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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-04

BEEF EATING G--Why farmers eat so
little beef has, we confess, always been
something we failed to understand All
of them are beef ruisers to some extent,
and at this season of the year the cattle
are generally in good condition, yet not
one in five kills one beef annually. a
yearling or a two-year old heifer well
fatted can be bought in tine country at
two cents per pound gross, can be butch
cred at little or no cost, makes change
of diet that is wholesome, and ole that
is relished by every member of the fam
lily; yet the fact is as stubborn as ever,
that farmers eat but little beef. We al
lude to this subject now because we
think all can see the economy of it,
since pork is likely to be higher than for
several years. Another view: We save
the wintering of these young and, in
many instances, improbable cattle, all
Of which is an argument in favor of kill
ing them In the fall or early winter.
There Is, besides, the change of diet,
and the economy of this system of liv-
Ing, the luxury of good dried beef, and
plinoe pie that follows as its corolIary.
ny more beef and less pork-&. louis
Jse7pe1 ~ agriculture.
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1oms, farm and garden
SURFACE MAyURIyG.

At one of the evening meetings of the
New York State Fair James Miller read
a paper on "How to Make the Farm
Pay, from which we reproduce his views
ON surface manuring: If this kind of
manuring is done intelligently. he says,
it is highly beneficial. But the soil must
be in a condition to be applied on old
meadows and pastures which have been
trampled until they are nearly as COM
pact as the beaten track, and which
have little grass to be benefited. If ap-
piled upon grass lands they should be
newly seeded. During last fall and win
ter drew manure from cow-stables and
top-dressed about half a clover field
which had been mown once and pastured
the latter part of the season. Upon the
portion top-dressed the roots of the
clover were preserved, and on the other
portion they were nearly all killed by
the severe winter. | pastured it the
present season, and think the half top
dressed afforded four times as much as
the other half. 1t not only protects the
roots of clover and other grasses, but
ths soil also. Itprevents rapid evapo-
ration and gives it a darker color, SO
that it absorbs more solar heat. have
observed the difference where it had
been applied to a portion of the soil fit
ted for winter wheat, and crop raised.
Upon plowing for another crop after
harvest, as deep as plowed, from six to
eight inches, it was thoroughly pulver-
lied. Soil is in the best condition to be
benefited by it when pulverized. / have
top dressed portions of fields for wheat
more or less for the past fifteen years.
In every instance it has more than
doubled my crops of wheat and the grass
following. The most cheering feature
to me is that since 1 commence to top
dress nay soil has constantly increased
in productiveness, until the yield of corn
has doubled without any other fertilizer
whatever, simply by turning over a sod
which had been top dressed one or more
years previous. and this upon fields
where / formerly spread heavy coat of
manure and plowed under as soon as
possible, to prevent evaporation. The
yield was $50 bushels of ears to the acre
last season, and bids fair to be more this;
and ! expect it will increase until car
report 100 bushels of shelIed corn to the
acre, and how much more | dare not
dream. Some farmers top-dress one
season and condemn it. That is not a
fair test. 1t may require years to fairly
D,,soJ No, Uo-I.,-
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GOOD CARE FOR DAIRY COWS.

Very few dairymen have any idea OF
how greatly the yield of cows may be
increased by better feed and care We
think it great folly for men, who aIe
making only one hundred and twenty
five pounds of butter per COW, to try to
increase their produce by the introduc-
tion Of Ayrshire or Jersey blood. There
is no common herd. selected with the
ordinary skill that every dairyman
should possess, that will not give one
hundred and fifty pounds of butter and
upwards to a COW, if they are properly
taken care Of The improved breeds
and their grades are no better, if as good,
than common stock, under neglect and
poor feeding. A correspondent in an
exchange says:
81 have made one thousand pounds of
good butter in season from four COWS,
and one of them was registered or had
fashionable pedigree, or was bought for
a price to exceed S50;" and adds. SIN
my own experience, when have bought
cows of stingy feeders, they have nearly
doubled their product, and that, too,
without the aid of warmed or steamed
food" Such has been the experience of
not few. A man once Dragged that
he had sold us the poorest cow in his
herd. She was small! and timid heifer,
and was mastered by nearly every other
in an i'll kept herd that averaged little
if any over one hundred pounds to a
COW. That heifer now makes over three
hundred pounds a year. A test of her
milk, few days ago, gave twenty-five
and a half ounces of butter from days
product How could such man tell
whether he cheats another when he sells
him a COW, or not2 His ''strong holt is
in cheating himself.-VermOnt Farmer.
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CRUSHED B0ENS FOR PoULTRY.-As
hens, turkeys, geese and ducks are not
provided with incisor, canine nor molar
teeth, it is folly TO feed bones to them
unless the hard substances are first re-
duccG to small fragments. Fresh bones
are valuable food for poultry of any sort,
provided the fragments are so small that
the birds can swallow them. Once in
the crop Of fowl, bits of bone will soon
be changed into softand palatable food.
Our Own practice is to have dish in the
kitchen especially to receive the bones
that are purchased with the beefsteak,
mutton and other meat. Then every
day those pieces are taken to a chopping
block, and, with an old ak having a
sharp edge, they are crushed with the
head of the axe and cut into pieces not
larger than kernels of Indian corn. The
fowls devour them with ravenous appe-
tite. Bones are worth more to feed
fowls than the same number of pounds
of prime grain. For chopping block,
a small log about two feet long, with
square ends, is placed on one end, as
the end of block is far better for such
purpose than the side of log. Bones
are usually cast out of the back door or
in garbage barrel to feed worthless
dogs. But if prepared for fowls as sug
ges ed, every lound is worth two or
three cents, which will be returned gen.
erously in the form of luscious eggs and
juicy meat for the table.
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a tEsT FOR LINEN FABRICS To dis
tinguish cotton when woven into pro
fessedly linen fabrics, it is well to know
that linen fiber, when dipped in an alco-
holic solution of rosaiic acid, next in a
concentrated aqueous solution of car
Donate of soda, and finally washed sew
eral times with strong soda, attains a
beautiful red color, while the cotton
fibers are not dyed. Before testing, the
dressing should be washed out of the
goods, and a few threads raveled out on
each of the three sides.
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Alltrains run daily. Sundays excepted
Close connection made al Fremont with
trains on L. >. a VI 3. Ry. TO and from ali
points East and West.
AT Bnrgoon with trains on T. T. E.Ry
At Fostoria with trains on Baltimore pitts
buIgh q Chicago Ry.
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RR.. To and rom all points South. Also win
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points East and West.
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The APIARY AT THE CENTENNIAL. -
Many apiariaDs are preparing articles for
the bee debartment of the Centennial
Exhibition. John Long, of New York,
is having constructed two observation
hives of ornamental wood, richly carved
antique Swiss style, one for an Italian
swarm, the other for black swarm.
The queen and inside workings of the
hives will be fully displayed; the flight
board turned toward the wall of the
building, which he will get permission to
pierce, and run short tin tubing out
from the hive, putting little flight boards
outside the building. He also will have
two microscopes mounted on stands
with black and Italian bees under each,
entire aud dissected, mounted in the
best way. In addition, he has speci-
mems of the bees Industry, such as glass
castles filed with honey, curiously
wrought urn', ETC., also specimens of
comb, strained honey and beeswax from
England, Scotland, Cuba, Texas, Chill
and our owa country. Line Stock Jour
MI.
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To save fresh meat sweet all winter,
let the meat freeze little, then take an
old Lewiston Journal, that is best, and
wrap each piece of meat separately.
Then take half bushel OF grain aud
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then cover four inches deep with grain.
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Sperisl .Hofire Column.
TO PURIFY THE BLOOD,

Take one Of HOOFLAND'S PODOPHYLLIN
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Valuable Real BstatG!!
FOR SALEI

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DANGEROUS Inventions.

Many years ago a gentleman in a SUBJ
ordinate department Of the Bank OF Ire.
land discovered a device more useful
than hair splitting, though Of the like
nature ; he found out q way of splitting
bank notes, so that each note became
two, and to all appearances were the
same as when they were one, including,
of course, the watermark and all the rest
of it. Ee was an honest man, and in
formed the government of the result OF
his ingenuity T.; whereupon, on his solemn
promise of eve revealing his secret,
they made him governor of the bank.
Another gentleman, but who, unhappily,
is q rogue, has lately made his appear
ance in London !; he has invented a GER
tain acid which causes the writing to dis
appear from the check, and then he fills
up the blank space according to his
aspirations. His modus operandi is
the following : BE procures a real check,
drawn by a good name, for seventeen or
nineteen pounds =; the word "pounds
is obli:erated so completely that no
race of the original writing can be dis
cerned even under the microscope, and
the words "hundred pounds" inserted
in its place ; two ciphers are added to
the figures, and then the thing is done,
since all the other parts of the docu-
ment, including the signature, r quite
correct. This ingenious plan is causing
great CONSERVATION in London, and the
gentleman who invented it could get q
good round sum to retire from business.
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This DAY Last Year.

This day last year-was rot the same thrush
singing?
We STAYED our talk and hushed our breath
to hear;
The birds note qnivered through our silent
raptare,
AID broke upon our hearts-this day last
year.
Silent wo watched tho self-same shadows
deepen
Meath the young leaves that caught the
straying light
Each bud, each blossom, brought it's 1.-THE Of
eladness,
Even the happy tears that blurred my sight.
Mutely we breathsd the language Of bands
clasping;
No need for murmured Vows or low replies
Each sun.fecked leaf, each sudden shadow
passing,
Cast some vague memory to our dreaming
eyes.
To-day 1 crave no thought Of vanished sweet
ness,
do not ask for my lost love again;
Only that some one throb of Weakened yearn-
ing
May thrill the numbness Of my heart to
pain.
strain my ear. The song has lost its secret.
My heart stirs not my weary eyes are dry.
| pray for tears, where once I dreamt bu!
gladness
Has life-has death itself-a sadder cry?
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f'
give very diseouraging prospects Of the crops.
There has been no rain +; everything Is drying
up, and cattle are dying Of starvation. The
local government estimates that in three dis
;ricts alone two hundred Thousand people will
have to be supported by the authorities ......
Thomas Ellis, paying teller Of this New YORK
city Park bank, has abscSnded with $50. 600 in
greenbseks bel nging 70 the institution. M
motive is assigned for the crime, as lie did not
live u fast life, and his ralary Of "a. 600 was
ample for all expenses. Areward Of s. 600 ia
offered for his apprehension ...... John q.
schwamb, who shot at bis sister in a Union
fill IN. j. saloon, missing her and killing a
man named Bette, was found guilty on trial
and has boon sentenced to be hanged Deoem'
Der 9th ...... A six weeks armistice has beer
agreed upon between the c%ontendiug powers
in Europe.