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Year: 1875

San FKANCIScO, Neptembcr I.-Thc
Merchants Exchange Bank will open
tomorrow morning. The President
states positively that sufficient amount
has been collected in the regular way OF
business to enable the bank to meet all
demands. A notification OF resumption
will appear in the evening papers.


There is nothing new in financial
affairs. The Directors of the Bank OF
California will not resume their session
till tomorrow morning. The feeling in
bank and commercial circles is quiet
Business Is mainly suspended on account
of the election
Year: 1875

In fattening animals time is often q
matter of Importance TO the feeder. Some
times q month gained is equal to twenty
per cent. greater weight at a later period.
Cooking TODD renders its constituents more
soluble and digestible, therefore more
rapidly entering upon flesh and tat. As a
condiment and appetizer for tattening an
imals, molasses has no equal. small
quantity OF sweet upon hay Will cause a
larger quantity to be eaten with relish


We have often tried molaSses upon poor
animals with great satisfaction A poor
horse will show a change in condition in
few days The molasses is not only an
eXcelientcondiment but an excellent food !;
and being so soluble and assimlabe that
it produces an Immediate effect upon the
condition of the animal Three pints may
be led spafngiy. and not more than a pint
per day to u COW, as too much sweet viii
prevent their breeding. When necessary
to use straw for iattening stock, the use OF
m0lasses dilnlcd with eight to ten proper
! tions OF water to wet the straw before
steanin9. Will he found to render ii very
palatabie, and cause it to be eaten incor-
poratcd with other tattening food, as
readily rs hay. Some noted chemists have
supposed all starchy food to be coverted
into sugar by the action OF the stomach
Perhaps this will account tor the remarka-
bic effect OF sweet upon animals. Stew
art ) Prize Essay.
Year: 1875

to his brothers child had she stood in
need OF il, upon learning the circumstances
very willingly relinquished her to me.


''She has lived with me ever since,
growing nearer and dearer to my heart
every day


$50 you perceive, added my friend, in
conclusion, that | did not speak lightly
when said that little kathie saved my
Lie, And have sometimes thought he
! added, his expressive eyes growing soft
and misty as he spoke, that she has done
mucn toward making it worth saving, for
never until felt the clnging OF her little
arms around my neck, did | realize the
tull import OF those holy words, OF such
is the kingdom of Heaven


And as looked upon him and thought
OF one great sorrow that had hardened his
youth, turning to bitterness the sweet
spring OF domestic affection, and the life
he had led since, SO calculated to draw
out the harsher and sterner OF his nature,
thanked God for the angel He had sent
20 hlm IN the form OF a little child.
Year: 1875

THE CATALEPTIC ROOSTER There is
curious experiment which any one ', no
is the possessor Of a rooster can try Tor
himself with success, and which has
never been positively explained. 1t is an
ancient one, in fact il is two hundred
years and over ago, since il was COM
mented upon by kircher in 1916. Still,
it is none the less curious, and almost as
much a subject of speculation now. as it
was when first observed. 1t is performed
thus: Select dark-colored table with Il
smooth top; place it so that a narrow
streak Of sunlight will fall across the sur
face. The sunlight is not absolutely ma
terial to success, but we have found the
desired result to be more quickly obtained
when it is present. Then set the rooster
OF: the table, and hold his head down so
that his beak comes in contact with the
wood Now with piece Of chalk, and
| in the sunlight, draw Il line straight from
the birds beak Move the chalk very
slowly, and by the time the line is a
couple of feet in length the rooster will
fall into cataleptic or trance-like condi-
ton; and although the hands are re-
moved from his body, he will remain
perfectly rigid for minute OF two. 1t is
said that a black line on white surface
viii produce the same effect Hens may
be similarly treated, but it takes much
| longer to get them into the trance state,
| it being necessary to hold the head down
several minutes before they come under
the influence. This phenomenon is term
ed hypnotisln, or the result of a curious
| sleep producing property incident to the
! tlXatlon OF the attention upon some bright
object. 1t is by some considered partial
paralyzation of the brain The same can
be done upon human beings. The per
son should fix his eyes steadtastly on any
glittering object, say disk Of silver
paper, fastened on a black surface and
brought within ten inches Of his face, fol
about twenty or thirty minutes. A state
of torpor superyenes, during which. if
the limbs be gently raised. they will rig
idly remain as placed. Surgical opera
tions have been performed under these
conditions without causing suffering to
the patient.
Year: 1875

As locomotive tender was being filled
with water at the tank in the Erie Rail
way yard at Port Jervis. N. Y, few
days ago, suddenly the water ceased to
flow. The apparatus was taken apart. and
the pipes We're found to be choked with
catfish, from an inch to two inches in
length. The same day as engine No. 275
was going up the mountain, it was found
that no water was running from the tank
to the boiler. The train was stopped and
the fire drawn to prevent an explosion.
An investigation showed that the connect
ing hose was literally packed with these
little fish. Hydrants ceased to work
throughout the village, and the pipes car
rying water to the boilers in the Erie shops
refusing to discharge, operations were
necessarily suspended until they could be
cleared. AS in the other cases, catfish
were the cause of the stoppage. There
was almost a complete water famine for
several hours. An examination of the wa
ter-works reservoir showed that the strain
Ell had been cut in some way, giving free
access to the water main to millions of
the young fish. The break was repaired,
and the cause of the trouble removed.
Year: 1875

The most perpieNing thing in youth >
lite is when his girl gets mad and returns
the numerous trinkets that he has bought
her. lie hardly wants to sell them, he
can't palm them off on his next choice Tor
new goods with any degree OF satisfaction
or safety, they're probably things thai he
can't wear himself and he's LETT with them
on his hands, and so he can only stare at
them and count up how much they cost
Year: 1875

distance remarkably long. For this par
ticular bee George Dixon stood in the
lucky position, Just outside the coppice.
and long after all others III the party had
lost the trail, his straining eye was bent
intently westward. In time he, too, could
see the bee no longer; but before that
time came he had taken sight straight
over the top of a distant tree that would
lead him direct to the bees hive.


Before following the track the party re-
turned to their old positions, crouching
behind the tree until another bee arose.
That one, too, they sighted, but she flew
toward the south Her course was noted
by kimbal and the watching was resumed
and continued until the last bee was cone.
OF nine bees that arose five flew westward
in the course marked by the first bee.
three flew to the north. and one, the sole
representative of another hive. chose a
middle course 1t was decided ut once to
hunt TO the west, rs it was probable that
the hive in that direction was nearest,
through having furnished the majority OF
the bees, and the party started forth alter
lighting some more sugar, in order that
other bees might be ATTRACTED These
new bees it was thought. might overtake
the hunters, and if they CHANGED to be OBJ
served. might help TO assure them that
they were on the right trail 1t was a
fortunate provision, for the party had
walked scarcely quarter of mile be-
fore they lost sight ior time Of the great
tree winch was GUIDING them. Ihey were
ut loss tor their course and paused IL
resolute, Just then a sharp buzz struck
SuthrriandS ear, and u moment later a
bee lieW over ms head, and set the party
rIght lhey stumbled ON over the rough
ground, now Wadh@ IN sWamps and again
pushing away through heavy brush, but
always straight ahead without a swerve.
Many times they tell into doubt, but at
such times they ana not recklessIy go ON,
but waited Ior y bee TO guide them. Once,
alter Il prolonged pause, no bee was seen
aHd 1t became necessary to light the allur-
n@ Su4Ar and honeycomb to attract new
@uIdGS. ihIs was successful. At tine end
oi Y miln' on perhaps more the hunters
emerged ifonl some uhderbusl through
winch they had Slow y made Il path to
compMatNe4} open piece Ct wood, thro,
1 Ian ar AZ "a ny
Year: 1875

coon BRIAu Al wa, one ,iay dining
with friend said to him. "Your wife
makes good bleadn Il shouldn't have
kept ner ID She didn't. was the ready re-
spousr Now it would have been most
too bad to dismiss one who had already
become MS wife, for no other fault than
that Size failed to make good bread And
Vet ID must be confessed, it is Il serious
fault, and every young man in pursuit of
% Wife would do wen to make Il requisite
,hal She shall be Skilled in the art of max
ing bread. Three times a day during all
his married lite, will be want on his table
t's staff Of life And il is IN essential
thing that this indispensable article OF
cookery be we'll made The pies and cakes
.lfe ID secondary consideration These may
be dispensed with, but not the "daily
bread Every mother owes it to her
daughters that she viii instruct them in
the department OF household duties. Bet
ter that they know less OF music and
French, and dress and fashion, than be
deficient here. If a man has a wife that
daily furnishes his table with bread well
made and we'll baked, SO let him be thank
tnl 1t such a man comes to his table mo-
rose and fault-tindng, will not say that
he deserves his bread to be dough, for no
man deserves that, Int / will say that he
deserves nc bread at all Pork and pota-
toes and beans, without any bread at all,
are good enough for him
Year: 1875

The busy time Of all the year is now here
Haying drives, and the farmer must drive or
it will drive him. All depends on managing
work 30 as to keep all moving along harmo-
niously together. The men must be pro-
vided with work, and il must not all be
crowded into few hours in the afternoon.


The one important thing in haying is to ar
range it SO as to start the cart early ia the
day. If load Or two goes in before noon,
lot Of it can be slowed away before night.


Ii has for years been our custom to NOW
10 the afternoon, when the weather is prom
ising; starting at four or FIVE, or even six
o'clock and moving until dark sometimes.
The grass is then comparatively free from
dew, and will be dry hours before that
moved early in the morning If the farmer
has no tedder, the gain by moving at night
is more conspicuous. Heavy grass that is
full Of sap, and mown while drencbed with
dew, will rot on the ground before it is dry
If it is not stirred. If the grass can be
cured so as to be it TO cart when il is raked,
great saving of labor is made, and also
saving Of half the risk from injury to rain.
The quality Of the hay is better also. The
longer grass lies exposed 20 the sun in cur
ing. the poorer the quality of the hay. Every
one knows that if grass lies five or six days
bleaching 10 the sun it loses its fresh, green
color, and is nearly worthless. The deterio.
ration begins before farmers are conscious Of
it. The tedder, as we have before stated,
is a very valuable auxiliary in the hay field.
When farmer asks our advice as to buying
hay tedder, We always tell him, Eyes, by
all means, it will pay"


A great deal is said about curing hay in
the cock, but We confess 1t is something we
never could understand or accomplish. If
grass is full of water, or has moisture in it,
that would cause it to heat in the NOV we
never could make it cure in the cock. If
the moisture is all removed, we want it put
in the barn, and let il ''cure" there.


1t is frequently a great saving Of time to
put hay in the cock in the afternoon aud
cart it in the next forenoon. The cocks
should be rolled over in the morning after
the dew has dried off of them. With hay
teddcr and good weather we never have any
trouble in curing any grass, except clover, in
day, but the day must not begin at eleven
O'Clock in the forenoon.


There has been so much said on the sub
ject Of early cutting that we will not harp
upon It, though it is all important. The
doctrine is now generally accepted.


An excellent hay rack is made by having
curved stakes, so that the side pieces are just
above the wheels. A board foot wide
nailed on to the stakes inside prevents the
hay from scattering and keeps it out of the
wheels.


Horse forks and hay carriers are now per-
fected SO as to work admirably. A pair Of
horses or yoke Of oxen are needed for the
rope. They save man power.
Year: 1875

The Country Gentleman prints an abstract
from Prof. Miles report Of his experiments
at the Michigan agricultural college, on pig
feeding.


The first series Of experiments were with
raw meal for the purpose of obtaining re-
liable standard Of the value of raw meal for
feeding to pigs. Forty-two pigs have been fed
over ten tons Of meal. The experiments
established the fact that young animals eat
more in proportion to live weight and that
they likewise require less food to make a
given increase of weight. 1t appears that
the animal capable of eating the most is the
most profitable. provided the digestive or.
gans are capable Of assimilating the large
amount of food and converting it into animal
products. In such cases the proportion Of
food required to supply the waste of tissues
and keep the animal machinery in working
order, is less than when the amount con-
sumed is but little. 1t is only, 10 fact, from
the excess Of food, over what is required for
repair Of the tissues, that profit in animal
products can be obtained.


The incorrectness Of the prevalent opinion
that the animals that consume the smallest
amount Of food are the most profitable, is
conclusively shown in the results of these
experiments.


The experiments were divided into periods
of four weeks each. Animals under six
months old consumed an average of 1854
pounds per week for each hundred pounds Of
live weight and made an increase Of one
pound of live weight for 4.O8 pounds of
meal, in term Of three months. Animals
over six months in age, consumed 1888
pounds for each 100 pounds live weight, and
made one pound increase for every 4.22 lbs
Of meal.


The digestive organs of the young animals,
did not fully adapt themselves to the work
required Of them until the second month.
The result showed that the digestive organs
of the older animals were over.tasked, 80
that towards the close of the trial they we're
unable to assimilate the food and mako as
great an increase in proportion to food con-
Sumsd, though there was no impairment of
health to Affect the appetite.


The fourth month showed rapid decrease
in the amount of food consumed, and cor.
responding increase in the amount Of meal
Year: 1875

Mr.. EDITOR, Dear Sir II wish to say
few words through your paper in regard TO
the use and abuse Of the farmers best friend
manure Much is being said as to the
best mode OF making the greatest amount Of
manure at the least expense; but what is the
use OF making if we throw it into some pond
or brook, or what is just as bad, apply it in
such manner as to receive little or no ben
efit for one or two years. have found by
experience that manure should bc used ac.
cording to the laws of nature, aud that ma.
ture never burieS her fertilizers below the
surface Of the earth. You will infer from
what have said that am 10 favor of top.
dressing. So l am, but not IN the old.fash.
ioned way that farmers usually do for when
the manure is spread on the grass stubble in
the months of August and September, the
scorchlng sun dries it up, and at least one
half Of 1t is destroyed. Nature places her
manure on the surface, but at the same time
provides shelter-in the forest by her
trees ; on the prairie by the tall grass.


Now, as grass is without question the best
paying crop raised in Vermont, we should
make it speciality. Considering this, we
should not put all our manure on the corn
and potato crop, where every busheI raised
costs you Sl.25 when it cannot be sold for
over 81 per bushel but, instead of this,
apply small quantity to each hill, and
save the main portion for the ground you
wish to seed to grass and when seeding 10
grass, pillow the land 10 the fall aud il is
ready at any time during the winter to re-
ceive the manure.


Spread the manure from the sled or cart,
not leaving it in heaps as it is customary
with many farmers, taking care never to
haul any when there is over four inches of
snow on the ground and in the spring as
soon as you can get on with q team. After
tho snow is off, harrow it crosswise, once in
a place, and that covers it from the sun,
which will not cause it to bake, as it would
if there was no manure on the ground. Thus
covered, and partly mixed with the sod, the
earth takes the strength of the manure and
the effects will be twice as lasting as ii
spread on top and left exposed to sun and wind.


As the season advances, SOW the grain
and grass seed, taking care not to lose $40
in hay by saving one in grass seed, but put
on at least one.half bushel per acre and there
will be no reason to complain of light hay
crops In any common season. II.
Year: 1875

We have an inquiry from correspondent
concerning "oleomargarine cheese" and


whether it is cleanly and healthful articl g
OF food. Also show it differs from the co M
mon cheese in market"


The so-called oleomargarine cheese is
made from milk which has been set for cream
and skinned, the cream being turned into
butter, and oleomargaripe added to the
skinned milk to replace the natural fat of
the milk which has been taken off for butter
making. The object of adding the oleomar-
garine is to so improve the SKINNED milk
that cheese may be made from it which is
mellow and palatable, and which will resem-
bio in texture and meatiness whole milk
cheese.


From all we have been able to learn con-
cerning oleomargarine, we have seen nothing
as yet that would seem to prove that it is
unclean or unwholesome; and as further
proof Of our confidence that this is so, we may
add that for several months past we have
been using, freely, "oleomargarine cheese" on
our table, and find it not only very palata-
BILE, but wholesome.


We believe that all foods, however, should
be sold under their proper name, and so of
"oleomargarine cheese" and while there
may be nothing in the favor or texture to
distinguish it from other cheese, it is just
and proper that the consumer should know
what he is buying, and thus, if he have
preJudices against any particular kind of
food, he may have full liberty to avoid it.


The recent method for improving skinned
milk by the use of oleomargarine will be
likely to throw considerable quantity of
oleomargarine cheese on the market from
the creameries and while this new process
of manufacture opens the way for utilizing
the skinned milk in a better manner by
turning out good-havored, meaty cheese,
we hope the distinctive title of "oleomarga-
rine" may be used in placing it upon the
market.


The oleomargarine cheese is said to have
remarkable keeping qualities, and that it re-
tains flavor much longer than whole-milk
cheese. If this be so it is another reason
why the cheese should have a distinctive
name.-X. A. Willard, in RurQl New
Yorker.
Year: 1875

The farmer in our country town pays for
nothing that is so imperfectly done as the
work upon the feet of his horses. 1t is
quite probable that out of dozen horses in
a neighborhood, the shoeing of no two should
be done alike. Though it is not possible to
lay down positive rules to carry the work.
man entirely through this Job, yet there are
few suggestions that it will be we'll for
farmers to remember and insist upon their
being observed by their horse-shoers.


list. If the foot is not diseased, the frog
should never be pared.


I'd Never allow shoe to touch the foot
when it is hot enough to burn the hoof.


Sd. Ii the hoof is thin or brittle, use small
nails, and Except on large feet) six nails are
enough.


4th. Do not rasp the hoOf higher than the
clinches.


9th. Fit the shoe to follow the exact form
OF the hoof, taking care that no iron projects
beyond the crust of the heel.


9th. Do not pare or rasp the sole only
what is necessary to make level seating
for the shoe.


7th. When pulling off the shoes, if posi-
BILE, pull each nail separately.


Though the above enumerated suggestions
should all be observed in nearly all cases,
yet they are far from being complete. This
piece of work, to be properly done, requires
some previous knowledge bearing upon the
subject, care, skill, and withall little judg.
meDt and common sense. 1t will not be
money i'll spent for every farmer to purchase
some good work upon this subject, and if
there are no good horse-shoers within your
reach, find one that will obey your orders,
and patronize him.-C. T. Leonard, in Ohio
Farmer.
Year: 1875

Another COW of the famous Duchess FAM
lily, the property Of Mr.. Alexander, and said
to be worth $4,000, is dead, and it is stat
ed that her premature demise has "cast a
gloom" over Mr.. Alexander. To our way
of thinking, when a family of cattle has
been perfected and refined to that extent
that breath of fresh air will kill them, and
they lie down and die one after another With
out any apparent cause, the best thing for
cattle breeders Of the country is that they
should die, and the sooner the better. The
farmers, dairymen and stock raisers of the
country want different class Of animals
upon which to draw for the improvement of
their stock.
Year: 1875

The N. E. Homestead says: Some farm
ers are constantly trying to do too much.
They are not satisfied with laying out the
amount of work which they could perform
without much difficulty bat must constantly
be adding to it and increasing the burden.
Every year they do this and every year they
obtain their reward. Their work is always
behind and is poorly done. There is so
much to do they cannot take time to do any
thing well. Much of their work is entirely
neglected and losses are the inevitable result.
They plant so much they cannot get the seed
into the ground until very late in the season.
Hoeing comes late and they are so hurried
and so they let the crops take care of them
selves. This is one Of the very worst meth
ods of farming and in the long run is very
Improbable. So great many farmers have
found it and their example ought to be
lesson to others and induce them to lay out
no more work than they are we'll able to
perform.
Year: 1875

EDITOR VERMONT FARMER There are
thousand and one opinions on this subject,
judging from the number Of patent pans,
there being no less than sixty-six different
ones patented up to March, 1875, in the
United States aud Canada. Now each Of
these patents claims to possess advantages in
one or more respects over its predecessors.


According to the laws of heating aud cool.
ing liquids, we should cool from the surface
and sides, and, if we wish to heat liquid
we do 1t from the bottom.


The veriest cook knows that IL they want
to boil the tea-kettlo, they apply the heat at
the bottom, and not at the surface and vice
versa, if they wish to cool a vessel of hot
liquid of any kind they do it from the sur.
face.


Now the way Of applying water to the
bottom Of pans for the purpose of cooling the
milk that the cream may the more successfully