Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-04-30
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Weather rca opahly warm; ground badly
frozen on last Monday and Tuesday 18th and
18th ms \ genial showrr followed by
about a 60 mile an hour wind, was the con-
dition of our last Saturday, while you were
having the Dig snow
At fredericksburg, O., 81 miles north Of
Ms three inches of snow fell on Sunday last
Grass here still back ward Nothing but old
blue graS, pastures which were rested dur
ing fall and winter affords Try pasture now
Feed AS Il rule is scarcc-that is fodder and
hay-corn plenty AT IS Cts,
And the whcat--Wcll, it is worse th"n
bad From the line described in my Ast
from east to west across the state and thence
s0nth to Ohio river, it is rot over 20 per
cent Of stan. May thousands of acts
in this county aiona will be pat to corn and
oats. At distance o. 20o var Is from any
field Won can't tell whether It has anything
sow on it. There ) cans to be no very gen
cral re ret a, the loss.
Cora, hogs and grass, are the quickest
money making crop, her" uni 'uhlrdly,
while GO ,,ral short crop of wheat which l.
now inrv.t45.c, will have y tendency to RICH:
NJ the low rr;c" Of it, caused no doubt by
Interpretations
The unexpected amount Of wheat grcunp
t. go to corn hclc, gives farmers biz crop
of III" latter to hAndlc, bat here s;Nbhl,
WAS iowa the olty work uc"rcary for It is
t. rua ,hc disk harrow and follow With
PLANTER.
Owing to few cellar in or coHntrr. far
mrr~ bury many tl".r potatoes, rrS MI IT,.
WINTER 81 per cent of al barred troz"n Nr
tail pr,cc now 81 cts LIST ,;tl from field 81
Oat- AL SOW except wee W lr"t fields "I,i
yet be spotted up Wit t"c drill, where
shows too Tin to leave.
Flowing for corn is beng push" roii y
Il lin las, night and to-da; stop, fell Wnri.
foc = icw ',ays.
A be, -krcprr's ,so"a>ion Of Fay tie Co.,,
WAS organized al Was in giUn {. II isst SIT
urday, object, Frotc tIy" 5 lcn;itic bee cNI-
turc. Meetings are 20 he h,d monthly, Oh
third : .iurAty o. vach month until ~cp'cm
hrG theme" quarterly uHtit ';aE. Place OF
meeting to ne The home of on" OF tn mem
crs. lIou" Of meeting 10 O'Clock, baskets
to he taken an,I regular pirtir dnn'r
spread. Order OF cTcrc ers--,t least three
essays on 5 me practical Bee .'je /, 10 b
prepared and read hv members ol assoyia.
ton, subject matter OF essays then disclssei
hy assocal on. Fhst meeting to DC held u,
home o! prcsidrn, in Jefferson township,
Come over CaAf!py and wc I'll no, only
discuss, bat sample loury, pure clover, two
years old and under.
Officers Of as.ociat on, fr2si lent, Wee
III, sicnt, Sec and Trcasurrr elected tci
one year, membership fee, g cts for m dies,
females simply SlEn constitution and lvlI s
OF the 400 colonies reported at last meeting
pu, into winter qHar.rrs, not over - per
cent rep l,rd dead
Bu>in, IS not revivn9 very fast Markets
still low for all CLASSES of stock horses per
haps lower than when last wrote, and Ills
is.grncralv accuuntc for as originating in
your country.
The order Of Sec, Lamar patting on the
eastern market all the surplus horses and
equipaycs around his department has almost
ruinrd the western market for both. GooH
two horse ambulance are now given away
for twenty five dollars.
We viii live to get down to his reform
vet, no doubt, Dat It's harl to have to walk
uttci riding twcA'yihrce years
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