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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

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Boiled Flour FoR INvALIDs.-Take q
pound of fine -four and tie it in linen
cloth as tight as possible; after frequently
dipping it in cold water, dredge the out
sidewith ffourtill crust is form Ell around
it, which will prevent the water soaking
into it while boiling. Then boil it until
it becomes . hard, dry crust. Crate
two or three spoonfuls Of this and prepare
it Is you would arrow-root, for which it is
an excellent substitute.
ScorcH BANNoCK.-Make stiff dough
Of oat meal, wet with luke-warm water,
and little salt; roll nearly as thin as .
pie crust, cut into cakes of convenient
size, and bake slightly ON griddle; then
butter and place on toaster or griddle
in front Of the fire, and toast slowly, but
tering three or four times until they are
fine and crisp.
RRH0vArrNa Chorus. Take two ounces
Of common tobacco boiled in gallon Of
water. Rub on with stiff brush. The
goods are nicely cleaned and no tobacco
smell remains.
poTATo SouP.-Wash four potatoes
add one quart Of cold water, one cup o.
baking powder, Ito make II Light, ont
cup Of meal, one of sugar, One Of butter
one Of rice, one Of raisins, i've cracker
and one cup Of salt.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

"THE viceroy Of Egypt j. going to as
tonish the world again BY building rail-
road along the valley Of tbs Nile 70 the
interior Of Africa" Some Of these days
the poor serfs whom he Aas grossd TO shs
dust will astonish him By taking his head
of close behind his ears. All IL money
in Egy,t jingles in the Khedises packet
and millions Of slaves toll in misery, that
one man may revcl in nsgni6cenee and
luxury.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

~ Nothing can be mere justly compared
to . dfsma than the pocecdinGs Of courts
of Justice. The novelist derives thence
many Of his most thrilling situations On
the mimic stage nothing Is more effective
- hAngsrcourt scene. Looked at, indeed,
from ono point Of view, the proceedings
of courts are the most real of dramas, with
the most real of actors. They present,
too, every dramatic phase. Human ma
tare comes out, in suits mt law, in AL its
weaknesses AID all its strength. 1T is
forced into dramatic situations by the
passions il cannot restrain, It's greed OF
- money, its pride, its desire Of vengeance,
its vindication of reputation--nay, by
mere oddities of character. Eccentric
people "come out strong" in presence of
jury and an audience; the woes Of the
unfortunate there make articulate cry
the humors VI the wag, superior to mis-
fortune, the obstinscy Of opinion, incorri-
gible greenness, flashes Of originality are
perpetually bubbling up in the midst OF
causes grave as well rs trifiing.
The English are the most litigious OF
peoples, and the most marked in their
traits; 70 the London courts ere constantly
the scenes If melodrama and comedy, a.
we'll ~ Of dramas of deeper shade. In
what other country on earth would such
case as that recently hcldin Bow Strecs
have taken place, In which the dispu's
d was as to wager whether the earth was
round or fiatf :,
/ He who goes 10 London' shorldsbg OIL
,hsssis visit the ceurts. I've Vueens
Bench, dusty and dark, with its LOFTY
bench andbewigged and bcgowned judge;
and barristers, its air Of antiquity, and
its dingy drsperies, 10 seldom without
histrionic attractions. Scarcely week
passes when there Is not, in the not ics'
dingy Court Of Common Pleas, breach
of promise case, replete with its real cpl
sodes Of romance, its patches Of love let
tiers once bedswcd with tender tears, it
recriminations, and merciless exposure Of
the frailty Of love and the per6dy of man
r~sI L. fy.xNur
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

ROSES THE YEAR RouxD.-It is COM
paratively easy to adorn each month of
the year with some form Of floral beauty.
and in this way to girdle the season
rouad with flowers enough and to spare.
Still, roses oil the year round continue
the exception rather than the rule. If
one could command rosary under glass.
properly warmed, the supply Of roses ali
the year round would I've made easy. But
without that, and with q moderate SUM-
ply Of, say, fifty or one hundred, or two
hundred plants In pots, the year may be
1wreathed around with roses. For the
purpose Of ~ uninterrupted supply NO
varieties are % useful a. tea roses, and .
few OF the superior varieties of noisettes
on back wall of greenhouse, conser-
vatory, glass corridoS,' nr case, are iuvalua.
bic for producing flowers when they arc
most wanted Springfield (Nass.) Rspub.
iicdn. ...,s,ss
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11
How to Mako Coffee.

l take rather more than the usual
amount Of coffee, and pour on it hot water
when it is ready to be used; in other
words, make French coffee. The grounds
from this operation leave to soak in the
pot till the next day, when I begin coffee
making by pouring hot water on these
grounds, which hot water use according
to the French plan in making coffee from
fresh ground coffee. The process is now
in full operation, and every time coffee is
wanted the manipulations of the second
morning are repeated. l thus extract all
the soluable and useful matter Of roasted
coffee and waste nothing. +
To put the art in the most practical
form, found it necessary to modify the
coffee pot. Perhaps the simplest apparatus
is the most ordinary pot provided with
two strainers. They are of cup form, and
fit into each other and into the top of the
pot.
For use I set straincr on the top Of
the pot, and in the strainer i place fresh
ground coffee; over this use the second
strainer, containing the grounds of the
last operation. Now hot water is poured
a iRta III Into aaa ne psf
the goodness remaining in the grounds,
and the aroma and much of the extractive
of the fresh ground coffee. When the
water has passed down, throw away the
now useles contents Of the upper strainer,
and upset the contents of the lower strain
or into the pot.-Prof @. A. Seely.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

In Mississippi, If man can ct largely
and professionally into debt b hne god
chance for office. His creditors vote for
him in the hope thsthe will pay up. Vain
hone. sometimes.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

bLAcx : d a1sRla vARxusu.--Digest of
saa.'., - - whits tnrpentine 5 parts,
s e s.r;.s parts lamp black / part,
s ~ltn sP az serpentine parts, and al
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

4 GARDENING WORK FOR LADIRs.-The
quiet, little cottage yard, as well as the
broad grounds at the home of the wealthy,
may be made charmingly beautiful by
trees, plants and flowers, and from the
hands OF the household. The work is al
ways eommendahle in the eyes Of the in
telligent, and the advantages which . wo-
man personally derives from stirring the
soil and shutting the air, are freshness and
beauty Of cheek, brightaess Of eye, cheer
fulness OF temper, vigor of mind and
purity of heart. Consequently she is
more cheerful and lovely a. daughter.
more digni6ed and womanly as . sister,
and more attracting and copiding ss q
wife. Fruits and products Of garden Gull
ture, as they relate to women when view
ed objectiyely, are but small compared
with the benefits secured in regard to her
self as the centre Of social refinement amid
such world as ours oston Cultivator.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

GREEN BEANs.-Select those which
she'll easily; it is a great waste both Of
time and Of beans to shell those which
are very. young and small, and the, prod
uct is not rich nor sweet. Have them as
nearly alike in size as possible, otherwise
the very young beans will be cooked so
much 90 to lose their favor before the
older ones are done. They should be
picked by person Of some judgment.
Cook gently until all are done, the
time depending entirely on the age of the
bean. Serve them in their own juice,
which should fill them nearly full when
done:
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11
FARM AND. GARDEN


Neither was my day well selected for
Prcvalaye. There was NO butter-makinQ
going on, and my agricultural trip would
have been failure, but for the I" Ferme-
ecole des Trois Croix," within short
drive of the city. This institution is the
property of E. Bodin, who is large man
ufacturer Of improved agricultural imple-
ments, which are beginning to make
their way among the better farmers Of
Western France. His shops are extern
sive, and their product seemed, in gen.
eral, very good, but not equal to those Of
England and America. II
The school, which is Government in
stitution, was interesting, and, allowing
for the difference of customs, may have
some good suggestions for our own fee
BILE institutions of similar character.
Twelve apprentices, who must be at least
seventeen years old, are received each
year; the course is for two years; the OBJ
ject is to train competent farmers, farm
superintendent, gardeners, and nursery
men; the apprentices work like farm
laborers for the benefit Of the proprietor
(who is also Director of the School). In
addition to the Director, there are gar
dener and nurscryman, an Instructor in
mathematics and farm bookkeeping, Z
teacher, Of practical agriculture, and q
veterinarian; the pupils Tor apprentices)
are under constant supervision, and are
allowed to leave the farm only for GER
tain time on Sunday; the hours are from
four to nine in summer, and from five to
nine in winter, which time is almost en-
tirely occupied by work and study; tho
regimen is very simple, but nourishing
and sufficient.
u The candidates are nominated by the
Project of the Department, after an ex-
animation prescribed by law, by COM
mittee consisting Of the Director Of the
farm, and four members nominated by
the Project, and appointed by the Minis
ter Of Agriculture. The demand for adj
mission must be accompanied by the GER
tifcate of birth, and Of vaccination, and
by an engagement to "conduct myself.
honorably, to obey the rules, and to work
with all my power in order to profit by
the favor that you will have the good
ness to grant me" At the end of the
course, the graduates arc examined by
the committee. The best receive from
the State three hundred france and GER
tificate. Those who are not found worthy
of a certificate, receive, nevertheless, two
hundred francs. In case of special excel
lence, the committee is authorized to
award silver and bronze medals in addi-
ton.
The result Of the arrangement is, that
Mr.. Bodin gets the services Of twenty
four capital young men for the work Of his
and gardeners are sent out every year with
a good practical education, with thor
ough training in their art, and with al
little money for their start in life.-Ces.
Qan n Wnrsrr -, Oh. -. T..p..4B
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-11

FRESH Mar FROM NEW BoSEs-
Take half barrel Of fresh bones, set
them in your poultry yard, let the flea
have access . them for half q day, then
cover them cveF with six inches Of fresh
loan; In forty eight hours afterwards,
the fresh meae spoken of above will com.
mence makssg its appearance, in the
shape OF my!lads af worms, forcing their
way through the cracks of the barrels.
and will he eagerly sought after Inv The
PouIt.y' 70 melt own and your mutual
6enent'-h Y. SAipman, in Poultry
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-09
How to Raise Onions.

The Detroit Tribune gives some valuable
hints to onion growers, which We reproduce
as worthy of study.
Onions may be grown on any soil suitable
for cultivation, If il is made rich enough,
Ordinary farm land will need twenty five
two-horse loads of rotted manure to the
acre. Market gardeners use three times this
amount. The ground should be first plowed,
the manure spread aud then completely in-
oorporated with the surface soil by means Of
harrow aud roller, 1t is important that the
ground be perfectly level, otherwise the rains
will wash out the seed. New lands have
sometimes produced fine crops Of onions
without manure, but this is rare. The seed
is sown in rows foot apart with a small
seed-sower, which makes the drill, sows the
seeds aud usually covers them at one opera
alton. Early attention to wedding or hoeing
Is the most important thing about their
cultivation. One man can kill more weeds
before they get above ground than six men
after they get two inches high. The crop is
harvested about the LIST Of August, by
slightly loOsening the roots with digging
fork aud then raking them into rows where
they are left to dry thoroughly. They are
then hauled to cool she'd or barn and ell
ther barreled or spread out not more than
six inches deep. They should not be allow
ed to get frosted even slightly. -Four pounds
of seed will SOW an acre il il is fresh and
good. The better plan is to test the seed
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-09
Value and Culture of Beets for Feeding
Farm Stock.

Grass is the natural food of a milk or
beef producing animal. During the winter
season when we cannot procure grass we can
furnish a substitute equally succulent and
nutritious as grass in the shape of roots.
This succulent food is an important aid to
the digestion of the dry food of which a
large portion of the winter subsistence of our
stock necessarily consists. 1t increases the
appetite and promotes the health. 1t equal
ICES the yield of milk during this season in
which dry food greatly reduces it. 1t also
furnishes to young animals the saline matter
which they need to supply the material for
their bones and the nitrogen required for
their growth Of muscle. 1t also greatly in
creases the profit of feeding animals for beef
by greatly improving the quality of the beef
aud its rapid production. Pigs are wintered
more cheaply ON beets than upon any other
food. In cultivating roots labor is the great
item of expense. 10 economic labor we
must select those varieties that grow large
and will give a large yield. OF carrots,
beets, and turnips, beets are the best for
feeding purposes. The carrot is valuable
root, but it cannot be prOftably raised on
VI lub GObb III ~ ICNulI6h
more labor in its cultivation than almost any
other root aud for this reason carrot cul-
ture has been almost entirely abandoned in
this vicinity, aud the sugar beet has taken
its place in our farm economy. Now many
farmers cHltivate their acres of beets and
maDgolds with the horse cutiyator aud hoe,
with nearly the same ease, and with little
more expense than it costs to raise corn and
potatoes per acre. In selecting the variety
of beets to raise, VIC should not be governed
10y the per cent of sugar they contain.
Those varieties suitable for sugar making
grow below the surface Of the ground, and are
of small size. The difference in the per cent of
sugar is nearly as great between large and
small beet Of the same variety as it is be-
tween beets OF different varieties.
My mode Of culture is to have the rows
80 inches and plants lS inches apart in the
rows, giving each plant little less than
four square feet. A good crop will give
beets weighing six pounds each, or 81 tons
per acre, producing one-third more sugar
per acre than the ii tons of small beets usu-
ally grown for sugar and worth twice as
much for feeding and raised at half the cost.
Roots of the large growing varieties can be
raised at a cost Of from Eve to eight cents
per bushel, or from So to So per ton. One
ton of beets contains 240 pounds of dry mat.
ter nearly as nutritious as wheat flour. Land
that will yield so bushels OF corn (2SOO
pounds) will produce 25 tons OF beets con-
tanning 5000 pounds of dry nutritive food.
The soil best adapted to the beet is rich
loan Of a clayey rather than sandy char
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-09
The Butter Dairy.

Butter may be made either from whole
milk, from cream, or from a mixture of
cream and milk. Many experiments have
been made to decide the question as to which
is the best and most economical form. One
set of experiments undertaken and carried
out on an extended scale showed that the
milk and cream together, churned after they
had become slightly sour, gave a large pro-
portional yield of very nice butter, and that
it was the most economical in the vicinity of
large towns where there is always a ready
sale for large quantities Of buttermilk, But
the churning is not quite so easily affected.
Butter made from cream alone has the
finest flavor, when fresh, and it keeps in good
aud sound condition longer but still some
very carefully conducted trials, aided in some
cases by long experience, have shown that
churning the lchole milk after allowing it to
become slightly acid, not only produces butter
OF the first quality but of the largest guam
tity and the degree of acidity best cal
culated to give this result is when there
appears a wrinkled scum upon the surface,
aud the best temperature to begin churning
being 50 degrees, according to those experi-
ments
This degree of temperature is three to five
higher than that to be observed when only
the cream is churned. When this course is
adopted and the whole milk is churned, sew.
eral different modes of practice are to be
found, each having the preference, where it
is in use. One method is to let the milk OF
two or three mlkiDgs stand quiet till the
cream rises to the surface and while still
sweet to pour the contents Of all the pans
into one largo vessel where the whole mass
cream aud milk together, is allowed to
stand till it thickens and turns sour. The
proper degree Of sourness is that already
mentioned, when thick unevenly wriukled
skin is formed over the mass, which indi-
Gates that it is TO be churned Immediately. y.
II is requisite to keep the mass still, so as to
keep the air as much as possible from act
ing upon 1t and cause rapid fermentation.
In Holland, however, where the whole
milk Is generally used in butter making
they give the milk when set in this way, a
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-09
For the Vermont FARMER.
Stand Up and be Men.
PARENs.
BY A. GAYLORD sPALDING.

l am talking to workingmen-that vast
army of unwashed and unkempt democracy
the real producers of potatoes and cabba.
ges and things. Some call you leather
heads that is, thick to understand. So you
are continually duped by the thin-skulled
dead-heads. You occupy the unpainted
shanties, log cabins and dirt novels Of crea.
tion. There you roOst at night, and eat
your plain, cheap, daily grub, and then
march forth, like chain gang, to exercise
your bones muscles, and nerves, to make
the proud non-producers shine in grandeur
and opulence, who become your congressman
and legislators, your monOpolists and extor-
tiOnists, your lawyers, doctors, aud minis
terS. They get your votes and expect al
ways to get them, and thus keep themselves
at the very top of the revolving wheel of
fortune. ...
Oh, workingmen How often would l
have gathered you as the hen gathereth her
chickens under her sheltering wings, but
you would not. You will suffer outside in
the cold and storms, because you refuse to
cooperate. But, go to the great world-ex-
hibitOn of industry, and there behold, in the
grand gallery and showcase Of art, inven-
tion, genius, and labor, all That Imagination
ever received, to bless, beautify, and digni-
fy humanity. 1t is all the proud work Of
your own rough and bOnY hands. The GID
ed palaces of kings, and the decorated tem-
Piles Of arch.bishopS and high priests, are all
of your own most faithful and patient con-
StruCtion. But you do not delve and sweat,
drive aud contriVe, manage, strive, and save,
for yONrSeluss. 1t is for somebody else
You let them rob you. That is the trouble
with wOrkingmen. Their labor fills the ma
tiOn with good things, and yet they them
selves go ragged, houseless, ignorant, and
hungry.
We scold about railroad eItortiOn, and
very Justly, for it is wicked and abOminable
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-09
For the VERMONT FARMER.
About Poultry.
BarnstOn, P. Q

noticed in the last weeks FARMER some
inquiries about poultry. l would like to
say few words about the matter. have
dipped somewhat into the fancy breeds in
hopes to better myself have tried the
Light Brahmas, Dark Brahmss, Black Coch.
los, Partridge COcAins, Black Spanish, Whise
Leghorns, Brown LeghOrns, and grades Of
all, aud finally mixed them oil up together
indiscriminately. have always found that
full bloOds, for profit of eggs, were not 50
good as cross. They are more subject to
disease, probably on account of in-breeding,
which must always be resorted to in order
to establish breed. All breeds are the re-
suit Of n cross in the Hrst place, and breed.
ing closely within that cross will, il persist
cd in, result in new breed. Careful breed.
ers will work for uniformity Of color. and all
chickens that vary from the color aimed at
are rejected, SO in this process it will be seen
resort is had to very close breeding, and the
aim is more for uniformity Of color and shape
Of body than for the more useful0bject Of
getting up an egg-producing variety, conse-
quently by this in-and-in breeding they are
more subject to disease. believe as a
general thing it will be found to be so with
most Of the new breeds. l think that the
eggs of the new breeds are much less liable
to hatch than the cross breeds, often from
tho fact that the male bird is mAlformed,
his very shape rendering him impotent as a
proge nitor of his kind. If they breed at all
= large portion Of the chickens as they ma
turc will be out of shape in some way, and
often come up with weak joints or a crooked
back or cross bill or the tail one.sided. The
hens when they begin laying perhaps will
lay we'll for time, but soon will begin to
lay rough or soft shelled eggs, and will soon
fail up altogether.
Such is my experience in trying to raise
pure blood chickens get much better re.
suits when l cross the breeds. will ven
ture to say that unless we have 4 mania for
the fancy breeds without regard to profit, or
unless you expect to humbug others by SELL
ing tho fancy article you had better let the
fancy or improved breeds leo called) alone.
thiuk upon the whole grade of the Light
Brahmas are about Ss good variety for a
farmer to keep for profit of eggs and for
poultry for market They are good winter
layers. But would not touch big, ten
pound thoroughbred except to cross with
something else l might have, if you would
give them to me.
If you want summer hen, and don't care
SO much for size or for eggs in winter, the
Leghorn crossed with the Poland does we'll,
or Leghorn crossed with Brahma will be
a good kind 10 keep for summer, or even
winter. But don't keep full blood LeghOrns ;
they are all comb aud they will fly like a
bird, and are wild. hope if any one looks
at this subject in different light he or she
will write it out for the benefit of the read
ers of the FARMER. POS.
Randolph, w., March 2S.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-09

Here we find broader scope and freer breath,
and men can stand up aud not crowd.
To the people all things bslong---lAnds,
lakes, rivers, ship canals, railroads. steam
boats, telegraphs, congresses, and legisla-
tures--because this is the peoples country.
Theb, by cooperation, we can send all mo.
nopolists and extorlionists kitihg. We do
it by pen and press, and the ballot box.
Politics and religion belong to the common
people-the workingmen--and common sense
is the top and bottoms broad and deep
foundation. 1t is cleared of the rubbish and
costs Of fashion, profession, and aristOcracy.
In the newspaper pulpit | preach my SER
nous Of common sense. Ny Westinghouse
is outdoors and sky rooted, with sun, moon,
aud stars for chandeliers. Oh, how new
aud strange, to call this preaching Yet
some say it beats all the Sunday serpbns ip
the whole country for Pith, point, vim, and
practical sense. Wonder if there are any
converts 7 Do the people want any more ?
If SO, signify it by rising. Brother Usher,
please pass round the paper and see what
salary you eau raise. .......t r..
Champlin, MINI, April, 1875.