Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 6, 1887, Page 5

~ WAS N0 WOMAN IN THE CASE True Btory of the Young Oirous Man Who Died at Lincoln, HOUSEBREAKING. Lincoin Oltizens Do Honor to the Memory of John B, Finch—Good Templars Meet—The Sa- preme Court. SHOT FOR IFPROM THE DEE'S LINCOLN BUREAU.T It will be remembered that a short timp, since, when the Dorris-Colvin circus was in the city, a young man reached Lincoln with them, wounded 1n the abdomen, and died in the city hos- pital shortly afterward. Before his death he made what was supposed to be a true confession, that he received the shot that caused his death at Beatrice at the hands of a prostitute who was fol- lowing the show: It was stated at the time that a resident of Beatrice named Buchanan had his house burglarized the same night, and coming home, shot at at the houscbreaker, and thought he must have hit him. Yesterday a sister of Mr. Buchanan, who lives in Lincoln, went (o headquarters and asked to see the effects of the dead man. Among them she suw and at once idengified a gold ring that had been siolen with other things from her brother's house in Beatrice. It was thus proven beyond doubt that Johneon was the burglar shot by Buchanan in Beatrice, and th: his story of being shot by & woman was an invention, IN MEMORY OF JOHN B, FINCH. There was a very lun{umeeting of cit- izens at Red Ribbon hall yesterday even- ifig to take action on the sudden death of John B. Finch, who was for several ears a resident of Lincoin and num- red his friends by hundreds in temper- ance ranks. Appropriate speeches wera made by Judge Mason, Mayor Sawyer, vernor Hurdy, Colonel Pace. G.” B. Skinner and others, and resolutions of condolence were passed by a rising vote. Mr. Sawyer was selected a delegate to sitend the funceral of Mr. Finch, which 1t s thought will occur at his present home, Evanston, [Il. Other temperance socie- ties in the cit{ will send representatives to the funeral. GRAND LODGE 1. 0. G. T. On the 11th of Octaber the Grand of Good Templars will meet in this city, and the meeting will be very largely attended from &ll sections of the etate. The meeting oceurring in the days of the campaign will undoubtedly caila very large attendance of third party men wio will take mensures to ppeed the third party campaign, The present officers of the organization have secnred reduced rates on all roads run- ning to Lincoln, the rate being one fare to Lincoln and one-third hm%mmrt Al SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS, At the sunreme court to-day the alter- native writ of mandamus brought by the hoard of transportation against the Kre- mont, Elkhorn & Missour: Valley rail- road was advanced by fixing Friday as the answer day on the part of the road and Monday next as the day for hearing It was stated that the court had rendered . adecision holding that the board had the power to regulate rates bt the rumor was not well founded ns the decision was as above, fixing the answer day and day for hearing. The following decisions were handed down to-day: Dillon v8 Merriam. Appeal from Otoe county. Decree of court below moditied to allow defendant taxes of 1853 with 1 per cent per month mterest thereon. Opinlon by Maxwell, Ch. J. 1 Where a plaintiff tiles a petition to can- ocel a tax deed upon his land and remove cloud from his title thereto, as a condition of granting relief he will be required to do equity by paying the taxes justly chargeable to said land. 2. An allezation “that all proceedings of the treasurer and the defendant, Merriam, were uniawful and void and irregular in this, that said land was not assessed for taxes in the years 1863 and 1865 as. reqquired by law,” without stating in what respoct there was a tailure to comply with the law, is not suhi- clent to justify a court in holding that the taxes 80 assessed were invalid, 8. Where, for want of authority of the treasurer to sell land for taxes, no title passes to the ?\urchmwr. he is merely subrogated to the rights of the county, and to the same rate of Interest that the county would be entitled to recover. Lamb vs Briggs. Error from G'f. county. versed, Upluion by Maxwell, Ch. J, L One B. sela to D. thirty-six head of ponles for the sum of 3900, and took his note therefor due in sixty days. B. insisting upon cash, or & gearantee of the note, an_ar- rangement was made with one L., a banker, who executed a reeeipt and guarantee as follow: tecelved of B. Briggs the fol- lowing subscribed note for collection: John J. Dunbar, July 28, 1879, $W0. September 20, 187, and guarantee the payment of said note. M. Laun.”” Upon an answer alleging the alteration of the guaranty by the erasure of the name of Brges afver execntion and delivery of the guaranty by Lamb, Held, that the question must be submitted to the jury, and it was the duty of the jury to answer special inter- rogatories submitied to thew relating to such wlleged alterations. 4 Where one L. guaranteed the note of D., In consequence of which one B. delivered certain personal property to D. Held, A sut- ficient considerstion for the guaranty. A guarantor who has testified in an ae- tion on the note against the wakey, may, in an action by the payee uzgainst such guaran- tor, bu asked on cross-examination if on the former trial he had not testitied to certain facts, stating them, and his admlission that he 80 testifted will render it unnecessary to in- troduce proof of suck tastimony ; b roof that the wituess so testified is afterward in- troduced, ordinarily it will be error without prejudice. 4. Section 205 of the eode provides that *“When by the verdiet either party is entitled to recover mouey of the adverse party, tne jury in their verdict must assess the amount of recovery.” A general verdict, therefore, in favor of a guarantor will not authorize a judgement based on a special finding of the ury that a o sum was dua the payee rom the n of the note, there being a dispute as to whether the guaranty of L. was julutl{ with B. or for the whele amount, ‘The following causes were argued and submitted: Lavender vs Holmes, motion; McKeosson vs Hawley, Cobbey v Wright, Holland vs Commercial bank, Miles vs Stehle, Fisher vs Hercon, Bogart vs Fisher. -~ Dys) epsia Makes the lives of many people misera- ble, and often leads to seif-destruction. We know of no remedy for dyspepsia more suceessful than Hood's Sarsaparilla 1t acts gently, yei surely and efliciently, tones the stomach and other organs, re- moves the faint feeling, crentes a good appetite, cares headache and refreshes the burdened mind. Give Hood's Sar- saparilla a fair trial. It will do you good Picturesque Sen. Iagails. Washington correspondence Philadel- rh\n Record: Ihope youadwire Ingalls. He is the most picturesque figure in the senate now thut Conkhng is . Tall a8 he's thin, and thin 3 he's tall, he comes very near to buinf nothing but brains and backbone. TIngalls is like Mirabeau—so ugly that he's handseme. His narrow, wrinkled fuee, with its gold- nmmed eye-glasses, is covered with a heavy gray hair carefully parted 1 the middle. His long, thin body and his Jonger, thinner arms and legs ure clad in well-fitting, faslionable clothes, He is the dundy of the senate, too, uow Conks ling's gone. He is a born actor and a born scholar. At the same tine he takes the attitude of u spectator with perfect All the world’s a stage to him as to many clever wen in a perfectly literal sense. Every day's work is a drama in which he hus nludhn? purt and at the sume time a seatin one ot the stage boxes. He rejoices i bis wit, his readi- ness, s ability and learning, and ap- 1auas their achievements fnst asthough was quite ontside of ‘it all. His powers and his delight in them lead him to make unnecessary episodes in the daily play. He is not always content to come and o off and to speak his lines as he is told to do. He has his own conception of the part, and he thinks he knows his ‘‘busi- ness,” This is why he is always stiring up the senate or the administration, or some foreign power. It gives him a chance to d slpln his wit, his wisdom and eloquence. It gfvos him delicions thrilly of joy to prod up grave and reverend senators like George F, Hoar, of M chusetts, or Joesph E. Brown,of Georgia. He takes m scientific interest in their squirmings under his tongue-lashings, and is as merciless in his experiments as are most scientists. Nuturally enough, his subjects do not like it. At one time or another Ingalls has hurt the feel- ings of every other senator of any prom- inence ut all. He will never be presi- dent. 1f he should seem at all likely to get a presidential nomination they would all throw themselves on his coat tails until it should be knocked down (o some one else. But he would never get as near to 1t as that. Ingalls would never be elected to any office by the people. He could never be “‘a favorite son,” not vven in Massachusetts, where his unwrtuinlnfi qualities would be better appreciate than they can posdbl{ be anywhere else, It's a standing marvel how this Williamg college man, with all the abilities and airs of a cohegc professor, can get an election of any sort to the United States senate from such a stute as Kansas. Per- haps Kansas thinks her other senator— Jay Gould’s friend, Preston B. Plumb, who 1s the very modet for the levotee of ‘‘getting on’' — is sufficiently representative to do for two. It'sonaof the queer anomalies of the senate anyway. Ingalls does not go out very much 1n society here. He can< not do to dinners for fear of dyspepsia. He does not relish ‘‘erushes” any more than other sensible men. It would be difficult to imagine him at an afternoon ‘‘tea.”’ Hence be has all his time for hig public duties and private studies. In th he is thorough, faithful and exact. Ingalls is happily marriea. His wife and big boys are as short and plump as he is tall and thin. Of course, the ‘‘gullery hearers” id the senate—tourists often, and strangers usually—don’t know much about the social relations of the men on the floor below them. Their coujec- tures as to the bachelars and the married men among them are always amusing. It seems to he the general conclusion of mostof the young women amo! them that Ingalls is a bachelor. They all admire him either for his looks or his wit, and some of them, I have heard, bave not hesitated to inform him of that fact—anonymously, of course. I remember last winter of hearing of two girls from New York who, after viewing the senator from Kansas from the gallery for several days, composed & poem of some lun,!h. setting forth the.r apprecia- tion of his beauty and his powers, which they inclosed to hiri, without signature, of course, in an oddly shaped envelope 80 that he would get it in the senate when he should come in 1n the morning. They were in their regular seats in the gellery, just in front of him, as he sat down and began to look over his letters. Presently le came to the queer looking envelope, He opened it, he read the poem, and he leaned back and laughed with huge merriment. Tho poets stole quickly and sadly away. e A Nihilist’'s Disguise, ‘The London Daily News® Odessa corre- spondent says: ‘‘A case transpired here the other day which reveals in a curious manner the successful ruses adopted by the mhilists for the spread of their revo. Jutionary literature. An apparently hulf- demented and harmless person, a young man of some twenty-five years of age and very voorly clad, has for some time past picked uo a precarious liveli- hood as a eripamtio vender of alma- nacs, calanders, children’s story-books, ete. All these articles were of the cheap, popular quahity, His basket and wallet contained also the showy prints of re- ligious subjects much ~affected by the poorer classes. A few duys ago he was detected in the sale of nihilist Literature. He was arrested and his stock counfis- cated. His character of a poor imbe- cile, supported by the evidence of the police, and his story of acquiring the forbidden litorature at a trifling cost from an unknown stranger, and his gen- eral incoherence and mability to read or write, were so evident to the bench that he was at once discharged. A couple of days later it was found that the imbecile colporteur’s passport was false; and the police discovering that he was known to any citizens as appearing on many oc-~ casions in private circles as a well- dressed, well-educated and highly in- formed young man who spoke learnedly on matters of internal polioy, a warrant was immediately issued for his re-ar- rest. It is needless to nn{ that he has not been found, nor is he likely to be. ‘The characters and disguises assumed by many of these young propagandists defy the utmost vigilance of the regular and secret police, and successfully deceive, as in this case, both magistrates and the so- called lynx-cyed Russian judges ot in- struction, e Sl Garfield as a School Teacher. Columbus Journal: A few days since areporter met Mr. Mathias Spangler, who formerly lived in Harrison township Muskingum county, Ohio, and knowing that he was residing there i 1851, in- quiry was made of him if he was ac- quainted with James A. Garfield when he mufiht tho school at the Buck Run school house in that township. He replied: George Swingle, John Barringer and myself were then the di- rectors of that school.” “Can you give me any information about the employment of Garfield to teach your school?” “Mr. Gartield came to me where I was at work in a field and after a few words about the weather he informed me he wished to be employed to teach our school. He and his mother were visiting her brother, Hensy Ballon, and they would remain for a time and he wished to be employed in teaching. His youtnful appearance and confidence surprised me, as we had very unruly scholars who caused several teachers to leave be- fore the expiration of the term. Iin- formed him of the facts as stated, but that did not worry him and he felt con- fident of succeeding. His appearance made such a fauvorable impression on me that [ invited him to visit the other di- rectors, who were equally impressed in favor of him. . After a consultation we employed him. We often visited the school after bis term commenced and always found the best of order and the rude edges of the unruly ones were rubbed oft by his kindness and force of character. His “ability to mstruct stimnlated the worst scholars to study, and there was no time occupied in keeping order, as had wried to be done by former teachers. He taught school; others tried to keep school and failed. When his term expired all the scholars and parents were sorry to lose the best teacher that ever taught school in Muskingum eounty.” e A Ernst Waelisch, Chieago; F. W. Little, Kansas City; C. R. Gillette, Boston, arve at the Millard. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When sho was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When aho became Miss, she clung to Castoria, Whea she had Childres, she gave thom Castoria. FACTS FOR THE FARMERS. Items of Interest to Tillers of the Soil--Live Stock Notes. MULBERRY TREES ON THE FARM, Sheltering the Cow—Agriculturs in Colorado—Level and Hill Culture ~How Sheep Benefit Land —Farm Topics. Mulberry Trees onthe Farm. Nellie L. Rossiter, writing in the Prac- tical Farmer, says: For many purposcs the mulberry tree is of great value. 'Fhe wood of the white mulberry (morus alba) has s fine, compact grain, & nice citron- yellow color,and takes a beautiful polish. 1t is well adapted to the needs of the cabinet-maker, the cooper ana the carts wright. In ship-bwilding it has a value which some regard equal to that of our oak. It makes durable fence posts and vine stakes. The bark of the young limbs yields a kind of tow, nearly as fine as silk. Table cloths of this material were thought worthy to be presented to King Henry IV. by his friend, Oliver De Serre, the father of French agriculture. From the bark of the mulberry the people of China and Japan produce a strong and beautiful paper. The berries of this tree are valuable. Fowls fatten upon them. They are sweeter than raspber- ries, and vrized by many pcople as a table delicacy. The tree is ornamental. If left to grow without pruning, it will reach a height of forty to fifty feet. Its roots strike deep, so that it will stand a season of drouth and flourish when many other trees would be withered. But by pruning it can be *rown as a hedge, which gives it special value. In dry sons m Europe its leaves and fruit are fed by farmers to stock. It has often raved animals from death when grass failed in_ the fleld. In some places in Europo it is sown and harvested as a substitute for hay; when to all these considerations its value for the production of sik is added the mulberry tree commends itself to the most favorable consideration. 1ts uses are many and its value inestimable, It faculitates the fall of rain; it is a substi- tute for hay; 18 useful for fencing, for food, for cabinet work and most 1mport- ant of all, it is the source of great wealth 10 those nations that cultivate it for the production of silk. I would earnestly recommend the planting of Mulbery trees tothe attention of farmers. Fifty or a hundred tress planted around the farmer’'s house will lay the foundation of a home industry that “will enable the wo- men and children of the family in a short time to each earn several hundred dol- lars every year. School teachers and school boards should cause mulberry trees to be planted near the school house. They will afford a beautiful shade, more than this, a few such trees will enablo an intelligent teacher to instruct the pupils (without interferrring with ordinary studies) in regard to an industry that will help the boys and girls in part, to sup- port themselves as soon as they leave school. Railway managers should plant the mulberry trees along their railways, especially where they have large tracts of land to be sold to future settlors. Thousands of silk culturists are looking to this country with longing desire. The half sectien of land that has 100 good mulberry trees upon it would command a higher price on that _account, because the women of the family locating upon it would, by silk culture, earn a gooa por: tion of the family needs for several months, while the men are buitding or getting ready for some other industry. Supervisors should plant mulberry trees along the public highways. Sheltering the Cow. Youth Companion: Farmer folks who let their cattle remain placidly in the Eulnm, during rains that wash their airy coats clean and sleek, may well be amused at the trials of some city people who took a cottage for the summer, and with it a cow. In regard to the habits of the latter they were uudlgeignorant, and therefore endeavored to on the safe side, by threatening her with a consider- ation to which fow cows are accustomed. One day therc came up a heavy shower and the ladies were in despair at the thought that Moolly would be wet. “‘Run, 'Charles, run,” cried one to a servant, “‘and drive her into the shed." The factotum in livery inwardly re- belled at the duty imposed upon him, but he drove her up to the shed, two lit- tle boys of the family, meantime, hold- ing nmbrellas over hor. Arrived at shel- ter, the cow absolutely refused to accept it. She knew well that milking time was an event of the future, and her bovine mind grasped no other necessity for en- tering the shed. “‘She'll take cold, I know she will,” cried one of her mis.resses,nlmost wring- ing her hands. “And then we shan't know what to do for her. Charles, I think that's Farmer Simpson urivmg by; just ask him what he should advise.” ‘The farmer drew up his old white horse in the pouring rain, and listened with much disgust to a full statement of the.cuse. *You jest drive that cow back to pas- tur,” said he, ‘‘She knows more'n you do about the way to treat critters. They am’t used to bein’ doue up in linen hand- kerchiefs an’ laid away in a drawer. G'long!” As the cow herself vigorously support- ed the adviee, it wasreluctantly followed, but the two ladies still speak feelingly of the lack of consideration for animals to be found in the country. They are con- vinced that their way Is the proper one, if only the animais themselves could be 1nduced to co-operate. Agricuiture in Colorado, Corresvondence Chicago Times: Irri- gation has generally been attended with good results wherever it has been at- tempted. Water appears to be the only thin, llokin‘{ to the soil of Colorado to n-mfizr it as fertile as can be found else- where. On the high table lands, how- ever, the process of irrigation 18 so costly thatit is not much resorted to. In the extreme southern part of the state it is not feasible, because of the lequate supplies of water to be obtained from the mountains. ‘The snowfall on the southern peaks 13 comparatively light. In the northerm and central parts of the state vast quantities of con- gealed moisture are accumulated on the mountains during the winter, which are released by the spring sun and sent daneing and tumbling down their steep sides, and bubbling and ing through fissures and crevusses, The precious fluid is captured and imprisoned in reser. voirs, and thence conveyed in irrigating ditches to the foothills and low lands. The expense of the process varies, of eourse, us the topography of the coun- try. Asarule, however, it is not di proportionate to the results obtaiied. At elevations of from three thousand feet to five thousand feet in Gartield and Pit- n counties, I saw magnificent fields of Burley, oats and rye which bore conclu- | sive testimony to the potency of irrig: tion and the eapabilities of the soil when adequately watered. Good crops of wheat had also been gathored in spots n these counties, and several excellent | tields of corn were noticed, although | corn is not much attempted in any part of the state. owing to the coolness of the iy . The hay crop rarely or never ither a3 to abundance of quantity ilence of quality. Southern Colc- without these maguiticent aque- or exc ln\do.u call special attention to our enormous stock of BOYS’ CLOTHING! Suits for $1.50, $1.75, §2, $2.50 and uprwards, i ioi o single pants, for S e, 50, Boer $1, 4115 dna wupwards, Our large line of boys hats and caps from 25c upward. Fall Overcoats. . Our £6.50, $1.50, $9 and $10 fall overcoats are the greatest wonder to our competitors, who cannot understand how we can do it. But never mind, “we get there just the same,” and nobody need go with- out a fall overcont when they can buy a splendid worsted coat for $6.50. Hats. Our hat department is simply im- mense this scason, and for $1.25 you can purchase a good stiff hat equal to hats bought elsewhere for $2. Other stiff ha's for $1.50, $2.50, #3. Our soft crushers sell for 50c and 75e. Soft Hats from 75¢ Upwards. Underwear. — Ourlineof underwear {s selling al lower prices than has ever beem seen before. We call yowr attention to the goods shown in our windew which we are sciling at 15 Per Cent Cheapar than other Houses can Setl Them for. NEW YORK & OMAHA CLOTHING CO 1308 Farnam Street. ous resources which the northern mot tains afford, and the agricultural po: bilities of that section of the state, ex- cept in a few localities, appear to be slender indecd. Level and Hill Onlture. It has been for many years a disputed auestion whether level or hill cuiture was better for growlng crops, but as there are so many differences in soils while the modes required for crops of all kinds are unlike, the experience of each farmer on his own soil can alone. decide the matter. The fact is, that under certain conditionas, either mode may be better than the other. On soils that are damp, with subsoils composed of stiff clay, the hilling season may perhaps be prefer- able; but where the soil is weil under- drained or the ground rolling, the level system may be the more suitablo. Culti- vation of the soil is intended not only to clear off the grass and weeds, but also to assist the growing plants to obtain and retain the greatest amount of heat and moisture, as well as to afford more heat to the roots. Something also de- pends upon the kind ot manure and fer- tilizer used, and upon the quantity ap- plied. In an expermment tried by an agricultural journal, potatoes were grown at the rate of 1,000 bushels per acre, but the fertilizer used was in sufti- cient quantity to supply all the require- ments of the crop. The level cultivation was practices in growiug the crop, and 1t is probable that & complete fallure would have been the result had the hilling system been foliowed, for the reason that in or~ der to dissolve so large amount of min- eral fertilizer plenty of moisture was necessary, which was retained by the field being level. By cultivating the en- tire service the fine earth served as a covering or mulch, thereby preventing avaporation, as capillary atiraction drew the moisture up from below, the connec- tion, however, buinfl: broken where the soil was stirred. Hill cultivation would not only have required the hoe to a cer- tain extent, but would have caused the exposure of a larger surface to the air, producing greater evaporation. Corn growers are aware that the roots of growing corn extend in every direction, and feed as near the surface as possible, and for this reason many farmers chec their corn in the rows and cultivate in both directions, the desire being not to stir the soil deeply, but to keep the sur- face fine. But on stiff, wet soils il cul- tivation is sometimes necessary or the young corn will be injured from heavy rains. All soils that have been well tiled with drain tile will permit of level cul- ture, as the air and heat if well drained. No rule, however, can be laid down for all to follow, as kil or level culture de- pends entirely upon circumstances, How Sheep Benefit Land. ‘There is no stock so beneficial to I as sheep, and for cleaning and fertil purposes alone it will pay to keepasmall flock of sheep. In speaking of sheep re- storing the fertility of land the secre of the Massachusetts state board of culture says: “The problem hardest for the England farmer to solve is how to keep up the fertility of pastures. Where cows are kept on lands rough with stone and not described by the term arable, there 15 # constant deterfaration; weeds and bushes usurp the land and the farmer continually goes to the insututes with the unanswered question: How shall we keep up our pastures? Sheep will restore the worst of these worn out ranges to a better than its original fertility; the stones will remain, of course; but if bushes are cut, shecp will provens their _growth, briavs and blackberry bushes, if mowu]. will disap- pear from the soll, together with all va- rieties of noxious weeds. Nutritious russes will take their places, and the fi\rmer will soon realize the truth of the Spanish saying that ‘‘the sheep has golden hoof.”” But the old pasture must be sheep-tight, because they do not enjoy the privation ircident to renovating old pastures, and will naturally seek fresher and more agreeable ranges, If there is no wall, & wire and picket tence is the best for sheeg. Then feed your sheep every day about half a pint of cotton, seed meal each, or you may feed a pint of oats. “When there1s help enough on the farm, sheep may be pastured to great advantage by hurdiing them at night in small space, in movable hurdles, and feeding them inside the hurdles, keeping them there all night. If cotton sced is fed its whole cost will be returned,in ma- nure, the foul growth will bo absolutely destroyed, and dogs will not molest the sheep. The renovation, or rather the creation, of pasture in such a case is positive. It will take the time of two men to go to the pasture at evening and move the hurdle. The sbeep accustomed to be fed with grain will not be scattered, and will not have to be collected or driven to the hurdles, indeed they will crowd upon the shepherds, and if the flock is large,the hardest of the work will be to keep thom out of the way until the hurdles avo set. A collie dog can be trained by any one to help in this part of the work. Your hurdles can be set for ground eneough so that they need not be maved for several days, and will in that time require only one man to let tie sheep out and eall them in at night. This is an advantage at the thue of turning rams into the flack, becnuse it is always best to take the ram away by day, feed him with outs in & close place and lead him back to the hurdling ewes at night.” Live Stock. Do not overfeed vour sheep or plac nmuch food before them that the leave any, for they will soon learn to waste large quantities of it The Suffolk shaep, a3 clamed by their iends, have few superiors us mutton p. They make extraordinary weights, and are popular in land. They are haxrdy and good grazer: 'he heaviest ismb ever raised m the United States, an Oxford, which attained i 100 pounds in nine weutls, was fed on all the gronnd oats, in addition to its mother's milk, it could eat. A twin sis- ter reached eighty-five pounds in the same period. Race horses are fed on the clean blades of cornfodder in some atables, as it is free from dust. The stalk of corn is stripped of its blades by hand, and the blades are then tied into” a small bundle, which is hung on the stock to cure. It never touches the ground, and is conse- quently free from dirt. There is in Monmouth county, Now Jersey, a cow whose record as a breeder 18 80 marvelous that it is almost incred- ble. She is u result of a_cross between the Jersey and the Ayrshire breeds, and is now seven years old. At her first ving she produced three culy her second calving three calves, at her third calving three calves, at her fourth two and at her fitth four calves—in all, fifteen perfectly formed calves in five years, at five calvings, and each year she was bred to a bull different from the one preceding. b 5 Range Journal: 'Cattle raising in the west has been much like a see-suw, some years up and others down, and it is well to note that the higher or lower the ex- treme years are the reaction always car- ries it to the corresponding op- posite. It will be well, thercfore, for cattlemen to build surely and industri- ously, remembering that the longer the depression the better will be the reaction. ‘U'he cutting up of the large herds, which will result in more even distribution of the supply and obviate to a considerable extent the necessity for and possibility of enormous shipments for but two or three months in the year will largely help to bring about the reaction and Colorado n the advance guard of the range couatri h tins change is now taking place. Western Plowman: The stock-raiser whose business is above a very limited one will find platform scales a very judi- cious investment. The time of gucss- work in feeding is past: and it is owing only to exceptionally orable circum- stance that nreasonable profit can be got from stock feeding conducted on a basis other than that which takes of food fed and the gain made therefrom, He who would get from stock-raising the profit it is capable of yielding must make good use of the scalos. He will nced to weigh the food given the ammals, and to weigh the ani- mals once a fortnight, that he may kuow what feeds may give the higheat protit, orif any gives a reasonable compensa- tion. And good use of the scales will be found when the animals are to be mar- keted. Let them be weighed in the lot, not when they have been driven some distance, and, as a consequence, have lost weight. The farmer who must drive his stock to the village to be weighed sustains a considerable loss, for which he has only himself to blam>. Farm Topics. English dairymen are now almost unan- imous_in the ‘opinion that ground oats is the best milk-producing gram ration known Mr. Ware, of Massachusetts, says that butter muade from his silagi i winter is yellow without any coloring matter, and geems as if it came from June grass. Michigan s| for several years pa: 1884 to 1885 was 88,50 ase of sheep I'he loss from from 1835 to in | 1886 it was 232,036, and the number now on hand is 128,250 less than in 1856, If shoep have free access to salt they | will never overeat of it, but if salted oc- cusionaily and given it freely they will eat too much, whivh provokes unnatural thirst and possibly mjurious effects. About the surest way to spoil a spirited horse is to urge him by frequent taps or words until he finds that he can never satisfy his driver, then he will always re- main & slow-poke, says the Hus- bandman, Reporis from the American Southdown association, held at_Springfield, I11., as- sert that there is an increased demand for good mutton, Southdown rams are in demand for crossing on flocks Lereto- fore kept for wool exclusively. A report is given in the Rural P’ress of the case of a cow which died after eating oleander. The cow got into a front yard where the oleander wus growing. It is stated that the prussic acid in the ole- ander was the cause of the death of the cow. The farmer cannot well get along with- ont having at least a fow cows. 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