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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
Questions for Dairylnen.

Every dairyman should have \
printed list of questions posted III
some suitable place on his premises
where his family and those i'll his en-
ploy, as well rs his visitors, will have
opportunity to read frequently. We
give some of them, but the list can be
extended:
Do your cows feed in swamps and
on Doggy lands?
Have you good, sweet running WI
ter convenient for stock, and is 1t
abundant and permanent in hot dry
weather?
Have you shade trees in your pas
ture, or do you think that cows make
better milk while lying down to rest
in discomfort in the hot, broiling
sun?
Do you use dogs and stones to hur-
~ up the COWS from the pastures at
milking time, thus overheating their
blood and bruising their udders?
Do YOU cleanse the uddors Of COWS
before milking by washing their teats
with their own milk and practice
further economy by allowing the
droppings to 90 into the milk pail?
Do you cnjoin upon your mixers
to wash their hands thoroughly be-
fore sitting down to milk, or do you
think that uncleanliness in this re-
spect is not important for milk that is
to be treated for butter making.
When Il COW makes Il misstep
while being MIXED, do you allow
your mixers to kick her with heavy
boots, or to pound her over the back
or sides with Il heavy stool, accom-
panied by sundry protane remarks
addressed to the COW to teach her
manners.
Is the air about your ''milk barn"
or milk house reeking with the foul
emanations Of the pig sly, the ma
nure heap, or other pestlterous odors?
Good, fresh, clean water, and in
abundance, is one of the most impor-
tant requisites for milch cows, and it
should be in convenient places where
stock will not be required to travel
long distances to slack her thirst. If
springs and running streams cannot
be had in pastures, good well, with
windmill and pump, makes an Elf
Gent substitute, and the waste water
may, if necessary, be conducted back
to the well, so rs to keep up a con
slant supply of good fresh water
UIlitrd's Butter Book.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
The Home Doctor.

TO relieve sick headache take II
teaspoontul Of finely powdered char
coal i'll half Il tumblcr of water.
Temperance in eating, drinking
and working will prove healthful to
both body and mind during the heat
of the summer solsticc All excuses
are injurious.
For burns or scalls spread clarified
honey upon . linen rag, and apply it
to the wound Immediately. 1t will
generally relieve the pain instantly,
and heal the sore i'll Il very short
time.
A REMEDY For FLESH WOUNDS.
Take green tea and pulverize it
fine and bind on the wound or cut,
allowing it to remain until healedl
If the wound becomes dry and pain:
full, wet it with cold water.
FEVER AND AGUE.-Take Il wine
glass Of the best brandy, morning
and night, together with a quininc
pill. This must be repeated each al
ternate day Commonly known as the
swell day') until the paroxysm sub
sides. knowing from experience the
difficulty in treating the above disease
| can safely recommend this course
to all afflicted.
REMEDY EoH WARrs.-Warts are
very troublesome and disfguring.
The following is Il perfect cure, even
Of the largest without leaving any
scar. 1t is II Frcnchman's prescrlp-
ton, and has been tested by the writer:
Take a small piece of raw beef, steep
it all nj ght in vinegar, cut us much
from it as will cover the wart, and
tie it on it; if the excreScnce is on the
forehead, tasten it on with strips Of
sticking-plaster. 1t may be removed
IN the day and put on every night.
In one fortnight the wart will die
and peal off. The same prescription
will cure corns.
CoUGHING.-The best method of
easing a cough is to resist it with all
the force of will possible, until the
accumulation Of phlegm becomes
greater; then there is something to
cough against, and it comes up very
much easier, and with half the cough
ing. y great deal Of hacking, and
hrmming, and coughing in invalids
is purely nervous, or the result of
mere habit, as is shown by the fire.
quency with which it occurs while
the patient is thinking about it, and
comparative rarity when he is so
much engeged that there is no time
to think, or when the attention is i'm
lelled in another direction.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
Time ely Hints.

Always save the earliest and best
seeds for your own use, by so doing
for years, the quality may be greatly
improved and early ripenng will be
fastened
Poultry may be bred in and in fol
many years, and the quality greatly
improved, by always selecting the
finest fowls to breed from This is 4
fact
Never sell off the best animals an d
keep those to breed from, that are III
fcrior, and will not bring the highest
price in market.
Keep all weeds cut down, so they
cannot go to seed.
Cattle well sheltered will pay 100
per cent on the cost Of sheltcring.
Coal ashes are excellent for pigs to
root in. Poultry will also thrive by
having dry coal ashes to dust and
wallow in, they will keep down verm
in and ma Ike eggs also.
Live in the Ii Int. Open every
room in your house to the sun. keel
no rooms shut up for company.
Th re is no medicine like the sun,
light
One Of the best dressings for old
sores is perfectly dry, clean earth
dress them every day, wash clean
and applying a fresh poultice Of dry
! dust.
Soft words and soft water should
be abundant in every house.
Corn cobs make the best and cheap
est summer fuel to be obtained. They
are richer in potash than any wood
and the ashes ought to be saved fol
soap making.
To preserve, beauty, presrrv,
/ health.
/ Your business will surely be attend
ed to, if you do it yourself.
Kind words will keep old friend,
and makes new ones.
If possible, neither u borrower
nor lender be.
The school house should be the
most pleasant building in the schoo
district
True economy does not consist il
sitting and pinching ourselves anC
everybody about us.
Old gardeners say that beans plant
ed among squashes, melons and GU
cumcers, will keep off squash bugs
A small piece Of calf's renne
soaked in milk and tied round tn,
finger renewing occasionally, will
cure any case of felon.-T IN Prairi,
! Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

At a late meeting of the Elmira
Farmers Club, Professor Hoffman
said: | want to enter my protest
against the use Of salt on hay. 1t
will prevent the barn from burning,
but it damages the hay. Cattle will
eat salted hay, out it is not good for
them. | would rather use lime, if
one or the other must be used.
start with the proposition that the
very best food for COWS is grass, but
we cannot have grass in winter, so
we make hay. The true plan is to
get that rs near to grass as possible
Let us combine bulk and quality as
well as we can, and we shall be do
ING as well by ourselves and our cat
tie us we can.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

The Marshall County Times gives
an account of the farm and stock of
the Hon. ID. NJ. Moninger, of that
county. The farm is about seven
miles north west of Marshalltown, on
the Minerva, and consists of one
thousand acres. lie has been engag-
ed there in feeding cattle and hogs
for the past eleven years, and has be
come one Of the wealthiest and heayi-
est shippers in Marshall county, his
sales of fat steers and hogs amount
ing to over $4,000 during the last
month. This large farm is admira.
bly, arranged, fenced off in pastures,
meadows, feeding lots, etc.
He has forty head of graded Short
Horns, as well as few thorough
breds. His grade hcitcrs will average
1925 pounds each in weight. They
are beautiful lot, and he may feel
proud of them. He bought them of
Gillette, a prominent stock dealer in
Logan county Illinois. He has nos.
on hand lis head of steers, some OF
which are i'll Hamilton county, herd
ing. He cut and put up in stack the
present season 200 acres of timothy
and clover, which he salts as he
stacks it. The crop yielded him 300
tons. He has also 100 tons of last
years crop on hand, making him 400
tons of timothy and clover, which he
expects to feed the coming winter to
his growing herds.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

An accurate farmer mas furnished
the Coontry Gentleman a statement
OF his experiment with feeding cut
feed and meal to Mis- horses, accom-
panied with cighmg ald measuring
lie cuts oats and straw about an inch
long with 4 raw-hidc cylinder ma
chine; and this chopped straw is then
treated with corn meal and bran
mixed III about equal quantities rs to
weight, SO that each horse has about
a bushcl of cut feed and three quarts
of the meal and bran twice in each
day. Sometimes hay is cut instead
of oat straw, or both are mixed. 1t
is found that 200 pounds per week of
this mixture of corn meal and bran,
added to the cut feed, will keep Il
pair OF working horses i'll the best
condition. This, he is satisfied from
experiment, is less than two-thirdS
cost OF keeping them Oh uncut dry
and whole grain. The corn meal
alone is not so good for horses rs
when mixed with bran. An excellent
meal is made Of ground oats. The
fodder is cut by horsepower on
stormy or spare days, and stored in
large bins, SO rs to furnish always q
surplus on hand.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
How to Havo Good Eggs.

There is vast difference in the
flavor of eggs. Hens fed on clear,
sound grain and kept on clean
grass run, give much finer favored
eggs thai hens that have access to
stable and manure heaps and eat AL
kinds of filthy food. Hens feeding
on fish and onions, flavor their eggs
accordingly, the same as COWS eating
onions or cabbage, or drinking often
sive water, imparts bad taste to the
milk and butter. The richer the food
the higher the color Of the eggs
Wheat and corn give eggs the best
color, while feeding Oh buckwheat
makes them colorless, rendering them
entirely unfit for some confectionery
purposes. = MoOre's Rurui Ne,c
Yorker.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
Jersey Cattle.

If re value Of Jersey stock is to
rest on color, deterioration will surely
follow of those useful qualities that
are far more noticeable in the good
old-fashioned parti-colorcd COW, than
that which will be found among the
generality of fine, high-bred, whole
colored tawns, grays, or foxy, so-callcd
Jerseys. have owned hundreds of
acclimated Jersey stock, and have
never, as Il rule, found the whole
colored such large producers rs many
parti-colored ones; in fact by far the
most butter producing COW | ever
possessed was not only parti-colorcd,
but the most ugly and ungainly beast
Of the lot; yet her stock have never
failed to show their large bntter-mak-
ing qualities. The true type of a
Jersey COW is, in fact, an animal that
will not make meat. do not say
that this is not improved upon by ac-
climatization and slight introduce
ton of harder breed, Of which
w IldU ulC lClIn SHlCllCSlCl
are the best description; neither do |
say that Jersey breeders in the island
itself have not in some instances Il
breed that shows Il disposition to
make some flesh, and very probably
may then be following up the require
ments of fashion, yet | maintain that
a pure Jersey should throw the bulk
of her feeding properties into butter,
and with little to flesh. The parti-
colored good COW may have but a
white spot, especially under the belly
but throughout the body the rich
yellow skin, under the colored hair,
will be found, black, white, or fawn.
| have seen the commencement OF 4
hole-colored herd, the property of Il
noble duke, to obtain which l have
seen wealthy and large producing
cows sold off to prevent an animal
remaining with the slightest stain Of
other than one color.-Loadon -1S-
yicuIu.ui Gu-eNe.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
A Vicious Horse Cured by Kind
ness.

President Ely, at a recent meeting
Of the Farmers Club of the Ameri-
can Institute, New York City, read
tho following:
"a horse in Pennington, formerly
driven in Il meat cart, was bought by
It's present owner at very low
price, because reputed vicious. He
would bite, rear, kick, run away, and
was utterly uncomfortable. Soon af-
ter changing masters, the people, who
had called the purchase a foolish one
were surprised at the difference in
the horses conduct. He would go
as slow rs desired, stop instantly at the
word whoa follow his master, come
at his call, and rub his head on his
shoulder. What had made the great
change? Not force! The poor ami
nal had been beaten, kicked and
starved before, and grew more and
more stubborn. No; he was well
fed, well bcdded, well watered; not
over-driven or overloaded, and never
whipped, kicked or scolded. Kind
words were given him, and now and
then an apple or lump of sugar
No gentler, safer, or more faithful
horse went on the road But, Indian
fashion, he forgot neither benefit nor
injury. Occasionally, when i'll har-
ness, he saw his former master, then,
invariably, all the fire of his nature
was aroused. HIS eye rolled, he
champed his bit, and showed an in
tense desire to get hold OF his enemy.
Only the voice and caressing hand OF
his kind new owner could quiet him.
What power is kindness pow
er that the Almighty loves best to
uSp0
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

GONE BAck.-Muscatine Island,
Iowa, famous for its watermclons,
will furnish but few "big sweets"
this year. Pretty much the whole
west will do likewise. Cause, too
low an average temperature.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

The reading columns on this page will be devot-
ed mainly, to topics pertaining to FARM and
HOUSEHOLD. The farmer readers of the BULLETIN
are requested to write for it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

Andrew johnson, Jr., denies any knowl-
edge of the reported large insurance on
his fathers lite, though he has not yet
been able to look over all his fathers
papers. The estate of the ex-Prcsdent
is estimated at between $l5O,00O and
&2OO, 900
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
GRANGE DIRECTORY.

WINTHROP GRANGE, No. 611-Meets at Win
throp on Friday on or before the full moon OF
each month.
$. G. PIERCE. Master. S. W. RICH. Sec
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE. No. 12l6-Meets
Tuesday on or before full moon.
j. ID. RUSSELL Master.
GREELEY GROVE GRANGE, No. s11-Night of
regular meeting on Friday evening. on or before
full moon, meet at Warehouse Hail.
w. BUNCE, Master.
P. b. sCHEMERHORN. Secretary
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE, No. 5aS-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before full moon.
Is. Du BOlS. Master. f. j. WIGG, Sec.
SUPERIOR GRANGE No. 352.-Meets Saturday
on or before full moon, at No. s School House
Hazleton twp. r. MESSENGER
B. FILLMORE. Secretary. Master.
BY RON GRANGE No. 267. Meets at Justus Dur
KEGS, on Tuesday evening, after n full
moon. ii. NJ COUGHTRY Master
CHAS FERNALD. See
PERRY GANGE, No. 31S.-Meets at the Center
School House. in Perry Township, Tuesday
evening, on or before full moon
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

THIRST GRAND EXPOSITION of the Trades
- mems Industrial Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa,
opens Oct. Z, closes Nov. q, Address A. J. MEL
LIS. Pres. IT, l. /.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

Turkish tai!ors are never reproached for
mislits. They have only TO cut out two
bags, hitch them together, and they have
lirstc class pair of pants.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
READ THIS
VERY CAREFULLY :

DR CRUMB, established for many years in
- Buffalo, by an entirely new system of medi-
cation, treats successfully Catarrh, Bronchitis and
diseases of the Lungs, Liver and Kidneys, also
Difficulties of Confidential Nature, wherein skill
and experience required. DIR. Crumb has de-
veloped practice which, from its unparalleled
success in thousands of cases, many of very aS-
gravated character. is able to positively guarantee
perfect and permanent cure in every case he
undertakes He sends no circulars or treatlses on
these diseases to his patients, rs it Is undenlable
that such knowledge is in general extremely pre-
judicial exercising an injurious effect by rearding
cure, tending to alarm the patient, which is the
object ofIsuch productions, and eXcites and ex-
agyeratcs his fears to the durability of his COM
pIant The Doctor requires simply brief history
of the case, and candid plain statement of the
present symptoms thorough examination will
then be INSIDE, and if considered remediqble-a
sincere, conscientious opinion will be given
promptly and such medicine as Will be applicable
will be sent by express, accompanied by full and
explicit advice and directions. Charges very rea-
sonable and within the reach of all, and success
guaranteed (Such cases az have failed under
other treatment particularly desired All letters
must enclose LOO for consultation fee and cor
respondence during treatment, and addressed to
HNux w - 6,E1UTNH
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08
DIR. w. II. CRUM Il,

$4,000 B1SAa aA sys4S rstn
l prize, ....... 100000 l prize, S3O,0OO
2prizes, So, 600 each. .................. o,OOO
S54 prizes, amounting to...............$ 3lO. 0OO
Whole tickets, $50; quarters, So; twentietns, 81.
Circulars of information free. Prizes cashed.
A. DONAU & Co, Bankers,
Post Office Box 20sD II Park Row, N. Y.
Royal Saxon and Brunswick Government Lot
teries constantly on hand.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

- - - a day guaranteed using our Well
~" - Anger Il Drills. 300 month
n paid to good agents. Anger book
- free. Jill Anger Co. ST. Louis, Mo
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

An able writer IN the Country
Gentleman contends that the time is
not far distant when all meat cattle
will be bred without horns. He con-
tends that the expense of repairing
the injury done by means of the
horns of cattle, the additional shed
and stable room required by horned
cattle, and the expense Of growing,
warming and carrying around the
horns the horns are mere dead
weight, and the expense of horns up
on full-grown cattle will be found to
be not fraction of dollar, but dol
lars for each head.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-10-08

CJ1 day at home. Agents wanted. OUTFIT and
1lL terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine.
The daily gazette., 1875-01-27

A LADY INsULTES.-One day last
week, a married lady left West Chester,
and proceeded to Sager's Station, for
the purpose of taking a train on the
Wilmington s. Reading Il. r., for this
city. While waiting in the sh ed tb rec
negroes came in and demanded money,
and were becoming inso]ent in their
demands, when two white men drove
up in sleigh and entered the station.
She appealed to them for protection,
when one of them took the negroes
away and the other remained with the
lady.
Following this move, the lady states
that her protector made gross advances
toward her which were only terminated
by the arrival of the train which was
to carry her to Wilmington and upon
which she took passage in very ner-
vCus and weakened condition.
This man has since been arrested, on
complaint of the husband of the insul-
ted lady, and will have II hearing be-
fore Justice Whitehead, of West Ches-
ter, on Saturday next.
The daily gazette., 1875-01-27

lature, sent to the Governors Of the the
several States, was concurred in.
Mr.. Baldwin offered Joint resolution
That so mudA of the Governors inaugural
address as relates to Representation be
referred tt a joint committee of three on
the part Of the Senate and five Of the
House with power TO report by bill or
Otherwise, Adopted. l..,
Mr. Houston. from the Committee on
C9rnorations reported with amendment,
bill TO protect, the navigation OF the
Christiana river. II bridge be built
| below the Third street bridge, it must
have passage way OF 80 feet wide at
| Least for vessels. Read the third time
and passed as amended.
Mr.. Biggs presented the petition of s.
Frazier and others for n stock law in
School District Sc. New, Castle county
Read and referred to the Committee on
Roads and Highways.
Mr.. Robinson, clerk Of the Senate pre-
sented for concurrence, certain bills;
also. returned the report Of the Com
mittee on Capitol building regulations 3.
non-concorred in by the Senate.
Mr.. Nowland moved that the House
| adhere to it's adoption of the report last
referred to, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Houston moved that a confer
ehco cohiupttet VI U'Tee on Che part or
the House be appointed to confer with
the Senate on the subject. Agreed to.
|. The, Speaker appointed Messrs. Hops-
ton, Nowland and Collins as the Com
mittee '''''-'' ''''
4Mrl q. H.sPhiAps gave notice OF bill
Ito prohibit stock from running at large
in School District, No. 81, Sussex county.
Onimotion OF Mr.. Pyle. bill to incor-
porate the Vulcanize Fibre Company, Of
Wilmington. was read the second time
and referred to the Committee on Cor.
porations.
Also, bill to amend chapter sc, r ,vised
Statutes. referred to the Committee on
Revised Statutes
The Speaker appointed .Messrs. Biggs,
Broadaway, J. W! Phillips, Pyle and
Learned as the House COMMITTEE on
that part of the Governors Inaugurl re-
lative to representation. a
Mr.. Houston, from the Committee on
Corporations reported with an amend
tnent, makingit private act, bill to in
corporate Wilmington Division, No. l.,
Sons ofaTenperance, city of Wilmington.
Delaware. Read the third time and
passed. i! f.f .a
Mr. Houston also reported, with sim
liar amendment, bill to incorporate the
Grand Division, Sons of Temperance, of
Delaware. read the 3d time and passed.
'Mr1 Pyle gave notice of bill for the
relief bf the Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Adjonrned.
The daily gazette., 1875-01-27
EDITION
The CITY OF New Castle.

Neso, GtsAe cAskiagF for Mtafcipol
. tHonorJ-La,ge MEETING IN the Gart
ifouse. ,..!
Recently the enterprising citizens Of
New Castle have becbme inbued with a
NUM-, ipai spirit. and at a late meeting
appointed two committees. one to pre-
pare city charter, and one to prepare q
charter for Board Of Education simi-
lar to the one in this city.
These committees reported last night.
to a large meeting which crowded the
old Court House in every part. Giles
Lambson presided, and Edward Chal-
lenger ns was appointed Secretary.
ed charter Incorporating the "City of
New Castle" and providing for city
government 10 consist OF Mayor, Treas
urer, Assessor. and five Councilmen, to
be elected on the second Tuesday in
April and annually thereafter.
The School Committee presented q
charter providing for the organization of
Board of Education similar to the one
existing in Wilmington.
The reports were fully discussed by
Messrs. Shaw, Simpson, Rodney and
Gray, Drs. Lesley, Black and Maxwell
and others, after which they were ac.
cepted by the meeting,
They will be voted upon by the people
of the town, at a special election to be
held tomorrow, and if they are adopted
by the people, they will be promptly
forwarded to Dover, together with large
petitions urging their passage by the
Legislature.