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, 1881-09-18

THE Lailtl- League Convention at Dublin,
as was anticipated, adopted all the resoln-
lions proposed by the Executive Committee
Of the League, and others Of rather ex-
treme character US well. At the suggestion
Of Alr. rarncll, three representatives of the
Labor League were added TO the EXECUTIVE
Committee Of the Laid League, and
for the future the Land and Labor
Leagues may be considered Us one. But
it is questionable whether the alli-
;lnce will last The farmers and laborers
OF Ireland have been almost as antagonlstic
rs the landlords ana the farmers have been,
and it. is doubtful even now whether tile
turner's will be unsclfish enough and just
enough to act OIL the advice OF the League
Convention and of Mr.. Parnen, and treat The
iaborers fairly anu considerably. Alr. Far
nell and the convention seem to. have been
rather TOO much under the Influence OF tile
Communistic element Of the Land League
associations ut this side of the water. It Is
we'll understood that person named
Ford, who conducts a Communistic
organ in New York City, has been
the means Of sending number of
kilograms from this country to Dublin
during the past week to induce the conyen-
tion to adopt extreme resolutions. The con-
yention seems to have advanced halfway to
meet Mr. Ford and his friends, and so far the
convention has been very nnwise. But
while the convention is being held, the farln-
ers seem to De preparing to avail themselves
Of the provisions of the Land act to secure
reduction of rent, and, Notwithstanding the
denunclation OF tile act by the Leaguers,
there is little doubt that it will be admins
tered by the Land Commission so as to sat
isfy the fa1mers-in which event the occupa-
ton Of many Of the Leaguers will be gone. :
, 1881-09-18

ST. BERNARD COMMANDERY. No. s.. X. T.
Etntcd Conclay. "Wednesday evening" Sent =, at %
t'csnck- Work tire Tenlllar Order. Visiting Sir
knights arss cousteyus!r lMvitca; ~ order Ut
lUilS ID. II. c.AifL Commander
j. O, DICkEUSDN. i{Ncuricr.
, 1881-09-18

CURINTIItAS CHAPTER. NJ. e. H. A. M.-Spcc:a1
Etnvuclton Monday evening. Sept H. nj O'Clock.
Work the Mark and Past Master Degrees. Visit
ing c1mIsununs are t,rdialy Invited. Ky order of
ARTHUR WARRINGTON, II. T.
]. @, DIEkEKSttN. Secretary,
, 1881-09-18

y. c. .CKEGiE;n LODGE. No E:;. A. +. Il a. ~
1tcgular Communication "Wednesday evening. Sept.
81. OcI,.c, ss.rp fur work. Tistttn: bretheren
JAMES KEATS, ". II.
John G1S0CIlIS, Secretary
, 1881-09-18

LINCOLN PARK CHAPTER III. L. H. M.-HALI.
:.'ruer Clark und Centre-sts- Stated convocattu,1
Mnnday, sept H. for the TRANSACTION II business ane
work on the Il 4 Degree. Hy order IT
FRED 1l.tLLA, II. +.
, 1881-09-18

CHEvAL1ER BAyARD COMMASDEKy OF
Knights Temp!ar-Si'eeinl Conc!avc p. III. Thursday.
Sept Work tht at the Temple ttsittnE
Knights welcome. Ey order Of tho f. Commander.
II. L. RANNEi, Recorder
, 1881-09-18

ASItLAN LODGE 3K A. F. s. A. M-A REGu-
lar COMMUNICATION will be held their nail, Il
Monroe-*t.. Iuesday evening. sept u. nt y. IN.
Every member is earnestly requested 10 be present
Visiting brethren cuEdalfy n.ited. =
....... W. H. THOMPSON. W. NJ
{. II. CRANE, Secretary.
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SCARCITY OF POTATOES.

"There can be but little doubt" says the
Montreal Gazette, "that our farmers will be
able to dispose of their surplus potato crop,
as the American demand appears to be
steadily increasing. Last week the ship
ment of potatoes from this city to Southern
and Western points in the United States
amounted to 36 car loads, containing about
10000 bushels, agains 5000 for the week
previous. Dealers are shipping extensive
ly to Cincinnati and Detroit, while several
New York buyers are quietly picking up
all available lots. 1t is now pretty clear
that between this and the new crop, there
will be great scarcity in the United States
and we expect to see higher prices. We
would, nevertheless, advise our farmers to
meet the present demand with alacrity, as
it will not be long before new Southern po.
tatoes will be placed on the American mar
kets."
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-30

his subordinates. Bring me package of
turnip seed - he Kisses through his teeth
in a manner that causes menial to tremble
and turn pale. He entered his office for the
first time, the other day, and found his desk,
the one recently occupied by LeDuc, cov-
cred with what appeared to be clover hulls
and dirt, and he inquired what it was.
''Tea,'' said humble servitor. 'rean'
thundered Loring, "tea! Out with the
accursed stuff, and don't let me see any
more OF it!' He did not care so much
about the tea, but he wanted to give them
specimen of his style. Pursuing his inves-
legations, he came upon couple of tons of
cornstalks, from which the juice had been
extracted, and then he let himself out
The storm ragged, lightnings flashed, the
groans Of the dying mingled with the yells
Of the victors, and freedom shreked as Kos
ciusko fell, and the cornstalks were dumped
out on dray and carted off. There is a
firm hand at the helm of the ship OF state,
in the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington, and the country can rest in secur-
ity.-Peck
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needle-like points attach themselves to the
straw and have pierced the intestines of
ANIMALS who have eaten of the straw, caus
ing their death; several fires in mills have
oeen attributed to sparks thrown off by the
contact OF millstones with the wire when
the straw is used to make paper the pulp
has been rendered useless by the presence
OF particles Of Wire and large magnets have
been used to eliminate them. 1t is esti-
mated that farmers will require on an aver
age 2OO pounds OF hemp or flax twine, the
cost OF which would be about $40, or one
half the cost of wire. 10 bind wheat
would require three feet of twine to sheaf,
l6o feet to bushel of grain, or for the
whole crop raised last year in the United
States $4,000 tons of hemp, which could be
made into cord long enough to girdle the
earth ten times. 1t is suggested that if
twine came into general use as binder, the
farmers, especially in Kentucky and Mis-
souri,, who have been raising hemp and flax
principally for the seed, would be able to
dispose of the stalks also. There are now
ten factories in this country devoted to the
making OF twine, but their capacity Is less
than the amount of twine that would be re-
quired for the full crop of wheat.-Er.
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THE WHEAT CROP.

There is no Disgusting the fact that the
fact that the wheat crop for 1881 will be a
very short one; much lighter than is gen.
orally supposed. The Chicago Tribune
gave the country, month ago, the yield
for 1881, placing the figures at 525, 100000
bushels. The writer or compiler said he
estimated the crop for 1880 far in advance of
all official returns, and missed it by only
100000 bushels, and was evidently san
guine of similar success in 1881. Had the
figures been 100000, 900, time will show
that they would come nearer the facts. 1t
is conceded by men who are in position
to know most under this head, parties
whose success in business depends largely
on how near they can get to the facts in
the case, that the crop is Is to 10 per cent
short, with growing indications OF still
further decline before the crop is harvested.
The surplus, or supply for foreign markets,
will in consequence be much less than it has
been for the last two years, and prices will
rule much higher throughout the year.
Rural World.
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OUR BEAUTIFUL SEED SHARP.

DR.. Loring, the new Commissioner of
Agriculture, in place of the enthusiastic
LeDuc, is said to be the handsomest man
in public life at Washington, and that his
beauty is fully equal to that of Nicholas
Smith, husband of Ida Greeley, though of a
different type. Smith is a pronounced
blonde, with dreamy, blue eyes, and hair of
a radent red, while Loring is a brunette,
tall and tiger-like. His dark eyes flash an
imperious flash, as he comes suddenly upon
a monster pumpkin or Hubbard squash at
country tair, and he handles an ear of corn
IN rakish and piratical sort OF way that
mashes country girl as though New
York building, built on contract, had fallen
on her. Like Conkling he has made atti-
tude study, and clothes himself in freez-
air that carries an uncomfortable chill to all
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-30
GRASSHOPPERS,

Grosshoppers still infest the gardens and
farms on the South Golden road. On Mr..
DeVinney's farm, they are very numerous
and active, eating up his crops and doing
an immense amount of damage. At such a
time and under such a visitation, it can
hardly be expected that everything can be
in apple pie order or the fruit grounds laid
out like display of wedding inery to
catch the eye of a society reporter. Cul-
ture is done at too great disadvantage
when the elements and the insect world
combine against the handiwork of man.
Colorado Farmer.
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RETALIATION.

The Austrian government has laid an
embargo upon the importation of Ameri-
can lard, on the ground of it's alleged dam
gerous character. The German Imperial
government has levied an additional duty
upon the importation of American flour.
No matter npon what grounds these and
similar acts of European governments may
be based, their true aim is understood in
England to be a sort of retaliation upon the
United States for the severity of our pro-
tective tariff duties. Although thus far all
these accumulated changes have produced
comparatively little effect upon our enor-
nous export trade, yet there can be but
very little doubt that the steady persever-
ance OF the European commercial powers in
this retaliatory policy will ultimately be
able to reduce but scarcely overcome, the
very large and handsome balance of trade
in our favor. The remarkable fact, how
ever, is that notwithstanding that this re-
taliation has been going on for nearly a
year past, the balance of trade in our favor
is much larger for the year 1880 than for
the preceding year. The most surprising
fact of all is. that the exports of provisions,
butter, lard and tallow 60 on steadily in
creasing, notwithstanding all the efforts of
a hostile character made against them in
Europe. These retalitory efforts are of
course essential parts of the foreign pro-
gramme to induce our country to abandon
the protective tariff and adopt the so-called
British free-trade. But it will never sue
ceed. Our continued prosperity depends
upon cherishing our home industries.
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When the eggs are carefully washed, as be-
fore described, they can be set out in suit
able place to dry in the crates, They
should be dried quickly, and be packed as
soon as dry. In packing, the same rules
should be observed as in packing fresh eggs.
Watts built in cellar, around the walls,
with about halt their depth below the sur
face, about four or five feet deep, six feet
long, and tour feet wide, are usually consid-
cred the best for preserving eggs although
many use and prefer large tubs made of
wood.
The place in which the vats are built, or
the tubs set, should be clean and sweet, tree
from all bad odors, and when steady low
temperature can be maintainetl-the lower
the better-that is down to any point above
freezing. Besides the foregoing, other
methods for preserving eggs have been de-
vised, such as vanishing, greasing. oiling
and rolling in flour; but these methods will
answer in small way, for an individuals
private use, it being nearly or quite as
much as worth to put them in mercantile
shape in fact, it is nearly impossible to do
so, as the shells will never look uniformly
clean. Several processes have been pat
ented and sold to considerable extent, but
the old lining process undoubtedly stands
ahead up to the present time.-Racine Agri-
cuIturist,
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CULTIVATION OF WHEAT,

Arthur r. Jenner Fust in his .'Wheat
Culture" writes, ''lt is my firm belief that
the real reason why our wheat crops only
yield half as much as the English crops, is,
that in England they utilize sheep as grain
growers, while we only consider them rs
wool or mutton Makers | have even
heard OF an essay on ''Sheep as the Scaven-
gers of the Farm meaning probably,
''pickers up of unconsidered trifles' in the
form of weeds. Now, though l object en-
tirely to sheep being degraded into ''scav-
engers," |, with admirable inconsistency,
admire them atty in their office of dung
carries; and with reason, for was born and
bred up to manhood in that part of England
in which the whole OF the farms are indebt-
ed for their very existence, as productive
soil, to tie sheeptold. How many years
ago the regular system of folding was first
obtained never could find out. 1t is very
simple business. The sheep 60 to fold
about seven in the evening the next morn-
ing, as soon as the dew is off, they are let
out, and run on the natural down pasture
1OI dn IOul VI G"O tHSy dlS ClCH dllOWCu
to feed on some early forage plant-rye,
tares, winter barley, or winter oats; then
few hours on the downs again, another feed
of forage plants, and about 4 p. M, they
Craze their way along the downs to the
fold. The enclosure of wattled hurdles is
arranged to accommodate certain number
of sheep so that the land may be properly
and regularly manured. The calculation is
that one sheep passing one night on one
square yard of land, is equal, in money
value, to e3 los. a. SOY per acre and it is
upon this basis that acts of husbandry, as
they are called, for which the incoming ten
ant has to pay his predecessor, are valued.
Think for moment of what passes in the
fold during the night. The land has been
recently plowed; the liquid and solid eject
ions are therefore easily absorbed, the oil
from the fleece forming by no means an un-
appreciable part Of them. The sheep.
many weighing from 100 to 12O pounds
each, pass eight or ten hours crouched On
the same spot, and the pressure. Of their
bodies, together with the trampling of their
tiny hoots, cendense and solidify the land
IN fashion that no roller could hope to en-
ulate.-Ec.
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With his request
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SoBsT1TUTING TwINE FOR WIRE.

y manufacturers OF reaping machines
yine TO substitute twine tor wire in
s sheaVes of wheat and other cereals.
= 1uul'ion to the fact that a royalty has to
u 80 On the patent for binding with wire
~ sia'lcaliy, the use of wire is alleged to
ID ''ec'ionable for the following among
~ ~. reasons: When it gets into the
d 80 ID breaks the teeth and renders the
'sFn'ne useless; small pieces of wire with
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-30

4 nAlL Protective Association has been
Il 'nieu at Greeley, Col. 1t is on the mutu-
Riah' We are inclined to think that as
paIlons confined to localities will bear
heavily upon its members, which must
necessity be few. But State Protective
s.eVy must spread the loss over large
i. ~ y oe likely to make strong organ
sAon' making assessments for losses very
~ On each member.-Er,
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Whe Dott5ehold,
catItu,'i;st

Good Cake.-Beat well together four eggs,
one cup of sugar, butter the size Of an egg,
then add one and a half cups Of flour, in
which has been mixed one teaspoonful Of
cream-tartar, and lastly add one-half tea
spoonful saleratus dissolved in one-half tea
cupful of sweet milk bake in two tins.
Another.-Make like the above, except
use only one cup of flour, one spoonful of
milk and bake in one tin. 1t bakes very
quickly-be careful. Use tlavoring ifyou
like.
Hash.-Chop Il couple of small onions and
put with a little water in 0 skillet or small
kettle; cook till tender aud nearly dry add
a cupful of chopped meat, and a little more
than cuptul of mashed or chopped cold
potatoes Put in good piece of butter,
and salt and pepper to taste. Stir all to-
gether, heat hot and serve at once.
Meat Pie.-Have the meat perfectly ten
der and remove all the bones. Cut into
small pieces, but do not hash it. Unless
some of the meat is fat, add butter the size
OF half an egg. Add a little more water
than will cover it. Season with pepper and
slice in one or two onions according to
quantity. Beat, then stir a heaping tea
spoonful of flour in to little water, as for
starch and thicken the water. If you have
maccaroni, break up few sticks and add;
otherwise slice up a few potatoes. Pour
into deep baking dish make crust as
for rich biscuit and lay over the top. Cut a
place in the centre for the steam to escape,
and bake half or three quarters OF an hour
in moderate oven.
Hot Meat Cakes.-Pick the meat, or meats,
from the bones and chop fine. TO each
cupful add about one-ha'f of an onion,
chopped fine, and season just right with
pepper and salt Roll four large crackers
and add, or about the same quantity of dry
bread grated. Beat an egg and add, and if
more moisture is required add some cold
broth in which the meat was boiled. Flour
your hands and make the mass up into
small cakes, which brown on both sides on
hot, CREASED griddle.
Baked Hash.-Four cupsful of chopped
meat; six slices, large ones, of stale and
very dry bread, grated; one cupful of sweet
cream; one-halt cupful of buttermilk; one
half teaspoonful of soda salt and pepper to
taste. If too moist, add more bread crumbs
or rolled cracker; if too dry, little cold
broth or water. Mix well; press into
bread pan Or pudding dish, and bake about
three-quarters of an hour Cut off in slices
and use cold, or warm on griddle.
Chicken on Toast.-If you have cold chick
en- left from dinner-and it you have not
quite enough of the chicken it will answer
to piece it out with cold beef or ham-you
can make very nice relish for breakfast or
tea, by hashing it little (not too fine), ad-
ding salt, pepper, little butter and water,
! then heat and spread ON slices of buttered
toast.
Soft Ginger6read.-Twoc cups of molasses,
one cup of water, nearly half cup of but
ter, one tablespoonful of ginger and little
salt; make to stiff batter.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-30

II an article last spring on sowing fall
winter wheat in the spring with the oat
w. we gave Mr.. Kennedy, of the Gala
valley, credit for being the first to make
experiment in Montana, when we
Ruld nave given it to w. G. Kattcer, who
u u really the one to introduce this expert
IT, The method, we are pleased to
w. Is proving quite success.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-30

THE sugar beet is a native of the shores
1 THE Mediterranean where it grows wild
FithOut the aid of cultivation.
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l ARMERs' sons are robust, healthy, tough
and sun-bronZed, and farmers daughters
lEe perfect impersonation of rustic beauty,
lnplicity and modesty, and the embodi-
nent of rosy, fresh and vigorous life.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-30

The cut worm is doing some damage il
le neighborhood of Ft. Collins, Colorado.
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aTHE farmer looks the whole world in the
Ice with an air of independence.
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Docxv MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN is designed
i ~ t,o name indicates, hllsbandInan III every
~ nof tbe term embracing in its columns every
1t,on+ of Agriculture, Stock-raiSil.g, Horti-
I"''.o Social and Domestic Economy.
ADVERTISING RATES.
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Sow ttlrnip seed now, and we will guar
Iltee that the product will be tender and
aicy, and a most excellent vegetable for
Die use until late in the coming spring.
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dAgrirulural~


II sAGR1CULTURE makes the wilderness to
blossOm as the rose.
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"A FRENCH colony Of farmers is to be set
led in Canada on lands purchased from the
3anadian Pacific railway at $l.25 per acre.
|ne n Agricultural Society, having the mat
NJ in charge, has secured 100000 acres of
ny choice land.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-06-30

Two hundred and fifty thousand tons OF
n wheat remain ON the market in Califor-
ia While the season for the new crops is
Ready at hand. Shipping facilities are
leklng-hence this immence quantity re-
1alnlng to affect the market price Of the
wv crop. ...
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-01-17
The Ship Canal Question,

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house COM
mittee On the inter oceanic slip canal,
gave hearing to-day to Mr.. Thompson,.
late secretary of the navy. as American
representative Of the Panpma canal. He
combatted the idea that the project in
any case was susceptible of the Monroe
doctrine, as argued and that all PROPOSE
tions for isthmian transit should bes
left to the control of engineering and
financial. consideration. At the conclu-
sion of his argument his attention was
called to the resolution reported by the
committee the eighth of March last.
Having read il he, said the declaration
contained i'll it was the very conclusion
which he had desired reaching and which
he had reached in his argument. Mr.
Singleton OF. the committee remarked
that Thompson was not proposing any
action and the committee had taken ac-
ton on the subject, stating that the gov
ernment would not interfere in any way
at present, but = that ii the {. neces-
isty should ( ever ( arise the
government should reserve the right to
interfere. Mr.. Thompson replied that
he was quite willing to stop there i'll lis
argument, as lie saw that the views Of
the committee correspondent with his OWE
on general questions. ayi}tb