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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-11-25
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
OF AGRICULTURE.

The non-appearance of the annual reports
OF this Department is explained i'm its
monthly report for September:
1.-THE statistical correspondents Of the
Department have endured patiently the de-
lay Of Congress to provide their quota Of
Reports Of Agriculture for 1872 and 1873.
After a years delay an appropriation for the
publication of editions OF those volumes for
the use Of the Department. was made, and
one of each was sent to county corresponds
ents and their assistants, and two copies
extra have recently been sent to each county.
Many correspondents, knowing that the re-
port of 1874 was made to Congress last JAM
uary, and properly expecting its receipt in
printed form, have deemed the sending Of
duplicates of 1873 a mistake. The annual
for last year is indeed printed, the Senate
having ordered IN edition Of 1000 copies for
its own use, the largest number obtainable
without a joint resolution, but no provision
has rs yet been made by Congress for any
distribution whatever. The Department
should be promptly supplied with IN edition
for its official distribution, and exchange,
especially to, its faithful and gratuitously
working correspondents. As to q general
distribution, the English plan of sale at cost
should be adopted, but not unless the rule
is made toapply to all documents =
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-11-25
THERE Is IA GOOD T1EE COMING.

will not our farmers and stock -growers
take courage from the following cheerful
manner ill which the Buffalo Lire Stock Jour.
nal views o,lr situation.
& The last two years have been quite equal
III thrift to the farmer with M average Of the
last ten years. The ten years succeeding
financial crisis usually show 4 more prosper
Gus decade Tor ltalre than the5 pseced-
ing. III Is more iii ilIiairial thai
people examine the basis of thinessafd when
they to. agriculture feels an impulse.
we predicted 4 prosperous period for aegrl-
culture, dating fromsthe great panic of lo15.
The first two years have been quite satlsiac-
tory. and the balance of the decade is Likely
to lie still more prosperous. Our means o1
transportation are constantly increasing anu
cheapening. We are to have u large trade
in live stock with Great Britain. and probably
with Germany and France. ltseems lllgnly
probable that the facilities for Transporting
live stock will he so much Improved that
this trade. in the near future, will be much
greater than our trade in meats has hereto-
fore been. and this latter trade is not llkeiy
to fall off but to increase. We are the great
est meat-eating nation upon the globe, pus
our capacity for meat production II even
greater than our market. We can supply
million head Of prime steers 70 Europe, be-
sides our home demand. Europe y hungry
for the beeves, and the transportation PROB
lem will be solved. We have even q greater
capacity to supply meat than wheat. Nutri~
tious grasses grow all across the continent,
and only require cattle to devour them.
These are easily supplied. Cotton was q cc
called king, but grass is crowned now. lis
not improbable that within half century
our exports Of live stock and meat will exceed
that Of the cotton crop The South may take
large handin the profits Of this future ex-
portation. This cattle trade has every ything
to recommend it over that of the expectation
Of our grain crops. The grain largely eau
itself up in the carriage. Ten dollars worth
Of meat may be sent at the price Of " Y
corn; we shall then send concentrated grasa
or concentrated corn-the manufactslred
goods instead of tho raw material. Theagri-
culture Of the United States is establishing
itself on basis aboyeand beyond panic
II grass is king, the Rocky Mountain re-
giun is It's throne, and fortunate indeed are
those who possess it.
| GRACE is always grace, but it never seems
so gracious as when we seeit brought toour
unworthy selves.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-11-25

CoMPToN's Surprise isl london Car
dener's Chronicle thinks, u11x IA me- best late
keeping potatoes in cultly though un-
gainly in shape and of T5sis Exterior. It
poils mealy, is full-havi3seg hut should be
grown on light and SON early soils.
and by those especially lfep it over till.
the spring and opening
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-11-25
ADVERTISING RATES
AGRIC U | TT RAJ.
EDITOR ANls PROPRIETOR

II u Iii ~ Y ~ LII IL II il,
SINCE the days when our first parents
walked among the fruitful groves and flow
cry wales of Eden, agriculture has been the
honored occupation of man. deluge
swept the face of the earth, but the surviy-
ors returned again to rural pursuits The
dark and middle ages of the worlds history
have come and gone, and still, in the midst
of the enlightenment of the nineteenth cen
tury, the primitive calling of our fathers is
regarded as the most honorable of all occu-
pations.
At times during the progressive history of
man, its devotees have been ridiculed and
sneered at, and there may yet be small
class of the human family who look with
contempt upon those who till the soil Like
the fool who hath said in his heart "There
is no God" they mock at their betters, rev
cling III the vanity Of their birth or position,
but never, in whole life time of Incidence,
1dleness and luxury, have experienced the
m serenity and happiness which one
haars' rest brings TO the toiling gmillions VINO
by their honest labor feed the world. 1t is
not an irksome drudgery to till the fruitful
earth, but it is delightful science; one in
which, as we advance by degrees, develop
ing the marvellous intricacies Of its several
branches, instead of dulling our sensibilities
stunning and dwarting our intellects, drag
ing us down from the exalted position to
which we We're created, leads us onward and
upward higher unto the great Fountain Of
Life, which is God himself.
All animal life turns to the earth for food.
Were the fields left uncultivated, the orchards
and vineyards unpruned, our prosperity
would crllmble away to dust, civilization
hault and turn back upon its march, and the
proud nations of the earth return to a state
/ of semi-barbarism. But by care and cul-
ture, by delving deeper into agricultural
science, national progress, moving hand in
hand, keeps up her onward strides, and civ
1lization scars phoenix like to Jove.
The WHEAT crop for the year, as shown
by the October returns of the Department
Of Agriculture, is short, being about twenty
per cent. less than last years production.
Should the average continue the same as
thus far reported, the total crop will sum up
In the neighborhood of 264 900 900 bushels,
or about $4,000, 600 under last years yield.
apquality the crop averages fourteen per
cent. below sound condition. The corn crop
thisyear falls four per cenisaslfder the pro-
duct ef 1874, while the oataSieM is five per
cent. greater. The potatS TdsA1ct is very
extraordinary. BuckwheAt sbout an aver
age, but barley is thirteen UNI cent. below
last year. Tobacco is twepex cent. above
average.
CoMPToN's Surprise il, xondon Car
dener''s Chronicle thinks, uxA ia ME- best late
keeping potatoes in cul MI hough un-
calmly in shape and of T5sish Exterior 1t
8 Roils mealy, is full-flavisS hut should be
grown ON light and soYSsxad5ysSx early soils.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-11-25

GRACE is always grace, but it never seems
SO gracious as when we seeit brought toour
unworthy selves.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-11-25

An ENGLISH correspondent of the Garden,
London, has high praise for Snowflake, one
Of Mr.. Bliss observation-disclosures which he
declares clearly deserves, owing to its many
good qualities, to be considered the potato
of the period. = ~
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
TAxAr,on OF CHURCHES.

The exemption from taxation OF
church property, and the property OF
educational, literary and charitable IN
stituticns, is. a subject which is attract
ING Considerable attention at the pres
ont time Some of these institutions
had concessions made TO them by the
state long ago, and these are held 70 DC
I, the nature OF contracts. me eN-
eontion from taxation is one of these
concessions. But these apply only TO
n,rticular institutions. The property Of
churches aud schools generally IN the
conntrg is not held under charters anu
therefore has no such immunity, Ihs
oroperty, however, is exempt from TAX :,
alton for variety of reasons, "nlcn !
NAV be all included under the genera
one of public policy. President Eho,'
of Harvard College, has written out hk
views on this subject, and whether tnes
will be accepted as conclusive or not
,bey are worthy of consideration. he
says:
seThe property which has been SCI
snart for religious, educational and char
n, i,pl,,e nses Is ! 3 like property OF
n,.v' or State which is essential for car
-,;ng IN tbe work of the city or State
I'D 90 cannot be reokoned among tnt
s,,hl;c assets: il is irrecoyeraoie ahc
completely unproductlye. sns ~ eost ,stpefa pr
is sunk, so to speak, just as the cos1 as ~
sewer or highway is capital SUM. ! nei' iss'
ia return, both from churoh ?t = . ~ ~. !.
lege. and from sewer or q BlguMaS !,
in the benefit secured to the coinih.,i. - :.
but the money which built theli t7flll't = ~
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
A Favorable Opportunity.

We gave expression to our belief in
the injurious policy of the third term
agitation so many months ago, that re-
cent events, foreseen by those who
study cause and effect, cannot be alleged
as a motive, in suggesting that the op-
perfume moment has now arrived for
President Grant to show his apprecia-
ton of the distinguished honors be-
slowed upon him by the Republican
party, by announcing his determination
to abide by honored precedent and retire
from the Presidency at the end of the
present term. Such an announcement
would be most appropriate on the occa-
sion OF his approaching visit to the State
of Massachusetts, which has sustained
him IN the field and during his presi-
dency with zeal and confidence That
bold and manly enunciation of this in
tention would revive the dropping spirit
of the Republican party and impart new
vitality to the issues and principles
which it represents, there cannot be a
shadow of doubt. We do not propose
to discuss the sound and substantial rea
sons that might be advanced to sugtain
The belief cherished by the best Repub-
iieans in this State, that an authoritative
announcement of his desire to be re-
lieved of the high office would be ser
vice which he owes to the party, nor do
we care TO eriticise the wisdom of that
silence. which the President has thus far
preserved upon this important matter.
Ii IS sufficient to. state that, whether IL
be his intention TO remain candidate
OF to retire, it is due from him to the
Republican party that he should frankly
state his position. --lSGS5o7l Journal.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
MRS Tiiton 20 be Called as
-.., Witness boy the Defense.

.hioais22 nj dslicacy alone have not
kept hsrssf fs.toT3 fFotr. ssssnsse'aess. 80
court since Mr.. Becker went on fks
staud. She expects To- succeed him in
the witness chair, or certainly to follow
N r. cleveland as the conclucii4la- xyitra,esss
t license. MIR. Beecicrs counsel
are unwifllng to 'adrlip sh.... i. 10 their
fixed purpose to call Mrs. Tilton, but
from other sources of Information it is
known that such is their determination.
1t is known with certainty that Judge
Nelson has declared he will permit Mrs.
Tilton to testify if both. sides consent to
It, The defense recognize perhaps that
public sentiment demands an offer of
Mrs. Tilton's testimony, and they will
make the offer for two reasons. Ac-
cording to Mr. Beecher's friends, they
want her testimony in the first place,
being satisfied it will cOrroborate Mr..
Beecher in every important particular,
and introduce the needed narration OF
| circumstances under which the defense
allege that the confession and other pa
pers were forced from her by her hus-
band. The second reason is, thatif they
| do not get her testimony il will place
the plaintiff in the position of excluding
| it, and this they believe will strengthen
their case before the jury and public.
| But whether the plaintiff takes this po-
sition or not, the direct testimony of
| Mrs Tilton under oath will be given to
the public.-N Y. Tribune.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
THE RUTLAND HERALD
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1875.
MALCONTENTS.


Wefind in one of our Southern exchang-
es some very good advice to this numerous
class OF people, who are grumblIng all
the time about oppression, and charging
upon the Administration every act that
has disgraced the history of law-break-
ers and tyrants for centuries. These
acts of oppression, as they are called,
have had but one object in view so far
as the general government is concerned.
They are intended to restore the Union
upon the principle that all men, born or
naturalized in this country, are citizens,
and entitled to participate, not only in
the benefits of the government, but in
the administration of it. Whatever may
be said of the wisdom of the methods
employed to carry out this principle, it
must be admitted that it is right, and
must in the end become a part of our
governmental policy. Any inequality
of rights Which Iuay be left in the
country as remnants of slavery, will be
fruitful of strife as slavery itself has
been. 1t is for the interest OF the South
as well as of the North to have this
question settled at once and forever.
There is nothing oppressive in the Re
publican policy of reconstruction, and
nothing to warrant this cry through the ]
South of oppression and the necessity of
returning to constitutional government. /
"Many of the Republican measures,
says our exchange, ',were perhaps not |
the wisest that could have been devised. /
but the party has necessarily operated |
upon experimental ground, and the won I
der is that so few mistakes have been.
made. Mistakes in this regard should l.
not cause patriotic men to abandon a
principle, upon the establishment of I
which the future peace of the country I
so certainly depends. Growth of the
sentiment which now opposes the equal
rights and citizenship of the negro, will /
as surely follow the defeat of the Re-
publican policy, as growth of the slave
sentiment followed its triumph in 1882,
and the one, as much as the other is cal
culated to involve the country in civil /
war. Hence we are justified in declar-
ing the present attitude of the South as
hurtful TO the country at large and es-
peciallY hurtful to itself; and the talk
of its indictments about oppression as
ridiculous. We are also equally iusti-
fed in predicting that the defeat of the
Republican policy will eventually in
volve the country in strife agaiu. y ...
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15

longer to be counted as property, in the
I common sense. y When a new
road is made where there was none, the
state, or some individual, sacrifices the
value OF the land it covers, and the
money spent in building the road. 1t
also sacrifices the opportunity to tax, in
the future, the improvements. which
might have been put upon that land if
1t had not been converted into road,
and all the indirect taxable benefits
which might have been derived from
the use for productive purposes of the
land, and of the money which the road
cost. When church, or college, or q
hospital buys land and erects buildings
thereon, the State does not sacrifice the
value of the land, or the money spent
upon the buildings private persons
make these sacrifices but the State
does sacrifice, by the exemption statute
the opportunity to tax, in the future,
the Improvements which might have
been put upon that land if it had not
been converted to religious, educational
or charitable uses, and all the indirect
taxable benefits which might have been
derived from the use for productive pur-
poses of the land, and of the money
which the buildings cost. The
State believes that the new road will be
such convenience to the community
that the Indirect gain from making it
will be greater than the direct and indi-
rect loss. In the same way the State be-
lieves, or at least believed when the ex-
statute was adopted, that the
indirect gain to'its treasury which results
from the establishment of the exempted
is greater than the loss
which the exemption involves"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
PAUL BoYNToN.


The remarkable feat accomplished
by Paul Boynton, last Saturday, in
swimming across the English channel,
has no parallel except in the story in
which an Englishman who attempted 10
Guido q Yankee in storytelling was
vastly outdoue The Englishman said
that as he was leaving Liverpool he saw
an Americas just coming out of the
water who reported that he had swan
across from Boston. am very glad
you saw him, replied the Yankee, for |
am the man, and as my statement of what
! had done has been Questioned. L now
have a living witpess to the fact. Paul
Boynton is an American, by profession
a diver, and has been known as an ex-
pert swimmer for many years. During
the summer season he has saved many.
persons from drowning at Atlantic. City
He is the inventor of life-saying dress
which he had used on several occasions
with complete success Not many
months since he started with his outfit
from New York, on an. ocean steamer,
with the determination of jumping over
bno.sa ,Ynen distant two hundred miles
from land, and making his way back to
this country. But he was not permitted
by the officers of the ship to carry
out his intention. He seems to have
adopted the famous creed of Sam
Patch that ''some things can be done as
t.
channel from Dover to Boulogne, dis
tance of forty miles in about fifteen
hours. He was prevented by the dark
ness from accomplishing the last few
miles of this passage unaided. But he
has proved that, with proper equipments
n man can live in the open sea as safely
as upon land that he can not only tioat
in thorough security, but that he
can propel himself through the water
with greater speed than any unasslsteo
swimmer could rival. His dress Is de-
scribed as ''simply a rubber suit OF
armor, of peculiar pattern, containing
compartments which were Inflated al
will. Its weight was but fifteen POUNDS
vet the necessary articles required on
the perilous trip increased this ayoirdu
pois. These were two dozen sigma
lights, two pounds of cheese, six pound;
of crackers, one piece of Bologna sau
sage, one axe and one bowe-knife FOL
sharks, signal flags, rockets, an extra
suit of clothes and a large doubIe-bladeq
paddle with which to propel himself
1t is not probable that many person
will adopt this method of navigation TO
pleasure, but the success of this inyen
ton is by no means small matter. In
result of this remarkable achievement
ought TO be turned to practical account
Many lives might be saved by means Q
IL in the disasters of ocean travel.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
Cravitation as a Motive Power
in the HooSac Tunnel.

The North Adams NeeoS says: Sat
urday evening train of seven cars
loaded with rock was sent from near the
central shaft through the tunnel with
no engine attached. 1t was started by
an engine about two hundred feet this
side of the shaft, from which point it
came to this village with no motive
power save that furnished by the tunnel
grade, the weight of the train and the
momentum given at the start. The
speed was sufficient to necessitate using
the brakes upon leaving the western
portal, the precaution of running at a
rather slow rate of speed being taken at
this point through fear of meeting with
distractions on the track. The grade
in the tunnel Is twenty-six feet to the
mile. -...s.. .-...
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
Vermont at the Concord Cen.
.r.atr,n tennial.

Gov. Peek has decided to attend the
anniversary of the first battles of the
Revolution at Concord and Lexington on
the 10Th inst, and will be accompanied
by his staff, which consists of the fol
lowing officers: Adjutant Gen. Jas: s.
Peck of Montpelier, @. nj. Gen. LeviG.
Kingsley of Rutland, Judge Advocate
Gen. Joel Fl. Lucia of Vergennes, Sur
geon Gen. D. P. Webster of Putney,
Military Secretary VIM. 2. Dilling-
ham of Waterbury, and Aides dc Camp
Col. Jonathan NJ. Hoyt of New Haven,
Col. VIM. Brinsmaid of Burlington, Col.
Henry G. Tenant of Bethel, and Col.
Henry c. Hastings of st. Johnsbury:
The Ransom Guards of st. Albans Will
attend as escort. They will leave st.
| AIbans ON Saturday evening in train OF
Pullman cars, in which they will eat
and sleep during their stay in Concord:
The Barlow Grays were very desirous OF
| accepting the invitation of the commit.
| tee 10 attend, as also the invitation OF
the Boston Grays to be their guests IN
that city, but they were unwilling to ask
/ their friends to contribute to detray the
expense, and as their members and the
/ members of the Ransom Guards occupy
| so many responsible positions in civil
life. they felt that duty called upon them
/ to remain at home and keep the wheel
i of industry rolling. 81.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-04-15
How jackson Green DeceiVed
His Poor Old Crandfather.

Jackson Green is fourteen years old
and lives on Camp street. The other
dav, while reading dime novel, his
grandfather came home with The paper
and asked him to read the Presidents
message. 1t irritated jackson to break
off his story Just where the trapper was
going to be scalped, so he made up his
mind to have revenge upon his grand
father. He took up the paper and start
ed off as follows:
The business of the Patent Office
shows steady increase. Since 1886
over 155 900 patents have been issued.
Mai. Gen. Barber wants it distinctly un-
derstood that he is not the barber that
shayes for nickle, and my whole Cab
met can make square meal out OF
small box of shadines.
esWhat! !" exclaimed the old man, lis
that in the message =
"Right here, every word OF it, re-
nlied Jackson. And he continued:
ssThe business of the Agricultural Bu-
reau is rapidly growing. The Secretary
of state reports the Shadine catch this
wear TO number 73,454, 1O7, omitting
heads and tails and the Senator from
Tennessee, and the highest prize IN q
Chinese lottery is seventeen cents, and
| the man who draws it has his picture on
| the tea chests and travels eyerywhere---.
"What, what is that e rosTed the Old
man. al never heard of such a message
/ as thati' ee-u>,,
sSCan,t heIpi,,' replied Jackson, '.You
| asked me 10 read the Presidents MES
sage, and Fm reading it. And he
went on:
"During the year 3, ,ss5s new applios,.
tions for army invalid pensions were al,
lowed at an aggregate annual rate OF
$50, ,332, and fisherman's luck can ot
guarded against by purchasing box OF
! shadines.
/ sI,or' save me but never heard o.
the likes beforei Z" exclaimed the ole
man. I've read every Presidents mes
SAGE since Jackson's time, but | neye
saw ANYTHING like this ?"
aWell, / didn't write the message,
| replied Jackson, and he continued:
tDuring the year 3,264, 314 acres o
the public domains were certified .
railroads against over six millions tn
preceding year, and still another lot o
those shadines Just arrived now lay i
your stock for the centennial"