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Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Mirror and Farm
er says it is a very difficult matter to give
on paper directions for the second aud last
working of butter. If not worked enough,
the butter will not keep sweet. If worked
too much it is already spoiled. Good judg-
ment, skill, and experience are the three es-
sentials TO determine when the butter is
worked just enough. Butter should not be
too warm when worked, nor should it be so
cold aud hard as to crumble or make the
working hard aud laborious.


When ready for the second working, the
butter should be just warm enough 50 that
the ladle will 60 through the whole mass
without difficulty and without crumbling,
still hard enough to cut clean and smooth
and not adhere to the ladle. In twenty-lour
hours from time Of first working the butter
should be in the above condition and all
ready for scalding the table, the lade and
the sponge, then all should be thoroughly
cooled in the cold water. The butter should
be put upon the table, and in small lots at q
time, well worked with ladle aud sponge,
with careful but telling pressure. Do not
mash, and jam, aud grind it with the ladle,
or on the table, but handle 1t, work 1t, and
pressit with the sponge, with care, 50 as
not to break the glObules, but leave it with
its clean solid individuality. II should
Year: 1875

work clear from the table, and not stick in
the least TO it, the ladle or the sponge.
Overworked butter with the globules jam
med and broken will be sticky, salvy, greasy,
and will stick to all the utensils, and stick
worse when offered for sale. AT tho second
working, butter should not be worked per-
feotly dry, as at the first working. If it
was properly worked the first time, it now
contains no water, or buttermilk, but good,
clean brine, and little of this is Just what
should be left in the butter. When ready
to put up it should have a slight moisture
left ina little Of the clear brine, so that
when the trier is thrust into the mass, little
Of it will ooze out around it, and when the
trier is withdrawn it should be covered with
a little moisture, just like light dew. A
great deal of judgment and discretion are
requisite iD order to tell when butter is
worked just right. To know when to stop
working, is one of the secrets Of making fan
cY butter.
Year: 1875

An experienced Kentucky breeder, Mr..
Vanmeter, writes to the Lire Stock Record
giving the results of his treatment of cows
that had been deemed to be hopelessly bar
ren. This specida as remedy for barren
ness is-work. At the famous New York
Mills herd sale he purchased, for an old song
-SlOO-the Duchess OF ThOrndale, then
deemed hOpelessly barren, as she had not
produced a calf for three years. His mode
Of management is simply to reduce the flesh
without producing inflammation. Starving
the animal he thinks injurious, and adopts
the plan of giving severe exercise with Oply
moderate feeding. In most cases he works
the supposed barren COW under the yoke.
In the case Of the third Duchess Of Thorn
dale, he had her led or ridden four miles
daily. and fed on limited quantity of hay
and fodder She is now in calf.
Year: 1875

In ordinary cases il will not pay to give
medicine to sick fowls. In the first place but
little is known of the diseases of poultry, and
again there is an equal dearth of knowledge
respecting remedies. Besides, the value Of
an average fowl is so inconsderable that
treatment will not pay unless very simple
and very successful. The best course re-
specting poultry ailments is prevention.
Try to secure such vigorous breeding stock
and such complete sanitary conditions for
all the birds at all ages, that illness will be
rare. Then the strength Of constitution will
be such that any ordinary disease can be re.
sisted without the aid of medicine, it good
nursing is given. What we mean by nursing
is this Place sick fowls in dry, sunny
place, out of the wind and safe from distur-
bance. Then give them food easy of diges-
ton, such as mush, potatoes and meat, every
article cooked, and warm milk for drink. If,
after all, they can't make out to live, say to
yourself, by way Of congratulatiou, "there
are SO many birds, not disease-proof that
have been weeded out Of my stock at any
rate, ,"-CountrU Gentleman.
Year: 1875

The question of breeding from thorough
bred or grade bulls presents itself to the
farmer at this season. Tho improvement Of
cattle BY breeding should command the at.
tention Of every farmer. 1t is one of the
most important matters to which his atten-
ton can be given. Those who have not
given special attention to the subject do not
realize how much difference there is in the
operation Of the machinery by which cattle
convert forage aud grain into beef or milk.
One COW draws all the nourishment from the
food she consumes, and after using . moder-
ate proportion for sustaining the temperature
of the body and operating the various fuuc.
tions Of the system, converts all the residue
into milk of good quality, at a handsome
profit. Another wastes at every stage OF
the process and makes poor quality Of pro-
duct at last, at a loss to the owner Now
this matter can and should be controlled by
the farmer. 1t must be if he would make
farming pay. The farmer should use the
bull that will get calves such as he desires
to raise. He will find it necessary to take
some pains in selecting, and it will pay to
use much care. The bull should be from
families on both sides having the qualities he
desires to produce. The greater the uni.
formity of those qualities in his ancestry and
the longer they have been transmitted from
one generation to another the greater is the
certainty that he will communicate them to
his get. Wherever such bull is found
and whatever his breed, and whether thor
ough-bred, grade, or native, that is the bull
to use. Where thoroughbred stock has
been bred and trained with the view of de-
veloping these useful qualities bull from
that stock is much to be preferred, because
the qualities have been so intensified by
breeding that they are communicated to sue
ceeding generations with great certainty and
uniformity, and the number Of disappoint-
ments will be few.


OF course the first question In regard to a
bull is whether he is well developed, of good
shape and strong constitution himself. II
he is faulty, especially if he is not so formed
that the vital and digestive organs have
room to play and above all if he is not
strong and hardy, he should be avoided as a
breeder. No greater mistake was ever
made than to breed from mean animal be.
cause his blood is good" However fine
the bull may be otherwise, and no matter
how good his lineage, if he is not deer
through the chest and "thick through the
heart" he should be let severely alone.


After all, the question of geuerative power
in bull is one which can be determined
with certainty only by actual test. The
most promising animals frequently fail


When bull has proved that he is capable
OF getting just such calves as farmers wish t.
raise, he should be kept.
Year: 1875

Farmers must not expect to get rich in a
day. They, like others, need more Of the
old-fashioued patience that /" Learns to labor
and to wait" The most Oalamitous Of all
the results of the war of the rebelllon-more
deplorable than all the loss of life and
greater burden than tho national debts
the impatience of safe, moderate and whole
some ways of making money and of living.
There is disposition to get rich in a couple
of years, chatting and uneasiness in any
business which does not give speedy and
large returns. Speculative investments are
sought in farming. Farmers shift their
stock and change all their plans to take up
that which is on the top wave of success
Now, between the old stupid, obstinate ways,
which conceded the value Of no Improvement,
and the modern reckless grasPing for Phan-
tom, there is middle ground which opens
wide the door for improvement, and holds
abundant promise of success. 1t is the path
which leads by thorough culture TO higher
productiveness of the soil and larger d.
gestive capacity of the animals which con-
sumo the crops. That this kind Of farming
pays is susceptible Of proof,
Year: 1875

And now that dreadful man, the highway
surveyor, with "power as arbitrary as the
Emperor Of Russia" appears, and warns oil
men and boys to work out their highway
tax. 1t is easy to tell by the condition Of
the roads whether community is possessed
of progressive ideas or is relapsing into
barbarism. In many country districts in
Vermont the indications point towards the
latter condition.


The law of the state requires highway
surveyors to cause all small stones to be re-
moved from the highway as often as once q
month, and imposes fine of five dollars on
that official for neglect of the duty.
Year: 1875

The farmer now puts up in his corn.6eld,
tWine, horrid images of the human form,
wind mills, and other frightful objects to
keep away crows. He shoots, poisOns, and
traps them, and would gladly cxterminate
the species. And yet we may safely doubt
if the obnoxious bird docs as much harm as
good. He certainly destroys vast numbers
of injurious insects. 1t is not very difficult
to protect the corn from his depredatiOns.
If every farmer would scatter half bushel
or bushel of corn on the surface Of the
ground in his field after planting they will
not touch the growing corn. A uery slight
coating Of tar is equally eficacOus; half a
pint of warm tar will fix bushcl Of seed,
Let the yorn be wet with hot water and the
tar poured on stirring it thoroughly. This
item is in good season for next year, though
rather late for this.
Year: 1875

If any farmer who reads this paper is DIS
posed to neglect his garden or put off its
care until all other work is out Of the way,
we beg to say to him that he is guilty of a
very foolish neglect and of grave wrong to
his family. Early garden vegetables are a
necessity as well as luxury. They are
cooling and healthful to the system. They
afford the most economical diet that the
farmer can procure.
Year: 1875

have tried many remedies for this com.
plant, all of which failed to give satisfaction
until got linament of which the follow.
ing is recipe, and any person can make it
One ounce Of spirits of turpentine one
teacup two.thirds full of cider vinegar the
white Of one egg. Put it all into bottle,
shake thoroughly and it is fit for use. AL.
ways shake before using. had heifer this
spring whose bag was as hard as stone.
poured about teaspoonful into the hollow
Of my hand. and rubbed it in thoroughly
but gently; three such applications removed
all the cake, and | had no more trouble with
it, Rural Home.
Year: 1875

Although gh my own success in corn culture
has been discouragng on account OF late
spring frosts or early fall frosts, yet am
trying TO obtain the quickest growing variety
known, and that which will give good yield
per acre, and when | find 1t shall stick TO
that kind.


Wo need a corn that in an average season
will grow in ninety days, requiring for its
growth oAly June, July, and August. If
such variety can be found corn-raising can
be profitable in Northern Vermont. Some
say that it is cheaper TO buy corn tEan to
grow it, and they proceed to figure it out in
pounds Of butter or of pork But think how
many bushels are used that give no money
return that you can put in figures. In the
family corn should be part Of the living.
The team, the poultry, the store pigs all fur
nish ways for the disposal Of corn that do
not speedily return money.


The state agent of the Patrons has bought
for Vermonters about twenty thousand bush
els of corn within year. The estimate ol
w estern corn used in Vermont the last year
is two hundred thousand bushels. Is il
credtable for a farming state to buy grain
to such an extent? Get an early variety
and raise more corn.


q. Il. JAMESON.


[The suggestions of our friend Mr.. Jane
son are worthy of the consideration of farm
ers. The question he proPOunds is on'
which each man must decide according Il
the circumstances in which he is situated
Year: 1875

Those who contemplate making additions
to their haying machinery are reminded that
the time for beginning haying is swiftly ap-
preaching, and all such things should be or
dered mOsO, to give time for delays and for
setting up and correcting errors in shipment.
Manufacturers are very busy at this season
in filling orders, and if business is good some
may have to wait. II is aggravating to
have to get along half through hayiRg with
old machines, spending much time in fruit
less errands to the depot for the new one
that may be in the shop where it was built
or in a freight car on side track miles
away. This inconvenience is often endured
because orders are sent too late.
Year: 1875

Our own impressions have long been in favor
of making q specially Of the grass crop, es-
pecially for those who must hire all the la
Dor for cultivating and harvesting corn by
hand. provided their soil is we'll adapted to
grass. 1t is very certain that the farmer
must raise big crops Of grass and have good
animals to consume it, or he will have no
money to buy corn.-ED.l
Year: 1875

By managing this way the seed is got in
the ground about the time nature designed
or little earlier, the last Of june or the
first Of July. When we take into consider
alton that the fodder from an acre of corn
that is we'll cured is worth more to feed to
COWS or young stock, than an acre of grass
is at the first cutting, and that one hundred
bushels Of ears of corn or fifty bushels Of
shelled corn to the acre, is no more than an
average crop, let us ask ourselves had We
better SOW our ground to grass alone, or
plant to corn or some other green crop p
Nelp E,ioLand Farmer,
Year: 1875

ARE MATsELL AND DIsBECKER TO BE REMOVED? |?


The Central Office, Mulberry street, the scene
yesterday Of unusual activity. Anxious politicians
crowded the lobbies from early morning til late the
afternoon, eagerly waiting for Developments None
however up TO the hour OF the departure OF the Com
missoners, were made known That the OF the
removal of Commissioners Matsell and Disbecker which
for the past few days have been filling the air, are
founded upon something tangible, appears be gem
orally believed; and judging. from the frequent
deeply impressed with their truthful foundation
any. They preserve, however, strict silence and
decline impartng TO the reporters any information
which they may have relative to the matter.


Commissioner Disbecker was closeted a long time
with his counsel Mr.. Gerry and some republican poll
ticians. Commissioner Matsell enjoyed the private
visit OF the same counsel for equal space OF time.
What all this legal conference means can only be
guessed but good guessers at political conundrums say
1t fight The past history Of Disbecker and his
antagonism to Mayor Wickham justify the belief
that when no dies he expires with a struggle, The in
tricaces Of the law to him what straw is to a
drowning man, and with characteristic desperation
he intends holding fast to the slightest support tna
the law may present toward lighting his removal.
When the removal Of the two Commissioners FIRST
officially agitatcd by Mayor wickham Disbecker il will
challenged the Mayor to his best This position the
part of Dishecker more boldly defined In the
pamphlet which he subsequently published, charging
the Mayor with ncompetency Disbecker had received
the OF several Of the Albany magnates that
Governor Tden would not interfere, and encouraged
by this as well as by the dscord existing between the
Mayor and the Governor other matters
he became more defiant Now, II is
said, he thinks that his removal cannot be
effected, with the concurrence of the Governor
and assuming the role Of the injured man. he claims
that the law does not permit the removal OF official
without cause. and Disbecker, OF course fails TO
cause


Commissioner Matsell proposes, 1t is believed fol-
low the course Of his younger colleague and hold fast
to his position.


His invncble argument differs somewhat from that
urged by Dsbeeker 1t to the effect that were he TO
leave the Board of Police the public would believe
all the calumny heaped upon him by the press. Tn
redemption OF his far name lies, therefore, in his hold
ing on aud hold on until the last support gone he
intenda
Year: 1875

To rHg EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


viii you please ask the Vanderbilt monopoly, now
that they have their railroad underneath Fourth
nue. why they can't x the street on topS Everything
is in half finished condition. The lamp posts up,
but they have only succeeded in giving light for the
distance Of two blocks from Eighty fourth TO Eighty
sixth street They have attempted to lay crossings
over the avenue, but they have only laid them
Eightysixth Eighty Eightyeighth and Ninety
second streets AT others there path In bad
and rainy weather u is agony for wade through
mud up to the ankle and for woman il Is next 70 Inn
possible for them 70 get over being very often carried
over. As understand Il, the avenue to be COM
pleted the 10th Of November Now why this tardness
and total disregard to the comforts Of the inhabitants
in the vicinity Of Fourth avenueG


BY challenging the Vanderbilt monopoly in our
name you will much oblige THE YoRKY1LLEITES


NEW YORK, December "a, 1878
Year: 1875

A letter from Abo, Russia, to the Mil
waukee Wisconsin, says "But particu-
larly must the traveller go down into a
vault below the floor of the church and
witness the tombs or coffins of the nu-
merous dead of certain ducal family,
whose name 1 do not remember. These
coffins are piled one above another like
bales or boxes of goods. The room is
dungeonish enough, and my wife was
very decided in the expression of her
opinion that she would not like to be left
down there with the great stone slab shut
in the door.


" The lid of one of these coffins was
raised, showing what was claimed to be
the body of young Lady which had been
lying in that vault for two hundred years.
Hair was still observable upon the head.
laid my hand on the body and it was
impressible as if composed of rubber.
1t is claimed that, by reason of the pecu,
liar character of the emLalment the con-
dition of preservation is attained.


"The books in the pews of the church
at Abo looked as if they might have
been thumbed and used by the pool
girl whose body I touched in the crypt
| below"
Year: 1875

aforesaid town of Dallas. At the time
he made his foolish vow he was resi-
dent of Ohio, and was candidate for
elector on the Fillmore ticket in the
Buckeye State in 1856, at which time the
writer first met him. He was then a
sight to look upon, and if his crop of hair
has continued to grow he is probably lit
orally covered with it by this time.
Year: 1875

The Registry Department is one of
the great conveniences of our Postofice
system. A registered letter is safer than
the ordinary letter, because it is entered
In record book, sealed up in special
envelope, a receipt for it is taken of
every agent or Postmaster who receives
it, and it is committed to the personal
custody of the mail agent, instead of be-
ing put into the mail bag.
Year: 1875

IT is necessary requisite of a Missis-
sippi edit or to be as expert with the pis-
tol as with the per. The other day, at q
meeting of one of the ward clubs in
Vicksburg, one of the orators criticised
the course of the Vicksburg Herald and
its editor concerning some State matter
of discussion, whereupon the editor, Col.
McCardle, addressed polite note to
the local politician, asking if he was cor
rectly reported, and demanding an ex-
planation. In answer to this the Colonel
received communication stating that
the gentleman did not intend to be per
sonal, and that no offense was meant.
This disclaimer was deemed satisfactory,
and all is now serene.
Year: 1875

THE grave of Edgar Allan Poe at
monument. The remains of the gifted
but unfortunate poet were disinterred
for reburial last week. The coffin was
found five feet below the surface of the
ground, in fair state of preservation.
The lid being removed, the skeleton was
exposed to view, and appeared in almost
perfect condition, except the skull, which
was considerably decomposed. Several
of the upper teeth had fallen out and lay
in the cavity; the teeth in the lower jaw
were all sound. A few locks of hair still
clung to the forehead.
Year: 1875

Miss ALTA HULETr, the young and
handsome Chicago lawyer, will have
nothing TO do with divorce litigation.
She believes that any woman who will
marry a man ought to be forced to live
with him.
Year: 1875




MAN in California swore hewouldnt cut off
his beard or hair until Henry Clay should be
made President. Clay died, and his eccentric
admirer went into a hermitage, where he still
ives.-Epehdnge.


The above is true with one or two
rifing exceptions. In the first place
the man don't live in California, and
never did. Neither did he go into a
hermitage. The eccentric admirer, {"
who swore that he would never shave or
cut his beard till Henry Clay should be
elected President lives, moves and has
a being in the town of Dallas, Texas,
and he has faithfully kept his vow to
this lay. His name is A. Banning Nor.
ton, and he edits newspaper in the
Year: 1875

for them 70 meet, to organize, and
20 select a proper mau TO act as
thcir secretary and executive
agent. Circulars should be sent to
every countyin the Territory, and
persons intending to contribute
should at once inform the secre-
tary. In order to secure suitable
accommodations at Philadelphia,
everything should be so arranged
before the first Of January next,
that the commissioners may know
Just what articles wilt furnished
and how much room may be re-
quired. There is positively no
time to spare, and we suggest to
His Excellency Gov. Ferry, that
he at once call tho commissioners
together to arrange their plans Of
operation. Those whp cannot at
tend, should resign or be removed,
and live, energetic men appointed.


Washington Territory can be
made to take prominent place in
that exposition, or it may make a
most contemplate showing, either
by the ability or incOmpetencY of
its commissioners.


There is good reason to believe
that every condition exists in this
Territory necessary to make a
decided success of our part Of the
proposed Philadelphia Centennial,
provided energetic action is taken
at once. Should this be deferred
to the last moment, and then has
tily improVised, those who rashly
implicate themselves will have a
good ultimate cause for regret as
did the vast majority of our coun-
trymen who found themselves in
any way officially connected with
the national 6asoo at Vienna.
Year: 1875

Gardners may take hint from the
nurserymen in the matter of material
for plant ties and for numerous other
purposes. We know one who years
ago set out patch" of willows along
the bank of a stream, and annually
they are cut down to the ground
whether needed or not He declares
he should not know how to get along
without them, now that it has become
a custom to use live osier twig in
the place of tarred twine. The pure
willow (Salix purpurca) is the species
he selected, and he finds it equal to
any other. The growth is tall, slim
and very pliable, which includes about
all the requisites. When needed for
use place the base end upon the
ground and hold it firm with the foot,
then with rapid, twirling motion the
woody fiber is soon made flexible. A
loop must be formed at the small end,
through which, in tying. the thicker
end must pass, and after sufficient
tension has been given, a few twists
and tucking under will make all Sc
cure. The great value of willow for
tying consists not alone in its cheap
ness, but in its soft, smooth bark,
which never chafes young trees and
plants.