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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-04
NEW YOR PRODUCE.

New York. Jan. 2.--F'lour--Reccipts, a.
200 bbls; sales. 1900 bbls: state and west
ern, quiet. unchanged. Wheat--ReceIpts,
none; sales, $50. 600 bu.; No. red, quiet,
steady, ssc lower; January. A@66c;
March, 67ss@67&c; May, 661s@662sc. Corn
Receipts, 80, 200 lou.; sales, Is 90 bu.; No. 9
dull, steady; January and May, 341ac: No
2, 3414 @351kc:. Oats-Receipts. 81, 500 bu. !;
sales, 5000 bu.; No. 2. quiet easier Janu-
airy, 2s7sc: May, &c; western, 23h@2sc
Beef and pork steady unchanged. Lard
quiet; steam rendered. $3.50. Butter-Re-
ceipts 5000 lbs; fancy, steady; moderate
demand; western dairy. 11@1Sc; do. crean-
cry, 1SGQ24c; do. June. 16@21c; do. factory,
1oG17c; Elgins &c; imitation creamery, IA
DISC; rolls, l0@16c. Cheese-Receipls zoo
lbs; quiet, unchanged.
Eggs-Receipts, $500 doz.; choice t1rmer
0M24c: Sugar, firnner; crushed, 555sc; gram
ulated, 5M51sc. Petroleum, firm; refined all
ports, s7e56S. Molasses and rice firm, un~
changed. Frcights, firm. Tallow, steady,
unchanged
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-04

W IHte l,I1d!!a: g
channels in a small way from store. Selling
Sweet Potatoes-There is a fair supply Of
cobdens. Market firm.
Muscatines, Dbl, fancy. 2.50@2. IS
Copdens, bbi 3.25
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-04

Dressed Meats--Receipts are light and I'M
der fairly brisk call stock is moving read
lily. Some fancy carcasses are bringing
half cent above quotations.
Choice light weight hogs are meeting with
fair sale at DC, but coarse hogs and dirty
light weights are selling at 37zaM3a4c, with
an easy feeling.
Mutton is in fair supply and trade quiet.
Dressed NIeats-A fair inquiry still exists
for veal, and under light receipts stocks are
above quotations is often secured for
strictly fancy carcasses. There are very light
supplies of hogs. Choice light weights are
sometimes secured for an extra choice lot.
Heavy coarse hogs moving better at SIC.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-04
GOING TO CHICAGO
OR Anywhere EAST I?

If you are, see that your ticket
from Minneapolis, St. Paul or
Duluth reads via TO-. -.....-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06
Royal Arcanum.
Joy proxy.

Many members believe that the present
law relating to the reinstatement of sus
pended members Is unwise and acts as
barrier.
The present revenues Of the supreme
council are In excess of its needs, and wis
dom suggests curtailment.
1t seems to be rather poor policy to
blaokball good, healthy risks for purely
personal reasons.
An orators association has been formed
In Brooklyn, we learn, with tho object of
improving and yet making less expensive
the councils entertainments.
New Jersey made net gain Of / ,s2S for
last year, $50 of which were made in
March.
1t may not be generally known to our
membership that ex-President Harrison Is
a member of tho Royal Arcanum, as we'll
as Chief Justice Fuller of tho supreme
court Of the United States.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06
ODD FELLOWS.
Biennial Sessions Of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge-Linklets.

Biennial Sessions Of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge-Linkiets.
There seems to be growing sentiment
In favor of biennial sessions of the sover-
eign grand lodge. This feeling is the re-
suit of constantly decreasing treasury
and the high price of supplies, both
necessity growing out Of the expensive
annual sessions.-Odd Fellows Herald.
Its growth of the Patriarchnl degree has
been steady and now numbers 5S grand
enoampments, 5000 subordinate enoamp-
ments, with 155, 900 members.
Do not lot the heat of summer be an ex-
ouse for poor work and poorer returns at
the close Of the term.
Go In the encainpment and acquire
knowledge of all the grand principles
which form the foundation of the order.
There are four degrees In the subordinate
lodge-initiatory first, second and third.
A Lodge cannot omit regular meeting
except upon certain days provided by law.
A mombor who has been dropped for n
number of years cannot make his record
continuous by paying all dues and ASSESS
mcnts that have accrued during his alb
sence.
To best serve Odd Fellowship and hui
manity is to do present simple duties.
An officer of lodge cannot DO installed
-Jy proxy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06
B'nai Birth.

The grand lodge has changed the special
assessment laws so that endowment men,
bers from 81 to 30 years of age, inclusive,
will pay sl2; Al to 80, SEQ; 81 years and
upward, SEA- Tho object of the change is
to create fund SO that reserve endow-
ment will not have to be touched in pay
ing policies.
The salary of the secretary has boon
raised from 81, 500 to 81, 800 on account OF
extra work that will be incurred by the
new law, which will take effect Jan.
next.
Solomon S. Kiser of indianapolis, is
now president, and Victor Abraham of
Cincinnati, secretary of the district grand
lodge, comprising Ohio Indiana, Missouri,
Colorado and New Mexico.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06
knights of Malta.

The membership of the Ancient and H.
lustrious Order Knights of Malta in Penn
sylvania is about 5000.
Tho eight hundred and forty eighth an
niversarS of the order occurs ON st. Johns
day next June "a, and will be celebrated
by the order in tho various states in which
tho order has a footing.
The next annual convocation Of the SUI
preme commandery of the continent Of
America will be held in Brooklyn, com
mencing Tuesday, Oct IL.
The marvellous history, beautiful ritual
and lofty principles Of the Order OF Malta
have attracted and will continue to attract
men Of highest character to enlist under
its standard
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06

HOOPS Pills are prompt, efficient always
reliable, easy 10 take, easy to operate.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06
MASONIC.
.y>Growth of Masonry In England-Chips
From Various Quarries.

y Growth of Masonry In England-Chips
From Various Quarries.
In 1874 there were 1,514 lodges on the
roll of the grand lodge of England, and at
tho close of 1895 the number was 9, 500,
showing that 1,076 warrants had been
granted by tho present grand master, the
Prince of Wales. All branches Of Masonry
have been fostered by tho Prince of Wales,
and tho benevolent institutions have grown
in Importance and usefulness during his
term of service. He has given much per-
sonal attention TO the affairs of tho grand
lodge and has merited the loyal devotion
he receives.
Hugh r. Chaplin Is now grand master
of the Royal and Select Masters of Maine
and Stephen Berry grand recorder.
A grand chapter of the Order Of the East
ern Star was recently instituted in the
District of Columbia.
The custom of placing the national flag
in Masonic halls has become popular in
Missouri
There Is no power In any grand master
to make Mason at sight, and every ono
who has assumed to do so within the last
quarter century has been severely con.
domned
The grand lodge of New Jersey prohibits
the use of robes or costumes in comforting
the degrees of symbolic Masonry.
The Illinois Freemason says, "once for
all let 1t be said that there are no books
from which the standard work In Illinois
can be learned"
The most universal ritual is that of the
Scottish Rite, which exists in all countries.
The late Margaret Cotton Of New York,
who was member of the Eastern Star,
left s25, 900 to the Masonic home at Utica.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06

IN. A. Peixoto, proprietor of the
Union barber shop, next to the
Art Gallery, guarantees to give a
shave that will make your hair
curl with Joy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-06
Re Sure Won Are Right

And then 90 right ahead. If your blood is
impure, your appetite falling, your nerves
weak. you may be sure that Hoods sarsapar-
lila is what you need. Then take no substi-
tute Insist upon Hoods and only Hoods.
This is the medicine which has the largest
sales in the world. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is
the One True Blood Purifier
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Why Tests Vary.

H. w. B. & Co. write Hoard'S Dairy.
man as follows: Through your paper
will you kindly give the reason why
different tests of milk should vary in
the amount of butter fat when tested
with Babcock test, the COWS being fed
on the same feed, MIXED at the same
hour, and by the same hand? We have
had several of our patrons ask this
question and we were unable to answer
them. We earnestly hope you will
give our request room in your paper"
The editor replies: "This is one of the
mysteries of milk. That the milk of
the same cow does vary in quality from
day to day and week to week is fact.
What causes this variation we can sell
dom ascertain. The condition of the
COW, the state of the weather, and a
hundred other circumstances, acting
Jointly and severally, affect the quality
and change it. When we fully appre-
bend that the milk-giving function is
intimately connected with the nervous
system we begin to see why this should
be so. Tell us, for instance, why a
horse can trot a mile in 2: 10 one day
and in not less than 2: Is the next day,
and we shall begin TO hope that we
shall some day be able TO account for
the changes in the quality of milk"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Advantage Of Rolling Corn.

Thomas M. Moore of Raritan, N. j.,
writes to the Country Gentleman:
"Given field of corn which has had
its first cultivation by narrowing, fol-
low this with light rolling, and the
practical limit of the usefulness of level
cultivation will be attained-that is,
evaporation will be obviated as fully as
it should be. This rolling will also
firm the earth to the plants, and make
the stand strong and even. Further,
it will check the growth of weeds and
the travels of wire-worms and grubs.
The writer was astonished to learn last
year that the rolling of corn was OBJ
tanning great favor in some sections of
Ohio. The practice is so Numerically
opposed to that in use here that he felt
called upon to investigate it, and found
it was successful and that corn 30
treated withstood drouth much better
than non-rolled corn. The reason be-
came apparent after study and refiec-
ton. Of course for this use smooth
surfaced and light roller is prime me-
cessity, as the earth must not be packed,
but simply surface-leveled with as little
condensation under as possible. This
rolling also gives much better work
ing bed for the following civilizations
by crushing the large Jumps and bed
ding loose stone. Much the same ad
vantages will follow the use of roller
after each subsequent cultivation,
though hardly to the same degree. For
this purpose the roller should be 30
made that one of the drums may be re-
moved, and the two remaining drums
fixed at proper distance from each
other to straddle the crop row. Thus
the soil Immediately next the corn is
left light, and as the main evaporation
will be through that as channel, nat
urally the sub-surface moisture will be
drawn thereto. In other words all the
moisture from row to row will, as far
as practicable, be availed of by the corn
If with the last cultivation it is desired
to SOW clover or peas, a seeder on the
roller will accomplish the result in
most satisfactory manner"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Current Weekly Comment.

Receipts, % barrels 1851 cases.
The receipts continue heavy and the mar
ket has been exceedingly dull on the gen.
eral run of stock.
HAY AND STRAw.-Receipts, 254 cars hay,
10 cars straw. The market is frmer for
fancy fresh pressed hay. For grades below
the best the tone is easier Rye straw is
firm.
CHEEsE.-Receipts, 1886 boxes; exports,
2,481 boxes. The receipts are light, but the
small lots coming are extremely hard to
sell. Medium and low grades are dull and
easy.
PorAroEs.-The receipts have been mod
erate--18, 500 bushels for the week - but
there has been an abundant supply for the
wants of the trade. The demand continues
slack and prices are still ruling very low.
MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP.-The receipts
have been liberal and large stocks of both
sugar and syrup have accumulated. Prices
have been steadily declining, but there
has been little improvement in the demand.
OATs.-Receipts, 154, 34S bushels stock in
elevators, 131, $40 bushels; exports, 6,070
bushels. There is a quiet demand, with
prices about steady. Buyers have no faith
in the market and will only operate as they
are forced to have supplies.
FLoUR.-Receipts, 1,4S3 barrels, 1852
sacks; exports, 4049 barrels, 40,0 S4 sacks.
Values are being held steady by mill agents,
with very limited demand. Buyers have
no faith in the recent advance and will only
work along in hand-to-mouth way.
CoRN.-Receipts, q ,507 bushels; stock in
elevators, 36,056 bushels; exports, 5,1A
bushels. The demand is quiet, with no one
buying ahead of meeting present needs.
Arrivals are moderate, and this keeps val
ues on a steady basis, in the absence of busi-
ness.
BUTTER.-Receipts, 766,9S5 pounds; ex-
ports, S,21S pounds. The receipts continue
heavy and gradually increasing. The de-
mand continues slack. 1t is the season of the
year when no one will buy ahead of imme-
date wants and it is impossible TO keep the
market cleaned up. Box butter is in heavy
supply. Fine creamery prints are in mod
crate demand.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Seed Potatoes.

The best way to cut seed potatoes is
problem upon which no two farmers
agree and concerning which number
less experiments have been tried by
farmers generally, as we'll as by exper-
iment stations. Results at all the sta
tons have been carefully studied by
j. F. Duggar, who concludes that it is
more "important to cut the tuber into
compact pieces of nearly uniform size
than to so shape the pieces as to have
definite number of eyes on each set
No piece should be entirely devoid of
eyes, and the majority of the seed
pieces should be large enough to sup
port at least two eyes, and better three
or more" The yield from planting the
seed or bud end is larger than from the
stem or butt end of the tuber, the eyes
on the seed end being first to terminate,
and hence of especial Importance when
an early crop is desired. The total
yield increases with every increase in
the size of seed pieces, from the single
eye to the whole potato. This increase
occurs both in the large and in the
small potatoes, but chiefly in the latter.
The net yield of salable potatoes in
creases with every increase in the size
of seed piece, from one eye to the half
potato. "The half potato affords a
larger net salable crop than the whole
potato, on account of the excessive
amount OF seed required in planting
entire tubers. Taking the average of
many experiments, it was found that
for every 100 bushels of net salable
crop gro wn from single eyes, there were
ia bushels from two-eye pieces, 131
bushels from quarters, and 139 bushels
from halves, but only 129 bushels from
planting whole potatoes. These re-
suits favor the use of halves as seed
pieces if seed potatoes and crops are
assumed to be of equal value per bushel,
but when seed potatoes command a
very high price, quarters may be used
to advantage. 1t is better to place in
one hill one large piece than several
very small ones of the same aggregate
weight. Small potatoes can sometimes
be used for seed with profit, in which
case they should be planted whole.
Leading growers are careful to select
for seed medium to large tubers of
good shape, and their example should be
followed. "-American Agricul.urist.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22

which tends to reduce soil alkalinity.
With sulphate of ammonia and sulphate
of potash, sulphuric acid is left in the
soil; with muriate of potash, hydro
chloric acid remains behind. Either of
these acids would dispense carbonic
acid in soil combinations, and tend
further to render available the insol-
uble minerals of the soil.
The decomposition of organic matter
in the soil results in the formation OF
carbonates, and this appears to be the
explanation of the increase of the dis
ease noted with the use of barnyard
manures. The Rhode Island expert
ments gave very concordant results
under precisely similar conditions, the
percentage of scabbed potatoes on the
lined plats was greatly in excess of that
on the unlimed plats, both with the seed
potatoes treated and untreated with the
corrosive sublimate solution.-Country
Gentleman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Live Stock Market,

SHEEP AND LAMBs.-In lots. 1901. each; ex-
ira, S275Q45o, or from 2a41ac per 10 lambs, Sg5kc.
FAT HoGs.--Western fat swine, live, SzSD4%c;
Northern dressed hogs. 44c per H. Stores, retail,
Sl.25d4O0.
MARKET BEEP.-A few choice, s6d6.5O; extra.
E5.50G575; first quality, s475@50e; second quality,
43.759450; third quality SSg3.O
STORE CATTLE.-Working oxen, per pair, from
se0@l4O; farrow cows, slO@22; fancy cows, s5oges;
mich cows and calves, S20@48; yearlings. SSal6;
twoyears old. Sl2a22; three years old, S2O@32
HIDES TALLow AND SKINS. - Brighton hides;
5q6c per 10; tallow, 3Q4c per ID; country hides,
ai@sc per p tallow, l9fq2c per hi wool pelts,
S5d65c; calf skins, 60c@Sl 90; dairy skins, 35q40c
CATTLE.-Exporting cattle go freely from this
port and largely from the West. Western cattle are
placed here on full as easy terms as last week. and
41ac, live weight, Is the top price for good cattle.
Very few country cattle for beef on sale
Mich Cows.-The trade was nothing remark
able something doing in a wholesale way at 230GD55.
SHEEP.-The supply for butchers at the present
time is largely made up of Western The few
Northern lots change hands on basis of the West
ern considering the quality If as good as Western
sell readily at full rates
VEAL CALvEs.-Prices rule easier by &c per lbs
and SIC to be the top price unless very fancy
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Alfalfa in Vermont.
Farmer.

A Rutland county farmer gives, in
the Country Gentleman, his experience
in raising alfalfa in Vermont: "In the
spring of 1898 purchased ten pounds
of seed. This mixed with an equal
quantity of timothy, and sowed on
about three-fourths of an acre, sowing
about two bushels of barley. 1 sowed
the timothy because had little faith in
the alfalfa standing our winters. In the
fall the meadow was pastured, and the
cattle took kindly to the young alfalfa,
eating it down till not a green thing
could be seen. In the spring of '94,
thinking the alfalfa had winterkilled,
owing to the severe feeding, sowed
about three pounds of red clover seed.
AS the season advanced, l found that
the timothy had winterkilled somewhat,
but the alfalfa was all right, except in
one spot where the water had stood for
few days. The clover seed also
seemed to have all terminated. About
the tenth of July l moved the piece.
The growth was such that it would not
pass under the axle of our Eureka
mower BY last year, the alfalfa had
taken almost entire possession of the
land, but little of the timothy and none
of the clover remaining. We cut it
three times, getting fully three tons.
The land is loose gravel, in a good
state of fertility Several others in this
town have sown it with success. One
man sowed it on piece of loose gravel
that leacbed so badly that nothing else
would grow there. That field now cuts
three tons of alfalfa per acre."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Light in the Stables.

This question of light in the stables
is coming to be regarded as one of great
importance, and it is now held by the
best authority that stable to be healthy
in its fullest degree, must have not
only an abundance of light, but the di-
rect rays of the sun falling into and on
the stable floor and also on the cows
themselves as much as possible. Sun
light is a great destroyer of disease
germs, and The fermenting microbes as
we'll. 1t is now the correct thing in
stable building to have the cow apart
ments an 81" adjoining the main barn,
and running to the south so that there
can be sunlight admitted from the two
sides and the gable. Then by building
double walls and arranging the vent'la.
ton, one can cheaply have not only a
stable that will not freeze in any
weather, but one that is dry and free
from dampness and damp corners, the
usual lurking places for disease germs.
Where the stable is lined up on the in
side with cheap flooring, backed with
building paper, 1t can be whitewashed
and kept clean, and then if there is a
window for each COW, the stable may
be said to be about perfect as to it's
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22

light, and its influence upon the cows
One thing should be abolished in all
stables, and that is the plank floor laid
upon sleepers up from the earth. Put
the floor upon the earth itself, and &C.
ment it, or cement in a gutter and have
one heel plank on the manger side and
fill in between the plank and manger
with pounded-in clay and covered with
thinly cut sods, which soon become an
ideal floor at little expense. We have
floor of this kind that is now doing its
seventh year of constant duty, and is
always dry and clean, and is one upon
which COW can get actual comfort.
The platform of such floor should be
four feet ten inches wide from gutter to
manger, and then the COWS keep clean
and dry and such stable becomes at
once pride and omfort.-Practica
Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-04-22
Manuring for Potato Scab.

The progressive farmer of New York
has long since known that lining in
creased potato scab, without knowing
precisely why; also that wood ashes
greatly increased the proportion of un.
pertinent Station has been investigating
along this line for some time, and has
issued bulletin containing a careful
review of the data obtained Among
the published conclusions occur the
following: Experiments for three
years show that the growth of the potato
scab fungus is promoted by the pres
ence of air-slacked lime; wood ashes
(Which, like a,r-slacked lime, consist
largely of calcium carbonate) also pro-
mote the scab in a high degree; barn
yard manure, owing to lis alkalini,y, or
the production Of carbonates from it,
has probably in and Of itself increased
the scab. BY the use of ammonium
sulphate, and probably muriate and
sulphate of potash, kainit and common
salt in connection with dissolved phos-
phate rock, dissolved bone or dissolved
boneblack, soils which now tend to pro-
duce scabby tubers would probably be-
come less favorable to the disease"
The principle of these results shows that
anything tending to promote or in
crease the alkalinity of soil, or
the quantity of carbonates contained
therein, is favorable to the growth OF
scab; and the damage may extend over
several years, as with favorable condi-
tons the fungus seems to multiply in.
dependently of the continual presence
of potatoes or other root crops. Even
the use of nitrate of soda seems to give
unfavorable results, possibly because
the useless soda becomes a carbonate
upon the utilization of it's nitrogen
The same principle illustrates the us'
of sulphate of ammonia, or the ordinary
agricultural potash salts; the remova
of the portion required for the actua
use of the plant leaves an acid produc
tsEE FOURTH COLUMN