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Year: 1875

Get the best hands, and keep them. When
a man has become used to his work and his
employer, he is worth more than a stranger.
There is way Of making men interested in
their work, of satisfying their self-respect,
treating them courteously and reasonably,
giving them credit for success, while holding
them strictly responsible for failures, and
above all, by paying them promptly and
literally, that will make their work worth
double what it would otherwise be.
Year: 1875

thing Of this sort be attempted before the Conneot


cut election whittier 1t Is said Senator Cookling Is
going tn eulighten the electors on these vsrous
| Southern mysteries. His recent rxuberant defense
of the latest Louisiana outrage the rights of the
majority OF that abused State drawn from the sssr
neys unfailng arsenal of statute and lawbook.
chapter and verse, is good preparation for piT
tsan service that can be by any possibility required
Of him. His case is a striking example of the per-
nicous influence of the practice Of the law upon the
mind Of legislator. When bad thing is done in
politics ID is the instinct of the attorney to see at
once what can be said in favor of it. A lawyer who
does not rise out of himself to speak land how
few do itD looks upon his party in the hight of q
client, who is to be defended at all hazards and upon
all occasions, and bis first act is to run to The
thorites. Here is Mr. Conklings weakness His
Louisiana speech had all the qualities of
q good speech. as American speeches CO.
except good sense. just appreciation. sound
judgment. and wise statesmanship. He sank the
legislator IN the advocate. He lost perception OF
the fundamental rights Of the citizen and the vital
principles of constitutional liberty without the re-
cogntion Of which government becomes an oppres-
sion and an impOsture. The keynote of his speech
was that government. free government, our Govern
ment, had and should have unlimited discretion in
administration 1t is plea that has supported every
tyranny the sun has ever shown upon. 1t is legal
advocacy rs perilous it is pernicous. 1t Will
destroy Mr. Conklme's budding claims states
man before he is aware of it. Mr.. COnkling might
not like the additional load of supporting al
Arkansas coup dedi before the Connecticut voters.
but he is certainly equal TO it, judging from this Last
performance. 1 cannot help thinking. however.
that he has wit enough to desire the President to
defer the firing of the explosive until he shall
finish the bootless errand to which it is said has
political friends have doomed him.


STILL when all is said. lawye. or no lawyer, advo-
cate advocate it Is difficult to comprehend the
action of leading Republicans m allowing the party
to be so palpaby misled as is being done by Gen.
Grant. 1t dscloses wonderful degree of timidity,
as well as want OF Judgment to slavshly follow in
so plainly marked a track of ruin. The thing has
gone so far however, that final defeat being per-
haps deemed inevitable, it is considered Just as well
to succumb to the President. and preserve q sem
bance of unity, to 20 to pieces in advance by an
open quarrel. J. 8. p.
open quaiIOt.
Year: 1875

we'll for some time but fears were entertained tnat
she would attempt her life As she did not appear AZ
breakfast yesterday search was maze lot r w .s se
was found hanging by the neck from besn III the e"
RET; The deccased woman was AZ years or age
Year: 1875

I have been selling this Standard Fertilizer
for the past four years, and can recommend it
with entire confidence as a first class article.
The material of which it is composed is Of q
durable character, and furnishes all tho neces-
sary plant food for the cultivation of Wheat,
Tobacco and Garden Vegetables.
1T is IN FINE DRY POWDER, READY
FOR DRILLING, its mechanical condition be.
ing equal to that of any Fertilizer in this or any
other market.


PRICE S4s PER TON OF 1000 LBS.


FOR SALEB


THOS. PERRY.
aug 17-2m II King street
Year: 1875




A good move has been made by


some members in either branch of the


General Assembly to stop the work


ing Of convicts outside of the Peniten-


tiary. We hope it may succeed and
the conyicts returned to their proper
quarters. From there they never
should be removed, unless some cause
Of great emergency calls them forth
as in case of a crevasse within a re;'s-
onable distance from their place OF
confinement. At one time, we frank
ly acknowledge, We advocated their
employment outside to be confined
to levee building, for they certainly
did good work, but experience has
Convinced us that it is injurious to a
large number Of honest laborers, and
prevents the spending Of large sums
of money by the laborers in the vic
inity of where the works are going
on. The more money in circnlatio,


the greater the busine5s.-N. 3. Il
Sugar Planter. ,n --.t
Year: 1875

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The Richmond Wing says. il i perfectly
evident nov that the currency question can.
not be kept back in the politiesof the times.
In the State after state. Conventions cal
led with reference to State elections alone
are almost entirely eHgrueed with il. Tie
people are becoming more and mO-e excited
on the subject every day. The harmony
Of both the national parties is already dis
turbed and in the Presidential canvass II
viii stand out boldly IS an issue On which
shc verdict Of the country will be awaited
With the utmost eageruess Of interest. The
excitement i produced in tie Dsmpc-ptic
Convention Of pennsylvauia shows the deep
hold il has taken upon the popular mind.
IL is the grayesi Of grave questions. and We
trust all differences arising from il may be
Sufficiently settled 10 the Democratic party
before the day for the National Convention
enable Us TO present candidate and q
platform commanding the support Of all
men who are opposed to the tyranny of
Radiealiam aud 70 the ruiuous policy Of
contraction. The Democratic party Is the
party Of the people. and . free flowing cur-
reaey equal to the wants Of trade is what
the people desire. a


The currency question IN State politics.
aswe now see il forcing itself forward in
every convention. is thus plainly presented
in advance a. tue great material issue
that must greatly determine the character
Or tie next Administration.
Year: 1875

In reply to question from the President OF the Cot
ton Exchange, Commissioner Dodge OF the Department,
or Agriculture that the December crop returns
will not be ready in less than two weeks He thinks
the aggregate will be about five per greater than
tho November statement shows Tho report that had
been sent 20 tho Exchange was unauthorized The
President OF the Cotton Exchange Immediately teis-
Qraphod these facts 70 Liverpool
Year: 1875

A


Why 1t that tho Legislature Of 1858 approved Stock
Privileges time Stock Conacs Because
based upon sound principles and
received like any contract


Why IL that all the sustain Stock Privilege
tracts Tho above will apply here also
Why it that opinion
regard Stock Privilege Conracs Because they have
been preudced directly indirectly through
whose interest is damage the business in order that the
margin business In Wall street may flourish
investments OF $780, from ST 0O0
tho stock has during the sixty days advanced
from g. S. aud the difference between the price
named In the contract then aud the market
the profit


Why II that nearly all the shrewdest operators Wall
street have preference for the Contracts OF the under
signed Because, without exception, every prvilegen
sold by them has been honored presentation
Why Is II that tho undersigned have advanced step by
step from small beginning TO fame and distinction Be
they their with consideration
and honesty No person who hopes wealth
good name Afford to deal with the world unfairly.


ALEX FR0THINGHAM 4 co.


Brokers In Stock Privileges.


NNAlI-
Year: 1875

BAKING ,rHA EARs -TAereears
eraI things very commonly done which
are extremely injarious 20 the car. and
ought to be carefully avoided: One Of
these il bepractice Of boxing childreI's
ears. It is known that the passage Of
the ear is closed by thin membrane.
especially adapted to be Influenced BY
every impulse of the air, and with
nothing but the air to support it inter-
nally What, then, can be more likely
to injure this membrane Than sudden
and forcible compression of the air in
front Of it? If any one designed to
treak or overstretch the membrane,
more efficient means could scarcely be
devised than to bring the hand sud-
denly and forcibly down upon the pas
sage of the ear. thus driving the air
violently before it, with no possibility
of its escape but by the membrane CIV
ing way. Medical authorities assert
that many children are in this way
made deaf by boxing on the ear.
Year: 1875

FARMERS, DoNT 90 IN DEBT.-The
greatest agent 10 produce poverty among
farmers or any other class Is debt, Many
farmers will get deed to a small piece
Of land, enough to support themselves
and families, and lay by a small annual
income. But that Is not sufficient. They
run In debt for more land, and become
slave to debt. They pay an interest on
money borrowed, which will soon con.
sume the little property they prossess.
They often pay higher than ten per cent.
Such proceedings engender a spirit Of
discontent, and they lose faith 10 farm.
Ing and try to sell their farmS In order to
get to town and enter into other bust.
ness. In nine cases out Of ten, every
farmer who Is doing we'll, that goes
to town, fails outright. Having no
faith In farming, or having no
breadth Of understanding, they buy the
poorest tools and meanest stock, and
drive poor teams before poorer wagons
and agricultural machinery. In the fall
and winter they feed poorly, just feeding
enough to get their live stock
through the winter into spring.
Then II takes all summer to put
on the flesh that was lost In the win.
ter by poorer shelter and bad food. They
never put out fruit trees or shade trees
on their farms. They always sell their
best lambs and cattle to the drovers and
keep the poorest at home. They send
their children to school but little, Us too
much learning Ia a dangerous thing.
They do not take agricultural papers or
believe in book farming. They never
give their children a cent Of spending
money, as It makes them SpendthriftS In
short, they are the most miserable people
in the world, and would not keep money
II they had II. Such farmers are poor,
and will remain so TO the end Of their
days, and most Of their days, and most Of
the sons will follow the path Of their
sires.
Year: 1875

The New England Homestead copies our
remarks on the hay tedder, crediting to the
Boston Cultivator, mistake, we doubt not
and adds -


A hay tedder is almost q necessity on a
well ordered farm. 1t saves great deal of
slow and disagreeabe work, enables man to
get along great deal faster with his haying
than he could without one, and also secure
his hay in better order. Rapid drying gives
better quality Of hay than can be obtained
when the grass is exposed to the sun for three
or four days. By the use Of a good tedder
even heavy grass can be cured in two days
aud a lighter crop in one. Frequent stirring
promotes rapid drying and tedder stirs the
grass better than the work is usually done
by hand. BY the use Of this machine the
grass can be turned three or four times day
if necessary and often in partially cloudy
weather hay which under the old system of
handling would not have been half dried will
do to go into the barn. We have used a
tedder same years and should not think we
could make hay without one. We believe it
is cheaper and easier to use labor saving
machines than il is to hire help. 1t is true
that machines cost considerable at first. but it
well cared for they will last long while, do
a great deal Of work, and do it we'll.
Year: 1875

The latest device for testing milk to ascer-
tain its impurities and the quantity of water
which may have been added to it. is the inven-
ton OF Alvin Middaugh of SCION. Y. 1t con-
sists of a series of small pans arranged in
water bath or receptacle, SO that the contents
of the vats may be heated either by water or
steam. As the milk comes to the factory
given weight-say one pounds taken from
the can aud heated in the pan until tenn
perature Of about 80 Fahr. is reached. At
this temperature, Mr. Middaugh says, it is
found by practical experiment that any pecu.
liar odor, such as the smell of garlic, aged
milk, putridity, fever or disease Of the udder,
will each unmistakably manifest itself by
developing the peculiar odor which charac-
teres these impurities. .. .....,..


Whenever any patrons milk, by this test,
is shown TO be unsound, it may be rejected so
as not to injure the good milk with which it
comes in contact, and at the same time the
causes of the impurities can at once be made
the subject of investigation. But If the
milk shows no sign Of being unsound or in
bad condition, and is suspected of being d.
luted with water, the sample in the pan is
WIN duu CuIuS COll-
pressed so as to expel the whey, BY know
ing the standard weight of curd to a pound
of milk aud comparing it with the sample
tested, the variation of course shows the
amount of water which has been added and
the percentage may be deducted from such
patrons milk. Again, if the milk of any
patron is excessively poor in curd, by this
process Of testing the exact percentage to
which he is entitled is determined, and thus
his share may be equitably adjusted.


The plan seems very simple and is not at
all complicated in any OF its parts, aud we
should say it would prove useful in many in-
stances. BY this process not oDly the weight
of curd but also the weight of the whey, may
be determined and pretty accurate percent
age Of the value of milk determined.


Thus, with the actometer aud cream
gauges, together with Mr.. Middaugh's de-
vice, dishonest patrons will not readily es-
cape detection in their fraudulent practices.
Any simple and practical plan for detecting
bad milk, or milk that is excessively poor
and has been watered on its delivery at the
factory is desideratum, and We therefore
bring Mr.. Middaugh's invention to the no
tice Of lactorymon.


Y. A. Willard, in Rural New Yorker.
Year: 1875

The fat English turnip (of which there
are two varieties, the white top and the red
top, which differ but little except in colorl
may be sown in this climate any time be-
fore the middle of July, with the expectation
of getting good crop on suitable land.
Sown later, the roots will be smaller, but as
the late sowings need not be thinned so
severely as the early ones, fair bulk of the
smaller turnips may be harvested. We
harrow the land thoroughly, if after some
early crop, such as early peas or potatoes ;
and then, having carefully and evenly mix
ed pound of good seed with half bushel
Of fine, moist sawdust, sow it broadcast, as
equally as possible, on an acre of laud.
To get full crop this equal sowing is essen
tial, aud those who are not very skilful can
do best by using more seed, and sowing half
Of it going one way of the land, and the
rest going cross-ways. The sawdust not
only gives more bulk to sow, but also ena-
bes you to see where the seed falls. As
soon as the young plants have got four or
five rough leaves Qeaves that grow out after
the seed-leayes), they should be carefully
thinned. The early sOyings need thinning,
so as to leave one turnip to a square foot
If this rule is followed, it will look, after
you have done thinning, as if you had dug
them all up, and very few will carry the
thinning so far. But if the land is good,
plants foot apart each way are near enough,
and will make larger and much easier har-
vested crop than if left nearer together
Later sowings may be left six or eight inches
apart.


We should have said above that, after
sowing, the seeds should be brushed in, aud
on light soils rolled. The weeds should all
be removed at thinning, and the plants will
then soon shade the ground so as to smother
out whatever may grow afterwards. These
turnips are quickly harvested by two hands
one going ahead with hoe ground sharp,
aud striking off the tops while the other
rakes the turnips out with a prong hoe
One barrel OF good superphOsphate to the
acre, sown broadcast before narrowing, viii
always pay on this crop, and, on land in good
heart, is all the manure required. A far
crop can be got among corn, by scattering
the seed between the rows at the last hoeing
Don't use too much seed for this purpose, as
thinning turnips among corn is difficult work


DIR. Hoskins in Vermont Watchman.
Year: 1875

The Boston Cutivator gives an account
Of visit to an extensive mandatory of
glass, with description Of the intricate and
interesting details Of manufacture, and of the
skill and fine workmanship exhibited Then
the editor moralizes to a good purpose, as
follows -


Having thus barely sketchel what we saw
on an afternoons visit to the New England
glass works, we were impressed while in
the roou where the materials for making
glass were severally in the crude state, as
we listened TO the process Of compounding
them--beginniDg with the Berkshire county
sand, as basis-with the fact that the
manufacturer must know how to mix these
in order to produce good glass. So with
man on Berkshire county farm for his ba-
sis-thought we--he must know how to com.
pound his materials in order to produce a
good crop Of corn, wheat, oats, barley, pota-
toes, grass, ETC.; and it is the want of
this knowledge on the farm which tho glass
maker possesses Of his art, that makes all
tue difference in tho results as seen in tho
sample room, whether of the glass works or
the farm. At the glass works, the sample
room presents TO the view Of the purchaser
or visitor, all the different kinds of goods
produced by the New England Glass Co.; SO
of the granary and barn Of the farmer
whether here or there, the visitor sees the
samples of his farm, such as his skill has
produced-ordinariy we regret to say,
greatly inferior in skill to those seen at the
glass factory The glass makers journey
from the first step to the last is made under
the guidance of practical Intelligence from
the crude material to the perfect wares.


Would that the same were true Of farm
ers But alas alas when a man is found
unfit to work in glass factory or anywhere
else where skilled labor is required, as der
nier resort he turns farmer, aud soon your
ears will hear the complaint that "larming
don't pay !" Is this at all stra nge? As
nothing else paid, why should it now be deem
ed strange that farming don't pay? 1t is no
less important for the boy designing to be
farmer to learn his trade, than, it he intend
to be glass-maker, machinist, or an artisan
of any other kind Farming is an art, and
must be learned to make it pay, which is no
less true Of this than Of every other kind of
business. We hear great deal about SCI
enti6c farming; but we are, nevertheless,
inclined to look upon practical farming as
an art rather than science.
Year: 1875

Alexander Hyde says in the New York
Times


Liebig calculates that the soil and LIQUID
excrements of man amount on the average
to 546 pounds in year, and that these con-
tain l6.4l pounds Of nitrogen, or enough Of
this element to fertilize an acre. If this is
so, why should a man with family of FIVE
or six persons be inquiring where he can
obtain manure to enrich his garden spot
Both health aud economy demand that with
the daily deposit of the vault there should
be also liberal sprinkling of dry muck or
loan, certainly during the warm portion of
the year. If left to ferment and decompose,
much of the value as fertilizer is dissipa-
ted into thin air, breeding disease. If COW
cred daily with some absorbent--dry loan
is about as good as any-the gases are all
saved for the land and the air is not de6ed
1t will tend greatly to the health of the
family, and to system and economy Of labor,
if the deposit in the vault is made regularly
every morning after breakfast, and when the
bank has received the daily deposit let it be
the duty Of some one to lock up the treasure.
A sprinkling of plaster OF fine charcoal Is
often recommended for securing the rich
gasses, but we have found dry loan, or even
fine coal ashes, to be effectual for this pur.
pose. Thus treated, night-soil is no more Of
fenisve in its manipulation than common sta :
bic manure. Whatever absorbent is used
put it on literally. Night soil will bear
great reducing. Six or eight parts of loan
to one of night soil are better than less, and
the manure will be found full as rich as it i 5
safe to use.
Year: 1875

Reading the remarks concerning feeding
sour milk, and its value &C., in late num-
Der of the FARMER, brought to mind an in
stance Of prosperous farmer in Connecticut
who is now dead, which may serve to add to
the testimony in favor Of feeding it to calves.
Mr.. e., the gentleman referred to, kept only
some half dozen cows, which brought him
calves annually, some of which were raised,
while others were fatted for the butcher.
The calves were allowed to take one or more
meals at the teat in order TO reduce the
cows udder, and then they were put in
pen, or tied out of sight of the COW, and
fed few days on new milk, tapering off by
adding skinned milk to the new, which was
diminished till only SKINNED milk was CIV
en- them, and this was changed from sweet
to sour and loppered, in the same gradual
way. His calves were always as good, if
not better, than those of his neighbors who
allowed their calves to draw their nourish-
ment from the COW, or fed them new milk
altogether. In my own experience in rais-
ing calves on the farm, | have found that
they seemed to do quite as well and even
gained in flesh faster on sour and loppered
milk, than if fed on new. After the calf
became accustomed to thick milk, it would
eat it as readily and eagerly as any calf
would new sweet milk.


nv. II. White in n Il. Farmer.
Year: 1875

1t is common custom among farmers to
wait until the dew is dried of in the morn
ing before opening the hay cocks. Wcnever
do, but throw them open as soon as we can
get to it. II any farmer doubts that the hay
will be dry earlier opened at six o'clock
while the ground is wet with dew than at
eight or nine, let him try it, open one row
six O'Clock, and when he goes out couple Of
hours later to open the rest, let that row be
turned over, and write to the FARMER whether
he gained or lost by the operation. Two
hours often saves tons of hay from being
spoiled by showers.
Year: 1875

Rev, VIM. Gift, of Mystic Bridge, Conn,
says; Sheep raising for the supply of our
meat markets Is nquestionably one of the
most profitable branches of husbundry in this
state. There is large manufacturing aud
mercantile population to be fed, and the ac-
cess to these markets by rail is more easy
than in any other state. Connecticut has a
mile of railroad to every five square miles of
land, and one can count the towns on his
fingers that are not penetrated by the rail-
way. The price Of meats is very high and
every lamb or sheep farmer can raise and
fatten can be turned into money on short
notice. The sheep breeder is measuraby
guarded against loss by an efficient law,
which taxes every dog and provides fund
for the payment of such losses as occur from
dogs.
Year: 1875

We have had hay scale of the Howe
pattern capable of weighing anything from
a pound of butter to three tons of hay, and
sufficiently accurate for weighing wool
whether it be 40 cents or dollar pound,
on our farm for three years and can indOrse
the following from the pen Of DIR. HOskins
in the VT. Watchmau


1t is rather astonishing that the value
and profit Of platform scale in the barn, il
so little appreciated by farmers in general.
A good many new barns will probably be
erected by readers of this paper in the course
of the year how many of them will be like.
" to include the scales In their plan, or in
their estimate Of cost ? Yet those few WhC
possess them, would hardly know how 70 do
without them. When oue has such . scale
everything for market or for sale is weighed
Grain or roots are not measured, but sim