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Year: 1875

try this you will ever after save your waste
slops.


Another way Of saving and making ma
nure is by bedding your COWS with some
thing that will take up and retain the urine.
1t is wsll-known fact that this is the most
valuable part of the manure, and the more
you save the more you increase the value
Of it. Sawdust is good for this purpose, but
l should prefer muck got out year before
hand 80 as to be well rotted aud dry chip
manure, when not too coarse is good leaves
are also good. Give them a good bedding
and it will not only keep them cleaner but
increase your manure in quantity and value.
Always keep your manure housed it loses
great deal Of its strength by being exposed
to the sun, drying up, and to storms, wash
ing away. Cover your barn yards every
fall with good coating of muck. As soon
as you draw your hog manure out of your
hog yard draw in as many loads Of muck,
sods, brake, turfs, &C., as you drew away
loads of manure, for your hogs to work over
during the summer. Follow these direc-
tions, and, with judiciour tilling, you can
raise farm to the highest state of cultiva-
tion in few years. where without them
you could barely keep it from running down
hill. If any one doubts this ask him to
try it for himself and be convinced


A. II. PALMER.
/ StdrksborO, Apra 26.
Year: 1875

the following rules to bo observed in your
care of sheep:


First-With regard to management, new
or starve sheep, especially in summer.


Second-Do not feed much grain il you
have good hay, but at all events never let
your sheep grow poor.


Third-Many farmers lose by letting
their sheep live as long in autumn without
feeding as possible, consequently if they are
iu good condition in October, and lose flesh
and are made to grain again, there will be a
tender place in the wool.


Fourth-Have your lambs come in March,
if coarse wool; in May, il fine.


Hth-Shear your sheep, if possible, be-
fore the twentieth Of May.


Sixth-Keep your sheep from all cold
storms at all times of the year, and be as
careful Of them as Of your horse Many
sheep perish by showers after shearing, even
in July; SO | say shear at a time Of year
that they can be housed for week after
shearing; and in storms in autumn, if sheep
are exposed, it takes long time to dry the
wool, and the sheep are consequently uncom-
Portable for long time; colds and consump-
tion are the result


Seventh-Raise the standard Of your
flock; weigh every fleece at shearing; num-
Der the sheep, and note the weight of the
fleece, and then sell or kill your poorest
sheep, as like produces like, and your aver
age will soon go from four to seven pounds.


But little need be said about raising
lambs; only take care of them, and be sure
especially to know whether the lamb is able
to draw the milk. Many lambs, especially
when at pasture, perish when they otherwise
might live, because not able to start the
milk, This is one great objection to have
lambs come at the pasture, as they do not
receive tine attention they ought.


Much more might be said with regard to
the general management in feeding sailing,
curing diseases, castrating and docking
lambs, but think have said enough, and
if any hints that have suggested will prove
Of use to my brother farmers, 1 feel that l
shall be amply repaid.-Hon. A. E. Kinney,
at Plainfeld board meeting.
Year: 1875

something to do with the growth, fruitfulness
or maturing Of plants, they fail to observe
closely other causes that may affect their ex.
periments.


We have no doubt that there are stages
in the growth of Canada thistles, and other
weeds, when they may be more easily de-
stroyed than at others, because the vitality
of their roots is weakened, and this may
sometimes occur in the dark, and sometimes
in the light of the moon.


Again, cutting weeds in very hot, dry
weather would be more likely to destroy
them than cutting when it is moist and cool,
favorable to their sprouting again. We
think that if farmers will practice cutting
their thistles in the month OF June, Just be-
fore they blossom, and again in a dry, hot
time in August, they will observe that they
will grow fewer and fewer as the years pass
by. AT any rate, we should sooner predict
favorable results, if the condition of the
weather and Of the plants be consulted, than
if the cutting be done in certain phase Of
the moon.-American Rural HOME.
Year: 1875

On reading Mr.. Lanes article in late
number of the FARMER, his clear detail of
facts and figures gathered from his cnrefnl
and long-cOntinued experiments with the
sugar beet, l am not surprised at the
present extensive cultivation of the beet for
stock-feeding, nor at the prefe renee which
farmers in the valley of Lake Cham plain
show for Mr.. Lanes improved beet instead
Of carrots but in Mr.. Lanes items of facts
and figures there are still other considera-
tions for other sections ami climates. The
most important one is that he gets near
forty tons to the acre when sown the last Of
April or first of May, and only twenty tons
when sown the first of June. The peculiar
ity of Mr.. Lanes beet is that it will grow
all the time that it can have to grow in,
when as he says with the carrot it does not
make so much difference. The carrot sown
on the first of June will attain maturity aud
perhaps the tops turn yellow the latter part
Of September. Now 1 know that on the
borders of Lake Champlain they have from
four to six weeks more of growing summer
weather than we do here in Northern Maine,
or in many of the stock-growing mountain
towns of Vermont, where, according to Mr..
Lanes data, we can raise as many tons of
carrots as we could Of his improved beets.


We notice that in Mr.. Lanes detail Of
culture ho gives large space for his
plants, s,-thirty inches between the rows and
eighteen inches between the plants. There
is room for supposition that double the plants
growing to a medium size might give par
tial compensation for late planting or cold
climate. Another reason for the preference
of beets is the fewer and larger plants to
work among with the cultivator, and what
causes the greatest dread of wedding carrots
is the number and smallness Of the plants
at the time of the FIRST wedding. The whole
secret of relief from this dread is in the
first wedding. Let the land be in good con-
dition, fresh titled the last of May, the seed
kept wet mot in water but moist aud warm)
for three days previous. Then when sown
it is sure to come up in five or six days, and
the first wedding can be gone over nearly as
fast as potatoes.


In this way on land that was SO weedy that
the farmers would give me the use of it 1
have raised twenty bushels of carrots for
each days work, keeping full account of
plowing, sowing, and all the wedding. Then
the value Of the tops would twice pay for
digging. l sow seed by hand in liberal
quantities, have the rows eighteen inches
apart, and calculate to have the plants in
the rows nearly touch each other when
grown, and quite often in zig.zag position.
In this way twenty tons to the acre is not
marvel, and the value Of the tops will do
much toward the whole expense.


NJ. Il. KEEP.


Dalton, AroostOok Co., Me.
Year: 1875

wonder do the farmers Of Vermont know
the value Of the filth which is wasted every
year and which might, with little care and


expense, be saved to enrich their farms.


If they did think they would be little
more careful Of what they throw away.
Nothing should be wasted and the farmers,
especially, need to save all they can. The
more manure they can put upon their farms
the better off they will be, and by little
trouble they can increase the amount one
third. All the slops from the house, soap
suds, &C., can be saved and they are valua-
Bile. Now my idea is this first, supply
yourself with large reservoir ofsome kind !;
a cement cistern is the best about four feet
deep four feet wide, and eight feet long
wider if you like but not deeper, but if you
are not able to furnish yourself with q
cstern get large hogshead. Now fix a
drain so that the slops can be run into your
holder, empty all your house sops, soap
suds, mopping water, chamber lye, &C.,
filling in occasionally with ashes, chip ma
nure, muck, little stone lime, hen manure,
&C., mixing now and then with hoe or
shovel. When nearly full shovel out,
always keeping it under cover, and you will
have manure equal to any phosphate that
you can buy. Thus you can turn to some
account great deal of rich matter and
liquid which now do you no good aud in
six months you can more than pay the cost
of a cistsrn in the Improvement Of your


meadows. If you will take the trouble to
Year: 1875




The teacher, to be successful, must not
only enjoy good health, but must have COM
mon sense. This may seem to some to be
superhuous; but not so. There is much
more uncommon than common sense among
men; and yet the latter is indispensable to
success in teaching. The teacher is thrown
upon his own resources; must act every day
without aid or counsel upon questions which
have an important bearing upon his success
or failure. And what shall guide him to
the choice Of the best means to meet the
emergency, and to accomplish his object
He cannot consult his professional books or
his more experienced fellow teachers but
he must act without delay. And what but
his common sense can guide him to a judi
cious course of action? In the management
and government of his school, aud in his in
tercourse with the families Of his patrons, he
will meet a thousand opportunities to exer-
else this noble gift. Let parents see to it,
therefore, that their teachers possess good
common sense.


Cheerfulness aud hopefulness are also
special gifts to the successful teacher. Some
persons are constitutionally gloomy aud de-
spending. They always look on the dark
side of this bright world; never see the "sil-
yer lining" that gilds the dark cloud over
hanging them, and hence they wear upon
their countenance, and express in their words
funereal gloom that dispels all cheerful
ness, aud shuts out the sunlight from the
heart. These men and women despair of
the future, anticipate no good for themselves
or for others; and hence settle down in
gloomy dependency to brood over their mis-.
fortunes. Now, it requires no argument to
show the undesirableness of placing these
Respondents in the school-room. Gas the
teacher is so is tho school," The gloom and
hopelessness which he cherishes will be i'm.
parted to his pupils, to suppress their cheer
fulness, dampen their enthusiasm, and dis
courage their efforts. The expression of his
countenance, the tones of his voice, and in-
deed his very presence, cast gloom over the
buoyant hearts Of childhood and youth.


On the other hand, the cheerful and hope
ful teacher inspires his pupils with his own
spirit, and animates them by his own living
example. And children need this inspira.
tion and encouragement more than instruc-
tiOn. Their improvement while in school
depends upon nothing so much as the happy
smile and cheerful words Of the hopeful and
enthusiastic teacher. This very hopelulness
enables the teacher to secure the best results
Of his well directed efforts. He has to deal
with dulness and stupidity, and he sees little
or no improvement from day to day. He is
sometimes ready to give up in despair but
he remembers that the development of mind,
like the growth of tree, is by slow and inn
perceptible degrees. The sturdy oak that
now dehes the storm and tempest is the pro-
duct OF hundred years; and the intellect
and character which give manhood and wo-
manhood proud prominence in positions of
influence and usefulness have often been un-
folded by the patient toll of the hopeful
teacher. PARENs.
Year: 1875

l have seen the round rotary milk cooler
patented by L. j. Roberts, of Waterbury,
and am so we'll pleased with it that would
like to tell the readers of the FARMER some-
thing about it. 1t is round milk pan with
the water under the bottom mot coming up
around the side Of the pan at ally. The wa
ter comes in striking the center of the pan
first, and is carried around in circular mo-
tion by a strip of solid rubber I inch square
The weight Of the pan Of milk resting on the
rubber coil makes water-tight channel,
The cooler is set on a round table SO nicely
constructed that it can be turned with very
little effort, bringing all parts of the pan up
to you. BY unlocking hook underneath
the table you can tip the pan and drain the
milk all out into a tunnel. One tunnel with
milk pipe is sufficient for two pans, so that
the pans can be set up with one-half of the
pipe required by square pan.


A READER.
Year: 1875

For days have these words been Impress
cd upon my mind in relation to tho subject
of intemperance,-its rapid increase in the
country, and the rapid desolation and woe
which invariably attend its course. Pain
fully do realize the inefiiciency ofmy efforts
to present the subject IN any new light, but
il sincerity and an earnest desire to do good
are of any worth, then may haply arouse
to thought and action one slumbering soul
somewhere in the universe, and If no more
who can say have taken up my pen in
vainP


When it can be said.--and, l fear, with
too much oftruth in many a town throughout
our loved state,-that there is scarce u
young man in town who does not indulge in
tho social glass" surely it is time for us all
to put our shoulder to the wheel of this
chariot ofdestruction, and use our most ear
nest efforts 10 stay its onward march.
Year: 1875

The day when the majority of farmers
believed that the improved breeds were no
better than native stock, has long since gone
by. We do not now find intelligent men
who are ready to argue that the pure Short
horns are no improvement on the native
cattle, or that the Essex is no better than
the old-iashloned hog. Careful breeding
has wrought wonderful improvement with all
classes Of domestic animals, and the progress
which has been made is now very generally
Year: 1875

81 always thought should never be able
to rear that child" said an old lady of 90, on
hearing of the death of her son, aged 20,


Being asked what made him so dirty, an
unwashed street Arabs reply was 81 was
made. as they tell me, of dust, and sup
pose il works out"


A Portland Street young gent was heard
the other day soliloquizing thusly; " I'D go
through fire and water TO see her, but darned
if I'll go through this mud, with blacking at
fifteen cents box"
Year: 1875

on land, and in little time there will
be neither houses, orchards nor vine-
yards in the country. A few days ago
the HERALD published "a thoughtful
and well written article on taxation,
by Judge THOMPSON of this city, in
which position directly opposite to
that of the Post is taken. The Judge
proposes to raise the government rev.
enue by taxing the consumer. The
farmers land is untaxed, but those
who consume the products of the farm
pay the revenue. There is good deal
of the old free trade element in this if
looked at from one point of view. 1t
has the appearance OF adaptation
to the fitness of things. The farmer
pays q heavy tax on everything he
consumes outside Of the products of
his farm. What we are pleased to call
protection to our manufacturers is SIM
ply tax on the consumer of the arti-
cles these factories place on the market.
The immunity from taxation on his
land would be a protection to the
farmer while the tax on his products
would come from the consumers. To
make Judge THoMPsoN's plan work
well heavy tariff duty on foreign po-
tatoes and beans would be an absolute
necessity. There are number of new
and many practical suggestions in
Judge THoMPsoN's paper which Will
set the people to thinking, and this is
what is needed. 1t would be better
for the country if our Legislators
woul d devote more time and attention
to how to make taxation equal on all
than how to make the revenue meet
the expenses.
Year: 1875

Yesterday grading commenced on
the Los Angeles and Independence
Railroad, between this city and Trux-
ton, and we are informed by Chief
Engineer CRAWFORD that the road
bed will be completed and ready for
the ties and iron from the water to
within about four miles of
this city within a month or six weeks
from this date. A large force is blast
ing out the road bed through Cajon
Pass, and the number of men en-
ployed on that part of the road will be
increased to the utmost number that
can be used in a short time. Another
party of one hundred Cinnamon has
been ordered from San Francisco and
will be on hand in a few days. The
contract for the lumber and piles to
build the wharf at Truxton has been
closed with San Francisco firm and
the first cargoes will arrive in short
time. These evidences of progress in
the work are gratifying to the citizens
of this valley.
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: There is rich
specimen of unintelligible eloquence
to be found in the Los Angeles Star of
the oath inst, rejoicing in what it is
pleased to call " the downfall of the
Sacramento UnioR.n After reading
two and half columns of this lick
spittle eloquence, we gathered the
prominent ideas of the Star editor, viz:
popular voice of the people and the
government of the country in which
we live; that it has made us what we
are, and we must submit to its rule in
all things; and any editor or man that
dares to utter word against it's die
tum, must go down like the Sacra-
mento Union. This article fixes be-
yond doubt the constellation in
which the Los Angeles Star is to re-
volve in future. Perhaps the Star
editor may not be apprised of the fact
that the Sacramento Union accom-
plished more in obtaining means to
build the Central Pacific Railroad than
all the other journals on the coast
combined. Not only SO, it has always
acknowledged the great advantage we
have derived from that road; but it
has, in mastery manner, denounced
the manipulators of that road for in-
terfering in the politics of our govern
ment, contending that it was built by
the Government, and therefore should
not assume the control of its creator.
If for this great crime it has offended
public opinion and hastened its own
destruction, there are thousands of the
best journals on the continent follow
ing in its wake. But we presume the
Star is safe; it will never ago DOWN.
for any such crime. The true inter
probation of the case is about this: The
Sacramento Union was a powerful
organ and always welded in behalf Of
the people, and, being popular with
the masses, it could and did thwart
many of the political schemes of the
manipulators of the Central Pacific
Company. That company found it
cheaper to buy it out than to endure
its opposition. JUSTICE.


Los Angeles, February 24th.
Year: 1875

The San Francisco Post has theory
or rather hobby, which it rides with
zeal and earnestness that would do
much in the way of advancing prac-
tical proposition. 1t wants to tax
lands and lands alone. 1t believes that
land should be so heavily taxed that
no one could afford to own it and no
one would occupy it longer than its
use enabled him to make profit over
the cost of taxation. This would
throw the burden of taxation on the
tillers of the soil. From them would
be collected every branch Of the reve-
nue. required to support the Govern
ment, while those who lived in cities,
owned fine houses and held a large
bank account would be as exempt from
taxation as the editor of the. Post or
the inmates of a poer-house. One Pc
cular feature would be developed by
the adoption of the Post plan of rails
Ing revenue-there would be no houses
In the country. A farmer might plow
and SOW piece of land, but he would


not be silly enough to build house on
farm which the next Increase of
taxeswould compel him to abandon.


The farmers would become nomads
ana i've In tents, which they could
fold and steal away at the approach of
the tax-collector. Place all taxation
Year: 1875

AL Average VI bllIO6 SledLleIS pei
week land at Wilmington on the down
trip from San Francisco. Each of
these steamers bring us about one
hundred and fifty passengers. AT
least three-fourths of these passengers
are people who come into the valley
to remain. What becomes of them?
At first glance we are apt to be inn
pressed with the notion that our pop
ulation is not increasing as rapidly as
these figures would seem to warrant.
Yet on refiecti on and investigation we
reach different conclusion. A care
fully taken census would show a very
large increase in the number of resi-
dents in this city and valley over that
of two or even one year ago. This is q
large valley and its almost universal
fertility makes it an abiding place for
vast number of people without an
apparent density of population. They,
the thousands of new comers, are
scattered over this and San Bernar-
dino counties. They are locating on
the rich lands that make up such a
large area of both counties, and in a
little time the wealth and improve
ments resulting from their labor will
be more apparent than now. There
are not perhaps to exceed thirty thou
sand people in this county to-day; yet
Los Angeles valley is capable of sup
porting million people, and the day
will come when her population will
equal that number. In the steady and
regular increase of numbers we are
liable to overlook the fact that our
population is rapidly increasing; still
when we look over the valley in detail
We find towns, villages and settle
ments where year ago the sheep
were grazing. San Fernando is the
creation of less than a year. Where
now we find quite a little town, one
year ago there was not a house. Ana
helm has almost doubled in population
and more than doubled her wealth
within that period. Los Nietos did
not exist one year ago; now We speak
of it as a town, while around it
for miles the farming population has
more than doubled and the agricultur-
al industries more than trebled.
This is also true of the Monte and
Spadra and vicinity. The same in
crease in numbers and wealth is no.
ticeable along the railroad from this
city to Wilmington. Los Angeles has
moved forward with rapid strides.
She has built many fine business
houses and private dwellings, and it
seems to us that there are one-fourth
more people here now than ten
months ago. But it is in the agricul-
tural interests that we have made the
greatest advances. The number of
new farms that have been made in
this valley within a year, could they
be Immediately known, would aston
ish the old settlers. The process of
cutting up large tracts into small
farms has been going on steadily, and
this alone has added many hundred
families to our farming population. 1t
is fact that cannot be denied that
Los Angeles valley is improving more
rapidly than any other portion of the
State.
Year: 1875

Moore's Restaurant, on Commercial street,
is the proper place to go for a good meal, with
good cup OF coffee or tea to drink with it,
There is probably no restaurant on the Pacific
coast where SO many of the substantials and
so many OF the luxuries may be had for % cts.
DON'T forget the place -Moore's Restaurant,
Commercial street. Private eating rooms have
been neatly fitted up for the accommodation
of ladies' j5-tf
Year: 1875

nA- The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people dc
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
q new one of DESMOND. They say there Is nc
comparison between the two. 2%o
Year: 1875

Aftert the lambing season in January the flock
of sheep will number about l4.OOO and they
will be kept undivided, to save expenses to
the shareholders. This will give about thirty
sheep to each share. The sheep will produce,
in increase and wool over So each yearly over
expenses. They will be grazed upon outlying
and unsold lands of the company. The mo
fence " law is in force in Los Angeles county.
TO supply every lot with crystal. cool, sweet
maf