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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-11-16
4 AGRICU j IT i RAJ.
LABOR AND WEALTH.

rn an Address before the Flora District
|rsir Association, September 2Sth, 1876, w.
hC Flagg, President of the Illinois State
FARMERS Association, made the following
hpertinent remarks:
Il The general truth of a drift from agricul-
8tural pursuits into other and especially mer-
camille pursuits, is confirmed, however, by
the experience of the last half century and
#especially by the results of the last census.
5Between 1860 and 1870 the agricultural class
has increased Is per cent, while the trading
class has increased 40 per cent During
that period the agricultural wealth OF tile
scountry increased 40 per cent. only, while
manufacturing and mining wealth increased
lilo per cent, and the wealth not industrial
Zoo per cent. The banking, trading and
transporting interests flourished in that de-
Scade as never before. The wealth of the
\ great cities of New York, San Francisco,
h Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore, st. Louis,
h Philadelphia and Cincinnati increased with
h rapidity that showed the average wealth
of each person therein to be more than
\ double the average wealth OF the person re-
siding in the rural districts Of the same
/ States. Here is at once the cause and effect !:
'Where the carcass is there are the eagles
\ gathered together" And when these birds
of prey are gathered together you may trust
them for finding whereon to feed. The So
called flaws of trade;" yea, statute law
/ both State and National can be and has been
1 warped to suit their purposes. need not
repeat la its wearisome detail the dishonora-
! ble facts with which all of you are more or
i less familiar-how conspiracies in trade keep
down prices until products pass from the
hands OF the producer-how conspiracies in
manufactures suppress production and sus-
! tain the prices of their products-how i'm
porters, by ral and by river, pool their earn
inss and conspire to keep UP transportation
rates. There is no free trade, except in the
immense mass of products annually garnered
from the fields and stock yards Of the hus.
handman.
The advantage does not end here, howev
q it may have been in Tocqueville's time o.
observation, wealth is no longer excluded
from political power. 1t buys monopolies
OF the members of State Legislatures in the
ahape of railroad charters and other corpo
rate privileges and exemptions. 1t elects
senators of the United States. 1t nominate!
ana elects members of Congress. It thel
secures protection for manufactures, renew
IA OF patent rights for profitable patents
favorable legislation tor the banking ant
Aauonal railway interests as the situation
'uay require. Itfavors either party or both
seif-lnterest may demand. 1t is the in
1inatlon of political infdelity. 1t believe
Oaiy That every man has his price and tina
soid is the power before which no patriot
'sM or virtue can stand. 1t is Mephistc
pueles IN new role. 1t is the doubling Sa
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-11-16

'sh VI VIC Dooh VI ooD putting American
to a new test.
Such | apprehend are the gigantic powers
of evil growing out of the opportunities af-
forded by the very nature and tendency of
democratic government. They are not con-
fined to America for everywhere through
out the civilized world democracy and DEM
ocratic forms with their antecedent good
and evil move onward and possess the ma
tons like on inevitable Fate or the decree of
omnipotence. And throughout the civilized
world we may say the lot Of the agricultur-
ist and of the agricultural laborer has been
made harder and less productive by public
and private conspiracies against the produc-
ing classes and their welfare.
"All wealth." it has been said "comes
from the soil;'' and certainly all wealth is
the product of labor. This labor may be
agricultural, mining, fishing, manufacture
ing; but thereon depends the food OF the
human family, its raiment, its homes, and
its housekeeping, private and public. The
laborers of the world, therefore, and espe-
cially the agricultural, or food-producing,
laDorers are indispensable to human exist
ence. Labor" said Lincoln in his mes
sage of 1871, is prior to and independent
of capital. Capital is the fruit of labor, and
never could have existed if labor had not
first existed. Labor is the superior of cap
ital. and deserves much the higher consider
ation.'
Nevertheless, the laboring classes, includ-
ing the farming class, usually support those
who do not work, Or who perform labor
which does not create wealth. Not only
must the clergyman, the physician, the
merchant and the transporter be paid for
their necessary, and sometimes unnecessary,
service but the idiot, the thief, the drunkar0
and the drone claim living which they
often do not earn. This is not all. The
drift into other pursuits crowds not only the
ranks of the so-called learned professions
with superfluous members, but it builds
more railroads than are needed to carry the
freight, and put more men in shops than
are necessary to sell the goods. Then come
the attempts have spoken Of, to not only
sustain but advance prices so as to support
larger and larger number of non-pro
ducers, at the expense of the producing
classes. Add to this, huge national debts
the support of large standing armies, ane
other burdens of like character, and VIZ
find in older, and less free countries thar
our own, that the agriculturist or other Ia
borer is reduced to minimum of subsist
ence. 1t has been struggle of unscrupul
Gus cunning against honest ignorance ant
the latter has gone to the wall. And thu
far it must be confessed the United State
have shown similar tendency to olde
countries and threaten to repeat their ex
perience.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-11-16
,,,1IsHED WEEKLY BY
r N. SUTHE= LIN,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
pocry MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN IS designed
Ihe ny NJ tha name indicates husbandman in every
b Do, - the term embracing in its columns every
cn'e cn'et,aent u of Agriculture Stock-raising, Hort-
lsPa, s,,re Social and Domestic Economy
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29
A Wonderfully Practical Husband

ITn ,,rnI, Il m :, =. =,
Danhn.r l,"Sto''t nan N9ayS M tile
,a'iou, Nc"sil anu Siit was poeuc;tl. her
~ ii,t' W. e,i?ru WIN 3oid ana nIItd
Inn n ,.'' ,,,q VI i"sta.e iluGS ht 10
& i'"' t rnri " SinnS ~ the l"ile-spuh
a5i'an+ =, ~ way NY lt y e"Whjry lnrr-
','',,, ''' ,t 'n S"o'> III Ne" loTh' ms
i ~ "o' ~ 'ite tf "a no>c>s connected
t, i'n '':I II; p'l' ,'ae was lecrhlS ~
~ 'i.u oui GA'ItlGIl Iaccll ifirnd
nra.t =" ~ =, "lS ni> nI>t NI'N 10 the
II was A nomentous event to LiS f,nI wifi, N'f H.
the bet -hr could bor nina WI trom,,I,J ,yitH
fnr,hodirrs II i ,;amit t tI ;''+ " ,ii
how lie feIt but whiIe + S WAS w cyimt cy he N ro
lied the importance If thr stcnhr was .,ho,t T.,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29
Pickling Cucumbers for Market.

In narecent issue of the American Grocer
we find an article upon this subject which
may contain information that will be o.
use to some Of our readers. Cucumbers
may be planted any time this month fol
growing pickles, if the soil is well pre-
pared and literally fertilized; but one
should know something about the pros
poets Of selling the crop before investing
in the business to very great extent:
For picking purposes the cucumber in
all stages of its growth is used, from the
large vegetable which is cut into slices
and sod to the cheap grocery stores, to
the smallest size or gherkin, which is pre-
served entire. In buying and selling and
estimating quantities, cucumbers, whether
large or small, are counted, not measured
The farmers sort the cucumbers into three
sizes, small, medium and large; the fac
tories have five sizes, viz: very small.
small, medium, large, and very large. OF
these different sizes 5000 of the very small
would fill an ordinary whiskey barrel;
5000 Of the small 2000 of the medium;
400 of the large; 800 of the very large
The cucumbers, on being picked at their
place OF growth, are taken by the farmers
to the salting-houses, whence they are re-
moved to the pickle factories. Most of the
saltlng-houses are within few miles of
where the plant is grown, as the fresh
crop will not bear long transportation
Although some farmers do their own salt
ing. in most cases the latter is a separate
business, conducted on large scale, the
manufacturers buying of the saters. The
pickles, on being taken from the brine,
are 'treshened up" that is, they are put
into large wooden watts containing fresh
water, to extract the salt This water is
changed three times during the fresnening
process, after which the cucumbers are
packed in casks or bottles for sale The
best vinegar in use for picking in this
country is that made from the Western
hlgh-Wines. In a vinegar made from
wood the pickles soon become soft. and
even cider vinegar. though the best and
most wholesome for table purposes, will
not preserve pickles more than month.
All the artificial vinegars made from acids
fail in this respect, and from vitriol es
pecially. Cucumbers picked in high-wine
vinegar will keep for an almost indefinite
time, and will come ont as good as at the
first, after an interval of seven years
Large quantities of very fine cucumbers
and caultlowers are imported from Hol-
land, which country likewise supplies the
London market The pickles which are
thus imported extensively into this coun-
try have the advantage of low prices,
due to the cheapness of labor abroad, and,
in addition to the best possible sample,
with the least amount of trouble at the
factory. With the requisite amount of
care and attention, we can, in this coun-
Try, make as good Il pickle as can be made
in London.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29

The first straw hat of the season APP
peared on the street Monday afternoon.
1t was III the middle of the street 1t was
moving along on its ear, with every indi-
cation of a safe and speedy trip. y man
was about five yards in the rear of the hat.
He was popuarly supposed to be the
owner thereof He was bare headed He
was going fast His face was scarlet in
color He looked hot and embarrassed.
Still ii bowled along. SO did he. Once it
almost stopped He slackened his speed.
Then it turned over on the other ear
ear and shot ahead again. Then he picked
up his feet more abundantly Men in
wagons stopped their teams to look. Mer-
chants followed their customers to the
door to look. People on the walk dropped
every other subject and bent all their. at
tention on the chase The hat went under
one wagon and then passed beneath m
other and SKINNED across the street, and
finally brought up against tree The
bare headed man, who had twice given up
the pursuit, and had each time declared
that he didn't care Il snap for the old thing
any way now put forth third effort and
secured it. Then he set it on his head and
pulled down the brim cracked halfway
round. Then he got over q fence, passed
through Il yard, scaled another fence, and
continued his way home by the same un.
ostentatous route
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29

eyes began to look anxious and her heart
to give warning throb, for she remem-
bered her youth
But if Nelly had not mentioned his
name, the widow Days eyes would have
perceived one side of the question, at
least, the next Sunday, from the frequent
and ardent gaze this young fellow direct
ed towards the singers seat, where Nelly
sang the quaint old hymns in a clear, fresh
voice, and looked as angelic as a pretty
| girl could in a black silk dress and white
pique jacket, with poppies and daises
Wreathed about her little black hat 1t is
| true, Mr.. Fearing went back to New York
after that walk to the Falls, which took
| place Monday. but he re-appeared in
Beckett more than once or twice the en-
suing summer. for Lima Holdridge, who
was his fast friend, contrived to let him
know of every picnic, and he was avail
able for almost all Then there were bits
Of scenery he must paint, and autumn
colors Were proverbially splendid about
Beckett. But why need recount his ex-
cuses?
"Breathes there man with soul so dead"
that he can not supply these from his own
experience?
Nelly had no more new dresses The
calico was washed and ironed many a time
before autumn, and sometimes worn when
it vas not fresh from these processes
but by dmt Of various ribbons and flowers
and ties, and sometimes sleeveless lack
ct Of old black silk, refreshed with re-
cipes of power, and trimmed "of itself"
or buff pque jacket Llack-braided, or.
even her Sunday sacque. for that was
washable, her costume seemed almost
delicate and elegant to the eyes of men
We can not say as much of feminine gaz-
ers, for who can throw any glamour over
the sight Of II woman who knows calico
and despises it?
Nevertheless there was wedding party
lett Beckett on the train next spring, be-
lore the annual arbutus party took their
trip, and the widow Day, in the role of
moiher-ln-laW, accompanied the bushing
bride and beaming bridegroom; and in
next years exhibition at the Academy you
might always see Il crowd before one pic
ture-a full length Of a young girl stand
ing on the grass (grass not yet greened
with spring), a crest of dark pines rising
behind her against the pale sky; her
dress was black and white; Il wide black
hat was on one folded arm, and from the
other hung basket heaped and rum
ming over with arbutus blossoms, and a
rosy knot of the trailing beauties seemed
to tasten the black and white trills about
her throat, and to vie with the lovely
blushing face that looked off so far with
those clear, deep eyes; and you could al
most see the wind tossing the golden
darkness Of her shining hair. 1t was an
exquisite picture, but everybody wonder
ed why it was catalogued Calico" How
ever, the painter knew, and so did Nelly,
his wife
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29

A young lady of this city who was pre-
pairing tora journey had a dress made for
the occasion, and as the time for departure
approached she was considerably annoy
ed lest it should not be done in time The
dress came in due time. but there was
something about it that did not exactly
suit her. and the matter still burdened her
mind. The evening previous to her in
tended departure she put the dress away
and tried to dismiss the matter from her
mind, but did not seem to have succeeded,
When she arose the following morning
she found her dress ripped apart not a
seam OF the whole garment remaining
sewed, and not Il cut or tear in the ma
terial AS no one had access to it but her.
self, she was forced to conclude that she
had arisen in her sleep and ripped it apart
Spriggins says he once prevented Sc
we're case of hydrophobia by simply get
ting on a high fence and waiting there
till the dog had gone away.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29
My Ship Comes In.

My ship comes sailing in from sea,
And am glad as glad can be.
Oh! have kissed my love tonight,
And all life seems one calm delight.
Ny ship comes in my ship comes in,
My ship comes sailing up the sea,
And life is like dream to me-
The stars look larger than BEFORE
The moon is silver now. The door
OfParadise seems opened wide
AS yon church door for my fair bride.
My ship comes in, my ship comes in,
My ship comes climbing up the sea,
And land and sea are fair to me-
know full well in my ships hold
Lie neither gorgeous silks nor gold;
But oh! know my love loves me,
And ask no more of land or sea.
My ship comes in, my ship comes in,
My ship has crossed the lonesome sea,
And l am glad as glad can be.
Joaquin Miller.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29

Agricultural College experiments in
raising potatoes, last year, showed that
the heaviest yield was obtained from
planting whole potatoes, each weighing
four ounces, and putting one in hill, and
showing that whole potatoes, generally,
gave larger yields than cut ones This is
an important result, and should be further
tested. Cutting potatoes does not seem
to be exactly consistent with natures
method of reproduction, and it may be
that it is after all serious error
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29
Facts in Turkey Breeding.


The American Agriculturalist has these
comments and quotations on turkey breed
~ and raising:
There is nothing like facts to confirm a
lheory. If it were really believed that
good selection and good feed would in
crease the average size Of turkeys third,
il would not be difficult to get intelligent
farmers to pay attention to these points.
We find very important item in q local
Journal from North Stonington, Conn,
which confirms this view. This town is
IN The borders of Rhode Island, and rep
resents the district where the Narrao an
sett turkeys are principally raised, known
10 market as Rhode Island turkeys. The
writer says: "Probably more than fifty
thousand pounds of poultry We're sent
from this vicinity for the Thanksgiving
market in Boston last season at % cents
per pound. The quality sent this year is
better than that OF last year, some lots of
turkeys averaging nearly twelve pounds,
and one monstrous old fellow bore down
thirty six and a quarter. The size of tur-
keys raised hereabouts has increased
D,
owing to attention to propagation. The
time was when the average at Thanksgiv-
lng did not exceed eight pounds, and
brought only rs many cents per pound +;
whereas the weight has been increased
htty per cent, and the price two hundred
per cent"
From Stonington, the town Immediate
ly south, still larger quantity was sent,
and the quality was a grade heavier. Said
an old farmer who bought q large bronze
gobbler of premium stock last season: Il
must have some more OF that stock, for
have the heaviest turkeys in the neighbor
hood" Good feed, especially during the
hrst fall and winter, is almost as import
ant as good stock. A farmer feeds bush,
el OF corn Il day to 4 hundred turkeys
in November, at the cost of dollar. and
1t looks a little eXtravagant; but it is less
than the third of Il quart, and the cost Of 9
cent day for each bird. We once tried
the experiment of feeding some second
litter turkeys through the winter. and
found the hens gained about two pounds
month and the gobblers three. The feet
was principally boiled potatoes and mea
and corn. AT this rate the gain in flesh, a
twenty-five cents a pound, would be wortl
bier, and fifty cents for each hen. If thir
ty cents worth of feed will make this gain
it can not be very bad business to feed tur
keys literally through the winter BY al
means have large, well-fed stock to breet
from in the spring, and the time to maxi
them is now.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29

One of the most remarkable women of
the eighteenth century-in one or two par
ticulars, at least-was Mary Prescott, of
Sussex, England, who died in 1868, at the
age of 105, having been the mother of no
less than thirty-seven children, and she
doesn't appear to have made a specially
of the business either.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29

One evening recently the friends of
married couple up in Chillicothe, deter
mined to give them Il surprise party To
this end, twelve couples of young ladies
and gentlemen with well filled baskets,
made their appearance before the house
about nine O'Clock. As they came up to
the door they saw the gentleman standing
in the alleyway with his overcoat on smok-
ing Il cigar, and the parlor was all lighted
up This struck them rs rather singular,
but the leader grabbed the door knob, and
they rushed hiariously in. The gas was
burning brightly, and six dignilied old Ia
dies We're sitting around the stove, look
ing rs solemn as grand inlustors
''Oh, my where's Matte? shouted ono
eXhuberant young lady, setting her bask-
ct on the piano.
shes up stairs" said an old lady, look
ing over her spectacles with solemn acri-
mony.
Lets have her down" screamed half
dozen in chorus, and they made break
for the hall.
Here, girls, girls, don't go up there !"
and the old ladies made hlsty attempt
to check the proposed raid.
"Why, what on earth's the matter here
anyhow ?" inquired the impatient darlings.
"Well, believe its u boy
''Oh let's go!'
And that company of nice young men
and woman moved away like "a soap-bub-
BILE in Il hurricane, and the girls never
stopped for beauX or baskets, but stuffed
| their h ndkerchiefs in their mouths to
hold their breath down till they were safe
behind their own doors, and not girl in
the Fourth ward knows where Matte
| lives.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29
A Lucky Veteran.

defending an old Revolutionary veteran for
passing a forged promssory note for thirty
dollars. There was scarcely a doubt of the
| mans guilt, but Lee, getting over the knotty
| points of the evidence as we'll as he could I'M
dertook to carry the jury by escaladc on the
| groGnd of the prisoners Revolutionary ser
vices. He described in graphic terms the
! bloody attack on Stony Point by Mad An
! thony, at which the prisoner, then dare devil
of nineteen, had ljntnguished himself, and
! closed his speech as ioll0w5
"Gentlemen of the jury, will YOU send to the
| state prison for passing contemplate thirty
! dollar forged note, az old hero of three score
| and ten, who N his youth cheered the heart of
I his country IN the darkest hour of the Rcyolu-
| tion by stormin" Stony POINT
| This was Il poser for The jury. W no retiring.
| returned after an absence of about two hours,
| when the clerk went through the usual for
| mula:
Gentlemen Of the Jury, have you agreed
| upon Il verdict:'
We nave
DO you find the prisoner at the bar guilty
| or not guilty."
Not guilty, because he >tor1ned Stony
Point thundered the foreman.
| The audience appiauded, the Crler raped for
order, the district attorney objected to the re-
corting OF the verdict and the judge sent the
jury out again, telling the forcman in Il sharp
tone, that they llust lind an unconditional yer-
diet OF guilty or not guilty.
After an absence of a few minutes they re-
turned, when the foreman rendered the simple
verdict OF not guilty, adding. however. as he
dropped into his seat:
1t was good thing though, Judge, for the
old Revolutionary clIss that he stor,ned Stony
Point"
Man FINDS 4 FARM THAT JUST SUIT,
HIM N ALL But ONE Thine. 4 Detroit zeal
estate agent was waited on yesterday hy tall
man with a weed on his hat, who said he hal
tie cash to pay for a farm, provided he could
get one to suit. The agent smiled him to Il scat
and brought out his register of dr,crntionS
He had several farms registered on his books
aud he had no doubt that he could suit the
would-be purchaser The stranger remarked
"What want i, Il farm of about three hundred
acres"
I've got it,, replied the lealcr,
I'D like about six big hills on it,"
Here she is-hcrc'S 4 farm with exactly six
hills on it,
Aud I'd like Il lake near the cuntrr"
Here you are. Here's a farm with il lake
exactly i'll the centre"
And | want big natural cavern in one of
the hills"
"ilere YOUR are. There's Il cave on this farm
cn. 't'''''9e' "''" d ''''S D'ea'A "n" went
II want farm of Three hundred acres. b1t
one hundred acres must be marsh land.'
, Nlleie she ~ wa: the ready reply, Just
.n!eG i!Hi,gu ~, ",rtS I IN .S Iafh ana Just one
II mnIt halc y wntnrf,u % r..t h;cb ~, ,,,,.
farm" continued the stranger.
Here You are. This farm has natural Wa
le:lall OF - ioet and IL inches, don't SUP
i'nn, i, "t' ti''n, t NY VI '>S' u" ""'eriah
"Well, no. but | want windmill ON one of
the hills"
hat WAS put up last year. was the calm
feplI.
A. '' 7'lilt ''lilN t'iPI' tliN ~ll tIl-'l lIDuGnl
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-06-29

Many a would-be- great knave, is from
an intellectual deficiency, only a small
knave.