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PEACHES IN COLD CLIMATES,

The severe winters in po : Of the
Western and Northwestern States have
proved formidable barrier to the successful
cultivation Of peaches, the fruit buds being
killed by the intense cold when the trees
escape. Different modes have been resorted
to, but none appear to have been SO success
ful as that adopted by Stephen Jackson, of
Marshall county, Iowa. Although the lati-
tude is only a degrees, the thermometer
usually sinks to IL or 20 degrees below zero,
and sometimes much lowerg leaving little.
chance for the peach crop. Mr.. jackson
sets his young peach trees in an inclined
position. On the approach OF severe weather
he throws on them six or eight inches Of
compact hay, which affords sufficient pro-
lection. The fruit buds escape, aud early
the following spring, or sooner, the hay j.
removed and is not injured for feeding AMI
mails. His trees are loaded with fruit every
year, and to keep the crop of the ground,
to which the weight Of leaves would bend it,
short props are inserted. He had the past
season busel from each tree, while other
trees in the neighborhood had nothing. The
fruit is excellent in qualty-be1ter than he
can buy in the market; perhaps near prox
unity to the ground may cause it to ripen
better. 1t may be seen that this mode of
growing may be employed in the extreme
North without any difficulty, where trees
will grow at all and early sorts ripen, by
adapting the thickness of the covering to the
severity of the climate.--Comstry Gentleman.
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!Nljle n,rulttl, Nard*
POULTRY as A SOUR cE OF PROFIT.

Nowadays we hear very little of the
"chicken man" an epithet formerly used
by so ne village ignoramus to make light OF
the business Of poultry keeping. Pleasure.
profits and popularity, have swept such idle
talk away. Now the query is with young
and old, what pets should keep?' There
is now coming to the front class Of we'll
meaning men who want little information
on these hobbies. True, as we nave ex
pressed it upon another occasion, there is
no royal road to success il poultry keeping.
The path is not streWn with flowers, nor is
it the paradise OF tools. The poultry busi-
ness is now catching; it is a grand favorite
with large number Of people who see no
complicated webs to unravel, no sudden
rise and fall of stocks, no ephemeral specu-#
lation but healthy. productive industry,
secured by the increasing demand tastes
and wants Of growing population.
Poultry keeping in pecuniary point Of
view insures the keeper a large per centage
over the cost entailed in keeping them. 1t
does not require very profound knowl-
| edge Of mathematics to compute what ten
or twelve dozen Of eggs would come to, or
the value Of a bushel of grain. Now when
we count the profits from high class stock,
we certaily must jump conclusions, for we
know many yards where a few fowls are
kept which yield hundreds of dollars to the
/ keeper in a season. Of course every ponl.
/ terer Is not fortunate enough To make snc
enormous profits on . few fowls. But there
is after all a happy knackn IN business,
and that is to keep the very best fowls and
advertise them well. american Poultry
Journal.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-04-22
GARDEN HERBS.

Every Well-kept garden should have due
proportion of garden herbs, but with the
exception of some coarse fellows which
know how to take care Of themselves, such
as catnip and cammomile, there are seldom
any to be found. These of the most popu-
lar and useful, sage, thyme and parsely, are
seldom grown except by those who make
specalties of them for market.
Of parsely we have often given hints. In
substance we stated that it must be soWn
very early and on cool, rich ground; and
that if the seeds did not appear fot thmon
still one should have patience, for it is one
of those deliberate sort of fellows which Of
ten take long time to decide what they in
tend to do about it.
In regard to sage, many have it for year
or so. when it disappears. To have sage
continuously it is better to treat it every
second year as we do box-edgings, that is,
it should be taken up, split apart, and set in
the ground much deeper than it was the
year before. Roots then come out from the
vigorous young wood, and the plants seem
better adapted to stand extremes of heat
and cold than when the branches are expos
ed on long stalks. Sage is not 50 liable to
get killed out in the winter when it is cut
back hard in the fall as when it is left nn-
touched. Many cut back some OF it for dry
ing. Indead. dried sage is the form in which
it is chiefly used. When this is done regu-
larly the plants do not need replanting SO
often.
Thyme usually manages to live through
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eight in one head. Il we sow one bushel
per acre and each grain produces one head |
If it grows it can't do ess--we shall have |
forty bushels per acre / have seen the
statement that one b,1shel of wheat per acre
would give one seed to every three inches
square OF surface. 1t has been calculated
that bushel Of wheat averages 55G,290 ke-
nels, and rs an acre contains 1860 square
feet. ii the former be divided by the latter,
the quotient will give twelve grains to each
square foot, or II little OYER one grain TO ev
cry twelve square inches, instead Of one
gram to every nine square inches, as here
stateC.-Ads. That is thick enough tor
any one. In regard to manuring. | would
rather use my manure on some other crop
in the rotation, with the exception OF pas-
ter and salt. When wheat fails, generally
it is not because the land is poor, but be-
cause the plant food in it is not sufficiently
| available Tor the crop. A neighbor had a
crop of wheat last year which looked fine
until heading out time, but which yielded
only four bushels of stuff (not wheat per
acre. In my opinion, an application of
| plaster would have given him a fair crop.
| One of the best farmers in the state raised
the average of his farm from seven bushels
| in 1866 to thirty-three bushels in 1877. This
was on crop of about 100 acres annually.
| He attributes his success to plaster and clo-
| yer. His best results are on clover sod,
sowing, at the same time OF sowing wheat
clover and about 100 pounds of plaster per
acre. One year his crop, put in in that way
was twenty seven bushels to the acre. On
the same ground, a part of which was plas-
tered in June, yielded fifteen bushels per
acre. The weight of the former was fifty
seven pounds to the bush el and of the lat
ter titty-tour pounds. His rotation is, a clo-
yer sod, plowed after the second crop is cut;
wheat with clover and plaster sown with it ;
two crops of clover, one for hay and the
second for seed or hay as may be, and 1t is
turned under again and is ready tor wheat.
Sow as early as possible. II you have two
SOW your wheat. Don't sow when the
ground is too wet. 1t is the rule to SOW
wheat with the expectation of a good crop
until the wild plnms blossom. AS rule
the earlier wheat is sown the better will be
the crop One of our dreaded enemies is the
rust, and two OF the most frequent causes
are, first, sowing so late that it does not ri
pen before cold nights come on, and second,
| the use OF rank manures.
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IElrii4ulttlral.

The Geld ungenial spring is, indeed, dis
souraging- 1t is entailing heavy loss upon
stock owners and is also retarding the put
ting in of the crops, and there is a general
feeling Of uneasiness. Should the summer
turn out cold and back ward, as has been
experienced we have reason to fear our
prosperity will receive a serious check. But
we must make the best of it. Work on the
farm should be pushed to its uttermost.
There is no time now to be lost. The land
must be seeded as soon as it will do to
work. Il is necessary to crowd the season
all that it is possible TO do. The stormy
weather renders it disagrecabie to work il.
the field, but this is one of the times when
necessity is master. Grain should be put
early and not put in deep. The ground
Is moist and there is no need OF burying the
seed as it will come forth before the ground
gets dry enough to need irrigation if put III
without further delay, and the prospect at
present is that but little watering will be
necessary, tor if the weather continues cold
there will be a sutficiency OF rain. All spec
ulation, though, as to what is coming goes
Tor naught. We must be governed by the
present, and this adMonishes all who hope
70 reap when harvest time comes to sow at
he Earliest possible date.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-04-22

THE WHEAT CROP.

1t is rather early at the present time to
make any survey of the condition of the
winter wheat crop, as long period yet in
tervenes until harvest. Still, all the evil
dences are that this years crops, like that
of last year, will be enormous. Almost
everywhere the crop has been looking ex-
cellent, and every state from which we have
any definite date reports a large increase of
acreage. In Illinoise the acreage is very
large as the sowing of wheat has been re-
sumed in many localities where it had been
abandoned for many years, owing to sue
cessive failures and low prices. In the dis
tinctively wheat section of the state the crop
promises in the aggregate number of bush
els to be 40 per cent. larger than last year.
Indiana farmers are very cheerful over the
prospect of repetition Of the wonderful
crop which Indiana enjoyed last year. The
acrege has been largely increased and the
Young wheat has been looking finely. In
Michigan the most glowing anticipations
are INDUCED in by the farmers, and in only
a few Instances are discouraglng reports re-
ceived Unless something unforeseen hap
pens, Michigan. like Indiana and Illinois,
will raise her largest wheat crop this pres
ent wear. Ohio reports an increased acre
age, and the outlook is pleasant. Always
great wheat state, Ohio will not fall behind
the present year. Kentucky reports an in
creased acreage of wheat amounting to 20
per cent. The winter has been somewhat
untavorable, but the prospects for good
crop are fattering. Kentucky wheat has
ways been of good quality, the trouble be-
;no that too little of it was raised. Ii such
an increase in acreage takes place in Ken
tucky in the next few years as the present
wear marks, Kentucky will become one of
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-04-22
sPRING WHEAT.

a Wisconsin farmer wriVing to the Re1at
aeo forher concerning spring wheat says:
ine seed ought really to be selected in the
'all. The best way know OF is to take the
wheat from the best part of the field and
#llp the sheayes over a barrel, getting out
'he rlpest grains. The sheaves may then be
put up with tie rest and lhreshea with them.
'hls Is "puttering" work and will not like
y oe attended TO in the busy harvest sea-
soh. The next best way is to leave a load
u 1he ve1y best until the last: put it on the
wp SO as to be within easy reach, and
aifesn with u flail before the general Lhresh-
n'e ny the machine is often split and bro
Aeh' II you haye not hitherto selected your
seea would advise that, some day when
" a'e WIND draws strongly through the barn,
aie uoors should be opened on the ground
Aoof aho with common scoop throw the
""eaI III semi-circle against the wind. Sc
''e' mat ON the outside Of your circle as
soof seed wheat. Make the soil fine and
shooth on the surface by repeated harrow
Jugs oelore sowing. Get it as level as pos
eo'e oeiore sowing the seed. Then sow
your seed thin.y. On moderately rich soils
: oelleve one bushel per acre is sufficient.
oorer soils need more seed richer need
,0sS' 80 well developed head of wheat con-
AS 'ofty grains; | have counted sixty
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-04-22
POULTRY ON THE FARM.
Jon.!aaak

The poultry and agricultural press Of the
countrya are doing much good by calling the
attention Of the farming community to their
especial interests. Farmers in general, and
more particularly Western farmers, are very
slow to heed timely Suggestions, and yet
slower to abandon old usages and methods
in keeping and breeding domestic stock.
No class of men have better facilities Tor
raising poultry, ample runs, orchards, mead
oWs and grain fields TO roam i'll and pick up
what is left alter the ploW and sickle; and
to feast on the grubs, insects and worms
that intest the vegetation and fruit trees of
the homestead. 10 abandon poultry keep
ing for other stock is sheer madness, and the
is q fitling candidate Tor lnnatic asylum
and besides being a fossil Of the worst type.
Now ii it pays to keep horses, cows, sheep
and swine, most assuredly it pays to keep
good fowls. The relative properties of all
kinds OF food is now known and fixed be-
yond all doubt, We know ON a farm bush
el Of grain will feed Il hen a year, and we
know that it don't cost the farmer more
than fifty or sixty cents at most. We know
also that any of our modern improved va
rietes Ito be modest about it) will with care
lay some ten dozen eggs during the year !;
these at 121 cents per dozen gives the farm
er net profit of seyenty-tive cents, without
calculating tile va lie of nearly bushel OF
The best manure from each hen, yearly, and
not speaking OF her own worth or that of
her chickens.-American Poultry Journal.
The light brallma, when bred to its high
est standing, ranks second to none among
pure bred poultry, either for beauty or
profit. They do not develop as quickly as
some of the cochin varieties, but when nine
months old the brahmas will weigh from
nine to eleven pounds, and cocks sixteen to
eighteen months old welgh from twelve to
fourteen pounds. There are instances when
they have run as high as sixteen pounds,
but they are exceptions and not the rule.
The pullets viii average from eight to ten
pounds, and hens from nine to twelve
pounds. They are SO well known that fur
ther description would be supertinous.-
Stock Farm and Home WeektyA
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liz hens get into the habit Of eating eggs,
take enough bran and corn meal of equal
parts for one feeding, and enough vinegar
warmed to make The meal wet enough for
the hens to eat. Mix together and feed it
to the hens Repeat this once the same
day.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1880-04-22

ia this part of the world. though nothing be
done to it; bat it is also better for being cut
back close every fall, and for an occasional
replanting -GermantoaOn Telegraph.
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rbr ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN Is designed
ho as the name indicates, 81 husbandrnan ii every
.ose Of the term, embracing in its columns every
ao,artment of Agriculture, Stock-raioilg, Hortl-
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BE
r. II. sUTHERL-EN, Editor.
NJ II, sUTtiESLIN, Associate Editor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31

\ great many men Will catch the sheep by
the wool on the back with both hands, and lift
the animal clear from the ground by the wool
only. We have slaughtered great many
sheep in years past, and when removing the
pelts of such sheep as had been handled by
the wool we never failed to observe that be
meath the skin wherever the animal had been
caught by the wool blood had settled. In many
instances the skin had been separated from the
body so that inflammation was apparent We
have known proprietors Of sheep to be so strict
III regard to handling them, that they would
order helper from the premises if he were tC
catch sheep by the wool or any part OF the
body When about TO catch "a sheep move
carefully towards the one to be taken, unit
you ale sufficiently near to spring quickly ant
seize the beast by both hands, then pass one
hand around the body, grab the briskvt, ant
lift the sheep clear from the ground. The WOO
must not be pulled. If the sheep is "a heavy
one let one hand and wrist be put around thu
neck and the arm pressed against the leg. w
have always handled sheep in the way alluded
to. We never grasp the wool. Others selz
the sheep by hind leg, then throw one arm
around the body and take hold of the briske
with one hand. But ewes with lambs shoulC
never be caught by the hind legs, unless the.
are handled with extreme care.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31
Don't Breed to Poor Rams,

mr. Jacob Funck, of Fairfield, Iowa, writes
in this way to the RurdL World, on using poor
rams Il wish to caution sheep breeders (and
especially those who have but small aocks)
against the ruinous practice of using poor
rams, as 1t is a losing game every time. Sup
pose 4 man has but fifty ewes TO breed; the
difference IN the lambs will we'll pay for the
cost of good ram, for a good ram will get d
lamb that will produce at least one pound more
wool to the head each year than poor one,
besides giving you a much finer carcass. Now,
suppose you will raise fifty lambs each year
for two years (as long as you ought to use the
same ram, you will have one hundred lambs.
Now, one pound each year for three years, will
make three hundred pounds of wool, that, at
the very low erlce of % cents per pound, will
bring you 500; besides you will have flock
OF young sheep that will bring at least from
80 cents to 81 more per head than those your
scrub ram would have brought you, making
"A this instance another gain Of $50 to 800 in
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Diaries in all sizes and bindings at Osman 4
Hapcman's.
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BUCKwHEAT AS FooD.-A French scientist
who has lately been investigating buckwheas
lives the following as the results OF his re-
searches Buckwheat cakes are equal to pure
white bread rs regards the phosphates or bone
making material and heterogeneous principles
which they contain, and are superior to bread
IN fatty matters. The general yield OF buck
wheat when cooked is about three times the
weight Of the flour used showing that such
flour Will retain forty to forty-one per cent OF
water Between different patches of ground
buckwheat there is a great dissimilarity OF
omposition-one batch containing nearly sew
en- times as much nitrogen, twenty-five tunes
the amount of phosphates, and hundred and
fifteen times as much fatty matter rs another,
The bran is the richest portion OF the buck
wheat, but cannot be dlgestcd by weak stom-
achs The finest qualities of buckwheat flour,
and the white mill dust especially, are very
suitable for children and persons IN health,
while the stronger varieties require strong
stomach and much exercise for their perfect
DIGESTION
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31

Mental Anxiety.
Loss Of Memory, Pains
in Back or Side, and
diseases that lead to
Consumption, 1nsani'
ty and an early grave
Full particulars in our
Pamphlets. which We
desire 10 send free Il
any address. Price
Specific, 81 per pack
age. Tonic, SO cts, OF
I...-.4. - A,al
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31
New Treatment of Diptheria,

According to Champaign Qll) paper, al
important discovery in the treatment of dip
iberia has been made. \ young man, whose
arm had been amputated, was attacked by dip
iberia before healing took place, and, instead
of the matter from that disease beng deposited
in the throat, the greater portion appeared or
the wounded arm, and the disease was very
light and easily managed. DR.. Davis, of Man
kato profited by this hint, and IN his mex
case Of diptheria blistered his patients chest
and on the blistered parts the chief deposit ap
peared This was also an easy case. Tn,
theory Of Dr. Davis is that diptheria usually
appears in the throat because of the thlnnes.
of the lining of the throat and hence, wher
from blistering or any other cause the skin il
broken on any other part of the body, the dis
ease appears there.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-31
Now this win make a

favor of good ram. Now this win make a
difference In the produce from so ewes for two
seasons of considerable over 500 in hard cash
to say nothing about the pleasure Of caring for
a good flock over that of a poor one. l think
such buck as you could buy for half the
amount of the above profit would make a
greater difference than | have figured on in
the above. So you see that, instead OF being
too poor to buy good ram, you are too poor
to not buy one. Always get the best, and II
will pay profit for raising, while scrubs wont
pay thor keep. Don't say that my estimate Is
too hight is, in fact, too low"
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lsIMPs0N MEDICINE co, Box 1871, Buffalo N. Y. The
Specific and Tonic Medicine Is the result of many years
study and is being used with wonderful success None e.
funded when satisfaction is given Sold In OTTAWA by
Il. Y. GRIGGS, Morrison Plummer & Co.. Whole
sale Agents. Chicago. mar29eow
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miscellaneous
Nervous Sufferers-Dr. J. B. Simpsons Spe-
cifc and Tonic Medicine-The Great
European Remedy.

1t positive for Spermatorrhea, Seminal Weak
ness Impotency and all diseases Resulting from SELF Ahnse
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miscellaneous.
THE woMENs HOSPITAL
OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

81 Coltags Grore Are. Chicago. H.
charitable institution Incorporated Sept lst lsl and
devoted exclusively TO the treatment Of the diseases and
cidents peculiar 10 women. Provided with full corps
competent Fer admission circulars containing
further information. etc address Dr. ELEANOR NJ STAL
LARD Resident Physician. noy2S
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-07-02
Two Old Men.

NOAH M. WELLS, the Presbyterian
pastor who died recently at Erie, Penn.
at the age of ninety-eight. leaves one
survivor in his early pastoral work in
Michigan-the Rev. Albert Worthing-
ton. Mr.. Worthington went to Michi-
ary, and passed a week in Detroit,
preaching twice for Mr.. Wells. Of the
nioneers then in that Presbytery Mr..
Worthington is the sole survivor.
There were at first thirteen of them,
and they met at Adrian, then a small
village, to form the Synod of Michigan.
Three years ago letters passed between
him and Mr.. Wells. -Four years
more. !" wrote Mr.. Wells, land I shall
have lived a hundred years. But I am
approaching the river, and in all prob;
ability shall soon pass overflow soon
know not; it will be in Gods own good
time"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-07-02
ICincinnati Star1

"UNDoUBTEDLY it is . remarkable medi-
cine, " says Stacey Hill, Esq, Of the Mt Au-
burn Inclined Plane Railway, Cincinnati. II
was limping about, hardly able to move, with
Rheumatism in the hip, or Sciatica. Hearing
of St Jacobs Oil, procured bottle of It,
and with the third application was able to 60
about with perfect ease and comfort