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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOV, 21, 1861.
NO. SO.-
BUSINESS CARDS.
iusnstus Scliocnlieit
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITORS CHANCERY,
First r:d LIa:n S'rH.:,
jr,,;u ti illc, - - - Si-lmisKa
" "dr. d. a win,
flavin permanently located in
BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA,
For the practice of M -ki:ie and Surgery, tender-ta
iir-nVs-ional servicer ! the aflictcd.
02i'-e u Miiiw Street. no23v3
A. S. IIOLLADAV, M. D.
B.fri fully informs his frieiids in Brownville and
emedir r irinity t list he hi resumed the practice of
Medicine, Surgery, &. Obstetrics,
inhnpr t.vstrwtattentioti to hisprofession, to receive
r It k'p-ieri.us iMtronaK heretofore extended to him. In
,'ii.eliere it i possit.leor ex pe lient, a prescription
tmmwUI ''''. ne. omceat City Drug Store.
Feb. 24, '59. 35 ly
jTmks S. BEDFORD :
ATT011NEY AT LAW,
AND
Mister roifim'iJHTr In Chancery.
BROWNVILLE. K. T-
" T. 51. TAL00TT,
DENTAL SURGEON,
n.innj located himself in lirownville, N. T., ten
ieriis fIr-feional sereices to tbecoinmunity.
AUjnWs warranted.
CJpcksAratclics & Jewelry.
J. SCHUTZ
TTonlilnnaonncetothecitizenn of Brownville
VyV id viclniiy that he ha located hiincelf in
Jklii'Jro''vnville, andintendu keeping a full assort,
lufhi irf everythinc in his lineof business, which will
t,oldlwf.irrah. He will also do all kinds of re
julrtue of clocks, watcheoandjewelry. All work war
ranted. v3nlSly
EDWARD W. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
S lie i tor in Chancerv.
Offlc corner of Main id First Streets.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
THOMAS DAVIS,
ECLECT1CPHYS1CIAN
SURGEON,
LABLE ROCK, NEBRASKA
Iiefrrencc,' Dr. D. Gwin, Brownville.
ApnIIL'fil. B4.VIy
LEWIS WALDTER,
IIOISE. SIGX AM) 0!LA3IMAL
GLAIZER AM) PAPER HANGER.
BK0WNV1LLE, X. T.
The Xcwcst and Best JIusIc
Beth Vocal and intrumental by the best Amerioan
and European cumpfiaers. 8ppmr8 regularly every
wet In the HOrL'HOLD JOUBX AL. Trice Four
Cect?. Anew song by fcitej)be.u Glover, appears in
No, 1, Vol 2.
New Shoe Shop.
BROJVXVILLE .YEBRJSFlJ,
Hivectf'illy inf rm tlie ;: ' ' t''i- jilrtce and
Tii i:y lint he has coiiiiiien.M-! t'.e : i ii.uf.:i't.,i y of
t and iJioes in Urowuvilie, '! ty attciiliou
:"lciTelo mc 'it a thare 'f p-. !.) pttrome. His
kuallcf the best quality, and bi work ail war-
Tnel (o "p. re satisfaction or no jmv."
A!l nvieof work, from a JTo. I. fine culf Fkin boot,
i-"3r e broKin, and at prices bo low that uona can
fl'":il.iin.
f'ive me a cail at my shop, on First street, between
:b 4i Water.
Brownville, May 9, 1S61 ly
J. WILSON BOLLINGER,
AND
Counsellor at Law
Cfnrral and Collecting? A sent.
BEATKICE, GAfiK CO., .NEBRASKA.
"ll.L pracf ice in the eve. al Courts in f!no and
j-'inir,jr counties, and will vi prompt attention
!'.buin !itru?tcd to bitn. l!lTttin. pronijtt
'jOaJe. articular attention given to loext-
'r' I.in 1 Warrants on lands carefully selected by
intern iter 23, 'CI.
n12-vW
H. A. TERRY,
WTiolesdh and Retail Dealer in
Garden, Field and riouxr Seeds,
. ALSO
GRAPE VIXES, GOOSEBESSIES,
Cirrants. Rasf berri. Blackberries,
u, end Omamentat Shrubbery Generally.
CItKSCKNT CITY IOWA.
7- n n nrr
ainiractor37
BIIIBERY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWTA.
"WILLIAM F. KITER.
f IT, JSC0.
1859. 1859.
u.i.wKn.ii & st. oscru n.n.
JT7T en jry
33
FALL ABRAX'JEMEXTS.
Mornlnu Trin leaves St. Joseph at - - 6:00
Kveiiins Triiu leave do do - 6:40
St. Joseph is reached by the Western Slape Line.
Pasi-cn'crs savelime audtlresonie staging ty thisroute.
I.;i c nnections made at Hannibal with all'Kastern
and S.mthern Katlroad and Packet 8.
J T D Haywood, Sup't., Hannibal.
D C Sawin, General Agent, St. Joe
P B Groat, G. Ticket Agent, Han'bal
Tiito. Hill, G. T. Ag't, Brownville
November 24, 1P69.
New Snppliiat Staucs
I have jut received h nf-w ynpply of
COOK STOVES
Of the bitcstand most improved pattern, which I
propose to sell at such prices a cannot be complain
ed off. The public are invited to call and examine.
As usual my stock of Tin, Sheet Iron nnd Copper
Ware is laro nnd of my own manufacture.
J.C. DCESER.
April 11, TWl. nlO-yly
CITY WEBY STABLE
AXD
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.-
ROGERS & BROTHER,
ANNOUNCES to the public that he has purchased the
Livery Stable and Stock formerly owned by William
Rosscil and added thereto fine stock, and is now prepar
ed to accoiumod4to the public with.
Carriages,
Sulkies,
Saddles Horses
&c. kc.
THE TRAVELLING PUELIC
Can find at his StiMe anivle accommodationa for
horses, mules or c:itf ie.
UK J AM IN & JOSnUA EOGEP.S.
Brownville, Oct. IS U HO. nl6-yly
JOHN L CARS02T
(Successor to Lushban'h h. Carson,
13 J. rT T.
LAiN'D AND TAX PAYING
Dealer in Coin, Uncurrtut JIoneyy Land
Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dust
MAIN STRKET.
DROIVA VIIL,!:, i Ull II A Sit A.
I will cive erecUl attention tobuyinp; and selling ex
change on the jiriiiciijal ciUe of the United States and
Kurojie. CJ.ild Sliver, nneurrcnt Hank Bills, and
Gold Dust, Oji iectioiis made on all accessable points,
and proceeds remitted in exchange at current rates.
Deposit re- eued on current account, and interest al
lowed ou special deposits.
OFFICE,
3IAIX STREET. BETWEEN THE
Telegraph and the U. S.
Land Offices.
REFERENCES
Lind t Brother
J. W. Carson &. Co.,
Hiser. Di k is. Co.
TouiiB &. Carson,
Jeo. Thompson Mann, CoVr of Tort,
tv m. T. Sviiihsoti, E-q., Hanker,
J. T. Sfvens, Kso., Att'y at Law.
Jno. S. G.iMaher, Late 3d Aud. V. S. T,
Tarlor & Kriesh, Bankers,
McClelland, Pye &. co.,
ITon. Thomas tr. Pratt,
Hon. Jas. O. Carson,
P. B. Smali. E.-q., Pres't S. Bank,
Col. Geo. S-hlry. A'y at Lav .
Col. 5am. Hamtileton Att'y at Law,
Judpe Thop. Perry,
Prof. II. Tutwiler,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Baltimore, Md.
Washinstor, D. C.
Chicago, III.
St. L nis, M .
Annapolis, Md.
Meicersburp Pa
Iljertown, Md.
Easton, Md.
Cumberland, Md
Havana. Alabnia.
Nov S, 166J-U.
Money Aclvancocl on
PIKES' PEAK GOLD!
I will receive PiUe's Peak Gold, and advance
money upon ibe same, and pay over balance of proceeds
as soon as Mint returns are Uad. In all cases. 1 wi
exhibit the -iriuted returns of the United SlatesMiD
Dr Assay office.
JNO. L . CARSON,
BULLION AXD EXCHANGE BROKER
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
no204
0 T A TT T7 a
FAIRBANKS'
ETAXDAUD
'SCALE
S
Or ALL KINDS.
FAJRBAHKS GREEflLEAF
LIKE ST.. CHICAGO,
"r of Main & Walnut Sts, St. Lot
CfcTjCT ONLY THE GENUINE.
' A. C O X S T A n E E ,
tl IMPOhTrm aim nrnti m
WON, STEEL, NAILS,
j STINGS, SP1UXGS. AXLES, FILES
i. -ucijiiowa,
IA C K S MAl TirS TOOLS
uu'js, spokes,- and Bent Stuff.
, o.rfci between Fenx una Kamona,
:-VT -JOSKPH. -MO.
w"'oi he UN 1 .1 C T 1. m. V
I
REAL ESTATE
AND
Collection Office
O F
27- W. Bedford,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
.Vain, Between Leve and First Streets.
Particular attention given to the
Purchase and Sale ot Real -Estate,
llaliliu Col
lection and
Payment or Taxes lor Xon-Ilesi-
d e n t s .
LAND WARRANTS FOR SALE, for eab. and on
time.
LAND "WARRANTS LOPATFD forFsternCar-
itolists.on lands selected ir in twrsonal exami nation,
and a complete Tmn'i N'sj'. showing Streams,
Timber, 4c, forwarded with the Certificate cf loca
tion.
Urownville.N.T. Jan. 3, 1361. yl
"PIUc's Peak, or Zlu&t."'
SEW
PROYiSION STOBE,
A5D ..'-'"
DRY GOODS HOUSE.
3NTo. 11, IVTo.ixi. stroot,
BR0WHVILLE, II. T.
Sot,
mm)
SEMI- ANNUAL STATE3IENT, No. 102.
CAPITOL and SURPLUS
$932,302.98.
3VTvy- H.3t. 1QG1.
Cash and cash items -Loans
well secured -Heil
Ktate - - - -2t;'.?
shares Hartford Bink Stocks
21115 " Xew York ' -into
" Boston " '
507 ' other " -
United State and State " "
nirtld & X naven Ml. boi ds "
Hartfor.l City B .nds
Conn. River Co. 4t U.K. Co. Stock
Total Assets -
Total liabilities - - -
$79,688 78
66.253 20
. 15,000 00
274.859 00
. 193,350 00
100 750 00
68 035 CO
73 3C7 00
- 39 700 00
36 750 00
4.600 00
$332 302 98
73.2-14 27
For details of investments, see small Cards and Cir
culars. Insurances may be effected in this old and substantial
Company ou very favorable terms.
Apply to
JOHN L. CARSON, Agt
BROWNVILLE, N T.
53"I)wellinB8 and Farm Property insured lor a term
of years at very low rates ,2 lyuo4
Johns & Crosley,
SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE IMPROVED
;i;ta peucsia
CEMENT ROOFING,
Is the Cheapest and most durable Roofing
w. vsc
IT IS FIRE JHSTD WATER PROOF
It can be applied to new and old roofs of all kinds, and
tn shingle roofs without removing the shingles.
The cost Is only one-third of Tin,
and is tvite as durable.
Gutta Percha Cement
For preserving and repairing tin and other metal ro ofs
of everp description, from its great elasticity is not in
jured by the contraction and expansion of metals, aud
Will uot crack in cold or Run in warm
weather.
These materials have been thoroughly tested In New
Toi k and all parts of the Southern and Western states,
and we can give abundant proof of al 1 we claim in their
favor.
They are readily applied by ordinary laborers, at trifl
ing expense.
"NO HEAT IS REQUIRED."
These materials are put up ready for
use and for Shipping to all parts of the
Couvtry, with full printed directions for
application.
Full descriptive circulars will be fur
nished on application by mail, or in per
son, at ovr principal oijice,
510, BROADWAY,
(Opposite St. Nicholas Hotel.) NEW YORK,
JOHNS & CROSLEY.
Fcb.2S, 1S6I. AGENTS WANTED. 6mo-
Furnitur Manufactory.
Co
Have Just completed their new rmsiness house on
Main Street, near the U.S. Land Office, in Brownville
where they have opened ont and areoffering on t!3e most
liiviiriiiir irrnip.
Dry Goods, Provisions,
Of all Kinds,
FLOUR, CONFECTIONARIES,
GREEX AXD DRIED FRUITS,
Choice Liquors, Cipars,
And a "thousand and one," other thins evorybody
neeas.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK
Bruwnvilie, April 26, ly
The Undersigned having opened a shop
at the
BROWNVILLE STEAM MILL,
Are prepared to put up all kinds of
CIEIIIT WOKE.
To order, at short notice. We will manufacture
BUREAUS SAFES
DESKS TABLES
STANDS LOUNGES
CRIB CRADLES
ROCKING OFFICE
CHAIRS CHAIRS
WINDOW LOUNGES
CHAIRS &c. &c.
We are also prepared to furnish Coffins with the ut
most dispatch. We have en h.iiid weli sej.-onet' Black
Walnut lumber for that purple. We h.ive the facili
ties of making furniture as cheap as it cm be famished
in this country, when durability is taken into the ac
count, as we warrant all t.f our work.
We solicit the patronage of the community.
We will take In exchange for furniture all kinds of
farm produce. Tbe Lipheet prices for butter, eggs,
and lard will be paid the entire hot season.
Brownville. May 30, ly.
CHAMBERS &. NOTES.
BROWNVILLE
iS
THORN, COLEMAN, CO.,
Announce to the traveling public that their splendid
commodious Steam Ferry running across frcm
Brownville, r-2 Nebraska.
is one of tha best in every Tepect on the Upper Mis
souri river. The Boat makes regular trips every hour
so that no time will be lost in waiting.
The banks on both sides of tho river are low and well
graded which renders unloading nnneceesary as is the
case al most other ferries.
No fears need be entertained as to difficulties at ornea
this crossing, as everybody in this repion, on both sides
of the river, Is for the Union the strongest kind.
Our charp es too an item thene hard Umes are lower
than at any other crossing.
Travelers from Kansas to lowi end totheea't will find
this the nearest and best route i every respect.
THORN, COLEMAN & CO.
Brownville, Nebraska, Sept. 21st. 1S6I.
mt TT TT
From the Nebraska 1 publican.
To, the Agricultural Society of
f
ROfiT. W. FtTRXAS,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
BUOWVILLEN N. T
Gentlemen fThe settling; up of new
countries with he right kind of emigrants
is, in my opinion, a subject of much im
portance, and one on which the ultimate
success of this Territory iu a great meas
ure depends.
The short-sighted policy of our Gov
ernment, Territorial Legislature and land
owners, have done much to retard our pro
gress, and hence the smallnnss of our pop
ulation in this, one of the most healthy
and fertil legions east of the Rocky
Mountains.
une onering a iew suggestions on tne
best mode of making the Territory widely
known, I can have no desire to see re-enacted
the selfih expedients of 18-55, 6, &,
7. or by adopting some other well disguis
ed system of fraud, again induce hundreds
of all sorts of characters to come to this
fair Territory, and have again repeated a
similar system of wholesale swindling,
that we in our great hurry to become rich,
were then to some extent parties to.
What we now want is an honest state
ment of facts, well demonstrated in some
tangible shape, clearly showing to the
world that the great Missouri and Platte
alleys from the Kansas line on the south,
to the Running W ater on the north, are
the most healthy aud as productive as any
portion of this continent. A healthy cli
mate is a blessing which to the emigrant
cannot be over-estimated, and that this is
pre-eminently healthy, is a point which
cannot be disputed even oy interested per-
:ous. Ditlerences of opinion may be en
tertained respecting our mineral resour
ces and supply of timber, but that the
climate is healthy, the soil fertile and
well watered, none will venture to dispute.
First, a healthy climate ; becond, a
rich soil; Third, an abundant supply of
pure water; Fourth, every acre of land
susceptible of a high state of cultivation.
Only make known the above facts to
emigrants seeking homes, and the super
iority of our rolling prairie, over the rich
level prairie lands of the central Western
States, will be at once and forever estab
lished.
In short, the lands of Nebraska are
capable of producing as fine wheat, corn,
barley, potatoes, and all other vegetable
products, with os much certainty, and in
as short a period as any State east of the
Missouri river. This is saying a great
deal, but it is no less true.
The great exhibition which will come
off in London in the summer of 1862 is
the first, and will be the best opportunity
of bringing this healthy and interesting
Territory fully before the notice of the
civilized world. Every effort consistent
with truth and desire to spread correct
information should be adopted as early as
possible.
Our Legislature and county Agricultu
ral Societies j-hould take action on this
object, which is of such vital importance
to the welfare of the Territory.
'Tis true it may be said, we have not
much to exhibit, and as far as the arts
and sciences are concerned, we have
nothing; yet a small space secured in the
American Department for Nebraska,
would be a move in the right direction.
Let a fair sample of our products be de
posited there for exhibition, &c.
I would next suggest that some compe
tent person should accompany our pro
ducts and lecture on our soil, climate,
water, &c If possible, visit all the best
agricultural coumies in England and Scot
land lecture and exhibit our wheat, flour,
corn, corn meal, oats, barley, potatoes and
all other vegetables which will stand ex
portation. By a well arranged statement
of facts in relation to our soil and climate
much might be accomplished. I would
farther suggest that the person thus sent
should be instructed to meet the Elders of
Brigham Youn on the stump if practica
ticable ; also correct the one-sided state
ment of. the Hon. Mr. Caird, member of
the British House of Commons, and a
large stock holder in the Illinois Central
R. R. In his over anxiety to sell his
own, and the Company lands, he repre
sents Illinois to be the Garden State of
the Union. By such a movement the
comparative merits of Utah, Illinois and
our own healthy Territory, Nebraska,
would be decidtd on the spot; and I
have no hesitation in saying that our ef
forts would be followed by success not far
short of Brigham's and hi3 Mormon El
ders who, by a similar effort, have this
season alone, sest nearly 4.000 emigrants
to a comparatively barren waste at a
great sacrifice of money, and physical
suffering.
Gentlemen, the above are not the views
of some visionary, but the actual results
of the well directed missionary enterprise
of Brigham, that has not only made the
whole continent of Europe contribute to
his service, but even South Africa has
sent her share of men and wealth to build
up his mountain Empire.
I am, Gentlemen, yours very truly,
Ao.ua.-
A rmmh Vino kppn invented in CJnrinj
nati which contains eleven explosive
shells, and these inner shells contain each
a number of prnlnsive bulleti. It is snlrl
tf be the. mn?t rlestrnctivft and death
dealing article cf war which has been
tried.
Raisins Turnips for Stock.
This root probaly contains Ip.-s nu
triment in proportion to its bulk than
any oiher, yet, from the facility with
which it is cultivated, and its whole
some effect upon stock, it is one of the
most profitable to rahe.- If ten bush
els of English turnips can be produc
ed with less actual expenditure of cap
ital and time than is requisite to pro
duce three bushels of potatoes or car
rots, the former is certainly the more
profitable crop, as no one can doubt
that the nutritive value of the former
will upon analysis, be found consider
ably greater than the latter.
On green sward recently broken,
and prepared, especially if an appli
cation of some sort of alkaline matter
they do well; so rich crop3 have been
produced on alluvial lands where the
deposit was of a silicious description,
intermixed with a slight per centage
of alluminous earth. But the largest
and finest crops we have ever seen,
were raised on land where the bushes
had been cut and burned, and the land
plowed quite shallow, and sowed about
the tenth of July. Advantage should
be taken of a recent rain, when the
seed should be sown either broadcast
or in drills, and slightly covered. If
sown in drills the labor is more at the
start, bnt less afterwards ; they are
more conveniently tended, and will
generally propuce double the crop that
they will when sown broadcast.
The turnip is sown in corn fields at
the last hoeing to good advantage and
Or? o
we have not seen that it decreases the
corn crop any, coming so late as it
does in the season. On old lands that
have long been cultivated, it rarelv
makes a remunerating crop, unless a
considerable expense is incurred in the
application of lime or ashes, which
tend to drive away worms, with which
old land is infested and which sup
ply the peculiar nutriment which the
turnip requires.
In Europe the turnip is considered
a great article for sheep. The seed is
sown, either broadcast, as with u3 or
in drills, and as soon as the crop ap
proximates maturity, a portable fence
is placed so as to divide a portion of
the field from the remainder, and the
sheep are turned in to devour the crop
on the ground. When the turnips that
are within the pale are all devoured,
the fence is moved, and an additional
section included, and so on until the
entire crop is consumed. The. advan
tages are secured in this wav, viz: the
labor of harvesting is obviated, and
labor of conveying manure to the field
by no moiins an insignificant con
sideration saved. The best English
mutton is made in this wav.
When a farmer has a large flock of
breeding ewe$, probably the best veg
etable he ci cultivate for them is the
English Turnip. Fed to 'these ani
mals during the last stages of gesta
tion, and liberally for a week or so
after parturition, the turnip appears
to have a much more prompt and sal
utary effect in promoting the secre
tion of milk than the potato, without
its physical properties. Before par
turition, however, it should be fed but
sparingly, as a large quantity would
induce too copious a flow of milk, and
tend to produce swelling and disease
in the udder. Where turnips are giv
en once or twice a day, even in small
quantities, a free use of salt, or a mix
ture of salt and ashes say one part
of the former to two parts of the lat
ter is recommended.
In our climate, turnips could not he
fed where they grow, later than No
vember or December, but till the hard
frosts come, we think they might be
fed advantageously in that way.
FN. h. rarmer.
From the Farmer nl Gardener.)
lie Honey Loeust for Hedging.
Messrs. Editors: Seeing an in
quiry in your August No. p. 43. con
cerning Honey Locust as a Hedge
plant, is my excuse for troubling you
with this scribble.
I have no experience with hedges,
but almost every day I see one that I
constantly admire. If your corres
pondent would see this hedge, I am
confident he would not for a moment
hesitate about putting out a Honey
Locust Hedge. The Hedge I speak
of is on the grounds of J. II. Clark,
foreman of the Syracuse nurseries.
The plants were thrifty two years old
when set out. It has been set five
years next Spring. The ground is
good, but not rich. The hedge is now
five feet high, with a diameter at the
base of three and a half feet. It is
really a beautifully sight, and as stroug
as beautiful. No animal could force
it3 way through it, even when but four
years old. It has been let grow rather
high, so as to serve as a break to the
west winds so prevalent here ia the
Spring.
The plants were set out in the
spring, sir inches ppajrt. Konc of
theia seem at all smothered, and in my
opinion it is as perfect a hedge as can
.reasonably be deired. It has gener-
ally been cut twice a year, cither in
the fall or spring, or about tho niidaic
of July.
"Mr. Clark had also two very fine
Osage Orange hedges, I suppose about
the same age. Last winter they were
both ruined, since which, one has been
dug up and Honey Locust planted in
its stead. These hedges were not ex
posed to the west winds, the most in
jurious here. They both run cast and
west. Honey Locust is not likely to
be winter killed, judging from last
winter, which I think was a pretty
severe test.
They, the nursery firm, have about
a hundred rods of hedge now three
years old ; it is doing remarkably
well, and is the foundation of a good,
permanent, "live fence."
Mr. Clark has a piece of hedge,
planted this spring in the place of the
dead Osage. It looks fine. The
nursery firm, Smith & Ilanchett, have
planted a large amount of hedge for
the well known agriculturist. George
Geddes, of Guides, near Syracuse.
It is also doing finely.
I understand they have one con
tract to put out next spring, one hun
dred rods of the Honey Locust for one
man near Syracuse. Iliese facts
prove they have confidence in the
plant.
The plants are not expensive, cost
ing from five to ten dollars per thou
sand, at two years old.
lours, &c.,
J. II. Foster, Jr.
Syracuse, September, 1861.
As the sty is the first thing to be
provided, let this be built of any rough
materials, say six feet square, with a
raised floor, sloping in a trifling de
gree towards the corner of the next
opening. The roof must be of tiles
or slats; the whole side3 and front,
weather tight. The opening should
be about two feet wide, but no door.
Outside this, rail a space off as large
as you can afford (the more room a
pig has the better he thrives ;) to this
outer place there must be a door to
enter for the purpose of cleaning, as
well as to accomodate the tenents.
Let the outer space be paved or con
creted in a solid, substantial manner.
If twenty styes were .required, this
should be something like the plan of
all; the only imprvoement that could
be made would be in size, whic might
be increased. Ilowover, we are pro
viding for only one sow, or a couple of
store pig3. The outer place should
slope a little towards the door, for the
facility of cleaning. A substantial
vessel to hold wash, and occasionally
water, should be one piece of furni
ture, and the trough for the food an
other; and, with a good litter of straw
inside, the pig house may be said to
be finished.
Of the various hrceds and cross
breeds of pigs, it would be useless to
sav much : thev have been crossed in
everr direction, till every feeder calls
his pigs a breed of h:3 own : and we
arc-as wise after looking at fiftv al
ledged sorts, as if we had seen only
the Ia?t half dozen.
In one little treatise on the pig, there
are nearly thirty breeds and crosses
mentioned; and if every cross were
recognized, there would be a3 many to
record a3 there arc feeders. In selec
ting a pig look for a good square bo
dy and short legs and head, and there
will not be much am:s3 ; forunles3the
pedigrees are regularly handed down
like those of horses, and grunters are
named like racers, none will know Tom
Noke's improved: Essex from Jem
Style's improved Sussex, and so of the
rest. A well formed pig cannot be a
bail sort ; judge for yourself therefor,
and select one that can be recommen
ded by a vender whom you know. II
you are going to keep them for kil
ling, buy two the sty is large enough
to accommodate them unless they fight
Once place them in possession of their
mansion, and a few good feeds will
soon reconcile them to their situation.
As pig3 are not over dainty in their
food, all that you have to care for is,
that however coarse, it is wholesome.
Save for thern the water that anything
nutricioi:3 is boiled in, but the food
should not be sloppy, whether it be
meal of any kind or midlings, bran,
or otherwise. Let what moisture von
put to it be scalding hot, and do not
make it thin ; let it be of the consis
tence of very hasty pudding, such as
the spoon will almost stand upright in
Let the animal go to the wash or water-trough
for his drink. Grains from
home brewing are good for them ; but
the ordinary brewers' grains have lit
tle nourishment.
If pigs can have run on a common,
give them a good meal the first thing
in the morning, and when thev cor.o
ai night; they will forage during 'tho
day, and thereby amuse, if th?y do-r.otsati-fy
them solves. TLcv iilVcv-
j er require to bo utci.cd he : ilr tho
coTi.furt.-tbh .mr.tl ;md a gvd Led will
do that. While try are thu3 treated
they will grow, but not fatten much;
when you resolve to do this, keep th'eiri
in and give them the midday meal.
We are advocates for changes of food,
that is, changes from poas to barley
meal or oat or cornmeal, and vice ver
sa ; but when fattening, all their food
should be substantial: wheat meal is
excellent, that is, with nil the bran,
huk, &c, in it, ju?t t;s it leaves tho
mill. Potatoes, boiled are good; but
not more than onetr.cnln day shoull
he given, when getting ready" for tha
knite. In fact, some who are in strait
ened circumstances make tho pig livo
on the waste of the garden, aud tho
run of a common, or roadside, and givti
them but one solid meal in the twenty
four hours, and that on their return in
me uv L-ujiig. nnere mere is a goott
farm yard, and plenty of dung, and all
the vegetable waste is thrown,, pigs
will thrive greatly what with the un
thrtghed corn left in the straw, and tho
numerous pickings among all kinds of
collected waste, they want but little"
other feeding ; water they require, cr
drink from the washtub, "and but lit
tle else.
The most profitable mode of keep
idg is to grow your own provinder.
The ordinary vegetable garden will do
a good deal towards it. The small po
tatoes from your stock cannot bo bet
ter applied. The peas haulm, after
gatheiing your crop is a great favor
ite. And a feud of good barley meal
pollard puddings, or other grain or
infill
supply, may do. As, however, tho
pig advances, there may bo two feeds
a day of the substantial food, and aa.
much a3 he likes of tho vegetable.
One of these feeds may ly of peas,
when vo'i cme to the four or five last
weeks of his life, and change the mid
lings into barlev or uatmcal. Thy run
of the garden vegetables, as a sort of
mid day meal (if he has not got a run
in other fields,) peas the first thing in
the morning, ami as much meal as ho
will take in the evening, will bring on
a pig rapidly. The last fortnight ve
ry little vegetable matter is to be giv
en; but we must increase the peas to
as many a3 he will eat. and the samo
with the meal: yet it is a good plan to
change the barley meal and oat meal,
or any other meal of a similar naturo
m
f f . 1 .
Larc siiouia be taken upon two or three
essential points , for instance, all tho'
vegetable food will be better for boil
ing, and giving it warm, especially ia
the winter.
The midlings, meal or pollard, h
to be scalded, and not made thin.
The wash should be given in another
trough: and not mixed itli his- mcro
substantial food, His stye should bo
regularly cleaned out; his bed shoud
be well stiDnlied with straw, and madd
warm and comfortable; he should be
fed as much as he will eat at any meal
but no more, and whatever he leaves
should be removed ami the trough bo
cleaned. His meal times should La
morning noon and night. But he may
always be supplied with Vegetables,
because he will not cat more than h9
likes, and they should bo put into his
wash-trough, after having been boiled
or stewed. Potatoe3 stewed or boiled
do a pig infinitely more good thari
raw ones, and are next in point of nu
triment to the different kindi cf meal.
Glennys Farming.
Braiding Straw.
A writer in the Rural J'ew Yorker
gives the following method of curing'
and preparing straw for braiding :
T&1' tfrinr -if" 111 ntnp r i V . V -v
Cm it when the berry is in the milk, just
before it hardens. S.-alJ it by dipping
into a kettle of .boiling soap sud after
cutting oil the heads; then spread in the
sun, placing the head end oa the ground,
the other resting on poles three or four
inches from the ground. Turn it once cr
twice a day, and in three cr fcur day?,
with a good sun, it wiil le quite while.
Then cut off each straw at tho joint; slip
off the shtatli, and scull once more with
soap suds. Tii in small Lunches, hang
around a box or barrel, ai;d apply the
brimstone bleach, by putting a few coals
in a dish, in the barrel, and throwing a
couple of tfaspoonfuls of triiiistone. ca
them, aud covering the barrel to pre
vent the escape of the smoke. Continue'
these smokes till the straw is as white zz
t m -it fl
you wi.h tour cays wiil Co. ihe straw
is now readv tu scrane and ?nicn for
j J O
braiding, a process you ur.der;tacd, no
doubt, so I will not describe it."
A new sport has been inaugurated ia
France, viz: crowing inv.ches letuen
roosters. We presu-ne .n q-.iauiity and
not the quality of the cr.uvi L ri-ard-ed.
Tht Shan Tha.:s. it U !
ly win.