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Year: 1874

A strict father strove to impress
upon his children the importance of
thinking twice before speaking once.
His eldest son, William, was one day
walking past his fathers stable, when
the hostler called him in and told him
to run home quickly and tell his IA
ther to come to the stable immediate
ly, as one of his horses was dying.
He went home, and seeing his father,
said, very slowly; "Father, l think
once" About five minutes after
ward he added; "Father, | think
twice; one of your horses is dying.


Now that boy wished to be smart
and his father made him smart very
rapidly, half an hour later, on discGE-
ering that his horse was dead; ne
tanned the rear part oil Wllham
nantaloons so vigorously with a shin
ole that the boy has since been taking
5is meals in an erect position.
Year: 1874

sTRIKEs OF HE CAPMAKERs AND CIGARMAkERs


A settlement of the capmakers' strike now
seems farther OF than The principal manufac-
turers yesterday at the Office OF lsdor Helm, at
No l64 South Fifthave and having agreed upon scale
OF prices which they were willing TO grant, gave II TO II
committee of the strikers for submission to their central
body The employers state that the increase In this list
over the rates before the strike averaged from
per cent but that the prices Of certain nnds Of work
were brought lower than before. This shows that the
cannot be very anxious TO end the strike
At the meeting of the central body the afternoon the
manufacturers prcest Indignantly rejected, and
resolved not to reeede from the demands made
the outset The workmen have come 10 see that
their revolt will not be easily victorious, but
for three months II necessary They have raised 500
among themselves and distributed 1t TO the destitute Of
their number and have applied for the help offered by
other societies Their officers say that several gentle
ready 10 lend money 10 sustain the strike and
they intend TO borrow 1t Immediately II the manufac-
urers keep them OF work for couple Of months or
more the strikers that finally they will be
TO submit to higher price.list than that now de.
manded On the other hand, the manufacturers say
strike and that il goes on fortnight longer there
will be nothing left and they will not want the
any TIL the Fall trade sets The strikers have
subscribed g. 600 for cooperative association, TO which
are already offered the fixtures and tools OF manufac
tory. As the hope OF early compromise with the en-
poyers Is slight the propose 10 push forward the
cooperative scheme rapidly, and will hold meeting for
that purpose this afternoon.


The prospects Of the 800 cigarmaRers employed by
Messrs. Kerbs spess OF No. IS Bovery, who struck
last week are not encouraging They declare that they
Will not return unless the discharged members OF the
Executive Committee are taken back and two men who
remained at work after the strike turned on The
members Of the firm assert that they will submit
to such dcauon and that they will never take back the
strikers In body. With tho great stock they have
hand they will not require workmen for weeks
The shippers In the employ Messrs. kerbs Spiess,
about 400 IN number, did not strike with the cigar
makers and bnndebreakers, and are now OF work The
strikers held a meeting at No. 81 BoweTy yesterday
morning, but took definite action
Year: 1874

The Legislature of New jersey passed law
years ago authorizing the Harbor Master Of Ebsa,
beth onehaf cent upon the tonnage Of every
vessel that arrived at that port This to cor
stute bis salary. As this action Of the Legislature
innovation the captains OF ships refused 10 obey tho
law and thus far only Of them have paid the fees
demanded by the Harbor Master. The Hsrbor Mastsr
summoned TO his assistance the Deputy United States
Marshal for the district and several vessels have been
tbeled In most of the which have Deen tried
Judgment has been declared against the ship ownerr,
and they havbeen compelled 70 pay nearly three times
the amount OF the original The shIpow
have determined to have the law repealed, il possible
and for that purpose have subscribed large amount
money and have sent agent TO Trenton 70 lobby for
that purpose. The HarOorMaster will resist the repeal
OF the law.
Year: 1874

In the city opposite US, there is O
livery man well-known to all persons in
this section of the country, for the sore
rowful way in which he takes the joke
on himself | am about to relate.


One day New Yorker stopped at
his stable to hire horse, bat being a
stranger, Smith, the livery man, refused
to hire, unless the full value of the
horse was deposited. The New Yor,
ker, after great deal of talk, made the
deposit, and after he rode away Smith
chucklcd to himself, saying, Il had no
idea the fellow was such fool as to
leave the full value; but then ! thought
l had better make him, he looked kind
TO- green. Now l am sure Of my hire,
if he never comes back"


Towards evening the New Yorker re-
, turned and surrendered the horse TO
Smith, who refunded the deposit; pla.
cling which in his pocket,book, the New
Yorker essayed to depart, when Smith
stopped him and requested his hire
The New Yorker blandiy rejoined, 81
was riding my own horse, sir. Did
not buy him from you this morning
and now have you not just bought him
from me? l have the money and yoo
have the horse, so what are you talk
ing about?'


Smith saw the point-and stalked iutC
the stable as the New Yorker retreated
homeward
Year: 1874

BY GEORGE W. BUNGAY.
Life is worth the living when
We can earn our daily bread
With the spade or with the pen,
With the hand or with the head.
With one talent or with ten,


Following where truth has led
Alas! how many live in vain,
Aimless, cold and hard are they!
Nopity for another's pain,


No kind, tender words to say.
Sorrow pours her tears like rain,
Not for them to wipe away.
Life is worth the living here


When our hearts for others feel,
When we look beyond our sphere.
When we seek our nelghbor's veal,
When we dry the falling tear,


When the wounded heart we heal
Yes, life is blessed boon


To him who to himself is true;
Who lives not for himself alone,
But with others good in view,
He'sa king upon his throne.


Crowned with deeds bright as the dew,
Life is worth the living now;


Human hands can reach so far;
Where stately steamships plow,


Where caloric drives the car,
Where the wire-trained lightRings flow,
Objects Of love and pity are.
Year: 1874

or anywhere the wind can circulate through
them, and it isn't great job when one
makes a business Of it to stack them upon
poles in the field.


The bean likes q light, warm soil. In a
rank, heavy soil IL runs too much to vines I;
plant after il becomes warm, in rows three
feet apart, or ia drills. IF in rows, make
the hills two feet apart and drop four beans
in hill hoe thoroughly after they are we'll
up, and again when the weeds threaten
you need not hill them at all they grow
rapidly and, as they do not need to be plant
ed as early as corn, do not require as much
hoeing We know man who, two years
ago, made good thing Of it by invertiug
the sod Of field early in June, narrowing
in light coat Of fine manure, and then SOW
ing white beans as he would have sowed
grain. These beans, of course, were never
hoed, and received no attention until harvest
ing, when they yielded good crop. 1t was
job though to pull them, and the labor of
planting in rows would have been less.


The best bean for us TO raise is what is
called the medium. 1t grows rapidly, ri
pens early and uniformly, and yields well ;
and, while it does not sell for quite as much
per bushel as the pea bean, will net more
profit. Ashes make the best of manure for
beans, but almost any fertilizer that is fine
will answer, and light coat at that.-Mir.
ror and Farmer.
Year: 1874

After having finished feeding fodder corn
in connection with good bay to my cows, |
commenced feeding from the top OF a NOW,
which consisted of a good quality OF mixed
hay. With hay knife | cut a space about
three feet wide, from the end Of the NOW
next to the barn floor and fed the hay to
my COWS, and there was no perceptible in
crease in the flow Of milk, from what it was
when they were fed one.half fodder corn.
But when the lump Of mixed hay was consum.
ed, and | came to the clover, which was be-
meath it, found there was an increased flow
OF milk at least one-third, aud ut the next
weeks churning there was also an increase
of nearly one-third of butter. But after
had used off the clover hay in this space aud
began again at the top to feed the mixed
hay, the cows shrank both in the quantity OF
milk and butter, aud continued at the former
stand, till the clover was again reached when
they increased again in their milk as at the
first instance. This hay was cut the 2lst OF
June, just as it was in full bloom, received
two days sun, and was housed without being
wet, in fact, it was cut aud housed during
the dryest week of the season, and there is
now a very rich aroma arising from 1t as 1t
is taken in fakes aud fed to my stock, for |
feed not only my cows with it, but my hors-
es aud calves, and from the way they eat it.,
| am perfectly satisfied it is exceedingly pal
atable, for they do not stand about the order
Of their eating, but eat.


Now if clover hay has such milk
producing qualities, it must be equally good
for beef; for the same elements that 90 to
make an increase of butter, if they were not
appropriated to this use, would be employed
in laying on fat, if not building up the flesh.
Cor. NeW England Homestead.
Year: 1874

In the dairy districts Of England, some
half century ago, the grasses were found to
be deficient in bone-growing material, and
to supply this deficiency immense quantities
of bone we're ground and applied to the
land. 1t was seon found that the grasses
grew more luxuriantly, and the milk pro-
duced from them was of better quality.
Wherever these bones we're used, the wheat
crop was largely increased and it is quite
probable that the doubling Of the English
wheat harvest, per acre, has been owing
more to the use of bones than to any other
fertilizer, Bones were imported from every
country that would sell them. At first
they were used ground cOarsely into half
inch size, but this required so large guam
tity to the acre, in order to reach the roots
upon the whole surface, that the expense
was quite too large. To obviate this, the
bones were ground as fine as possible, and
busted over the surface at the rate of 300
to 900 pounds to the acre and this was
found more effectual for immediate use than
the larger quantity Of coarse bone. But q
still more effectual plan was found in dis
solving bones in sulphuric acid. Tney then
became soluble in water, and 100 pounds
proved to he as effectual upon the first two
or three crops as four times this amount Of
ground bone. This bone, dissolved in acid d,
is called super-phosphate Of lime.


The old pasture and meadowslands Of the
old states need an application of phosphate
fertilizers to renew their early fertility.
Potash is also an important ingredient in
our grass crops and should be supplied in
the phosphates used for a grass fertilizer.
This may be done by an admixture of pot.
ash salts. 1t has been said that all the real
fertiizing matter of load of yard manure
may be carried in ones hat, and this is near
ly literally true, for of phosphate of lime,
potash, soda, ammonia, etc, there are only
few pounds in ton of hay or grain. 1t
therefore requires but few pounds of these
materials in fine, soluble state, to replace
what is taken from the soil in crop.
Some experiments have proved that these
real iertilizing materials may be furnished
cheaper than to haul barn.yard manure two
miles.


We are glad to see every effort for the
utilization, in cities, of bones, refuse meat
and blood of slaughter houses. There have,
in years past, thousands OF tons Of the most
precious material for improving the fertility
Of our lands gone to waste. But within a
short period many large establishments have
been built for saving all this refuse material
-Liue Stock Journal.
Year: 1874

Henry Comstock has been experimenting
in this matter, aud thus gives the result in
the Indiana Farmer: Seeing an advertise
ment Of work under the title of Breeding
Sexes at WILL. one day last winter, l en-
closed the price and received the work. The
writer claimed that all such animals as were
bred in the early part Of the heat would
bring females, while those bred in the last Of
the heat would bring males, which was the
whole theory. For years past | have been
so feeding my breeding stock as to have
both boars and sows as vigorous as possible
about the breeding season and, as far as
can arrange 1t, have the sows TO come in
heat as near the same time as feed and be-
ing kept uear company will bring it about.
My boars are confined 80 as TO restrain them
from over service.


Of my breeding stock last fall, bred
ten of my sows, in the first flush of heat, to
three boars, all under as high feed as they
would take, and all ON both sides in good
condition for breeding. The result Of this
breeding was thirty.six boars and fifty-four
SOW pigs, or eighteen more SOW pigs than
boars If there had been nine more boars
and nine sows less, then the result would
have been even as to sexes | give the full
list of the ten, that your readers may have
the variations Of the results in the test.


IN
Year: 1874

The New England people all know beans
aud the rest of the world is pretty we'll up
10 the same kind of knowledge. The baked
bean is indigenous to New England, and has
come down to us with Bunker Hill, Thanks
giving aud pumpkin pies, as a precious legd-
cy from the pilgrim fathers. We of New
Hampshire are especially noted for our love
of the baked bean ; to eat it is one Of the
requisite to proper observance of the Sab
bath to relish it is inherent in our nature
to bake it properly is one of the chief tri-
umphs Of the New Hampshire housewife but
raising 1t seems almost one Of the lost arts.


Where all the beans come FROM we don't
know. There isn't city or or village OF
any considerable size in the state which
doesn't import most Of the beans it con-
sumes, and there are few farming towns
which raise more than are eaten at home,
and these facts give rise to the query wheth-
er it wouldn't be well for New Hampshire to
raise its own beans,


On an average, bushel OF beans sells for
as much as three bushels Of corn. Can We
raise three bushels of corn as easy as a
bushel of beans2 An acre of beans will
yield twenty bushels it ought to yield more
than that, and the acres which produce six
ty bushels Of corn are very scarce. Beans
require less manure than corn. II planted
they will get along with less hoeing than
corn. Why not raise them then ? 1t really
looks as though We might put money in our
purses by raising more beans, But we sup
pose If the farmers were asked why they
don't raise more beans, nine.tenths Of them
would reply "too much bother it's puttering
work and don't like. 1t isu't sure crop
either"


We really can't see why, barring wood
chucks and frost, the bean should be an un'
certain crop As farmers generally raise it
it does not have fair chance. 1t is tucked
into a oorn-hill at planting time to take the
place Of blade of corn that should be, but
is not is soou overshadowed by the towering
corn grows in the shade all Its life, and un
der such circumstances is Of course more ol
less sickly and uncertain, but with an ever
chance in the open field the bean can b.
counted on with reasonable certainty TO yielC
a crop 10 garden where beans ar,
planted expressly to yield, aud not TO "il
out missing hills" they do yield,


But farmers don't like to harvest beans
it is putteriug, back aching work, and whe
they are harvested it's bother to thres
them, winnow them aud get them ready 70
market. There is great deal Of bug g-bea
about harvesting beans. In field by them
selves they may be pulled and set up, root
up, two rows in one, and in very shOr
space OF time in good weather will do I
take TO the barn aud put away upon pole
Year: 1874

There is noticeable fact in this county,
that last year greater number of calves
were raised than had been for several
years, and more are being raised this year
than list, it being altogether more profitable
than pork raising. Yearling cattle bring
this spring from ten to forty dollars apiece,
according to their condition, it being nothing
uncommon to get from twenty to thirty dol
lars apiece for nice heiiers, and sixty to
eighty per pair for steers, to say nothing
about males for breeding purposes. A few
years ago there was a feeling here that cat
tie raising did not pay, and the calves were
killed to such an extent that enough were
not raised to supply the natural decrease in
the dairy herds but the encouragement
which stock raising has received of late will
be sure to put this important branch of farm
husbandry in its true position, aud restore it
to its former Importance.


1t is doubtless true that you can raise
better COWS than you can buy out of the
struggling herds that come along. Besides,
it is one of the most pleasant occupations of
the farm,-the taking care of young cattle,
there being much less hard work, and sure,
certain increase, forming mixed husbandry
which is more profitable than dairying alone ;
and further, we have all the advantage that
that shrewd old farmer had, who, when
he bought pair of oxen, said he bought
steers, so if he "got cheated in the trade
they might grow to it," Thus if we cannot
get what we desire for them when they are
yearings, VIZ can keep them another year,
sure OF fair recompense.


j. Il. HoLLsTER.


Plainfeld, May lS.
Year: 1874

am often asked about the quality Of the
Hostein milk for butter purposes | think
we get very good butter from the Holsteins
and will be exceedingly obliged to you for
your judgment on the small sample | shall
send you per express tomorrow morning
This little pail Of butter was churned yes
terday; it is from the milk of my imported
COW Crown Princess, and had no cotoring
matter added to it. As our hills have been
covered with several inches of snow for the
past week or ten days, it is fair to call this
winter butter Princess yields from IL to
10 pounds Of butter per week now.


GERRIT S. MILLER


PeterbOr0, ~ Y. NoU. Is.


The accompanying sample was of very
sweet and excellent quality, as deep yell
low as ordinary summer butter, but not
quite as firm and solid, apparently, as is us
ual with Alderney butter. Being but slightly
salted, there was, Of course, better opportu-
nifty to judge of its flavor, which all agreed
to be very pleasant to the taste.-Country
Gentleman.
Year: 1874

The quality and value of many products
are to be tested largely by the markets.
Beef, pork, mutton, wool, grain, lumber,
groceries, labor, and all things saleable,
have values that are ascertaned when offer
ed for sale, In beef this ranges from less
than two to more than seven cents per pound
on foot, according to the approximation of
the animal TO "scalawag" or "choice grade"
1t is fortunate for those who possess the en-
terprise by which the better quality is pro-
duced Il at the demand for such products is
always greater than the supply Witness
the purchase of COWS for S30,6 each, and
Of horses for fabulous sums that need not be
named. OF really choice products there is
never full supply; and this will be the
case 80 long as the production of the choice
article requires skill and care. 1t may be
that the semi-barbarous Asiatic or the
wholly barbarous African can produce rice of
as good quality as eau the most cultivated
agriculturist Of any country. 1t is doubt
less true that the peasant on the banks of
the Danube can raise as fine a quality Of
wheat as can the free American on the
banks Of the Hudson or the Mississippi.
But it is only in the hands Of the man OF
rare intelligence and fxedness Of purpose
that great excellence is attained in produce
tlon of the better kinds of our domestic an
imals, and as a natural consequence such
excellence is always rewarded by large Pc
cuniary returns.


At the present time there is great interest
manifested in the improvement Of the horse
This arises from the demand for better hors-
os, and the want Of a paying market for that
which is not so good, and Of which the sup
ply exceeds the demand. There is no do
mand for light horses that are deficient il
style aud action, and about three-fourths oi
all the horses in the country are OF that
character. But for the carriage horse, the
draft horse, the roadster, the saddle horse
there is always ready sale. To breed
horses that viii sell it is necessary that they
should bo serviceabe in some line; it matter
little in what that use consist but they mus
be good of the kind, and the kind must b.
good.


The time is at hand when the iarme
should know what sort Of horse he wishes tC
raise, aud must govern himself accordingly
He must be willing to incur u certain
amount OF expense If he would raise
five hundred dollar colt he must expect /,
use good dam and very good sire. a
Year: 1874

Not only are these extremes Of sweet and
sour wanting in California apples, but we
fail 10 secure the varied delicacies Of flavors
which characterize the scores of varieties of
apples sold in the Eastern markets, and
those varieties possessing marked individual
ity Of favor. The Spitzsnberg, for instance,
are greatly modified in flavor, when acclim-
atized here. Those who are familiar with
the apple instanced above, US it is grown at
the East, know that plate Of them placed
upon the table in winter land they should
not be brought forth for eating until mid
winter) will fll the room with their invig-
Grating odor and they will also testify that
the flavor Is fully equal to the odor.


The most partial of Californians will
scarcely claim that our Spitzenberg apples
are up to this standard, though with us they
are large, smooth aud shapely; while at the
East they are small, warty aud one-sded.


For the fruit growers Of California to de-
ny that their apples lack the extremes Of
sweet and sour, and also the finer points in
flavor and odor, would be but another in-
stance of the unwarrantable sensitiveness To
criticism, 30 characteristic Of new country
producers. And to neglect to supply this
want as far as possible, would be short
sighted, and would spite nobody but our.
selves. Our apples are not sufficiently sour
to make good cider, nor for cooking pur.
poses, nor sweet enough for rich, delicious
baking apples. Besides, there are many
fruit eaters who, for common eating ap'
pie, require one or the other of these ex.
tremes. Could we supply these wants, add
ing the minute differences of flavor alluded
to above, the safety which follows tho eat
ing of fruit, which is "neither oery sweet
nor Uery sour" would disappear, and there
would be vastly more fruit eaten the ad
vantage being as great to the consumer al
to the producer.


This "toning down" of the favor Of ap
Piles is undoubtedly produced by change oil
climate; aud such being the case, we must
not expect perpetual cure" even we're we
to introduce the most radical change. AnC
in order to successfully compete with our
Eastern rivals, we shall probably be com
PEELED to keep up an importation OF tree
and scions belonging to varieties which pos
sess these characteristics.
Year: 1874

valueless mare will not produce such colt,
nor will a common stallion 'beget one. If
he wishes to raise a horse Of fine style, he
must have style and stylish blood in the
parent; if he would have weight in the
foal, he must have weight and the blood
that belongs to weight in the sire and dam
If action is wanted the same principle must
be applied. "Men do not gather grapes
from thorns, or figs from thistles," now,
henceiorth, nor ever.


Intelligent action will insure results COM
mensurato with the expenditure Of the mon
ey and labor necessary to improve our live
stock OF all kinds, and horses that will COM
mand at four years of age two hundred dol
lars each, may be raised with as great GER
tainty as can the low-bred mongrel that is
worth nothing, and always sells at a loss, it
he sells at all Now is the time to consider,
and plan, and execute. Farmers Journal.