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MASON'S RANCH.

n The proprietor iaforas Tive publle generally
that lie is prrpalsa 10 rerslse snI accommodate
travellers. AVID 10 supply passing traits " herds
of sHlmala wlth water.
Ths l. the only watering place between the Rio
Grandr and Fark Cummings. AlwAys have an
ai,nndarcr ~ water W hand, phrh viii furnish
At re eaas,nslle rates.
My sahis win he kept Supplied with the beat
Abe market niIOFda.
Ihsse pleasant and comfortable Eooms ftFnsahed
~viih rtras l,rsls Eor the uee og tFayeisrK. Alse
comfortable and secure stililing for animals. |
slways keep good supplysns bay sud sruln 90
hand
Travellers will and ~ my place everything re
aulsle u supply their wants ard add 10 their entu
sgt, py Charges viii nos be found unreasonable
r. S. Mason.
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Travellers, Attention!

X s. NasoS has pafchaNed the pIace here
toGore knows as Slscnms Ranche. siia4ied .
miles vest ot Mrsiiia, the road to Silver City
aud the ~cst, and the sasae will hereafter be
knnwu as
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SaIseynr. Lincoln. HReoin ceanty. New Aexiea.
peei4I atte..tloa given 10 The Surveying and In
eaiiag OF a;oserunent Lands All business with the
us Land uEiees promlaly atsenied To-
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ORI.A ). CASAn.

Attorney and Counselor n LAW, MEsiiLA y, "
VIA prAesIee In all Courts Of Law and EQUITY in
Iae TerIsoFy. sperAI altensiOa Eiven to Collections
tsf1ec vita The ISDEPENnkNf.
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FeHS N. GISN.

Atspraey at Law Silver Cty. GeaHt County. New
Hexiea viii fzsssiee in al the c.arts Of Law and
Equity IA New Msneo. Promy' attention given 10
all bHxia.SS
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DE SHIELD.

Attorney al Eax. Las Vegas. New Mexico.
Win practice III the DisIEist aud supreme Courts Of
the TerIRery Especial attention given to IAlai and
cnainai IitIssrioa.
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Attorneys AZ IaN. SsHte Fl. NeN Mexico.
viii practice in all Ire CeaFts u Las and Equity
In tte Tertiary. business uroInr,Iy attendei Ia
One member ef the Firm always to he iound ai the
sg1lee in santa Fe.
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4Isorpry At law. Messlls. New SieAioe. PraesisrS
a al the Ceurts II Isw and Equity inibe Territory
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Frvsnia attention hlssM i. al lssiless sassrustes
40 his care Prar,ises u al ~. teais II Las an,
Eqplty is NsN Aexicc
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Truth's stranger than fiction
God helps 'lAase who help ,hemselvs.
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Nj A. UrsoN.
Notary PuhlIe. Land Ageni and conyeyancer.
Rqsw ELL LfNcos CouNTY, NKw MEXICO.
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Professional Cards.
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Atlpraey Al LN~ Silver fits. Grant Coan;y New
Mexsro. Rli practice IN all ihe Courts oi I=sw and
Eqsify IN the Third Judicial Dis,urf
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XHyM r JONES
Attorney At Law. MesiIla. Ne~ NeNico.
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JOHN D. rnt- ~. AsuESEELIER-
DAIL& AsHENfELTER
1tloraeys 4,-isw, Msslla Sew NeAico
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE is
very evident from the feeling exhibited by
those who have the agricultural interests
OF Massachusetts, at heart, either that the
State Board of Agriculture should be abol-
ished and the department be managed by
some single competent executive official
who could bring industry and enthusiasm
to his work, or that the present board
should exhibit some vitality, and some
desire to further the important interests
they are elected to promote. The agricul-
ture of Massachusetts is receiving no
stimulus or benefit from these dignificd
officials, n majority of whom simply serve
as tigure-heads on the Board of Agriculture.
Either the state does not need them, or
they should at least manifest good inten-
tions, and exhibit some interest in the
cause. In this connection Hon. i. w.
Bird in our independent contempory, the
Herald says: Whatever is done or left
undone, the two sinecures, viz, the offices
of the secretary of the Board of Agricul.
ture and his clerk, ought TO be closed.
Nearly the entire work of these two offices
consists in the compilation of II big volume
every year, made up from the reports of
county and other societies, ESSAYS, address
es, etc, the printing of which costs from
$4,000 to $4,000 Il year; and the work
in which, if it be necessary to publish
book, which experience shows will not sell
to any extent, even when offered ut cost,
can be done by competent female clerk
in the Office of the secretary of state in two
or three months of easy work. "-Amcytcan
Cultiuat0r.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

SHEEP LIVING WITHOUT WATER.-The
Lebanon (Penn.) Courier prints the fol-
lowing extract from Stehman Forney, of
the United States coast survey, dated on
the Island of San Clement, in the Pacific,
December l, 1873:
:" am at present engaged in making Il
survey of San Clement Island. 1t is forty
miles from the mainland, and is twenty
two miles in length and two miles wide
1t is wild, dreary place. with no water
on it, except in immense natural tanks,
which are so deep and precipitous that the
water in them is inaccessible. trans
port the water for my men and horses
from the mainland. There is no wood,
either, on the island, which is of volcanic
formation, and composed of lava and con-
glomerate. The top of the island is covered
with an abundance of grass, which sus-
tains about ten thousand sheep, and,
strange to say, they live, grow very fat,
and are very profitable to their owners,
and yet in the summer season get no wa
ter except in the form of dew or on the
grass. There, is. however, peculiar
plant on the island, called the ice plant,
which is filled with moisture, and is eaten
by the sheep to quench their thirst. They
are very fat and make the finest mutton |
have ever eaten"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

DAIRY DoTs.-The assumed yield of
four hundred and fifty gallons per annum
for each COW in the country, in the ever
glades of Florida and on the plains of
Texas as well as in the best dairy districts,
is utterly preposterous. While there are
Il few extra mixers yielding twice the av-
erage yield, no man of judgment can
place the average of New York much
above four hundred and seventy-live gal
Ions. A few of the best dairy states may
average four hundred and fifty gallons
per COW; others, in which dairying is an
interest of some prominence, probably
four hundred gallons; the middle belt of
states scarcely three hundred gallons; the
cotton belt less than two hundred gallons
actually obtained from each animal desig-
mated COW; and the true average for the
whole country would not probably exceed
three hundred and twenty-five gallons
J. r. Dodge, in NeW YORK. Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

Toll AND BE HAPPY.-The Christian y,
Work thinks Ruskin never said n trnor
thing than this: If you want knowledge
you. must toll for it; if food, you must toiI
for it; and if pleasure. you must toll f,r
it, Toll is tho law. Pleasure cnn ~.
through toll, and not by selfindulocnccoo
and Incidence. When one gets fac love-
work his life is a happy one. Said n no or
man in Brooklyn, the other day. with n
family of eleven to provide for: IF T
were worth million dollars, should not
wish to do much different than / do now
every day, working hour after hour. !
love it a thousand times better than rest ),
lie has for nearly half century been snr.
rounded by workers, and has caught tbe
Splrlt of industry. He loves his work bet.
tel than food or sleep. He is happy who
mas conquered laziness, once and forever,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15
goetru.
THE CHILDREN's HOUR.

THE NhIh4DiA1sN@S AAOthF
Between the dark and the daylight,
When night is beginning to lower,
Comes pause in the days occupations
That is known as the children's hour.
l hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet.
The sound of a door that is opened.
And voices soft and sweet.
From my study see in the lamplight,
Descending the broad ha Il stair,
Brave Alice and laughing allegro,
And Edith with golden hair.
y whisper and then a silence;
Yet know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
TO take me by surprise.
\ sudden rush from the stairway,
\ sudden raid from the hail.
by three doors LEFT unguarded
They enter my castle wall.
They climbed up into my turret,
Der the arms and back of my chair;
If try to escape, they surround me;
They seem to be everywhere.
They almost devOur me with kisses,
Their arms about me entwine,
Till think of the bishop of Bingen
In his Mouse-rower on the Rhine.
Do you thnk, o blue-eyed banditti,
Because you have scaled the wall,
Such an old mustache as am
Is not match for you all?
| have you fast in my fortress,
And viii not let you depart,
But put you into the dungeon
In the round-tower of my heart.
And there will keepyou forever,
Yes, forever and a day,
Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
And mouldcr in dust away.
II, ". LOHu|eltOn
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nesia, although but in small proportions.
The effects of this change of water were
thus noted: 1. The animals drank half as
much again as before. 9. The worst dis
eased COWS at once began to get better,
and this was the first occasion on which
any OF them had recovered without re-
moval. j. The cows gave more and better
milk than before. 4. The oxen showed
far better condition than could be previ-
ously attained on the best of food and with
the most careful attention. 8. No fresh
cases occurred as soon rs the change of
water was introduced. Some time after
ward the owner of the COWS was prohibited
from using water from the second spring
under pain of legal proceedings against
him, and was thrown back upon the origi-
ual supply. The animals at first refused
it, began to lose flesh, snd some of those
that had recovered had relapses. BY this
time arrangements had fortunately been
made for the renewed use of the whole
some water, and Immediately the COWS
were again put upon it, all its previous
beneficial effects were repeated From
this evidence Dobusch arrived at the con-
clusion that tie improvement was due
solely to the influence of the water, and
considers that the relations between lime
salts in the water and softness of bone
deserve far more consideration on the part
of stock keepers than is generally accord
to them.-IHe London Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

AMERICAN WHEAT IN SpAIN.--The
American consul at Barcelona writes that
the first American wheat ever received at
that city arrived about the middle of No
vember. Great interest was excited in
Barcelona thereby. Samples were freely
and interestedly handled on the exchange
on the day of arrival, and it was Immediate
ly recognized us equal to Black Sea and
Hungarian wheat. The cargo consisted of
72,0U0 bushels, and sold at 10 francs per
30 Kilograms or about $50 per 100 pounds.
This first cargo was brought to Barcelona
in an English steamer. The freight upon
the same same amounted to $4,000, and
the same steamer was again chartered to
bring another cargo Of wheat from New
York The Consul knew of one firm who
have engaged three English steamers to
bring three cargoes of American wheat to
Barcelona, and it was thought about seven
.y-hve cargoes would arrive during the
season, all in English steamers,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

BRITTLE BONES IN CATTLE.-In the Aus
tran Quarterly Review of Veterinary Sci
ence, Herr Dobusch, of Hohenfurt, pub
fishes some cases illustrating forcbly the
direct influence of the quality and compo-
sltlon of water upon the occurrence of
Jrdgjitids 0SSiun1, or bone britteness in
live stock. The owner of some affected
cows, by whom Herr Dobusch was con-
suited in his professional capacity, stated
that within the last twenty years one
hundred and thirty of his cattle had been
attacked by this disease, about half of
which had to be slaughtered on account of
actual fracture of the bones, while the
rest were rescued by timely removal in
carts to another farm in neighboring
village. Every kind of treatment had
been tried, both by giving medicines of all
sorts to the animals, and by treating the
pasture land with lime. On his first at
tendance Herr Dobusch could discover no
apparent cause for the evil. The food
consisted chiefly of hay, straw and pola-
toes, all Of which were of excellent quail
ly. On his Recommendation, some pre-
pared bone meal was given with little
common salt three times IL day, but no
good result followed. Thereupon he
undertook tho examination of the drink
water, which was obtained from u spring
near the farm yard, and conducted thither
by wooden pipes. This was perfectly
clear, colorless, and free from smell; it
.asted remarkably soft, and retained these
after it had stood for some
lays On chemical analysis no trace of
ats could be found, so that it might readily
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

forgotten Dominique, the Brahma and
some other varieties. By careful breeding
1t has been brought TO high standard,
and generally reproduces itself true to
color and feather. 1t is a heavy-bodied,
plump fowl, cockerels of eight months
weighing rs many pounds. The hens lay
large eggs, varying in color from white
to reddish brown, and are very prolific.
Early pulets will lay in November. The
plumage Of this breed is of n blush tinge.
the feathers being crossed with bars of
darker color. For farmers fowl this
undoubtedly comes next to the Light
Brahma, and for small yards, where
chickens are desired, will equal it.-Rral
Net0 Yorker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

FEEDING SHORTS AND SWEET CORN.-In
the C~|ttcdtOr of December l4th, IAN Old
Farmer writes: "ln my experience, for
butter making, wheat shorts are worse
than worthless, either clear or mixed with
other food; while | have found that corn
meal, persistently fed in large quantities.
soon proves injurious to the cow
Having fed considerable quantities of
wheat shorts to mich COWS, it seems to
me that An Old Farmer" is rather Sc.
we're on the use of wheat shorts. when he
says they are worse than useless for the
purpose he mentions. | do not wish to
have the readers of the 4nerican Culjpa-
Tor THINK that am, by any means, an adj
vocate of the extensive use of wheat
shorts, have fed many tons of them
to my dairy COWS, and, when fed
with corn meal in equal quantities bv
measure think them very good feed.
Dairymen in this section feed a good
many tons of wheat shorts and generally
they are thought to be valuable feed when
fed alone; but consider them poor feed
for mich COWS when fed alone, not rs
good as frst-class early cut hay or the
second crop in its best condition.
Corn meal is my favorite feed for Il
mich COW, and have never, to nv knowl.
edge, seen any bad effects in its use. por-
haps from the fact that | have never fed
large quantities for periods sufficiently
long to cause the injury spoken of by
An Old Farmer" think Il good milk
ing COW can hardly be fed too much corn
meal while in full flow of milk and when
she Is running In pasture; us the grass is
SO cooling to the system that the meal
would not cause any harm, even if fed ali
COW would eat, under such circum-
stances.
In regard to feeding sweet com to mich
COWS, or to working oxen. I can re,d;Iv
endorse all that An Old Farmer claims
for it, and often wonder why all farmers
young or Old, do not try IL piece for their
stock, and note the results. | feel conf. |
deht mat all who will once try the expert |
ment will not readily abandon the culture
Durlng the past two seasons | have had
u acre or more to cut up when suitable
ior roasting ears, besides what have fed
IN It's green Stale direct to the COWS. and
THINK 1t is the best feed that have ever
usei for feeding dairy COWS or fatlening
animals. In either case it seems n food
nearly perfect. The ears furnish material
Tor fattenng or milk, as the farmer wishes.
lnd the stalks, if cut when green and well
cured, VIII be eaten very clean and serve
I'll Inc purposes of hay, especially for
oxen; and while they are so sup.
oiied' they feel the effects of good feedino
Is readily rs on any feed have ever given
o working oxen. l find, while so fed,
'xen wilt lay on flesh very f,st, if not re.
lulred for daily labor on the farm. Let ,,
very farmer try a piece eff sweet corn for
o79, and note the success, being careful
o secure the fodder, with the ears on, in {
inc condition, and keep it fine and sweet !,
Ill fed out.-Joaatbaio TaicoD, in Aneri- !
IN Cu3tjuato7. |
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

BROTHER GARDENERS LIME-KILN CLUE
=" Gen lem, if you see pusson rushin
'roun' de world enveloped in dimund pin
an an ulster, am dat any sign dat he pays
taxes, rents a church pew an brings his
chil'en up in de way dey should go?"
Brother Gardner looked down upon the
siXty-four faces in the orchestra chairs,
but not II voice responded.
" When you see Il pusson seated in a
sky-blue cutter, pushin' de lines over a
fast boss an lookin' outer his left eye as il
he had de bulge on all de co'ner lots in
town, am dat any sign dat single grocer
would trus' him for box of sa'dnes or a
peck of carrots?n
The elder Toots heaved deep sigh; and
Huckleberry Jones silently scratched his
off leg just below the knee.
" When man takes up TO- seats in de
kyar, pushes folks aroun' on de market,
elbows aroun' de city hall, an gifts de fust
place at de stamp-window in de post office,
am dat any sign dat when it came to dc
pull he'd give half dollars worth OF
wood ter keep an orfun asylum from
freezin' to death? Doan' you black folks
git dust in yer eyes! Oars Il heap of sand
an sawdust in dis woruld dat passes for
sugar to de man wakin' by, but when you
come to de pinch de sugar amt dar. De
sawdust bulges up an de sand creeps out,
an you am dispinted an disguised. It's
kinder hard to have to eat cold turnir
when you know dat de family next dool
am luXuriatn' on sweetcake an turkey,
but if de turnip am paid Tor yer needn't
fear for yer digestion. l eXpck dat de
h'raafter am de biggest tng emmy of us
hev got to work fur, an | tole you, brud-
dcrs, dat big seal-rings an pants cut
twenty-five inches across de kull are no.
whar' longside of Il kim word an an hon
est heart. "-DetrOU Free Press.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

A farmer was speaking of the great
qualities and good education of his son, to
Il neighbor; relating how many books he
had read through, how many schools he
had attended, etc. Yes,n said the
neighbor, he is like a great calf which |
have got, which sucks the milk from three
cows; | find the more milk he gets the
greater calf he becomes"
MANY EYEs.--Many insects have Il
great number of eyes, because the orb Of
the eye is fixed there is, therefore, placed
over the eye, II multiple lens, which con-
ducts light to the eye from every direction :;
so that the insect can see with u fixed eve
us readily as it could have done with n
movable one. As many as 400 eyes, or
inlets of light, have been counted in the
head of n drone bee. The spider has eicbt
eyes, mounted upon different parts of the
head two in front, two in the top of the
head and two on each side.- Con1yeg0tiou-
d'iSt.
L" lie shall come down like rain upon
the mown grass" Observe the peculiar
character of the grass, which adapts If
especially for the service of man, and IFS
apparent humility and oheerlulness. Its
humility, in that it seems created only for
lowest service-appointed to be trodden
on and fed upon. Its cheerfulness, in that
it seems to exult under all kinds of VIC
lence and suffering. You roll it, and i, is
stronger next day; you NOV it, and it
its shoots, us if it were grateful
you tread upon it, and it only sends IN
richer perfume. - RuSkiR.
Some fifty years ago, II gang of Belgian
miners, angry with another set of under
ground workers, set Il mass of coal on fire
ID smoke out their comrades. How we'll
they succeeded, let the record of half n
century tell Years have passed away, A
has faded, the angry passion of
those who thus sought revenge has be-
come II thing Of the past; but the fire
started in that mine long ago blazes on,
md no earthly skill has yet found the way
% eXtinGuish ii. Burning on, ever con.
'uming, it Is a fitting type of the unoeaSing
power of sin and passion. aud of the never
,nding fire which they kindle.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-15

ABOUT CUTTING CoRNsrALKs.-I can
not state the advantages from having corn
stalks pass through Il cutting machine be-
fore going to the manure heap, any more
lorclbiy than your correspondent from
Seymour, N. Y, has put it, and he also
states that in the first of his two or three
days experience with feeding it, his cattle
" relished" it, hut rejected it on the third
day on account Of their bleeding gums.
Now us this trouble, no doubt. was all
owing to blunder of his, think he is too
hasty in condemning the whole practice Of
cutting feed for stock after so short II trial
of it,
l have used one of the same (Fulton)
machines for the last ten years, cutting in
the meantime u few hundred tons, for
intend to cut everything that goes to the
horses and cattle, even to the straw for
their bedding' for | find rs much advant.
age IN That us your correspondent does.
But the mistake he made was in cutting
his stalks too short for feeding, and as we
buy these machines they are gearcd too
high to cut stalks, for they are cut less
than inch, the large end of them having Il
hard, CLASSY case, will take Il position and
rise between their teeth when masticatino
them, and this hard, stiff case of the stalk
Will cut their gums so as very soon to
make them sore. But this can all be
avoided, and still retain all the ADVANTAGE
OF cutting by changing the gear of machine
SO rs to make two or three inch cut for
stalks, which will put them in the best
condition for feeding, will not make their
months sore and will onvu,o, ,,,o,,, ,..,,,