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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
Saving Seed Corn.

Quite an item during autumn is saving
seed corn for the next year. Some careful
farmers walk through their corn fields anC
break Off the finest looking ears, and, turn
hg back the hrsks, braid them together
closely, and hang them up over head OF
against the wall in the warm kitchen to dry
out. When little corn is planted and not
much seed required, this is u very good way
but where thirty or forty acres are planted
it would not be practicable. Some who husk
their corn select the finest ears as they go,
and throw them in pile by themselves, and
as the pile accumulates it is spread out in
some convenient place, like the floor of a
chamber, where u stovcpipe gees through
into chimney. When spread thinly in such
a place, about the right amount Of heat is
secured to dry it out we'll 1t is theory that
if the pith, that is, the center of the cob,
freezes, the corn will not terminate.
The experiment was tried once of braiding
up a quantity of corn and hanging it over
head in Il stone smoke house, and building a
fire in the smoke house every day for a time.
The experiment was never tried but once.
The corn did not grow well. 1t is said that
the Indians prepare their corn in this way,
and that mice never touch it after it has been
smoked. Anything that gives heat enough
to evaporate the moisture and dry out the
corn answers the purpose. Corn has been
taken from the crib and used for seed, and
has grown, but it is not safe to trust to that
easy way Of doing business, as it often makes
the trouble of rcplanting necessary-A. B.
in New York World.
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nanuriug, enough wheat for home supply

manuring, enough wheat for home supply
can be raised. First AZ to varieties We
must discard the handsome hut tender white
wheats, and take those of tho Mediterranean
type-red, bearded kinds, which seem ut
home in warm climates, The good housewife
will have to yield little on the score OF white
flour: it will be none the less nutritious or
palatable, In the next place, tho highest and
dryest knobs and knobs should be selected,
No matter il poor; make up for that 10y
manure, There is very little lan'l rich enough
to bring wheat without manure anyway. II
il has been sown in peas, 50 much tho better;
there is no better crop to precede wheat than
peas unless it be clover. Turn tho pea ines
under not very deep, and then harrow the
land several times, Get the finest ti.th you
can Ii cotton seed is to he used, and there
is nothing better, they can be spread on tho
land before it is turned, but it will not do to
turn them under deeply. II commercial fer
tlizers or Gotten seed meal are used, they can
he narrowed instead of being powcd ill.,
After the seed is sown, roll the land; this will
cause the seed to come up better and more
uniformly. Wheat may be sown from the
10th of October to the LIST of December ac-
cording to latitude The tendency of late
years has been to sow too late.-Southern
Cultivator.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
The Vaults on Farm Premises.

The vaults on most farms are disgraceful
affairs They are direct sources of disease in
summer, and hardly more friendly to health
in winter The snow drifts into them and
the wind blows through them. To compel
women and children to resort to such places
is downright cruelty. It seems strange that
farmers who desire to improve their homes
reach the closet last Of all. They will build
wood sheds and other conveniences, and still
retain that cold, windy closet, with its death
dealing vault In my new house the closet
is just at the end of the wood house. There
is no vault at all. Two large iron buckets
are placed under the seats Oh shelf. These
are partly filled with sand OF road dust. A
barrel of dust stands in u corner of the closet,
tin dipper is kept in the barrel, and dip
perful of the dust is thrown into the buckets
whenever the closet is used. This rule is
riy;dly enforced There is not the slightest
odor from this closet Once every two weeks
the buckets are emptied, and this operation
is as clean as that of emptying ashes. There
is no trampng out into the cold and storm.
Come, farmers, wake up this fall and put all
end to these disease-breeding vaults. Clean
them out for good and then fill them up.
You will never regret It'll. c. X. in Rural
New Yorker.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
ILLUSTRATION OF A FINE ClYDES.
DALE HORSE.

Picture of u TwO-Bale Hay Press-Fat-
tening Lambs for Market-What Killed
Maria - Disease- breeding Farm House
Vaults.
Herewith is a picture Of king Malcolm," u
splendid Clydesdale stallion. He shows his
high breeding in characteristic markings,
among them the white strip down his nose
and the white hind feet. His magnificent
shape and mild intelligent eye are notable,
The full, flowing tail denotes strength and
health. The Clydesdales, crossed with our
native mares, will come near making the
farmers perfect allpurpose horse. They are
originally from the valley of the river Clyde,
but now the breed is raised oil through Scot
land. They have immense strength and en-
durance. They are not SO large and heavy as
the English draft horse; but, on the other
hand, they are nimbler IN action, and some
strains of them make very good travellers
quite good enough for all ordinary purposes.
The Clydesdale has great prepotency, mark
ing his characteristics powerfully. The breeds
are SO gentle and intelligent that they are
great pets with their owners. There is a look
in their large eyes like that Of a beautiful wo.
man.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
AneclOte of Chief Justice Marshall

My friend DR.. Hay related to me an anus
ing anecdote of Marshall's simplicity. The
doctors father when boy was employed as
a copyist in the clerks office, and was sent
one morning with a bundle of papers to
Marshall's residence. Having reached the
square old mansion, which is still standing
not far from the Capitol, he knocked at the
door, and the great judge opened it, walking
i'll his stocking feet, in order not to disturb
his invalid wife. The youth was very much
abashed at being thus suddenly confronted
by the famous chief justice, who gravely
invited him to come into his study and wait
while he examined the papers.
The boy followed in fear and trembling,
and the judge looked over the papers. Then
he carefully folded them up, turned round to
the shrinking boy, and said:
"Your name is Jimmy Hay, is it notl"
ayes, sir" faltered the boy.
"Well, Jimmy" continued Marshall, rising
slowly, with a friendly smile, "let us go into
the backyard and have game of marbles"
l have no doubt he enjoyed the game Of
marbles as much as the boy.-Youths Com
panion.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
Feeding Lambs,

1t is only fair to retain sight of the value
OF the manure made, when we are figuring
the profits of any branch of stock feeding.
We are led to these reflections by letter
from our good friend Richenback, Of Wayne
county, o. He says that in November, 1884
he put in 1872 lambs at a cost of $465; from
that time until April H. 1885, he fed them
hay and grain worth, at market prices, $5O3,
making an aggregate of $685. At this time
he sold the lambs for 81 ,06S, leaving him II
balance of Sl2O for care, labor and interest,
and he asks if this should be satisfactory. He
had kept these lambs five months the interest
on the cost Of food for an average Of half
that time, and the wages and board Of the
person in charge, properly chargeable to the
lambs, would amount to about $24, which
leaves clear profit of 10 per cent. on the
money invested, which should be very salts
factory. But there was in this case a con-
sumption of hay and grain to the amount Of
1903; the phosphates potash and nitrates re-
naming in the excrements, if properly saved
assrd returned without waste to the fields,
could not be supplied in any other form at a
cost of less than $3.50. according to the ex-
periments of Professor Roberts, at Cornell,
the manure would be worth $685. II we add
this to the $120, cash profit received, we shall
have $3.50, of which, taking the cost of care,
interest and outlay for applying the manure,
we should have left not less than 500, Oh
about 80 per cent, and everybody knows
that last year was about the most unfavor-
able for feeders ever known.
M. Richenbac also says he put in Nov.
last no lambs, weighing y pounds each,
at a cost of $3 rs per 100 pounds, or $4G5.5S
for the lot 10 these he has fed corn worth
IS cents per bushel; oats at % cents per
bushel; oil meal at $27 per ton; bran at Sl5
per ton, and hay at 81 per ton. and he had
them to weigh los pounds each and was
offered cents per pound. He asks if they
would have done better with roots and if he
could have made more money by shearhg
them early
He must have made fine margin Of profit
at last winters prices of grain, but we
cannot but think he would have done much
better by changing his grain ration some
what. by feeding roots daily and by shearing
the lambs late in December or early in
january New Yorker.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
Farm Notes in the Cotton Belt.

VIII our readers pardon us for again urg-
ing the great Importance of seeding down our
bare fields! If they have no faith in their
ability to raise grass, or have no special use
for THAI crop. they can sow rye, and it is not
yet too late to do that On average land and
for the purpose now in view, half bushel of
seed to the acre will suffice. and the small
outlay VIII he returned manifold in the i'm
provement of the land With peas as a sum-
mer renovatins crop, and rye as winter one.
we have the best of facilities for bringing mn
our worn and wasted soils
Toward the last Of the month wheat sow
ing will be in order nthe northern sections
of the cotton belt. 1t is well to realize the
fact "A n climate $ not the best for
wheat, hat it shouk not therefore be
made a NJ crop Butyhie this is true.
by JUDI selection of N2riciics, and o.
suitablc =, with proper keparation and
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
Planting Nuts.

The American Garden offers this advice on
the subject: Most nuts will not sprout after
they have become thoroughly dry, and should
therefore be planted as soon as ripe If the
ground is in proper condition the best plan is
to plant the nuts just where the trees arc
wanted. A mellow, moderately rich soil,
covering the nuts two or three inches deep,
and packing the earth firmly over them, is all
that is needed If it is not practicable to plant
in the fall, or where squirrels and field mice
abound, which are very apt to steal the nuts,
it is better to defer planting until spring. In
this case the nuts have to be kept in sand over
winter. To preserve nuts over winter take a
box-which should not be atertight-cover
the bottom with about three inches of fine
sand, spread layer Of nuts over it, cover
with sand, and SO on, finishing off with
three-inch covering of sand; place out doors
and cover with soil. In spring, as early as
possible, plant in nursery rows. or in the
places where the trees are to remain per-
manently.
The pains and misery suffered by those who
ar. afflicted with dyspepsia are Understandable
The distress of the body is equa le'i or sur
passed by the confusion and tOrfures of the
mind. thus making its victim suffer double af-
fictlon.. The relief that is given by Hoods
Sarsapai lila ha> caused thousands to be thank
full fer this great medicine. IL dispels the
causes of dyspepsia. and tones up the diges-
tive organs. Try Hoods Sarsaparila.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
TWO-BALR PRESS.

Thsfeed hole is in the center Of the press,
at the side. The feeding is done through the
side opening, the feeders standing upon the
ground, thus avoiding pitching up. Straw is
by it conveniently baled to be sent to paper
mills.
While one bale is being tied the last charge
is pressed into the other, and while that
is beng tied the first charge is be-
ing pressed into the next, and fast time is
made ~ the large charges, empty chambers
md pressing two bales at time. The balo
is l1x20x3O, which is the size desirable and
which fills car for shippers One hundred
pounds in this bale makes it nice to handle,
and the press will put Us pounds in it for
shipping. The press is twelve feet long.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
Sleepiug on the Roof,

Out in Humboldt on the long stage routes
they have the stages fitted with hunks on the
roof, which they rent out at 81 nap to
sleepy travellers. On smooth roads the sleepers
rattle along reasonably well, but going over
the roug h-a1d-tumble sections they dream of
earthquakes, cyclones and shipwrccks A
netting is dashed over them to keep them from
bouncing overboard.-Virginia Enterprise. 4
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
Taxes,

The taxpayers Of SHOOT district No. 8. of
Bradford. vt. are hereby notified that have
in my hands for collection school tax for 1885
and all tax PAYERS are hereby notified to pay
their respective t"Xes as above to the under.
signed treasurer of school district No. 8 with
In ninety days from the date hereof (said time
expires Nov. oath, 1856 as per act No. 80, A.
ID. so, laws of the state of Vermont.
Dated at Bradford. this 26th day of Aug.
A. d. 1886. A. F. JOHNSON.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05

Our American stock is at present being de-
graded to some extent by an admixture of
the vicious little mustang blood Beware of
it, 1t is delusion and snare The mus
tang is tough, strong, and easily kept, they
say So is goat.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05
PoMPANoOsUC. VT, Nov. 8, 1885

POMPA w.. Nov. g. 1885
Mr. SIR
the of the Mineral Spring thought had
trouble could
could
shoulders appetite Since
te and have greatly benefited by children
recommend who
Mr. MANSON Dear SIR Have been Piermont Mineral
months kidney
Bile with the caused chronic darhe the Have
probably paid and do
not he ae that the whole combined did much good the
Would
others afflicted in the which faithfully will derive great
rom Yo.rs Truly AIFRED
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The work of Ccrinanzing the Polish prov
inces is being pushed forward rapidly. Nine
teen new districts are being formed, aud 10
schoolmaster is appointed unless he has COM
pletely mastered the German language
Foreign Letter.
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LITTLE BUT OH MY"

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant PurgatIve Pellets
are scarcely 'arger tn N mustard seeds, bnt
they have 10 equal as a a'bartlc. In all dis
orders OF the liver, stomach and bowels they
act like charm. Purely vegetable. sugar
coated. and lnclosed i'm glass walls. Pleasant,
safe an sure, By druggists.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05

Here is hay press that will make two
bales at time. A pair of horses are able to
draw it from place to place as it is needed
1t will press either straw or hay.
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| was troubled with neuralgia severely al
intervals. | obtained bottle of Athophoro,
aud have experie' ced great relief from it
consider it very good medicine which will
do all it is war; anted TO do. Matthias X.
Wheeler, Three Rivers, Mass.
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PlERMONT. N. H., Oct. IL 1885


Water obliged medicine
OF Standing
medicine kind
ommend Spring Water all
Very Respectfully Yours, M.
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Live Agricultural Newspaper.

Although the COUNTRY GENTLEMAN has
been GREATLY ENLARGED. the terms
continue as below when paid strictly in ad-
vance: ONE Copy, one year ~. 80; FOUR
COPIES. $40 and an additional copy for one
year free to the sende" of the Club; TEN Cop
les, $50. and an additional copy tor the year
free to the sender of the club,
I All NEW Subscribers for 1887. paying
in advance now, WILL RECEIVE THE PAPER
WEEKLY, from OUR RECEIPT Of the remitt-
anre. tn January 1st 1887 WITHOUT CHARGE.
n1SPECIMAN COPIES FREE. Address
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Of Chemhuy rmohC
N. H.
CHAs Dear Sir Having been troubled for the last
failed
that have used the Mineral Spring with
benefit myself and family would recommend others
give fair trial
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1871 THE cUL?IVAToR 1922
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.
THE BEST OF THE
AGRICULTURAL WEEkLlES,

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ia the LEADING
JOURNAL of american Agriculture. In II
mount and practical value of Contents ia eX-
tent and ab lily of Correspondence. In quality
If paper n, Il Stvle Of publication. it occupies
the FIRST RANK 1t Is believed to have no
superior in either of the three chief divisions
at
Fn rm Crops and Processes,
Horticulture and Fruit. Growing,
Live Stock and Dairying.
while It also includes all minor departments
of rural interest. such a, the Poultry Yard I,
Entomologvl. Bee Keeping, Greenhouse and
Grapery. Veterinary Replys, Farm Questions
and Answers, Fireside Readings, Domestic
Economy, and a summary Of the News of the
Week. Its MARKET REPORTS are unusually
complete. and much attention Is paid to the
Prospects of Crops, as throwing light upon
one of the most important of all que stions-
When to Buy and When to sell. 1t IS literally
Illustrated. and is intended to supply. in a
continually increasing degree, and In the best
sense OF the term, a
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-11-05

probably the hcarbonates and
the Goa forms hcabonae with The lime.
$3.50 EDWIN 7 bartlett M d
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Proposed Measures Which Commend Them
selves Because of Their Merit.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-A great many bills
have already been introduced in Congress which
propose amendments to the Constitution, of more
or less merit There are two of these, however,
which seem to commend themselves to the con-
sderation of nearly everybody One of them is
that which proposes an amendment whereby the
President shall have the power to veto items in
appropriation bills but under the present system
of legislation and the consequent necessity for
logrolling, it is doubtful if this measure would
secure tithe of the votes on either side of the
House. Another proposition is to so amend the
venerable corner stone OF American institutions
as to make it impossible for Congress to enact
special legislation. Several Of the States in the
Union havesalready amended their constitutions
in this respect, and members of Congress who
have represented their various districts in the
legislative assemblies of their States are heart
ily in favor of this propositions which would not
only relieve the House and Senate from an
enormous amount of work, but which would also
remove, to considerable extent. the opportun-
ties OF upscrupulous newspapers to attack every
man who votes for special legislation in favor of
any corporation. Owing, however, to the in
activity and old-fashoned ideas of the judiciary
committee it is not likely that any constitutional
amendment will be recommended to the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
A MICHIGAN TRAGEDY.
A Whole Family Found in Their House with
Their Threats Cut-W0rk of Maniac.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Jan. S-Neighbors,
noticing the absence of persons around Martin
Whites residence, in this city, broke into his
house this afternoon and found the entire family
with tsseir throats cut. White and wife were
lying upon the 11cer and the two children in bed
1t is thought they have been dead since Sunday
night, as they have not been seen since then. 1t
is thought that he became insane and murdered
his family, as no other reason is known. A
coroner's jury is now in session.
Intense excitement prevails over the tragedy.
The family consisted of White and wife, and
Bessie and May, aged four and twelve years. re-
sDectively. Mrs White was found by the side of
the kitchen stove, dressed as she came from
church, with terrible cut on her chin, and her
throat cut. White lay in front of the stove. with
a great cut on his throat. Bessie was found up
stairs on bed. with her throat cut, and on the
floor lay May, in pool of blood, with her throat
cut from ear to ear, and her head nearly severed
from her body. The walls were spattered with
blood 1t is supposed that White took little
Bessie upstairs and cut her throat; he then
called May up. and had struggle with her. He
waited for his wife to come home from church.
when he struck her with an ak and cut her throat
White is cousin of the White who was mur-
dered in the Crouch slaughter, near Jackson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09

NEW YORK. Jan. 8-The business failures oc-
curing throughout the country during the last
seven days, as reported to r. q. Dunn & Co.,
number, for the United States, 3l6, and for
Canada 90 or total of 1885, being the largest
aggregate for any week since January, 1885,
The casualties exceptionally numerous in
the Southern States.
There were 299 failures in business in the
United States reported to Bradstreets during
the week. against 297 in the previous week. 44S
in the same week last year, 345 in 1884, and 342
in 1883.
CLEVELAND. o., Jan. 8.-Sampliner, Adler e.
Co.. wholesale dealers in jewelry. made an as
signment to-day. The liabilities are estimated
at $50 600, and the assets at lower figure. J.
c. Bloch was made assignee. VIM. II. Doren &5
Co., shoe manufacturers also assigned. The
liabilities of this firm are unknown.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Jan. 8.-Wm. II. Rose, the
late book-keeper of Painter Tongue e. Co., who
assigned yesterday because of embezzlement by
Rose, made assignment to-day for the benefit of
his creditors. The bond of the trustee is $l0 000
indicating only So 600 assets.
TORONTO. Jan. 8.-William Hessin, wholesale
confectioner, is in financial difficulties. His
premises have been taken possession of by Mol
sens Bank under chattel mortgage for $59 000
CHICAGO Jan. 8.-Gohegan & Co., furniture
Dealers have failed, and were closed by the
sheriff this morning. The firm did an extensive
business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
Several Proposed Amendments to the Ma
tional Constitution Which Commend Them
selves to the Consideration of Everybody.
Gen Sheridan's Opinion of Gen. Crook
and His Campaign Against Geronimo.
Favorable Report on the Bill to Prohibit Lot
terry Advertisements in the Mails-How
the Pension Roll Is Increased.
THE DAKOTA MATTER.

Proposition to Divide the Territory on the
Line of the Missouri River
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The members Of the
Democratic side of the House have prepared
bill which they intend to use for the purpose of
knocking the wind out of the sails of the Repub-
licans who desire the division and admission of
Dakota. This bill provides for the division of
the Territory into two States, the dividing Ii ne
of which shall be the Missouri river. This would
give Republican State on the eastern side and
Democratic State on the west, as it would take
in all Of the Black Hills district and the rough
towns along the Missouri, where Democratic lead
ers arc thickest Delegate Clifford said to-day that
he would be perfectly satisfied to have this bill in
troduced; that in fact he would welcome any
attempt on the part of the Democrats to divide
the Territory in any manner "If they will take
any step in that direction" said Mr. Clifford, lit
will give us an opportunity to show the justice
of our claim, and we shall be we'll content to
fight it out on that line"