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Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
Striking, or Interfering.

A great number of horses are in
the habit Of striking one leg against
another; and good deal OF ingenui-
ty has been at times exercised in
search Of Il remedy for this very
troublesome practice. Both the fore
and hind legs are subject to cutting,
the latter, perhaps, most frequently;
but in them it is confined to the tct-
lock joint, whereas in the fore legs
the horse may hit either the fctlock,
the leg just above the pastern, or just
under the knee, where it is called a
speedy cut, from its occurring chiefly
in fast action.
1t is desirable, before applying a
remedy, to ascertain, if possible, the
cause, and the part which strikes,
whether the shoe or the foot, and if
the latter, what part of it. Many
horses strike from weakness, and
cease to do it when they gain condi-
ton and strength. This is more par
ticularly observable with young hors-
es. Others cut from a faulty contor-
nation of the limbs, which are some
times too close to each other; and
sometimes the toe is turned too much
out or too much III; when the toe is
turned in the horse usually cuts I'M
der the knee.
The objects to be kept in view in
shoeing such horses must be to renee
dy, rs much as we can, the faulty ac-
ton, and to remove, if possible, the
part which cuts. The part Of the
foot which strikes is generally be
tween the toe and the inside quarter,
sometimes the inside quarter itself,
but very rarely the heels of the shoe.
If the horse turns his toe in, in all
probability he wears the inside OF the
shoe most; and if 50, it should be
much thicker than the outside. Ii
the contrary, the outside hce should
be made thicker than the inside
The shoe should be beveIed off on
the inside quarter, which should also
be free from nails.
In the hind legs we often find that
a three-quarter shoe will prevent cut
ting when other plan fail; for here
the part which cuts is not situated so
forward as III the fore legs, so that
the removal of the iron altogether
from the inside quarter will often ac-
our aim. 1t sometimes
happens that every plan we can adopt
will not prevent cutting, and then the
only resource is the adoption Of boots
or straps.-P,'uiyie Farmer,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
The Coming Seasons Work.

We are led to consider 4 remark
made by member Of a Relief Com
mittec not long since, viz: ''relief
goods were not to feed stock with,
they were to save human lives" =
That sounds very well, and We GER
tainly should not ask contributions
from abroad for any other purpose,
but who Is going to support their
families next year if they sell off all
their stock and implements for bread
this winter? 1t would perhaps be
well for the real estate dealers, the
spectators, the monopolies, and in
deed for all friends of Kansas, to
look ahead and see the condition of
our State next year, if the greatest
portion of the stock is starved and
frozen, killed and sold this winter tor
want of feed. The most prosperous
Of seasons and the most willing of
hands can not make i crop without
copital, seed or teams. - Kansas
Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

THE Cedar Rapids Times gives
this experience Of Linn county
farmer in hog raising:
Raising hogs does pay, as the fol-
lowing facts and figures will testify:
Last spring Mr.. J. d. Rider, a farmer
in this vicinity, selected 81 sows for
breeding, from his stock. From
these he raised la pigs. In October
he sold the old stock for pork, for
which he received $460.35. He sold
pigs to the amount of 81 ,5204l, and
has Is left, which he places at the
low estimate Of $l6O. Making the
aggregate receipts from these q sows
$l,l49.76 in one year and eight
months from the time they were lit
tered, an average OF over $lO2 each.
Sixteen Of the pigs he sold when
quite small, for 81 each. Mr.. d. kept
All account OF the corn fed to these
hogs, and finds that it averages him
about $l.2O per bushel. We should
like to hear the results Of other farm
ers il this line,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
Snap Cure for Balky Horses.

The following simple remedy for
curing a balky horse, which we clip
from an exchange, may be worth try
ing. The writer says:
Three years ago l bought three
year-old mare of a neighbor, with a
recommend that she was "sound and
true" One Sunday morning | hitch
her to a buggy to visit patient, but
was surprised to find her balky. l
whipped her and forced her to go,
but the defect grew upon her until
she would stand a severe fleeing.
Last summer | made up my mind
that / never would beat her again;
that she was too nice beast to be
whipped, and that there must be
some other plan. | was on my way
to a blackslnith's shop to have some
kind of a snap made to snap in the
nose to lead her with, but n stop
ping in a hardware store | found Il
snap that suited me, and upon inqui
ry found it to be cattle snap to lead
vicious cattle. ms was just what l
wanted. l tied to it a few feet Of
cord and threw it into my buggy and
the first time she stopped l got out
and snapped it into her nose, and
pulled on the cord in front of her.
Of course she settled back, but find
ing she could not pull much that
way, began to walk up. | led her
around little and tied one end OF
the cord to the harness and got in,
and finding her disposed to go all
right, removed the snap, and never
had to apply it but once thereafter,
and now she has no disposition to
wear nose-piece. think the most
vicious horse can be handled with
the snap, and it does no injury; tut
the snap should, | believe, be made
about one-third larger than the com
mon snap.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
Learning How to Farm.

Hon. James Wilson, the farmer
Congressman from Iowa, writes to
the Des Moines Register as follows:
81 wish every Iowa boy could go
through one of our colleges, and |
believe the day is coming when less
than the average amount of learning
secured in one of our best colleges
will not satisfy any Iowa boy-but
when boys do go to college, they
read anything else than what pertains
to the department Of the farm. And
yet we have an agricultural literature.
Leibig, Roussengault, Johnson, Nor
ton, Warning, Youatt, and many
others have written books that give
the experience of careful experiment.
ers and close observers. It will not
do we'll to discard books. The corn
field is in miniature in the head be-
fore it is in the field. When began
farming | had several living authors,
men who had been successful i'll
special directions. Let me mention
some of them: J. L. Ames, of Buck
ingham, knew more about swine than
any other man | knew. He demon
stratcd til 1t i swine will make bone
and muscle on clover; perhaps it was
done by others before, but he did it
under my eyes. | consulted him and
would have believed anything he had
written on that subject. Evander
Murdoch was my authority on the
value Of Durham blood in feeding
steer. l consulted him and would
have believed what he said as Il st as
if he had written it in book
My father was an authority on cat
tie and their management. l would
give large price for = book he
might write on that subject. Gilbert
Mcmillan told me enough about
sheep in five minutes to prevent me
from investing in them when was
beginning to manage for myself
lie said sheep should be raised for
mutton, not wool, and fed for market
at four years of age, as they begin to
lose their teeth then, and are not
profitable unless they have extra care.
| needed all my corn to feed cattle
and hogs, and let sheep alone. Icite
these examples OF how young man
may learn from experienced farmers,
but why not gather into township
library what eu cessful men have
written on different topics relating 70
the farms"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

For THE FARMER BOYS. Boys,
here is problem for you to work out
before the spring work commences.
Get right up and at it, boys, and re
port.
A heiter at the age of two years
has q calf and continues to have a
calf each year thereafter, until she
has ten calves; each Of these calves
at the age of two years has calf,
and one each year thereafter, until
the first COW has had her tenth calf;
also each of the calves Of this third
degree, when two years old, has a
calf each year, till the first COW has
her tenth calf, and SO on to the end;
each of the descendants, at the age
OF two years, having u calf. The
question is, when the first COW has
her tenth calf, how many cattle will
there be, counting the entire herd?
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
Crafts an. Grating.

About these days look out for sci
ons tor grating, to be used next
spring There is not farmer in the
land but what should experiment
constantly in the way Of grating,
and thus prove to himself the value
Of the high cxtolled varieties of fruits.
In his visits among his nelghbors,
whenever u good fruit is brought to
his notice, he should at once procure
Il few scions nd wrap them up in
moi>tened paper until he reaches
home, when they should be consi yn-
ell to box in his cellar; said box to
contain damp mos or SawluSt, and
be placed in q cool, moist corner.
away from furnace. In consigning
the scions to this receptacle great
care must be taken that they are
carefully covered all around with the
moss or sawdust, to keep them from
coming in contact with the air. Some
kind OF fruits graft much more readi-
ly than others; the seed fruits, so
called, such as apples, pears, etc, be-
ing examples OF this class. The
stonc-truits, such as cherries, peaches
and plums can be reproduced more
satisfactorily by means Of budding.
The novice in these matters should
then turn his attention more particu-
larly to the first, and after he has
gained proficiency, it will he time
enough to try his hand at the latter.
In testing new varieties, how much
more sensible to own single limb
on an old-cstablished tree than to
purchase young plant, and have
to wait for several years to ascer-
tain perh apps, after all his trouble, that
it is not at all suited to his locality.
The largest limbs may be marked
quite easily, by merely making
downward cut through the bark, for
say an inch in length, having previ-
ously cut off the branch squarely and
smoothly. The graft should not be
cut wedge-shaped as in the customary
cleft-gratt system, but the cut must
be all on one side, and inserted be-
tween the bark and wood of the limb,
beneath the slit aforesaid. After ty-
ing it into place firmly, apply a good
coating OF grating wax OF clay, and
the job is done.
Several gratis may thus be inserted
around a large-sized limb, and these,
after "taking," will soon grow over,
and completely cover the end, so as
to make neat appearance afterward.
Occasionally, when we have a large
number Of varieties on one tree, the
stronger kinds will smother out the
weaker, if care is not taken to keep
the former within re: sonable bounds;
and yet there are instances where as
many as twenty, and even thirty, dis
tinct varieties Of apples are growing
OH one tree, all of which are in bear
ing condition, and the owners sweep
the premiums for the best and largest
displays at every show where they
exhibit. Old Butter or White Doy-
enne pear trees, whose usefulness has
long since passed away, may be made
to produce bountiful crops Of delici-
GUS fruit once more, by grating over
their tops with Bartlett and Scckel;
indeed, there are plenty of such in
stances existing to prove how very
valuable this grating business is,
where good, healthy stocks are al
ready grown.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
Sheep II Orchards.

A member Of the State Board of
Agriculture of Maine, gives his ex-
perience in pasturing sheep in Or
chards rs follows:
After the trees become large
enough to take care of themselves. it
becomes a pretty serious question
what We shall do. My Judgment is
subject to change when see reason
to change-to run it to grass, and
pasture it with sheep. Other things
will do; but calves are dangerous,
hogs are dangerous. They bark the
trees, and SO will sheep. sometimes,
if you pasture too close. But take it
all in all, | would rather have sheep
in my orchard than any other stock:
they manure it more evenly-they
enrich it in a peculiar way. There is
something in the old saying that
'sheep leave golden tracks" | know
they manure a piece Of ground better
than any other stock have an or
chard OF over four acres, on which
my father had plowcd and planted,
and moved and hoad. When | took
the farm, the orchard was run out,
and for ten years | hardly got ten
dollars profit IRON it. | undertook
to cultivate it In blowing, the roots
would stick-up all about. / manur-
ed it, but still the apples would not
come. Going into the field one day,
when it was i'll potatoes, | made up
my mind | would never put the pillow
into that orchard again, live as long
as might, and left the potatoes in
the hills. | left it to grow up to
grass, if itwouId. Little or nothing
has been done to it since, except to
pasture sheep. | turned in half Il
dozed at first, and in four or five years
increased them to twenty or twenty
five. Now for the result The sheep
were turned in IN 1856; no account
was taken until 1860, when | got $40
bushels Of apples. There are 26O
trees in the orchard. In eleven years,
from 1860 to 1871, harvested 6,4l7
bushels from thOse acres, winch
brought me 5,O46.66, exclusive of
some which | made into cider, leav-
ing me net profit over and above
expenses of S4,59S.79. | have charg-
ed the cost Of fencing, the cost of the
little manure | put upon it, and the
cost of some understanding which it
needed. | have charged eight per
cent. on the estimated value for rent
and taxes, and over and above all
those expenses, that piece Of land has
paid me more than 500 year profit
per acre; and all did was simply to
turn it to pasture, putting in sheep
| do not think | put on $50 worth Of
any other kind Of manure.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

GAS IN MlNEs.-Considerabic use
is being made of gass in England as
a means OF lighting mines. A steam
jet is used to draw gas into and force
1t down a pipe to the bottom Of the
mine. The jet can be applied to al
most any depth. 1t is now in use
500 yards below the surface Of the
ground.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

In open weather farmers should
take the opportunity to put the fences
i'll thorough repair, siraighten up
posts, replace old plank with new,
and drive i nail wherever needed
Worm fences are effective barriers,
but the corners are hot-beds for the
production of noxious weeds. Ii
pIanks or wire are not handy, it
would be better to stake the corners
aud lay the rails straight, 80 that the
plow may run close up to the fence
line.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
GRANGE DIRECTORY.

RESCENT GRANGE, No. 1572.-R Regular meet
ings en- the last Friday before the full moon Of
each month Place Meets ut the residence Of
r. S. Stone three miles south of Jesup. and
nine miles southwest of independence.
S. G. MASON. Secretary.
WINTHROP GRANGE. No. 611.-Meets at Win
throp On Friday on or before the full moon Of
each month.
S. G. PIERCE. Master. S. w. RICH. Sec.
WEST BUFFALO GRANGE, No. 1216-Mects
Tuesday on or before full moon.
j. ID. RUSSELL. Master.
MIDDLEFIELD GRANGE, No. 52S.-Meets on
Wednesday, on or before fun moon.
B, DU BUlS. Master. L. j. WIGG. Sec.
SUPERIOR GRANGE. No. 352-Meets Saturday
on or before full moon. at No. s School House
Hazleton twp L. MESSENGER,
f. B. FILLMORE, Secretary. Master
BYRON GRANGE No. 267 Meets at Justus Dur
KEGS, on Tuesday evening, on or before new
moon. EDW ARD GLEASON, Master.
A. KNOWLES Sec.
PERRY CANOE, No. 31S- Meets at the Center
School House. in Perry Township, or Tuesday
evening" on or before full moon.
L. LITTLE, Sec.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

An English writer gives plan for
protecting all kinds of fruits from
birds. It is simply crossing threads
from twig otwigin ADMINISTRATIONS,
SO that birds will strike against them
when seeking the fruit. He says it
never fails to scare them away.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
Aaritnltnral Gplnlll,l.

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, 1875-03-12
Geo. p. Rowen 8xCo's Ads

n 0-The choicest In the world linz
6AO pOrters' prices-Largest company
In America staple article-peases everybody
Trade continually increasing - Agents wanted
everywhere--best inducements--don'tw waste time
send for circular to ROBERT WELLS, 40 Vesey st.
n. u. p. O. Box 1887.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

cD(1(l month to agents everywhere. address
~~"O EXCELSIOR MFG Co. Buchanan Mich
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

X. BELLS PRESCRIPTION FOR CoNsuMP-
TIoN-BALsAM or ALPINE Moss 1t il
prompt, it is reliable. il is safe il is salu-
tary; it never fails tn benefit in all diseases
I The lnngs II is the s-cttf Of my treof succ.ss
J treating CONSUMPTION for the last 40 years
'ry it, Sold by Wholesale Druggists in Chicago.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-29
eAEDIs, Mss, ootobor ., 1875.
Thanks 20 Memphians.
TO che Editors OF the Appeal:
AGRICULTURE.
Synopsis Of S1c October Report Re-
ceiN'd "a the Department at
Washington.

WASHINGTON, October 2S.-The Oc-
fpscr report o. the department Of agriculture
contains accounts from New Jersey, WiscOn-
SIN and Minnesota showing large decrease
rH tine cranberry crop boy insects and fr1sts.
The rice crop in south Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Louisiana IS much larger than
usual. IN North Carolina The great crop was
formerly rice, hut since the war the produce
afpn has fallen 81, and no crop has taken It's
place ON the large, valuable rice plantation
which have consequently almost gone TO utn.
TIE sUg3r cane ia Georgia was cut snort by
the d0outh, and in some parts OF Florida not
more than three Per cent Of crop was plant
a for want of seed. In other parts OF the
state tho crops were brought up to full aver
acc by The August and September raiUs. In
Alabama there was a largely increased aver
arg iu the average cOrditiOn. IN Mississippi,
me leading planters are manufacturing their
sugar and mOlas-es at home, from
Louisiana aid African cane. Much
- Ne cane viii not be ground
IoT want o. mills, auu will therefore he lost
l.su. sIaua has not justified the promise Of its
Tue auVe rance 10 ~ecrung the sorghum
CrOp, which, though injured in some sections,
Is repre- ujeI g., gene -ally fine. The hop
VIuD is quito good in New YORK; the
Weld was a. least Ons-third more than
amy cop for the last five years. There
was q large Weld on all the fields. In Oregon
She culture j. ygr IN us infancy, but bottom
lands OF the W mette viii prove the nnest
lands in the world FOR hOp-growing. The
I-..u en-. ID corG time. The member OF fatJen-
Iu. cattle IA the country Is somewhat greater
rHEn .s-t sea-. There is a falling of IN the
-Hs England states, except Connecticut,
EEl CD Ispg 4 an increase nearly balancing
tho urGg-yuc. u fae utGfE.
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Saturday, Move /, Der q. 1875.

within legal hours, the following described
real estate, or so much thereof as viii be suf-
bcient to discharge the taxes sdjudged against
said property and all costs as SET forth in said
decree, to wit: a certain piece of real estate
lying ms heSNy county, Tennessee, in the city
of Memphis, and known as lot in block 80, in
said city, beginning on the south side Of Vance
street, iO5 feet east o! FchOlS street; thence
running sOuthwaldly 2j5 feet; thence east
wardiy 80 feet; thence nOrtuwaTdly 80 feet
thence westwardly 50 feet to the beginning.
This 18th day of October, 1915.
b. p ANDERSON,
Commissioner of Revenue.
John Johnston, attorney. Oc2g-fT
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Attachment Notice.

DEFORE g. K. EGNEW, J. Pc. w. Reiter
D Il Co. VS.. r. L. Hbberts.
In this cause an nshdaVit having been made
for an attachment under section - Of the
Code of Tennessee; that the defe -Gaui is u
nOn-reSldence, etc, and personal service can
not be had upon him; that he Is indebted to
plaintiff in the sum OF SIS, and attachment
having been issued and returned 'ey .eJ, ETC.,
II is therefore ordered, That publication be
made in the Memphis Appeal, one OF the
newspapers published in the city OF Mem
phis, for four consecutive weeks. notifying
said defendant TO appear at my Office No. POS
Main ST., in the city Of Mem phis son the 18th day
of December, 1879, at ten o'clock am, to de-
fend this suit or the same will be heard eX
parte. This 26th day of October. 1875.
Oc29-fri @. Il. EGEEW, J. Z.
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GAYOSO ARTIFICIAL STONE CO.,
IOI Untan airee1. Hsemnhta

THIS Company has the exclusive right To
L manufacture the Lemon, Cameron q
H8iner Artificial Stone in Shelby county.
state Of Tennessee, and the Public are warned
not to engage anywhere for such stone or
stone work. This company has been com
pleteiy re9TganlZed, and viii hereafter hsunder
the exci nsiVe management Of the under
Hgnei. WORK in stone done on short notice
A large s. Ock on hand, consisting OF Window
Cap and Sills, Boiling Course, steps, CHM
ney -hues, Chlmuey-tOpS, Hearth, Flaggiug
Curling, Gaping, Fencing. and Genre cry
Work Ot al Kinds. Sidewalks laid in linerglt
coIoTs, W, 3. LOCkY, Manager,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-29

q letter from Boston 20 the New
York Herald OF the tW=nty-gecond instant,
Favs. cans Won Ru ow appeared for the
2 lri time 80 ne b SION Music hall this
'.,u.rv. The works seie ted by him FOR the
occasion were 90. Fourth Concerto, opus y, in
e. major, rf . truuy-J- the FirSt Concerto IN
J. Laf, o. Liszr, ard three pTtludes aud fugues,
iTIus rtlians 90 the widely a. ffereni styles Of
Bach. NCUdeIsr Oh1 and RAM
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aturday, November %, 1875,

within legal hours, at the Courthouse door in
The city CT Memphis, sell al public auction 10
the highest bidder, for cash, the following real
estate lying in Shelby county, Tennessee, and
in the city OF Memphis, or 50 much thereof as
will be sufficient 10 discharge the taxes adj
Judge against said pr, perty and all costs as
set forth IN said LeCree, known and described
as follows: Beginning Gil the south line OF
Adams street, 100 feet east OF the east side of
Fourth alley; thence asst with the south side
OF a ans street IS ieet; thence south lfSI% leet
to an alley; thence west with the north lfue of
said alley So feet; thence north wardly 81 right
angles with Adams street E$15 feet to the be-
ginning.
THIS 2Sth day Of October, 1875.
t. +. AN DERSON,
Commissioner Of Revenue.
John Johnston, attorney.
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AEvi.a. frlrl Lordln DENY the sfnr,

Advice from LOUdJu deny the story
a love ana assassination IN which the King
ur spain and the Duke DcSeXtO are represent
H.. as j-r Tl.Tc. pal actors. one version, speak
inn of the wife and daughter OF a spanish
colonel. SHOWS it's Ia'sIfE from the facJ that
fu- colonel mentioned ss well known ia New
Hs.s. where uD EIsII'I e. long lime, aud mar
... .ga -.u .rmau. instead OF being ssas We
l.ats. .. ..... a-l ru comfortable CIICum-
stance.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-29

In New York. yesterday evening,
Tamnang hal o iOmb bust in the midst of
a gro 3 a. UaIl,e on rers, seriously mi URN
CiGLl or lime, ole 10 Tho extent that he viii
lose Els eve lguf