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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09
NEleHBoRHooo NEWS.

Vermillion has organized q reformed
men 9 club.
Flandreau. Moody county, wants first
class shoemaker.
r The 4th of July was appropriately c.le.
brated by the people of Flandreau.
The erection Of numerous new buildings
is noted by the Flandreau Een,erprse.
The first steps towards forming fire
company haxe hccn taken in Elk Point
A minister of the gospel has arrived at
Flandreau and will preach every Sabbath
Rev. w. II. Clark is about to establish a
seminary at Silver Ridge, Dixon county.
Nebra "ka.
Work on the Catholic church at Jackson
has been stc,ed in consequence of some
trouble in the society.
81 Roscoe, Moody county, is composed Of
one hotel, one store. blacksmith shop. q
real estate office. a doctors Office. printing
Office and several dwellings.
Vermillion claims that the washout has
made 1t the terminus Of three roads-the
Vermillion and Yankton. the Sioux CITY
and Vermillion, and tue Vcrmillion and
Portlandville.
The Ponca coal mining company has
been organized by the election of the fol
lowing officers: President. John Slough
vice president. J. B. Barnes; secretary. w
E. CAN'T; Treasurer. T. j. Welty.
v A hardware store 10 one of Roscoe's pros
pec,ive Improvements. After that viii
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A Russian surgeon has made series of
experiments showing that cancer is 10.
oculable.
Phosphate Of zinc is recommended for
neuralgia.
Compression is being used in France in
the tre ,tment of cancer.
japan began to use the electric telegraph
in 1869. 1t has now 25 stations, with s, 1000
miles Of wire. More than 1000 miles of
wire will soon be added to the telecraphic
system of the country.
Mr. I. F. Jameson thinks that the dis
tribution OF ice in the glacial period proves
that the accumulation of snow took place
precisely in those districts where very
heavy rain-falls occur now
A London medical Journal is responsible
for this: IA lady who practices medicine
commits two faults; she increases the mum.
Der Of doctors and decreases the number of
women"
The London Engineer comedies that With
all the care the English manufacturer takes,
he cannot produce the faultless light cast.
ings. such as iron shelf brackets, which
the American manufacturer does.
To restore faded writing, E. Won Bribra
uScS "OuCioAoiy CouCcutJiIteu SOlutlOn OF
tannin is removed by the application of the
washing bottle, and the paper is dried at A
temperature of about G5 degrees.
II is not so generally known as it should
be that belladonna. or its active principle,
artropla, is the most efficient antidote 10
case of opium poisoning: but it must not be
administered in too large quantities, else 1t
produces poisonous effects Of its own.
Strawberries contain $50 per cent. Of their
weight Of glucose, or grape sugar, cherries
10, wLite currants 6 40, and hot house grapes
1887; pineapples, on the other hand, con-
tain ! l.33 per cent. Of cane sugar, apricots
6, and oranges 4. The sugar cane, when
perf city ripe, contains is per cent. Of sugar.
The juice Of the sugar beet contains about
IA per cent. Of sugar.
Some lapidaries at Bois Due discovered
method Of carbonizing common glass, ren.
dering it Opaque capable Of being 80 cut
and polished as to resemble the Brazilian
diamond. Glass 80 treated Is frequently
sold as genuine diamonds. The spurious
cannot be detected by the water test. If a
file, however, is passed over the imitation
gem, the surface is soon destroyed. The
file has no effect whatever on the real dia.
mond.
The experiment of using superhcated wa
ter for locomotives has been successfully
tried on the ttamway connecting Reveil and
Marty. lei Roi, in France. The engines are
charged with water heated to 1870 degrees
o., which is allowed to vaporize - fast .,
required and BY doing away entirely with
furnaces in the locomotives, the dangers o.
explosions, 20 we'll % the cause ofierror L
passing horses. are easily avoided. A 10
connective propelled in this manner, and At
tached TO two carriages. ascepded . gradien
OF i've miles and half In the hundred q
| the rate Of sixteen miles au hour.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09

Yankton Encampment, No. 2.-Reguar meet
iNgs on 1st and 3rd. Monday evening Of each
month, at Odd Fellows Hall, SaWyer's block.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09

Humboldt Lodge, Germany No: b.-lRegular
meetings on Wednesday evening Of each week,
ut Odd Fellows Hall, Sawyers block.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09

Communications for the Daily Press and Da-
kotain, also advertisements, should be handed
II before o'clock p. IN.
Legal notices intended for the Weekly Pres
and Dakotaian should be handed in not later
than Tuesday evening.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09
SOCIETIES..
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Friday kS'a evening Of o each Week, at Odd Fco%s W.
Hall, Sawyer's block.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09
A. F. l. A. M.

cations on Tuesday evening, on or before full
moon Of each month, at Masonic Hall, Sawycr's
block. SOiOarners cordially invited.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09

This house has Just been refuznished, and is
now open for the accommodation Of the public,
Portable.
FARMERS AND FREIGKTYRs wtll f,nd 1000
stabling for their stock, and ! secure place fot
wagons.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-09
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
WALL STREET
New York, July 9.
Gold--1.OO4c.

MILWAUKEE,.
Milwaukee, July 9.
WHEAT-s@1shigher; hard, 1.o1; ; No.
l, 9s2c; No. 2, 9sscfor cash s54c for Au-
gust; size for September No. 3, SO
@S4c.
CoRN-frm SCc
OATs-24c.
RYE-48c.
BARLEY-62c.
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, July 8.
WHEAr-spring 1@1a hetter; winter,
shade 6rmer receipts, 10000; sales, 32,-
600; No: 2, spring, September; 94l@94!c.
RYE-6rm.
CoRS-l@sc better; receipts, 500;
sales, 10000; 42@454c for mixed western.
BARLEY-nominal.
OArs-advancing; receipts, 10000; sales,
$4,000; 29@311c for mixed western; 80
037c for white.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
Cotton Seed Oil.

I'll, New York Bullctua states
that cotton seed oil has. for some
time past, figured conllcuou>ly
among our prominent articles Of
commerce. on account Of the yalu-
able uses it Is made to >crvc. The
cake i exported largely. and the
refined oil i growlngln Importance
Il, u substitute for palm oil for
saponaceous purposes IN tins coun-
trv and abroad: and. in addition 10
tins, il i shipped IN considerable
quantities to Mediterranean ports.
and after a little doctoring. reShip-
ped here as the olive OIL Of com
mcrce to no little extent.
We understand that numerous
unsuccessful attempts have been
made to give the oil the necessary
qualities as a DYING oil for painters
use. but. nevertheless experiments
have continued. and now a party
residing at C~apleVllle, near Mem
phis. Tennessee. announces that the
desideratum has been reached.
lie states that he has discovered a
comparatively non-e1penslve opera
ton bv which the cotton-seed oil
can be made equal to linseed oil for
this purpose. and cites an instance
where a house was painted, some
eight months ago, with cottOn-seed
oil as a substitute for llnseed oil,
Oh which the paint IS as brlghtnow
as on the day it was applied. The
process discovered makes the cot
ton-seed oil a dry oil for house
painting that is said to have no Il
perior. 1t now remains to have a
trial Of it in the different climates.
and, in the event of its success,
cotton planters will find a material
addition to the value of their seed,
while to consumers there Will no
doubt be a considerable saving, as
very heavy duty has to be paid on
Calcutta linseed, from which the
best grades of linseed oil are
crushed.
The greatest saving, however,
will be in the Southern States, as
large sums are spent annually IN
the Northern markets for linseed
oil for use IN this section. Then
there is a possibility for further
Large quantities of linseed
are exported from this country, and
if cotton seed oil AN be made of
desirable quality, tie cheapness OF
price will DO the rest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21

DeaD Flowing

| a. not plough - An unrca,"n-
ale depth. because | have no
manure that | wish - entirely get
Ri Of. About the year 1910, GOV.
Isaac Hill. OF New Hampshire, after
finishing his political course. en-
tered INTO the spirit of agriculture,
published the turner's n0Hfhiy
ItSttor. wherein he advocated y
rene depth (ten lnches) IN plough
ing, and asserted that another farm
is laid beneath every mans farm.
and that he had only 70 run the
plough to this depth or two inches
deeper, reaching quite a portion of
subsoil, and be could have another
farm of superior fertility to the
first. without any additional pur-
chase n This myth was
believed and practiced By many
new light" farmers, to the great
injury of the agricultural portion
of the State wherein hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars worth Of
manure was hopelessly buried be-
vond the reach Of vegetation. Is
manure at that depth will leach
down much faster than plant roots
can grow to overtake it. To this
point | quote Col. Waring, IN inner
tcuu IgricuHurtst. About SIX
acres were ploughed some seven II
eight wears ago, twelve inches deep.
The subsoil Of blue clay, which was
brought TO the surface, was a last
ing injury to the land. 1t still
shows the i'll effects Of the treat
ment. in spite Of time and manure.
| confess to having been an adyo-
cate of these theories for many
years and | have seen them sus-
tanned on certain soils. Where
Only on swamp, mud, and
prairie soils where the bottom is
as rich as the top; but | have slow
" come to the belief that it is usu-
ally the safest plan to leave the sur
face soil alone, where nature made
it, and where she always keeps it
in her most fertile forests and
fields" This writer founl on his
three acres of corn, the past year,
that the corn was best on sward
ground (that is usually the poorest,)
where the manure vas ploughed IN
only five inches deep, compared
with the residue of the soil, which
was old ground, where the manure
was ploughed in eight inches deep.
Also, a piece Of meadow of about
one acre on the shore underland
with a grey sand, like sea sand, was
ploughed deep, for the purpose of
smoothing it down better, and was
then sowed to herds grass early in
last, and came up well, land
when | looked for grass, behold
here grew nothing but sickle
'-Urifer IN Nem Eug7ona
Farms.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
Home Made Manure.

The mixture of ashes with YOUR
barnyard manure will cause the
manure to assume a volatile or
gaseous form, and DESTROY the value
of the manure. We would advise
YOU to apply at one the cow-pen
and stable manures to your wheat.
first %pulyerize 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 NAV ex-
pect that acre to yield fifty per cent.
more wheat than where not applied.
Ashes + worth 80 cents per bushel
as fertilizers. Every bushel Of YOUR
ashes will contain four pounds of
potash, some soda, considerable
soluble silica, and some phosphate
of lime. The ashes supplies the
potash that develops 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
preparing it to hold up a weightv
head, at the same time, so harden
ing the straw 1t Will not be so sub
Ject to rust-nor TO fall down. In
addition the salt will DESTROY many
insects, 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.-.So"Hern 4gricul-
turist.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
Vegetables on the Farmers
Table.

The house wives of the South,
have as a general thing, received
but little aid from their husbands
in preparing their tables with
wholesome, vegetable food. The
Rurol World makes the subjoined
sensible suggestions, which we
heartily endorse, and addition we
would advise the lady readers of
the FARMER AND MECHANIC to at
once make out their list of vegeta-
bic seeds and to have their garden
grounds deeply plowed while the
weather is cold, to destroy insects,
and be prepared to put in peas and
other vegetables at an early day.
''Beans, properly cooked-and
much is contained in those two
words-form a most healthful
and nutritious diet. And vet not
one farmerin fifty plants beans, or
even buys them for his table. They
form first rate material for square
meal, for a square half days work.
Potatoes ought to go on every
farmers table, well cooked and
smoking hot, baked, boiled or
mashed, three times a day.
Onions are healthful and nutri-
tious, raw or cooked, and are high
ly relished by most persons, yet but
few farmers store them away for
winter.
Parsnips, carrots, turnips, &C.,
r raised by few farmers only, vet
they help set off a table very much,
and for soups are almost indispen-
sable. Put IN heaps, or pits, out
doors, and well covered with soil
or placed in the cellar and covered
with soil or sand, they keep in good
condition all winter, and are very
different from the shriveled, dried
up things that are left exposed in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
Remedy for Dogs That Kill Sheep.

D.. c. Richmond, of Sanduskv.
gives these practical suggestions in
dealing with dogs that kill sheep:
dogs kill sheep by tearing open
the large VEINS of the neck and
sucking the blood. When once
they taste the blood, they never can
be broken of this trick. A single
dog will sometimes kill sheep. but
generally there are two-often a
large and a small dog. A sheep
killing dog will teach others. The
first time a dog kills a sheep he
Will suck the blood and then eat
some and be satisfied. He will
soon learn to kill several. sucking
the blood until he is full. eating
no flesh the first night. Living on
a good sized farm close to a large
German settlement where they kent
more dogs than sheep, generally
having two or three hundred sheep
on my farm, was much exposed.
For the first twenty-five years | suf-
fered everywhere was scarcely
a year that | had not more or less
sheep killed: some years the dam
age was V e one hundred dollars.
Rising n morning about three
o'clock, the moon shining brightly.
| saw a dog worrying "a sheep. |
called upa hand to shoot the dog:
be shot and missed. | went over
quickly to my neighbor who owned
the dog, called him up and told
him his dog had been killing my
sheep, OF course, | heard the old
story-hls dog never killed sheep.
| told him | had a good witness
and wanted his dog killed. and
when came over home from mar
ket would come over and settle
the matter. This man was as ugly
as the devil is wicked, and without
property. / came home from mar
ket, took a loaded gun and two men.
went over and talked pleasantly
with the man, but he was mad.
Finally he consented to have the dog
killed. Another dog jumped from
under the house and bit me severe-
~ III the leg, then ran out among
the children. Without reflection
| turned and shot the dog dead
without lnJuring the children: the
first and only dog | aver shot. |
told him would kill all his dogs.
| went into the house caught M
good sized puppy, and knocked his
brains out against the door castings.
This finished his dogs, except one
puppy the children hid In the bed.
We now put on three good sized
bells to the one hundred sheep.
Small bells will not answer. When
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21

Some wears since ! >uI4o.a ald
Leicester pig. most Suffolk, ~
fattencd and killed 1T II year old.
the usual practice II this section;
at the present time many farmers
fatten Spring pigs n : and =
months old. FOR their supply II
meat. thus saving The expense OF a
Winters feeding, and getting a
finer quality Of meat for table uSe.
III August. the hog weighed 3bo
pounds: the manner Of feeding was
three times Il day. with boiled sugar
beetS. boiled IN a kettle holding nlne
bushels: the beets being pulled and
thrown into the kettle. tops and
roots. a they grew. We're not wash
ed, but all adherIng dirt rubbed
off: no milk or II other drink eI-
cept the water IN which the beets
We're boiled, and the natural Juices
Of the beets, as the object was 10
test the value Of the sugar beet for
the purpose Of fattening swine
without the addition Of sour milk
from the dairy: therefore only the
bects were fed cooked As stated; the
feed was three pals a day. morning.
noon. and night the pail holding
twelve quarts, that amount the hog
would eat up clean. perhaps more
as his appetite vas not cioycd. the
intention was to feed about as much
as he would eat clean and 10 more.
The first of September, after feed
ing fifteen DAYS. he weighed $50
pounds. a gam Of two pounds per
day. The feeding was continued;
same quantity and manner Of feed
ing through September; 30 DAYS
gave SO pounds additional weight.
making IA total on October, lst Of
40 pounds. lie was fed the next
month IN the same manner, and
then weighed $40 pounds: his gain
for the two and Il half months had
been very uniform. On Noyem-
Der. lst. he was feed on meal. corn,
and oats ground tosether-one
third oats, two-thlrds corn-fed,
SIX quarts a day: quarts morn
ing, noon, and night, wet with
cold water. His gain thus fed was
three pound per day during the
month of November. He was then
killed and dressed for market; live
weight, ~G10pounds: dressed weight.
525 pounds. In most published ex-
periments. milk and the refuse Of
the farmers kitchen have been fed
with the addition of meal; nv Oh
ject was to see what could be done
with the material / had without
milk; as that knew to be an ex-
cellent swill: how well | succeeded
Will let the reader Judge; then. if
they choose, let them try for them
and see what they IAN do
another season, as it will be too late
this year for those who have not
the sugar beets already grown.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
Corn Ground.


When light lands are underlaid
by subsoil of stiff consistency, the
admixture of the qualities, which is
practicable Of gradual accomplish
ment by running the pillow an inch
deeper. will produce a more loamv
soil. Winter blowing does this to
best advantage, and lands on which
it IS done, if cross plowed shallow
ly IN spring and Thoroughly harrow
ed, will show an improvement very
quickly IN their texture as well as
IN their productive capacity, and
the more especially if light APP
pllcatlon OF lime is made after the
blowing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
The Chufa Experiment..

Two years ago we presented an
old friend, Cornelius Stephens, of
Elevation township, Johnston, Co.,
with ii small lot Of chufa seed, and
asked as a favor he would try them,
at the same time giving him a
printed circular as to how to plant
and cultivate. We met him at the
store Of Messrs. Adams & Bingham
yesterday and asked him how he
made out with the chufas. His
answer was rerbufilm as follows: |
planted one peck of chufas on n
acre Of ordinary sandy land and
used 100 pounds fertilizer and
two barrels ashes. | have raised
500 pounds of pork that never
saw any COW peas or potatoes.
| have wintered fifteen shoats
and two old sows without any
thing but the chufas. They
are now fat pork. ! lost my pota-
toes because my hogs would not
eat them while they could get the
chufa. The chufa patch kept up
thirty head Of geese and fifty head
of chicken. up till now, and | have
to-day brought twenty dozen eggs
to market. never sold any eggs
in February before. Have plenty
of chufas in the patch: think there
is several bushels yet. dug twelve
bushels. -Roloigh Observer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21

the cellar To the iniurIou, influence,
Of the air. How few farmer. Ia!
in a supply Of winter cabbage AZ
though it is not very nutritious.
vet it is highly relished by most
people. and "a dinner of corn beef
and cabbage, well cooked, with
other ct ceteras. viii keep one from
starving. We could mention many
other vegetables. emitting fruits
entirely. that ought TO be stored
away for winter, but deslst. Farm
crs must look ahead and provide
we'll fer their families. Really,
and we mean just what we say,
n Of the chief reasons that so
many bows and girls too, leave the
farm is. thew can find 80 much grea-
ter variety Of food in towns and
cities than they get at home. Ihev
are growing, their systems demand
much food, and good. They are
always hungry as wolves. They
have active, vigorous bodies ana
brains to support. Ii the old folks
will recollect what appetites they
had when young, and how rapidly
they could make good victuals dis
appear, they can appreciate the
condition of their children. And
so we say, By all means, provide IN
summer for the wants of winter, by
laying by adequate stores for that
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
Remedies.

Dust IN TIE EYE.-Ifa c.-
or bit Of dust gets III the eve do
rub the eyeball; it only irr.ras@
II the intruder is beneath the
per eyelld, lift the upper lid 81"
the thumb and finger Of the rig
hand, and with the fore Of the
hand raise upward the under
while YOU pull down over i. 81.
upper I'D. This viii seldom IA
remove the cinder, the soft skin 40
eve lashes taking It oil withoat
Jurlng the eye ball.
To PREVENT F'ELoH~.-Tlet f.
lowing direction, carefully o5sagT
VIII prevent those circular aa-
seou> denominations, known a.
ons. As soon az the dlseaSr
put directly over the spot a f} b
ter, about the size Of your than
nail. aud let it remain Tor SIX 1g-
at the expiration Of which .-
directly under the .urface Of .
blister, may be een the -e
which can Instantly be taken w.
with the point Of a needle o. Ian
\ SIMPLE REMEDY.-Al EN-
nent physician says he cures nine.
ty-nine out of every hundred cs
of scarlet fever, by giving the pat.1
warm lemonade, and with
arabic dissolved in it. \
Wrung out IN hot water anu
upon the stomach, should be r.
moved rs rapidly as il becomes o'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
The Fertilizing Value Of Lime.

When lime Of any kind is used as
a fertilizer, it is always scattered on
the plowed ground and narrowed
in, or upon the narrowed ground
and left upon the surface. Lime
thus used should always be in a fine
condition, dry slaked to a very fine
dry powder. 1t then sinks rapidly
in the soil when exposed to the
Winter rains, and when the ground
is next plowed, some Of it that has
not been dissolved will be turn
ed up at the bottom Of the fur
row. 1t should be applied in the
Fall and is generally used when
wheat or rye is sown and the field
seeded to clover. For old grass
fields, it is a valuable top dressing,
but is most valuable when compost
ed with swamp muck, yard scrap
ings, old sods, weeds, and such
matters. On clay loan soil, about
fifty bushels per acre is generally
used every time the ground is laid
down to grass. Fresh burned lime,
exposed in the field in small heaps
Of a few bushels, until it Stacks
down to a powder, is the most effec-
tive. The refuse lime from the
kilns is worth only half as much
as the best lime, because it is lumpy
and can be brought into as fine a
condition. Gas lime is not worth
anything but the cost of hauling,
as it must be exposed to the air for
several months to get rid of noxi-
Gus impurities which are hurtful to
yegetation.-N. Y. Times.