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The HurmOrists' Column.
A little nonsense now and then,
Is relished by the Wisest men.

Wife, saida a man looking for his
boot-iack, " | have places where l keep
my things, and you ought to know
It," Yes, | ought to know where you
keep your late hours, but l DON'T
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MISCELLANY us.


D0OEKEERENGs. ~ TWO SCHOLAR
ED shiI5s, one in Dolbeat's and one in Black
mans Commercial College, New Orleans, which
will entitie the holders 30 ut tend g Full Course
in Bookkeeping, can be purchased cheap. apply
at this Office.
dHA&0 BRWAWDs--T WILL PAY THE A.
g. b0ve reward for the arrest and conviction
0f the parties who broke into my store, in the
-e's't-s. LOUIS DESMARAIs.
Opelousas, May 3tl, 1sT3-tf
WNsTBAWED.-FROM LOUIS DEsMAR-
Ia ais. Iii Opelousas, on Feb. I'D, 1875. d black
Creole horse branded on the left hip with a tri
angle and d strakgilt mark. a liberal reward
viii he paid toany one returning him 70 said
Desmarsis. JAMES aOODN1Ns
feb I3-u
W %. %. EsST LANDRY LODGE, NO. Is
D Meets at Masonic Hall, OpelousaH, every
Monday night at o'clock. Louis 1sesmaTnist
N. CT; +. PeTT0dfn. Y. C.; Chas. N. Ealer, Treas
surer; Salia'l. III Clark, Secretary JOseph Bloch,
Is ID. IL, M. may 24-1y
D0GEYss RHTTERs AlBE UNDE-
niablY tho purest in the market, and the
cheapest, ten to one, for this good they do.
Try one 80 cent bottle and be convinced.
sept 26-tf.
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The terrestrial orchid is q native Of
Panama, and is q bTlbous plant. From
the base of the tress pale green, almost
white, articulate flower spike shoots up
and rises to the height of four or five feet,
the upper portion forming q raceme of
many stwenty in number. Each flower.
waxy and pure white, is nearly circular.
about two inches in diameter, and in the
center the column masses with erect
wings are so beautifully combined as to
bear remarkable rese1nb blance TO adove
of purest wing, having the wings family
spotted with lilac. In its native land
this Dove Flower, as the English call it,
is known rs Ell Espiritu Santo, and re-
garded with supeTstitious reverence as
a religious symbol, at which no one who
has ever seen the flower will feel the
least SURPRISE illustrated Library of
Wonders.
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nPELOUsAs DRUG STORE.
SIGN OF THE BIG MORTAR!
Opposite the Court House,
oPELoUsAs, LA.

The undersigned in returning his sincere
thanks for the very liberal patronage with
which he has heretofore been favored, would
respectfully call the attention of all needing
anything in his lne to his
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OF everything belonging to the Drug Business.
Physicians, Country Merchants and Planters.
orders solicited.
Prescriptions will receive particular attention
at all hours of the day or night.
CLAUDIUs MAYO,
Pharmaceutical.
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Omcial Directory.
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
C ~ l.

Z. $. Grant, of Illinois, President
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, Vice Presi-
dent. MI -.r
James G. Blaine, of Maine, Speaker OF the
House of Representatives.
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EIGHTH DISTRICT COURT FOR ST. LANDRY.
John ]. Morgan, Judge. sf@@
Geo. w. Hudspeth, District Attorney.
Vim. A. Robertson, Clerk.
Egbert o. Hayes, Sheriff. z.-.,.-.
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SUPREME COURT.
j. T. Ludeling, Chief Justice.
r. X. Howell, Associate Justice.
j. G.. Taliaferro, Associate Jnstice.
w. j. Wiley, Associate Justice.
p. H. Morgan, Associate Justice.
J. Frank Knox, Clerk at Opelousas.
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STATE SENATOR'S.

GIAIE oINAIUh6s
Thomas G. Anderson, of st. Landry.
Francois Daigle, of Lafayette.
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MILITARY

MILITARY. &' ,@F
w. 7. Sherman, of Ohio, General Commanding.
p III. Sheridan, Of Ohio, Lieutenant General.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
ENGLAND'S GREAT IRON NAN.

Springfield, Tenn, Nov, 1874.
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EUROPEAN ARMIRs.

If complete readiness for war is the best
means for insuring the continuance of peace,
the tranquility of Europe, remarks the
Pal Mall Gazette,must have been efectual-
ly secured this year, il which large adli-
tions have been made to the forces Ofevery
European Power. The proposed legisla-
ton in reference TO the German Lands
turn will increase the military strength of
Germany to an extent hardly yet realized,
though SpeaneT Gazette estimates the in
creased force arising from a first call of the
Landsturm at / 100000 men. The French
army will, beginning from this year, be in
creased within twelve years to 100000, a
force supplemented by LandtuIm organ
izatiOn not less extensive than that of
Germany. Russia will in the same period
muster standing army Of $50, 600 men, and
a reserve of ], 10000. Austria has made
so much progress in the development of her
military resources that she could take the
field with from 100000 to 100000 men.
Italy could follow with 100000 men, and
Turkey with 100000, while we have 500.
900 TO defend our own soil, and could con-
tribute 10000 to $1,000 men toward the
prosecution of Euopean war.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
PLAN OP TEE LOTTERY.

The Numbers from I 10 So go. corresponding
with those numbers on the tickets, printed on
separate slips OF paper, are encircied with
small tin tubes, and placed in one wheel. The
first 26S prizes, similarly printed and eneircled
are placed IN another wheel The wheels are
then revOlyed. and n number is drawn from the
wheel Of numbers, and az the same time a prize
Is drawn from the other wheel The number and
prizes drawn ont are opened and exhibited to
the audience, and REGISTERED by the Commits
si0neTs, the prize being placed against the num-
Der drawn. THIS operation is repeated until All
the prizes are drawn ont.
Explanation of APprOximatIOn Prizes
The two preceding and tao succeeding num-
bers 10 those drawing the first three 81 prizes
will be entitled 70 the ~ approximation prizes.
For example: u ticket No n ,250 draws the
S5O,00O prize, those tickets numbered II .2fS :
20 II PSI II 252 viii each be entitled 70 s. COO
If ticket No. $50 draws the 5000 prize. those
tickets numbered SIS, SO 55i, 552, wiz each be
entitled TO sl,625, and 50 on, according to the
above scheme
The 700 prizes OF $40 viii be determined BY
the last figure Of the number that draws the S5O,-
0t0 prize For example: II the number drawing
the $4,000 prize ends with I, then all the tickets
where the number ends with I viii be entitled 20
SO. II the number ends with 2, then an the
tickets where the number ends with WI be
entitled 70 $40 and 50 on 70 0.
a[Remember that every prize is drawn, ana
payable in full without deduction.
ES-An prizes Of 5000 and under paid imme-
diately AFTER the drawing other prizes at the
usual time Of 40 days.
Prizes payable In full, without re-
duetiOn.
The above scheme will be drawn the last Satur-
day Of every month during the wear 1874.
drawings Of Kentucky State Lotteries are
never POSTPONED.
Tickets for sale by GEO. WEBSTER.
General Agent, No. y Third street,
Louisville, Ky.
Also, by W. G. PRICE,
a. S. College street, Nashville, Tenn.
Orders by mail promptly fired
The list of numbers, which draw prizes, will
be published in the Louisville COurier-JOurnal Of
Monday, Nov. 50.
nOvI0 tues, thur. sunlNWtd
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
COUNTRY PRODUCE

Trade in all kinds of produce is reported
free and satisfactory in its results.
DRIED FRUIT Apples &c; peaches
quarters and mixed, &c; halves, SC; peeled
1661Te.
PEANUTs-FrOm 9Oc to $1.15 per bushel,
according TO quality.
BEANs-White common, S1.75 per
bushel; Northern navy, $3.50; medium,
s.. 25.
PEAs-Cow peas, SIPS per bpshel;
black-eyes, S1.5O; lady peas, $2.25.
ONIoNs-Per barrel, S4.25.
POTAToEs-NOrthern Irish, SS.25 per
barrel; sweet, nominal
HOMINY-Per barrel, $50; grits, $500.
KRoUT-Per barrel, $3.50; half barrel,
So 80.
CRANBERRJEs-Per barrel, $1,000.
APPLEs-Tennessee per bushel, $3.50;
Northern, common to fancy, $3.OOd5.0O.
ORANGEs-Per barrel, S7.O06S00
FEATHERS Strictly choice, Acc.
BEEsWAx-ChOiee 26c-
RA6s-Well assorted, PFC
GIEsENG-Per ID, $1.3561.4O.
WOOL-Unwashed, 23630c; washed 355
d45e. BURY 511Oc less.
BROOM C0RN-Prime to choice, 4dSc.
CHEsTNUTS-Per bushel, 81 90.
BUTTER-Country, from wagon, 1Sd
PC.
PoULTRY-Frying chickens, 12d15c;
hens, 1S620c; turkeys, 6067Jc.
EG6s-From wagon, pc per dozen;
packed from store 25626c.
TALLow-Choice, 64c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
Farm AND GARDEN.
GRAPES AND WINE.

Mr.. Van Buren,, who lives at Clarks.
vile, Ga, writes to the Country Gen.
Hemasa that he has a Scuppernong vine,
only fourteen years old, which covers a
surface Of fifty feet square, and bore
fifty bushels Of fruit this year. He ex-
poets this vine TO produce 100 bushels
OF grapes year, in a few years. He
claims that he canproduce more grapes
and wine to the acre than any lands in
California.
Mr.. Armstrong, writing to the same
paper, from Sonoma county, California,
says: 'The crop is immense this year,
selling at from SIS to SIS a ton. At
least Fifty thousand gallons of wine is
the daily product of the press in this
county" The crop in that county is
estimated at 100000 gallons. Mus
cat, Flame, Tokay, Black Hamburg
and Muscatelle most abound. These
delicious fruits appear to be worth. in
California, by the ton, about the price
of good shucks and straw in Nash
vile.
E. r. Elliott, distinguished as an au-
thor and writer on fruits and fruit
trees, says that thousands of pounds
of Concords were sold this year in New
York at two and half cents a pound.
and Delaware at four to seven cents.
After paying for picking, selecting
boxes, cost of boxes, railroad charges.
commissions for selling, little is left.
He adds, "there is no demand for
native wine, and the trade is a dead
letter"
Put good eating grapes to the mil
lion at two cents a pound, and from
that up to three in the months lust
before new grapes get ripe, and it
would be difficult, with cheap transpor.
tatlon, to 'overstock all the markets.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
JEFFERSON'S SISTER.
She Was Not the Wife of n Kentucky
Murderer

lIhEocEGFh
The following paragraph, printed a short
time since in the Pdducdh EeRtUckian,
ELECTED a letter of explanation from one OF
JeffersOn's sisters descendants, a COPY OF
which is also appended:
alt is not generally known that s!ste.
OF Thomas jefferson, author of the Decla-
ration of Independence, is buried at Rocky
Hill, two miles back Of Birdsville, On the
Ohio river, in Livingston county. Ken
lucky. She was the wife of DR.. Charles
Lewis, who had the reputation of being a
cruel and bad man, and who was killed on
the Illinois shore by a mob, after being ar
rested on a charge Of murder"
''NEAR LEwISBURG, GREFNBRIAf,
COUNTY, WBsT VIRGINIA, Nov. 20. 1874.
---E8iteT he,jtuckidR: l was shocked to
find some weeks ago the inclosed publica-
ton in the Christian Observer, published
in Louisville, Ky. The sister of Thomas
jefferson referred to was Lucy Jefferson,
and was married to Col. Charles Lilburn
Lewis, an officer in the revolutionary war,
and lived and died respected and esteemed
by all who knew him.
"In about 1915, he ana his two married
sons sold a large landed estate in Alder
marie county, Va, and emigrated to Liv-
ingstOn county, Ky, with their families,
with the exception of two daughters, ore
Of whom (my mother), then married to
Craven PeytOn, and the other to Thomas
Jefftrson, jr., son Of Randolph Jefferson,
only brother Of President Jefferson, who is
still living in the county of Fluvanna, Va,
at the advanced age Of ninety-twO.
"SOme years after the death of Mrs.
Lewis (my grandmother, his son-in-law.
Thomas Jefferson, IT,, went to Livingston
county, Kentucky, and brought his father
in-law, Colonel Charles Lilburn Lewis,
back to Albermarle county, Virginia, and
he died at my fathers, in Albermarle, in
1928, in the eighty-fourth year of his age,
an hOnered member OF Christian church.
CAS- grandson who knew and revered
his grandfather, give you the above IN
vanished facts; how far they correspond
with your statement, leave you to judge.
''CHARLEs /. PEYToN."
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GROCERIES.

SUGAR-New Orleans brown S5d1Oc in
hhds.; do. white clarified 10aG11c; in hogs
heads and barrels &c additional; Demerara
lie; standard hards life; A coffee lie; B
do. 1Osc; extra C do. 1O3d1Oic; yellow G
93d1Oc.
MoLAssEs-New Orleans 65275c; sirups
55665c; golden strip 65675e.
COFFEE-RiO, common 10 choice, 1910
23c; Laguayra 233d24e; Java 29sd305e.
CHEEsE-FactOTy, 16E17c.
NALs-1Ods, per keg. $500 and 25c al
dHional for diminishing grades.
SALT bushel barrels, in store, S2.25;
by car load in depot, S2-35.
CANDLEs-Star lie ~ fb.
FIsH-Half barrels, Nos. I, and 3 $3.50,
800 and $500; in kits, Nos 1, 2. and 3,
500. s1.75 and SLIGO.
RICE-Choice new by the barrel, SIC.
TEAs-Imperial 756Sl.25; Young Hy-
son 75eHS1.25; Black 50edS1.OO; Gun
powder T5c6$l.25.
POwDER-DupOnt 1928; Sycamore Mills
1925; blasting $3.50; fuse per 100 feet 65e.
SHoT-Patent 500; Buck S2.4j.
LIQUORS Common rectified whisky %
gallon 95cHS1. 10; Robertson County Sis
1850; Bourbon $i.25d5.5O; Lincoln
County S1.75d3.0O; HighWines s1.03.
BBooMs-Per dozen, 81 OOf3.5O.
SoAP-Common to fancy, 5dSc q d, or
s.. 25d4.J0 q box.
BLAcKING-Mason's large, q dozen,
Csc; small, 3jc-
CANDIEs-CommOn stick, 15c; common
fancy 16c.
PEPPER-Per 70, 263c.
SPICE-Per %, 16c-
GINGER-Per b, l6c.
CLovEs-Per b, 60d7Oc-
SrARCH-Per ID, SIC.
SoDA-Per b, &c.
PECANs-Per b, 104d125c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
ROrATIoN on CRops.

Robert A. Thompson, an old Cali.
fornian, and one Of the editors of the
Soaona Democrat, deplores the pre-.
vailing practice of SHINING and ex-
hausting the fertile valleys of that
State. On some large farms, con-
stantly run in wheat, the crops began
at fifty bushels, went down to forty,
thirty, twenty, and some as low as if
teen per acre. Speaking of q farm
near Santa Rosa city, he says; Last
year it consisted of Us acres of wheat
stubble, sixteen acres of corn stubble,
and thirty acres of grass. The lots
were plowed at the same time, received
exactly the same treatment, and were
sown TO wheat last autumn. Whenthe
crop was threshed the past harvest,
the land that had been In corn yielded
fifty-one bushels an acre, the grass
land forty-seven bushels, and the wheat
stubble twenty bushels"
Prof. johnson, or some other author
ity, is asked to explain the cause or
causes of this remarkable difference in
the crops, where the original soil is ap-
parently the same in each field. In the
first place, bear In mind the fact that
the roots of wheat, from year to year,
feed in the same titled or untitled earth,
and consumes the same elements with
little or no variations. Without irri-
cation or restitution In some other
way, some of the things taken to form
wheat plants become scarce in the soil,
leading to a smaller growth and crop.
Corn roots extend farther and deeper,
and if the crop is fed off in the field, it
will enrich the earth for wheat. Grass
also improves land Rotation of crops
rarely depletes much, yet if badly con-
dqsted, injury may follow.
Unless one has manure, home made
or commercial, land should rest two
years or more in clover, with plaster,
to fit it for wheat. Mr.. J. B. Lawes,
OF England, has, as an experimental
test, sown wheat after wheat some q
years, removed all the crops, and ap-
piled no fertilizer. The average yield |
Is between sixteen and seventeen |
bushels per acre. With rotation of /
crops, and fair manuring, the average
Of the farm is near forty bushels per
acre, for the same length of time.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
The Significance Of His visit 20 this
Country.

1AC 9Ah naDCSaHCC OI WISH 10 Kills
Country.
To the Union and American.
NASHVILLE, TENN, Nov. 25. 1S74.-I saw
from your paper day or two ago that the
great English iron manufacturer. [. Low
THAN Bell, was in Louisville and was 90
ing to Alabama. No steps have been taken
so far as | know, to have Mr.. Bell visit
Tennessee. In view Of the probable inn
portanee Of Mr.. Bells visit to the United
States, it seems to me that some steps
ought TO be taken by the Nashville people
TO have him come here and look into our
iron and coal resources.
In the celebrated Investigation, recently
had in the British Parliament, on the oues-
tion Of what produced the enormous in
crease in the price of coal, Mr.. Bell was
examined at length as "a witness. He
proved that the causes were not temporary,
and that they were beyond the control of
either the companies or the miners. In
winding up his deposition, he said that to
transfer the manufacture Of iron from Eng
land to the United States had already be-
come necessity.
MIR. BELLS DEPOSITION
was the subject Of leading editorial in the
London Times. In this editorial it was
conceded that Mr.. Bell was man Of high
character, and that, as to the subject en-
braced in his testimony great importance
should be attached to what he said, as he
was at the head of his business in England
the manufacture of iron.
Since reading that article in the London
Times, | have watched Mr.. Bells move
ments with great deal of interest, and
am satisfied that!he means "busjness7 by
coming to the United States. Very truly,
A. &. COLYAR.
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THE MISSES GREELEY.

1t is now nearly two years since the
death of Mr.. Horace Greeley, and this seas
on, for the first time since that event. his
daughters, Ida and Gabrielle. occasion
ally make their appearance in public.
Gabrielle Is still very young, probably not
more than eighteen, but has grown during
her years of seclusiOn into a tall and very
beautiful girl. Both have exquisite com
plexions, lovely eyes, ripe, scarlet lips, and
the sweet, child-like expression which
distinguished their father. Ida is most like
her father, however, in appearance, and
Gabrielle like her mother. Evidently
the most devoted affection subsists be-
tween the two girls. Ida the elder, looks
after her sister lovingly, and says:
''Hasn't she grown tall and pretty?''
And Gabrielle remarks: "Don't YOU
think l begin to look more like Ida9''
Their manners are very charming, per-
fectly simple, easy and unaffected. vet
with fine air of good breeding, and even
distinction, of which they are apparent Iy
quite unaware.
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THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
Address Of Col. 10. c. stark. of Rob.
erts0n.

! Address Of Col. 10. Q. Stark, Of Rob
| ertsOn.
To the People Of the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict:
Fellow itizens-Having received solici.
tations from various parts Of the district to
become a candidate for seat in the Forty
fourth Congress, made vacant by the death
OF Hon. John w. Head, and my friends
feeling that have some little claims TO
the position, l hereby declare myself can
didate.
The time being SO short, and the season
so Indictment, forbid anything like thor
Cugh canvass, nor do deem it necessary on
my part to make one, as l recently met
many of the people in their primary meet
lngs, and discussed all the various CUES
lions that were passed upon by them in tie
recent elections, and Al feel gratifed to
know that said action was in strict har-
mony with the views and sentiments ex-
pressed by me on every stump.
Should be elected, | shall endeavor to
act with such prudence and conservatism
as in my Judgment will ultimately restore
our common country to its original purity,
and the Government to an honest and eco
nomical administration. Allow me to sug-
gest TO our people prudence and discretion
be temperate in all their legislation,
looking to the time, which is not distant,
when sectional lines will be obliterated,
the rights of the States duly recognized,
shall know no North, no South; when we
shall all feel and know that we are one
people, one nation, and one political family;
that we have but one Government, one
Constitution and one Union.
10. G. STARK.
Springfield, Tenn, Nov, 1874.
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MANURING AND fRRTGATTON.

When farmer Mech, of England,
said that he could manure and irrigate
any acre Of his 10 acre farm for forty
oents, he stated a fact in agriculture
which every farmer in the world should
ponder. Writing as an owner and cul.
tvatOr Of the soil, and the representa-
tive of class, cheap motive power we
are bound to say, is something we do
not understand, for we have never stud
led it in our farming operations. 1t
will take twenty loads of stable manure
to do full justice to an acre that needs
fertilizing, and two men with a wagon
and horses must work lively to load,
haul and spread twenty loads Of ma
nure IN day, with the field at no great
distance.
To water an acre of land and crops,
as they were watered from Jacobs well.
which is still in existence, would cost at
least twenty dollars. How can Mr..
Mech put water enough on an acre, in
the summer time, to cause it to run
from drains three and four feet under
ground, and everywhere covered over
with earth, for forty cents? Coal does
this remarkably cheap work of irriga-
ton and distributing manure Coal,
the uncOmpensated laborer, does not
grumble nor strike for wages, when
lifting water enough out Of the Cum
belland river to supply the city Of
Nashville. Coal is worker.
1t has made England the
richest nation in the world, and has
been raining showers Of iquifed stable
manure over Mr.. Mechi's farm twenty
years, and the result is that his wheat
crop for 1874 was sixty bushels to the
acre.
We must learn to produce grain and
meat as cheaply as they are raised on
land worth FIVE hundred dollars an
acre, or our industry viii become val
ueless IN a world of trade and COM
mercc. If coal and steam are by far
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-26
DRESSED POULTRY.

We offer the following timely direc-
tons for the dressing and handling of
poultry; Live poultry during the fall
is generally a drug on the market, and
dressed lots, when IN good order, are
taken In preference. Dealers propose
to sell dressed chickens hereafter by
the pound. only, believing that this man
ner of selling viii insure the shipping of
better stock to cur market. Poultry
should never be killed by the wringine
OF the neck, but should be killed by
bleeding, by means Of opening the
veins, or by cutting off the head, so as
to let them bleed freely. If the latter
be done, care should be taken and draw
the skin over the neck and tie secure
before shipping. Defaee the neck as
little as possible, as the looks will
materially aid in bringing outside
prices. Poultry should be picked dry,
which can easily be done by plucking
before the bodies are cold, and always
give poultry aniceappearance. Howey-
er, when scalded, the water should be as
near boiling as possible, and yet not
really boil The poultry should be
dipped, so that the water will have
proper effect on the skin, and penetrate
the feathers. The feathers should be
picked Immediately, but care should be
taken and not break the skin. Do not
remove the entrails. Poultry, before
being killed, should be kept twenty
four hours without food; full crops in
Jure the appearance, and are liable to
sour, by which the sale would be great.
ly injured. Before packing, it should
get thoroughly dry and cold, but not
frozen. Moderate sized boxes should
be used, bit avoid very large packages
as much as possible, as there is coRsid-
cradle trouble in handling, besides be-
ing more difficult TO sell. In packing,
use clean boxes, and line the ends and
sides with paper. Always pack as
closely as possible, and fill the boxes
well, so there will be no chance for the
poultry to move about.