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AGRICULT URAL ITEMS.

Bliss q Sons, of New York, exhibited at
the Centennial Exposition, two hundred
kinds of potatoes. sff'
The rice crop i'll South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Louisiana will larger than
since the war, and Of good quality. '''R
Barley will be fine i'll most, sections but it
is feared that too much rain now will injure
its color seriously. The acreage is probably
two per cent. above, average.
The Louisiana, Florida and Texas sugar
crops have increased ten per cent. in acreage
and bid fair to make a good yield. Sorghum
is again increasing in every section OF the
South and West.
Glover when properly cured is fully equal
to the best timothy hay for feeding purposes
and when thus cured, contains at least L.
10 per cent. of sugar. The amount of sugar
in the. clover is the greatest when III full
blossom and the heads are not matured.
Liebig says: The animal is, in organic na-
ture, the iron; the plant is the water, for
nature begins with the relative separation
Of the sexes and then ends in this separation.
The animal decomposes the iron; the plant
decomposes the water The female and the
male sex of the plants is the carbon and the
nitrogen of the water.
The Boston Adue,tiser says that an inves-
tigation led to the following striking result :
OF every 1000 traders but seven acquire
wealth. From such sad results farmers are
comparatively exempt OLLIE bankrupts
who took the benefit of the bankrupt law
in Massachusetts, only Il were farmers, and
of 1850 in New York only As were farm
ers. Less than two per cent. of the bank
rupts belonged to the agricultural popu-
lation twenty-five years ago, though that
population SO largely exceeded that OF all
other vocations.
4 The fruit crop in all the Southern States
and California is ten per cent. above the aver
age, except peaches i'll some localities Grapes
pears, apples, oranges, pine-apples, bananas
plums. cherries, small berries, watermelon
and other fruits are each good in their re
spectiye localities, and California will max,
more brandy and wine tnan has ever beel
known in the State.
Crops of all kinds in Spain, this season
f are said to give promise of a marvellous yielt
larger than has been known for 100 years
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IT. R TT c u L T i R I /.
RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY PLANTS

There is no small Importance to be attach
ed to the training of these plants to have the
best results. 10 leave them run at random
during the summer and only prune in the
winter or spring, is only half doing the
thing. just now is the time to pinch the
leading shoots of them. Raspberries at
four feet and blackberries at five on the
shoots Of the present year. This will not
only cause them to throw out laterals, and
make them stocky, but will give them
strength and prevent their blowing down.
Where the stools are strong and the three
best canes are left, the balance taken off, will
give as much and as fine fruit, thanif four
or six were left to grow. We believe that
two would do as well as four were it not on
account of accidents.
AS the strawberry season closes the rasp-
berry comes in, which is followed by the
blackberry, thus keeping up succession OF
wholesome fruit which every person should
have plenty Of, and might have if things
We're properly carried out; yet it would be
safe to say that not one in fifty has as much
fruit to eat as they should have. 1t is the
horticultural and agricultural Journals that
instill the proper fruit growing spirit into
the masses.--Cor. Journal of Ag,icuLtat7eiafad
| Farmer. 81 i5sts l**f' es III Is{&
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AGRICU I'LL T j RA /.
AGRICULTURE.

From Footprints Of the Ages, a work of
much value, published recently by Jerome
Bonaparte Washington, we extract the fol-
lowing, 4
The great majority of the people of the
United States are engaged in agriculture,
which here as elsewhere forms the basis of
national wealth. With happy peculiarities
Of climate, extent Of territory through SO
many degrees of latitude or isothermal belts,
and an immense, area Of most fertile soil, we
enjoy extraordinary advantages for produc-
ing agricultural staples in great variety and
abundance The Importance Of the agricul-
tural interest is fully recognized by the gov
crnment and the people. In 1882 the De
partment of Agriculture was established by
act of Congress, for the purpose of collect
ing statistics. introducing from foreign lands
seeds of new plants, testing their adaptable
ity to our soil and climate, and disseminate
ing information to the farmers. Agricul-
tural colleges have been established in many
of the States, and agricultural periodicals
are published innearly all parts OF the coun-
try. But farming is, as yet, business.
superticially cultivated and soon exhausted.
The very perfection of the labor-savng ma
chimes and implements is wearing out the
surf;lce soil. In all the older States there
are large tracts which produced, formerly,
twice as much corn or wheat to the acre as
they produce now. 1T has become doubtful
whether farming pays in New England; and
the country population there IS gradually
decreasing. The old tobacco plantations OF
MARYLAND and Virginia have been in many
instances abandoned, and large proportion
of the southern cotton lands have ceased to
Weld profitable returns. The yield of wheat
fifty years ago in Ohio was thirty bushels tc
the acre; to-day it is not quite fifteen. Al
English traveller was surprised by the extra
ordinary productiveness of the wheat fields
near Albany, New York, in l775, which
Welded from thirty to forty bushels per acre
with inferior cultivation. In 1853 winter
wheat yielded y bushels and spring Whea
but 5. The present method Of farming vii
probably prevail us long as farmers can g
west and obtain fresh land for compare
lively low price. But when the vast amoun
of virgin soil yet awaiting the arrival OF tn
llusbanCman shall have been all taken u
and made to yield its dormant treasures
lands will necessarily increase in value
thoroughly scientific cultivation will becom
profitable, and agriculture will rise to tn
dignity Of a learned profession.
According to the last census report, tn
aggregate area of the farms of the Unite
States comprised 407, ,735, ,041 acres, OF abor
21 per cent. of the entire surface. OF TN
amount 1s9 1000, 900, or somewhat over 8 pc
cent. were improved, that is cleared LAM
used for grazing, grass or tillage, or lyin
t;lllow.. These figures show what an in
lnense amount Of land is yet open to tt
settler. III 1862 the improved lands con
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EXHAUSTION OF THE SOIL.

This is one Of the deepest and most'i inter-
esting subjects which can possibly engage
the attention of farmers. The wealth of the
world rests in the soil, and without it not a
city could be built, nota ship could sail upon
the sea I; no splendid edi1ices would adorn
our country, no church-going bell would
toll on the Sabbath morning, no factories,
mills, telegraphs, railroads, presses, no
libraries, papers, no arts, sciences, no gov
ernments, no civilization. Soil is u reser-
voir of force.
Upon force, in its action on organic and
inorganic matter, depends all motion. And
without motion, both mechanical and chem
ical, no activity could be exhibited in the
vegetable, animal and mineral departments
of our mundane sphere; the soil would be-
three to one-inert-dead; and natures';s
blank. 't.
! A fertile soil contains in due proportions,
the following which are the main, the inn
portant constituents: Silcic acid, alumina,
lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, oxide of man
gancse, potash, soda, chlorine, sulphuric
acid, phosphoric acid, carbonic acid. If any
one of these is absent, the soil is defective in
that point; if several are absent, the soil is
poor or nnproductive.
"A soil that will grow good wheat, say forty
bushels per acre, contains, in a large meas
ure, all Of these. ss
Nearly all neao soils, especially in the Will
lamette valley, are rich in all the elements
required to make crops grow finely.
II toP
cropping absorption of plant food with
out return of its equivalents in the form of
fertilizers.
Flowing land when too acct, causing it to
!, bake, rendering it unproductive.
Inattenton to change or rotation OF
crops. a
y These are the main causes why soils be-
come exhausted ; and until the proper means
are used, all our fine new wheat fields will
become exhausted. Already, our prairie
lands, that, twenty years ago, yielded forty
!, bushels per acre, now produce only twenty.
= five and thirty. Most of our lands fall off {;
bushel to the acre each year. This can bt
: obviated by the following means: BY sum
: mer fallowing and pasturing with sheep ant
other stock; by plowing under grasses
weeds, fern, etc.; by rotation in crops; by
> iudicious manuring, and cultivation when
, and only when, the ground is in a prope
: state to work-not too wet, nor too dry; b.
: draining, subsoiling, narrowing, etc.
!, Three things will cause the work of res
!. toration: Summer-falowing, sheep-pas
- - turage, and rotation in crops. They are al
: feasible, practical, applicable. Cor. WslLag
= cite Farmer.
/, The second crop of oranges is now begin
Q ming to whet the appetites of the populatio
n in Florida. There will be a large 'quantit
le for shipment between now and the first {
n July.
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WILLIAM PARRY, of New Jersey, isalways
getting up something new wand good. His
Monarch of the West strawberry has scarce
" been allowed to establish itself before it
is followed by another, this season, we be-
ilieve for the first time, called the & Star of
the West.' Its of very shapely appearance,
round and plump, and must speak tor itself.
Then there is upon the carpet, the s..Dela-
ware Raspberry" the fruit of which grows
to good size, which will, we presume, be
tested this season.-G Germantown Telegraph.
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WEEKLY By
r. NJ SUTHE ERLIN
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
The ROCKY MOUNTAIN HusBANDMAN is designed
to be, us the name indicates, husbandman in every
sense OF the term, embracing in its columns every
department of Agriculture, Stock-raising, Horti-
culture, Social and Domestic Economy t .j
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-07-20

"A. To MAKE carboh.tt OF lime, take a few
Jumps of fresh burned lime and break them
up into small pieces. Then dissolve one
ounce Of carbolic acid in one pint of water
and sprinkle this upon the lime, shaking it
into a fine dry powder. This is carbolate OF
lime, which, if sprinkled around the stems
Of melons and cucumbers, or rupon the leaves
or blossoms, will drive off both the squash
beetle, which eats the stalk, and the striped
bug, which destroys the blossoms. 1t will
also save cabbage from the flea which eats
the young plants, and from the caterpillar.
1t should be kept in dry place, closely
corkcd in wide-mouthed bottles, until want
ed for use. The water must be used eau
tiously, lest the lime be made too wet and
pasty.-N Y. Times.
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STRAWBERRIES IN 1S76.-NoW that the
season is about over, giving us fair chance
to test. the merits Of some Of the new ones
there is no use in overhauling the old log
such as Albany, Green Prolific, Kentucky,
Chas. Downing, Ida and Seth Boyden, all of
which have shehayed vel snough Il ianA a. will
40 oforthose Nhfo aFe !, 81 With them.
But when one has Cumberland Triumph,
Springdale, Monarch and Star of the West,
the, old ones actually seem to loose all their
charnlss and when Capt. Jack is added, it
almost makes Us feel sad for the. glories Of
the old ones Just now we consider it the
most. valuable strawberry for this region that
we have, It's evidently Of Albany origin,
but the foliage, is darker green and glossy;
fully as productive as the Albany; larger,
handsomer andsa better berry; in fact, it is
one of the very finest favored, and firm
enough to ship five hundred miles. 10 add
to its excellent qualities, it will be in fruit at
least four weeks. In picking bushels Of this
variety this season, we have not yet found
an imperfect berry. 1t was ripe two weeks
ago, and there are new blossoms on the
plants yet Colnaan's Ru1al World, June aa8.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-07-20

The second crop Of oranges is now begin
ming to whet the appetites of the population
in Florida. There will be a large quantity
for shipment between now and the first of
July.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-15
The Richford Duel.

The seconds or witnesses to the recent
duel here have been placed under $1,000
each. They have not furnished bail yet
anl were taken to st. Adams Jail Monday.
The names of the parties engaged in the
duel are Arthur Is. Rpuet, Charles Durand,
Edward Guillemet, Leon Vaudrey, Loui'
Beltholet and Albert Flambart. The men
are good looking, intelligent, and have the
appearance of being men of some account
1t home. They are young; not more than
twenty-five years of age. Rumor says they
are wealthy men. They have conducted
themselves in most gentlemanly manner
since the duel and have not attempted to
escape the guards. They are of Canadian
hirth, and are not acquainted with the Eng
lish language. Their testimony was given
through an Interpreter.
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But he leaves it to be Inferred that it was
a fair convent n, which IL was not, as no.
body disputes that In several towns the dele
egstss were bought for dollars and cents.
or course the Free Press wants Denison
reelected. lie is 10 office. Did the Free
Press ever oppose an ofliceholder,
unless II had some special grudge
against him? But do you suppose the
Californian believes itself when it says the
choice OF the convention lies between Den.
ison and boltp No; it Is trying to make
little capital for its man. 1t Is putting
out feeler TO see it somebody won't call
out in reply, "Give us Poland" D.nison
is not naturally a boiler. Even under the
outrageous circumstances of Poland's nom
ination two years ago, it was almost impos-
sble to get Lin to accept the boiling nom.
inatiun, He was always straight party
msn, He has proved himself so in con-
gress. Poland has behaved himself so well
since the spanking he got two years ago
that he could get more votes than he did
then, but | advise him not to invest as
many thousands in a nomination as he did
then. His nomin uion, and nothing else,
can make possible the bolt whose prospect
rulles the Cdledonian's placid breast. Even
with the Farmer quoted by the s which
1t hasn't got, but hopes to, bolt would
follow the nomination of Poland. know
something of the temper of that second
district, though am three thousand miles
away. Mead would carry the stronges,
possible vote, we're he supported by the
regular republicans, because the independ-
ents, grangers and temperance men really
want him more than any other man. But
there are lots of republicans who can carry
the second district. Of course if Densor
gets the nomination it will be in Difference
to the silly two-term rule, for, as the Lud
low Gazette said last winter, "all that wa!
| wanted of him was to beat Poland" anc
that is all he has done to enttle him to sup
poit. W. II. W.
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Funeral of Hon. John Bacon, Cd.

The funeral of Hon. John Bacon, cd,
who died at his residence in St, Johnsbury
Centre on Friday, took place Sunday, and,
notwithstanding the excessive heat, was
one of the largest ever known in Caledo-
MIA county. Besides Passumpsic lodge, of
st. Johnsbury, of which Judge Bacon was
charter member, the lodges at Danville,
Lyndonville and Concord were represented,
and over 200 Masons were present. The
Knights Templars were out In full regalia,
making fine display. The funeral was
under the charge of Judge N. p. Bowman,
OF ST. Johnsbury, past grand master of
Vermont and the services, which were
wholly Masonic. were performed by him.
assisted by Sir Knight Col. A. b. Jewett,
graz commander of the grand commandery
OF Vermont. The music was furnished by
the 81. Johnshury cornet band. A train
was run from Lyndonville and st. Johns
bury; and there was large concourse of
people present.
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Political Assessments Not Forbidden,

The section in the legislative approplia-
ton bill relative to the making of assess
ments upon Office holders for political pur-
poses is so changed from the original sec
ton, as adopted by the house, as to de-
plive it Of its prohibitory force. The
original section forbade any officer of the
government to take from any other officer
OF the government, or TO give to any other
officer, or any other person, any money
for political purposes. The section adopt
ed finally in the bill omits the clause for
bidding contribution by any officer to
any other person than an officer, and so
fails to accomplish the purpose as the
house intended. Officers of the govern.
ment may pay as much money as they
please, or as they may be compelled to pay
to the campaign committees, and political
assessments may be levied without any
more difficulty than has been heretofore
experienced. 1t IS said that the house con-
ferrees cid not watch the session carefully
enough, and the important words were
omitted without their knowledge.
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Arrested for Various Offcnses.

Last Tuesday, on complaint of Dennlsol
Denesmore of Topsham, L. p. Foster OF
East Cornth was arrested, it is said, on {
writ Of trover for taking covered car
rage belonging to Denesmore, and, as i
claimed, dlsposing of the same in Windsor
AT the late June term of the county coul
held at Chelsea, Foster was indicted by tn,
grand jury for selling liquor. Some tw,
or three hundred oifenses were charged
against him. Recently warrant was is
sued against him by States Attorney Boy
den, and Tuesday morning Foster was ar
rested charged with the above 'offenses
and Tuesday evening he was lodged in jai
at Chelsea.
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Disastrous Fire in Newbury.

A very disastrous fire broke out Sunday
afternoon in Newbury, in barn belonging
to Moses Clark The fire was set by his
little son playing with matches. Before it
could be got under control the principal
business portion of the village was burned,
including four stores, together with barns
and outbuildings. The principal losers
were Deming & Co., country store, build
ings and stock; E. a. Morse, boots and
shoes NJ. Clark, groceries o. Temple,
barber; S. l.. Shepardson, photographer !
S. l.. Sweasey, jeweller and druggist. The
total loss is S15 900, mostly insured as fol-
lows: Moses Clark, on buildings, $500 (;
insured for the same amount in the Yer
mont Mutual on groceries, $500; no in
suranco. II. II. Deming, on buildsg, 49,
500; insured in Vermont Mutual for So
300; on furniture, Sl,000 insured in
Ezra of Hartford. c. Ii. Deming, on dry
goods and groceries, $4,000 insured in
Vermont Mutual for $4,000. L. Shepard.
SOD, 500 o. c. Temple, $500 both un-
insured. T. & Ii. Keyes, insured in Yer
mont Mutual for 1000; loss not estima.
ted. 1t was by the greatest exertion that
the entire central portion of the village was
saved from destruction.
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Robbed While Intoxicated.

Joseph Boline, residing at North Pow
mel, VT, reported to the policeman at the
Union depot, Troy, Saturday evening, that
some one had robbed him of $50. He
was taken to the second precinct station
house, when lie told his story to Captain
QiigleY. He stated that he was seeking a
hotel and a couple of young men offered to
conduct lin to one. They took him
through the tunnel and robbed him of his
money. The intoxicated condition Of Bo-
line rendered this coup de main practicable.
His brain had been rendered SO cloudy
With drink that he could give no descrip-
ton of the robbers except that they were
young aud bsardless. The officers detained
him at the ta'ion.
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Temperance Meeting at Ludlow.

Mr.. L. w. Locke was announced TO
speak on the temperance movement at
Ludlow Sunday evening. He is well known
throughout New England as very earnest
and pleasing speaker.
A large and attentive audience gathered
in them. E. church when the lecture was
given, and 1T 7.45 p. IN. the exercises he
opened with song by Mr.. Locke, "Fhere
is fresh little mound near the river
Prayer was then offered by Rev. Mr..
Rockwell of Ludlow, after which MI.
Locke proceeded with his lecture. We
present brief abstract.
The speaker, in introducing himself, re-
marked that he was not surprised to see
the house SO well filled. He should not
have been had the lecture occurred on a
week day, for he believed that the people
are interested in the good cause and look
ing forward to the time when under God
the evil shall be swept from the land.
am no reformed man, he said, but |
signed the pledge many years ago, and |
have kept it and | consider 30, 900 very
small estimate of the number of names |
uuNO opiaihNu iiohi PSieoho, vi tuc uclt
and in out of the way places, while have
been in the work. He introduced the sub
ject of his lecture as "Some pleasant facts
for temperance people to look at"
First-Although man cannot put an end
to intemperance, God can and no atheist
can deny it and be believed. This point
was illustrated by comparing the temper
ance movement to the abolition movement
and predicting like results.
Second-fhis great reform work that
is going on now is racterized, more
than any other movement, by the acknowl-
cdgement of an entire dependence on God.
have belonged TO nearly every temper
ance organization. The speaker referred
to the Washing tonian organization as doing
more towards discountenanclng the traffic
among enlightened christian COM
munties than any other. He
referred to the temperance organizl-
tons of Portland seven years ago, as COM
posed mainly of men and women in the
middle walks of life. Now the learned
professions were universally represented.
Third. The integrity of our polit-
ical leaders-We are looking Tor men of in
tegrity. Integrity was never worth so
much in this country as it is now.
Fourth. The movement is not confined
to New England, but 10 universal.
The speaker closed with the songs, "Has
Father Been Here2" and "Brether when
Will you come Back ?" The latter by spec
ial request of his many friends in town.
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Democratic Meeting at Ludlow

The followers OF Tiden and Hendricks
had rousiDg meeting at Ludlow hall,
Monday evening, which was presided over
by Charles S. Mason, esq, who, upon TAX
ing the chair, stated the object Of the
meeting in few words, and then intro
duced to tic audience Martin H. Goddard,
democratic nominee for states attorney for
Windsor county. who addressed the meet
ing in a spirited manner for half an hour.
A. z. Cbilds, of Bennington, followed with
one Of bis telling and characteristic
spe.cnes: Botn spe s.seiE were rreauentl entity
furni she'd the music for the occasion. A.
together the meeting was very success
full one for the 1ildenites.
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The Bounty Bill.

The house bill for the equalizations Of
war, still occupies its place on the calendar
of the senate, and Senator Logan proposes
to antagonize it against any other measure
this session, and demand vote upon tax.
ing it up. Two or three times already the
senate has refused to consider it, but the
vote each time was close, and Logan is moi
without hope of having it disposed of be.
fore the adjournment.