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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

ALREADY we have stated that land for
growing potatoes should be plowed very
deep. The idea is to loosen the soil to a
good depth and pulveriZe it as thoroughly
as possible. 1t has been well demonstrated
that the best crops can be grown in deep
dry soil, and some who have succeeded best
hold that before planting the land should be
thrown up into ridges by heaping about
four furrows together. When planting they
plit the ridges with light pow, aud allow
it to remain one or two days before planting.
Ii is ck'imed that by thus managing the soil
it is enabled to become much warmer, which
causes a quicker growth. Potatoes should
never be flooded with water. Usually one
irrigation will suffice. In some soils it is,
however, necessary to water oftener, but it
is not a good plan to water except when the
vines begin to wilt. lrrgatng too late i,
the season will cause second growth
which is injurious, since digging time comes
on before the potatoes thoroughly mature.
Some first-rate crops have been grown with
out any irrigation whatever, except that OF
spring rain showers. Those farmers who
adopt the plan OF planting in ridges claim
that the best yields are produced in that
way-that in the ridges there is more room
for the tubers. They do but little cultivat-
ing, but when the crops are pretty we'll ad-
vanced, they plow a furrow or two between
and hill the ridges up. 1t is the castom in
planting to cut the potatoes, putting two
eyes in hill, and to plant the hills from Is
to 20 inches apart. Crops planted as late as
May 25th, last year, grew to good size and
matured before freezing weather.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18
lights during the ensuing six weeks.

lights during the ensuing six weeks. Sec
ond. manuring or fertilzng close to the
surface, and Just scratching in. Third, plant
ing az least six pecks Of seed per acre. In
order to have the crop relished by cattle. |
have found it necessary to sow thckly, and
to cut just as the heads begin to be discover
ed. By this course have hay the cattle
prefer to timothy, and pound per pound it
expends better han timothy, and my eye
detects no falling away in condition, and
the scales detect no change in the milk yield.
If over ripe (and most people cut too late)
the cattle do not relish it as they otherwise
could, and the eye and scales show inferior
feeding value to the best hay"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

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Relsua, ad ertsements payable quarterly.
Twenty live per cent added for srecHl advertise
mcn.s
Rcmittances by registered letter, post-oihce
rider or draft at risk; but not at our expense
Any one failing to receive his paper regularly
should notify us promptly by postal card
A subscriber desiring to change the post-oli!ce
direction of his paper must communicate to us the
name of the post-oficc 10 which it has previously
eeen sent, otherwise we may be unable to comply
with his request
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

IllE ;t,inual product Of whcatin the world
j. about 1850, 900 600 bushels OF this the
United States already produces 450,000,0O0
bushels. ont-third of which we send over
the sea. Ten years from now we shall pro.
duce a much larger portion Of the whole.
and shall send much larger fraction Of it
abroad
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18
FARM LAWNS.

Many farmers who keep their fields in the
very best and most attractive shape, spend
ing great deal OF time in order to take ad-
vantage of practical and scientific sugges-
tions which are constantly being advanced,
are apt to neglect the lawn which enhances
SO much the beauty of the immediate sur
roundings of the farm house. 1t may be
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

In blowing, the best farmers consider that
tits better to lap furrows than to turn them
over as smooth and fiat as pan cake. Ihe
Tapped furrows harrow easier, pulverlze oee-
ter, and more nearly accomplish the purpose
for which blowing is done.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

MOST oil the leading farmers OF the Ter
ritory have all their seeding done, and are
ready to raise The flood gates and turn on
the water whenever the growing plant
shows signs of needing it.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

A FLOCK of pure. .bloodcd chickens Of most
any of the leading breeds is better than a
flock OF mengrels.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

The delicate substance called arroWroo'
is pure starch obtained from the root Oh
plant which grows in Jamaica and various
islands in the West Indies. Whlle the fooI
of this plant furnishes wholesome anu
agreeable food The juice of the same piant
is highly poisonous.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

PoTAro-GRowERs are wisely reminded by
the Massachusetts Ploughnaan that in plantll' Z
the tubers (as with any other cottihss) we
are propagating from the old life-coh.lno-
ing the same variety-carrying with H. OF
course, all its constitutional weaknesses ana
acquired diseases.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

PERSONS just from the States are snrpris-
ed at the GOODNESS of our summers, and
more surprised still that the productions are
SO great where, to use their words, there is
no summer to make crops grow and ma
ture
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

Roors ted in a state OF decay induce blood
poisoning, disorder the milk of ewes and
cows, and act prejndicious'y on the young
of both.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

PEAS yield we'll per acre and are a very
valuable teed for fowls and swine. A small
quantity of oats should always be so"n with
the peas ia order to keep them from lodg
ing
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

PLENTY OF water in the early spring is
very essential to all the principal crops.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

The poultry-raiser who will raise his own
feed cannot help bu, make money.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18
(Ghe Aonltry GARD.
POULTRY require constant attention.

THERE is no business where neatness pays
better than in poultry raising.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

AFrER June lSt il will be too late to sow
grain, as after that date there Will DC no
certainty oi good crop
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

SEEDING should he done now or not at all
for the season is getting far advanced.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

WITH London sewage as n fertilizer Ger
weighing upwards OF sixty pounds each
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

AGRICULTURE tourises aS il never has
before for the past decade.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

PULLETs Matched now make better win
ter layers than il hatched earlier.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

AGR1CuLTURE is the wonderful source Of
profit, pleasure and Of pride.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

the ROCKY MOUNTAIN UusuAHDMAN is designed
T. be- as the name indicates, a ahusbandman n every
snsc of the term, embracing in its columns every
department. of Agriculture, Stock-raiGn.g F"rh"
culture Social and Domestic Economy.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

PULLETs hatched between the 18th of
May and the lst OF June will commence
laying about The lst of December, just in
time to have plenty of fresh eggs for Christ
rnuS
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

GREEN rolling prairies wild and wide.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18
-I;grifulMral.

FLOwERY walks an every side.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-05-18

CHICKENS should be fed often, early and
late, and enough at each time to satisfy
them without leaving any to sour, be touled
or trampled under toot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
4 Glimpse az the Iron Hand.

The supposition, which has been freely
voiced by the European press, that Ger
many was not averse to Austria extend
inc her power toward the southeast.
would, in the light of a recent incident
appear to have stable foundation in
fact. The German ambassador to the
Russian court was instructed by Bis
mark, lately to convey to the Gar the
hint that unless the Russian emmissaries.
charged with tanning the instruction
in Bosnia and Herzegovina were ordered
home it might prove necessary for the
ambassador to withdraw from the court.
In other words sever all diplomatic com
muncation. The hint had the desired
effect.
This action ON the part of Bismark
shows that a distinct understanding has
been arrived at between the two German
empires The Chancellor's ewes are
fixed longingly on certain portions Of
the empire OF the Hapsburg. which
would tit nicely on the southern bound
AIRY Of the German Empire. Austria is
really two empires in one and the per
ponderating half is not German. Ii
has long been felt that in the course Of
years political destiny would SO change
the map of Europe as to cause a trans
fer, which should push Austrian boun-
dairy lines further 70 the southeast.
while the same destiny would throw the
German provinces into the ready lap OF
the German empire. For this Bismark
is willing 10 wait.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
Combine the two Plans.

The Milwaukee Republican urges as
proper solution of the present vexed
question of how to care for the chronic
insane, an enlargement of the Mil
waukee hospital to the capacity of the
other state hospitals, and make it the
receptacle for the chronic insane from
such counties as can not as yet afford tc
build. While the Republican is plainly
warming up bone of Us own in the
matter the scheme is far better solu.
ton of the problem than many that have
been presented.
But in urging its points the Republic
can proves too much. Referring to the
question of economy it says: "Expe-
pience has demonstrated that the in
sane cannot be economically cared fol-
in less numbers than five hundred y
this in opposition to the county plan.
Yet little farther on it it says again Of
the Milwaukee hospital, although de-
signed to accommodate only 250 patients
the currqB expenses have been only
$500 per week for each patient" show
ing that the first claim is not based on
fact but that this class of patients can
be cared for economically even in small
hospitals.
Some such solution of the vexed ques-
ton as that proposed by the Republi-
can would, however, save great deal
of trouble in the future. Even if new
asylum should be erected it would
hardly be fitted for the reception of pa
tients before it would be filled to over
flowing and the state would be in the
same position that it is now.
A steady continuance in the course of
encouraging those counties which are
able to erect asylums to do 50, would
certainly seem the wisest policy to pur-
sue. At the same time a judicious
enlargement could be made in order to
accommodate those chronic insane that
come from counties as yet unable to
build.
The present yacillating, weather vane
line of state craft will speedily stagnate
any efforts that are now being made
and prevent the erection of any build
ings for this class of subjects. The di-
rect result being a large amount of I'M
necessary suffering to the poor unfor-
Inmates now cooped up in jails and
poorhouses, when the summer heats
shall come.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
SOWING THE SEED.
Few Facts Connected With the New Industry that
Promises so Much for the Northwest


At the meeting of the State Agricul-
tural Society at Madison, recently, Mr..
A. }. Russell, President of the state cane
growers association gave an address on
the cane growing industry during which
he dwelled upon the great interest taken
in this new industry and claimed that it
was now no longer confined to the print
tive style of manuf lure heretofore ex-
isting, but has even attracted the atten-
ton Of the Louisiana sugar planters and
OF the Northern sugar refiners. who
have invested large amounts of money
in cquipping first-class sugar houses in
| many of the different states extending
from Canada to the Gulf, and from the
| Atlantic to The Pacific. One sugar re-
tinery of Philadelphia spent $50, 900 in
lifting up a complete sugar house in
New Jersey and the result of their last
season work was 2J0,000 pounds of
refining sugar, and sold.at eight cents a
pound. The seed from the cane was
! sold for sixty-five cents per bushel, for
feeding purposes. The committe APP
pointed to report on sugar and syrup
| samples at the Minneapolis convention
of cane growers, last month. was COM
posed of wholesale grocery men of that
town. They pronounced forty samples
to be prime commercial article of sv-
rup, and gave the first premium to the
sample that was made with what is
known Us the open fire pan in the state
of Wisconsin. In conclusion the gentle
men dwelt. upon the central factory
system in vogue in the South. for the
more rapid development of the industry
of sugar manufacturing, and upon the
necessity of utilizing the valuable ex-
periments made at the university farm
by Profs. Henry and Swenson.
Prof. Magnus Swenson opened the
afternoon session with an address on the
sugar and syrup experiments on the
university farm, claiming that they were
attended with remarkable success.
Samples of the raw, partial refined and
refined articles were exhibited. and it
was proven that these were fully equal
to those manufactured in the South.
One thousand pounds of raw sugar and
eighty gallons of syrup had been made
from each acre devoted to this industry
on the farm, and the price offered was
the same rs that paid to the best cane
growers of the South
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
RYLAND'S RAID.
The Senator from Grant Endeayors TO put stop
to the Practice of Increasing the Force of
Clerks al each Session


The Madison State Journal speaks as
follows, in regard to bill recently in
troduced by Senator Ryland, regulating
the employment Of clerks in the legis-
lature.
Senator Ryland introduced bill,
some days since, in the shape of an
amendment to section II of the revised
statutes, which is intended to settle the
veXed question of extra clerks that pla-
CUES every legislature. The section the
bill is intended to amend provides speci-
ideally for all clerks of committees and
the various attendants in each branch
of the legislature, but it has been found
necessary at almost every session to in
crease the number by special act Mr.
Rylands bill provides for such addi-
tional numbers to the corps of clerks
and employees as would seem to meet
the eXigencies of the case for a long time
to come, and thus obviate the necessity
of periodic discussions on the subject, to
the hindrance of more important bust
ness. The tendency always is to in
crease the number of officers in legisla-
tive bodies beyond their actual needs,
on account of the pressure of place
! hunters, whose opportunities finally pre-
vail over the better Judgment of the
members, but in the light of the best
| business principles, there is no econo-
my in undertaking to reduce the amount
OF help to too low standard. The
prime object in legislation as well as in
every other kind of business is to have
the work in hand done promptly and
accurately, SO that there shall be no de-
lays in the details to hinder the general
work, and no mistakes requ ring it to be
done over again. Such an amount of
help as is required to secure such an
end, without imposing oyerwork upon
any individual, should be promptly sup
! Piled, without stint or hindrancc.
The bill also amends section 112 of
| tae revised statutes, fixing the per diem
of the officers and employees of both
bodies as follows; to the assistant clerks,
bookkeepers and sergcant-at-arms, five
dollars; transcribing. enrolling and en-
crossing clerks, proof-readers, assistant
sergeant alarms and postmasters, four
dollars; AL other clerks and assistant
postmasters, three and half dollars:
door-keepers, firemen, porters, gallery
attendants, night Waterman and jani-
tors, three dollars; all messengers, two
dollars. These sums are only to be al
lowed from the commencement to the
adjournment of the legislature, the
names of such clerks, employees and
messengers to be certified to the score
tary of state by the chief clerks and SER
geants-at arms of the respective branch
es, the certificates of these officers to be
authenticated by the presiding officers.
This is an important bill, and it ought
to, and doubtless will, receive the close
scrutiny of the committee on judiciary,
to which it has been referred, rs well as
the attention of the members of both
houses
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
4 slim in the Scene.

While singing in II Barbiere at New
Orleans the divine Pattimet with an acct
dent that is thus described by the Times
Democrat Her short Spanish dress
afforded scope for the display of pair
of beautiful silk stockings deliberately
embroidered with delicate rosebuds and
tender leaflets. She had toyed with the
notes Of the middle register, playing
with them without seemingly any effort,
and had just purled out a flood of high
staccati. when slowly down slipped the
right stocking, rosebuds and all, until
it hung about her shapely instep limp
and subdued mass, displaying an ankle
of alabaster whiteness, she quietly
walked TO the side scenes, when, presto!
she appeared, and the stockings was in
place again, and the rosebuds were
once more shining out. J."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
RECOGNIZING RESPONSIBILITIES.
How Balloon Learned that She Was to be Shot
and Died from Fear.


HOW Balloon Learned that She Was to be Shot
and Died fron, Fear.
The moral responsibility of some ami
mails seems less doubtful than that of
intermittent lunatics.n LII it should
become the duty of q public attorney OF
thefpture to prosecute homicidal mon
key, the following case Quoted in
Brehm's ''Thierleben)" would furnish
an ugly precedent against the counsel for
the defense: A few years ago DR..
Schomburg, the Superintendent of the
Botanic Garden of Adelaide, Australia,
took charge of select corps of monkeys
and kangaroos, "happy family" he
might have called them, if it had not
been for the deprayity of an old babuina,
orfemale Bhunder baboon. Hshe had not
been the only representative of her spe-
cies, he would have tried to get rid of
her, for her only object TO live seemed
to be to make herself as disagreeable as
possible. Solitary confinement made
her wildly obstreperouS, but in the
family cage she kept The marsupials in
delirium of terror, and in the evening
when her younger relatives ventured to
enter the sleeping-box she seemed to
consider herself diyinely ordained to re-
move them by force But one day she
attacked her own keeper, and without
any apparent provocatlon lacerated his
wrist i'll a shocking way. Schomburg
at once ordered her to be shot The
next morning the assistant keeper APP
preached her cage with shot gun,
which had often been used to shoot the
n 70
ing. The other monkeys seemed to ex-
pect another rdzzid, but the Bhunder
knew better The moment she saw the
gun she made dash into the sleeping
cage, and when the keeper tried to open
the door she yelled as if she hoped to get
of on a plea of insanity. Meaning to
try her, the keeper waited till breakfast
time, but the babuina did not show her
self. She kept out of sight a full hour,
till the mcss-boy brought an extra lunch
of sliced pumpkins, when she made a
rush for the bucket in hopes of securing
a portable piece. In that moment the
keeper bolted the door of her sleeping
cage, and went back for his shot gun.
AS soon as the babuina caught sight of
him she flew toward her place of refuge,
and, finding the door locked, she made
amad attemptto squeeze herselfthrough
the increases of the front railing. But
the bars proved inllexible, and, after
another desperate pull at the sleeping
cage door, the babuina flung herself in
to a corner, closed her eyes, and was
apparently dead with fear before the
buckshot struck her -Iopular Science
Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
Waiting For Particulars.

The threatened change of base ON the
part of the state in caring for chronic
insane has caused halt in the action of
the building committee intrusted with
the erection of a building for this class
Of patients in Grant county. As will be
seen by the letters from the different
members of the committee published in
another column, there exists diversity
OF opinion in regard to the future action
of the committee Undoubtedly the
majority express the views of the TAX
payers in wishing to await the action of
the Legislature on the bills now before
it,
The pressure from the northern and
poorer counties some of which cannot
and others that do not care to incur the
expense of builing, to have the state UNI
dertake the job is very strong much
will however naturally rest upon the dis
sposition made of the law of last winter
in deciding whether Grant county shall
continue with the erection of county
asylum,
As regards the building of large state
institutions the same objections holdnow
that there did three months or Il veaI
aSu. the simple desire expressed inter.
ested in by counties having new asylum
4 fIn-.., :,
way vitiate the force of the arguments
that were used in advocacy Of the
county plan. with the one exception Of
the policy of the state, which present
events show is as changeable as 9
weathercock. Without doubt the best
| place for chronic insane is in the county
which is charged with their keeping.
To keep them confined at home, for
various reasons is not polite, more
! should it be done. The next best plan
| IS to retain them as near their OWL
! friends as possible while at the same time
removing them from home influence
/ In this manner those Interested in them
can visit the asylum at any and all times
eheaply and with no trouble, and assure
themselves that inmates are comfortably
and well cared for. Should the law OF
last winter, granting certain sum tc
all counties caring for their own insane
be continued, there would be left but
one course to pursue. Humanity il
II nothing more would emphatically
urge the continuance of the work upon
the propose county asylum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
SENATORIAL DISTRICT CONVENTION.

4 Senatorial District Convention. consisting 81
I'VE delegates from each Assembly District il
hereby called 10 meet at the court house in The
city Of Lancaster, Saturday. February IS. 1852,
at the hour OF one o'clock ?. m. for the purpose
81 eccting four delegates TO represent the l6tf
Senatorial District comprising Grant County
wisconsin, at the Republican judicial Conven
tion. which meets ut Dodgeville, Wisconsin, on
February % 1882.
II is suggested that Assembly District Con
ventions be held on February 18th. and towns
hold primary meetings on the afternoon Of Feb
ruary nth.
BY order Of County Committee.
X. c. ORR Chairman.