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Year: 1874

and then make the disclosures, renders the
whole procedure very suspicious.


The Board in the appointment Of clerks
selected them from both political parties, IN
order, doubtless, that the very thing that is
charged to have taken place might be pre-
vented by each watching the other, and that
neither party would have any cause to COM
plain Of an attempt being made to act un-
fairly.


Mr.. Arroyo offered the following resolu-
ton, which was read and adopted:


WHEREAS, According to the sworn state-
ment of the supervisor of registration OF the


parish Of St. Helena, it lie charged that the
returns tiled by him have been tampered


with since said returns have been filed with
this board;


Resolred, That this board shall, before


acting upon said supervisors return, lnves-


tigate the charges made in the above state


ment, in order that the guilty parties may


be dealt with according to law.
Mr.. Arroyo thought it the duty OF the
board to have all the charges made against
any member of it, or any of its employees,
investigated Immediately, or as soon as pos
sible He thought this course necessary in
order to ward of the odium that charges
of this kind were calculated to attach to
the board.


President Wells called attention to a
statement in the Picayume in regard to the
dismissal of certain clerks, imputing their


dismissal to entirely wrong causes. The


president said the clerks were discharged


because their services we're no longer re-
quired, and their continuance in the en-
plOvment of the board would incur USE
less public expense.


BY request, the board was then in the act
of going into an investigation of the Carroll


parish contest, whom the president an


nounced that he had received information,


from source that he was bound to respect.


that the board was threatened with mob


violence, and as he did not propose to pro-


ceed further with the work of the board


until the safety Of the board could be as


sured, he would ask that come gentleman
move for an adjournment.


Counsel suggested that military aid be
invoked to protect the board from insult
and injury.
President Wells said he would not ask


for military protection. He would esdeavor
to protect himself against the assault of any


one man, but he did not mean to sit there
and be bullied by set of morbid Office
seekers.


!. Mr.. Zacharie said he did not believe in
the reports of intended violence to she
board, nor did he think the complaints
made against it came from morbid office.


seekers alone. He thought the people had
cause to complain.


President Wells said that Mr.. Zacharie's
| remarks convinced him that the board


should adjourn until it could have some
guaranty that it can proceed with its labOrs
without further intimidation. He did not
! want military protection. but he did want
| TO know that the business men and prop


erty holders were not in league with dic'
tatorial mob that threatened to subvert
government and destroy the lives of all who


stand in the way of their ambitious schemes
! to get control of the offices.
On motion, the board was then declared
| adjourned until this morning at eleven
o'clncE
Year: 1874

Experience has demonstrated the fact that
dried grass is not unlike dried herbs. That
is, that when either are cut and dried when
in blossom, and a decoction made therefrom,
it will invariably be stronger than when the
plants have been allowed to go to seed be-
fore being cut. II is an inevitable law of
vegetation that when the plant is matured,
the powers that have brought it to maturity
having fulfilled their mission, they are with
drawn and dispersed among their original
elements. The true principle is to cut the
grass as soon as it reaches its perfect state,
and the one best adapted for feeding purposes.
This is just before the starch, sugar aud
gluten Of the plant have gone to the forma-
ton of seed, or have been converted into
woody fibre


The intelligent farmer is now well aware
Of the fact of the advantage of cutting his
grass before the elements named are appro-
priated by the plant for the reproduction of
the species. The fact is, grass should be cut
when the juice is all in it, and when there is
nothing hard or innutritious in the stalk
Hay made at the right time is twice as valu-
able as the woody product of many of our
meadows. Prejudice may lead some horse
men to purchase hay made from grass of
which the seed was fully matured. Such
hay requires that grain should be fed with
it, in order to make it equal in all respects
to that cured at the proper time.


A careful series Of experiments has shown
that "when the grass FIRST springs above the
surface Of the earth, the chief constituent Of
its early blades is water, the amount of solid
matter being comparatively trifing; az its
growth advances the deposition Of more
indurated form Of carbon gradually becomes
more considerable, the sugar and soluble
matter at first increasing, then gradually
diminishing, 70 give place to woody sub
stances )" the saccharine juices being in the
greatest abundance when the grass is in full
flower, but before the seed is formed. II
hay making the value Of the aftermath 1.-THE
second crop of grass the same season) must
be considered, and this is much increased by
cutting the grass when in flower, and the
meadow is not so likely to suffer from the
heat of the sun. 1t is much better to cut
the grass too early than too late.-Colman's
Rural World.
Year: 1874

Seth Green says he never said that gold
fish are a good eating fish, but he tells the
Germantown Telegraph his story as follows ::
have said that it could be eaten, that it
would keep soul and body together, and
that there are many waters suitable for it
where no good fish would thrive; that it
was good for other fish, was handsome to
look at and that it is very nice to have in
your waters so that the children and ladies
can take their little pail when they 60 fish
ing aud bring home few for the aquarium.
Now, Mr.. Editor, you must not forget that
there are hundreds of thousands of people
who would be glad to have gold fish or
anything else for their breakfast, that would
keep soul and body together. | don't OK
psct the rich will cat them. We must stock
our waters for the people. If there is fish
Of any kind put in any water that is not q
game.ish, some book sportsman flies up and
writes an article for some paper that Seth
Green has put some fish in some water that
is very disgusting to sportsmen. But the
writer is sure net to sign his real name to it.
l got great disgust for an "alias" when 1
was boy.
Year: 1874

wish TO say word in behalf Of a root
crop that is not properly appreciated
that is now grown, excepting by a few. only
as garden vegetable, but that deserves
prominent place among our field crops, par
ticularly with dairy farmers. l refer to the
parsnip. 1t does not require much better
soil or more cultivation than the carrot or
beet, and it is one Of the richest and most
nutritious roots for milch cows that know
of. Cows fed with them will give more milk
and Kicker milk than upon any other root
that know of. Mangolds and carrots will
not keep very well until grass comes. The
mangods in particular have decayed so fast
that was obliged to finish feeding them as
soon as l could make the cattle eat them up,
in order to keep from losing them. Parsnips
will keep all winter where they grow and
will be the better for it. When the ground
thaws in the spring and other roots are get
ting scarce, while grass does not come for
ward, the parsnips can be dug and will be
found in their prime, and the cows that have
come in with calf, or that have been in milk
through tho winter will soon show you that
they will pay about twice as much for them
as they do for beets. This is quite an inn
portant consideration; to have root for
cattle feeding that can bo kept sound until
late in the spring. Boston Journal.
Year: 1874

The German papers publish details of
series Of experiments carried on at the agri.
cultural schools of fatherland, for the pur-
pose of testing the nutritive properties OF
grass and hay at various stages. The ex.
periments were initiated by the excessive de-
mand for forage in Germany, but are not
the less valuable on that account. BY an
elaborate series Of analyses, ii is shown why
young grass is more nutritious than mature
grass. Tho physiological experiments show
that it is more easily digestiblo. Thus grass
p inches high contains nearly so per cent.
more of albumenoids than grass which is six
inches high, and 10 more Of "crude fat"
The mature grass contains more woody fibre
and less flesh forming matter than the young
grass, and, besides this, it is found that the
nutritious albumonoids exist is 4 less soluble
form in hay than in young grass. Hence
the difference Of nutritive value and digesti-
bility. Autumnal hay was found to be
more nutritious and digestive than summer
hay.
Year: 1874

There is no trustworthy. remedy against
cut-worms except actual catching and killing
them. Any application to the soil sufficient
ly strong to injure or discommode them
would certainly destroy the crop, and all the
recommendations to use salt, carbolic acid,
and other similar substances may be set
aside as useless in practice. We have trap
ped them in various ways, beneath chips,
stones, and in holes punched in the ground
with smooth round stick, such as an old
broom handle. But unfortunately in these
cases they are caught only after they have
spent the night in destroying the young cab
bages or corn. Finally we hit upon the ex-
pedient of surrounding the hill or plant with
a ring Of holes close together, and in this
way caught great many of the pests every
night. Making so many holes with single
stick is a slow process, but with a contrivance
which is described below, the whole ring of
holes is made at one stroke. An old shovel
handle is split for about foot with fine
saw. The split portion is soaked in boiling
water to soften it, and the ends are inserted
into holes made IN hoop or ring of wood
two inches wide, one inch thick, and eight
AnOnVo iu ui@iioVoT' Au pho pottOm VI suo
ring there are inserted number Of pieces
of an old broom handle projecting two inches
and placed not more than quarter of an
inch apart. When this is pressed into the
earth around hill of corn or a cabbage
plant, it leaves circle of smooth round holes
two inches deep with compact sides and bot
toms. The cut-worms fall into these holes
in their nightly rambles and may be found
and destroyed In the morning.
Year: 1874

i want TO say word or two about the
honey extractor that is blown up by most
everybody. As for my part, l shall let it
alone for the present, as comb honey is
worth from ten to fifteen cents more than
the other any way, and | am satisfied that
there is nothing gained by its use. For in-
stance, take two hives; take out one frame,
aud extract the honey. Take from the 9th
or and cut the comb out and replace them,
and one will refill as soon as the other. This
/ have tried successfully. The facts about
the matter are those When bees are well
fed there is no scarcity Of material for
building comb and the young bees that are
not old enough to carry honey are the ones
that mostly y,work at this business also, all
hands at night make comb, and cap over
honey.


Bees will not consume any more food
when building comb than they will when
they are idle, as they eat all they want any
way. This matter Of consuming so much
honey to make a little comb is all "bosh."--
Cor. Bee Journal.
Year: 1874

am farmers only daughter, and do not
think that the ladies, in writing for the la
dies column, do just right in saying that the
men ought to help in the house, and we not
to return our thanks by doing such things as
are most convenient for US to do in helping
them. l should like to know what disgrace
there is to farmers wife in helping to
gather hay or milking few cows if they
have the time to spare. To be sure some
people say, if their father or husband want
any help let them hire boy; now, if your
family is small why not let your wife or
daughter have what you would have to pay
them if they want to help you in your out
door labors have done quite number
of things out Of doors of which my nearest
neighbors would say, "Why do you do SO
and so, when your father is able to hire 2"
They would not be seen beyond their flower
garden at work if their daughter is seen
by certain young man out in the garden at
work, her mother fears that he will not ask
her to some place of amusement, or make
her fine present. OF course this young
man is not much of farmer. l think that
l would much rather be farmers wife than
one of any trade that can think of, if he is
honest and upright; no matter how poor he
Pis, for he may become rich man sooner
than one that is ''Jack at all trades" and
good for nothing. Colby MAY.
Year: 1874




have nm acre of land that was stocked
down last year, should judge one-haIf sor-
rel and one-half clover. How shall / kill
the sorrel and benefit the clover? How
would it do to use top-dressing of one
fourth gypsum, one-eighth quick lime, and
five-eights ashes, sown broadcast? CIR.


Waitsfeld, jane s.


Many people labor under the mistaken
idea that sorre is a product Of sour land.
On the other hand, some claim that it will
not grow on sour soil, and that applications
Of acids to the soil will eradate it. The
fact is that sorrel obtains its acid from the
atmosphere it will grow on poor land, be-
cause other plants will not attain strength
enough to crowd it out, but il makes the
best growth on soil which is rich but sparse
ly occupied by other plants. Applications
of lime or ashes do not hinder its growth in
the least On new land which has been
burned over it is almost always present, and
makes its best growth oftentimes on the site
Of og.heap. Seed your land heavily with
clover or timothy, after making it rich
enough to cause good growth, NOW it a
few years, and the sorrG will disappear
Some writers advocate thorough hooing to
kill it out, but We prefer to take our share
of back-ache in hoeing clean land, leaving
the work Of determination to be done by O
good and profitable crop of hay.
Year: 1874

There is no doubt in our minds OF the
benefit from feeding crude oarbonaceous
matter to swine, when they are kept in close
pens. The avidity with which hogs eat rot
ten wood is we'll known Charcoal is bat
another form. The utility Of feeding wood
has long been recognized. We some years
since substituted the ordinary Western stone
coal with tho best results, where from 200 to
500 hogs were kept in close pens on the
refuse OF the city hotels. Something Of the
kind seemed as necessary to them as salt
TO strictly herbiverous animals. We have
known them TO consume a pound iu tho
course Of day, and again they would not
seek the coal for some time. Just what the
particular use Of coal is in the animal econ
omy, is not so easy to answer. Swine are
especially liable to scrofulous and inhamma-
tory diseases. Carbon, in the shape Of coal,
is an autiseptic, and the probability is that
it acts in this way in purifying the food.
Western Rurdl.
Year: 1874

Raising good colts from mares kept for
farm work may be made very profitable. In


this, as in all stock raising, good breeding


tells. WelLbred mares OF good size, form
and temperament, coupled with frst-class
stations, and used carefully. are very suro


to produce colts that will bring remunera-
tive prices. 1t is no injury TO the dam or
foal to put the mase 10 moderate work dur
ing the period Of CESSATION. On the contra
Ty it is beneficial TO both, The strength,
endurance, docility and speed Of horses,
which constitute their chief value, are devel-
oped by use. And it is doubtless true that
the more perfectly these qualities are devel-
oped within reasonable bounds by use and
by inheritance. the greater is the certainty
of their being transmitted 10 thAlnext gener-
alton. Power that is active, that exerts it.
self, becomes intensified thereby, and assumes
greater prominence in the animal organism
than dormant power, and is more readily
transmissble. To illustrate this point
the COW that is habitually MIXED during
CESSATION, will bear heifer calves moro GER


tain 10 be good mixers So the mare thai
is used, not oyer-worked, during CESSATION


will bear stronger colts that will become
more readily submissible to, and more easily
endure labor Not only the condition Of thu
muscular and bony structure and the nerV


Gus system, but the mental condition, il w
may use that word as applied to animals
the state OF the temper, during CESSATION


affect the young whose organs and character
are being formed. 1t is therefore importan


that mares in this condition be treated witt
kindness, not worried or annoyed, whether Q
work or otherwise. The breeding mar


needs plenty Of sound nutritious food. /


put to work the food must be increased, els
mare or colt will suffer. Mares in gooC
condition are frequently used up to the tint
of foaling with no apparent injury to th'
foal. After foaling. the mare should have |
period of rest while sucking. Farmers oftel
use mares while nursing, both for farm worI
and driving. Too much care cannot be takel
if this is done, not to heat or overwork thl
mare. 1t may be said that it is hardly SAT
or judcous to use the mare at this time
The practice Of hitching a colt to the shat


and dragging il about in the heat over hart
roads cannot be too strongly condemned. l
the mare must be driven on the road, tn
colt should be tied up in the barn or alloWe


to lie loose in strong, high pen, where
can neither escape or hurt itself Bette
for the colt TO stay there all day than to fo


low the mare on the road. III mares ar
needed for constant hard work during Ii
summer, but can be spared during the VIII
ter, it is q good way to have them foal
autumn, as early as they can be spared, Z
Year: 1874




In the skin Of bird where new feather
is 10 grow there is q little pit, and at the
bottom of this an elevation or pyramid; ex-
tending up one side Of this pyramid is a
groove or furrow. deepest at the base, and
gradually growing shalloweF, until it aisap-
pears near the top; from each side of this
farrow great many smaller grooves extend
around to the other side Of the pyramid, and
these also decrease in depth, and at last dis
appear just as they arc. bout to meet on
the side opposite the large furrow. The
whole pyramid is covered with skin, and tho
surface is made Of the same scales, or fat
tened cells, that are found over the rsst OF
the body; but, instead of falling of when
they are pushed out by the, new ones below
them, they become united or welded to each
other, so as to form horn coat over the sur
face Of the pyramid, and, as new cells growat
the base, this coat is cast of, the surface
is pushed upward till it breaks at its thin
nest part, which is, Of course, the smoothest
part with ridges opposite the large furrow /;
and then as It is pushed onward and flatten-
ed, It assumes the form Of a feather, the
ridge formed In the main fhrrow being the
shah, while the cast of the side grooves
forms the separate barbs Of the vane.
When all the Vane has been formed and
pushed forward, the pyramid loses its
grooves and becomes smooth, and the wall
now formed on its surface, being Of the
same thickness in ell its parts, docs not
break but remains, tubular, and forms the
quill, which is attached TO what is left Of
the pyramid. A fnger-nail or a hair u
formed from the same kind of scale in the
same way, the process differing only in those
features which give to each organ its special
character. Feathers, scales, hair, claws
and nails, are all made alike from the dead
fattened cells crowded to the surface by the
process Of growth. - Popular Science
| MOafllv.
Year: 1874

The above question is being brought for
ward and discussed in farmers clubs, in the
agricultural press, and in the private social
circle, but so far as / have seen no one has
assumed a standard of values, or what con.
stituied one. The discussions as carried on
tend to turn the attention of young men
away from the farm to other pursuits, TAX
ing it for granted that farming does not pay.


l take very different view, and shall
insist that it pays, till standard of values
is established that L cannot bring farming
up TO. What would you say Of that man
who married at 25, worth $500 all told,
bought farm on credit, brought up fami-
ly Of eleven children, schooled them in tho
higher semiuaries of learning, and when
threo-sCOre years have passed by 6nds him
self still on the farm with every luxury that
heart can wish, and farm and stock his
own? This is no imaginative picture, but a
fact, and in looking over the country | find
many cases far ahead of the above. Farm
ers with from five to ten thousand dollars
are numerous, while many can count their
twenty-five thousand dollars, and all the re-
suit of judicious management OF the farm.
Can the mechanic, manufacturer, or mer.
chant show better results 2


Even slips6od farming pays. We have

too many such, yet they live we'll, educate
their children, and acquire some property,
Similar management would bankrupt any
other pursuit.


Let us cease saying farming don't pay, or
trying to show why it don't pay. Rather
let us show our children how well it pays.
There is much more could say on this sub
ject, but will wait till learn what stand
ard is assumed then the subject can be met
underStandingy on both sides. Yours for
the farm, +.


Dell Farm, PGssumpsic, JWne 8.
Year: 1874

oak and the roots Of huckeberry bushes
were woven in and out Of the sod as thickly
as the wiry grass roots in new prairie, yet
at il he went. The place was some thirty
miles from Philadelphia, within five min
utes' walk from the depot and would be val
liable some time.


Such change came over that boys be-
havior you would hardly have known him.
Early and late he was busy on his lots
Cutting and grubbing and never minding
bllsterod hands aud aching arms. The mag
ic self-interest was what walked him up.


Many a father might interest his boy in
farm.work if he would only pursue sim
liar system. If he hates the farm and de-
termines to leave il the minute he gets his
freedom, try giving him a share in the prof
its Of something. Mark off patch Of rich
ground for him, and tell him to make the
most he possibly can from il. Provide him
literally with oil the help he needs in the
shape Of fertilizers, seeds, plants, and inn
plements. Only insist that the work will
be his very own. See il he will not 20 to
work on it with will that is surprising to
one who has witnessed his former style Of
working. Or, if it suits his taste better,
let him have charge Of the poultry, with a
percentage. Or, give him pair Of calves
TO raise, which you would otherwise send to
the butchers. Aud take caro- that they be
not the "boy's calves, but fathers steers"
There is nothing like an act of injustice to
rouse boys spirit, and make him hate the
old home farm. Be sure that eyes as sharp
as those of the outdoor world mark your
business transactions within the little home
sphere. Dishonesty, in dealing with childs
penny transactions, stamN your character
in the eyes Of your children, as much as de-
frauding your neighbor would stamp it in
his estimation. 1t depends more on the
father, than on the farm, whether the boys
are content to bide there when the time is
Year: 1874

1t is said that from careful estimate there
are two million bee hives in the United
States. Every hive yields on an average a
little over twenty-five pounds of honey. The
average price at which honey is sold is TWEEN
ty-6ve cents pound SO that, after paying
their own board, the bees present us with a
revenue Of sS,S00,000. To reckon 1t anoth-
er way, they make clear gift Of over a
pound Of pure honey to every man, woman
and child in the United States. Over twen-
ty.three and one-third million pounds of wax
are made and given to us. by these industri-
Gus workers. The keeping of bees is one Of
the most profitable investments that our peo'
pie can make of their money. The profits
arising from the sale Of surplus honey aver
age from fity to two hundred per cont. on
the capital invested.