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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

The food which poultry consume. l.-.~
ditTeraut propertl--. Barley tend 10
nourisI generally. stimulate The -v--ell.
and produce er-H a:.I -a-l.---. -.- ,-.-
favori-e gran ia England ly- pYulr..
which eat 1t with ariai,y, Wheat rA-
cep- the 1ailiu--. j. too valuable Tor Lu-
man food. 10 be given 20 Pouigry. except
for special or LaLcy pup,---. uor doc
i contain more nutritious -ub-rauc.- Cor
them than barley or oat~.
The small grains ar. excellent ..r
chickens wh-u fir beginHiHg 10 ric.z
up hard food. a they can swallow them
ea-ily. Oats, though much le-s r-E.heI
By pouItry, which Will manifest iudiife.
ence to it, from the great proportion o.
husk which envelopes The grain. J.. Il
plump and good, byuo means i. .ria-,o
barley: it should bc converted. however.
into grits or oatmeal. worked in.y paste.
or mixed with pOtatDes ia which form ir
i highly paiatabie 10 all poultry.
The fact i. that most Of the Irish
poultry i fed Oh oats. when any grain J.
given systematically, and fa1taEed on
oatmeal. withIn&-hed po;atoe- and I4i.a.
Oatmeal j, equally used Ia Scotland;
THE haleSome parriJch, chief Of Scotia =
food. i noUri,hinc TO the body Of man
or fowl; and besides promoting tire De-
velopmcnt Of muscles, it produce he-h
also. In oats there j. a. great an amount
Of starch, rather more OF Hesh-foflHiHg
substance and more Of fat-pr0duriE@
matter. than ia barley.
Indian meal Is an economical and good
food: its usual chcapnes-- compared
with the price Of the meal Of our home
grown corn-gives it preference in
many localities. 1t possesses a. much
fattening substance a. oatmeal, butI
of starch Rice is sometimes purclias-
able at Il very low price, from damages
received on shipboard, which does not
deprive it of its essential qualities; it i
not, however, very nutritious, and there
fore is inferior for rearing or fattening
poultry; but it is very useful as an al
terative diet, when too much relaxing
food has been uSed.-Doyie's Booh #
Poultry.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

CARBON FOR RHoGs.-There is no doubt
in our minds of the benefits arising
from feeding crude carbonaceous matter
to swine when they are kept in close
pens. The avidity with which hogs eat
rotten wood is well known. Charcoal is
but another form of carbon. Bitumin.
Gus coal is still another form. The utiI-
ity of feeding wood and coal has long
been recognized. We some years since
substituted the ordinary Western stone
coal with the best results, where from
two to five hundred hogs We're kept in
close pens and fed on the refuse CT city
hotels. Something of the kind seems as
necessary to them as salt to strictly herb
iverOus animals We have known them
to consume a pound in the course of a
day, and again they would not seek the
coal for some time. Just what particu-
lar use the coal is in the animal economy
is not so easy to answer. Swine are es-
pecially liable to scrofulous and infiam-
matory diseases. Carbon, in the shape
Of coal, is an antisepic, and the proba
bility is that it acts in this way in puri-
flying the blood. Western Rural.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
.LADELPnIA CorTAGE CuEEsF.-

PHILADELPHIA COTTAGE CHEESE
Take one or more quarts Of sour milk.
put it in a warm place and let it remain
until every particle Of whey separates
from the curd; then pour it in a three
conered bag. hang it up and let it drain
until every particle of whey has droT-
ped from it; then turn 1t out and mash
with spoon, adI milk or cream. with
salt or sugar as preferred. This i a
healthful and delicious addition to the
breakfast or tea table in summer.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

VITALITY OF GRAsSHoPPERs. An
Iowa doctor writes of the remarkable
grasshOppers that do so much damage in
that State: Sin my opinion they come
from the lower portion of the British
Possessions. They are Il very hardy in
sect. 1t takes quite n breeze to kill
them. ImmerSe one in water for two
hours and he will come to have a better
masticative and digestive faculty than
ever. They will devour arsenic with the
avidity of a modern belle. When their
wings are developed they have a better
locomotive power than the old Western
Stage Company ever had, and those that
are here have at this date got a wing de
velopment now of about quarter of an
inch, while the body is about three
quarters of an inch in length"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
The Plum Curcuho.

This insect belongs TO the same family
as the Colorado potato beetle, but hie-
much more readily. has the same way cl
PLAYING postum when you approach
or disturb him! and consequently j. c;l--
lis caught by the thumb and finger Oh
the tree, or by jarring the tree, when he
falls TO the ground like a dead thing
but soon viii crawl off OF fiy away if UH-
disturbed. The curculiO i, Of dull black.
or very dark brown color, from One-haif
70 three-quarters Of al inch Z = il length.
The early morning il the best time to
hunt him, a. he does not like to fly only
ia hot still weather, but if they are amy
ways plenty they should be looked after
three times a day. have seen them ily
from the woods 10 the trees, mostly to-
ward sundown Of still, hot day, 80
that one j. not safe from them even
when none are propagated on his own
ground.
There is not u particle Of benefit to
be derived from any wash or application
of any substance 10 the tree or ground
Oh which the trees grow, "a the little
Turk ''careth for none Of these things. "
In addition 10 killing all found Oh the
trees, pick up every plum that falls to
| the ground and ste that it is eaten or de-
strOyed, 80 a. TO leave no egg TO hatch
| l..
10 hibernate under the bark Of some tree
to start the breed next year. II one has
large number of trees it will pay him
to make Il curculiO catcher, but / will
not take room here to describe one. 1t
may be well to say here that the curculiO
stings cherries and peaches almost as
readily as pluIns, and has been known to
sting the apple.
lie must be looked after as soon as the
fruit sets, till the last of July, rs in some
seasons there are two crops Of the bee
tie, but the greatest danger is when the
fruit is about the size of pea. The
cherry does not fall, like the plum, when
stung, so that to eradicate the beetle in
in enc season they must be picked off
and destroyed efTectualIy
Some seasons are so cold that the eggs
laid in the plum do not hatch, as they
require about 20 degrees, the eggs dying
in about week if not Matched; if there
is an entire failure Of the plum crop one
year the beetle Will be quite scarce the
next and and a crop may be had but
one is never safe to trust to anything
short of daily examination from the
time the fruit sets till it is about grown.
Cor. Western Farmer
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

IT was one of the Early Rose variety,
and Mr.. Dearing, of Athens, Ga. dug it
last year and kept it as a curiosity on ac-
count of its extraordinary size. When
it was cut open the other day, it was
found full of well developed young po-
tatOes-a noteworthy number of them.
This is one of the most bewildering cases
of spontaneous generation on record.
The old potato with its progeny has been
sent TO New York for the inspection of
scientists"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

QUIETNEsS IN MILKING.-The COW i
is naturally sluggish in her movements
and should not be hurried out Of her
natural gait. She should never be driv-
en- TO the place of milking faster than Il
walk, and if she has far TO 90, the walk
should be a slow one. Hurrying Il
COW when she is full, and the weather
warm, hastens the circulation Of her
blood, and heats both her blood and her
milk. y very little heating of the blood
preceptibly affects the milk. 1t increase
its odor as well, raises its temperature.
and modiiies the butter or cheese made
from it. On this account driving COWS
with dog is not recommended. We
have seen the milk of dairy. number
ing thirty COWS perceptibly affected by
the milk Of a single COW driven in haste.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

FLAX IN EURoPE.-An English Jour
nal gives the following facts and figures
in relation to the cultivation Of fax in
Europe:
Flax has been grown in India, Chiefly
for its seed for some years, but OF late
the Bengal Government has endeayored
to encourage its production as a fiber.
Ireland is the great country for flax spin
ming and raises a good portion Of the
fiber used, but Russia has /, 600, 900, Ire
land, 129, 432 and the United States 81. =
2O4. Prussia, Austria and France are the
greatest flax raisers, with the exception
of Russia. The number of spindles in
Ireland is 9O4, 400; in France, GO. .O00.
but in Russia Che greatest producer)
only 130, 0O0. Great Britain and Ireland
have !, ,496, 3l3 spindles, or nearly one-
half of all the world.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

4 NEW variety of coffee has been ex-
hibited on the Rio Exchange. II differs
from the ordinary kinds in cultivation in
that the berry is more spherical, and
yellow instead of red. twas discovered
at Botacuto. in San Paulo. The berry
is stated to be one-third richer in caffeine
than the common descriptions.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

THE HARVEST ~ MAINLAND. The
farmers have had splendid weather for
harvesting their wheat and rye, and we
have reason TO believe that these impur-
tant crops have been saved without the
loss 50 frequently incurred by the insect
tribe and the storms, and drawbacks oc-
casiOned by the rust. The hot suns OF the
last week or ten days ripencd the grain
very rapidly, and the work on the grass
and clover crops had 10 give way to Ell
able the farmer TO get into his snail grain
before it got too ripe, to save it from shat
tering. Whatever good fertilizers were
used the results are shown in the greatly
increased crops which are being gather
ed, and, on the other hand, where a suf-
ticieney of barn-yard manure could not
be applied, or the aid of supcrphos-
pilates, bone dust, or other fertilizers
was not had, the yield will generally not
be much more than sufficient TO pay for
the seed and labor. This becoming so
self-evident a fact that We hope the com
ing falls seeding Will not be attempted.
unless these necessary aids to the wheat
and rye crops are procured. We Will
hereafter have occasion TO speak more
to the point on this subject
The hay crop is shortened somewhat
from want Of rain, still there Is cause To
be thankful for very fair yield, and it
has been made and housed or started in
excellent order. The oats crop also las
suffered materially from want of rain.
and will be materially Iessened both in
the straw and the grain. 1t is remark
able how great and healthy is the APP
pearance both Of oats and corn, not
withstanding the continued drought UP
to the time of writing. There will be
time enough for the latter, however, If
we shall shortly be favored with rain.
and the area of oats put in VIII furnish
a sufiiciency of that valuable food for
our horses. Baltimore AmcricaR.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

USEFUL HINTs.-A lady writing TO the
Country Gentleman thus recapitulates
some of the valuable suggestions she has
had the good sense to learn from her ser
want girls. She says: ''The other day
Mary was ironing and asked for piece
of sand paper to rub her iron on. Twas
astOnished that had never thought of
it before; it is SO nice, removes every bit
of starch or anything else, and makes
them so smooth. One girl taught NE
that old corsets make the best stove
cloths. Just one-half at time is a con-
venient size. They are ready made and
much better, when unfolded, to take
hold of anything with than n made
holder, and much easier to wash. Just
throw them in with the brown towels, as
many as you happen to get soiled during
the week, and they come out clean and
ready TO use again. Another girl pours
hot water on the blades only of steel
knives, and they wipe and do not need
ugAS- AhOtlASi Oiie IOiu luc Ille DtSJ
way to keep dry salt. We have tried it
several years with perfect success. An
old salt barrel is convenient. Set it in
some cool, dry place; put thick layer
of salt in the bottom; then pack in the
hams, using the pieces of dried beef, if
you have any for chinking; cover it
with salt; then hams and salt again till
the barrel is full. There is not the least
danger from insects, if the hams are
smoked and the beef dried and put away
early before the flies come around; and
they are much nicer to handle than when
when put in ashes or oats, or anything
of that kind.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

j. c. DAVIS, of Algoma, Wis, has a
calf only nine months old that gives
from two to three quarts of milk daily.
When the animal was only three months
old a development of the udder COM
menced, and it became necessary to
milk her for her own relief, since which
time the calf has given milk regularly.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

LAMB STEw.-Take half shoulder of
lamb, boil it in two quarts of water for
two hours Then put in potatoes, onions,
turnips, cut in quarters, salt and pepper
to the taste Ten minutes before serving
put in the dumplings.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

BAKING FLOUR RPUDDING.-Oneq quart
of milk; six eggs; twelve tablespoons
full of flour; a little salt. This recipe
makes capital steamed pudding. Steam
it one hour.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

Iowa formers cherish the fond hope
that the seventeen-year locust, so long
promised, will really make its appear
anee this year, for they are tired of be-
ing eaten out of houses and home by the
slow operations of the forty varieties of
bugs now at work and want the job fin
ished up at once.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

COCoANUT CAKE.-Haf cup butter,
two cups sugar, three cups flour, whites
OF five eggs, one cup sweet milk, four
teaspoons baking powder. Bake in five
tins; whites of three eggs with sugar;
one teacup coeanut.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
TUITION, FRoMs7.8o. 10 50 15.
Notice.

(,IN4-E-..sS G.. ALFDRD, AUEILLA DAT-
I J -sar3. a3iI TIumaS DIg.-pu, urg husband, Of
= ..ssat- County. Ohio. Mary Ann Cord. snd
Wi t.... 'rlt!. her husband. ui tdIaaa, Allen
l.uG.i. g =. ig-"ph, in '.4- state OF Missouri
ami iIaETssi4 4. HrUGvE-R,.. s'sit h.ecid AiiJrd,
tIct tlJr a l,t-.iliOn was L!.t against them ON
t!ir Iu t.:gy OF June, lSsi in the Court oi Conn
mon Pleas, within aud Tor tu" County of Han
cUck ONO. 10y William e.. Afford, and - now
i-yiiGiu-. U.-EeiH said William C. A!iCri de-
Iua':G- !ar.iiIu. Of The following TeJleSiatc, to
Wit. I.. fr .. part ui 3N- Northeast traction
81 .tIii-T e.. s>-.IOu fHurtt ru. in township one
NtT'!a- range lgvr.vr East !u said county, con-
Calming q and - CUC-HUudTedihS acres, and
that ..f Tie next term OF said court, the said
vi .i..,t a.. Afford Willappiy for Ju OIdt 7 that
.r-sr- .si-sI I'.y D.. made Of said premises.
.;.sr.t. .r -IG-rI. II q T. BROWN.
Attorney for Pct'r.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17
Balky Horses.

The Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals, puts forth a set of rules
for the treatment of balky horses, which
rules unfortunately do not always work.
The best way is to have nothing to do
with balky horses. But, nevertheless,
some one of these rules, as well ar
hundred others, do work in particular
cases. They are as follows:
!. Pat the horse upon the neck; ex-
anime the harness first on one side and
then Oh the other, speaking encourag-
ingly while doing so; then jump into
the wagon and give the word go; gen
orally he will obey.
2. a teamster in Maine saws he can
start the worst balky horse by taking
him out Of the shafts and making him
go round in circle till he is giddy If
the first dance of this sort don't cure
him the second will.
3. TO cure 4 balky horse, simply
place your hand over the horses nose
and shut off his wind until he wants to
go, and then let him go.
4. The brain of a horse seems to en-
tertain but one idea at a time; therefore
continued whipping only confirms his
stubborn resolve. If you can, by any
means, give him new subject TO think
of, you will generally have no trouble
in starting him. A simple remedy is TO
take a couple of turns of stout twine
around the foreleg, just below the knee,
tight enough for the horse to feel, and
tie in bow knot. At the first check
he will generally go dancing off, and af-
ter going a short distance you can get
out and remove the string, to prevent
injury to the tendon in your further
drive.
5. Take the tail of the horse be-
tween the hind legs and tie it with a
cord to the saddle girth.
2. Tie Il string around the horses
ear, close to his head.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-17

A MISSISSIPPI Grange is offering twen-
ty-five dollars for the best corn and the
largest number of bushels from one acre
of land; fifteen dollars for the largest
and best hog of any age raised in Win
ston county.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
Curious Scene in q H0ts,.

The Troy Wa At Friday m"rIi. /. r.
Ives the 'Cl!uwiag; lie Hampton col
ored students who gave CONCERT at
Rand's Hall, last evening, stayed 1T the
Mansion House while in Troy. They ar
rived there yesterday, late III the afternoon.
and supper was ordered for them ut FIVE
clock. A short time before that hour
c"mm.ttee af the white wai.res<es 1t the
motel called upon landlord SteaEns aud in
formed him that they would not wait upon
the cu!ored boarder> under any circunstsn-
ceS. Mr. Stearns knew the troupe to lie
composed of iaiies an j gentlemen, AMI was
bound to take care Ct than rrope ~
while they were his guests. lie stated
the trouble to number Of his boarders,
and III a few minutes mum erouS ladies aud
gentlemen of the house volunteered to be
cooks and walters pro ten. They went to
work actively, and when the clock struck
five, the meal vas ready, and the o0lUred
people were given supper quite as good
as wogli have been provided had there
been nc strike. The troupe ha no sooner
seated themselves at the table, than two of
The number noticed the situation and 1T
once volunteered to wait on the table then
selves. They urged the ladies ana gentle
men of tie house to cease their kind at
tention>, bat, rs they would not do SO, the
two coIored people thanked their White
friends in behalf of the troupe. for the un-
usual kindness bestowed upon them"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
ADpaIatus Tor Sea.Sounding.

The use OF steal y ire Is now advocated
for de-p-~en soundings- The great Difficult
IS in such operations consist in the r.si>t-
anee Of the water to the line, which Is
Usually overcome in very deep sounding.
by employing extremely l,-avy weights.
But, beyond depsh of sumo three hun
.lred ta-hom,, the ur iinary ieal ceases TO he
available, aai, until very recently, mp diff
fcalty Of bringing up lon. line aud Il
heavy weight from a considerable del tn
h's been 80 great, that !, had become the
Practice to leaye the ws;s..s behind. simply
inincin: AZ :, sample Of the bo,tom- For
thsrl..Dre, slen their Is great resistance to
The lHe, the Currents sometimes cary II
away 10 u cpns. !eE;hle distance, so that it
- iiffcui; To know when the bottom Is act
ualts reaohed Experiments have been
s 'ccr-sfu'lr made, in mi mccain, mt II depth
OF 2.-00 f.sln u, vith ! .e cnn -i,sis- 81 f
-tee-r re Of ~, g. snure, Tins was %
o an inc'' "a diameter. Weighe twelve
yound. per statute mile, aud broke with
two hun!rcl al i ~ two pounds weight
To the end II the wire sa- attached piecc
# hemp cord, which carried ii weight, IA
that the wire did not touch the bottom ut
all. The wire WAS WRAPPED arognd a whre',
The DANCE. Of hrakcagc scans very slight
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
An Apology from Mast.

1t Louisville, the young ladies Ct the
female high school invited Mast to call and
cariiature for their especial benefit. lie Was
compelled to decline, ba. ssnt an unique
characteristic apolosy. It consisted of a
shset Of writing paper, upon one end Of
which was dawn u building some eleven
stories in height, with the words, ''To the
Young Ladies Of the Female High School"
Below this was u picture of Thomas HIM
self trying 20 get to the school, but re-
strained by a ooninetur pulling him to-
war! train Of car. in the opposite direc
ton. The train was labeled, Franklin.
Ind, Feb. 'l9, and the conductor seemed
20 shout, "All aboar! - The sketch was
made hastily with black ink, but va. huge
y HUMOROUS. an far more satisfactory than
Il note wherein Mr. Thomas Mas, wonld
beg TO ackuoslslse the fMterin. Invita-
ton, etc, ess.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16

couFt "aidssk, The fasiaPter, VIE ~
just attained the great age qf t.l4s. fgss:Iies
in Paris, and is still n e1csl.en: ss.sh.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
One Of Beau Hlckmal's Tricks.


Beau once made a raid on the Bait Lore
restaurants. lie determined to dine well
that day, or know the reason why. lie
walked iu;a Guys restaurant and asked
for the proprietor.
''Sir," said he, Il want the hes. dinner
you can give me.'
" All right, sir" said Mr.. Guy "walk
in here showing him into /. nsat little Iri-
vate room.
The Beau etc and drank OF the best, and
just after he had finished his cup of cafe
ncir, ana had Just liz his habana, a servant
entered with a folded paper on silysr
waiter, which he grayely handed to the
Beiu.
" What is this q inquired the Beau.
" De bill, sab, +" said the waiter.
Bill! dent wan. any bill. Ask the
proprietor to cGme here"
The proprietor appeared, bowins and
smiling: he hoped there was nothing
wrong, and that his agent had liked bis
dinner.
81 liked the dinner well enough, and the
wine, said Beau Hickman, "but want 10
know what this MEANS"
-" That's the bill, SIR" said the proprie
tor.
Well, / never pay any bills. / mn
Beau lIlcsRlan. don't pay ANYBODY. Be-
s;ies, you hage no right to charge me for
this iipneE. asked You for the best din.
ner you could give
Well. Beau, YOU haze rung in on me,
and got tie better of ne fairly. Now I'll
not onlc forgive you Tor this uiak. but I'll
give yoa SIS it you will clay ,his trick on
the St. Clair on the other side CT tie way
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

UNITED STATES BONDS
and keep constantly n hand and for sale at
market rates, IA supply Of all descrip-
lions
viii Cash Interest Coupons FREE Or
CHARGE
viii collect BOUNTIES. PENSIONS and
other claims against the Z. S Government
vii purchase GOLD, SILVER and IN
CURRENT MONEY a. the h!gie.i market
rates.
Will receive deposits and ALLOW interest by
special arrangement.
G. c. BARNES. President.
{. LULING. Cashier. August ]. 1870