1JLE OMAHA DAILY BEE TIlUfxSUA 7 23 ibb , Deere & Coinpy MANUFACTURERS OF PLOWS , MOLINE , ILL , Wholesale Dealers in AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS , Council Bluffs , Iowa. .A.QOEI avows Wagon Oo , Farm and Spring Wagons , Dooro&Mansur Oo , Born Planters , Stalk Gutters , &c , , Molina Pump Oo , Woofl and Iron Pumps , Wlioel & Seeder Oo- Fountain Oity Drills and Seeders , MeolianiosDiirg Maoh , Oo , Baker Brain Drills , Sliawnee Agricultural Oo , Advance Hay Rakes , Met Manufacturing OoEureka Power and Hand Sliellers , Whitman Agricultural OoShollers , Road Sorapors , &o , , Moline Scale Oo , Victor Standard Scales , A , 0 , FisliRacine Buggies , AND DEALERS IN All Articles Required to Make a Complete Stock. Address All Communications to DEERE & COMPANY , Council Bluffs , Iowa. STEELE , JOHNSON & CO. , WHOLESALE GROCERS AND JOBBERS IN Flour , Salt , Sugars , Canned Goods , and All Grocers' Supplies. A Full Line of theBest , Brands of CIGARS AD IMMGTUKED TOBACCO , Agirats for KENWOOD HAILS AND LAFLIN ft RAND POWDER CO. W. B. MILLABD. B. JOHNSON. ' MILLARD & JOHNSON , COMMISSION AND STORAGE ! 1111. FARNHAM STREET , ' f OMAHA NEB. , - - - . REFERENCES : OMAHA NATIONAL BANK , STEELE , JOHNSON & CO. , TOOTLE , MAUL & CO. THE JELM MOUNTAIN GhOLID AND SIHLi V IK It iHi mfJi m anfln Hl W muMtmf Mining and Milling Company. Working Capital - . - . - . _ _ . . , . _ _ _ . _ . _ . JSOt.OOO Capital a : ock. - . $1,000,000 , _ . Fur Value of Shares - - - - - - $26,000 STOCK FULLY PAID UP AND NON-ASSESSABLE Mines Located in BRAMEL MINING DISTRICT. DR. J. I. THOMAS , President , Cummins , W > Dining. WM. K. TILTON. Vlce-1'rosldont , Cummins , Wyoming E. N. HARWOOD , Secretary , Cummlna , Wyoming. . A. Q. LUNN , Treasurer , Cummins , Wyoming , /Dr. J. I. Thomas. Louis Miller \V. S. llraincl. A. O Dunn . . . . B.N. Harwood. Francis Leavens. Oeo. II , Falon. Lowli Zohnan. . . . . Dr. J. C. Watklns. noSImeGm GEO. W. KENDALL , Authorized Agent for Sale ol Stock ; Bo- ' " > n . h * ; eb. FOSTER & GRAY , WHOLESALE ' LUMBER , GOAL & LIME , On River Bank , Bet. Farnham and Douglas Sts. , _ Ul -PEALERS IN- HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK GO , Fire and Burglar Proof x * o c is : s , & c 1020 Farnham Street , AGRICULTURAL. Sheep Ualslnff In Tlio Oinnhn corrcsiwndont of Tlio t. Louis Olobo'leiu crnt gives the ollowiiig statistics of the growth of iixt important industry in this state- : List year 200,000 sheep wcro lipped into Nebraska from Califoinin nil Oregon , al.irgo iiiiinbor from Ool- rado , > lo\v Jloxico , and a few from 10 east. Weaturn shuop arc pro- orrcd because they nro inoro hardy nd fruor from disoaso. Muxicau or Jaliforuia owes are jiruforrcd by ) roodurs , and are crossed with lurinos , Cotswolds or Downs , thus ombining the hardy iiualitica of the cstorn niiinmla with the superior ad- untaxcs of the higher bred shoop. To begin with in ledge county hero are 40,000 head of sheep , which vill shear from six to seven pounds iur head. Dr. Abbott , of Fremont , s the Intvost grower. Ho hna a herd f 5,000 head , and during tlio severe vintor of 1880-81 did not lese 2 per out. In an experience of twenty cars , ho says ho tins never had a loss f 5 per cent. Ho is feeding 4,000 wothors this winter which wore Iriven from California last summer. When they wcro received they voighod about 105 pounds , and by ho middle of March they will weigh HO pounds He has contracted to deliver those at that tima , and gets U cents per pound at Fremont depot. Josidoa the 4,000 fed by Dr. Abbott , Messrs. Baldwin and Ulowottaro each coding u like number , and Abbott ind Wilson Imvo l',000 , and there are others amounting in all to 20,000. Mr. Leo , of Fremont , is probably the leavicst dealer in Nebraska. He mndled 24,000 Oregon feeders last oason , nearly all of which wore sold n Dod < ; o county , and are being fat- uiied in lots from 1,000 to 4,000. In Oolfax county , just west of ) edge , there are 10,000 shuop. In ; 80 ! ) Win. Drapur , president of the Dountj1 Agricultural society , brought ho first sheep into the county. This year his surplus "lamb crop" brought lim $2 75 cash each , and as there were 200 or 300 ot thorn , ho realized irotty well. Mr. Draper says a sheep icver dies in its owner's debt. The return is sure ; after the increase and wool the hide paya the cost of the niii- Hixl. Ho is an enthusiast in wool- growing , and afllrms that a man of miall moans can buy 100 two-yoar-old owes for $300 , and in ono year ho will Imvo his money back and the ; hroo-yoar-old owes besides. Mr. J. M. Ohadwick , of Monroe , Wia. , has a ranch in Merrick county , where ho is feeding nearly 3,000. Ho lias also a herd of 0,000 near Ghoy- ennoV. . T. , from which ho selects owes and wethers each season for marltct , the former in Nebraska and the remainder in Chicago. Last year lie was not able to supply the demand For stock shoop. Ho places the expense - penso of caring for sheep from Novem ber to May at 13 cents , and' the rest > of the year it ia scarcely anything , aa ono man can care for 2,000. Barker & Uroxson went to Silver Creek , in the saiao county , in July , 1880 , with 4COO , sheep bought in Wisconsin. In spite of the severe winter they escap ed with the loss of only 150 , and the increase was 50 per cent. Their wool clip averaged six pounds per head , and for , t they received 24 cents. They , as well as other growers , say that sheep in this climate have no foot rot and very little scab. Hall county has 60,000 sheep and in the spring will have 25,000 more , [ ra Lewis , who makes this estimate , lad 275 lambs last year from SOC owes. He has sold owes to butchers ; hia year which weighed from 120 to L40 pounds. They were graded Cots- wolds. The counties further west are all argely engaged in wool growing Kearney , Buffalo , Phelps and Dawton all Imvo some good ranchcn , and in each of them the herds are being rnp- dly improved in grade. Col. J H , Roe , of Kearney , Buffalo county , has 350 full-blooded merinos. H. H. Stoddard , the poultry fancier , ol Hartford , Conn. , has § 13,000 invest ed in sheep in Dawson county , unt next spring will bring in 10,000 more sheep. In his present flouk lie has 100 pure merino owes , which cost him 550 each. Holhs & Co. , of Boston , tlio largest moat exporters in the Uni ted States , are locating 820,000 in shaop in D.awson county. Mr. Bacon , who has ranch in Phelps county , hai just taken 100 thoroughbred registered meiino bucks to that county , bough ! in Woodstock , Vt. Away forty miles north of the rail way in Custer county there are several - al good herds. Henry Goodyear has 5,000 , Henry Wiley very near ns many , and other smaller herds. Wil liam Strong has been importing shcoj for aonio time to that country , am next spring will bring in 10,000 fron Now Mexico. Ira Nichols , of Urad ford. Pa. , has located three ranches in Lincoln county , and will put 4,00 ( high grade ewes on each next spring Ho has just purchased fifty-eight pure merino bucks. He has already over 0,000 on his ranches. Thos. Keogh & Bro , , of Ogallalla , who are the largest shippers in western Nebras ka , handled 20,000 head last season , and say they expect to dispose of us many more the coming summer Messrs , Winnett and Maple havi four sheep ranches near Sidney , 404 miles from Omaha. This present winter tor they are feeding 2,200 wothors and Imvo shipped 700 to Chicago am 4,000 to th'o Black Hills. Next yeai they expect to bring 12,000 sheep There is a gt > od doul of money in tin sheep business. Ewes cost only $2.51 to $3 00 , and\wool \ seldom goes below 20 cents. Lambs , when they an dropped are reckoned to bo wortl about $1 , and nb/jut 80 per cent o the owes will bnug on lambs eacl year. When the owes and wethor begin to get old their carca si's briii from tlnoo to six cents per pound , an their pelts , oven , have a value. Condition of Winter Wheiit in Iowa liurltiiKtoii llaukcje. Not in a period of many years hav wo had a winter devoid of the shelter ing protection ot a coating of snow when so little damage has been dente to winter wheat as at present. Noarlj overywherq in our vicinity that when has boon sown it is yet green am bright , and the warm sunny weatho we have had of lute has started it hit now growth. It is hardly probabl that any serious damage will result t this grain during the remainder of th vintor. The prospect now is excellent or a good old fashioned yield , such ns ui frequently witnessed n ecoro or lore jeurs past. Sowing Wlioat > i Molnc * t.tftiUr. , U inaVca the old settler happy all vor to see sprint ; wheat being sown ' iroiijih central 'and southern Iowa. t reminds him of , eighteen hundred nd' blank , when they commenced mvinir spring who.xt the tlrat of , l nary - ary , or a little aftorOhrUtnws Some ay some enterprising farmer \ \ ill begin ) sow wheat in January , and the wise lironiclor of past events will furnish lis mind and recall atiino when a sec- nd crop of wheat was sown as the Id onu was reaped and a succession f crops was had in good stmpe , liar- est being completed about the middle f the winter. You can't got ahead f the oldest inhabitant , no matter low you fix it. Soring Prices for Potutoott. Contrary to general expectation the price for potatoes has not advanced to any great extent since the crop was harvested. These who laid in largo supplies last fall now find themselves with a stock on hand which they will bo glad to dispose of at figures which wili brinu them out ovoi on thu orig inal cost. Onu dealer in this city Vt ho purchased several thousand bush els at 81 , with the expectation of real- i/.ing 100 percent , on his investment , is considerably disappointed at being obliged to retail them at about the same price ho paid for them. In car lots they are now bringing from ! tO onts to § 1 for the choicest , with lib- iral ofleriims. A few days mi.co we eceived a letter from a party in IOWA skir.g prices , and announcing his do- enuination to ship a quantity into linncftota , provided ho could do no it it profit. The indications , there- ere , point to lower instead of higher incus , ns Boon as spring opuns. Micro seems to he a big rcservo back n the country which will coiuo for- vard when the weather permits - a re- tervo which was not marketed in the ' .ill on account of the wet weather and bad traveling. The favorite variety leoms to bo the Burbank seedling , vhich also commands the highest price of any. _ : ncroasod Demand for Draft Horses. Jhlcago Tribune , It is vapidly becoming an establish ed opinion among brooders that it coats no more to raise a Clydesdale or Percheron horse than to rear a scrub , 'or which it is difficult to got half the , > rice. As this idea becomes general , ; ho heavy work horses of this coun try will improve. The prevailing opinion which existed fifteen years ipo that these heavy draft animals were unsuited to this country is rup- lly disappearing. The heavy Scotch and Norman horses have established their superiority , and it is now con sidered a desideratum among breeders of work or team horses to secure a cross of the European draft horse , in > rder to secure the characteristics for which they are renowned. The sys tem of drainage through the use of .lies has been a prominent assistance : o the breeders of heavy horses. By this moans it has become possible to place this kind of stock upon the prai ries of the west , where in former years ilioir extreme heavy weight made 11 impracticable to USD them. There islet lot a brooder of draft horses in Amor lea who can supply the demand for thii kind of stock , and the prospects for a iargo business during the coming spring and summer aro'vory oncouratjing. Stock Raising In WashInRtonCounty | Blair Pilot. As an instance of success in stock raising in this county , wo cite the case of William Uixon , who four years ago mortgaged his thmi hil Farm for $1100 , which ho invested it young stock. By judicious handling of this stock , at the end of throi years he had paid the interest am principal of the mortgage , and luu $1,500 worth of stock on hand , at Fair estimate , all the proceeds of the one investment. Since that time ho sold , as ho informs us , $3,900 wortl of cattle , and has about a dozen cow ; loft , till from the firm investment o : less than § 300 , because his first in berest payment was deducted fron the loun , and it fell just that mucli short of $300 that ho had to buy calves with. During the time ho moved onto the Stilts place on the bottom , securing there eighty acres o : land. With the proceeds of his cattle lie hm purchased three more eighty'i adjoining , making him a half sectioi that is olio of the best farms on the bottom. Ho is now arranging to tone up a big pasture , and will continue to raiao calves. This shows how a mai who has the ncrvo and judgment cat make from $1,000 to $1,200 a year with a very small capital invested in calves in Nebraska , if ho only will. Cattle , when properly handled , an hotter than [ { old , because they in crease 110 much faster in value. Reliable Seod-Oorn. liujfo Timui. A scarcity of good Heed-corn is re ported in papers published in nearly ull parts of the country. The crop raited last season was light , and much that was harvested was not mature. The shortness of thu crop in many places last year was occasioned in part by poor seod. The amount of good seed in the country is smaller than it was last year. Still good corn was raised in some sections , and farmers who have a prime aiticlo should ad vertise it 'or seed. No farmer should take his chances on need that ho thinks may prove to bu poor. It is better to pay five dollars per bushel for seed that is known to be good than to plant that which is of doubtful character. Furmoru who live in sections where there is no good corn on hand would do well to club together and obtain a supply from some locality where nriine seed may be hud , It would bo well to get samples in advance , and to test the vitality of the seed before sending u large.order. A pretty good estimate of its value may bo gamed from outward appearance. The cov ering of the kernels should bn smooth and bright , the portion'that eiitoia the cob uncolorud , and the germ 01 "chit" prominent , It is-best , how ever , to tent its vitality' ' by placing kerrels taken from several cobs be tween layers of cotton batting , moist ening them with tepid water and keep * ing them in a tolerably warm place , If the seed in good , sprouts will ap pear in a few days. It is not noces- that corn bo of last year's growth in order to bo good , Corn , if well ripened , properly cured , and pio- sorted in a dry place , will glow if it is several years old , though it will bo longer in germinating , It is boil to procuio reed corn from suino plnco near tlio latitude where it is to be planted. Miscellaneous Kotos. The IMattamouth Journal claims that nn orchard nonr that city yioldn $7,000 a year profit. Mr. Williiun Hartman , ono of the prosperous and wide-awake ynunt ; farmers of Howard county , sold on the 4th itist. , to 0. B. Wilson , of Ulysses , forty-tivo head of hogs and nineteen head of cattle , which brought him the nice little sum of 81,5)30. , ) This ia business , and the kind of farming that pitys , and nothing does ua moro good than a chauco to chronicle the fact that our Nebraska farmers and stock feed ers are doing well. [ Uoportor. Sheep men in Furnas county report their tlockd in an exceptionally health ful condition this winter. Wo have not hoard of any serious losses. It becomes more and moro evident every year that sheep-raising , if properly at tended to , is one of the best paying branches of business in which a per son can engage in this part of the state.Republican. ( . The experiments in raising cotton in Kansas have been highly successful , Quo farmer raised , ginned and .shipped 100 balei of an excellent quality , and others wore succi'ssful in a smaller scale. The colored refugees from the South , as u rule , understand its culti vation , and cotton may become ns certain a crop in Kansas ns corn or wheat. If garden anode , when planted in the spring , are firmly pressed under the earth , by the ball of the foot , they will almost invariably grow , drought , or no drought , and what is just us important , they will spring up earlier and grower faster than any their kind that have not received lie same treatment. The Wisconsin state univoisity has eon experimenting with pig feeding , ml hits diticovorod that from aixtoon 0 twenty-tinoo pounds of skim milk nil four pounds of corn meal would nako a pound of pig. Prices asked by American brooders f thoroughbrcel Polled Scotch cattle re nro high at $850 for cows and § 1,500 , for bulls , while ordinary ani- nals are hold at 8250 to 83CO. A correspondent to the World ad- isos fruit growers to use old straw for mulch for strawberries ivhon applied n the sprint ; to keep down woods , as .n . a dry time the straw does not sot' ' lo down to the ground Stock fed in sheds or pens should lover bo allowed to ami or lie in its ivn manure. It is not unreasonable .o say that constant contact with filth fleets thu quality of an animal's flesh , , iul certainly injures its health and hrift. Clean bedding ia by no moans he least important consideration in tock-foeding. WOMAN'S TRUE FlUEND. A friend in need is a friend indeed. This none can deny , especially when issistanco is rendere'd when one is ioroly allhctod with disease , moro par ticularly thaso complaints and weak nesses so common to our fomalu popu- .ation. . Every woman should know 1 hat Electric Bitters are woman's true friend , and will positively restore her , to health , oen when all other reme dies fail. A single tl ial always proves our assertion. They are pleasant to the taste , and only cost fifty cents per bottle. Sold by Ish & McMahon. (2) ( ) OKAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE TRADE MARKThe OroatTRADE MARK English ruin- oily. An un failing ; euro lor Hcmlnal Weakness , Bparmator- rhca , Impotency - oncy , and all UUcoHCSthat' BEFORE TAKIllQ.soquTnc o" AfTER TAKIHQ. Self-AlniKc ; OH Io s of Memory , Unlvcmal Lusal- lude , I'aln In the Duck , Ulmnotia of Vision , Pro nature Old Ago , and many other UUcascs that cad to Insanity or Consumption and a 1'rcuia- ; uro Gra\o. C2TFull particulars In our pamnhlot , which wo dielro to ncnil free I v mall to every ono. tsyl'tie Specific llodlclno Is iold by all drutuleta it 81 per jwekaKo , orOpackt ca lor 6 , or will 10 sent free hy mall -n rcci ptol the money , by ddrcBHliij ; Till : OKA 1EDICINKCO. , Duffalo , N. V. or nalo liv C. V Ooodr ocTme-cod TRUTH ATTESTED. Some Important btn , tomcat * oiWc 1 KiiowuFooplo "Wholly Voriflod In onlcr that the public may fully realize the KcnulncncBa ot the staton'entD well an the .xjweroiiil . value ol tliu article of which thot sM > ak , we puljllsh hcr.wlth the fac-slmllo BlgiK- tuns of part leu whoso sincerity U bejond ( | uo lion. The Truth of tliowo trstlnionlals Is abra- lute , nor can the facU they announca IHJ ! ( - norul OMAHA , N n. , May 2 < , 1HB1. II. H. WARNXU & Co. : DuRBm : I have frequently used Warner's Sate Kidney aud Mi er Cure for local aOcctlons attendant upon aevcro rheumatic attacks , and havoalitays derived leneflt therefrom , I have also used the Bafo Nervlliu with satisfactory re- suite. I consider these medicines worthy o' ' confliloncp Deputy Treanurer Oxxiii , Nun , Way 24 , H81 II , " WJRMIR * Co. , Rochester. N , V. : GEKTB : I havt OM lyour Halo Kidney and Liver Cure this spring aa a horlnvlgorator , and 1 find It the bent remedy I ever tried. I h vt used 4 bottlcH. and It ha made ino feel better than ever I did before lu the uprlnf. U. I' . It. OMAHA , Nm. , Ma ) 21 , lb l. II. II. WJKNIR&CO. : HIRB : For more than 16 y am I have guOcrod much In onvenlence from combined kltlnev and Ihcr discuses , mid ha\e In'tn uinblo to work my iirln y orKnt - also belnj ; adectwl I rled a Kreatmanv inoJIclnes and doctors , but I ( " ' " * Korse and uor o day by day , I u an told I hvl Ilrliiht'd Dlttcass , and I wluhvd inyiicU dead II I lould not have upredy relief , I took your Mate Kidney mid I.her Uuru , knnwltitf iiotnlntt cite wOHuvcr known to curutha dlntxwo. ami I hav not been dma ) > polnt ( d. Tlu nudlciiie hau cured mo , and 1 am pcrlec ly will to-day , entirely thro'iih ynur dale Kidney and I.liurt'ure I wUh JOU all sviuo siln inilJlUliIni ; thin vJualili rcnudy through tlm world U , I' , II. It. Tlcvtf.'j ) ( .1 txjuully blrontf ( jncloreumonU Lirytl'UUi In cua * lnr h | K > was almn- t ev I < J IM o iccii voluntarily ylvrn , showing tlit i Ur bltwcrol W in r' Wo Kidney auvl l'1Cuft > Vt klldoejL * ) ! ol tl ; kldneyn. llyui „ - . 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