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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14
KEEPING FRUIT WITHOUT CANS.

We clip the following which will prove
very valuable, if true, from the Prairie
Farmer of August I'd, and as the authority
is good would recommend its trial, and
twelve months hence will be glad to pub
lish the results, provided our friends will
make the experiment and be kind enough
to report:
"In our issue of July 10Th we published a
communication to the Prairie Farmer from
the editor of the Sharon Mass. Aduocate,
describing simple process of keeping fruits
in bowls and other open top vessels, simply
covered with the unglazed cotton, such as
purchased in the stores rolled in blue paper,
as follows: "Directions: Use crooks,
stone butter jars, or any other convenient
dishes. Prepare and cook the fruit precise
ly as for canning in glass jars; fill your
dishes with fruit while it is yet hot, and i'm
mediately cover with cotton batting secure
ly tied on. Remember that all putrefaction
is caused by the invisible creatures in the
air. Cooking the fruit expels all these, and
as they cannot pass through cotton batting,
the fruit thus protected will keep indefi-
nitely. The writer of this has kept berries,
cherries, plums, and many other kinds of
fruit for two years with no cover save bat
ting on the jars"
TAs previously stated, if fruit can thus be
unfailingly kept, it is matter of great in
terest. We find in the Sharon AdUocate of
july 25th. our articles and remarks copied,
and the following editorial remarks, which
are confrmatory of the previous statements,
and we advise at least limited trial OF the
process by our readers. We will not dis
cuss the theory of the method, which is OF
less immediate importance than the practl-
cal outcome. Mr.. Wickes says:l
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CHARCOAL IN HORTICULTURE.

Not only florists but the growers of small
fruits in Europe are making use of charcoal
for promoting the growth of the plants they
cultivate. 1t it not claimed that the char
coal is in any sense a fertilizer. 1t is an in
ert substance, and one not liable to pass in
to state of decay even under the most
favorable circumstances. 1t endures longer
when exposed to the action of the elements
than any of the metals, except those that
are ranked as precious. When it forms a
union with the oxygen of the air it forms
nothing but carbonic, which, though highly
without the trouble of producing it. 1t
contains considerable potash and some lime
which the roots of plants will appreciate.
Its principal use, however, consists in stor-
ing up moisture, fertilizing elements con-
tanned in water, and various gases, as am
monia, and giving them out as the wants of
plants require. A BARREL of freshly-burned
charcoal will absorb nearly its own bulk OF
soap-sudS or liquid manure without present
ing the appearance of being wet. The
roots of the plants will pass between the
pieces of charcoal and will often penetrate
them, and in so doing will be in a position
to appropriate the substances in the pores.
Charcoal is very desirable Tor placing in
pots or boxes in which house plants are
raised. 1t will retain many of the bad
odors that are likely to arise from most fer
tilizers. 1t is also very desirable tor garden
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

This subject is of such importance to
the public, and so little understood. that we
again refer TO it. Brother Judd, editor of
the Prairie Farmer. is no doubt correct in
Supposing that the preservation of fruits in
tightly sealed cans results from the exclus-
ion of the oxygen of the air. We suppose.
however, that depriving the Bacteria of OK
ygen deprives them of life, as no animal
LIE can exist without it. Professor Tyndall
demonstrated several years ago that all
putrefaction was caused by the Bacteria in
the air, and could be prevented by enclosing
the article in cotton batting.
"The published results of Tyndall's ex-
pertinent fell under the eye of Dr. Chase,
an eminent physician Of Thomaston, Maine,
and he at once saw its practical value. At
his suggestion, Mrs. Chase put up several
gallons OF DamsOn plums in stone pots with
but little sugar, the jars being only covered
with cotton batting. The plums kept per-
tectly, until opened one and two years after
ward. Mrs. Chase told the result to the
editor of the Aduocate, and we have for
three years put up berries in the same way
and never had a jar fail to keep. Last year
we opened in the presence of several people,
jar OF blueberries that had been put up
just two years, and found them in nice Or
der. To Prof. Tyndall belongs the honor
of the discovery, and to Mrs. Chase the
honor of being the first to make a practical
use of it. We desire to make so useful
matter known to the general public. and we
only claim to have been the first to publish
the directons''
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14
POTATOES IN THEIR JACKETS

must here throw myself into the great
controversy ofjackets or no jackets. Should
potatoes be peeled before cooking, or should
they be boiled in their jackets? | say most
decidedly in their jackets, and will state NV
reasons: From So to Sc per cent. of the
above-stated saline constituents of the pota-
to is potash, and potash is an important
constituent of the blood-so important in
Norway, where scurvy once prevailed very
seriously; it has been banished since the
introduction of the potato, and according TO
Land and other good authorities, it is owing
to the use of this vegetable by a people who
formerly were insufficiently supplied with
saline vegetable TODD. Potash salts are
freely soluble in water, and l find that the
water in which potatoes have been boiled
contains potash. as may be proved by boil
ing it down to concentrate, then filtering
and adding the usual potash test. platinum
chloride. 1t is evident that the skin of the
potato must resist this passage of the potash
into the water, though it may not fully pre-
vent 1t. The bursting of the skin only oc-
ours at quite the latter stage of the cooking,
The greatest practical authorities on the DO
tato, iriShmen, appear to be unanimous. [
do not remember to have seen q pre-peeled
potato in Ireland. find that can at once
detect, by the difference of flavor, whether
potato has been boiled without its Jacket,
and this difference is evidently saline.-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
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No. 40.

coal oil; but do not grease sitting hens in
any manner, as it Injuries the eggs.
Iron in any shape is beneficial to fowls.
Copperas is sulphate of iron, and if a little
copperaS is added to the drinking water, or
ground fine and mixed with their TODD, the
benefit will soon be seen in the redeemed
comb and healthy look. If an old iron pot
is used in which to keep the drinking water,
the gradual oXidization of the iron by the
water will cause particles of oxide of iron
to be given off, which will be taken up by
the fowls when drinking. A handful of
nails or old pieces of refuse iron, iron filings
or even iron cinder if placed in the vessel
containing the water, will more or less
afford iron to to the poultry. Iron is inYig-
Grating, stimulating, and assists in guard
ing the system from disease. Iron is in the
blood OF every living creature, and any de-
flciency thereof causes weakness or debility.
The use of copperas is beneficial in another
respect 1t is remedy for a great many
diseases, is good dsinfectant, and sure
remedy against contagious of a certain
character. DO not be afraid to use it. A
tablespoonful of solution of copperas in
the drinking water for q dozen fowls is sut-
hclent, and as it is cheap in price, the ex-
pense of its use is but a trife.
Moulting is simply shedding old feathers.
Feed literally, giving both the egg food and
tonic. Warmth is one of the best remedies
for all diseases, especially roup. Pip, ora
thickening of the membrane of the tongue
near the tip impedes breathing and some
times suttocates, especially chicks. Clip off
the end with pair of scissors, it an extreme
case, and give the bird good mouthful of
butter or lard, to which few drops of coal
oil are added. Bowel diseases other than
cholera may be treated ia this manner. Use
castor oil for constipation, and castor oil
with drop Or two of laudanum for diarrh-
ea. Always give clean water, tree from
filth.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

PEOPLE who grow strawberries, and
especially on a large scale, sometimes suffer
quite an inconvenience from the runners OF
the plants filling up the space between the
rows Talking with a fruit grower, not
long ago, about this matter, he told us that
this trouble can be avoided. The whole
secret, it appears, lies in putting out the
sets In proper position. Plants throw out
runners on the opposite side from the parent
runner; for instance, if runner creeps out
10 the south and makes a stand, the stand
Will throw out runner from the south,
never from the east or west, until new
crowns are formed, so all that is necessary
iS 10 mark the sets as taken up, and so ar
range them that the runners will all take
Tue same direction and with the row-J0ur-
nal Of Agriculture.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

THERE are not many good plowmen. One
reason, probably, is that few men under
stand the art of setting plow so that it will
run easily for both team and holder. The
plow should run level, the point neither
digging downwards nor turning up. 1t is
but the work of minute to set the plow
right for one who understands the business.
Good plowing is an art; bad luck will be
the fate of the country should it ever be-
come one Of the lost arts.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

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With his request.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

IT is not good plan 10 flood meadows
for week at time as some farmers do.
The meadow may require more water than
the grain field, but it should be supplied
with the same skill and judgment. Where
the water runs too long it has tendency to
kill the grass rather than promote its
growth.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

The Gallatin next TO the Bitter Root has
the earliest harvest of any valley in the Ter
ritory. This is probably owing to the fact
that more winter wheat is grown there.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

A PRACTICAL farmer suggests that the
best plan for raising bluejoint meadow is
to furrow it off about eight feet apart and
run the water almost continually through
these furrows. it is claimed to be much
better than flooding the land.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

The meadows this season are generally
good. But the haymakers have had bad
season and the hay will not average in quail
ity with other years.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

THE reports from the different valleys are
generally that wheat and oats straw is short
but the heads good.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

TO SEED bench land to timothy harrow
and seed just before snow flies, and next
spring it will come up and make a fair crop
the first season.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

IT will pay to produce timothy hay SIM
ply because it will yield more tons per
acre than the average wild grass.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

A HAIL storm is about as destructive to
the pea crop as to any that grows.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14

The harvest is beginning OH some of our
valleys
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-08-14
VOL. g.
,,othe Nonnz.,1z
Iusbandu1a"

The ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN Is designed
to be, as the name indicates husbandman in every
sense of the term, embracing in its columns every
department of Agriculture, Stock raising, Hort-
culture, Social and Domestic Economy.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12

Tbr Thnnrv or Vaccination pr,r r,.,,
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of securing the solicitations ot persons
possessed of political or social influence in
behalf of officers whether for the purpose
of obtaining agreeable duty or Of cllccting
the restoration 10y legislation OF those who
have been dismissed for drunkenness or
other misconduct or for incGpacity. He
says such restoratiOHs dcmoraliZc the ser
vice to an alarming extent.
In conclusion Secretary Chandler dwells
upon the close connection between the
improvement of the navy and the dcVel-
opment of the merchant marine and
shows that to make the latter commen-
suratc with our trade, our coast line, and
the number and wealth of Our CONNER
cial cities, we must have great lines of
ocean steamships of high speed and large
capacity for carrying our flag To
the most distant lands, ANA saving To our
people the vast profits of the carrying
trade. The only way To accomplish this
result, he says, is through direct encOur-
agement given by the government, either
in the form Of buuntics upon construction
or of payment for carrying the mills, 50
that American capitalists will be induced
to embark in the business.
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being free from them. He has detected
seven species including although they
ar" rarc--thc we new algH described 10y
Rcinsch.
Pictures of Sound Some remarkable
photographs of Il pistol bullet in its flight
Under the illumination Of an electric
spark been secured by Prof f..
Mach, of Prague. He has also photo
graphed the air streams which one may
see over Buusen burner placed in sun
shine and has even obtained pictures of
waves of sound, these last being made
visible by Il method in which advantage is
taken of the irregular rcfraction OF light
by air set in vibration by sound.
\ French astronomer has found rcaS-
ons for believing that circular prOtuber-
nnce-prcsumably Il volcano-which exists
in the southern hemisphere of Venus has
an elevation of not less than seventy
miles. lie regards such a vast mountain
a. not Incompatible with the planets vol
CaniC nature.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12

WAsHlNGToN, u. c., Dee. i.--Thc prcsi-
dent sent the following nominations to
the Senate to-day; otis =. G.. CLARKE uf
Rhode Island. to he commissioner of pen
SionS Colon 3. Walker of Indiana. to he
first deputy commissioner - pensions :
Noah T. Lovcridgr of Michigan. to I've sec
Ond deputy commissioner of pensions
Luther Harrison of Pennsylvania. 10 lie
assistant commissioner of the general land
Office; George Is. Anderson on New York:
To- be Indian inspector. stephen f. Wilson
OF pennsylvania. to lie associate Justice of
the supreme Court OF tue Territory Of
New Mexico.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12
{ 141ttiicuI.r:,a
W
A POSITIVE CURE,
For Every Form Of Skin and Blood Dis
eases, from Pimplcs to Scrofula.

| have had he Psoriasis for nine months
About i've months ago applied to II doctor
near IIuston who helped me, hut unfortunate.
~ hnd TO leave, but continued taking his
medicine Tor nearly three months hut the dis
ease did not leave. ! saw Mr. Carpenters let
ter in the Philadelphia Record. and his case
perfectly described mine. ! tried the CUTICU-
RA REMEDIES, using two bottles RESOLVENT.
ana ttTtCrRA and tCTICrRA SOAP in proper
tion. and call myself completely cured. q.
l.. +. BARNARD. -
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BILIOUSNESS.

Bilious symptoms Invariably
arise from indigestion, such as
turrcd tongue, vomiting Of bile,
giddincSS, sick headache, irreg-
ular bowels. Thclivcr sccretes
the bile and acts like Il filter or
sieve, to cleanse impurities of
the blood. by irrcgularity in
its action or suspensions OF its
functions, the bile is liable to
overflow into he blood, causing
jaundicc, sallOW complexion,
yellow eyes, bilious diarrhTa, Il
languid, weary feeling and many
other distressing symptoms.
BiliOuSncss may be properly
termed an affection ofthc liver.
and can be thoroughly cured by
the grand regulator OF the liver
and hillary organs, BURDOCK
BLOOD BITTERS, act upon
the stomach, bowels and liver,
making healthy bile and pure
blood, and opens the culVcrts
and sluiccwaNs for the outlet of
disease. Sold everywhere and
guaranteed to cure.
This medicine is for sale by MS. BEAUPRE
& LOWRY, Corner Church and Bank SIS.
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MARK.TWAIN ON INTERvIEyERs
lie Considers Them the Literary SulIivans
of the Age, aud Asks Them to
''Spt 'Im

It was at one of Mark Twain's readings.
The celebrated humori~t was about to
leave the hail. He looked thoroughly
bored. His lugubrious aspect wa, rs
though he had lost hi, best friend. and his
air of profound melancholy would have
constituted Il very important valuation in
the stock al IA first class undertaken. And
yet beneath this woe -bcgouc expression
was that constant disposition to merri-
mcnl suppressed. The only simile that
would do justice to the look is Aieancho-
lN' struggle with Mumu~. lie had just
placed his hat on his head when Il liuH
0Hd E1prc>" reporter accostcd him.
M. Twain. how did yuu like your AN.
dicncc:"
He -azcd with an air OF profound mel
ancholN tpoG the reporter: gave n great
sigh as of intense Wcarin"ss, ana sat down
dricctvdiy.
ARE there any more of en- - he ask
pI
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ScOtt's Emulsion OF Pure
Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites

Is More Nutritious and Strengthening
than any other combined or single remedy
The Medical Profession universally attest this
fact and prescribe IL in consumption and all
wasting conditions, with splendid results.
does, cod&w
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BEAUTY i F%r rr4 n l%,.r9 s% sd. "i
SNEEZE !

SNEl3XE until your
head seems to ily
oil, until your nose
and eyes discharge
excessive quantities
ui thin, irritating,
Wgtry fluid until
your head aches,
mOuth ana throat
pdrchcl, and blood
at fever hear. This
j. an AClltrIatarrh,
pnd is instantly re-
liCYCd by II single
dose, and permanent
tly cured 10y one bot
tie of SANFORD'S
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MONTREAL'S SENSATION.
A Millionaire Citizen Sentenced to Ten
Days in the Common Jail.

Alexander Buntin, a millionaire paper
manufacturer of Montreal, has stood his
trial ut the city assizeS for misdemcanor.
in obtaining II preference from the EX-
change Bank after il failed and while act
ing HS director. He withdrew 5000 which
he had dSposted in his own name ~ trIls-
tee for n widow and her family, but when
advised by his lawyer that he had done an
Illegal act. he Immediately replaced the
money with interest. The jury however.
found him guilty, as the evidence was ad-
mitted, and the judge sentenced the acCus-
ell to 10 days Imprisonment in the common
Jail, but aquitted him of amy intention to
defraud the creditors of the bank, as the
prisoner thought, at the time ne drew the
money, il was able 10 pay its depOSitOrS
The Bank, haWcVcr, was Il wholesale
wreck. After the shareholders pay their
liability ON the stock there will not be 30
cents ON the dollar for the creditors
Buntin's losses by the failure of the bank
exceed S3OO, OOO and yet he is the only vic
tim who has come under the operation of
justice. The real Wreckcr was President
Thomas Craig, who gave away the money
to reckless spectators with whom he was
in partnership, and who had no assets when
the bank collapsed. Craig abSCOnded To
Philadelphia after the suspension. The
Dominion and Quebec governments had
about SION, 900 ON deposit, and will lose 60
per cent, at least Buntin occupies prom
ncnt place in Montreal. His daughters
married into noble families in Europe the
eldest To dake.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12
THE UNITED STATES NAVY

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
The New War Vessels in Process of Com
struction-Thcir Plan and Equipment
Status of the Present Navy-Im-
portant suggestions and Recon-
meudations in Regard to
the Department.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-12
ECZEMA TWENTY YEARS.
red. not u Sign Of its REMEMBRANCE

Your CrrICUN, has done II wonderful cure
Tor mo more thHu two years ago. MOI Il SiVn
OF it, temperance since. 1t cured me of Il
more than twenty years. | shall always spCu,
wen of trrICURA. sell II great deal of il.
FRANK t.SWAN. druggist.
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NOTICE.

China fired in a superior manner Address
MRS. OWEN, 30t North St., burlington, Vt.
23w2w
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had a duzcu bad sore, upon my body. and
dHIl remedies could hear of. and ~ last
triCd Nor trTICrUA .HrNErir~ and they nave
cured me. INO. GASNELH.
lIrHNuN. TutYEH CurNrY. PtNN.
Every spec les Of Itching. Scaly, Pinply.
'rro'u!0u~. Inherited and tun'upr,uiis Iiuuoi'S.
with lbs al Hair cured hv 'lTnTHA RE~sI.-
NrN tn" n"W Blood Purifier internally, and
'tri'rIt' and 'rriCUHA soar the great St>in
'urcs externally.
sold every whore. Price. CuTICURA, ~ cents
SOtp. - cents; ItESOf.VENT. 81.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co.. Boston.
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The Canadian Lumber Trade.

Ottawa advices say that notwithstand-
ing the general dulluess in the lumber
trade, the cut in Ottawa Valley this year
is nearly up To the average, amounting
to G25, 100000 feet This repre-
SCENTS Il cash value of q, 800 200,