5 —— THE NATIONAL CAPITAL News About the Various Depart. United States, The Census Burean has fssued a bulletin upon the subject of viticulture in the United States. [It shows the total area of vineyards in 1980 to have been 401,261 acres, of which 807.575 acres were in bearing The total product in 1880 was 572,130 tons, of which 267.271 tons were table grapes and M0450 tons wore used for roducing wine, making 4,306,005 gal- ons; 41,160 tons for raisins, makin 1.372.105 boxes (twenty pounds each): anc 23.952 tons for dried grapes and purposes other than table frait. It is estimated that during this last season there have been shipped from the Lake Keuka, New York district and carried by the different railroad and express companies to New York, Boston, Philadelphia on other distributing markets about 20,000 tons or 40,000,000 pounds of grapes, and probably one-quarter of this amount was in addition sold to manufacturers. The Hudson River dis trict, in the same State, is esti mated to have shipped to the New York and other markets during the same time bel ween 13,000 and 15,000 tons, while the Chautauqua district of New York, where the industry has been growing and prospering only through the last decade, furnished as its 1860 crop for the different markets of the country probably about 1200 car-loads or 80,000,000 pounds of table grapes, making a grand total of 08,000,000 pounds as the product of what is known as the New York State district. This does not include the large amount of grapes used in the district for wine The product for the season of 14,626,000 gallons of wine and 1, 372,105 boxes of raisins. The product of 18%) is estimated by schedules sent directly to the Census Office, at 16,500,000 gallons of wine and 2 197.463 boxes of raisins, with young raisin vineyards enough to increase the yield of raisins within the next five years to 5,000,060 or 10 000,000 boxes 1580 was Report on the Bennington s Trial, The official report of the horse-power trial of the Bennington has been received at th Navy Department and gives gener al wise on account of the failu foat's engines to come horse-power of 3400, The report gives as the offic 1312.00. a failure by over ower, This result may be explained by t 00 great confidence of the ract t is said, overestimated t Zines during the early {id not bring art of the trip The zines are all rasted with trial. The cot dentical and the of the Were sord slightly exceeded “equirement then expectad that experien of the trial would afford the contractors « wis advan tages and ena them to a better showing with y sister Benning ton. The difference in the romances of two vessels exactly alike woul pom to pose of the theory that this similarity can be depended upon for corresponding results According to the showing made by the Ben aington the contractors will forfeit $3700 performs vescels . ing making OW make bins t ship, dis- Indians as Soldiers found the |] The War Department has not Indians particularly anxisus to become sol- diers. This is true of the Swoux, at least and there is much doubt as to whether it will be found practicable to enlist the 2000 redskineg contemplated in the recent order from the departmegt The compa nies assigned to the infantry regiments will be particularly hard to fill, as the Indians all want to ride on horseback Colonel Shafter, of the First Infantry, stationed in California, tried while at Pine Ridge with his regiment to raise his company, bat could not do so, partly because the Sioux did not want to go so far from home as California He has since been authorized to enlist lo- {ians in that State Most of the warriors p scouts, but they cannot be taken on mpacity, as the present force of scouts is to be reduced. Thear ent about two thousand short of the twenty. five thousand enlisted men allowed by law and all the Indians enlisted will be included within that limit. Should experiment prove a success, Congress will be asked t allow the Indians to be enlistad in excess the limit. refer to serve as in that Indian ny is at pros Changes in Prosidential Postoffices The records of the Postoffice Department show that during the two years of the present Administration ended March 4, 1801, there were 2754 appointments made of Presidential Postmasters. Of this pum ber 478 were male upon resignations, were made upon the expiration of commissions of the mcumbents, 778 made upon removals, seventy-four made to fill vacancies caused by death, and 450 were made at officas which were raised from the fourth to the Presidental The whole number of Presidential operation March 4 1501 was NN of these offices no changes have made. The apparent discrepency whick a comparison of these figures shows Is ac counted for by the fact that in Caer wer Wer yet SOM Presidential offices where appointments have | been made were relegated to the fourth clam: some [allel of confirmation two appointments, and at other offices tw appointments have been made during the present Administration on account of death The President Home With His Spoils President Harrison returned to Washing ton fromm his duck hunting expedition t« Benjies, Md. He brought with him as » testimonial his superior markmanship forty red heads and canvas backs The most of the birds were tributed among the members of Cabinet and other frionds however to the Care was taken, to reserve enough for a luscious White House same dinner. Mr. Harrison comes back looking happy, and much in vigorated by bis excursion He probably leave the city again until he starts upon his transcontinental tour When the War Began and Ended In connection with the act of Congres an. thorizing a retired last for privates and non commisioned officers of the army who have served thirty years and upward, the Becre tary of War has isund a general or im which it is held that the wm began April 15, 1861; that “war service” in cludes service rendered av a commissioned officer: that the war ended August 20, 1868, but to entitle the applicant to double time for service after April 2. 1866, It must ap pour affirmatively that such service was rondered in the State of Texas, Our Exports of Mineral Oils, The Chief of the Bureau of Statistios re ports that the total values of the exports of domestic mineral olls from the United 1991, patie the cor. a ee ihe precefing rr. RATA Sr he months ended $ret Aer 49,411. New York Calls for the Tax Retund. The first application for repayment of the wine | os | the | been | causing | | loft Chadwick and | other part of the town | steadily refused to do so | elliation dis | will not | direct tax, under the act of the last Congress, was received at the Treasury Department from Governor Hill, of New York, and the amount of money called for was about $2,- 295.000, The application must be scrutinized by the Fifth Auditor, the First Comptroller and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. When the account is verified, a draft for the | amount will be sent to the Governor of New York. What We Have Paid Foreign Ships, A statement prepared at the Treasury for Mr. Farquhar shows that in the twenty-one years from 1870 to 1800 the revenue o Aho Government has been $3,951,112,157. The | estimate of the amount paid by this country to foreign ships for freight is $8, 817,170,140, The ratio of freight charges to revenues is eighty-four per cent. for the twenty-one years, First Spoliation Claims, The first application under the law provid. | ing for the payment of the French spoliation claims was filed in the Court of Claims, | Washington, by the attorneys for William | Gardner, administrator of Caleb Gardner. | The award in this case is $41,578, THE LABOR WORLD, P16 iron is slack. Dexver, Col, has “5000 idle.” Osanna, Neb, has a labor palace, JORTON contractors are organizing. Str. Pavurl (Minn.) earpeaters want eight | hours, Tae West is taking the lead in labor legis | lation. New workers, York bas 40,000 Russian-Hebrew Tar Indianapolis Trades Council has 6000 members Prrranuna's meetings. Trades Council holds open BROOKLYN eight hours wood-workers will demand Union retail clerks wear a button at San Francisco, Cal, IN 00 THERE are Boston, Mass inemployed workmen in AUSTRALIA sent $70,000 t dock strikers the London L MACHINE threatens of stonecutters out puiat: m TRADE union statistics sh 00 000 workers average $150 Tae Brussels Bakery will supply INDIANAPOLIS © sents an hour and the TYPEWRITERS and ston ganiziog unions thro It is thought few foreign delegates will at- end the World's Fair Labor Convention, New York paiute=s insist on tha enforee- nent of 83.50 and eight hours on April 8 yw that @ i perative tas : ‘sin mn s won forty 3 GAY. lored plasterer hear graphers are or 1chout the country wer 1500 carpenters and Indianapolis New Yonrx slipper makers working from dixtean to eighteen hours a day got #1.23 to #1.50 Fixes were imposed on 550 miners at Dar warm, England, for leaving work without ving notice THERE are now laniag mill employes idle in Interaational te about the amounts Tae goneral fund of igar-Makery' Union £30 (00 at present A BLL to distribute $50,000 a smpioyed of San Francisco is California Legislature wag the un before the A cut in wages of from thirty to sixty per sent. has beon made in an Akrom wer and reaper works Ohio Ox the British railways 314 women were employed in 1580, and 15,463 were working in the coal mines of England By the efforts of union men $150 the lowest pay for umskillel men World's Fair work in Chicage will be wm the THE average salary paid to men clerks in Washington 1s $1331 a year, while that paid to women iu the same departments is only a] AN Indianapolis women's society will fur nish coffee at two cents a cup, soup at three sents per bowl and bread and butter at » penny Tar Constantinople dockers have formed a union, established a picket systom, and threaten violenos to other Turks who will pot join the union DrLeGATES from nearly every town and city in Massachusetts were present at a s» eret session of leather workers in Boston and doacidad to oomtinea the fieht in Lynn DEED OF A BUTCHER. | James Chadwick Murders a Woman and Then Kills Himself, A horrible tragedy occurred at Bary, Eng land butcher, and Mary Stott A short time For soven years James Chadwick, a lived together as man and wile ago the woman took apartments in an Chadwick repeatedly return to him, but she Chadwick went to Miss Stott's lodgings and in the presence of her lnndiady renewed his appeal Fo recon Mise Stott again refused to yield, and Chadwick left the house in a rage went directly to his shop, where he procured a long knife With this weapon concesled beneath his coat he returned to Mis Stott's requested her to by the throat, and, drawing his knife, slashed the woman across the mouth, the sharp blade cutting back to the sars on each | drew the knife seross her | side. He then throat, and, making another thrust, plunged it into her heart \ Ax the unfortunate woman sank to the floor dead the frengied butcher attempted to cut his own throat, aged not successful in severing an artery. He then dropped the knife, and the horrified landiady sited it Ubadwick rose to bis bp nnd red about him. His eyes fell upon a knife lying wu the i ale an middie of Sw ro He | more | seven years old, and | man in the Senate, | life since his boyhood has | arms a youthful-looking official ! and agile He | | Hay- lodging. | at C oo Without a word Chadwick selsed Miss Bott i Butter—{liate Creamery... bat, though he man | inflict a severe wound he was | Lam PROMINENT PEOPLE, Faurznon WiLLiaM thirsts for travel, Bexaronr Hoan is growing a full beard, Hin Avaust PAGET receives $40,000 a year as British Minister to Austria, AT the close of the war General Bhorman was able to call 5000 officers by name Tne late Senator Hearst's son expects to start a daily newspaper in New York City, Goversor Hin, of New York, made his first speech when he was seventeen years old, Tae Prince of Wales has been re-elected Worshipful Grand Master of the English Free Masons Hexny M. STANLEY has been granted a judgment of $50,000 against Tippu Tib, the notorious African slave dealer CARDINAL NEWMAN'S estate, valued at £16,000, was bequeathed to three clergymen onnected with the Edgebarton oratory. Tar wife of Chief Justice Fuller does all of her marketing herself. Her carriage is well known at the old Central Market in Washington Larcapto Hears, the Louisiana author, has succumbed to the fascination of life in | Japan, and isabout to transport his lares nod penates thero Kyre the new South Dakota Senator, is than six fest tall He is only thirty vill be the youngest very fond of horti- BENATOR EDMUNDS Is |] " : 3 | oulture. and finds agresable summer recrea tion in working among the fruit trees at his | home in Burlington, Vt Gexenrat Dropona pa Foxszca, who has ust been elected President of the Republic, is fifty-seven years old All his been passed in the Faeasvry Fosren is His form is lithe his hair dark and his eye bright and engaging rmoanners and is SECRETARY OF THY He has easy affable and approact JorL CUHANDLE) bumorist, has the largest South, and he is particularly pr fact that he bought it with from the of his hooks Ex-CoxoressMas Martin, of Texas says that during his four years in Washington he never owed his expenses to exceed § month He takes | ) i respectab fortune saved | ahile Hanns, the Sout! YALL oF rn hard in the ud of the accruing money wale MRLOr ss oisa cele is Wo ———— FOUR REACHED LAND. The Wreck of the Steamer Mirama, off Start Point, England The steamship wh was wrecked off Start Point, near Dartmouth, Eogland, dur ng the severe gale mh southern part of England, was Mirama of Liverpool, from Londoa Jom to When the steamer struck reel off the Joint the crew took to the boats, thougt the heavy sea and the huge the attempt © rach the porate one lope of the ing the Capta the chief engineer, the three et th steward, was struck by a heavy sea and foundered, and all the officers wore drowned Ihe lifeboat tntalgiong the sailors and firemen, twenty in all spire wri and tw herd! Each time she went of the men ware or while Ld sole] in re-entering the boat st filled with wale upon he breakers made shore a des bosts, contain mates two men righted ver a number yore] ors su was alm afloat by partments and dr i ox y ware alterwar mb a precipit liad from exhaust! Ny batt and ware hall deal wn i to : wore terri red i AT Stranbing, In Bavaria, some Cel tio tombs have been opened and found to contain most interesting bronze orna ments and iron weapons belonging to the people of Rhwtia before the Roman conquest. The long sought for Roman cometery has also been discovered through the unearthing of a Roman tomb containing cinerary urns flank ing the old military road from Serviodu- rum (Straunbing) to Abusina, both rin sted on the Danube. THE MARKETS, 1 NEW YORK, @n Mileh Ww Calves, es . Lambs Hog» common to prime Flour—City Mill Extra Patents, , Wheat No, 2 Red Rye-Htate : ee Barley —Tworowed State, Corn—Ungraded Mixed. .... Onte—~No, 1 White. ....cone. Mixed Western Fair to Good Straw Long Rye Lard--City Steam sean ns Dairy, fair to good West, Im. Creamery Faotory ....cooeeuss Checse-—State Factory. ..... Skimelight .,.... Western. ... Bgge—~Statoand Pen BUFFALO, Steers Western, . ....co0vve 4 «Medium to Good, ... Fair to Good, ,,.... Hogs—Giood to Choloe Yorks Flour Winter Patent... ... Wheat--No, | Northern... ... Corn—No. 3, Yellow. ......s Onts—No. 2 White, , coven Bariey—No. 2 Canada. ...... BOSTON, Egg ~Noar-by, .. Heoods-Timot % Clover, Northern, . .. Hay Fair asi oee Straw ood to Pri Butter Firsts WATERTOWN (MASA) CATTLE MA Roel Dresses) ht. . Live weight, . ..ooues N SEAN SRE ans —hpaae : S668656658 5659586685585 8 =~ £8 338 - - - ness SEERA ARAN } ssssss » ee - eh PHILADELPHIA, Plosr—Pann, family... o.oo § Wheat No, 4 rive oss Corn-—-No, 2M Mar... .. Oats ngraded ARE LEER LEN Add Bxtes. ... whe, en Ea] IY sass : «EEE | minded that | have tp de Brazilian | | wicked man, | that he with them SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON MARCH 22 You Lesson Text: “Klisha's Defenders,” 2 Kings vi, K18 Golden Text: 2 Kings vi, 10 Commentary, RB. "Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.” Between the story of Naaman and Gehazi and this lesson the Holy Spirit has written the record of a bouse building near Jordan by the sons of the prophets, and the miraculous recovery of a lost ax, from which we seo the need, humanly speaking, of the money which Naaman offersi Elisha; but the prophet prefers to rely wholly and only upon the God of Israel, who can make even fron to swim, and to whom nothing is im- possible And pow see the king of Byria, the captain of whose host had been healed by Israel's prophet, making war against | Israel, as if the God who could heal the leper and make iron to swim could not defeat enemies, How blind is unbelief ! is How full | of ingratitude the human heart! | 9. "And the king of Israel, man of saying, God sent unto Beware the that thou | pass not such a place, for thither the Byrians are come down” How often we are re- All things are naked and openad unto the eyes of Him with whom we and that “The eves of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the food Heb, iv. 18; Prov, xv., 8.) But here s wondrous grace and continued grace toa The king of Israel was Jeho- ran, son of Ahab, and be wrought evil in the sight of the Lord, cleaving unto the sins of Jaroboam, the son of Nobat whap. ili, 1-8), snd yet this is not the first time that God has shown him kindness through Elisha. See shapter fll. 16-19. God would if possibile win this wanderer back to Himself. He would by gooxiness lead him to repentance (Rom. ii, 4) for He is not willing that any should perish (II Pet, Hii, 9 10. “And the king of lunel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there not mes, nor twice.’ “God hath spoken once twice have | heard this, that sth unto God,” and this power is continually being put forth on behalt of sinful mans to wing b ul from the pit, but though Wo Yon. twice yet man per Job xxxiii., 14, How hard and ' (YS = | ] yor power belong. his » sox speaketh of peiveth it not , 2. Ixid,, 11; How loving God isl blind Isman' 11. “Therefore Syria was sore tr was nol his sins that Lr {act that he that bis enemy : He saw that some one wi the heart of for this ti ibled fully eluded h workis ¢ plans, and th win the camp, was taking Whe warning hin Ig agains shir thy TAN y knew all | ' ust be a trait pwn men, who part and fore 123. “Eiisha, the propbet that te he s king of Is the word tin thy bed is king penx vants of than thelr master always wise” (Job H And he said i and foteoh him Flisah that Abal and his searchers could not find him anywhere is all the land (1 Kings xvii, 10. He also hi Baruch an werninh 80 that their could not flo this unbe could my of . “Thou dace; Thou shalt preserve hou shalt compass me Jelly srance” (Fs “And It was aying, Bebold, he in In Dothan It at Dothan that Joseph found his bret when they plotted t him. asd afterward sold him as a slave Gen xxavil, 17): and these are the only two rel. erences to the piace in the whols Bible. In the one case God permits the saptivity of His child sad in toe other Ho prevents it, but in ea 3 or thelr good and His FYAnLs soem v : “areal n TEx 4 Ea » AAAINAn Loews y Al «py Whore that | ma 0 effectually hid Y sen art me fro about with = xxi ‘ ME wd him we kill 4 wi woth with horses in slept the but ¥ and Elisha rest His servam and sight met enemy eha's 1 i : about r sleeps feared no evil ad not the faith his fears as f his toaster this bis ove And his servant sald unto him, Alas, my master | how shall we de He probably feit sompething like Israel when they saw the hosts of Pharaoh pursuing them, the mou tains on sither side of them and the sea be then. It was another case of mans heiplessuess, to do anything for him. but “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation” (LI Pet. i. © 16. “And be spswersd Fear not." From Gen. xv. 1. to Rev, L, 17, how often that precious word “Fear not” has stilled the wuublad soul “hey that be with us are more than they What is it that Elisha soos that hisservant cannot see® Is he giv. ing utterance to a hope or to the assurance of a reality? We shall se that Be means just what be says and is fully persuaded of every word of it 17. “And Elisha prayed and said, Lord, | pray Thea open his eves that he may see” What a simple prayer how short, how com prehensive! No preliminaries and no con clusion, not even an omen; just a single petition, asking ms from =a familiar friend for just what he wanted “And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw: and bebold the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha" Now we know why [Elisha mid, Fear not and why he said to his servant that their helpers were more numerous than the enemy Let no one dare to explain away these un won realities of God's love and care and power, Dut rather lot the weakest believer rejoice thet he Is ministered unto and watched over by these unsesn ones who love to do the will of God (Heb. 1, 16, and let us joyfully anticipate the day when we shall take part in a great triumphant march of heaven's cavalry for the rescues and redomp ton of multitudes of lease (Rev, xix, 16 15. “And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord and mid, Smite this people, 1 pray Thee, with blind. J Another brief prayer; a single peti. Hon, Can this man ls and receive any thing he desiren® A river divided, a spring healed, ofl multiplied, a Mon given, life from the food multiplied, a leper healed, a man Kr a ———— S————— — A — or n——— | be i drainage. | will receive the benefit of rain, dew and sun; keeps them warm and grows them | He | 4 £1 | says: “Violets do not care for company | | them with other plants.” | tire, | them down is | examined at | tember 17, and the tubers Span { 3 | the needs of the animals, while in others | it is actually injurious, | the THE FARM AND GARDEN. CULTURE OF VIOLETA. A New York correspondent writes to | the Florists’ Erchange that light soil is most suitable to violets, which ought to planted in ground that has a He planted them where they in a place quite by themselves. and half the failures come from placing PAINTING WAGON WHEFRLS, It is asserted by those who have tested the matter, says the Farm Journal, that | painting wagon wheels once in two years answers as well as soaking in boiling oil to keep them in shape and avoid the ex- | pense of resetting tires | linseed oil and ten cents’ worth of cheap | | paint, and | Take off the you have the cash expense, wheels and lay ikem on a bench and paint the upper side, allowing the paint to work in between felioe and Jy the time all four are treated, the first will be dry enough to turn over for painting on the other side @ Laving much better than painting with the wheel on the wagon. r BITING sghieep are SHEEP THEIR wool. When found biting their wool or nibbling the skin they should be One The cause may be that they infested “vith ticks or 1 the skin is irritated and inflam dry upon damp beds or upon mar If the ticks cause the trouble, the sheep should be dressed with a stro ng decoction of nr consequence of feeding or ure, to of boiling TWO ound bacco, one pound in a gallon but not boiled), adding 5 : ij and stirning fre heat is reduced to 120 reg ¢ ur, FE weeks { toes f i being dug, four I pota ily after ushel each of apparcoliy ® tubers were selected These were in bushel baskets and two baskets w put into a dry cellar and tw ligated and dry graoary. put into one basket in each lot thoroughly sprinkled with airslaked lime as they were put in, the other basket was untreated, This was done on remained un until December 3, arefully examined, were “DD disturbed were « From the results as shown in a when thes table with careful exactness it appears that the differences in the amount of rot were very small In the case of the cellar samples the tubers untreated kept slightly better than those which were the granary samples the difference was in favor of the liming. 1° thus appears that the experiment was not sufficiently limed: in | decisive to justify pronouncing either for | or against the treatment, It is, however, thought that the quantity of lime used | (six pounds for the cellir and four for the granary sample) may have been too | small, and when the opportunity offers the experiment will be repested with varying amounts of the substance, New York World, FROFER FOOD FOR FARM HORIES, A great many farm horses are injured, and some of them are utterly spoiled, by | improper feeding. In many cases the material used is not specially adapted to “heaves” are caused ments may be traced to the we of dam- aged grain, There are also many cases of disease resulting from the im r use of good mcterials, While a few farmers feed too little bay, there are many who give their horses altogether too large s quantity. They fli the mangers, of meks, and when the asimal. have d new is given. In this way, when the horses are in the bara most of the time, they are, as far as quantity is con. fair | A quart of raw | Many oases of | by feeding | musty hay, and even more serious afl | or what they received, a’ horses are required for work, and really need food more than when they are com- paratively idle, they receive 8 much smaller quantity. The safe way to do in this matter is to feed the horse regu- larly, giving him an abundant quuntity, but not overfeeding him. When work | is required, grain should be added to the hay in proportion to the work required. sven when the horse is icle, small quan- tities of grain fed with his hay will be better for him and will be more profits. { ble for the owner than the use of hay alone. But, even if the grain is omitted, regular feeding with proper limitations {as 40 the quantity of hay supplied will be gy. great desl better than the constant staffing to which so many farm horses are subjected, — American Dairyman, BRAN FOR FEEDING, Wheat bran is a concentrated food and possesses considerable nutritive value. It contains rather an excess of ash, and for this reason it is good to feed to young or growing stock, ss it develops bone and muscle, It is a splendid feed to use i with poor bulky feeds, fed them it will aid materially to make up a complete ration. the in connection like straw, fodder and roots; with By using it, ob- { jection to selling grain, rather than to feed out to store k. Wheat sold off the farm if bran is purchased and used in connection with other mate. is largely overcome, and potatoes can be grown and rials, as bran retains a large proportion of the mineral elements In feeding, the animals take out eer- tain parts that contain animal nutrition and leave considerable plant food that is saved in the manure and can be added to the soil to retain its fertility. During the winter it can be corn-meal, weight for mixed weight, to lessening the cost of r and at the same time adding ty of the farm. It is de } extent at least, if the fertility Yor w13t | y be Ker up, « i ept up, Ww SITAR i MI ab good system of rotat il be mor ipal materials that yd where this ppl) { coarse rough irchased and used, even if to sell a portion of the case in feeding milk cows, if t rn meal and oil t will aid to increase both the ality and thy f the milk. ) Ff ») ¢ ol i best mations that Aantity it CAD le up for the milk cows during ter is csover or miliet hay with corn oil meal and wheat bran. Roots added when they can be had con- and in doing this have the bran r succeeds better than wow he does it li n a valuable smooth out Are we going to the J Le Don't satisfied & few hogs, g A bushel of potatoes often commands us high a price as s bushel of wheat. with merely mes. raising 1 good raise A good farmer will drive his work in- stead of having bis work drive him. The farmer has heretofore scattered is energies over too large a surface the rest of the fleece the shoulder. In judging wool, is compared with that on It pays to gris 1 grain for the stock; and it pays to feed it with cut fodder, The older the tree the more difficult to transplant and the more uncertain of suc- Coss "he farmer that has eggs, poultry and good butter to sell does not need to go into debt at the stores for the little necessary running expenses. But, of course, good management is DECOMATY. A good rule in farming is to use the land that every crop shall make a margin of profit, and shall leave the land richer tt the close of the course of rotation than it was at the beginping. After this has been accomplished during one rotation it will be easier during each succeeding ane. In the face of depressing circumstances | the brood sow may prove to be the most valuable animal on the farm before the | your closes. About the worst move the farmer may make will be the neglect of his brood sows, This fa an your in the business, but the man who kepps | steadily on wt his work with his breeding | stock will come out best in the end. Among the farmers of central Illinois | there is pearly a unsaimous verdict that | grain farming does not now yield any i of but among the agricul. ”. i do give good re- i and rising gardea products,
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