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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

we notice the Western papers are
now agltatlng the question whether
it does not pay better even now to
raise dairy COWS that beef cattle.
Among these the Times, of Chica-
go, claims that cit is often the
COW which has dropped her first
calf will sell for more in the spriny
than a steer born at the same time
will sell in the following fall" Now
the steer, to be salable. must be in
good flesh, while the cow does not
require to be fatted.
This same authority, in an article
following, adds "Therc is 40
question hat raising dairy COWS is
a profitable business, and one that
farmers may engage in with the
very best prospect of success. A
farmer may ship car load or Il
train load of choice milch COWS to
Elgin, Ill.,, or Utica, n. Y, with
as much certainty of selling them
at good prices as he has Of selling
the same number Of fat steers III
the markets Of Chicago OF Albany.
The proper time to market dairy
cows is in the Spring, just before
the opening of the cheese factories.
The business of raising dairy COWS
might be most protitlbly carried on
in connection with raising fat bull
locks. AS the former would gen
orally be sold IN the spring the pas
lures would not be overstocked in
the summer and the bullocks would
have the better chance to lay on
fat. Stock-raisers who sell animals
in the all are often short of money
during other portions of the year.
Ii they could receive half the
money they obtain IN the spring
there would be a great advantage.
Aside from the demand for mich
COWS IN dairy regions, there is quite
a demand IN all large cities. Extra
COWS will sell at fancy prices in
cities and large towns. Years ago
a market for mich COWS was estab-
lished at the Union Stock Yards,
but 1T did not succeed, as the cows
sold there had a very bad reputa-
ton for kicking, hooking, jumping
fences, bursting down doors, and
holding up the little milk secreted
to their udders. 1t was, in short,
a botany bay for bad COWS. If a
farmer had a COW he could not
milk and which took a fiendish de-
light IN kicking Owe milk pals and
in jumping fences, he sent it to
this market to be disposed Of. \
market supplied with COWS raised
by reliable feeders would, however,
be a success not only here but in
other large cities.
CnarlotteO bsel yer: About s.. 900
worth of stock has been subscribed
IN the store which is to be started
IN this county by the grangers on
the cooperative plan. 1t is pro-
posed that the capital stock Of the
! concern shall be $1,000.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

season. The older the seeds are,
the finer will be the flowers.
TO BAKE QUINCE>.-Select per
fcctly ripe ounces. and have them
all about of "A size. Bake them in
the oven rs You would a sweet APP
pie. Do not pare them. but take
out the stem and eve. When they
are perfectly cooked, arrange them
on a dish and serve them with pow
dereG sugar and cream. Very nice
for dessert, lunch or supper.
aunt ADDIE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
Poultry Breeding.

The many advantages of poultry
keeping are SO patent to most of
our readers, composing as they do,
the most intelligent farmers in the
Northwestern States, that it would
be out of place for us to enumerate
them.
We may be permitted however,
to call attention to two very salient
features of the subject:
First-A large amount of capital
is not required to make a fair start,
and if the small profits of the first
two or three years are spared to
the enterprise, hat is, if they are
devoted to improvement in the
breed and additional facilities for
proper care, it is sure to yield sat
isfactory returns pecuniarily.
Secondly-Poultry keeping is an
enterprise open t. those members
of the farmers family usually re-
regarded as non-producing. and
which may be engaged in by the
buster members as a relaxation
from more arduous labors rather
than as an addition to other neces-
sary work. If the boys and girls
of the family have a desire to engage
in the "a of poultry (and what
boy or girl is there that is not fond
of fowls), it will certainly pay to
encourage them. They will re-
lieye father or mother in this
charge, and with a little advice md
assistance, a few kind words and a
little cheerful help, a couple Of
years will see the young poultry
keeper able to proudly compare his
or her own earning with those of
the older members of the family.
That poultry keeping is a pursuit
most attracted to the female men,
bers of the family, is evident by
the number of women all over the
country who are known to conduct
t lis business successfully, and many
of whose pen supply some of the
most attractive letters on this sub
ject to the columns of the agricul-
tural journals .-Er.
Says the american AgricuHurist,
in speaking of ''poultry-keeping-
how to begin"
cit is more profitable to purchase
fowls than eggs. This is a simple
matter of figuring. ii a dozen of
eggs of choice fowls are procured
at a cost of say S., a year will
elapse before any profit can be
gained from the three or four pull
lets that may probably be Matched
from them. If a trio of birds are
purchased at a cost of say $40 now
a number of eggs will be procured
before setting time arrives, and
then each hen may bring out 8
brood Of ten chicks. After these
are raised, more eggs will be laid.
and if good "a is given, there
may be on the whole twenty dozen
eggs ten p%ullets, and ten cockerels.
as the produce of this trio within
the same time that would have
taken, from the dozen of eggs frs,
mentioned, to produce three or foul
pullets.
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8be Tarn1.
A Valuable Discovery.


While experimenting at the farm
we have hit upon a cheap plan Oh
manufacturing superphosphate OF
lime. which not only saves a large
outlay each year, but connects a lot
of heretofore useless and unslghtiy
trash-such as dead animals, bones,
offal, &c.-into one of the best fer
tilizers known. The plan we have
adopted is as follows:
Take a large cask, put 200 lbs.
of water in in it, then add, slowly
and cautiously, one-half this
amount of pure sulphuric ACID, u
great care and diligence must be
used in handling this acid, not to
let it touch the skin or clothing,
as it will instantly blacken the skin
and destroy the clothing, wherever
it comes in contact, and when the
two elements (water and sulphurlc
acid) meet, there is what is called
a chemical affinity, and a very m
tense heat is thereby engendered.
When you have this mixture, throw
in the same number of pounds OF
bones as you have of water, or
twice the number that you have OF
the acid. Keep those proportions
in mind, for they are just about
the proper ones, and if much devla,
ton is made, poor success may, and
doubtless will, follow.
The acid, as oon as 1t comes IN
contact with tho bones, attacks and
enters into combination with them,
reducing them to a pasty consist
ence, and completely absorbing
every particle of the whole batch.
Keep the "mess under cover, and
turn them over occasionally, while
the process of assimilation is gong
ON. and, when completed, dump
the whole business on the barn
floor, or on a platform OF boards.
and work into the business, thor
oughly, four times its bulk of dry
bog-earth or dry road-dust ; mix
and p~ulverize completely with a
wooden shovel. This dry earth
acts as an absorbent or drier, re-
tanning the fertilizing properties OF
the compound, and rendering it
easy of uniform distribution. 1t
whole bones are used, it will take
six or eight weeks to dissolve them.
but they will succumb after this II
the acid is pure. If the bones are
broken up into small pieces, they
will dissolvein two or three weeks,
depending upon the size of the
pieces while, if they are ground
up fine, two or three days will ac-
complish the work.
This manure is the most power
full fertilizer in existence, and when
made according to directions, 1T IS
the cheapest, one ton being equal,
by actual experiment, to thirty-twc
tons of barnyard manure. Fol
top-dressing grass lands, use 800
lbs. per acre; for corn, potatoes.
beans, turnips, &C., apply $50 lbs.
per acre in the drill, mixing will
the soil !; for wheat, rye, oats o.
barley, 400 lbs. per acre, end har
row in the seed ; for buckwheat
800 lbs. per acre.
A good time to make this phos
phate is when sufficient materia
can be obtained to make up a batch
then barrel and keep ready for us'
when wanted. 1t would not be
bad plan to have some in process o
manufacture all the while. 1t vii
clear the place of old bones, car
casses, &c., and a lot of the bes
manure known will be on hand
ready for use every time. Try thi
Dlan Turf Field and Farm.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

The EARTH CURE FOR SNAKE
BITE.-A little son Of Mr.. Little
ton, of Spring Hill township, Bruins
wick county, n. c., was bitten on
the toe by what was known as a
ground rattlesnake, a few days ago.
AS no spirits could be had at the
time, the drinking of which IN
pretty large portions is said to
neutralize the poison of a snake, d
new remedy was tried. the lower
portions of the little fellows legs
being placed in a hole in the ground
and the earth packed tightly around
them. He was kept in this position
for some hours, and strange to say
he is now IN a far way to recover.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

A fisherman at Kingston, H..
coffin floating down the rIVr., .
tide took it toward the shore anu
pulled it in. Holes had been Dor
the top. and inside he found l''. -
by about two months Old. with % '-
ing bottle halt full ol MIX
David Whitmer is in PosSe77'I
the original manuscript OF tht ss
of Mormon" and Elders FRA b..
Smith of the Mormon Church -'
Just been to his home, III r. nr,.
No, to secure the book. me t,r -.
that it ought to be deposlttL o-e.g
keeping in Salt Lake city, an Las l..
to buy it; bat Whltmef. VINO 'r.4I .
it for mean y half a century,
give it up.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

hecIl lollc Wllnln q brief 9s.r.
AMI what 1t has failed - do
i few wears Of existence
blamed for. Without r..rr
details a. to reason for Ii, a~
zation. the fact was painfully
dent that the rural masses
ilclcnt IN many important lrer.r
OF education: that they hell
strongly 20 the tradition Of ..
fathers, instead of being gn58.4..
the revelation of silence and
experience, and there was nor .
concert of thought and c.r,~. 49,.
characterlzeS most other pgr
Recreatlons and social criarm
did not receive their proper ,-.
of attention; ard. i'm >..-.
boundiess and eXhaustlc,, fart
pcared to be opened In
united labors of head. hear. ...
hand woult produce rr.b
abundant fruits. Tho fiji.
quite too plain that even tl. ~.
farmers were not living unt...
qulrcments or privileges 81 Ibis.
llghtened and progressive ar. IT,
very nature of a farmers
operations Is calculated ..'
HIM the virtue Of patient w....
laborlng always, rather tnan lob
splre a zeal for new opinions ...
practices. Relying on the t..~
lSnS of SnnI t,y,. .l
becomes accustomed To Wal.
things to come around. VIA.
thus waiting, men, thing, ...
events have come arourJ him
ways not always for his GOOD.
AS long as farmers were s.m..,
trying to hold the even ta.ar =
their way, individually, thry v..
relatively going backwards. p...
pie Of every other cal'.u1. TRAMP.
thieves, and politicians uot el...
ed, have theircNcIu~ltca,>a-.t.'. .
far the peculiar bcuctit OF mam..r.
of their craft. \ mutual a--...
ton OF some sort for farmers
become not a desirable ca5.... IBIS.
but an absolute nccn>>lty. l..
the circumstances. Il mo.em...
which promises a social. 1u...
mental aud financial benefits. r...
at Il small sacrifice Of t.m.. r....
and prejudice, could uot Ia. OK
pected to make rapid aI -h...
progress throughout the .nt.
Old habits and customs u.-. ii.
firmly fixed. and To e4an.. g..
new and untri,d m.t.u#.
great, not to REQUIRE ....
and education barar. ..
adoption became .,nrr. I..-
parutive ignorance on I'll. .u.r...
those to be benefited. -. WI. .....
lack Of humanity. vrr. a.....
time serious obstacles am I.n...r.
motives to the progre..o ii. t.....
order Of thing5. All obstacles
the contrary notwjtl.,anlu..a .
growth of the oranoc il- been ...-
rablv rapjd. and in fine ma.n ,4t.-
factory.
Warren county has cu9d-" a.
titled ana good land Tor tnTrr l-''-
sand additional industrious 49,.
Intelligent farmers, and that 81
such settlers Will receive cJIl--
welcome from our people, il
absolutely true that IN " pres
Impoverished condition We are ,a..
cursed, have more than we can ell.
tivate, and it IS growIng up 81.
bushes and brambIes. what
need is good men to help us ..
up IL waste places. Oar -"t
i tie hest on fine continent. OIL.
naonle are INTELLIGENT and ho-lH...
BILE. There are a church ALI.
school-housa for every few u...-
Cii' iCtON ~ IVY
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-05-08
HoaEsrEADs FOR SALE.
as ---4-~5Hs 9s &
= Wool Carding q

Opks. Oyunge County, ". q -
nIR Mseliiues are now In splepa,d order.
" md We are prepafedto DO WORK thai es,li,rt
" uxefled - tiHi hfates 81 TAI Nna HI1.
:. We hase . Hnrrrr aud Picker attached 10 our
Machine, thereby eayig The Ia.por or l,irkne and
BufrieF ysnr Wool l,sfHs bfineng itsiof Gard.
iiHE, Bfsase furnlshel % DESIRED =. lf5sfs -
u L important tltat weul should he ra.l,e,l
and srrased. before being brought ~ The M.fhI,ss
ltislnE gsr l,olll II tirsass =, Ten iss ~ wood
OIk TEltAs:--ifHsre lHingina Wool. = III he
.rhsfsed Eight eents tsT pound. ~ ons fdth III
tue N1eis La kIf u1iH3a1 Hfz5s - ~
cotgged Wosd Will Le sl,zreetl Ten. renis Il
hToiight ~ ne tiarhhf. Those dtsdlh4n h,,,rr
leontenlef:f - de ~ san lavr their Wool AZ ~
D. A. fiiRx-. II llislwa. On with "a ! .s...fs )
trrft 1hainpsJn, and w. q. Fowler a l.fo.
Mshanesyile. zztsLsk 4 4 k8N1AfHN
We NIL rrreiye a II either OF fhc=r places and
errd md return ~ Ttn cent l,~r polll,d G,r
Nhlssg slni Twelve sud 4 half eenf. f5r SbE,fs,t
WOOL Work sxsellfed WITH deersiel,s,, 90 :.
u. w. NOUnE a 60.
hsf off ~ e s5tftattl - ffsEk ttaks Nj ~
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L.OSTl L0STl

VT ny house on me evening ~ tI,e lsb IN
L. tisysH h1s. tria surfgl mafs. Aha q als,ss
80 tsHgs Old. sse has white star h her f,,rs,.l
hrau: Hg .usly tall. two sIHJts eH eaeb she 81
he hss skibnsd plses Oh lsf s,sk n - 4. a.
sofkinF o. The 60 Ilars She has also 4 scar N, az
right ier. essHH TIL tffTf7srf 'HfYti
vill give ll'rEsl resaa fes ,srs arrrsbsa.
ien. Of i0r aiIy hfyfmefleh fiat will Lad L. I,,.r
rsseysfy.. hny isfsea stEhk tie ahdse dfstrii,.
me a HilIsboro. WEsIEy 11Ufl'vt
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CUSGREssIoNAL. =

sWAsmISaToS. May 2,r-SEsATE--Mr.l
Thurman irvml The COMMITTEES on The. do
dietary reported back the bull TO repeal llle
bankrupt iaw with an .smsndmen, periect,,
ing the clause in regard q the righ,s.no,t to
be affected By the releal ,rf the Jaw, and
retaining the amendment adopted yesier.
day provided That lhc regal Of ths, Is
shall take effect January III. 1879. Or
dered that the amendment lie printed and
the bill be laid over until To- morrow.
The RIchuoad Diyatasts special tele-
grams from, Washington II thai Il kas btsh
determined 10 MOVE suspension Of the ru lei
next Monday % rs ~ test The sense 81 lie !
ilouse % regard 70 ihc reduction n the
tobacco Tar IL. has MOI. however. been yaii
sleiermmsd wheshsF tobacco vii ! be .epxfs,l
ed frea ilie income iax and tho suspension
cfihe sinking fund or not. This Is aquessI
tioh stillinDders consideration. eoi Il Ii.sslf
The diseasrion Of be tariff bill will be-,
resumed this week. and General banks and
Mra TnckeFlare the ,nextp speakers. Mr..
Mr.; Robbins Of North Caroline. il is said.
has prepared 4 speech N faypr of the bill. I
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lHIA ca u D.

Il Teal who are suffering from the errors
aud ihsll.creIl9ils 81 youth. nervous weak.
mess. early decay, los Of ,naniiond. &c: /
alIi send 1 recipe tina. VII cure ysu FREE
Oh gHlAIsaE.f THIS great rsssse,ly es.
" q missionary In snlL.
Aneriea. Send seIf-addre.sed enyelu,,.
olihc REV yosEPIi Il. fsNAs, Station ID.
BRSs Ifouse. Nep Yovk cry. . fy. 3
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fllE FARIs rxiriBiTroN.

wA,nIseroS. May 2.-No aceidcnt Is
reported Is having occurred ID Paris yesisi-
day. although II j. estimated that 500.
600 persons visited The Champ Dc Mars
aud rfocadero. II i computed that 30O..
900 foreigners are how IN that city. -,
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THE RAsTERNaQUESrION.

iiiE hAofEftNttlbEctID liz
coSsrASrISopIR. May p. Arms snd
ammunition destined for The Mussulmarl iis-
.surgents IN kounielia. have been discovered
leaving Adrianopls concealed IN cpfhi1s.al
LONDON. May 2. information has been
received here says special despatch 10 ihe
AFTERNOON Giobe. dated cronsfadt. April
18th. that several steamers lying a Resel.
have been purchased By the Russians. Tor
the purpnse o. being converted into cruisers.
Three vessels which LEFT Revel week ago
are. 1 hear % The best sutbority. already
the property offtbe Russian admFsliy. and
bsss gvBe to Amrrica % receive their sr.,
,Inamepis which viii Be provided By Amsri.t
can hfms. and % reseivc aboard seanlen who
departed short time ago is ssssg ..Hf tss {
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Congress has jnst made "a appropriation
of $40. 600. 70 be immediately sysilsI.ie.
for eopiiHuing. under tie direction, of the
United States commieioney ~ Fbb.. the
propagation snd Intfodnefi6n u 6sefui food
fishes into The waters o. The United States.
The interest," 10 this sssjsct Is rapidly grow.
ing 10 Congress, spd among leading officials
here.
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Tbs' rLonipA ;9SospEssfoxs - car r
correspondent learns tonight frouI mot
reliable s6ure tha. ths Pinrids e,iiis,zions
are the result n she lsbors Of ihe agents Of
Ben. Butler. W. y. CbsBdler q Co; his
no part a. ther pregfsmhr. hossyet. 20
pot oat Hayes only iopat m 11ides. but fhsy
are working fer Congress % dseisrs both
Hayes and Wheeler srssnpt entitled 10 he
Office they bold. "a that FERN sssy heroine
President Tue Democrats will hardly sd
them 70 bring shout any such result. -
Ricbmepd Di'patch.s Issss - s.I.s =
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The Demccraiie Convention. 70 nominate
= csbdidsir Cor Solicitor for tbs Jsaicisl
District. VII meet 10 The icsn % Darbgm
n ne ] ifh cfJbfsbs,f, 49,, !. 80. !. :, !;
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f0ngresstnen Tor ~ Neg YORK says.
One thing is sure, aud tGst !. that great
body Of the House. Democrats and Rspab-
icsns, now seeking 10 be reelected, cannot
afford TO smother suiheniie .estimopy in r..
latios to frauds. 'Ths Kimniell bill and
the Maryland memorial went 70 the Judi.
ciafy comniiiee after struggle. That
Committee. therefore. bss Jurisdiction over
the Whole sulj-ct. They eau iHvestigsts.
and u they have not pOwer enough they
can get u from Congress Il the speaker
chooses. Under their hands the FLORIDA
fraud mas iranspire nslI iis eoVrmity. I
have always regarded the Florida Frauds ss
more perti6eo, sbd mOre sudasioa. than
those 10 Louisiana. They are ibvfe aus
ccPtibleO f proc. irrefrsg.ble sud absoluts.
Bat ~ast the Judiciary cOmmiris may as-
port. aud what measures may be ssdypied.
will depend on the quality Of The proof and
temper ofths soatherp members. who sssn
10 con,toi OF esaea. For myssif,. { de-
sire 70 SAY II . awpls vsy.ghat .Frsua.l
however ineoaspissous or gig.ssis. shall
never b. oesdossd " ay' vote ~ voice -
.~.---s-.---.-..-. NiAa 4eas
The Demccpiic Convention. 10 nominate
a csbdidsfe Cor solisitor fsr ihis Jsdicisl
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i. ISAreuHsTise a gEyoLu TroN,
!. sasAsToNIo. Ne, 2.--uensral Maebs,
no aad .ssse-al ofhses u Lenlo have lrf,
orihe ll,o Granis. g INACCURATE rsyolu;
tions - =. $50. ....s4
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BURG.

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artieles u rsgerd h shs eondoct q North
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her II requeStsfor these. from the Nonh>
ern States especially, has latterly become
so great that. beng unable 20 supply them
Otherwise. Z has been determined 70 pub
iish them 10 book form.
4 The IpApersop she subject, on both sides.
lwilll Do reprinted just las they apnc,red in
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