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SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
Breadstuffs and Grains.


San Francisco. Jan. b.-Flour-Family
extras, $3.65a3.75; bakers extras. sS.45Q3.So;
superfine s.. 50a2.75 per barrel
Wheat-Shipping. sl.o5GI06h for No. l,
and sI.O7la for choice; milling, s1.l2izGll1le.
Barley-Feed. fair to good, 6s%adIOc;
choice, 7lAc; brewing. 75qS0c
Oats-AIilling, 75cQS5c; Surprise, 95c9S;
fancy feed, s5Geoc; good TO choice. 75gs5c:
poor 10 fair. 65Qsoc; black. for SEED Sl'IVg
l.S0: gray, 75Gs5c per Genital
Receipts-Flour, quarter SACKS, H'eIo'
wheat. centals SC. 10; barley. centals. l'o5o;
oats. centals. AGO; do Oregon 30; Deans
sacks $50; potatoes, sacks, %; onions
sacks. 500: bran. sacks. Loo; hay, IONS ia
wine. gallons, $500; hides. number, I'd;
quicksilver TASKS, SO.
Wool.
Wool-Fan. short trashy San Joaquin
plains. 9q5c; good San Joaquin plains. 49
Sc: southern and coast, 4g5c; mountain
woods, light and free. 6li7c; mountain woods,
defective and heavy. 5@6c; Humboldt aad
Mendocino, S49c.
Hops.
Hops-4G6c per pound.
Closing Quotations.
Wheat-Quiet; December. sLili4; May
s1.07ss.
Barley-No trading.
Corn-S7Isc.
Bran-SlE
Produce, Fruit. Etc.
MIdddlings, S1sG21; bran. slS.0dA
Hav-Wheat. $SQl2 %. wheat and oat.
s7gqlI.5 80; oat. s. .5oqlo. 80; alfalfa S'45;
barley. sac 80: clover. s68S; compressed,
81. 5o1fli; stock, 47.59; straw. 3586c per
bundle.
Potatoes-Salinas Burbanks, 6J1S0c;
River Burbanks S094Oc; oregon Burbanks,
45f7Toc: river reds. 5odeoc: Early Rose, 500
Coo; sweet potatoes, sL25ql75; Merced do, s.
Q215
Vegetables-California onions. s0d90c; do
Oregon. S5cTsl; tomatoes, Los Angeles, 200
@H; string beans. sql2isc; green peas, Al
&c; carrots. 3eGi0c; cabbage. soc: dried
pepDers, Sd10c: mushrooms, 1Gq15c; aspar-
aeus lelr2iec-
Fruit-Apples No grade. s0cGs1; COM
mon. 5oGS0c; fancy. sl-25; Mexican lines,
& 5nli6. California lemons, common. SD
81 p. DO good to choice, s1.5oa2; do fancy.
s. %: California oranges, seedlings. slD
! IL: navels. sl.5AT2.5N: japanese manda-
rims. s1.2JGL5o; bananas, sag; pineapples,
s25eg5.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 27T2sc; sec
onds. 25426c; fancy dairy, 2f6l25c; seconds,
25G2sc.
Cheese-Fancy mild new. u911nc; fair
70 good. loc: Eastern. 12q1Stkc.
Fggs-Store 313izc; ranch. 1885,;
Eastern. lsfTe1c: selected Eastern, 22a23c.
Pouitry-Gobblers 1oGl1c: hens. 1i1l2c;
ROSTERS. young. - J07559: do old. s4T4 20:
hroilers. small 1850: do large. s4T4 81:
hens. S4G5: ducks. s. 5ofS6 -: geese. $50
Gi75: pigeons old, sldIi2l5; do young.
81 5zf1.75.
Game-Mallard ducks. 81 Iq2 teal TO:
sprig. Sal X: widgeon. 81; quail T5c6tl:
gray geese, 50: rabbits bush. 75c0si. 10
rottontaI. Stafa. hare 75Teoc. English
snlpe. s.: common snipe, 81: honkers, $50
9 50: braat. Si.25.
Financial.
Silver Bars ..... s7is Drafts, Sight. Par
81 4, D.
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MARINE NEWS.

San Francisco, Jan. 15-Arrived-San
Benito, Tacoma: schr Glendale. Gray's
harbor Departed-Umatilla. Victoria and
Port Townsend; Farallon, Yaquina bay.
Freights and charters-Br sh Ancalos,
lumber from Puget sound TO Cape Town.
Hoquiam. Jan. 15.-SpeciaL-Sailed from
Hoquiam--Schr John F. Miller. for Re-
dondo, and schr Arthur l. for San Fran
cisco
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WATER FRONT NOTES.

4 heavy fan % snow Is reported about
The straits and san Juan isAau9s-
Steamer George r. Starr took car load
OF -four TO Port Gamble yesterday
A small schooner from Kirkland was -
frg asfas cut for A aallUuE n~alng irD
ALONGSIDE TIE CITY Gock yesterday. sae
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HOTEL. ARRIVALS.
RAINIER-CRANr, r4Orrr

RAINIER-GRAND HOTEL.
William West. ST. Paul.
{. +. Locke. Chicago.
=. w. Mcintosh, Tllamook, Or.
Q. =. crossman, Snohpmish.
William Hargreaves, Winnipeg,
X. B. Yates and wife, Chicago
5. ]. Chadwick, Chicago.
n: p. Thompson, Tacoma,
w. +. Carson, Tacoma
4. -. Lyons. 81. Paul.
J. Jacobs, San Francisco.
J. Reed. Vancouver.
Miss Boyd. Almont. Ont.
v. Hexter, 0akesdale.
Byron Gates and wife. Cortland, n. u
u. A Darcy. New York
William Jones, Waila Walla.
W. II. Hanna, Seattle.
]. W. Hanna. Seattle.
John J. Valentine. Oakland.
G. a. Gardner. Oakland,
Jake L; De Hart, Big Timber. Utah.
II. 7. De Hart. Cokedale, Mont,
j.. C. Brangon, City.
w 8. Smith, Toronto.
Ben r. Block. New York.
George w. Girard. Chicago
NJ. L. Glrard. Chicago.
NJ. i. Williamson, Denyer-
r. B. Beckron, Everett.
il. y. curtin, Helena, Mont.
A. Klinger. New York.
X. Il. Hoge Portland.
HOTEL DILLER-
j. r. O'Neln, Arlington.
l. ". Jones, Arlington.
George Visit Port BIakeiey.
". E. Baker San Francisco
Mrs Smith Issaquah.
X. Johnson. walla WaNaa
J. r. Moore. Utsala6y.
J NJ Dougan. Tacoma.
II. Hurry, Mount Vernon.
j. A Gilmore. Edison.
w. ". Gilmore Edison
Capt. Wiley, Olympia.
J. III. Howat British Colurntaa.
G. y. Noyss. Mount Vernon
r. McTaggart. Anacortes- I
:: Parker. Prairie 4
Frank WolfgaDg. Prairie. III
T.. stone, Prairie. II
c. Pity. Prairie.
HOTEL BUTLER
II. b. Brokaw.. stanwood.
Mrs. A c, Brokaw. Tacoma
F v. H i1F Seattle.
r. 8 Smith. ST Paul.
Charles Hili San Francisco.
c. wernagren, Portland
Charles Henderson. philadelphia
Victor staadecker. st. Paul.
AL Harris. st. Paul.
q. w. Clark, New York.
G. Mccullough, San Francisco.
Mrs G. Mccullough, San Francisc"
w. W Edwards, Spokane.
T. X Church Everett.
James Hart. Auburn
Leo +. Alexander san Francisco
w III. ApArCTumUlrs 1RSAAAre
! IL Kenny Tacoma.
X. p Freshman, {r.. New LONDON. Coma
i. b. I.earning, New whatcou-
&. AZ. BRUCE. New whatcom.
\ " Ronaine. New Whstcos1.
Mrs r r. Emerson and Children VAN
o9pFT rhilcott. Port BlakeleY.
G. Z. Pattsn Seattle b
J. OfC0nn0V, TACOMA
Albert 3 Stein Everett.
j. G. Horr. Olympia
4 II. chambers. Olympia
r q. Bates Tacora
n n Hagerfnan, Ieeora
w n Babcock walls WsilA
a. Y. Linn and vita Olympia
HOTEL NORTHERN
J. n. Falsr. Tacoma.
n. .. Camp, EnuHiolaw. Wash.
II. ?. Mss1sr LoEeii: WASH
George II; TripB. Seattle
- Esairaank Chatfeld, MINI
Mrs r. Fairhank, Chs'neld NTH.
Helen NJ Fairbank. Chatneld, MINI
q r Broom, Portland.
A a. Robinson, Spokanee
JACK Canton, Butte city.
"a Tres Butte city.
~ ~ C1lplev. Butte city.
7 r. Green San Francisco.
q NJ McGarey, sgmas
u r. Critics New Wbatcorn.
a $ Richsrds.e,n. Port A ,1s
Y q Mcdonald. Mount vernon
a r. Taylor. Tacoma
T r. Burnett. sumas.
M ri Staignt. I.ynden.
70 M Peyser. Kan Francisco.
Wf,ian Peteheu. Tacoma.
Charles Towue. Tacoma.
James NJ. Quiitar. Seattle.
M = Kuliieg. Seattle.
VI 5. Relfe. Seattle.
Iohr ] Burns Seattle.
F~ank y Schuyler. SeatTs.
William Blswett. Blewett. s.asa-
r. y. L0ftsn. Port Townsend-
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FOR BREMERToN, Z. s. DRY DOCK.
CHARLESTON AND SIDNEY.
GEN CANBY
HOOD CANAL ROUTE.
SIZE AMER DELTA

STEAMER DELTA.
I caves Harrlngton's dock. foot O, Wash
inrton street, Tuesday. THURSDAY and
SATURDAY AT : o'clock a. m. for Kingston,
Port Gamble. Seaheck. Brennon HolIev
Dewatto. I.LliwRup Falls. HOodsport and
Union city. Returns alternate days.
fare, soc 10 sill POINTS.
c. u. BERRY. Agent.
u. TROUTMAN. Master.
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BUTTER.

Ranch ana Dairy Batter very scarce ana
bringing COED prices. Eh5p 20 us. We pay
cash on arrival
NO COMMISSION.
JOHN u. AGEx Se0-sz2 Western avenue.
corLe. Marion street. A
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CHICAGO MARKETS.
The hoard of Trade.

'hicaRo. Jan. 15.-The atmosphere OF the
ding hall was well charged with e.ec-
ity from the ball dynamOs when busi-
- started. and this caused all the lead
speculative articles 10 jump into spar
OF enthusiasm for higher prices. Wheat.
n. oats and provisions were al wanted
yesterdays closing prices. but few were
nd who were willing TO part with any
such terms. and consequently an adj
i zee commenced 81 once al along the line.
. leat opened at 5e2sc bid for May. and in
. of half an hour r-om the start Ss4se
y paid The only fresh bull.sh features
! Is in the session were moderate receipts
81 Minneapolis and Duluth-4l0 cars-anA
official report Of last weeks Russian
pnents. which were only So. 60 bushels,
ainst eu so bushels as estimated yes
day The buying enthus asm died out for
j line, when Il was seen that nearly al
- who had taken a little wheat tmme-
tely al the opening. and those VINO bad
lght calls had plenty for sale at 4sc ad-
nee During the next hour and half
D. price gradually shook OF It's early &C
mutation. but took another squirt near
t. close The hullsh tone of the corn, cats
! provision markets had something 70
with the last named little swell, but
nors % activity in the demand for casa
II eat had probably the principal share n
af.ng the extra Inquiry for May wheat.
orn was active and strong. The news
no more bullish than before, bat the
eipts were again moderate
. he early market Tor oats was quite a.
e. with shorts taking up cousi1 ara58e.
a generally good business dong.
rov.s.ons started on the jump. AM kept
u ndtng about in an unusually active man
II all day. and a very heavy business vas
result
n closing Quotations
\ -bes.-raauary. 5-is0--1s: May. sgs q
A 7-n-Tanuary. ~; May, SIC.
u ats-January. I5N.c. Nay, Sac.
II .ork-January, asa
RI ards 5u.
H-E.1
III Ve.-gSc
II zrley-9<7ssc-
axseegl-a3c.
NJ zokAy-~As@
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STRAITS STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

saattle and Townsend-Neah BAY Route
steamer Garland leaves Yesler cock Non
saws. Wednesdays and Fridays AZ 1915
A m for Port Townsend, Port Williams
= ,rrpuesS Port Angeles. Port Crescent
C;ettysburg pysht. Clailam Bay and Nea d
nav: returning. arrives Seattle 2.30 y. m
on opposite days. Steamer Evangei leaves
yesler dock for Port Angeles and Victoria
MONDAYS Wednesdays and Fridays at
$50 D. N. arrives Seattle alternate days J
=. n.
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CUT RATES, CIT RATES.
SEATTI. T,-TACOAfA ROUTE.
STEAMER CRICKET
.-skes three round trips daily. as Follows:
TeaVes Tacoma 80 a m. l. N. and 80
= m. leaves Seattle 40 A. N. Sis p. n.
and lis =. N.
Fare, -lc-
sunday Excursions-I.esve Tacoma $50
m ara 80 z. m: leave Seattle Il a N
ard ( 81 p. m Fare. &c.
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FLY on THE FLYER

SEATTLE TO TACOMA.
rcur round trips 6afiv. exeorr sunday
=" ~ s.2or and twenty-five minutes
I14E ST EALiFR FLYER"
r,,s.ss 1.aT daily trips. Seattie-Tacorna
ANn4NG EFF Et-T TUESDAY, MAY
TINE CARD
sing fare, SOC. round trip, &c
2. m. - No. -'N' "a"
Leave Tacoma-s.so a MI nsn
SUNDAYS
rSrsfe Seaffis-1 a N. - n. s n m
Leave Tacoma-9 ~ a m. 2.30 ~ n m
iS4iiainx At Northern Pacific wharf TIA
s - anG Commercial dock. foot OF Ma
non street Seattle
vS.heays. steamers Flyer and State o.
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PORT ORCHARD AND PORT WASH
INGTON ROUTE.
Steamer \. Il. Robinson, carrying Y. :.
,,sfi leaves city dock. foot OF Main street.
a. so a m. arrives ~ Sidney az le.lS
arrives az Slverdale at 2. N.
Ives SslverdaIe AZ IBIS 2. m: leaves
sfesv on return at = m Daily. er-
- sunday Fare. -. T.. y. Robinson.
master Lilly. Bosasdus & &C.. aseets.
Telephone. Main g.
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TIME CARD. IN EFFECT JAN. 1:

TIME CARD. IN EFFECT JAN. 1:
North bognd-Leaves Seattle l a. m:
leaves Port Townsend a. m; leaves FRI
day Harbor 1879 a. m: leaves Roche
Harbor l:45 p. m; arrives at New What
com go p. m.
South bOund-Leaves New whatcon a.
n. leaves Roche Harbor 10 a. m: leaves
Ericay Harbor Il a. n; leaves Port
Townsend p. m. arrives az Seattle 7:45
p. m.
J. r. Thompson. managing owner. Lilly,
Bogardus & Co., agents, City dock
Telephone. Main 81.
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STEAMERS.
-,rvr souxp AND Alaska STEAM
FDoA SHIP COMPANY.
VICTORIA ROUTE.
srraMsHTp CITY OF KINGSTON.

p,sreen Tacoma and victoria. 3. g
r9pnl Lvi NJ. Tacoma LID At 5vpm
.s5eprn T.vl . 80 Seattle -. y Ar 5Typn
if.ar1lT.vl 71Pf. Townsend g Arl12.o m
,EamIArflioS.. Victoria Ism Lyi s:ooam
snasiy except Sunday.
Tbls steamer furnishes frst-class &C
cancellations, carrying both freight ana
sssssrgers. and leaves from Yesler wharf.
ssattIe
" s. q. YERKES,
yesler Wharf. Seattle.
I. A NADEAU,
General Agent NJ p. r. r.. Seattle.
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SAN JUAN ISLANDS.

STEAMER LYDIA THOMPSON.
Carrying United States mail, leaves City
dock foot OF Main street Monday
Wednesday and Friday at i a an. for
Port Townsend, San Juan islands and
New Whatcom. Returning, leaves New
Wnatcorn Tuesday. Thursday and Satur-
day, at q. m.
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the GsneratIve Organs, caused by over-ex eTflan.
youthful lndsCFeters er e. Ecessve use q tcbae-
60. opium. stlYansuts. winch ultimately lead 70
Iutrnlty. Consumption and Insanity IA % IN con
yfniant forrN ip the vest pocket tfiet y
package. or Tor e. WIN every o. order We gave
srittsa guarantee 20 cure or refund the
money. Gent ~ mail address Circular free
IN ain e1v-Icne. Addrees ROY Al. CHEatt " Cos
oEss fss C. as resFssrE s.. ChleAso HI
Stewart q Holmes Drug e., SEAt lie, TACO
MA and WALLA NALl-A, WASH.
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PACIFIC NAVIGATION CO.

Tine Card in Effect June /. 1886.
s...,le. Everett and whatcom route.
So az Washington leaves Seattle daily.
$50. Saturday, at 10 p. m
tess.fIe and la Conner route-Fairhaveu
Zee Seattle daily. except Saturday, at
! %. x,a., 17e y.,D
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SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.
No. l club. SIC: blue stem, SIC. Weak
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PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.

Portland, Jan. 15-Wheat-Vahey. 5Ic;
Walla Walla, SIC per bushel.
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OLYMPIA. TACOMA AND sEATTr
ROUTE A
s. Wiley Navigation Co.'S Steamer
MCLTNOMAH
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PEOPLES SAVINGS RANK.
Occidental block. Seattle. Wash.

PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK
Occidental block, Seattle. Wash.
Capital ,1oo o.a
>, OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
$500 Furth> A........-... President
fsaur A. Denny. ........-... Wee President
f.9a Leary ......... Second Vice Pres dent
es X Hayden. Manager. Cash'r. Sec y
So l. bio6gett........ Assistant Cashier
Ssa0ad ScaRabScher. John Collins.
l. & Neuteiter. J. 7. GreenleAf.
Sasively.
eos.'s received ron g - SIC 10.
,~.'e'est allowed Per anpum: SIX Per
80 90 term deposits. per cent. On
SSeloencs declared tss. DAYS ~ Nav and
,,~seloaeT. Loaas made CD real estate or
~*tfVFed collAferais only.
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financial.
Mining sUo ks

Silver Bars .... 67is Drafts, Sight. Par
Mex DORIS. 5sis05i Drafts, Teleg h..Par
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The Wool Market.

Hops-At London. Pacific coast. GO S.
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DEARBORN
PRINTER
lCcLuNS BUILDING
Pure Food. wrighfs Old. Ruc.shnaf
Aa OO0' Fashioned ULShhHCats
WEIGHTS MILLS, Berlin, VIE.
Manhood Restored,

NERNfTAS, the
w on Sersul Roman
Remedy Is sold with .
written guaran-
tee to cure al NeTv-
Gus Diseases. such IS
Weak Mem cry LoFsof
Brain Power. Head
ache. v akefulHess,
Lost Manhood. Nerv-
casness, Atrophy,
Emissions. Nar3cocele,
iassitude, ali drains
and loss Il power Il
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L. & b. LINE-SkAGIT RIVER ROUTE
WEEKLY TINE CARD.

STEAMER CLAN MDONALD
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at a.
m for Edmonds. Everett and Snohomish
river points. Landing at City dock. Sc
attic.
LILLY. BOGARDUs & CO. Inc,
Tel Main 81. Owners and Managers.
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Silage as a Summer Feed.

In a few instances we found men
who had silos large enough, aud who
continued the feeding of silage the
year around, and in every case the men
were enthusiastic over the result.
When the drought cut off the growth
of grass and their neighbor's COWS
nearly dried up, theirs continued as
flush as when in June pastures. In
two instances the feeders did not omit
feeding a single day, even when the
pastures were at their best. l found
two men who did not pasture their
cows at all, but depend upon silage,
with a little hay as coarse feed, the
year through. In both cases, they say
their cows always shrink in milk yield
when changing from silage to corn,
when filling the silos. One of these
men declared that he was going to
have another silo so he would not be
obliged to feed any fresh corn. 1t
must be admitted by every observant
man who goes much among milk pro-
ducers, who make milk for any pur-
pose, that the use of silage is rapidly
on the increase.-Hoard's Dairyman.
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himself not only what his milk tests,
but what that of all the patrons aver
ages, he gets an object lesson which is
worth to him a great deal, if he is a
progressive man. If his cows show a
low percentage of fat in their milk, he
will be led to bestir himself and breed
better cows. The test is a great eye
opener. 1t shows one man how he is
losing money by keeping q poor lot of
cows. 1t encourages another to push
on for ever better results. If a mans
cows average 4 per cent, he will want
to work his dairy up 10 4 8 or to 5 per
cent-especially if his neighbor goes to
those figures; and if his cows are down
to 3 or 3 5 per cent he will be pretty
apt to get a better bull and better COWS.
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All Flesh is Grass.

One of the most common of COM
plants in the older dairy sections is in
the deterioration Of the pastures, espe-
cially in localities where blue grass is
the natural heritage. This is not to be
wondered at, for as a rule these lots
have been fed for seventy-fve years or
more, and in a large majority of cases
not a CENTS worth of fertility has been
returned to the land, save the sparsely
scattered droppings of the animals. At
an institute WI heard a thing which
may be a part solution of the trouble.
In every ton of average hay it was said
that about $50 pounds of potash was
taken from The soil, and if we estimate
that an equivalent of a ton of hay is
taken in a season from an acre of pas.
ture, it is seen that in seventy. five
years hundreds of dollars in potash
alone would be removed from the soil,
and as it is on potash that grasses make
the greatest demand for mineral matter,
it may be that it is in this one f~ertiliz-
ing element our pasture grasses stand
in the greatest need. In conversation
with a man who is a commercial hay
grower, he said that he had found that
it was potash most that his hay crop
needed, and phosphoric acid next, and
little if any of the high-priced nitrogen;
so he was applying about fifty pounds
actual potash, and as much phosphoric
acid, each costing five cents a pound,
and from it had been getting enormous
crops of hay yearly. The idea is this:
For the farmers TO try a little section of
their pastures this season with a light
dressing of calculated S. C. rock and
muriate of potash so as to gel on an
actual twenty five pounds of each, and
watch the effect. Ashes would be a
fine dressing in part, but potash pur-
chased in ashes costs twice as much or
more than it does in either sulphatev or
muriate of potash. Many a man re-
fuses to believe that it is best to pillow
up the old pasture, and that by sowing
a little mixed grass seed, and the use of
some of the elements mentioned, he
can get a better stand and growth of
grass. The experiment will be worth
dollars to him, and reduce possibly the
cost of keeping the cows, and it is in
reducing cost that profits must be
looked for; net in great increase of
rices.-Practical Farmer.
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The Cows in Midsummer.

Then they have a hard time on most
farms, and 80 do their owners. Most
of the cows come in in the spring. They
give a good mess of milk until mid
summer, then shrink rapidly. They
need extra feed by the middle of July,
if not sooner, and happy is the man
who has feed provided beforehand for
them. But the man who has not made
provision for this pinch is in a sad pre-
dicament. The man who is right square
up to or a little ahead of the times has
a silo full of nice silage to give his
cows. The man who keeps well to the
front has a piece Of ea%rly-sown peas
and oats almost ready to cut, with other
pieces coming along every ten days or
80. There is more labor in the latter
plan, but it works wei otherwise. Still
another method-not always practical
BILE, but taking little timC-is to have
the cows cry up in July, and then they
are turned off into a back pasture to
stay until they come in in September.
We like this way the best, especially
that of having the COWS come in in the
fall. Twenty cents a week is paid for
keeping each cow. AS the cows do not
go dry more than six weeks, their keep
is not expensive, they are off out of the
way, the pastures have a rest, and
when the cows come back the corn is
ready to feed. But all cannot do this,
and those who cannot can adopt one of
the ether plans for midsummer fe edipg.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-15
AGRICULTURAL.
Sanitary Hints for Summer,

Where the garden is below the house,
kitchen slops can often be spouted on
to the garden by using common wooden
eave-spouts. The water should not run
on to the same place more than a few
days at a time, the end spouts being
frequently shifted. Spouts, if painted,
dry quickly when the sun shines upon
them, and in many respects are better
from a sanitary point of view than I'M
derground drains. The latter get filthy
and soon become a breeding. place for
disease unless they are very well cared
for. Flushing with copperas water is
n of the best ways to cleanse them.
When slops cannot be spouted upon
the garden they can be carried or
wheeled, and a bad thing is thus con-
verted into a blessing.
Use copperas freely around the
buildings in hot weather. 1t is one of
the very best disinfectants. A hand
full in a pail of water will be about the
right proportion. Where all Stops go
on to the garden or grass, not in n
place, but scattered around so as not to
sour, the house can be kept much
healthier. Lime should be used freely
in damp cellars, especially if they are
at all close in the summer. Sulphur is
an excellent disinfectant for damp ce!-
lars and rooms. The room or cellar
should be tightly closed, and the sui
phur burned in an iron vessel. Re-
member that the fumes are poisonous,
and carefully avoid inhaling them ly
airing the room before entering it.