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FIELD PEAS.

In taking occasion to answer cores
pondent says the Western Rural, as to the
best variety of field pear, we embrace the
opportunity to advise more extensive cul-
tivation OF this crop in our Western States,
and indeed everywhere else. They make
excellent feed for stock of all kinds, and
where corn is 50 la}Rely fed as it is in the
West, peas, even if1R Rey were less meritori-
GUS than they are, Ruld be desirable as
furnishing changA There is no room to
doubt that we feed Hbrn too steadily in this
Western country, or that the result is dis
ease in many cases among our stock. Be-
sides, stock relish a change and will do bet
ter if they have it. Field peas are so easily
grown that there is really no excuse for
neglecting them 50 universally as they are
neglected. In England and Canada they
are prominent crop. 1t does not make
much difference what kind of a difference
what kind OF a soili is, they will grow, al
though they grow the best on rich land
The land should be plowed to a moderate
depth The seed is usually sown broad
cast at the rate OF from two or three bushels
per acre. 1t is better to cover with small
ploW or cultivator. for the harrow does not
cover them deep enough. Although the
seed is covered the land should be rolled,
and neglect to do this will make the har-
vesting much more inconvenient, than it
will be if the surface is smooth In the
South it is a very usual custom to plant be-
tween the corn rows, drilling in the seed,
but the best way is to plant them by them
selves.
If wanted for feeding green. they should
be sown in the North, as early as possible,
and may be sown along from time to time
up to the first of June, thus giving a sue
cession of green crops. The Marrowfat is
the best variety, unless the soil should be
very thin, in which case the small yellow
pea, which is grown so extensively in Can
ada, will do
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23
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POULTRY YARD.

From the american Poultry Yard we clip
the following:
On the lawn and in village or city yards
those varieties exhibiting the richest plum
age and most graceful carriage are peculi-
arly desirable. In the country and on the
farm may be cultivated the more hardy,
larger, and meat-producing class. The
farmer may as well raise, as general thing,
the more substantial and less ornamental
varieties. The immediate surroundings of
the house should be planted with flower
beds, roses, and plants of ornament and
beauty. But farm thus cultivated would
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

should have just as much food at time as
they will eat up clean, and no more. Small
wheat, barley, oats, corn and buckwheat,
are the best grains for poultry. They con-
tain very large share of the princi-
pal elements fnourishment, egg material,
flesh and fat Corn as staple diet is not
as good for egg production as other grain,
put for tattening and giving flavor and
firmness to the flesh is the best of cereals.
Buckwheat is heating and stimulating, and
for quick returns to the egg basket it has
no superior. Cabbage, caulifowers, lettuce
turn!p tops and broccoli leaves, are indis-
pensaele, and so is animal or insect food
Selected.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23
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THE WHEAT.

AS we predicted, nothing like fatal dam
age upon the winter wheat crop, which was
made, a few short weeks ago, the subject OF
so many gloomy predictions. 1t certainly
appeared once or twice during the spring as
if the winter wheat crop in nearly every
State would prove failure, or at the best
oaly yield half a crop. The damage by
this time has been pretty well estimated,
and does not amount to over Is per cent. Of
the whole crop. The most damage seems
to have been done in Northern Illinois, and
that latitude throughout the wheat belt,
where the injury is now estimated at from
25 to 80 per CENT ..
In the spring wheat country, although
the seed was not put into the ground until
three weeks later than usual, the crop is
now looking better than it was at this time
last year; with the exception OF the spring
wheat portion of Illinois, Wisconsin and
Iowa, where farmers seem to be abandon
ing the culture of spring wheat, the out
look is most promising for largely in
creased crop. Advices from Minnesota,
Dakota and Nebraska are most favorable,
and largely increased yield is promised,
which will probably more than offset the
loss in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin.
The whole crop of spring and winter
will probably be little less than that of
last year, but unless untoward weather oc-
ours we see no reason to anticipate much
higher prices than ruled last year after har-
vest. The crop last year, under exception
ally favorable conditions, was 4S5 1000, 900
bushels. Some enthusiastic persons are
predicting that even these figures will be
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

increased, but we think such a hope would
be vain. Last year everything seemed to
combine to give us a bountiful harvest,
while this year the winter wheat has already
been injured, and the attacks of bugs may
yet injure the spring wheat crop. We
think that $50 100000 bushels would be a
fair estimate of what the whole crop will
amount to the present year.-Aanerican
Miller.
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9 Eusbandn'a'"

rho ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN is designed
,o as the name indicates, q husbandman Ill every
,,se If the term, embracing in its columns every
,o.ortment of Agriculture, stock-raiGil.g, Horti-
1,,re Social and Domestic Economy.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

TWENTY-THREE thousand females are en-
gagged in farming operations Oh their own
account in England
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

CROPS are backward, but there is yet
time for them to come out all right.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

STIR the garden soil and keep it moist,
and vegetation will come jumping.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

THE June rains are helping out irriga-
ton considerably. but they are not by anv
means general as is usually the case.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

lRRIGATE the meadows early and often.
1t takes water to make grass.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

FARMING, unless carried on properly,
'l'ay De made very dependent calling, in
p'eao OF the most independent one known
among the pursuits of men. "0
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

ooRN cobs saturated with coal-tar and
p.a'eu IN the hills close among vines, not
sOucnmg them, E. D. Bennett, of Western
New York, warrants to drive away bugs.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

IT is not yet too late to set out cabbage
plants.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

An experiment has been made in cross
ing different varieties of seed corn at the
Michigan agricultural experimental farm
and reported on in this wise: Seed was OBJ
tanned from different parts OF the State: in
one the corn had been grown ten years or
more on the same farm, In both cases the
corn was much alike. The two lots of corn
We're planted in alternate rows in plot bv
itself, The tops Of one set of rows were all
cut OF, thus securing perfect cross on
those stalks. Seed from this cross was
saved and planted. to compare with corn
not so crossed. The yield from the crossed
seed exceeded the yield of that not crossed
IN the proportion of 153 to 100. Farmers
should take a hint from this experiment.
and raise seed corn in that way. If large
increase Of the yield be thus obtained it
would well repay the labor required.
Crossing different varieties of corn might
be more beneficial than crossing different
samples of the same kind. Darwin found
by experiments that increased vigor is i'm
parted to seeds and plants by crossing. 1t
is probable that farmers by judciously
crossing their corn can increase the yield.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

RAISE the hood-gates and turn on the
water
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

,nbfR =. cane, besides its value for sugar,
I, mr' White, of Keeseville, N. Y, thinks,
= ~. eScellent forage crop, being more easily
go lllan corn, and cheaper. Its seed is
n sood as oats for horses and poultry.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

.hE cotton from the cottonwoods is a
sa asa' nuisance. There ought to be an ordi-
~ M passed, forbidding the planting of
s more cottonwoods. Naples will grow
80 ~ almost as we'll, and in beauty and
'ney Tar surpass the trees which are
famous for being a first-class nuis-
21ibuns. ~ '''o'''"''0 0''''''
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23


THE common white turnip, a most whole
some table vegetable for winter and spring.
has been almost wholly discarded from
use in Montana, simply because those farm
ers who grow turnips, grow them simply
for early summer use. The turnip sown
early comes quick, and is among the first
vegetables in the market, but it must be re-
membered that these become hollow and
pithy before fall and are unfit for the table,
and because this is true, there are many
who supposed turnips in Montana are not
success as a table vegetable and never in
quired further Now, it the same mode of
culture was adopted in the States the same
would be true, but farmers there do not
sow turnips for winter use before the 25th
of July, and hence they are firm, solid and
juicy, and not dry, bitter and tasteless as
when allowed to grow all summer. Now,
the Montana farmer must learn when to
sow turnips before he can have first-class
article for winter. just when that time
is we cannot tell exactly, but it is
some time between the 10th OF June and
the Goth OF July. The 10Th of June would
not be too early and the Goth of July would
not be too late. Will some of our garden
ers and farmers make the experiment and
report success? The rutabaga, since it can
be sown in the spring and will grow all
summer, and be solid and good, has super
seded the tarnip, but the turnip properly
cultivated is the best and will be pronounc-
ed so by every farmer who will only make
the experiment.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

IT is estimated that the wheat now stored
in the Willamette valley, Oregon, amounts
to $4,000 tons.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

AGRICULTURAL wages since 1879, for the
fouhtry at large, have increased about 1925
ger cent. The average price of labor, with
Fpoard, is $l4.50 per month.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

iHE estimated value of the product of
PFalslns in California during the coming sea-
son is from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

BLESSED is the farmer who does not have
70 depend upon the tickle and uncertain
skies to water his crops.
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directon of his paper must communicate to us the
name of the post-othce to which has previously
heen sent otherwise we may be unable comp y
with his request.
Igrifttltttral
RAISE the tlood-gates and turn on the
water.
IT is not yet too late to set out cabbage
plants.
lRRIGATE the meadows early and often
1t takes water to make grass.
--D-o-A--
CROPS are backward, but there is yet
time for them to come out all right.
STIR the garden soil and keep it moist,
\ and vegetation will come jumping.
II TWENTY-THREE thousand females are en-
gagged in farming operations Oh their own
account in England.
IT is estimated that the wheat now stored
Yin the Willamette valley, Oregon, amounts
Ito $4,000 tons.
WATER is the only medium by which fer
Utilizing matter can be carried from the soil
ITO the plants.
GRAIN fields will be short and the straw
light, but the yield will probably be large
Aand the quality tirst-class.
BLESSED is the farmer who does not have
70 depend upon the tickle and uncertain
skies to water his crops.
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LIE estimated value of the product of
Falslns in California during the coming sea-
'son is from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
IHE Japanese government has created a
department OF Agriculture, for the purpose
pl fostering the agricultural interests of the
country.
AGRICULTURAL wages since 1879, for the
fouhtfy at large, have increased about 1925
ger cent. The average price of labor, with
Il -, 40 %iH'oo per HlOuCu.
FARMING, unless carried on properly,
may De made very dependent calling, in
e'eao OF the most independent one known
ahong the pursuits of men. "
i ooRN cobs saturated with coal-tar and
paced in the hills close among vines, not
suucnlng them, E. D. Bennett, of Western
eSew 7 ork, warrants to drive away bugs.
.nbfR cane, besides its value for sugar,
& mr' White, of Keeseville, N. Y, thinks,
= excellent forage crop, being more easily
sa l.ian corn, and cheaper. Its seed is
Z sood as oats for horses and poultry.
AhE cotton from the cottonwoods is a
sas sa' nuisance. There ought to be an ordi-
,lanoe passed, forbidding the planting of
-. more cottonwoods. Naples will grow
80 - almost as well, and in beauty and
Mus ss,aae they far surpass the trees which are
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

IHE Japanese government has created a
lDepartment OF Agriculture, for the purpose
pl fostering the agricultural interests of the
country,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

WATER is the only medium by which fer
tllizng matter can be carried from the soil
to the plants.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-23

GRAIN fields will be short and the straw
hight, but the yield will probably be large
Aand the quality tirst-class.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-08
NEWS NUGGETS.

In September the various minis of the
country coined nearly $4,000, 900, of which
81, 400, 900 were silver dollars.
A man named Reuben Smith was fatally
| stabbed a few days ago at Hot Springs, Ar
kansas, by Robert Russell, an employee.
Thirty-two bales of cotton were burned
up q few days ago at Montgomery, Ala
bama, by the careless throwing down of a
match the loss being considerable.
A petition is being circulated and gener-
ally signed in Memphis, Tenn, praying
the president to give one W. X. Moore, a
representative in congress from that dis
trict, a position in his cabinet.
Forepaughs circus discharged about
twenty men at Montgomery, Alabama, q
few days ago, and they and the employees
of the circus engaged In free fight, but no
lives were lost.
A little child while witnessing the opera
tons in molasses mill in cambridge, Ten
nessee, a few days ago, lost its balance and
fell into the boiling evaporator and was
dead before it could be taken out.
u 7oe~s that the accused star route mail
coTlg tionists, Brady ct ais, are trying to
staYe of a trial until congress meets in
December, hoping to get aid and counten-
aoCe ron several members OF congress.
Henry ]. Rowley, of Utica, New York,
lie the lunatic who has been threatening TO
kill q Senator Conkling. He is spotted
end watched, and there are no fears of his
doing anything rash now, as the ex-senator
and bis friends are on their guard.
The people in and around Tucson, Ari-
zona, and all that country thereabouts, are
much excited and alarmed at an uprising
of the Chiricahua Indians, who have killed
many settlers in the post few days, and
even attacked United States soldiers
The annual fair at st. Louis opened on
the Sd with unusual eclat. The first day
was the children's day, and there were not
millions, but thousands Of the innocents
there making all the grounds happy with
their happiness, the very air redolent with
the music of their innocences.
Ayoung lady, named Miss Mary Bough,
committed suicide day or two ago at
Cairo, Illinois by shooting herself through
the head. She had been Ill for some days
and having dispute and words with her
mother i'm the morning of the fatal day, she
endef Der existence with her own hand.
La Sunday morning an old lady named
Mrs. Vary Winters, living in New Orleans,
attempted suicide by striking herself in the
with Ratchet, which she had Dor
rowed for the purpose. She was not strong
enough 20 crack her skull, but size succeed
ed in inficting ugly wounds and bruises on
her head.
David Hine- and Rodsric Mcintosh, both
white wen living near Monroe, Louisiana,
became invOlved in personal difficulty two
Jr three DAYS ago while on their way 70
Monroe, and Hine- shot Mcintosh IN the
light side. inficting painful. but not dan
zerOu. wound. Whisky was ct the bottom
lfthe affair.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-08
The south.rn sr.tem Of oultIv.l

A late bulletin Of the Census Depaent
is devoted to statistics on smost intsing
rnattsr-the size and number Of far in
several Of the southern states, and the IN
ner in which they are cultivAted-vl er
By paid labOrsrs, by renting, or undebe
share system Unfortunately, Louisp
!. not one Of the states, o0ncefv
which this Information IL given; but Z
are statistics from Arkansas, GeoI
Alabama and others Of our neighbOrs, vi
furnish NJ with fair idea Of the pres
condftion q agriculture in the south, 4
the changss that have taken place since
pnr. All Of the states returned show
large increase in the number and con
Quent decrease in the sire Of fArms. 2
denfr. the en- II bis plantations
rxri1lv passing sway. and Ne
frrink TIE small farm systsn which, i
hen found rroduces mort 20 the he
and 20 the acre than any other. Thus,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-08
CONKLENl AND JONES.
Supposed Obj>et the Late Mysteriou.
CoHercsce in Utica.

SViNoretCo In UuCo.
A special fror Utica says: "The Hon
John P. Jones, he bonanza senator, ant
present host Of ksident Arthur. at Wash
ington, reached rica at about noon to-day
He was expected 1l:3O, but his train wa
delayed by sms-up west Of here. Ac
cordingly, Senatoronkling assumed thai
he would come on later train, and went t.
keep an eppintme with dentist. HI
was in the dentist CIR, having a tooth filled
when messenger aiounced that Senator
Jones had arrived, aIhad been driven by
the Hon. Lewis LawHce to the Conkline
mansion. The tooth ling was suspended
and the senator hasteH home to welcome
his guest. A man und9ood to be President
Arthur's private society, Reed, had arrived
some hours before, andad been driven in q
closed carriage to Coaing's house. No
ono of the three LEFT house during the
day and evening. fhivening Mr.. Law
renee and ono OF two 9th leading staIvarts
assembled N Mr.. Conklg's house. and a
long consultation was he The house was
brilliantly lighted, and doors and win
dovs were open, but no liver could be OBJ
tanned to the bel, snde house was as
silent as the grave.
= specialized Is Fife here Ito the meaning
of the confeyence. That has an impor.
tant Specification need nobe said. Prom
one stalwart source, 80 inSectly and acci-
dentally that no suspiciolof insincerity
exists, got the hint, apprQs of this visit.
that within the NEXT thre,r, four DAYS,
such decisive action will beken in Wash
ington as 10 leave no doubt that
President Arthur, wi all his
exclusive power, is ensed in Mr..
Conkling's interest inlthis state !:
that y stalwart manage will have
carte bla.Iohe for the federal atronaee Of
the state, TO be used in New Tx CITY, and
that the convention at thecademy of
Music is to be an sdministratit convention
at whatever cost. IL is belieyehat a large
number Of the so-called anti-stlarts being
cleo. I'd in the interior can be derted by
sufficient patronage pressure \ Arthur
Conkling men after they get t4ew York.
The surprising lassitude of thelvarts in
some districts where they were bected 10
win easily, points to the suspici4hat il i
felt 10 be cheaper 10 convert mo4ts half
breeds after they reach the metrdi. than
to beat then at home. The gene under
standing among stalwarts, and tome er-
tent Il reflects what has filtered dn from
above, IL ths Grant viii head tiqelega-
ton from New York city that evbody
save Lincols in the cabinet mustt and
that President Arthur and Mr.. killing
are In q trine closer accord to-day Il they
ever were before. "-fChicsgO Tribu
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-08
THE RUSH FOR GARFIRLD\ PICTURES.
Over ITO, 900 Sold in philadelphia in Six
Weeks.

Weeks.
Fully one hundred thousand Photographs
| engravings, prints and chtomos of the late
President Garfield, according to the esti
mates of reliable dealers, have lesn sold in
Philadelphia during the past six weeks
while the sales Of the pictures ofhis widow
and aged mother foot up at east 10000
additional. The prices of the various i'm.
pressions have ranged from ten cents to
81 so; but the bulk of the trade las .been
done in photos and Autographs, costing
twenty-five and fifty cents each.
Striking medium between the highest
estimate Of S38, $50 is given as the amount
which has found is way into the dealers
pockets within the period named. The sup
plies in this city have been drawn upon
heavily by stationery and picture store
keepers all over the city, while in addition
to residents Of Philadelphia thousands of
temporary visitors from all over pennsyI-
yania ana southern New Jersey have tone
home with a counterfeit resemblance of he
deceased executive. Notwithstandiusl ne
enormous sale, however, there is but Sl,ht
abatement Of the demand. "This will sh5w
YOU how we stand, said Chestnut streethrt
dealer yesterday as he loosened roll offod =
cap measuring couple Of yards . nd close =
covered with writing; these are the ords a
which we took yesterday alone, and sorl
you see. are for three or four picture for a
single individual. When these customers
get the CARD depends entirely on the sctiy-
ity of our photographers. At present We
are far behindhand. Whenever we hear
that photographer in any part Of the city
has got good picture, we Immediately tel
egraph to him for a specimen and particu-
lars as to.what number, II any, be can let
us have. Our greatest shortage is on pic
lures Of the ex-president, nsrt on those OF
his wife, and then Of the mother See those -
pointing to pile Of photograph u TO 16,
framed in bronze light oak and ebony, and
ranging in price from SO TO $40, which
were being packed for delivery: nearly
every one Of them is going 10 people who
were his clsss- mates or served under him
during the war. IL has touched me 10 see
the tears roll down the cheeks Of his old
now gray-headed men, as
they examined the different specimens in
order to find a picture which would remind
them the most OF the former companions
whose advancement TO the highest position
in the land had been such a source Of pride
md qualification 10 them Philadelphia
Record.