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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-22

Mr.. Shearman, of Martin county,
writes to the Sentinel Is follows:
Field peas are another crop that can
be probably grown, Notwithstanding
the grasshoppers, rs they do it no
harm. Those who have grown this
crop for many years advise their being
sown with oats in April or early in
May; II bushels of peas and the same
amount Of oats to the acre. Both can
be drilled in or sown broadcast by hand
Or machine. The yield is then given
at from thirty to forty bushels Of peas
to the acre and about the same of oats
When sown together they should be
harvested BY moving with q scythe,
hand labor) and after lying in winrows
three or four good dry days, threshed
with an ordinary wheat machine,
when the peas and oats readily sepa.
rate. In this way We might get crops
cf oats that would otherwise be des.
troyed.
When peas are sown alone, from
two to three bushels of seed to the acre
would be required, and they would be
more cheaply harvested by taking
them off with an old fashioned wood en-
horse rake. (no cutting being required)
Our farmers need some crop which
they can sell for cash and have hereto.
fore for that purpose relied principal
y upon wheat and there is mistaken
notion that peas cannot be readily sold
for money, but must be ground up for
use upon the farm. Peas sell readily
at wholesale the same as wheat, and
the price in Detroit and Chicago
range from 80 cents to $50 per bush
el BY the car loar; and as the yield is
on an average more than double that
Of wheat and the expense and labor of
growing considerable less, We shall
probably find it to our advantage to
pay more attention to it.
Sorghum is another crop that the
grasshoppers do not injure, and has
been and can be made a most profta.
BILE crop here. Last weeks issue Of
the jackson Republic has communi.
cation about sorghum, and as it is SO
we'll known to many Of our farmers, It
is hardly worth while for me, at pres.
ent, to draw further attention to it.
If our crops are not to be much in.
jured BY the grasshoppcrs Matching
out here, We could probably do we'll
with barley, for if planted 10 April it
would be ready for harvest before
large flights from elsewhere could
reach us.
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dairy. It discusses the science Of breed.ng, the
merits Of the various breeds, the most approved
methods Of feeding and handling, and everything
pertaining to the successful management Of live
stock on the farm. During the year 1877, Prof.
JBNIs Law, the eminent Veterinarian Of Cornell
University, will contribute series Of articles upon
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EFFECT or SALT ON WHfAT.-In
an interesting series Of experiments
recently made on the farm of the Roy.
al Agricultural Society of England,
the manurial value of salt Was uomis.
t&ksbly indicated. An acre OF wheat
dressed with three hundred rounds oi
common salt yielded thirty-uine bush.
els Of grain, with . proportionate
amount Of straw, while an sdjoining
aero, left uhmanuted, produced only
twenty. nine bushels per acre, with the
straw imperfectly developed, showing
an increase Of ten bushels per acre.
The entire cost Of the crop rs not st..
ted, but this experiments shows that
the additional ten bushels resulting
from the salt we're produced At cost
Of thirty cents each.
FL another case . piece Of ground
intended for wheat was plowed the
proceeding fall, and again in May
when it vas sowed With salt, and after.
wards plowed before seeding. Oh the
1se and "a Of September wheat va.
sown at the rate Of two bushels pc,
acre. The crop when harvested, yield
ed, according to the estimate Of th,
owner, Mr.. John Parke. not less tha,
forty bushels Of grain to ths acrs, viii
. luxuriant growth Of straw. From
these and many similar cases the 10
ference seems to be that salt Is . spe
ei6e for the wheat crop, imparting sol
idity 70 the grain and frmnsss to th
straw.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-22
How Lumbermen Live.

Three hundred men will cover and
cut section Of about three miles
square taking off over $4,000 logs,
which would measure, about 10000,
000 feet, each season. Work begins
at daylight and ends at dark; and
when the days lengthen or the moon
favors longer twilight or earlier morn
the men get the benefit in longer work.
ing hours The meals consist of pork
aud beans, corn bread, molasses cake
and tea or coffee. A cook is provided
for every fifty men. The beans are
generally the large white bush, par
boiled in pots holding half bushel
Ten pounds of pork is set in the mid
die Of the beans in the pot, a quarter
of a pint Of molasses poured in, and
then the pot is set in a hole surround
ed with hot ashes and burning char.
coal, the top covered with a stone,
over which heavy wood fire is built,
and here they stay from i've to eight
hours, coming out most palatable
dish. A camp Of three hundred men
will consume daily four barrels of
beans, half a barrel Of pork, one barrel
Of flour, half barrel Of meal, one
quarter Of barrel Of sugar, and five
gallons of molasses. The men are en-
camped in tents, making their beds of
boughs, while their extra clothing, q
pair OF duck overalls, woolen shirt and
two pair Of woolen socks. is kept in an
old grain sack and used as a pillow at
night. Sunday in the woods is always
day for sharpening axes, mending
sleds, repairing boots and clothes, set.
ting out new tenting spot handler to
the cutting in the words, and all the
odd chores which would grow out Of
the congregation Of so large = body Of
men. All we'll regulated camps ex.
clude liquor. Being usually fifty to
two hundred miles from aud settle
meut, and the men not paid until the
end Of the season, there is little induce.
ment for any speculator to peddle
rum through the woods, or for the
men to straggls off in search of it.
Tho consumption of ares and handles
is enormous. an axe lasting month
and handle about three weeks. The
axes are sharpened daily, some camps
having regular sharpeners, while 9th
ers require each man to keep his own
axe in order. The old axes are never
collected for the junk dealer. the dis
tance to ship them being almost toe
great to make it fan economical meas.
lure. Woodsmen generally consider
spruce harder on axes than eithe]
birch or pine. The. gum which run.
out Of . sprace tree il found hare
enough to chip the edge Of the AZ,
when striking through it, North
western Lumberman.
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Should all the contested and und

Should all the contested aad unde.
termined seats in the U. 8. Senate be
given to Democrats, and should Judge
Davis, Of Illinois, vote with that par
ty, the Senate, after the 4th Of March
would stand 81 Democrats to 80 Re
publicaus. Should the Republican,
get Judge Davis's vote on party ques
lions, and should they seat the Repub
l;can claimants from both South Car
clios aad Louisians, they would hav,
43 votes in the Senate against 80 fol
the Democrats.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-22

Every body has read the story Of
Henderson,, the man Who last summer
swallowed cherry stone, which, re.
fuing TO be dislodged, has while in his
stomach grown into small cherry tree.
The man who wrote the story is : rela.
tive OF George Washington, who 70.
fused to ent the tree down.
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may lead to the detection of any party or parties
counterfeitng the medicines or vending the same
knowing them to be sparious
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WAY Co.. New York, and BY all respectable drug
gists and dealers in medicine throughout the civii
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mnnn Can't be medaby every agent every
0000 month in the business We farnish
ut those willing to work can easily earn a dozer
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s'The New Settlers Protective Asso.
citation" has been organized at De
Graf, Swift county, its object being
the protection Of poor settlers, who
cannot remain on their claims through
the winter, from the land sharks.
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G Z NV
| Ii n IS.
TIE CHICAGO Il NORTHWESTERN
RAILWAY

RAILWAY
Embraces under one management
the Great Trunk Railway Lines of the
WEST and NORTHWEST, and, with ite
numerous Branches and connections
forms the shortest and quickest route
between Chicago aud all points in Ill.
inois, Wisconsin, Northern Michigan,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, California
and the Western Territories. Its
OMAHA and CALIFORNIA LINE
Is the shortest and best route between
CHICAGO and all points in NORTHERN
ILLINOIS, Iowa, DAKOTA, NEBRASKA,
WYOMING, COLORADO, UTAH, NEvA-
DA, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, CHINA,
JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA Its
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL AND
MINNEAPOLIS LINE
Is the short line between CHICAGO and
all points in NORTHERN WISCONSIN
and MINNESOTA, aud for MADISON,
ST. PAUL, MINNEApoLIs, DULUTH,
and all points in the Great Northwest.
Its
LA CROSSE, WINONA AND ST.
PETEP LINE
Is the best route between Chicago and
La CROSSE, WINoNA, ROCHESTER,,
OwAroNNA, MANKAro, ST. PETER,
NEW ULM, and all points in South thern
and Central Minnesota. Its
GREEN BAY AND MARQUETTE
Is the only line between CHICAGO and
JANEsv1LlE. WATERFOWL, FOND DU
LAC, OSHKOSH, APPLETON, GREEN
BAY, EscANABA, NEaAUNEE, MAR
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the LAKE SUPERIOR COUNTRY. Its
FREEPORT. AND DUBUQUE
LINE
Is the only route between CHICAGO
AID ELaIN, ROCKFORD, FREEpoRr,
and all points via Freeport. Its
CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE
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Is the old Lake Shore Route, and is
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and EVANSTON, LAKE FOREST. HIGH
LAND PARK, WAUKEGAN, RACINE,
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CARS
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This is the only line running these
cars between Chicago and st. Paul aud
Minneapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee,
Chicago and Winona, or Chicago and
Green Bay.
Close connections arc made at Chicr.
go with the Lake Shore l. Michigan
Southern, Michigan Central, Balti-
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Chicago, KankaKee Line and Pan
Handle Routes, for all points East and
SOUTHEAST, and with the Chicago and
Alton aud Illinois Central for all
points South.
Close connections are also made With
the Union Pacific Il. K. at Omaha fol
all for West points.
Close Connections made at junction
points ,0iM trains Of all cross points
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San Francisco Office, 121 Montgomer,
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IS Canal, corner Madison Street
Kinzie Street Depot, corner w. Kin
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For rates or information not attain
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ply to
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All my publications are printed i'd English and
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4 CHANIC, INVENTOR, FARMER, or PROVISIONAL
MAN, to keep informed on all the improvements and
discoveries of the age,
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notes thought and encourages discussion among
HEov nhnr1
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The following shows that the grass.
hopper is in Congress and in a shape
that looks like business.
Introduced by Maj. Strait.
A BILL.

To appropriate the proceeds Of the
sales OF the public lands in the several
StAtes and Territories afflicted with
grasshoppers or their eggs, to be used
in the payment Of bounties or other
wise, for the destruction of such grass !.
hoppers or their eggs.
Whereas it appears that region of
country extending from the northern
boundary line Of the United States to
the State Of Texas, including the
States of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Nebraska. Kansas, Arkansas, Nevada,
Colorado, and Texas, and the Terrific.
ries Of Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, and
Montana, have been for some time past
more or less infested with grasshop.
pers, and that the soil of that immense
region is DOW largely stocked with the
eggs Of this pernicious insect, which
the warmth Of the coming spring will
hatch out in innumerable swarms to
desolate the land aud
Whereas this great pest seems to be
insensible to al climatic influences.
and to thrive as we'll on the plains Of
Manitoba as on the shores of the Gulf
of Mexico, and inasmuch as their
swarms seem to be increasing rapidly
in size from year to year, so that It
appears reasonable to believe that if
not arrested by organized effort on the
people inhabiting the afflicted regions
they will gradually extend over the
entire country and
Whereas it is clearly the dutv Of
the General Government to assist in
all efforts to prevent the destruction Of
those great crops of grain upon which
largely rest the prosperity Of tho West
and the revenue of the nation, and "a
initiate the examples set by various
nations of the world, including Russia
Greece, Turkey, France, Italy, Hun.
gary, Spain, and China, all Of which
governments pay rewards for the de.
struction Of the grasshoppers or their
eggs; Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
ttOuse OF Representatives Of the United
States Of America in Congress assem-.
blee,
That the proceeds of the sale of pub,
lie lands in the States of Minnesota
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas. Nebraska
Kansas, Nevada, aud Colofado. and the
Territories Of Dakota, Wyoming
Idaho, and Montana. be, and the
same are hereby. appropriated and
directed to be paid over by the prope,
accounting officer Of the United States
Treasury to the respective governors oi
said States aud Territories for the sol,
use, purpose, and benefit Of the de
struction Of grasshoppers or .heir egg,
in each Of said States and Territories
under such rules and regulations o,
their respective Legislatures may pre
scribe or enact, or, in tho absenc,
thereof, BY the governors Of said State
and Territories.
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VlCK'S FLORAL GUIDE

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containing elegant coored Flower Plate with the
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Address JAMES WICK. Rochester. N. Y.
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Rear Admiral Goldsborough died,
at Washington, on the goth, the sixth
Rear Admiral who has died within six
weeks.
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The Red Wing Grange Advance
says Mr.. B. F. Sheldon Of that city,
picked three violets in full bloom in
his garden on the 10th. They grew
in the open air.
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RAIL ROAD!

Great bargains in all kinds
of Real Estate, are offered for
the next sixty days at
.FLYNN's Land Agency:
Lands bought and sold ON commissiou.
Taxes paid on receipt Ct money, free Of
charge. Collections made and promptly
RENTED. :.
Once on I'd st.. opposite q s. Land
ONCE, Redwood Falls. MINI.
B. FLYNN.
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A bill, before Congress. proposes to
organise "Linco!n" Territory which
will include the the Black Hills Coun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-22

A bin has been introduced, author
ising parties to erect dam across the
Minnesota river at the mouth Of the
Redwood.
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The large business block which was
burned fow weeks ago, and belonged
to MIR. V. Simpson, is to be immediate.
ly rebuilt in Winona.