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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13
HeUsE-TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY.


FnLDAz, February 8, 1884.
House met pursuant 70 adjournment.
Prayer BY Mr.. Gore, a. Webster.
The House resolved itself into COMMITTEES
Of the Whole for the purpose Of consider
ing the bill reported On ~ the COMMITTEES
on Claims,
On the report Of the Committee, the FOL.
lowing entitled bill:
For therelief 0f the sheriff ana circuit
clerk Of Warren county and witnesses q
the ease Of the State against Q, Z. Fnrlong,
Passed.
From COMMITTEES on Lsvees:
To decrease ths ofaciaI bonds of ths
shef19s 0f an e6untiss included unsler thr
bet of Decembef 3 1858. Pissed
Toanspe1d the oo1lqotion Of fnuiddfino
lsTas tax6i. Ihdahnilsly postponed
4 messageF fnom fho Governor Nag-rs.
reIEed Informing the Huusa tlak - had
approved The following entitled hiIls;
10 provide for he main ainance and
government Of tke public 1clo6ls e -
tity 0f Vicksburn.
10 amend an aei TO authorize The cor.
k0lidation Of Tho Yicksburg Bank and tne
Stats Deposit and sasing Bank q tiqNp-
I burg.
In rsIesp1ns q elsons NAe esa sq.
| 10 i.IS5rrct6it So town 1f sIele.1.
/ Eo ~ - t'e s11t4 oN
1 fsI74 z.ssiI 4, ia fiHft ftAlN
a.
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70 amend the charter o. the iuen b
Coustlapd. sYlf
cult court Of Pike county.
For the proteotion Of game A ths
county Of Tate.
To change the boundary line pf Marion,
Pike and LaWrence counties s-
/ An act to facilitate the rSdanf3iOn or
purchase within the lgQee distrfSs enc and
two nov held or claimed b. the Sl6te under
tax-sale8. tnd1dnitsly poStpdned
10 further amend an act 70 ascertain
the Qztstandin ndsbtsdnes of fKe LIQUID
iAting LeFee -Districl 6ud -fnr bther pur-
poses. Passed.
10 -tnelpde certain portion Oh the
eoanty Of Warren ip the Ievee district AQf
Bolivar, Washington county. Passed. -
Senate biif--IU amend section 4S3 Code
concerning Pay Of assessors Passed with
amendment
To aneld section $50, Code. Indefinite
IL postpor ed -~sN -s---e' -
|, 70 amend section aI6, Code, authorizing
clerks OF chancsry courts TO purchase books
Of printed forms for recording deeds. Lost
on les Anal passage
To provide for fees for certain officers in
certain crses ard for other purposes. In
definitely postponed.
To amend section 450, Code, for the relief
Of justices of the peace in criminal eases.
Passed.
At l:2O the House adjourned.
EyE1N0 sEssToS
Consideration of business on the Speakers
A message from the Governor accom-.
panying memorial from the citizens of
NatcIsE with reference 10 the Natchez Hos
pit2l. Referred to the Committee on Be
nevolent institutions.
To promoters the agricultural interest of
Washington county and for other purposes.
Mr.. Govan. To provide reasonable COM
pensation for the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Pike county in certain cases.
Amended to include Holmes county ana
passed. y.
Mr.. HollnSsworth. To furnish the Cir
srit and Chancery Clerks Of Lincoln, Car
roll and, Pike counties with certain books.
From Committee on Fees and salaries:
To compensate Chancery Clerks for GER
ain services. Indefinitely postponed
To rUquife the clerk of the board of sup
,rv'sors to register all warrants Indefinite
J postponed.
To increase the compensation OF jurors.
judiciary.
In relation TO the Superintendent OF Ed
Ication Of Holmes county. Fees and sal
ries.
To allow the clerks of boards of super
isOrs of Hancock, jackson, Greene, Perry
nd Marion additional compensation for
ervices rendered as prescribed in sections
l63 to 2l74 Code Passed.
To change the conpensation Of district
ttorneys. Indefinitely postponed.
To amend sections lSI and 1s4 Code, in
reasIn9 salaries Of members one hundred
ollara. t~r
Mr.. Mullins moved 10 Indefinitely post
one the bill. indefinitely pdstfSoned,
Mr.. HArrisOn-To provide FOR the ,p0e-,
base Of Implements to work the roads in
owndes county; amended to include Tate
nd Holmes counties, and passed.
In relation to the fees and salaries of
Srtain sficers. Passed.
To provide for payment of the clerks of
Oard of supervisors for keeping the ac-
,unts of public oficers Lost on final
assage, ~
At 300 the Houss adjourned. 55s
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THE difference between the. SHADOW
and the suhstanee-nearly 2.00a. .h0(
barrels of petroleum, that had no exist
'ence except on paper, changed hands j i
PittS5urg one day last week This ide$
carried out. would have enabled Johf
Sherman, when Secretary Of the Treas
ury, to have paid off the National debt
Why did he not call on old Simon an6
Don Cameron to show him how to do it,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

THE Second Adventists definitely an
nounce that the world will come to AT
end on the 4th of November next
Would it not be wei for the Legislature
to take recess until the 18th ,Noxem
ber? The 4th is the day of the 'Presi
dental eleetion-the world will come tt
an end with John Sherman, Blaine
Charley Fester and all the bosses. Many
of the crew are dead now! - :. =,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

REV, C. W. MiICmELL, of Tennessee
will visit Jackson this week in the inter
est of the American Bible Society, W
b,,pcak for him the eourtesies and 60
nnrratinn Of the clerpv- of our city.
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CAPT LYNCn is engaged in estahlisl
ing his court on permanent basis! p
Ohio. He has undertaken 4 heavy JOB
but he does not often stop to argue
techniealities, and certainly does not
encn,lrage the IRE deltu..-- . -
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Col. J. !. shannon, of the Meridil L
Observer. Messrs. Geo. w. and sam. ID
! Harper, of Raymond, and Geo. W
Rogers. Esd, of the Nicksburg HeraI ID
gave TuE CLARION a fraternal call yes
terday. --...--.
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1T is very unfair for the Legislature
to mistreat an ofd1time friend, who hai
cheered many of them in days gone b
on to deeds of renoKn in the forum and
the field. We allude to John Rarly
''En. He was greatly abused and
ed By the House. yesterday Il
y just let Jehn alone he wiAssbl
Hpiess as dove: he never va.
follow after any BODY.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

TRAIN on the Mississ ppi and Iennf
see railroad ran over some cows SUNDAY
night. Engine, tender and express car
were thrown from the track. Engines
Jumped of; expressman Jumped apE
broke leg and received. other injuries
passengers escaped. This occIffTed neall
AIemphiS. ,...,...z..y
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

WuAr J. oar Committee on Federal
1. Iatipn- d-iug? Is it not time ave were
making bcginniug towards organ ga
tj,u for the coming campaign?
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THE talent in the House is beginni'
to show itself, especially among our
young men-like good blood, it viii
show itself in spite Of all opposition;
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

JU.,u Z. BGNJAMTN i all right 4 he
did not write the letter in 1860 ascri bed
To him 4 true man, and one of the
ahlr-t among men.
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\ MOVEMENT il on foot 10 buila
home in Richmond. Va, for indigent
Confederate soldiers. Hurry up tn,
''Home" that Is all the pension They
will get in this life. .--....-i
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

THE likrn--oes of the Illinois Demo
crrt, Morrison and Springer, show fine
lv marked faces. Iilinoishas' some spl len
dill men.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

THE cleaningef the Augean stables has
commenced at Washington. Will they
ever get through the job? As Mr.
Richie used to say in the old Enquirer
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

Mayo. lNA..) was seated over Gar
ri,on on Il prima facie showing IN the
House.
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ARR the Democrats in Congress unit
OF the policy Of oyerhauling the tariff
with only one branch of rougress during
the present session. 81
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

THE Springfield, H., Monitor has a
s.roug artictc in favor of the incorruPti-
bic Bayard for the Presidency. We
might 90 further and fare worse.
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AETHUE'5 administration is calk d a
falLur- by prominent Republicans.
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TuE Northern people are praying TO
e ir--le to prevent big, food. III
.lret ia Chicago is favorable. a.
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Ys<vpa's greatest snow storm, which
wa- ,u huyr r,nr las, sunday or N lon
day. s,, lr!a .cl On the way, and didn't
t.pDf-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

Twrm;'}ioa pounds, equal to ten mil
li,n dollars. win he asked of the British
Cover 4n-.lf - increase the army.
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Wax Is Texas going to give. us 1 fhree
or tour States2 Nearly ripe for il, we
trust. ~
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

GEORGE vs.. CABLE and Mark Twain
have sol,cn together at Hartford.
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Tas poverty Of the world is largely due
10 chose sbo give US class legislation. ..
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EVENING SESSION.


Mr.. Love stated that the bill in its pres
ent condition would not accomplish what
was desired by the friends of temperance,
and moved to re-commit the bill to the
Committee on Temperance,
r.Govan moved to table the motion ito
re-commit
Mr.. Love said the bill was getting mud
died, and if he was called on to vote on it
this evening he would vote for its indefinite
postponement, and the friends of the bill
he felt confident would be with him.
Mr.. Goyan withdrew the motion to ia
BILE.
Mr.. Mckenzie made a motion to table
the motion of Mr.. Love.
The motion to table prevailed.
Section as amended was read.
Mr.. Rowan was in favor of having the
bill recommitted, as he thought the amend
ments which had been offered had ten
dency to destroy its objects. r-...a
The adoption of the amendment would
virtually destroy the bill. He was in faypr
of abolishing the liquor tax and appropti.
ating the money collected from poll taHes
! to the public schools instead of. that nov
derived from licenses. He moved the ih,
| definite postponement of the bill ss
| Mr.. Houston called for the previous
| question. Call sustained and under the
| operation thereof the bill was indefinitely
! postponed. l...E.
| Mr.. Houston, at request of the chairman
of the Committee on Penitentiary, moved
/ that the bill set for special order to-day b
/ set for special order for Tuesday next, Is
the taking of testimony had only been COP
cluded yesterday. The motion prevailed
An invitation was presented by Mr.. Lote
! from the Blind Institute inviting the Legik-
I lature to attend an entertainment to .Bt
givenat the Institute on Feb. 9Th.
The resolution dispensing with the rule
Ecalling for the roll of counties every mora
| ing was called from the table and adopted
! The following entitled bills, reporteC
back by the Committee on Claims, wef.
considered in Committee Of the Whole ant
acted upon as stateds
For the relief of Mrs. Geo. A. Sykes
! Passed.
/ For the benefit of Mrs.J. D. Thompson
/ Lies over.
Reported progress on bill, for the reiiel
of Frank P. Holloman.
For the relief of W. E. Freeland, of At
tala county.
/ For the relief of the sheriff and circuit
clerk of Warren county and witnesses in th'
case of the State against G. E. Furlong.
Mr.. MilIer-To pay the judgment II
favor of II. Fl. Wynn against the State o.
Mississippi. Referred to Committee OF
Claims.
Mr.. Harrison called up the resolution
providing that the House shall on and aftsl
| Friday next meet at $50 O'Clock a. m, and
/ ~ O'Clock p. m. Amended so as to eKcep
/ Saturday night.
| Mr. Goyan offered as q substitute, thai
the House meet at 81 a. M, and adjourn
at 81 p. m. Tabled and the resolution
/ passed
At5:45 p. M. the House adjourned. :
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Oum ~ feet at Cincinnati, Louisville
"A Nashville 81.
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v,frar-E-la. IS due after first insertion hnles,
,5-gfa- -rs- .-yIy agreed On all contracts Of 3ll
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\. Henry COOPER, of Nashville,
lessee, who went to Mexico with
,Oe 70 pay debts and start the mills
e famous Polk mines, was killed BY
ers between the mines, high up in
Sierra Madre mountains and euIIic:
where he was going after supplies.
vas q United States Senator, and
6 IN Tennessee, and was a son Of
Cooper, long azmerehant .of FeIw
ans. n. ,1ss:.ss...s
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. s..,se4z should be made DE PoSt9lnee ofdea
Rsaiit.s-ls nc e4u be obtained, or bJ registered
Eaes i5 e., sntr4isted 10 tbs mails in the ordinary
bsiisf -fIi.bers viii not be responsible, for bss
81 y. ls 81 rlstom to send eeh subscriber notie'
.1s in. expires, aud shsltfesi obliged for pgOnp
renss1S ..,ss,., M ,s 5.,,,,,,is .,,,s5 A..
los 81! o ~, f,asa6crs,f fIfeelyiy - 3 a
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DAY.
THURSDAY, Feb. 7th, 1ss

THURSDAY Feb. 7th, 1884.
All members present except Messrs
Brenham. Mitchell and holland.
On motion of Mr.. Whitney the Senate
called from the Judiciary Committee Sen
ate bill No. lS3-Fo change the time o.
holding Ghancery Ceprt in Franklin coln
IT,. ! The bill was pat-on the calendar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-21
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Produces Markets.

CHICAGO. Nov. 2O.--Flour was dun and un-
changed Wheat in good demand, and closed Ice
over the closing prices on the afternoon board
Yesterday Sales ranged: November. 7l7s0721oc.
closed at TIE; December. 725s073i4c closed at
723ac; January 1874 1737sc. closed at 1880; May
SOl4 0S07sc. closed at S03s0s0lac; No = Chicago
spring ~ a 72l2e; No. Chiesgo spring. 56057c;
No. red 7312c; No. red, GIU62c. Corn was
quiet and closed sc Ender the closing prices the
afternoon board yesterday Sales ranged Cash.
Al 14c; November. 41041 ssc closed at Al l4c; De-
eember. 36Ts03712c closed at 307ee; January, 37c;
all the year 1854 037lec closed at 36zsc; May,
375s0373 lc closed at 373sc. Oats were quiet.
Sales ranged: Cash. 250s 025a 4e, November. % 90
0257sc, closed at 25si@25 7ec all the year, 25la q
20 5sc: May. 2S5s 12S3Ic, closed al 2Sbsc Rye was
dull at 501oc. Barley was nominal at 59c. Flaxseed
was easy at y .30l2 Pork firTner, and 5D1Oe
higher. Sales ranged: Cash, $l1.l2l201l 25; all
the year SlI.02lo01l05; january, $l1.12lo0
IL % closed at $11.12l9@l1.15. Bulk meats
were STEADY shoulders, 5fp5. Doc; short ribs, 5T5
a6c; short Gear, 6.35 0640. Whisky, $1.I3
Butter aud eggs quiet and unchanged. Re-
eeipts--F1our, 81 600 brls; wheat, $4,000 bu,
corn. 1000 blu: oats, $4,000 on rye,
8 500 bu; barley, Sc, 900 blu. Shipments-F1our
pa 600 brls; wheat. IS, 900 bu; corn 1877 900 bu;
oats So 900 hu; rye, $500 bu: barley, 81 600
bu. On the afternoon board Wheat-The market
was excited and lower, and declined he Corn-The
market was lower; November declined l9c, Decem-
Der and all the year destined ac January and May
declined l4c Oats-The market easier; November
and all the year declined ls1l4c Pork-rRe marke t
easicrr AL the year declined 21ac; january de-
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CHICAGO. Nov. 2O.-The Drovers' Jonrnal re.
ports: Hogs-Receipts, % 600; shipments. 5000.
packing and shipping 81 1901 So fancy, 81 60;
missed packing, 81 1o'6 4.25 light bacon, $4.100
Cattle-Receipss 8. 500; shipments. 2,4oo. The
sapplS was largely of range eattle natives shade
higher; common grades weak; fair to choice ship
ping steers, 81 10 80; Texas steers, loo lower
Sheep and Iambs-Reeeipts $500; shipments,
800 The market was active and unchanged; poor
to choice, $2.25D3.9o.
ST LOUIS. Nov. 2o.-Cattle = Receipts L 700;
shipments, 575. The demand was good export
steers, Sc. 2508.5o; good TO choice shipping steers
So. 6006 10 common TO medium steers $500
$50; good Texas steers, $3.7504,25; common to
fair, $30a65
Sheep and Lambs Receipts $780, shipments,
leo. The market was dull common TO medium
s saesg s1''01'' 'A0''' @'~''0o Texas 'n''p'
Hogs Receipts, 5000: shipments 900. The
market was active and stronger Workers, $4. 100
AS: packing hogs, $1.2o6 435; heavy butchers
hogs, $4.30G440.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 2o.-The Live Stock Indi.
reports. Cattle-Receipts. 2, goo. The market
for grassfed rangers was stronger good natveS steady
Hogs~Recsipts' 1000. The market was firm and
roc higher sales were made Of lots at 81 l2964. 30
Sheep-Recepts, $50. The market was steady;
fair to good native muttors, $3035o.
EAST LIBERTY Nov .-Cattle-Receipts 625;
shipments 76o. Nothing doing.
Hogs-Market active; receipts, 300 shipments,
$4. 2004.30; common Workers., $4.10O4l5.
Sheep-Receipts 2,l00i shipments 200. The
market was dennoralized
NEW YORK Nov 20.-Beeves-None for sale.
Dressed beef dull $70 10 for native sides.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. $500; slow trade with
duh finish; 20 carloads to be carried over; extremes
$3O450 " cwt. for sheep; lambs $4O so ~ cwt.
Hogs-Reeeipts. 6,370; steady at $4.3oa4 80 ~
cwt.
CINCINNATI. Nov 20.--Ffogs steady; common and
light 1888 CABS: naeking and butchers, 81 100
455. Receipts. 8, o0o. shipments, 1000.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 2o.--Hogs higher at 50 a
j. SO
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TRADE AND COMMERCE..
Trade Slowly but Surely improving, and
Confidence Returning.

Trade Slowly but Surely improving, and
Confidence Returning.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 20.
One of the oldest indianapolis merchants to-
day remarked that trade with their house was
slowly but surely improving, and, upon inquiry
hefound the same to be the ease with many of
the leading houses on South Meridian street
Another favorable omen was that backward
country merchants were beginning to pay bills
overdue, and good paying merchants were pay
ing with marked promptness. The majority of
merchants were selling goods on very mcager
margins and so many goods were at bottom
prices that the net revenue was, or many articles
exceedingly sriall; but, summing up the whole
he thought it was safe to say the worst is passed
Druggists are having an increased trade. Fluc
tuations in prices few. Groeers have had a brisk
trade this week. Coffees firm at quotations.
Sugars barely sustained in prices. The sugar
trade is passing through one of those prolonged
states of stagnation into which a market some
times settles and out of which it is difficult to
revive it. Prices are lower than they have been
before in thirty or forty years. and. while mem
bers of the trade profess to believe in a revival
of business there are yet few signs of i'm
prOvement Still this is the very dullest sea
son of the year and is usual at this time,
many refneres closing temporarily for re
pairs and improvements Several have done so
IN Philadelphia and Boston. The causes of the
Btagnation are several Cuban planters have
been in great financial straits, many have failed.
and this has forced ont great deal of sugar at
very low prices Even war has been going on
IL this contry between the refners and the i'm
Gortels which has caused much depression
Formerly the former purchased their supplies of
the latter, but for year or two past they have
gone into the business of importing directly and
This has been gradually crOwding out the i'm
porters. Several great houses which formerly
did large businss in importing sugar scarcely
touch the article row. This competition has of
course depressed prices, which have declined
about cents pound in about a year. The
Produce market is more active for few days
asst Eggs firm, with tendency to advance in
rice Choice butter. as well. is selling better
ban last week. Poultry is steady at quotations.
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siIos.
Bradetreet s, Nov. 8.

Bradetreet's, Nov 8.
The silo is a device intended to exclude the air
from green food fit for the consumption of cattle
las cornstal1s, clover rye or otherforage crops.
1t is a scientific advance upon the ancient method
of preserving green food by covering 1t with
earth. The silos pit usually constructed of
masonry, the sides and bottom of which must be
waterproof, into which green fodder is packed
and pressed down with such necessary covering
and weight as tolexehide the air ana thus pre-
vent fermentation. The pits are usually twenty
feet in depth, and arc most cheaply constructed
if nearly square in form aud SO dividedinto com
partsn as to be readily covered with gro0ved
planking upon which the superintendent weight
is placed This form of division is advantage
Gus in allowing the use of desirable portions
of the ensiage without removing the pressure
from the remainder The pits should be near
the barns or sheds where cattle are kept. If
they can be located against the slope of hill IL
affords obvious advantages IN filing and after
ward weighing down the mass with the stones
or some other form of pressure. The whole
secret of success in preserving the contents of
silo is the thorough exclusion of the air The
cornstalk OF other fodder is more readily com
pressed If it is cut into short lengths ready for
feeding before it is put in the silO. and the
work of filling should be rapidly done pos
sbe to prevent the commencement of the heat
ing fermenting process before the so is filed.
The fodder from a properly constructed silo
is better for cattle when taken out than when
put in, and more readily digested. Another
prime advantage is i'll compact storage. In a
silo with an inside measurement of 40Xl6 feet
and depth of 20 feet $50 tons of fodder may be
stored and keptin good condition indefinitely.
Mr. William M. Singerly, who has expert
mepted for the last four years his farms at
Gwynedd, Pa, in preserving green fodder in
silos has silo capacity of 1,2oO tons. He says
that by the operation of this method he is en-
abled to easily keep one on the produce of
one acre of ground. He fills his silos mainly
with cornstalks cut in three-quarter-ineh
lengths ten-horse power engine viii cut loo
tons in day
The introduction of the silos is likely to make
n considerable change in agrlc utural methods.
In England, where owing to wet weather and
late frosts, corn cannot be brought to maturity,
corn il now sown for fodder and cut when the
plant is in the tasse yielding thirty tons to the
acre. The fodder is preserved in silos and the
corn is out of the way in time for late crop of
turnips. The English farmers find corn the
best crop they can raise for fodder.
The use of ensilage has been delayed In this
country by imperfect methods of building the
sos and by inattentien 60 the single requisite
of success-storaee Of the fodder in good condi-
ton and thorough exclusion of all. There is no
doubt that in those parts of the country where
cattle are raised and kept over the winter silos
must come into general use as matter of farm
economy.