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Year: 1875

A subscriber in the PLoughman Of March
20, mentioned the deterioration Of the Bald
win apple. We can make the same com.
plant in regard to the Rhode Island Green.
ing We have noticed the fact and have
talked with old fruit growers, aud they have
all told me that any apple Of standard merit
will run out by continually grating it upon
inferior stock. The Rhode Island Greening
has been an apple Of great merit, and has
been grated upen every variety of stock,
and the consequence is that Greetings can
be found in Rhode Island of every flavor.


We know an orchard where the Green
iugs will not keep beyond January lst. We
know another orchard close by where the
apples will keep until May. 1t excited my
curiosity so much that inquired into the
matter, aud learned that the nurseryman
who raised the trees of the last mentioned
orchard, was very particular to raise his
stock of late varieties of apples from the
latest keeping fruit he could procure that
whenever he grated the Greening upon any
other stock, he was sure 70 put it upon u
late keeping variety aud Of sour order; he
said it kept up the favor; he worked sweet
apples the same way. The result has been
that his fruit is unexceled for keeping quail
tiles.


Another nurseryman raises his stock from
an apple between sweet aud sour. and poor
keeping one ut that. You have no idea,
Mr.. Editor, what 4 difference there Is in the
favor of his apples of the same name with
those Of the other nurseryman. The keep
ing qualities are as remarkable.


Now It is well known fact in grating.
that sour apple upon sweet stock will
reduce the sour flavor. If this is repeated
three times, sour apple will become quite
sweet; reverse the order and 3 sweet apple
will become sour.


Nov take late apple and work it upon
an early one, and fall apple is the result
after three or more removals. We have a
fall Greening brought about by these means.
Now it is well known that our fall apples in
varieties outnumber all the others, and it is
very easy to account for il. We hope that
nurserymen hereafter will look into this
matter, and that in the future this grating
upon unknown stocks will be discarded. We
admit the fact that Greenings planted will
not produce greening fruit as large as the
original, but it will produce stock that will
produce sour fruit; the same truth holds
good with sweet fruit.


We think tree is worth as much as a
COW, taking the lifetime of each for stand
ard. Certainly then it stands to reason that
we should be more careful in our selection,
and we hope the subject in future will re-
ceive the attention that we think is its due.
Cor. Plou0hntan.
Year: 1875

hemlock timber on most farms, the design Of
this article is to call attention TO this fact,
and refer to different ways in which il may
be probably employed, instead We heard
farmer state the other day about hemlock
scantling, three by four inches in size, being
used in fences for twenty years and we're
now apparently as sound as ever, with the
exception of those pieces having sap-wood
upon them, which was decayed. This farm
er uses this kind Of material quite extensive
ly for fences, laying them up in the same
way as cedar rails and finds them convenient
and durable. Being straight and uniform
in size, these scantlings make better looking
fence than the common rails, and would ap.
parently keep in place better. A crooked
or zigzag fence of rail is generally stronger
than a straight one, yet it would seem that
these scantliugs might be laid up straight,
with strong stakes, and wired at top, at a
saving Of material, and save the numerous
unhandy and unsightly corners Of the crook
ed fence.


On dry ground we should prefer post and
board fence to one made Of scautlings, but
on wet land, and where there is much troub-
lie with frost, the latter would be better
With cedar posts and hemlock boards a
good fence can be made, and for some parts
of the farm is better than any other. With
board ten inches wide at the bottom, and
three six inches wide, taking about forty
feet 70 the rod, q good fence can be made.
These should not be over fourteen feet long,
where two posts are used for one length Of
boards. Where strong board fence is re-
quired, as between pastures, it will be better
TO have the boards about an inch and
quarter thick, and if each alternate post is
on the opposite side of the fence, the strength
will be increased. A few years since we
read Of feature connected with board fence
which may be of use. 1t was to have the
bottom board raised foot or more from the
ground, and then turn two or three burrows
with plow up next to the fence, forming a
shallow ditch on either side. The object Of
this was to save lumber, form ditch TO
turn and keep the water from the posts, pre-
venting decay and the action of the frost,
and also as an obstacle in the way of stock
in their attempts to tear down the fences, as
they sometimes undertake to do. We omit
ted to mention, when speaking of fence made
from scantliug, another form we have some
times seen. The pieces were six inches wide
aud one and halt thick. These we're laid
upon edge, crooked like rail fence, with
the stakes driven straight drown into the
ground instead of q slant, as usually prac-
ticed. This method would require less lum.
Der than with the common scantliug, as few
er pieces are needed for length of fence
E. X. Tolcle, in Messenger.
Year: 1875

4" | could tale unfold" says Tribune
correspondent, how Jones's ram, or Smiths
COW, or Robinson's bull took that premium,
that would make Brown open his eyes in
astonishment. Brown wondered why his
Cotswold's fleece was so raw and harsh after
it had been washed with soap and warm wa
ter, but he did not dream as he snoozed in
the next pen upon the straw, that long be-
fore daylight Jones had rubbed his rams
fleece with yellow ochre and so gave it q
rich color, a soft greasy feel, and a lustre
that charmed the judges and took them by
storm in a moment. And he does not know
to this day that Smiths COW was fed quart
Of linseed oil daily week before the milk


ing trial was made, and her cream measured
thirty per cent Of the milk, or that her tail
was bound up every night in hay bands to
make it thin, nor that her skin was sponged
down early in the morning with mixture
of COW dung and water, which was allowed
to dry upon it and give it the rich orange
color that was so much admired by every
body. Nor did he see the cows owner sand
papering her horns aud polishing them with
beeswax, and carefully going over her switch
with feather and bottle of ink. And in
this way the innocent man would have found
the premiums were flched from poor but
honest exhibitors who relied on merit only.
and that by a course of such breeding the
reputation of certain pedigree stock was
built up and then he might have repeated
with the poet, truly things are not what
they SEEM"
Year: 1875

AS you will suon see, have had no ex-
perience in writing for paper, but have
had some in raising sowed corn. have
frequently done 50 for twenty years if ex-
pected to be short Of feed, and have found it
profitable crop from four to six tons can
be grown to an acre, on soil that is in con-
dition to bring good wheat or corn crop.
My plan is to drill or SOW in furrows two
and half feet apart; cultivate once, which
is sufficient if your land is not very foul.
Put in thus, two and a half bushels seed is
enough. cure it thus: If it grows heavy
l cut by hand and set in shock, as you do
other corn, giving little mere slope; round
up your shocks well, make them fair size,
aud tie just so as to keep the shock together
until after it has dried out Then draw up
your bands tight, and it will be bright and
nice inside. and remain so. If you cut with
machinery and the weather permits, you can
let it wilt some, but if 80, do not tie your
shocks tight at first. would not tie in
small bundles in any case. 1 never take it
into the barn until the weather is cold, if at
all, as it is apt to mold where there is a
large body packed together. One of my
neighbOrs has been sowing Hungarian grass
for some years, which makes very good feed
if well got up, but l am satisfied that l can
grow twice the amount of feed from the same
area Of land in corn. No better feed can be
made for horses or COWS, it being far superior
to hay for milch cows, if properly cured
Cor. Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1875

Fences are very important item in our
farm account, necessary under our present
system Of management, and expensive, as
regards the cost Of construction or keeping
in repair. A large proportion of the fences
first built in this part Of the country were of
cedar, an exceedingly durable material, as
some of the rails may be found in use at
the present time, but the material is getting
short and should be husbanded for stakes
aud posts. Rails make a very good fence,
easily constructed and removed from place
to place as desired, but they take up much
room as usually built, form a harbor for
vermin, bushes and rubbish, and are most
too easily demolished by winds and stock.


Most Of these evils may be obviated, how
ever, by care in building and not allowing a
rank growth Of briers or bushes along the
head-lands Of fields IN cultivation. As ee-
dar is getting too scarce 10 be much used
for rails in fencing, and there is a supply Of
Year: 1875

very apt to impart a disagreeable favor.
But fed to cows Immediately after being
MIXED little risk is run OF injuring the milk
or the butter, and they largely increase the
quantity Of both these articles. Carrots,
mangolds and parsuips can be fed at any
time, as they are less liable to impart any
bad odor to the produce.


Where turnips are fed directly after milk
ing care must be taken to prevent the COW
from getting them between meals. Some
times piece or two will get covered up with
hay SO that the animal will fail to find it at
the time Of the main feeding, but will gel
hold of it few hours later. Now a very
little piece is enough to favor the milk, and
if this piece is eaten only two or three hours
before milking it will surely impart its flavor
We cannot, therefore, be too careful in feed
ing turnips and cabbages to cows in milk.
The odor is quite volatile and escapes before
the food circulates much in the system. II
the odor is already in the milk, scalding will
drive it ut.--Massachnsetts Ploughman.
Year: 1875

Upon the character Of the soil greatly de-
pends its heightened fertility, or the rapidity
Of its exhaustion, the ease with which it may
be restored, or the stubbornness with which
it may be resists the efforts Of the cultivator.
The farmer will, therefore, quickly recognize
the advantage Of selecting or possessing a
farm, the soil Of which is retentive Of fertili-
ty, and when exhausted is readily brought
into fertile condition again. Upon proper
selection in this regard much Of the prosper
ity Of the farmer depends, for there are soils
of which it may be said with truth that the
more of that kind,Of land person owues the
poorer man he will be; while on the contrary
it is equally true that fertile farm is the
most profitable possession man can enjoy.
-NetU York Times.
Year: 1875

There is a secret about plum.raising. We
have discovered it in travelling over the coun-
try. We never visited large plum orchard
in our life that we did not find plenty Of
fruit. And we never visited any place with
eight or ten trees, and found good crop Of
this fruit. Now, these facts set us to think
ing; and the result of our thoughts is this
that it is very easy to have all the plums
you want to eat and sell. The secret con-
nected with plum-raising is to plant plenty
of trees, so as to give fruit to the curculio
and to yourself also. If you plant fifty or
hundred trees, you will have fruit enough
for everybody. Every such orchard that We
ever visited had plenty of ripe fruit. Some
even complained that the curculio did not
thin out the fruit enough-that the trees
were overloaded. So we say to our readers,
if you plant plums at all, plant fifty or one
hundred trees-then you will be sure of all
the fruit you want, and it is one of the most
profitable crops raised.-AnnudI Of Phre-
nOIogy and PhysiOgnOny for 1875.
Year: 1875

At dinner party in London last August
there were two sisters present, one a widow
who had just emerged from her weeds, the
other not long married, whose husband had
lately gone to India for short term.


A young barrister present was deputed to
take the widow in to dinner. Unfortunately ly
he was under the impression that his partner
was the married lady whose husband had
Just arrived in India. The conversation be-
tween them commenced by the lady's re-
marking how extremely hot it was.


"Yes, it is very hot" returned the young
barrister.


Then happy thought suggested itself to
him, and he added with cheerful smile


"But not so hot as the place to which
your husband has gone"


The look with which the lady answered
this I" happy thought" will haunt that un-
happy youth till the day Of his death.
Year: 1875

FINISHING Up THE coUNT-A CURIOUS ExPLA-


NATION FROM ELECTION INSPECTORS.


The canvass Of votes cast in the late election
continued yesterday, and will probably be concluded
to-day Considerable time was taken up in discussing
reports as to clerical and other mistakes made by In
spectors OF Election In their In the Seventh
Election district OF the Twelfth Assembly district
some forty votes sent in scattering. The in
spectors cited 20 appear before the Committee
Corrected Returns TO explain this large number Of
scattering votes. Two Of them stated they
unable TO explain, but after consultation with the
third they concluded the should be given 10 the
democratic State ticket report TO this effect was
made by the committee to the Board yesterday after
Alderman Morris and others OF the republican
members protested against canvassng the vote in this
way. They insisted that such course would establish
most dangerous precedent Notwithstanding this
protest the report OF the Committee on Corrected Re-
Turns was adopted


some thirty election districts in which had
been discovered canvasscd yesterday aiter
plantations and corrections from the inspectors No
material changes in any from the returns pub


shed Immediately after election were discovered The
contest between Tunnison and Cudlip for an Alderman
ship in the Eighth Senatorial District, appears to be
definitely settled in favor OF the latter. p"


Alderman Blessings resolution, offered on Monday
providing for the submission OF questions to the
ldty OF tho election OF Marine Court Justices was
placed on nc.


The Board sat until nine o'clock last evening" twenty
Assembly districts being completed up to that time
The entire canvass must be concluded to-day.
Year: 1875

At about two O'Clock yesterday morning the people
living in the vicinity OF the Standard Oil Company's
works in Long Island City, startled by terrific
explosion which shook the buildings in the neghbor-
hood as though earthquake had occurred. So vIo-
lent was the shock, indeed that at the Hunters
Point Ferry, considerable distance from the works,
the concusson was plainly felt The alarm quickly
spread and hundreds at the scene OF the ex
plosion directed thither by column of flame that
hundred feet in the air. 1t soon asccrtained
that oil-tank had blown up, and that tho contents
burning 1ercey. The tank was known as the
"dstillate tank, and contained about thousand
barrels OF oil in process OF dstlation prior to under
going the refining process. The tank made of
heavy boiler similar to that used in the construc-
ton of ordinary gasometers and great the force
OF the explosion that the sides torn asundor like
paper, the heavy iron roof blown or the ad-
joining brick and stone work was badly shattered The
fire was confined to the tank in which originated
though there similar one, containing 500 bar
rels OF OIL within hundred feet Of it, and still nearer
we're the small wooden receiving tanks, one of which
was considerably scorched by the intense heat


The fire burned until all the oil in the tank
sumed. Three vessels lying at the company's docks
were more or less injured The loss is estimated at
about $4,000; fully insured Mr.. w T. Wads
we'll the manager the works was unable to account
it being calm night and the atmosphere heavy the
gas, which generates in large quantities during the
process Of distllation, hung low in the atmosphere
until possibly II in contact with the fires in the
boiler room, which is about 12O feet to the OF the
tanks.


The Standard Oil Company's works were established
at Hunters Point ten years ago, since which time they
have been frequently on fire. In July, 1873, all the
companys buildings, machinery, stock, &C. de-
stroyed. They rebuilt OF wood and again en-
trcly destroyed in August 1874 when they were rebuilt
with and IRON and each building separated from
the others A good supply of hose was also provided
that in case of fire dozen powerful streams of
could be brought to bear upon any given spot few
moments notice. At the time of the explosion yester-
day morning thcre three watchmen and twelve
workmen on the premises. No one was injured.
Year: 1875

The Assembly Committee, charged with the inquiry
into alleged Irregularities in the Quarantine system
again yesterday at Castle Garden to take testimony AS
Deputy Health onlccr Moser, who was expected to cs
tfy could not attend, owing 10 sickness in his amily
the committee adjourned until this morning, whom
they will meet at room No. 206, Metropolitan Hoici at
half past nine o'clock. The committee has been in
lorty eight days, and f they have uncarcd moth
ing OF startling import they have taken u vast amount
OF evidence, the recording and printing o which win
he pretty heavy item in tho expenses OF legislation
~ tha
Year: 1875

morning were very severe along the Eastern
coast. At Boston the sea ran so high in the
harbor that most of the ferry boats were COM
PEELED to cease running at midnight.


The Treasury Department will sell S5O0,00O in
gold on each Thursday of November or total
of - 900, 600 during the month.
Year: 1875

To the Editor of the Press.


Many thanks foI your article in the PRESS o
Saturday morning. Is it possible that the
Bank Commissioner has Joined the savings
banks to repeal the present law? If the saw.
ings banks wish to stir up the public again, let
them do it, resting assured that they will not
be let of so easily as they were two years ago.
l hope never to see law in this state allowing
the savings banks to loan on personal security;
no matter how many names there may be on
the notes, for, as you say, A will endorse for B
and for A. We have evidence enough in the
vast amount of European & North American
and Northern Pacific bonds lately held by our
savings banks, to show US that if the makers of
notes will pay large interest-and the poorer
the note the larger the interest,-the banks
will take them. Ii this clause is allowed to 90


into a law, mine out of ten of the savings banks
in the state will fail in five years. This clause
the Commissioner gets from a savings bank


in or near the place Of his residence; for il
am not mistaken one savings bank near him
has done this thing, even against the law.


Another item attracts my attention. That
is, that the savings banks may loan to nation
al banks at an interest not exceeding five per
cent. l supposed we had had sufficient evil
dence of the danger of such transactions in
the Brunswick, Exeter and Concord savings
banks being mixed up with national banks, to
forever prevent the Legislature from passing q
law to allow any such thing. II such thing
is allowed, how long would it take for each Of
the national banks to have savings bank as
attachment to collect money for them? have
always believed that no officer of a national
bank, especially cashier, should hold any
office or connection with savings bank


Then 1 see that the savings banks are to
have $1,000 deposit instead of $1,000, from one
deposition Also, that the tax shall be three
quarters instead of one per cont, to both of
which am opposed Then the county bonds
of the Western states are to be taken, which
should not be, and which means that brokers
can unload some of the stuff they have held
since the failure of Jay Cooke & Co. Tho
present law will do, and should not be changed
certainly not until the people, not the savings


banks, call forit. hope. Mr.. Editor you will
not cease calling the attention of the public to
the proposed change of the law, for there is
danger in almost every part of it, and must
confess surprise that the Commissioner should
propose it, and more surprise that any savings
bank shoald want to disturb the present law.
In my opinion the bare proposition from the
Commissioner to the Legislature to pass such
| law should be sufficient cause for the Governor
| to appoint a new Commissioner, for it
| shows to my satisfaction that some of the say.
ings banks have make the proposition, and the
Commissioner has adopted it as his own. We
| want Commissioner who will look after the
ssvings banks, not to cover up their wrong do
ings. DEPosIroR.
Year: 1875

THE announcement that ex-mayor Oakley
Hall is going on TO the stage has created a
great deal of interest in New York. 1t is
stated that Mr. Hail always had a passion
for the stage, and that while he was a law stu
dent he threw over his books for year and
played under an assumed name in the South
west. Boucicault, who brings the ex-mayor
out, is said to have had an eye on him ever
since he once saw him throw jury-box into
a convulsion of sobs by suddenly holding up
a little child and making it repeat tie words
of Tiny Tim: 'God bless you ALL" The play
in which he is to appear is called the ''Cru-
cihle." It is said to be very witty, and to
have much local coloring. The New York


Times gives Mr.. Hall word of cheer, and
says: "We do not now believo-much as ap-
pearances at first were against him-that he
Year: 1875

MAINE six per cent. bonds are selling at
six per cent. above par and their value is con-
stantly increasing. Large premiums have to
be paid for bonds for the state sinking fund.
Isn't It possible to issue a five per cent state
bond and take up the six per cents?
Year: 1875

THE young man connected with this paper,
who, at eleven O'Clock last night, had a two
column sensation, and many prospective COL
umns of fine writing, ruined by the an
nouncement of police officer, was a CON-
ple:e picture of blended disgust, indignation
and despair. We doubt if he survives the
shock and the loss. Napoleon the day after
Waterloo was happy man compared with
the proprietor of the late two column sensa-
fiop
Year: 1875

IT is stated that the tax which the State
collected the past year on insurance COM
panies is much below the amount which the
business statements of the various companies
Indicate that they should pay. How is ii?
Year: 1875

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Year: 1875

THE famous English organizer of excur-
sions expects to do great stroke of business
in bringing his countrymen and women over
to our centennial next year. His agent in
this country is now arranging the details of
his scheme. Mr.. Cook has, it is said, already
chartered seven steamers to bring over his
army of sight seers, and of course he expects
great crowd. His plan is to bring them first
to Philadelphia, where he will leave them
long enough to ''do'' the exhibition Then
they will be divided into two parties, and
make the tour of the country, one party &C.
ing further and seeing more than the other
and of course paying accordingly.