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Year: 1877

A farmer who pays great attention to the
details Of his system Of farming, which he
puIsues with close attention and success,
called one day at the home Of neighbor
and after looking over his barn and ami.
mails, and talking with him about his way
of doing things, ventured TO suggest some
improvements. aud, like a true missionary
as he was, tell him how he ought to do to
make his farming pay. "Why, do these
things :" said the visitor. in justification Of
bis exhortatiou, "and could not get along
without it," "Oh WE'LL" responded the
uoighbor, "you make business of it,"


This is the one difference between poor
farming and good farming; between profit
and loss between success and failure be.
tween that which brings enjoyment and that
which gives no satisfaction The farmer
who by close attention to the details Of his
particular line of operations, whether it be
sheep husbandry, dairying, the milk busi-
ness, fruit growing, or any other branch Of
this multiiorm occupation; or in other
words, who "makes business of it," is al
ways the successful, independent, conteuted
farmer. With such there is never a ques-
tion as to whether farming pays, they know
it does and knowing is believing. On the
other hand, those who call themselves farm
ers, but who from inattention to details or
a want of the application of business priu-
cipes, make poor article, reach IL low re-
suit, and obtain return that barely pays
for ones labor--are those from whom the
cry is always heard, charming don't pay


THIS coming spring it should be one of
the new rules Of every farmer in our state
TO make a business Of his occupation to
conduct 1t with system, with thoughtful
ness, with energy--to have care for those
details on which success and profit turn, to
keep account of receipts and expenditures,
to be economical Of time and by every other
rule make business of farming. The farm
or has no business to do anything else it
devolves upon him as a reasonable man,
to pursue his calling with the same care and
attention, as does the merchant or manufac-
turer-and when it is done he will find satis-
factory profits to be the result.--Maine Far
nler.
Year: 1877

Now is the time for the farmer TO consider
whether he had better use fertilizer, and to
determine what kind of he shall purchase.
On judicous practice here, the profits Of
the coming year OF farming will largely de.
pend. Here there is little danger Of the far.
mer buying too much, provided what he buys
is intelligently used. In England it is diff
Ierent there farmers often buy more fertili.
zers than they can afford but the tempta-
tion to do this is brought about by the fact
that they have purchased large quantities 10
the past, and received a profit therefrom.
The English farmer well knows that up to
certain point, every shilling expended for for
eign manures, will bring him a profit; now
the farmer who tils the most land, and re.
alizes profit from each acre, is in the way
to success and this idea is at the foundation
of an improved agriculture. Let our farmers
this year see how much land they can cul.
tivate, and cultivate thoroughly; let them
see in what ways they can do this most
chcaply. Let them buy tools when they
can figure a profit on their use, and not
otherwise. Plenty Of manure, fertilizer,
and improved machinery will force profit
out of any land which the farmers should be
willing to plough, and wish success in do
not try slovenly farming, but put just enough
labor on your crops for the profit, and do not
spend for show, or for your fancy, unless you
keep satisfaction" account on your ledger,
and are willing to see the figures here run
high. Do not buy fertilizer, and use it hap
hazard, but put it in that place where your
mature judgment prompts you, and keep rec.
ord Of the results for future use Use it in
the same way, and with the same intelligence
that you use your manures, and do not ask
more from one than the other. What con-
Germs you is the farm profit and not mere
names aud definitions.


We have departed from our usual course,
and offered advice, and VIC do this, because
we are satisfied that results will show that
our advice il founded on reason and expert
encc. We do not advocate fertilizer over
manure, or rice-UerSa, but we know that fer
tilizer can be used either pro6taby or un-
pro6tably, and the farmer must make his
choice. Fertilizers are good in themselves.
. Implements are good in themselves. 1t is
in the right union Of these, under conditions
which imply the cultivation of the largest
area possible, that the largest possible re.
turns Of farming depend Yet, like all other
business, farming requires the man at its
head, and the successful farmer must be the
right man for success Advice at random is
of little worth, unless it meets,
with fitting response and interpetra-
ton from the parties in interest, iu this case,
the farmers. Why should not this year, the
birth year of new century of our republic,
be notable for the improvements started into
being in our agricultural practices.-Scien-
tjfc Farmer.
Year: 1877

Course OF THE SAP.-In relation to this
matter, Koel Koch, in German periodical
says "Among practical farmers and pomol-
ogists, not only does this error respecting
rising crude sap or raw food prevail, but
many of the current notions as to the real
nutritive substances are equally at fault;
more particularly that with regard to the
direction Of assimilated sap which goes wher-
ever it is needed-that is to say, where it
can nourish, as rule, and for the greater
part upward and in less degree downward.
In the first place nobody appears to have at
tempted to answer the question. When do
the leaves become active or begin to assim-
ilate the nutritive substance, the carbon hy-
drates Nor, SO far as know, has it been
taken up from scientific standpoint. As
the leaves are already green when they un-
fold, it has been tacitly admitted that assim-
ilation commences then. But such is by no
means the case. The leaves only become
active after the shoot has attained its full
development. Until this point is reached
the leaves themselves, as we'll as the axis Of
the shoot need nourishment in order to en-
able them to reach their natural size, and
finally fit them for the work of assimilation.
Year: 1877

That Vermont farmer understood human
nature who said "If you want your boy To
stay at home. don't bear too hard on the
griDdstoue when he turns the crank ~


Profitable farming must produce more
meat, more manure and the ability to buy
fertilizers. Starving the land is as injudi-
cious as half feeding the animals Of the
farm.


Lay your plans the coming season to raise
largely of such crops as you can use in feed
ing TO your own live stock, and send your
products to market on four legs, retaining
three-quarters of the plant food at home in
the shape Of manure.


Americans would grumbe if the cost Of
transferring land and the delays occasioned
we're as great as in England. 1t costs $1,000
in gold, and delay of three months, to con-
vey $4,000 farm and investigate the title
in Great Britain.


Don't fail to read thoroughly your agricul-
tural paper, for the knowledge Of what other
people are doing will frequently serve as
warning or an encouragement, invaluable to
your future. No progressive man should
fasten the door of his mind.


The soil of Switzerland is very equally
divided among its population. Eight per cent
of its population are landed proprietors.
Twenty per cent of its area is in pasture,
seventeen in forest, eleven in tillage, twenty
in grass, one in vineyard, balance unculti-
vated.


The state Of Maine offers for sale, to actual
settlers, $4,000 acres of land in Aroostock
county, divided into farms of 100 to 160
acres, at the low proice of thirty-fve cents
per acre, payable in one and two years in
labor on the highways in the townships where
the land is situated. Why go West for
cheap lands


To extract grubs from the backs Of cattle
the following plan is recommended by an en-
inent stock breeder: "Take small oil can
such as is used for sewing machine, put In
soft limpid OIL insert the tip in the hold
made by the grub and press little on the
bottom of the can, forcing some oil around
the grub, then press hard upon each side Of
the grub and it will come out with pop.
A dozen may be taken out this way in less
time than one without the oil. These grubs
should all be taken out of the catte's backs,
as they injure the cattle, are painful, each
female grub taken out prevents several hum
dred being produced next year, and this is
the time to do it."
Year: 1877

In THE anxiety to increase the crop Of corn
to be grown this year, avoid the error Of
spreading the thing out too thin"-to use
common but hardly allowable phrase. Do
not enlarge your operations at the expense
of slight manuring, extra labor, and add.
tional cost to obtain a gain that will not
meet the expense. Manure we'll every rod
of ground ySu plant, take good care OF the
crops by frequent cultivation, and then ex.
pect good yield, If you are looking to q
larger yield through planting double the
breadth, on lightly manured land, at the
same expense of cultivating a less area
you will be disappointed. Good, heavy
paying crops, can only come from well pre-
pared and we'll manured land, with good
seed and good culture.-Maine Farmer.
Year: 1877

TIE BEAUTY OF HoME.-The beauty of
home depends more on educated and refined
tastes than upon mere wealth. If there is
no artist in the house, it matters little that
there is a large balance at the bank. There
is usually no better excuse for barren home
than ignorance or carelessness. A little me-
chanical skill can make brackets and shelves
for the walls. A thoughtful walk in the
woods can gather leaves and lichens and
ferns for adorning the unpictured rooms.
A triAe saved from daily expenses can now
and again put book upon the table or shelf.
The expenditure Of few shillings can con-
vert the plain window into conservatory.
Year: 1877

If hens have the detestable habit-for it
is that aud nothing more--of feather-eating,
you have only to catch them, and with a
knife scrape the sharp edge Of the inside Of
their bills, so as to leave them blunt, and
you will enjoy the fun Of seeing the fowls
grab at feather and have il slip out Of their
mouth without pulling it from the victim
Golden Rule.
Year: 1877

SUGAR FROM Gonna factory is in OPP
Grafton at Davenport, Iowa, for the making
of sugar from corn, the first in this country.
This sugar is the same as maple sugar, or is
chemically known as gucose-pure maple
sugar, grape sugar and glucose being one
and the same thing. Tho demand for the
article by the confectioners alone in
the United States is immense. The
sources of supply heretofore have been
France and Germany, where glucose is made
from potatoes Here it is the product ol
corn wholly. 1t is as pleasing to the taste
as honey. The production OF grape sugar
and glucose opens new department for
Iowa corn. The capacity Of the works at
Davenport is 500 bushels per day. This
branch of manufacture bids fair to become
of immense importance to the state and
country.
Year: 1877

How TO Sow SEEDs.-The most success
full seed sower we ever knew lets his garden
ground get little dry before sowing. Then
ho stretches the line along where the seeds
are to go, sows tho seeds on the surface,
and then walks sideways along the line,
pressing the seeds with his "Aat foot" He
says he never has q seed to miss, and so he
sows them thinly just where every plant is
to grow. There is not only no waste
of seed, but no waste in thinning. There
is no raking in of the seed, and the whole
is as simple as possible. His wife is a
good aower-gardener. Her mignonette and
phloxes always grow, ten-cent paper is
enough for the whole garden. She sows on
the surface, "pats" down, as she says, the
earth with the back of her cast.steel trowel,
puts the stick with the name in the center of
the little patch, and they sprout at once.
Year: 1877

PLANNINo.--IIow much might be saved if
every producer would spend few hours each
week in laying out his plans for future work.
System in labor will vastly increase its pro-
ductveness Hap.hazard movements, run
ming to and fro with no fixed intent result
in serious waste of time and opportunity.
DO not undertake too many jobs in one day,
but pursue what you do start upon with a
definite purpose aud unainchiDg will,
Year: 1877

One ofthe popular lectures this winter is
entitled Women who Think" A Boston
editor is anxious to know what they think
about 1t his wife is brunette, aud he
goes homo with three or four long blonde
hairs on his coat-collar, he will very soon
know what one woman thinks about
Year: 1877

LIQUID GRATING WAx-A correspond.
ent of the Practical Farmer gives the fol-
lowing directions for making liquid grating
wax, which, being about the consistency Of
houey, may be readily applied with brush
for outdoor grating, without the trouble
of heating. 1t is also excellent to cover
cuts made in pruning: Melt together l ID.
of good beef tallow, Remove from stove
and let cool until n scum forms over it, then
odd teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine !;
replace on stove aud add I OF. of mixture
of parts strong alcohol aud ] part water,
stirring briskly, and taking care that the al
cohol does not inflame, as it will if the mix
ture is too hot. Stir until the liquid is lost
in the mixture, when it should be Of the
consistency of honey. Keep in a closed
bottle and apply with a brush If after a
mouth or two it becomes hard, remelt, add u
few drops more of the turpentime, and more
Of the alcohol and water A few days after
it is applied it becomes hard, and will re.
main unchanged, except that it grows harde!
for an indefinite time.
Year: 1877

KEEpING Cows WHILE DRY.-It is too
common practice among dairymen to give
their COWS while dry but scanty living
When a COW ceases to give milk or is dried
up, any feed is considered good enough for
her. This is a great mistake and the result
is diminished product of milk, both in
quantity and quality when she does come
in. There is large draft on the system to
sustain the calf, while the COW is carrying it,
and to keep the COW in good condition then
Is as important as when she is giving milk.
1t is the opinion Of the best and most pros
porous dairymen that a dollars worth of
food when the COW is dry is worth one dol


lar and half's worth after she comes il.
An animal in poor condition cannot digest
as much food as one in good condition. II
the COW be poor when she comes in she will
not digest enough food to support the sys-
TEN and at the same time to make a large
quantity of milk. The practice of turning
COWS out on poor food while dry, expecting
to make up when they come in by good feed
is very uneconomical one and will not be
followed by good and careful dairymeu.
Year: 1877

Mashed or cooked food increases the flow
OF milk but it does not increase the yield of
butter in the same degree, and the butter
produced from this kind of look is lacking in
color aud flavor,
Year: 1877

law that authorized remand of the
question back to the commission, and
also ruling it was not competent for
one House to refer bill on another
matter to an outside commission and
that the substitute offered by Knott
was therefore not In order.


The House thereupon proceeded to
the discussion of the objection to the
decision Of the electoral commission
and McCrary addressed the House In
support Of the report Of the commits
sion.


Banks and Frye favored and Springer
and Hurd opposed the report, while
Carr (Dem. fovored it. After warm
debate. Hale's amendment was defeat
ed, and Fields resolution adopted.
Year: 1877

New York, Feb. 12.-Counsel for the
defense in the Emma mine suit to-day
made motion in the U. S. court to
dismiss the complaint, or for the court
to instruct the jury to find verdict for
defendants, on the grounds that the
plaintiffs had produced no evidence to
show false representations in connec-
tion with the sale of Emma stock in
England or to impeach the truth of the
statements of Prof. Silliman regarding
the richness of the mine. The decision
of this motion was reserved,
Year: 1877

BEALLevILLE, o August 81, 1877


Ed SPIRIT: In last weeks Barnes
vile Enterprisc certain gasbae of our
town attempted TO thwart the designs of
The Directors of the B & s. W. R r.
by insinuating that they we're recreaDt
to the trust reposed in them. Tue poor
gaseous simpIeton would deserve our
commiseration did we not know him to
he willing tool in the service of very
few unprincipled men whose dirty work
he is too willing to perform, provided it
makes some kind of conveyance for a
audatory Standardization under an as
sumed name.


But as ignorance will always uncon,
sciousv assert itself, 80 did Sam Dow
proclaim bis assinine characteristics in
nearly every sentence of the article until
the close, when rascality not only WED
with ignorance, but successfully claimed
precedence.


Were the Directors to enforce the pay
ment OF the one share subscribed by thi:
combination of illiteracy and cheek
some of the gilt which hides this cheal
commodity would be rubbed of, unless
the governor "came down" as usual to
repair the gliding. We wish it distinct.
understood that the iatetligcnt people o
Beallsville would not Choose such an in
stitution as Sam Dow to represent then
in anything, and that they do not enter
tain any such idea as his halderdash in
sinustes.


| The principal stockholders, and thos
who have paid up their subscription i
this section, have much less to say abou
the conduct of the Directors than cue
a fellow as Sam Dow, who, as is usual
the case. is better known for chin-musi
than brains STOCKHOLDERS.
Year: 1877

An impression is abroad, created
chiefly by the enemies of the road, ,ha,
the Bnlaire and Southwestern has be
come totally dormant The grading it.
temporarily suspended, but the officers
are as active as they have been at any
time. And the delinquents who 60 to
sleep on the subject of paying their
subscriptions, will be suddenly ami
sharply awakened by the Sheriff or Con
stable. g.


We learn from unquestionable author
ity that every delinquent, without excep
tion. will save expenses and troubls bv
paying promptly. The Company has
incurred large liabilities, on work already
done, which they have determined to pay
of by collections, "pesceably if they
can and forcibly if they must"
AS soon as this is done work will pro-
coed, without interruption it is hoped,





until the road is completed, duless the
severity of the weather prevents laying
the track.


The road will he completed-the men
who have undertaken 1t are determined
men-nen who do not throw up their
hands in despair at the frst obstacle that
presents itself. They will have the mon.
ey that is due, and they will have the
road.


This Is not in the form of an official
call, but we happen to know that it is
precisely wha. is intended, and we there
fore give this timely warning. and we
further know that 1t is far more agreea
bic to all parties to avoid the costs and
trouble of having Constables and Sher
| ifs with writs in their hands seizing on
what they may.


The money must come soon, and
and the easiest way is the best. We sin.
cerely desire that not one of our readers
shall wait until the hard hand of the
law is laid upon him
Year: 1877

A Curious Coin Found I'm ara Oak.


While chopping on white oak tree,
says the Warrenton MOI Banner, in the
pasture of Mr.. Joseph Guggenmoos, in
the edge of town, Mr.. August Antimiller
found a silver piece imbedded eight
inches in the wood. The piece of money
is either French or Spanish, and was
made in the year 1774. 1t was about
three feet and half above the base of
the tree, and had been put there by a
hole being bored into the tree and after
ward plugged up. The money was
wrapped in paper, on which there had
been writing, but as it crumbled to pieces
Immediately after being removed from
the wood only two OF, three letters on it
could be distinguished. The coin had
evidently seen much service before it
was ever placed in the tree, as it was
almost smooth from use, though it had
evidently been buried where it was found
for many years. Why it was there and
who put it there is a mystery that will
perhaps never be known.
Year: 1877

A man calling himself Abel Storm,
and claiming to hail from Chicago, reg
isterel at one of the Detroit hotels five
or six days ago, and gave out that he
wanted to buy house and lot. He was
supposed to have cash, and to be 8
square man; but finally the landlord
was convinced to the contrary. The
guest slid out at an early hour without
being seen, and an old suit of clothes
was stuffed up and laid across the bed in
his room to deceive the chambermaid
She was deceived until noon, when the
clerk went up and discovered the cheat
An old paper collar was pinned to the
effigy, and the clerk read the pencilec
message:


"Use this man gently. He cam
stand grief. For further particular
see small bills"
Year: 1877

with petroleum oil.


ROBERT CoLLYER calls misanthope
"a man who dies before he is dead"
A WIFE full OF truth. innocence and
love is the prettiest flower man can
wear next to his heart.


SENATOR DAVIS, of Illinois (weight
four hundred pounds), has just been
surveyed for new pair of spring pants.
WHEN Mr.. Sword took the witness
stand in St. Louis trial the other day,
the lawyers at once proceeded to draw
him out.


OIL CITY Derrick: A photographer
who can make mole on a lady's cheek
appear like dimple in her picture has
achieved the highest standard of his pro-
fession.


WE grieve that our days are so inhar-
monious. Our hearts are continually
going in and out. Yesterday jostles
to-day, and tomorrow will carry them
both away captive.


Oh, what becomes" said Chloe fair,


"Of all the pins that from my hair


drop unheeded on the floor,


And never miss or see them more7


"My DEAR" said Darwin, /" they all 60


Into our mother earth below


There their development begins,


And ending they are terra-pins."


-Bu6alo Courier.
ASTONISHING cure for consump-
tionw as the old lodging house keeper
said when she sprinkled her pumpkin
pies with cayenne pepper before putting
them before the boarders.


A DIsCoNsoLATE lover in San Fran
cisco ON his way to the dock to drown
himself was struck by ray of light re-
fectipg from a strip of blue glass in
front of store, and was instantly cured.
THE pleasures of the world are de-
ceitful they promise more than they
give; they trouble us in seeking them:
they do not satisfy us when possessing
them, and they make us despair in
losing them.-Mddame de Lambert.


WHEN the sea-shell is held up to the
ear there is a peculiar vibratory noise
which. children assure each other is the
roar of the sea, however distant they
may be from it. Hold an old wash-dish
up to your ear and the effect will be
the same.


The sugar season brings to mind the
saying of John G. Sake, that Vermont
was noted for four staple products-oxen,
maple sugar, girls, and horses:


The first are strong,


The last are fleet,


The second and third exceedingly sweet,


And all uncommon hard to beat.


"MADAM, did you ever lift dog by
the tail 2" "Why, no, you cruel thing,
you." 81 didn't know, because l just saw
you carry your little child across gut
ter by one arm. A dogs tail is good
deal stronger than the ligaments of a
baby's shoulder"


EMINENT statisticians have calculated
that the amount of ingenuity and labor
expended by impecunious topers in get,
ting free drinks would. if devoted to
any honorable and useful pursuit, pay of
the National debt in little less than six
years and eight months.


DENTISTS have now learned to work
around sensitive nerve without the
nerve having the most distant suspicion
that any thing is going on, and can ex
tract throbbing molar so dexterously
that the tooth sometimes keeps on ach
ing a day or two before it finds itsel
out.