gOUSE AND FARM.
small field*
rnon this snbject. the New York
tr/rld has these sensible remarks,
licb although known to every
faking farmer, will bearreiterat-
iD ft a great many men
otice how many more other men
De rsist in small fields-m
Peeping up fences where they are
no t needed, and plowing short fur
s w here long ones would save a
vast deal of time and labor, beside
avoiding the tramping of the groufid
iO .i fuming, which few men know
to avoid. The economy of
time and labor in farming is as im
portant as the saving crops.
T«-o long rows of potatoes are far
more easily cultivated than eight
ghort ones containing the same num
ber of hills. An acre or , ten acres
0 f corn costs tar less money to cul
tivate! it embraced in only five or
fi f ty rows, than if double or triple
thennmber. Then there is not, in
the case of corn, the loss of break
iDfr down in turning, if the farmer
hal left no grass head lands to turn
on or has not two or three rows of
potatoes planted on the outside of
bis field.
The fences about small fields in
volve not only great waste of labor
and money to care for them, but
are also a great waste of land. They
arc not only unproductive property,
bat they cost in the waste of land
alone enough on many farms to pay
(he annual taxes. It is also notice
able that the smaller the farm the
greater the number, proportionately,
if fenced fields. If in the case ot
pasture it is desirable to feed only
part of a field at a time, (which, by
the way, is not often a wise policy),
it is cheaper to build and move
hurdle fences, unless the stock kept
i; lari’e.
The same principle applies in the
culture of garden crops. One sees
little beds made here/and there about
the spot set apart tor a kitchen gar
den. It is now the practice among
the best farmers to plant a row of
beets (if so many are wanted) the
whole or half the length of the gar
den, ibeq of carrots, parsnips, let
tuce, beans, etc., and each row such
distance apart that a horse or hand
cultivator can be used between the
roffs’. Thus the backache work
of hoeing and weeding by hand is
saved to a great extent, and all this
petty fussing which is involved is
avoidt-d. Nor is it a bad practice
to grow the garden vegetables in
some portion of the cultivated fields,
if near or convenient to the house.
The main point aimed at is to sug
gest to those who have small fields,
or cultivate small patches of ground
here and there, a mode by which a
great deal of labor and time may be
«ved, and a vast deal more pro
duced on the same areas. Instan
ts occur to us where farmers have
aided one-third to the products
horn the farm hy removing the
femes, plowing long furrows, culti
vating lung rows, keeping the stock
12 fta stable and soiling it, or en
t-'Mng them in hurdles wherever
fm best food for them could be
Ivund growing.
A Word for the Granges.
I resident Wslsh, of the lowa
Agricultural College, and lo
caa "i ' n that has had more
Ci with the Granges than
a "- other, H'ldresed the Patrons of
Hu 'Un,l r y as’follows :
(, ‘ir bond of union is the congeni
a‘' 1 ' ot like pursuits. The leading
l Ur l"-'>t? of the Farmers’ College and
a! Grange, though gained''
Y° a -h different paths, are largely
1 e The Grange seeks to
ie firmer by multiplying his
j^ an ' °* intell by giving
J - ‘ die mastery of all the better
by an I )roc ‘ esses ot the farm,
? 110 Tokening, intensifying,. and
iiing ad the belter elements of
g e r,, ° C The Grange would
pjj drt lile f ar mer against the tor*
ot solitude and the extortions
l rca U ° n0poly; would kindle
C0 : a : 1 a roa dier zeal and steadier
of ' vould touch all the labor
hands with a glow of enthusi
j,; ’ and ’ * n short, would do for
h, s , "killfully-organized effort
done for every other
ea nh. 1U An ! V nduStry ° n the roun( *
(3 0 j ( . l l ’ 3 the Grange aims to
bJn meaDS which are most
' ‘ ale and di rect. All this also
the Farmers’ College strives to do leading producers, while Hew Eng
by another method; by giving a land is the principal consumer of
knowledge to such as seek it, of all this important staple,
those practical sciences that under*
lie the processes of agriculture j by
training and sending forth men who
may beconie, as the years pass, the
leaders in the grand movement which
the Grange has inaugurated. It is
in with this noble purpose
that the College, instead of draining
the rural districts of their most
promising youths and graduating
them to swell the over-crowded
ranks of law, or to wander in per
petual search of a vacant pulpit,
sends back the farmer’s son to the
farm so educated that he revitalizes
all its operations and gives them a
new and enduring interest. Such
are the benign objects which these
two great enterprises are organized
to further. And, mark you, each
seeks i[o accomplish its aim by com
bined effort—the College, on a closer
and more concentrated plan; the
Grange, on a wider and grander
scale. And what effort ot man for
the attainment ot good, or the de
fense against evil, has ever reached
Its triumph, since the wqrld began,
without combined effort? Combi
nation is, in fact, the great instru
ment of progress. Civilization
relapse into barbarism without it.—
Anamosa Eureka.
Patting ap wool.
The new clip of Domestic Wool is
now about ready for market, and it
is a matter of interest to the dealer
in this article to know how he can
make his staple bring him moat
money. The market value of wool
varies greatly, according to the
conditions of growth and prepara-
ration for consumption.
The necessities of various indus
tries impendent on wool require that
it be properly assorted as regards
length, fineness, and quality. In
several localities of the West there
is great carelessness in patting up
this staple, and, although the wool
produced in these sections may be
as good as fleeces grown elsewhere,
they will not bring as much by two
or three, and sometimes, even five
cents per pound, as a similar grade
of wool in a more satisfactory condi
tion ; And when the staple is only
imperfectly free from earthy or fatty
matters, lags,)etc., the loss is corre
spondingly greater. An experienced
wool stapler can tell pretty accurate
ly, even on a hasty examination,
how much to deduct for waste and
refuse material. Producers do not
realize the fact as they should, that
wool of good quality should be
fresh looking or what experienced
buyers term “sightly.” If the fleece
is a solid, compact, soggy mass, it
is uninviting to the eye, and the
buyer views it with suspicion.
Bundles tied up in this manner are
likely to have a great many impuri
ties which decrease its value when
scoured. Too many folds also injure
the sale of this staple. Two folds
are all sufficient, and the buyer can
better examine and feel the sub
stance to tell of what it consists;
beside, fleeces put up in this way—
very loosely—are light, elastic, and
downy to the hand, and in every
market will out-sell the solid and
ponderous mass which is more
tightly folded together.
That the raw material varies
greatly according to the breed of
sheep, is also an undoubted fact.
But the better grades ot the carded
staple of commerce should be of
good color, free from a surplus of
oily matter; its fiber smooth, clear,
and parallel, fitted not only to tak£
dyes, but adapted also to spinning
and dressing. On the other hand,,
wools designed for the manufacture
of worsted goods should be long,
moderately fine, and of a strong
fiber
For years previous to the rebel
lion, fine wool sold most freely ; but
the war changed all this for the
time being, the demand for coarse
array clothing and blankets calling
for a coarse, long staple, which
readily commanded a high price.
On the return of peace, however,
the coarser fiber was again neglect
ed, and is now only moderately ac
tive, while other grades find more
favor with manufacturers and deal-
0F8«
•thirty years ago Vermont was
the principal wool-growing State in
the Union, but at present the West
ern States, with Pennsylvania, New
York, Texas and California, are the
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Ortstßoflhe Btidwia Apple.
, Dol. Loarami Baldwin, chief engi
neer in building the Middlesex ca
nal, lived inthe northern part of
Woburn, Maas., near said canal (a
correspondent of the Nasbau Tele
graph says), and owned a piece of
woodland in the south-western part
of Wilmington, near what was then
known as Batter’s Bridge, from
which he cat his firewood, catting
all clean as he went, leaving it to
grow up again. In so doing he came
to an apple tree, somewhat young,
bat thrifty and bearing, which the
wood-peckers had pecked around
the body and limbs so unmercifully
that he feared that it would die; but
as he was an ardent lover of good
fruit, be concluded to “spare that
tree,” and see what was its fruit
The next autumn he had occasion __
to go to Wilmington lor wood, and
found lying on the ground beneath
it some very nice-looking winter ap
ples, a portion of which he carried
home and deposited safely in his
cellar. One day the next spring,
having friends' from Boston to dine
with him, he brought forward the
Pecker apples, as he called them, to
try their quality for the first time,
when they were found to be so far
superior to any they bad ever tasted
before that he went immediately,
cut some scions and engrafted some
of his own trees at home. Being
high sheriff, he attended the courts
at Concord and Cambridge, often
taking his favorite apple to eat af
ter dinner instead of smoking a
cigar, and giving to his fellow
boarders. Thus from his tree were
scions cut, and the fruit is now
known almost over the United States
as the Baldwin apple.— Vermont
Chronicle.
Stakes for Tomatoes
Thomas Meehan,‘the horticultur
ist- of Germantown, Pennsylvania,
says he has for several yeaas noted
the relative advantages of the dif
ferent ways of cultivating tomatoes,
and he concludes that the best prac
tice to adopt is to proceed as with
Lima beans—that is, set the slakes
before the plants are put out.
These stakes need not be over sir
feet high, and may be set about
four feet apart each way. As the
plants grow tie them up to the
stakes; but that will l)e required
over half a dozen times during the
season. Twenty plants in this way
will yield as much fruit as double
the quantity on any other plan, and
in quality there is no comparison.
The common field plan of leaving
tomatoes grow as they list, spread
ing everywhere over the ground,
may be, as truck growers say it is,
the way in which the heaviest weight
of fruit can be bad in proportion to
the labor spent; but in this way the
fruit is more acid. But whatever
system is adopted do not set the
plants until the soil is warm, of they
will be stunted and time lost.
How fo make Hens Lay.
When eggs bear such good prices,
and are so delicious in the many
ways the cook brings them to the
table, it is necessary that the hens
have a little attention. Give them
warm drink every morning! See
that they have an abundance of
gravel; old pieces of crockery
pounded up will do better than
nothing. Concoct a pudding from
them, two or three times a week,
not oftener, with the following in
gredients : Place an old pail out
at one side, and into this throw tbe
meat scraps that are good fo r noth
ing else, egg shells, beans, hominy,
bread crust, corn parched very
brown, coarse meal siftings, and
then when the day arrives to serve
up the dish, take the water in which
you have par boiled your pork and
beans, or other greasy water, stir
ring into it bran sufficient to thicken
well,. allowing it to cook a few
minutes, pouring the whole over
these saved-np scraps. Lht it stand
a short time after it
stirred, and feed while warm. Aside
from this, give warm drink every
morning, you will,| have plenty of
eggs. !
Pawing s HoESE.f—To prevent a
horse pawing in the stable, tie or
strap the legs together just above
the knees, so theyjwill stand about
natural, say six or eight J inches
apart. *
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Da. ■ ' • :
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By amount of work on roads f 931 45
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Jane 3,1873.,
To balance in Troasnnr from 1372..... $ 451 87
To amount tax 1evied....... 1:663 54
State appropriations 154 38
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Balance in treasury .....f!l2 90
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From Collector of School Tax i 1,006 71
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“ Salary of Secretary 7 00
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“ Other expenses 70 94
Cash on hand 1102 51
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TDBPORT OP THE CONDITION
National Bait of Bearer Count;,
NEW BRIGHTON, PA.,
At the close of business on the 35th of April, 1873
Loans and Discounts.
Overdrafts..
I J. 6. Bonds to secure circulation 120,000 00
U. 8. Bunds and Securities onband 15,000 00
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)ue from National Banks 3,388 33
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Furniture and fixtures
Current expenses
Premiums
Checks and other cash items.
Bills of other National Bulks..
Fractional Currency and Nickels
Specie—Coin
Legal Tender Notes.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in
Surplus Fund,.
Discount
Exchange
Interest
Profit and Loss
National Bank circulation
Dividends unpaid,
Individual Deposits,
Due to Stateßanks and Bankers..
$401,517 18
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Mrs. U. S. Grant uses in her family the Brad
bury and'says: “I am perfectly delighted with It”
Theodore Tilton says: ‘T have had [the beauti
ful Piano so long that now to. ask me how I. like ft
is like asking me how I like one of my children.
Infect if yon were to ask the children I'm afraid
they would say they liked it almost as wall as they
like me. It speaks every day the year! round ana
never looses its voice. I wish its ownelr could do
balfsoweiL”
LETTER FROM BISHOP SIMPSON.
Phiuldelv hi a , April n, 1868.
T. G. Sana * Go.—fitoitf— Having used one of
yonr Bradbury Pianos, it has given great satisfee
tlon to my family and to many visitors who have
heard its sweet tones at my noose. It is a very
superior instrument, both in finish and power. I
heartily wish yon success as successor to the Me
Wo. B. Bradbury, in continuing the' manufacture
of bis justly celebrated Pianos. Yours truly,
M. SIMPSON. .
Cbiet Justice Salmon P. Chase, Washington D. C.,
Decides the Brsdbnry to be the National Plano
of the country.-
Vice Admiral D. D. Porter, Washington O. 0.,
“The Bradbury is exquisitely, end beautifully
proportioned. We are de lighted with ones. ”
Hon. Columbus Delano, Secretary ofethe Interior,
Washington, D. 0., calls the Bradbury the P*ao
for the Interior./
P. M. General Creeswell and Mrs. Cress wall.—
(1,056 S 3
‘•All our friends admire |he delightful tones o
the Bradbury, need at our receptions.”
Robert Bonner, New York Ledger—“At any time
will drop the lines of ‘Dexter,* to listen to tbo
tones of the Bradbury.*'
Grand Central Hotel, Now York—“ln prefeceane
to all others, we selected the Bradbury Piano*
for our parlors. Oar guests pronounce them
splendid. ’
St. Nicholas Hotel. New York.—“ Have always
used the Brsdbnry Pianos in our parlors, and take
pleasure in recommending them.’*
Bon. John Simpson. M. P., Canada, says: ‘“AO
Bradbury can't be excelled. The best in the
Dominion.'*
169 37
M. Simpson, Bishop M. B. Church, Philadelphia.
“We know of no better Piano than the Brad
bury.”
14,374 54
3,976 68
B. S. Janes, Bishop M.IS. Church, N. Y.—“We
know of no better Plano than the Bradbury.”
Rev. Or. John McClinton, Drew Theological Sem
inary—“My family and Mends say the Bradbury
la unequalled."
T. 8. Arthur, Philadelphia— I “We have used tor
years, and can recommend the Bradbury Piano. 1 *
Philip Philips, New York, says, “I have sung with
and used the Bradbury Piano in my family for
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10,441 00
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5,510 80
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. 1300,000 00
.. 33,848 56
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140 61
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years.’*
W. G. Fischer, Professor of Mnsic, Girard College,
Philadelphia. “I use as my tomily Piano, the
Bradbury, and can witlTconfidence recommend
them."
Rev. Daniel Carry, Editor Christian Advocate; “I
purchased a Bradbury Piano, and it is a splendid
instrument in every respect."
Theodore Tilton,Editor Independent: “If you
were to ask my children, 1 am afraid they would
they liked our Bradbury almost as well as
they like me.”
Dr. Daniel Wise. Editor Sunday School Advocate.
“I use the Bradbnry Piano.and think, like hi*
mnsic it cannot be excelled."
Rev. Dr. Perris, New York. “My Bradb’ury has
stood longer in tune, and sounds better than
any Piano in my District."
Rev. Dr. P!elds,Rditorof the Evangelist. “I have
used a Bradbury for years in my family, asdi
think there is none superior."
Sands Street Church Brooklyn, St. Luke’s M. E.
Church, and a host of other churches use the
Bradbury Piano in their Lecture and School
Rooms, also the Conservatories and prominent.
Hotels in the United States.
John Canghey, Beaver purchased from me
three years ago a No. 6 Bradbury, and says:
“There Is no better, or sweeter toned, or more
desirable Piano, according to my judgment and
experience, than my Piano. It has given entire
satisfaction, and grows better as it become©
older.”
Wm. McCoy, of Beaver, Pa., in the spring of Iffl,
bought from-.me a No. 8 Bradbnry, which has
proven to bo a superior instrument in ever? re
spect.
Miae Mary McGafflek alao owns and uses a Brad
bury.
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