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THIS WEEKLY CWSTlTUTiaON: TUESDAY, MAY 6,1884. TWELVE PABBt:
farms and farmers.
thi oossip op thb farm as told
BY FARMKRS.
A Plah-Brlefilng B.tabli.um .at -Bad V (ara In Fruit
OrawlnE-How to Bortth Fifllnrcl-Co'ton In
Thi. nnd O h*r Con HrlM-SirZhum???
Too 1o>I??IIh Nom. 8re.. Bte.
A Fuh Baeidiho Kstadlishshki.???A gen
tlemen named Howeltonn baa the largest
fish-breeding establishment in Great Britain,
if not In the world. It was commenced ten
yean ago with a stock of about 60 breeding
fish, ft no tv contains mire than 40,000
breeding lisb, 500.000 small fry, ami 0 000,000
eggs in process of batching. The breeding
establishment covers eleven acres. The
ponds are altnated in an inclosnre that it
very beautifully terraced, the turf between
the ponds being kept in the condition of u
lawn. Stock fist are kept outside this place
in artificial ponds and streams that are care
fully guarded. From an elevated summer
house, located in th i center of the establish
ment, every portion of it may be seen. It is
planned with an eye to bua'.y as wall as to
utility and profit. Kash pond is supplied
with spring water, and is so arranged that all
the water may be drawn from it at any time
it is desirable to do so. The large fish are
fed during a po rtion of the year on n species
of coarse fish that is of no value as food for
man. The food of the small fish consists
principally of horse-flash, which is cut in
small pieces and pounded. One pound per
day is required for three hundred fish. All
the fish are very lame. The appearance of a
person on the bank of a pond causes them to
rash toward the spot by thousands. A wave
-denotes their advance. The fish will dirt at
meat held in the hand, and will often bite
the fingers. Tae establishment provides a
market for all the old horses within many
miles. Tbe cost of tbe establishment was
over $00,000, bnt it pays 10 per cent on the
investment. The proprietor thinks he could
now construct an e.-taDllshment equally good
for half tbe money this one cost. In that
event It would pay a dividend of 30 per cent.
Tbe fish bred are different varietlesof salmon
and trout. None are raised for tbe table.
They are all sold for the purpose of stocking
ponds. Some bnye been sent to Australia
and New Zealand. Thedemind is so good
for the fish that the proprietor of this estab
lishment proposes to start another on a still
more extensive scale. Since the fisheries ex
hibition in London, last season, there has
been great interest in fish-breeding, not only
in Great Britain, but In moat of the countries
on the continent of Europe.
"Bad Years" m Faurr Geowinu.???The
"off year" in fruit-growing is caused, the
Ontario Fruit-Grower thinks, by the trees
bearing a very heavy crop, thus exbausting
their energies so greatly that they are u sable
the next year to produce a crop The season
of 1832 was in California veiy favorable lor
aprlco.s, and tbe trees bore a very heavy
crop. Those varieties which have a tenden
cy to overbearing hung very full of fruit, and
in 1883 they of necessity rested. They are
now ready for a full crop. The peach apricot
does not overbear; hence in 1882 it gave an
average yield, as it did also in 1883, and will
probably do again in 1881 and in later years.
???As regards the orange the same rule applies
In 1882'83 tbe orange crop was the heavleit
everknown in California. Seeding oranges
and some varieties of the buddei fruits bora
heavy crops, isoeclally the older orchards. It
Is also a fact that when we havo a heavy crop
it Is impossible to mtrket the fruit until late
in the season, and as the fruit Is allowed,
mnch of it, to hang on the trees until late in
May and Juno and even in July, the trees ex-
pend thelr*nergles in holding the.fruit, and groringxlgormiaie I* aba, weeing. aaAoaart-r. to us pirsdoetion, an important change In
there is in, roiiMqaeeaw ??? taa*-??4 WoseerngF Tanaas *oou as that begins to fail, her agricultural industries seems to be only
???oi the new ciopsna many of the blossoms supply tho deficiency with some of tbe other * *' "** * '
fail to perfect tiro frull, hence a light crop of r icli fooda named, using enough to keep up
the succeeding season. For instance, b. I. the flow of milk. This conise may be cm-
Uoae, of San Gabriel, during the season of
133l-'82 had about 40 000 boxes of oranges,
while this season of 18S3-'84 be only has
about 10,000 boxes. The same rule does not
apply to so great an extent to tbe Nave', os
it ia a light bearer and never produces a crop
so large aa to affect tbe succeeding season's
crop only to a slight degree in the event of
tbe.crop remaining on tbe tree till late In the
- season: but as tbe Navel is our bestfrnitlt is
first picked and placed in the market, and
thus far has not been allowed to remain late
enough to affect the succeeding crop.???
If thlsplsuilbla theory is correct it should
be easy to make every jeer fruitful by pick
ing off a goodly share when the trees are too
heavily set with fruit,
Timely Hints About Lawks ???This is the
season of the tear when the grass beginnlnj
to spring is often fonnd to be very tufted am
irregular, parts of It being killed out by tbe
winter or hy bt ing too much covered with tbs
top dressing given it In tbe falL The beet
way to renovate a lawn in snob condition is
to nka it thoroughly with a steel rake, so as
to atir np all tbe poor spots, then taka anffl-
dent grass seed and s tw the seed moderately
thick. Then rake it in and beat the surface
down with the back of a spade, or roll it. All
weeds that appear in the fawn must ba cat
out. Thistles, plsintsln and otber perennial
weeds are frequently very troubleaome; the
only way to get rid of them ia by catting
them cut with a knife a little below tbe sur
face of the ground. There la a mistaken Ida t
that something may be put on the lawn to
kill the wee-la; a little reflection will show
that anything that would kill the weed*
wob;d also kill the grass. There is no reme
dy but cutting out.
When a new lawn ia to be f irmed one of
tbe first conditions ia that it be perfectly
drained???if not naturally, then artificially???
in tbe ntnal manner. If the subsoil is sand
or gravel It it not likely to need drainage, at
then tbe water would paaa off freely. It ia
all important when a lawn ia to be formed
that the ground abonld be carefully graded,
to that the surface W made perfectly smooth
for the lawn-mower.
Tbe seed should be town, after the ground
has been properly prepared, at the rate of
from three to five busbela to tbe acre and
either raked or harrowed in, after which the
anrfice abonld ba rolled, eo as to make it firm
and smooth. This is indispensable, not only
for the germination of the seel, bu> from tbe
neceasl'y of having the smooth surface for
the lawn-mower. In this latitnde 'he seed
may be sown any time daring the months of
April and May, and if tha ground is la a
good condi'.ion a lawn can be obtained the
first season.???New York Evening Post.
SoaenuM- From letters received from
many readers of Home and Farm, I am led
to believe that they are interested in this
crop, and will, as briefly as possible, give my
plsn for planting and cultivating it.
Spend time to thoroughly prepare the land
before planting; have as clean as possible
from stalkj, weedr. and grass. Plow thor
oughly, and banow so that tha soil la in as
good s condition as possible; mark off tbs
rows very shallow, five feet apart. I always
prefer planting in drill running the rows aa
evenly ae possible. Cover lightly???just so
the seed Is covered is all that is necessary.
Soak the seed at least twenty-four hoars be
fore planting, especially if to ba town by
hand. It ia slow to germinate and still slow
er to grow. Commence tbe cultivation aa
soon ai possible after yon can ao?? tbe sprig;
keep clean. I prefer either a doable shovel
plow or walking cultivator, as they can be
ran much closer to the growing cane than a
diamond plow. Hand boe. ratberthan allow
the weeds to get a start. Do not 1st the cane
stand in buncoes, thin it ont until the stalks
stand at least two or three luebea apart in tha
rows; much better re??ulis will ba obtained.
Tbe principal part of the cultivation should
be given In the first six weeks after the cant
I makes its appearance above tbe ground, and
should in this time be cultivated at least
three timea.
For early maturing cane, plaat Early Arc
her; for intermediate, either Early Orange
or Kansas Orange; for late, there are a num
ber of varieties, as the ord Liberian Texas,
Goose Neck, Silver Slip, Gold Dost, Lynk???s
Hybrid, etc., either of which are good, if
proper care is taken In preparing the toil and
cultivating after planting.???N. J. Shepherd,
in Home and Farm.
Eldon, Mo.
The Temper or the Italia* Bik???When I
first came to this country, eight years ago, I
found tnere was a prevailing belief among
thnsa wbo kept a few bees, that the Italians
were a very cross kind of bees. Many would
say to me, ???Ob, I would like the Italiaus, bnt
they are so dreadfully cross t cannot do any
thing with them.??? But I soon found out
why it was si. A certain bee-keeper had,
some ye era before, bought one fts'i in quean,
and from that one he had raised queeus and
bees, and though he had probably raised bnt
very few, if any, Btrictly pure qneene, he had
eoUl mauy hybrids for Italians. Some of the
purchasers claimed they had tbe Italians,
when in reality their bees bad scarcely a trace
of the Italian blood left. Any experienced
bee keeper will aay that the hybrids are much
worse to sting tban either the Italians or tha
blacks, in their parity. Lest summer I built
a picket fence around my apiary of eight
hives, and in doing so it was necessary to
work in front of four hives of pure Italians,
within two feet of them, and iu doing all tbe
work to complete the fence, I do not know
that a single bee moleited me; but one hive
of the hybrids that was ten or fifteen feet
away, was so annoying to me that I had to
light -my smoker and give them a good
smoking bsfore they would let me alone.
This;trait I have always noticed about the
Italians, that they may baast near the garden
path or any gate or door, and parsons cun
pass and repass and do any necessary work
near them, and not be stung at all, where
they would be many times by either blacks
or hybrids. For this reason alone I consider
tha Italians far tbs preferable bees to keep,
even if they do coat a little more to start
with.???A. A. F.. in Farm and Finable.
Cottox in Tbis and Otbib Cot-NTati*.???Be
sides the Uoited States the chief countries
for the production of ootton are tha Kut In
dira, Egypt, Brazil, the Weat Indies, and
Guiana. Ind'
given him bost remits In proportion to cost of any
dry food thatho had ever used.
known remedy, together with catting cttllareat all affected, they should bedujtarly and
infested branches from which the sap (gam) I stored In a cool place.
la ocxing from near the buds. I should advise | ??? ???
spraying the foliage and fruit with tbe whale-1 "aaorzstoa 2 bn i.d recommends ba tbo best
oil soap and salpbnraoiation, to prevent the grain food lor cows four parts of bran, two parts of
females of the next brood from depositing corn meal and one part of linseed meal as having
their egg) on the peaches, and repeating th
spraying in eight er ten days. By addingone
pound of Imhach to every ten gallons of tho
eolation, it will destroy any uf the moths
around tho tree. From tho also of the cat
erpillars at this date (they are nearly full
grown) in moderately warm weather the sec
ond brood will appear betore the 1st of Usy.
Mr. Willis, of 8acrsmento county, brougb t
some specimens of peach bnda infested by
larvai, from tbe orchard of Mrs. Miller, uear
the Lake house. One specimen is the larvai
of A. lineatelD, bnt the second is somewhat
diilerent in appearance, altliongh engaged in
the same mischievous work. It differs from
tbe former in having its head and cervical
shield yellowish white, and the piliferous
spots more prominent. In size and eolor of
body, and iu habits, it is similar to the larvte
of A. lineatella, and is probably a variety uf
thia apeciea.
ndia contributes a supply of cot
ton next in Importance to that of tbe United
States. Their totsl production waseslimst-d
as far bscic as 1858 at 0 500,000 bales of 373
pounds each. Although great pilns have
been taken, however, to improve the cotton
culture in Indie, and seeds from other coun
tries and methods in use in the Uaited States
have been produced at great expense tbe
a ua'lty baa not been male to equal In quality
be long staple obtained In America, and can
never be substituted Mr American cotton.
Ceylon, Borneo, and otber islands of tbe
Indian Archipelago have long produced cot
ton. Japan prodnoee it. A portion of Aus
tralia ia well adopted to it, bnt no country,
either of the old or new world, is probably
to be compared to America for tha adapta
tion of ita soil and climate for this cultiva
tion. The principal cotton droducing dla
trict of Africa is Ervpt, where its cultivation
was introduced In 1821.
Tbe extended culture of cotton in Brazil,
which was begun early in the present can
tury, has increased sp rapidly that for mnny
years that country ranked next to tbe United
Sts ts In (mount produced; and, with an em-
prror fall of broad, liberal views, and their
government contributing, perhaps, more
money each year for the encouragement of
improved methods of cottotf culture than all
the implement 1 of our cotton states have cos:
daring the past ten ya*rs, it behooves ns to
look well to oar laurels. ???Boston Herald.
How to Ewstcn Pastures.???Pat on a few
more oows than the pasmrci will support for
the whole season???say 25 per cent more???or
as many aa will consume the grass while
tinned till olover, peas and oats, or tedder
corn, can ba given for soiling, to take the
place of the dry feed, in part. By anoouriing
the herd partly on green, pertly on dry feed,
and partly by green eoillag, tbe milk they
will give above what they would produce on
grass alone, will pay for all tbe extra feed
and labor, and abmetnlng besides as profit,
aud tha large amoang of rich droppings
which will be scattered over tbe pastures will
soon tell upon tbelr fertility. It would pay
to start up the pastures bv sowing over them
equal quantitlca of bone flour and land plas
ter, mixed, rather than to leave them aa they
are, but It will be much better to enrich them
by extra feed, ea that pays its own cod.
Top-dress the meadows in the fall with
barnyard manure, if you have any, and if
not do io early in the spring, with tha finest
manure you can get, leaving the coar>er
quality; for plowing under. Tbe rich mt<
nurayouwl l get from feeding well with
rich food will give your meadows a atari at
once, and repeated applications will soon
give you h>avy crops.???National Live Stock
Journal, Cuicsgo.
Ewbilaox Must Stay.???In my opinion the
time has passed by for discussing the useful
ness of tola system of preserving fodder as tf
it were n doubtful question. When I aee l>
stated that in ??ne place silos are standing
empty, and that in another place snob an ill-
smelling product was turned ont as almost to
make men lick to stand near It, etc., I want
to see how each farmers manage their affiirs
generally, before I accept their results and
opinions as vend against ensilage. Fatal liar,
as every reader of tbe papers must be with
the oft-repeated acconnta of palatable, whole
some, and not ill-amelliog fodder, often even
good smelling fodder, these eilos yield if
iroperlymnde and properly (1 led, I should
ie toe mnch ashamed of myself If I got such
bad reeulta as these, and tban talked about
them; f would bury the staff oat of light sad
try again, realived to does well as buodreds
o: others bad doae. I would as soon think,
if I were a cbeeae maker, of telling the newt-
papers that all tbe cheese in my f tetory had
turned out rotten and nnendurably offensive,
and of giving that resnlt any weight against
tbe rystem of preserving milk by tnrnmg it
into cheese. It is only fo'ty to say now, in
tbe face of the experience of even only a few
yean in which ensilage has been tried bare,
that it must go, or that there iiany fear oil's
going; it has come to slay, and he useful to
those who know bow to make ita i.???Dr G. <!.
Caldwell of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Hatcbiwo Chick e ss???To get the most
chickens hatchrd out in the early part of Ihe
season, and at the same time economies in
the force of natural mothers, we have made
practice of setting as niony bens at one
...ns as possible. Taen, when they corns
off we give abaat two broods to one hen end
>ut another setting of eggs under the other
ten. Thus they may b ??? set three times in
succession. Some may thing that is too
much, bnt twice will not hurt. Three times
is peirnMbit when tbe hen It well cared tor
and aet eo early as not to lead lato hot weath
er. When hens steal their nesta away they
generally batch well, which teaches us a lea
son. that dirt should ba pat in tbe bottom
of tbe nests. If set in boxes it prevents tbe
boxes from becoming too dry. If two bens
Tbe best plan we have ever tried to get
???new potatoes" a few days in advance of the
main crop, and to be firet in tbe race???which
is one of tbe many pleasures in gardening???is
to select inediutn-slznd potatoes, and pat
them in a box of Sphagnum moss, or, it tbsl
cannot be obtained, sawdust or common gar
den soil will answer; place tbe potatoes seed-
end up, and fill between them and under
them with the moas, leaving only the tip of
the potato exposed. This will canse tbelead-
ing eye to sprout, which takes molt of tbe
nourishment from the tuber, and consequent-
ly is much stronger than it wonld be It tbe
otber oy- s produced plants. These abonld.be
started ab jut a month earlier than tbe usual
planting time. The boxes of tubers may be
placed la a hotbed, or ia any warm room,
giving them all tbe light possible. When the
time has arrived for planting ont, remove
tbe tubers as earofully as possible, in order
not to Injure tbe roots, and plant In well pre
pared soil. Remove any except the main
shoot, should any appear. By this method
potatoes may be bad from one to two weeks
earlier than by tbe ordinary method of plant
ing.???Florida Cabinet.
To Produce Seedless Watermelon*.???A
correspondent of the Floridian give* tbat pa-
. . .. . .. *??#dl**
per tbe following plan to procure
watermelons. We, however, doubt the suc
cess, as the wetermelon in the tropics takfs
root from every joint and continues blaring
all the year. We never saw ona without
seeds. Tbe gnava, cotton, etc., may be made
seedless by splitting the stem and taking out
the pith, and there are other ways of treating
plants to attain the same result. The Florid
ian says of the watermelon: Aseoon as the
vine has attained the length of three or four
feet or more, pltce under it, about midway
the vine, tbe amount of compost yon would
pat in a hill. To do which it is tbe best to
excavate the earth, and bring to a level with
good compos'-. Fiace the vine over this and
cover to a sufficient depth to prevent drying,
leaving out as much as possible of the bad.
As soon ai it has taken root cot it loose from
tne parent stem. If tbere should be a bloom,
or bloom bad, before It takes root In tbe
place of seed* tbere will be white pulps, bnt
none olterwards.
Tbe Tobacco Industry.???Tbe tobacco in
dustry of South Catolina, which, more than
a centnry ago, whs represented by the an
nual export of 8 000 hogsheads from the port
of Charleston, but which long ago dwindled
away to notning, is likely to be revived to its
for ner proporilons within a few years. The
South Carolina planters have been Interested
by the resalts of tobacco growing in North
Carolina, whose yellow tobacco belt yields
profits os high In tome instances, as $350 an
acre aud tbere is a pretty large ares of Saath
Carolina soil which will henceforth be de
voted to the weed, in preference to cotton
Tobacco is what tbo planters term a "cash
crop " and. as Siilth Carolina is well adapt, il
a matter of time. The same maybe sail of
Georgia. It is surprising tbat onr planters
hnve so long neglected thia great staple,
which la ever profitable to tbe farmere of
Pennsylvania and Connecticut,???Savannah
Times.
Lncient Roadways.???Whether In ancient
times betur road* and pavements were built
than at present, or whether only tbe best
onrsremalo.lt uncertain; but It Is certain
tbat some of the remains of sneh structures
fonna In Rome, for instance, evince engin
eering skill and perfection of work in a high
degree. These were laid ont carefully, ex-
ovaied to eolld ground, or in-swampy places
made eolld by piles. Then the lowest course
was of small-surd broken atones, none less
than three or four in tbai tn diameter; over
these were a course, nine inches thick of rab
ble of broken stones cemented with lime,well
r-m tied; over this a course, six inches thick,
ol nroken bricks and pottery, also cemented
with lime; upon tbis was laid the navlman-
turn, or pavement, composed of slats of tbs
hardest stone, joined and fitted together as
closely as possible. This was costly???tbe
Appian Way, about 130 milts in lengtb,
baring almost exhausted the Roman treasu
ry???but U was as enduring as nature???s own
work.
Shade Trees.???Th* Importance of sbade
treee soonld under no circumstances be over
looked by tbe farmer, and where tbere is a
vacant spot where these gifts of nature can
be given a locn'.ion, it should bs done. Now
is the time to prepare fer spring planting,
cd tbis shonld bi eccompltsned tbe momeui
tha frost Is onto! the ground, and before
the buds of the airing trees to be transplant
ed begin to swell. Tney can be used for
both utility and ornament aronnd farm
dwellings, and they may be planted near tha
b irdere of cattle yards, thus affording tbe
luxury of shale for domestic animals in very
warm weather. In paatnrea trma cen be aet
out in groups for tbs likepuruore, especially
woen the fields are to remain permanently
in gresi. the cos: ia si unimportant that
there is no exeats for its omisdon by soy
farmer. The prettiest country home is the
one that is almost bidden from view hy
foliage.
Fault Gaowtwo Pays ???Who say that frnlt
growing dues not pat 7 Look at tha fortunes
oar fruit dealert have made. Los Angeles
alone can show at least half a dos in men who
hive acquired a email fortune In boylog and
soiling f tilt within a (aw years, until they
now consider themselves tnsa???era of the fruit
market. A number ufemaller dealers have
cqiired a coiup-tencv in tb* same bu.lneea
A gentleman engaged in growing fruit lately
said, in u converaa'lon a*, this office: ??? With
one-fourth the money I have invested, and
not one-foartb the work, I cmid hav* mads
small fortune In baying and selling fruit;
i it ia I am only miking a living. 1 would
like to see some system of co-operation Inaug-
u-ated by onr fruit farmers.???Rural Call-
Ionian.
NOTES.
Pcxrxnta, aqauhes, tarolpa, beau, ate., do not
taka np much room while growing, hut maka a
big ttaa la tb?? feed and health of the farm stock.
VntrtLATS, light and maka warm pool try
home*, and don't feed hana an corn If yon want
them to toy. Pat sulphur In the dail bath. Pro-
when taken oft the neat they get along to- __
gather and seldom fight, bnt If one is pot in I a VtawowT daibyban uti a young e*li abonld
to-day and another to-morrow or next day, 1fed ibree timet a dav Oe.r-f.tdtr,. i??????.
ffiEftsas* for thtt wiu ??? c * ,,er ,h#
The Peacb Moth.???George Woofaey, lone,
California, write* to the Record Union: Tbe
. peel mens are received by express. The larv*
boring in the terminal leaves of the peach
are certainly the larvte uf tbe peach moth
(Anarsia lineatella), and I can only repeat
tbat picking off infested twigs, and destroy
ing them by burning, ia the only present
Knouts snsrExani, speaking from experlecoe,
???ay that aasUige ft never more naefal and valuable
than when the lamblag seatos bu commenced. It
being highly benaficial to milking ewao.
1nsas AU courLAtwra la tuny quarters that
wet weather, when potatoes ware rotting, bae
earned a geatral revalenes of rot. If the tubers
An Ouie fabnes waahe. his apple trees every
spring and fall with a stroig lye that will float an
egg and Unde It to be turn death to tbe borers. He
claims that he has not loat a tree three beginning
title practice, although he had lost aeveml pre
viously.
T.8. ARTHUR AT SEVENTY-FIVE.
For man y years the genial counten ancc of
Mr. T. 8 Artbnr has been a familiar eight to
tbe cltlzeniof Philadelphia,at be has walked
the streets of the oity on tbe route between
his home and his office. Hie name has been
a household word among tbe readers of pure
literature, thronghont the whole country.
And "Arthur's Home Magazine,??? which he
has so long and ao successfully edited, has
secured so hearty and to permanent a wel
come in many thousands of tbe best house
holds in the land, that Mr. Arthur cannot be
regarded as a stranger by Intelligent people
Thi psactici of mulching yonng trees alter they ! 8 V,*?*!*??? , rb * n "' n 7 ,torlea ?? El1 tales of
are ret out aeema to be growing tn favor. i t kcepi which he ia the author, are written in tbe
tho mil nut ,rH .???a Interest of parity, good morals and reform;
?????? d fihjnp during the summer end nndi , ipfCta U y which are in Bid of thi
prevents plants from drawing Item tbo soil. The tempera, ce work, have been productive of
mulch should extend well outfrom the baa; of immense good. They have had an excep
tionality favorable reception, and have nobly
Old cows, milked to the last profltsblo moment, ???! adms an^nohle ^inttoHm??. n * Pe ?? P ??????
are worth little to the butcher. lie cow of about J It might be supposed by those who have
13 years of egeoould be haafor nothlogshewould | n,,t personally seen Mr. Arthur tbat a man
hardly bring la any profit by fattening, fortn pro I who could for yean work ns diligently as he
portion u her life becomes exhausted so will dl-1 lias, and wbo could produce the extraordi-
leallon gradually fall. I nary amount of superior literary material
.... . .. ??? . . which has come from hia pen, mnat be one of
Jn 181a Maauchuactnreported460.0C0aheep; now I giant physique and ronuat cona'ilutlon.
that state haa 65.0CO. Of 41,000 fanners In Hana- j Those who are familiar with bis slender form
ebueetn 35,000 own dogs. Ae moat dogs have a do- know that it ia far otherwise. Hia oonstilu
ddod fondneae for getting Into the iheep buslneie lion waa never atroog. About 18i0 he Imd
there may be some connection between the stalls-1 suffered to such an extent from physical and
Ucal facta above mentioned. nervous exhaustion that moat of his friends
??? gave him np as not likely to llee long.
Rians are not eaten whole by any kind of stock | accrued is If his work was almost done,
excontlag sheep. But by grinding and mixing I The narration of Mr. Arthur's decline In
with com or oatmes', beans unfit for tale may be I health, and of hia restoration to vigor and
profusely fed to cattle, boraet aud pigs They arc enjoy ment of life, ia of singular interest,
veiy strong food and aa stock become used to them I ??* 8lven by hlmeelf to one of our editors who
tho proportion of bean meal may be Increased. | ???gSSS^ttj??ri??2SS&gSK^
TouNOHENln England hare been advised'to I -???Previous to the year 1870 my health had
come to Ametlca to engage tn growing mutton for I been very poor. For a number of years I
the English market. It 1. predicted that the sup-1 ??? 1 * 1 * been steadily losing ground in conae-
ply cannot keep pace with tho Inoretulng demand. 1 , I n {L???! rTOU *
Perhapt tho yonng men of America will do well to f,f.nd?^L??52
consider such advice u being worthy their own at- I ver y g n g[ nlu about me. ^nlyafew of the
teotlon. I most hopeful of them thought I could live
hU^sheep He put.a.m., ih.ndfu, ,,l iJol ???^"7 V.l!!
each thistle at the root. Thoiheep cat tho thistle I ??? v , r a f#w , qutrfi without great fatigue,
doeo to the ground. The aalUng Is repeated u of-1 The very we Ignt of my body was to ma a
tea ae may be neceesary and the thistle seldom ep-1 wearisome burden. My appetite was poor,
pears the second year. I and my digestion was much impaired.
, ... ??? '???, _ . , , . I "Abuut this lime nty attention was at-
It la said that Russian foresters cut trees juit trar:tptl to Compound Oxygen ns then admin
before the bark tightens tn the spring to much for |,i rr ed by Dr. 8 arkey. I had heard of won-
pealing. They atrip tho bark off. bnt leave tha up-1 derful cures wrought by its agenoy; so won-
per hranchea and their leaves untouched. Through I derlul Indeed, that, had I not personal!)
these leaves much of tha cap in the body of the tree I known the doctor, and porsreaed Che fnliest
evaporates before they become dry, the trunk sea- confidence In him, I should have been very
wns repidly and maket limber much more veins- ???kcptlcal on the snbjeot. I tried the Oora-
ahte for an, purpose than*.,cut In winter. &T5
How much la skimmed milk worth for feeding worse than I was, and I hoped It might make
purpoeeal This Is an Important question In but* I me betler. That it would do for me wbat It
ter-maklng districts, aud quilo often the posalblo I has, I had not dared to hope." '
uaool aktmmcd milk determine, tho profit or lorn ???How eoou dl.l you begin to realize Ihe ad
ol the dairy. With yonng, gtowlog pigs, an addb. I t *.?ai*!Lyi???is. ??IT.M ...
tionof theiklmmed mtlk/remaoow lu full How L^ota stimulant, tm'ofa prntle *nd sl
ot milk for each pig will keep them growing Mth nin>t imperceptible vlilllzer of the whole
very IllUe corn. It Is quite aa well, however, to I system. Soon I began to have a aense of
have two or three pigs to every oow end supple-1 such physical comfort as I had cot known for
meut the fe??d with a greater proportion of grain. I many yean. My alrnngth was gradually re-
For tha amount tbat they will eat no kind ol stock I turning. Tbiaalowly hut steadily increased,
will make so profitable use of milk aa laying hens. 1 In a few months I was able to resume m
??? I pen, and within six months after doing so
A coaaxtroNDXNT of tbe Poultry Yard followi I completed one of my largest and moat car.
the plandcicrlbtd below, whloh, If carefully uisd, 1 neatly written books; and tbis without
may ho aafo and effective. Hasaya: I make saw I suffering any drawback, and without any
-that la, I taka 2x4 scantling end I return of the old feeling of exhaustion. For
applied
beuchu for roosts???ilmt [n, . ,, , w
nail legato them of Ihe length to suit apaoe and
breed. Thcar, aa you will at onco aee. can bemov- HKjji^hlljLtwork^fmrUfe.???*
efi at pleasure when clMffing, dropping or for auy ???Did'yonr uniform good health continue
other reatou that may prcaantltaell; hut the heat (IurlDg tbnseyeare, or dlilyoU enffer relapses
part of It la as regards llco. Every week I take my I j Q t n your former slate of exhaus ion????
kerosene can and go to tho hoohouso, carefully I ???The improvementw??a nubatantialand par-
pick up and carry out of doota my saw-bcnchcs, I mnnent- Not only had I no return of the old
pour the koroaeue on them aud touch It off; the weiknees rind exhausted feeling, hut I was
flame will quickly run over every part of It and go I uhle to work In my etudy from three to four
out without burufng too wood, but every mite, or I hours * *'??????? TEe constant remark I heard
bit that would havo been one, you are rid of for- Tbi P* V
ever. 1 have followed thi. plan for acme lime and *S??1??? Uledly Use ????. oKsS?.
have no trouble with lice. I pound Oxygen. For twenty yearn I had suf-
To razvzNT and curb narrow heels lu hones I fared With paroxysms of nervous headache,
and mulee. whloh 1. produced by bad .hoeing, trim ^??t^e. once or twito. week-^ey were
the hoof anfllclontly (not tco much) ????to fit in a year after I commenced IbeCom-
properly the thee to the hoof and 1st the shoe be I p 0Und Oxygen treatment, these were almost
large enough to coma ont well to the outer rim of I entirely gone. It Is now over ten years since
the hoof. Never bum the hoof to fit the shoe. 11 | lm l m 0 h an attack. I was, moreover, liable
After fitting the shoe aa above, drive In the two | to taku cold, and I bad frequent attacks of
nails nearest the toe of the hoof. These two front I InflueLsa, whloh always left me with a Iron-
nails place the (hoe exactly where needed; next bleaome cough. It ia very rarely that I now
drive In one nail on each aids next to the two al-1 Jf^e cold When I do w lit once resort to
ready at the toe; next drive In tbe foorlh and " b J?? brcak ???
fifth; and lastly drive In tho two next to the heel. ^1 now Anhnr^whit Ie voiir nr...
By this means tho third and fourth nails open or en t C ondlllon of heulthr?????? y 1
expand the foots little, the fifth and sixth natla .. xt u j bt ve any right to desire or ex-
expand It still more, and the last two, which are I motet my somewhat advanced ageof seventy-
the seventh and eighth nails, oompUteelbeexpau-1 flvo. I steep well aud am able to takem;
.... ... . . . JO take my
alonof the hoof to tho extent desired, and glvethe | proper amount of food, enjoying my meals
with regularity end heartiness. My digestion,
although slow, ia good. I do not confine nfy-
relief from cramped heels In every instance. Try | with regnlarlty aiid heartiness.
It for humanity's sake
A DOZEN I riOUOHTB.
self to any particular articles of diet, but eat
wbat otber people eat, rejecting of course
Ilmt which aeema to be Indigestible, or too
rich. I am able to attend to my customary
Fi riasrmow ia a sirt of parody of faith.-Ouids.
Th* weak may b* Joked out of anything, but I p t erary work, devoting about four hours a
their weakness -Zimmerman. I dav to It, and that without any rsnaa of
CoosAtaol the weak, gcutleueas of Ihs strong??? I weariness except aa to my eyes. Were it nut
both worthy of adoraUoo.???Marie Kachenhack. I for the fact that with advancing years I find
Tnzax laono thin, worso tban cant in a man of I nty eyesight nut aa good aa it formerly was, I
Christian blrlh-lt la paganlsm-Profemor Phalpe. I should be able to work lODgerwilhout fatigue.
Gan (tailed when be put humor Into the human I} *nj??, moderate exercise, and taka It ream
Beecher ?? n a*^* " Tb *t ^ Henry Wort I {jjjjfc'jljj'ftjrmeriy ao*d??preaaSif
??? Mildly commingled, mimtery and mlrthluineae I j^had by'ore SUrirey^khSra InthX^
make a good medicine for many minds' maladies, I pbiets and advertisements, If literally true,
???Tnomae Jefferson Burnham. I ahow Compound Oxygen to be the moat re-
A wide, rich heaven hat-as shove you, but It I markable curative agent yet discovered. Do
hargehlah; a wide, rouxb world laareuudyoaaad you believe them all to be genuine?
It llei veny lew.???Donald u. Mitchell. I "I have tha moat complete confidence in
In the whole universe there ere no agents to | them. for years I have Jiad^ pereonaj ac
woik out the misery of Ihe aoul Ilka-lie o ???
passions. Not the fits, the darkness, the l
the tempest -Dr. Dewey. I their professional rela'iona'to the public. .
CubistiaNtTY, which li always Hue to Ihe heart, I Bm ||, tt neither of them would or could
knows no ahatract virtues, bnt virtues resulting I become a parly to any fraud or deception,
from onr wants and useful to all.???PrancoleB. a., I But facts are of more value than opinions.
Vlcomta da Chateaubriand. I Let tne give yon a fact, I publish a mage-
Aa in tba sun???s aolipaa we can behold Ihe areal I *lp??. and have bad an advertising contract
???tan (bluing In the heavens, ao In data IffseUlpee I *1*^ Palm lor oyer tlx years,
have these men beheld the lights of the great star-1 J^ji 0 ^ni !??? t /| D /???V 1 1 ,Vvtn U ,hm.^nr
__ a _ _ mnrl fnn-wav Tjtntrffllln* I Oil?? (O MIX Of B??V??Q QlllCrPDt TP|)Orti! Of
nlty, hurulgg aohmiilj ?? n< > cia??a and cares under their new treatment,
??? "Wie ??nd dlacouaolata preacher. I or UT(r three hundred in all. Now, In every
Don???t bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative | Ran j have examined tha pallent???s letters,
propoattloua. Nerve na with incessant afilnna-1 from which theae reports were taken, and
Uvea. Don???t waste yourself In njectloa, nor bark I knew tbe extracts mod* therefrom, and pub-
attaint! tbs bad, but chant the beauty of th* good. I fished In my tnagtilne, to be literally correct.
-Emerson. Stronger evidence of genuineness than this,
Po* ages bapplnws haa been represented aa a I cannot of courts be given."
baso DMclouf itODCe impoMlbl?? to And. which pco* J Arthur, coin?? ypurj Ago you mv6,?? t??fl*
Pi. ??.kC*^f R^not to tetXreu W m,d
mortc. composed of a thou-andllttleatoare, which ^eAlely !n Your' rnag'zme concerning
separately end of Uumsclve. have little value, bnt jl <Mr a. Starkey A Pdlen. Do you, In view of
which, netted wl:h art, form a graceful design ??? I y 0ur present acquaintance with tbeaegentle-
Mme.inrilodeGIrar.llu | men, and your urge experience with Com
H ???- I pound Oxygen, endorse all you have esld????
Prom tb. Philadelphia Gail. tiou ???Utere/??? 1 ' 7 ' ??? d aDy
"I eey,\ aatd a railroad br.kem.o, rnnaln* into ,. And now ' ??? to t.atlmomala. Have you
depot restaurant, "the forward Hacks of my car tt , ny ,|me given a testimonial In favor of
have slipped <ff the rslli. nave yon got a piece of other epedal remedial agents or modes of
Iron any where about that we could use for a I treatment?"
lever?' I "Never. The first and only time that I
I don't believe I hare.??? replied tha proprietor. I have permitted mv name to b?? used in com
YYbst'a this?" asked the brakeman, trying to | mencinfj _a curative spent to public notice
lift something from the counter.
TbiCiipoon cftkft "
"Well. I guvs It will do Hit Isn't too brittle,
wtlf bring H been to a miant-.'???
Tbe DMMb ??r Ink stole.
and confidence is in tbe case of Compound
Oxygen, This 1 bave done, not from solicita
tion, but volantarily, and from a aenae of
duty. I believe, tbatin the useof tbia newly
discovered substance, diseases long classed as
??? . .. . "incurable," may be greally ameliorated and
Wasbinoton, April 2S???Jack Cole, oue of the very often entirely broken, aod tbe sufferer
???allots of tha lost areUc expedition steamer Jean- I restored to comparative good hraltb. 1 also
trie, died al tha insane asylum here this morning j believed tbat by its use the liability to dis
ol dropsy. Hrwaaotieof tbe bravest and most I ease may ba removed, ae<l tbe general health
ik'WuK.I ibeJeATieitu'sctew.and was weltki.own I of the community greatly improved. From
pennoallr to Mr. Bioaett. to vrbu*, jacht. ?????? Dread- w hat I know of iu action, aa well in my own
Ktuioa of tbe Utter'* t?*B**AtUnUc rtce.* H?? b$?? J tbbt of nitoy other??, I am MtUfied
c??m-< tjunsMitie remit of tha hardship, and ei-1 H promptly used it will arrest the pro-
lUenentdt tbs retreat upon the Lena. gram of scats pneumonia, consumption
catarrh and mos'tof the diseases which origin
ate In colds. Belldfflng thia,as I certainly do,
and from evidence Wbicb is too direct aftd
positive tn bs ignored, I wonld be direiect in
tuyduty if I did not d<1 fill in my power to In
duce the sick and Buffering toseefc relief in
theusoof so beneficient an agent.???
???Havo you seen and known otherpsraono
wlm Ii li vc used Compound Oxygen; end have
yon had opportunities of observing to wbat
extent they nave received beneSi?"
???My observation and my opportunities in
tbis respect have been large. I have been
mnch at the office of Drs. 8tarkey & Pol-n,
and bava become personally acquainted with
many who have taken the Treatment. In
almost every case, where a fair trial was
given, decided benefit was obtained. Suite
very remarkable coses In consumption, rheu
matism, catarrh, congestion of the lungs, -
asthma, etc., have come to my personal know!'
edge, the resulu of whloh seemed almost
miraculous."
"Do you rreort to tbs Compound Oxygen
Treatment, now that yoar health la restor
ed V ???
"I flo not, as a regular thing. Only when
I have a cold, as I before remarked, I take it
for a day or two. and always with good effect.
I find that It helps nature to throw off tbo
cold, by Imparting the needed vitality to en
able tbe system to do ita proper and natural
work. It pula nature Into condition to defend
itself against the attacks of disease. It tbere are
any cases in which persons are disappointed
in regard to Compound Oxfgen, I believe
them to be thaw ia whloh patients have b-en
so impatient for apeedy cure that they have
dropped tbe Treatment before It bad oppor
tunity to make ita Impression on tbe system.
Bucb people will fly from one
remedy, consume large quantities of al
most every medicine brought to tbeir notice,
and yet continue to be Invalids. Compound
Oxygen docs not cure by magic in a moment.
If it claimed to, it would be qnackery. But
I regard it as one of the most wonderful and
beneficent cnratlve agencies ever brought to
pnhllo notice.???
For further and falter answers to the count*
lees inquiries suggested by the above to
thoughtful minds, and to those who are so
licitous about their own well being and ttrat
of their friends, mail your ad trass to Drs.
Htarkey A I'olen, 1109 and HU Girard street,
l???hlUitelphia. The pamphlet yon Will re-
oelve In reply will net forth full nir'icniare.
BUSINESS MEN.
Wculrd from the Inbora of the d*T, on ftotnf
homo, find tbftt ihf-y cannot have the denJrod ana
ttfctavuy rc*t, for lho little darling Is still suffering,
and slowly and pitifully wasting away by in??
CRAMPED FINANCIALLY,
parents who havo boon
nunlng iho little one??
wasting away from th??
drainage upon lu atatrm from the effects of teeth*
l"g, no'll given l>r. LlKgti*' Southern Bemtdy.
Price W corns.
SAVED.
That little child suffering with that night fiend
to cblldron. coup, w*s relieved by the Immediate
nae of Taylors (Jherokee Krmady of Sweet Qua
and Mullein, an undoubted croup preventive, and
rare for coughs, colds whooping cough, consump*
tlon and aU lung and bronchial IroubTc??. Price 29
rruts and |l 00 Aalr your druggist for it. Mann*
facurvd tn Walter A. Taytor, Auanta, Ga., proprie
tor Taylor'a premium cologne.
/???Ai
A'' mi *
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H ATS
FURNISHING GOODS;
Merchant Tailoring.
tn each of tboae donartmenta onr atock la com
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and we are telling them at low prtooa. The
eathrr h getting floe, and yon abonld dreaa np
1 M Uay??? clothing.
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Having bren tent'd with the polarieeope, th?? die*
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They er?? gronad with art at adentlfie accuracy,
are free from chromatic aberatlooa, and produce a
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Foraaleby reapoaaible agenta In every city lit th??
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Do not hay a pair unleaa yon aa* th* trade waife.
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