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Year: 1877

Editor Cheever of the New England Far.
mer loves farming indeed, we m ay say he
has passion for it, But he is a fancy far.
mer; he follows scientific rules; has "blooded
stock" for which he paid good round price,
and he finds it profitable. He keeps, as we
learn, eleven cows which give sixty pounds
Of butter a week, on an average during the
year five and one-haf pounds per COW, which
he sells at seventy cents pound and so real.
izcs the snug little sum of 2,l4S as the
annual returns Of dairy of eleven COWS
sum greater than our Vermont dairles of
thirty cows average. We know there are
special daries which may yield more but We
speak of the average standard of dairies and
the average returns. Now does any one
wonder that friend Cheever says "milking is
as great pleasure as eating strawberries ?"
The yield would not be large for the ordi.
nary dairy months, but to raise the summer
production so as to make tho average for the
year FIVE pounds and half to each COW, is
something of an achievement. We believe
our cows are "dried off, too early for one
thing, do not have enough succulent, milk pro-
ducing food after the first heavy frosts; are
kept in too cold barns, and hence the sub.
stance Of their food goes to producing heat
instead Of milk We would have stable so
warm as never to freeze, light, sunny aud
well ventilated, with running water before
the COWS, so that they would be let into the
yard on fair days only. OF course the cows
must have early cut, clean, well cured hay
cut before the 10th OF July and short:
or bran and corn meal to keep up the flow
of milk, after which the butter must be vel
made.


We kept during the season an accurate
account Of the butter made as we'll as receipts
and expenses for the same, and as soon a
the returns Of the last shipment are received
we shall make up our statement, not becaus,
it was specially good, for it was not, but Il
incite others to do the same aud give bash


of comparison.
Year: 1877

So far as our observation goes not one
half of the blacksmiths in the country know
how to shoe a horse in a proper manner. In
the FIRST place very many Of them are poor
bungling mechanics; they never had much
native talent for the easy, rapid, skilful use
of tools, and what they have has been but
imperiectly trained they have "picked up"
a little knowledge Of the tools and the work.
ing of iron, and set up in business, though
of course there are many who are experts
in tho use OF tools, who can iron a carriage
or do the mere mechanical part of the bus.
mess with success. But few, very few, have
any accurate, adequate or scientific knowl-
edge Of the anatomy of the structure of
horses foot. They do not know how many
bones there are, their shape, relations to one
another, and their connection with bones and
siuews Of the legs, and consequently they
can't tell what the necessary effect will be Of
pairing the heel too much, or making the
shoe too short They do not see what the
frog is for and so shave it of in rough,
crude way. No man is fit to put shoe on
a horse who does not understand these things,
and it is one Of the marvels to us that farm
ers-though to tell the truth they are about


as ignorant aud careless as the smlths,-and


owners of horses generally, do not secure a


law which shall compel smith who shoes


horses to know something about the struc-


ture Of the horses foot. Our practice has


been to go around from shop to shop till We
found a man who understood his business anC
then patronize him. We saw pair of faru
/ horses few months since, aged seventeen
and eighteen years respectively, on who's
feet no shoes of any kind had ever beer
placed, and it was delight and a stud.
fruitful of practical hints, to examine thei
Year: 1877

feet. Probably their size would have
greatly shocked fancy horse men; the
size of the frog would have disgustCd most
horse .shoers, and the shell Of the foot was q
marvel of solidity, thickness and strength,
while the indentation which their fore feet
made on the soft earth was nearly if not
quite eight inches in diameter. Those horses
knew nothing Of ring bone or founder in the
feet theirs were full grown according to ua-
ture's laws and purpose. We commend to
our readers who own horses the following
from that authority on all such matters-the
Forest and Stream:


On an average horses require shoeing once
a month. The length of time a shoe will
wear depends much on the kind Of service a
horse is doing, aud on the kind of road he is
daily travelling. A team horse in heavy
draught does not wear out as many shoes as
one used on a hack; quick motion grinds
shoes down more rapidly than slow use. The
hind shoes wear out flrst, and there is MORO
strain and friction on them than on the for.
ward shoes. 1t is impossible aud improper
for horse to wear shoes more than six weeks,
for the growth of the foot shortcns the shoe,
as well as changes the shape otherwise The
neglect will cause the shoe TO encroach upon
the soft textures OF the foot and produce
lameness.


There are few practical mechanics who
have sufficiently studied the foot Of the horse.
1t is not enough to know the anatomy Of the
foot, and where to insert Il nail not to cause
pain, but the foot should be studied in the
state of nature before the mechanism Of man
has by artificial appliances distorted it. The
shape of the hoof of the wild horse, or Of one
which has never been shod should be taken
al a model. The foot is then properly bal
anced, neither too long nor TOO broad, but
it has adj usted itself to nature, and the mus
cIes and tendons are not strained by travel.
Confinement and uuskillful shoeing change
the anatomical relations of the foot, aud the
best judgment of the mechanic is often taxed
to correct the growing deiormity- un-
skIllful shoeng. When a reasoning, skillful
mechanic is found, the horse is safe in his
hands, for he only preserves the normal shape
of the hoof, and adjusts the shoe to protect it.
The frog in the hoof Of the horse is placed
there for particular purpose, and should
not be cut by the sboer If this is allowed,
contraction and lamenoss will follow. The
shape and weight Of the shoe should be accom-
modated to tho purposes for which they are
designed. The track horse requires a shoe
lighter and without calks, while the draught
horse must have heavy broad shoe, with
calks to enable him to obtain foothold and
travel with the least possible strain.
Year: 1877

CELERY.-The habitual daily use of this
vegetable is much more beneficial to man
than most people are aware Of. A writer
who is familiar with its virtues says: al
have known many men and women who,
from various causes, had become so much
affected by nervousness that when they
stretched out their hands they shook like
aspen leaves on windy day, aud by a mod
crate daily use Of the blanched toOtstalks
OF celery as a salad they became as strong
and steady in limb as other people. have
known others 80 nervous that the least an-
noyance put them in a state OF agitation aud
they were in constant perplexity aud fear,
who were also effectually cured by a moder-
ate daily use of bleached celery as a salad
at meal time. have known others to be
cured of palpitation Of the heart. Every
body engaged 10 labor weakening to the
nerves should use celery daily in the season
and onions in its stead when not in season. "
To this we may add that prominent New
York druggist draws in winter from his soda
fountain hot extract of celery, mixed with
Liebig's meat extract, under the name of ex-
celery. 1t is q nourishing drink at lunch
time, far better than coffee or tea, aud is do.
ing great deal in this neighborhood to pro.
mote temperance. We give celery almost
daily to our canary birds and it cures them
Of fits; they are little animals, with very
delicate nerves, easily frightened, and there
fore they need such a remedy very much,
and the relish with which they take it is q
proof that their instinct guides them to eat
what is good for them. A manufacturer ol
periumery Of our acquaintance some years
ago commenced to prepare an extract OF eel
cry seed, put up in bottles aud intended "a
give strength to old or exhausted persous


who, by oyer-iudulgences, have reached
such a state as to require restOratiyes.-
Journal Of Chemistry.
Year: 1877

The snow storms which are following each
other make il probable that Vermonters arc
to be favored or troubled (which p with an old
time amount OF snow which will, of neces-
sity, make travel on the ordinary, aud
especially hill roads rather uncom-
Portable, and the labor great Of keeping
them in even a tolerably passablc condition.
But the greatest amount of inconvenience il
found in the turning out OF loaded teams, or
their passage by each other on meeting.


1t is in this connection that would have
"word" with those having the care Of our
roads in the winter. What can say will
be only to enforce upon their minds tho par
amount Importance Of that which must be
apparent to all men Of experience and COM
mon sense. 1t should be the duty-aud the
statute should make it such, if it does not
Of surveyors to see that there are "turning-
out" places within reasonable distances of
each other, on all roads whero the amount of
travel docs not make u wide, or what is
equivalent to double track These places
should be kept hard, so that loaded teams
can pass in safety when two of them meet ;
and their nearness to each other should de-
pend upon whether the drivers of the teams
can see each other longer or shorter dis
tance. Where the view is unobstructed, of
course longer distance can intervene be-
tween these places; aud custom, if not law,
should require that teamsters, when they
discover an approaching team, should stop nd
wait at one of these turniug-out places un-
less he is sure it would be for their mutual
advantage for him to drive on and pass at
one further on. When the view is broken by
woods or hills, these places should be more
frequent Attention to this matter would,
often times, save damage and much trouble.


D. t. AvERILL.
Year: 1877

have been looking over the last report Of
the board Of agriculture, and have found very
much to interest and profit. l miss the dis
cussious usually included after each paper
read, but the space is well filled ia the treat
ment of great variety of subjects connected
with all departments of our industry. l wish
that these reports could be placed upon ev-
cry farmers table, and that they had suf-
icient interest in the matter to read them
thoroughly and to carry out more fully the
ideas therein advanced, and in so doing make
perceptible advancement in their occupa-
tion from year to year.


l would urge upon farmers sons the ad-
vantage of getting these reports if possible,
three of which have already been published,
as the foundation Of very useful library,
containing such variety of information up
on every department of agriculture, and
which will prove valuable as works Of
refe renee and serve to indicate the progress
that is continually being made in rural pur-
suits. We know that farmers are very much
interested whenever they attend the meetings
of the board and second only to these is the
reading of the reports in permanent form,
and that can be referred to whenever ncces-
sary. 1t is very plain that farmers read too
little of that which pertains exclusively to
their occupation. 1t is not enough to be
conversant with the news and current litera-
turc of the day, but farmer should be thor
oughly Informed concerning the progress and
improvement that is being made in his OWL
occupation, and this cannot be accomp plished
without reading 1t will stimulate thought
and observation. and this will lead to CON-
parison, pretty faithful test by which tc
determine our whereabouts agriculturally
and thus advancement will be made, e,gratifyng
to ourselves and of interest to others.


1t is the commencement Of another yeai
and would suggest to the farmers that il
the selection Of reading matter for the future
prominence be given to that pertaining II
rural affairs, the best and most practical tina
can be had, and all should remember that il
the selection the interests of wives and boy,
and girls should be properly considered, tha
the first may be cheered in their manifold
labors, and the last be assisted to form goo,
reading habits aud be encouraged to folloN
and excel in the occupation to which they ar
being reared, and in which so many honora
BILE men and women are engaged.


L. II. TOwLR.
Year: 1877

ABOUT BUrTER-llalf the milk Of the
country is nearly wasted because the dairy
men either do not know, or are not ambitious
to make gilt.edged article Good butter
is a luxury aud always commands good
price, but greasy, irowsy butter is loathsOme,
fit only for the cart.wheel, and poor even
for this purpose. There is no branch of
farming that calls louder for reform than the
dairy business. 1t is great national loss
that so much milk is spoiled in its manpu-
lation. The average butter taken in at
country store is miserable, and what makes
the matter the worse, the price paid is often
regulated by the inferior article. The mer.
chant should make more discrimination be.
tween good aud poor. IL is difficult for
him to do it so long as he purchases in tho
way of barter for A says you paid B so
much for his butter and is offended it you
offer him less, though BIS butter may be
worth twice as much. The remedy for this
state Of things is partly with the merchant,
but more with the farmer Let each one
study the art OF butter making and strive
to excel, aud both he aud the public will
be benefited We like the spirit of one
ambitious woman of our acquaintance, who
took her butter to the county fair for num-
Der of years, without securing anything more
than the second aud third premiums. III
dOAt care" SAID she, good-naturedly, 81 am
go to keep on trying till | get the first
She finally reached the goal Of ber ambition
aud now her butter is current at gilt-edged
prices. How much better is this than tC
blame tha committee and act like stalkeJ
horse.-AkeIQRder Hyie.
Year: 1877

A CoDE OF HoNoR.-A man cannot af-
ford to be unfaithful under any circumstan-
ces man cannot afford to be mean at any
time; a man cannot afford to do less than
his best at all times, and under all circum-
stances. No matter how unjustly you are
treated, you cannot, for your own sake, af-
ford to use anything but your better self,
nor render anything but your better SER
vices. You cannot afford to lie to lair !;
you cannot afford to be mean to q mean
man; you cannot afford to do other than
uprightly to any man, no matter what exi-
gencies may exist between him aud you.
No man can afford to be any but a true man,
living in his higher nature and acting with
his highest consideratiOu.-GalrestOn Com.
mOHer.
Year: 1877

with tho original Illustrations, is ono of the most
charming features OF the number And this is not
than half Of the contents Of this month"; the remainder
being equally rich and attractive. BY all let
the children Of ten years and upwards have It,


Notices Of the North American Review and othor
matter must lie over tin next week.
Year: 1877

Poster Of any style or size, plain or in eolors or
II you are In want Of Letter Heads Bill Heads, BAN
Cards, Business Cards in fact any Kind Of printing
please sond your orders at once or get my prices be-
Tore going elsewhere and paying
Year: 1877

We wish our present subscribers, es- pecially those who have the confidence of the people of their respective neigh borhoods, and who arc, we are sure, interested in the growth and welfare of Pope county, to read carefully our leading editorial. We wish the DEM ocRAr to be the organ of the people. We wish to make it valuable to them. You can aid us in doing this, and we wish you to do so. Take some interest in your county paper. Use it. It's columns are always open for any sue gesuons you may have for the pubs good. It's columus are open for tl>l agitation of any questions of publAi utility. If you will only aid us to placS the paper in every household in th{ county, 1t can be made great powes for doing much good. The paper which is devoted to home interests Is the literature which they should com mence with.
Year: 1877

This useful publication has just en- tered upon its second year, and we greet it upon its first anniversary with mahy wishes for prosperous future. The Spirit of Arkansas has been q true advocate and strong ally to Arkansas during its first year. It has done good work for the State, and it's labors have not been barren of good fruit.

 We hope again to see the weekly publication of the Spirit resumed and we bespeak for it generous support and a large patronage among the peo- pie of Arkansas.
Year: 1877

EDINBURGH August 9l-The freedom
of the city OF Edin burgh was presented
to ex-President Grant to-day by the
Lord Provost, Sir James Fslshaw In the
Free Assembly Hall. Two thousand
persons were present. In repIyto the
Lord Provosrs speech Gen. Grant ssid:
al am so filled with emotion l scarcely
know how TO thank you for the homer
you have conferred upon me by maxim e
me Burgess of the ancient city of Etin-
burgh. l feel that it is great compliment
to me and to my country. Had thepre
per eloquencc, might dwell somewhat
on the history of the great men you have
produced, of the numerous citizens OF
this city and Scotland that have gone to
America and the record they have made.
We are proud of these men rs citizenso o
our country, and they find it profitable
10 themselves. | again thank you for
the honor you have conferred upon me-
Three cheers were gwen for the Youngest
Burgess
Year: 1877

The Kanswha Gazette does not agree
that il is q wise thing to keep
the dignihed and courteous Judge
JOHN BLAIR HoaE in training
for Gubern atorisl honors for the cam
paign Of 1880. 1t very broadly in.


sinuates that Judge HCGE was elevated
t. the beech ss the result of his own
manipu atiOns Ia the Constitutional Con-
venLiOn in the arrangement OF
circuits IT, that end; that since
his accession TO the bench he has more
than once acted the part OF a Legislative
lobbyist; that in the late canvass he desc
GRATED his judicial Office by announcing
from the ,tump hls opinion that the Cap
its Act was unconstitutional; and that
he had the indecency TO indulge in such
shameful and senseless vIllitication of
thcss friendly to Charleston that, when
his own words were printed, he felt call ed
upon to disown them 1t is stated, not
by the Gazette, however, that Judge
HoGE was the only occupant of the judi
cisl bench in the State who took the
stump in the late canvass. The Gazette
asserts that the resentments of those for
whom 1t speaks are very few on account
of the Capital contest and by no means
sectional. yet the people OF the Third
District have that sort of manhood that
they cannot forget such men rs JOHN
BLAIR HoGE. Now that that paper mas
eased its mind by the use OF its little
,calping knife. We suggest that 1t bury Its
resentments, and JOIN in q traternal effort
all sections of the State. ard heartily put
its Sho Ilder to the wheel in aid OF the
development of the material interests OF
the whole people The Capital question
is settled. The people have declared
that it sha remain at Wheeling until
the year 1885, and that thereafter it shall
be permanently at Charleston. No fur
ther discuss on of the question is in order.
and he IS the enemy OF the social harmony
and material progress of the people OF
West Virginia, who will continue TO
drag it up Tor purposes of vengeance or
9th erwise.
Year: 1877

, most practicable and desirable. Tnese


matters are important as preliminary 20
any outlay in the way Of surveys, and
then discussions by the people and through
the press may lead TO conference be-
tween representative men OF the counties
more Immediately interested in such
roads, and may do much 10 facilitate
their construction. Our OWE belief Is that
at leas. two roads should be built, both
leading from CharlGs s,Or, che to parkers-
burg and tho other TO some point Ia Har-
risIn or Tay lor COUNTIES, aud we see no
reason why both roads cannot be under
taken and pushed to completion slmulta


neously. Both would OF course require
aid from the respective counties through
which they pass, and the only county
which would have TO contribute to both
roads woald be the county OF kAnawhs.
We believe we know the sentiment OF
our people well enough to assert with
COP fidence that the subscription OF S225,-
600 heretofore made to the Elk river
route will, when required, be faithfully
carried out, aud that there Is such inter
est in the ParkeIsburg route that
proposition to subscribe like amount TO
such road would meet with favorable
consideration. The people of Kama
whs county have received the most
satisfactory demonstration IN the
past FIVE years of the value of rail roads
10 country so rich i'll mineral resources
as Ksnawhs county. This value Is At
tested by its increased business and pop
ulation in spite of universal bard times
elsewhere, and we believe our people
fully appreciate that an Investment IN
the roads under consideration amounting
to say half million of dollars would,
brvond doubt, make Aanawba the rich
est, the most populous and prosperous
county in the State. The value of three
roads in Ksnawhs county, two OF them
terminating IN it, cannot be overestl-
mated, and we have no doubt their cO1-
s,ructioa will be readily encouraged 10
the extent Indicated.


it is unneCe SS4ry to enumerate now
the great advantage of the two roads
mentioned TO the respective counties,
other than ksnawha, through which
they will pass. 1t is enough to say that
they will add wealth and influence and
population to each of them, and give to
this section of the State n power in the
affairs of the State which It has never
before exercised.


We attach great Importance to this
subject; indeed we consider 1t the most
important affecting our future interests,
and we, therefore, invite the fullest pos
sible discussion of it, for which purpose
we will publish in our columns any res.
pectful communication bearing upon it.
Year: 1877

SINCE MR HAYES has taken to
ouenching his thirst with AT occasional
glass of wine, the devil is to pay. He
first adopted the Democratic theory OF
home rule for the South aud reform IN
the Civil Service OF the country, and
then, naturally enough, 50 say the old
grsnnies, ne TAX, to the wine cup. Rah
Tor HAYES,
Year: 1877

There is no change in the situation
among the striking cigar mskers, except
y combination among the manufacturers
who threaten to close their works uHle S
the men already out return To worr
This action is taken to prevent the
strikers receiving aid from those at
work
Year: 1877

NEW YORK. Feb. O. 1871
TO the EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Every Tom cat IN Berlin aud his wife, wher un-
oppressed with family cares can look al the Kaiser.
Everybody and his grandmother can write letter TO
Judge Miller The journalist cares as little for the one
fact as the other. and bearing this Presidential
contest he must necessarily consign an efusion OF
Judge Banser or Of any other gentleman oi
merely local prominence to the oblivion OF the
crowd Blu. In accordance with the tenor
OF the joint OF Mcssrs Ballnger and
Jack in the HxRALD OF to-day, the formers unusual
course IN enforcing his points IN casual discussion oy
quoting himself may be accounted tor by the pride
that he may have lelt in The eminent position OF his
relative and correspondent, though In that case
couple Of lines should have answered his purpose as
we'll as the whole letter. Perhaps this would account
for his using emphasis the name and position
OF Judge Miller as impress thcm indelibly upon my
memory while he may have lightly esteemed and
neglected the all.important proposition. Or may "
not be in part that from natural modesty he
concca.ed the real authorship OF able
an cpstles am by means destitute ofthe journal.
istic instinct whicE appreciates the value OF matter
cannot quite now m,sook to- for ''from" The
substantial accuracy OF my recolecuons IN any thhg
that nave gwen the public has never been ques-
tioned before but fully and freely accept the expla-
nation. with all that the JOINT note implies, and thus
close subject which ceases TO be OF public importance


EDWIN A. CCRI.EY.