Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-12-25
PHYSIOLOGY or EGGS.

mature year, or TWO or three years hence
are in embryo. One is forced up, is seize'
by the stroma, which is seventeen inche
long, and passed rapidly through. Whel
the egg leaves the Ovary it consists of yoll
only, but in its passage through that shor
canal the yOlk is surrounded by enough
albumen to perfect the chick. The white
If the egg has in If all that nature re
quires for making bones, muscles, blood
vessels. connecting tissues, skin and fca
there. Just before the egg leaves TIL
body. thi: Canal has the power Of secret
ing lime for the shell. This shows how
valuable the egg is as nutriment and also
what demands are made for rich food by
hen that lays an egg daily. Be, ides
what she requires for her sustenance, she
is called upon to sccrete the material for
the body of an entire chick, and also re
tains for the little creature sufficient to
| last many hours after it leaves the she'll
1t shows also that hen cannot make al
bumen SO rapidly except ont of albumin
| Gus food, such as wheat, meat and small
| animals
1t is not true that there is certain
number of eggs. ard that this number ex-
hausted no more can be expected; but it
is true that the secretiOns lesson as old
age comes on, and latterly the hen fails
to have sufficient force to carry forward
the process. The practical bearing of
this is that We must see that the fowl is
always well kept. The way to have good
laying pullets is to quicken the circulation
and strengthen the system by liberal nu-
triment. The yOlk is food for the first
three or four days. Careful house. wives
make mistake by attempting to feed
them before the expiration of this time
Let the mother bird have charge, and sue
cess will he certain, for she knows better
than any IN IN can what the chick requires
-tPoultry Review.
PATENTs THAT THE PATRONS OWN.
The Order of P. H. now owns patent
for first-class harvester; said to be, by
those who have tried it, the best in the
world. This is sold for less than $50.
II also owns y patent for hay rake
which cannot be surpassed by any now
made. 1t is strong, manufactured of the
very best material, aud for punching hay
never had an equal. This machines sold
tor $35, and for this, as well as the Wcr
ner Harvester, we are indebted to the Iowa
Patrons. The Order also has q pa'ent
Seeder, purchased of the inventor of the
''V.n Rrunt" Seeder of Beaver Dam,
Wisconsin. This is an improvement on
the Van Brunt, and is sold for $40. 1t
also has the control of combined self
rake reaper and mower, which, like the
others, is giving the very best satisfaction.
This Is sold for $1i0. Other patents are
being examined by the Executive Com
mittee Of the National Grange, and vii
be secured If fOnnd worthy of merit
Farmers Union.
The State Grange of Maryland at re-
cent session resolved: That we are sat
isfled that the presence of woman in the
Grange as an active and equal co worker
is the strongest guarantee we have of an
abiding usefulness"
Tennessee has 1 ,O0s Oranges, Arkansas
6O4 and Mississippi Co.,
The National Grange will hold its next
session in Charleston, s. c., on the first
Wednesday in February. 1875.
A joint stock cotton and wooden factory
owned and to be operated by the Patrons
Of Corinth, Miss, has been completed.
A GIGANTIC RAILROAD SCHEME.
1t is reported the New York Central
aud Lake Shore railroads contemplate |
putting down eight complete tracks the |
whole length OF their road from New |
York to Chicago, which will enable them |
o keep constantly moving, without danger |
# collision, four trains each way. Trsins |
will then be run on tracks used exclusives
y for freight at the rate of eight miles an
lour. AMI as cheep as the present rates on |
he Erie canal. With trains half mile
part, the distance being about one thous
md miles, the enormous number of eight |
trains will be kept constantly in
notion between the east and the west,
light and day, without fear of accident.
Then the line is to be thrown open to
General compt teton, firms and individuals
unning their own trains and cars. paying
oil only, bringing free trade in freight as
lear as 1t can ever be reached. About
I25, OK, 900 will be required to carry the
cheme into execution and make the im>
proposed. rhe capital of the
wo roads is $139, AS. 800, The PROPOSE.
ion looks very feasible on Iaocr, and
more impossible things than the opening
f this great highway have been accom-
|lished during the past ten years. Its
completion would 60 to the bottom of the
heap transportation question and at once
educs the toll to the lowest possible rate
'etween the two great cities mentioned.
The Detroit Post thus portrays Some
hings in that city, these hard times. in
trong light, and Gays that at the NUNS
ipal court in that city, Saturday: Nov.
4. eight able bodied men, the youngest
ighteen and the oldest but thitty-two
ears of age, voluntarily pleaded guilty to
harges of vagrancy, and asked to he sent
p. They were al sober, honest looking
elbows, and stated that they had strivcn
and that in good faith to find
mploy ment of any kind, but had failed
hey were homeless and peniless. and
ather than steal would prefer to 20 to the
louise of Correction for the winter. The
olice justice. while regrctting the necesi>
Y which compelled honest men to eat of
risOn fare and associate with criminals to
eep from starving, complied with their
equest, and each of the applicants was
,nt up for four mOnthe.
This 10 4 rather strange state of things
, this land of plenty.