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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
RAILROAD RECORD.

Railroad Earnings.
The March earnings of the several roads
named below are as follows:
1854 1855
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
MARTIN STREET,

From Kent street to Arundel street, as re-
ported upon by the Board of Public Works
under date of March S, 1856.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13
ST. ANTHONY AVENUE.

rom Kent street to Arundel street, as re-
'orted upon by the Board of Public Works
Inder date of March s, 1885.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13

John Landberg is a comparatively new
man in Minneapolis, but he has good
record to 20 on. For two terms he was
sheriff of Stevens county and was accounted
a first-class officer. He has been in Mime
apolia for two years and was deputy collec-
tor OF internal revenue. Maj. Landberg is
4 Swede and stands well with that nation
ality. which unanimously asked for his APP
pOintment He has been a soldier and is
a thorough disciplinarian.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13

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l,IO0
l050
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-13

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100
5000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28

barley, wheat, oats, corn, rice, timothy.
red top, blue grass, sugar cane, sorghum,
etc. Blower, the most valuable of FORAGE
plants, is not grass, but legume
warm and comfortable poultry house
can be built of three-ply tarred felt, and
it will greatly assist in keeping off the
vermin. Such house can be whitewash-
ed and made to look as bright and cheer
full as one made of boards.
A good feed for young pigs that
are nearly ready for weaving is equal
parts of meal, ground oats and shorts,
one quart of the mixture in a pail of
skim milk, allowing them all they can
drink of it, three or four times daily.
Plow the heavy land and leave it in the
rough condition, so that the frost can
penetrate and render it fine. There Is no
better agency for pulverizing tough soils
than frost. 1t will also at the same time
destroy the cut-worm.
Excellent saddle-horses can be produced
by crossing the common mares with thor
oughbred stations. The thoroughbred
possesses great endurance, is active,
| speedy and powerful in proportion to his
size. Such horse can be used also for
| other purposes.
The hop crop in New York state is very
short. Lice and honey-dew have injured
the plants to such degree that the leaves
shriveled up and the vines turned black.
The crops in England and the west, how
ever, are said to be fully up to the aver
age.
sClean up the weeds and burn them. A
hay-rake will take up the weeds and dead
grass after they become dry, and they
can then be put in large piles and con-
sumed. Thousands of seed will thus be
destroyed and the work of blowing the
field rendered easier.
In trimming a hedge something else
should be considered as we'll as the mat
ter of cutting off the extra growth. Some
kind Of shape should be given it. There
is nothing so attractive or ornamental as
shapely, well-kept hedge, and it adds
value to the farm.
The number Of fruit trees in California
is given as follows: Apple, 100000;
peach 100000; pear, 100000; plum and
prune, 100000; cherry, 100000; apricot
100000; orange, 1,60O,000; lime and lem
on, 100000. It is estimated that there
are 10000 acres of grapevines.
The beet draws its nourishment from
an area Of twelve square feet for each
plant. This has been proved by explor-
ing to the ends of the roots carefully, 1t
being found that these extend downward
and outward in all directions for several
feet. 1t is evident that where size of
root is desired the plants must be given
plenty of room.
The little triangular seeds grown in
Mexico called devils BEANS" which will
jump several inches when taken into the
hand, are found to contain small but
very lively beetles, Matched within the
odd grains, which do their jumping in
their natural desire to escape.
The liquid manure from hogs is very
valuable and they should be supplied
with quantity of dry dirt. This affords
convenient mode of saving liquids and
solids, and assists in preventing disease
Where large number of hogs are kept
together fine dirt will do valuable servics
in keeping their beds clean If the pens
are in proper condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
Grade Rolsteins for the Dairy.
]. G. Wade in Holstein- Friesian Register


A few months since I visited dairy
man in New York who had for years kept
good common COWS. Four years ago he
bought fine pure-bred Holstein bull and
crossed upon the COWS. Last year his
2-yearold heifers gave double the quanti-
ty of milk his common COWS did, or, in
other words he received 5000 pounds of
milk instead of $500, which at one cent
pound at first glance would seem TO be
Just double-SSO to $40. But see a mo-
ment. Times were hard and feed high,
and it cost $50 each to keep the common
COWS and so each to keep the grade Hol-
stems, which left profit of four times as
much for the Holsteins. He had also
sold his three-fourths grade Holstein
calves for $50 each, when common calves
were worth only S. each. Here is anoth-
er four-fold profit. I saw pair of grade
Holstein steers at the breeding farm of
F. G. Stevens, Esq, Attica, N. Y, which
at 26 months old weighed $3.50 pounds.
I believe they are to be exhibited at the
Chicago Fat Stock Show. I have year
ling bull q year old last Marchl that
weighs 1,200 POUNDS; also a 2-year-old
heifer that weighs 1,400 pounds. They
are thoroughbreds, and only a little
heavier than other members of the herd,
and hence think the claim just that the
Holstein is the coming cow-ahead of all
others for milk, butter and cheese, and
crowding the others for beef. Every far
mer of neighborhoods which have ten or
more COWS can afford to buy pure blood
bull call to use next spring, and make
money from the first year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28

tlty of clay exposed on the surface. and
~ upon the depth loosened up to the ac-
ton of the frost, so that the rougher the
surface the greater will be the area ex-
posed, and the dee per the blowing the
greater will be the cubic dimensions acted
upon by the frost, and a minimum will
produce maximum effect in the unlock
ing Of the lnsoluble constituents of plant
food. These remarks are based upon the
presumption that the subsoil is not infe-
rior to the soil on the surface: a small
| quantity of stiff bottom clay will receive
the greatest benefit by being exposed to
| the surface over winter.
When farmyard manure is spread over
| the field before it is plowed, it Will, by
leaving the clay more open, make the
soil more susceptible to the action of the
frost; but if the manure lies spread even
y over the field until it has received a
considerable quantity of rain, the soluble
matter IN the manure will be more evenly
distributed in the soil than when plowed
| In before any rainfall Manures are not
beneficially acted upon by frost; like the
vegetable position of the soil, they req uire
heat for their conversion to plant food
From these considerations it will also be
seen that late blowing is more beneficial
than early, for the soil will not likely be
so compact, the more compact the soil
the more frost proof it will be. In order
that the frost may have its'greatest effect
water must not be allowed to stagnate;
and even if the soil is not drained, the
water will usually escape at least to the
depth of blowing. The better the land is
drained the more it will be benefited by
deep blowing.
No farmer can pJcw intelligently now
without knowing what the succeeding
crop is to be. 1t takes twice as much ma
nure to fertilize the soil ten inches deep
as five inches, and if the coming crop is
a surface feeder, and if the manure is
scarce; there may be an advantage de-
rived from shallow blowing. 1t will take
twice as long to exhaust ten inches of
soil as five, other condition being equal.
But then it must be remembered that
shallow soils are favorable to drouth. In
many respects feeding soil is like feeding
stock, and it is bad practice to stint it
for several years and then cram it all at
once.
The main points, therefore, for the
farmers consideration are: Pay atten-
ton to the stiff fields in the fall, leaving
the mixing of the soil and the getting of
it into proper condition for the spring
work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
Circular OF Instructions from the Department
OF Justice for the Guidance of United States
MarShals and Their Deputies.

Circular of Instructions from the Department
OF Justice for the Guidance of United States
harshals and Their Deputies.
WASHINGTON dispatch.-The Depart
ment of Justice has sent copy of the
following circular letter to each of the
United States Marshals:
SIR: In pursuance of a letter of the
9th instant from the President directing
the Attorney General to take charge of
the appointment of special deputy mar
s,iaiS' the performance of their duties and
tnelf compensation, together with the
com pehsatlon of the supervisors at the
congressional elections in November next.
5our at1entlon is directed to titles % and
- 1hdpIer q OF the Revised Statutes
onuer sections 1922 and 2,024 Revised
STATUTES you nave the power to keep the
peace Protect supervisors, preserve or
der, prevent frauds and enforce the law
IN towns of 10000 and inward Won
should make yourselves familiar with the
statutes referred to and see that they are
understood by your deputies. who sbould
be dlscrete men, impressed with the inn
| portance of an honest franchise. The
manner of discharging these duties nv
! yourself and your deputies is largely left
TO your discretion. In matters INVOLVING
questions OF law you are directed to con
suit the attorney of the United States for
! your district for needed information and
| ADVICE. 1t is assumed that the duties can
De performed without infringing upop
the rights OF any citizen in a manner that
snail be firm and at the same time free
from an unnecessary display of author
| 1ty. Lit Is not expected that supervisors
| and deputy marshals will receive common
sat1on for more than five days service
and they should be so informed. Within
this time all can be done, it is thoucbt.
that ought to be. You need vigilant men
who are conscientious workers, and no
Others Before payment each DEPUTY
and supervisor will present to you his
commission, oath and badge of office.
With an affidavit that he is the person to
whom the commission was issued. that he
performed the days services as charged,
which will be annexed by you to the pay
roll as voucher for its adjustment The
same facts should also be known to Won
through other means. Upon payment
being completed these accounts should
be approved by the court and forwarded
TO this department for action under the
executive order mentioned
In circular letter to United States
district attorneys on the same subject the
Attorney General invites their attention
to the letter addressed to the marshals.
and asks them to assist the marshals III
the execution of this law without friction
while 1T maintains the right of suffrage
intact.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
Sweet Glover for Honey.

Mr.. 6. w. Demaree, of Christiansburg.
KY, IN an article on the Bee-Forage of
kentucky" published in the Beck eepers'
Magazine, remarks as follows
For cultivation as a honey plant nnder
proper management, sweet clover is the
promising plant. In this locality it will
not succeed in waste places. The plant
is too feeble when it first appears above
the ground to hold its place among the
weeds indigenous to the soil, but when
the plants once get of some size they will
crowd their way and grow rapidly. In
favorable places I have seen the plants
grow ten feet high, throwing out numer-
Gus branches, all thickly set with spikes
crowded with delicate white flowers. My
patch of sweet clover this season had
been perfect wonder of swarming bees
crowd1ng each other like robDer bees
contending for illegitimate gain. [ have
had best success with it when sowed in
the early spring with oats. 1t will bloom
the following year just as red and Alsike
clover does and if left to itself it will
bloom at the same time that white clover
does, and it will be of little advantage to
the bees, as they have all they can do to
gather the white clover harvest. To re-
tard Its growth and make it succeed the
white clover bloom, the sweet clover
should be lightly grazad by sheep or
young cattle when it is twelve inches
high. This will cause the plants to throw
new shoots which will bloom later in the
season than they otherwise would. I now
have some plants in full bloom that have
been browsed and nipped by some Jersey
COWS all spring and summer. Alsike clover
yields nectar profusely, but its
bloom is short lived, and I have failed to
so manage it as to have it bloom at any
other time than when white clover was at
it's best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
The Draft Horse PROGRESS.
Western AgriculturiSt.

The draft-hOrse has made his way to
the front, against the most bitter preju-
dice, because he was necessity of the
age. What could he do without the
oraft-horse in our cities and factories to-
day? And it is this pressing demand
that keeps the price such that the farmer
finds it SO profitable to raise grade draft
horses he has buried his prejudice, and
when once he engages in breeding draft
horses he becomes a prosperous and sue
cessful farmer; he finds the merits of the
draft-horse developing and his popularity
increasing. The draft-hOrse has made his
way to the front upon his own merit; he
has achieved a successful introduction
and wide popularity throughout all the
stock-growing states and territories, from
the Atlantic TO the Pacific. Larger i'm
portations are being made this year than
ever before, and the best animals with
the best breeding to be found in Europe
are purchased by our importers. We
have become educated up to a higher
standard of excellence and the best
horses command the highest price in all
countries. Already a larger number of
this years importations have been pur-
chased than on any former season, and
every county, every township, every
nelghDOrhOOd wants from one to ten
horses. All the state and county fairs
have had grand exhibits of imported and
grade lighthouses that shows the re-
markable progress the draft-horse is
making. The best class of farmers and
stock breeders in America are buying
draft stations to improve the horses in
their vicinity. There is an ennobling
dignity about the draft-horse interest, as
Nv 70 oil Tbo
raise them. The dealers, too, who buy
and sell horses have a keen admiration
for the draft-horse because there is al
ways an active demand for them at profit
able prices. The great mass of farmers
have come to appreciate the merits of
the draft-horse as profitable cash article
On the farm and are grading up the farm
horses breeding to the best draft stall
ion available. There is none of that
chance work or gambling about the draft
horse-it is ''strictly business"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
The Dust Question.
Gnnd Hn,,aalronrninn

A hOusekeeper whose rooms were as
nearly speckless as modern convenience
admit, furnace being always dust dis
tributor for the entire house, long ago
settled to her own satisfaction that a
damp cloth was the key to the difficulty.
Not a wet cloth, for wet is the interpreta-
ton that the Celtic mind will instantly
put upon damp, but soft cloth, sprinkled
in a slight degree, enough to make dust
cling until it can be shaken off. Mold
ings, base boards and all corners should
be wiped In this way, and whoever tries
the experiment will be amazed to see how
the necessity for what Is known as a gen
eral cleaning diminishes.
Sweeping is far less frequent need
than is supposed, and when it must be
done the damp cloth system is of equal
avail. Put spoonful of amonia in a
carpet with cloth rung out from this
water. The dust is removed, the colors
freshened, and any stray moth-a posi-
bility everywhere in these days Of fur
naces-fnds a sudden end. Fluff, insinu-
Gus and unconquerakle, forming itself
into mysterious rolls under beds and in
corners, is reduced to its lowest terms
| sinks into almost impalpable unpleasant
| ness before the damp cloth instead OF
sailing triumphantly before the broom
| The broom will still be an essen tial, but
as servant, not monarch, and even where
one cannot afford carpet-sweeper never
| associated with it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
Sleeping in Damn Beds,

The London Lancet, referring to the
death of Mr.. Mas, the well known tenor.
calls attention to the peril of sleeping
Ia a damp bed. As a matter of fact this
peril is of the greatest, and it is almost
ever present. The experienced traveller
rarely hazards the risk of sleeping be-
tween sheets, which are nearly sure to be
damp, until they have been aired under
his personal supervision at a fire in his
bedroom. If this be impracticable, he
wraps his rug around him, or pulls out
the sheets and sleeps b etween the blank
ets-a disagreeabIe, but often prudent
expedient. The direst mischief NAV re-
suit from the contact of an imperfectly
h, ated body with sheets which retain
moisture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
The Rail Fence a Tax.
Farm Field and Stockman

If any one wishes to know what heavy
tax the rail fence imposes on its owner,
let him take a 10C acre farm and measure
the loss. A rail fence will occupy space
one yard wide. A 100 acre farm is about
one-third of a mile front and about
ore-h alf a mile deep, Or, we may say,
1900 feet front and 2, 400 feet deep. Now,
we have two sides 2,40O feet, making
$500 feet, and two sides 3,4O0 feet, max
1880 feet, or q total of 1880 feet. Multi
ply this by three feet occupied by fence,
all around the field, and we have 5000
feet. This is the space that the rail
fence will take up. Thus, in order
to secure what some suppose to be an
economical fence, the farmer taxes him
self all this ground on field of 100 acres
If his crops are worth so an acre, he
pays tax thereon to his fence. If his
crops pay him $50 per acre, he pays
1.-THE to the fence. Such fence Is a dear
luxury. 1t also harbors all the weeds
that can find foothold in it's corners,
renders the farm unsightly, and is more
Iaborous to build. The only advantage
in it is that the farmer can get the rails
on his farm, and is, therefore, not COM
PEELED to pay out cash at the saw-mil or
to the lumber merchant, but he pays for
the fence in land and crops. This per
cent of his land goes to that fence every
year, and 10 per cent more for work
done in getting rid Of weeds seeded over
the farm from its corners, in which har-
Dor not only insects and vermin, but
rabbits to knaw the trees. Let the crook
ed rail fence go. It is not so cheap at
any price.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
Deep VS.. Shallow Plowin.'.
Practical Farmer.

This question has been discussed tread
bare, and yet there are many farmers who
adhere tenaciously to the one or the other
side of the question without taking the
various conditions into consideration.
The first inquiry should be: What is
the character of the soil and the sub-soil
What is the quantity and nature of the
manure, if any be supplied? The last
question is auxiliary to the first. 1t must
be also borne in mind that fall rains and
winter frosts only act in the clayey por-
ton of the soil; the vegetable portion is
converted into plant food by the action
of heat and moisture. It will now be
seen that the clay-felds should be the
first object of attention, and that the ben
efcial effects depend % upon the guam
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
Cost Of a Ton Of HAY.

A correspondent of the Lewiston Jour
nal has been figuring out the cost of a ton
of hay, ana finds that where land is worth
$25 per acre, the hay will cost about SIG
per ton. It is allowed that ton of hay
removes from the soil thirty five pounds
af nitrogen, thirty pounds of potash, and
eighteen pounds of phosporic acid, cost
ing at market prices 1884. For other
fertilizing material taken from the soil
$1,60 is charged. Interest and taxes are
reckoned at $3.50, and only So for cutting
curing and storing. If these figures are
approximately correct, it viii be seen that
farmers in Northern New England who
are selling their hay at from six to ten or
twelve dollars per ton at the barn, must
be impoverishing their farm by so doing.
Nor is there any doubt that this is the
fact, for wherever we find men selling
hay at low prices, without buying manure,
we are pretty sure to find their farms
running out. Even at the present low
prices Of milk and other dairy products,
it is better to feed the hay than sell it at
the prices named, for by SO doing the
farms can be kept fertile, and what in
come is received from the sales may be
counted largely as the income from labor,
rather than from the sale of the land it.
self. Some of the Maine farmers who
could get but ten or twelve dollars per
ton for their hay at the barn, have found
that by feeding it out to good dairy COWS
they can get 500 per ton for it, without
the expense of bailing it or hauling it to
the railroad station. Very few farmers
can afford to sell hay for less than SIS per
ton, unless they can get manure at low
prices and near by. They can do better
to put little more labor to it and sell it
in the form of a more highly finished
manufactured article.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
ATTHE CONCERT.
ROCHESTER, DEMOCRAT.

Around the hall the Ii hts shone down
On half the beauty of the town
On swaying. perfumed multitudes,
That rustIed like the summer woods;
And my own well beloved was there,
And wore a white rose in her hair.
And while with many look and stir,
Men bowed and smiled their love to her.
And good-named youths whose blood ran
high,
Were happy when they caught her eve.
knew. as sure as sure could be.
She put the white rose there for me-
All, well beloved the space is wide
mat Keeps me yearning from thy side;
What hills and mountains intervene,
What seas and rivers roll between!
But love can augh at heights Ike these
And love can bridge the very seas!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-10-28
ON THE RIVER.
j. ARTHUR BLAKE.

Where the WIND and water meeting made
a trenIor in the hueS that fade
Between the SundOwn and nights shade
We floated on adoTn the river.
Not Death himself our souls might sever,
We felt we should SO float forever
And passion slept, Sc cure from waking,
Our hearts forget their ancient aching,
Our spirits so the past forsakipg.
We know that delicate hour and golden.
Delight was ours, and memory olden,
The tapping wave no boisterons billow
Behind us swept past reed and willow
Love for our guide and peace our pillow,
What joy to see the coy moopEpeepiug
Ger dreaming hills and woodlands sleeping
Eyer her faithful vigil keeping.
o, then for us no fantom morrow,
Full fraught with old prophetic sorrow,
Might tease our souls'to vainly borrow
The futures largess in that hour,
Whose wealth or unimagined dover
Sutficed for life, come sun, come shower.