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Year: 1876

lsr-Force Feed Arrangement for Sowing
Grain, consisting Of one gum and one iron
roller-which is really the only force feed ar
rangement made-giving you an even and
regular distribution of grain at all times. Can
SOW any amount of grain, from peck to two
bushels.


2D-The Patent Spring Hoes having gum
springs on end of Drag-Bar, (being the only
perfect gum-spring arfangement) thereby
doing away with the old wooden brake-pins,
and allowing the Drill to pass any obstruc-
ton that the axle will 60 over without inter-
fering with working of Drill.


3D-The Patent movable or sliding Fulcrun,
Of Spring Bar for sowing the grain deep or
shallow, is an improvement not possessed by
any other drill.


4TH-The Patent shield for covering the Gear
wheels, to prevent clogging or cramping with
weeds, cornstalks or accumulation ofgrit and
gravel, which make Drill run heavy, is q
needed improvement over all other drills.


5rH-Ths Land Skrvsyo, is as correct as it
is possible to make one, having one face show
ing lie acre, and another face registering
the acres


6TH-The Patent Azle is SO constructed that
the bearings are all on the outer and inner
parts Of Spindle, causing the Drill to run
lighter to the team, and more steady, than if
bearing was ell on center of spindle.


7rH-All we can say for the Putent Guano
or Fertilizer attachment is that it is the only
one that will sow or distribute properly all
kinds of fertilizers in all conditions.


The BEST also has Patent Hoe Shifter, by
which the Boots can be changed from straight
to zigzag line, or vice versa, while seeding
along. The Grass Seed Attachment is perfect.
In fact, it would be impossible to give all the
good and superior points possessed by this
Drill, without occupying too much space.
Suffice it to say, our Drill is just what is
claimed for 1.-THE best-AND HAS NO EQUAL.


For further information call on any of the
following
Year: 1876

You are asked every day through the col
umns Of aewspapers and By your druggist to
use something for Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plaint that you know nothing about, you get
discouraged spending money with but little
success. Now to give you satisfactory proof
that Green's August Flower will cure you Of
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with all its
effects, such as Sour Stomach, Sick Head
ache. Habitual costiveness, palpitation of the
h ae;st saa aass.tsoEn ast coming up
you to go to your druggist Dr.. Chamber
laine, Middletown, or d. p. Baker, Odessa,
and get sample bottle of Green's August
Flower for 10 cents and try it, or a regular
size for Is cents. Two doses will relieve you.
Year: 1876

The following description of a profta-
hog was reported by the committee at the
swine breeders convention at Indisnapo.
lis, Indiana; He must have a small,
short head, heavy jowl, and thick, short
neck; ears small, thin, and tolerably
erect, not objec.ionably if they droop
slightly forward must be straight from
the neck back to flank; must be let well
down TO the knees in brsket; of good
length from head to tail broad on the
back; ribbed rather barrelshaped must
be slightly curved or arched in the back
from shoulder To the setting on the tail :;
tail small; long in the ham from hook to
letting off of the loins; shoulder not too
large to give symmetry to the animal !;
ham broad and full; hair smooth, and
evenly set on; skin soft and elastic to the
touch legs short, small and well set un-
der; broad between the legs; good depth
between bottom and top of the hog with
pleasant, quiet disposition should not
weigh more than three or four hundred
pounds gross, at twelve TO eighteen months
old, according to keep; color may be
black, or white, or mixture of the two.
The above described hog will measure as
many feet from the top of the head to
setting on of tail as he does around the
body, and will measure as many inches
around the leg below the knee as he does
feet in length around the body depth of
body will be four.ifths of his height.
Year: 1876

August and September are favorite
months to plant out Strawberries, with
those who desire crop of fruit the next
season. In making strawberry bed, a
warm, dry spot of ground should he
chosen, with, it possible, good loamy
or clayey subsoil. A moist, wet situa.
tion is very unfavorable. 1t is best to
subsoil at least eighteen inches deep,
and il the soil is poor let il be moderate
ly enriched with well decayed stable
manure. In setting out take care that
the plants do not become dry from the
time they are taken up till they are re-
planted, and see that they do not wither
afterwards. Many persons cut off the
leaves, if they are afraid of their whiting
under hot suns, but much better
plan is to shade. Inverted four-inch
flower pots are excellent for this purpose;
they may be taken off at night. The
dews will 80 invigerate them that the
shade will only be required for few
days. Sometimes in September they
may need good watering; but this
should never he attempted unless a
thorough saturation of the bed is given +;
and in few days after, the hoe and rake
should he employed to loosen and level
the surface, which the heavy watering
will, in all probability, have cause to
bake and become very crusty.
Year: 1876

"1f ! had TO preach a sermon on horti-
culture" says Downing, 81 should take
this for my text: Stir the Soil. ,"
In dry weather it is very essential that
the soil be stirred often. The air waters
the fresh dug soil much more effectually
than we can do. A man will raise more
moisture with a spade and hoe in a day
than he can pour on the earth out of a
watering pot in week. II The ground
he suffered TO become close and compact,
the cool surface exposed to the air for
the reception of moisture is smaller, and
what is deposited does not enter into the
earth far enough to he appropriated; but
if the soil be loose and porous the air en-
ters more deeply and deposits its moist
urc beneath the surface. Almost any
soil in which seed will germinate may
be made by continued hoeing to produce
a crop. Above all, cut away every weed
that appears. Gone wears seeding
makes seven years wedding" The only
Use of weeds is to make necessity OF
tiling the ground more frequently.
Year: 1876

We have always advocated beef-good,
wellfatted beef--for family use especially
through the winter season. II is sur
prising how few cattle are slaughtered by
farmers for food for their families; and
yet we know of no good reason for their
not using beef. No argument can be
advanced to prove it too expensive. On
the contrary, beef is cheaper, especially
such as is best suited TO home use, than
pork. The fattenine, killing and saving
is done with less expense and labor than
is possible with our porkers, and is at
tended with less risk as regards the
health Of the animals. Yearlings and
two-year old hcifers can be bought in al
most every ncighborhood, and ifprorerly
grazed through the summer, a very little
grain fed, commencing while the grass
is good, will, by cold weather, insure
good, juicy and wholesome beef. Our
farmer friends in this respect have a
great advantage over their city cousins,
who seldom get good piece of beef even
at high figure. Small families can
supply themselves with an early calf. II
IL is properly cared for and not killed
until IL is fatted, they will find il is worth
more as food than il would bring at the
age of one year or eighteen months old.
il kept in the usual way and then sold.
Besides the advantages enumerated, an
other important consideration is that
such young things as are not desirable to
keep for cows can he utilized while
young with evident advantage to the
personnel Of the herd.
Year: 1876

We extract the following from the
Southern CultivatOr:


A cross of the long-wool-say Cots
wold Leicester or Lincoln-will insure
an increase Of carcass to nearly or quite
double the value of the common, or ma
tave, dam. The fleece will have addi-
tional length, considerable improvement
in style, and a perceptible increase in
weight. The improvement in length
and lustre will add to its marked
value.


A cross of middle-wocd-say South
down, Shropshire, etc, will add greatly
To the quality of the meat somewhat less
though considerable to its quality; will
thicken somewhat the fleece, and give il
slight additional weight, without adding
much TO its value per pound.
A cross of American Merino, will make
a marked improvement in heece-adding
to all its desirable characteristics, except
that of length. The weight, in many in
stances, will be doubled, while in any
other than an anomalous condition of the
market, the value per pound will he
somewhat increased The size of carcass
will not be increased, though its com.
pactness and symetry of outline will be
greatly improved.


With the average farmer the more
satisfactory results will he secured by a
cross with the long.wool breeder the fine
woods. The one will show its chief i'm.
provemcnts in the carcass, the other in
the heece-though the merits of neither
will he confined to these prominent
characteristics.
Year: 1876

We have had some experience with
chufas, and there never was greater
mistake than to suppose that sit is n
very dangerous grass to deal with" We
have cultivated them in small way for
three years, and have had no difficulty in
following them with another crop.
While numbers Of them will come up the
second year, they are as easily killed as
the ordinary crab grass, and will disap-
pear as rapidly and efectually before
clean cultivation. While the chufa has
somewhat the appearance of cocoa il Is
altogether different plant. The cocoa
when once established, spreads rapidly,
aud has been known to destroy gardens
and even farms, making it impossible to
\grow anything else, and rendering the
Nnd wholly worthless. Such thing


Nn never happen from the chufa, for all


ut is necessary to eradicate it is thor


gh cultivation. Meridian Homestead,
Year: 1876

A great diversity of opinion exists
among practical farmers as 10 the value
of the several annual grasses commonly
known as millet. This may be accounted
for In part by the character of the soil
where grown. All the varieties of millet
are peculiarly adapted to light, sandy, OF
sandy loan soils, such as will produce
full crors of timothy and rcd-top only
under the most favorable circumstances
Land that issxcellent for grass is not the
hest for millet, and the best millet land
is not natural grass land Millet rescm-
bles the corn plant in its adoption to
warm land and hot weather, and for this
reason we should expect to find it more
popular crop on the dry, sandy land bor-
dering our sea-coast than upon the moist,
green hill-tops Of Vermont, New Hamp-
shire, and western Massachusetts,. And
this we find is the case-many farmers
in the interior having scarcely ever seen
patch of millet growing. Profitable
crops of millet presupposes land easily
plowed and capable of being smoothed of
and laid down with little labor.


As feeding crop for mich cows, we
hold it in higher estimation than when
we commenced raising it, probably be-
cause it is now grown more thickly and
cut earlier. Formerly it was thought
that peck of seed was enough for an
acre. Then twelve quarts was recon-.
mcnded, next a halfbushel, and 50 on,
till now we find the most successful
growers using from three to four pecks OF
seed per acre. This gives fine quality
of hay, aud IL the land is made fertile, a
heavy burden may be obtained. When
first introduced into our own neighbor-
hood, many years ago, millet was recon-
mended as specially valuable for horses
yielding both the hay and grain on the
same plant, and it was tried for this pur-
pose, but without giving satisfaction
The straw was too hard and stiff and the
horses did not appear TO relish it like
good timothy and oats. Most farmers
now cut it, or intend to, when il is in
blossom, and when cut thus early they
find that it is eaten readily by all kinds
of stock. Many even contend that il is
better than the best hay. We can not
give il quite as high credit, but esteem
II very valuable plant with which to
supplement the grass crop in dry sea-
son. From two to thee tons per acre
can be obtained in from sixty to seventy
days from sowing, and il may be grown
after an early crop of hay has been re.
movcd.-Nep England Farmer.
Year: 1876

LhGHTNING.-A commonideain regard
to lightning is that persons are safe from
its effects when sitting in the center of a
closed room, but at Stow, few weeks
ago, this was shown to be a fallacy. Sew
eral ladies were seatedaround by the walls
of y room during thunderstorm when
the house was struck by lightning. The
bolt entered this particular room through
wall, fortunately touching nobody,
and piled into the center OF the floor,
where it exploded, producing much
smoke. but doing no injury to those
present
Year: 1876

The opinion is gaining ground in
Washington that tho United States
Senate will disclaim jurisdiction
over Belknap, on the ground that,
being no longer an officer of the
government, he cannot DO impoach~
ed.
Year: 1876

The latest French journals recite the
discovery in France of a match for the
too famous Thomasson in the person of
q merchant in Paris, who recently i'm
ported from Switzerland several casks
of what he declared to he undutiable
"clay." The Custom house officers sus-
pected something, kept the casks at the
warehouse, and sent for a chemist. The
chemist was puzzled with his first speci-
men of the contents, unit he bethought
himself of testing a piece of the pre-
tended clay with fire. 1t instantly ex-
ploded with loud noise. Another very
small piece put into mortar, exploded
on being sharply touched with pestle.
1t proved to be dynamite. The casks
contained enough, had any one of them
been rolled off a cart on TO the ground,
to have blown up whole quarter of the
city. Fancy such cask in the hands
of couple of American baggage
smashers Legal proceedings have
been taken against this wretch who thus
risked the lives Of thousands to save
q few francs.
Year: 1876

SoNE day In the distant future the lit
tie darky in the barbsr.shop who silent
In holds out his hand for ten cents for
striking mans nose with a brush
broom will be laid away to rest and cat
nip planted to hide the spot.
Year: 1876

Many Of our readers have been not a
little surprised at the intelligence Of
dogs trained for the circus ring and the
stage. A correspondent of the Hlas-
tTdted Weekly lets us into the secret of
this training. 1t says that when George
Fox and Lingard separated, and Fox
took the Old Bowery, the New Bowery
had celebrated dog star, who, with a
couple OF trained dogs for a whole
month played ''The Dog of Montargis''
to a very good business. This reused a
wild ambition in Fox's breast to do dogs
also. Tom Corny, the best trained dog,
had recently died, and the man at the
Bowery had the only educated beasts in
the business. However, ignorance at
tempts and achieves a great deal some
times. The present historian proposed
what should be called 1.-The Beefsteak
Drama" A new play should be writ
ten, in itself an attraction, called "Jack
Shepard and his Dog" "Jaek'' was a
tower of strength in the Bowerv with
out dog; with one, the new theatre
stood no chance.


Two splendid black Newfoundlands
were secured. One, belonging to fire
company, had fair canine education
would fetch and carry; but dog No.2
was an ignoramus, and used only as
double.


The eventful evening came. The fire
laddie had had neither dinner nor sup
per, but was peculiarly susceptible to
the seductions of raw steak. 1t seemed
as if young meat market was started
on the old Bowery stage. Bits of steak
were wired on all articles designated to
attract the artists attention. twas re-
quired that the dog should fly from the
wings, up fight of steps, ring bell,
seize lantern from the hand of the per-
son answering the door, and then bound
of, followed by the actor


Caesar was held ina wing while George
Fox at the door up the steps frantieally
waved porterhouse steak. C@sar's at
tention being called, he promptly
rushed to his friend, who as promptly
shut the door in his face. Cesar got
smell of the chunk wired upon the bell
pull, and gave q savage snap at that,
which rung the bell violently. Some
one appeared with the lantern, showing
Caesar q mouthful of beef conspicuously
wired upon its handle. He went for It
then and there. Meanwhile George had
got round to the opposite side with
sirloin; which he danced and shook as
q matadore does his red rag in the face
Of q bull. Cesar straightway rushed
for this promising lunch.


In this way he seized papers which
the villain OF the play was Boosting pos
session Of; he took the whole seat Of
pair of pants of Fox, who had a sirloin
neatly sewed upon them; and finally, as
the minister Of vengeance, he was Crap
pied with by the villain; rolled over
and over to the wings, where the green
dog, who was match in size and looks,
was muzzled to padded neckcloth.
Year: 1876




THE WARM BATH.-Many erroneous
notions prevail respecting the use and
properties of the warm bath. To many
persons, the idea of submersion in warm
water, on a Summers day, would be
preposterous. But if it be nationally
considered, it will be found that the
warm bath may be taken with equal,
or perhaps greater benefit in the Sum
mer than in the Winter. During hot
weather the secretions in the skin are
much increased in quantity, and conse-
quently greater necessity exists that it
should be kept perfectly free from OBJ
structions. Another prevailing error
respecting the warm bath is, that it
tends to relax and enerYate the body,
for experience has sufficiently proved
the fallacy of the opinion. and many
physicians have prescribed the use to
patients laboring under debility from
disease, none of whom experience such
effect, but have all felt invigorated, and
mostly restored to health and strength.
Many persons are deferred from using
the bath, especially in Winter, from the
fear of catching cold; but this fear is
groundless, for it has been found that
the warm bath, by increasing the circu-
lation on the surface of the body, rem
ders it more capable of withstanding
the effects Of cold than it otherwise
would have been.
Year: 1876

man who killed himself, and ordered
his fat to be made into candle for his
mistress to read by.


II have so long burned her" he said,
"that would like her now to see that
the flames were real
Year: 1876

To QUIET HoRsE.-A horse, no
matter how vicious and obstinate he
may be when attempts are made to shoe
nlm, can be rendered quiet and man
sgeaoie by making him inspire during
ne operation few grains Of the ether
sal on Of parsley dropped on q hand
a nSercnlet. A large number Of trials of
nls substance have been made with the
most troublesome and violent animals,
Snaln every case with perfect success
Suisse Romdnde.
Year: 1876

TRANsPLANTINd OF TREEs.-It some
times occurs that it becomes necessary
TO transplant trees late in the season, or
after the buds have swelled or new
growth commenced. This can be done
quite safely if due caution is used in
protecting the roots from light and air.


In removing trees or small shrubs
after growth has commenced, we have
watering pot full of water near by,
and as soon as the tree is dug up, the
roots are re-sprinkled until every one
Is thoroughly wet (; then fine earth is
scattered over all the large roots and
small hbers, thus preventing them from


being affected by the light, as well
as becoming dry while being packed up
or removed from one part Of the egrounds
70 another. A portion Of the branches
IS also removed, and usually it is best
to do this before digging up, because
the pruning can be done much more
Systematically and readily while the tree
IS fixed in the earth than afterward;
besides, it lessons evaporation in pro-
portion to the number Of young shoots
and leaves removed. Trees and schrubs
OF moderate size may be removed quite
safely, even after growth has commenced
IN spring, if these precautionary meas
ures are strictly followed. Where trees
nave boen heeled in until growth has
commenced, the roots may be puddled
as taken out-thatis, dipped into a solu-
uon OF earth and water of the consistency
Of thin mortar. This should always be
done when trees are to be set out in q
windy day, for q few moments drying
wlll frequently make one half differ
enee In the growth of tree the first
season, even if all other conditions be
Year: 1876

A FIRM in Boston have lately received
some remarkably large and heavy sides
of sole leather. Two of them weighed
severally 112 pounds and los pounds,
and measured nearly eleven feet in
length, and the thickness Of them ranged
from five-eights to one inch. They
were made from the skins of Calcutta
buffalos.
Year: 1876

The foot should be neither large nor
small, but of neat appearance, and me-
dunn size. We are no friend to the
large fat foot, but regard this forma-
ton as q very undesirable one. 1t sug-
gests to one that the companion bones
Of the skeleton of which it is part, are
likewise soft an6porous.


It il not the large, hat-footed man
that can walk the farthest or leap the
highest; and the spryest aud swiftest
footed animals in the world have small,
upright horny hoofs. The chamois,
antelope, red deer, and wild horses, all
have this formation Of the feet. The
mule has hoof which many horsemen
would call contracted, yet whoever saw
q mule lame in the foot? Our idea Is
that q medium sized and neatly pro-
portioned foot is as good q sign in the
horse as in the man. A foot that is
either exceedingly large or quite small
is suggestive of disease in the internal
structure of the foot. The great hue
and cry about a wide, open heel is q
humbug. The heels that never look
that way are those Of q Morgan or
French horse, both OF which are noted
for foot soundness. We do not remem-
Der ever TO have seen an unsound foot
under a Canadian horse; and yet the
hoof of Canadian horse is invariably
upright, nearly circular. mule-shaped.
We commend these suggestions to those
who are forever crying CONTRACTED
feet" against horse, unless he has a
foot large and fiat as an old-fashioned
frying pan.-Golden Rule.
Year: 1876

EDITOR OF THE HERALD.--I noticed in
The HERALD of Saturday, paragraph
stating that there was never at any time be-
fore such a passion as now prevails among
mothers to have the pictures of their chill
dren taken. This attributes the whole
matter to mothers. Now would like to
know if the fathers haven't something to DO
with this too. A few days since / accom-
panied a father and mother to have pic
ture taken of their first born. I had always
heard it said that if you wish to see two
fools, look at the actions of a father and
mother over their first baby. Upon this
day I saw it most plainly, but, think, the
biggest fool of the two was the father, who
fairly stood upon his head in his endeavors
to attract the attention of the baby to the
camera after this l am, convinced that the
fathers are Just as much imbued with this
passion as>the mothers.


- 'Ny-,,h A. MOTHER.
Year: 1876

Yesterday abont II o'clock colored
man named Alex. Clarke, In company with
afriend was walking along Van Buren street,
when opposite the Hygiene Home, he fell
suddenly to the pavement and expired with
out struggle His friend at once ran into
the Home for the Doctor, who came out,
but only to pronounce the un fortunate man
really dead. A stretcher was produced and
the man borne to his residence at SO4 Tat
nall street. Coroner Graves was notified,
who summoned jury and at 2:3o held an
inquest over the body. The verdict OF the
jury showed that he came to his death from
disease of the heart. Deceased was a young
man, and had been married but little
while.
Year: 1876

About o'clock, yesterday moring, fire
was discovered in the second story Of a
frame cooper shop, on Orange street, below
Tenth. The alarm was soon given, and
before the flames could obtain much head
wav, the firemen with their usual prompt
ness were on the ground and almost imme-
diatcly at work. The fire was extinguished
without doing much damage otherwise than
burning the roof and window, ..
Year: 1876

JANE SHORE is the latest historical charac-
acter who is getting whitened up and made
presentable in good society. A London play
wright has discovered that she was chaste
wife and prosecuted saint, and stands ready
to call any critic hard names who questions
the historical accuracy of his portrait.