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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20

put large handful of hen manure, or about
one-fifth as much phosphate. The Wyman,
too, was total failure. The heads seemed
diseased; they would grow to q reasonable
size; not very hard, but rather soft; and
would commence rotting on the stump be-
fore the head was fit to use. did not get
five per cent. OF good heads from the Wy
man. There was no question about the fer
tility of the soil. Next was the Early Sum
mer (Henderson's). This cabbage may do
we'll in warm climate; it makes a fine
looking head quite round and reasonably
bard. There was some doubt in my mind
about the fertility of the piece where this
sort grew. The Stonemason did not do well
for me, and find by talking to gardeners
around here that neither the Stonemason or
Wyman seems to head well. The Flat
Dutch is reasonably good cabbage, but
may do better with me another year under
more favorable circumstances. Last and
best comes Fottler's. put this out at the
same time did the previously mentioned
sorts, and it was but little behind them in
point of eariness, and in quality it was
extra good. Too much can hardly be said
in its favor. TO say the least think lost
800 the last season by difference in variety
Of cabbages. The first load of Fcttler's
cabbages took to Cory was Sept. A. My
customers said they were the incest cabbages
they ever saw. They asked what made
them so heavy; it seemed as if they were
full of stones. They were the finest in fla
vorI ever saw. sold at two cents per
pound. Imagine one of IS pounds, and not
q very large one either! One popularity
aRa1it them that | noticed was that however
large or small, they were sure to be hard
and healthy and not one do remember as
being lousy.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20

2046 pounds in the Russian No. 5--a differ
son. A bushel of Clawson wheat requires
for its growth 03 pounds Of soda and pot
ash /; btlshel of the Russian No. 5 requires
l73 pounds OF the same elements, or, in
other words, a crop of 50 bushels of Claw
son is 10 more exhaustive to the soil than is
crop of 20 bushels of the Russian wheat
A few of the Russian varieties, (the seed of
which was received from one of the agricul-
tural schools of Russia). promise we'll and
may produce something of value when they
have become acclimatized. They are near
ly all characterized by very long heads and
heavy straw. The Oregon varieties seem
quite untitled for our hot, dry climate. The
English sorts, Chidham, Lammas, Hert's
White, etc. are also very poor.
Quite number of varieties of wheat were
tested during the past year at the Michigan
Agricultural college. The yield per acre
was as follows for some OF the leading yari-
cites: Shumaker, 40.S bushels; Fultz, 35.5
bushels; Michigan Wick, 36.8S bushels );
jennings white, 81 bushels; Clawson, 24.SS
bushels; Mediterranean, PASS bushels;
Muskngum, 25.5 bushels; Treadwell, 23.8
bushels; Delhi, 1873 bushels; Arnold's
Gold Medal, % bushels; Arnold's Hybrid,
(red), 30.1 bushels. The remaining varie-
ties varied in yield from 0.85 bushels to 20
bushels, but most of them below 10 bushels,
results which very nearly agree with those
secured at the state farm. The trial of all
these and some other varieties will be con-
tinued another year, and the next report
will give the results Of the two tests. The
results Of this trial should not be taken as
being anything more than all indication OF
what may be the best varieties, as the sue
cess Of any farm crop depends upon so many
attendant circumstances, the amount Of rain
at different times, the severity of the wealth
er and many other matters. which it is i'm
possible to provide for, that several trials
must be had before reliable calculations can
be nlade.-.S. Louis HITLER.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20
AC1 leu I, 7 7 RAI,.

WE would urge our farmers, and espec-
tally those who are not well enough fixed
to lose one season, not to devote themselves
too exclusively to any particular branch of
husbandry, as mixed husbandry is surest.
and taken one year with another, pays best.
The prospect is that we are to have splen-
did grain season. But little trouble is an
ticipated from grasshoppers, and those who
SOW will in all probability reap largely. Tt
is also fair to presume that prices, though
perhaps less than are realized at present,
will he good. Should such prove true, grain
raising would perhaps pay best, but the
wisest predictions often fail, and for fear
this might be one of the instances, we think
it would be best to diversity the crop as
much as possible.
The profits Of farming are small, but men
prefer to follow it on account of its certain
ty. If then we would follow q calling for
this reason, it is certainly logical to pursue
the safest course known to that calling. One
OF the principal aims Of the farmer should
be to make his farm self-sustaining-pro
duce all the necessaries Of life as far as pos
sble-it gives him independence. The
greater the variety the better this is accom-
plished.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20
CULTURE 0F EARLY CABBAGE.

Frequently learn as much from a failure
of mime, or Of friend, as fronl success.
Experience is a rapid and thorough teacher.
Last April l put out 6.00O early cabbage
plants on sandy loan, previously enriched
at the rate Of rs loads Of stable manure to
the acre. This manure, after lying in heaps
two weeks, was spread and plowed under.
The plants, after starting, seemed to do
well for few weeks, butby the last Of Nav
the ravages Of the little white maggot were
so destructive that the whole piece was
failure and had to be piowed up and again
SET | supposed these maggots were the
product OF the May fly. as some call them.
which had laid their eggs in the manure
heaps before they We're plowed under; but
the New York Times, in reply to an inquiry
OF mine, said they We're the product of 3
regular cabbage fly, and that nothing but
sludge acid in phosphate would extirpate
them | noticed letter elsewhere. from
New Jersey, stating that all their early cab
bages and caulfloWers were DESTROYED in
the same way, the insects eating all the bark
off the stump below ground, going through
1t, and eating all the roots off. Icould hard
" understand this, because plants that put
out in May were not troubled as much as
the earlier ones. ] will ask here Ito be an
swered by some Of the readers of this letter
having had similar experence) how to es-
cape these insects another year.
set six varieties Of early cabdages. lam
now speaking of the second planting, which
was on the Sd of May. The Early Hork
proved almost total failure. From .OOO
plants l obtained less than 100 heads that
weighed two pounds, and many OF the re-
mainder did not head at all, and some of
them were no larger than goose eggs. Some
OF the plants were fertlized with Buffalo
phosphates and some with hen manure.
could see no difference in the crop where |
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20
NO. 18.

wards Him who giyeth rain and fruitful sea-
sons. 1t curbs inordinate ambitions, by
yielding moderate remuneration for toll.
while at the same time it imparts feeling
OF quiet confidence in the future, from the
declaration that while the world stands seed
time and harvest shall not cease. The youne
man brought up to till the soil begins to feel
gradually that the rewards of his toll are
proportioned to his labor. and this imparts
by degrees aspirit of self-reliance, which
begets independence, and an amount of in
dustrions activity worth more to that young
man IN his after conflicts with the world
than the Inheritance Of unearned thousands.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20
GARDEN PEAS.

At this season of the year there are a great
deal of trimmings and prunings which come
in we'll for pea sticks if only thought of in
time. Of late years it has been thought too
much trouble to look after these things. and
to foster this feeling the seed men have in
trodtlced dwaris and other varieties which
need no stalking they say; but which never
bear half as much as those which are pro
v;ded with these aids to the young pea in
its efforts to get on in the world. The idea
also that peas need no stalking prevails be-
cause those who grow them for market let
them trail on the ground as they will But
this is only because it suits their particular
style of culture best, and not because it will
yield the most peas. Besides if this We're
not the case it would be hardly possible to
get sticks Or labor enough to cover acres of
ground.
1t may be as well to remark that in pea
culture it is an important element of success
to get them in the ground early. They are
tolerably hardy. A little frost will not hurt
them. and they like to get well on before
eaiS ""i la WCtets'Ci CoiiicS' IHuceu tiiC Pea
does not like warm weather. 1t is native
ofcool climates, and as soon as hot and dry
weather comes it gets mildewed or other
wise diseased. The best playground is
therefore cool strong soil, and if the pea
stakes can be provided, so that the luxnri
ant growth will not close in and sutfocate
all together, good well-decomposed manure
helps the crop wonderfully. The best writ
ers on garden vegetables claim that for peas
it is best to have the ground well-manured
the year before the crop is sown, so as to
have it we'll decayed, as rank manure makes
more foliage and less peas, while well de-
composed manure seems to help the seed
more.--G Germantown Telegraph.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20

FROM report OF comparative experiments
with wheat, on the farm of the Missouri
Agricultural college at Columbia, during
the year 1873, conducted under the super
vision of Prof Tracy, we learn some inter-
esting facts. Sixty-one varieties were sown.
Twelve varieties, the seed OF which came
from Russia and Oregon, were entirely win
fer-kllled. One variety, the Rough Chat, :"
was ruined by rust, and the. remaining for
ty-eght varieties gave various results. The
average weight per bushel of these forty
eight varieties was SCI pounds, tile average
yield Of bushels per acre was 1885, and the
average weight of straw per acre 2,84O
pounds. The land on which the wheat was
sown was clayey loan, sloping to the
south. Oats were grown on the land in 1878
and corn thereon in 1876. No manure had
been applied for several years. but the land
was subsoiled in 1876. In September, 1877.
the land was plowed ten inches deep, thor
oughly pulverized with the harrow and clod
crusher, and the wheat sowed with a drill
on September 10Th, at the rate Of IL bushels
TO the acre. The time of ripening varied
from June Sth to July 3d. The largest
number of the varieties, yielding more than
20 bushels per acre, ripened between the
18th and 2lst of June, indicating that the
most profitable sorts are neither tho earliest
nor the latest. A valuable result of the ex-
periments was the finding of what weight
OF straw there was to each bushel of grain,
as the straw takes a large amount of nutri-
tlons matter from the soil and is of compar-
atlvely little value to the cnltivator. In
those varieties yielding 20 or more bushels
per acre, the amount of straw per bnshel
varied from S6.4 pounds in the Clawson to
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20

THE. HOUSEHOLD.
MAKING SOAP

hIOsl people IN the country prefer home
made soap. They have the.fat necessary i'm
the shape Of refuse lard, tallow, bacon skins,
ETC., and the potash of soda can be easily
obtained for use with much less labor than
formerly required when the potash had to
be extracted from the pile of wood-ashes at
home. Where wood is used tor fuel this is
still DONE
If one hssno homemade lye, buy caustie
soda--you can get it at any apothecary's if
nowhere else-and use it il. this way: For
hard soap take one pound of caustic soda,
three pounds of fat, or five or SIX pounds of
ordinary soap fat, and three gallons of wa
ter; put all together in a kettle over the
fire and boil, adding three or four hanlfuls
of salt before the boiling is quite finished;
from three to four hours boiling is neces-
sary. The experienced soap-boiler will
know by its appearance when it has boiled
enough. The novice will soon learn.
! Where caustic soda cannot be obtained
get common washing or sal-soda, and by
the addition Of lime make it caustic, after
the following plan, which is the one gener-
ally in use at the present, and which makes
an excellent soap Take six pounds OF
washing soda and three pounds Of fresh.
unslacked lime; place together in any wa
ter-tight vessel-an iron kettle is best-and
pour on two gallons Of boiling water; stir
occasionally until the lime is Stacked and
the soda dissolved, then allow it to settle.
Take the clean I've from the top and pour it
Oh the fat-of which three pounds common
scrapings are to be talSen-and commence
boiling then add another gallon of water
to the settings of the soda and lime, STIR
ring as before. This I've is then to be added
to the other while boiling; also throw in
about six single handfuls of salt about half
an hour before it is done boiling. Boil two
hours
Without the salt either of these methods
will makea semi-soft soap; but for real
soft soap potash must be used. This you
can buy for the purpose; or, if you prefer.
extract from wood-ashes by s1alply mixing
q little fresh lime with them and pouring OIL
water. An old barrel or tub will do to hold
them, il there is a hole in the bottom for the
liquid to drain out. The ash-hoppers form
erly used tor this purpose are yet standing
alongside of some outhouses on many farms.
but seldom used now.
For toilet purposes q soap made with 4
vegetable oil is to be preferred
palm or cocoa-rather than those highly
perfumed, but Which are sometimes made
from the most impure materials If per
funed soap is wanted the common soap
above can be melted, and perfume of any
desired kind can be added; but it will be
rather strong for delicate skins, and CASTLE
is much to be preferred.
Soap-making need no longer be dreaded
BY the women to whose lot it falls, as. by
the methods we have given, as well as other
similar ones, all the soap needed in u family
for six months can be easily made III IL sin
gle day.
1t is sometimes said that the home-tnade
soap costs more than it could be bought for.
Perhaps it does but then you have the SAT-
lsfaction Of knowing from What it is made.
-Kst7uI Press.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20

PURSUED with intelligent industry, agri-
culture affords larger number of high ;td-
vantaees than any other occupatcn OF hui
man life; it strengthens the body. invigor-
ates the mind; and while it refines the sen
timents, it pnrfies the heart by compelling
it to look upward for reliance and help to-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-03-20
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sense Of the term, embracing in its columns every
department of Agriculture, Stock-raei!-g, Horti-
culture, Social and Domestic Economy.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-08
CREAM OF THE NEWS.
Gathered from Our Dispatches,

committed suicide 10y hanging, in Chi.
cago, yesterday.
Official information has been received
at the State Department that the Ger
man government il inclined to modify
the position taken by il against silver
and is willing to discuss with the United
States steps looking the adoption inter
nationally Of the .bi-metalic standard.
W. X. Miller Of Harrisburg, Pa, was
shot dead yesterday, by Samuel Al
bright, OF Montgomery's Ferry, ut New
port, Pa. Both were paying attention
TO the same woman, and met at her
house.
4 letter from Abyssiina states that
the treaty OF peace between King John,
of Abyssiania, and the khedive, oi
Egypt, has been signed.
C.E. Molterhas been arrested at Man
nington, charged with being concerned
in the recent outrage there.
The State Department anticipates no
trouble from the Darien canal project.
Serious charges OF misconduct in OF.
flee have been made against General
Tyler, by u. +. Mathews, late general
delivery clerk.
At Martha's Vineyard, yesterday
Henry Rhinebeck, Of Pittsburgh, dive
from the bathing landing and had his
neck broken by striking the bottom.
There were twenty-four new cases oI
fever in Memphis, yesterday, and five
deaths. The marked increase in the
number of new cases indicates that the
| fever is spreading.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-08
THE FEVER.
The Situation at Memphis.

MEMPHIS, August ELEVEN new cases
were reported to the Board OF Health
this morning, seven of whom are colored.
The whites are Mike DOwner, John
Swan, T. Nj. Tigh and Miss Amelia Her
man. Two deaths have occurred since
last night, Mike Ilally and LeOmie
Cherat, prescriptionist at Montrath's S
drug store, Beal street. Mrs. 7, NJ. Tigh
is also down with the fever at her resi-
dence on Walker avenue. Ed. Moon is
still alive. Weather sultry. \ heavy
storm prevailed last night to the north
of Memphis and light shower fell i'll
the city near daylight.
MEMPHIS, August 7.-Twenty-nine
cases in all, including five mentioned in
these dispatches last night, were re-
ported to the Board OF Health for the
twenty-iour hours ending at o'clock +.
NJ. Nineteen OF these were cOlored.
Among the whites reported this alter
noon were Il. +. Webb, Lizzie Gatchell,
and Lille Todd. Three additional
deaths have occurred-kate Holly, Fred
Hollard and Jessie Heard .(cOlored).
This is a marked increase in the num-
Der OF new cases, plainly indicating that
the fever is rapidly spreading. The
Howard Association to-day assigned p
additional nurses to duty. Their daily
expenses now aggregate nearly
$500. f. ID. Moons condi-
ton tonight is more favorable
than last night. Il. f.. Webb is in Il
critical condition. Mrs. FlaggS and the
remaining two of her children were pros
trated this afternoon. Their cases will
be reported tomorrow. The entire
ffiRa'R%ihbywlplrtber erdq9as Jour children are
Commencing with tomorrow, semi
weekly mail will be received and sent to
Grenada, Miss, via the Mississippi ana
Tennessee railroad.
1t rained heavily this afternoon
Another storm from the south is threat
ened.
The Committee OF Safety sent a circu-
lar letter to absent Memphians in other
cities asking their assistance toward
supporting the poor now in camps.
New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, August THE Board
of Health tonight adopted the follow
ing:
Rcsoired, That there is not now a sin
Gle case of yellow fever in the city or
environs OF New Orleans; that in the
opinion of the Board, cOncurrcd In by
the entire medical profession of this city,
there is no danger OF an epidemic rising
this summer from the past or future
cases should such occur. The grave
danger to be apprehended from an in
PRODUCTION of foreign cases the Board OF
Health is determined to avert by the
strictest and most unremitting vigilance.
The above resolution is preceded by a
declaration that the city is entirely
free from contagious disease, and sug
costing that the quarantine against New
Orleans be removed. The Board grant
ed DR.. Chappin leave OF absence until
he RECEIVERS his health. Information
has been received that the quarantines
against New Orleans have been removed
by Grenada, Miss, and other points on
the jackson road.