Willamette farmer., January 31, 1874, Page 6, Image 6

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Fishing.
.ST'
'Ilrr7t wber htv you been til morning r
"vown me pooi in ins mnaquw-orooi.
"FUblaa?" "Yet. tniMh truttl weremtTr-
l!nitl.in'l Imlitm Ihim lit liki't liAa.
"Why, look tt your coat t You moil have f alien.
Your back'a all covered wltu leavee and oum,"
How be laughs, good-Detuml fellowl
Had luck flsblug mekee moat men croaa.
"Hcllr, tbo Wrlghta bTt calledl where were yoaf I
TteadlDg. TOO. knoW, Slid It WMtOOloTelvi''
1 never eew mich ft rharauuil book. . w B
Th charmltig' book baa pleased br greetlyt
There's a lxapt'7 lUbl I
knd tba bun the cit tn t
l in utrswees oiuoertt, '
And tbe bun the cit tn Most fervid faahloo,,
To feUld old Tabby's loteese surprise.
Reading r well, yrs, but not from ft novel,
risblngr truly, but nut with rod.
The line U Idle, tho book neglected!
Th water grtftt-a wbler r end hod.
Th sportsiBso bold ftod tbo esrnest almlent
Talk aoltly of wbftl f Parhelia Ihe weelbcri
Perhaps no ruetteri whatevtr the subject.- r
1 1 cprtalfily bring a tbaul close together .1 i J
It ranara tbelr worda to be softly epoken,
With loan a lingering pause tielwieu.
Tba while tba ehadowa cbaae tba auubeama
Over tba moeeea arar and areen.
Blaabta are needful to lla dteiitU)n,
And soft, shy ulancea from dowuraat eyes,
jDWbueobtuo deplbaaro tying bidden
Loving glad&os and aweel surprise., m.
Trinity Cbapel la gay tbla evening, ... n
Mrlgbt Wllh beauty, aud flowera, and lightl Jt
A full-dreeaed naberuian atanda at tbo chancel, '
Willi elly beside bliu all In while.
Tbe ring la on. tba vuwa are rpukeu.
And arnlllna frlenda, good furtuna wlablng(J
Tell Mm klU the fftireel Wile i
lever brought from a tuorulag't Ashing. .. "
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World's Festivals Christmas and New
Year. 3iL:,f
The very circumstancei of thectie prevented
Iho firtt colunltti uf Ncw'Kngland from being's,
holldty-ltecping people. Folio era of: a atrrn
relicious faith, ami Undine in a atem and forbid
ding country, where nature accrued continually
lo frown, and which wti rendered fit to aunport the
father of the Infant communwcallh only by the
most exacting ton, tne earner settlers ironncu on
holidays Aiui lioliday.keeping, and Ihc-influencc
of Ihrfr Ideas tad customs It felt more;or Jest
strongly even lo this day. Far different were the
Knickerbockers, the Virginians, and the . French
and Spanish colonists of IxHiislaiut and u Florida.
With them religion and temperament alike favored
holidays and enjoyment, and tbe smiling earth
producing abundantly through the labor, of the
sun darkened sons of Congo and of (iuinca; still
more diipoted them to feasting and rtcreation.'
S that while thu South looked to enjoyment the
Notth looked 19 labor, and of all the days in the
year, 1 hanksgivlng was the only one 'tt hlch' they
could call their own. Hence arises the diylilyij
ol the Union Into three "great social as well as
political sccliuns, with varying ideas and dashing
customs, 'I he New Englamler had for his great
holiday, Thanksgiving; the Knickerbocker and
the l'cnniylvaman held high carnival on the New
Year, while with the South Chriilmastide was
the gtcat festal season of the year. Here,
0.1 lha Pacilie Coul,
However, these three great elemenli'have merged
into one, ami I bey have Wen leavened by the
pretence of a fourth, made up of the sous of every
nation under heaven. Hence we equally revere
'1 hanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year,
liesldei a humlwr of national fcstltalscelebrated
by those Imrii beyond the seas, and whose 'celc.
bration shall 1 continued, even when all our
many and varying cosmopolitan elements shall
have blended intoone ereat teonle. Tlierrenialitv
of our climate makes the festal season more en.
iuyablc than elsewhere west of the Empire City ;
but the weeping of the heavens often makes the
holiday devotee sigh fur the cold, clear air, the
snows, aim tne Jingling sieign ikiis ol tbe 1-ut.
Christmas and New ear have long been the
festal season of the Christian world, and with us
they are lwcomlng more so yiarby year. The
season of renewal of friendships, offeasting and
merry making 'and present maklng.'the season of
Santa Claut, and of visits, the season of eace
and good will amongtt men. It would seem that
nl the time when lumrc frowns, humanity feels
duKihcd to rejoice, and that revel is necessary to
olftct the depression produced by the bleakness
and inclemency of the season. . .
In Olden Timet
The celebration was not confined to the two great
tatal days of Christinas and New Year, ritan
ChtUimaiday to the klslll of January, the twelve
da) s of Christmas w ere one season of high revel,
when young and old, wis and foolish alike gave;
ihemsehes up lo merriment and rejoicing; Somew
times even by high and wealthy noblemen, the
season of rejoicing was kept up from October to
thc'New Year, The festival of Christmas is et.cn.
tially Christian, That of. New-, Year, however,
is cosmopolitan, and 'while the one can"clalm
proudly an observance uf nearly t.wo Ibouwuid
) cars, (ha other can point back to one reaching
to the beginning, through a vista of untold
centuries. It was lum with man, and only with
him will die, Christinas Day, the Urthday of
the Savior, seems to li.ne Imjcii a. holiday in
earliest Christian times; lor Clement, the 'successor1
Intlie Seeof Home, o( the apostle, lter,'in one of
Ids cpistlcs.'rcfcrt to its oWnanic', It was not,
how evef, till the lime of Vopc Telesphoru that
it was made obligatory, but lie, iu the eccoud cen
tury of the Christian Era, ordered that it lie hon.
otcd in ,ihf same w ay as the Sabbath, Nevt ithe
less, there was a great diversity of opinion at tn
the day on which u should lie observed, for some
pans of the Christian woild kept up Christmas in
Starch, some in December, aud others in mid
summer. A tragic Incident connected with it
occurred in the reign of the Itonian tyrant Diocle.
tiau, who Icing tn the city ol Nk-omedia, in Asia
Minor, and hearing that the Christians were cele.
bratlng the birthday of the Savior, caused the
church to he set on tire, when all within It were
burned alive, 'lite time for tbe celebration was
settled in the fourth century br rope lulian. at
the request of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, when a
convocation of the Christian ilishopt of the East
and West decided that it was on the atlhof
urccmoer, at midnignt, mat inrm was uorn,
I lence the midnight mass with which the occasion
is celebrated in the Catholic, Creek, and Coptic
churches. In many countries, Christmas it eel.
cbrated only as a religious festival, though with
magnificent ceremonies ; In others it Is a social
holiday as well, devoted to revel, feasting and
making of presents. With us It It both, and
though we nave not the midnight mass with Ihe
QorgMut Celebration
Ol France and Italy, el nearly all our churches,
the Catholic and hpucopal particularly here, are
profusely ornamented with (lowers ami greenery,
and special relicioua services are held therein.
Banta Claus, too, makes his annual visit to young
and old, particularly the young, aad In nearly
every household, rich and poor, the Christmas
tree flourishes in all its glory, hung with gifts ;
and Ihe Christinas candle is lighted. Santa Cltui
halls from Holland) the Christmas tree Is a Cier.
man Institution, while the custom of giving prts.
enta takes Its origin in Ireland and llntain, 'lite
preencnr used to decorate houses Is a relic of the
DruidicaJ customs prevalent in I'agan timet
among tne ictuc nations, to irciana and great
llritaln, Ckrislnsa la (he high festival of the
year, and tb annual rt-unlonof families whoae
members during Ihe preceding twelve months
hare been -separated by time an,dj;djlnce7
EvcryoSteTaftpccti gifts, and Jt is the custom for
apprearlctfaasel shop boyd go aboet retfscitbig
Christmas gifts from the customers of their matters.
Some commercial houses spend as mnch as five
thonud dollars In maklnrChristmas rrreschU' to
their customers and employes. These 'are -made
onllie day following SJ.Stepben,' or IJcuIng Day,
Io"jrtlind,.t.ls.he custom for young men And
boys, on bt, Stephen's Day, to catchawren, carry
ii uoui in cage ucutcu wiia rmuons irons nevsc
to house, all Iht while singing an ancient lay, 'and
asking Christmas donations. These are known as
the 'wren boys. In rormer days, In Lngland, a
boar's head was the favorite Chnstmis dish;' now
roast beef rami plum puddinc forms the orthodox
Christmas dinner, lormcrly, in the houses of
the great, a potentate, called the Ixirdof Misrule,
held sway front All Hallow Eve to Christmas
uay.. .in iermany,,iVM'MMrvn is principally a
children's festival, and the Knttht KufmAt, the
grandfather of Sinfa Claus Wanders about In bod lly
form, from house.to'house, leaving presents lor
the good children, '
, New Ytjf'i Day f .
Ilsrbsen "observed iy alienations'. nilalholiuiy
!romthebcf;lnnin! and its dticln is no doubt
coeval With ihst'of man himself dpon Iht earth!
Hut the day on which we welcome the annual
return of)lhe year though ol old observance as
such, at least two thousand three hundred years,
has, until quite recent limes,' been observed by but
very (cwjiations. - AndJu nothing has there been
greater variety than in the day selected as the
first of thevear.'TWitrrtliermost ancient Eastern
nations the first day of- the-year commenced on or
about the twenty-second of September, at the
autumnal enuinox. with Ihe Chinese vear it com.
menced at the game lime, and with the Hebrews'.'
who called ,it the, birthday of Adam.' It was the
beginning of their civil year. The sacred year
began at lb time of' the vernal equinox, on the
twentv-second of March. The ancient Greeks, as
llio the Celtic and. Teutonic, peoples ofnorthem
,urupc comrncnccuftn; yaar-ofs ino iwcniy
second of Deiemlrfr,' the wincf solstice, but Ihe
moie modern Greeks commenced it at mid summer.
Tire Romans, in most ancient times, with a year
only ten' months lonir, commenced It In March :
but six centurlei before Ihe Christian Eia7 they
changed the first day of the year lo the first day
of January, Ihe dar of Ihe festival of the deity
7nnui IU front, which was celebrated with feast
ingi, present makings, etc., from which
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uui iiiuuuii in iiaiv so iuhk me lua, uey oi inc
'car, its,ofonly quite modern adoption by other
!uroan' inatiom. 1 'ranee first adopted it In
564, then Scotland, which was closely connected
with that nation, followed suit; end last, England
and, her then, American colonics adopted it in
1751, nttte more man a century ago.- uut jiuma
and Greece till! becin' the'nev vear'on ihe' first
of September, and the Portugese on the first ol
December -Thirteen hundred yean egof the
1'iencrrNew Year was celebrated on the first of
March, tubsenuentl von the twenty-fifth of Mtrch.
iiid then on tatter Sunday, for several hundred
rears. 1 he Mew, 1 ear 01 the rencn Kerolution.
sts was fixed on Iho twenty.iecond of September.
but this system had only a short, existence. The
nation! thst follow' the faith of Mahomet have
no regular day on which to begin the year; it is
variable, one year differing from another. In Ihe
Southern hemitpheie, In the Empire of llrsiil, in
I'eru.u Chill, etc., South . Africa, and Australia,
New Year's Day occurs very near midsummer, on
account of the chance of seasons in the hemlt
nheres. So that while we have rain and cold on
New Year's or Christmas Dar. In San. Francisco.
in Sydney or Melbourne the weather It suited to
tne climate 01 tropic India, in some countries.
Newr Year's Day has only A kind of secondary
ccietiration, nut in rrance, fcotiann, and tne
.Middle Mates, It Is the great holiday of the year.
Il Is usually celebrated br maklnc mutual eifts.
or by calling on friends and acquaintances. 'Ihe
former Is the custom In Ireland and (.teat llritaln.
the latter Iu France. Germany, and the United
Slate. Many old ami strange customs still linger
in connection witn nt ear t ouserrances, sucn
as driukim- SDiced ale In England, baktnrr cakes
for the occasion, to be divided amongst the mem
bers 01 tneiamiiy, anuoi.wnicn all are expected
a partake, in Ireland and Germany, Ihe cakes In
the latter country Ilng called lliitul irej.
Such is in brief an outline of the origin and
cuilomsofthc tnocreat festal davt of the festive
season. c 'ihe celebrations of th latter on Ihe
Pacific Coast are particularly 'appropriate at the
cn.i 01 uus year 01 Plenty, and lorm a
pendant to a season of unusual prosperity
The Strategic Cat. ' '
All rnnmlnnt ttoriet'ilo not come from the
Went, a tbe following New Hnuip.hiro jnrn
bowi: ,, IJi I .Li 1
"Talking about catt," laid Uncle Tim, a
regular Yankee,-, "putt me in wind of a cat I
utii owned. Ltl me btllyoit about her. She
ws a Malice, arid wliat tq't eat didn't know
waon't'worth knowin', ' Hrre'a one tbius the
did 1 In tbe spring of '46 1 moved Into the little
oiduouMon me t-Tooxeu nver, vrepntour
provlslout down In the cellar, and tne first
Iil,ilit w mtde up, our bed on tbe floor, lint
w didn't, leii.v No'tooner'.had It come dark
than wo heard it teartu1 and a aqueaklo' iu the
cellar that was awfuL'I lit thainandlalaud
wruldowu., Jermuleuil Talk about ratal I
never at 'tnrh n tight In my born dayt.
Kerry Inch of the cellar bottom wna covered
with them. They run up onto rue, and all
over tue. I JuuiimhI back lulo the room, and
called the cat. She cama down f rd looked!
I guewa thu' tot thor about tu mtnatet, look
ing at them rats, aud I was waitln' to see whol
ahe would do, lly-lnby the thook her head, and
turned and weutup alajr. She dldu'l care ti
tackle 'em." That night, I tell ye, there wasn't
luuchtleep. In the inornln'I called for the
cat, and could not 'And btr. Bbe'd coat. I
gueat th rat had frightened her, and to tell
the plain truth, I didn r wonder much, ih'ijiht
com again, and th old cat hadn't come.
rtys lWtsy Ann (than'a nay wife), tome, ay
the, Tim, if that old oat don't come back,
we'll have to Uavo this place; th rata'll eat u
up,' Say I: 'Just you let the old est be.' I
didn't believe th left n for good aud all.
Just aa BeUey Ann wa pnttin' th children to
bed we heard a tcratchlu' and wauliu' at the
on lid door. I want and opened iljandther
atood our old Maltee an th door tep, and be
hind her a whole army of rat all paraded
regular at y ever toldlertl I let our old rat
tn and th other followed her. Bbe went
right to tb collar door, and acratohed than).
I began to understand.' Old Malta had been
wu ml ue,. vvuim uie we- so sue veiuui
h marched down, and the other oat tramped
aur ner in mtuiar oruer ana aa suey went
Mat I counted Afta-tU ol 'em I Oh. mvl if
there waau'l a row au.1 rumpus in that 'ere
cellar that night, then I'm mistaken I Th
next morning th old eat cam up and caught
bold of my Iroattr leg, and palled m to
ward th door. I weut down tot th tight.
Talk about yer Bunker UiU and ytr Boston
mataacretl litre I I ntrer t inch a alght
befor Lor (ino. Btr Ana tad me, with
my boy Sammy, wa all day aa hard at work aa
we could be, ofearin' th dead rat ont of that
'r otlUrl ' If a fact-Try word of ill" '
"Oh, Tommy, that iu abomlnabl In yot to
txss your iiiussrv faaa. '
Wby,"txadToinnsy.''dlda't yon toU at,
ma, that I waa alway to take btr part ?"
Tint AuaalniM Oiat, -.Xha Aaaweiaatt arill It.
like the rMt of thejtrtatlont to which .w have
been'referrtBgra'd 'ltrI nisitiir'Tli"Teal
gin, wno utt juau returned rrom in country,
and i occupying hene)( witii preparation for.
ihe iWWeAlnawlntfte la Txt at ftfl dlffletll lo
decrlbejr Shli a girl 5f lmlnente'energy And
but JIUa.phnical.aeniiitlirrSlM b,,lf elw
can beN Jadfted 'by -bU the accomf llsbea, a
noble digestion; or perhapa, to be more accu
rate baa noblr triamphed orer her dleea
tlon, and redOMd1 it to complete mbmlaalon.
ene is not nigniy euoeatea, nor aoei euo apeai
all foreign language! with emoothnose and cor
rect Idiom; indeed, aba baa been known to
filar atrange tricks with bur own tongue. She
a lively, but not witty; ahe la fond of laughing,
without caring very much at what aha laughs;
ha it noisy and lond wben bedaroetobe, . At
a general ruin the knowt little or nothing of
thoM matter which need to be, considered
ewentiarparta of a woman' education, and
intendt, if aha It rich', to bare' Uontekeeping,'
when onc-s aha it marrlod.'doke fol bet by otna
ono elae; am) If the it poor the doet not thiuk,
about it thy, mora than iht can belpA'Hir no
tion about " inarrtagn llaelf are a curlout mil.
tore.pttdeat detived from BOTtbt; potma, and'
tuoh acquaintance with tbe world aa girls get
from the conversation of voona men who
dance tbe German with them through tbe win
ter, and walk on tba cliffs at Newport with
Ihem in the summer. Her life, If aha la rich,
It In general one of thougntleM pltunre,
Yod(Jq,fFoLic$''CoLiJfiH?:
j :Strangt)( and r Curious Birds. 1 zr
Th blribiptitlintroplos are.no lea remark
able for their ncTer eniling variety of.color and
plumage than for their peculiar forms, In which
Tb VmbraUa Bird.
th grotoique, tba'cfratd, and tha beautiful are
equally mingled,. In .our former.. numbrrt we
huve given illuttntfoiit ofaomeof the moat
remarkable', andwefollnw with the' Umbrella
lllrd and the Hamming Bird,- O c .
Th UmbrtlU Bird,. or Umbrtllt Ghttlirtr,
Hat itt halitat In South America! and It on of
those included in tha genu Ducco, Tblt bird
it remarkable for tb created umbrella ibtpcd
toll of feather which shade th eye aud the
blll.aud t or tb pendant plumage hanging down
'a. 1
Th Ilummln Bird."
Its breast, -What mtr b th object of this an
pendage It It luipostible to tay that tometime
tuggeated, that it It iutended at a abode from th
tun it not worthy oi terlout consideration
Th Humming Bird -
It noted amongtt bird for itt tmallneu of tilt
nnd for Its-unrivaled beauty. -Tb Uamuerof
Central America it of varlout kinds, th ltrgett
having a bill three anil a quarter iucheaj long,
aud th amalleat, one three eighth of an Inch
In length. Tbe principal varietlea are the
fort Tailed, ioug uitiwi, atul Duorl limed,
Central America. .tba Chimboraze, Hummer.
GoUonToetaaJ.Le.ag Crot tta7tblmrtM,
lluby, and Topax Hummers., , The Jlummiug
uirua are ternioa.iewuoiiorntsuouRT on iso
count of th eitraordinarv beantr of their
plumage. They art peculiar to America and.
tne- "eat inuu lauuua, awl amongst tnem are
th tunallMtUrda known, thatmalitai tpeolti
wben plucked bclug btrdly larger than a
honey be: UThiy'ar of i lively dltpesttlon,
almost constantly ou tb wing, aud performing
all their motion with great rapidity. Their
nigut -la.m nan, ana in a oilman sua -sue
variatlona of their rdumace are disnlaved to the
greateat advantage, fully Justifying tbe word
of thspoarw j 1 1 ,11 t
" Ear. ratn4 rstoTemeat glvea a dlDrreDI djei
XJta acatea of buralalivd golJ, tliey ilasstlug showi
how siuk to sasUe, now like a turuac glow,"
Fullvinrttaej-ved aoeeimaiia 'of iheta atranare
and beauilflil, at well at of many other curlout,
birds, may be seen, at Woodward't Museum, .
11 it to tne couttety 01 tn Manager 01
Woodward'" Uardeut.i Mr.u IXftiry Andrew,
that we are Indebted for the illuttrations that
accompany our word description!.
"llgAB" Br, a BsttUf Bov. Hetdt are oi
different shape and aiaes. They are full of
notions. Large head do not hold tb moat.
Bom pertont can tell what a man Is by tb
bpe of hit bead. High ' head are th beat
kind. Very knowing people an called long,
headed. A fellow that won't stop for anything
or anybody is called hot-headed. 'If he is not
quite o bright be it called toft-headed. If he
won't be coaxed or turned h il called pig'
headed.- Animal hav very small hd.
Tb headt of foout'alant back. Wben your
head I out off yon or beheaded. Our head
ar covered with hair, eioepl bald headt.
There are barrel-bead, headt of aennon and
tome miuitUr rued to have fifteen head to
on termor pin heads, bead of cattle, a th
farmer call nit cow and oxen; heed-wlnda,
drum-head, oabbag bead, loggerhead, com
to a head, bead of chapter, head him off,
head of tho family aad go ahead but be tur
you ar right; but th wont of all head an
th dead-bead who hang around for free)
ticket to allow tad try to sponge gratis no
tice in paper.
A MAit who morning dram had been too
mnch for him, in (addling hi hon col th
addle wrong nd fomaoat. Just a n wa
about to mount, a neighbor earn up tad called
hi attention to th mlstakt. Tb horseman
gated fort moment oath intruder, a if in
deep thoaght. and then said, "You bt thai
addl aloa, how do yon know which way I
ara
going!" tad h looked danger at th oa-
elous
utustgBoor,
A rArxa mill a fight between rival journals
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Preparing Bones for Fertiliiers.
"I e-i
Jt fr0nuently happont in country place
wliefeWne areTquifo plentiful (andwhoro
are thsjr not ?) that thoro are no mill to
grind thorn, and if applied to the land as
thejr arothor docomposo o slowly a lo
bo, b( comparatively UltU Uso. la suoh
cases cliemtcal' means, which are.always
at-hnnd, arc to bo brought into aeqnial
tionr1 r" ti 1 1 in 1 t !i -k1! moil il
Ofa)llthe;Tarloas moans thtioan:b
oroplojed fordooompoaitig anil dittolrlpg
bones, the best' and most praotloable.ii
wood-ashes. They; are generally plentiful
in codntrr claces: they prevent any un
pleasant odor from being given 'off, and,
above all. cause a ranid and complete de
composition. Tlia bone arojeinyorted
into a fine powder; which, mixed with the
awes, lurnisnea an excellent ieriiiuor,
verv rich in rjotosh and uhosDhorio aold.
The method of using them is as follow;
A trench three or four foot deep, and of
any desired' length, Is dug in 'the earth,
and-fllled-with-alUrnate Jayen-of tvthe
and whole bone, each layer being about
six incheetbsck.iTaie .-lowest aa well as
the top Jayen rfof Mb,1 and .etch Jayer
of ashos Its thoroughly saturated "with
watorln'At ditUaeMlirfitbrc4fett)pJos
aro rammocl.,'dftwn''l( tb ".bottom of the
ditch, ,and every 'vteht'Jof.'ttJn.dajaJthrsy
are taken out and"emQUgli.wWr.,pouredln
the hole to laturata tbe ashes. At the
end of two .months tlin.rriiolo-boau It thor
oughly stirred.uu'witb arfbiko is tdmix
the asbeVnnd 'soften the b'oriet'wlilcli aro
then ldtt'tU ferment i'ibaln?'Wter"KiJiff
ndJedr' ottcu ''necoe,iary,'';Trj;;fibo1ut
threo.monlhsmoro,tbelii3ap'.l)jngo'rid
over twsoaior sureo)umei.xaoretjiaej ae
oomposltlon of the bonee wlll-be'io com
plete that only a fow of the largest bonos
romaia and"tUce'aro taken) oat and put
iu another heap. J J i Ve.3 " )
This method of using bono come to us
from, lluttlt 'and ,is jyeVybignly-rocom-mendedf
.'Tho actloo of.ffiofertiliMr.tipon
oropt is said to be tomthing exlraordi
naty. It soemrfas if the'aults In the bones
and those in the ashes unite to form very
Rolnlilo salts whiedt can n boot onctuaiml
latcd by the rooU 'of plants'; JJ J
Wborb wbod'aaVes aro" scarco, recourse
must bo bad to hbrso' manlsrei Tho bonos
nro soaked ,n few day in water and then
iilacedin' rcctangaUr pits, yUb.;,'altcrnto
layer's of hortq manure, eacklj(ir.bliig
dronched with tho wator in which tho
bonos wero soaked. Tho strata .ofbones
are three inclio ' thiolr; tutlf tkost "of ma
nure a foot -thick. The1 pit is3 covered
with earth o,a to bo tightly -oloted- rTho
doeompotition of the bone will reqnlro,
in this cate.abonf ten monthly when tho
mlxturo is ready for use a 'fertilizer.
Mantana -MirKl. ' " "'
- j Care Os-Manure. i -i
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From actual, exporiojice, I ay..l)y nil
means bouse your manure. ,'If you htvcjn't
cellar under your bfn"nd cauuot. havo
one, bnild a shed at once over the accumu
lation behind tho barn. You will euro tho
'cost every year. "A- few joistr tnd'botrils
Tfill build a temporary ono;"tbe) toys would
Ira glad to dp, It If you giro them a' chance.
The accumulating of forest leaves cannot
bo to highly recommended; hey aro worth
twioo'oi much' as tho'swamp hayinany
armor apeua lima ana monav.to.ael.lori
bvadlnh-.r 'l 1 U . .illlLli.il' t
. Last Tall I took hold of the old home
stead,' tod I doterminod'at once to 'Start
out on a'now order of things, and with 'the
idea that to, get good erops and improve
tiro land waa to'stniTit with' manure. 'I
went to work aooumulating everything
that would rot )ohd ntkb vgeUbl mold,
I went around the i hedges of the mowing
lots, in tho pasture and on tb lodetide,
and mowed all the bushes I oonld gat and
stacked them in the yard for litter. 'When
leave fell I went to the,fore8U,'anc gath
ered several loads, 'filling all the apero
room I had in the barn with them. I bed
ded thexleor thlck:wh'er thtoattlmioed.
Each morning I hoed all tho wet one with
tho nianuro into the coller and bedded
down anow, . ' . ,
I am not in favor of aaw-dust for an ab
sorbent, a somitinies spoken of, unless it
be hard wood;, pine contains pltohysub
stance wh'cli Is not k'ood for'land. I Bwamn
muolt or peat i the best, especially if you
ore to.use your manure, ,on dry land if
you are going to use it on low; black land;
sand or loom may.be beat.' Carry the low
iauu un so tuo nut ana sue uiir into tue
valley, and von will imDrove both. I
found that by the mixture of tbe dropping
01 sue uorae, oowi, leave, onue, ana
everything of he tort, that the quality wo
greatly improved a well at the quantity
increased,, M . , . , t
1 f6nnd, however, thai having to muoh"
vegetable matter decayiug, it was more
apt to heat, and having no boy to work it
over, I hid to do it myself, which I did
three times, tay onoe a month. I ihook
up the green manure, putting it one aide,
then in three or four weeks gave it another
shake and more green in its place, and to
on; consequently in the spring I had a lot
of rotten finely pulverixed manure to nee,
and the result wot' my crops have come in
this Fall nearly or quite double what they
were lost year, treated in the old way of
farming. Brother farmers, try it, and re
member the basis' of success f the manu
facturing of manure. Cor. JtuaodttrMOJ
Ploughman.
Method of Managing Manure.
lb. Ton Horskyfield, owner of the
targets tanaea eaiaiei in JJonemtt, has
tinoe 1850 introduoed t method of treating
the accumulating stable manure, which
differs from th usual proo, tad for
whloh he claims many advantages, via.,
economy of time, spaoe, feed, and bedding,
a great saving of money and of bonds, and
no necessity for such contrivtacet at col
lar, tank-pumps, etc.: alto, a far better
Sroduct, no loot ooouring from avapora
on and rot: aad flatllv. a decided im
provement in the eonditton of the cattle-
' 2Sf JWBhBBie' rJS&.
yard,, which .never show., any ,t tract of
manor, either aolidor liquid.. Be i says
all these favorable resnlt are obttlned in
the following wayl The manure is not
removed from the ttable until .11 'fetches
tho height of Ave feet; the ptrtw'fbr bid
ding is out into lengths of abont flvoinoboa,
and thus more readily absorbs the liquid
portion and facilitate!1 the distribution of
the manure in the furrows. The entire"
mass it conijajitly . comprosted by tho
wolght of .the .animals, and , theroby. jcept
moist, while sir tnd consequent putrefac
tion tre excluded. After tbout three
months this manure is carried to the Held
and Immediately covered in the furrows,
whore it readily decomposes tnd, yields til
its strength to the toll, folly doubling 'iu
usntl value, according to Mr. von Hort
kvfleld't 'experience. Besides' tblt. . the
air in the stables is nover tainted by ex
halations' injurious to the health of 'the1
catuo.
This plan la not new in this country,
hat been practiced by several, tnd is to be ,
roonmmended where the height of the,
stable will permit tuoh tn accumulation
during two or three months, tnd litter tnd
muek are tt hand to keep tha stable a wees.
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