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Largest CircuU- tioa of any Paper i in the South At ! lantic States. plant Your Ad vertisement in Rich Soil. J I I I. H 1 11 HI . IK r THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS' OF STATE POLICY. Vol. 11. RALEIGH, N. C, MARCH 24, 1896. No. 7 1 ri tu ? , r- . n iW7'i ft. i'UAL. FARMERS' LL CA AND INDUSTRIAL u--r. Mann IVgo, Brandon, T t7 5 v ,- Ya. V-c." Resident II. O. Suavciy, u;o anon. 3 ... .-V-i;-y -Treasurer-- II. A. bjuth worth. lo vtr, Col, J. Loueks. Huron, 8. D. ; W. V i; vkrr. i ; J. F. WideUS V. L i Liie, Ga. judiciary. -;uith worth. Denver, Colo. .i-ek, Alabama.. Davie. Kentucky. .1). SO - . - .j-I.OLir.A FAKMHuS ALLI ANCE. -TiC xr. Cyrus Thompeor;, R: :,i:-..-.d, - (J. 're3idertt Jno. Graham, Ridge W,:Y, '. C. :' arv-Treastirer W. S. Iiarac, H Nv. .-a. O. L.-e-urcr J. T. B. Hoover, Him City, M. C. c?te-ard Dr. V. N. Seawell, Villa now, N. O. Chr-e'm Rev. P. EL Maesey, Dur ham, In'. C. Door--keeper Geo. T. Lane, Greens boro, In. C. Assi-.tu:uDoor keeper Jas. E. Lyon. Sergeant -at Arms A. D. K. Wallace, Rutherfor vton, N. C. citate Business Agent T. Ivey, Hi Is boro, N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. SriCCT'TTVE COMMITTEF OF THE NORTH OiUOMVA FARMERS' STATS ALLIANCS. A. F. Hileman, 'oncord, N. C. ; N. C. Engh.-h, Trinity, N. C. ; James M. llewborne, Kma on, N. C. ALLIANCE JUDIC1AUY OOimiTTKZ. John B adv, Gatesvilie, N. C. ; Dr. J.L. HarrJ.L Whiteviile, N. C. ; T. J. Candler, Acton, N. C. Eucrth Carolina Reform Fresa As30cis.ticn. rs J. L. licimsey. President; H-zrioi. Butler, Vice-lreaident ; W. S. z?Y??, bccret'jry, PAPERS. f7$?rweva 's.naor. State Orgaii, IL.le?h, C. Caucaoiau, Rait-iwb, N. C. ie.--y . Hickory, N. C. Eiattiei, Whitakeib, N. C. Onr K. Lne. Reaver iiaiii, N. C. Tne Potiiili-f . Lumberlon, N. V. The ''e. rl.-'t. Paper, CLarlottexN. ('. The Ve:i"nle, t'oucon!, N. C The PioM-Koy Wadflw.rc. N". C Cr.-lln.'. ".'atciinAn. Li;:-;. N v'ejen. oj the above-namect iper8 a;e i'zgne&t'.d to keep the lizi alading on ihl jit at page and add others, provided ihrj ctc :ltd?i ekeieti. Any paver fail i',7-4 ic i'vocaie the Oca la vlaijorr- vcill t: do- :.-afrGnithiist ortly. Our j z-echie C'tn now see who. paj-vrit are j t their inter?. --- x -L V-; Lj -i- -L LJv- . , requiting ia the order or requirement Th'-5.'; in money iu cows if th e.vr! tu enforce which the petition is tiled, fire tbL ruht kind. T.et your milk Such pit ad rug.-:, exhibits, and testi and ka u7 each cow'ts worth. mor.y (,r copies thereof so ceit:hd) People from tbe eo d, bkak anu b r- cih iil bj reei able in evidence, and ren Nvrsheit for the past tww e-.-r:s ' snail cjnetitute tho record in the c-ae have bi er ex-ming South ia search of a j on WLieh the coitri thuii proceed to ud warmer climate, richer soil, m.ro j judge ail ruatlera hi controversy there equable Fei.sins and better conditions. m, unless the court shall think it need Tnis movement, which begiu: eoon f ul that additional evidence be takeu after the rat drought in Kebrneka, or fa-ther inquiries be pronccated to K ;ns'-.?, the D-ikotc.3 and otr er SiaUe, ; enola it to foimajuit judgce.nt, in v. Iii.h brought sulleriug and ruin to j wmch caco the cure tL'AU coairnis the thou?an-Jt. has swollen gradually from j matter to the Comuiiccion to proeeuiu a fc-mh strct-m into a mo fcrniidab.o i &uch i; qairie-i and to take such evi tiJe. V, l.,re horr-es and cows r.re k:pt, m j , , , . . . , f r a fri-;' circulation of air between T, t i i i tnerc. t ron even tho cleaost norse , , iL , I stable there is a strong odor cf am : ,r , men!?., men wnl :ct mo mt:k if tne , , , .. cows are c oivp ilex to breatnc it con-; . .,. . l tiuu . ; , .-. i.j ......... - ww i. the fl .vr of the miik after tho n-nk is drawn. Wo caTjn:-t ba too cartful of the uroundigs if we would make good butter. SaH is an essential constituent of the b;xd, a: d because many of tbe com mon f o--.d ? of cattle are lacking in it, it mu:t be atificially fuprlu.d. Ti;e amount varies in u ilrent foods, snd in tho-o gre-vvn from different soils, and we. then fore, have n guide as to tho rx i; quant ty an animal needs, but it mu:t be kft to them. Tne cor rect way is t.o give them constantly the opportunity of saiir-fyh.g ihc natural Ti'Tcis ef the sPtem. Never h-t yonr p rh-tyonr pacr-iens get the bet- OT$ or rtq urtra-iit of tns Commi; I our ju.jgment. Tne fol'oiug j ainn Und.r any section of this Act, m- t: r o ii ex i!.-in the propriety eu i ii : A G. rman farmer took a load 'r-i to the ci!y to sell them. The it rfd himseven cents i bushel. " . h'!:iea nr-d. ho drove down r ver front, tacked his vng'n v.;-.:er, puiled out the back a:jd cumo-d the whole lend into e-m. 2s jw, while this ri lievt d r;n. r of hi wrath, likewise his tne- . t;.o : team of their iead, and made it uu neee:-siry to haul ths potatoes back niiny miles to his farm, but the act of dep o. iiiug vegetable matter in the river was a violation of a city ordinance. Too farmer was arrested and fined $15 and cts, and went home a wiser mtn. LEGISP riON TO REGULA III FiiEl'SHT RATES ON AGRI CULTURAL PRODUCT? S. Crre;;viMif ii' e of t):e Priirr-ssive Farmer. Wihgton, D C, Mar eh 10. A bill has been introduced in Con-th.-r by Representative Curtis, of Kansas, providing ugairst unjust dis cri:n. nation in freigVit rates on aj.-,ricul tural pri ducts by common carric-r?. Tito bdi u'uet-ds on ''Acs 10 regulate comni rce." wh-.eh was approved March 2. 16S0, and which wad in itself au amendment to an aci under the &an.e title approved Feb. , 18S7, The bill no?y before the House, pro videf th .t whenever any corriuion cir rier fha.ll viclato or refuse, or neglect tocbey or p-irferm any lawful order cf rt-quiretiieut of. the Commission created by this Act in regard to rates aad eiiares on agricultural products and other frt-ight, nut founded upon a con trover. y requiring a trial by j ;ry, as provi-Jed by the seventh ameufirnent to the C jr.atiiUviori of the United State?, it shall be lawful to the Commission, or f r any company or person interested in r-uch ord-r or requirement, to apply in a s irmnary way by petition to the Circuit Court of the U: ited Slates sit ting in equity in the Jadiciai district in which tho common carrier com plained of has its principal office, or where two or more carriers are jointly complained of than in the Judicial dis trict in vhie'h any of such carriers has its principal office, or in which tho vio la:kn or disobedience of such order or requirement shall happen, alleging such violation or disobedience, as the case may be ; and the court shall have power to hear and determine the mat ter on such short notice to each com mon carrier complained of as the court shili deem reasonable; and suchnotico may bo served on a common carrier, his or its officers, agents, or servau's in such manner as the court shall direct ; and the court proceed to hear and de termino the matter as speedily as pos sible, givi.jg it priority over the other business of the court, and without the formal pleadings and proceedings ap pltcab'e to ordinary suits in equity, but in such manner as to do justice in the premises. Wir.h su ;h p titia shall be filed all the pleading, p-.pcr3, exhibits and tcs timon r col' hereof certified by the Secretary of the Commisaion) Lied wuli or aJaueeu ocfore the Cemmis deuce, wun and cti gettin concerning the s-ajao which tho Cvuri may deeUj i suitable. lic C mmnfSicn shall therefore pro . c.ea to pro.-ecute tuc i further inquir- . .... 1 ics ana tako cucn aadiuocai evidence, . , ' and report the same to tho court as a 5 , . port ot tne record in the case, and tne y, CoiiiiHi-ssion uifiy, a';, ttie samo time, m , , . - 3 any or all questions involved in or con nccted wiiii its order or rtq hrenientto enforce which the petition waa liied ( u;h re-hearing to bo had upon ail acditional evidence, in connection with ihe vvtiole recoru filed with the petition as abesve prcvidee), aL d may thereupon make and fiie m the c: sj, with the ro pore and return of evidence taken an amended or supplemental order, which E-haii then r e substituted for tho oxigi nul order or requirement of the Cjm mission, and the case shall thereupon proceed fer tho enforcement of such amended or supplemental order only. "If, in avy proceeding to enforce th' eluding any amended or supple menial order or requirement, the court shail, upon tu : hearing, bo of ihe opinion that no material error plainly prej iiciai to the carrier ape ears in the proceedings, .decision, order, cr requirement of the Commission, it shall so decide, and shall thereupon enter such judgment, decree or order, or issue such writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory or other wis?, as shall be suite.bla or necessary to compel com pliance with such decision, order, or requirement in such manner and with in such time as may appear reasonable ; and if upon such hearing the court shall be of opinion that material error J , -r-. r- ...... -s .i . -i , -.. i .:, 1 i '. carrier ia tho proceedings, decision, or dur or requirement cf the Con: mis eioa it nhall sj decide, and shaii there j upon enter tueh final judgment, decree, or or der as may be proper, but without prejudice to a subsequent application for ti e enforcement of any order male by the Commi-ion upon a ro hearing pareu-vU to sec Lion sixteen of this Act; aud in case of any disobedience of any such writ of iiijuiictie.ii or other proper process, mandatory or other'.vire, shall be lawful for such court to issue writs of attachments, or any ether process of eaid court incident or app'i cable to writs of injunction or other proper process, mandatory cr oth-r wise, Bgaiest sueu common carrier, una", if u corporation, against one cr more of the directors, offioer:-, or agents of the same, or against any owner, lessee, trustee, receiver, or other per son failing to obey euch writ of in jane tion or other proper process, munda tory or otherwise; and the court may, if it shall see fit, make au order direct ing a common carrier or other peisjn yo disobeying such writ of injunction or other proper process, mandatory cr otherwise, to pay such turn of money, not exceeding for each carrier or pev son iu defcu't the sum of five hundred dollars for eery day, after a day to be named in the order, that tuch carrier or other person shall fail to obey su.h injunction or other proper procers, mandatory or otherwise; and such moneys sball be payable as the court shall direct, either to the party com plaining or into court, to abide the ulti mate decision of the court, and pay ment thereof may, without prejudice to any other mode of recovering the same, bo enforced by attachment or order in the nature of a wrk of e ecu tion, in like manner as if same had been recovered by a final decree in personam in euch court. And tho court may in every eue.h matter order tho payment of such costs and counsel fees as shall ba deemed reasonable. Frem the order or decree of such court upnn th9 hearing aa appeal shall be allo-- any of the parties to tho Supremo Court of the United States, and shall bo advanced for hearing therein as ap peals in wh;ch the United States are a party ; but such appeal shall not operate to stay or supersede the order of the court or h.o ex cation any writ or process thereon. 'Tf tbe mailers involved in any such fecisbn, crir, cr r q hrement cf the Commission are feu:. el d uo u aeon trove rry rcq ur:r;er a trial t rry rcq nr:r;g a trial Uv isirv, r,e provided by tho seventh amendment to the Constitution f ihe United St-.-.teve and any euch common carrier shall violate or refuse or neglect to obey or perform tbe same, after notice is given by tho Co.oim ssion, it shall he lawful for any company cr person interested in such decision, order, or requirement to apply in a summary way by petition tu tno On cuit Court of tho United St.'.te-s silting as a court of law ia the j idicial district in which the cairier complained of has its principal cilice, or in which the violation or disobedi ence of such dccldon, order, orreq are meat shali happen, alleging such viola tion or disobedience as the case may be ; and tho court shall by its order then fix a time and place for the trial of ihe cause, which shall Dot bo less than twenty nor more than forty caj s from the time tho order is made, and k shall be the duty of tho Marshal of the uis trict in which tho preceding 13 pend ing to forthwith serve a copy of th' petition and of the order upon each of tne defendants, and it shall bo the duty of the defendants to file their an swors to the peiuticn within t n days after the service of the samo upon them. At the trial the finding of facts of the Commission as set forth in this report, shall be. prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated, and if either party shaii demand a jury or shall omit to waive a jury the curt shaii, by it3 order, direct the Marshal forth with to summon a jurj- to try the cause; but if all the' parties shah .vaivo j a i i'T in wriLiiii? tn -n ( no r vartj ?-nail try the is.-u-.s in ihe cause and render ics judgments thereon. If the su j-cc i . du-pate she.ll be of tho value of two thousand dollars or more either party rn.y appeal to tho Supreme Court Gf the United States under tho same regu lations now provided by law ia respe-ct to security for such appeal; but such appeal may be taken within twenty days from the day of the rendition of the judgment of the Circuit Court. If the judgment of the Circuit Court shall be in favor cf the party complaining he or they shall be entitled to recover a reasonable counsel or attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court, which shall be Cjileoted as part of the costs ia the case. For the purposes of this Act, ex cepting if s penal provisions, the Cir -uir Courts of the Uuited States eball be deemed to be always ia session. "It yhall be the duty of the District Attorney of the United States for the Judicial district in which any proceed hgs in ceurt may bo had pursuant to the crovisiorrfi of thi.-5 Act to renres'-nt tho Commission, under tho direction j of the Attorney General cf the United u oiLLt s. u r T.r.o n irnoM r.r nvtni' finv recommendation, decision, cr order of the Commission, enforced in such pro ceedings; and the costs and expenses incurred in this behalf sball be paid out of tbe appropriation for tbe ex peases of the courts of the United Scale?. Tbe Commission, with the ' 'neent and approval of tho Attorney Gaaeral, may also employ other coun rfel ia the proc3edings to enforce its de cisions, orders, or requirements, or in any investigation or proceeding iosti luted under this AC' whose services shall be paid for out of the appropria tion for the expenses cf the Commis sion. uSec. 2. That a new section be added to said Act immediately after section sixteen, to bo numbered as section sixteen, as follows: "Sec 16a. That after a decision, or der, or requirement has been made by the Commission in a proceeding, any party thereto may at any time make application for a re hearing of the same, or auy matter determined therein, and it shall be lawful for the Commission, in its discretion, to grant euch re hear ing if sufficient reason therefor be made to appear. Applications for re hearing shall be governed by such gen eral rules as tho Commission may establish. No such application shall excuse any carrier from complying with cr obeying any dcidon, order, or requirement of the Commission, or operate in any rnauner to stay or post pone the enforcement thereof, without the special or er of the Commission. In case a re hearing is granted the pro feedings thereupon shall conform as nearly as may bo to the proceedings in an original heariug, except as tho Com rois ucn may otherwise direct, ar.d if ia their judgment, after such re hear ing and tbe consideration of all facts, including those arising since the form- r heariug, it shall appear that the ongi nal decision, order, or rt quirement U in any respect unjust or unwarranted, the Commission m.iy reverse cn.inge, or modify the bamo accordingly. Any j aecidon, oraer, or requirement nir.u atttr suca reiiearmg, reversing cn.ing- ing, or medifying the original dolermi nation may be enforced by the Com mission or any persjn interested in the same manner and with the samo elf ict in all things a3 though made in an original proceeding. Anyorder made by the Commission suspending in any rcFpe ot its original determination pend ing a re hearing and any decision, order, or rt quirement made after such re-hearing, reversing, changing, or modifying its original determination, shall operate to suspend, reverse, change, or modify accordingly any judgment, decree, order, or proceeding of the Circuit Court enforcing the original determination, bat shall have no oiLer effect thercou." The bill has been referred to the Com mittee on Inter State and Foreign Com merce. HOME-MADE FERTILIZERS. Home and Farm. There is no better fertilizer than stable manure. It contains all the essential ingredients cf a perfect f ertili z -r, viz : Nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. Heme made fertilizers cost r.o money, but more or less labor and caro. Most farmers can find time to b:stow the labor and care, but do not always have money to spare to bay commercial fer tilizers. 0.'9 of the chief troubles is th: t meet farmers do noD have enough m uiuro to supply the demands of their farms for fertilizers. Study how to increase this amount. One of the obj c's of this paper i3 to lend aid in thi3 matter. This thought may help. No particle of matter has ever been destroyed. There ia the same amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash upon the earth that there has always been. Yet, every crop that is taken from the farm takes away its fertility. Every head of stock that is sold from the farm bears away in his flesh, blocd and bones its plant foods. Thesa soils grow poorer. Hence Palestine no longer 4 flows with milk and honey," but is almost a rocky waste. Shall this be the condition cf our fertile lards in a few centuries Much it. different, car-h ss, not to say ignorant and wasteful, farming is rap Idly traveling ia that direction. But, much intelligent, enterprising far?, ing is turning f-.bxitand traveling slowly, it is true the other end of the road. If the crop is raised on the faim, and ail the manure saved and re-turned to the farm there is no loss of fertniry. But how much manure is allowed to jo to waste on most farms? Yet, if it is the farm that must clothe and f :ed the farmer's wife ai d children, what right has he thus to throw away its fertility ? Not oniy oup,ht he to save the m inure which originates upon his farm, but, by every legitimate means bring to it that which originates else where. About cities and towns and manu factories there is constantly thrown away tons of refuse abounding in the essential ingredients which would greatly enrich the farms of the sur rounding country. Now some suggestions abcuit how to save manure on farms. Hogs, for instance, must be fattened in the fall. They consume a great deal of corn. This corn con tains plant foods taken from the soil ; especially potash in the cob. It has impoverished your land. Ono half of the farmers in my neighborhood fatten their hogs on the sido of a stream. The slanting banks of this stream drain all the manure from hogs and cobs into the stream, and it is washed away, and forever lost. They will leave poorer farms to their children than they inherited from their fathers. Siock feed but little at night, but, perhaps, drop more manure than in tho daytime. If this manure is dropped where it will be wasted, there is loss Stable, if you can; if not, gather this stock into a small enclosure not too muddy and throw this manure into rain pens. Throw into thtsspens ail wood ashes, waste, salt, lime, old bones, dead fowls, and all available vegetable matter of every kind, corn stalks, to bacco stalks, wheat or other straw, leaver, green weeds, and even ecd. This latter will absorb and hold the essential ingredients. Lot no animal or vegetable manure go to waste, but gather into heaps, and when sufficiently rotted, spread on the poor p unts. Another source of feri:ik"z?r is tho air. Thia source is at hand, pni ia inex haustible. Ndrogcn is the most im portant and the costliest of the three essential ingredients, bat the air can supply it in unlimited quantity. II . nee the farmer, guided by tho scientist, puts the very air ueder tribute, through the medium cf the leguminous plant?. The plants mostly usjd for this rur poso are the clovers and peas. These are supposed to gather nirr jge-n from the air. Give your tired field a year's rest under a heavy stand of ci-ver and pease. Damp soil is supposed to absorb am monia (nitrogen; from the air. Hence he who pulverizes thoroughly aid . this process, eni ho who often turns the damp, pulverized soil up to the air, fer tilizes us he cultivates his crop. In my next I will try to give scum practical illustrations of what I have stated in this and preceding articles. J. W. Haiuus. Kiierton, B urbon Co., Ky. CARRIAGE HORSES WANTED. The plaint of the dealers in Twenty fourth street, New York, is something that would move a stone to tears. They have a demand for something that they have at last realized it is impo3 eible to find high class car r.age horses with beauty, action nnd pace. 'Tc is not a question of money," said one of the b. st known dealers yesterday aa he eorrowfully epoke of the opportun ity that could not be se"z:d. "The peo pie who want these hordes are all rich. Money dees not C3unt with them. What they want is the stock, and the worst of the busine; s is that I can't get it. I wish the H;cknpy had been brought to this country 100 years ago and that a s 'allien hud been stood in every town and village of the United States. The trouble is that, as a rule, the farmers are idiotic enough to believe they can breei trotters that aro 'world-beaters,' and do not sea the diamonds to be had for the picking: up I arc hack from a month's trip through the E ist, but did not get a single horse. Tne farmers I have persuaded to bgin breeding again want to try the same old story all over 'speed, speed, speed.' They can't do it and I tell them so. I am thankful for one thing: Some few of them have begun to breed for beauty and conformation, and I have hopes of making others go in on the same lines." Br:eder's Gazette. GIAF I ING F A U I P T RE KG. An oxper.'enc d crohardi.-.t of the Northwest gives in the Journal of Ag r: inture his views cn the grafting of fruit trees. He sa;, s: Fruit rraftiiig should be dene early in the spri-.g, before the leaves begin to start cn the lives. If ono is merely doing his on grafting, the cions may be selected as one wishes to graft them into the treo-a, if ho has the kind ho wishes to use ; but if he wishes to make a business of it, tho clous should bo selected in February. Last year's growth should be chosen and put up in bunches by themselves, nnd marked no no mis'ak; s will bo made. Tne grafting knife tecs'; c:mmoaly uued, is ono wih a straight back and b'a-h" ; but the bc-cst, and one ued by an old grafter, has a rounding back and a curve in the eenkr of th? blnde. The j reason that the curved knife is consid er, ei the best, is because it cuts the bark ahead of the wood. Th? ro are many receipts for making grafting wax, but all that I have seen use tailow. Boiled linseed oil gives better satisaction to these who have tri d it. Wax made of tallow will melt and run down on a hot day, but will not if made of oil, for it dries so much quicker. Sjme, who do grafting to make money, will put a3 many grafts as ia a tree. This should not bo done; for when they begin to grow, they will be S3 thick that many of tho new ones will have to be cut off. A small limb will need but one graft, but two will be bet ter on a large ono. When about to set a graft the limb should be sawed off and split ono and a half or two inches. The stub i3 now ready to receive the cirn These should have two buds. Tho cut, which forms the lower end of the cion, should begin a little below the lower bud, and cut in the form of a wedge. The wood should bo cut so that the edgeopposite tbebud shall be thinner than the part under it. Wax should be put on between tho cions; nnd cover tho slits at ea.h side, Bat:rornI not to lot the wax come over the buds. If th .ee directions are fully carried out ycu will be sure to be suc cessful. QXJX,rXY YARD RAISING INCUBATORS. While considering incubators and broedcis, we wcu d suggest the beet J and surest way of raising a few for next winter. It has of ton been said, and in a jocu lar way, but with much moro truth than poetry, that a Cochin ben is the nearest approach to an incu.ator, in point of reliability and constancy, of an v thing else living. We may add, that for keeping right ahead, and Laying day in and day out, after onco beginning, and until the clutch is all laid, and she is ready to set, the Cochin hen or pullet is unexcelled. They rarely miss a day, no matter how cold the weather may be while laying. In fact, we believe from e-xperienoe that the Cochin is the surest winter of all. Our choice is the Buff Cochin, and if the xullets are gotten out in March or April, they will lay their batch cf twenty cr thirty eggs in December and January, and go to setting, regardless of the -weather. Tnis trait puts them in the f; ont rank a3 winter setters, and tho breeder who has fifceen or twenty Cochin pullets, hatched in tho early spring, ean count on plenty of sitters in Jauuary and F-bruary. The advantage of having having a flock of euch fowls is quite manifest, as they will prove quire as reliable as an incubator, and do their own brood ing. Tru-j, large and healthy fowls aro considered by some U3 objectionable as mothers, but if they have large nests, ar.d roomy coops, they will not injure the eggs or chickens. Lvr-gshans and Light Brahmas aro also good winter layers, but not eo re liable as the Cochins when setters aro wanted. The Brahrnas and Langshans of len lay and then rest without setting, but when the Cochin gots to tho end of a litter of cgs, sue take.3 to the nest and sits for three weeks or more, eggs or no egs under her. II. B. Geeil Nuehville. Tenn. It is a fart that a ti?ct cross between Plymouth R jck and Brahma makes a cracking fiae market chicken, but so does a pure Plymouth Iijck, or a pure Wyandotte. The farmer who has tho conveniences yards, etc. and the time, can make it pay him well to raise the cross above mentioned if he desires to sell his chicks early, but for the or dinary farmer, who gives his fowls the range of his farm, a single breed ia by far the best.
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