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National Republican., 1881-07-05
New Summer Arrangement.

The New and Elegant Steamer
W. W. CORCOR.AN,
CAPTAIN l.. l.. BLAKE,
VIII make dnily trips Sundays excepted) to all
points on the Potomac River, far dOwnas Glymont.
Fare, round Trip 21cents TO GIL points except Mount
Vernon. Boat leaves wharf foot of seventh street,
at ten u. m. and returns about $3.50 p IN. On
SATURDAYS
the Corcoran will make two trips, boat leaving wharf
at ten o. NJ. and six y. in respectively, thus allowing
passengers to stop over nt any point until the return
second "trip, reaching Washington about GS0 y, NJ,
making II desirable for piCnlcS AMI Fishing Parties
Families wishing TO enjoy n ride on the Potomac
during the warm sumner months VIII lind II 10 Their
advantage to take the safe and cOmmOdIous steamer
CorcOran, where every accommodation and facility
will be afforded for comfort and pleasure,
SUNDAY TRIPS
will be made to Marshall Hall and Indian Head every
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, boat leaving wharf ut
three p. M, returning about eight p. IN. Fare round
trip, 30 cents, lelf
National Republican., 1881-07-05
Spccia[ 91oficen.

n55f1 SOUTHERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
~ Company Coupons, due July I, iSl, Will he
rad at aud alter maturity on presentation at the
on'ce oi ihcContrm Trust Company, New York
80 FRANK HUME,
National Republican., 1881-07-05

.I1u 5VIVVV7 NV VIIWIsI
HN0JS THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF TOT.
~ let Articles tpr ladies and all the popular med.
Ictnes on sale NJ COCGHIIN'S Temple Drug store
k9SS1 IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM NEC.
~ TAlcia, Headache, TOOhHGhe, or ANY uAin, one
application of FLUID LlGlIrN ING will relieve Won.
ROB@ HOMEoPATIuCME MEDICINES OF EVERY
49,, KIND, humphreys Specifies, Extract Witch
naZzStI Impe;ial Granun, and other food for infants
W MSOOnul.lNS - sDlA
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10
PROTECTING GARDEN ROOTS.

As winter approaches there comes up the
annual question, what shall we do with the
roots? The farm has its turnips, beets, per-
haps carrots and various other things the
garden has cabbage, celery, and loads of
other things. In all these questions there
must be various answers. How best to
preserve them will depend on how we want
to use them and the conveniences at COM
mand Take celery, for instance If we are
to use it in large quantities and often, we
must make some place for it very easy Of
access but if we only want q little now and
then, we need not 60 to half the trouble as
in the other case. What to do, or how to
do it, can be best understood by seeing just
what we want to accomplish.
Now, to preserve roots we'll, We must
keep them from growing; for they are SO
constructed as to prout with very little heat.
The nearer we can keep them to the frsez-
ing point, without actually freezing, the
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

better for the roots. Again, water is an
enemy, if the temperature should be much
above freezing. SO it comes down to this,
that whatever will keep roots so they will
not wither from too great dryness Of their
surroundings. and will keep them cool. but
not freezing. is the perfection OF plan.
Now, some may have a cellar, some a
harm. some nothing bnt boards or leaves to
keep off the water and frost; it is all the
same in principle to keed cool, not frozen,
and little dry.
In keeping cabbage, the water is very apt
to get in between the leaves and to be trou-
blesome when any kind OF protection is
tried in the open ground but this is guard
ed against by turning the cabbage upside
down. Celery is much the best if it can be
kept out in the ground to the last possible
moment If there are leaves or some light
material at command to cover with. so as
to protect it .gaint the first frosts, it may
be left out till near Christmas with advan.
tage 1t is as cool as can be wished under
such circumstances, and Just free from frost,
the very best condition possible. Indeed, If
covering enough can be had to keep out all
frost, and no great amount of it is required
at all one time, it might be best to leave it
out all winter, choosing the chance to net
enough out at time to last couple OF
weeks. II il is wet, snowy, cold, or some
thing or another, however, when we want
to getat the vegetables, a cool place under
cover is far the best it we can command it
Germantown Telegraph.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10
rs POULTRY BREEDING PROFITABLE.

A writer in the Country Gentleman dis
cusses this question very satisfactorily in
the following:
Ii properly conducted it is profitable; if
LETT half cared for, ll-provided with proper
accommodations, placed in charge OF mex
perienced persons, then, emphatically, fowls
are not profitable. 1t is tallacy to think
that all that is necessary is to provide
dozen fowls, consign tnem to some unused
shed or cellar, throw them handful Of corn
in the morning, and 60 out in the afternoon
and gathcrin baskettul OF eggs. No branch
of farm industry requires more careful at
tenton than poultry. They are perfect ma
chimes, and if properly managed may be
kept in good running order and made very
profitable. Good warm quarters should be
provided for them, suitably ventilated at the
top--not from the bottom or sides, thus
causing draught. Do not arrange the
perches like the steps to ladder, 80 that all
will crowd to get upon the tepmost perch,
but place them about two feet from the floor
for the large breeds, and three to four feet
for small breeds, and all in an even horizon
tai position. asa
Fowls should be provided with a conven-
lent dustbath, kept idside the house and
away from the droppings and filth. 1t may
be made from large soap-box filed with
fine road dust In which small supply of
sulphur has been thoroughly mixed, and
also some coal ashes. Wood ashes are not
so good, or clear ashes of any kind, as the
fowls when damp change it into lye, blister
ing their skin and flesh. i H. 3e.
Variety is the spice of life,'' and a variety
Of food insures the usefulness of hen and
a plentiful supply of eggs. What that food
should be is somewhat varied, according to
the season, and it has been fully discussed
in these columns from time to time Pure
water is a necessity, and agood supply of
milk is a valuable adjunct. Care, proper
teed and cleanliness will insure success !;
without cleanliness you had better not try
to do anything. Cleanliness ana an occa-
sional whtewashing of the house, dustlng
of sulphur in small quantities in the nests,
and supply Of kerosene Oil sprinkled over
the roosts, will effectually prevent vermin--
the principal enemy which breeders have to
contend against. IL g5&aI5#4s grH s.ttass8El
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10
g W[h1'e W[h1'l'.. 1p,t5ehnld,
HOW WASHING DAY IS MADE ENJOY
ABLE

Blue Monday, that used to harrass the
mother, torment the husband and drive the
child outdoors. is now made comparatively
easy. -.a@ #"<
Soak the clothes over night In warm wa
ter with plenty of good washing SOAP The
next morning wash them from the water
with little hot poured n) into another of
very hot water If two can work at this it
will be much shorter method. Rub these
out and put int" q third tub pour hot wa
ter on these to scald them. Then ring them
into tub Of clear blue watcr-an indigo
bag is better than all the patent blueing-
and the clothes will be beautifully clean and
white. OF course 1t will not be necessary
to have four tubs; two will be enough, and
if you have good wringer, it will not take
long to DO out quite large washing. There
is great difference in wringers, and each
time they are used the should be dried care
fully and drop of oil put on the cogs or
wheels. Then, if the clothes are taken down
at night and sprinkled well, they will iron
easily. The best sprinkler is wisp broom,
kept fer that purpose only. This sprinkles
etfectually and evenly, without pool el
water in one place and none in others,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

good sprinkling OF red pepper or ginger,
and a little salt Just before dark they should
have generous supply of corn. Of course
water must be supplied, and the table scraps
are always acceptable and beneficial. 70
supply meat, which in limited quantities is
very useful. it is good plan to put a few
pounds of beet or pork scraps in box with
Slated sides. The fowls can peck at it
through the Stats. and it cannot be eaten or
carried off by dogs or cats. the cracklings
are rich and fresh, it is the safest plan to
boil them and thicken with meal, thus max
ing mush that can be fed at pleasure, in
suitable quantities. In cold weather, both
grain and soft food should be supplied warm,
not hOt.-Fa77a and Garden.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

49,. laE Michigan State Legislature at its last
o's'on ~ appropriated $1,000 for experiments
a. Al ensllage and the culture of amber cane at
'ns state Agricultural College. The aeason
."s "' 'a'e' but corn tor ensilage was sown,
tha 'a 'le soil has just been filed, samples of
ia., 'ouuer being subjected to careful chem
ns ''''s before being put into the silo,
to- VIII be repeated when it is taken cut
cbon. 'eealns' for the purpose of noting any
ana 'ai changes that may take place in it,
Idotos~ ~ make more complete theoretical
~ nlhation OF the value of the new sys-
'e" OF feeding.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10
(GIhe Anttltg Nard.
EGGS IN WINTER.

A reader wants to know ''what breed will
give him the most eggs the coming winter %
AS it is already time to secare the hens, the
question is seasonable, and it is certainly
worthy Of consideration.
Generally, it may be obseii'ved, that win
ter laying depends more on the food and
care which hens receive. than ON the breed
or strain to which they belong. And fur
ther than those breeds which are the most
heavily feathered and are the least affected
by severe cold. are the best winter layers.
To this class Light Brahmas, Plymouth
Rocks and Cochins are considered as belong
ing, but it is doubtful of Cochins should be
included among the "best layers at any
time. Much also depends on the time hens
were hatched. In the writer's opinion, and
the opinion has been founded on much OBJ
servation and experience, late Matched chick
ems make the best layers, They do not at
tain to large size, for their growth is cat
short by the approach of winter. But for
this very reason their maturity is hastened
and thcr laying qualities increased. If the
smaller and earlier maturing breeds are
chosen. June and July hatched pullets will
give good results Plymouth Rocks should
not, for the purpose contemplated be hatch
cd later than June; Brahmas not later than
the middle Of June. a-'' ra q! -f@@
The pullets having been secured, no mat
ter what breed they may be, they must be
well fed in order to furnish eggs in winter.
Feeding well does not simply mean giving
them all the corn, or oats, or wheat they
will eat. Feeding well is feeding at the
right time, in the right manner, with va
riety OF good food. The fowls are in con-
finement, having only small yard for a
sun. But they neeo gravel, insects, and q
variety of spicy and aromatic seeds, suce as
they get when foraging over a wide terri
tory, or something to take the place of these
shings. And with these they need exercise.
1t will be well, there tore, to make the floor
of their home of gravely sand and to throw
coal ashes into their yard frequently also
to put little box in the house and keep it
supplied with granulated oyster shells.
Keep plenty of clover hay or straw in their
house. Sweepings from the barn floor.
dried grass or weeds from the garden, or
anything of the sort will be useful. A sheaf
Of wheat or oats hung up within reach, will
also be beneficial. For their daily food we
will give them early in the morning, wheat
screenings, wheat or buckwheat, or cracked
corn, a handful for each fowl. This should
he sea ttereG i'm the stra w on the hOttOm of
their house. They will find every grain of
it, and if it keeps them scratching till noon
so much the better. At noon we will give
them soft food, bran and corn Zeal in equal
parts, scalded or wet with milk. This
should cOntain, two or three times week,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10
THICK AND THIN SEEDING OF WHEAT

a generation or 50 ago, four bushels or
sixteen pecks of seed wheat were consider
cred moderate seeding tor an acre OF land:
not a few are now cOntending that one peck
will suffice. 1t is clear that either the old
time farmer was singularly wanting in OBJ
tscrvation. and recklessly lavish of seed, or
that the agriculturist OF to-day is advocat-
ing penny wise and pound foolish" prac-
tice not based on the facts of ordinary ex-
perience. Are we not going too fast, or
were our forefathers so hepelesly estray-is
there no golden mean?
In the fall of 1870 twelve plats OF one
sixteenth Of an acre each were laid OFT in a
field Of fair average fertility, which had been
in clover for the two years preceding. The
sell was good clay leam. The land was
thoroughly prepared, and the seed drilled
in without fertilizers of any kind oh the
10th of October. One plat was seeded with
three peeks OF "Boughton.' a smooth,
white and rather tender variety; the next
adjoining, with three pecks of "Champion
AMBER a bearded. red and hardy wheat !;
the next with four pecks of ''Champion Am
ber," and SO OF. up to eight pecks Of each.
TO sum up: 1t appears that the verdict
of the experiments of this year and the last
with these two varieties. is in favor of mod
erately thick seeding (six, seven and eight
pecks per acre) for average soils in this sec
ton of country. The three-peck '.Cham-
pien Amber" plat of 1881 shows, however,
that on superior soils these amounts can be
safely reduced. Why should four pecks
give, in both varieties, the smallest returns?
1t 10 possible that. like the Church of Lao
dicea, this amount of seed is neither one
thing nor the other-net enough to secure
the advantages of heavy seeding, and too
lower ratios of straw to grain, in the eight
peck plats OF both varieties, rs compared
with the three-peck, show that the opinions
of those who assert that heavy seeding will
increase the straw at the expense OF the
grain, are not well taken. As to varieties
in the 26 experiments of the two years, 25
are in favor OF the Champion Amber. The
five-peek Boughton plat of 1881 gave yield
Of grain exceeding that of the correspond
ing Champion Amber one, by only 26-lOO
bushel. Finally, these experiments confirm
the observations OF Stevens and others, that
heavy seeding tends to hasten the maturing
of the crop the heavily seeded plats were
cut two days earlier than those that were
thinly seeded.-Prof j. McBa'yde.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

rronsien, advertisements PAYABLE in advance
nocuar advertisements payable quarterly.
rventy-iyc per cent added for special advertise
uentS, -
Rcoit,anccs by registered letter, post-oflice
order or draft at our SIX; but not at our expense
.,v enc failing to receive his paper regularly
.hould notify us promptly by postal card
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direction of his paper must communicate TO us ''e
name Of the post-ofiice to which mas previously
peen sent, otherwise we may be unable o'comp
with his request s..-'
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

II good plan to saturate the land we'll
WIN water at this season. Where bitches
"'e allowed to flow over the land at this
.'"soh and freeze sect OF ice over it, there
=. ~ . marked difference in the production
- SEEMS to act as a fertilizer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

GARDEN seed sown In the fall will come
forth in the spring fully II week earlier than
spring sowing. .a....s
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

lT is very essential that the root-house
where vegetables are stored should be dry
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

Sized the plow until the ground becomes
40 hard frozen that you can't.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

'rnE sugar beet makes ~n excellent food
for milk cows during winter.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

MAKE the roof of your grain bin so that
the snow cannot blow through it,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

RUTABAGAs and turnips do not impart All
unpleasant flayer to milk. if fed with pro
per discretion. ...... ...
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

oNE OF the latest estimates Of the yield Of
"neat in the United States for the present
o' year places it between $50, 100000 and 4O0.-
wv'ooo bushels. between 75,00O,000 and
'A''ooo,ooo bushels less than last year.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10
III! @Monnzs1z
Gusba,,an'a''

,,.pocxy MouNrAlN HUsBANDMAN is designed
s five name indicates, husbandman III every
~ +bc tnrm embracing in its columns every
e'As r,ont or Agriculture, Stock rai1i..g, Hort-
IT,. s,rial and Domestic Economy.
ADVERTISING RATES.
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eAQrii1nlturat.

BUILD your granaries rat and meuse proof.
Ii will pay you to DO so. ... 1.-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

CONCERNING the apple crop of Maine. the
secretary OF the Board Of Agriculture Of
'hat State says: ''iu those counties moi es-
pecal'y adapted to fruit-growing there is
no more than an average crop, and in some
l"cal'tle> II TAILS below ; but the fruit belt
OF the State-Western York county, Cum
berand, Oxford, Androscoggin, Franklin
ana hennebec-the crop is abundant
Throughout this belt the Baldwin il the
leading variety grown'
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

EVERY falmer in the land should provide
ireSh cow tor winter, and he should have
warm stable for her and teed her all the
hay, chopped feed and vegetables necessary
She should also be beelded and kept clean,
and have plenty of pure water. She will
save the cost many Times over before spring
comes, as no housewife can set good table
without plenty OF milk
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

PROVIDE the barn or stables with glass
windows. 1t is As Necessary for stock to have
light as it is for men.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

lP your premises are not provided with q
sprlng or running brook, don't fail to sink
wells, one at the kitchen and aAot her at the
barn. .s..... ........,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

On HAPPY is the farmer who has his oat bis,
hay aud stables all under the same root, a.
1t will save him much exposure.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

PREPARE your lettuce, rsaish and onion
0eos; also beds for cabbage plants, and sow
"hst is wanted tor early use before the
ground freezes. .4.., gj- 7s
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-10

DO not, under any circumstances, allow
lhe root house to become 40 wa. n that the
vegetables will sprout, as it will most GER
tainly ruin them. IT.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-07-21
A Millionaire's Romance.

saw great deal written about this gentleman,
lately deceased, about whom no one seems to know
much, but all agree that he was born in the north
OF ireland and claimed all his life to be British
subject have heard different story, though do
not vouch for It, In my boyhood spent two years
in Greenbrier and other counties adjacent In the
mountains OF Virginia. Andrew Bierne, an Irish
man, was the capitalist of that region, The story
current there was that one afternoon, as he was
riding and had stopped to water his horse at lit
tie brooklet, he found an infant boy care
fully wrapped up, asleep on bed Of PUSHES.
Quite startled at the sight, after riding around and
halloWfng half an hour for the owners of the child
might approaching and wolves being numerous In
the forest he took the child and carried 1t to his
house, where he placed It under the his IA
vortte attendants, John and wife. The parents
never turned up. and in due time the boy was nam
ed John Burnside-a name suggested by the locaIi-
ty where he was found by the side of burn or
brook-a word common in Scotland and in the
north Of Ireland 1 often saw this young man In
the several mercantile establishments Of Andrew
Bterne, In West Virginia, where he seemed to be a
sort OF supervising clerk agent, visiting the
eral stores alternately; and never heard any 9TH
or account OF him. From his business exactitude
and industry he was great favorite with Mr.
Bterne, but with few others. He was taditurn, re-
served aud morose even when a young man; but
his business habits and talents recommended him.
and Mr.. Bierne established him In New Orleans
with his brother or son, Oliver p. Bierne, where
his characteristics remained as they were in early
hfe He had no social feeling, no sympathy, no
public spirit, but prominently successful in
trade-M 0. Picdvune.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-07-21

Died in St. Louis, Mo-, July II, 1881, Ludwil Ma
con, infant son of Charles A. and Dora Hughart age
5months. r4et t-s
In staunton on July nth, Benjamin F. hardwood,
a former merchant Of this city. ~ *, h.
4 In Bath county, ON July nth, Miss Margaret Dep
sey, aged l6 years. Her, body was brOhght to this
city and buried in Thornrose Cemetery Monday
evening. -. i-'., r. s't'.'5
In staunton, on July 18th, of consumption, Mrs.
Sarah lser,wfdow Of Addison Fisher, decd aged
81 years. - astisi'' : IN s-tf.s r #
In Staunton, on July 14th, Catharine spottswood
Berkeley, aged fourteen months, daughter Of Capa
Frank B. Berkeley. '
lat Rockbridge Alum, on July 18th, Of dysentery.
Margaret Lynn Bell, aged year, 7months and 10
days daughter Of Richard .sBen, Of Staunton.l -
The Infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. WIN. Smith. Of
Mayneslpcro' # whooping cough On sundayt the
on the 4th inst, near Ftshersytlle, of consump.
ten ,M5s; sasan HtfaebEand, WIZ Of NJ. Gabti5l
July 14th, at his residence on Augusta street, Mr.
Owen Q. Morris, aged IS years. for many years a
merchant OF this city. His remains were taken to
Goochland, his former home -
Magnus O. B. Craig died June 10th, 1851, at his
residence near Middlebrook, aged % years and Is
days.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-07-21
Republican Meeting.

At a meeting of Republicans held July 18th, 1884,
at the Court House in Richmond county, Va, VIM
j. Rains was called to the chair and E. o, Cook ap
pointed secretary, and then after consultation
among those present and an interchange of views
regarding the situation of political afaiis, 1t was
resolved as follows.
J, That the Republican organization should be
controlled and managed by Republicans.
2, That the public credit should be asstduously
cherished, and that all factious distractions to the
execution OF legaized plans provided for the sette
ment Of the public debt tend to the manifest injury
OF the creditors of the State, bring odium upon
her people and contrary to the principles of the
Republican party.
8, That we mistrust the soundness Of that anan-
cial policy which has obtained in this State for
years, whereby the assets of the Commonwealth
have been unproductive, the public creditors kept
out Of their dues, and large amounts of Indebted
ness accumulated.
4, That we consider Gen. Williams G. Wickham q
Republican most worthy of leadership in the COM
ing gubernatOrial campaign.