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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-07
WHEAT cRoPs III CALIFORNIA.

The farmers of California have given up
all hopes of a crop OF cereals this ycHf. The
fashion, of the weather appears to be set for
tie spring, viz. small showers, followed by
northers that dry it all up ,in day or two
California wheat is fast deteriorating on ac-
count of robhing the soil year after year
without return. 1t courts the fate OF the
once celebrated Genessee -four and Genessee
Valley production. The soil needs a years
rest. Iandholtlers are alarmed. They viii
be compelled to supply irrigation or nobody
will buy land. Comparatively, irrigated,
lands are looking up. Railway companies
lands have always invited settlers by earnest
desire to sell and by easy terms OF sale.
They are now planning irrigation whenever
practical. The lately reclaimed swamp rs
lands. some 100, GOO acres, have advanced in
va|ue, Their eXuberaaBcrops now growing
are in bright contrast with the great valley
fields nearly dried up. All fruit trees'su1fer.
Ifwill reduce all fruit crops fully oHe-ha'f'
Alfalfa is a species of grass timt Ill ordinary
seasons gives four cuttings--. 1t stands dry
weather better than other grasses, but .
famine droutil kills it. Gophers ane ground
souirrels. army wepgas and grasslopnerss
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-07
DIAMOND CITY, M. T., JUNE z. 1877.

lhe machine is pushed from behind, is nice
~ balanced, and and easily run over rocks
and rough ground. At the back of the pans
eXsends upward Il wire screen about eah-
teen inches high, to- prevent the hoppers
from hopping over. This is all there is of
it, amy boy can run it, and itsc will not
exceed $40. Mr.. Long has applied for a
patent for the machine. and will t,lsnish
them in any quantity at $40 each. Persons
interested can see at this office full half
Dnshel OF hopners, caught in four hours
work on about half acre Of ground at Mr.
Longs place, north of town. The lot weigh
50 pounds, or about 20 lbs to the bushel. IT
the celebrated grasslloppcr commission
would spend Il little of their funds as bounty
money, many ingenious minds would be at
work devising means for the determination
of the pests.-Boulder Ne,os.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-07

finding little else that is green, soon destroy
It. No wild pasture" staryes all sheep and
horned cattle. Pigs fare little better. Even
bees perish, because the wild chaparral, that
III seasons Of sufficient rain affords them al
most perennial pasture, dies out or refuses
to flower 50 -hlly or so long in famine
tlrouth. Vineyards also suffer from one-ll;tlt
to two-thirds of the usual crop of grapes and
OF Wine, now counting many millions Of gal
Ions yearly. tits atlesson full Of instruction
to thoughtful rinds.-Baltimoye S4a.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-07
PLANTING STRAWBERRIES.

j. Decker, in the Southern Ag1cultmist,
says thatin planting strawberries the ground
should be rich and well prepared, entirely
clean of all trash, grass and weeds. Sod lands
shenld neverbe selected, but the soil should
be thoroughly puiverizet. Then draw a !
narrow furrow.~ abort four inches deep,
straight across the plet. Yhe plant is placed
against one SIDE of tlfes ftlrrow, holding it
with one land with the crown above the top
and the rcotssspread against the sides, with
the other hand'the dirt is drawn against the
plant, and is pressedsyAery firmly against the
roots, so that il will take considerable pull
to take the plant out Of the ground. The
plants should be'placed about one foot apart
In The rows, and the rows about three feet
apart. The after cultivation consists in
keeping the ground clean of weeds, taking
care in hoeing never to loosen the ground
about the roots of the plants, but with o.
sharp noe shave Oft the weeds. The weeds
should be destroyed as they, come through
the ground, and should not be allowed to
become large. The'spaces between the rows
are kept clean .b5, passing the cUltivator
through as ofteti'ssnecessary. About five
hoeings auG CIVILIZATIONS are generally suffi-
cient
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-07

spring, he did not do as he was intending 10
do--Ciraw off the straw from over the main
roWs--butf left it and went on with his farm
ing work. Soon the plants began to grow
up through the straw, and the plants to put
forth their blossoms and fruit, until the field
was one mass of green foliage and white
blossoms. The result was that in the eX-
ceedingly dry spell he picked one of the
largest and best crops he ever saw, and
from tIls plantation got as much money as
from all, the rest of his farm.-Snao9l Fruit
RecorGey.%
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-07
DOMESTIC ECONO MY.

PUT ONE or two red peppers, or few
pieces of charcoal, into pot where ham,
cabbage, etc, is boiling, and the house will
not be filed with the offensive odor.
CUsrARD.-Take one cupful of milk ,>half
teaspoonfutcf corn starch. Boil as Gus :
tard flavor withsvanilla or grated lemon.
peel.
CUCUMBER P1cKLEs.- Sprinkle salt on the
cucumbers as soon after they are picked us
possible, before they are wilted ut all then :
pour boiling water over them and letit stand
twenty -four hours. Wash them thoroughly
out Of this water. Scald and spice the cider
vinegar and pour over them once, and they
are made. For spice, use whole cloves, Gin
namon stick, white mustard seed and ginger
root. Add a littleAalum; cover them with
grape leaves.
ANoTHER.--Makc@a brine in the proper
tlon Of one quart Of salt to one gallon of wa
ter. Pour this on the cucJmbers scalding
hot, and let it remain twenty -four hours;
then strain off: heat and pour back again
Do this three times; then scald III yinAgar
thetsame way. The last time leave them in
the vinegar ten days; then drain off and pour
over them fresh vinegar, scalding hot, and
in it dissolve little alum. The pickles will
be very hard and brittle, and keep any length
Of time
CUsTARD CAKE-rvo and half cupfuls
of flour, one cupful Of sugar, one heapin2
tablespoon Of butter, one egg and the White
of two others, one half cupful of water, two
spoonfuls Of some good baking powder
Bake in three tins.
CRoQUErrEs or CALF's E5IsATSs.-W Wash
the brains very thoroughly until they are
tree from nYet.lhfan sous matter and perfect
ly Whita.', Beat them smooth; season with
sage, pepper and salt. Add two tablespoon
fuls OF bread-crumbs moistened with milk,
and beaten egg; roll into b:lls with flour
ed hands; dip in beaten eeggs,, then cracker
cran.Ls, and Try in butter or veal dMppings.@
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NlW GRAssHoPpER CATCHER.

1o.,@ s''l' Long has contrived the simplest,
ehina ,s expensive, and best grasshopper ma
wv ,'' we have yet seen. Itis aV shaped
ban. "'o0S9 leet apart at the points, the pan
ho,e inches deep, with little partitions a
c,ms ap''P. In the center, where the pans
n.ch;a se'fer, IS the axle upon which the
tvo .ae IS supported by twos Wheels, say
t,a;n,. N.Y. ~ 1aameter. 70 keep pan from
face os g, :, ale elevator Skins from the sur
sua aanaS:..A m ~ and water the dead hoppers.
>P0s''aSthem on the, ground, behind.
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AGRIC ] / 7 j R Al.
evs7gM AND Tn0GoUGEiNEss IN FAENl
ING.

EproR liusDANDaAS'
11ow many of us farmers use system in
our iaru,inn operations? Very few, fear,
n1oine from the ricketW fences and oelt-
minlngs, farm machinery lying about IL q
diIapdated condition, and exposed to the
.m rainand snow. | hsvc seen men who
we're very penurious in their everyday trans
a,t;ous and who would stint themselves and
hmjIies to the bare necessities of. life, and
still waste enough by their negligence and
shittless sort Of farming to live well upon.
Not taking into account the time lost, did
You ever think of the loss occasioned by al
loving plow to lay out in the field all win
ter, the wood work rotted. metal rusted. and
perhaps broken by stock running over it; Il
reaper or mower not properly housed, Il
fence neglected until stock break in and des-
troy portion OF your crop, or a horse made
cripple for life by some inattcntion? What
would we think of Il merchant who permit
ted his goods to lie scattered all over his
/ store, not knowing where to find an article
when waiting upon a customer until he had
spent a half hour or so in searchinge Or OF
/ the mechanic who, when you went to get Il
! horse shod Or wagon repaired. would be
compelled to ransack the shop from top to
bottom to get together the necessary tools
and material to do your work? would
! beapt to conclude that those me,r would
soon cease to do business.
AND yet have seen farmers carry on their
affairs in the same slip-shod manner, and if
were not that they raisellss what they lived
aWhwould soon find their way to the poor
holse How. much better it would be to
Gve place to keep everything, and to see
mf every implement is in its proper place
VAennot in use. And then remember that
everything is attended to atlthe proper time.
loaMill be saved days, antaperhaps weeks,
laborious toll in the course of year.
another thug which sayes~us an immense
"AoNat OF labor, worry and expense is thor
'asAAess in everything which we do. When
'ehaVe finished a piece of work, whether
po"Alg' narrowing, fencing, Or what not,
~suS' before leaving it, ask ourselves, lis
" 0o'e III thorough, substantial manner,
0hy In a temporary, sighted sort OF
N'':" The three great secrets Of success in
Nv eating OF life arc Promptncss, Thor
0ashness, System. p.
'a''''h Valley, NJ. T., May Is, 1877.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
Cornwall.

Mir. J.T. Andrews has returned to Corn wall.
 A. L. Miner has bought the farm owned by Wm. Wall.
 The notorious "Dick Lane" will prob- ably go to Litchfeld to board again, for breaking into the house of John Baldwin, using profane language, and threatening to burn them out
 This promises to be an early spring and cattle will soon be turned out to grass. Althouih these are called hard times, there have been worse, as will ap- pear from the following extract from a diary kept by Dr. John Calhoun:
 May 4th, 1S12.-Snowed the whole day, wind northwest. 10 o'clock at night, continues to snow.
 May 9th. Ground white with snow, at Warren and Ellsworth from to 16 inches deep. Wind northwest. ground frozen. Cattle poor. No hay to be had at any price. The times gloomy. People sickly. We are groaning now under Mad ison's 90 days Embargo. The political situation is gloomy, and the great mortality by sickness, the constant news of the death of our friends and acquaint. ances render the season uncommonly gloomy. The winter past has been the severest known for several years.
 May 9th, Cold wind northwest, snow. banks in some p.aces IS inches deep. DAMON.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
. Kent.

On Friday, 20th ult. ,Dea. l.. W. Stone, of Macedonia, found horse in his barn yard, for which he provided till Satur- day, when he learned that said horse be- longed to a man in Amenia where it was stolen the night of the 18th. Mir. S., on being informed of the above facts, took the horse to the owner, MT, Wheeler, and received satisfactory compensation. Mir. Wheeler had been to considerable trouble and offered reward of $25. for his horse, which fortunately he did not have to pay,
 Last week shad were peddled in. our streets at puces ranging from 20 to s5 cts. apiece. 0 IA
 A few days since one armed man protesting to have been a soldier satisfied some of our inhabitants that three pounds and one half of butter could be made from one pound of butter. a quart of milk. the yolks of two eggs, and little salt. The full receipt costs s1, and then you can put in order what I call dutch cheese, not butter.
 About the ''broke of day." on Sun day we were reused from our slumbers by heavy claps of thunder and falling rain. The fields once more look green. -Business is lively at the new wagon shop of W. Watson in this village.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03

in five minutes he made the attempt to
 .eize Mir. Braman's watch. McGraw IS
 one armed man; the attack on Braman
 was made just at the corner of West Park
 in full sight of the jailer, and at noon,
 and he evidently did it for the purpose of getting committed, as he himself said. to
 State Prison. He was tried before Jus
 tice Beach and committed in default oi
 bonds, for trial before the Superior Court.
 He said he had been ont of prison about six weeks.
 In the Sup rior. Court the testimony is taken in the case of Lemon vs. 1o,cn of Washington; but it has not yet been
 argued. Wm. M. Bul Vs. Henry 4. Shelton, islander case from Canaan. was tried. Geo. N Cooper vs. Haroey Hot comb. Canaan case about property sold on. attachment of the defendant against the plaintiff in a former suit, was tried and decided in favor of the defendant; Graves for p 'aintiff. Andrews and Hard euburgh for defendant. Zophar Beach
 vs. Wm. Marvin and Calvin Futile was a Goshen case originally tried before Jus tice of the Peace, the real question being whether Mir. Futile could be held jointly with Mir. Marvin. The justice decided in favor of Mir. T.. and appeal was taken by the plaintiff. The case was tried in the Superior Court. last week. and judgment was rendered against both defendants for sf8 and costs. Graves and Wadhams, for plaintiff; Welch for defendant.
 The court has been engaged, this week, in the trial of the Litchfeld Carriage Company's matters. A majority of the stock is owned and controlled by Sheriff Geo. H. Baldwin, who is president, and his son secretary and treasurer, of the company. A numberof the stockholders, owning about two-ffths of the capital stock of the company, desire the appoint ment of receiver and the winding up of its affairs. The corporation was organ Ized about eight years since, with paid m capital of $10,000. It has never paid a dividend, and its property has not in- creased in value, at least since the first year or two. MT. Baldwin has had con- trol of it's affairs since January 1876, and quite a sharp attack was made on his while he claims to have been as successful as any of his predecess- ors. Hollister and Fenr for petitioners; Andrews and Graves for respondents.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
AarWinton

ARRIvALs.-Mr. Austin Bull, of Orange burg, South Carolina, is in town with the view of disposing of part or the whole estate of his fathers tho late John Bull We forgot to mention, last week, that MT. Levi Bierce, of Cotton Hollow, had taken possession of his fathers place here.
 THE S1cK.-Mr. Hubert Barber is improving Loyal Barber is all right again. Mrs. Wm. Burden has had anoth CT relapse. Mrs. Willie Vail has had to close her school for two weeks, having neuraligia in the face, but is improving. We also have been troubled with the same complaint the past week.
 SCHOOLS. Miss Hattie Smith, of Litch- field, is teaching the Guinea" district school, and Miss Ellen Abbot is to teach the 9th district school this summer.
 Aco1DENT.-Homer, son of Roswell Sco- vile, broke his leg a few days ago by jumping from wagon with which pair of oxen were running away.
 CURR1sH MT. James Mather went to Bristol week ago accompanied by his shepherd dog, and on returning. the ani- mai showed symptoms of hydrophobia, but Mir. M. prevented any mischief by promptly dispatching the brute-Some proving CUTS killed seven of Addison Wilson's and one of Cyrus Wilson's sheep, week ago; as usual taking the ':spice out of the pudding"- best of the best of the flock.
 EAST LrTcHFIELD.-Miss Ella Richard son, of Rochester. N.Y Y. is visiting friends here. MT. Joseph Carter has got his new carriage shop covered, and Messrs. Page $ Dains have built 8 new office for their paper mill, but at the south end this time. out of the reach of the floods. The Naugatuck R. R. Co.,. have paid Mrs Or lando Carr $2,75O for killing her brother, Howard Grant, last Fall.
 LITTLE GHoNNIE.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
Naugatuck Railroad.
CN ommencing June 18th. 1876, tTains will leav
 O OLITCHFIELD STATION as foilows:

~ ommencing June 18th. 1876, trains win leav OLITCHFIELD STATION as follows: 7.O5 A. Freight Train for Bridgeport. TIPS A. M.-Passenger train for Bridgeport, and
 New Haven (thrOugh car), connect
 ing st Bridgeport with local Express
 train to New York; at Waterbury
 for Hartford. 1.29 P. M.-Passenger train for Bridgeport,
 connecting with Lightning Express
 train for New York, arriving at 5.AS
 p. m; connecting at Derby for New
 Haven (through carl. 4.40 E. P.M.-Milk train with passenger cara attached
 connecting at Bridgeport with ex-
 press train to New York, also with
 steamboat leaving Bridgeport at 11
 p. m. (Saturdays excepted). On
 Sundays, milk train leaves Bridge
 port for Winsted at 700 c. m., roe
 turning leave Winsted at 400, ,Litch-
 field 4.S5 p. m. Tickets sold and baggage checked to oAnsMn, and Albany via Winsted. ter ta u - l0.5S A. M.-Milk train forWinsted with passen-
 ger car attached, connecting ct We
 terbury with train from Hartford at Winsted, for Canaan, Millerton and
 Albany. ' etaegsr hrf 12.S7 P. M.-For Winsted. . -paae 4.46 P. M.-Freight train for winsted. TAO P. M.-For Winsted.
 WATERTOwN & WATERBURY R. R, Trains leave Watertown at 7.SO A. M., and I.so P. M., connecting with passenger trains to New York and Hartford.
 Leave Waterbury at 11.50 a. m. and 6.S5 p. m., on arrival of trains from New York. Fenn's stage to and from Litchfeld connects with all passenger trains at Litchfeld station. Thomas stage for Bethlehem and Morris leaves Watertown daily.
 Stages for WoOdbury, Harwinton, Otis, Cole. brook, and Goshen connect with lOlO a. m tram from Bridgeport.
 A Discount of cents made to Passengers par. chasing Tickets at the Office.
 GEO. ". BEACH, Superintendent. Bridgeport. June 10th, 1876.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
GaylovdsvilIe.

John Bates has gone to Poughkeepsie for load of shad.
 W. H. Helsten and sister are off to New York this week. on visit.
 Our new minister. preached two wig orous sermons, last Sunday. He seems to be gaining rapidly in favor with the public. Brother Benedict arrived here turing the past week: and is now actively working for the spiritual welfare of the community.
 An extra through freight train was started on the Housatonic road last Mon- day. It will be run daily as long as the present increase of business continues.
 A picture car which has been lodged in this place, but unoccupied, for several years past, has been fitted up by Mir. Watermeyer who is now doing pretty fair amount of business in his line.
 A tramp passed through here last Saturday, on his way to Bridgeport He had walked from Poughkeepsie that day, and intended putting up in New Milford that evening, which would make a dis. tance of nearly 40 miles he walked in single day.
 It makes one feel little proud to see the completeness of our post-ofice ar- engagements. Long may the office remain in the hands of Mir. Barlow!
 By and by. when we get to it, and when the Enquirer has @ few dozen sub- scribers in this place, we shall devote 8 little time to writing up the rise and fall of the various business ventures which have honored this village. Those who think a few essays on the past social, po- litical and business events of Gaylords- vile, would be interesting to them, can procure them by subscribing for the En- quirer now, as these columns will, with the permission of the Editor, frequently contain such articles during the coming summer.
 E. A. Helsten has fully made up his mind to spend the greater portion of the coming summer in his native land-Swee- den. His native town is Upsala, but he will visit Stockholm, and @ few other smaller tcwns. A pleasant voyage. and a warm reception among the friends of his childhood, and safe return to the land of the free," are but a few of the many kind wishes which will atterd his de- parture.
 We stated last week that great many subscribers to the New Milford Courier alias Gazette did not receive their papers the week previous. although they had paid for them, This paragraph was quoted by the last issue of the paper in question, and interpolated. then de- nounced as "a falsehood. We can, and are, authorized to mention the names, if we see ft. of at least half-a dozen subscri- bers who did not receive their papers, but consider it unnecessary. So indignant were the subscribers in question, that a representative of the paper visited Gay louisville the following week, and appeas- their wrath by presenting them with copies of the paper which they ought to have received four days previous. H.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
New Preston.

The Lyceum decided the following question last Friday evening in favor of the negative. s.Resolved. That the con duct of men should not be influenced by pubic opinion. The debate was very in- teres.ing and large number were pres ent. We were glad to see so many from out of town We wish to thank our Ban tam friends for being present. A most elegant speech was made by MT. H. Should be glad to hear from him again, and hope to see them once more within Burnham's Hall. The question up for discussion this week will be, .Resolved, That every man is the architect of his own fortune" Doors open at 7.30 p. m: debate commences at 8 o'clock sharp.
 The repairs on F s. Cogswell's house are completed. The house is very much l improved. Mir. c. and family have al- l ready taken possession of their new home. Geo. Lyman has commenced selling meat by wagon, and is meeting with great success. The room now used for his meat market will soon be turned into "Bar- bers shop" We understand that Mir. Brague will soon start such shop. Rev. Mr. Lancashire's health is improv- ing and he is looking much better than when he arrived in this place. The Pray CT meeting on Wednesday evening was largely attended. These meetings seem to be growing in interest, and it is hoped that much good may be derived from them before fall
 MT. Robert Whittlesey. wearying again of quletude, originated another party on Tuesday of last week. This time instead of Social Hop," it proved to be ''An Arbutus Party" The party went few miles ia search of that mag nificent flower, arriving home at eleven o'clock. A gool time is reported.
 TELEGRAPH noticed very fine ar- ticle from New Preston in the Ray some weeks since relative to telegraph to run OCI"OCA tuio pldCC duO NcW 1IeSbOu OGd" tion. "Kris" should receive praise from all for contributing so valuable an article to that paper. Tbis subject has been az. itated before, in days gone by, and we hope this opportunity will not be allowed to go by without something practical be- ing done A few will give helping hands.
 T understand that the Literary Club" will disband after one meeting more. They have not been as successful this past winter as usual
 Rev. Mir. Upson will repair his house the coming season. We understand that he will make extensive improvements for the purpose of having larger accommodations for his school, which will doubtless be much larger the coming year. G.B.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-05-03
coshen..No. 2s5.

ARRIvALs.-At Gen. Cooks, his grand. children, who have been at school in Hartford for some years. At Mr. Whites. MT. & Mrs. Osborn from Waterbury. Mir. Moses Lyman and family have return ed from Florida, and we were glad to see Mir. Frederick Lyman back for short visit: Fl. N.