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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15
Caution TO Farmers.

John Smith, says the Christian In.
teU:qeacer, buys a new patent reaper
Or mower, and before he has cut the
crop of one field with it, be is notified
that its patent is contested, and that
heis liable to penalty for using it.
Rather than have lawsuit on his
hands he pays the royalty asked Dy
the contesting firm, and is lucky ifhe
have not to pay three or four times
more before he is done. The same
ia the case with nearly every sort of
lsbor-saving contrivance which a
farmer is likely to buy. The claimants
under contesting patents do not fight
each other in the courts, but make a
much more profitable revenue by
fleeing each others customers. A
bill now. on its way through Congress
will put an end to this. 1t compels
the owners Of patentsto to secure redress
from the makers and sellers, and not
from the buyers Of articles which
infringe those patents, enacting that
itshall be sufficient defence for the
latter to shcw that they bought the
article in the open market.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15
Cure for. Chicken Cholera.


Several experiments. writes Mr.
W. q. Griffin, Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
have made during the past FIVE years
by different parties for The purpose
Of preventing the spread of chicken
cholera by inoculatlon or vaccination.
We have during the past two years
vaccinated the fowls in nineteen diff.
ferent yards where the cholera was
prevailing badly, and in each case
We left common fowls not vaccinated
and they all died. But Of the two
thousand vaccinated only eleven died,
although they were in the same yard
with those not vaccinated that were
all dying by the score. We have ev-
cry reason to believe that this chick
en- vaccination is as effective in pre-.
venting cholera among fowls as vac.
innation is in preventing small pox
among the human family. Vacc.n-
ate hen and in eight days her sys-
tenn will be thoroughly inoculated !;
then cut off her head and catch all
the blood in some vessel, then pour
the blood out on paper to dry. A
half drop of'this blood is sufficient to
vsccinate a hen, and the blood of one
hen will vaccinate your whole flock.
Catch the fowl you wish to vacinate
and with pin orknife make scratch
on the thigh, Gust enough to draw
blood } then moisten little piece OF
the paper with the alied blood on
and stick it on the chickens leg where
you scratched it; then let the fowl
run and you need have no fear as to
the chicken cholera. AS the result
OF my many experiments I have now
dried blood enough, I would suppose,
to vaccinate ten thousand fowls, for
which I have no use as I do not sell
patent medicines. If any Of your
readers are enough interested in poul-
try to try this preventive, by writing
to me will send free Of any charge
enough dried blood to start with. All
ask is that you sen I! Immediately
before the blood loses its strength
and report the result of experiment
to your many readers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15


A woman who really loves a man
does not see tina. he grows old he
is not decrepit to her; he does not
trsmble; be is not old; che sees the
same gallant gentleman who won her
hand and heart. I like to think that
love is eternal. And to love in that
wey and then go down the hill of life
together, and as you go down, hear,
perhaps. the laughter of grandchil-
dren, while the BIRDS ofjoy and love
, sing once morein the leaAees branches
of the tree of age,-Ingraon
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15

Grass is the chief source ofpro6table
stock growing. The west has devel
oped a wonderful success in blue
grass, where proper care ie taken to
get it well established, hut even then
we must "give the grass chance, 7"
and not to overcrop it, which is the
trouble on smalli farms-the grass is
80 easy to feed of and is always in
such great demand, few farmers have
grass enough for the stock then the
little they have suffers in conse-
quence.
Blue grass, is oui standard meat
producing grass. and is the cheapest
and best. feed farmer can have for
any kind of stock. 1t makes the
best meat. and if abundant makes
rapid growth Of bore and muscle, as
well as the laying on of fat, and it is
the healthiest feed for all kinds Of
stock. Blue grass never becomes
tough. except the seed stalks, no mat.
tyr how how long long 1t sss ssss-tfseeaaisted to groK-
Ii it is cropped short, the grouL be-
comes dry ana baked and produce !.
little or no pasture. We have seen
thousand of acres made almost per-
fectly worthless in this way. Cattle
are turned on it before it gets high
enough to show green, and it being
sweet and tender and overstocked, it
is kept in this condition all summer.
Stock should not be turned on it un.
til the grass is well started, and is
nigh enough to shade and keep the
soil moist anu mellow. And then
limit the stock go that they will not
at any period in the season cut it
short enough to expose the surface of
the soil to the sun. Thus protected
the land le.ains its moisture. and
produces an abundant crop Of the
best grass for stock the whole year
Other grass may be eaten short to
keep it tender, but not so with blue
grass. The farmer who knows how
to treat his blue grass prefers it to
any other, and it will produce more
food than any other grass. And the
main thing to observe is not to keep
too much stock fos the PASTURE
Southern lultiratoy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15

The Gardner and Horticulturist
advises against pruning evergreen
hedges with perpendicular sides and
fat tops, but recommends instead q
pyramidal form or slopeing sides. 1t
has been found by long experience
that the latter form Of pruning Pro-
duces healthier growth and insures
a long lived hedge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15

SUCCESS IN GRATING GRAPE
V1SEs-The president of the Ontario
Fruit Growers Association says
TIE secret Of success in grating the
grape lies in one essential requisite OF
lifting the vine before grating. and
when the operation is performed Of
setting it back again. This checks
the flow Of cap; which otherwise
browns the graft"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15

DR.. J. N. Cook, skilled veterinary
surgeon asserts that simple fracture
can be cured very easily and it is
worth the troubleif the horse is worth
say sixty or seventy-6ve dollars. The
great trouble is toget horse to stand
still. The best way is to put the leg
in plaster Of paris and thus make
the horse stand perfectly still 60 far
as the injured limb is concerned 1t
will'then knit together ia about two
weeks. A horses bones will knit
very nearly as quickly as human
beings will.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15
A Big Farm.

The Greensboro Home Joua7,al,
turning its attention to practical
matters, has an article descriptive of
the agricultural enterprises of Mr.. 7.
W. Powell, Of Greene county, a young
man who 'belonge to the new genera,
ton. Mr.. Powell is farming in cor
nection with Mr.. John Davenport,
who is also a yaupg man, and, together
they control and plant thousands OF
acres. Last year Mr.. Powell gathered
thirty, six thousand bushels Of amal!
grain and ten thousand bushels Of
corn. in addition to this, he mad
four hundred acres in small grain
which he was unable to gather. This
would have averaged fifty bushels to
the acre, running his crop up to sixty.
six thousand bushele of small grain.
His fertilizers consisted wholly OF
eomposted manure. He did not use
last year, nor will he use this year,
single pound of commercial fertilizers.
He uses with his stable manure Ger
ran kainit and acid phosphate. He
uses two hundred pounds Of the com.
post to the acre, and finds the result
very satisfactory.
Mr.. Powell also engages in stock
raising. he has seventy head of
horses and mules, forty brood mares,
and about fifty head of cattle. He
thinks it is more profitable to raise
\ mules than COWS. A mare can be
pastured the same as COW. A mule
colt VIII IN two years fetch from SIS SIS
to $l25, while calf would be worth
$l5 Of $40. These are Mr. Powell's
figures; but a jersey cali would oe
worth more than mule colt.
The forage used BY Mr.. Powell is
Bermuda grass, the grass which the
farmers Of Middle Georgia have re
garded as pest. He regards it as
the farmers salvation. He was ad-
vised to kill it out, especially in
Oglethorpe county, where he has
farm; but one day he carried lis
mower over there and cut fifteen
thousand pounds of hay from three
acres, and then his neighbors opened
their eyes.
In Greene county he has pasture
Of so acres sodded in Bermuda grass.
he made three cuttings from these
thirty acres. The first he saved, the
freshet swept away the second, and
the third was ruined by mud but
the first cutting yielded enough hay
for seventy head OF cattle.
The Powell Davenport farm is
managed by business men. Every
thing is systematized. The result OF
this is! that of the $4,000 dollars
made on the farm last year, twenty.
five thousand dollars is clear profit.
There is moral in all this somewhere
and we leave the agricultural readers
Of the Eyensng Neare to work it out
to their own satisfaction.-Aue1sto
Evening Nescs.
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gnsede''lb Anbertiser.
My.HUsRANp.

Who took me from my childhood 8 home
And said he'd love me all alone,
And Cor my sacrifice atone?
My husband.
VINO srumbled at the pooc beefsteak,
And bade me better coffee make.
And told me greater care to take?
My husband.
Who swore because the baby cried,
And to the spare room quickly HE'D
While to quiet vainly tried9
Ny husband.
Who tears the buttons of his shirt,
And said could those ills avert
II was more on the alert?
Ny husband.
Who bade me rise the FIRE to make
While he another nap should take,
Although I'd been all night awake?
My husband.
Who, when I ask for half q crown,
Knits up his brow into frown
And asks me "Where's rbe other gomez
My husband.
. And when see my mother dear,
Who tries my lonely lot to cheer
Who says she's dreadful, dreadful queer:
My husband
Who stays away till late at night,
And then comes home so very tight
That nearly expire of fright?
My husband?
Who breaks the china, slams the door,
Leaves his clothes all over the floor,
And swears It's all dreadful bore!
My husband.
And who do 1. for his dear sake,
OF every sacrifice psrtake
Lest his confidence should shakee
My husband?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15

PLANS FOR THE YEAE.-SYstem
contributes to success in farming as
we'll as in other pursuits. To reach high
success it must be adopted in farm
operations. Plars for the year 8
work should now be determined and
al! arrangements made that can be
for fully carrying them out.
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Decided steps ought to be taken to
cnre a Cold or Cough at once. We
should recommend DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. This valuable medicine is
indorsed by the physicians and you
I'm rely on its doing the work every
time.
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15
NEAR THE RAILROAD.

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-15

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Compound. ed it is the best Liver
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Blue Grass Pasture.

to your many readers.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
A New Marine Monster.

The famous sea-scrpent, whose exist
encc has been affirmed and denied, is
likely to have rival in Il sea-horse.
Captain Seymour, of the whaling bark
Hope On, reports that while off the Pearl
Island group, situated in the Pacific,
fifty miles from Panama. he encountered
a strange marine monster. The boats
were out, waiting signals from the vessel
as to the direction in which the whales
were heading. suddenly the water broke
at a short distance from the boat.
Captain Seymour was steering. To
his surprise and that of the men in the
boat, who ceased pulling and looked
around when he shouted to them, an
animal somewhat like horse slowly rose
out of the water and then dived, APP
parently alarmed at the sight of the boat.
None of those present had ever seen an
animal like it before, although they are
all old sailors, and they agree in saying,
as do another boats crew who saw it
the following day, that it is an animal
which has never been previously encoun-
tered. The glance which Captain Sey-
mour obtained enables him to describe
it as about twenty feet in length, with
a handsome horsclike head, with two
unicornshaped horns protruding 'front.'
with four legs or double jointed fins, a
brownish hide, profusely speckled with
large black spots, and tail which APP
peared to be divided into two parts.
The animal was seen on two different
days, and an effort would have been
made to catch it had it not been that
whales were about at the time. Captain
Seymour and his officers agree in believ-
ing the monster is peculiar to the locality,
and that it could be easily killed with
lances and bomb-guns.
Officers of the Pacific mail company
say that they have seen this animal on
several occasions, although they never
had the opportunity for close observa-
ton which was obtained by the Hope
ON
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
Phenomena of Scent in Dogs.

The complaint has been general in Eng
land. says the Turf, Field and Farm,
that scent gets worse and worse every
year, and it is suggested that the dogs
are partly to blame for this Nose has
been sacrificed to other qualities, such as
legs and feet, but something should be
charged to modern agriculture. Land
and Water devotes some space to the dis
cussion of the phenomena of SCENT
Is any one to be found bold enough to
say he has mastered even the rudiments
of the phenomena of scent 1t has long
been found that even southerly wind
and cloudy sky is a certain prelude to
days sport. The late Lord Fitzhardings
once remarked he had hunted hounds for
over fifty years, but knew no more about
the chances of scent or the reverse than
he did when he first began to carry the
horn. The poet, Somerville, declared
that con the air depend the hunters
hopes" and the great Beckford, while
approaching the subject with much diff
dence, thought scent mainly depended on
the state of the ground and the tempera-
ture. Other writers have fancied scent va
ries much in different foxes, and
the celebrated Nimrod was much of
this opinion. We all know certain
conditions under which hounds as
rule are unable to get along, but we
know nothing more. On most SEEM
ingly unfavorable days they can often
run to distraction; on others, with APP
parently everything in their favor, they
can only walk after fox. A cold, raw,
windy day is, so far as can be judged,
the most unfavorable to hounds, as arc
also those sunny, gaudy days we get
sometime in spring and autumn.
One thing is well ascertained, and that
is, pastures carry better scent than
arabic lands. The reason is not SO easy
to explain, but the fact remains. 1t is
commonly said that the earth sticking to
the fox's pads prevents the ground being
tainted with the efiluvia. and that when
the ground is wet, and 'carres," as the
term is, hounds cannot even puzzle out
the line by slow hunting. This never
seems very satisfactory explanation,
though it is the one generally given to
inquirers. In all countries there are
+ covers, and certain fields, which are no
torious for an utter absence of scent, and
usually without any assignable cause.
We are almost tempted to think that
no general rule can be laid down, but
that the phenomena of scent vary in
different countries, according to the
diversity of soil and prevailing winds.
There can be no doubt that the modern
crowded fields are all against hounds and
in favor of the fox. 1t has been said that
hounds, if left entirely to their own
devices, would rarely miss catching their
fox, but now they are hanassed by the
field, and often by too oiiicious hunts
man. AS matter of fact, those best
able to Judge of the matter would pro-
nounce the contrary to be the case, and
would say there are but few days on
which hounds would be successful by
their own unaided efforts. Never to let
the fox get far ahead is the great maxim
of the day, and a very sensible one; for
we all know how quickly on bad days he
can run himself out of scent and danger.