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fifty acres aud over. OF smaller farms there
were more in the earlier year. There were,
for instance, in 1880 three times as many
farms of from 100 to 500 acres as there were
in 1870. and the increase in the number Of
farms Of still greater area was in much
higher proportion. The State which has
the largest number of farms of 1000 acres
and over is George, 80 2. Then follow In
order Alabama, COG; Virginia. Gal; South
Carolina, 4S2; Mississippi, 4Sl; Louisiana,
81; North Carolina, 311; California, 262;
Illinois, 1874. In New York the number of
farms of so great extent is only twenty-one
The total land in farms in the United
States YVES $50, 0S1, s35 acres in 1880, against
407, 735, 04l acres in 1870. OF this land 284,-
al, 042 acres were improved in 1880. and
1888 OIL, 0o9 acres in 1870 The value of the
farms was Sl0,197 096 ne in 1880. against
50 265 S03 s61 in 1870. The value of farming
implements and machinery was S406 $50. 055
in 1880, and $S26, SIS, 429 in 1870. In all
comparisons OF values between 1870 and
1880 it SHOULD be borne in mind that in the
former ytSr gold was at an average pre-
MUM OF % 8 per cent The enormous in
crease in the chief productions is shown by
the following comparative figures:
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VENDORS STORM PREDICTIONS.
Fierce Rain and snow Falls Announced Il
Mnrch-A General Bulletin.

DIarch-A General Bulletin.
MONTREAL, March 5-Vennors weather
predictions for the month of March are a.
most as startling as those published by wig
gins. He says The month will be one OF
the stormiest experienced in long period
of years, and there is probability of great
destruction of life and property. The storm
period of the 10th to the 18th will undoubt-
ly be severe ..and widespread, but the heavy
ram and wind storrns of the 9th to the 30th
may cause the greatest harm, particularly
toward New York and the middle seaboard.
From the 10th to 18th, very general and
severe snowstorms and blockades, extending
far to westward. Rains and snow falls in
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Tremend-
Gus snowdrifts in Western States.
18th TO 20th-General heavy snow and
rain storms South to New York and Wash
ington. Snow blockades again West. On
10Th or 21st great windstorm at New York.
27th-Another general storm period.
Snow and rains. Newfoundland snow
blockaded.
3Oth and 3tst-General snow, wind and
rain storms. Heavy blow and rains, New
York and Middle States seaboard. Snow
and rain storms, Maritime Provinces
The following is his version of the Proba
bilities for tae year:
SPRING.-April, advanced warmth toward
middle of month and favorable rains. Cold
er toward closing days and entry OF May
May will enter cold and white and continue
so through first half of month, with snow
falls and cold rains. Brief periods of SUM
mer warmth.
SUMMER-JuDe is likely to be warn
summer month and similar 10 that of lae
year. In fact, the whole of tho coming sum
mer will probably follow in the track o
| last years weather conditions. Somewha
severe relapses to cold weather and frost
may occur in parts of July aud August.
| AU7uMN.-After advanced cold ueathe
and snowfalls in Octobsz and Novsmbel
the autumn of the year is likely TO remai
unusually open and foe up to Late dat
with general scarcity os snow in nearly A.
sections through December and prohabl
much OF January, 1854 Our present vie
is that the autumn of the present wear wi
auch resemble that Cd the year 1915 in th
various sections of the country.
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before the earth is closed in about them, an
arrangement which may be advantageously
followed with dubious plants generally. In
hot summer weather they should have q
good mulching OF half-rotten manure. and,
as soon as the flower spikes are produced,
liquid manure may occasionally be given
them.-American Cultivator.
/ find coal ashes 10 be very valuable ar
ticle to be used for many purposes. ! have
used them for three or Iour years on cur
rant bushes. for the destruction of the cur.
rant worm, and find no necessity for the he'll
lebore or any other poison. They are as
effective as cucumber vines to keep Of the
striped bug. Last year I used them on
cabbsges, filed the head full, and had no
further trouble with the worms. The cab
baee headed well, receiving no injury from
the ashes. The ashes are better 10 be sifted
through fine sieve.
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sus,ainers of muscle in the list of human
foods.
Facts Worth Knowing.
Halls Journal of Health.

HALLS Journal of Health.
That salt fish are quickest and best
freshened by soaking IN sour milk.
That cold rain water and soap will remove
machine grease from washable fabrics.
That fish may be scalded much easier by
first dipping them into boiling water for q
minute
That fresh meat, beginning to sour, will
sweeten If placed out of doors in the cool air
over night.
That milk which has changed may De
sweetened or rendered dit for use again by
stirring in little soda.
That boiling starch is much improved by
the addition of sperm, or salt, or both, or a
little gum arabic dissolved.
That a tablespoonful of turpentine boiled
with your white clothes will greatly aid the
whitening process.
That kerosene will soften boots and shoes
that have been hardened by water, and will
render them pliable as new.
That clear boiling water will remove tea
stains; pour the water through the stain,
md thus prevent its spreading over the
fabric.
That salt will curdle new milk; hence, in
preparing milk porridge. gravies, etc, the
salt should not be added until the dish is
prepared.
That kerosene will make your tea-kettle
as bright as new. Saturate a wooden rag and
rub with il. 1t will also remove stains from
the clean vanished furniture.
That blue ointment and kerosene, mixed
in equal proportions and applied TO bed
steads, is an unfailiDg bug remedy, and that
a coat of whitewash is ditto for a log house.
That beeswax and salt will make your
rusty fatirons as clean and as smooth as
glass. Tie lump of wax in a rag and keep
it for that purpose. When the irons are hot
rub them first with the wax rag. then scour
them with a paper or cloth sprinkled with
salt.
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The "Protect,on'' Fallaoy and the Farmers.
lGrand Rapids, OAK, Letter

lGrand Rapids, OAK, Letter.
should like to know in what manner
Western farmere are benefited by the high
tariff policy. Does it increase the price of
the grain we raise? No, sir; the Govern
ment of this couRtry does not adopt a
policy that enables US to get from 25 to so
per cent. more than our grain can be pro-
duced for. The only protection that we get
is high tariff on the lumber we buy and
the wooden goods that We can not do without,
and all the material used in the manufac-
ture of the machinery that we use is highly
protected; but the evil does not stop here.
Manufacturers sell the exclusive right to sell
their machinery in perhaps dozen or more
Counties to one agent, and here the farmers
are imposed on sgain. Wheat and oats are
chiefly raised here, and is il any wonder
that the best of our farmers fail to obtain
more than a mere pittance when they have
to pay 1925 for a harvester and sell their
wheat for seventy-five cents bushel, with
ali other machinery in proportion2 Why
is il that when the protectionists plead the
cause of the laboring classes they do not re-
member the Western farmer as well2 The
fathers of this country would not abide un.
Just taxation, but asserted their rights, and
won them; and why should We sit still and
have our rights and our liberty taken away
little by little till we are but little better
than the slaves of ancient Rome? L am
glad to see two steps taken in the interest OF
the public one by the Chicsgo Tribune and
the other by the Anti Monopolists.
A CONSTANT READER.
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Lima Beans as a Farm Crop.

The Lima, the most popular among anna
teurs and market gardeners, is slow in find
ing its way into the gardens of farmers.
The dry beans sell for several dollars q
bushel, and the market has never been
adequately supplied. Lima beans are easily
raised, and yield as bountiful as most other
pole beans; and they continue to blossom
and bear until killed by the frsst. We
know of no reason why they can
not be made specially, like
hops or tobacco, and grown on a large scale.
ment than the common field bean, but as
the price is three times greater, these could
we'll be afforded. A rich gravelly or sandy
loan suits them best, and the phosphate
manures are well adapted to them. On thi:
kind OIL soil we have not found them to rur
too much to vines, even with heavy dress
ings of compost prepared from muck and
stable manure. The vine il a strong grower
and requires abundant nourishment The
pods are formed suite thickly from the tor
to the bottom of the poles. They wan
the full benefit of the sun, ant
the rows running north ano
south. should be four feet apar
and the hills four feet apart in the row. Ii
planting We prefer to put the eye down
ward. and not more than one inch deep
! latitude. This bean needs frequent cult
vation, until the vines shade the ground
This crop is we'll suited for farmers remote
from cities and markets. The marke
gardener will not grow Lima beans to sci
| dry, because they are worth more in tn
| green state, and he can sell all he can raise
But the farmer. however remote from tn
city, can market his whole crop in tn
| winter, and be well paid for his labor.
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Preparing Trees for Planting

Dr. George Thurber gives valuable advice
on tree planting in the American Agricul-
turist for March: 'Nurserymen, while
they sometimes deprive a tree of large
share of its roots by hurried and careless
digging usually send the purchaser the full
quantity of branches. The inexperienced
tree planter judges of the quality of q
nursery tree by the size OF the top. When
he is told that at least one half of the top
should be cut away before the tree is
planted he thinks he knows better, and
sets out the trees just as they came from the
nursery. The many poor, struggling orchards
all over the country bear witness to the gen.
eral neglect of the proper preparation of the
trees before planting. A novice has great
reluctance 10 use q knife on the trees. 1t
seems a great waste 10 cut on any part of
the trees that he mas bought, though he gives
hardly thought to the roots he has paid
for. and which are left in the soil of the nur-
sery. 1t is within bounds to say that even
when q tree is carefully dug, at least one
half of its small fibrous roots-the really
useful and feeding roOts-are broken or cut
eff in the operation. This would be of little
consequence were the top of the tree reduced
in the same proportion. Even those who
have given but little study to the growth OF
plants will admit, in a general way, that the
root takes up water from the soil, and. that
the leaves eyaporsts the water thus taken up.
half of the absorbing roots are gone, and all
of the evapOrsting surface 1.-THE leaves which
will soon be produced from the buds( re-
mains, this will be in excess, and make a
demand upon the roots which they can not
supply. Most persons will admit that
trouble will soon come il they spend more
than their income, yet they persist in plsc-
ing their trees in the position of spend
Thrift There is no one thing so essential to
the future success of an orchard as the
proper cutting back OF the tops before plant
ing. Before the trees are taken to the
ground some careful person, who will use
some thought as we'll as a sharp knife,
should go over them one by one. Taking
each tree in the left hand, let him
turn the roots upward. II any of the larger
roots show a rough end, from being broken
with dull spade, let them be cut smooth
making slanting cut on the lower side
If any roots are much longer than the
others, let them be shortened. The roots
being cared for, turn up the tree and in
spect the top. If any of the branches are
badly shaped or crowded cut them out alto
gether, and cut back each branch Lot les
than a third of its length; and, as a rule, i
will be better in the end to cut away one
half"
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Do Lawyers Cho<ge Big Feese
Philadelphia Press.

And lawyers can sharge fees, too For
example. if should charge the Press in the
same proportion that lawyers charge for
their time, should get about 81, 900 for this
Astter. Here is a case: Mr.. b. L. White.
bow editor of tbs. Providence Press, and I
were associated as correspondents OF the
New York Tribune. The Alabama treaty,
on whose provisions two continents hung
breathlessly, had been signed and sent to the
Senate. This was many years ago. copy
came to us as legitimstely as any piece O
news comes into the Press office, but 1T hap
pened so that we could not tell where 1T came
form. We were brought before the senste
and sent 10 COMMITTEES, and we refu sed II
answer and tell where the treaty, as printed
in the Tribune, came from. We ere locked
up for about fortnight. The great public
was with Us, and we had more application
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for our autographs than we could pay post
age on, and ''Te-had cases of wines; -cases-O
brandy, demijohns Of whisky, boxes of ci-
cars woodcocks terrapin. canvasbaek ducks.
flowers, and such things galore. Senators
came TO our rooms for drinks and lunches.
and the whole thing from beg7n-
ming to end was q great joke. But
and here comes the point-we were of
course released oy tremendous majority of
the Senate, bit there were certain IeeaI
points to be disposed of. We had been in
dicted for disrespect to the Senate, or some
thing of that kind. We engaged q LAWYER.
and he went into Court and asked that our
indictment be ouashed. That was all, and
the indictment was quashed. HowNnuch.
Mr.. Editor, do you think he charged for that
I'VE minutes work, He charged and paid
him $500 for that Job, and have his name
on my check to show it. Suppose q news
paper man had taken $500l- Wei, you
know what Pistol said when he was- com
PEELED to cat the garlic.
have q moral 1t is: Study law
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BY EDMUND LYONS.
''You say that my life is a round of toil!"
The stslwsrt farmer said.
srThat scarce can wrest from the eft TILED soil
Ny pittance of daily dread?
Well, what you tell me In part II true,
am seldom an idle man,
But value the blessing Of rest. as you,
Who have much of II. never can.
"And, surely, have never worked In vain,
From the spring TO the golden fsll;
The harvest has ever brought waving grain.
Enough and to spare for ALL
And when in the evening, freed from care,
see az my farmhouse door
Ny wife and little ones waiting there.
Oh. what has the millionaire moref
"ny children may never have boarded wealth;
Their lives may at times be rough:
But If in their homes they have love and health
They will find these riches enough.
The only land they will ever own
Is the land that the strong right arm
And the patient, fearless heart aIsne
Can till to fertile farm.
81 have nothing beyond my simple wants
And little for cloudy days;
But no grim spscler my homestead haunts,
Such as silver and gold might raise.
Around me are eyes that with sparkling mtrth
Or with placid contentmeDt shine
And no wealth-clogged lord upon all the earth
Has q lot more blessed than mine.
"Oh. yes, am laboring all day long.
With the mind and the muscles, too;
But thank the Lord, who has made me strong
And given me work TO do.
For what. indeed. is the idle done
But vampire on the land,
Reeping fruit that by others was sow1
And not by his own right hand"
Clipper.
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A Good Word for Oatmeal.
TAmerican ARriculturist.l


The oat crop, which is so prominent in
opr farming, is rarely utilized for farmers
tables. In somewhat long acquaintance
in the rural districts, we do not remember
to have ever met with oatmeal cooked in
any form. This diet is a favorite at the
breakfast table in our large cities, in the
form of mush, and, eaten with sugar and
milk, Is an appetising and wholesome
article of diet. But upon the farm, the oat
crop is very largely money crop, sold in
the nearest market or at the railway
station. If used upon the
farm it goes to the horse without
grinding, or, If ground, as provender for the
pigs. Almost everywhere we meet with
corn products upon the table, Indian bread,
the convenient johnny-cake, hasty pudding,
samp homiuy. corn bread. and that finest of
all summer dishes, succotash-the sweet
corn mingled with the savory juices of the
bean. The wheat plant is well represented
in bread and other forms OF cooking, though
it has ceased to be a product of many
Northern farms. In all the region where
rye has taken the place of wheat rye bread
is staple article of diet. Baked beans are
about as popular as ever, in the rural
| districts. and are likely to hold their own
| with the coming generations. But oatmeal
is ignored as food fit for men. Among the
people who use it, and in the analysis of the
chemist, 1t stands confessed as one OF the
most nutritious and economical foods that
can be used. The Scotch people are living
examples of what oatmeal will do to make
an athletic race with plenty of brain, bone
and muscle. The Scotchmau's average daily
ration is two and one-balf pounds of oat-
meal and pint Of milk. On this he thrives
and performs the labor of the farm. Ansly
sis shows that oatmeal is very rich in nitro
genous matter, and comes much nearer
wheat flour in nutritive value than is gen
orally supposed. The following table shows
their comparative value:
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John stuarsmin on Probation.

The eminent English philosopher John
Stuart Mill, in his work on political. econ
omy, thus dlscourses on prohibitory ls~s:
Selling fermeDted liquors is trading, and
trading is a social act. But. the infringe
ment complained Of tby those opposed to
prohibitory laws is not on the liberty Df the
seller, but on that of the buyer and con-
sumner, since the State might just as>wsn
forbid him to drink wine as purposely to
make 1t impossible for him to obtain it's IL
Is ciaimeo' ne says that II as citize0shave
q right to legislate whenever my social
rights are invad sd by the social act of
another. IL anything invades my social
rights, certainly the traffic in strong drink
does. 1t destroys my primary right Of Sc
curity by constantly creating and stiraulat-
ing social disorder. 1t invades my right OF
equality by deriving profit from the Gre
alton of misery am taxed to support II
lmpedes my nghtto free moral, ndgintsl-
lectual development by surrounding. my
path with dangers and by weakening and
demoralizing society from which J havs a
right to claim mutual aid and intercourse"
Thus stating TIE argument. in favor of the
law with much more than the usual force,
he says that it is "a theory of social rights
way into distinct language-being nothing
short of this-tLat it is the absolute right OF
every individual that every other in
dlvidual shall act in every respeot exactly
as he ought; that whosoeVr fails thereof in
the smallest particular Violates ~ social
right and entities me to demand of'the
Legislature the. removal of the grievance.
So monstrous u, principle is. far more
dangerous than any single interference with
liberty; there is no violation of liberty that
it would not Justify; it Acknowledges no
right to any freedom whatever, excepti per-
haps, to that of holding opinions in secret
without ever disclosing them,. for the mo-
meHt an opinion I consider noaious passes
any ones lips. il invades all the local rights
attributed to ne. The doctrine ascribes to
all mankind Ssgested interest IN each others
moral, intellectual and even physical per-
fecsion to be defined by eaclI claimant 40
cosding to his own standard"
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And So They Go.
TCbioago Times,l

1t is Just about two years ago this time
that Dorsey was oined at Delmonico's
What char ges the two Yeas have brought
FORTH The man for WHOM Dorsey carried
Indiana, aud who expressed regret that hs
could not attend the celebrated banquet, is
in coffin guarded by United States troops
at an expense to the Government of $3.50 a
month. Chester a. Arthur, who ,irter-
rupted Mr. Dorsey's explanation of his cam
paign methods with laughter" is President
of the United States. The rest of the guests
are scattered and gone. Dorsey himself
stands alone, dishonored AID abandoned
while the shadow Of the Prison lies across
his path.
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THe Cashier Ahead.

A new bank, which had been established
il Indiana, had engaged th3.-servioes of
Waterman who came recommended, but
who did not. seem overeF perienSedl The
President therefore sent fol- him to. post him
Up bit, and. began:
James, this is your first COB noS the kind,
sn't it?''s''
''Yes, si-p-
You fist duty must Is.-to" exercise Wig
lance"
"Yes, s;r.''
BE ca1e;nl how stranEs-s approach you"
81 will, SIR
mo stranger must be permitted 70 enter
the banE at night undea.any 1setext what
ever"
mo, lin"
"And cur Cashier-hssis a gssd man, hon
l est, reliable, and tho-szghly trustworthy.
but it Will be your du>y to lseep an eye on
him"
"Buslt will be ha-1li to watch two men
and tia. bank at the same tine, SIR"
Two men-how2N-
WY sir IL was GDlyr yesterday that tie
Csshisr called me INFER talk, and he said
you we're the squarest, MAI in Indiana, 5ut
that 4 would be jzst as well to Keep both
eyes-on you, and lst. the Directors know If
you hung around after hSurs@
What is the National fishery question =
ponpously exclaimed an orator; and q
} so Eeaking voice n the audience saids cit
fo -saxv rx1A sf<.W
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US, herbs or potatoes.
The worlds Harvest Dates.

January-Harvest is ended in most dis
tricts of Australia, and shipments have been
made of the new crop. Chilli, New Zealand,
Argentine Republic.
February-Upper Egypt, India.
March-Egypt, India
April-Coasts of Egypt, Syria, Cyprus,
India, Persia, Asia Minor, Mexico, Cuoa.
May-Persia, Asia Minor, Algeria, Syria,
Texas, Florida, Morocco, mid China, Japan,
Central Asia.
June-Californis, Oregon, Southern United
States, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary,
Turkey, Roumelia. Danube, South Russia,
South of France, Danubian Principalities,
Greece, Sicily, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bsma, Georgia, Carolina. North and South
Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas
Arkansas, Utah, Colorado, Missouri.
July-Southern, Eastern aud Midland
English Counties Oregon, Nebraska, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Iowa. Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, New England, New York
Virginia, Upper Canada. France, Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Rus
sia, Poland.
August-United Kingdom, France, Ger
many, Belgium. Holland, Manitoba, Colum
bia BRITISH. Lower Canada, Hudson's Bay
Territory, Denmark. Poland.
Observation-Disclosures, England-Hops anC
roots. America-Maize. Atbabasca-Wheat
barley, etc. Sweden, North Russia, France
Beetroot, buckwheat.
October-Scotland, America-Malze crop
France, Germapy-Vintage.
Notwithstanding (northl Peru, Soutl
Africa.
Observation-Disclosures (south) Chill, Al
gentine Republic.
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The value OF the live stock in 1880 was
ST. 500, AGA 900, against 81, SIS 276 457 in 1870.
Here there is an apparent falling off; but the
premium on gold in 1870 must be remem-
bered. aud, as will be seen from the follow
ing table, there was a great increase in the
number of live stock in 1880. as compared
with 1870: