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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-25

In an article, a few weeks since, in regard
to the growth of burs and seed-bearing
plants obnoxious to wool growers, we stated
that burs would not flourish in our climate
and soil without careful cultivation. We
arrived at this conclusion from the fact that
the variety of burs found here when the
whites came to the country do not seem to
multiply to any considerable extent. 1t was
our opinion chat there being no burs here
could not have resulted from the lack of
seeds, as the herds of buffalo that have
roamed the plains for many years have GER
tainly brought them from the south.
From information gained since, it seems
probable that we have committed an error.
We were presented, a few days ago, by
Sample Orr, with a handful of as large and
~well-inatured burs of the variety generally
known as "cuckle-burs,'' as we ever saw
anywhere, and which he gathered from the
ranch of James Wayne, OF this county. The
Judge also assures us that he has seen nu-
merous thrifty plants of this variety of bur
growing by the wayside on the Grow Creek
valley, and he is confident that the seed was
scattered from sheep. If the specimens are
a sample of what will grow on our ranges
without cultivation, then, certainly, this may
become a serious matter to our wool grow
ers. We have talked with a number of the
farmers of the Missouri valley. who state
that these burs grow on their farms, along
the water bitches, ETC., but they coincide
with our statements, and do not think that
they came from the driving Of sheep. How
ever, as there are conflicting opinions upon
the subject, we shall make dilligent enquiry
and endeavor to arrive at a correct conolu-
sion. To this end we invite communications
trom any who may know of the existence
of this plant. The date of its first appear
ance in their vicinity, whether or not it will
grow on bench lands without water, and all
other points of interest should be given.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-25
COURT QUERIES.

EDITOR HUsBANDMAN:
Permit me to make a few enquiries through
your paper, which [ desire you or some OF
your readers to answer for my information.
Why is it that we have but one term OF
theD District Court in Meagher county each
wear, and all the other counties where courts
are held have two?
WHY is it that Mr.. Beattie has to place
the Records OF the Diamond City court in a
sack and travel back and forth with the
Judge to act as Clerk?
Is there no man living at Diamond City
or its vicinity qualified to act as Clerk? and
what is meant by the following language in
the 9Th section of the Organic Act: Each
District Court, or Judge thereof, shall APP
ter in Chancery, and shall keep his office at
the place where the Court may be held"
and by section 4, amended Organic Act in
full?
We are a portion of the Territory Of Mon
tana: we pay our taxes about as promptly
as other people. And this is becoming one
of the most interesting counties in the Ter
ritory, because of the capital invested in the
live stock interest, to say nothing of the
mining, agricultural and other interests in
common with other counties. And why it
is that we can only bring a suit on u plain
note of hand once a year. Or seek redress in
any matter only annually, is strange to me
after reading the above sections of the Or
ganic Act. We cannot look at the Records
to ascertain if there is a judgment, lien on a
tract of land without going to Helena. II
the Organic Act means what it says, the
Clerk of the Court shall keep his office
where the Court may be held. and not in
another county, and not less than two terms
shall be held at each place of holding Court
each year, regardless rs to whether the
County Commissioners desire it Or not. II
we cannot have a Clerk, and can only nave
onesterm of Court each year to settle the
pleadings for a trial next year, how would
it aosto attach Lewis and Clarke to this
county, move the county seat to Canyon
Ferry, and live in peace. TAXPAYER.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-25
REWRITTEN

1t speaks we'll for the Turks as marks
men that one Russian in every six has been
killed or wounded.
1.-Two hundred horses per week are being
purchased in New York and Vermont for
the English government.
"A child two years old at Leeds, in Eng
land, was suffocated to death the other day
by a cat lying Oh its face while asleep.
Greece is now beginning to be::a tavorite
English travelling ground, the Mycena dis.
%coyeries having given a new impetus to the
arch;eologist.
Norfolk, Va, has largely increased in
wealth since the wal through an energetic
handling of oysters, and the cultivation OF
fruits and vegetables.
~@Over $1,000 a year is the value of the
sills OF a Bonanza miners wash. The dir
washed from their shirts has been found to
assay S259.lO to the on. What a field for
Nevada washerwomen!
Lille Duke of Sutherland, who owns oy-
or a million of acres in Scotland. has obtain
Gu leave, his heir consenting, to disentail his
estates III that country. They nave been in
the family five or six centuries.
s.--Ihe University of Cara; ass posses es
the ilfst music book printed in America. /,
Is GATED 1904, and the music is printed ON \
staVe OF hive red lines in the ordinary Greco
orlan method. The volume is a small tolio.
There is a dog at Swift Falls, Mimi.
ina keeps his masters family supplied with
'ish. lie has been known to take out AS
many as thirty pickerel in a day. When he
.esples a fish. he will make a dive and he s,,,o
to bring it out.
Austria can put in. the field for war mr.
posesa standing army of SOC, 900 men. in
ciua h5 reserves, besides. landwehr. ers. ~
reserve ana landstrum. The compuls. w
system will attain its full development tl,s
year 1915 and it would not be an exageer-
a.'oh OF the results of Baron Kuhn,s orea, :
iAa'ioh II we estimate the force now ava;l-
aole az 10000 regular troops,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-25
THF E PACIFIC.

A compromise has been affected between
the opposing interests in regard to Mitcalells
Northern Pacific bill reported from the Sen
railroad Committee, and the proposition
famed by the Northern Pacific Company,
which Is now before the Senate Public Lsns
Committee. Both bills are to be placed III
the hands of the Senate Railroad Commltlee
and a substitute reported shortly which Wl
secure the earnest cooperation OF the ennfc
Oregon delegation and the Northern PaclM
Company. 1t will provide for the speedy
opening of the Columbia river by tbs con'
.structlon OF a railroad around the Cascad0'
within two years, and around the Dans'
within two and a half years. A failure !"
comply with the conditions is to forfelt lS
company>s grant along the Columbia 10 w
Portland, Salt Lakes South Pass Companb
who shall commence the construction "
road at Portland within three months a''s,
such failure. The road between PofeanA
anu Umatilla is to be open. for the co'lin :.
Use of both roads as, provided in Mite'e".
original bill. The proposition to tIals0,
TO the Portland, Salt Lake & Soipl -
Company an amount of lands equal 10 s'os
heretofore granted to the Northern r'e"s
Tor the abandoned branch across tlle.e"
cade mountains is to be reported as sepr8
a.e bill.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-25
FROM BOULDER.

EDITOR H~UsBANDMAN:
The seasons have changed. We had
spring weather all winter. Indian ummer
through March, the miners had commenced
operations. the farmers began seeding.
when 10, winter sets in-in old style. It has
been showing for two days, with no signs
OF letting up, and we have already six
inches Of snow. The weather prophets
are puzzled and the Oldest inhabitant aston
ished. The general inquiry is when is the
storm going to abate?' and leads to many
surmises and predictions in regard to the
season and prospects, which are, of course,
all favorable for our property, if specie re-
sumption and contraction Of currency did
not stare us III the face.
The eastern mails have resumed regularity
again. During the recent blockade passen-
gers and freight came through on time, but
the mails We're corded up somewhere on the
road until the freight was all through.
Why such things are thus, also astonishes
the oldest inhabitant, and it is a pity that
Beecher says there is no hell, when there is
so many anxious to believe it. IT there is
no hell | think there ought to be one for
%sWindling mail contractors. Why passen-
gers and freight should take precedence of
the mails, when the government contracts
for the mails only, is a problem that MANY
are interested in and are anxious for a solu-
ton. 1t may be a military necessity to
bring the freight and passengers and leave
the mails, or it may be because there is no
hell. In either event the stage compan
might put on another jerky and bring now
and then Il letter, as evidence thai they
meant to do well by the people of Montana.
Our district school commenced last Mon
day and the young ideas have commenced
to shoot (snoWballs.) The teacher is a
young lady from Helena and comes highly
recommended. Inoticc the .old baches"
are putting on their nice their behavior. ard
that Capt. Cooks hotel does a thriving bus
mess on Sundays. 1t may be ON account OF
the postofpe.
Boulder Star Lodge l. O. G. Il. is now an
Incorporated body, the first | believe of the
order in the Territory. We nave COM
menced the collection of. a museum or cab
met OF minerals and cMiosities. Specimens
from friends thankfully received.
Monumental" is sound on the subsidy
Our Indebtedness and taxes are
burdensome enough now without voting a
subsidy to q. raQroad> that is US sure to come
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-25

here without a subsidy as with one' as sure
90 ,,otor seeks it's level. No sane man out
side of Helena and the railroad company
ever thinks OF a subsidy. BE men and vote
subsidy No. O-REs-IEs.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-25

i In Province of Cos,illa, Peru. thu
upon the high mountains, which h., WOW
there for time immemorial, has melted ~ msA
ing great damage and distress. s'e'
-Shakespeare's ~favorite flowers wo..,
violet, pansy. and cowslip. 1t is VITA ue
cowslip's bell that Ariel hides, and cow..'
are Titania's prisoners, Oh whose o.n' pps
fairies must hang pearls, and when tha ~. w
of France are desolated, the '.frecklaa ~
slip" does not grow there any more. ana :. '
mole on imogene's breast is "like the cr ~
Sol drops in the bottom of a cowslins "
Paris has had IL poor season this ~.
and is hoping great things from the Frnaa.
ton. Prosperous as she has been sinco 1o-a
a revenue of three milliards is no triHn !.
raise, and this has to be raised f. 49,
Frances expenses. All the world il 90 h.ss
up nowadays that even it Paris be croua.a
the buyers are likely to be compor.tiv,,a
few. 1t is II thing to have money eno,a,
to 90 there, and quite another to have xn,,'
cash to spend there. Sp't
An Arab Of Algiers, claiming to he
French subject, was lately imprisoned win
out sufficient cause in Tangier. Morocco
The French Consul, after procuring his :
lease, demanded that the Pasha i'm command
of the district should call at his house, win
his whole suite and a troop of so ldiers and
apologize for the mans treatment. Tho
Pasha refused to submit to the humiliatio.
The Consul informed him that unless l,e da
so two French men-of-war in the Straits u
Gibraltar would open on the town. IN.
Pasha sent for instruction to the Emperor
who ordered him to make the apology n
the required form, and avoid trouble.
The young Maharajah of Ouch Behar. IN
India, is to take for his wife the eldest daugh.
ter of Keshnb Chunder Sen, the great Hin
doc reformer. The proposed marriage will
mark an epoch in the social history of Indn.
The Maharajah succeeded his father in 1854
and will. when his minority terminates le
is now 16C, reign over a province of 1907
square miles, the residuum of the dominions
of his ancestors, which Mt one time contain.
ed the whole kingdom OF Assam. The
young Prince, it is said, will declare himself
a Brahmo "a pure Tlleist) before the wed.
ding takes place, and no compromise with
%heathenism will occur in the marriage rites.
The chief discovery made by the party
under Capt. Elton in their hazardous jour
ney through the unknown interior of Africa,
north of Lake Nyassa, was that OF an extern
sive range Of mountains, called the Kondi
mountains, from $4,000 to IA, 900 feet high.
On the northern side of the range extends
an elevated plateau seven thousand feet
above the sea level, which descends abrupt.
~ to the valley of the Rufiga river. sThis
discovery is one of the most important that
has recently been made in central Africa. II
is doubtful at present whether the KondI
range is really continuous or not with the
Livingstone chain discovered by Mr.. /. D.
Young Oh the northeastern side OF Lake
Nyassa. the latter trending north and SOUTH
while the Kondi mountains have almost
due east and west direction.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29

JOSH BILLINGs ON Ns.-The best
time tew sett hen IL when the hen
IL ready. I kant tell you what the
best breed IL, but the Shanghigh IL
the meanest. 1t kosts more to board
one than it duz stage-hoss, and you
might az well undertake to fat IAN
ming mill, running oats thru it. There
amt no profit in keeping a hen for his
eggs, if he laze them less than one d
day. Hens are long lived, if they
don't kontract throat disease; there
IL a CRATE menny goes to pot every
year by this mellonkolly disease. I
kant tell eggsactly how to pick out a
good hen, but az general thing the
long cared ones, | kno, are the least
apt to scratch up the garden. Eggs
packed in equal parts Of salt and lime
water, with the other end down, will
keep from so to 40 years, if they are
not disturbed. Fresh beefsteak IL
good for hens; | suppose or lbs.
day would be anvil a hen would need,
at fust along | shall be happee to
advise with you at any time on the
hen question and take pay for my
advice in eggs.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29
Watering and Mulching

Even in the best arranged places
irrigation has generally been looked
upon as a matter of quite secondary
Importance therefor it is hardly to
be expected that cottage gardeners
would realize its full value, though l
believe thatif a good supply Of water
in kitchen or fruit garden could be
easily applied it would double the
produce; yet unless there are facilities
for doing it thoroughly, it would be
better to divert the labor attendant
into channel calculated to mitigate
or counteract the effect of a long
drought. Watering on the surface
only, without giving sufficient TO reach
the main roots, is of very doubtful
utility, even when administered every
evening; bnt fit can only be done
occasionally it is worse than useless,
because it tends to draw the roots to
the surface, and when the water is
withheld they perish have already
referred to deeper culture as a ready
means of enabling vegetables Of all
kinds to withstand drought, and
mulching as a preventative is of the
greatest possible utility. Halfdecay
edmanure is the best material to en-
ploy. as it not only checks evapora-
ton in most efficient manner, but
it also enriches the soil, as every pass.
ing shower carries the ammonia to
the roots of the plants. 1t may
either be spread on the surface about
two iches thick, or where its appear.
ance may be Objectionable, covered
with loose soil. Grass OF litter of
any kind may be usefully applied in
the same way. Whenever it is de-
cided that any crop must be watered
let it be done in the evening and
thoroughly, aud if the surface cannot
be mulched loosen it up with the hoe
the next day. | like to water two
or three evenings in succession, and
then leave the crops unwatered for
two or three days. at the same time
using the hoe freely where mulching
is impossible.-E. Holiday
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST.


A PRoMPr MuLE. A good story
is told of deacon in tennessee, who
was in the habit Of riding bucking
mule-that is a mule that can make
a camel's back of its straight one
and, by spasmodic movement of its
four legs and hump, discharge its
rider like a cannon ball. The other
day he came to the edgeof the worst
mud hole in the State, and the mule
gave unmistakable signs of buckino
Thief good deacon knew that he was
about to be thrown, and his mind
hurried about for a PRAYER. His
table grace came easiest: "Lord for
what we are about receive make us
humbly thankful" he exclaimed, and
the mule had bucked, and he was In
You should take pride in max
ing success of paper devoted to
your own interests.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29

LIGHTING Room BY IT'S WALL
PAPER. Referring to the suggestion
made in Germany that wall paper
could be coated with oxalate Of cop
per, which appears lighter as the
room grows darker, and 0ice cersa the
Manufactured and Builder advances
the idea that room may be made
temporarily self-luminous by similar
means. There are several salts which
absorb light exposed to it, and give
it out afterwards. Among these are
the sulphides ofbarium and strontium
and certain coal tar extracts of the
anthracene series. The best way to
produce the effect would be to employ
a powerful electrice light in the room
for short time, until the wall paper
had acquired its phosphorescent
power, and then cut off the electricity
and admit visitors into the room.
Anything more weird than such an
apartment is scarcely conceivable,
and the experiment would not be ex-
ceedingly costly. 1t might be en-
ployed with surprising effect in the
initiatory performances of secret
society.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29
BLACKBERRY ROOT GOOD FOR
SUMMER COMPLAINT.

We have great faith in a decoction
of fresh blackberry root for loosness
of the bowels. Last summer it cons
pletely cured a severe case of chronic
diarrhea, after the other remedies OF
the best physicians had proved una
va;ling, and invariably cured in many
other cases where it was afterwards
recommended Dig the green roots,
rejecting those that are large. and
woody. Wash thoroughly clean, and
steep in water at the rate of quart
to half pound Of the root. Boil
down one-balt, and then strain or
pour off. Put the liquid in a bottle
with about one eighths its bulk of
brandy. whisky, or alcohol, to keep
It from souring, and cork tight. "A
tablespoonful of this, rather less for
a child, is to be taken three or four
times day, say before each meal.
We ouldnot go from, home especial
" southwark, without taking this prep
aration along. The blackberry bran
dies or cordials are of little account
as remedy for diarrhea. The vir-
tue lies in the roots not in the berries.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29
How a Woman Drives a Hen,

When woman has hen to drive
into the coop, she takes hold of her
hoops with both hands, shakes them
quietly towards the delinquent, and
says Shew, therel" The hen takes
one look at the object to convince
herself that it's woman and then
stalks majestically into the coop in
perfect disgust at the sex. A man
doesn't do that way He goes out
doors and says: "It is singular no
body here can drive hen but me,
and picking up stick of wood, hurls
it at the offending biped, and OBJ
serves: Get in there, you thief p
The hen Immediately looses her rea-
son and dashes to the other end Of
the yard. The man straightway
dashes after her. She comes back
again with her head down, her wings
out and followed by an assortment
of stovewood, fruit cans and clink-
ers, with much putting and very
mad man in the rear. Then she
skins up on the stoop, and under the
barn, and over a fence OF two, and
around the house, and back again to
the coop, and all the while talking as
only an excited hen can talk, and all the
while followed by things convenient
for handling, and a man whose coat
is on the saw buck, and whose hat is
on the ground, and whose perspira-
ton and profanity appear to have
no limit. BY this time the other hens
have come out to take hand in the
debate and help dodge missiles, and
then the man says every hen ON the
place shall be sold in the morning,
and puts on his things and goes down
the street, and the woman dons her
hoops and has every one Of those
hens housed and counted in two min
utes, aud the only sound heard on
the place is the hammering by the
Oldest boy as he mends the broken
pickets.-Ea.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29
THE STRIPED BUG.

Every gardener knows that this is
a most destructive insect among
melon. cucumber and other vines,
sometimes damaging the crop serious
ly. Many remedies have been sug-
gested, some of them no doubt good
i IL osfcf ay, buttroubiesoine Now
we have tried for several years anoth-
er which has proved with us "a com
plete success. Instead of aiming to
drive away the Insects by SCOT, ashes,
sc, we pet it, or rather furnish it with
food better than the young melons
and cucumber plants. We sow
around each hill at the time of each
planting a few radish seed, and com
ing up about the same time, the tops
supply pasture for the bug, which it
much prefers to the vines. Lettuce
will also answer, but the radish is
rather liked the best While our
vines are untouched by making this
little provision for it, the young rad
ish tops are completely perforated
Should this fail, which is seldom the
case, and has never been with us,
sprinkle the vines with a solution of
whale oil soap and water. No other
insect but the curculio can stand this
Where this preparation is not attain
able weak solution Of carbolic disin-
fectant soap will answer as well.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29

- An old citizen in country vii
lage being asked for a subscription
toward repairing the fence of the
graveyard, declined, saying II
subscribe toward improving that
buryin' ground nigh unto forty
years ago, and my family haint had
no benefit from it yet.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-05-29
DeLAND & PARCE,
DeLAND, voIusia Co., Fla.

Offer for sale in alternate lots Of 5 to 10
acres, to parties who wish to improve the
same, portions of the 100 acres known as
the Garfield place. quarter, vsection
well adapted to Orange culturesdGfapes
and otherfruits or vegetables. Lyme mid
way between DeLand and theSt2Johns
river. the highest of the first quahtSroAing
pine lands, it is rarely equalledsinnuality
OF location by any lands in Florida Ger
Also, portions of similar tract of 40
acres, known as the Adams place, at De.
Land, at very reasonable rates.
Also. agents for the sale of real estate in
larger quantities. Having extensive ac-
quaintanee and business relations lat the
North, and numerous inquirers witlsqegard
to real estate in Florida, we offer our SER
vices to those who furnish us with descrip-
ton, and lowest prices withoutdelay.
| Eag coei
Also, contractors for the planting. care
and culture of orange groves and vine
yards ON lands purchased of rssigeaoe
Also, fine stock of choice northern
Grape vines, remarkably healthy and prom
ising including Agawam. Concord HART
ford, Ives, Iona. Llndley, Massasoit, Salem,
&c, all varieties which ripen early and
sell well in the northern markets Prices,
IL cents each, for any number.
| Address, i'4AA
DeLAND q PAR0E,
aug9-tf DeLand, yolusia co., Fla.
EgOrders left at this Office viii receive
careful attention. &B