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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

The pericarp of the pea is thick and hard,
and this delicious garden crop can be plant
ed as soon as the frost is out Of the ground
and the ground is not absolutely wet. The
first crop should, however, be planted shall
low, in order that they may stand any sub
sequent heavy rains and very moist soils,
aud also have the direct influence of the sun.
The Extra Early Frame is the best for the
first crop, and will be ready for the table il
forty-tiye days; this should be followed in a
few days after by the McLean's Little Gem;
then the Eugenie and the Champion OF Eng
land Each crop, put in within few days
of each other, should be planted much
deeper than the first; in fact we should say
from three to four inches. Deep planting
will give larger and longer yield, and the
stalks will possess increased vigor. In chl
tivating, the soil should be we'll drawn uE
to the rows. These four varieties OF the pes
we regard as the best tor family purposes
and a trial will prove what we Say.-En.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

n'Vn'eu "''''' o'C on large scale ar
irSt' uo i'oU thl4e chestnut or walnut
"o"i" S'"ll"' GFe'h and box elder are
''le most i'Nely Z" to which you might
add the soft maplei the cottonuoo5
followed the green Sd box elder though
the Bad Lands tolw0od and ND into
Montana. It's lunB as valuable as the
white ash, and it st on that account be
tested IN your clt After you have
grown good sheltund your premises
other trees and shRill be more likely
TO stand, but such hs YOU name would
have no chance tim. OF course, the
native trees you nahuld be as likely TO
thrive as any, and hdar, which is more
or less plentiful witt, together with the
| Douglas spruce (ctfr in the mountains)
and the silver spruPich may grow III
your locality Il foa in the mountains
near Montana), areable to withstand
your climate, if irri I'LL we'll rooted
They naturally thrIeir roots deep, so
that in few years may grow we'll
without irrigation.
If you or your nerS wish to plant
largely, we can turnou box elder and
soft maple at - per and green ash S.
per LOCO, packed an{vered on cars. but
tor a small order Dew thousand of a
kind. we would chartn catalogue price,
or $3.50 per thousandgreen ash
II you wish to try Sa pine. you should
select the tranSplantN to eight inches.
on page Of catalogk they are much
easier to make groWb seedlings would
be. If you plant, LET I'll you that before
winter sets in you mhank up the earth
around the trees, to ct them, the first
winter after plantinge can send you
white or gray willow ngs, prepared tol
planting, at ST. so per sand, il you wisf
to try them. They are .npid in growth
and do well in Dakota. will send cata
logues TO all applicants.
Yours
RJGLAS & Sons,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

THE question as to the superiority of hard
Scotch Fife wheat over the soft varieties has
not yet been definitely settled by scientific
research. We believe that soft wheat, il not
frosted, will make as good bread as hard
wheat. 1t is certainly the most economical
for pastry and hot biscuit, as it does not re
quire more than half the shortening. But
there is no denying the fact that there is a
great rage for hard wheat flour, and in view
of this fact it would be we'll tor our Montana
farmers to experiment to some extent this
spring with this variety. There will be no
difficulty in getting seed from Dakota. A
small acreage sown this spring will enable
to grow. Besides, should the hard wheat
prove the wheat for Montana small SOW
ing this spring will give sufficient seed to
enable our farmers to adoptit generally next
season without any great cost to the Terri
| tory. We can see no reason why Montana
will not grow as good an article of hard
wheat as Dakota or Manitoba In fact, there
is none. and two years hence will find plenty
of this variety in our bins. Yet we do not
think it will ever be universally adopted, as
in the Territories mentioned, for the reason
that Montanians are race OF hot bread
eaters, and the soft wheat is better adapted to
their wants than the hard. We shall, how
ever, watch the experiments with a great
deal of interest, and shall speak of the va
rieties as they prove themselves adapted to
/ the wants of the country.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
WHY DO EGGS SPOIL,

We find lining the shell a thick skin, which
when kept in healty condition by the al
bumen OF the egg, is imperyions to air, but
if the egg remains too long in one position,
the yolk, being heavier than the albunien,
and having none of the qualities for keeping
the skin fabricated ana healthy, the skin
soon becomes dry and impervious to air,
which penetrates through it to the yolk,
causing the mass TO rot. Therefore, the true
plan is to keep the yolk in a central position.
By doing this the egg can be preserved for
a long time. My plan for accomplishing
this is to take keg or barrel and pack the
eggs on their sides, end to end, laying tier
first around next to the slaves, and so con-
tinue until layer is filled, and so on until
the barrel is full. Use oats tor packing; jar
them down as much as is required to keep
them firmly in their places, head up the
barrel ready tor market. BY rolling the bar
rel about quarter around every few days
the yolk of the egg will be kept as required.
By making chalk marks across the head of
the barrel at right angles across each other
you will have guide for rolling the barrel
as required. When eggs are packed in large
quantities for market think this plan will
be found convenient and safe.-American
FuT117eT
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
THE CULTURE OLE POTATO.

As long as we can reaber experiment
ing has been going on ihe culture of the
potato, and yet nothing been brought TO
light, which has been Wn to be an i'm
provement on the good way of growing
this indispensable veget. 1t is true that
now and then some onell claim 'superi-
ority for the planting of whole potato or
for cut pieces or it may for deep plant
ing or shallow planting for large pota-
toes or small potatoes :; old rotted ma
nure or long strawy stlbr for placing the
seed a foot apart in rowshree or four feet
apart in hills, like the ping of corn; but
it is rare that any one dnues on in any
of these methods for length of time
Frequently it is stated ! some one has
realized enormous profiy pursuing one
or another of these neWns, but for some
reason that must be sartory to himself
he falls back to the wayhis father again
and finds none better. do not pretend
to dispute the accuracy ne statements OF
any of these se-called vsls ways claimed
! to be improvements, andy may have beer
exactly as they were repIhted; still, we be
lieve that, as a rule, thersno better way t
grow the potato than to piece of worn
out sod land, and after nng on it gooC
dressing of halt-rotted sic manure, plov
it down over the potato about three o
four inches deep-the sfbeing about fiji
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
No. II

then We will keep them supplied with
milk. either sour or sweet when we can DO
so. Now, to teach our hens order and neat
ness, when our own house is all in order,
each morning. we will sweep theirs clean
and to show them the value Of house-clean-
ing, we will at least four times a year, (ence
month would be better in hot weather)
thoroughly whitewash their premises, add
ing little sulphur or carbolic acid to the
white wash. In marketing our fowls or
killing for the table we will save the best
for breeding purposes, thus improving our
stock from year to year.-Frona an Essay
before Louela1d Farmers Institute by Mrs. Il.
S. Benson.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
TREE CULTURE IN MONTANA.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Feb. IA, 1884.
Editor Husbandman:
Having been for years greatly interested
in tree planting and all experiments in that
line, and having had considerable experience
in Illinois on my own place, and being de-
sirous of doing something to test what may
be done IN Montana in that direction, adj
dressed letter to r. Douglas & Son, of the
"Waukegan Nurseries," Illinois, men OF
long experience and wide reputation, max
ing some inquiries of them, to which re-
ceived the following reply. AS it is of in
terest to many, | ask of you its insertion in
your columns.
Respectfully yours,
WIN. f. CAFLIN,
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS MONT TERRITORY. NAncn ss-

ONE of the largest farms in the west is
three miles from Hamilton. GaIIatin county.
1t embraces 1000 acres. and the whole of
this priucely domain will be placed under
fence next spring, the fence being ahou
half completed. The farm is now being Us
ed as a horse ranch, the company owning it
having stocked it with some seven hundred
fine mares and Stallions.- Independent.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

SWEET ensilage is something that is talked
OF. but seldom seen. Mr.. Goffart, OF France,
who first brought the subject of curing green
fodder III silos TO the attention of modern
agricultnrists. claims that his own ensilage
is perfectly sweet. DR.. Drew, of Vermont,
told the farmers at the St. Johusbury meet
ing that his ears of corn came out of the silo
perfectly sweet, but on cross questioning,
changed his statement by saying that it was
sweet in that it was not ttermeutng or putre-
flying, but that it was some what acid to the
taste.-Nea0 England Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
CARE OF FOWLS.

For the older fowls, we will feed in cold
weather warm food at least once day. We
will make this by cooking such vegetables
as potatoes, beets, carrots or squash, stirring
thick with meal and seasoning with salt,
cayenne pepper and ginger just enough OF
the spices to make it warm. Occasionally
we will feed little char coal. We viii feed
plenty of grain, changing the food now and
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

THERE is nothingn new to report in respect
to the condition OF winter wheat. 50 long
as Snow covers the ground it is safe; and
after, it will come through if the weather is
warm, or cold and wet and there is little
freezing and thawing to rhaw it out Of the
ground. 1t is thought by those Who have
given the subject soue attention, that
though the buds OF fruit trees may be killed
or badly damagd by the intense cold, and
though the wood was not thoroughly ripen-
ed last year, the ground not being frozen
and the earth being covered by snow at the
time, the Vitality OF the trees will remain un-
impaired. 1t is the opinion of Vermont and
Maine orchardists, that if snow tails before
the ground freezes to any considerable depth
apple trees effectually resist any degree OF
cold.-Er.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
WAUKEGAN, H., Jan. 26, 1884.
WIN. E. CATLIN

WAUKEGAN, III, Jan. 26, 1881.
Mr.. ". E. CatIin, White Sulphur Springs,
Montana;
DEAR SIR:-I know something about
your climate. have been all through Da-
kota six times within fifteen months, and
once through Montana; also to the Black
Hills. in Dakota, inspecting the trees grown
there. which was my only business.
As to Norway Spruce, Ihave great doubts
The European larch would certainly prove
failure. Scotch pine should be expert
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

In Southwestern Russia, between the Bal
tic and the Black seas, the suntlower is uni
versally cultivated in fields, gardens, and
borders, and every part OF the plant is turn
ed into practical account. A hundred pounds
of the seeds yield forty pounds of oil, and
the pressed residue forms a Wholesome food
tor cattle, as also do the leaves and the green
stalks cut up small, all being eagerly eaten.
The fresh flowers. when little short OF full
bloom, furnish a dish for the table, which
bears favorable comparison to the artichoke.
They contain a large quantity of honey and
so prove an attraction to bees. The seeds
are valuable food tor poultry ground into
flour, pastry and cakes can be made from
them, and boiled ia alum and water they
yield a blue coloring matter. The carefully
dried leaves are used as tobacco. The seed
receptacles are made into blottng pads, and
the inner part of the stalk into fine writing
paper. The woody portions are consumed
as fuel and from the resulting ash valuable
potash is obtained, Large plantations OF
them IN swampy places are a protection
against Intermittent fever.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06
MS---4-lzI

In Manitoba the soil is OF very wet ma
ture. and the ground freezes to depth of
five or six feet. The grain is sown in the
spring as soon as a couple of inches of the
surface is thawed out, and the continuous
thawing, which lasts for month. furnishes
moisture to nourish the plant until the rainy
season sets in
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

EARLY sown wheat is always the best.
Farmers should therefore hold themselves
III readiness to commence Seeding'as soon
as the snow is off sufficiently and the
ground dry enough to harrow. --.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

ONE reason for fall irrigation is that when
thoroughly wet the ground freezes much
deeper than when dry. Hence, being froze
deep in the spring, retains the moisture I'M
til the grain is well up and has good start.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

FARMERS should get their garden seeds
ready, and SOW tor early use as soon as the
ground is bare of snow.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

In 1888, no less than 76,645, 1896 tin cans of
tomatoes were put up in the United States.
the wholesale value being about $6,OO0,00o.
Maryland puts up about one-hat the pro-
duct and New jersey over fifth. There are
fifteen other States which have packing
houses, Delaware, California and Ohio being
the principal packing States.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

AN indianapolis Qnd.) fruit grower says :
Last year | put twelve moes in my straw
berry patch of five acres to catch the grubs,
and they did the work. | never have had a
dozen plants injured during the summer,
either by the grubs or moIes. know some
but | want them in my strawberry patch"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

The experiment of cutivating potatoes
an unknown industry in ltaly-is to be tried
in Sardinia.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-03-06

The Rocky MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN designed
70 be- as the name indicates, a husbandman IN every
sense of the term, embracing in its columns every
lepartment Of Agriculture, Stock-raisLg, Horti-
culture, Social and Domestic Economy
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Vol. g..

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-16
How to EngraYe Eggs.

A pretty process is described in this
way: Write upon the egg shell with
wax or varnish or simply with tallow,
and then immerse the egg in some weak
acid, such, for example, as vinegar,
dilute hydrochloric acid or etching
liquor. Everywhere where the varnish
or wax has not protected the shell, the
lime of the latter is decomposed and dis
solved in the acid, and the writing or
drawing remains in relief. Although the
modus operandi presents no difficulty. a
few precautions must be taken in order
to be successful on first experiment.
In the first place, as the eggs that are to
be engraved are usually previously blown,
so that they may be preserved without
alteration, it is necessary before immers-
ing them in the acid to plug up the
apertures in the extremities with bit of
beeswax, and, moreover, as the eggs are
very light, they must be held at the bot
tom of the vessel fule of acid by means
of thread fixed to weight or wound
round the extremity of glass rod. If
the acid is very dilute the operation.
though it takes a little longer, gives
better results. Two or three minutes
usually suffice to give characters that
have sufficient relief.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-16
aCaIifoTnia"

The origin of many of the names given
to old cities and countries has been lost
in the midst of antiquity, and doubt is
already thrown upon some of those ofmod-
ern times, says California letter to the
New York Epeaing Post. The city of
San Francisco derives its present name
from the bay on which it is situated, but
the first, and now well-nigh forgotten
one, was Yerbabuena, as it was called by
the Mexicans before the inroads of our
adventurous countrymen, who could see
no reason for maintaining it when they
looked about on the sand dunes, and
found scarcely blade of good grass.
But they were mistaken in the meaning
of the word. Yerbabuena signi-
fies peppermint, an herb to which
Mexican women attach special
Importance in their domestic economy.
Thus, in the future, when this fact be-
comes more widely known, other nick
named towns may retort upon San Fran
cisco, by fastening upon it the name of
Peppermint city. As to the State of Cal
ifornia, a majority of the people seem to
fancy that it is so called from combina-
ton that denotes something that is beau
tiful. An eminent authority (Webster)
goes still further out of the way when he
supposes the first syllable to be derived
from Caliph, implying very indirectly that
the country is sort of Mohammedan par.
adise. Throwing the Greek and Arabic
theories aside as unworthy of considera-
ton, we find the truth in an old manu-
script in the archives of the church at
Santa Barbara, written by Juan Rodriguez
de Cabrillo, one of the early explorers,
who, in 1542, followed the coast
up further than Cortez did seven years
before. Cabrillo says: "Cortez and his
companions, struck by the difference be-
tween the dry and burning heat they ex-
perienced, compared with the moist and
less oppressive heat of the Mexican TERRA
caliente, first gave to bay, and after
ward to the country, the name of TERRA
California, derived from Calida Fornax,
signifying fiery furnace" What bay it
was does not appear, but presumably it
was La Paz, near Cape St. Lucas, as Cor
tez discovered only the barren peninsula
of Lower California, along the western
coast of which there are no harbors, and
he must have landed at the extreme
southern point. Had he progressed as
far as Santa Barbara, or even not be-
eyond San Diego, he would have found
some more appropriate name for the love-
ly land which is here so unjustly bur
dened with a misnomer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-16
The Brakeman's Story.

"Was / ever in an accident?" echoed
the brakeman, as he took off his gloves.
readjusted his necktie, and brushed off
imaginary dust after putting some coal
in the heater. "Never had an accident
in my life, sir, but l come mighty close
to it several times. Closest call I ever
had was down near Laporte. We stopped
to fix up hot-box, and as l knew the
limited was close behind us l skipped
back with my lantern in hurry. Hadn't
gone more'n ten or twelve yards when |
heard her a-comin' about mile off, per
haps more. There was a curve right
there, and | couldn't see her. Hearin' of
her made me a bit anxious, and | started
to run faster-it was a snowy, blowy
night-when slipped down, broke my
lantern, and the wind blew it out. Here
was tiX-me a hundred feet from the
rear of my train, expected to stop No.
20, and her a-comin' down the grade
and round the curve, and my lantern
out! Now l tell you 1 did some
pretty quick thinking then. | hadn't
time to get back to the train, get another
lantern, and get far enough to stop her.
Couldn't strike a match in the wind, GER
tain and for a second or two | didn't
know what to do. Then it come back to
me like flash, and didn't hustle! Run
back to my train, pulled the rope for our
engineer to go ahead, yelled with all my
might to the conductor, who was ahead
where the hot box was, and grabbed the
red bulls-eye from the rear platform,
climbed up on the brake and then on to the
coach, and when l got there held my
bullseye up high and waved her across
the track. 1t was as thought l could
see twenty's headlight from up there
would she see me! Apparently not, for
she came along like mad as l felt myself
going crazy. But as soon as she struck
the tangent of the curve the engineer
looked my why, saw the red light, and
put her down hard. You see if | had
stayed off the track he couldn't have seen
the light at all; but even as it was, moth
ing saved us but the fact that our train
started up in time to get fairly Ding be-
fore twenty saw my bulls-eye. Not a
passenger knew what a close call we'd
had. Neither did the superintendent,
you bet. Elkhartl Elkhart Twenty
minutes for dinner l"- Chicago Herald
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The office held by the kidneys is one Of inn
portarce. They act as natures sluice- ways
TO carry Off the extra liquids from the sys-
tenn and with them tho impurities, both those
that are taken into the stomach and those
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Walking yesterday along the Rue de
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London Truth, 81 saw the following de
lghtful announcement painted on the
side Of portecocbXa MADAME Zenobie
c., third story, lets out teeth for even
ing parties and balls