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was within ten of those sold by the English.
The 1850 shorthorns sold in America
averaged e79 each, and the $500 sold in
Great Britain averaged EST each. The
largest total realized at any one sale was
e42,9l9 16s. for which e~ighty-four animals
belonging to the late Mr.. TORI, a Lincoln
shire farmer, were disposed of iii Septern-
Der. The highest price given at this sale
2,160 guineas, and the avearge for the whole
lot was $3.50 los. Still more remarkable
was a sale held in Scotland a week previous
ly, when thirty-nine animals, the property
of Lord Dunmore, brought G26,223 los.
This gives an average of G672 IS. for each
animal, one of which went for 1900 guineas.
At a third sale thirty-four animals brought
more than 10000 and several others took
place at which the total was over 81 900 and
the average over G200. The most success
full sale held in America was that at which
e~ighty-three shorthorns brought G402 los.
Cd. for the whole number, one Of them
reaching 1925. At two other sales in
America totals Of rather more than 100000
for lots of thirty-fiye and th%irty-three, and
the average in the two cases being slightly
over and under e300. These figures may be
left to speak for themselves, but it is impos-
sible to avoid the suspicion that purchasers
will not, in the long run, be apt to get the
best of these expensive bargains.-PaW Mall
Gazette.
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sHORTHORN CATTLE.

Shorthorn sales are becoming almost as
8 sensational " as those of thoroughbred
yearlings We're a short time since, and it is
no uncommon thing for an animal of the
Bates or Book blood, each of which strains
has it's respected admirers and even cham
pions, TO be sold for a price equal to that
which a Derby winner would have realized
a few years ago. From comparative tables
of the results of these sales during the past
year in Great Britain and America, which
are published in the almanac Of the Aqricul-
taral Gazette, it appears that the total
amounts realized at these sales were almost
the same for both countries. The returns
refer only to the sales of pedigree short
horns that is to say, of animals inscribed
in the herd book, which is for cattle what
the stud book is for the turf. From them
we learn that, while the siNty-iveEsales held
in Great Britain yielded a total of G22S,0sS
los. 3d., the tifty-seven sales I'M America
amounted to e20l,79S IS. lodi. Each of the
American sales amounted, upon an average,
TO e33, E93, rs against $500 for each of the
English sales; but the advantage does not
in reality remain with the American breed
ers. for though eight fewer sales were held
there, the number. Of animals disposed Of
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-03-16
HORSES FOR MARKET.

A writer residing in Vermont when allud-
Ing to the best breed of horses for service of
all sorts, says that the horse that answers
most nearly the wants Of farmers is the
"horse of all work" as he will have all
kinds of work to perform. Such horses
must be medium in size, gorgeous but
kindly in disposition, with speed enough to
make good roadsters, with early maturity
and hardness to enable them to perform the
work nf tho farna wIiIo maturing and being
fitted for market, They must have style,
beauty, substance and speed enough to make
good driving horses for gentlemen. The
more nearly they come up to all these re-
quisites the more they will bring and the
more they will remunerate the raiser and
breaker. The reason Vermont horses have
been so popular is because they furnish
more and better Of this class of horses than
any others.
AS it costs so much to keep a span OF
horses, d great many men besides farmers
do not feel able to incur the expense of keep
ing one or two horses to perform the work
Of the farm, and another horse or two de-
signed especially for the carriage. One
needs a vast deal Of carriage use for a horse,
Or for a span of horses that ale used for
nothing else but to draw a carriage,-West-
err Rural.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-03-16
DtTRY DEPART VI LIT.
HOLsTEIN COW.

The Holstein breed of COWS are now at
tracing much attention in various parts OF
tb;c continent from their wonderful milking
qualities. They are natives OF the Nofth OF
Germany, large, heavy cattle, OF con1pact
form. making, when fattelled, excellent peel
and being also good workers. Ihey nave
been crown for generations in Holland with
special regard to their milking qualities. In
that country they are black and white, but
in their native Duchy they are OF various
colors.
The quality of the milk of the Holstein is
s11ch as fits it well for the cheese-maker, the
clobules being small and uniform in size.
The skim-milk is Of a blue tinge. Butter
from the cream possesses great lasting quail
tiles.
Several instances are on record, and are
well authenticated, where coWsof this breed
have given large quantities OF milk. one
COW is certified to have yielded an average
of eighteen quarts a day for nine months. A
heifer owned in Clemung county, N. T.,
gave, after her first calf, fifteen quarts a day
for nine months. An instance is also record
ed where Holstein gave ~ pounds, tor ten
consecutive days, of milk that yielded 22.70
of cream. The record of q heifer belonging
to a stock-breeders' association in New
York State, shows that, after her first calf,
she gave for twelve days, 40.65 pounds; for
the next month, May, 43.I7 pounds ; June,
62.1S pounds; July, 51.5S pounds August,
50.12 pounds; September, 4l.00 pounds !;
October, 33.l7 pounds November, 2.70
pounds, being an average per day for the
seven months and a half Of close upon 45
pounds. Her feed was, for the first month,
simply hay with three pecks Of turnips
daily, and afterward pasture and two quarts
Of corn meal. After October l, tour quarts
of a mixture of oats, corn and shorts, and
one-half bushel Of roots were fed.-Canada
Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-03-16
STOCK RAISIN G..
SHEEP IN SOUTH AMERICA.

The monthly report Of the Department of
Agriculture, for December, gives the wool
export of South America for 1868 at 234.916
bales, most of which was Bnenes Ayres.
Since then this upward movement has been
stationary, the export of 1874 being 237 ,45S,
or less than 5000 bales increase in six years.
In 1862 the port of Buenos Ayres shipped
abroad over IS, 100000 pounds of wool in
1856 this aggregate was doubled, and in 1878
the figures of 1866 were increased fifty per
cent. The official statement of 1866 shows
that the Argentine Republic had CT, 300, 900
sheep. At present the number is 70, 900 1000,
of which 10000, 900 are in the province of
Buenos Ayres.
The same authority states that the Europ-
can demand is likely to stimulate the sheep
husbandry of Uruguay and the Argentine
Republic to still further expansion. The
wool-growers of those localities, however,
seem to have begun to realize that some
thing more than the mere indiscriminate III
crease Of umbers is necessary to secure con-
troll of the wool markets of the world. More
attention to improvement of fleece and car
cass is manifested in the introduction of Gull
tivated grasses. The item of meat is for the
first time attracting attention. The trade in
mutton, which is packed in boxes and
shipped to England where it sells for twelve
cents a pound, brings visions Of speedy for
tune before the eyes Of the hitherto content
ed %ranchero, and he talks Of the most extray-
agant achievements of experimenting the
traditional roast beef Of old England with
their South American mutton Western
Rural.
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. PPLICATION FOR PATENT.
No. $40.
U. S. Land ONCE, Helena, NJ. I'd
FEBRUARY 10. 1916

February 10, 1876.
Notice is hereby published, that Andrew Dusold.
Francis III. Hauck, and Wesley Basye, whose post
Office address is Canyon Ferry, Meagher County.
for patent, under the mining laws Of Congress-, for
their placer mining claim, situated in Avalanche
gulch mining district, Meagher county, Montana.
designated us lot No. SO, in III n H. II. which
plat and field notes on file in this office as follows:
BEGINNING att granite stone lSXI6X4 in, marked |
Y 30, from which the Northeast corner of lot No.
81, ii nr2 e bears S 36 deg 40 min W 144.55 chains
distant, and running thence s 56 deg Q 10 chains:
thence S so deg ESQ chains; thence S IS deg e 80
chains; thence II p deg clio chains; thence IL 65
dcg " IA chains; thencen % deg G 10 chains; thence
n 7.50 chains; thence n is deg 30 min w 81 chains:
thence S 46 deg 30 min e 2.05 chains; thence II IS deg
e LOO chalns; thence n 81 deg G 20 chains; thence IA
thence S 50 deg 3omin W q .43 chains; thence 80 dec
- min W H.5O chains; thence II Sc deg w II. so chains;
thence n 40 deg Is min w 20 Chains: thence ii az deg
30 min w l6 80 chains; thence $ II deg " 6. IS chains;
thence 43 deg ID min g 1855 chains; thence s. Al deg
Is min e 1913 chains; thence S % deg Is min g III
chains; thence s ~ deg 9 p. so chains: thence S deg
40 min g 1880 chains; thence S IL deg Is min e $40
chains; thence S 20 deg 30 min w 1871 chains to the
place of beginning, embracing "a. 81 acres. A no.
tice Of sa1d application, together with a plat OF the
premises claimed, was posted thereon on the 18th
day of November, 1875, according to law.
The adjoining claimants to these premises are w.
Basye and A. Dusold on the south, and Blackwell
Co. on the northwest, placer claims.
any ana al! persons claiming adversely any Dor-
ton Of the mining claim above described are here
by notified that unless their adverse claims are duly
MED according, to law, within the sixty days, Period
OF publication hereof, with the Register OF the TT. s.
Land Office, at Helena, Montana Territory. they
statute. j.. H. MOB Rer;ster
3. +. MARSH, q. S. Deputy Mineral SURVEYOR.
February l6-nI3-5w.
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UNIONS.

In the District Court of the Third Judicial District
OF the Territory of Montana, in and for the Coun-
vol Meagher.
w. III. Sutherlin, Plaintiff, ) 5a.
against Summons
VIC. DAVIS, Defendant.
The people of the Territory of Montana send
greeting to William G.. DAVIS, defendant. You arc
hefehy required to appear in an action brought
against you by the above named plaintif in tie Dis
trlct Court OF the third Judicial district Of the Ter
ritoTy Of Meutana, in and far the County of Nleagh-
or, and to answer the complaint filed therein, with
IN ten days exclusive Of the day OF service) alter
the service on you OF this sImmons-if served With
IN this county; or, if served out of this county. but
m TINS district, within twenty days.; otherwise,
within forty days-or judgment by default win lie
ea = against you, according to the prayer OF said
you the sum OF one hundred and tWenty-nine dol
lars ana my cents, with interest as stated in said
sonplaint, Tor money loaned and for goods sold and
aenverea TO you. And you are hereby notified that
L you Iaii 10 appear and answer the said complaint,
rs above required, the said plaintiff will take jadg-
Inent against you for the sun of one hundred and
IWthty-nihe dollars and fifty cents, and costs of
80 Given under my hand and the seal of tho
L. s.. DISTRICT Court of the third Judicial Dis
rlct OF the Territory of Montana, in and
: ior the County of Meagher, this nineteenth
p1alnond City, Feb. oath, 1S76-nl4-4w. nM88a
II. II. BARNES, Clerk.
HI "a A A
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NOTICE TO MINERS.
United States Land Office,

Helena, Montana, February Y, le6.
George siggs, whose post Office address is Can
ton, Meagher county, Montana, has this day filed
his application to enter us agricultural land, under
the final homestead laws, the north halfof the south
west quarter OF section twenty.-eight ard north haff
township number eight north, range number
two east, which land is suspended from
entry. Notice is hereby given, that a herring
March, A. D.. 1876, ut ten O'Clock y. M, to deicr-
mine us to the mineral or non-mineral character Of
said land, and testimony to be used upon said hear
ing will be taken before the T. Il. Collins, County
Clerk, Meagher County, on the eighteenth day OF
March, A. D.. 1876, at 10 O'Clock u. m. 1t is alleged
provements, upon said land.
j. H. MOE, Register.
February Is, 1s76-fw.
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EEDIN

DR.. Traer hit the nail on the head, at the
Iowa Breeders Convention, when he said
that the 6 greatest drawback in the breeding
o fhogs was breeding to some set whim, as a
short nose. or spots Of white or black in
particular places. An inch shorter Or long
er in the nose made but very little differ
ence in the hog, if he was all right in other
respects"
For a long time this breed has been re-
garded as among the very best of the pure
races. Then why should we imperil this
excellence in the Berkshire by insisting up
on such tests as have no reference to useful
qualities?
The other day, a breeder of imported
stock of fashionable families (forthe fashion
able families are now talked of among swine
breeders), in pricing a SOW to is that was
by q distinguished sire, out of an equally
distinguished dam, observed that the only
objection he had to her was, that she had
only a few white hairs in her face! For this
reason, she was not held at the top figure
for a fashionable Berkshire, whose marking
was correct!
Of course a long and coarse nose is objec-
tiona BILE, as it is mere offal, but it is very
rare indeed that a nose, Objectionable in this
respect, can be found in a Berkshire, or 9th
er improved breed. When men are breed
ing pigeons, or fancy fowls of any sort,
where the main object is to crafty the taste
and caprice Of the amateur, and where utili-
ty is little thought of, this thing of .breed-
ing to the feather" is all legitimate and
proper enough. But, surely, such freaks of
fancy should never be permitted to dictate
the tests in breeding stock for use on the
farm.
And yet it must be confessed that, in
many quarters, the fashionable marking is
insisted upon, not only as material in the
Berkshire pig trade, but as being of more
Importance than many points which are
essential to the thrifty and profitable carcass.
The markings which some of the fanciers
seem to be insisting upon, recently, are:
Four white feet, a strip of white in the
Of the approved form and pattern, with
the end OF the-tail white, and, as we under
stand it, with no white anywhere else!
Now. any breeder knows that, in the best
and purest bred sorts, we have markings
from this fancy standard-such as
of white on the jowl, arm, thigh or
other parts of the body. And since these
markings do not indicate impure blood, and
do not in any possible way impair the use
or excellence of the animal, is it not
absurd that they should be made a ground
nf nIsootsa, Fac CfonL Toasas.nI
SHEEp.-A full stomach is as great a ux-
ury to a sheep as it is to a man or any other
animal.
When sheep are in poor condition IN au-
tulnn it is all uphill work until new grass
comes.
The general appearance and condition Of
the flock will always tell the kind OF a shep-
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DAIRY MACHINERY.

I%cannot agree with once OF your correspond
ents in her great admiration for the $ Blan-
chard " churn. My advice to any person
who has a dash churn, and knows how to
use it, is to let good enough alone. The
"Blanchard 7" costs three or four times as
much as a dash churn of the same capacity.
There is altogether too much pine wood
about it, and | do not like a paddle churn-
it whips the cream too much. AS to the re-
verse motion, for working the butter, it may
be possible to use it for working the butter
from a native cow, if about the consistency
OF lard; but / found it impossible to work
Jersey butter with it-could have wrenclled
the handle off first. Butter should be care
fully pressed, not slid over as the floats do.
No patent churn can make better (f as
good butter than the old-fashioned dash. IF
q dairy-Woman cannot make good butter
with that the fault lies somewhere else-not
in the cflarn.
/ went past a farmers the other day, and
heard the churn-dasher go at the rate Of
about 100 strokes q minute. At the very
next farm, the dairywoman showed me her
last roll Of butter, and said, in a boasting
way" / churned that butter in seven min
utes by the watch" I did not dare say
what | thought, but the butter was white
and cheesylooking. Neither of these per-
sons could make good butter in any churn.
because they churned too fast. If asked
Why their butter was so white, they would
probably have blamed the churn. or the
weather, orth moon. Tn my first essays at
butter-making, was greatly disturbed by
the white streaks, and asked a dairywomanF
OF considerable experience, what made but
ter "~streaked." "Well,' she said. sTye
noticed that some butter-bowls will make
streaked butter anyhop.-W. 2. S. Beekmaa
IN Country Gentleman.
LIE Dutch or Holstein COW gives milk of
smaller and fewer cream globules than the
Ayrshire. The cream rises slowly. and
leaves a blue skim milk. The butter comes
slowly, n is of a pale yellow color. The
flow Of milk is large and uniform. and the
Dutch COW is, for this reason if no other.
particularly well adapted to the city milk
trade.-son Of the soil.
Hon. HoRArIo SEYMOUR has been appoint
ei treasurer for the Dairymen's Centennial
find.
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HON. HoRATIo SEYMOUR has been appoint
81 treasurer for the Dairymen's Centennial
fund.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-07-19
SILVER IN FRANCE.

The French nation Is suffering IN
much from the depreciation Of silver ~
We are here in America. The trouble In
the same. The ive.iranc piece. which
Is the same a. our silver dollar, is taken
at a discount only. The question has
been considered in the French Senate.
and We give the following extract from
the New York Tribuas in regard to the
matter. At this tune the statistics will
prove OF interest to every man in Ne
vada who desires TO become conyersant
with the different phases Of the silver
problem;
THE report Of the committee. drawn by
n. Rouland, attributes the depreciation u
silver 10 three causes. The diminution In
expectation Of silver to the East, he be-
lieyes, will cease with recovery 81
trade and years % abundance. The in
creaaed production, especially In the
United States. he maintains. has been in
sufficient TO produce any considerable
change In the price. From 1871 to 1876
the ~produetion only increased from $780,
n loo franc. 10 to3. 900 600 Francs. and
mi, inerea.e Of only 5s.OOO.o 600 francs, he
rra.on,' could NOT have caused the price to
iail from CO.. pence 20 50, pence per
ounce The real cause, he maintains. is
lie EFFORT OF Germany to get rid Of lis
s,oek on .ilyer. and hi. influence will o
e,..e. In the debate, however, il was OBJ
iec,eJ that the actual exports from Ger.
many were not large, and a journal Of
HAMBURG was ouoted As authority fdr the
statement, that the balance sent ont from
Germany during 1873, 1874, and ten
month. OF ISIS. was only q, 900, 900
marLs. II wa. also urged that the famine
I'M Indi. would naturally have caused In
er,s..d exportation Of silver To that
,rv Instead Of decrease /: that Indian rail
wsy loan. had ceased, and that country in
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Mining Matters.


a. u ..l .... Az.
We nave Inii auIhollp Iot SAYING Una
iher. u no more ica'"n nov y ui,Iis
ing the 'onsolida'eu ,IIsihia shu Saiior,
MA mines ihaii mere mas Deen i4r ,he iasl
TWO years; Ihey nave never iookeu pei'ei
than a. 'his mo,hehi. arc payins
ii'idehu, ana van con'.nue 20 pay ai.i'
uei,uS, lne! arr oPen csIeI,u =. any
anu a.i'inesi $4,000 ,es.'uIns ,he,
.o.nlnon ann ." .nJ n. mSn.i,
20 w, onlVe nete' ahu ,a' ~ se.n 80.
VINO desiir 70 sec mem. me plnir 'na'
has csu'ed thi, eN'rene uepreciauoh Is
nnreasoning anu senseiess. Persons anx.
ions To sell Mould think twice beiore They
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-07-19

Al . first glance these figures do look
q little staggering. a. Dana intended
they should look. But now see what
has been suppressed. Under Lineoln's
administration the country WAS plunged
into civil war; the South Was In arms.
and there we're no Government office.
holders in that section. The Office
holders under Mr.. Lincoln we're distrib-
uted only In the North and West. This
accounts thoroughly for the compare
lively ANAL number Of men necessary To
run the government under Lincoln. This.
Of course. the Sm did not deem 1t i'm
portant 10 mention. When General Grant
took the reins Of power the Southern
States were being reconstructed. The
reconstruction involved the appoint
msnt Of thousands Of ohics-holders and
Grant appointed them as he WAS in duty
| bound to do. In addition to these facts
il Is eleven years since Lincoln was
President. In that time our population
has increased; new States have been
added to the Union, u foreign rela'
tons have been extended; and all these
things made the creation Of new offices
and the appointment Of new officers
nee, .sary. No nan understands this
better than Charles A. Dana Of the New
York Sun. 1t would not servo his pur'
pose. however. To tell IL. The Skws
tiuds IL convenient to publish the facts
in the interests Of justice. and to pre-
vent the Republican party from suffer
ing in this State through misrepresent'
alton. This wonderful table, over which
the Democrats are bowling. amounts to
nothing when analysed in the Light oi
historical facts.
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ANOTHER HOWL AND WHAT IT
ANfOrNTS TO.

Whatever the New York Sam. the or
gan Of Charles A. Dana. says about the
Republicans and Re~publicanism. is sure
to be copied all over the country by
Democratic papers. and treated by them
a. II il were really OF importance. We
explained some days since the motives
which prompt Dana to attack Grant.
and our explanation was based upon
personal knowledge. Mr. Dana is a
shrswd. sharp. newspaper man. He
does with his paper what the st. Louis
Convention did with their platform. He
tails so much Of a story a. happens to
suit his views, and leaves out the rest.
trusting to the ignorance and natural
stupidity OF his readers. that they will
not discover what he has not seen ct 10
tell them. The st. Louis Convention
made a great flourish over the increase
Of taxation under Republican rule: but
II wisely forgot to tell US that this in-
crease was entirely due to the war into
which the Democrats plunged us, and
that. therefore. the Democrats were re-
ally responsible for the increase. The
New York Sun is following the example
Of the convention. II did the same
thing in 1872. but failed to elect its
candidate. Dana learned NO wisdom
from his failure then; he evidently still
regards the American Republic a. a ms.
ton Of fools to be led by the nose by a
disappointed ofics-sssksr in New York.
The last illumination Of this brilliant
genius who prssidss over the " Jude.
pend.nts lin politics isto present atsble
contrasting the administrations Of Lin.
coin and Grant in the matter Of office
holders. We print this remarkable table
direct from the columns Of the Suoi. that
no Democratic organ may have the OPP
portuuity OF saying that We garblsd 1t.
Here IL is: