,tors,
No. Milton Place. Boston.
SOLD BY HRrG"I>1s GETLEALLr.
Mar %, ls73-ly
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ORPHANS COURT.

The STATED MEETINGS of the Orphans Court Of
Cecil cCulty will be held on the SECOND TUESDAY
in every month. Executors Admin strators and Guar
dians wanting their accounts stated will please bring
in the vouchers few days before Court.
REUBEN d. LAMAR,
Nov 20 1867 Register.
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Eidneu Dc BLADDER Complaints,
DIR. RAILWAYS
Observation-Disclosures

perfectly taseicss. elegantly coated with sweet gum
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liver Rowels Kidneys, Bladder. Nervous Diseases,
iIeadache Constipation, Cosveness Indigestion, Dys
pepsia Biliousness, Bilious Fever Inflammation OF ,he
Rowes Piles and all arrangements OF the Internal
yi.cera Warranted To effect positive cure Purely
Vegetable containing no mercury minerals or deieteri
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ner Box SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
READ FALSE AND TRUE" Send one letter
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Oct Is, 1s73-1y
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HEALTH! BEAUTY!
STRONG AND PURE RICH BLCOD-ISCREAs:;
OF FLESH AND WEIGHT-CLEAR SKIN AND
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED TO ALL

THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
HAS MADE THE MOST ASTONISHING CUES: 50
QUICK. SO RAPID ARE THE CHANCES. THE
RODY UEDERGOES, UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF THIS TRULY WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
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FEVER AND AGUE.

FEVER AND AGUE cured for hftv cents There Is
remedial agent in this world that will cure Fever
and Ague. and all other Malarious. Bilious Scarlet.
Typhoid, Yellow, and other Fcv"rS taded by RAD
WAYS PILLS. quick M RADWAY'S READY RE-
LIEF. Fifty cents per bottle
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Oct Is, 1s13-ly

HARDWARE, STOVES, dc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-24

The Lives Insured by the Society are carefully
selected In different parts Of North America and
Europe, furnishing by this broad field of opera
tions an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy.holders. The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured
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State Of Maine.
LAND OFFICE,
Bangor, June z. iS;l-


Bangor, June 3, 1874.
Pursuant to the provisions Of Resolve authoriz.
ing the sale of State lands and fimbern approved
March 4. 1874, the undersigned, Land Agent of
Maine, will sell at public auction ut the City Hall
IL Bangor, on WEDNESDAY, the twenty.thirt dav
Of September next, at ten O'Clock A. NJ the follow.
ing described lands and interests in lands and tim.
Der belonging to said state Viz. -
/. The following described lands held bv the
State in fee and Internationally, viz:
township No. 4, 5. w. b. X. p, Oxford County
(NO. of acres to be determined.)
n. w. corner part of Township No. 5, Il 5, w, Il.
Is. r., Oxford County, containing about 37SS acres .
Tract of land lying north of township No. l. RS
W. II. 4. r, and west of township No. 4, Range q
n b. X. p. Franklin County, (No. of acres to be
determined.)
Tract OF land lying north oftownship No. 4, Range
y, oxford County. (No. of acres to be determin ed
II. The following lands set apart and held by the
state tor Permanent School Fund, viz:
Township No. 3, r 8, w. E. l.. s.. Piscataonis
County, 23,040 acres.
5. IL Township No. II, r 49, w ELS Aroo0
took County 1921 acres. ~ -"o"
w. part Township No. lRl7 VEL Q Aroos
took County, 6.90i acres,
Township No. 8, X is, W. E. l.. s.. Somerset
County, 23,SS3 acres. '' ''''ei'''
Township No. 4, r., N.B.KP P, Somerset Conn.
ty, Ii, l9l acres. S"o"'
Township No. 4, re- W.B.KP Oxford Co,,,,
(No OF acres TO be determined.)
Ill. The right 10 take of timber and lumber from,
the following townships until lSS4, as exccpte, IN,
the grant to the European and North America,
Railway Company all in the County of Somerset
Township No. T. Range 49, W. f. H. 8 o. 7Ik 60.
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The girl spoke again to Calum, and he
interpreted. $3.50
That's Dhu SOUR, she says. But there's
three fathom water to the very edge oil the
reef. We're coming up to the narrows
now. and need every inch o. ROOM"
Another cry from the girl, and the YES
sci was round again on another tack. They
were now quite in the shadow of the hills,
and all seemed darkness and confusion, es-
pccisllv to the unaccustomed sense OF the
Young man.. To him the land seemed
closing in on every side, the mountains
towering straight above. the wind coming
in all directions. A wild roar was in the
air. and the water seemed swirling and
boiling below them with an angry roar.
s.We're in the narrOws now,' cried
Calum, that's the boiling O. the tide. y
The wind was sweeping dead out of the
mouth of the loch, and again the vessel
put about so rapidly, indeed, that she
scarcely got way upon one tack before she
had to come round again. Once, for this
reason she refused to answer her helm in
coming round, and seemed drifting right
on to the rocks of the channel; but, in a
moment urged by the girl, Calum doomed
out the staysail to windward with an oar,
and the vessel slowly completed her swing
out. All seemed to grow dark and darker
after this, for they got more and more in
the shadow of the hills, but by and by
the young man saw that they had emerged
into more open water, and that several
lights, like those of village. were glim-
mering from the darkness OF the shore.
The wind still shrieked loudly.
"All safe now, SIR" said Calum.
"We're close to anchorage. and out of
danger"
So saving he ran forward and assisted
his fellow seaman to haul up the chain on
deck, that it might run free, and to hoist
the anchor over the bow. A minute af-
forwards the vessel was brought up to the
wind, and glided steadily along through
the smooth water for about a hundred
wards, when the girl cried out to the men
forward, and released her hold of the
tiller.
The yacht was quite stationary. Down
went the anchor, with that delicious sound
which only the weary cruiser knows and
loves. For some minutes there was con-
fusion in the darkness. The young man
went forward to see all snug and to take
look about him. So far as he could
make out in the night. they were in nat
uE0k uuIUOIs SuilOunuCo oh SNSiy ciuo ~
hills, and sheltered almost entirely from
the wind then blowing.
Five fathom water" said Calum, haul
ing in the lead-line; and fine soft mud
for the bottom. We couldna be in u snug
ger BERTH"
The young man who had been plunged
in deep reflection, touched him on the
shoulder.
"Come aft with me land speak to the
girl. In all probability she has saved our
lives"
But when they went in search of her
she had disappeared, and the old cobble in
which she had rowed to their assistance
disappeared also. They strained their
eyes into the surrounding darkness, and
listened for the sound of oars but all was
quite still, and they could not see a
glimpse of the stranger.-Strahan's Sat,
Mrday Journal.