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CHICAGO LUMlER AAhKEf.

SATURDAY EvEN1sa, Sept. q.
The offerings wero light s,nl tie faskes qu!ot. 81
capt Tor pecs a. whloh toa a''a1 ~ rs ,op a"ql N II
Ouly low carKors arrived, anh these ~ete tod y
f5S1X aud $780, tho market eos9 ilrin q NJ a. o. 1usa Il
aldo. La!h wore quoted at $l9s sta 9fsrds1 's
At TUE YAEp5.
Ths dArnInd coatinqos 1ais and tbs Inaskss AHet<y
, 1874-09-07

COMMERCIAL.

SATURDAY EVENING, Bort. &,
Tho following we,o tho rccotptb nna ship
rnonta Of tho leading articles Of produce III CHI
cago during tile past twonsy-four houss, and for
the corresponding .lato onn year aGo:
, 1874-09-07

fr0cl:Y FOR TIE WEEK.
The following list, showing the higlast, lowest,
md closing lriceu ct active stoelk fur the pnst
Wook, III flIrlHllea LY !. O. Slaughter:
, 1874-09-07

.-.... sATunnAY EvEE1ya, Hant. 8,
TIE receipts Of 1.-Two ntock dul4ua t4o week hayo boca
, 1874-09-07

below is summary Of the bslslncsB dono
since tho commencement Of tie yoar up to tho
end of AUGUST:
, 1874-09-07

Tota1. .5Qi7,baa Ts,7ol,5ao 07.46o,oD2
Io ystblo supply Of gruin, 1nul,sl,g tho slacks IN
gra,lary ut tho principal nintA nf accumulation at ake
Nnll suaboard portg in transit tho lakes, the Now
York GAAslA, Gld by tNi Maa, Aug. ~, II:
, 1874-09-07

Cattle to baltimore, per cur. 8000
Gatts Gatts 70 70 Pjtis,dp plai9 p9r noc a so@o
Gatte TO 1e!r9!t, per car..,., .,.,.-,....,.,.,. 5000
uArTLESerMy M III description. q s,ocK avo 19S ues
win steadily good aemhna throughout tho past week.
an: prize. have suled ar1aer gil around, though With
Ill tselpts 4kow IN snoresss u sama 81 isou 's. LEAD.
us increase howoys5 wss connea to tue sonnonss
% 10 soai Eastwari sI ;f'''s xaa rssaly @ % %dsraseG q
| upon tho day Of arrival, it resiumarattvs
aaaea ' .aa Tic aauaa ''a tae p!+
| were sha!la higher than prevailed list week thoy
mainly unsatisfactory to solor7. Tho lao rains
laYo much improved tho 1aEturngo throughout tho
creased inquiry for stock cattle. and. while Al yot
Shows larening tendency. Bales were at t325@
275 for averages Of from ego to 800; at q 09s32s
@ s0 ve9sass e9 Il Wv oso L.
resas cattle have been IL lin supply anu in good DO
aua ut about steady rates, With aaios u for
atd as sI.a5@5as ior fIlr 10 choice cora-fci. low
lots Of extra xod At higher gures The purchases Of
sns, snl At s325a37o Tor paor 10 farish drovcs Of
natives shinpers paid for good to cheics
rAo attos figure waa paid IN only aiMgo inssancet
sMt thero were Aa.neroas transfers At sSsa@sT0o.
Calves h9ys boon tn gond donaand, aud hare com
fetched {e2@o6p, but THO prevailing prices $3.50
@56u TOR poor TO prime. Mich aro bn l!ste ~.
g,lsea for It 90 far common, en at $3.50
liberal aggregate warS eirocted At tulS-austalned
prices. Tile market closcl soaly and firm.
QUOTATIONS.
Extra 1eeyea-Grateds steers, averaging 1850
ohoito 70 sys AM Gssi at ws fois
10 year Old steora. averaging l,soV 70
GOOD sg nessss.wsii.ttc:. nsy formed '''0'
stoors averaging l,15o to Iaao bs ....,. oso9s7s
Medium i1ales-steera III far 1csh, ayer-
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
Stock Raising.
SOME FACTS ABOUT HORSES

1t seems to be the fashion Just now to
record the good qualities of particular hors.
Is. We are told of one animal which, aban-
doned in California snow storm, was kept
alive with food furnished by railroad men at
desolate station near, and finally brought
out of the snow safe and sound after a three
weeks imprisonment. So much for eDdur-
ance. As for gratitude, there is an animal
in Kentucky which recently became paiDful<
ly and dangerously entanged with 4 cart,
and which, after being rescued, considered
the matter a moment, and then quietly rub
bed his nose against the shoulders of the one
who was most active in helping him.
A horse with memory is described as
having been in the habit of going to a river
about one-third of mile from his stable aud
there bathing, afterward rushing off to a
common to roll on the grass, aud then with
the freedom Of air starting for home. If he
met his master, he would show some coltish
pranks, bound for the stable, pull out the
wooden pin that fastened the door, with his
teeth, aud rush to the manger where he ex-
pected to fnd his food. One night the horse
was stolen from the stable, and after sixteen
years his owner saw driven up to an inn
door one which looked exactly like him.
The driver agreed to give him up if he would
60 through the performance detailed above
Accordingly he was taken to his old yard,
looked over the premises little while, then
started for his old bath tub, then for his
green towel on the common, then to his old
stable, pulled the wooden pin, won for him
self good meal, and for his old master his
favorite horse.
If longevity be good quality, then there
are several animals deserving recognition
One living at Bradford, N. H., is forty.nine
years old, and doesn't look like departure
yet. Another, exhibited last fall at the
Pennsylvania State Fair, is a white-headed
veteran of forty-one, which has never been
sick single day, Aother in Kentucky is
forty-three years old, and might live to be a
great deal older were it not for entire loss of
teeth An excellent old pony in New Haven
has come to thirty-6ve summers, and is still
active and useful, though somewhat gray
Lire Stock Journal.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

If tho pals Of milk are first cooled by
setting them in water there is no need Of ice
in hot days. The butter is sent to COM
mission dealer in Boston and sells higher
than the usual market quotations.
The Ayrshire cattle that are full bloods
are seven COWS and heifers and three bull
calves. His first purchase was the COW
Gypsy, for 5000. She is so good COW
that he would give $1,000 for 6ve more as
good. She made 16a pounds of butter
week in June, has taken many premiums at
fairs, and by some is called the best COW in
the state.
He 6uds the Ayrshires quiet, hearty cat
tie, ready to eat what is placed before them
and give rich return in milk. My atten-
tion was called to Ayrshires here at neigh.
boris, Mr.. Paris, that were Of three DIFF
ferent families. Such difference could be
seen in symmetry and plumpuess as would
convince any one that much observation and
good Judgment is necessary il one desires
the best Ayrshires.
The Essex pigs IA boar and two sows)
we're bought of Col. j. B. Mead, of Ran
dolph. A neighbor s. T. Cilley, is in COM
pauy with him in this purchase. They are
well pleased with the stock.
The accumulation of manure at the barn
is somewhat increased by liberal use of
sawdust for bedding and absorbent under
the COWS. He uses from so to 75 bushels a
month. When the stables are cleaned the
wheelbarrow is used, and all the manure is
deposited in one pile under the horse stable.
He calls this pile his bank,
The orchard proved much better upon ex.
animation than l supposed it was as l drove
by it. The Red Astrachan bears finely, but
was gathered. About a dozen Famuse were
we'll filed with perfect fruit, aHd look very
healthy. The Peach apple seems very
promising, but several varieties tried are
failing dead branches appear and but little
fruit.
In closing these notes l would not leave
the impression that absolute perfection char
acterized all the management here and that
there was nothing to Criticise yet Curtis
Wheeler is an extra good farmer.
r. Il. JAMESON.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
For the VERMONT FARMER.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE.

The value of this important depart
ment of our government machinery has not
been duly appreciated by the people of the
nation. The collectors of the statistics of
production and the comparative and average
condition have become a necessity with
boards of trade, corn wheat, and -four ex.
changes, and the reports are looked for and
examined with deep interest by all dealers
in the products Of the soil.
Few of the people Of the country are
aware of the amount Of labor expended by
the statistical correspondents of the depart
ment. Fewer still know that there are four
men, generally practical farmers, in each
county Of the entire nation, who have their
"eyes and ears open" and are observing
consulting, and comparing, and the results
Of their united deliberations and observa.
tions forwarded monthly to tho department
for dissemination among the people.
We venture the suggestion that there il
no body of'men employed by the govern.
ment who perform 30 much gratuitous labor
as the correspondents of the department Of
agriculture. Why is 1t that services rem.
derod for the public good in every otker de.
partment OF the government are literally
compensated while the employees Of the ag.
Tieultural department. the most important
Of all, are the only unpaid servants of the
nation A READER.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
gaoies' Department.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
THE ADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.

Pleasure is an important element in social
intercourse, although it is not, or should not
be, its only end. 1t provides relaxation for
the energies that have been overstrained,
and for the mind that has been long concen-
trated on a single object. 1t is not merely
to afford pleasure but to recreate the powers
anew for fresh exertions. Inactivity is not
half SO efectual in refreshing the wearied
system, as the varied activity of powers
that have lain dormant during the hours Of
labor, and which are set in motion by social
intercourse.
We hear persons say in regard to attend
ing church, that they are obliged to labor 50
hard during the week that they must rest on
Sunday they cannot go to church but this
is the very reason they should 60. The body
is never SO fully at rest as when the mind is
fully occupied, nor the mind as when the
hands are fully occupied Lonely repose
will not refresh the body as we'll as good,
stirring sermon or lecture that arouses the
mind that has been almost inactive during
the week. Another, and more common ex.
cuse is, have nothing to wear. And are
not those who attend church, and realize the
benefits of this spiritual and bodily rest, in
great measure responsible for this very ex-
cuse Ought we not to dress SO simply and
plainly when We go to the house of God that
we shall not debar one of his creatures from
wOrshiping in his sanctuary, and that no one
will feel his shabbiness by our side Is not this
display of dress at church slamming heavens
gate in the faces of the pOOr2 A well-bred
lady is careful not to dress better than any
of the guests whom she entertains, yet she
considers not the angels unawares," that
may be in her own place of worship, and
sees no impropriety or sin in going there
bedecked in costly silk, laces and diamonds
attracting attention to herself rather than
divine things. Can a person worship God
in spirit and in truth, who is called to no.
tice this or that gorgeous toilet And who is
there that does not notice these thingsP Are
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
ST. JOHNsBURY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1874.

ton more striking Prof. johnson of Yale
College, New Haven, in report made to
the State Board Of agriculture Of Conuecti-
cut gives an analysis of Wilson's Tobacco
Grower, in which he finds, by applying his
rules, value Of S1S II per ton. Prot. Col
her, of Burlington, VT, in report to the
Vermont State Agricultural Society, made an
analysis of the same fertilizer, and found its
value by the application Of his rules, value
Of $3S 3S per ton. Here is difference be-
tween the two chemists, of the sumo article
precisely, based on calculations from chemi-
cal analysis amounting to more than 100
per cent 1S Il: 38 80! How palpable
it is that counsel to purchase, based on such
estimates would be unsafe to follow
Prof. Horsford's logic is false because it is
based upon misrepresentation of facts essen
tial TO any fair discussion of the questions he
has brOached. As to the disagreement be-
tween Storer, Goessmann and Fisk in rela-
tion to Wilson's 1872 and Bradleys XII,
Prof. Horsford conveys the impression that
the parties just named all had in hand and
operated with the same material. In bis
remarks, above quoted, as to the difference
of 100 per cent between the values estimated
by johnson and Collier, he distinctly AYERS
that these values were "the estimated values
by two chemists, of the same articles pre-
cisely."
Now, what are the facts ? Did Storer,
Goessmann and Fisk work with the same
fertilizer in case of Wilson's of 1872, or was
the identity merely identity of brandt And
Bradley's XII, is that definite and invari-
able thing? The chemists above named, in
all cases, based their estimates of value upon
chemical composition. Here are the analysises
es Of the samples of fertilizers whose estimat-
ed values Prof Horsford has quoted, or mis-
quoted:
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
Pen-SpafEers.

The editor of the Cape Ann Advertiser
says that clean shirt is one of womans best
gifts to man.
A man who bargained with California
photographer for half-length picture of
himself at half-price, got fine view from
the waistband down.
The Hartford Post says this; 'If life
insurance companies had been in Palestine
at the time. wouldn't Methuselah have been
healthy risk-life policy, for instance, an
nual prensum from his twentieth year to bis
969th yearl .....
Pennsylvania -year-old was re-
proved lately for playing out doors with
boys; she was too big for that now. But
with all imaginable innocence she replied
why grandma, the bigger we grow the
better we like 'em"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

the Bussey experiments were in all respects
practical" and fair, and that "Wilsons of
1872" went properly "into solution" net
withstanding that its total effect was to de-
press the crop.
Space will not now permit noticing at
length some of the other teachings of Prof.
Horsfords paper, VIZ, "that the best SUPER
phosphate loses efficiency with age," and
that "by spontaneous decay Of affinity !"
that 1.-THE advantages of composing an am
nominated superphosphate are matters of ex-
perimental demonstration !" that "the multi
plication of several acres into one !" what
ever mystical process that may be, 'is one
Of the good effects of composting," of which
he says further that "its various good effects
cannot be easily overstated.' These asser-
tions are put forward as if they were uni
versally true, whereas the best of them are
as false as they are true, being true in some
circumstances and false in others +!
The idea that any brand of fertilizer
which is very variable and usually low in
its content Of nitrogen and phosphates can be
sold to farmers alta high price, "stand pe-
riod of probation, acquire solid reputation
AOA OAOOliChOCy hullO db lub SulnG tllHC It's
manufacturer establishes a character for
fair dealing" is an idea most pernicous to
both dealers and consumers. 1t is true that
the dealer may make good thing of it for
a time, but he does so at high cost to the
consu mer, and will be found out sooner OF
later, to the discredit of all dealers.
There are many sick people who will
drink sweetened water, with q little whiskey
and wintergreen, at 81 the pint, if labeled
"Sarsaparilla," and backed by certificates of
cure. So there are and always will be far
mcrs who will try a fertilizer because il is
recommended" )" but when the credulous sick
learn that they pay 81 for 10 cents worth
OF whisky, wintergreen, and sugar, under
the label sarsaparilla, they will ungratefully
forget all the testimonials" in order to
save their money and help the quacks to
earn a more honest living, and so the farm
ers who find that the real fertilizers in any
"Superphosphate," Tobacco Grower" or
other trade article, are plain phosphoric acid
and nitrogen, and that these can be got un-
der their honest names at an honest price,
will buy them for what they are worth, and
will not be tempted by any fancy labels to
pay fancy prices
Prof Horsford's paper looks like an at.
tempt TO impeach the Commonwealth Of
Massachusetts, for appointing State Agri-
cultural Chemist to analyze and value the
fertilizers offered to and pressed upon her
farmers; but Massachusetts is right, and
knows she is right, and the State Boards of
Agriculture in Vermont, New Jersey, and
Connecticut, in their chemical scrutiny Of
commercial fertilizers, are right, and the
best farmers of those states understand it.
Ne,c York Tribune.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

The California grangers are sturdy set
of fellows-at any rate, those of Salinas val
ley are. They complained of the extortion
of railroads, but did not give up the fight
with protest. They deliberately subscrib-
ed the necessary stock and built and equip
ped narrow-guage line from the valley to
Monterey, a seaport but twenty miles dis
tant. The grangers say that they will be
able to pay for their road in very short
time by the saving in the freight, while
even should they abandon the operation oi
it, they will be ahead by reason of the i'm
mense reduction in rates they have enforced
on the lines between Salinas and San Fran.
cisco.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30
General 9gritulture,
THE VALUE OF FERTILIZERS-A
REPLY TO PROF. HORSFORD.
BY PROF. s. W. JOHNSON.

In remarkable address "To Dealers 10
Fertilizers" published in the Boston Culti-
0at0r of Aug. 10, and to which my attention
has recently been called, Prot. HOrsford, by
the use of false logic, arrives at number
of false and injurious conclusions relative to
the value Of fertilizers. lie quotes in the
first place the estimated value Of the fertiliz-
ers styled "Wilson's of 1872" and "Brad-
ley's XL," given respectively by Storer in
the Bussey Bulletin, and by Goessmaun in
the report Of tho Massachusetts, Board of
Agriculture Of 1874, which values are in-
deed widely different in case of Wilson's Of
1874" He next brings into comparison
with these figures the real market price of
the two fertilizers, then adduees the results
OF two sets Of comparative field trials made
by Fisk and Storer respectively, and sums
up all the results of estimated and expert
mentally found values, side by side with the
prices, as follows:
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30


elive In an age Of Inventions, we're told,
Although believe that the wise man Of old
Assures us "There's nothing new under the sum-"
That all we may do has already been done.
No,r ,bo,,h ho "a r.ctor.d ,ho ,v,sas, of sa0a.
,, vs,on NAV not bovo svvsnt down tbrouSb the ares
when TINS he assarted-he meant. without doubt.
Ihat nothing quite new IN ms aay naa come OUT
ror nAu ne loONou iorwnru war, 70 'noso n''0i
nv SURF must nave ho',oeu 'no ne" "'u s'""sO "~''
VI uiis sV,Nne"u peoPis' ioi "eiS ~ tS 80, a. .
rage,
New houses, new churches, new organizations,
New friends and new foes new troates with nations
New salary grabs, with new laws and lawmakers,
New courts of inuuiry to clear the law breakers,
New efforts to mend the political ring
So eleverly that not a scratch nor a thing
Shall betoken a flaw In the party machine;
That instead oS expo.inv corruptions within
And making each baar his politioal sin.
rrbo,, cover mn What will not hsar 70 be seep.
Wbitsvasb il ALI over. and sav. 1--WE are oean.n
But that Whitewashng JOB Is not YET quite compe'e'
As sis proved by that COngressmans recent defeat
And that was the work oil the urAngers' 'hsy say
And IL 50 I'm proud oil the Grangers to-day
Though think they getcredit FOR more than
share
Ofthe work thus accomplished, which isn't quite fair
spoke.
1.-THE power Of your rings and your parties is broke,
The men we elect shall be honest and true,
And bear clean record, whatever we do.
Well vote for no man who partook VI the plunder-
We fear not the partys political thunder,
For when the storm passes, as twill by and by,
1t will leave purer air, and Gar clearer sky"
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I,d ,'s,i,,oa, -, as ,,,a, .a, - - ,,.,oi-,.
Dano,o ,ha, ,ho .,na !. ;,s, v.or,n~ ~ sh,o,n.
wv 49, r,.r,... ,I..a,,.--s - -.
M. - - - a -. a. ,Il 49,,
- '
NJ, ~o,'.-oa Al. AL, 49,, ,,ood .hot.
WIZ ,Ia 49,. - "a - : 80 ,..,o,,,
N'N'0'' "-1 "~N ''N''''
.,.. ~ .-,.au.,
= ,a NV ~. Ai.S
10 adnht 70 the world such dangerous hct'
AS such an admission was sure to distract
All the wise little plans by which the minority
Held their prestige, where the farmers were In th'
maJorltyi
But the farmers have iound TINS professional brood
10 be not whit better than they nor as good
you count ny good moraiS-not Oroadeloth an'
gold
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

Too many pasture, field and meadow is
ruined in great measure for the next year
by severe cropping in the autumn. Every
meadow designed for crop of hay the
coming year should have upon it when win
ter sets in good math Of grass, and SO
every pasture should have at least two
weeks of growth ere severe frost comes on,
unused or uncropped by stock, in order to
give strength or support to the roots Of the
plant during winter and assist in an carly
growth.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-30

will not the comparison Of the rubber
cord apply to currency2 We think the
value of paper money has been expanded
and contracted principally at the will of
Wall Street speculators) about as much as
the rubber cord can be, while the rise and
fall in the purchasing power of gold has
never been one-third as great Then let us
accept that which Auctuates least in value
in its power to purchase the necessaries OF
life-as the standard, and fix our paper
money at the value of gold by making it
convertible into gold at par, as soon as
possible. The call which. we SO often hear
that resumption must be delayed until GER
tain parties pay the debts that they have
contracted is a purely selfish one. While
they are paying these debts other parties
will be contracting new ones, and delay will
only shift the loss which must accompany
resumption from one set Of shoulders to an
other. Better, far better, resume at once,
thus fixing the value of the paper currency
and making impossible those fluctuations
which always leave profit in the hands Of
speculators at the expense of the laboring
classes. Resumption does not N necessarily
mean contrac ton, but simply stability,-ED
FARMER.