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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22

A New York doctor has q daughter
who 10 now % years old-a perfectly
formed woman, with the exception Of her
head, which 10 that Of o pigs. Her
mother died In giving her birth. She
speaks half dozen languages perfectly.
She is thoroughly educated. Being de-
barred from ell human association by
her misfortune. She has sought and
found partial alleyiation in the cultiva.
ton OF art in oil its forms. She has one
Of the pursst and highest and truest
souls. She Is very religious naturally
30. She goes out in closed carriage
and with her head CLOSELY muffied, and
she speaks without any trouble. but
owing to the peculiar formation Of hel
throat, mouth and nasal organ. the sound
Of her voice resembles very closely the
squeaking Of pig.
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22
DELINQUENT.
Delinquent Sale Notice.

Raymond Is Ely MininG Company.
Location of principal place OF business. San
Francisco, decentralization OF works. Ely
District, Lincoln County. Nevada. Notice
There are delinquent upon the following de-
scrbed stock. on account of assessment NO. u
levied on the 18th day OF April, 1878. the sew
eral amounts set opposite the names of the re-
snectiye shareholders, as follows:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22
DELINQUENT.
Delinuuent Sale Notice.
,.v su.yER MINING COMPANY.

DAY SILVER MINING CUHFANh.
Location OF principal place of business, San
Francisco, California; location OF works, jack
There are delinquent upon the following de-
scribed stock, on account OF assessment mo. u
levied on the 18th day of April. 1873,
the several amounts set opposite the names
OF the respective shareholders, as follows
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22
POTPONEMENT.

Owing to tho injunction issued by the Hon.
Judge Samuel H. Dwinelle. Of the 18th District
Court, the above sale is hereby postponed to
the 25th day OF June, A. d. 1878. at the
same hour and place.
By order of the Directors.
j. W. PEW, Secretary.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22
DELINOENT.

And in accordance with law, and an order of
the Board of Directors, made on the 18th DAY OF
April, 1878, SO many shares Of each parcel OF
such stock as may be necessary will be sold at
public auction, at the Office of Parker Crittenden
Room 50. Merchants Exchange Building San
Francisco California, on Monday. the 10Th
day of June, 1878, at the hour of l O'Clock
p. NJ, of said day, to pay said delinquent assess
ment thereon, together with costs of advertis.
ing and expenses Of the sale.
J.W. PEW, Secretary.
Office-Room Is, No. $40 Pine street. san
Francisco California. ma25-td
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22

To prevent hair from coming out have
Il cut Of close and wrapped up in paper.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-22

And in accordance with law, and an order Of
the Board Of Directors. made on the 18th day Of
April, 1878. 80 many shares Of each parcel of
such stock as may be necessary, will BIO sold at
public auction. at the office Of Parker Critten.
den, suctioneer, Room 80, Merchants Exchange
Building, San Francisco, on Monday, the
Seventeenth day Of june, 1878, at the hour
OF one O'Clock p. m. Of said day, to pay said de-
linquent assessment thereon. together with
costs Of advertising and expenses OF sale
J.W. Pew, Secretary,
Ofiice-Room Is, $40 Pine street, San Fran.
cisco, California. jel.td
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Feeding Stock.

Some who pride themselves on
being good feeders and tenders OF
stock. feed Il little less than their
cattle Will eat. They let them be-
come hungry and are careful TO
keep them so. Such cattle are al
WAYS restless. and if they have
flesh. will lose it, while the same
amount Of food daily, after they
have once filled themselves Will
keep them quiet. If they are
quiet and will lie down contentedly
chewing the cud, they will thrive.
Thus a Slight change in the man
ner of feeding makes all the differ
ence between profit and loss. 1t
NAV be a satisfaction to the farmer
to see his cattle grab at the hay and
bolt it down greedily, but it IS more
satisfactory to his animals to eat
leisurely and rest contentedly, and
vastly better for the farmer
pocket to have them do SO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Bla Culture.

A valuable paper was contributed
on this subject by VIM. Parry of
New Jersey, in which he stated
that ten acres of sandy soil, bore
good crops for thirteen years, yield
ing at different times $50, 700, and
500 bushels of fruit on the ten acres;
this vas about double the number
of bushels of corn obtained from
similar land adjoining. But usu-
ally it is not best to continue the
plantation many years, or after the
roots are old ana decayed, and feeble
shoots are sent up. Healthy Young
plants from root cuttings give the
best results. The best soil is slight.
moist and sandy: and well drained
if needed. A neighbor planted on
low rich land, and had a great
growth of canes with little fruit.
Another neighbor bought a piece of
light sandy land at s13 per acre.
and planted it to blackberries. He
then bought rich land at $500 per
acre, and planted that also. The
cheap land gave the largest return
per acre. But an occasional dress
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
A Woman Tarred and Feathered.

Some time ago a poor frail walf
of humanity drifted into Canton
Pa, in the person of a young wo-
man. She has lived around no
body knows how, sleeping at night,
it is said, over the boilers in a mill
in order to keep warm. A few
nights ago from twenty to thirty
young bloods of the town assembled
together, and at night seized her,
stripped her naked, and proceeded
to treat her in an outrageous man
ner, tarring and feathering her,
burning her flesh, and finally
thrusting her into the street in a
cold night without a particle of
clothing. Several hours after she
made her way to a negro's house,
whele the poor creature, more dead
than alive, was kindly treated,
showing that in spite of his black
skin, he had a winter heart than the
others. One of the young men has
turned States evidence, and dis
closed the names Of the perpetra-
tors Of the act, and 10. they were
the big ones-the Il am hol.er
than thou" Some of the leading
citizens Of the town have, in the
name of outraged humanity, taken
up the case, and will prosecute it to
the bitter end.-E2mira N. "
1drertiser.
NOTE.-This is not a Southern
Outrage" Southerners never war
upon helpless females, much less
play the fiend in such wise as these
twenty or thirty ''bloods. "-ED.
FARMER AND MECHANIC.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Home Made Manure.

The mixture of ashes with your
barnyard manure will aus the
manure to assume a volatile or
gaseous form, and destroy the
value of the manure. We would
advise you to apply at once the cow
pen and stable manures to your
wheat, though first pulverize as fine
as possible. If you have a suitable
place, take % bushels of ashes
ten of lime, or more if you have it
and three of salt and mix these,
and one month after applying the
manure, scatter the composition of
ashes, lime and salt, to one acre,
and you may expect that ere to
yield fifty per cent. more wheat
than where not applied. Ashes are
worth 80 cents per bushel as fertil-
izers. Every bushel Of your ashes
will contain four pounds of potash,
some soda, considerable soluble 81
lica, and some phosphate of lime.
The ashes supplies the potash that
deyelopes the grain, the salt places
the silica in the soil in a form to
be absorbed by the growing wheat,
and stiffens the straw, thus prepar-
ing it to hold up a weighty head,
at the same time, SO hardening the
straw it will not be so subject to
rust-nor to fall down. In addi-
ton the salt will destroy many in
sects, and be an absorbant of the
moisture from the atmosphere, and
therefore becomes a water tank for
growing plants during a drouth.
Need not be afraid to apply as many
as fifty bushels Of ashes, twenty
five Of lime, and five of salt to each
acre.-S0uthern 4griculturist.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Bedford county, Va.

The New York assembly has pass
ed a bin to prevent fraud in the
manufacture and sale of CONNER
cial fertilizers.
a sale of what was called good
farming land was recently made
in Stafford county, Va, at less
than 81 an acre.
a Michigan farmer recently sold
a large walnut tree for which he
received 1916. This is now the
fashionable wood, though it does
grow in this country, all large logs
are cut up into veneers not more
than an eighth of an inch thick.
Southern planters are beginning to
use Paris green very largely for the
destruction of boil worms and army
worms in their cotton fields. Ex-
poriments with the common cheap
white arsenic for this purpose have
also been completely successful.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Storing Winter Vegetables.

Some interesting experiments
were detailed by the members Of
the Pennsylvania Fruit Growers
Society, at a meeting Of that associa-
ton. Josiah Hopes keeps his
cabbages and celery in his spring
house with excellent success. He
places the roots in the water. They
keep fresh and sound all the winter.
j. |. Carter of the West Grove Ex-
perlmental Farm, stores his tur-
nips by the cart-load in heaps.
without cutting the tops. They
are covered with earth. and in
spring the leaves are all off and the
turnips IN good condition. Mr..
Satterthwaite. who raises several
thousand bushels each year, places
them IN a trench two and a half
feet deep, and as long as may be
necessary. They are covered with
leaves until the cold becomes severe.
when an additional covering Of
manure is applied, just thick
enough to keep out the frost. AS
the manure and leaves are easily
removed at any time, the roots are
easily accessible when wanted dur
ing winter. The general expression
OF the members present who had
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
EGG Production in Fowls.

A correspondent of the Ohio
Farmer gives the reproducing
capacity and weight per dozen of
various kinds of fowls, as they come
under his notice, as follows:
"Light Brahmas and Partridge
Coching-eggs, sever to the pound;
lay 100 per annum. Dark Brah-
ness-eggs, eight to the pound;
lay 100 per annum. Black, White
and Buff Cochins-eggs, eight to
the pound; lay 115 per annum.
Plymoth Rocks-eggs, eight to the
pound; lay $50 per annum Hou-
dans-eggs, eight to the pound ;, lay
$50 per annum. la Flech-eggs,
seven to the pound /; lay $50 per an
mum. Creve C9urs-eggs, eight
to the pound ; lay 40 per annum.
Leghorns-eggs,e eight to the pound;
lay 100 per annum. Hambulgs-
eggs, nine to the pound; lay $50 per
annum. Polish-eggs, nine to the
pound lay 125 per annum. Dom
iniques-eggs, nine to the pound;
lay 135 per annum. Games-eggs,
nine to the pound; lay $50 per an
mum. Bantams-eggs, sixteen to
the pound lay 90 per annum
Black Spanisll-eggs, seven to the
pound ; lays 40 per annum.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Experiences.

In renewing my subscription for
the 4merican Farmer, | enclose a
few facts gained by this years ex-
perience:
/. That wood ashes fed freely to
swine remove tape worms.
,. That buckwheat sowed after
oat harvest or in corn. makes a fine
winter pasture for sheep or hogs.
3. That horses will keep up in
flesh, spirit and strength, without
grain, when one-half their forage
consists of German millet hay, cut
just before ripening.
4. That field peas (clay or crow
der) are a very desirable crop, either
for forage, grain, or green fallow.
II. S. Ii.
Bedford county, Va.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Hints for Work.

With the return of spring come
floods and freshetS, and much dam
Q will result unless prevented.
Wash-outs of roads. fields, yards,
etc.. may be averted by providing
a number of outlets for the water
at the places where it first gathers.
Here it should be spread IN several
channels and prevented from gath
ering into a dangerous stream.
Water burrows should be carried
as little below a level as possible,
and there should be so many OF
them that none will overflow INTO
the others. By diyerting the wash
of roads from the cutters into
small channels, the water charged
with fertilizing matter may be
spread upon the fields, and damage
to the roads prevented.
Drains should be cleared of
waste matters, such as leaves, and
other trash that will interfere with
the flow Of water. In digging
open drains, the earth should be
thrown out upon the side opposite
to that from which the surface
water comes. In all the provisions
made for carrying off surface water,
the following principal points
should be looked to, viz: give the
water the easiest possible channel;
keep it in many small streams;
avoid anything that will prevent
easy escape for the water from the
channels; provide an outflow into a
stream or pond, or take care that
it escapes where it will do no
damage.
Blue grass does well in the spring,
on rye or wheat; it should not be
pastured the first year, however.
It is the custom with our Oldest
farmers to SOW timothy and blue
grass together, as the latter is ten
der at first, and is liable to wither
in a dry season if not protected.
Orchard grass is earlier by about
two weeks and does better in a
shaded pasture than blue grass,
but it is not SO nourlshlng.
AS the farmers are beginning to
use commercial fertilizers, we will
advise them to always SOW bone
dust and superphosphates broad
cast, it will ivariably give better
results. When bone-dust is placed
in the hill the rootletts of the plant
will gather in a small space around
the fertilizers, because there they
obtain their nutrlment, and should
there be but little rain the roots of
the plant do not penetrate suffici-
ent surface of ground to draw
moisture enough to sustain the
growing crop. The unthinking
farmer then attributes his failure
of crop to the fertilizer, when in
fact it was his mode of applying it.
-Southern 4g1lculturist.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Rones for Fertilizing Purposes.

An inquiry comes TO Us IN regard
tn the use of bones for fertlllZIBS
purposes. Analysis of bones show
that they contain more than Ill
tv-three per cent. OF phosphate OF
lime, a small quantity OF phosphate
of maCnesia, some carbonate Of So
da. and about seven per cent. OF
nitrogen. 1t Will be seen from this
in what their value consists. Their
especial value Is due 10 the phos-
phorus they contain-an ingredient
so essential to the food of plants
that not a single n can grow
without it. 1t enters the plant IN
combination with oxygen. forming
phosphoric acid. 1t is n of the
rarest minerals found in the soil.
and when in the course Of con-
tinuous cropping or grazing, no ma
nures have been employed 10 res
tore this important element, 1t IS
not singular that the crops grown
upon tie land are unsatisfactory.
Without its presence in sufficient
quantity for the proper nourish-
ment Of plants, they become COM
parativelv useless to sustain the
bodies of animals. Long ago, in
olden countries it was found that
when old pasture-lands became i'm
poverished of this element, al
though the yield Of grass was fair,
the animals kept upon such pas
lures became diseased, especially
in their bony structure, and an in
vestigaticn Of the matter furnished
a satisfactory explanation. The
quantity of phosphorus or phos-
phoric acid in the soil in the cours
of time had become depleted to a
degree insufficient to meet the
wants of the plants. Animal ma
nures and bones were restored to,
and the absent element was res
tored.
In moist climates coarsely-broken
bone are employed to a considera-
BILE extent, but in this country,
where the climate is too dry to
dissolve them readily, it is neces-
sary to utilize them in other ways.
Sometimes they are merely ground
in mills for the purpose and ap-
piled to the soil without further
preparation. But the usual way
of utilizing them is breaking them
finely and dissolving them in sui
phuric acid. This is done by
using one third as much acid by
weight as of bones treated, that
is, thirty-three pounds of acid to
one hundred pounds of bones.
The acid should be diluted with
once or twice its weight in water.
The products is true superphospho-
rate or bi-sulphate of lime.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

Success in sheep husbandry de-
ponds largely upon the manager of
the flock. Good shepherds are rare.
There is no use of thinking of 60
ing into the business and OF max
ing it a uccess without any previ-
Gus experience. If one cannot
begin in a small way, with a few
good healthy young sheep, and grow
into the business gradually, he had
better not undertake it. Purchase
no old sheep, no matter how low
the price may be. Be sure there is
no disease among them. Sheep are
animals which a be made espe-
pecially profitable on lands of me-
dunn or poor quality. AS a rule
the most profitable way of managing
a flock will be the best way. The
kind of sheep to raise will depend
upon the locality. Near large cities
it will be found to be the most ad-
yantageous to raise such sheep only
hat are capable of being fattened
with rare perfection, and at the
same time yield a fleece Of long
and glossy wool, which can be man
ufectured into a variety of useful
and elegant fabrics.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Corn Stalk Food.

In reply to President Hoffman's
criticisms upon my manner of
feeding corn stalks in which he
says: Il should say there is moth
ing to be gained by compelling cat
tie to eat what they would refuse
if left to choose. The coarse parts
of corn stalks would be rejected if
given unmixed with grain and in a
dry state. They are certainly unpala-
table and | believe innutritious. If
SO, and the cattle are induced to
eat them by adding grain and mois-
tenlng, | cannot see what profits
attend their use. | should prefer
giving better food. Now the whole
point in this inquiry depends upon
that little If 50. Are the coarser
parts of corn stalks innutritious?
Are they unpalatable when cut.
soaked and favored with meal?
Can better better food be given at
the same cost:
A table of analyses published in
the Country Genflemon a short
time since, gave good average
meadow hay, fifty-two per cent: Of
OF nutrition; oat straw early cut and
bright, f%orty-four per cent: corn
stalks forty-two per cent. wheat
and barley straw thirty-five per
cent nutrition.
Warlng IN his elements of Agri-
culture" gives the ANALYSIS Of
Meadow hay as follows, in 1000 dry
parts: Lime, 1876: magnesia, rs:
per oxide of iron, :: potash. 1876;
soda, 10; chlorine, %; sulphuric
acid, 20; phosphoric acid, IS.
Corn stalks in 1000 dry parts:
Lime, Sc; Magnesia, &c; per oxide
OF iron, s: potash, 90; soda, 277;
chlorine, 20; sulphoric acid, 5:
phosphoric acid, III.
1t will be seen by this table after
leaving out the sand, that the corn
stalks only fall % parts in 1000
below the meadow hay, and that
the corn stalks contain three times
as much phosphoric acid as the hav.
when Is the most valuable Of all
the elements to growing and breed
ing animals.
Enfield in his work on Indian
corn estimates that stalks when
bright, cut and soaked are equal
to hay. And Professor Norton
makes the same estimate Of their
feeding value. Waring estimates
the weight of dry stalks at l.C2O
pounds to every 10 bushels Of
shelled corn, which is about cor
rect, for the corn | am ralsiu- the
Long Island white. With the but.
ton and the elght-rowed. yellow,
the stalks would not weigh so
much. Now any good land in
such condition that it will raise
80 bushels shellcd corn to the acre
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

would yield S,10o pounds.
and land IN that casf
probably average, n
tons OF 1000 pouua.
acre. Call the hav
and the stalks - per
the lowest analysis ta.-
seen them put at; then
ten and onc-tcnth pound,
meal which contain,
OF nutrition, which a..
100 pounds Of stalks t
have $500 pounds ii
meal. for cattle feed,
tritious value to good III,
and have = bushels ~ >h
from the acre left. Tht
meal II % pounds of taal
to the COW would keep aar
the acre Of hay but poo
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Grass Nut and Chufa.

B0LINGBOhE IN. Gu
W. \. AEv@TEoNG- Secretary
Farpacr's Che. Enclosed YOU Will
find specimens If ''Chufa," or old
fashioned grass nut" and "bitter
cocoa" or nut grass" do this by
wav Of information to the Elmlra
Farmers Club. in whose discussions
last summer. the position was taken
bv some member. that the two
nuts were indentical In character.
The chufa ' degenerates 10
nut-crass. and is rs easily destroyed
in our fields as the ground pea or
pindar. The writer knows practl-
cally the value of the former; but
if the latter has any other than
that assigned By our Creator 70
to the thorns and thlstleS, he never
discovered it. | have been cursed
with this grass for ten years, and
have employed a variety of means
and great patience to destroy ii, but
to no avail: and this. too on only
II acre of land. In Louisiana,
whole fields are abandoned on &C.
count of it. After several years
crops of weeds. briars, ETC.. these
abandoned fields can be again Guilt
waited for a year or two. only 10 be
again abandoned. Here, IN Geor-
gia, we have only small patches of
this pest. and vet it deties all eff
forts to Kill it. As YOU perceive,
from the sample enclosed, it forms
a perfect network OF roots and
nuts, r~amifying in every directions.
At each joint is formed a nut, from
this nut another root springs, and
SO on. You may break any one of
these, even the parent nut. still It's
life is perpetuated. Not SO with
the chufa. The nuts of these are
all formed Immediately around the
main stem, on short roots. Break
the roots and the nuts send out no
more life, unless taken upand plan
ted again; or, they will lie IN the
ground ntil theneNt spring, and then
terminate. A volume could be writ
ten on these blessings and curses.
But, sufficeit to say, if the Elmira
Farmers Club can invent or dis
cover a remedy for destroying bit
ter Cocoa, they will write their
names-on Georgia soil-ererlGst-
ing benefacf0rs.. Yours truly,
+. TAYLOR.
President HOFFMAN. A plant
must be very tenacious Of life if it
can survive such treatment. Heavy
applications of salt would be like
ly to kill this nut grass. We have
weeds that will not yield to any
thing short of very thorough treat
ment-as for instance, snap dragon
but salt in sufficient amount will
kill even that.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

inc Of manure is required Mr..
Parry has tested over thirty varle-
ties and finds Wilson'S Early. Dor
chester. Kittatinnv and New 10
chelle the best for that region. Inc
SNYDER is smaller. but hardy and
reliable. The Delaware IS large
and excellent, and appears to be
quit hardy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

\ Peoria, (1ll.,) man has "a fish
farm stocked with 5000 California
salmon and 20, 900 brook trout.
A Stewart county, Georgia, man
killed seventy-three robins and a rabbit
with a bow and arrow, recently.
The American mechanics who went
to st. Johns, y. H., To assist in build
ing up the town after the great fire, are
now suffering from want of employment
and the low price Of labor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

been most successful IN keeping
winter vegetables, was that they
should be thinly covered at first,
and that there was more danger
from too much heat in November,
than from a little frost afterwards.