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6 WILLAMETTE FARMER. THi DvAY PoiIljuy NTes Treatment of Milk for Butter. I Squash Seed Fatal to Fowls. JS i?i1? !" b"l!,0r-Bnkln'l M ""; James N. BookBtavcTjKnlherford rrk, N. J. should bo ngitntod as llttlo an possible until tho I writes to llio Amorloati Farmers' Club: I feel cream has risen. Wo cannot say that such dJU duty to onll tlio attention to a discovery moderatd agitation of tho milk lit would ariso !J1n,'l,0 ty m? tUllt 'W'1?1 generally known, nlmnlv frnm i,i,mi,. .. i .!i.. i i Iho other day uiy llttlo boy came and told me simply from skimming, " above described, thrtt "chicky hud gouo deafl." On going into would lessen tho rpaantlty nf cream. This husl tho hen-houso I found a flno black Spanish been abundantly proved by experiments mado , cock lifeless upon iho lloor. At first I uttribu on milk, a portion of which has been retained " Hs 'lentil ton weasel, or somo animal of at u.n fn.. i .I . . , , "'at character; but I could find no marks to mil In ill lbl'" H" l.y w"Bn IMl ! warrant uou a conduHlori. A little whileufttr rfiin& MinV"iTJi"M l1nt"ceB.w,'70 ward I found dead pullet 1.. the yar.l. This n.ffk t I I nu ZC, ' "" I"? hU' ".'.'Ul0 ,,W b'" f '" I Iwil her.l if hen-chol-ho most crean, ' tllatUfbcfl. tbrew up Ull, ,. ,)(.K,m lo llnk Homo HUC.h , ,la(, Vnioir... ...n.i ii f ii i i if made Its appearance on my premises, An uu- .-Ji?Vkk,Ff ""M, ",0 ""on lug experiment: Ho topsy revealed to mu tho cmino of death, thev having shortened their lives by u little I ml in THi K?iw . l , ni r l'" i ' . "i 0I ',,! 'Tetlon In tlio selicliori of food. On opening JSff f n ' " " 'vo,t,rit,lvo 1' thdr crops I found the contents to bo corn anil J " ,,l"'011,l ,"",tty,f1,,U0.H"""i "llk,.,"'"-'r '"'. greatly discolored, that could ilnd no ,,iXir..tly.C" " "'. outlet. Farmers' wives should bo cartful to I mi ifT ft., Jf .i ,1, w irt""ni Vih H,h.0Wi8 !,,llc" K,lch kitellc wfiHO beyond tbo reach of that tho shaking to which milk is subject, Juu 0WIh. jrhen carried long distances in wagons or by ' .. , , . . raliwoy, has tho edict of breaking some of tbu Pumpkin Seeds also Falal. cream globules, In coiihuiiiuiicu of which cllhor ' William Anderson, Ann Arbor, Mich., also tho fatly matters remain suspended in tho writes to tlin Club that hu has lost many of bis ""'! """ iruuauij mi) cream luruwil .up iowis III inu lOIIOWInglnnliner: Tlio llrstsymp- gets richer In fat. A". A, Willnrd. torn that appears is lumenois in one leg; alter a few days both legs Ik como so weak that they ChCCSC. VS. Beef for Food cannot stand, ami plno away anil din in two weeks, and sometimes less than that. In ref- AhIiIo from economizing labor, tho cheeso croneo to this matter Washington Hills, of factory system has developed another great fong Island, sayss "Ono cause, ol tho disease principle tint means of producing cheap food, complained of Is allowing turkoys to eat the An abuudauco of cheap, nutritious food Is cs-, Ku,'l1 ' pumpkins. About thu tlmo farmers Hcnllal to the highest civilization of any nation. biku in tin ir corn and gather their pumpkins, Foverty and orimo always accompany u scurci- "Imost invariably thu cattlu aio treated to a ty of food. Cheap food Is olio of tho elements 1 wcnl ' pumpkins. Jf tho turkeys aro around of tho Intellectual progress of tho American , tho barn-yard they also havn a meal of seeds, pooplo. Tho Incrcasn of our population is at- n,"l " Hllro "" "'"J' l so they will bo lamo. tended by n comparative scarcity of meats, and ' Hometlmcs it kills them. At any rato they do tho prlco Is already beyond tho means of ihu ' i""t gut over It. Tiny will stay lamo all tho poor, and this dilllcillty mtiht bo Htill further I scaHou. Nothing will fatten them. In fuct I increased. It Is an urgent question what other ,mvu kiiuwn it wholo Hock atrected in tliis way form of animal food ran bo substituted for ' ' "lmost worthless, and nothing elso caused beef. In Iho opinion of tho spoalo r, tint dairy ' '"'l pumpkin siods." must bo tho means of solving tho ditliculty. ; "- : Toilliistratiililsiiiuiiuinguiorofully.Mr. Wil- . Effect Of Rum 00 Chickens, lard drew n comparison between tho relative . cost of jiroduclng beef and cheeso. ' A French doctor has recently been making A good steer at four years old will produce , ,..r0IM experiments ns to tho effect of 1,0(1(1 poiimls of lieef ; uud threo would prodiicn , i i ,. , , , , , Vm pound-, nit. A good cow will yield from ! ul,;oI",l " f(,wli, lh" hMi u,uk '" ,,ri" CUtl to (100 pounds of uliooMi pur year. Taking urinklng with evident delight, and many an her product at -lot) pounds per year for twelvo , old cock consumed his bottlo of wlno n day, so years, allowing nothing for thu Ilrst two years ,hlll u i,, nvcvM lry lut thu allowance, of her life, gives '1,0(10 pounds of wholesomo ,. iii.ni in food, in oilier words, thrno steers, represent. '" "' """' '"i""V. """" "!') Ing twelvo years' growth, glvoll.OOO Uis against ! those which drank absinthe. Two months of l.fiOO Bjs. from thu cow In tho same lime. ' absinthe drinking was found siilllcient to kill A pound of cheese, being equal lo two ' tin Htroiigesl cock or hen. Tho fowls which pounds of beef in nutritive value, Inoreasos the Indulged in brandy alonii lasted, however, four illffereueo still morn, giving U,000 pounds of mouths and a half; whilu thu winu bibbers food from tho dairy to .'1,000 Ids. of meat. Tho i survivid for leu months. Their crests also loss of bone ami cost of cooking adds still aimlh- swelled to four times thu original siu, and lin er item to tho dlfferunco. WUInnt's AiUrrm. i eiimo uiiiiatnriilly red. 'I hu J'lill Mall Unulte ! doubts whether matt Is jiiHtillod lit trying ex- l'AOKlNii ami TiiANsiiiuriNil liUTTKii. --Mr. periiueiilH with tho dumb creation with the I. T. Kllsworlh, nun of thu best New Ktiglalid h w of ascirtaining how far hu may himself farmers, at n meeting of thu Massachusetts venture In get drunk with impunity; but hav. Hliitu Hoard of Agriculture last year, being iu proceeded thus far, ho may an well go a asked to statu his modo of packing and trans- step further, and by tho Introduction of thu porting thu butter which hu makes, to market, , teapot into thu lieu homo Ilnd out whether said: "My wholniilin is to keep it from thu ' Ihero Is any ground for Iho suspicion enter air. I do not want any kind of air to much it,, liiinul In sumo quarters as to thu innocent If It Is pure air. it will abstract Ihn sweet tluvor; properties of tea. A few experiments in late If It Is bud nlr, it will du harm, of course. I urnus might ho made witli advantage at the cover It from thu nlr from tho time it is salted ' '" H"'"- A party of carefully selected cocks until It is worked. Then it is boxed us soon and liens latum u u uowci to uiluglo In (lie wish to impress upon the mind of tho ship pers, tho imnortauco of tollowing,these instrnc- Infrn in tlift lAltm , California hops, owing to their superior qual- Natural Historyofthe Honey Bee. ' 't'.-tbrin0rouhre 7ffiS ".& Of tho distinctive character of tho cells -f'M tbo honey beo 1'rof. Agasslz remarks: , used rJn n ftnd curing, while the Tho workers lay out tho cells as systematic- dirty, badly cured oud badly packed, will be ally as If guided by a superior intelligence, ! almost impossiblo to dispose of at any price, special cells adapted for tho eggs, out of which 1""1 uc" uett" $M 0. T' Commission merchants, 75 barren street, New l'ork. Deterioration of Blooded Stock. thousands of imperfect females or workers aro to bo produced; others somewhat larger, In tended for tho development of tho less numer ous drones, and a very fow so-called royal cells, still larger than those of the drones, many times larger than thoso of tho workers, and of a very peculiar form, out of which per fect females or queens aro to grow. Within tho last two years, a very great ex penso has been incurred by many of the best stock-growers in California, in tho introduction Tho nueen cells stand out from (be rnl nf of high blooded animals of tho choicest breeds, tho comb, and havo n largo opening. In old including horses, cattle and sheep. These colonies, It often happens that no provision is inIottntiona have generally boon well selected, made for tho advent of a now queen, and In , .... . . that caso no royal cells are built; but in anew and success has, In alrnont cvory instance, at- community several such colls may often be , tended their transportation hither; so that seen noon ono comb. Still more perplexing now there Is no want of genuine, blood from than tho impulse, or instinct, or unconscious , , , , , ,, .,.,,, perception, by which tho workers aro guided wulcu to ureei' lllrect 'u11 bloods, or cross upon in tho preparation of theso cells, is tho intclt tho nativo herds. It Is the opinion of some of hgont sehctlon shown by tho queen in dlstrib- our wost observant and careful breeders, that tiling her ckks amonu tho various kinds of .... ... .. ...... ,., cells. Sho finds thousands uud thousands of , no coumt m ,uo wor,u Preseuls n "e"or uel" small cells, anil in llieso sho deposits fectin-1 'or 'uo breodlug of high blooded animals than dated eggs out of which nothing but workers California; and they baso their belief on tho geueral supposition that a mild, and equitable climate, freo from tho extremes of heat or cold, and particularly the latter, cannot but provo highly favorablo to tho fullest develop grow. In tho royal cells, or, as is tho caso In many hives, in ono royal cell, sho lays an ogg, also fecundated, out of which is stiro to grow it per fect femalo, or, in other words, a queen. Tho eggs of tho perfect and imperfect females do festivities of thu l.oudon season, returiiiug to llicir roosts in ino iiour wueii uuiy usually I'ommeiieii to caeklu and crow. It would possi bly ho found that ono week of political re unions, concerts, balls, and crushes would bo as lixuttrous in Its cllects us two months of ali us It can be, and covered, I havo threo differ ent hIcs of boxes. My shipping-box is some thing llko atiold-fashlouedlool-i'hest, uud holds four boxes of thirty pounds imeh. Thu shipping-box is two boxes high mid two boxes wide. 'rii.it urn t tut rniiiinoti rnuiiil butter Ihixuk. but tlio shipping-lHix is a squaro box, with sinthu drinking, handles at each end. A rod comes up at eauli I end, and thcro Is u thumb-screw outsidu on thu cover. Listing, such us conies on thu sides of cloth, is tacked around thu edge of thu box. When tho cover is screwed down, Iho box is pretty tight. You will sou that there is u vacntit Hpacu between thu two boxes, some thing like a tlireo-siiuaro. I hud two galvan ized Iron boxes mailu, tlireu-squiiro, or nearly so, that just lit lutit that cavity, uud theso were llllcd with broken lauabout tlio size of a hen's egg. Tho butter is then put in, and thu cover screwed down tight, in timu to meet thu ex press tra n, iin.Muy imiier go.s o in., sia i u , o . ... ........,.. .; 'riL-jt.liilnli tt llui li'it W in . .. . ... Value of Hen Manure. Mr. J. S, Oribhlo, of .South Carolina, in a recent letter to tlio ,'miif Ctroliniiii, Niys : "I will tell you all I kuowuhoiit lieu manure. Ono dollar's worth per acre, made of equal parts of Iho lieu manure, plaster, uslies and a naif part salt, increased my crop f0 per cent. - or, in other words, where thcro was no manure, I picked six pounds, mid on the inaliured ground niliu pounds of cotton uu n pial spauo o ground, tin one aero of laud, .it it tin. in in i.iTTiin lori'j.iiru.i. uiin.ij.inii iiaiaia . a. ft, II kl. ... ,.. 1 I. I.. " '" -'- J' n.invn"i..u "iiii- uill-imsi II A. M. I wo-iiiirns oi iouuoimiii ..... i..n... ,i. .. i .i ..I i". l.l... I I !.... I l. .1.1 1. iiiiiiiiimif. iiiwiii'Hiii n MiiiiHui lieu iimiiiiri' inu iHiiin, " "i" ....., ...... ""? " mado ono thousand pounds of cotton; uu- apparently ns hard as when It started. ,.tlu-r aero adjoining It, inaliured with ono hun dred and thirty-Ill o pounds of commercial Tiik Way to Haisk a Oai.k wiTiioirr .Mii.ic fertilizer, produced one thousand pounds. . Farmers who sill their milk, with miiiiu show I I havo no hesitation In saying that slxty o( reason declare themselves unable to raise chickens, if properly housed uud attended to, their calves. Hut they need not. A calf is a will produce ten barrels of dry manure in one liiiig-HU.aiiring creiituru and eiully adapted to year that ten of platter, ten of ashes, threo urtillclul conditions, and its supply of milk of Halt, will bu thlrty-threo barrels, or say llu being cutoff, ii substitute may 1m found with tons, at n cost of alHUit eight dollars a ton -which it may bo kept In thrifty condition, enough to fertilize u twodiorso farm. Fur tho Ilrst four days It is necessary that it . should receive tho milk, which Is lit for no other purpose, mid lias certain medicinal uses for tlio calf. As soon as tills period bus passed It may bo furnished with tho mihitituto feed, us follows: Oatmeal, Hided from Iho husks, Is boiled into tlilll uruel, strained, sweetened ES, .; Z Z E ? " K"T!. Le.V K , "t "' ll "' "' "t perfect forms. brought about by n special modo of nursing ' u is ,,m,er lUn belet tunt ranuy linr0 Imported and feeding tlio royal egg, tho workers supply- full blooded animals, of both soxes, purposely lug tho royal cell, in udvauce, with pollen from t0 test tho capacities of our cllmato and coun- when tho lltlto g7ub Vomosout7thoeg it try for the tr.in.misslon in ful 1, If not oven al finds Itself in tho midst of tho nourishment ' lowi,18 ' improvement In tho blood of tho necessary for Its development Into a queen beo. animal. By blood, wo simply mean, in this How do theso careful nurses know tho instance, au Improvement of tho animal form, amount and qual ty of food needed by tho CL'iiS . .t i i i t i they havo In charge? To this question therms or " moro l,ct'cotI ',ovclol'ci1 l,b,9icftI orenu' no answer. Hut thero is no doubt of tho fact, , zatlon. and they perform their work with surprising l Thoro aro others who bollovo that greater "m,01??'..!!"1! .cc7nom;' , 1 t!ra ''"'?lt'l'1U tlu) I advantages aro to result from judicious .cross queen lays only fecundated eggs, and theso pro-' .,,,.,.,,, illicit tualos anil males alone. Ig ol high blooded animals upon our ua tlvo Tlio faculty by which these acts are per-1 herds, ns likely to produco a stoolc botto r formed, without teaching, without preceiliiig adapted to tho peculiirities of tho cllmato and iTntid '".I of Q-itomU, than can over bo obtained growth ol tlio eggs, that faculty wo call Instinct, "i "reeunig oiny tun uioom. n n uiniouoi in coiitradistinctiou to tliosu mciltal processes edly thu long habitat of n particular district of involving argiiiuim, rauonai consiiiiration. . country by any description of animals and combiuat on and adaptation, by which acts aro Li , ,, . , . m .i i. performed under ftill consciousness of nll ' their progeny, that best fits them for its occu conljngent conditions. pancy. It Is this that has produced tho nu- merous lino, but dlstluct breeds of Knglish Tin: Hkst Hkk-IIivk, Mrs. Tupper, of the cattle, ami each, ton very great degree, adapted Imrn Uomtduitl, answers unovicu who inquires to their own particular district, by certain what lilvo Is Iho best, nsho Is Just Btarllug iu . conditions of climate, soil and' food. Hut it thu honey business, as follows: remains to bu shown whether judicious cross- Our friend opens a, wide question, and If 1 1 lugs, upon our nativo stock, will produce for glvoau honest answer I shall bring down upon us bcUl.r ftcciimiUcd breed than a closer my head tint maledictions of worthless patent- ' , ,, , , , , , , , hivo men. I am getting used to that, however, ' brooding of higher blood, and hu venture to say that if real cheapness ! Trcalmcni of Slock, uud convenience bo required, n simplu hive, , , . . , . , ,., such us "Novico" recommends, and which can Ther0 " ouo 'llct' ovor, connected with be mado.for ono dollar, is us good us Iho best, tho breeding of our futtiro herd'), to which it I am putting into some of theso now, mid inn would bo well If breeders would give moro at- its" J;ffl,DK hoS.'tu',?; rtia,u II fa tUo ,i,:,po:tftUco Rv prefer u few extras in thu way of paint and llu- lUo l""l'r caro oud treatment of high blooded Uh, but tliesu aro tojplcaso tho eye, not help tlio animals. It is important to tho improvement bees. Tho moveblu comb principle you must nf nnv l,red of unlmiiln. (hut Hiew mKAtv,. have, mid a deep framu is far thu best. Maku ,.i.. , ..j .,. .... . .,.. ii fr.it.io about ono foot square, ami havo your MU" """ KC,, ";'". w'" generous hives arranged so that thu hivo will hold cinht. ,aro- II '" useless ru hopo for any great Im- ten, or even twelvo of these frames if you wish, provemeut iu tho breed of animals, if little or ii ino exiracior is io ou useii tana you wil nu, 0aru bo taken to protect them from tho vl- this to pay best), tint extra frames cull bo paced iaj.ii, . i i ir . ., at tlio ndes of tho hivo; but if you want box l'""tlU, ol olimate, food, or half starvation. Iioiuiy, or honey In thu coiult, hnvo your hives Attempts havo been mado iu regaled in- Hindu so that one cm bo placed above the other, staucus, to our kuowledge, to rear tho Durham then you can havo doullo or singlo hlyes at Khort horn upon tho sumo faro that thu old pleasure. Maku all alike; don't bu tempted to v. ,. , , , .,, ., , , try several klndsof framiH; In that way von los Nuw 1B'nni' r c,Mo t"vo upon; but overy lialf tlio advantages of movable combs; mid K1K''' nttempt has been n failure. The short don't bu tempted Into bothering tho bees, or horn must bo better fed, and better cared for, making hiding places for thu worins by invest- or tlieir progeny will relapso into inferior ingiu"frost-proof ' or "moth-proof" humbugs. , , ,.,,, , , " ' Moveable frames, on which thcro Is no patent, ' c. ucu luuiigmno moon oo pure on tlic pari oi iiuui s.ru aun nam. The Mining and Scientific Press Marching Onward! Oar careful ytcm of compiling, Judiciously con demlng, nd conveniently arranging into regular do partmentu, lias been heartily endorsed. It rondnrs lu paper worth moro to readera, who can find handily tha which interests them most. 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It affords tne Intelligent miner a rare opportunity to know and profit by tho work and experience of his neighbors. Minors have few sources or practical information lu their calling, and should embrace every reliable means for lmpruvemcut. Mining Operators and Shareholders, at home and abroad, weekly examlno our Summary with Increased lntircst and profit. Our " Domestic Economy" Embraces new and important facts which should bo known In every cabin and household. Short and inter esting tho articles under this heading aro freely read and practiced with profit and improvement to the read ers. Tho Tmss 1 not strictly a "paper for professional, scientific men," but rather a Liberal and Popular Scientific Journal, Well calculated to mako practically scientific men from uiirimciuucui laasnes. ruin is uur sironunoia ror ac complishing good. Plain, correct and pleasing language, Tho Farmer's Motto. . ......... , ---..,.--..-------.-- T, . ... preiiously been might lo drink, thu call will tins, uiiiku tanning u (.ctence, in wliicli your readily take u ration ot u iptart uireu times n day, vhlcli may i luercuscu gradually ns no comes older, t ineiy cut ci ctd of the emly harieht, U Let tho farmer's motto bo: "(loud farms, good stock, good seed and good cultivation." So said (leu. Hlcrco at tho close of mi aurieiil- '" - "- .- . . . ... i. .i , , ... ",. with brown miitur. and fed lo tlio call; liming uinii .uuire.s, in unio, in jn;.,, .iioro man heads as well as vour hands aro emiiloved; let there bo system and reason in all your opera tions, Html) to maku your farms beautiful, and oiir lauds lovely. I'.utice, by Undue, the birds to lsit mid cheer your dwellings with tlieir music. Wo would not iisMieiulu with the man or Isty that would wantonly kill tho birds that cheerfully sing atouiul our dwellings mid our farms, hu win) would do this is titled for tnsisou uud murder. Who docs not. with thu frishnesii of entlv IUisimi UiiKiM.-llossingault. lu his new morniiig, call up thu ineiiiory of thu gareleu of edition of .I'rleuMur. lust pi.bltsl.od. states, his infancy and childhood; tlio robin s nest in .i.... i... ii ,. r,.vor,ti!,i iioiidiilotis fur thu old cherry trou and thu neM of vomit: chin. churning, tho wholo of thu butter Is far from plug birds lu tho current bushes; the Mowers being extracted from thu milk. TIius.I.IhJi) parts planted by his mother and nurtured by his Bintt'in- in nu uur t'llllut'dliL; luu memory 01 childhood's birds mid (lowers u associated with our mother mid sliders mid our early homo. runners of California, ns ou would have our children intelligent uud happy, mid tlieir memory lu after life) of early home pleasant or unl. Tint uulcker this Utter forms, tliu less repinsne. mi iwiftu ) our iiiruiH ami your cull- cream Is " throw u up" bocauso it sinks with uren Home. thu weightier curd. After tuenty.four hours' ii!,' lioiusii.giiuit found lu milk i-ontainlng Caution to Farmers- Hemp. a.ti'J per cent, of butler, us much us 1. 1 per - lent, lu thu sklinuicd milk. Thu farmer's wife, Tho funtirrs' Ami.- Journal says: Tho other who is ever, let it bo remembered, less tenacious ,i,,y vSundii) evening, it wasi two of our most of routine than her hiuKiud, will nolo theso promlueut hemp m.inuf.iclurirs weru observed essintiiil iHiiuts, it is thu llttlo streams that to K holding very iarnoi.t conversiitlon, mid maku tho big rivers ; It Is by milk mid butler, u,0 interchange of knowing glances was fro- bythusuudry prixluots of thu poultry-yard, by ,iuont, In their eiilhiuinsm thoy did not take n mass ot nothings, thu wlfo accumulates largo miUcient preciutious to keep from King oer- sums, ever welcouiu on rent day, InMnl, and so a friend of ours happened to catch Ihcso words, as they fell from devout Tub Cii:ks; IIi'sinkns. Twenty years ago lips: "You have thu money, and thu under- tho United Slates did not oiporl moro than n ktaiullng Is that wo will stand tlrm At rour million pounds of chetu. Now the iiumiul ex- titer must bu mi tlinchiiig." port ttinoiiut to moro than nitty niillion Wu waiit Oningos iu this iciuitv, to put a liouiids, and America bus taken from Uuglui.il stop to uch ruscality uud rings. Ilempls now anil Holland their monopoly of tho chceeu everywhere worth $o, with a decidedly upward trade iu Kuropo. ' toudoucy. 'inelv cut cloior hay, tho ohoio- miioii wiin hoawtxi oatmeal, sweotoned, mid fed iu small ipuiuti- ties, gradually increased. If tho IkiwoIs Iioooiiiu too looso teuspoonfill of iireparod chalk is given as n corrective. With this feed and good caro n calf will thriio and grow better than ou sklin-milk. f ...YlL- ...mtiilii fortv of butter: after churnilii!. some eleven parts of butter remain luommblu to ttgglometiitu ly agitation. Milk, when allowed to rest for twenty four hours, presents three layers tho uppermost, cream; tho 'middle, K.'runi: mid tilt lowest uud houvot, cumUiio or and u plain box, aro all you need. Hop Circular. As thu season for Intrusting tho new crop approaches, wo beg leavo to oiler a few sugges tions to thu growers and dealers. From our latest correspondence in thu growing districts, ia!ly comprehended by ull, confincil mostly to short articles. Is our endeavor. For Self-Improvement, Every lsauo ol tho Pncss abounds with articles of an elevating character, to stimulate the higher virtues ami natures and progressive Intellects of both men and women. Hundreds of Dollars Aro oftentimes saved to the readers of this paper by a single hint or article of Information lu its columns. Such instances havo been repeatedly reported to tho editors and proprietors during their long connectlou with the 1'iuus, Onr paper presents Tho New and Novel Developments til the progress of this comparatively new section of the Union (but recently settled and now rapidly Increasing with a population of tho most lutclllgtnt and venture sotuo people, attracted from nearly every quarter and clltnoou the glotc),enablo us, with duo enterprise, to dl.play vigor and freshness in our columns not met with In similar Journal elsewhere. Tho wimo circum stances also render such a paper mora especially valu able to Its renders in a new, and to a certain measure, untried field, whete tho best methods and processes ol Industry aru not so well establish dor traditionally known aslu older communities. Published oxcrlc'iicis often savo costly experiments and disastrous results. A Great Variety of Industrial Information, In brief ami fresh form, suited to tho wants and tastes ot tho readers ol this coast, which Is not obtalnablo othcrwiso so timely, or in so chop and convenient form. As an lndtMrlal publication, meeting tho wants of ho many kindred ludti'trles, this Journal stands pre eminent and without a prcecilciit. Subscriptions payablo lu udvauce ft per annum. Singlo copies, post paid, 10 cents. Address DEWEY & CO.. Minino ami SciKvnno l'ltKsa find Pacific Ilc- n.iL riiKss OUlce, U3S Montgomery St., S. F. SAN FRANCISCO (V c.i - . .lomimtM. T ' - Y ammcrce In California, thcro is n general, almost I chronic, habit among farmers to neglect their stock; very littlo provision U made, except what nature makes to carry them through tho cold, rainy weather of our winters. With ouly now and then a frosty night, aud seldom, If wu uro lead to bollovo that tho coining crop will evu,r' ?"ow- our1 winters nre. nevertheless, cold i i-i. i . .1 ,t. ii i . ll"1' damp ami real y severe upon tho moro bo a light one. but thu quality mil bo good; ,,,lica,0 6rotHia o( auliuals. if no provlMon Is although wohuvotho mouth of August that mado for their comfort, moro than is geucrally may mako some changes. thu caso with our native stock. Such neglect in issuing these instructions wo tuko i, for ; JSZ grunted that tho grower hns performed his part our best bloods, in giving tho hops thu attention necessary lo Quality ol Pasturage, bring them to maturity. When they havo ur- Already the complaint is heard, that dairy lived at this Btage, tho wholo crop should K con s, of choice breeds, are rapidly loslug their picked as nearly as possible nt ono and tho ,"1''K iualities. This euu bo attributed to saino lime; tho 'obect being to have them as 0," "' ' perhaps both improper nenr iiiiko iu color us pos.imo, II not picked """" " v raiumi ueiievu yet, unit at tho saino time, tho Into picking should bo l,lr cliinatu is nncoiigenial, for n moro gener- cured ami baled by Itself. Never mix it with m,v 1'calthy ono for horses than California tho other, us it injures the salon hen they come presents is unknown; then why not for cattle to market. and sheep, in their appropriate districts? Wo lu picking, caro should bo taken to nick rach believo the fault to lie entirely iu thu want of hop separately. Xuver strip them Ironi (tie wro for tho comfort of tlio animal, iu not vines oien when in clusters they should bo screening it in summer from tho iutensu heat separated. No leaies, stems, or rusty blossoms of tho mid-day sun, and in thu winter from the should bo allowed to fall iu the hops. Hops to M and wet; but more particularly to the sell well must K cleanly picked in tlio tlrst parsimonious habit ot feeding. Hreoders will place; you cuuuot Is) too careful about this. The tlud, and dairymen will flud, that, upon tliu most important branch of tho business Is the dried herbage alone, of our summer and win- curing. A man may have a beautiful crop, tor pastures, the high broil and high fed Uur- uiu ii ii is noi rieu.Y eureei, uutn.v ouworill- iiniiin m uiu .uauiic niatos oud l.nglaild, will less, either from over drying or lusulllcient dry- deterioratu iu more than ouo of their prime ing. If dticd too much, they lose their flavor; qua.ities; uud what is true of tho effect of their If not enough, they uro very likely to heat iu 'l here in summer, applies with still greater thu luile aud lxvomo entirely useless. foroo to thu winter anil spring, when almost Tho best time to luile is ou a rainy day, us all that tho animal now gets to sustain nature the hops aro moro pliable and pack better, "live, is a meager bite of unwholesome, iunu- iuuimivi uitisi ihi in gooei suapo; no small, iriuuiis weens. ,or will tlio nilo apply oulv . ? - - -. Vtclf.lr.toiln;. rulillo attention toth fact ttit tho M'miiii' Coi.r Jlriic.ixriLr. Dimrmii" is now knonn the Mail 1 iiiiiel-eii .luuniiil ut Ciiiiiiiieiie anil Mrri'iinlllc lllivelur." it l i new s-paae monthlr newspaper, of special In formation fur Wllu euta and r..t.ll i,l..m.n I. -L- contalni resdinir matter of interest and iiiiporla'nce lo all buiue and linifessioiial men nn tha const , vP.V'f.'P"'1 UP CONTKXT8 fk"".tr.,T l,ulJ,'ri I'ltrrent and .Monthly Iteilewof !h!! Vv,iol'." -V;'"?.' I"arains of the fluctuations of !?. .'.' ,?"b.,.,!,'.14L.'A. 0n lrelsUt-correeted monthlv i Illustrations and Sketches of l'romlnent "in udlluMJininilMitorialson Manufacturing and Industrial IW-ressi lieiwrtments contalnln appropriate readlnir uirnuitiiMnsiorvarinaslirancliauf trade, Inclui! ljr'.'.c'.a' l1 1'rojljioni" "Dry Goods Drugs;" "Uu linri "rrsdes and Manufactures," etc., eto. i'iiiaiiT?.,.!V.?.V.C0.n.'l,t 0,!' PK.emtraclnir roit' MtlllTOoi.CM.vs of Imiiortanl readlinr matter forTnn ITV. des. iiien-inosiiy prisma! in.l liy flrst-c ass wrltm. .s.m.,1. eopies. iMstpaiit, W ct. Vearlr subscription, la adtance. l.w. huliscrtberstotheJIixisiiASUScit.iVlcl'i rs or the Picnic Ucbal Piiess will be supplied at half price" Published by MURRAY, DEWEY it CO., A!.! Mi''i'iV"!0!?00 ' Hs JHnin and SclentlUo Press and I'aclno itursl Press, han Francisco. Sin Fn.ijci.co Jociisal or Counrnri:, Ciiicaoo. June P., 1973.- riu. Pacific Coast Mmicaxiilk lli.iicTon which has been conducled with the ti.ual skill tact and ability characteristic of Ban Francisco Journal's, for twelvo months, now comes lo us In name, form and ar rangement changed and Improved, Every great city tuuit linn . Jt vit. ,ir n.u,.,P ..... ...r ..... -WV priatenatneta.es the place of the MutCANTiu: IiiniiN toil In its new form it is the stienf nnr.i.u.. . iSlT.""'r,ny!ul"t-.MKnWi.un." i uoiuueii munthlv by Mreet, 8an iTanclscoi Lommrrrc, uu vvuiams se coiumua oi matter portaut to commercial readers. Pit Murray, Dewey A- Co., Ill Clay htr Jl.50 is r year. t'Aicuo youranl o C looso-pacKcu, irregular or snacgy ones among ii tlio Heavy Durham, but to oil our improved them, us they nro invariably rejected by tho in- breeds of cattle. Thu causes that induced, and speotor when tho lot is seild, Hops should K thu efforts that were reiiuiroel to establish a put up iu Utloi of 'J.000 pounds, or as ueur hlgh grade of blood, or an improved breed of that ns iMSsiblo. Tho Kilos should bo I1 . ft auimals. must bu coniiimd. n, n,.i, .,...,.,.. loug, 'Ji, feet wide, and IS iuches thick. To ill degenerate. preioiu nursling of tun Uiles, tint U'st threo till- twiuo oulv shntil.l Iwi n&.wl Tl... I.t.. - -, --- -- .,-... t.v '...v .,.'.. , ...ut'ui .tmi n mioii a isi neauy mui piaiuiy markeel, with iu Hiving our Importist stock more care than suujii,! iue groner s uauiuor imiiiiis, A slen- is at present uosiowed upon llnn-.iii- Will tho stock-crOwers nf mi, statu please, give this subject a further n.i.l i . .. . .- . .. .- .... l'iiii consiuenitiour Aim nuoiiiu iho matter stock more caro than nnnti (li.tn .d.il l.i cil pl.ito should lu used, which wo will furnish approval, wo would le glad to hear our views una uii iiiiim-ttiiou. eiuiorseti ov inoso eiinicf.i in i.i.l-..,:.. Nii inatks should ls placeil upon the cuds i'uoirio i.'iunif l'rta. ot tlio.b.Ue;ltho pnipor place Kdug tho side near thVtopr' Vto turpentine and lamp-black 1.1111 tV-llbli'W Til. I1I,U DTA ntrAA,1v li..l,A.,Aa I... 11. for tn.uMtu! imrtHises. '.wr inn l-..ri.... ,uii nf ,t... ..,n,,,. ...:"..:i .... .. i . .. , as tt is au injury to the hops. An invoice, riage of newspaper exchanges. Tho Kow York stating growth or number ot growths, and bill l'ostmaster reiorts that hts work has been ot lading, should follow tho shipment by noticeably lighter, uud that 18.000 freo uews- mail, always. All telegrams, nud all samples paper exchauges havo becu diopped during sent by mail or express, must bo prepaid. We ouo week. STATE FAIR For lsr:t, at Hiioriiiiionto, Commencing ou MONDAY tho JStli. and closing ou 8Arl'ltDA, the wth of September. S40,000, to 1 IUstrlbute.1 in Cash rremlums. Ex. hlblllotl to t d v de.1 Into .v... .l..,ir..: . . .,l! Boelety's ilcid Me.lal to t awarded to the most luerito. riouarihib liou In each il.n.Hm.nt uie-nuenio. The largest Ktock Show ever bad on the TacKo Ceia.t. Thy mo.t atiractive 8rd Programme ever effereel lu (IIP LUlPU. The ciecoud Annual Exhibition of the California Vine law AMOcU,ltfn ,0 u lM ,lie "me time and A Orand riowlng Match to come off ou tha grounds, i, A ..?, 'lfg"aton tho river. In which the dldereut llOHlug Clttlw of the State will participate "'"""" A public Sale of Thoroughbred Stock at the Tark each day of the Fair. KiTl!.m,.ni l'Mfl0 "P'or's railroads and tteam of Vha articles to and from the Fair free Vlls, Fargo Co.'s Express will deliver all pack ajta free not weighing over twenty pounds. Applications for stalls at the Park aud space at tbo Taiillon should be mado to llobert Beck, becrctary. at once. Membership, f 3; Single Admission, 50 cents' nOUEItT DECK. ;,yC!AREY' ".. WATT MCLENNAN, WOOL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, frM Banaom serwt, corner Jackson, 8AK FRANCISCO. J'iT.. ConalgnmenU of Wool. Stp Bklns. Hides, etc Uberal advance mad. tb consignors. Keep en hand the bMt quality of Wool Sacks, Twines, and other snppUeaT lUT34m A