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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

T,I1nO-S CoNsuMPTIoN!-This fatal and
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STATE OF OHIO
Insurance Department,
Commissioning 2G. 1874.

WHEREAS, The Farmers Insurance Com
w pany, located at Howard, in the State
of Ohio, has filed in this office a sworn
statement by the proper officers thereof,
showing its condition and business and has
complied in all respects with the laws of this
State, relating to Fire Insurance Companies.
Now, therefore, in pursuance of law, Will
liam F. Church. superintendent of Insurance of
the State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that said
Company is authorized to transact its appropri-
ate business of Fire Insurance in this State in
accordance with law during the current year.
The condition and business of said Company at
the date of such statement, Dec. 81, 1873, is
shown follows:
Amount of actual paid up Capital. Si60, ,0O0 90
Aggregate am'nt of Available Assets 1S1 ,575 2S
Aggregate amt of Liabilities Except
capitaD including Reinsurance
only, being fifty per cent. of
Premiums on risks not terminated. 5,I7I 90
Amount of Income for the preceding
year in cash--......... .-........... 80, 74S 10
Amount of Expenditures for the pre-
ding year in cash. 1873 6S
NJ. B. Peterman,. District Agent,
Millersburgh, Ohio.
NJ. j. Bugh, Local Agent, Junction
(titU nbsa
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29
CHAMPION REAPER AND MOWER

-6aWHEAT.-we pay Cash for Wheat at al
times, for all that is offered us.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

April II.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Tho Farmers Horse.

To the farmer the horse is the con-
centration of animal worth. He may
make his substance from his swine,
or his cattle or his sheep, but next to
mother earth itself, his gain is DEEPEN
dent upon the active, patient, willing
bundle OF nerve, sinew and intelli-
gence done up in the skin Of the
skin of the horse. Swine and cattle
and sheep may be driven to market,
or slaughtered at home, and dollars
and cents make the parting cheerful
and glad. But if "Old Dobbin" is
lame or sick, or is led away by pur-
chaser, though greenbacks paper the
stall in which he stood, there is a
pang to all the household, as though
one of its own members was in peril,
or was about parting from them. 1t
is this INTERVENING of affection, based
upon this appreciation of spirit, do
cility, usefulness, intelligence, beauty
and grace, that makes the horse next
kin to man of all the beasts Of the
field that God has put under him.
Man may gently care 70" the lambs
Of the flock, the calves of the herd,
the sucklings of the sty-he may
watch over them and minister to
them-be interested in their growth
and development, but it is, after all,
sort of commercial feeling, care
and intcrest.-R0irie Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
How to Make Hens Lay.

Put two or more quarts OF water
in Il kettle, add one large seed pepper
or two small ones, then put the ket-
tie over the fire. When the water
boils stir in coarse ground Indian
meal, until you make Il thick mush.
Let it cook an hour or more. Feed
hot. Horseradish chopped fine and
stirred into the mush has been found
to produce good results. -Four weeks
ago we commenced feeding our hens
mush rs prepared in the above di-
rections, and for results we are get
ting from five to ten eggs per day,
whereas, previous to feeding, we had
no eggs for Il long time. We hear a
great deal Of complaint from other
people about not getting eggs. TO
all such we would warmly recon-
mend cooked food, fed hot. Boiled
apple-skins, seasoned with red pep
pers, or boiled potatoes, seasoned
with horscradish, are good for feed;
much better than uncooked corn
when fed by itself, has Il tendency to
fatten hens, instead Of producing the
more profitable egg-laying. A spoon
full of sulphur, stirred into their feed
occasionally will rid them Of vermin
and tone up their systems. This is
good for young chickens
or turkeys. Out of a flock of ten
chickens, Matched the last of Novem
Der, we have lost but one. They
have been fed cooked feed mostly
and are growing tinely.-Cor. Ohio
Eur1uer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Domestic Economy.

Scalding hot milk will take out Der
ny s:ains and ink spots.
A little alum, dissolved in stove
polish, adds very much to its cffica
cy.
Frozen potatoes can be cured by
soaking in water three days before
cooking.
A strong solution Of sui plate of
magnesia gives a beautiful quality to
whitewash.
For Cleaning Paint from Glass
Rub thoroughly with liquid ammo
mia, then wash clean with pure wat
er.
Common wheat flour, made into a
paste with cold water or applied dry,
will take out grease spots without in
juring the finest fabric.
Ants.-Sprigs of wintergreen or
ground ivy will drive away red ants;
branches of NORWOOD will serve
the same purpose for black ants.
Sauce for Pudding.-One-half cup
of butter; one cup of sugar; the white
of one egg; beat all together. Have
ready pint or more of boiling water,
stir in the above and let boil half a
minute.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
The Berkshire Hogs.

The main thing is to get a thorough
bred, and so far as our observation
goes there are so many good points
in Poland Chinas, in Berkshires, and
other pure bloods that it is difficult to
choose. One Of the principal claims
made for the Berkshires is that they
are the possessors of sound, healthy
constitutions, not liable to disease.
They are, as is well known, peculiarly
lively hog. On the other hand the
PolanG-China advocates claim that
their favoritc has a great advantage
in that he has a larger frame upon
which to build, and possesses greater
possibilities than almost any other
hog, because he can be made to weigh
more. An Ohio breeder gives the
following items Of argument in favor
Of the Poland-China, which we think
are mainly good:
l. They never get NANCY. |
have never had one that was troubled
this way; and that is something of so
much Importance that it should not
be overlooked by any farmer who
knows anything of the evil.
2. This breeds excellent Oh &C
count of It's early fattening qualities;
aad yet for its continued growth it has
no equal. When only nine or ten
months old it will readily fatten into
clear pork, weighing 800 pounds or
more. Or they will continue to grow
until twenty months old, and then
weigh, when fattened. from $50 to
525 pounds.
3. 1t is the best feeder on clover
and blue grass that l know of. l
have witnessed test experiments
which went to show that hogs of this
breed will make more gain and thrive
better on grass alone than those Of
any other breed.
4. They are naturally quiet at all
times, unless contrary spirit is stir
red up by abuse. They fatten well.
eat their fill and then lying down.
The sows are good and prolific breed
ers, kind to litter and good suckers.
5. l claim that. the Poland-China
is tie hog for the packer, because of
the proportion of weight behind the
shoulders, and the amount of high
priced meat it carries, and a cores
pondingly small amount of offal pro-
duced. 1t has small head and small
feet.
6. l believe the Poland-China is
the hog tor the farmer. 1t is small
boncd and long-bodicd. 1t has short
legs and a broad, straight back; it
has deep sides, with square heavy
hams and shoulders; it has dropping
ears and fine hair, in color nearly
always spotted black Eschange.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

The dairy interests OF Iowa are SO
neglected at present that there is al
most no data or experience upon
which the few who are just now be-
binning to see the Importance of but
ter and cheese making can depend
The question of what kind Of stock
to use has not even been settled yet,
and the first question asked by those
who have somewhat inditferently
considered the subject is, will it pay
better to get Jerseys or Short-horns
for dairy stock? While there is no
question whatever about the existing
demand for high grade butter and
first class cheese, even at home, the
movement in the direction of syste
matte dairying in this State, has been
very feeble. The few who are now
making good butter do not get an
advance price for it, and the cheese
manufactured west of the Mississippi
river, does not find a very ready sale
at home. May be some one will cite
this fact as u Encouragement to dairy
business. On the contrary it is SIM
ply an indication that we have no
preputation whatever as dairymen,
and even our own home consumers
have no confidence in the effort made,
so far, to produce good butter and
cheese here. But the time is not dis
tant when Iowa will rank high as a
dairy district. We have the advan-
tages aed they are easily developed.
The only reason why we do not now
make greater Roadway, in this most
important branch of stock farming,
is that we do not realize the fact that
there is money in it. Dairying has
has not been tried yet and nobody
knows what great things can be ac-
complished. We are gratified to
know, however that several expert
enced dairymen in the State are max
ing arrangements to test the advan-
tages Iowa possesses in this direction.
Fine Stock Gazette.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Field Beans.

The beau crop is worthy of a place
in a rotation, not only for its profit,
but for it's influence upon the soil. 1t
takes little from the soil; is clean
ing crop; requires little outlay for
seed, occupies the ground but a short
time, and may follow a crop of clover
the same season, If an early ripening
variety is chosen. The MEDIUM, F"
ripens early, is hardy, but sells at a
lower price than the "Marrow. The
"Marrow" is very productive on a
good soil, and is popular market
variety. If properly harvested, the
haulm is much relished by sheep, and
is nutritious. The bean when ground
with corn or oats, is readily eaten,
and when cooked, pigs will accept it
with avi1lity. No food is better for a
growing animal, nor contains more
elements than this bean.
The idea, however, that beans may
be grown with profit upon soil too
poor for any other crop, Is erroneous.
american Agriculturtst.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Effect Of food on Cows Milk.

DR. Kuhn, of Germany, making ex-
periments upon the food of cows,
with reference to its effect upon the
composition Of the milk, found that
an increase of fatty or albuminous
matter produced an increase in the
yield of milk, along with bodily con
dition, up to q certain maximum; but
that. when this maximum is reached,
increase in the milk stopped, while
Improvement Of bodily vigor went
on.
This is in accordance with the ex-
pericnce of every observing farmer.
The only exception that can be made
to the above rule is, in regard to the
maximum OF the milk yield; that is,
that the maximum point IS not the
same IN all coos.
Some cows, the moment you in
crease the quantity or quality of the
food, commence to take on flesh, or,
as the Doctor expresses it, improve
in bodily condition. These cows are
not valuable for dairy purposes; and
of this class are most Of the Durham
and Devon COWS.
There is another class that, as soon
as the food is increased, respond at
the pail and churn, and it is long
time before you can get them to fat
ten up. This class are the valuable
ones for the dairy; and this is the
principal difference in breeds of cat
tie for dairy purposes.
1t is a common remark among far
mers, when speaking of COW noted
rs good mixer, that "She is the
hardest COW to fatten l ever saw"
We never saw u good mixer fat;
and for this reason we spoke, in a
late number, that the COW should be
regarded simply as machine to con
vert hay, corn, etc, into butter and
cheese; but, as DR.. Kuhn has proved
there is, no doubt, a point at which
the product will be .fut, instead OF
butter and cheese.
We advise farmers to experiment
4 little, and see how much they car
make their cows eat without gaining
in flesh. We believe such an expert
ment would prove protitable.-Pwc
HcaI Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
Dark Brahmas.
H0udans.

Are Il French breed, large, heavy bodied and UNI
surpassed in their great merits as egg producers.
They mature very early and will make II pound
Of chicken quicker than any ether fowl and
superior for the table. They great layers of
large white eggs and do not set.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
White Leghorns.

This celebrated breed is unsurpassed as layers
crow at six weeks old; hens are non-setters.
EGGS FOR MATCHING IN SEASON.
Send stamp for descriptive price list. P. O. Box,
81 Independence, Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

Two RECEIPT FOR CREAM PIEs.-
One tablespoonful Of flour, two table
spoonfuls of sugar; stir the sugar
and flour together, then stir in one
teacup of good cream; use any flavor
ing desired. This is for one pie
Try it. No. 2. Two eggs, two table
spponfuls of -four, four table spoon
fuls of sugar, one tablespoonful or
butter, two teacups of cream; fovor
with lemon or cinnamon. This will
make two pies.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14
GRANGE DIRECTORY.

GRANGE, No. 611.-Meets at VIM
throp on Friday on or before the full moon Of
each month
S. G. PIERCE. Master. $. w. RICH. Sec.
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE, No. 1216-Meet
Tuesday, on or before full moon.
j. d. RUSSELL. Master.
GRANGE, No. 52S,-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before full moon.
B. DU BO1S. Master. Il. j. WIGG, Sec.
SUPERIOR GRANGE, No. 352.-Meets Saturday
on or before full moon, at No. School House
Hazleton twp. T. MESSENGER,
+. b. FILLMORE, Secretary. Master.
BYRON GRANGE No. 267. Meets at Justus Dur
KEGS, on Tuesday evening, on or after full
MOON IL. NJ. COUGHTkI Master.
CHAS. FERNALD. Sec.
PERRY CANOE. No. 31s.-Meets at the Center
School House, in Perry Township, on Tuesday
evening. on or before full moon
4. LITTLE Sec.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

If you have been troubled for
years with dyspepsia, have tried all
the physicians, and u great many
remedies, and cannot get any relief,
do not despair, but go to your drug
gist and purchase II box of Vests
Sugar-Coated Liver Pills. Take one
every night on going to bed, and by
the time you have taken the first box
you will be greatly relieved. Con
tinue their use and they will surely
cure you. Thirty pills in each box.
Sold by all druggists.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-05-14

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, 1875-05-14

Moths in Carpets.-To prevent
moths in carpets, wash the floor be-
fore laying them with turpentine or
benzine.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-04
How to Break Colts.

A practical stock man gives his expe-
rience in breaking colts, as follows:
IA good and cheap breaking rig is
made with two hickory poles, three feet
longer than sulky shafts and a little
thicker; bolt them to the axle (you need
but two wheels). let the poles project three
feet to the rear of the axles; have two
holes bored in the ends thus projecting,
about eight inches apart; fit to these poles
two bows, similar to OK bows, and long
enough to come within ten inches of the
ground when the shafts are in proper po-
sition for driving; these need only be
used when you have colt that is disposed
to rear up Whenever the colt attempts
to rear up these bows strike the ground
and effectually prevent him from doing
so. Always use a kicking rope or strap;
put it on after the colt is in harness; it is
two ropes fastened to the check bit; they
run over the head same as Kimble Jack
son; check the run through the ferret OF
the saddle and along the back to point
Just back of the hips, where two rings, s
inches apart, receive the ropes, which are
passed down to the shafts, near the cross
bar, where they are made fast; when SO
arranged, every effort to kick throws up
his head, so that it is impossible for him
to kick, and if he lies down or falls he
cannot break the shafts, they being hick-
DRY poles. The colt must go ahead OF
backward, and it is almost impossible to
upset, the shafts being little back of the
axle, so as to have no weight on the colts
back"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-04
How BUTTER is SOMETIMES TAINTED.

How BUTTER rs SOMETIMES TAINTED.
Winter and spring butter is often very
much injured in flavor by allowing cows
to eat the litter from horse stables. Cows
are not unfrequently very fond of this
litter, though it is imprcgnated with
liquid manure from the horses, and if al
lowed, they eat it grecdily; and the effect
is that their milk and butter will be faint
ed with the taste of this kind of food, in
the same way that the flavor is injured by
eating turnips, but to more oisagreeable
degree. If litter is allowed to be eaten,
it Should only be given to cattle not in
milk, and on no account should mich
cows be allowed to consume other than
the sweetest and purest food. Very nice
butter makers are sometimes at loss to
account for stable taints in butter, espcc-
tally when extraordinary precautions have
been taken to have the milking done in
the most perfect manner, and so ON in all
the processes Of handling the milk until
the butter is packed for market. Still
the butter has disagreeable faint, and
the cause often comes from allowing the
cows, when turned out to water and ex-
ercise, to feed about the horse stable,
where they consume all the litter which,
on account of its. being soaked with
liquid manure, is cast out Of the stable
Ru3ul Nep Yorker.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-04
A Farmers Wife III Be.

lam wild and reckless girl just turned Of
sweet sixteen, ...
As full of fun and mischief as any you have
seen;
And when am a woman grown, no city
benux for me, r.
yfe,erI marry in my life, a farmers wife I'll be.
love country life; love Joyous breeze;
Hove to hear the singing birds among the
lofty trees.
The lowing herds, the bleating noeks make
music sweet for me,
lfe,er marry In my life, a farmerswlfe I'll be.
I,ose to feed the chickens, love to feed the
COW; SSH
| love to hear the farmers boy whlstling at his
plough.
And fields OF corn and waving grain arc pleas.
ing sights for me;
II Ger marry In my life a farmers wife I'll be.
| love to see the orchards where the golden
apples grow; M
love to walk In meadows where sparkling
strsamlets flow.
The nowery banks and shady hooks have many
charms for me >
He'er lmarry in my life, farmers wife III be.
Let other girls who love It best, enjoy the
gloomy town,
And dusty streets and dirty walks to ramble
up and down; ,,..=..-.
But lowery fields and shady woods, and starry
M skies for me,
Ife'r marry in my life, a farmers wife III be.
Prairie Farmer.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-04

to see my relations, l was beginning to
wish they would never come back at all,
but that I fright sit in that warm little
room all the rest of my life, with the tea
kettle singing, the cat purring on the
hearth, and Content pouring tea for me,
and looking at her. / found my tongue
after awhile too, so that when Uncle Jerry
and Aunt Nancy came home, we sat by
the fire as sociablc as though we had
known each other all our lives.
"Well, staid and staid there till my
folks began to think never was coming
home. l helped Uncle Jerry get in the
late crops, and / had knack with saw
and hammer which made me very useful
about the house to Aunt Nancy. Then in
the evening sometimes took Content to
a husking or an apple-bce.
"Finally my father sent for me, and that
night, coming home from husking at
Deacon Haniford's--I mind how the moon
shone down through the pine trees that
shaded the road-Content promised to go
back to the Bay State with me when
came up in the spring"
Uncle Ezekiel grew thoughtful. He
seemed to be living over again that golden
October evening; Geneva clasped her
hands together and said in that pretty
little affected way she has:
b "What did she say when you proposed
to herl Oh, should like to know so
much"
Uncle Ezekiel reused up;
"She gave me asimple, straightforward
answer" said he, "and didn't ogle or put
on airs, as you would have done, in her
place. miss"
We were familiar with Uncle Ezekiel's
rough ways, butwe all thought he was too
hard upon Geneva, so We changed the sub
ject to the last importations by Stewart,
and he fell into doze in his easy chair
by the CRATE.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-07-04
The Deacon and His Calf.

Last Sunday, just as one of our straight
est deacons wSs getting ready to shake
the lines over his horse s backs and say Ego
dap" his wife happened to remember
that the calfhadn't been fed. The deacon
looked at his Sunday clothes and observed
that he did not deem it incumbent upon
him to suffer for the negligence of others
to which the deaconess replied that such
language in the presence of the children,
on Sunday morning, and from pillar
Of the church, was enough to shake ones
belief in the professions that had been
made by some one man she could NAME
The deacon handed the reins to his oldest
boy and climbed over the wheel without
saying word. He went around to the
front door and took the front door key
from under the mat, came round to the
back door, and as he was trying to put
the key in the hole the key slipped from
his hand and slid down into the snow
Finally he got into the kitchen and started
for the barnyard with the milk. He set
the pail down on the ground and called
to the calf but the beast whisked his tail
captured the animal and pulled it along
by the ears and jammed its head into the
pail, but the calf gave spring. sending
the milk in cloud of spray over the
deacon's shirt front. In trying to recap
ture the beast the deacon dropped his
hymn book out of his pocket, and before
he could rescue it the calf stepped both
feet on it and tore the cover off. The
deacon got mad He took hop pole and
belabored the calf One end Of the pole
struck the shed, and, bounding up,
knocked the deacon's plug hat off. 1t
rolled directly under the calf, who set
his foot through the tile, and then went
tearing around the yard with his tail in
the air and that hat fastened just above
the .knuckle joint. The deacon went into
the house, and as he unbuckled his shirt
collar, he called out, 'Mafia, you go on
to church, and if anybody askes after me
tell them staid home to feed the calf"
From the Marshall IN. W Statesman.