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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-28
WESTERN.

The Railway Commissioners of Iowa
have decided that the samples of travelling
statesmen need not be accepted for first class
trains, and that the tariff in use for express
packages Is fair guide by which to regu-
late rates for sample-trunks on passenger
trains.
Dalrymple, the wheat king of Dakota,
is in ecstasies over the prospects of his
iavorite cereal He says the acreage in Da
kota is fully onc-half larger than last year,
and the plants are 50 vigorous that an in
crease in the average yield per acre would
not be at all surprising. He has made tour
through large portion of Dakota, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, and the indications
point generally to very good crop Of spring
wheat
DR.. Knickerbocker, of Minneapolis,
has accepted the Eriscopalian Bishopric Of
Indiana and will take up his residence ut
indianapolis in October.
Salt Lake City was the victim of a
serious conflagration last week. The old
Council House and clawsons wagon depot
were among the properties destroyed A
large amount Of powder stored in one Of the
buildings destroyed was exploded The
loss il estimated at 100000
The Butte M. t. stage. CARRYING
eight passengers, was stopped by road
agents, who carried of the treasure box and
all the money and valuables belonging to
the travellers
Giants woolen-mills at Boonville,
No, valued at s5o,ooo, were wrecked by the
explosion of the boiler, and several work.
men were injured
In an interview with a correspondent
ct Tucson. Arizona, Gen Crook declared
that Secretary Tellers policy would drive
the Chiricahuas again into the mountains,
whereas now they are ready to return To
the reservation humbled in spirit and weary
OF war As he holds portion Of every band,
he thinks the remaining renegades will soon
surrender
Henry Willard already holds the
golden spike to be driven near Helena at the
time Of completing the Northern Pacific
road, and is arranging to take 400 guests to
the scene
Eight men We're badly injured, three
Of them seriously. by a series of explosions
At the South Chicago Rolling Mill Some
thrty-ive tons OF molten iron in the int.
rior OF furnace forced its way into the iror
water-tank at the base. A terrific explosion
followed, and the molten iron and the debri,
were hurled in every direction The eight
men were burned and scalded
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-28
NEWS CONDENSED.
Uelegraphic Summary


The condition Of the principal crops
of Pennsylvania Il reported a. most en-
couraging
Arthur H. Blaney, cashier Of the
Massachusetts, Loan and Trust Company.
confesxes having cmbczzled ~, 900 and lost
IL in mining s4,cculationA
John Dewey, the editor Of the Irish
Nation. who had accused August Belmont OF
misaprropriatng the funds of an Irish 70
ciety. was found guilty OF libel The Jury
recommended the clemency of the court
and the chief prosecuting witness joined in
the prayer.
Ex-senator George +. Spencer, OF
Alabama. was seen In New York hotel the
other evening, but mystefirusly disap-
peared He fed to Europe to avoid giving
testimony In the star-route trials
In the cellar of residence in Phila-
delphia, formerly occupied by DR. Isaac
Hathaway, Tor long time suspected OF be-
ing an abortionist, there were found buried
the skulls, or portions thereof. of twenty
one infants His wife alleges that Hatha-
way has committed hundreds OF criminal
operations
The Harvard and Columbia crews
rowed their usual annual race at New Lon
don, and victory pcrched over the shell Of
the former. The four miles were made In
"a minutes ~ seconds
Catholic Archbishop Wood, of Phil
adelphia, died Of Bright's disease and blood
poisoning.
About 1000 barrels Of old Pennsvl-
yania whisky were burned in warehouses at
Gibsonton, Pa, involving loss of s5OO,Oo0
Fifteen persons were severely scalded by the
explosion OF liquor
The Mahoning Furnace Company at
Indiana, Pa. has made an assignment
VIM. T. Cook & Co., straw-goods
manufacturers at Foxboro, Mass, are in
solvent Their liabilities are placed at $780,
OO0
AT Wheeling, w. Va, reservoir OF
natural gas was struck by well-borers at
depth of $40 feet the flames when ignited
rising thirty feet in the air.
In the races ut Morrisania, n. L., Jaw
Eye See won a purse Of $1,000, making a
mile in 2:l9s1.
Five deaths from smallpox have oc-
CURED in one family in Lancaster, Pa, where
considerable alarm prevails
A package Of $40, 900, expressed from
New York bank to a bank at Susqnehanna,
Pa, when opened was foand to contain
nothing but blank papers The Erie rail
way officials are exercised over the disap-
pearance Of the funds
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-28

At GAINESVILLE, Ark, the four train
robbers, Herndon, Mcdonald and the two
Johnsons who attacked the train March ~
on the Little Rock and Fort Smith road and
killed Conductor Cain, paid the penalty Of
their crime. Lewis Carter was swung from
the gallcws At Jerusalem, Va, for murder
Ing HIS wife last February. Large crowds
witnessed the executions
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23
CLEAN THE HENH0UsE.

At this season Of the year many poultry
breeders are considerably troubled with the
insect vermin that haunt the houses,
perches and nests OF their tcathered friends,
and much of success or failure depends up
on what is done, and its being done now
and thoroughly, to remedy it, A Duchess
county correspondent of the Country Gentle
man thus writes of them and the treatment
necessary, and readers of the HUsBANDMAN
will do wellrto heed his suggestions now:
''There are two distinct varieties, or rather
two separate stages OF existence, of the mi.
mute but troublesome mites that infest and
inhabit the houses and roosts. At this time
of year they are in full perfection, and null
tiply rapidly. There are also two distinct
species Of lice that live on the 0odies of the
fowls, remaining and increasing there. One
inhabits the head and the other lives on
other portions of the body, aud when at rest
are found In clusters just above and below
the vent. Fowls that are in good health
and condition seldom carry many of these
parasites, for il they could not rid them
selves in some manner they would soon be
everrun. Nature implanted the instinct Of
wollowlng in dry earth as the only means
OF getting rid Of their harrnssing enemy.
The mites never remain on the bodies OF
the fowls, but feed on their blood at night.
This, although weakening, does not appear
materially to injure them until the moultius
season comes on. Then they draw lac
strength from the fowls. This is the most
delicate period in the whole existence OF n
fowl, which many never recover from. The
appetite fails all at once, and at time most
requiring the stimulous of food. Valuable
fowls need much care and nursing through
this stage, and without 1t they either die oil
become worthless.
The two mites that live in the houses are
soft kind and a hard kind, or those tha
appear to have shell and those that de not
The soft sort at this time of year may b.
found in large clusters on the under side o
the perches, aud look like dark masses O
blood. Crush them and they will be founC
to be filled with blood. In this state the,
are tender and easily DESTROYED. A thicl
coat of hot lime wash will destroy them
while when advanced to the stage whel
they have shells they are not so easily got
ten rid of. When arrived at that stage the
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23
be the largest and mast useful meeting ever
held by the society. lft.. "A. NrE1.rn. ..

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A FRIEND states that his potatoes are in
bloom and asks if it will be necessary to IT.
rigatc them more. Farmers differ some
what in regard to the irrigation of potatoes.
BY some it is claimed that no watering is
necessary ter the potatoes begin to bloom.
Our observations demonstrate that the
bloom is no criterion to be guided by. The
earth should be kept moist as long as the
tubers are growing. However, if this be
done. they will seldom need watering after
they bloom. 1t is very injurious to water
too late. After they have commenced to
mature, watering causes "a second growth
which often prevents their ripening. We
have seen excellent crops grown on new
land without any irrigation. bat in most
places irrigation il necessary. But little
trouble has been, experienced in growing
potatoes. The custom is TO irrigate by
turning a stream Of water through the rows
about three times during the growing sea
son, then turn the water off and allow tt
| riDcn
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS.

Experiments have been made this season.
at the New York Agricultural experiment.
Station. at Geneva. N. u, on the period of
growth of peas and the relative value OF seed
matured from the earliest and the later pods.
1t appears from experiments with sixty
eight so-called varieties, the earliest edible
pods were obtained in titty-five days from
planting. and of fifteen others the latest re-
quired tifty-nine and halt days. OF seed
peas gathered from the first pods and from
the latest pods. the average difference in the
vegetation of the seeds was fourteen and
one-half per cent. in favor Of those earliest
matured. and in tavor OF earliest production
of edible peas difference of five days in
favor of the earliest matured seeds. In pro-
ductiveness, also, the difference In tavor of
those from the earliest matured seed is con-
siderable. from an equal number of plants
the earliest seed vines producing in the same
time thirtyeight well filled pods to only
thirteen well-filled pods from the later ma
tured seed.---Scientiic american.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23
WHEN TO DIG POTATOES.

The following from the Elmyra, N. Y,
Husbaadmam in regard to this subject, al
though not fully adapted to Montana, the
season here being about month later, con-
taias some things that will be information
to our Montana farmers "Since the intro.
auctioa of early rose potatoes this and other
early varieties have come into general use,
SO that the bulk OF the crop in most locali-
ties is of kinds that ripen fortnight or a
month earlier than the old varieties. This
raises the question about the time to dig.
The cid idea was that potatoes should not
be dug until late in September or even Oc-
tober; that the tops must be killed by frost,
or at least be so ripened as to appear thor
oughly dried. IN real fact, the tubers may
be counted well ripened when the tops have
lost their greenness, whether this stage ar
rives in August or later. Thus, early varie-
ties planted in May should ripen as soon as
the middle of August, and may then be dug
just as well as if they are left in the grocnd
until the tops decay and fall on the hills.
The rpenlng process is completed when
the tops are mature and dry, no matter at
what period of the year. 1t has been doubt.
ed that potatoes will keep well through the
winter it dug in August or early September
but there is no difficulty in the case. AL
that is required is TO store them, after suit
ably drying, in cool place, we'll protected
from sunlight, to remain until there is a risk
of freezing, when they can be taken to the
cellar or covered in pits" z..
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No. Al

swarm all over the house and completely fill
it. living on the droppings alone. They
hibernate in the winter, and are ready to
crawl out again when warm weather ap-
proaches.
There is no remedy 80 thorough as lime
in these cases, and | use it slaked, either wet
or dry. Wood ashes are good, but not so
searching. Now is the season to destroy
these mites, while they are in the soft state.
1t should be done before they scatter and
fill the whole building. They are easy to
come at now, for they are confined to the
| perches. A month or two later they will
have spread all over. filling every crack and
crevice in the walls and in the floor. Thus
they will live for years. Nothing will route
them but frequent strong doses OF lime.
When applying the lime, remove the perches
from the building to some distance. Do the
work thoroughly, and give a good coat on
each end. Apply the lime to every place
where there is any harbor for the nuisance.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

We know of no place where the prospects
to year as here. Only limited amo ut OF
land can be brought under state OF cult
walton in Colorado, while the mining re-
giens are rapidly settling up so that the con-
sumption OF larm products will greatly in
crease for many years to come The farm
ers here will usually get better prices than
can be had in the States Immediately east of
ns where there is surplus, as they must
pay freights to get their products to market
Our markets will be at home, and will in a
measure be regulated by the prices in Kan
sas and Nebraska and the cost OF freight
added The superiority of farm products
in Colorado will also help to keep up our
prices.
There is no reason why good farm lands
in Colorado shall not. at no distant day.
bring readily one hundred dollars per acre
We believe such will be the case with the
lands here in the st. Vrain llley within the
next decade or two.
I "In Indiana and Ohio we know Of farm
lands distant from cities that readily sell for
one hundred dollars per acre and the net in
come from the farms that sell at such prices
one year with another does not reach five
per cent. on investment. Where is there a
good farm to-day on this valley or section
of country that will not do better than that
even if the land was rated at one hundred
dollars per acre. or on which the farmer
cannot make more than five dollars net pei
acre. Looking at these facts before us, LEI
our farmers stick to their farms. The in
crease in the value of your farms alone i :
sufficient inducement to let we'll enough
alone. Ii is holding onto the old homestead
that has brought riches and independence tc
many of the farmers in the Eastern States
History repeats itself, only results come
more rapidly in this present age, and res
assured that the prosperity OF our farmers
is certain, provided they hold on and perse
i we're"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23
THE oUTCAsT PLoW.

A short time ago | was passing farm
and saw good plow, not an old plow, but
one apparently new in the spring lef' stand
ing in the furrow. just where, month or
two before, the boy had lett it when he fin-
ished the field. said to myself Alas, poor
plow! Were youa Scotch implement YOU
would not thus be lettout IN the cold" You
see gentlemen, | am ScotchmaR, and
must therefore be excused If have natur-
al tendency. or perhaps failing. for compar-
ing the customs of the West with those Of
my paternal country. But said to myself,
r.As this is strange country, perhaps the
farmer has some good reason for thus leav-
ing his Iplow out in the cold / asked my
self. Was that plow manufactured down
South, and has the considerate owner let it
there to become accustomed to the stern
rigors of Northern climate?'
"Perhaps the timber required seasoning.
Maybe he left it there because it was nearer
to the field where he intended to employ it
taken it home. l noticed one thing requir-
ing care and forethought--the share was
covered with earth. said to myself, THAT
is to keep it from rusting, doubtless Did
the farmer leave his plow there in order to
say to any neighbor who might wish to
borrow it, Sorry, my friend, but we've lost
that plow y .r.a 4.
Now, if that pillow had been left out in 8
Scotch field, the farmer would have built 8
neat shed over it, or at least have covered II
with straw and fixed on it a label bearing
the words, Here leth my faithful plow.'
A. S. Alexander, IN Farm, Herd ano
| Home. ...g=
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Ighe G DnnSehpld.

French Cake.-Two cups OF sugar, three
eggs, halt cup of butter, one cup of milk,
three cups Of flour, three teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder.
Beets.-Get fresh ones; boil them in
enough water to cover them, or nearly SO
when soft take them from the stove and
peel them; put them in the stew-pan with
good.sized lump OF fresh butter, pepper
and salt to taste, and two tablespoonfals of
water cover tightly and let simmer till
ready to dish.
Spiced Fruit Caks.-Take ten pounds of
fruit, five pounds of sugar, one ounce of all
spice, one ounce of cinnamon, one ounce of
cloves. and half an ounce of mace !; tie the
spices in bag. Take enough vinegar to
nnsten the sugar; boil to syrup; pour
over lh- fruit hot. Let stand until the next
day, when put in the spices and cook until
DONE This will answer alike for nearly all
kinds OF fruit.
| French Rolls One quart of sweet milk,
one teaspoonful OF salt, one tablespoonful of
white sugar. one small cake compressed
yeast, or one-haIf cup OF homemade. Warm
the milk (; add -at and sugar then flour to
make solt batter, and lastly the yeast.
Beat very thoroughly cover and set in a
warm place until light. Then add one cup
OF shortening, either all lard OF half butter,
and -four to stiffen; do not make too stif
and mold long time. Set to rise until
light and then roll lightly with rolling pin.
Do not mold again; spread with butter; !;
cut with biscuit cutter and fold over half;
set in CREASED pan to rise again till very
light and bake about twenty minutes in a
- oven.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23
THE BEST FEED ON EARTH"

A correspondent of the Poultry Yard de-
clares that with his experience of twenty
years he must say there 10 no feed on earth
that is so good for young chickens, or old
fowls as sour milk, clabbered milk or cheese
curd made from sour milk. Even old, sour
buttermilk for old fowl. is the best of food,
hut all of this must have some meal and
Judgment added to 1t. No gapes, no chol-
era among chickens that are fed on sour
milk and kept free from lice. His teed is
fresh ground cornmeal, oatmeal, and shorts
wet with cabbered milk. some cracked
corn and whole wheat, ted according to the
age OF chickens. Raising chickens is some
thiag like making cheese. There is time
and a place for every step from the egg to
the full grown chicken. Experience with
the right kind of perseverance will raise
chickens and take good care OF old fowls.
Sour milk, thickened with shorts and meal,
fed every morning, and some kind Of whole
grain at night is his beet food for eggs. 1t
IS our impression that the fresh-ground corn
meal, the oatmeal and shorts, the cracked
corn and whole wheat constitute pretty
good variety of food, even with the sour
milk left out, and for very small chicks we
would so leave it. For older fowls old milk
Is first tclass. New milk won't hurt them,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

A CORRESPONDENT OF the Cincinnati Ga
zette gives as reliable the following bit of
hen history: This breed of fowls was inn
ported into England, from Shanghai, China.
about the year ls47, and was then known as
Shanghai, and was smooth-legged fowl,
The first appearances in this country being
in ls4S9. and being bred indiscriminately
without regard to color, the aim being to
produce the largest size, the colors produced
being buff, black, brown, red, gray, lemon,
cinnamon, drab, bronze, partridge and
grouse. At the present day many of these
distinctive colors have entirely disappeared.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

Transient advertisements PAYABLE in advance.
Regular advertisements payable quarterly.
Twenty five per cent. added for special advertise
ments. g,
Remittances by registered letter, post-ofiice
order or draft at our risk; but not at expense
Any one falling to receive his paper regularly
should notify promptly by postal card.
subscriber desiring to change the post-ofhce
direction of his paper must communicate to us the
name of the post-ofice to which it has previously
been sent, otherwise we may be unable to comply
with his request.
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A CHICKEN may be spoiled in dressing it
to cook. Ii killed with full crop and al
lowed to lie for hours before it is DRAWN
or relieved OF its internal organs, it gets an
unpleasant flavor. Fowls should be caught
and shut up withou: food for twelve hours
or more before they are beheaded. Then
the crop and intestines are empty, and the
task Of picking and dressing will be greatly
lessened. Old fowls are not necessarily
tough-only cook them long enough. They
they are killed than if eaten Immediately.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23
!Ghe Anulhy gard.

The New York Times gives the follow
ing remedy tor chicken cholera: Give one
seems to be sick, and repeat this the second
day after. Then give halt teaspoonful of
castor oil. After the fowl improves give
scalded cornmeal, in which teaspooniul of
black pepper for each fowl has been added.
supplied regularly and moderately they
would be more healthiul than they usually
are.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

Potato Salad.-Celd boiled potatoes make
nice dish for supper when the help is away
and you don't want TO heat up the stove,
Have Them peeled and cut into thin slices,
then take large onion and mince it Up
very fine put in the salad dish with some
cayenne pepper, two salad spoonluls of good
olive oil, salt and thoroughly mix, add three
spoonfuls of good vinegar and pour over
the potatoes after it gets mixed through
well. Put it on the table and eat with bread
and butter.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23
THE VALUE OF MONTANA FARMS.

Montana farmers as rule do not realize
the value of their land. The Longmont
Press has recent article on the value of
Colorado lands. No, what is true in this
respect of Colorado is true of Montana also.
The Press says "He who owns good
farm in Colorado should feel that he has aa
independence OF no small consideration.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

AN Ohio man has invented a grain drill
which sows the grain upon the surface of
the prepared ground in a row six inches
broad and covers it by shovels, which throw
the surface soil over it, leaving al open
turrow between the rows of wheat. His
drill tubes are one foot apart, so that half
the land Is occupied with grain and half
with burrows between. BY this method he
deepens the soil by placing the seed at the
surface and then putting the surface soil
from between the rows on top of it. The
grain is less apt to be injured by surface
water, and very superior grain is said 10 be
the result of practice in this new departure.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

CoTToNwooD or quaking asp, so-called
Balm OF Gilead, all belong to the poplar
family of trees. These have surface roots,
and consequently require very moist land.
Trees that penetrate deeper into the ground,
it is believed. would stand our dry climate
better. .a
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IT is safest to stack grain before thresh-
ing. To thresh from the field requires
large force OF men, and if the season hap
pens to be rainy. the grain will shatter bad
ly, and there Is liable to be considerable
loss
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1883-08-23

The next meeting If he American Pom
illogical Society ~rll he held in the city of
Philadelphia on the l2th, 18th and l4h of
September. All horticultural, genealogical,
agriculture and other kindred associations
in the United States and British Provinces
are invited to send delegations as large as
they may deem expedient, and all persons
interested in the cultivation of fruit are in
vited to be present and take seats in the
convention. 1t is expected that there Will
be full attendance of delegates from all
quarters of our country, and that this will