davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18

and develop an admirable quality of
plant food. Hence this element of
the compost heap, which is generally
overlooked as possessing any special
value. should never be wanting. 1t
has, moreover, its own Offices to per-
form, in promoting decay, in the for
nation of humus, and in preserving,
locking up, and holding on to valu-
able ingredients of plant food.
The compost heap should always
be laid in even layers, and each layer
should 60 over the entire heap, for
thus only can final uniformity be had.
We do not mean special-purpose
composts, and those made for gen
eral farm. crops. 1t would be we'll if
every particle of dung, liquid
manure, straw, litter, leaves, weeds,
etc., could be worked together into
uniform fine compost, and there is
really no substantial reason why this
should not be done. The gardener
would plead for certain special com
posts. 1t might perhaps be we'll to
make special hen-manure compost
for corn in the hill, and taking the
general compost as hasis, to make
one for turnips, by the addition OF
large percentage of bone-dust. All
this may be done-establish once the
rule to compost everything Of manu-
rial value, and we have in prospect
an abundance of farm-made fertilizers
at all :imes, and for all crops-vic-
tory over weeds, a good place for
decomposable trash of all kinds, a
sacred burial ground for all minor
animals and poultry, whose precincts
ueed never be invaded. There will
besides be no stagnating pool in the
barn-yard, for all liquids will go to
the tank to be pumped over the
compost heaps-no nasty, slumpy
barn-yard, for everything will be
daily gathered for the growing COM
post heap, and the harvesting of the
manure crop, and its increase day by
day, all the year round, will be a
source of constant pleasure to master
and men.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18
the West, with it's unparalleled tran

the West, with its unparalleled trans
portation facilities, is the natural
point at which this trade must con.
centrate. Within the last three
years the number Of sheep west Of
the Mississippi River has doubled,
and the increase of the flocks instead
of being marketed as lambs, is now
kept for wool because of the greater
profit. In Kansas, for example, the
number ofsheep in January, 1881,
according to the State Board of
Agricultural, was about sos,ooo. In
January, 1882, according to the
same authority, the number had in
creased to over 100000, and
Kansas is not an exceptional State.
The same is true of Texas, Nebraska,
Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming,
Montana, and others of the States
and Territories Of the great West,
where the li,nitless ranges of wild
pasture invites flocks Of size that
cannot be fed in the more thickly
settled portion of the country.
The almost fabulous profits that
have accrued to those who have
handled sheep on large so,le, and
the small risk of loss in the high and
dry climates, has drawn an enor-
nous amount of capital into the bust
ness, and the statistics of the next
census will astonish the world. In
New Mexico and Texas, and to a
certain extent in Kansas and Colo
RADIO, stock companies are being or
ganized with capital of hundreds of
thousands Of dollars for sheep rails
ing, and fiocks of 25, 900 and $4,000
under single ownership and control
are now grazing upon the prairies.
The natural incrseee of sheep is
about IS per cent, and so great is
the demand that the herdsmen are
not sending their lambs and ewes to
market, but are keeping them for the
profit they find in breeding and in
wool. The grade is being rapidly
improved, and under the auspices of
the woool-growers' associations that
exist in every State and Territory,
blooded stock is being introduced.
Inter Ocean.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18
THE MANURE HARVEST.

In the midst of the harvest of
grain, and grass, and tubers, we
must not forget the compost heap, in
which we garner and store the un-
sowed crops of a future season. The
saying that anything that grows in
one summer, will rot before the next, y
is a safe guide in collecting vege-
table matter for the compost heap.
When sods, muck, and weeds form a
part of the heap, it is not alone the
material which we are assiduous in
collecting, and put into the heap,
that constitutes its whole value.
The fermentation induced by. the
dug and liquid manure, ..and the ac-
tion of the lime or ashes added, work
upon the earth, adhering to the roots
of the weeds, and forming consider
able part of both sods and muck,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18
LIVE STOCK IN MIDsuMMER


The latter part of summer is often
very trying to live stock. Pastures
are short, old grain is high, the new
not yet fit to feed. Milk may he in
great demand and the farmer loath
to cut in upon his corn fodder, in
tended for curing, to feed off the
aftermath; he is lucky who can turn
his young stock of cattle and horses
into mountain OF high wooded pas
lures, where they will have water
and may make at least half a living
upon underbrusb, etc. Early sowed
fodder corn comes in well now for
milch cows, and there is really no
other good use for it. 1t cut for
curing it is hard to dry without
molding and decaying, and if left to
stand until after the middle of Sep
tember, when it will cure well, it will
be as woody and tough as "corn
stalks" When fed to milch cows,
fodder corn ought to be cut short
and sprinkled with two to four quarts
of corn meal per cow each day.
There will then be no complaint of
the quality or the quantity OF the
milk. If these are fed without the
meal, the milk will surely be thin,
and the cows are exhausted by the
increased flow, and soon fall off in
yield. =...
Horses in pasture are often ex-
tremely annoyed by flies. If they
can stand when not in use in dark
sweet stables, by all means turn them
into the pasture only at night.
Gnats and mosquitoes are of little
annoyance to horses, but the larger
day.flies, and the Gstra4s, or Bot-fy,
Set them almost crazy.
Ewes and lambs are usually sepa--
rated in August, aud while none Of
our domestic animals is more often
used as type OF maternal affection
than the eve, yet the agony Of sepa-
ration will be of short duration, and
not especially painful if the two
flocks, dams and lambs, can be pas
tured SO far apart as not to hear each
others calls. 1t is we'll to put with
the lambs a few wethers as flock
leaders, or ram or two if there is
danger of annoyance by passing dogs.
The ewes should be penned and
their milk drawn enough to relieve
their udders several evenings in sue
cession after taking the lambs away.
Wounds on any kind of animals are
liable to be flv-blown and very an
noying. The best treatment that
we know of is an application of
strong carbolic soap. That which
is sold as sheep dip is very good; but
be careful not to use the arsenical
sheep dips or anything of that kind.
Soft soap or semi-solid soap strongly
lmpregnated with crude carbollc acid
is good, and any one can make it.
1t will be found good for all kinds of
raw sores, gals, bites, scratches and
the like on man or beas'.
The place for pigs at this season
is in the apple orchard; the falling
fruit is wormy, unless indeed gale
shakes off sound fruit, and the pigs
unconsciously slay thousands of in
furious insects.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18
SHEEP IN THE WEST.

The enormous growth of sheep
culture in the West makes it i'm
portant that the center of trade
should be in Western city, and
Chicago, situated as it's, half way
between the spindles and the loomt
Of the East and the great ranges Of
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18
TOSSING THE hay.

Out in the meadow. tossing the hay,
An old, old man, one summer day,
Sighed as he worked, and weariy said
''The flowers of summer will soon be dead,
And the leaves of the trees will wther and de-
And the bees hurn cease, and the song bird fly
To the SUM- blessed South: and the harsh winds blow
And the earth grow cold with the ice and snow,
And long months pass ere again we
The roses, sweet roses. All, me! All, me!
For am as weary as weary can be.
Out in the meadow, tossing the hay,
Working though the work were play,
brown faced boy right cheerily said
1.-THE apples and pears are turning red,
And the grapes sweet, and the nuts grow brown,
And the maple will soon wear q fiery crown;
And when it is faded old winter'il be king,
And the rivers will freeze, and the sleigh bells ring
Then, ere long, for the days SO short will be,
The roses, sweet roses, again We see,
And am as happy as happy can her'
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18
THE DAIRY COW.

than the past.-N. Y. Economist
THE DAIRY COW.
MANY are the eulogies that have
been written upon the noble horse
and sagacious dog; but the COW, the
most valuable friend to man OF all
the home animals, is allowed to send
her tributes to the domestic kingdom
without praise or thanks From
whatever standpoint we view her
contributions to the food supply Of
man, she becomes an object of inter
est and value. Upon the purity and
supcrlatlve nutritive character Of her
product frequently hangs life pre-
cious to humanity. She furnishes
food and sauce to the poor mans
board and more than royal luxury
to the table OF wealth. Withdraw
her products : and the culinary art
has not the skill to make viands for
the table palatable. The dairy COW
is the prodnct and necessity of civi-
lization. Her contribution the wealth
of nations in milk, butter, cheese and
beef aggregates annually tremen-
dous sum; but this vast amount is
hut trifle when compared with the
contributions to the life, health and
comfort of man.
The horse belongs to mans luxury;
the dog to his weakness; the pig to
his cash balances. but the COW to his
home necessities.
We pay the tribute of respect to
the COW while passing to speak Of
her in relation to the dairy, where
she must be regarded az q machine
to manufacture the products Of the
farm into milk, and the inquiry is for
the machine Of the greatest power
and capacity.
1t may be well to dofine what is
meant by good COW. In general
terms the following are some of ber
characteristics:
l. Nature has given her immense
vitality, perfect and weli-balanced
organs, and preserved her in the
highest healthfalness.
Her digestive and assimilatiye
organs are of the greatest capacity.
8. All food digested, above what
is required to MAINTAIN the animal ia
full health aud vigor, is converted
into milk.
4. The disposition, the size and
symetry of the animal, the ndder aud
the labor Of milking are the most
desirable kind.
AS a part of financial consideration
the animal, in style ard color, is n
creature of beauty and possesses such
purity of blood as to be able to trans
nit all her excellence. A just i'm
preston Of the COW as machine is
not conveyed by any general state
ments.
Let US explain the marvellous mach
inc. The eyes are prominct and iu-
tel!ectual, but mild; we can handle
her with safety. The mouth is largo
and lips full, giving notice that che
likes to cat; her head is slim aud
clean, but not so long and straight
as to indicate obstinacy; her horns
are clear, slim and short, and fre-
quently look like a heifer's horns; her
neck is lean and ewe-shaped; her
chest spacious. but deep rather than
wide; her stomach is large and her
loins strong; her skin is as yellow as
golden butter, but is not underlined
with tallow; her legs are short, show
ing she has not squandered surplus
material for racing. Look at her
magnificent udder; it is square, even
we'll formed, covered with
soft, long hair, and with teats that
are perpetual invitation to The
mixer; the life-currents of the ami
NAL are concentrated there."-Ho-
fessor s. Il. Kasap.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-08-18

steel works Of the United States pro-
duced 7,265,lo0 tons. In twenty
years the capital invested in the man.
ufactnre of machinery has increased
from IS. 900, 900 tr $40, o,ooo, 900. The
future promises to be still brighter
than the past.-N. Y. Economist
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

BALD MOUNTAIN, North Caro-
lima, has resumed its rumblings and
grumblings, again alarming the IN
habitants in the neighborhood.
Bald Mountain is froliGsome old
knob. but people at a distance have
somehow got theimpression that It's
vcavortings only occur in the minds
of the ignorant, superstitious North
yCarOlinans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

The HUDSON River Railway
Company has instituted an inquiry
among its employees to asc certain if
any are unable to read and write,
the object icing the dismissal of all
the illiterate. The order is to apply
to al einployees-eonductors,br brakes
men, switchmen, trackmen, etc.
The rule is a good one to adopt in a
country where one must be stub
born and dull indeed to avoid d
knowledge Of reading and writing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

GEORGE HUTCHINsoN's wife left
him at Memphis in 1870 and went to
England. Hutchinson had the re-
port sent to her that he died shortly
.afterward with yellow fever. In
1875 he married a lady at Memphis,
assuring her that his first wife was
dead. Now No. has returned from
England, and Hutchinson has de-
serted No. , and left the city to join
his first wife.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16
TIE CONTENTS Of the HERALD thi'

TIE CONTENTS OF the HERALD IBIS
morning are as follows:
zgr PAeE-Text of Edmunds' Bill
Latest Acknowledgements.
ID PAeE-Telegrspbic News1Chicago
Msrkets-Bald Mountain, Etc
Sd PAGE-Arctic Observation-Disclosures
and the Telegraph.
9TH PAGE-Editorials.
5TH PAGE-Legislstive Proceedings.
9Th PAGE-Telegraphic NewsaCiicks
Australia - The Billiard 1ourna-
ment.
18th PAGE Epidemic Convulsions--
Telegraphic News - The Catue
Plague-Obituary.
s1H PAeE-Death CT Mother Whitney
Local Items.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

SNow-BALLING is a luxury rarely
euioyed in Baltimore. The recent
storm, however, deposited guam
titv of the beautiful" in that city,
to the infinite delight of the urchinS,
but the police were mean enough TO
arrest nearly one hundred OF the
lads for snow-balling, leading many
of them to the station houses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

THE TOTAL amount of btu
minous coal mined in the United
States in 1880 was 1920, $50 tons, of
which %, s42, 24O were mined in the
Appalachian field. The anthracite
product was 2s,646,995 tons, nearly
all furnished by the state Of Penn
sylvania, making the total coal pro-
duct of the country for the census
year 71,O67,576 tons. England pro
duced 146,S1S,122 tons in the same
yeaE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16
SAITLAKE DAILY HBBAID'
THURSDAY FEBRUAR Y 16, 1882
TBEDALY HERALD il puehshed

THE DAILY HERALD is puellsheo
every morning, Mondays excepted, -
East Temple Street, near first ooutn'
Salt Lake City, by the d ER AID &c 5.,s
TIE AND PUBLISHING COMPANY ou.-
1o1iption prices 50 per Hnnum, p1 tho
age included; parts OF d yea t - sl0
same rate. To weekly s SUI q 1 IDs,S'
collection made by carriers, zoe d "'0iA'
THE sEMI-wEEKLY HERALD is
published every Wednesday and Satur-
dsy morning, at $3.50 2 year Elk
months, S1.75; postage included
,,urwEEKJY HERALDis published
aTenv Thursday morning, at q year;
az months, 81. 25, postage included.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

THE CHICAGO anti-polygamists
are urging that anti-polygamy
meetings be held in all the cltleS'
towns and villages of the country
or. Washington'S birthday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

A NEW colonization company
with a capital of s2,5Oo,OOo, has
been formed at Montreal, with Sir
Hugh Allen as presi dent. 1t is IN
tended to purchase million acres
of land in the northwest and intro
duce settlers from Great Britain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

THE SUNDAY law went into force
IN Washington Territory on the ISL
inst In Seattle the law is strlctly
enforced. but the prevailing sentl-
ment seems to be that the law IS
void and will be disregarded IN fu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

JUnGE EDMUNDs' bill seemingly
aims at a new class of jurors for the
trial of polygamic cases. The !adge
evidently intends that such JurleS
shall he made up of men who have
been impotent from their youth or
of bows not yet out of their primary
OohOOlS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

NEW YoRK's public charities, last
wear, cost the state SS,OOO,OOO. One
hundred and eighty-five Thousand
Dersons were benefited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

NOVELTIES IN LACES, lovely
panish flounce laces, in all widths,
in black and white; ais choice Sc
lection in D'Aurillac. Oriental,
Point de Lyon, d'Marly, Scarboro,
Spanish and Torchon
laceS, which we will sell at very
close prices.
T. AgERBACH Sc BRO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-02-16

a Beautiful Variety of PRO
GRAMME CARDS, suitable for tia
RaIlreom. at HERALD Off 6,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

SOME months ago package contain
ing $1,000 was lost at Grayling, Mich, while
In charge OF the express company. A few
days ago u. D. Price, poor railroad labor
er, bought house and branched out in
other directions so as TO excite suspicion.
Detectives visited the house and found I'M
der clapboard almost $4,000. Upon being
confronted with these facts Price owned up
and said he noticed the package accidentally
drop while being transferred at the station.
He kicked 1t under the platform and after
ward secured it. He says he burned nine
500 bills, for fear they might lead to his de-
lection, .4t. "
ST. XAvIER's CATHOLIC CHURCH,
one OF the largest and finest in Cincinnati,
was totally destroyed by fire the other day.
AN express messenger on a Fort
Wayne train recently heard strange Noises
from a large box billed to Philadelphia.
When he pried off the top, out stepped an
old man named Jerry McAuley, who had
been shipped from Chicago in the most
economical manner. The express matter re-
mains in the hands Of the officials at Del
phos, o. " .I ".i
THE House Committee have agreed
to insert in the river and harbor bill An ap :
preparation OF 81, 900 for improvement of
the Mississippi River from the head OF the
passes to the mouth OF the Illinois. or this
sum, 81, 123, 900 is to be expended for i'm
provements below Cairo, and 100000 be-
tween Cairo and the Illinois River. The
whole appropriation is to be expended by
the Secretary Of War, In accordance with
the plans, specifications and estimates OF
the Mississippi River Commission.
THE graves of Confederate dead were
decorated at New Orleans on the 5th. The
Grand Army of the Republic participated
in the ceremony. -l lIIu -t.a
CAP FoRD, a brother of the slayer of
Jesse James, has been arrested for compile
ity in the murder of Wood Hite, who was
killed at his house.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

MORMON leaders, including Joseph
Taylor and Joseph Smith, have placed their
wives in separate houses, to avoid arrest
under the clause Of the anti-polygamy law
which makes cOhabitation with more than
one woman misdemeanor. .,r.
Mr.. ELMoRE, Peruvian Minister, in
communicating the news that the ex-Dicta-
tor Pierok had left Peru,s says: "The whole of
Peru Is now firmly united, in spite OF per-
sistent efforts Of Pierok and the Chilians to
destroy constitutional order. This is lega-
cy which the lamented General Hurlbut has
left Peru, as the greatest triumph OF his he
roic life, and while the Peruvian people ex-
list united and are In enjoyment Of Republi-
can institutions they will ever remember
and venerate the name of Hurlbut, United
States Minister and statesman, to whose
memory national gratitude will soon raise
fitting monument" . .l
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS, of the Peru
Wan investigating committee, the other
day, read letter from the late Minister
Hurlbut, stating that he would sail April Q,
and that the United States had bad repu-
tation In Lima. Shipherd read a postscript
to his letter of May 20, In which he an
nounced that his clients had reconsidered
their intention OF offering General Grant
the presidency of the company. He then
expressed the opinion that Minister Hurlbut
had INSTRUCTED and frustrated his purposes,
and was seconded by his chief, the late Sec
Rotary of State.
The President has nominated Henry
NJ. Teller, OF Colorado, Secretary Of the In
terror; VIM. e. Chandler, OF New Hsmp-
shire, Secretary of the Navy; VIM. H. Hunt,
of Louisiana, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary 10 Russia; Roland
Worthington, Collector Of Customs, Bos-
ton; Adm B. Underwood, Surveyor of Gus
toms, Boston; Daniel Hall, Naval Officer of
Customs, Boston; John j.. Knox, Minnesso-
ia, Comptroller of the Currency. nFa
THE nomination of Mr.. Teller as Sec
Rotary Of the Interior was confirmed on the
9th.
TIE Republicans of Rhode Island
gave Governor Littlefeld a majority OF 4,5S3.
REV. i. HAMILTON, pastor of the In
dependent Church, at Oakland, CAL, died in
the pulpit, April 0. During his discourse
he suddenly paused, and sinking down ,ex-
pired almost instantly. He was well known
on the Pacific coast. '.'
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-15
WIT AND WISDOM.
words admit of no defense,
For want of decency is want of sense.

., --EdTf Of ROsecommon.
Nothing makes so much noise as q
rickety wagon with nothing in it, unless
it be man who insists on talking when
he has nothing to say.-M " Herald.
Ell Perkins cut open Florida alli-
gator and found pine knots in its stom-
ach. That's nothing. An alligator is
not obliged to make a diet off of rocks
and gravel-banks all the year round
Detroit Free Press. su4
An oriental traveller says: 81 have
seen heavy man fired several yards
camel. and picked up insensible.' I The
American mule used to 90 to school to
the camel. - Courier-Joarnal. ..l
The meanest man on record sent
through a post-office presided over by
woman, postal-card or which was
written: Dear Jack: Here's the de-
tails of that scandal" And then the
rest was in Greek. -BoSto1s Post. /
"A Philadelphia editor bears the
name of Comet. He should have no
difficulty in providing a tale for his
paper. but it is hoped he will not get
out of his orbit, and pitch into the Sun
or the WorM.-Norristo1qn Herald. r
"A lazy young man complained that
he was overworked in his business, to.
which the father replied: 81 suspect,
George, that oYerwork is not your
trouble, but that it is that You need
working oyer Home Treasure"
old Mrs. Skittleworth don't know
why people will make counterfeit
money. She says she tried to pass a
bad half dollar dozen times the other
day, but nobody would have it," and
she thinks it waste of time to make
such stuff. III 4BAA
"A Philadelphia man told post
master from rural village that his
post-oilice clerk was "no gentleman"
and the postmaster got as mad as bor-
net and came very near getting himself
arrested for assault and battery before
he reflected that his clerk was lady.
-"My brodders," said a waggish
colored man to crowd, " in all intlic-
ton, in all OBJ your troubles dar Is one
place you can always find sympathy"
"Whar? WHARF" shouted several. " In
de dictionary" he replied, rolling his
eyes skyward. IN Y. Independent.
"A leading citizen of Dallas, one of
the most intelligent property owners in
the town, was reading newspaper in
the Texas SLtings office, when he came
across the paragraphs: "The admission
of Dakota is foregone conclusion at
| Washington" whereupon he said " l
can't keep up with the run OF the Wash
ington scandals. there are so many OF
them. What did Dakota admit?'-Ie1-
] as Siftings.