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JONES & CHANCEY, Publisher
UNION', OltKUOItf.
LOtfcJs WAY.
Why do I Jove you. sweetheart minor J I',
In sooth, Ivan not say.
Ixive camo to mo so KloiklUiUr,
J I not or saw his way.
i Ills gcntlo footsteps srarccly pressed
Tho pathway to my hoart;
I I only saw him standing there,
And knew he'd no'cr depart.
How can I tell what broupht htm, j
1 know not how ho camo?
I I only knew, and boiveil boforo
The magic of his name.
1 So many aro moro beautiful f
J Ah, well, perchanco 'tis true.
Bo many aro much better, dcarf
Sweet, uo ono clso Is "you."
Ittlle't llluttratetl.
THE TERKENEVAUGIIS.
How Thoy Go Sailing Out of St.
Malo Bay.
Imposing Orcinonlp r Hlmpln llri'ton
Knllor Wlio Annually "On Dunn to
tho Ke In Nliliw," mill Often
Novur KM urn. '
On rt grnnito rock in tlio English
Channel, at this mouth of tho tidal
Kiver Kaneo, tho bluest ami most boun
tiful stream in all Franco, elands the
willed town of St. Malo, onco the chief
commercial city of Brittany, livery
Bpring a licet of Unit little brig-rigged
fishing vessels Kails out of St. Malo,
bound for tho (Jrand Hanks of New
foundland, to share with the men of
tlio Canada coast, and tho Now Fng--bind
fishermen from Capo Cod and
Gloucester, tlio catch of cod that swarm
in those waters. These little vessels,
enrco larger than tito mackerel schoon
ers that daily lloat in and out of Boston
harbor, aro absent from Franco from
March till late in tho autumn. Tin;
dangers they encounter in fogs and
tonus on tho Banks aro many, and
-widows and fatherless children are
numerous along tho Breton coast.
Considering, therefore, tho great
peril to which their husbands, sons
and brothers and sweethearts aro to be
exposed, it is not surprising that the
departure of tho Terrenovatighs is tho
greal event of tho year along tho
Breton coast.
From their scattered winter quarters
in the harbors and coves along the
rocky shore, and from tho villages on
the banks of tho Hauce, the vessels
come together in St. Malo Bay by the
afternoon of tho Sunday nearest tho
spring tide, tho day always lixed for
departure, it would bo hard lo imag
ine u scene of greater local interest,
Tho numerous vessels lie at anchor a
fow hundred yards from tho mainland,
while hundreds of smaller craft of
vory description, independent of tho
regularly organized tenders, ply inces
santly between tho litllo licet and the
nhoro, bringing on board tho crew,
with their out tits.
The noise of the mates and captains,
giving hoarse orders through their
speaking trumpets, the shouts of sailors
hailing recognized comrades on board
of neighboring barks, and tho ovor
iihiftiug groups of prettily attired
Breton maids and matrons assembled
on tho long, curving quay, and the
rocks and dill's, to see, some
of them for tho last time, tho
faces of (heir loved ones, forms a scene
ntonce picturesque and sympathetic.
The time comes for the last leave
taking to be over, and Hie last tearful
ndieu to bo spolun, for at. an appointed
hour every man of the licet, nearly
lour thousand men in all, must bo on
hoard.
At a given signal tho white sails, like
the pinions of sea-gulls, are spread to
the winds, tho anchor is raised, every
ting is dipped, and tho vessels are
headed westward, whilst tlio crows,
with uncovered heads, as tho sound of
saluting cannon from the Solldor
Tower dies away, raise their voices in
a farewell hwnn: "Ave Maris Stella!"
Then, with slow and regular move
ments, the Terienevaughs sweep out
into the ocean and gradually fadeaway
from the sight of wives and children,
who look them u last adieu. Not until
the leaves on the great, forest of Pon
tual that shelter many of their thateh
roofed cottages begin to turn to red
nnd yellow hues, do any tidings come
to tho waiting women of their "bread
winners" "'faraway on tho billow," for
ignorance of tho mysteries of writing
U an inheritance of tho Urotou lislior
jnen. Tlio wages earned by these toilers of
tho sea aro scant enough. Their pay
ranges from twelve dollars to llfteen
dollars a month. Hut for tho assistance
of thdr sturdy wives, some of them
would bo in sail straits to get through
the winter on their individual earnings.
Iteforo tho men start on their voyage
in tho spring, they rent a small patch
f ground ami seed it in wheat. Dur
ing tho months of her husband's nb
aeueo the wife and children do all the
work that, would have fallen to the
jnan had ho been at homo. The wheat
is harvested by them mid a small area,
devoted to buckwheat or vegetables, is
attended to. Usually, a bit of land is
coded in (lax.
They are famous helpmeets, Indeed,
aheso brou n-tueed, strong-limbed fish
er' wives. They seem to think that
after nturrhign their highest duty on
wilh is to wait on their husbands and
jiiako iheiu happy; ami who ran say
that thoy aro wrong in thojr phlloso-
fio theso people go on working nut
it their allotted span of life with
flhecruluusi. Ouo forgets, while gas-
lug, at their cheerful, contented facp
that tho thatched roof of tho little
fitone-walled cottage shelters alike the
family cow, and tho razor-back Brobm
pig; and that tho lions lay their eggs
under tho bed and roost at night be
neath tho comb of tho roof. He for
gets that tho solitary room, with its
mud floor, is parlor, bedroom and
kitchen alike, and almost wishes his lot
was east among theso simple folks.
Hut tho months go by, and finally
tho report comes that a returning Ter
ronovaugh is onteringtlio harbor. Tin
news spreads, and a procession of old
men, women and children is soon or
its way to St, Malo. Kvery cottage
adds to this procession of pilgrims, and
long before tho returning voyagers can
bo distinguished on tlio decks the dill's
aro dotted witli spectators, and the
good people of St, Malo are crowded
out upon tho (piay. Every gazer straino
his or her oyes to identify tho vessel,
and wagers are offered on her name.
There is a jubilant feeling in the
crowds, for if one's own friends should
not prove to lie on board, each one may
hear tidings of those friends. Hut the
joyful cries will bo stilled and a feeling
of anxiety and dread will follow, if,
perchance, the trim little trans-Atlantic
fishing-craft is seen, after she lias
rounded tho rock called the (Jrand Hey,
at tho entrance to tlio harbor, where
lies buried the great Chateaubriand, to
have her yards "cock-billed" or slanted
across each other, for it means that
some disaster lias happened and that
I hero aro more widows in Hrittany.
Only those who have seen it know what
a sorrowful appearance it gives a ship
to have her yards 'ciu kbillod." As
the vessel drops her anchor in tin
waters of the Kance, cannon boom
again from the embrasures of tiie
Solidor Tower. The fishermen as they
land aro hugged and confused with
questions. Every mother wants to
know of her son, every wife of her
husband, and every sweetheart of her
lover.
Onco I saw a Tcrrenovangh eonio in
the harbor. She had her yards "cock
billed"' ami her flag lowered. A pail
I ell upon the waiting throng on the
(piay. As tlio small boat bearing tins
men came within hailing distance, n
sweet, dear voice rang out:
"As-lit vu mon Euijcnc la bits?"
Tho cry came from a young girl of
not more than nineteen, and of exceed
ing comeliness. No reply was heard
from tho sailors in the boat, and they
rowed silently to tlio quay, and step
ping on the staging, were surrounded.
Foremost' in tho pushing throng was
the comely peasant girl, and I heard
her ask again for "her Eugene." One
of the fishermen said something to Iter,
and she fell fainting on the wet land
ing. Strong and tender arms (tarried
her away, ltwas her brother she asked
after, I learned afterward. Ho had
been lost.
During October, and until far into
November, the Terrene vauglis come
sailing into St, Malo harbor, and the
glad reunions and scenes of sorrow an
repented. The old medieval town, the
chief city of Ann of Hrittany, takes on
a modern, bustling, commercial look.
The cargoes of tho returning licet art
unload
n o "
tailed on tho quays, which are piled
li witli bales of eodlish.
high
it is not uncommon, when, during
tiie fishing season, the vessel i's in dan
ger, for the crew to vow to tho Holy
Virgin that if they are brought safely,
through tlio peril, they will make a
fielcriiiiun', or pilgrimage, to some
chapel, and olfor up a special thanks
giving service. This vow is always
strictly carried out on their return.
The most ingenious sailor on board
carves on tho homeward voyage a per
'feet representation of tlioir ship. No
matter how clumsy or ugly it may be,
the model is as exact as Ids skill can
make it, oven to tho blocks and pulleys.
On tho day fixed for tlio pelcrinaye, the
crow, headed by tlio sailor who made
it, carrying the model, form in proces
sion, and, bare-footed, bare-headed
and in their shirt-sleeves, march to tin
diapel. Their families go with them,
the priest is in readiness, and high
mass is performed. When the services
aro over, tlio miniature ship is left
swinging in the church.
There is nota Unman Catholic Church
in all Hrittany that does not contain
some of these tiny vessels. Tlio Chav
elle do l'Fpino at St, Hriao has more,
probably, than any other. They are
always suspended from the coiling by
Invisible cords, and seem to the nl
server to be a miniature fleet floating
in mid air.. C Itradfonl, in Youth's
Companion.
A Carnivorous Antolopo.
A fow mouths ago, while visiting a
friend on a cattle ranch in the San An
dreas mniintniiisnf Southern Now Mex
ico, I n.tw what to me seemed a most
abnormal habit. My friend had a young
antelope slxor suven months old, which
he had ouptirod when very young, and
kept as it pet about the ranch. This
animal is. by the way, very tamo, fol
lowing its master about without once
olVoring to Join Its follows, which often
come in sight of tho house. When of
fered piece. of raw beef it will cat the
moat witli evident relish, and iu pref
erence to vegetable food. 1 have seen
it eat piece after plooo until it has dis
posed of half a pound or more, then it
would walk to tho corn-orih and eat
corn as a sort of dessert. It also eats
broad, cooked potato and sweet potato,
both raw and cooked. linlph S. Tarr,
in Science.
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For years Now Yorkers have boon
oof ti Minting to tho support of a "little
colored church" s.ipposed to exist in
their midst. An Investigation showed
the church was a myth, and tho suppo
sitious patter, who has been living on
their Ixniuly, has boon "Mint to the
inland" for threw mouths. -iY. '. Sun.
NOT A PROFESSIONAL VISIT.
So inn Pncfs Otpfn-l From Social im
l rlcmlly Calls How It Kndnl,
Ono of OUI
most prominent
physicians, and
ono whoso word
is authority o.
matters p e v.
tabling to die-
warn.
tlio t-nmo, was
about to tako n
few weeks' va
cation, and
thought ho would make a social and
friendly call on some of his acquaintances
and patients, tlio most of whom wcro
apparently well, and, as they asserted,
in no need of a physician's help; yet in
nearly every case they expressed feel
ings of fatigue, nervousness, weakness,
or a tense of something tcrontj. Upon
returning homo, tho doctor began to
meditato. "Here aro people," ho said
to himself, "who say they aro well, and
yet nearly all complain of symptoms
which, to tho eye of science, aro alarm
ing. The hands and feet cold and
feverish, dull pains iu tho head, nnd
unpleasant oppression of fullness about
tho chest, an 'all-gono' feeling, a lack
of ambition, n restless and tired feeling;
they aro troubled witli wakefulness,
pains in tho back and side, extending
lown tlio limbs; neuralgic pains in tho
head and nck and a desire to bo alone.
Such aro the symptoms threatening these
unconscious invalids, who fancy thoy
aro well and need no medicine. Tlio
fact is, tho signs of tlio diseao have un
masked themselves ho gradually that
tho presonco of tho fatal fipectro at the
Joor is undreamed of until almost, the
laBt moment."
T b o doctor
gave tho matter
much careful
thought, and his
attention w u s
directed to the
best method of
averting tlio im
Dcnding danger
which threatens ( )K
tho entire masses. Ho says those suf
ferers do not call a doctor because thoy
know from experience that thoy derivo
littlo or no benefit from the courso oi
treatment usually prescribed. Tho medi
cal mind devotes itself to tlio study and
treatment of acute diseases. Chronic
diseases aro, as a rule, neglected. Tlio
derangement of tho digestive organs is
tlio direct cause of nearly every form of
disease and of all our nebes and pains.
Tho undigested ferments aro absorbed
into tho system and blood poison follows.
The patient is soon racked witli lt'-tou-mutio
or Neuralgic pains, Scrofula, Salt
Rheum and other blood diseases follow;
tlio Liver and Kidneys aro badly af
fected and the entire system debilitated.
What can bo done? Ibis is tho ques
tion asked by all after thu disease lias
reached this stage. To cure tlio patient
iu this condition requires a much more
thorough and extended courso of treat
ment than if taken at tho proper timo.
Tho doctor says: "There aro remedies
that will cure theso diseases; but un
fortunately thoro aro but fow who seem
to understand tho secret of combining
Iho peculiar curative properties known
to medical scienco which aro particu
larly adapted to this peculiar form and
cause of disease.
I boliovo tlio formula used in Dr. Par
deo's Hlioumatic Hemedy is tho best
and most efToctivo combination for this
troublo that has yet como to my
knowledge, or to tho knowledge of tho
world. I have prescribed it many
times, and have watched its workings
on very many cases and have seen most
romaikablo results follow its use; and
knowing its ingredients as I do, I am
not surprised at its success and power.
If this remedy is proscribed when the
ubovo symptoms aro first felt, all
troublo can readily bo avorted, but If
left until tho uisoaso becomes seated or
chronic, it will roquiro a more extended
use of tlio romody. ,
MRS. MARY O'BRIEN.
As this lady's name has boon fre
quently mentioned on the streets
lately in connection with a ."rTiOOO prize
drawn in Tho Louisiana Stalo Lottery
on March lfith, iv Pioneer reporter was
sent to Central City to interview her
yesterday. In reply to various ques
tions propounded to her, she made in
substance tho following statement
"1 am a widow, 51 years of age; have
ono boy old en jugh to help mo along
in tho world; liavo lived in tho Hills
nino years; have always woiked hard
for a living, keeping boarders or any
honest work that would pay mo. I
have a speculative disposition. Have
purchased mining stocks unit paul as
sossinuiits on them until 1 had paid
out every dollar I had and was in
dibt for provisions 1 had procured
from merchants. 1 had also put in every
dollar of my son's earnings without
his knowledge, and it had got to that
point whoie money was an imperative
necessity to pay oil' my debts and keep
my mining ttocks alio it. One whole
night 1 was uuablo 1 1 bleep, worrying
over mv oinbnrusseu coinlition. All of
a sudden, as it by inspiration, tho
thought came buy a ticket in tho
lomsiaiia Statu lottery. In tho morn
ing I out tho luivertiK'inent from tho
Pioneer, enclosed a $20 bill all tho
money I possessed in tho world- in an
envelope and directed it to M. A.
Dauphin, Now Orleans, La., with it re
quest to send mo u ono-tenth interest
in twenty different numbers. Three
woeks aftorwards I received a printed
liet of tli'i numbers that had drawn
i) rues and, with trembling hands and
thumbing heart, compared (lie tickets
with tho lucky numbers ami found I
had (our winners; two had drawn $5
euoh, ouo $100, and tho fourth $5000.
1 now fcol that it was a lucky thought
thul inducts mo to nomi lh3 mouoy,
1 '.i T (III I
up?
MEW g B
1 ffltetesW' .
mmim
it i if?-
! and I phall adviso all of my friends to
tako a fow chances occasion illy ; in
fact I am now getting up a club."
Dcadxvood (Dak.) Pioneer, April 13.
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FOUL IN THE FOOT.
A ltrmoily nnil Treatment AVIilcli Kiroct i
Itaplil anil Tlioroui;li Cure.
Among the' minor tilings to be looked
after by cattle-breeders in fall and
spring is the condition of tlio feet of
their stock. Cattle can not be kept in
tlio stable all tlio time, as they need ex
ercise to keep tli'Mii in good health.
Notwithstanding all the care possible,
they will get into tho mud, more or
less, and this is better for them than to
have their feet always dry, if the feet
are not allowed to become sore. There
will bo pellets or rolls of mud between
the hoofs, which, if allowed to remain,
eventually irritate tiio thin skin there,
ind produce what is called "foul iu the
foot." This does not often occur, it is
true, but thoro is always a possibility
that it may happen. If tho cattle are
not allowed considerable daily exer
cise, the hoofs are liable to grow long
and make tlio animal lame. Hulls
which, of necessity, are kept in the
stable all tho time, aro often troubled
in this way, and their feet have to bo
trimmed occasionally, which is a rather
hard job. Cattle which run a portion
of each day in a yard or lane, where
the soil is gravelly or stony, are never
troubled in this way. During muddy
Weather,, however, they sometimes get
sore feet, on account of continued irri
tation, caiHed by hard, foreign sub
stances between the hoofs.
"Fouls," or foul in the foot, is an
ulcerous inflammation of the delicate
skin and flesh between the claws of the
hoof, and is communicable by contact
:if the pus or matter of a sore foot with
tlio clean skin of a healthy foot, yield
ing readily to remedial measure at tlio
'iittset, but difficult to cure after it be
comes decp-scnted and spreads through
out the adjacent tissues. There arc'
numerous remedies iu general use,
some of them uselessly painful and
caustic. All that is really needed is to
dean the affected surfaces from pus
and decayed animal tissues, and then
apply a remedy which will destroy any
germs of decay that may be left, and
at the same time lubricate and heal the
tender parts. Too much or too severe
caustic only adds to the irritation, pre
venting rapid healing, and adding to
the animal's sullering. If tlio feet are
watched, as they should be, anil the
hard lumps of mud are removed before
the feet become sore, no remedy is
needed, as there will bo no disease.
The "ounce of prevention" is much the
cheaper.
The worst part of the business is to
dean the affected foot. The animal
naturally objects to having it touched,
and the cleaning, if thorough, as it
must be, is very painful. Consequent
ly, it. is necessary to secure the animal
in some way, so that it can not strug
gle. Some tio a rope to the leg, the
foot of which is affected, while the an
imal is tied in its stall, and draw the
foot ii and hack, tying the rope to
some convenient, timber or stud. This
will do if the animal will stand still,
but it is sure not to do this, and there
is much difficulty iu working at tlio foot,
and there is great danger of injury re
sulting from the struggles of the ani
mal. Tho better way is to throw the
animal flat on the ground, and then se
curely fasten Ids feet, so tnat he can
not struggle. . Any one who has ever
ecu a horse thrown by the Karey or a
similar method, can easily manage to
"cast" an animal without injuring it.
Then, with a spatula of wood, or a
dull butcher's knife, the diseased foot
can be scraped dean without causing
the blood to How, and thou the foot can
be well washed with warm water. The
other feet should also be cleaned and
washed.
As soon as dry, a caustic ointment
should ho spread all over the diseased
surfaces. Anv caustic, like butter of
antimony, or diluted sulphuric acid,
will be effectual, but these are produc
tive of much pain, and are liable to be
washed or rtrfilred off in a short time.
Hlne vitriol, pulverized to an almost
impalpable powder, and mixed
thoroughly with an equal weight of
lard, makes an ointment which does
not wash or rub off readily, is not se
vere, and is entirely effectual. In fact
for foul in the fo t iu cattle and foot
rot in sheep, we think there is no
remedy equal to this for effectiveness,
cheapness, and ease of application.
Usually, one application completes the
cure, and it does always if tho cleans
ing has been perfect. Otherwise a
second application may lie needed in
four or live days. Xutional lavc-Stook
Journal.
Ho stood by hii cold hoarthotone
snil nrosed ho'li hands to his throbbing
t uuplo, wh lo Ids glaring eye-balls rolled
w'ddy. I'oNed in m'd-air ho saw a
'I i-iw colore 1 dog w't'i a bluo tall; coiled
nimn tho tablo was a bow-logged snako
w'th a crimson tongue, while from his
di'mon peered gron turtles who
tvig'red t'nvr hoHd heads. "Got 'om
sga'n," groatvil tho v'otim; but it was
not o. lis wife hal hien to tho Jan
snes vlllag) and hal not returnod
empty-handed. lloxton Post.
In answer to tlio question: "What
speed is attained by tho fastest steamer
in tho world?" tho New York 8 tin
replies: "Tho ordinary good torpedo
boats in foreign navies make about
twonty-two miles an hour over tho
measured milo. Thoro are a few. in.
eluding tlio American boat Stilotfto, that
onn mako twenty-five inllos an hour.
Tho fastest boat in tho world is the
French torpedo boat Ouraguu. She U
Cl'cdibvl with about twimtv-niii.. mll.w
an hour. At that rate sho "would move
as fast as ordinary p&ssongur trains
between Now York and Chicago avor-
AGRICULTURAL.
Dovoted to tho Interests of Farmers
and Stockmen.
Jtoots for Conn.
Taken simply in a sanitary view,
roots may bo culled the most valuable
crop the dairyman can raise. Espe
cially aro they useful at this caon
when the cows are coming fresh and
that dreadful' disease, milk fever, is
threatening tlio most valuable members
of the herd. It is n pretty well admit
ted ihoory now that tho bet proven ta
tivc of milk fever i a cool and non
milk producing diet at the time of p.ir
tmitiun, and there is nothing can tup
ply this demand to well ns roots of
home kind. Tlio lives of u few valua
ble cows saved by feeding roots would
more than pay tho extra cost of grow
ing the crops, to s.iy nothing of its
general value for milk production and
excillent effect upon the he ilth of the
herd. Admitting the cost of the crop
in labor and manure, for it csnuot be
profitably grown without an abun
dance of botli, at the same time every
dairyman t-hould grow a patch of tlieni
in proportion to tho amount of labor
and manure be can afford to devote to
the purpose, if for no other reason
than those named above and the gpod
effect roots always have on the ljv of
milk by adding it valuable variety to
the cows' rations. So abundant is the
yield when properly grown tint even
a miall patch will pioduce enough
roots to answer for sanitary feeding lor
those cows tlut are coining in calf and
about whoso welfare tho dairyman lias
good cause to bo anxious. While it is
true that this needs careful cultivation
and becomes expensive on the land
that produces a buper-abundanco of
weeds if the work has to be done by
hand, yet there is much lo bo gaiuo l
by making a wise telection of the land
to be devoted to the purpose, and
there aro cultivating hind machines,
as the wheel hoe, that will do the work
while the plants aro small and most of
it altcrwaid. At any rate no dairyman
can justly consider hinisell thoroughly
educattd in his lino of business until
he has given the loot crop a thorough
tiial and intelligently determined
whether or not his farm and surround
ings arc adapted to the growth of tl'iis
crop.
rfiirly I'otutocN.
The potato requi os more expendi
ture lor both seed and labor than any
grain crop, and it follows that itbhould
be planted on rich soil. It is not sale
to manure lute potatoes heavily with
froth stablo manure, as its feimcnta
tion in the toil makes just the condi
tions in which the potato-rot fungus
floiu it-lies ; but in rich laud from
previous immuring this danger does
not exist. For early potatoes tho
land can tcarcely be made too rich.
The crop, if marketed before lot, in
oven the most unfavorable teaton, can
do terious injury. Fresh manure is
often of great benefit to early potatoes
on land that is amply fertile to pro
duce a crop without it. As it ferments
it keeps the soil moist, which for early
potatoes tot during the extreme heat
of the tunimer is n point of the great
est importance. Moisture is apparently
a gremer necessity in making an early
potato ciop than fertility, though rich
soils are apt to keep moro moist in
dry weather Imn those lets fertile.
The most tuceessful potato groivors
partially insure their crop from seveio
dioutli by tubsoiling. This requires
extra lobor,but the lescrvoir of moist
ure thus stored in the subsoil ketp the
potato tops fresh and green long after
those on bind noi tiibfo led hate with
ered from combined be.it and dnaight.
Suhsi'ihiig is a partial protection
against the potato blight. It taves
the plants from the Midden extremes
of temperature which prevail in thai-
low soils, they being tlio most common
caiite of tiie blight.
Tomato Culture.
Hreak tho ground deep bo sure of
that and work it mellow, mixing with
tho toil all the manure that can be
spared from other t ro) s. Mark off tlio
rows live feet apart; put one or two
shoveliulls of rich, well-iooted manure
every tbiee feot in tho rows, working it
well with the toil, and sot the plant in
this; set it deeper than it was in the
bed. Hefore taking the pi nts up, wet
the bed thoioughly and tako up as
much soil with the plant as possible.
Set in cloudy weather if you cm, and
when it is warm. The least check the
plants receive tlio bettor. As soon as
the plants start to grow, begin to culti
vate them. Cultivate the balk,or space
between the rows, cultivato deep and
thouroiighly, raking the ground lovel.
Cultivato every thieo days if tho
weather will admit. Kemembor, till
age is earliness; tillage is manure.
As toon as tho lateral suckers ap
pear keep them olT. At tho second or
third cultivation top-dress tho ground
with hen manure, or if not plonty put
it around tho hil's. Keop tho vines
well and nicely tied up to stakes. As
soon us tho fruit begins to form go
through tho vines and tako off all tho
imperfect and deformed fruit. It
takes tho strength of tho roots to make
them, that should go to tho growth of
tho perfect fruit, and thoy will injure
tho sale of tho good fruit.
Ilnmboo for Fencing.
A now industry is springing up in
this county and hid fair to bo of value
and imoortance to farmers. Our read
ers will romember nn orticl'o in theso
columns 6ome time ago on tko growth
of bamboo for fencing. Acting on
th it idea 0. A. Maul has planted out
200 mots of this plant nnd expects to
raise his own fencing. The growth of
this bamboo reaches a height of from
thirty to foityfeot each year, is very
straight, and, when dry, is very hard
nnd strong. The stalks will bo out
into suitable lengths for pickota and
woven with wires into a neat, strong,
durable rabbit-proof and stock-proof
fence. Purtivs who have been raising
it for some time assert that an acre
well tct to roots will produce pickets
enough each year to make six miles of
fence. Allowing one-half for enthusi
asm, and there is ttill something in it.
Bamboo is a perennial plant and it few
roots will toon spread over quite an
area. Kern County (Co.) Echo.
XotOH.
It is estimated that California's 1SS7
wheat crop will amount to 50,000,000
buthels.
California has 4000 wine growers
and 100,000 acres in vines, which gives
employment to 40,000 people.
It is now estimated that this season's
crop of Cali.ornia oranges will bo but
MOO car-loads, against 2200 last season.
Take prunes, for instance, for con
sideration. Tho importation of prunes
into the United Statos last year was
about (50,000,000 pounds.
There aro many large hop yards in
Jackson and Josephine counties which
are in better condition than last year,
owing, ierhaps, to tho high prices re
ceived for tlio last crop.
Frank McCown, living near Wuita
btirg, W. T , recently lost a number of
calves with an unknown disease. The
calves act as if they were poisoned;
r.ro sick but a few minutes; whirl
around, froth, at tho mouth, emit blood
from the nostrils and fall down dead.
II. II. Turner, of Linden, Cal., has
half nn acre of English gooseberry
bushes, which arc very profitable. Last
year ho bad lf)0 bushels and sold the
fruit at filteen cents per pound, while
other varieties brought but seven
cents. IS'ow ho has 000 busbtls on tho
half acre. The berries will bo lipo the
first of June, and about tho size of
walnuts. Mr. Turner has raised bis
fruit without irrigation.
It is a common practice with many
farmers who are fattening hogs to
feed them all they will eat threo times
a day. This system of feeding is based
on the theory the more tho hog eats
tho faster lie will put on fat. This
theory may be plausible, but it is true
only to a certain extent. Hogs aro
voracious animals, and tho most of
them w.ll eat more hearty, fa t-fo rul
ing fo'id than thoy can whol y digest
and assimilate for the forimiiiou of
ineivt. All extra food amounts lo
nothing exept for manure.
The proper feeding of the orchard
is yet a matter not generally under
stood. Circumstances in tho matter,
as in all others, alter cases. Some
soi's contain a largi amount of vege
table matter. The trees make a rapid
growth and mi excess of wood, but
bear no fruit. 8 top feeding tlieni with
stablo manure. Mineral feitilizers and
perhaps root pruning are needed to
induce the trees to yield fruit instead
of wood. Phosphorus and potash aro
the great remedies. Wood tubes con
tain both, and its application, even in
large quantities, is always safe.
A cross of the Dorking and light
Brahma makes excellent capons. They
should bo bat' bed as early as possible
and kept until fully grown. The best
time to sell is in Feinuary and March,
during which periods tho prices ilro
often as high us fifty emits per pound,
while choice capons will weigh from
twelve to fourteen pounds each. The
proper enwro should bo used in order
to produce large capons. Leghorns,
Ham burgs, black Spanish and oilier
small breeds are worth! ss as capons.
Only the large breeds should bo used.
Thoro are about 20,000 hives of bees
in 108 Angeles county, Cnl.. and the
most extensive and profitable apiarios
are found in the mountains. Los An
gdes cit bus an ordinance imposing
a fine of .fijOO upon any ono keeping
bees within tho city limits. Wine
makers object to bees because they
giilbor about tho wine presses in tlio
buildings used lor wiiiemaking, so that
they annoy the woikuien. The aver
age yidd of lionoy per hive is about
200 pounds for the season. Much
larger yields are reported from single
hives, but in any very largo apitry
there is always found some hives tint
aro poor honey-producers, and thus
the averago yield is reduced.
Like tho cow, tho great American
hen teems not to bo making a very
successful effirt at holding her own,
and iu 1S70 allowed her foreign sisfi r
to outlay her to the extetit of !f03O,0OO
worth. This was ditcotiraging, and
evidently tho poultry yards on this
sido of tho Atlantic lost heart, for in
tho next five years the importations
almost doubled, reaching in 1S81 tho
total value of $1,200,000. The same
process was repeated and in 18S5 tho
importations had again doubled, the
valuo being $2,17G,(i72. Tho moral of
theeo figures is so obvious that tho
farmer's wife, immersed in housohold
tares, should have no troublo in dis
cerning it, whilo tho chicken yards all
over tho country shwuld receive re
newed attention.
Good milk of averago qiUlity, ac
cording to Voelcker, contains from 10J
to 11 per cent, of drv matter anu auout
2.V per cent, of pure fat. It yields
iroin v to iu per coin, oi creain.
that contains more than 00 per cent.
of water and less than 2 per cent, of
pure fat is naturally very poor or mm
1 When milk con
tains from 12 to 12J per cent, of solid
matter and from 3 to 3i per conk .of
... . ?. ;.. . o.ul it
pu-e nuy suustanco it is r i "
it contains more than 12$ per cent, of
dry mat'.cr nnd 4 per cent, or mor" of
fat it is of extra rich qnality. boh
milk throws off from 11 to 12 per cent.
of cream in hulk on standing tor
twenty-four hoars at u3 deg. i'"
hoit, aa has been pwven y w expe
riment of Profotwr Wfllard ana
other.
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