smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

While searching for borers in my orchard
last tall, l Unexpectedly came upon several
which had taken possession of two or three
large trees that had previously escaped the
attack Of this enemy. The means for dis
lodging them, which / had at hand, proving
ina a1equate, on account Of the size of the
trees, was compelled to postpone the task
till another time. Passing that way again
the other day, with what qualification did |
observe that the wOOdpSckers had discovered
the trouble, and had attended to the destruc-
tion of the insects more thoroughly and deft-
ly than | could have done. How l then
repented of the murderous intent cherished
in my heart against those birds ever since
last cherry time, when gathering from far
and near upon my trees, then blushing with
one of their first crops of this luscious fruit in
its choicest varieties, in numbers which were
a surprise to me, they discussed my fruit with
a freedom which grieved me exceedingly,
To be sure, my good farmer, you nor don't
mean to let our borers grow to such size as
to attract the woodpeckers to their destruc-
ton, and of course we will not be so silly as
to depend alone upon this means for the
Year: 1874

Being obliged to buy another COW short
time ago to keep along my supply Of milk,
| picked out one with a calf Ave weeks
old at her side. The calf was oy Ddtch
or Holstein bull out of a seven-eghths Jer.
sey COW, aud was very promising heier,
with frst.rate milk mirror, and in every
way well formed could not bear to devote it.
to the butcher, and was in a bit of quanda-
ry as had not drop of milk, new or
skinned, to give it, At last a neghbor
suggested "hay tea" And hay.tea it has
had. Not a quart of milk or a spoonful Of
meal since got it, and it Is doing as we'll
as any calf | ever raised grows finely, is
fat enough, and seems to like its hay-tea
and to be Just as well satisfied with full
meal of that as it would be il it had taken
its gil right from the COW. never tried
hay.tea before, aud never saw it made or
fed out, should have given few roots or
little meal, but for desire to see how the
tea went without any other food, that |
might know whether the calf thrived on
that or on other food. Thus far | am very
well pleased with the result. 1t is not as
much trouble TO make the hay-tea as to
make porridge, and the cost is nothing. /
cut my hay, the best and finest have,
about two inches long, and pour boiling
water over it. Let it stand until cooled 20
about the heat Of milk from the COW, then
take the hay out aud give it to the COW, aud
the tea to the calf One of my neighbors
says am making the hay worth more for
the COW, and so getting profit beside rails.
ing the calf. At any rate she eats it greed
lily. The longer the hay sleeps before it
gets cool the more strength there is IN it.
Ii see no reason to change my opinion, |
think | shall try few more calves in the
same way, as | often have those that
would like to raise il it were not for the do
mand for new milk that will not leave
enough for my wife to put in her tea at
some seasons Of the year The first four
months Of a calls life usually are more
trouble aud more expense, it the milk is
reckoned ut market rates, than the year
afterward. Now, if hay-tea will answer
every purpose, shall count the cost as
nothing at all, for | think the hay is but


little worse for the COW, if any worse, when
it is stepped only once, Shall report sue
cess again when the result is more decided


Ii any wish to raise calves and cannot spare
the milk, let them try the virtue OF hay-tea
Cor, Boston Journal.
Year: 1874

Wheat bran is very much richer in phos-
phoric acid than corn bran. Wheat con-
tains in the whole grain 80 per cent of phos-
phoric acid, and corn only 5 IL per cent. !;
but nearly the whole Of the phosphoric acid
ofthe grain exists in the husk or bran. Thus
wheat bran contains nearly 80 per cent. Of
this valuable substance. What percentage
is in the bran Of corn We have no means of
ascertaining, but it is certainly less rich in
phosphoric acid than wheat bran.


Rye bran is richer still than wheat bran.
containing over "a per cent. of phosphoric
acid, which is a larger proportion than is
contained in any oth'' article of food for
stock. Wheat bran is also far richer in
lime than corn, aud is therefore better food
for poultry than the latter. If wheat bran
is preserved free from damp or mould it will
not deteriorate in quality or keeping for any
moderate length of time, year for instance.
Neto York Tribune.
Year: 1874

The following communication from r. A.
Steele, prominent stock raiser of Kansas to
the Drovers' Journal, is full of good sense
and il stock raisers will follow it, the quality
of cattle sent to market will be rapidly
changed:


The price Of cattle fattened for market
depends on the symmetry Of the animal as
we'll as the fat, "style" as shippers term it.
! want here to state that good blood is i'm
portant, but not absolutely necessary, to
make what is termed a good seller In order
to fatten steer to bring the highest market
price, he must be kept in a growing condi-
tion from calf, and in no case allowed to
go hungry 1t is the starving the first and
second winters which willis and shrvels up
steer, that causes him to he sold at a reduced
price. No amount of feeding will make him
a irst-cass seller. no difference what his
color or blood An animal well fed II care
not what the blood-Texas or not) from
calf until the spring he is three years old,
will be smooth, with bones we'll covered, and
will sell at profit; while half-starved an-
imal becomes crooked in the back, bone pro-
jecting, and shriveled up, takes the best part
Of the summer to get in condition to live,
aud will not he in condition for market until
he is four years old, and then will bring a
price which is unsatisfactory to the produc.
er, and to every one that handles him. This
is no theory, but fact deduced from close
observation, as | have tested the plan for
several years.


1t will and does pay to feed corn to calves
and to yearlings. They start out on grass
in the spring, strong aud vigorous. You are
then able to market your cattle the spring
they are three years old, weighing l400
pounds, which is heavy enough to bring the
first price The best steer | sold in 1872 was
a common native He had all he could eat
from calf, and was never hungry. He was
a handsome animal, and was worth more
per pound than anything shipped in 1872.
He weighed in Chicago 1850 pounds, aged
three years. now have a steer calf eleven
months o.d, from very ordinary COW. The
calf MAY Ply weighed 660 pounds. think
it will weigh, when three years old, 1900
pounds. | do not wish it understood that
am not in favor of improving the blood as
well as feed


| shipped two Texas steers last spring
which we're three years old They were
smooth and nice, and sold them with lot
of Durhams four years old, at the same
price, and they were worth as much per
pound, and weighed better according to age
They were raised and fed by different parties.


Mammoth, overgrown steers have had
their day. and We now come down to the
neat, compact, well-fattened animal, both in
hogs and cattle. To accomplish this in cat
tie, good feeding from u calf is necessary.
Year: 1874

two weeks The young plants should be pot
ted of into three-inch pots as soon as they
are three or four inches high. Once year
the bulbs should be allowed to dry of and
rest. They will start into growth again in
about six weeks. The vine does not require
the full sun, but will grow we'll in a par.
TALLY shaded situation. 1t can I've trained
on small thread across the window or
around pictures. 1t is climbing vine, and
will attach itself to a string in just about the
right condition to use for wreaths, &C., or
when required for lighter work the branch
es which become entaugled eau he sepura.
ted
Year: 1874

Mr., j Wick, than whom there is no better
authority as florist, gives the following d.
rections for the household culture Of this
plant, now so much used in floral decOra-
tions, for twining in the hair, and for trim
ming party dresses "With q little care 1t
can be grown successfully as house plant


The seeds should be sown 10 box or in pots
in the house, and should be kept moist till
the young plants appear. The seed being
rather slow to germinate, you must not think
it bad if it does not make ITS appearance in
Year: 1874

Mr. j. Clark gives in the Germantown
Telegraph the following experiment of plow-
ing under brush as manure, which illus
trates a point worthy of attention. The
loosening and eration of the soil, especially if
heavy, is not sufficiently cared for. The
best crop of oats 80 bushels to the acre)
we ever raised, was obtained by blowing un.
der all the straw the pillow would cover.
This was good, sound straw, and could not
have decayed early enough to produce such
IA result as fertilizer. Ii was simply the
effect Of leaving an air space eight inches
down in stiff, clay loan. Mr.. Clark says


My idea was that one great cause why We
could not get as good crops from old fields
as when they were first cultivated, was ow-
ing IN great part to the density of the soil.
| had observed that the first eight or ten
years after clearing of the forest the land
would give good crops with very little care
in blowing; the reason for this argued was
the decaying Of the innumerabIe rootlets of
the trees cut down. In order TO test this
theory cut about two tons Of water-brush,
hardhack aud other small bushes, aud let
them lie 10 pile exposed to the weather
one year and then applied them to half
acre of land, and applied baru-yard manure
to another half acre adjoining. The result
proved the manure to be little the best the
first year, which was corn. SOwed grass
seed in the fall after harvesting the corn.
The manured piece did pretty well for about
five years, the brush piece did we'll for about
ten years. proving the theory to be correct.
| usa1 tUo cords of tho tnonura M a ho Ionoa
for the two tons of bushes; the plowing was
six or eight inches deep, have repeated
the experiment since with the same result
Year: 1874

The farming Of England is the best in the
world. The farms are usually large, and
the farmers men of intelligence and Of large
capital. More attention is paid there than
anywhere else to the making of manure !;
grain is largely grown and the system of
regular rotation OF crops, to maintain the
fertility Of the soil, is almost universal.
Over large part of the country the cash
profit Of farming is secured by the sale Of
grain, but the fertility of the land, the abil-
ity to produce grain, is kept up by the feed
iug of heavy stock of cattle or sheep,
which are kept mainly for the sake OF the
manure they make, aud which are largely
fed on purchased food-in great part oil
cake aud Indian corn imported from Amer
ica
Year: 1874

An English agricultural paper says that
eggs intended for setting should be stored
with the large end down, because the air
bubble does not spread so much as when the
small end is down-this spreading of the
air bubble being known to affect the fresh
ness and vitality of the egg. Eggs stored
with the large end down will keep good
for Matching more than month, while the
others cannot be depended on after two
weeks.
Year: 1874

A Custom House officer in San Francisco
having casually mentioned that there was
IA case of small pox next door TO him, was
promptly given six weeks vacation, to his
great satisfaction.
Year: 1874

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has
just rendered very important decision
on law of that State similar to what
is known as the Ohio Liqnor Law. The
action was brought by widow for the.
recovery Of damages occasioned by the
death of her husband. 1t was proved
upon the trial that her husband got a
drink of whisky at the saloon of the de-
fendant on the afternoon before his
death, that he was seen going into the
saloon of the defendant as we'll as into
others, and that he became intoxicated.
The next morning he was found on the
railroad track where he had been
crushed by apassing train. The jury
in the court below had found a verdict
of $4,000 against the saloon keeper. The
Supreme Court held that the above tes-
timony was sufficient to warrant the
jury in finding the cause of death to be
intoxication produced Gin whole or in
part" by the liquor sold to him by the
defendant, and that it was no defense to
show that others sold liquor to the de.
ceased which might have contributed
to his fatal intoxication.


This is very stringent decision be-
cause.-it does not appear that the defen-
dant sold the man any liquor after the
man was intoxicated, or that the man
was not perfectly sober when the man
sold him the liquor. The real fault of
making him drunk may belong to 9th.
ers. However, we are glad the court
has decided according to law and sus-
tanned the law. This habit that some
courts have got into of over-ruling the
law to suit their own peculiar notions
should be stopped at once. If the law
is not good enough let the legislature re-
peal it or modify it as the case may be,
but while it is in force let the courts
sustain it. 1t is none of their business
to make or unnake the laws.
Year: 1874

HOMER, M1NN., July 2lst, 1874.
Editor Advance:


The first winter wheat in this section
was cut on the 18th inst, and looks
we'll. Spring wheat harvest will com.
mence with few this week, and con-
sidering the late spring we had this
year makes it quite early; and will
probably average twenty bushels per
acre or the same as last year.
Corn looks much better than the
crop Of 1873 and about one-third more
planted. Oats could not be better.
Potatoes are doing we'll, with exception
of those pests, the bugs. But perse-
verance and Paris-green brings them to
time, and more acres planted than last
year. Other crops are all doing their
best.


The call from our State Master in
last weeks Aduancs, to the subordin-
ate Oranges, should be needed and at
tended to Immediately. But we can
not but wonder why our National
Grange does not take some action and
appropriate some of it's idle funds which
would relieve the suffering at once,
while among our subordinate Oranges
and the poorer class of farmers Cash
is and will be scarce article until after
threshing time.


The warm weather and nearness of
harvest makes the attendance at our
Oranges quite slim.


In your last issue we were glad to see
a short article in reference to our State
Fair, and hope to receive more infor-
nation in regard to the same
from the columns Of the ADVANCE, for
this is matter in which the Patrons of
our State should take deep interest.
Why, Mr.. Editor, would it not be fit
time and good place to hold our next
State Grange, and would it not be ad-
visable and profitable to the Society to
offer some inducements to subordinate
oranges attending in a body. The
State and county agricultural societies
should be one Of the main works of the
Patrons, and I would suggest that it be
talked Of in our oranges and through
the GRANGE ADVANCE.


The Fourth has come and gone; it
was hot and dusty, but everybody in
this part of the country enjoyed it as
best they knew how in the shape of
Grange picnics, the largest being held
at the town of Centreville, Winona
county, with large attendance.


NORTHWEST.
Year: 1874

SoNE people seem to think that the
Darwinian theory, that men have de-
scended from monkeys is very horrid
doctrine. Man is so much higher and


greater and nobler than the monkey
that there never could have been
more intimate relationship between
them than at present. We don't pro-
pose to enter into this controversy any
further than to say that there was one
little bit of a monkey in Red Wing the
other day that supports two great big
strapping fellows, and from the way he
took in the dimes we should judge he
gives them a mighty good living too.
Which is the nobler, the two great lazy
louts. or the little monkey that does the
work?
Year: 1874

TIE St. Paul Press regrets the de-
mise of the Epenieg Journal because
it supplied the long felt want of "a de-
corous and respectable evening news
paper.' This is as much as to say that
the Eveaimg Dispatch is neither deco
rous or respectable. From this again
we infer that the people of St. Paul will
not support decorous or respectable
newspaper, but they will support one
that is not decorous or respectable.
Wonder if the Press hadn't smelt this
mice years ago and acted accordingly {?
Year: 1874

Is secret organization among the
farmers necessary? This is question
which is calling considerable attention,
especially in the eastern part of our
county. 1t is noteworthy fact that
since the creation Of Adam and Eve,
monopolies have existed and probably
will exist until the end of time. The
first compact formed was between his
Satanic Majesty, the serpent, and our
first parents by which they became his
slaves and heirs of death. This combin
tion being on the side Of evil required
corresponding combination on the side
of right, or wrong would triumph and
right be compelled to succumb. Such
monopoly was formed between God
and man, whereby man by obeying GER
tain commands and performing certain
acts of penance, should in a measure be
freed from the effect of the first formed
compact. Where in the history of the
world has there been monopoly formed
by one side or one party without it's be-
coming necessary for the opposing
party to form similar combination to
counteract its effects? One man cannot
overcome an army single-handed, but
combined power must be met by COM


bined power. For many years the
manufacturers, railroads, politicians
and middle men, by their patent rights,
high tariffs and salary-grabs, have in
combined parties been working against
the farmers, and getting rich out of the
results of their labor, while the TIL
lers Of the soil have been trying to work
against them, but for want of united
power and effort, have failed. In this
hour of need the Order Of the Patrons
of Husbandry sprang into existence.
For three OF four years its growth was
slow and its power as body was not
much felt, but still there were men. of
energy and perseverance at its, head,
and giye-up was not found in their vo-
cabulary. AS the farmers began to
understand the principles of the Order
and to see the necessity of such an or
ganization to combat the long line of
monopolies arrayed against them,
they entered into the work with zeal
that was wonderful, and soon the coun-
try trembled at the rise of an organiza-
tion among the farmers, whom it was
supposed were unable to combine in
defense Of their own, interests. Inwhat
vay other than BY combining can they
work against monopolies,; and except it


be secret, how can they hope to sue
ceed! Could a general hope to lay


plans to defeat any enemy if he allowed
that enemy to be in the midst Of his
councils! Patrons let us work with
heart and hand to stand on equal foot
ing with the stupendous forces array


ed against us, keeping our trans
actions in the Grange as far
as possible from prying eyes
and ears. Let US strive to support the
order, and if the meetings get dull, as
they are apt to do during the busy
season Of the year, let each member
try, during the time between meetings
to CLEAN from pspers, books, observa.
tion and practical, experience some.
thing that will be Of interest to
the other members, and thus keep up
IN interest in the Grange, and do not
Year: 1874

"Don't, Charley" came to my ears in
sweet, musical tone, while was seated
in railway-car last summer. I should
not have heard the soft, touching voice
had it not been very near me. l looked
to see who it was that had spoken and
saw sweet, beautiful woman upon the
seat in front of me. A halfsad look
rested upon the young face that was all
aglow with love and tenderness. A
young man was seated by her side whose
face wore restless, dissipated look, and
in moment comprehended it all. His
face was flushed slightly, and knew why
it was thus. He was talking very fast to
some one in advance of him and once I
heard a low oath. "Don't, Charley"
she said again, in the same sweet voice.
But Charley did not seem to heed her
words, but went on in a half-wild way to
the man. Several more oaths came from
his lips; but the woman remained silent,
yet looking so pleadingly at the erring
one that thought, if he had been half
human, he would have needed the mild,
loving reproof that was SO visible in her
tear-dimmed eyes.


A friend by my side whispered in my
ear, They have been married just one
year."


HE is BRUTE" only said in reply =


At that moment saw the young hus-
band wink slyly to the man and then they
both arose and went into the baggage car,
understood the movement when saw
bottle protruding from the husbands
coat pocket.


"Don't Charley; don't co." the young
wife had pleaded before he had got be-
yond her reach; but he tore himself from
her slight grasp and rushed along. Her
eyes filled with tears and low moan
came from her pale lips, and then she
bowed her head and wept silently.


He came back in few moments, his
face flu< he'd still more and his voice was
key or two louder than before. He
brushed rudely past the wife, evidently to
get near the carwindow.


"Let me alone, Mag" he said, as she
laid her white hand upon his arm.
Women are always in the way" he said,
again turning to the man in front of
him.


The wife turned away, and I did not
hear her sweet, reproving voice again.


How pitied that young, loving wife,
and how often wonder if her. sensitive
heart must suffer and bleed for many long
years! I think not; for her tender, low
ing soul and frail, slender body will not
bear such unkindness. Strange how soon
liquor will transform human beings into
unfeeling monsters, and chill the ardent,
loving nature of a tender husband and
trusting wife! - american Temperance
Nni0n
Year: 1874

EY H. CLAY PREUss.
For pleasure or pain, for veal or for woe,
IT'S the law OF our being-we reap what SOW.
We may try to cvade thcm-may do what we
But our acts like our shadows, will follow US still.
The world is wonderful chemist, be sure,
We may boast OF our claims to genius or Birth
But the world takes man for just what he's


worth.


We start in the race for fortune or fame,
And then when fail the world bears the blame
l'lt nine times in tcn it's plain to be seen,
There's d s. screw somewhere loose'' in the human


machine.
Arc You wearicd and worn in this hard earthy
Do You yearn for affection to sweetcn Your life?
Remember this great truth has often been proved
We must make ourselves loua6le would we be


loved.
Tho life may appear as a desolate track,
Yet the bread that we cast on the waters comes


back;


This law was enacted by Heaven above
That like attracts like and love beCets love.


stone,


In our gardens are flowers from every zone;
Bnt the beautiful graces that blossom within
Grow shriveled and die in the Upas Of sin.
We make ourselves heroes and martyrs for gold
Till health becomes broken and youth becomes


old


Ali did we the same for beautiful love,
Our lives might be music for angels above.
We reap ,0h0t ve so,o-oh. wonderful truth!
4 truth hard to learn in the days Of our youth:
But ut last II shines out as "the hand on the
For the world has its debit and credit for all.


Industrial Age