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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29
ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

An English horticulturist on visit of in.
spection into the French methods of gar.
dening, tells us that nearly every head Of
asparagus is grown to the regulation size,
and has circumference of 81 to 5 inches.
The French growers also take care of the
vegetable after it is cut !; do not, as with us,
leave it exposed to the sun, the wind and
the rain. 1t is, on the contrary, packed in
loose grass, and put in close wicker baskets,
and kept in them at the market until it is
sold, so that its freshness, its flavor and its
crispness are all preserved intact till it ap-
pears on the table. This is very different
from its treatment in our markets, where it
is cut and put in punches, and then bounced
about as if IL were intended for cattle feed
instead of one of the most delicious spring
vegetables that Is grown for the supply OF
the table Colorado Rural Life.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29
BOOSTING PLACES.

Far less attention Is paid to providing
suitable roosting places for fowls and chicks
than is given to host of other and less I'M
portant matters connected with poultry and
poultry houses. We have seen neat, tasty
poultry houses, which appeared, from an
outside view, to be the most comfortable
places fowls could wish for, yet an inspec-
tion Of the inside revealed the roosts from
i've to six feet high, far to high for heavy
fowls. In I'VE olden times,'' when light
bodied fowls were the 60, It did well to let
them roost high, especially as the hen house
was not carefully closed at night to prevent
the visits of predatory rats, weasels and 9TH
er animals with natural relish for chickens
in the rough.-Evenisg Post, Ne0 Fork.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29

hve thousand in the country are now west
OF Ohio. The improvements In trade facili-
ties are marked, too, flour being shipped
now directly from Minneapolis to Liverpool,
and occupying only two weeks in the trans
It. Considering the advantages of the great
West in the way of water supply and fuel,
to say nothing of the soil, it would be en-
tirely out OF the question for the East to
compete with it in wheat production, and
the tendency will naturally be toward the
absorption of the grain interest there
Wells Psychological Journal.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29
AGRICU IT Z RAL.

IT is not safe to rely too much upon one
line of production. Grain has paid largel y
In past years, but 1t is not wise for small
farmers to rely upon it exclusively since
there are so many other branches of hus-
bandry in which the profits are so much
larger. The small operator cannot as a
general thing take advantage of the mar
kers, but must sell whether prices suit or
not hence il is plain that mixed husdandry
is best for him as he will always have some
thing marketable, and will always raise a
crop, if not Of one thing he will OF another,
rs there is no probability that there will be
AN entire failure. A few head of live stock
can be made profitable to any farmer, and
usually afford source Of income without
outlay except the first investment. The
time has arrived when farmer cannot af-
ford to risk failure and should therefore
be OH the alert.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29
THE HOUSEHOLD.

Wash for the Sick.-The following recipe
makes deliciously refreshing wash for an
Invalid, and will relieve headache: Take
large handful each of lavender, sage, mint.
rue wormwood and rosemary; strip the
leaves off and bruise them slightly, and put
into stone jar; pour over them one gallon
strong vinegar; cover tightly, and place
near the fire for week; then strain or the
vinegar; add to it one ounce OF powdered
camphor, bottle and keep tightly corked.
II the face and hands are wetted In it before
exposure to Infection, there will be no dam
ger. It's very aromatic, and If poured into
saucers and kept in sick room it viii
sweeten the air.
To Make hak.--Indian ink pulverized ana
dissolved in water makes good iree-flow-
ing ink-a common cake will make enough
for several small sized bottles. Add Glove
to each bottle.
Sea Sichness.-An adept in ocean travel
urges those who fear seasickness to take 4
ten-grain blue-pill the night before sailing,
and dose of citrate OF lnagnesia the fol-
lowing morning.
Six Pocket handkerchief, and deep blue
factory Gotten will not fade, il dipped in salt
and water while new.
II the a0icks of lamps are stepped in vine-
gar and then well dried, the brilliancy of the
light will be increased ten per cent.
FTuit Chstayd.-Take fresh fruit, such as
peaches, peel. cut them up, ana sweeten
them; and just before they GO to the table
pour the soft custard over them. When any
kind OF frnit is used, omit the favor. Fresh
oranges are very nice prepared IN this man.
ner, and so are many Of the canned SO COM
mon In the market. Stewed apple makes q
popular dish when del!catey favored with
lemon and custard poured over it.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29
cULT1YAT1NG MELONS.

There is no finer fruit. nor more healthy,
than the melon, If 1t only be we'll ripened
and eaten fresh. This is notably true OF the
inuskmelon, and especially so of those finer
grades which are more nearly related to the
Persian family, of which the green-fleshed
nutmeg is best known in our markets. The
middle of May IS early enough to plant be-
tween Al and 42 degrees north; but the best
cnltivators never plant in the open air in this
latitude and north. They prepare sods
three inches thick and six inches square,
scooping out a bowl from each, in which the
seeds are planted. If they are then thor
Oughly soaked in liquid manure, so much
the better. These sods are laid nicely to-
gether in a cold frame, the seeds planted
and covered with two inches of fine COM
post. Here they may grow until about the
first Of June, when they are placed in box
es, loaded into wagon, transferred to the
well-prepared hill, watered, and dry earth
drawn over all, well up the stems. They
will grow right along and give fine melons
two or three weeks before those planted
outside. Whether they be watermelons or
muskmelons, it makes no difference. The
sods hold the roots intact, and the plants
seldom know their removal.
Many good cultivators plant the hills pre-
pared outside as soon as the season will per-
init, in order to kill the cut worms and
striped beetles that appear. These are plant
ed in circle outside where the sod contain
ing the plants are to be placed The insects
will attack these tender plants in preference
to the stronger ones, and thus the trans
plants are LETT intact. Should any disaster
happen to an occasional hill transplanted.
the outside plants may take their place, and
will produce melons somewhat later.
When l.'ge field is to be cultivated, it is
good plan to plow the land to correspond
to the width of the rows wanted. The same
rule we have given will apply to cucumbers
and squashes. Cncumbers in field culture
may be 6 feet apart, muskmelons or s, wat
ermelons 10, and squash II feet apart. In
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29
REGIONS OF WHEAT PRODUCTION.

NO changes which have occurred in the
agricultural relations Of our country are
more marked than those in connection with
wheat. Thirty years ago New York and
Pennsylvania were distinguished for their
large crops Of wheat. The report of the
Commissioner of agriculture for 1914 shows
that New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
produced nearly one-half of the total wheat
crop of that year. Ohio then led New York
by nearly one million bushels; the whole
quantity produced by the three states being
forty-one millions. In 1870 Illinois took the
lead, showing a product of thirty million
bushels, and Iowa and Minnesota have STEP
ped toward the front rank as great wheat
fields. Now the wheat crop of Minnesota is
greater than that of the New England states,
New York and Pennsylvania combined.
The changing in the wheat-growing areas
have been followed by changes in the loca-
ton of the milling interests. This is what
would be reasonably expected. The causes
which have brought about these changes are
found mainly in deterioration of the soil OF
the older states, making it Improbable for
Wheat-growing, and the increase of popula-
ton, which has turned the attention of the
Inhabitants mainly to manufacturing indus
tries. Besides, as fast as the soil has become
exhausted it has been abandoned or devoted
to some other crops. Wheat producers have
sought to obtain their crops at the smallest
expenditure of labor and of manure and
there being an abundance Of land OF rich
and virgin character In Western states they
have gone thither. The rapid exhaustion
which has taken place in the wheat soil can
be seen in the fact that twenty-five years
ago New York lands which produced forty
bushels to the acre now yield scarcely one
halt their former crops, and that only by
fertilizing. The same can be said of Penn
sylvania and Ohio. In 1870 Pennsylvania
had three thousand flour mills, the largest
number III any one state; New York came
next with two thousand; then the New
England states with nearly the same num-
Der. Since 1870 the milling interests have
grown and flourished bestin Illinois and the
Northwestern states. Over two thousand
flour mills have been erected in Illinois, Wis
consin, Iowa and Minnesota. The total
number of mills in those states now is near
ly five thousand. More than half the twenty
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29

Ducks are distinguished by the same
means, but there is the difference that a
duckling's bill is much longer in proportion
to the breadth of the head than the old
ducks Weekly Globe.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-05-29
DUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
r. n. SUTH ERLIN,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

The ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN is designed
TO be, as the name indicates, husbandman in every
, sense OF the term embracing in its columns every
culture. Social and Domestic Economy.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06
THE WATERWORks.

We had an agreeable interview yesterday
with Mr.. Ed. Toby, the president OF the
Waterworks Company, at his office In the
Masonic Hall building. The subject was the
progress of the efforts of the company to
carry to successful end their project OF i'm
proving our waterworks system. Mr.. Toby
said during the conversation that on the fif-
tenth of this month, when the bid for Water
works bonds were sent in and opened, he
would be able to peak more intelligently OF
the improvements. The sum Immediately
required did not amount to more than
$50, 1000, and the interest which everybody in
New Orleans had In securing full and free
supply of water, and the guarantee offered to
moneyed men and corporations were assur-
ances that the bonds offered would be taken
up readily. During the first year that the
company had been In possession of the works
a much larger sum had been collected for
water rents than for many years before for the
same period, and the expenses OF running the
works had been lessened by $4,000 year,
an item Of considerable Importance to the
stockholders.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06
FRANKLIN's STATUE.

The proposition to remove the statue OF
BENJAMIN Franklin from its solitary and
desafnI nositsor n the centre ~ LAFAYETTE
Square to corner In the City Library, al
though rumored for some time was made Of
eoioIIv Of tho meeting of the CounciI on
o'oy ~ .,.,,',. s,.,,,,~.. .ho,,t a COZ
TUESDAY, OUT "iIiout oLinsMas @oeu' D"S
isfactory conclusion. The Integrity OF the
ANATOMY Of the distinguished statesman and
nhijnaonher has excited the attention OF our
eitv fathers. since one Of them discovered
in n drawer of the Mayors desk the thumb
81 the left hand OF the statue, the amuputa-
zion Of which dates several years back al
ready. Turning to dreams OF philosophy
himaeif the worthy administrator Thought
that II was sacriIepious indeed. that, after
being dead SO many years, the man
who had realized the Ajaxian legend, should
find his limbs at the mercy OF schoolboys to
whom he has SO often been held up an as ex-
emplar Of ali that is wise and mild But In the
DAYS OF Franklin base ball had not yet become
the Irrational game" The Mayor, when the
subject had been discussed to some extent,
biurted out, patfioticaily, that one OF two
things had to Be done-either Franklin had to
be drawn In under cover, or the schoolboys
had to stop playing base bail on the square
This alternative suggested by the Mayor
would doubtless, In Franklfn,S time, have
shocked the old gentleman, whose fondness
for children we were taught to believe Ia
our youth. but glance Shrough the
windows OF the Council ChamDer toward tne
centre OF the square lndlcated Ipe aDSoiuIe
absence OF q PhydiaS or Pygmahon from Ine
vicinity OF the statue, which was deploraply
inanimate and seemed to be penslvsly biting
his thumb-hguratively, Ior, as We nave
already sald, tnat lmpoItaht portion oi Ills
hand was DeyCnd MS reacn;
Here was dilemma. Administrator Hous-
ton came to the rescue, 1ortunately, py sug
geStlDg tnaC the maCCef was not oue Vi press
lng mecssi.y atac v vi. than If was
go,ne iai l;ahsa ~ 1yas taLan ont If navgn
~, ! anntla;ynan IF this city who had donated
NJ oit;nos r. Nav 6rleane IN condition
W s ~ ,,nie,uaIitv " aboud finnish anti
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06

Talk with Some Of Them, Together
With Few Remarks from
Chief ROWAN.


The police force is considerably excited over
the fact that Mayor Patton has ordered an
inspection Of them by the City Physician
They are under the impression that all men
who are not certain height will be put off
and substitutes appointed; this, consequently,
has had very demoralizing effect, and the
men are not keeping up to their proper
standard. Some have gone so far as to call
on lawyers to see If, after they have been
duly appointed, they can be put off on this
pretext, which they consider frivilous one.
Chief Boylan, In a conversation with a
DEMOCRAT reporter, stated that his idea OF
the inspection was simply to get rid OF those
men who were physically unable to perform
police duty, and the physical disability con-
sisted In deafness, blindness, weakness, etc.
The chief also said that some Of his small
men on the force made much better officers
than some of the large ones.
In the same conversation he expressed the
opinion that he did not see how he would be
able to patrol the city properly after the force
property; that when the force was cut down
TO 300 men fifty-five Of them would have to &C
to make up the details, which would only
leave him 245 men to patrol this city, which
includes an area Of $50 square miles.
AS it is now, a patroln an has from two tx
one man is capable of attending to properly
the distance from one end of his beat to the
other on one street being fully mile. To
gether with this, the police have not only
fires, burglars and sneak-thieves to look after
but four thousand tramps who nightly roam
about the city trying to see what dwelling
they can step into or what man they car
hold up and rob.
The police are held responsible for all this
but have not been fully paid since July.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06
MEETING OF RAILROAD MANAGERS.

A conference of superintendent and man
ayers OF Southern railroad lines was held at
the st. Charles Hotel yesterday at IL o'clock,
In parlor B. The object OF the meeting was
to consider and devise plans for the inter-
change OF passenger business between the
Southwest and Southeast, and to confer on
other matters connected with the passenger
traffic. Thefol!owing representatives OF lines
In interest were In attendance:
TN. r. TALBOT, superintendent, and ]. r.
Macmurdo, general passenger agent OF the
Richmond and Da AWHILE hailroaa. and
Houston, general passenger agent, Atlanta
and Charlotte Air Lime.
IL. r Grant, superintendent, Atlanta and
West Point Railroad.
Georgia Railroad and Backing Company.
Cecil Gabbett, president, and s. ID. Hub
bard, general passenger agent, Western BALL
road of Alabama.
A. J. Lane. president. and 7. P. Wells, gen
erai ticket agent, Montgomery and Eufauia
6. P. Atmore, general passenger agent,
South and North Alabama Railroad:
Jas. A. Raynors trustee New Orleans and
Mobile Railroad.
b. w. Wrenn, general passenger agent,
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
&C. Moore, general southern agent, Viz
ginia Midland Railroad.
Geo. Mason, general passenger agent, Mo-
bile and Montgomery Railroad.
Virgil Powers, general commissioner oil
Southern Railroad and Steamship Associa-
tion.
Mr. Powers was elected chairman, and Geo
Mason, ESQ, secretary
The conference after transacting business
OF considerable Importance connected with
the objects of the meeting, adjourned until
O'Clock this morning.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06

A Fishing smack sunk by q steamboat.

A Fishing Smack sunk by q steamboat.
Yesterday morning James Ordes and Mar
cello Lacheco called on Sergeant Gribert, OF
the Seventh Precinct, and stated that at 6
o'clock, while en- route to the city In q sail
boat, in company with Alexander and Vincent
Ordes, father and brother Of James Ordes,
when opposite Bellecastle street, their sailboat
was run into by a sternwheel craft bound up
the river, and before they could reach the
bank the sailboat sunk and Vincent and Alex
ander Ordes were drowned. Themselves be-
ing good swimmers they succeeded In reach
ing the shore.
The two men then went on to say that at
the time OF the collision their sailboat was
loaded with fish for this market, and they
were bound down the river; that they had
come from Grand Lake, via Company Canal.
When they reached Bellecaste street and
noticed the steamboat making for them, and
feeling, they were In perilous position, they
halloed to the officers OF the boat, and find
ing that this did not attract those on board
they gave numerous signals with their lamp.
Seeing that the steamer still continued in
the same course, and feeling that they could
not cross her bow In time, they steered for the
shore. By so doing they not only had the
steamboat on their right, but a lot OF coal
barges on their left In making this attempt
the unfortunate little craft was crushed be-
tween the steamboat and barges.
AS the collision was about to occur, the four
men jumped overheard and left the boat to Its
fate. James Ordes and Marcello Lacheco
reached shore, but Ordes' father and brother
were drawn under the barges by the eddy
and drowned. Lacheco succeeded In reaching
the Shore but had not q couple OF persons
assisted him In getting on the bank he also
would have drowned, even after getting to
land.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06
THOSE INQUIsITORs.
CustOm-House Employees rs Grand
Jurors.

Custom-H0use Employees as Grand
Jurors.
For some days past there has been a whis-
pered rumor to the effect that a number Of
the members OF the United States grand
jury, which has been 50 rapidly turning out
indictments against some Of the best citizens
of Louisiana, were on the Custom-H House pay
rolls. 1t was found a very difficult matter to
get at the truth or falsity of these reports,
but from careful investigation sufficient has
been CLEANED to warrant the statement that a
number of the grand jurors are drawing pay
either under their own or on assumed names.
It is notorious fact that several Of them
were already employed in the various depart
ments of the Custom House before they were
placed on the jury, and this taken in connec-
ton with the previously recorded fact, that
others have since become members of that
BODY, being placed on the rolls has de-
cidedly significant and bad look.
In connection with this matter, there Is
another rumor current to the effect that In
addition to those already provided for other
members thave been promised places in the
building, the fulfillment OF the promises be-
ing made conditional on their good behavior
while acting as inquisitors.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06
A Hard Citizen.

c.. Mason, alias G. A. Marsh, alias 1, b
Allen, alias G. D. Eddison, was arrested H.
Aid b. A. Mcbonogh and Special Caster ag N
arraigned before Judge Sheehan on thech ARA
of being dangerous and suspicious per,s%
without any visible means OF support "a
liable at any time to commit a breach of sha
peace If allowed to roam at large On tkis
charge Judge Sheehan remanded the priaonaass
to the Parish Prison In default Of $500 Al.
pearance bonds.
No one knows the accused, not even in
police. How he came here, where be cans
from, or what he intends doing in the Crescent
City, is also mystery. The supDositier 4
that he and his female friend, whom Ia s i.
legged was his wife. but who. 1t has since ben
learned, Is not his wife, fioated down here an =
block OF Ice during the cold weather Thew
went to one OF the largest hotels and reala.
tered themselves as man and wife.
The number of names the accused venf
under gave rise to suspicion, and be va
pulled to prevent him from getting into nil.
chief. When he makes his second appearance
before Judge Sheehan and cannot prove 4
good record he stands beautiful chance oi
soiourning In New Orleans for thirty days Il
the expense of the city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06
MUNICIPAL.


The officers OF the Departments OF Ac-
counts and Finance are arranging matters In
order to settle, during the week, the salaries
for the month Of January of the labor roll,
the recorders courts roll and the police roll.
The roll OF the recorders courts will be paid
to-day, the labor roll on Friday and the police
on Saturday, probably at night, because the
school teachers roll will have to be paid our
ing the day.
Properly, the police roll should be paid frsS
Of the three rolls first mentioned. but mas
much as the roll was not sent from the Office
of the chief OF police to the Administrator Oh
Police until yesterday, the order had to be
changed on the plausible ground that since
there was money In the TREASURY to pay every
body daring the week 1t would be unfair to
make the recorders, officers and laborers wait
until the,rolls OF the police had been exam
ined bv Administrator Mealey and the
Mayor. This was being done Yesterday. By
the way. it Is thought at the Hall that the
chief OF police might display little more
activity in sending his rolls tothe Department
of Police where some time must necessarily
be spent la examining them.