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G0oSEBERRIEs AND CURRAETs,

We have often in passing through coun-
ing sufficient quantity ct gooseberres and
currants, especially the latter, and have
called attention to the fact. The repiy usu-
ally is that the mildew destroys the goose
berries, aud The Leaf insects the leaves of the
cnrrants. We told them how easy it was to
get rid OF both. Plant Downine's Prolific
or HDnghton's Seeding gooseberry and he
mildew will appear. They are not large
kinds, bu1 they bear enormously and arc OF
better flavor than the large ones. Then Sc
lect the Red Dutch Currant, what we con
slider lhe best favored, and dust over lhe
leaves As soon as they are formed with dry
road dirt, coal ashes Sitled, or white helle
bore two or three times. and the insects, ii
they should make their appearance at all, it
will be OF short duration. and not long
enough TO do any damage, though they
work rapidly when they get chance
Neither the gooSeberly nor currant is any
trouble to raise. They should be set ont
from last years wood, the cutting should
be from six to ten inches in length. planted
in bed where they are to stand permanent
ly, force them into the ground not less than
four inches, press the sill firmly around
them. watch them and let them alone. Il a
bush j. desired. let the buds or cutting when
planted remain but if a tree or single stem
is preferred, remove all the buds that would
90 beneath the .urface. Let them stand
about three feet apart in the row. and
if there is more than one row let the
rows be tour feet apart. In the spring the
dead wood of both the gooseberrIes and cur
rants should be cut OUT, and the new, or
last years growth, should be thinned where
there are too many, as is frequently the
case, as 1t may interfere with the product.
- Ge7naa1to,oas Telegraph.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

ARTHUR JARRED writes trom Clicketat
county, Washington Territory. under date of
December 22d, as follows: Il left Bozema5
about September l>t. rented mv ranch
there. thinking could find better climate,
and think | have found it, We have moi
mad any winter here yet; the ground has
not frozen scarcely any, aud we have had
but tw" little SHOWS. think this country
good ter stock, grain, vegetables. fruit, and
IN tact anything almost man wishes to
raise. There is considerable vacant land
here yet. am about eighr miles from the
C"lumh'a river, and the Northern Pacific
Railroad is right on the opposite side of the
river will tel you more of this country
when learn more about it.n
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No. g..

venliou" is worth more than the cure, and,
paradoXical as it may seem, it is cheaper,
too. 1t is easier to keep fowls well than it
pratitable. In the whole list of poultry all
ments there is not one that may not be pre-
vented by cleanliness, ventilation, proper
food AID care, and general watchfulness en-
the part of the poultry breeder. 1t is easier
TO drain the poultry yards than it is to cure
the rheumatism, leg weakness, stiff joints,
cramps, and contraction of the toes brought
on by compelling the fowls to use swampy
runs; it is easier to arrange the poultry
house that the fowls sh all be exposed to the
effects of drafts of cold, damp air on one
hand or impure air on the other, than 1t is
to cure reup after it once gets foothold; it
is easier to keep your fowls free from lice
than it is to get rid of the unpleasant board
ers after they once move into your poultry
house; it is easier to arrange the roests so
that the fowls shall not be injured by Jump
ing therefrDm, than it is to remedy the in
luries; it is easier to feed right than it is to
cuie, but you cannst cure appoplexy, be-
cause your fowls will be dead before you
find eut what ails them. And, finally, it
will be easier and more profitable, too, for
yeu to follow my disinterested advice than
1t Will to be eternally doctoring sick fowls
and burying dead ones but if you won't
take good advice when you can get it for
''S2 per year, postage prepaid" let your
fowls die. don't care; it's none of my
funeral anyway Fannie Field, In Prairie
Farmer.
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h'lk and other dairy products. The sug-
ge>u"e circumstances was also dwell urou
that the death rate was very much higher
among ill-ed nations and classes than
among the well-ieu.
In all This there is probable food for
thought for American farmers and stock
ralNers. To this continent will Europe con-
tlnue TO look tor supplies of meat-tood, as
well as bread>tutfs and dairy products.
Win our nnma tciied facilities tor supplying
them-reSources that are well nigh bound
les>-she need not look to us in vain for
food; ald, while her requirements will be
an advantage to our own people, it is to her
god-send that she can draw from US whole
some TODD, both bread stufis and meats. at
prices that enable the masses of her people
10 eujoy Them
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10
THE WORLDS BREAD AND MEAT.

An interesting paper was read by DR..
Drysdale, of London, before the Social Sci
ence Congress at the recent annual session
at Nottingham, upon the subject of the
worlds present and future food supply. The
paper attracted special attention, as it well
might tor the subject is one of vital impor-
tance to Europe, aud especially to Great
Britain. This distinguished assayist ad-
duced many statistics gathered from the
highest sources, upon which he based con
cusions that will hardly be questioned by
those who are well informed on the topic
under consideration. He emphasized the
fact that Europe is now importing one
twelfth of her food, and that, at the rate of
increase Which has marked the history of
recent years, she will soon import one-sixth
of it. So far as great Britain is concerned
this fact possesses great significance. To
the essayist one thing was clear, and that
the continent in the near future would send
them no meats, but on the contrary be a
competitor with Great Britain for meat sup
plies.
Passing by details that are Interesting,
pertaining to the enormous monthly con-
sumption of meat ia Great Britain and the
rapid increase of population, we come to
come to another consideration dwelt upon
by DR.. Drysdale, to wit: Great Britain con-
sumes more meat per head Q09 Tbs. per head
annually than another European nation.
He said her unceasng activity required that
this kind of easily digested albumen should
be used by her people, and he compared the
condition OF the British people with that of
the people of Italy, who consumed only
eighteen pounds per annum, and were sunk
in lethargy and superstition. France and
Germany were referred to as the leading
nations of Europe in activity, intelligence
and culture, and they consume more than
any continental country except Belgium. 1t
was shown that meat is becoming dearer
year by year, and that the same is true OF
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

never found anything to take the place in
the hen house of hard earth floor, thickly
sprinkled over once a week with fresh
dry soil or road dust; little air-slacked
lime mixed with it is an improvement. The
loose earth receives and deodorxes the drop
pings and keeps the tertilizing properties
fresh and soluble. The floor should be
scraped once week with fine rake, the
scrapings saved for manure, and the Aool
recovered with fresh earth. He keeps p.le
of dry loan on hand and under shelter fol
this purpose. The hen manure saved in this
way more than pays fer the trouble, to say
nothing OF the improved condition Of the
fnwlS
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Nhe 0onsrtold,

Plum Pudding. -Four eggs well beaten,
! pints OF milk, l. Tbs. of butter or suet,
flour to make stiff batter, | 1b. of raisins.
Il lbs OF ourrants, halt pound OF citron,
halt a nutmeg; grease your pudding cloth
Wei, then dredge with flour, aud tie tight,
giving little space Tor swelling. Put into
boiling water, and boil gently for three
hours, turning frequently. Dip in cold wa
ter, and turn out.
Delicate Cahe.-Whites of12 egg, 4 fb. of
butter, lb. OF flour, ID. OF sugar. Flavor
with bitter almond-just enough to detect
it. Mix like fruit cake batter and put in
quicker oven.
Put Cake.-Half cuptul butter, II cup
tuls white sugar, I cupful sweet milk. 3
cupfuls -four, eggs, 8 teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder.
Co7nstarch Cake.-Half cuptul butter, l
cHptul white sugar, half a cupful sweet
milk, half cnptul corastarch, | cupful of
Hour, whites OF three eggs, tablespoonful
of baking powder.
Wedding Cake.-Threc pounds of butter,
pounds of sugar, pounds of -four, 2pounds
OF eggs pounds of raisins, 6 pounds of
currants, pounds OF citron, | ounce of
mace, L ounce of cinnamon, ! ounce of mt
meg half an ounce of cloves, pint of BRAN
dy. l lemon.
Do"gtas Mart~e.-Take OF sulphate of
IRON, Common copperas, s ounces, sulphu-
RE acid fluid ounce, put into bottle or
jug one gallon OF water, in to this put the
salphate OF iron. As soon as the iron is dis
solved add the acid, and when it is clear the
mixture is ready tor use This mixtures
Rye Bread.-Make sponge as for wheat
bread, let it rise over night; then mix IN
with rye flour, not as stiff as wheat bread.
Place in baking pans; let rise, and bake
half an hour longer than wheat bread.
ROtts.-Flour, two quarts sugar one ta-
olespoonfu!; onehalf cup of yeast; one
pint OF scalded milk, or water if milk is
scarce, and a little salt. Set to rise uptll
light; then knead until hard. and set to
rise, and when wanted make in rolls. Place
piece of butter between the folds and bake
in slow even.
Fried Potatoes.-Chop fine cold boiled DO
tatoes; heat some butter in frying pan
and put the potatoes in. A few minutes
before taking them from the fire stir in
some well beaten eggs. Serve hot.
CodfsA Croq~ettes-Tak boiled csdfish
pick it to pieces; add an equal quantity of
bread crumbs and mashed potatoes: pep
per well, adding little salt If necessary.
Flour your hands i; roll in shape and try
brown in lard.
Coeoaawt Pudding.-Two quarts of tart ap-
pies, chopped fine, cup of sage swelled in
2 cups of boiling water, cup OF sugar, II
cups OF dessicated cocoanut; mix together
thoroughly and bake one hour. Serve cold.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

HERE is great deal of talk about the
cost of fencing, but to our mind successful
farming seems absolutely impossible with
out it, In an exclusively grain-growing
district, like Dakota, farming may be dene
without fencing, but in Montana. and in
TACT every region where mixed husbandry
Is alone profitable, fencing, let it cost what
1t will, must be had in order to carry on the
business protitably. With the world of
poles on our mountains and the low rate at
which wire fencing is furnished, Montana
can better afford to fence than do without
The convenience it affords.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

PROF. Cook says Light Brahmas have
proven even better layers in winter than his
Brown Leghorns; their eggs are finer in
quality, larger and of rich color At the
age of six months the cockerels weigh seven
and eight pounds, and while not equal to
the Games, Dorkings, or the Houdans for
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

WHO can take more comfort, as the winter
blast howls without and whlrls the snow
into drifts, than the progressive farmer,
whose home is comfortable, larder well
stored with edibles, wood filled with
wood. and whose kitchen defies the attacks
Of Jack Frost" His store houses are full,
stock well provided for, and he is master of
the situation. He need not bother his brain
about customers, creditors, and the thou
sand and one things that daily distract the
mind of the tradesman, but can take the
world easy.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

FROM recent experiments with tame
grasses on Smith River valley, we have no
hesitaney ia urging our farmers to cultivate
and will yield double the number OF tons
per acre that can be cut from a meadow of
wild grass. Upland is regarded as best for
timothy, yet it will grow anywhere if prop
erly attended to.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

UNDER the old order of things we urged
farmers TO leave their stock on the range in
stead of gathering them about home to suf-
fer tor feed; but under the new dispensa-
tlon it will pay to fence pasture, for winter
use, and gather the stock about home before
winter sets in
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

THE white oil an egg is one of the best of
applications tor burns and scalds. 1t pre-
vents contact with the air and is more cool
ing than any oil. Beaten up with sugar it
is an excellent remedy for dysentery.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10
NINETY DAY CORN.

DOHNELsVILLE, o., December, 1888
Editor Husbandman:
l haye quantity of a very superior quail
ity ot white seed corn, which was originated
by myself, and which is unusually. early
Hence its name, "Ninety-day Corn" 1t
will mature sufficiently in ninety days to be
out OF the way of the frost and freeze, thus
filling want long felt. The ears are from
ten to twelve inches long and well filled at
both en- $. The grains are large and long.
while the cob is comparatively small One
hundred and thirty bushels of sheled corn
OF this variety was raised on one acre this
season, and many old and reliable farmers
have pronounced it the best and moSt pro-
life variety they have ever seen. As am
over anxious to learn what it will do in other
States and climates. and III is to be one of
the leading varieties Of tie future, have
concluded to make the tollgsNt,a offer 10 the
readers OF the HUsBANDMAN: / will send
to any farmer who will give il a fair trial
and report his success to me next season.
and who will send ten cents in letter to
pay the postage. a large sample package of
the corn. F. 4. FRoss.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

WE publish in another column letter
from a Mr.. Fross, of Ohio, in regard to a
new variety of corn. We would state that
we know nothing of the variety of corn
spoken OF, or of the writer of the commune
cation. He NAV b. responsible or he may
not. His offer, how Never, seems very plaus-
ble
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

table use, they by no means dis grace Il din
ner. From his own experience he thinks
there is no fowl that equals the Light Brah-
ma tor the farmer. The Brown Leghorns
are perfect non-sitters. Thy are admirable
layer except in cold weather, when he finds
them interior to the Light Brahmas.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

Now is the time for the farmer to see
what he has gained or lost during the year
that;is ended.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

The anti-tence movement is gaining
ground in Georgia, but it is not likely that
it will ever gain favor n Montana.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

lTis an old but true remark that success
ful tarRling does not consist in the number
OF acres planted, but the best results from
the labor expended.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

and brush patches for winter pasture for his
stock.
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"'rHu farmer sits ia his easy chair and
smokes his pipe of clay"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10
GQghe nonlhy gard.

KEEP the poultry quarters clean and halt
the battle against disease among the fowls
is won.
Fowls which are expected to lay during
the winter months must be amply fed with
good, nutritious food.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1884-01-10

rhe ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN Is designed
to be- as the name indicates, husbandlnan in every
sense of the term, embracing in it's columns every
department. Of Agriculture, Stock raising, Hort-
culture Social and Domestic Economy
ADVERTISING RATES.
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Vol. O..

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-09
Cold Weather Hints.

Forest, Forge and Farm.
To keep ice from windows take a
sponge or ordinary paint brush, rub
over the glass once or twice with lit>
tic cold alcohol.
1t is said that a folded newspaper,
covering the chest and shoulders under
cloak or coat, will be found very COM
Portable in extreme cold weather, es.
pecially while riding.
A nOiseless way of feeding a coal fire
is to put shovelful of coal in a paper
bag; prepare half dozen bags at a
time; use one or more as needed, AMI
thus the noise and dust generally ac-
compauying the usual mode Of replen-
ishing fire will be avoided.
A foot warmer that can be used when
taking sleigh ride, and answers for
many other purposes also, is made as
follows: Make a bag of bed-ticking,
fourteen inches square. Bind the
seams with braid or strip of the tick.
i'm, leaving a small opening until filled
with sand. Make a slip.cover for it
of any material you chose, or crochet of
some bright color, and fasten with but.
t n, and loops. When needed, heat
very hot in the oven, put in its case,
and it is ready for use.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-09
Healthfulness OF Fruit.

DR.. B. +. Dunkley has made pub.
lie SOME interesting facts derived from
his own experience in regard to the
healthfulness of fruit. When he first
went to the West, thirty years ago, no
orchards were there, and few vegetables
were raised. The diet of the people
consisted Of corn bread, bacon, and a
little black coffee, WITHOUT sugar or
cream. InAammatOry disorders, such
as relate to the lungs, BRAIN, bowels
and heart, prevailed in the winter, and
and we're often attended with fatal re.
suits. Malignant dysentrY, the pest
OF armies shut of from fruit, afflicted
many of the inhabitants in the summer
and fall, and in the spring it was moi
uncommon for whole families to be sick
with scurvy, the diseases so fatal with
sailors on long voyages before canning
fruit was discovered. DR.. Dunkley
told his scurvy stricken patients, tC
their great surprise, that their blood
needed no medicine other than vegeta.
bic acids, and he ordered them to cal
oranges, lemons aud sheep sOrrels
Now fruit and garden vegetables are
abundant in the locality, and the dis
eases are not Of so malignant a type, anC
yield much more readily to treatment
Whom orchards first began to bear
DR.. Dunkley noticed that those chill
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-09
Soda for Burns.

1t is now many years ago that the
author, while engaged in some invest.
cations as to the qualities and effects Of
the alkalies in inhamations of the skin,
was fortunate enough to discover that
saline lotion or saturated solutiOe ot
bicarbOnated soda 10 either plain water
or camPhOrated water, ifapplied speed
lily, or as soon as possible, to q burn or
scalded part, was so effectual in ini>
mediately relieving the acute burning
pain and when the burn was only
superficial OR not very severe, remov.
ing all pain in very short time hav.
ing also the very great advantage Of
cleanliness, and il applied at once,
of preventing the usual consequences
painful blistering of the skin, separa.
ton Of the epidermis. and, perhaps.
more or less suppuratloD. For this
purpose all that is necessary is to cut
piece Of lint, or old soft rag, or even
thick blotting paper, of a size sufficient
to cover the burned or scalded parts,
and to keep constantly we'll wet with
the sodiac lotion so as to prevent its
drying. By this means it usually
happens that all pain ceases in from
a quarter to half an hour, or even in
much less time. When the main part
of limb, euch as the hand and fore.
arm or the foot and leg, has been burn.
ed, it is best, when practicable, to
plunge the part at once into jug or
pail, or convenient vessel filed with
the soda lotion, and keep it there until
the pain subsidies; or the limb may be
swathed or eucircled with a surgeons
cotton bandage previously soaked in
the saturated solution, and kept con-
stantly wet with it, the result being
usually immediate. provided the ban.
dage be saturated and cold. What is
now usually sold as bicarbonate of soda
Is what have commonly used and
recommended, although this is well
known to vary much in quality &C.
cording to where it is manufactured ;
but it will be found to answer the
purpose, although probably Towards
is most to be depended on, the common
carbonate being too cAustic. 1t is be.
lieved that large proportion of medi.
/ cal practitioners ars still unaware of the
remarkable qualities Of this easily APP
piled remedy, which recommends itself
for obvious reasons. Popular Science.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-02-09
A New Motor.

The bi sulphide Of carhon is a chemi
cal compound which has long been
known, but is now being utilized for
the first time rs substitute for the va
pr pruducpd by boiling water. Scien.
lists have always held that sttam as
motor was very defective. 1t seems
that in producing this vapor there is an
unnecessary waste of fuel. OF the
hundred atoms Of energy in a definite
quantity Of cal, only fourteen are util.
lied in the production of steam. The
bl.sulphihe Of carbon-a fluid, by the
ways far more economical, because
It utilizes eighty atoms out of the hun.
dred. This fact tells the story of the
enormous value of the new motor. It
saves the waste of the energy stored up
in coal and all the fuels. A steamer
crossing the Atlantic, in using this
motor, will economic two.thirds of the
formerly needed for the stowage of coal.
The proposed new naval vessels, which
would be confined to our coasts in case
of war, as we have no coaling station,
in distant seas, will be able, if the BIZ
sulphide of carbon replaces steam, to
venture beyond our immediate coast.
A revolution will also be effected in all
the machine shops and manufactures
of the country. The bi.sulphide of
carbon has been thoroughly tested, and
companies have been organized in the
various states Of the Union, represents
ing stock of$S0, 0O0,0 This great
economy of coal will be a saving of in
calculable value to our manufactures.
But we are only in the beginning of the
wonders which science, when applied
to the arts, has in store for US. Many
OF our readers will live until the be-
ginning of the next century, and the
intervening seventeen years will be
prolific in inventions to increase mans
control over the forces of nature. -
From DemorestI Monthly for Febru,
AIRY.