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Year: 1876

A great deal has been said about the adul-
teratiOn of honey, glucose, etc, but the sub
ject is far from being exhausted. l have
learned to know the article OF late, aud will
give my experience. 1t may serve to put ON
their guard few honest bee keepers and a
few fair dealers.


Glucose is grape sugar, the next relative
to honey, derived from corn in this country,
and principally from potatoes in Germany
and France. Glucose made Of corn is light.
est and made to serve the purpose, 1t is
thin or thicker of consistency of honey, as it
is dry sugar. 1t is bought principally by
dstillers, brewers and honey dealers. So l
am informed by the agent of the manuiac-
tory in st. Louis, Mo-, who lives in this
city and with whom | am well acquainted.
send you sample of the dry grape sugar,
and a small bottle Of the glucose which is
used for the adulteration Of honey. You
will find it Of about the same hickness,
transparency and color as honey; you will
also find that it mixes with honey very
easily. Being of good taste and not having
any particular flavor, it does not spoil the
flavor of the honey, but partakes Of it very
readily. 1t diminishes, however, the acid Of
the honey, At least, so l find it. 1t is o
pity that adulterated honey cannot be told
moro readily, 1t will seriously damage the
honey business, as consumers will become
suspicious. Almost the only safeguard tC
consumers is the reputation Of the dealer
cannot warrant the purity Of my honey
any more if sold by another party, excep
it be in small packages with my name oil
every one.


10 illustrate A friend, druggist, buy
his honey Of me because, as he says, no be
lieyes it to be pure, and-because he want
to do bis own mixing. lie did not boliey,
! that was able to pick out my pure from
Year: 1876

FERTILIzERs.-During the farmers whole
business in life the collection Of manure
must of necessity be his leading idea at no
time or season can the enterprisng farmer
lose sight of it, and all his arrangements for
cropping must be conducted with the view Of
its accumulation in increasing quantity year
after year. On wel-arranged and ntelli-
gently managed farm the acreage under the
cereal aud root crops can never be much ex-
tended in any one year; but on no account
should it be diminished, and every effort
should be made to force the crops by lib
eral application of fertilzing substances, so
that there may be, over and above the SELL
ing portion, large residuum, which, remain
ing on the farm, becomes in turn by the de-
composition Of its constituents a prolific
source of sustenance for future crops. 1t
will be noticed by these Introductory remarks
that much stress is laid upon the bulky ma
nure made upon the farm itself as a genuine
fertilizer that, in fact, it is looked upon as
the primary element Of fertility which it re-
ally is, all other substances, be they what
they may occupying but secondary posi-.
tion and contributing only in more or less
indirect manner to the production of crops
and IN sustaining and increasing the natural
and acquired resources Of the soil. Farm
yard manure can never be displaced or i'll
immediate and permanent effects on the sol
be secured by the substitution Of any othel
manurial agent known to modern husbandry
IN. Y. World.
Year: 1876

A correspondent to the Farmers AdvO-
cate says


The very large amount of liquid passing
the udder of COW, makes that liquid an
efficient fux for removing everything from
the blood that is not needed there. There
are great many things which creep into the
blood in some way, which circulate and pass
out with the nutritive elements. The essen
tial oils of plants which give them distinct
i've favor or odor, as Of turnips, onions,
etc. the putrid matter in rotten potatoes,
deeayng grass, or any and every other food
in state Of decomposition, find their way
out of the system through milk. have beer
witnessing striking instance Of this from
feeding tho whey Of cheese factory to The
COWS furnishing milk for the factory. The
whey in the factory was not different frou
that of other factories. 1t was one Of siI
Actories owned or controlled by one man
under whose personal supervision they wOr'
Year: 1876

Mr.. Justus Dartt of Weathers6eld has
fine flock of grade Merino sheep. They arc
of good size, evidently strong and rugged
with large heeces, free from oil and yolk.
They are the sort that are easily kept and
in good condition with fair chance. Mr.
DARTS practice is to feed at the rate Of ten
quarts of corn and oats, equal parts, to a
hundred. besides what hay they will eat
The flock average to cut six and half
pounds of washed WOOL We never saw a
better lot Of young lambs than his. Mr..
Dartt states that his sheep are the most
profitable stock he can keep, taking into con-
sderaton the question of labor, in spite of
the low price of wool.
Year: 1876

liquid can furnish these elements in equal
purity and efficiency. We have the author.
ity of that most excellent chemist, Johnston,
for saying that water is not merely drink,
but is really part Of the food Of both animal
aud plant, aud DR.. Edward Smith, 10 his
admirable treatise ou Foods, classes water
with milk, cream, tea as a liquid food, and
claiming for it the first and most important
place. As it can be had without money and
without price, Providence having furnished it
as ho has the air, free to all, it is certainly
a great piece of folly not to put forth a
little exortiou, and let it flow to the house
and barn where it can be conveniently dis.
pensed for the health and comfort Of man
and beast.-Alerander Hyde IN the ". Y.
Times.
Year: 1876

At the annual exhibition of the New York
sheep breeders association at Batavia, in an
account of which is given in the American
Rural Home, April last, resolutions we're
adopted, reciting that the present tariff on
wool and woolen goods has been of iucalcu.
liable benefit to the country in increasing the
production Of wool that the present prices
of wool are SO low as to bring the cost of
cloths to the consumer lower than ever be-
fore that any further reduction of the tariff
will werk disastrously to the wool growers
of the country, and lessen the revenues, and
protesting against any change in the existing
law
Year: 1876

To many farmers, bee culture is unpleas-
ant because they do not know how to handle
their bees. How many are there who have
bees but never look at them for fear of get
ting stung2 And how many among the far
mers of America do not keep bees because
they are afraid Of them? We have often
met with persons who, upon hearing Of our
large apiaries would say "Oh, would like
to see your bees, but l am afraid they
would sting me-" Yet, whenever we have
had the COED luck of inducing any of these
timid persons to pay visit to our bees, we
have always succeeded in changing their
opinion on this important part of bee cul.
ture, and they invariably left with the I'M
preston that tanning bees was not such a
hard matter after all.


Some persons think that bees know their
keeper, aud allow themselves to be handled
by him with more facility than by strangers,
This is a mistake. The life of a bee is SO
short and there are so many bees in hive,
that unless they be handled almost every day
most of the bees do not see their owner at
all. If a hive be placed in a much fire..
quented place, however, the bees will be
much tanner than if they be in au out.ot.the-
way corner.


But a hive of bees can be tanned and han.
died at any time, if the thing is properly
done. When bees are scared by blowing
smoke at the entrance to the hive, they fill
themselves with honey, and in this state
they will not sting or get angry, unless
pressed or injured


The best time to open hive is the warm.
est part of the day, when most of the old
bees are out in the fields Timid persons
can use a veil to cover their faces. 1t i;
even good precaution, in large apiary
to wear a veil all the time. The hands
should be naked for gloves are unhandy
and they will hardly ever get stung if til,
bees are carefully and quietly handled
| lInSkn,.it 4 lnt.iclLLtlLrict
Year: 1876

ADsoRBENTs FOR USE IN THE STABLE
The New England Farmer, in an editorial
on farm buildings, observes that: As new
ideas Of composing were adopted, more
room was needed for storing dry soil to be
used in the stables daily, and 50 another
loanto was called for on the north side Of
the north stable for laying up absorbents.
This has been extended the present spring
the whole length of the barn, and is one Of
the most valuable rooms in the whole build
ing for besides keeping the stable warm in
winter with great bank Of dry sand or saw
dust piled up against its whole length, it
makes it possible to save all the value of
both the solid and the liquid portions Of the
excrements from the stabIe--a saving which,
when compared with the loss, by the still
too common custom Of throwing the manure
out OF a stable window to remain exposed TO
the winds and storms for six months soon
amounts to a sum equal to the expense Of
building a new shed. Indeed, if planning
for new barn now, we should as soon think
Of dispensing with any other room as with
the "loam room,' that is if VIC were located
where it were practicable to get any kind Of
soil or other material for using in the stables
daily as au absorbent.
Year: 1876

TREASURY DEPARTMENT WHTEwAsH.-
The receipt for whitewashing sent out by
the Lighthouse Board Of the Treasury De-
partment has been found by experience to
answer on wood, brick aud stone and corrupt
officials sometimes nearly as well as oil-paint
and is much cheaper. Saks bushel OF
unslaked lime with boiling water, keeping
it covered during the process. Strain IT,


and add peck Of salt, dissolved in warm
water, 8 pounds of ground rice pat in boiling
water and boiled to thin paste ! pound
powderd Spanish whiting and pound OF
clear glue, dissolved in warm water mix
these well together, aud let the mixture
stand several days. Keep the wash thus
prepared in a kettle or portable furnace,
and when used put it on as hot as possible
with either painters or whitowash brushes,
Year: 1876

ROTATION OF CRoPs.-As desirable as ro-
tation in office may be, it cannot be more so
than a judcious rotation Of crops raised on
the farm. No matter how fertile the soil,
it is conceded that constant cropping with
one, two or three kinds Of grain. will wear
out the land. All good farmers concede
that proper rotation of crops, including
the grasses, should be followed. Chemists
inform US that the nutriment of food-produc-
ing plants is taken in part from the air
through the leaves, and therefore that suit
able food must bo provided, or manifest
deterioration will result. The good farmer,
while he aims to produce the largest crops
at the least expense, will also be careful to
keep up the fertility Of the soil by judi
cious rotation Of crops, supplemented by the
application Of manures to the land.-RTaL
World
Year: 1876

any other form, besides having three or four
times'as much gross weight to pay freight
upon as in the other forms OF commercial
potash. Also that while tho cost of potash
in good hard wood ashes at 25 cents per
bushsl is less than either of the other forms,
there is as much phosphoric acid as in
the average superphosbate.
Year: 1876

GYpsUM-The Canada Farmer has this
on gypsum One of the cheapest and most
efficient of the mineral manures is gypsum,
Common plasterj. Under favorable circum-
stances this works "like charm Plaster
as it is dug from the quarries contains forty
six per cent. sulphuric acid, thirty.threo per
cent. lime and twenty.one per cent. water.
The latter is held in the mineral in a mechan-
ical state, and can bo driven off by heat :
but for agricultural purposes it is better to
let it remain. Both sui phuric acid and lime
are the direct food of plants, and both act
as powerful absorbents of ammonia and other
nutritious gases. 1t is only on the latter
supposition that we can account for the won
derful effects which plaster sometimes pro-
duces Sown at the rate of two or three
bushels per acre, on piece of newly stocked
land, it often doubles the crop Of clover, as
into this crop both lime and sulphur enter
largely, and the ammonia Is furnished from
the air by the absorption of the plaster.
Such result has led farmers in some in-
stances to rely upon plaster alone as fer
tilizer-a mistake of which few years eX-
perience is sure to convince them. Their
farms become "plaster sick" as the express
sion is.
Year: 1876

CONVENIENT OUT BUILDINGS ON FARMs.-
We are inclined to think that the fault OF
the majority of farmers is not in building
too cheaply, bst in building too little, and
too cold. A friend from Kentucky, who
made US visit last winter, was greatly
struck with the number and convenience Of
the farm buildings that he found all over
New England wherever he went. He found
the contrast between his own state and the
Eastern states very great, for in Kentucky
it is rare to find any kind of barns and with
considerable acquaintance with his own
state, he told us that he could not bring to
mind a single farm within his knowledge,
where there was wood house OF any kind,
or a well, pump, or privy connected with
the farm house.-New ENGLAND Farmer.
Year: 1876

To The Women Of addison County,


We appeal to you for material for tho
Womans Temperance Column. For
nearly ono year the ladies from different
towns in the county have supplied this
column with desirable temperance itera.
ture, and we ask you to continue in WE'LL
doing. What county in the state can
boast of more intellectual, Christian wo-
men than Addison? Did every such
woman respond to our appeal. we should
be rich in material, and our column would
surpass any Woman's Temperance Column
in the state. Let every woman feel that
it is her duty and privilege to make this
column a power of good Many of us
in going about our accustomed daily du.
ties do not feel that we are either power
for good or i'll but "lhe hand of every
woman is upon the lever that moves the
world" Consider this, women of Addi-
son county, and neglect not any duty that
will bring good to your fellow man.
When Mrs. Button was appointed editress
Of The Woman's Temperance Column
there were six women who pledged them.
selves to sustain this column. Where are
these six? Let them como 10 the rescue
with an original article within the month
We make this appeal to the women, but
VIC do not prohibit the geatlemen from
contributing to our column. Any favors
from them will be gratefully received.
To few gentlemen we arc already in.
debted.


Original articles are desired, but any
thing that will add interest to the column
will be accepted. Let not anyone cast
aside this appeal, saying they have no
responsibility or influence in this matter.


All articles 10 be addressed to Mrs.
W. II. Button, editress of the W. G. T.,
Middlebury, Vermont.


ONE OF TUE Stx.
Year: 1876

CHARLES" said young wife to her
husband, as they sat at the window,
watching the fashionables on their way
to church, "when you die, and l get hold
of the insurance money. intend to have
fur cape and muff just like that lady
has on over there"
Year: 1876

The very name Of the lead pen
Gil, like so many others that have
become familiar as household words
is misnomer, for there is no lead
in it. Red lead is an oxide of lead,
and white lead is a carbonate of
the same metal, but black lead is
neither o metal nor a compound Of
metal. o II is, as most Of our read
ers are aware, one OF. the forms OF
that very common but very inter-
esting element, carbon ; and is also
known as plumbago and as graph
ite. a1aettia9 n t"a 1c-f'e


There are several pencil manu-
factories In Keswick, Eng. The
"leads' for the best pencils, as we
We are told, were formerly sawed
from masses Of the pure graphite
then yielded by the Borrowdale
mine; but the only mine now fur
nishing masses large enough for
the purpose is in Siberia. Atprcs-
ent the smaller fragments of the
graphite are ground fine, calcined,
and mixed with pure clay, which
has been prepared by difrusing it
through water, allowing the coars-
er particles to settle, drawing off
the milky liquid from the top and
letting it settle again. This latter
sediment is exceedingly fine and
plastic, and after being dried on
linen filters is fit for use. It is
mixed with tho powered graphite
in various proportions, according
to the degrees Of hardness required
in the pencil; two parts of clay to
one Of graphite being used for a
fine, hard grade, equal parts for a
soft one, and intermediate mixtures
for the grades between. The ma
terials after being mixed are tritur-
ated or kneaded with water till
they are Of the consistency Of
dough. This dough is pressed In
to grooves IN a smooth board, dried
in this mould by a moderate heat,
then taken out and baked In cover
cd crucibles in a furnace. Some.
times the dough is compressed in q
strong receiver and forced out
through small hole in q thread ol
the shape required, then dried and
baked as above. The grade of th,
lead depends partly upon the dc
tgrec Of heat TO which IL Il exposed
IN the furnace. Leads intended 10,
Year: 1876

very fine work, like architectural
drawing, are re-heated after the
baking and immersed in melted
wax or suet. 7 a5nJ5r--l9 ealf


The wood used for all the better
kinds of pencils is the Florida red
cedar, which is thoroughly season.
ed, cut into strips, dried again, and
then cut into peices of proper size
for pencils. These are groved by
machinery, the leads are glued into
the groove, and the other half of
the wood is glued on. After being
dried under pressure they are
rounded or otherwise shaped by q
kind Of lathe or cutting machine ;
then polished by another machine,
and sometimes painted or vanished
by third, which feeds the pencil
from a hopper and turns them
round under brush. At Keswick
the best pencils never go through
this latter process, but are finished
by simple polishing. They are
cut the right length by a circular
saw, and the ends made smooth by
q drop-knife, after which they are
stamped with heated die and sent
to the packing room.


The small leads for "ever-point-
ed" pencils are made either from
natural masses of graphite or from
a composition of graphite and clay
prepared as already described, and
baked.
Year: 1876

When q Massachusetts man
walked seventeen miles to see o
man hung, and the prisoner was
respited, the disgusted traveller sat
down in fence corner and hoarse-
ly inquired II this country was
drifting back to barbarism.
Year: 1876

So long as man occupies official station
he is to some extent public property, and
his public and official acts are subject to
comment and liable to criticism. But
when one retires to private life it is simply
an outrage of the grossest nature to make
an attack upon private character for the
purpose of serving political end, and the
outrage is SO much greater when the
charges are utterly and absolutely devoid
of truth. The most shameless outrage of
this pature was recently perpetrated in the
Chicago Times by an uncslled- for and un-
truthful attack upon Mr.. John N. Barclay,
the veteran journal clerk Of the United
States House of Representatives. In its
issue Of August II the Times, commenting
editorially upon some speeches made in the
Senate the previous day, and particularly
upon one of Senator Sherman's, uses this
language H He (Sherman) was especially
"severe on the civil service purposes of the
Democracy, and asked, with much deris-
Z" ion, Where is Barclay 9'-meaning the
"cold deboucher who resigned the journal
" clerkship of the House because Kerr re-
fused to allow whisky on the floor or
Year: 1876

The Democracy is now, it is said, carefully
examining Gov. Hendricks income returns
during the years when that tax was levied, so
that they may not be caught a second time
should it become expedient to withdraw Til
den and put Hendricks name at the head of
the ticket.


But for the fact that the public has been so
often deceived by the great monopolies which
virtually control the coal trade there would
be reason for congratulations on the material
fall in the price of coal at the great sale In
New York yesterday, but it may in the end
prove but device by temporary sacrifice to
crush out competition, and really enhance the
price of this indispensable commodity. If such
does not prove to be the fact, 1t will be case
in which history does lot repeat itself.


[oFPICIAL.1


[CIRCULAR.l NAVY DEPARTMENT


WASHINGTON, August 9, 1875. (
When companies of seamen and marines are
united for battalion drill, or infantry afioat or
ashore. the marine company will take the right
of the line.


The companies Of seamen shall be formed in the
order of rank of the company officers, according
to the authorized tactics.


GEO. NJ robson,


Secretary of the Navy.
Year: 1876

There was another explosion at He'll Gate yester lay
morning, when tho top was blown of Frying Pan Rock
with eighty five pounds OF dynamite. Previous to the
big blast OF Sunday last pounds OF the
plos:ve named were placed under against project
ing spur Of that rock the expectation that the
from the So 900 pounds in the big minc would
explode it. The shock from the latter was, however
slight that tho Frying Pan remained unshaken with
the dynamite ut It's base About leo pounds Of the
plosive remained on hand after the big mine was
charged, and this was q few days placed prox-
unity 10 the unexpodcd charge against the
Frying Pan Wires were attached to the
cartridges so that they might be exploded by
electricity and thus by the shock explode larger
charge previously paced there Bernard Boyle yeser
day tested the wires with gaivanometer to satisfy
himself that there uninterrupted circuit. and
then bv means of a small battery placed the Shore
fired the dynamite ana shattered several feet from
summit oil the rock II Is wonder TO many people
that the work not thought before, so very
simple did II seem when done. The rock certainly
formed dangerous obstruction, sticking up Just
high enough to knock hole the bottom OF a vessel
striking II at nigh water.


Tomorrow work Will be begun upon the seven acres
OF submerged stone known Flood Rock. A small
iorco only will be employed during the week. and they
will be occupied In getting ready the engines and
chinery and IN pumping out tho tunnels which have
filled with water snco work was discontinued IN May
last Captain james Mercur. who has tho practical
management OF the work under General Newton, Will
IN the latter part ol the week aud organize
large force OF men Tor the vigorous prosecution the
work--that is, provided that money enough Is fur
nished BY the government to pay them.