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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

JoURNALISTlC--A number of changes
in the press have recently occurred.
Mr.. II. /. McDuffie of the Lau-
rinhurg Enterprise, has leased the
Rockingham Bee, and will henceforth
run the two papers, tho separately. 1t
will need the Enterprise Of the Bee to
make both ends meet.-Col. John
ID. Cameron has purchased halfinterest
in Mr.. John Spelman's State Jon rnai,
the organ of the Anti Prohibitionists /;
and IA semi weekly will also be issued
at an early day. Messrs. Spelman and
Cameron will make a strong team, with
4 plenty Of steam; both being expert
Recorder, with new type, new editors,
and newsy columns, is a beauy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

CURIOUS FRUITS OF TME.-Verily
doth We whirligig of Time bring many
changes round! Everybody remembers
that when the present Constitution was
before the people of North Carolina for
adoption or rejection, many arbitrary
features were excused on the ground of
protecting the whites in the negro
ridden counties, such as Craven, Lenoir,
Halifax, ct all The western men OBJ
.jected to the appointment Of county
commissioners and magistrates, instead
of ''electing' them; but as it was deem
ed necessary to save the east the
objection was swallowed.
Five years, however, have wrought
many eye-openers. And now the pa
pers in Craven and Lenoir are among
the first to call for the old style of pop
ular election.
The NctcGeynion says:-''That the
Democratic party in 1880 will favor the
election Of magistrates and county com
missioners by the people, is a ~foregone
conclusion Let it now take up the cry
of anti monopoly, and we believe that
in the State, victory will again await it. y
"Ah, ha! The Kinston Journal
now advocates the election Of magis-
trates by the people. We have all got
to come to it, and the sooner the bet
ter"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10
NOTICE TO RAILROAD
Con t L a G t O T. :

wrsrrRS NORTH CARoLI~A Il. r. Co..
SALISBURY, n. C., Oct. y, 1901.
aF,IrD PROPOSALS will he received al the
S%ofhce of the company in salisbury, y, =. un.
I'll II m. November, 10, 1-Hl, for the eraduaton
and masonry on a part OF the DuchtoMn =,
Western North Carolina Railroad, west %
pigeon River. Profile and specihcatioh- can =
seen at the office of the company, or az tn1 IN
of the Chief Engineer, Major Jas "lIsoh
asbeviue. y. G. The company reserves the rlgh'
to reject any and all bids. -
AT.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

LIGHTNING BAILs.-There was some
comment upon our remark last week
that a bunch of fire-balls" fell into
Raleigh during the heavy storm on
Monday OF last week. Electric balls are
far from uncommon. When the writer
was a child, sitting at the door of has
home, in Virginia, near the brow of a
long hill, one evening, a large ball OF
fire, the size ef a bucket, was seen
sweeping past the door, almost within
arms length of a number of persons,
and descending into the valley, as far as
the eye could discern. We have heard
one or two physicians describe similar
sights, witnessed by them during their
travels at night.
Some persons think that the balls
of fire" which ''sprang out of the
ground" and consumed the Roman
worhmen who were endeavoring to re-
build the Temple, at Jerusalem, by or
der of } Julian, the apostate, We're really
victims of electric gases. such as would
naturally accumulate within the old
vaults, and subterranean passages, OF
the old temple. However, whether ma
tural or supernatural, the result proved
the same. Prophecy was fulfilled and
never again did the pride of the jew,
uplift its gorgeous spires above the
Holy City.
As for electric balls, We find the fol-
lowing An eyewitness states that il
the summer Of 1859, while a class o.
scholars of what was then known as the
Old Brick Schoolhouse, of East Whit
by, in the county OF Ontario, were seat
ed in the gallery in the class room, a
ball Of fire about ) inches in diameter
was seen to slip through the stovepipe.
the bottom portion Of which had been
taken away with the stove, and strike
the floor. 1t then moved a zigzag di-
r%ection, and finally disappeared, having
done no harm, and leaving no evidence
of its presence beyond very slightly
scorching the floor where it first struck.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

FINE CHANCE FOR a TRUCK FARM
Everybody complains of the Raleigh
markets, yet there are good locations
fer truck farming within sound of the
city bells. We advertise one to day.
1t is 81 miles from town, about 100
acres, mineral spring, mill and pond
with an abundance of muck to f~ertilize
the poorer land and is said to be rich
enough to grow clover; and some of it a
bale of cotton to the acre. Land so
near Raleigh, is bound to advance in
price year by year. Write to Drawer
II.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

VISITING FRIENDS.-It was a pleas
ure to take by the hand a number of
our readers from various parts of the
State. last week.
Col. J. &. Harper, of Caldwell, who
was nominated for Congress in 1870
without his knowledge, and triumph
antly elected a few weeks later, was in
the city on business connected with the
Morganton Insane Asylum. lie reports
the people of the Happy Valley" hap
pier than usual over the bright pros
poets for a railroad. 1t seems pretty
well settled that Gen. Imboden's road
will come across the mountains to lie
noir, and take the shortest u to the
mouth Of Cape Fear.
Gen. Cox, like Col. Harper, called on
the doubly pleasant for u.s. errand OF
settling his subscription, as he will
shortly leave for Atlanta, and the time
for the assembling of Congress dee 81 Is
fast approaching. He will doubtless
illustrate cause and effect, by making a
popular and useful member.
Capt. Sam Webb, who straddles the
line between Orange and Alamance, and
is equally well known and popular in
both, was en- route TO Weldon FAR. or,
Halifax fair; nay!-'twas the fairest
fair-Anlin where.
He reports that the Alamance far
mers are not so badly hurt by the drouth
as most sections. They will get through
the without "raiding," on either corn
cribs or pork pens. Glad t o hear it.
Mr.. Mayor, John +. Murrill, ofHick
DRY, our brother in Affection the editor
OF the C~arohnidn. called to show us
how big and jolly a man the healthy
AIR and water and chestnuts, and fried
chicken, and biscuits, of Catawba can
produce.
Bro Thomas, of the Franklin Times
was also III town yesterday jolly as ever.
And as we remarked last week the
Times Is showing an increased amount
of editorial work of late.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

LIBERAL-The annual report of b.
f. Montague, Esq, Treasurer of the
North Carolina Baptist State Conven-
ton, for the fiscal year ending Nov.
list, 1881, shows the following amounts
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10
DRS, CRAWFORD g. EVERETT
Dentists.

Ut-e
Office of DIR. j. III. Crawford over
B%ranson's Store.
Office of DIR. ID. +, Everitt over Tuck
er's Store.
All operations performed in a skilful manner,
a prices as low a. any operator i'll the city.
tilJanl-S2.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

Hon. Sackville West, the new British
Minister arrived at New York yester-
day.-1he London Times SAYS that
the Bank of England holds no money
for the payment of Confederate bonds.
-Moeting of the Ladies Land
League in Ireland are not interfered
with.-A Texas stage robber gets
ninety rine years in the penitentiary.
Fred Frelinghu. sen qualified IS
receiver of the busted Mechanics Bank
of Newark.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

School NOTES. Judge billiard has
more than 20 pupils at his Law School
this session, We learn from the P1ant.
The Horner boys, at Oxford, have
received their new uniforms, and make
d very handsome appearance in school
and on parade, we learn from the Free
Lance-One hundred and forty four
students at Wake Forest.
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$l0,970.45

This IS nearly three thousand in eX.
cess of last year, and bespeaks either a
growing church. or growing liberality,
or both. The sum OF SO, 549.9 annual
contribution to Foreign Missionary pur-
poses should make itself felt.
This, however, is not the full amount
of contributions, as many Associations
send their funds directly to the Boards.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

SoCIALEsTICs.-Chris church Aid Sc
ciety has resumed its sojrees, beginning
at the residence of Maj. Tucker .-
ment at Metropolitan Hall, on the 10th
INST, to raise funds for a monument to
Mai. Seaton Gales. Mrs. Craig, OF
Marion, is visiting her father, p. f..
Pescud, Esq.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-10

A telegram 10 the ObSerrer an
nounces an election riot pear Meridien,
Miss. The negroes fired on the whites
killing four. Afterwards the sheriff
and posse attacked the gang in a house.
and were besieging them st last &C
counts.
u 1t appears to be a fact that Col.
John VI. Robinson Of the Bay Line,
and Raleigh K. Roads, has bought a
controlling interest in the Carolina
Central, Maj. Winder is said to have
gone TO take possession.
-Four weddings occur in Raleigh to
day and tomorrow namely Capt. j. j.
Nackey, of S. C., and Miss Kate Dew
ereux Mr.. Wyatt and Miss Hicks,
Mr.. Henry Slater and Miss German,
Mr.. Jos. Blown and Miss Bun khead.
a letter from a lady in Stamboul,
the old city of Constantinople, Turkey,
to the editor of the Farmer and Ne
chantc, speaking Of Garfeld's death
says-'The American minister in Lon
don kept US informed daily of the huc-
t~uations, and though you may think We
had little personal interest In It, you
cannot know how anxiously we follow
ed the ebb and flow Of Hope. The sad
news Of the end reached u the day fol-
lowing and on the day Of internent,
memorial services were held at our En-
bassadors, and a fearful company OF
Americans gathered there.
we live near the site Of st. Julien,
a beautiful Greek church, Of ancient
days. Marble pillars, capitals, and
slabs, with finely chiseled Greek inscrip-
tons, are lying about our door, and on
the side of the street in front"
When Shakespeare suggested putting
a girdle round the globe in 30 min
utes," he supposed as did all mankind
until 90 years ago he had named a feat
which none but supernatural power
could contemplate. 1t is no longer i'm
possible. Telegraphic wires already
e~ncircle the habitable earth, and were
prompt connections made a telegram
might flash round the apple in less than
an hour. 1t will be observed the
Americans across the Hellespont, 5000
miles from Washington, learned Of the
death Of the President next morning
after it occurred at 10 p. m.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-10-20

AN improved arm seeder has been patent
ed by Ar. Philip Strong, Jr.. of Sarapae.
Mich. This device is to be carried or worn
oy the person using it, by means of which
all KINDS Of grain or seed may be scattered
or sown broadcast over the ground evenly
ali" with less exertion than heretofore and
the invention consists principally of bag
havlng a flexible tube or smaller poction
connected to a sectional metal distributor.
which Is provided with valve. and adapted
to be swung from side to side for throwing
or scattering the grain, the supply of grain
pelng regulated by means of the valve
Scientific american.
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---1'------'-----'- 80 --assissss -------
TIE SIBERIAN FOWL.

This ia called by some the Russian. and
said to be native of that conntry. It is
distinguished by tufts of dark-colored teath-
ers springng from each jaw, others, longer
and fuller, springing from the lower madi-
BILE i'll the form of beard. The color va
ries-sone are white, some blue or black.
aud others are colored like the Game fowl.
The flesh of this variety is white and good.
Ihey are, likewise, good layers, are hardy
and easily fed. Dickson says that they are
great tayorites in Scotland. This fowl Is
sometimes colored like the spanged Ham
burg, some gold and some silver spangled.
When thus colored they are considered very
valuable.
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THE BRONZE TURKEY.

American breeders can justly be proud
OF having such a fine breed of turkeys as
the Bronze are everywhere acknowledged
to be. The large size, as we'll as the bril-
liant plumage is due to the wild turkey.
with which they have been crossed to main
tain the size and markings. Many f1ocks,
having been closely bred for several years,
diminish in size, while the colors so highly
priced get paler every succeeding year.
Some of our prominent breeders have re-
course to the wild stock for breeding males.
every two or three years, and thus keep up
high standard for their fiocks of Bronze
turkeys The march of civilization is fast
thinning cut the wild turkey, and it will not
be long ere they will be difficult to procure.
There are several Western parties who
make quite business of breeding and ship
ping wild turkeys to Eastern and Southern
breeders to cross with their aocks. While
there are many who boast Of their man.
moth Brenze turkeys; we doubt if any can
show fifty pound one The nearest ap-
proach to it we ever saw was one weighing
forty-seyen and half pounds. If he was
made to weigh fifty pounds, $25 was to bs
paid for him at Christmas, it then being
November. He was put up tor fattening,
and instead of gaining the few extra pounds,
which he would il he had laid on fat, he
ran down on the scale. This proved, as
well as other experiments, that turkeys
must have plenty OF range and their liberty
to do well and prove profitable.
Poultry Yard.
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VARIETY OF DIET.

Fowls require variety in their diet Just
as we do ourselves, and few people seem to
be aware how many things they will eat
with relish which we are accustomed to
throw away, and how many other ways
there are Of catering for them at little cost.
Tea leaves, for instance, will be eaten quite
veraciously by hens. made the discovery
accidently, and did not tail to profit by it.
We cannot, of course, provide them with
what they rel oice excessively-the must or
grapes which have been pressed in vintage
time-but We can provide them with alco-
holic stimulant in the shape of grains occa-
sionally, it near brewery, or of maize glu-
ten, the refuse of starch factories, which, [
suppose, must be procurable, and we can
furnish them with green food, either raw
or boiled. In France it is thought worth
while to preserve cabbage and beet-root
leaves for this purpose, Tor winter use, by
putting them in pits with layers of salt be-
tween them, and in the spring the peasantry
will gather for their poultry the young
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-10-20
PASTURES.

Management is the cheapest and most
practical manure on the farm. The com
mon plan is to haye but one pasture, upon
which cattle must Craze at all times. II it
comes to the bare sod during seasons of ex-
treme drouth the stock must continue to
grub away at the sod for want OF better.
This exposes the roots Of the grass to the
sun. and Injuries or destroys the plant. Sup
pose we use our trees and shrubs in that
way, the detriment to growth would at once
be apparent. A good top on grass for
growth is as necessary as upon trees.-Prof.
s. 4. Knapp.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-10-20

under ordinary conditions warrant trans
portation and manipulation Muck has a
certain value as an absorbent of LIQUID ma
nure, and it may pay to procure and dry it
for such purposes; but to meet this want it
must be convenientto the barn, and OF good
quality. Farmers cannot afford to be de-
luded or led estray on any point, and there
fore, it is important that the true value of
what is called muck should be understood.
boston Journal Of Chemist,y
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CLEAN THE HEN HOUSE,

Cleanliness in and about the fowl house
and runs is indispensable. Nothing is more
conducive to the health and thrift of poultry
than clean roosting place. In whatever
light we view it, we are compelled to saw
that no fowl can be comfortable. healthy or
productive while confined in filthy room
or obliged to pick, scratch and wallow in it's
own fetid droppings. 1t is evident that filth
generates vernin and disease. Fowls will
often endure much hardship, wet and cold,
while in confinement and at liberty, with
out showing i'll health, providing their roost-
ing place was we'll ventilated. But eontine
the most spirited, active and healthy fowls
in filthy house day after day without be-
ing cleaned, and they will become sickly
and Improbable to their keeper. In a
hlthy hen house one may look to the un-
der portions of the perches and find that
lice brood, breed and hive under the roosts
in great numbers. This is norribe But
how complacently the careless poultrer can
look this naked fact in the face without
wlncings tie likes nice fresh egg for break-
fast, and tender broiler once in a while,
but cannot see the necessity of keeping his
fowl house clean. We again advise you to
keep your hen house and runs clean. Re-
move all fixtures, carry out all dirt, and
commence from the bottom to the top and
Whltewash the whole interior. Apply kero-
sense Oil to the perches and wood work of
the nests, and dust the hens with carbelic
powder.
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!. ~ selecting flour first look to the color
i t;. white, with straw-color tint, buy
49, = !. Is white, with BLUSH cast, or with
,aha.;. ~ H. refsse it. Second, examine its
ht,,a t,.'e'leSs-wet and knead little of it
IEots =. your fingers if it works soft and
ill.,, ' - ~ is poor. Third, throw lump OF
als In our against smooth surface; if it
loms ~ - powder 1t is bad. Fourth, squeeze
etains = ,'e nour tightly in your hand, if it
hat - 'ne shape given by the pressure,
'ep, ~ Nv, Is good sign. 1t is safe to buy
aoaes "' VIII stand all these tests. These
Kev a afe given by all flour dealers. and
adv ~ :. sA'h TO matter that concerns every-
-'ne staff of life.-Es.
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transient advertisements PAYABLE in advance.
Rovnlar advertisements payable quarterly.
rweuty-Gye per cent. added for special advertise
snents.
orapr or draft at our SIX; but not at our expense.
ANY enc failing to receive his paper regularly
should notify us promptly by postal card.
subscriber desiring to change the post Office
direction Of his paper must communicate to us the
name Of the post-ofce to which has previously
aeen sent otherwise we may be unable comp y
with his request.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-10-20
!NQZhe Do,1lr11 gard.
ADVICE ABOUT BEGINNING.

Some guide is found necessary in every
business, and this is best obtained by resort
to the experience OF others. In the poultry
business the commencement is important,
as the expectations are apt to be so high
that they are not apt to be realized. The
best and surest way to come te the expe-
rence OF others is to read the columns de-
voted to this branch in the reliable agricul-
tural papers. With ,nal2J, q knowledge Of
poultry has grown witis~lheir growth.
There is much improvement since the early
days OF the middle aged man, not only in
breeds, but in manner of treatment, in rear
ing, and the control OF the adult birds. The
fowls of to-day will not bear the neglect of
years ago, because there has been introduc-
ed a finer and higher bred type of fowls,
the existence of which our torefathcrs, in a
measure, were ignorant Of.
10 be able to proftably keep fowls in
their improved state in thrift requires time,
attention and care. This the novice must
be prepared to expend, else there is disap-
pointment. The novice must be prepared
to expend, else there is disappointment.
The novice must be prepared to commence
at the beginning. Too close breeding in
order to retain purity of the blood is Rlis-
take. 1t may answer for a year or so, after
which the birds deteriorate. The second
year the uniformity OF size, and markings
of plumage, which are the principal char
acteristics of the bird, will be found to dwin-
die and disappear. Still the purity of blood
must be maintained. This may be done by
the Introduction of fresh blood each alter
nate year, using discretion In the selection.
The introduction of this blood, as rule, is
better through the male. care being taken
to select all the best and tinest-plummed fe-
males for breeding purposes. In choosing
cock be very particular.
Let the size be first noticed. This should
never be over or under the standard weight
OF the Brahma or Asiatic varieties for breed
ing purposes, the weight should not exceed
eight pounds; and if extra size is required
in the produce, choose one with heavy.
stout limbs, symetrical in form. will,
strong, robust body and lusty crow. This
having been considered, look to the plum
age, if fine, pure-bred specimens are requir-
ed. See that it possesses no glaring imper-
fectons, remembering that slight imper-
lection in the cock in this respect will be
large one in the progeny, and greatly af-
feet the following years pullet's. For the
purpose of selecting nice birds general
of fowls and the standard points
of each is necessary. Mate this cock with
the finest hens the yard can offer, with cor
good points, and the result, if
care be taken Of the birds, will not fail to |
be satisfactory.
In cross-breeds Tor egg production. select
your best layers and strongest fowls, and
mate with carefully chosen cock, from
good egg-strains and pure-bred. In order
to obtain reliable stock for this purpose,
the mating of two pure breeds is very saus-
factory. but do not carry it further fer either !
poultry or eggs, for In the main disappoint- !
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AHERE IS no danger of farm produce be-
ins worm less next spring than it is now.
LET the good farmer never deviates from
the rule to sell whenever he can Get good
margin for his labor.
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j shRlEs OF agricultural conventions are
I. 'a1e place at the Department of agricul-
/, H., :, III washington, buring January, 1882,
r.a Ms purpose of discussing the various
sata as'es OF agriculture that will be repre-
ehools. ' 'sso''A''o''" a''a
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celery will bear cold to temperature
j % degrees without injury. but any cold
s'lo" 'hls will destroy its vitality, and de-
Wy immediately follows. Celery should be
ro'ec TED, therefore, at or a little before
1reezing.
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leaves of the ash, the elm and the lime.
Even straw, finely chopped, is made use of
mot merely wheaton straw, but that OF
beans, barley, millet, etc., mixed with lit
tie barley or buckwheat meal, and made
into a kind of cake.-American Poultry
Journal
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ment will follow. These rules will hold
good for all breeds. Great results may not
be expected the first year, but the following
years will give cheering results, if care and
patience be exercised.-Co,lstyy Gentleman.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-10-20

is reported that some Texas farmers
u uylng the experiment of importing
!" nussla certain beetle which is repre-
'r'''eu as being very voracious and subsist-
= vi grasshoppers, locusts, cotton-werms
sna other destructive insects.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-10-20

SEVERAL counties in Georgia have by
Fote abandoned the old plan OF fencing in
lAer farms, and will hereafter fence in Their
stock instead.