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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
POTATOES AT Is CENTS A BusHEL,

In speaking of the several contests in DO
tato growing, Mr.. Conrad Wilson says:
Since the award made by Bliss 6 Sons for
the best yield of potatoes from a pound of
seed, have obtained some additional facts
in regard to part of these crops, which will
perhaps give new interest to the results
already published.
In response to another premium offered,
based on the cost of production, have re-
ceived statements in regard to said crops.
from which it appears that
l. The yield of Alfred Rose was at the
rate of 746 bushels per acre, and the cost a
little less than 15c. per bushel.
2. The yield Of j. L. Perkins was at the
rate OF 475 bushels per acre, and the cost
also nearly 15c. per bushel.
g. The yield Of j. I. Salter, which was 36aa
bushels from / 1b. of seed, is not so reported
as to indicate the rate per acre, but shows
the cost per bushel to be 2oIc.
4 and 5. In the case of H. V. Rose and of
NJ, M. Rose, the cost was slightly above the
figure of Alfred Rose.
Finally, it appears that the costper bushel
is tie between j. L. Perkins of Iowa, and
Alfred Rose Of New York. The premium
is, therefore, divided between the two.
There are several curious and interesting
questions growing out of this trial which it
will, perhaps, be worth while to consider
hereafter ia connection with a further state
ment of the processes and treatment of these
crops.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
NO. 27.

A company is about starting great farm
ing enterprise in the foothills between Ma
rysvile and Smartsville, California, they
have in a body 1,700 acres of land. Orch
ards Of orange trees, English walnuts, al
mond trees, and pecans, will be laid out,
and much ground devoted to wheat, clover,
alfalfa, and sheep-raising.
A correspondent Of the Department ofAg-
riculture, writing from Ingham county,
Mich, says there is a growing conviction in
that section that good farming and only
that is profitable. The breeding Of fine
sheep, cattle and farm horses, is receiving
marked attention; unusual exertions arc be-
ing made to introduce the best labor-saving
machines and implements.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
PEEPS At THE FARM.

While we are taking peep at the farm,
we must not forget to look at the buildings,
the dwelling-the home, if you
please. 1t is by the home and the surround
ings that we judge something of the nature
and disposition of the family. We are SO
constituted as to partal1e more or less Of the
nature of things-animate and inanimate--
with which we are surrounded; therefore, if
we expect to be happy, we must associate
with congenial spirits, and dwell in homes
that are attractive. A noted writer, speak
ing of the home, says:
A mans house should be on the hilltop
Of cheerfulness and serenity, so high that no
ing comes so early and the evening tarries
so late, that the days have twice as many
hours as those of other men. He is to be
pittied whose house is in some valley of grief
between the hills, with the longest night
and the shortest day. Home should be the
centre of joy, equatorial and tropical.
In the education of the family of children,
this home influence plays a most important,
part in forming their habits and shaping
their destiny. The child that is brought up
in cheerful home, surrounded with beauti-
full grounds and trellised flowers, will cher
ish that home as hallowed ground, and his
thoughts will center there. There is no
need of making this home a costly affair. A
man should always build according to his
means, for large costly mansion with a
6 mortgage attachment is not calculated
to promote cheerfulness.-Cor of Rleral
! World.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25

Forty States and Territories cultivate to-
bacco-3000 900 pounds yearly, worth
about $40 100000.
Farm hands in vermont arc readily en-
Gagged for the season at Sl5 per month and
found, where last year at this time they
were demanding $25 and found.
In sowing German millet for hay, SOW
broadcast, from two to two and half BUSH
els to the acre, and cut when it is in bloom;
cure with as little exposure to the sun as
possible.
The London Agricultwal Gazette esti-
mates the yearly cost OF a four years rota-
ton of crops upon typical English farm.
Labor seed and taxes for an acre cost $1S.-
IS; the total expenses for each year were
s33.o5. This, considering the expensive
methods of the English farmer, is not ex-
trene, but it approaches much nearer our
own rates than the expense of English ag-
riculture is generally supposed to approach.
The Germantown Telegraph says that hen
manure, where only small quantity is gath
cred, is better adapted to growing onions
than anything we have ever tried. Although
very powerful manure, we have dosed our
onion beds literally, and never saw any but
the best results. If large quantities are
saved, it should be made fine, mixed with
two or three times its bulk Of gypsum, and
applied TO the corn hills at planting time.
The total area of cranberry lands i'll clllti-
yation in the Eastern States, is $4,000 acres.
A farmer ought to be y good judge of ev-
ery particular which relates to the good Or
derng OF his farm.
TO be perfect farmer man should COM
bine reading, observation, and practice. A
man may work in the field all his life and
be poor farmer.
Experiments recently made in England
Indicate that wagons are most easily drawn,
| on all kinds of roads, when the fore and
hind wheels are of the same size, and the
nole lies lower than the axle.
/ At a farmers: institute held recently at
/ Rochester Mich, destroying Canada thistles
was discussed, and all agreed that to keep
them down a year, SO they could not obtain
the use of their leaves in the open air, would
| destroy them. Put two or three feet OF
straw over them, or cut them off below the
surface and cover them up once a week with
salt throughout the season.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
GRAssHoPPER MACHINES.

Two machines are being made by W..
Kinsey. one for j. w. Richards, the other
for Rufus Clark. They are made on plans
furnished by Mr.. Richards and appear to
meet several points lacking in other ma
chimes.
The machines are made of zinc, seven feet
long and three and ahalf feet wide, strength
ened by strips of wood around the edges,
with several ribs running lengthWise and
crosswise. Rings are inserted at one edge,
to which ropes about ten feet long are at
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
AG RICU LII i R AL.


a correspondent to the Cozarado Farmer,
says:
The all important subject among farmers
at this time, is the 'hoppers. The first ques-
ton asked when two of them meet is 'sWhat
are your grasshoppers doing?" The an
swers vary, according to the efforts being
made to arrest their ravages. Where the
farmers have water in their bitches, and are
using kerosene, the 'hoppers are doing lit
tie damage.
w. B. Afford and z. w. Rogers com
menced fighting them on the 23d ult., and,
though their farms were entirely surround
ed with open prairie, they have succeeded,
not only in keeping them off, but they have
destroyed nearly all that have made their
appearance, notwithstanding the fact that
about their farms the 'hoppers were more
plentiful than last year. Their process is
very simple their farms are completely sur
rounded by bitches filled with water, and
every hundred rods or SO, can Of kero-
sene is placed over the ditch, so that the
kerosene drops slowly into the water. AS
soon as the 'hoppers hatch, they make for
the water and the green crops, and congre-
gate on the bank of the ditch. By passing
along with flag, bushels Of them can be
driven into the ditch in a short time. By
placing a burlap sack across the ditch, a half
bushel of the little dead 'hoppers were
caught in thirty minutes. In addition to the
kerosene, eddies were formed by placing
narrow strips of boards across the ditch,
about half an inch below the surface. The
'hoppers often being held in the scum on the
upper side of the board, and are held in the
eddy below for short time; this kills them
effectually.
This is the expression of all the farmers in
our section. The eggs have been deposited
in the unbrolSen land, and all who have
bitches around their plowed land and are
doing. everything to destroy the 'hoppers as
they hatch, will be sure to raise crop this
year.
do not think there is one hopper this
wear. to where there was thousand last. III
the future, when 'hoppers come down upor
lis and deposite their eggs in the ploa0ec
ground, we can delay putting in our small
grain until they hatch, and then by using
Brewers fire machine they can all be des
troyed before sowing the crop, and at th
same time, by keeping the bitches full. ant
kerosene in them they can be kept out.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25

THE people of Kansas have responded lib
erally to the calls of the Patrons of Colora-
do, by contributing four car loads of grain,
which has been distributed by the commit
tee appointed by Rocky Mountain and Ceres
Oranges. Some farther contributions are
expected, and when the contribution is full
" accomplished a full report will be made
and credit given to those who have assisted.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

Messrs. Water and Oil
One day had broil,
As down in the grass they We're dropping,
And would not unite,
But continued to fight,
Without any prospect of stopping.
Mr.. Perash o'erheard,
And, quick as word,
He jumped in the midst of the clashing;
When all three agreed,
And united with speed,
And Soap came out ready for washing
FR1TTERs.-One quart of milk, one pound
of flour, and seven well-beaten eggs, q tea
spoonful of salt. Drop by the spoonful in
to lard and fry light brown.
FAMILY CAKEs.--Y olks Of eight eggs, and
one cup of sugar, kneaded stiff with flour.
Roll out thin, cut in fancy shapes, and fry
in hot fat.
hvlD rArro.--IaKe one egg, one cup OF
sugar, one cup water, one and a half tea
spoonfuls tartaric acid, one teaspoonfnl of
flour, one teaspoonfu1 extract lemon, piece
of butter size of a walnut. Cook over steam,
then fill the paste and bake moderately. Put
the lemon in just before baking. Ice them If
you wish.
KIssEs.-Two pounds of Toured sugar,
the whites of eight eggs, beaten to a froth,
then add the sugar and flavor with lemon or
vanilla. The whole should be beaten very
hard few minutes, then drop in oval shapes
on white paper which has been slightly but
tered, and place in a moderate oven. Bake
to pale brown, then place the flat sides
together.
LEMON P1E.-Make very short crust and
roll rather thick. For every pie take the
grated rind and juice of one lemon, one tea
cupful of sugar, and the yolk of one egg
one cupflll of sweet milk or water, one tea
spoonful of starch, sottened with a little
milk bake about an hour; beat the white
to froth; add two tablespoonfuls Of sugar
and pour over the top ]; bake slightly.
To MAKE Coon MoLAssEs CANDY.-Two
pounds white coffee sugar, one quart molas-
ses syrup, three tablespoonfuls OF vinegar, put
in small piece ofbutter. You can tell
when it is boiled enough by dipping your
finger into cup of cold water, and if that
which stickes to your finger is hard and
snaps, the candy is done, and should be
poured upon creased marble or tin pan;
add a little essence of lemon, then pull it till
it becomes white.
To MAKE HoNEY-WINE OR MEAD.-To a
gallon of water, put . Tbs. of honey and |
ID. of sugar; boil for an hour, put in the
whites of four eggs to clarity, and skim It
quite clear while boiling then put it into 4
clean tub, and let it stand for week, put
| ting in a toast with honey to make it work;
then put in a cask, adding the peels of three
or four lemons, let it stand for a month, and
then if it is not sufficiently fine put in more
honey, and let it stand longer.
! Coon RREAKFAsT CAKE.-Cold mashed
potatoes mixed with flour and rolled out and
cut into biscuits are very nice and health.
full.
ssa.s A
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25
TDUBLISIlED WEEKLY BY
f. N. SUTHERLIN.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.


The ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN is designed
to be, as the name indicates, husbandman in eyerv
sense OF the term, embracing in its columns every
aepartnent aoo OF hSreultare Stock-raising Horti-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-05-25

Transient advertisements payable in advance.
Regular advertisements payable quarterly
Twenty-Five per cent. added for special advertise
7nents.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
The Returning BOARD"

What is that monstrum horrendum
known as the Louisiana Returning
Beard? is asked on every hand. 1t is
sim ply a device concocted by the carpet
bag adventures when in the bloom of
their ill-gotten power in Louisiana to
override the will of the people and to
perpetuate their existence, in spite Of
any decision the people might render
through the balIot-box. 1t is a political
villainy which has no parallel, except,
perhaps, in the contrivances which have
been devised by the same tribe Of other
adventures in other carpet-bagged States
1t is composed" says a contemporary,
g of members appointed by the Governor,
with authority to receive, canvass and
adiudicate the returns of the votes cast
at an election, and announce the result
Their power to adjudicate returns is one
not possessed, we believe, by any other
similar body in the Union-certainly not
by any similar body in any State of the
North, or III any well governed State in
the South. The Louisiana board do not
merely count the votes received; they
may throw out the votes cast at any pre-
cinct, or any number of precincts, on the
ground of fraud, intimidation or violence,
at their discretion, and thus deprive Il
lawfully chosen candidate Of his certifi-
cate of election"
1t will be seen whether the country
viii permit itself to be cheated out of its
choice of President for four years, or
whether they will permit the country to
be precipitated into 4 revolution, through
this contrivance of the adventures,
backed by the clamors Of 100, 900 office
holders who are are opposed to a change
of Administration because it will deprive
them of their places at the public crib.
Relying upon the sober, second thought
of the people and the resolve of the ma
ton to execute its will, we are placid.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
Saws and Regulations Concern
iog sJse electoral Votes

La another column we have copied
what would seem to be fair statement
Of the laws and regulations on the subject
Of the electoral vote-the time and mode
Of casting it by the several electors on
being notified of their election by the
Governor of the State in which they are
chose n-the method Of certifying and
forwarding the returns to the Vice Pres
ident-and of the opening and counting
Of the votes The direction is clear that
the Vice President shall open the votes.
The implication is that the counting
shall be by direction Of the two houses
! acting concurrently. This construction
is warranted by the precedents which
/ have been established. In 1864, by
joint resolution, the votes Of the
/ States d" in rebellion" To quote the
/ language Of the resolution, were ordered
not t. be counted. The resolution was
| Of no effect, as none Of those States of
fered their votes. Nevertheless. Congress
established the precedent with the same
fornalty, as if they had done so. 1t is
also shown that the Vice-President has
never assumed to decide upon the validi-
tv of an electoral vote. He is simply
required to preside, and ''to open" the
certificates. The counting" IS to be
done by direction Of the two
houses. The compiler Of the state
ment assumes that the twenty first rule
which was adopted in 1860, comforting
upon either House the privilege of re
jectiug the vote Of a State, no longer
exists, because it was not adopted by the
present Congress. Whether this con
struction IS right or wrong, is Of Itself
a question which will give rise to seriou;
complications. In any aspect of the case
the controversy which has been raised
over the votes Of three Of the States by
f the unscrupulous carpet-bag Executive:
: thereof, backed up by the army of des
= perate office-holders who are reluctant Il
give up their places at the public crib
may assume very grave form before i
2 is ended. 1t is to he hoped that the
| authors of the scheme will receive such
rebuke from fair-minded and patriotic
men as will nip it in the bud ere it ha'
! grown into full grown mischief to the
: nation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
'Tae Military Interference.

No fouler dishonor ever befel the ma
ton than the prostitution of its Army
to partizan uses in the late election, by
the ignorant and besotted tyrant who
occupies the Presidential office. 1t was
not only without law, but in positive VIC
lation of it. 1t was stab at the liber-
ties of the people. Thanks be to God
they have parried the blow, and through
the peaceful and potent agency of the
ballot box, they have rebuked the usur-
patton and vindicated, their right of self
government. No doubt the use of the
Army in Virginia, where, since the war,
there has never been the shadow or
shade of pretextf for military interference,
even if the constitution had justified it
in South Carolina-in Mississippi--Lou-
isiana, and other Southern States-h as
cost the Radical party tens of thousands
of votes in the Worthwhile they ha We
inspired the States we have named with
redoubled zeal in the cause of Democracy
and Reform. As for Mississippi. she
has answered the military interference of
Grant to control her action, with from
FIFTY TO SIXTY THOUSAND majority
for Tilden and Hendricks.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15

General Chalmers has achieved the
grandest triumph of campaign that,
viewed in any light, was the most arduous
in the history Of the Union. We con
graduate him and congratulate his con-
stituents on a choice for representative
every way justified by the result of his
labors during the past three months
Memphis Appeal.
Wherever the hero Of the triumph ap-
pears, the people tender him an ovation,
and greet him with their plaudits. There
is little bit of history connected with
the District in which Gen. Chalmers has
won his magnificent triumph. Ho was
the author of the bill reapportionIng the
Congressional Districts, and with singular
Indifference to his own political interest,
he framed FIVE of the Districts so as to give
the Democrats, to say the least, living
chance and left the District, in which
he himself was located, so intensely
Radical, according to the vote Of 1875,
hat it was believed to be irretrievably
lost to the Democracy. But having
faith in the good cause, he grappled with
what appeared to be doom itself, and has
come out more than conqueror.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
The Situation.

The situation remains unchanged.
Gov. Tilden is conceded by his opponents
to have 1S4 votes in the electoral college,
which is within one of the number
requisite to elect. The news 10 the
latest moment still points unerringly to
majorities in Louisiana, South Carolina
and Florida. To give Gov. Hayes a
majority of one, it is necessary that he
should carry them all, while either will
furnish the one vote needed by Gov.
Tilden. There is no doubt but deep
laid scheme had been concocied by the
Radical managers in those States to carry
the election by fraud, but it is confident
ly believed that the precautionary steps
which have been taken to watch the
count, and the direction of the attention
of the whole country to those States, will
thwart the audacious operators in their
infamous plot. We see no reason to
change our opinion that 5. j. Tilden
will be President eff the United States.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
Hon. Van. Es oEnuuips
From tho Mcmpbi. Appeal

From the Memphis Appeal.
1t affords u uuspedlubla pleasure
announce the assured election OF a.
Van II. Manning in The aaYHd C".
gressional district who Wi'I u t0.v
prove himself "A worthy su.a.ss.r n %.
gifted Lamar. COL Manning bias ma..
a brilliant canvass. Dpp0-eI 0t q.
ablest Radical in the Stale. De H. .n
umphed on the hustiog,. anI ND. D.
ceive the reward be- ba- Ed hobby m.
on Tuesday next. All accounts a0a"
in representing the service. ol lo. Nn
ming 10 have been of the MOST I..9
guished character. Norman o. Dds -
IN the State has exhibited superior H.
ers OF augmentation, ..oqaonea /"
greater amount of accurate p,.Hal. "
Formations.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
Walked Up aI Last.

Now, since the cotton crop has been
nearly all gathered, the compilers of the
reports which emanate monthly from the
Agricultural Department of the Govern
ment, have ascertained and reported ac-
cordingly beyond doubt what every in
telligent man, woman and child in the
cotton region has known for two months,
that the crop of the present season would
inevitably fall short All the falsehoods
that have been invented in the interest
of spectators have not been able to con
tinue the depression in the market,
caused by the contrary belief; but the
faIsehood was not overtaker in time TO
prevent very many planters from parting
with a portion of their crops at ruinously
low prices. That drowsy chronicler, the
head of the Agricultural Department,
has at last walked up to the reality, and
has astounded the cotton producing
people with the remarkable intelligence
contained in its November report.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
Specimen CarPet-BagSers.

We learn from the Batesville Blade
that at the late term of the Pamela Cir
cult Court, judgment was obtained against
A. Il. and W. w. Howe for the sum of
eight thousand, nine hundred and seven
ty-five dollars, which amount was fraud
ulently withheld, embezzled or stole from
Pamela county by them while they were
Treasures of the county. One of these
embezzlers, A. r. Howe, is a shining
light of Notwithstanding served in
the Legislature and as a Representative
in Congress during the carpet-bag carni-
val in this State.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15

The article from the Kinds county
Gazette, Hon. @. w. Harper entitled
Good news from the Penitentiary" will
not escape the attention Of our readers.
1t refers to the kind of work the enter
prising lessees of the Penitentiarv,
Messrs Hamilton and Hebron, are ca
pable of turning out for the use of our
farming population, and with Mississippi
timber at that There is no necessity for
ordering from abroad what can be man.
ufactured in Mississippi. Let our peo-
pie keep their money at home. The
Gazette suggests a thought of especial
interest to the taxpayers. 1t is that the
Penitentiary will be self-sustaining I'M
der Democratic rule. Under Radical
misrule it cost the State on an average
nearly 100000 per annum. In or
der to enable the lessees to increase
the manufacturing capacities of the In
stitution it would appear TO be wise fol
the Legislature at its next session to ex-
tend their lease, and thus encourage an
outlay on their part for the purchase of
such machinery as they may need to
carry on their operations successfully.
1t has been demonstrated that under
Democratic rule the Institution can not
only be made self-sustainining but pub
lie benefit in the utilization of the labor
of the convicts.