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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13
CARE OF SITTIN FOWLS.

The season has now fully arrived when
every one interested III poultry has made ar
rangements for eggs for hacling purposes.
One drawback to the successful issue of
plans is the imperfect manner in which they
are carried out. Often. if eggs are purchas
ed, they are placed under al Indifferent sit
ter, and seldom or never looked alter until
the chicks are expected to appear. Or the
sitter may be a good ehe. but indiferently
cared for Hence comes failure The same
result may attend sitting eggs produced
the premises. In every respect constant
care is the price of ear ly chickens. The
weather is variable, the sitting hens are
many times uncomfortable, consequently
unsteady, and the early eggs require the
closest attention. Early chickens are al
ways the more profitable and require the
most attendance. As many hens as posi-
Bile should be set at one time. This greatly
lessons the work of the keeper In order 10
accomplish This result, extra care and iced
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13
GARDEN HERBS.

Few things add more to the pleasure OF a
thoroughly good cook than to have full
supply OF kitchen herbs ready to hand. A
little nt one thing or another in this line Of
ten makes all the difference between sue
cesstnl dish and one of mediocre quality
Every garden should have few. and where
they are wanting should be looked after al
this season.
Perhaps the most useful is parsley. That
has to be raised for seed, although if the
flower stalks are cut oil as they csme up in
the summer, the same plants may be pro-
longed several seasons. 1t dees not go to
seed, however. the first season of sowing :;
so that if sown early and it gets strong be-
fore summer comes. we can get pretty
good supply st leaves the first season. The
seeds. however. take several weeks 10 germ.
mate, and should be put in as early as pos
sible. Another herb of great service to the
best cooks is the leek, a kind OF onion which
is no onion, as it makes all tops and little
roots. 1t is not so strong as the ordinary
onion, and gives delegate flavor to certain
soups and sauces that nothing of the tribe
will do. This also has to be sswn early and
on very rich ground. But if possible the
richness should be given to the ground the
previous year. Fresh and rank manare is
unfavorable to good leek-culture.
Many make good use in winter OF mario
ram and summer savory. These are raised
from seed sewn at the usual time in the
spring. Sage and thyme are perennials !;
but they require an occasional pruning or
replsnting to get them in the best condition.
If left to themselves they become woody.
scrawIey and some what barren of leaves, if
they are not entirely killed by the severity
of the winter. Thyme can be kept in good
condition by being simply sheared down to
the ground or cut back with knife every
spring. This induces a COED healthy growth
which is in excellent condition for use at any
time. Sage is often kept many years in
good condition by simply cutting back; but
often it needs starting quite anew. This
may be done by taking cuttings OF the old
plant and hurying them down deep in the
ground so that the tops Of the shoots are
barely above the surface. These root very
well and soon make good rlants. There
are other herbs useful on some occasions
but these are essential TO every good garden.
-Gernaanto,on Telegraph.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13
THE TOMATO AND ITS CULTURE.

Considered either as fruit for the table,
or as a product for market, the tomato is
held in, and is worthy Of, high esteem. It
seems to have place filled by no other rel
ish, being agreeable to the palate and invit-
ing to The eye. Add to its many other good
qualities that Of its immense productive Ca
pacity, and no wonder that the subject Of its
culture is so often referred to. Every sec
ton and locality must be governed by the
closing season of frost, as very light frost
destroys the young and tender plants.
About eight or ten weeks previous to the
last expected frost seed may be sown in the
hot bed. or if there is no hot-bed, seed may
be sown in window boxes. Early bearing
of the plant is promoted by transplanting
or ..prickns out' the young plants as they
come to suitable size. A dozen or two Of
plants will supply the wants off large FAM
ily for the season. Only thrifty. strong and
healthy plants should be planted out. and
in erder to secure this the young plants
should have plenty of room, in the seed bed
or boxes, with good, rich. sandy laam soil.
and he kept well watered, occasionally CIV
ing liquid manure. This is also essential
after planting out in garden soil up TO the
time of maturity of the fruit. dark, warm
sandy loan soil. made rich through fertiliZ-
;no for previous crops, suits the tomato.
Some light application of thoroughly rotted
manure, ashes or guane will stimulate
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

quick growth, as early production is usually |
very desirable. If the soil is poor manure
heavily, broadcast aud in the hill, with well
ro1ted and fine stable manure and compost,
The land having been properly prepared
it should be laid off in rows and hills four
feet each way. Make the hills large aud the
soil mellow and fine. Dig out a hole sutli.
cently large aud deep to hold the roots of
the plant with any clinging earth from its
previous bed; with one band hold the plant
in position, in the hole, while with the other
pour water to fill the hole. If properly
roots and nearly ill the hole and hold the
plant, so that, if freshly taken from it's bed.
it will not wilt, even if .ransplanted in hot
sunshine. When the water has settled away
fil' around the plant with good fresh soil.
prefer to train tomato plants to a stake,
when, if properly cared for, there would be
more and better fruit. Side shoots should
be stopped at the first blossom; your frait
IS then fully exposed to the sun, is always
clean, and sweeter than If grown on plants
uCts stHus ttatiIeu. 1ne STAKES may De tnt
same as for BEANS and when set as high as a
man's head. Attention will be needed to
tie up and nip the side shoots, as the plants
grow, which can be done when hoeing.
Varieties are numerous, with very little
difference in earlness. more being due to
culture IL this respect but there are other
differences to be considered, such as flavor,
meatiness, perfect coering and ripening A
round, smooth, thick -meated fruit is to be
referred, other things being equal. The
best l have tried is the Aciae. Rot some
times attacks the tomato, its cause being
largely due to warm, wet weather and heavy
kews, especially where the plants spread aud
lie low, or on the grounr in mass Thin
planting, pruning and tying to stakes will
obviate this difficulty in nearly every in.
stance; SO that where the plants are prop
erly raised and trained from. the ground,
little damage is to be apprehended. = Corr
Country Gentleman.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

should be bestowed during the preceding
fall and winter. so that the fowls NAV be
ready to brood when desired, having laid
out the regular clutches Of eggs, without
which no fowl will do for sitter The care
and management of the hens the preceding
season brings abou, good results the tsllo w.
ing spring. -..... .-r
Generous feeding at all times is necessary,
but this is not sufficient. The fowls need a
warm, roony and comfortable house, that
they may be conteated and quiet. The most
Important item, and one too frequently neg
lected, is fresh, clean water at all times in
winter as we'll as summer. Hens will not
lay without it. When it is very cold sone
method nlust be invented to furnish con.
tinual supply. One way is to provide iron
drinking vessels. Any disused pot or ket-
tie that does net lead is as good as anything.
| heats the iron, at the same time cooling tile
water sufficiently for the fowls to drink
When accustomed to it they will take it
| pretty warm. Where there is a large flock
| by the time they have all taken the morning
/, draught, the vessel will be considerably
lowered, but will not freeze for several
hours. After drinking gill or so apiece
the fowls are ready tor their food, and for
laying eggs, and not moping around in sui
len inactivity. BY eleven o'clock the drink
should be replenished and thawed up with
more boiling water, thus keeping the drink.
ing vessels open until night, when they
should be emptied and turned upside down
By perseverng in this method, and keep.
ing an eye over the flock that they go for.
ward instead OF backward the sitters will
have laid out their eggs and be ready to 60
into the incubating room early in the season
| The hens should be so trained that they have
no tear Of the keeper, and are gentle and do.
cile on the nest; may be handled and re-
moved from the place Of laying 10 one o
sitting. where hens and net incubators are
employed to do the sitting. A dozen may
be attended to nearly as easily as one, where
| they have a room furnished separate from
| the layers, and are confined on the nests
and not allowed to come of only at such
times as the keeper allows. They must be
provided with fresh drink and food, and
limited as to time of remaining from the
nest, according to the state Of the weather.
| Often hens do not manifest opposition to
leave the nest oftener than once in two days,
but SHOULD not be allowed to sit longer than
| this, as the course of natllte requires 3 re-
| lief to keep the birds III health.
Hens are, IN greater or less degree, mere
machines, and may be led to respond read
er understands thoroughly their habits and
natures, supplying them cheerfuIy, giving
relief and comfort in every condition, and
moreover educating them in the ways they
should go.-cor'. Country Gentleman. v~#
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and halt pounds. Twenty pounds is q
tair average weight. The flesh OF the Emb-
den geese is very different from that of our
domestic variety; it does not partake Of
that dry character which belongs to other
and more common kinds, but it is as tender
and juicy when brought to the table as that
ct the wild fowl. also being less liable to
shrink in the process of cooking. Epcnres
even assert that the flesh of the Embden
geese Is not inferior to that of the canvas
back duck.-Southe,m Cultioator. , d..
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

"A NEW use for sorghum seed has been
discovered. Gu 'ose can be made frem il
as well as from corn, and it is estimated tn at
l,25O pounds can be made from the seed
grown on one acre. 1t is thought that the
discovery will, by the added profits arising
from the sale of glucose, make the culture
of sorghum for sugar profitable business.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

In breeding fowls for laying. the non-set-
ters-such as the Leghorns. Houdans, Black
Spanish, Black Crested Polish and Ham
burgs are preferable. For market, the
Brahmas, Cochins and Plymouth Rocks are
superior, as they grow rapidly, fatten. early
and, at maturity, are nearly as large and
desirable as most breeds of turkeys. ass.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

100 much attention cannot be given to
the culture OF cabbage. There has been q
scarcity of this commodity for the past five
years and the price has always ruled high.
An effert should be made this wear to grow
enough to supply the market.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

S1LIcATE OF soda, Or s'water glass" is
much used in Germany tor coating eggs to
make the shells non-poreus. On drying af-
ter applying a thin, hard. CLASSY film re-
mains; store way in charcoal and bran,
small end down. @ t.'
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

The egg consumption Of this country is
estimated at 10,eOoOsO barrels, ard the
pounds Of poultry consumed at 6S0.O00 600;
that is l39 pounds to every man, woman
and child. The ..estinate'' is probably a
little too large.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13
.'QLhe Aonlhy Uard.
The fever for fancy fowls is not adapted
to the poor MANS purse. He had better
seek for practical fews than for fancy ones.

THOSE obliged to keep up fowls up, part
or most OF the time, will find the white
Brahmas. about AS good as anything. The
small breeds will require very high fences
to restrain their fly ing propensities.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

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RERTILIzE the garden thoioughly If YOU
bit early and nicely favored vegetables.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

THE land is in better condition to receive
seed now than it will be in month
Ire
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

CARLY sowing is less liable to damage
p grasShoppers or frost. and is surer Of
pod yield. ...., 7Fa..EE #.l.,5aaza... 5ts.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13
eAariq,tltniral.
SEED time is here.

G &IOc
SEED time is here.
@ ss --zsa - -------
Turning the burrows. tta85 ~
#M -H-@-M --------- ... ...
bPEED the plow. farmer, speed! ..--
H# H 0-zss -----
4 bow now that the harvest may be sure.
Ew sod laad grows very good crep the
I'D season. =5-..a. .+.a z,ts=#
VERY farmer should plant an abundance
% potatoes yI
foNTANA viii seed more land this year
Nan ever before
RERTILIzE the garden thotoughly If you
EAPt early and nicely favored vegetables.
The land is in better condition to receive
n seed now than it will be in y month
dee.
EARLY sowing is less liable to damage
NJ grasshoppers or frost. and is surer Of
gpod yield. a.a7t 7Ia5GE ssa.,5a@s a1
aEARLY 10000 tons OF barbed fence-wire
Ne been manufactured in the United States
4hg The past year. &=Fs
--------4sp--40t--aa~ - -------- t'| Fl ss4.
kFlERE are grave doubts as 10 the milling
petty of the Territory being adequate for
4 @heXt harvest. a@sa e#a. Ia saa
fHERE wilt he an addition Of several thou
4 Y to our agricultural population this
Ans and summer. @ 'N"
q ~ --------- : sa-o-a = = --- =.
Rpw a small patch of turnips for early
our do not sow the crop intended for
Fer until the first of July. n.-rHza
here will be more hemes built in Mon
tlils season than in any one year before
n the Territory was organized. @4@
d It'd nra.-0 -rn- ---- p 5
PIE latest official reports of the wheat
POI Australia, forl.the Year 1881. give
aggregate at about 30 900 900 bushels.
sfErs af.Ers are most excellent crop for Mon
u There are few crops that pay better.
y q are most excellent winter iced for
II cows.
I'll ---------kss s.-S-a----
R2AEBoDY lays down the rule what every
@ef should be as follows: mot only
accomplished tiler Of the soil, but also
sAcellent mechanic, fair harness-maker,
@haer of shoes, a teerable good carpen-
4 pretty good blacksmith or machinist,
zs'so wideawake, thorough Judge and
slef of stock, knowing are caring for
a'iments-not only horses and cattle.
aS"eep hogs, poultry, or anything that
w can be made out Of With all this
ahould be a civil engineer, acquainted
levers and hydrulics, and repairs of
sps' and if in addition to these require
T. lie understands laying stone and
q ana putting on plastering, as we'll as
s''s and applying paints, he win find
~ 10 do, TO say nothing Of what he
y 70 Know about grain and milling it," |
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EVERY farmer should plant an abundance
potatoes. @ II yI G4
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MONTANA viii seed more land this year
IN ever before.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

EEw sod iaad grows very good crep the
ID season. -.=. AZ. .+...- s=..,
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ow now that the harvest may be sure.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

gEARLY 10000 tons OF barbed fence wire
Ie been manufactured in the United States
1hs the past year.
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turning the furrows. 1a.s-5
---- nun--&-aA ------------ ..
SPEED the plow. farmer, speed! .
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eETEs EeETs are most excellent crop for Mon
| There are few crops that pay better.
are most excellent winter iced for
cows
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1882-04-13

3|iRRE are grave doubts as 10 the milling
petty OF The Territory being adequate for
next harvest. ... nmqA eesaaas. ia e.as
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-04-20

Does not justice as we'll as common
humanity demand that the mother
should be invested with at least an
equal power to remedy these evils and
to aid IN sweeping them from the path
way OF her own offspring?
Do you tell me this is upneeessarv
because she and her children are rem.
resented by her husband and The
father L reply. it is the husbands
and the fathers of our land who baTo
framed the laws that make these av;,s
possible They, it is who estabI;s bad
and are maintaining them and are the
patrons OF them. As we'll might we
bind the shepherd and turn the tender
iamos over to the sole protection of
the wolf.
In view of mans failure in +b;s re
gard, who can measure the neasnre
less injustice of refusing to the mofbers
Of our land an equal right in banisb;nn
these evils, vices and temptations froSo
society and from the life path Of ber
offspring 3?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-04-20
TONNENTTONS.

Il
At HiEtCauhee-With c., NJ. & St. P
R'y for all points East, West and
Southwest. NoTE--The through
cars OF this line to and from Chicago
are run via c., NJ & St. ?. R'y.7
1t P!ymomh-With S. & F. Div. G.
& NV. R'y, for Sheboygan and
Fond du Lac.
at Forest Junction-With Mil, Lake
Shore & Western Railway.
at Green Bay-With G. 3. & Nj. R.
r. for New London and G. & n.
". R'y for points North.
1T lHenasia~ Neeadh-With G. & n.
". R'y for Oshkosh.
At Eiediaa Junction-W With Mil. Lake
s. & ". R'y, for Oshkosh.
i, -tAlhcr$i ,ia7,ction-With G. B. &
3Iinn R'y for the west.
IL Junction City-With Wis. Valley
Div O., II. & st. ?. R'y for Wau-
san aud Jenny.
A. 16bofSford Connections are made
between trains on Wis. c. and Wis.
4 Minnesota R'y.
1t ST. Pou!-With all railroads north
south and west
at Portage-With c., II. & St. P
R'y for Madison and the west.
At Ashland-With Steamers for all
Lake Superior points.
t. n. FINNEY, JAS. BARKER,
GenI Manager, Gen'l Pass. Agent
Milwaukee. Milwaukee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-04-20
PALACE SLEEPING CARS
on each Train between st. Paul, Madison
and Chicago

on each Train between st. Paul, Madison
and Chicago.
The Western Division of the Chicago. St.
Paul, MINNEAPOLIS u Omaha Line. known as
the st. Paul & Sioux City Railroad, with its
various branches, commencing at st. Paul
reaches into Iowa, Dakota and Nebraska, pass
ing through the thriving young cities and towns
of ShakoHee, st. Peter, Mankato, Worthington
and through LIE Mars to Sioux City, Omaha
and Council Bluffs; and with Branch Lines
reaches Blue Earth City and W oodstock, Mimi.
Doom, Iowa. and Sioux Falls, Dakota
The Perfect Connections of this Line AT
COUNCIL BLUFFS in Union Depot with first
class Lines of road for all points inc entral and
Western Missouri, for Kansas, Texas, Nebras-
ka, Colorado, California, Arizona, New and Old
Mexico, makes it worthy of beingcalled
The Old Reliable Sioux City Line.
Besides it is the ONLY LINEto the southwest
Through the Z Great Cities
of the populous Missouri Valley, namely:
Sioux city. Council Bluffs, Omaha, 81.
Joseph, AtchisOn, EeavenyvOrth
ard Kansas City
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-04-20

The exploit of a Grand Rapids dog
was to run up one aisle of the church
during services. upset the contribu-
tion box run down the other aisle, 90 up
stairs into the gallery, look over the
railing fall over with a Yelp into the
congregation below, and then get
kicked ut.-Juaeau Co., 1rqns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-04-20
FROM J. F. LUNT.
GRAND Forks, DAKOTA. J
April II. 1882.

April u, 1882. {
Dear Reporter:-The Spring rush
to the Red River Valley has com.
menced; every train is loaded with
passengers and still they come. Train
load after train load has been swallow
ed up and still the great and fertile
plains around US are calling for more
people. Twenty thousand could occu-
Ply the country around US without
crowding. Thousands of acres of fer
tile lands are calling for tillers and
offering homes and fortunes to those
who are willing to work. In a few
years all those unoecupied regions will
be filled with people and dotted with
fourishing towns.
Prices this season will be higher
than last year, as So to 1926 for break
ing and $1.50 to 1.75 for back-setting
are figures mentioned The increase
is about S1.0O per acre and is owing
to the higher prices of grains and
stock. There will be all the work in
this line that can be done even at those
figures. This season, however, is rath-
er backward, don't think seeding will
begin until the Goth of this month,
The raging Red River is on the boom
to-day about fourteen feet higher
than it has been for five years and still
booming j. T L.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-04-20
$500 Reward!

Having held Government Patents and paid
taxes 70 twenty-five years on the lands de-
scribed below. 1t is my wish to hold and claim
the first right to the timber instead of any
trespasser who may choose to help himself [
will pay the above named reward, for proof
which shall reach conviction, against anyparty
or parties who did, during 1880 or 1881, or may
during 1882, trespass upon the timber to the
extent of 1000 feet, upon the 81 of neA and
nwA of sex of 9-24-4 east. Also VIZ Of SEX
and eH of sw4 of Sec. 5-24-4 east. lying in
Township of Sigel. And also on the eH of SEA
and nw4 of sea of Sec. 10-24-3 east lying in
Marshfeld w God county.
will also add expenses to, and while before
the Grand Jury, giving proper testimony that
shall reach conviction, and will pay the above
reward up to five G) different cases. if so many
can be found. Any and all powers of Attorney
given to any party previous to this date, to sell
the above described land or timber, have been,
many years ago, and are now revoked The
timber is for sale. Apply to the owner.
J. T. SIMPSON.
Hudson.
New York.
Dated Hudson, n. Y. Dec 9Th 1881.
Dec22m4