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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
TIL E POU LTRY YARD
INFLUENZA IN FOWLS.

W. l.. COPELAND, writing from Crow
creek, under date of February 10. says;
" This morning find about dozen of my
chickens have gone blind. The eye-lids /
seem to be inhamed and closed, but when |
opened the sight appears to be good. Some
of them have only one eye closed Can you
give me a remedy or cure for the disease
through the columns of your papers,
1t seems, from the symptoms, that the dis
ease which has attacked your fowls is infu-
enza, resulting from cold. In a high, dry
climate, such as ours, this disease is very
rare with fowls, and even with the human
family it is not near so common as in low,
damp or miasmatic countries. But it is la-
BILE to occur even when the greatest care is
taken to prevent it, and the attacks usually,
as you state i'll regard to your fowls, with
out warning. If the fowls are in good con-
dition, cure may be effected without much
trouble, but if poor and weak, and not we'll
cared for, it will most likely terminate in
roup. The following from the Rural Nev
Yorker, is the best remedy we have seen
suggested:
Wash the heads of the affected birds with
warm vinegar and little salt. letting it we'll
into their eyes; swab out their throats with
the same mixture, using a feather. If this
does not relieve them Immediately, use car
bolic soap and warm water for their heads,
ard swab their throats with kerosene oil.
A bolus Of tonic paste, sold for that purpose,
administered daily, is of great help in cur
ing birds. Warm, stimulating food should
be given. and if they cannot see to eat, a
little stuffing must be resorted to till their
sight returns. Then give them a little chop
ped meat, which will tempt them to eat
and the probability is they will soon recover
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
A GRICU 1T i RAJ.

rur past winter has been one OF great I'M
nortance to the farmer. 1t has proved a
much disputed fact: That winter wheat is
tho wheat for Montana. Heretofore it has
haen claimed that this wheat would do well
enough in hard winters, when the snow lay
deem but it would die out when not protect
ed hy the snow from the wind and frequent
freezing and thrawing. The winter just
mast has been one of much less snow than
usual. and high winds have prevailed almost
continually. There has also been much
more freezing and thawing than usual but
our winter wheat never looked better. Why
ia this: 1t is because our farmers are learn
ing how to grow it. Instead of leaving the
ground dry as formerly, they now irrigate
late in the season, thus leaving the ground
too wet to dry out by the wind. 4 few
years ago, the raising OF winter wheat was
deemed impracticable and, in fact, there are
many sections of our Territory which still
cling to this delusive idea.
But since it is now proved to be good,
even the worst of seasons for it, we may
safely predict its general adoption. The ad-
vantage of sowing in the fall is that it gives
it an early start in the spring, placing it
almost out of reach of the young grasshop-
pers, and generally being too far advanced
to be injured by the immigrants. 1t is, in
our judgment, the wheat for the mountains
There is less danger from frost, the yield is
better. and the quality of the wheat is also
considered better. One Of the advantages
likely to be overlooked is the production OF
wheat in localities where spring wheat has
always failed from the fact of it's beng to<
late.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
SOIL FOR ALFALFA.

Alfalfa is, when once set, very tenacious
of life and Of very rapid and strong growth.
1t was formerly thought to require very
rich soil and that it would grow in no other.
Experience. however, in this State has dem
onstrated that many of the former impress
sions in regard to this clover were erroneous.
We know of no forage plant that will grow
so well in so large range of soils as alfalfa.
The light, drifting sands and the stiff adobe
Or clay soils seem almost equally adapted to
the growth of this valuable plant, The
rich river bottoms and the red lands of the
foothills produce it almost equally well
when once it has hold in the soil, and the
deep-running tap-root has started downward
Tor moisture. Even the strong alkali lands
afford it congenial nourishment and support
It's green, luXuuant foliage when once the
seed has germiDated and the young plant
has appeared upon the surface. Indeed the.
roots OF alfalfa seem. like beets, to extract
The superabundance of alka!i from the soil,
ana thus to be one of the best agents for the
reclamation of this kind Of soil. The seed
ot alfalfa being small and the plant when
young quite tender, it is somewhat difficult
10 get 1t started, except under favorable cir
eunstances and in well-prepared and pull
serized soil. Hence the idea originated ano
gained ground that nohe but the deep, ricl
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
RAISING FOWLS.

We commend the following good sugges-
iions, taken from the Rural Sua,, to our
Montana farmers:
It may be safely asserted that the people
of America, with all their advantages of eli
mate and variety of soil, have never learned
to raise one fowl where France produces
one hundred. There are more fowls con-
sumed in that country than any other in the
world according to population. There, rails
inc poultry is regular business, and they
make it pay. The two great staples in that
country may be said to be foaoI and grape,
and that they live by and upon these two.
We possess facilities for the production OF
both of these in richest abundance, and the
inquiry is simply our people are not willing
to raise fowls, because too many Of them
feel and think it too small business to be
engaged in Each family raises some; very
few families raise enough for their own fam
.ily use; and ic is very rare thing to find
one where enough is raised to make it protl-
table as a business. In order to conduct
poultry raising profitably it is important to
have the best varieties for this section, with
arrangements for keeping III separate yarus'
scattered about the farm, so as not to engen-
der disease by too many being in flock,
and all their quarters kept in order, and
plenty of good, pure water, with choice
suitable food. In raising fowls very great
care must be had not to crowd too many
together, cleansing and fumigating the es-
tablshment.
The whole economy of this industry has
to be studied and practiced to be made prot
liable, and it will then be found to be one OF
the best for the amount OF Investment ana
labor. The profit is first in having the very
best food in eggs and meat that can be for
the family use; and next in raising what is
always ready sale at good prices the year
round, bringing in continuous stream OF
money. The little boys and girls can be
we'll and profltably employed in this work
? and it all tells in summing up the family
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
GRAssHOPPER NOTES.

Correspondents in western Iowa, of a
commercial house in Burlington, writing
under date of February 5, send in gloomy
information concerning the prospective crop
of grasshoppers. A travelling man who
came in this morning, says shoyeltul OF
earth heated will produce hundreds OF in
sects. A bottle with about thirty young
grasshoppers, hatched during the January
thaw, in Adams county, was shown at the
board of trade to-day. They are three-quar-
tiers of an inch long and quite lively. The
correspondent says there are one hundred
and fifty and two hundred holes in each
square foot. and twenty to twenty-five eggs
in each hole The hope is that the present
warm weather may continue until all the
eggs in the ground are hatched. and that
subsequent cold weather may freeze the
grasshoppers.
Accounts from various quarters received
at Kansas City, February ., show that
Young grasshoppers have made their APP
nearance at various points west and south
west of that city. At Salina, Kansas, on
the Kansas Pacific road, young grasshop-
pers are abundant. In some places they
cover the ground. They have also appear
ed in the vicinity of Joplin and Carthage,
southwest Missouri. 1t is hoped that the
early hatch, followed by freezing weather.
will destroy them before any damage is
done. A gardener experimented Oh not
house hatch by throwing the young grass
bonners ont on a snow-bank to freeze. Re
turning them next day to the hot-house' sun
with frost, he was surprised to see them In
a short time hop about as lively as before.
Who does not envy the prosperous farmer
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08

loans We're adapted to its growth these be-
ing the most favorable to the successful GER
mnation Of the seed and start of the Young
plant. In sowing in the heavier or lighter
soils greater care must be exercised as to
the time of sowing and mode of covering
The seed will not germinate except it be in
quite moist, and even wet soil, and will not
grow if covered so deep that the air cannot
have free access to it, Hence, if it be sown
packed down either before sowing, or both
before and after, with Il roller or heavy
board, and should be soWn just before Il
rain. In this condition and at this time the
surface OF this character of soil will hold
the moisture about the seed sufficiently to
germinate it, and give the little tender plant
start, and all will be well and safe if the
roots have penetrated below the point of
danger of drying out or being uncovered by
the drifting of the sands. On salch soils it
is more safe to sow early in the season, even
at the risk Of frosts, than to wait and risk
the drying out in the hot sun. On stiff,
adobe soils that are liable to crust over after
a rain. it is better to sow the seed as soon
after the rain as possible, or as the soil can
be dragged without rendering it sticky or
lumpy. If sown in such soil before a rain,
the crust forming Immediately after will
very likely prevent the young plant from
getting up through it, and then the seed and
labor will be lost. 1t is better to sow the
seed OH such soils also as soon as danger
from frost is past, rs they are more liable to
crust when the sun is warmer, later in the
season.
The poorest soil for alfalfa is one that has
hard-pan. or stiff, impenetrable clay sub
soil The roots coming in contact with this
hard-pan can go no further, and the roots
and plant itself become dWarfed and sickly
and will only produce from one to two crops
in the season, and these early in the season
before the surface moisture has dried out
The best lands for alfalfa we have ever seer
are the made lands along our river banks
In these lands it throws down its tap-roo
from fifteen to twenty feet, and never feel
a drought or want of moisture, and is eve
green and growing.-San Francisco Bulletin
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
DOMESTIC ONO@Y.

DOME ESTlC ECONOMY.
WE Gull the following useful hints to
house-keepers from the Castoante 1g,icul-
tu1ist:
In copper utensils, if the tin has worn off.
have it immediatly replaced.
Be clean in your person, paying partic-
ular attention to the hands, which should
always be clean.
Empty soups or gravies into a basin as
they are done; never allow them to remain
all night in the stock pot.
Cleanliness is the most essential ingredient
in the art of cooking a dirty kitchen be-
ing disgrace to both mistress and maid
Be very particular in cleaning all vege-
tables free from grit. Nothing is so UNI
pleasant, and nothing so easily avoided, il
but common care be exercised.
Do not 60 about slipshod. Provide your
self with good, well-fitting boots. You will
find them less fatiguing in warm kitchen,
than loose untidy slippers.
If you have spare kitchen cupboard, keep
your baked pastry in it; it preserves it crisp
and preserves it from getting wet and heavy,
which it is liable to do in the larder.
Ifyou have large dinner to prepare,
much may be got ready the day before, and
many dishes are a great deal better for be-
ing thus made early. 10 soups and gravies
this remark is particular applicable.
Provide yourself with dozen good-sized
serviceable cooking aprons, made with bibs.
Those will save your gowns, and keep you
neat and clean. Have them made large
enough around so as to nearly meet behind.
sonings, ETC., dwindle down so low that
some day, in the midst Of preparing q large
: dinner, you will find yourself minus very
important ingredient, thereby causing much
confusion and annoyance.
Do not scrub the inside of your frying
pan, as after this operation any preparation
; fried is liable to catch or burn in the pan.
with hard crust of bread, and wash in hot
water mixed with little soda.
Pudding cloths and jelly bags should have
: your immediate attention after being used
the former should be we'll washed, scalded,
and hung up to dry. Let them be perfectly
:, aired before folded up and put in the draw
: er, or they will have disagreeable smell
: when next wanted.
: Do not be afraid of hot water in washing
= up dishes or dirty cooking utensils. AS they
are essentially greasy, lnkewarn water can
> not possibly have the effect of cleaning them
ef1ectually. DO not be chary also Of chang
;, = ing and renewing the water occasionally.
= You will thus save yourself much time and
= labor in the long run.
v When you have done peeling onions, wash
: the knife at once, and put it away to be
cleaned, and do not use it for anything else
s until it has been cleaned. Nothing is mas
f. tier or more indicative of slovenly or unit
If dy cook than to use an oniony knife in the
d preparation of any dish where the flavor ol
" the onion is a dsagreeable surprise.
,r After YOU have washed your saucepans
is fish kettles, etc. stand them before the fire
II for few minutes, to get thoroughly dry in
Of side, before putting them away. They shoul,
,e then be kept in dry place, in order tina
k, they may escape the deteriorating influence
y of rust, and thereby be quickly destroyed
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
work and earnings. let cur people have
more fowls and fewer foul chicken houses.

EGGs For HATCHNG.--An English ag
ricultural paper says that eggs intended for
setting shonld be stored with the large end
down, because the air bubble Goes not spread
so mnch as when the small end is down.
this spreading ofahe air bubble being known
to affect the freshness and vitality of the
egg.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-08
WEEKLY BY
! r. N. SUTHERLlN,
rn1TOR AND PROPRIETOR

MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN is designed
the the name indicates, husbandman III every
to De, - the he term embracing in its co':mns every
.ense OF ,n+ If Horticulture, Stock-rai5.g, Horti-
departlheonnu on,i,l and Domestic Economy.
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The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-31

The Virginia City Entcrprise cautions
those in pursuit uf labor and q living 30
keep away from Nevada. II says: The
custom Of men out Of work and out Of
money 90 apply 60 the city jail for a
cover from the night and something 10
cat IN tie morning, tells q fearful story
Of the want and destitutian IN our midst.
The fact is too patent 30 be denied Some
If the good people Of tins city spend al
thesr leisure time in endeavonng 20 find
something for heads Of families 10 DO
whereby they may provide for those de-
pendent on them for support. The re-
lief committee have done much, but
their funds are exhausted, and they,
more than most others. are acquainted
with the fearful destitution which pre-
walls among many families here in the
city. II has been hoped that with the
coming Of spring better times would pre-
vail, but things are continually going
from bad 10 worse. and the end is not
vet Men have been lured here and con-
tiuue % come. because Of the published
and widespread report that miners get
s. per day. Many have managed, and
some are still managing, 20 get here, and
then they find that hew men are not
wanted: that not more than one IN five
ol the old miners can get work, and that
the prospects are continually growing
poorer. There are thousands Of men
here who had better go elsewhere They
cannot do worse than 80 remain, and
NAV DO much better. New fields are
opening mp. There is Arizona, where
a. ~
Hills and the Bear river country are
open 70 prospectors. Anywhere is bet
ter than here. and il behooyes all who
are Idle and can get away 10 60 some
whcrc-anywhere away from here. =
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-31
4 SalamaudeT Lizard.

We have always considered the popu-
lar mythical legend, or delusion, in re-
gard Ia the salamander's being able 20
20 through fire uuscathed as one Of the
most preposterous Of mythical delusions.
the ippCal, Of Maysville. Cal. says, A
gentleman of this city, however, re-
Gently related 20 us a story in regard 10
the lizards 81 Nevada which seems TO
confirm the possibility Of their enduring
intense heat. for n short time at least.
The black lizards Of that sagehrush
State are very easily domeshcated,
harmless. sociahle and intelligent This
gentleman had several pet lizards, one Of
which lived near furnace where he
burned retorts or molds for silver bull
lion. This work required very hot
fire. which he had made open az each
end. The lizard would SIT on the tree
near hy watching him, and his dog would
frequently chase it if it ventmed to the
ground and compel il TO take TO the tree
again.
Frequently. however, the lizard, appa-
rentlv for the sport Of the thing alone,
would dash down from the tree and in
duce the dog 20 give It sharp race,
when il would run right through the
furnace. coming out of the other end like a
flash. unscathed, while the dog, IN his
eagerness, would be burnt ut the fire
before he could stop. This would be a
daily occurrence, and the lizard actually
seemed TO enjoy the joke on the dog.
The time that the lizard or salamander
was in the fire was very short and 1t
doubtless could not have remained there
very long
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-31
A Hydrophobic Cow.

A COW in Brooklyn, n. T., was re
Gently attacked with symptoms Of hydro
phohia. anl was consequently put 10
death hy some stable men. When one
Of the en- ',oyees went 20 the stable he
uu..csl the COW frothing at the mouth
aud biting az the stall Ii was let loose
in the yard, where the symptoms con-
tinued. After a short time It jumped
through a window about four feet from
the ground. II rushed by the horses
and snapped at them, but did not bite.
The cow was captured by the stablemen
and tied in the stall. 4 veterinary surgeon
was sent for, and found that the animal
was suffering from hydrophobia in a
most malignant form. An officer of the
Brooklyn Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals was sent for, but the
COW was killed before his arrival. II is
supposed that .he animal had been bitten
by n mad dog. who must have entered
the stable and left il unobserved by the
wurkmen. This might easily have hap
pened. rs the door was frequently left
open.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-31
Fa>Ilinn Nnir>.

The wide Josephine belt is very popu-
lar.
Mode colars -gays, browns, dark
blues and greens, vine, curraut, gold
and vulcan
Suits Of bunting are very fashionable.
The prevailing colors are dark blue.
ivory, vine and biack-all acceptable
dyes.
The la.es: hats in Paris are made Of
nothing but flowers arranged, not rs
head dresses, but in the ordinary hat
shape.
Parasols OF ecru buuting. over colored
silk. with ivory handles, fastened with
ribbon bow and pearl ornaments, are the
latest novelty IN sunshades.
There is quite q revolution in neck
ganltures. Paris, the oracle of fashion,
has sent ont a number q: cunning modes
for throat embellishments some Of the
styles are indeed replete with lovelincss.
Crepe lisse ruchcs are very effective.
and have the happy kuack OF becoming
almost every one. They come from
single to quadruple; some are equal in
height, while others have each edge
lower than the other.
Torch1n or Smyrna lace is very much
admired IN finishing a morning toilet for
promenade and shopping wear This
innovation in lace cciat is rather sur
prlsing, since the preference Is given to
style Of lace that cannot possibly lay
any claims to refined beauty Of finish or
elegance in design.
Toilets Of all kinds for this and next
seasons wear viii largely partake of the
flower garniture. BouJuets arranged
on the train skirt and down the front, a
little To one side. 4 cluster of Flora's
offerings placed on the left shoulder
gives freshly smiling finish TO the
toilet. On the left side Of the throat
aud at the end Of the demi-slceyes should
be small lunches Of half blown flowers.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-31

An editorial Den the New York H,rali
SAYS II there ls one nation IN Europe
which cam, as a cauqusriug army. which
has dcsr.-rl civilization, which knows
and respect, uu authart, hut ihr sword.
whose civil policy ls aggressive, and
whose religion is lust aud superstition.
ID rs that Ottoman power which many
ruling minds IN England would peTpciu-
ate even ai tie expense 81 bloody war.
The Turks have no sympathy with Us
either ln race ur religion. They came
into Europe aud took CHusiAutnuple Iu
the middle of the fifteenth century.
They were Tartars from Asia. BY the
sheer force uf arms the Turk captured
the most renowned and ancient empire
uf the wurlG-th. home 81 the Greek nud
the Egyptian anal the CarthagiuiAn He
ruled ia Athens and Jcrusalem-the city
uf leh; and the city az religion. lie
menacri Vienna. Wherever be ruled
he hnphtcl aud DESTROYED The history
- his advance j. thc history ~ cIvlllzn-
tion uyorthruwn, industry paralyzed,
laws violated. temples cast down, art
cffacci He has never changed. \ war
nor at the outset hc has strivcu 10 en-
graft his varllhc empire upon the iair
bosom o.. Christian Europe. The Turks
have na arts. no sCscucc. Countries
which. ages before America was known,
were the homes Of delicate and refined
civilization have fallen under Turkish
rule into decay. The story q, their en-
pre- Is a scandal. Nus many years have
passed since they engaged IN a fierce war
with the Gc1rgiaus, "lu consequence,
SAYS the historian. "uf the GcuTglans
having refused 10 continue O. supply
Turkish harcms with n customary annual
tribute Of the haudsomest of their daugh-
tcrs. offering. however, a. the same time,
in lien. a yearly contribution in money.
In European Turkey the Ottomaus are
in the minority. Ont of population OF
more than eight millions, excluding the
tributary States. we learn from The
Statesman's Year Book that only anil
lion are Otlomans. The remainder are
Greeks. Slavonians, Armenians and Al
banians. These races are all now,
and have been ever since the Turk
ish advent. subject to the Turk,
who has reinforced himself from Asia
when repression and massacre were
necessary. We not only, therefore, have
an empire Of abomination like Turkey
sustained in Europe, but We have II sus-
tanned as a ruling power over millions
of Christians.