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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27

TERRITORIAL GRANGE OF MONTANA.
MAsTER-BRIGHAM REED, Bozeman,
oy Galiat,H oe;.''y u. BArrERroN, Deer
Lodge City, Deer Lodge County.
LECTURER-A. MYERS, Helena, Lewis and
Clark County.
STEwARD-J.C C. LANGDON, Nevada City,
Madison County. eW ft- as
ASSISTANT STEWARD-J. UNDERWOOD,
Boulder, Jefferson County.
CHAPLAIN-G. I'll. OLDHAM, Beaver Creek,
Jefferson County. e@39E
TREAsBRER-H- Ii. MOOD, Bozeman, Gal
latin County.
~sEcRErARY-J. d. McCAMMoN, Bozeman,
Gallatin County.
GATE KEEpER-W. M. WALLACE, New
Chicago, Deer Lodge County.
CEREs-MRS. G. w. BATTEk1CN, Deer
Lodge City, Deer Lodge County.
PoMoNA-MRS. JNO. CULVER, RAIDERS
burg, jefferson County.
FLoRA-MRS. A. w. SWITZER, Virginia
City, Madison County.
LADY ASSISTANT STEwAND-MRS. j. c..
LANGDON, Nevada City, Madison Co.
COMMITTEE.
BRIGHAM REED, Bozeman, Gallatin Co.
g. w. WAKEFIELD, !" "
DAVID BURT, New Chicago, Deer Lodge
County.
p. b. Mills, Boulder Valley, Jefferson Co
A. w. SWITZER, Virginia City, Madison
County. 8Ef4 a
w. NJ. WALLACE, New Chicago, Deer
Lodge County.
AT. BURNS, Helena, Lewis and Clark Co.
DISTRICT DEPUTIES.
LIST District-DAvID BURT. at
I'd District. JONES.
81 District-P. B. MILLS.
18th District-A. w. SWITzER.
9th District. O. HOPPING.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27

The Farmers Friend says there is now a
genuine Grange of genuine straight-up-and-
down farmers III the city of Philadelphia.
There are enough farmers within the city
limits to compose two or three large
Oranges, as perhaps fifty square miles of
the city are farming land. The Grange
referred to is located in the rural portion
ofthe city known as "Bustleton.n
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27
A FARMERS SONG,

We envy not the princely man
f In city or in town, hts'tt t.
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines .@lA}
"a b Run up the hill or down.; .nar. nm.s
We care not for his marble halls, .} tyt.r@ ~
Nor yet his heaps of gold
We would not own his sordid heart
For all his wealth thrice told. i.d
aroe, diEH5s
We are the favored ones of earth,
We breathe pure air each NORM Eta
We sow. we reap the golden grain,; @ti4 ~
We gather in the corn, .s1, h .ifsyy= 9.
We toll, we live on what we earn,
And more than this we do
We hear of starving millions round,
And gladly feed them, too. -tla is& <
The lawyer lives on p%rincely fees,
Yet drags II weary life; 1:ef4 2-4A 8
He never knows a peaceful hour "e u
His atmosphere is strife. Y -4}Ie0-@
The merchant tlnunbs his yaTd-stick DER,
Grows ragged at his toll;
He's not the man God meant him for
Why don'ty you till the soil?
The doctor plods through storm and cold,
P1ods at his patients will:
When dead and gone he plods again
fH To get his lengthy bill.
The printer lbless his noble soulD M
He grasps the mighty earth, @
And stamps it on our daily sheet, III
10 cheer the farmers hearth.
Wesing the honor of the plow, IzUl /.
And honor to the press : n - .Fy"
Two noble instruments of toll,
With each q power to bless:
The bone, the nerve, of this fast age,
True wealth ofhuman kind eg.{#s%
One tills the ever generous earth,
The other tills the mind.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27

The Order of Patrons of Husbandry has
devel oped in this country more speakers
and active parliamentarians than any school
or combination of coll eyes ever started in
any country. This fact shows what an ed
ucational power there is in the Order, if used
to advantage.
There are tlfty-one Oranges in Indiana
which have saved their members on an aver
age, S5S7.50 to each Grange, and eighty
five others, $407. 20 to the Grange on an
average, by making their purchases direct
of manufacturers. Here we have a saving
of $7l 1912 by only 1876 oftlle / ,991 Oranges
in this State. We have no reliable in
formation from the other, 1857 Gran ges.
but it is fair to presume that many of them
have made large savings by direct dealing.
and the whole amount would doubtless as
tonished the members themselves. 31f8f ffofEv
The members of the Perry (Ga.) Grange
have unanimously resolved that its mem
bers prepare and plant, each, one acre OF
land in wheat, this season; and the menu
Der reporting the best yield from his acre
be entitled to and receive one bushel OF
Wheat from each member OF the Grange
who may engage in said contest tor the
premium-eachs contestant to furnish the
Grange with a description of his land. pfe,1
%aration, fertilization, kind Of wheat sotwyn.
and all the particulars of cultivation. Also.
as many as may incline to put in one acre
OF oats, subject to9the same regulations
ana premium. Also, to raise one pio to
the age of one year, and the one successful
in raising the finest hog to receive d ham
from each member. Every member of the
Grange is considered as taking part iii these
contests, unless he notifies the Secretary of
his declination. aa ela salsffi &
a Grange store will soon be in operation
at Pennington, the county seat Of Jefferson
county, Mo-. 1i aaaA@zA 4tA
The cooperative grange store at Bowling
Green,.hy., is doing a good business, and Civ
ing general satisfaction. IN 9t
The grange store at Smiths Grove. Ky,
started on a small capital, has brought down
the prices Of goods in that place.
Dissatisfied sometimes with the results of
obtaining goods by combined purchasing,
Providence Grange (357), Mo-, is going to
Try the cooperative store. That is fair /; try
both methods.
Dellnquent members are not considered
as expelled members, but may be, by a law
u sl,e urange, suspended until payment of
al cues is made. They are not entitled to
the A. I. W., and consequently cannot enter
q orange or enjoy its privileges and bene-
fits. sas
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27

BOULDER VALLEY, M. II. Apr" Is, 1876.
Mr.. Editor: At the last annual session Of
the Territorial Grange, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were read and referred
to committee.
Now sir, did that committee report? If
SO, what? IF not, why? Being somewhat
interested, / have looked long and anxious
" for their report, but nus confess my dis
appointment SO far, is q complete success.
If that committee did not, OR have not re-
ported, is there no redress? Has the Terri
torial Grange nc rights which that commit
tee are bound to respect? The ways of
providence are very mysterious and unfatl-
enable, and I may safely add, the ways OF
some lnortals are past finding out, having
the appearance of supreme obstinacy.
The committee having had ample time to
report, and failing SO to do, are not articles
OF impeachment now in order? Are there
not embodied in that instrument, questions
of vital importance affecting the ambition
and future hopes of q fair proportion of the
Grange fraternity in this Territory? VIII
not matrimonial progression, and census
statistics, be Of slow growth if those %resolu-
tons are wholly ignored? Would not the
best interests of the Order be more advanced
by Il heavy importation Of the school-marm
sex? 10 what extent, if any, is that COM
mittee responsible for the inability of many
members to comply in response to the final
benediction at the close Of the last Terrific
rial Grange?
It is said, cit is not good for man to be
Alone and that " man shall forsake his
parents and cleaye unto his wife, or words
to that effect.) Now, will that committee
please inform us what chances many of us
have to cleave in this Territory, and if it is
not good for man to be alone, how is man
to help it? Must lie domesticate a squaw, or
emigrate? itit t
Now, Mr.. Editor, can you throw any light
on the above inquiries, and help to anchor
ate the condition of a much abused, though
innocent" section = of the human race? Ifnot
We will abide by the report Of the committee.
s@3 #si4& f5Git 2a .3 O-REs-TEs.
WHEREAS, Through the course of events
from causes unavoidable, there is a great
preponderance of the male over the female
sex in this Territory, which is detrimental
to the social and intellectual advancement
of our beautiful country, and
WHEREAS, Believing woman to be all that
the muses. have sung, aid poets described,
and believing her companionship is the only
true, and legitimate element for mans no
bility and refinement, and
WHEREAS, The old Scottish saw, "a
mans a man for a that" is regarded by some
as a bubble long since exploded, and
WHEREAS, 1t is a mooted question, and
open to endless controversy, and upon
] which there has been no official decisions,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27
BOHEMIAN, March %, 1875.

,.ss BOHEMIAN, March %, 1875.
To Patrons: @ ~
am in receipt Of a number Of Patrons Pocket
Companions, y which / can furnish to Patrons, pre-
paid by mail, for forty-six cents.
J.. ID. McgAMON,
Secretary Territorial Grange.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27
OF H~USBANDRY.

WE cheerfully invite members of our Order to
contribute to this department. Short, pointed artl-
Giles for the good of the Order, news OF Its progress,
cooperative business plans, educational interests,
etc. especially solicited.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27
".
GRANGE.

NATIONAL GRANGE. taF4# a.t
MAsTER-JOHNT JONES, Arkansas.
SECRETARY-O. FL. KELLY. Louisville, Ky.
TREAsURER-F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-09-25
\ OrICEl

INOR LICENCES. SILVER WILL BE
taken To the amount OF Five p.liars. On
al sums hove that the usual Discount Will be-
mSde. A. COOKE
Sheriff Il Lypn County.
Dwton. New, June & ts7c.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-09-25
NOTICE.

ENoR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND MIN
u ing tar silver will be taken 10 the amount
Of I've dollArs. on all amounts above that
the usual discount will BE- made.
o. X. NASH.
Assessor LYON County.
Dayton. New. June II. isf6.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
Potatoes as Food for Stock.

OWING TO the low price this winter,
many farmers are feeding considerable
portion Of their potato crop to store and
fattening cattle. Where only the small
potatoes are used the value is less, as
many small tubers are unripe and contain
only small proportion Of starch, in
which the nutritivc value of potatoes
mainly consists. Where good, we'll
ripencd potatoes are fed, they are esti-
mated to be worth from fifteen to twen-
ty-tive cents per bushel, with corn at sew.
enty-tive cents The variation in value
depends upon the kind of stock fed. For
mich COWS they are worth more in the
absence of succulent food; but even for
fattening cattle the value is considerable.
In some cases steers are being tattened on
hay with potatoes, and no other food but
grain is added. The potatoes are found
to improve the digestion and enable
stock to eat more with greater proper
tionate gain than if fed on dry food ex-
clusively: They are always fed raw to
cattle and sheep, and in many cases with
out cutting. 1t is found that where cows
are choked by eating roots, it is when
they are suddenly placed before quanti-
ty, which they eat hurriedly and in con-
slant fear of being driven away. When
fed quietly with what potatoes they can
eat after filling up with other food, no
difficulty occurs. Some farmers, how
ever, take the precaation to run them
through slicer. An ordinary cutting
box for hay will do very we'll, and will
leave the roots in pulpy mass, easily
and greedily eaten by any kind OF stock.
1t is the work Of only few minutes to
run through several bushels of potatoes,
or enough to feed an ordinary herd a day.
Rural Nep Yorker.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
A Second Trial ut Marriage Also a
Failure.

A suit for divorce has been commenced
in the State Circuit Court for this county
which is somewhat romantic, to say the
least. The facts concerning the same are
substantially as follows: The plaintiff and
defendant were married in one of the
Eastern States when quite young. For a
time the "course of true love ran smooth.
Iy." In this case, however, the course was
brief. Misunderstanding were of fire.
quent occurrence, until relief was finally
sought for in court of equity, and de-
cree of divorce obtained, swapping in
twain the silken cords, etc. Both parties
married again, the husband and his Sec
ond wife seeking home in the far-off
country, and the wife, with her newly
espoused liege lord, remaining at the old
home. The heart and home Of the hus-
band was blessed by the addition of two
bright and promising children, who are
now grown to womanhood After lapse
of some years that grim monster, death,
claimed the husband of the defendant and
the wife ofplaintiff as his own. The defend
ant being again alone, and somewhat ad-
vanced in years, profited by the advice of
the late lamented III. Gu and "went
West" arriving in this city some four
years ago. Among the first persons she
met on arriving here was her long lost and
long separated husband. The :. spark in
the bosoms of each was famed until it
kindled. to blaze. They were married,
Lived together about three years, took up
the old quarrel where they left it thirty
years ago, and again have sought for re-
lief IN court of equity Portland Oreqo-
nian
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
Systematic Farming.

The great object in farming, as in every
other pursuit, is to make the business pay.
If this end is not gained, there is certain
y something wrong. If the men who
feed the nation are inadequately remuner-
ated the evil is too great to be trifled with,
and the first duty of the farmer is to trace
out the causes. Until he does this he is
simply cropping in the dark. No man
can remedy an evil until he understands it.
1.-two men cultivating adjoining ground,
with soils alike and other conditions sim
liar, present a marked difference in the
result of their labors, one getting invari-
ably larger products and better prices
than the other, we should not think of
charging the losses of the slovenly farm
er to accidental causes, but would natur-
ally conclude that the difference is in the
men and in the manner of cond noting
their business. In one case there is little
or no thought of enterprise, and total
lack of system and of method. In the
other the labor of the hand is guided by
fertile brain, and the business Of the farm
is reduced to system.
Clearly, then, if husbandry is to be
made profitable, it must be done just as
in the case of any other business, by adopt
ing the best methods. If we expect as
farmers to make our vocation lucrative,
we must make it more systematic in its
processes. II all other industries are car
ried on with more attention to rules,
methods and principles than the cultiva-
ton of the soil, how can we be surprised
if they outstrip the latter in prosperity
Christian Union.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
Shoeing Horses.

A WRITER in the New York Herald
states some facts about how horses
should be shod, which are worthy the con-
sideration of blacksmiths, aud farmers as
well:
Most of the horseshoers of the country
prepare the foot, fit shoe aud secure it
to the hoof in the same manner that
wood butcher fits shoe to an old wood
or OK sled. The mechanism of horses
hoof is one Of the most wonderful and in
genious structures that can be found in
all the works OF the Creator. Beneath
frog, which is tough and elastic pad
for preventing injury to the animal when.
ever he plants his foot on any hard SUBJ
stance. Large rolls or cylinders of india
rubber are placed beneath railroad cars
to prevent injury to any part of the car
or to the cargo with which it is loaded.
The frog beneath the loot of horse is
designed to subserve similar purpose.
But The manner in which most horses are
shod, lifts them up, as it were, on short
stills, so that the frogs cannot perform
their appropriate functions. If we look
trotting or running, it will be perceived
that every foot is brought down to the
ground in such manner that the frog
receives the powerful blow. BY this
means all injury to the animal is avoided.
Science teaches us to permit the frog to
develop and expand downward. But
most blacksmiths seem to think that the
all. wise Creator made a mistake when he
formed the hoofs of horses. Hence they
fall at the frogs with red.hot burning
irons, with edge tools and with any other
appliances that will enable them to re-
move this extraneous excrescence. Illus
trious ninnies! Why not shave all the
rough, adipose tissue beneath their own
heels, and leave the bare bones to rest on
plates of iron inside of their own boots
and shOes?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Peculliars.-O pint of flour sifted
with one teaspoonful royal baking pow
der, little salt, one egg. Mix with one
pint milk beat we'll, and bake quick in
buttered gem-pans.
School Days Pudding.-One quart
bowl of Indian meal, little salt, table
spoonful of ground ginger. Moisten thor
oughly with cold water. Tie in cloth
and boil two hours. Sauce livery import
ant accompaniment).-One pint molasses,
small tea-cup of water, one tablespoonful
of ginger Tor more, to suit the taste), two
heaping tablespoonfuls of butter, all
heated together and poured hot over ev-
cry slice.-Chrsstian Union.
To make spice cake, take one coffee
cup Of sugar; thirds cup of tutter:
two eggs; half cup of milk; half cup of
molasses; one cup Of raisins, chopped :;
two heaping cups of flour; one and half
teaspoonfuls of cinnamon; one teaspoon
tul Of cloves; one and half teaspoonfuls
of nutmeg; one and half teaspoonfuls of
salt, wet in little cold water. Bake in
slow oven.
Every one should know that hot water
will restore cut flowers that are faded by
hand. Cut half an inch from the end of
the stem, and put it directly into boiling
water; the petals will smooth and resume
their beauty in few minutes. Colored
flowers will revive most perfectly, for
yellow. The thickest textured flowers
Flowers will keep fresh after this treat
mt nj Ncf
done if freshly gathered.-Chicago Eoen-
ing Journal.
The american Grocer says it is Ia
fact that few have the proper ia
cilities for keeping butter al any season of
the year, and fewer still know how to
properly make and pack it for long keep
ing. A very small percentage of the but
ter that reaches the principal markets is
strictly fine; and much of it that is stale
and unmarketable would have brought a
fair price had it been marketed when new.
This almost inevitable and rapid deterio.
ration of butter is strong argument
against its retention by the producer, in
the hope of higher figures, when remuner-
alive ones are at once within his reach. 1t
is better to sell any article when it is
ready for the market and the market is
ready to receive it at paying prices.
Successful garden culture is mainly
dependent upon three things-frst, an
unlimited supply of well-rotted manure,
and the thorough preparation of the soil
before planting; second, planting at the
right season third, thorough cultivation
and pulverization. and frequent stirring
of the surface soil during the period Of
growth of the plants. But the first and
most important step to be taken, to secure
would consider an Over-supply Of we'll
rotted manure, such as has been put in
piles, sheltered from the rain, and fire.
quently forked over to prevent what is
called fire-tang. From ten to twenty
tons of such manure is often applied by
gardeners to every quarter of an acre of
land, and is not thought by them to be any
too much.-Prai1ie Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
What Disease Have II

How often do we hear this question asked
by persons suffering from dizziness and pain
In the head, with dull, stupid feeling. pain
in the side, back or shoulder, heavy load
on the stomach after eating, faint, all-gone
sensation at the pit of the stomach that food
docs not satisfy, a cold, clammy feeling in
the hands and feet, with hot flashes at times,
bad taste in the mouth, with foul breath,
attended with great depression of the ncrv-
GUS system and evil forcbodings, and with q
tired weakness that sleep don't relieve, urine
scanty at times, with sediment after stand.
ing. One physician calls the disease liver
complaint, another kidney disease, another
dyspepsia, and still another impurity Of the
blood. But none succeed in effecting cure.
The fact is that these symptoms indicate
that all of these diseases are present to-
gcther, and to remove these symptoms We
must take remedy that will act upon all Of
these organs at once. The best article that
we know of is made by the Shakers, and is
called SHAKER EXTRACT OF RooTs, OR CURA-
TIVE SYRUP mot patent medicine). Sold
by Druggists and Al. White, New York.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23

. TEE huge, drastic, gripping, sickening pills,
constructed Of crude, coarse and bulky in
gradients, are fast being superseded by Dr..
Picrce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Sugar
Coated, Concentrated Root and Herbal
Juice, Anti-Bilious Granules-the "Little
Giant Cathartic or Multun, in Parro Physic.
Modern Chemical Science enables DR.. Pierce
to extract from the juices of the most valua-
bic roots and herbs their active medicinal
principles, which, when worked into little
Pellets or !Granulcs, scarcely larger than mus
tard seed, renders eac;, little Pellet as active
and powerful as large pill, while they are
much more palatable and pleasant in effect.
DIR. IRA A. THAYER, of Baconsburg, Ohio,
writes: II regard your Pellets as the best
remedy for the conditions for which you
prescribe them Of anything have ever used,
so mild and certain in effect, and leaving the
bowels in an excellent condition. It seems
to me they must take the place of all other
cathartic pills and medicines"
LYON & MAcoMBER, druggists, Vermillion,
D. T., say: 1--WE think they are going to
sell like hot cakes as soon as people get ac-
quainted with them and will spoil the pill
trade, US those that have used them like them
much better than large pills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
.trocious murder, and in which the body

atrocious murder, and in which the body
was believed to have been disposed of by
burning, was quietly settled by the medi-
cal examination proving that certain
incinera:ed skull bones were those of a
sleeps head; while in another case,
which occurred in London in 1888, the
usual amount of wild speculation was
excited by the discovery of what was sup
posed to be human hand in a city dust
bin. The excitement attending the dis
covery, however, was timeously Quoted
by the assurance from reliable authority
that the supposed hand was in reality the
paddle or fore-limb of turtle, which
doubtless had persisted in a manner per-
fectly consistent with the demands of JUS
tice and good taste.-Chambers Journal