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FOR THE FARMER.
I The Value of Sheep, j . . .
Everyj ordinary sized ' farm is
incomplete without a flock of
j sheep. For if they yield no
profit they would wejll "nigh re
pay the outlay for feeding by
keeping down weeds'. On nine
; tenths of the farms in America
there is a goodly crop; of weeds
each year. I Very often a field
will grow a phenomenal nura
:berof these obnoxious plants
notwithstanding the best of
culture, because the sseeds have
been deposited there man v years
before, i If y6u cut 'them some
will likely reseed the ground
tand the chances are that the
land wjll yield as large a growth
as soon jas j the conditions are
i favorable. 1 It is far; better to
have them turned into mutton
'and wool. The ; laid will be
freed from their growth and the
seeds destroyed A heavy crop
oi weeas undoubtedly impover
ishes .the land it 'allowed to
ripen, and if pastured by sheep
the growth is utilized. . There
are no other domestic animals
that, will thrive upon weeds
alone. In fact they, rather en
joy cleaning out a weedy patch
una tney ao it much better than
can be done
be cut down and strewn over
the yard, making necessary
some effort to hasten the rotting
ine straw, as mere is no
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Mr. John H. Littlefield, a for
OI the Straw. As 'fhfvrfi is nn mov Ion- utn,l
iieeci oi nanaimg wet manure, it Lincoln; is in great demand this
iauvisduie iu nave i ne mass season as a lecturer,
aired everv dav for some dnvs Mr
before it is taken to the fields. Thus far this year the number
that it may dry out. Toaccom- ot building permits for ! dwell
Philadelphia
s record bv 1
exceeds
400.
can subsist
with a scythe. They
and do well on nas-
j turage so scanty that other
stock will starve upon it.
! i We recently had occasion to
notice this in a woods pasture
that had grown up! in the fore
. part of the j season jwith blue-
grass, weeds arid sprouts. Since
narvest, the i cattle were ! turned
' upon it. i The grass
what woody, land
: many days before
I enough of it. When
i j removed the green es
eaten and ithe leaves
sprouts were j. partially nipped.
lhe sheep were . then' turned to
it. Befpre long they cleaned
the sprouts and wieeds com
pletely, and one would "suppose
that everything was devoured
that was edible. The grass was
dry, and though not tempting
seemed to be nutritious. They
had abundance of (water and
were salted freonent.lv TTnnn
t , -m ' mr XI
was some
it was not
: they had
they were
grass
of
was
the
plish this it may be necessary to m8f in
use a manure hook like a two- last; year'
pronged hoe. lit mav be made lrrj m, , . , , . J ' .
Jt- i.i., i -4.1 . i i , , xiie ouau iuunu nis narem in
acksmith A better a state of disorder on his returil
one, in fact the best for manure fft T5Ar51-P tr0 vpr "ic.i, i
hot wet, is to have a blacksmith half eminnX-n -bend
thsl,miir nf f. had remained m Europe perma-
tined manure fork, making a i 1 ; .;
hook shaped like a potatoe I dig- j The State Constitutional Con
ger. It is sometimes difficult to vention of Wyoming has adopt
make the shank liold in place, ed a suffrage chapter by which
j.aKe ine lengtn 01; the snant; lemaie citizens possess the right
measure oacK irom the end or 01 voting,
the handle this distance less one rJJ U
inch: at this nnint rni. a er-rw -Mie vIUUSO lMemOria
through the handle, having it r omen, a new ii
pass through the rent nf th Syracuse, Is . ., gi
FARM, FIELD AM) GARDEN.
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SUBJECTS
TANCE
OF PRACTICAL I M POR
TO AGRICULTURISTS.
Tlie Importance . of Sheep Husbandry in
This f Counti-y The Sources of Annual
Sheep .Fattening Swine
1
Income from
for the Butcher's II lock
E REDWOOD & CO.,
ONE PRICE STORE.
PAINT I
of great success. It
College
institution at
gives, promise
has very
reached
hole bored for the shank (the m 5. c
head and point of j the screw fiej buildings.
may ut; mea on even witn tne (ieoro-o Fpnnpn 1,0
surface of the handle), then Boston from his summer home
uiive ill ;lUtJ SUanK Willi ItS at, ( nrf Rrpn Tclarrl nA i
point heated to a red heat; as about to begin his second year's
mc wmi icatuco mc uiew 11 series 01 lectures
will be deflected and enlarged 1
and will make way for itself in female students are now ad
the wood, getting a hold that mitted to the Wesleyah Univer
the strenth of one man will not Sltv and there are six of them
overcome. The handle of a ma- m lts classes along jwith the
pure hook should be quite heavy voupg men this year.
around the shank, to p-ivp
weight is
Dr. IFrithiof Nansen. the ex
plorer of Greenland, will come
to America next spring on a lec
tins drv
stuff that the cattle re
-fused the sheep made steady!
growth. 1 Thus the pasture that
was practically, worthless was
turned into sheep and the best
of manure, j Sheep manure has
been recognized; as a j most valu
able fertilizer. It is a short cut
to feed the weeds' to the! sheep
and have their seeds' destroyed
rather than j spending a deal of
labor by composting them. A
sheeps stomach is the best corn
poster, in the world. '
Some j writers of recognized
standing maintain that the food
that sheep eat jis more valuable
as a fertilizer when! converted
into manure than if applied to
the ground without being fed.
L here isi an upward tendency in
the sheep industry as opposed to
the downward a few years ago.
This is weli for thpre are vast
regions in the west where the
water supply is limited and is
practically worthless for any
thing but shefep rfiising. This
is also a! feature worthv of no
tice, for other farm animals
sutter material! v ifj
strength, and the
really needed there.
A 11 U.. 1 j 1.'
1 1 . m M m m a m-mM w BaamiaaaB w M m v M v I .
moved from the yard before the O K JTS uy ms
grain is threshed, that the I new " .j " "j,1
straw may not be stacked upon Somebody has taken; the trou
it; and the usual method of put- ble to compute that the averacre
ting 11 upon ine winter wneat consumption 01 salt her adnlt
grouud is a good one. If strewn capita in this country is nearlv
over xne grround as it is Plowed nttv pounds ner anminV
thft
the seed bed in proper condition , i x eT 1 fk kePtlcs say that a
will th o,i i I large j part of the reed birds
corporate it with the soil, while serYed in, restaurants S iiow are
it will not hP hplow ih rndts nf really: blackbirds which are
the whftat Tt, i str Pieiititui in the stalls at 50 cents
it over the ground as it is hauled a! doz1n
out. ihis savps onp hnndhncr j An lQ fl,ni 1 , 1 ,
1 v. v-k - I ; XXI V . Ii 1 111 n Ii I I l I I i- I 1 1
spread out
A lanje and well as
sorted stock of fine,
staple and fancy dry
eoods.
usually
Everything
found in! a first
class establishment of
the kind. Particular
attention given to the
better
lines.
men,
dren;
qualities - in all
Clothing for
boys and chil-
ies, misses and
Hauling manure in it so fouls a feet! with its
wagon box that it is best to have was shot the
a box tor this and similar uses, ledge,! Ga
inis is best made ot loose plank:
pine, two inches ! thick I and
from nine to twelve inches
wide. They are made much
more convenient to hand 1 hv
shaving down the ends ta three
inches wide. If endlboards are
desired, grooves can be cut in
the side of the handles on the
ends of the planks and will be
strong enough to I hold I the
boards. If desired to make the
box higher than standards and
the latter are not provided fwith
rings to receive pieces, staple
rings into the planks forming
the sides of the box. Passing
pieces of wood through these
rings will hold the upper boards
in place. The lowest side plank
must lie on the bolster,! the
planks forming the bottom of
the box fitting closely inside of
them. ; j j- j-!-
The manure crop year proper
ly begins in the fall: and at this
time the yards, stable and sheds
should be made clean and ready
for the next year's crop making.
wings
cut off.
The wool
of
Xot so
brin si's
the water is
with sheen.
Extraordinary Smuggling-, j
An extraordinary case ! of
smuggling is reported from
Sourabays, in Java: I A Chinese
passenger having died on board
in
ether dav at Rut
The bird was sitting:
on a pine tree looking at a
six months old baby
Thej female college at Mount
Holyokef Mass., has l a fund
which is used to assist poor stu
dents.; It is one of the oldest
American institutions for the
signer education ot women
I A prisoner in the custody of
a Lancaster constable was res
cued by one of his friends, and
the .officer afterward I arrested
the rescuer, but on the: way to
jail he, too, made his escape.
! Hugo Zieman, the disgruntled
chef of the White House, has a
long list of grievances,1 but. the
most important of them lies in
the fact that President Harrison
insists on eating pie at every
meai.
I W hile out walking with his
mother at Canton, Mass., a lit
tle son of Charles Sumner was
attacked by a large gray squir
rel, which ran up his" clothes
and severely bit and scratched
his face. 1
i .timely sumja iimk whinK w oa
to i sell. The
there is but little
sneep inay ; be wintered with
oompamtivelv little I urain if
of a: wood
aiiuw ea ine rangH
lot. It is well to
ter.s for them, .but
less than other st
with god bodi
foi-'d
r and
an
les
offi-
and
road-stead, the health
cer of the port went off.
alter viewing the bodv gave the
necessary permit f for burial.
The master nf tlVo 1 iin-.u
1 II ; .-vv.i l"V.! una. IJIfll
owue sneir ; came ashore and ordered a large
the3 suiter pnffln nf lw n.n.i rn,: i.-
Wit tO Tn,.i,w. 1,,. ... .1 i
i t :- f. i 1 7 I I I I I I v 1 I I - t-- it fl 11 - v-v-i- -
rough it. If sheen nre lla I J" , "r ""' llv "ir,.UJ
1"-" ! Ill IT MP Prpw With , 4-
KLie will at- -fi-i-J iAA i Ai J j
u-ovide
clc
flTl 1 11 A Ql o A 1U T
Income both -from avooI lle P1!0"
r t i i Faocu ciiuiig uie streets.
tAVO-to n i i ! i
profit isiioul,! ceitai ,1 v commend h" . T il?e PFf
them to everv farn er The na ' ' ,?C,1 -junk, which
tiire of the : sheer. "rsca that t ,n?,aHV P? Sea' Ll the
they alwav, Jole i S"'ld e:of the " tives
Ltitrods to the fa ml The time i 3", PXL 11 le weighed. 2.7 pounds
tiiat sheep do renuSre nttentim, 1 - " w u(.iue anq cpuiu sit alone.
ti..: f J . ! . " i vniuese cemeterv :w hie h . not
int- f a" urai but also had small .i,rtiVToc nf
j the drug adhering I to its sides
The Women's National Indus
trial League of Washington has
prepared a memorial to Congress
asking an appropriation for a
monument of Queen Isabella of
Spain, the patron of Christopher
uoiumpus. . i
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Aj census of farm animals has
recently been taken by the Ital
ian 'government; and Ht nrmom-c
tere is a very ! large in
jin all kinds; excepting
which have diminished
considerably in numbers.
! E. F. Parker at BlafckshearsJ
Jini, aureus count v,J Ga.. has
a boy! baby four months and
fourteen days old. j At four
months and ten davs he had
Everv.farming industry is subject to
periods of discouragement, resulting in
alternating from one crp to another or
to a change m the breeding of animals
from one kind to another as temporarily
low price may influence for the time
being.; .Probably in rid branch of the
animal industries is this more frequently
seen than in that most juseful one, the
raising of sheep. A depression in the
price of wool is almost certain to effect
a lessening in the number of sheep, and
instances are not unknown where what
seems to have been but little short of
wanton destruction of flocks has followed
because of what was at most but tem
porary) unprofitableness.
singularly enough, says the agricul
tural editor of The New York World,
sheep raising appears to (be, at the same
time, the only live stock industry in this
equal to the demand. Wpol is theonear- CnllClren S ClOaks
ucie mat Has a home market, for which
our own farmers
produce enoug
ments, and there is no probability of our
ever raising enough to make its export
desirable. This country- furnishes as
crftA o liTvr4-rt .1.. filK i 1 ,
in the world, and cheap, rough lands
can be put to no better use, and fortunate
ly on such slieep often idd the best.
Farmers who grow discouraged under
low prices for wool seem to have for
gotten that in other countries, of which
England and France mav be taken as
examples,, mutton has taken the first
place, and wool is being considered more
as an incident of the busmpsa than ua
the prime object in sheep husbandry, for I ITlPn
In Eneland this hast hpm I hrnnrrVf oTvMif I ff-
W w.- j v-r wil v UlAU W
by improving the Leicester, Cotswold
and Southdown mutton sheen, and in
France the merino is more and more be
jcoming a line wool mutton breed. The
American merinos are gradually tending
m the same direction, j Their bodies are
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best make of Varnishes and Hard Oils'""
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I -Hard enamel paints. Best thiny
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Venetian Ked, Yellow Ochre, Umber "sa?
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and
rs have never been able to WraDSJ all neV StVleS.
h to meet the require- T7- 1 , , , 1 ,
xvi iu a b ceieorarea nats
also a full line of Ipqc
expensive goods;
Zeig-
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men, bbys, ladies and
children. Packard
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the best
the world for- the
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mad
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in
mon-
home-
W"e ha ye in stock 7.000 rolls of Wall Paw,'
which we will sell cheap to make room tottr,
large stock just ordered for Fall and Sir":
trade. - 1
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The 1
ar-
Iarger dnd better formed, they come to n-pcf anrl mnrf
maturity earlier and witn longer staple tSl anf HlOSt COmplete
and heavier fleeces than the original im- Z.- j1 '
portations. There is aWa erowin- ten- Mr1 nnC LrimminOfS
dency to market the flesh, and soodLJ J-L.:Ji: 1
feeding improves the coa of an animal, clllK1 U1 V gOOJIS in VV .
vnecner it De Hair or wool, so that tho UT
T . I I
stock
Iris:
uality guaran
teed. Prices as low as
the lowest.
ii
all times
At Morgan's.
,We would call. special attention to tlx
Palmer "DUPLEX FOUNTAIN PEN"
Prices from l.oO to $3.00. Excellea
ffold nibs.
THE .BEST IX AMEBI0A,"
in
all li
! W. 0. WOLFE.
GEANIIE AND MARBLE JtONUUENI",
New lot of de
signs just received.
thai there
crease
Handling Manure
iin
not
barn
!-. I 1
provided w(
ivuxii. is if) t.sseieoT n
piece of
:1
.round a
Autumn.
: lhe custom house
j found the maker of
authorities
the coffin
in 1 i
I llii hlicf iMri. a,J it
' liy putt urn unions tllOSe ! vrKh AcfiA ; .... ..
iZ 1 1 : j . ! mtmrnru lids me OllP SllO-
?m abundant i nli 0 1,0 .L;. ; 1
threshed straw the
year. ; The straw
iid stack tlie
by; usinr it liberallt
in the stables and
Tiie cattle to tho st:i
(.onsidered.
rotita)lc (1
w where th
atrlen'n the
Tted into
under fix )t
! 1 '
riyneTrainji
lint H let
be: yon vert
the desir
tlie: stack
tii in's .
rue si raj
!)y the
is c(-:ivt
.v,.!!' r,
! 1 r 'y u
'111 I I lv
- 'i n 1 1 v
w i i i 11. )
nure in
part .f
j Menry Apple owns a small
mining claim in Sierra countv.
Xew rexico. that has
18'Oqojin five months.
ploys one man and
paid him
He era-
the ore is
; plied to the master of the iunk
; and tlie body of the) Chinaman
I WHS WJTiliofl nclirvva c-,-. A-C
v j. cviifi Ward. so that
ran oe con- n o i i.
V 1 IV V.l ill IV' tl I III I Ml I III! fill JC 'I . 1 i
i -n. 1 i 1 li fill r x , -v a- 1
for beddino-! ! '. 1 v Llh1 LJ ! Mass
Crushed in a hand mortar. n
pie is pleased with the fruit of
Ins tabor.
i iliere are manv aimli
n i i ! . . . y --jrx .
bw,i !i,k I " :cxuimimuh iu Diiinji ioiieo-e
ixii v i ix ! v . r-1 Ui;i III.: 4-.. !
. i : . omen
disposition in favcr of miftton, wherever
it exists, has increased the quantity
without injury to the quality of the wool.
No other animals take so little from
thedand for the amount returned as do
sheep, and none are so effective in free
ing their pastures from bushes and
weeds. To make the ; most profit from
animals designed for food, whether
sheep, cattle or swine, full and generous
feeding that will inducej rapid growth
and early maturity is indispensable. Be
sides the increase ia the weight of Jtheir
own bodies, sheep afford jtwo sources of
annual income, one from; the lambs and
one from the wool, each being about
equally valuable. English experiments
as to the amount of food consumed bv
different animal h
w-u umuo nu jiuuucb ua many pounas I (I -
or mutton from a civen miAnfiHr a o money Dy canmg on me
v - j a
as can be produced of beef, thus leaving chasing
rr. J;Jr ..r Wareroom-Wolfe
layurame results in tnis country
can hardly be j expected) unless in the
older states or in localities where the
carcasses can be Drontablv marfcptivt
It is also true that the dairy cow gives a
flow of milk to offset the wool, but the
cow does not increase in fresh while pro
ducing milk as does the sheep while pro
ducing wool.. No animal jsan be changed
or improved m so short a time as the
sheep. -From the best crossing and feed
ing, the first generation! from common
ewes and hisrh bred ma es will o
better development in Wblve than their
dams had shown' in 'eighteen months,
and the next cross will show a srreat im-
Said one who had used them.
Bargains at!
ines.
Square.
Building. S.
JUST liECEIYIJNTG
New sets of Scott, Dickens, Htrmes
Thackerj', and Elliot's works. Very low
price?.
r
j Our Holiday Books
Large lot
cash. You
before pur-
E. Court i
oclO-ly
Are beginning to arrive, and customers
would do well to make their selections
eariy.
Just received, a new line
locipedes and wagons.
of bojrs' ve-
J. N. MORGAN & CO.
BARNAED BLOCK.
i NO. 3
Neatness.
pro vemen t on the firs t .
It is thus be-
. . ' ! i
v.; -! ' I
FURlVIAN'fe
Promptness.
IBook ancl Job
lieved tliat by judicious crossing and
feeding farmers mayidojvery much to
wards making the raising of sheep inde
pendent of fluctuations in the price of
wool and as uniformly profitable as most
of theirother production!.
f Crop Bound Chickens.
Tlie disease known !asj'crop bound'
among fowls is occasioned, says a Kan
sas City DOUltrv ! f'rmvfr Iwnnco
f . - ' 1 v-' liaoVj LJJ.C
cf order.
n the gizzard
it is clear that lie
bv
ck: and
this1 is
sposition
it
turning- fll u - 1 ""
the The crreat DeinocrntiV ra"U :;
Iowa and Ohio. where they
made the fiodit 1 nrainlv oil tlie
dated!
at Northampton.
that cannot be accommo-
It is a melancholv fart
all the professors of
of
that nearlv
me genue sex
are un -married.
at this
not eaten
;tek yard
pnamire. and
Tlit straw
y the cattle
ied a own so
college
bird's rist mill is; out
is not enough gra vel
grind the food, j If they cmnot get sharp
bi-uuet. euougn to supply pus want you
had better pound up some broken crock
ery rather, tine and see now fast they will
pick it up. Then you o;not soak their
food enough to have it sSveil to its full
capacity before feeding it, and it swells
in the crop (or crawJa yOu have it); then
it sours and hardens and finally hurts the
coating and death follows of course.
Now, if you feed grain1, and will take the
trouble to soak it r in lime water for
twelve hours before feeding, you will not
complain of your Chicks dying off, and if
you will stir a tablespoonf ul of sulphur
into each mart of feed,! twice a week,
you will find it saves you a lot of bother
about gapes, cholera and other ills that
chickis are heir to.
-If you feed meal to your poultry be
sure "and stir it up so thatjit will be thor
oughly saturated and Swelled before
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SOFT COAL.
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oct 10-lni
Grrain, Bran and Shorts.
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issue of tariff roforiji. is siguifi-! that lQ
:sii)Ent Hakkisox declares
mto
tinie
ma- Th
and ; ier
1 - I
X " lim 111 lie Republican defeats in the State
noithnest 1 lie pressing of tins elections as anv reflection upon
issue maintains the j imitv and ! theip4licv of the Admidistratkm
Constitutes -fin streno-tl. . J 1 fru, I-L '1,1 . ni aMiiyij.
. ,im. uuiu seem to in loatPthP
I : - - r - V, . , 4. J. V.
That lipyt timo 1-1
.iXXX L11C
tu itself it Democratic partv of the Xorth
necessitv
ma; have to j lient people. At
e more it is agitated the stron- j voters Should speak
it will be : before the intel- louder.! so thnt ti
i louderj so that
anta Journal. understood.
misrht
.!R. S, BA
little
be
1 f
throwing it out to them. Lime is one of
the best articles to'promote health among
poultry, as it helps digestion, and lime
water for drink for fowW is as useful as
uis tor human beings. A change of 1
diet for poultry is (necessary to keep up !
a good appetite, and a boi of coarse sand
is a living comfort to the biddies, as is !
u.xo.1 ufu 01 asnes.j band and ashes Ml 111 m
mixed together they evidentlv enjoy at ' ilflf fl W 5
all seasons of the rear, i i WIWHllHii f
f
The
MM - -
r-armers i Racket Store
: . I '-(: : i', . '
m. SArAirrziJEiKi,
-Wholesale arid' Retail Dealer in
The so called gape Worms found in the
iiaviio ul uiAiuji axe uoi taten in ?
irom
Journal, but 4 "are; ! generated within the
bird.' , As some children have worms, so
Borne onicKs nave gapes
MM
1
4
, Hats, Gats, Trunks, Valisfis. T.to
wrth6utj according to Poultry 1 GOODS KECEIYEDjFROM XE W YORK UOTTO W D A TLV4
1, but 4 -are generated within the i H. f vxvrx UUliUiSb iJAl1' t
North Main Street, Asheville, N. C,
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