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rjTes - OMAHA DAILY BEEL1 [ UKSDAY , MARCH 2 I5& * . Deere MANUFACTURERS OF PLOWS , NOLINE , ILL , Wholesale Dealers in Council Bluffs , Iowa. ffl due Wagon Oo , Farm ami Spring Wagons , Deere & Maiisur Oo , Ooru Planters , Stalk Outtors , &o , , MolinoPuuip OoWood and Iron Pumps , Wlieol & Seoilor Oo- Fountain Oity Drills anil Seeders , MecliauiosDurg Macli , Oo , Baker Grain Drills , Sliawneo Agricultural Do , Advance Hay Rakes , -Met Manufacturing Ou , Eureka Power anil Hand Sliollors , Whitman Agricultural Oo , Sliollors , Road Sorapors , &c , , loline Scale OoVictor Standard Scales , A , 0 , Fisn Racine Buggies , AND DEALERS IN ilT All Articles Required to Make a Complete Stock. Address All Communications to Council Bluffs , Iowa. ( Iec3uic2m STEELE , &CO , WHOL1 GROCERS AND JOBBERS IN 'Flour , Salt , Sugars , Canned Goods , and All Grocers' Supplies. A Full Line of the Best Brands of 'CIGARS ' MANUFACTURED * TOBACCO , Agents for BENWGDD NAILS AND LAFLIN & RAND POWDER GO. W. B. MILLARD. B. JOHNSON. MILLARD & . JOHNSON , COMMISSION AND STORAGE ! 1111 FARNHAM STREET , OMAHA , - NEB. REFERENCES : OMAHA NATIONAL BANK , STEELE , JOHNSON & CO. , TOOTLE MAUL & CO. THE JELM MOUNTAIN Q-OLX ) AND IH."V" IE Mining and Milling Company. Working Capital - fSOt,000. Capital SOCK , ? 1,000,000 Far Yuluo of Shares , * 25,000. > f' STOCK FULLY PAID UP AND NON-ASSESSABLE Mines Located in BRAMBL MINING DISTRICT. 'OU. J. I. THOMAS , President , Cummins , Wyoming. Wil. K , TILTON , Vlcc-Prcaidoiit , Cuuimlw , Wyoming > S.N. HARWOOD , Secretary , Cummins , Wyoming. A. O. LUNN , Treasurer , Cummins , Wyoming. iDr. J. I. Thorum. Loula Mlllor W. S. Bramol. A. 0. Dunn .N. Harwood. Fronds Lcavciu. Oco. II. Falos. Lewis Zolinau. Dr. J. 0. Watlitna. oo22uie6in OEO. W. KENDALL , Authorlied Agent for Sale of Stock : Bo * ' " > n ahk Nob. FOSTER & GRAY , -WHOLESALE- LUMBER , COAL & LIME , On River Bank , Bet. Farnham and Douglas Sts , , -DEALERS IN- HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK GO Fire and Burglar Proo "V-A-TTLTS - - , O C 3HOS 9 8C . 1020 Farnham Street , AGRICULTURE , Doubtful Kconomy. .Jtniiatn ( Nob. ) Herald ; Many a 'tmuor in Adams county who is farm- " 1115 , or frying to farm , nt lotst 1(50 ( ncrofl , lini btitnnu cow , and not to ox- l two. This tuny bo economy , but wo doubt , it. There ii not a f.inuor in the county but what can kenp and manage at leaat five peed con a. The oxponio nlid labor of eating for thi'in would scarcely bo noticeable. On the other hand , the products front the cows uould udd inaturi'illy to the in- coiuo of the fnrni , Five good cows , well cared for , in connection with aleck ( lock of poultry , can bo niado to pay almost any farmer's grocery bill the year round. Thus leaving iho pro ceeds from the crops to bo used in paying for the farm machine dubts , or bo laid asldu for a rainy day. Cultivating Too Much. Clay County ( Neb ) Journal : l''arni- ' era would loam wisdom from past ex perience and not plant more ground titan they can cultivate and cultivate well , for it is the worat policy in iho world to slobber ever n hundred acres of ground and not gather as much grain as they would from fifty acres , well cultivated. Tlieao facts have been demonstrated hero every year , that it is a wicked waste of time and ground to see it go less than half cultivated , growing tip with weeds and foul atull to curoo tlio owner und every other man in the neighborhood. Plant all that yon can cultivate ami handle well , but no more ; oven if you have to lot it Ho entirely idle , you will make by it in the quality as well as the quantity of grain besides the extra expense of harvest ing over a largo scope of ground. But there is Httlo need of letting any ground Ho entirely idle , because a judicious dividing up and diversifying of the crops , a largo amount of ground c.iu bo utilized with a comparative small amount of labor , but this must bo clone in the beginning of the season , and the ditlbrent kinds of soeda sown so as to conflict as Httlo as possible ; with the main crops , either in cultiva tion or harvesting. bhoop In Southern Nebraska. Indkxnola Courier : The stock and sheep men all unite in saying that this has been the latest winter for their business for many years. The per centage of losses will bo the best ever known , oven shjuld wo liavo a rough spring , as the cattle and sheep are now in a bettor condition than at the beginning of winter. Sbods for Shoop. Central City ( Nob. ) Courier : The sheep men toll us that the saving in feed this winter over the amount used last winter wdl make a handsome ad dition to their profits in itself , The warm weather hits greatly dimin ished the amount ot food needed. This fact affords a very in structive lesson , by the way , to those who arc accustomed to let their stock stand out in 'ho weather during the winter. An experiment in shedding their stock will demonstrate that the cost of the sheds w ill bo more than balanced by the feed saved , while the comfort of the stock and those who take care of them will bo very much increased. Try it. Objections to Sheep. Philadelphia Record ; With all the advocacy that has boon made in favor of sheep breeding by those who have found it profitable , the ono single ob jection that is so common to farmers has stood in the way and been an ob stacle almost since the settlement of our country. The repugnance to sheep arises from the fact that they graze too close. Farmers are willing to risk all the foot rot , grub and other diseases , but this great terror of close grazing is too much for thorn. In vain htivo the laruo yields of wool from the Cotswolds and Morinoes been displayed , and useless have been the exhibits of the marbled carcasses of the Southdowna. The close crop ping of the pastures cannot bo borne , and the consequence is that the most useful and easiest-kept animal wo have is pushed aside for these that often do tenfold more damage. This very objection , so strenuously hold forth , is ono of the highest merits possessed by shoep. It is this quality of being able to crop off the scantiest herbage that grows on profit less places that makes thorn desirable as farm stock. Their ability to en dure great thirst , or rather , to bettor state it , do with less water , enables us to keep them in fields not adapted to other stock. It is true they crop down to the very loots , leaving but little ; but thu weed , as well as the useful plant , receives the same treat ment , and the waste matter that is rejected oven by the hog is an item in favor of the keep of the shoop. There never has boon a pasture , nor a cultivated field , nor a barren waste thut has not been bone- fitted when gazed upon by tdieep. The evenness with which they spread their dropping ! * , tbo treading of it into the ground with their foot , and the constant motion kept up by the flock that facilitates this disposal of droppings , prevents not only the Blighting of any portion of the land , but enriches it to a degree beyond even the supposition of those who are awuro of such advantages. The close ( ( razing is thus not an actual IOBH of grass , for by a frequent change of pasture and rosoeding the sheep leave the land in a condition to produce a much greater quantity than bofoie. In claiming that sheep are more profitable than other stock , this assur ance will bo doubly fortified if farm ers will cross the sheep with thorough bred rams. If great carcasses and long wools are wanted uao the Cols- weld ; but this breed needs a little bettor pasture than others. If the fineness and weight of the wool is do- aired try the Merino , but do not ex pect largo sheep from them , as they are the smallest breed , but the beat , and very hardy , If mutton ia need ed , with good middle quality of wool , try the Southdown , with its dark face and logs as its budge of purity , and the result will bo satisfactory - factory , The flock will bo improved , the pricca greater and the weight of carcass and fleece increased. Sheep will pay oven when badly treated , sometimes ; but like othur stock care and attention bring their reward , the farmer being moro than repaid for any trouble they give , Give thorn the pastures , keep large flocks , and lot them crop closeif they wisher , they will pay their dobta in full nt the proper timo. Hints oH I3orvn Culture. uhicago Times : The ground in tended to produce a crop of beans should have need natural or artificial drainage , nnd sandy soils are prefera ble to thoao that contain considerable clay. It ia dotirablo that the soil of the entiio field be of neatly uniform character as regards fertility , ao that the crop will bo uniform nnd all the beans nmtnro at abou't the aamo timo. It is not best to apply rank manure to ground intended to produce beans , aa it tends to make a largo growth of vines and foliage. If any stable manure is applied it should bo Roll lotted and well distributed. The soil of a bean field should bo frco from the seeds of weeds or grnsa or the work of cultivation will bo groat. It ia the general practice to plant the seeds in drills far enough apart to nl- low a narrow cultivator to pass between - twoon them. Sometimes a good crop of beana may bo raised on the inverted sod of an old pitaturo by sowing tbo seed broadcast and covering it with a cultivator or harrow. In the Now England states it ia customary to raise beans in connection with corn , three beans being dropped in each hill. As thu corn raised thnro is small thu beans et sutlicient sun to enable thorn to glow well and their production is attended with little trouble or expense. This plan might bo followed in these pnits of the west where the smaller varieties of coin are raised 13eans should not b planted until all danger of frost is ovor. Pains nhould bo taken to BOO that all the bonus planted are of the same variety , as mixed lota never bring the highest price. The seed germinates quickly and the crop to- quilt's bttlo cultivation if the ground la quite free from grass and weeds. The crop must never bo worked when the vines arowot with rain or dow , as rust will attach the foliage if it is dm turbod when wot. Cheese Factories and Croamorlos. Beatrice Express : Tito rapidly in creasing number of cheese factories and creameries in Nebraska ia an indi cation of a better day that is coming for the farmers of the state. There ia more money in milk than in wheat , nnd when our farmers come to fully understand and appreciate the great value of the principle of condensation , in every branch of their industry , the day of their greatest prosperity will have dawned. Let milk bo condensed into butter and choose ; corn into pork anu beef , that shall bo packed or canned - nod at home : wheat into llour by Ne braska nulls ; wool into caaaimoros and yarns by our own looms and spindles ; then will every citizen of the state bo prosperous in the fullest souse and not until then. Miscellaneous Notes. Connecticut established the first agricultural experiment station in America. Poland China pigs are being sent from Illinois to Germany for breeding purposes. Hoof und horn shavings contain moro than twenty-live times aa much nitrogen as is contained in avoiago stable manure. Onions will soon bo "tho first on the ground , " followed closely by green peas. Now is a good time to sort out and select seeds. This is a good month in which to draw out manure and top drr33 tiround fruit trees ; also currant buahrs , which latter should be mulched. Sheep fed on dry feed are frequent ly troubled with sore lipa. An appli cation of sulphur and lard once or twice will generally effect a cure. A writer of experience and reputa tion lias stated thut the fence tax on the farmers in the state of Now York is three and a half times greater per acre than the state , county and township taxes on the land. An easy method of salting stock is to place a large lump of rock salt at different locations , to which the stock can resort whenever desired. It can also bo placed in the troughs ot iho stables to good advantage. The best of forage may not always furnidh in suitable proportions all the elements necessary to produce the beat milk , therefore give a large vari ety of food , but guard against any thing that will taint the milk or but ter. ter.It It is as necessary to uao precaution in cutting off limbs froir trees , as am putating the leg or arm of an indi vidual , and it can only be done safely when the tree has sufficient strength to bear the shock. Trimming of trees should be done gradually , in stead of cutting off all the diseased limbs at once. Cows purchased from rich lands and carried to poor soils seldom do woll. It is far better to buy a good cow from a poor farm , in which case improve ment U almost certain. There is no good reason , however , why a poor animal should bo kept on n poor farm. Keep hotter stock if you have to keep leas of it , Raspberry and blackberry vines , if they have not been pinched back the previous summer , when in a growing condition , must bo cut back now with in the next six weeks. Long canes are useless , as the most valuable fruit- bearing spurs break from the ends of the cane , and as a pretty general rule the lower they are cut the stronger thu side shoota will push , and , conao- quontly the finer the fruit , Quincy , the well known writer on bee culture , says of catnip for bees : "If there ia any article that I would cultivate especially for honey it would ho capnip. I find nothing to surpass it. " This is high authority , and ought to entitle this common but lit tle utilized product of nature to apJaco among the valuable things of the farm. It ia but another instance that goes to show that our people fail to utilize the native resources of their farm aa they should. They have not learned the value of the things they tread upon and often ruthlessly de stroy. nod of Down Feel Hard- All btuH Hocm Imnl to the rheumatic. Then hurkeu , ye neovleh HulTurorul Ap ply H . THOMAS' KUI.KWIIIU OIL to your acliIuK joinU and imixdea. Itvly ujx > u It that you will cxperltmti' speedy relief. Such , at least , in the testimony of thoue who have uaed It The remedy la like wise luccetinfully roiurted to tor throat and IUDK dlsuasen , unralua , bruiseg , etc , feb28-eodlw The Pine of the Rockies and alorras. To Iho Kdllor ol TIIR linn. To the horticulturist , who hna ox- poriinontcd , nnd tested , nnd studied the kind of trees ndapted to the west Misaouri rctriona , the sijht ; of this grand tree seems nn inspiration. All who have studied the matter know that the high and dry pralrica lying between the Missouri and the moun tains , have peculiarities of their on and must have a system ndnpted to them. The hardy oveigreens which will flourish a tluMmand : niles north , will Biiccumb to the dry winters of Nebraska. While in York I poratin- dud the horticulturists of the east to send on trees to bo teatcd in our dry climate. The favorites of Wisconsin , Iowa nnd Illinois , would die in spite of everything. They would do well enough in summer , but the warm aim and dry winds of win ter would bo too much for thmn. The red cedar did well , the Austrian pine next , and then the Scotch , but tnoir success was uncertain , Ueautiful tieos , which nmdo a growth of two feet the aummor before , would bo killed by the dry winds of February and March. I used to gut dcaperate Bonibtimes in thia war against lututo , and it was painful to eo my favorites give in and I bo powerless to help thorn. Last summer , as I appnvtchcd Pine ] ilnIV on the Union Pacific , I was nntonishod to . .oo pine tree- * perched hi h on a aeries of rocky bin Us , flaunting their plumes in the air ami wavin , di fiance to wind nnd drouth nnd that too in the dryeat portion tion of the American continent , whore the rain falls were so precarious that you might havu'ix ' shower in three months or a year. Further on I BW these name troi'a crowning the crest of some precipice , or growing out of steep walls of rock , clinging like birds hy their claws. Tina true will live and thrive where the Norway spruce would not live twenty-four hmira. A gentleman told mo ho saw ono growing on the top of a rock , which rested on another rock , and there in its defiant hardihood , it challenged nun and storm. A bird Irtd probably droppud | n seed in a croyico and it grow and flourished. This tree accommodates itself to cir cumstances. If born among rocki and desolation , it will bo stunted , but if in rich or congenial soil , it will bo a thrifty nnd noble ( too. It is a native of Nebraska. The pine of the Niobrnra is of thia species. You will find it there , thriving in the sands , or growing on the oiiutmit of barren blufl'a. It has lung , tough and slender needles , on which the hopper ( that scourge of eveigroona ) can make no impression. It is therefore invaluable for Nebras ka , and would make wonderful growth on our rich prairies , llobott Doug las & Son , oi Waukegan , Illinois , the greatest evergreen growora in the worldhavobeonfor some yeais ( eating this tree , and finds it a suc cess. There is thia peculiarity about them : Trees raised from nerd from the Pacific slope will not stand the winters , but trees from Colorado seeds will stand any thing. The yearly rings of this tree show that it ia quite thrifty. Hero in this growing town of Pueblo , probably millions of foot of it are used in build- im' . It ia not as good aa the white pine ; haying a greater tendency to warp ; yet it answers a good purpose for rough lumber. It is ono of the most.tiyminotrical and beautiful of trees. In some of the valleys among UK-BO mountains you will find grand forests. When ono grows out by it self , its straight trunk , dense , well- balanced head , make the most favor able impression , and one wishes he hud thut tree in his door-yard. The tree is hard to transplant from the forests , and people in the north- urn part of the state Bay it cannot bo done , and yet it can. I sent my team from York to the Niobrara and pro cured 1,200 of them , but they were packed in sand , and sweat till they were yellow , and of course they died. Take them from exposed places where the sun and wind have toughened them , pack in boxes with the tops out , lot the lopa have air or they will smother , pack the roots with mould or sand , and never allow them to got dry ; once dried and there ia no res urrection. Plant them in a close bed and cover with boards. Keep them wooded clean. Don't plant near other trees , plant near a well nnd keep well watered. Leave them covered the first winter ; in the spring keep well hood and cul tivated , and the next spring trans plant juat as the buds begin to swell. It ia a pity some heavy nursery firm could not go heavily into this business and raise the treoa from the seed by the millions. What a pleasing eflect they wcula give in winter to our dull prairie landscapes. A traveler tells us that on the west ern slope thia tree grows to the height of 200 feet , with a diameter of five to six foot , enough in a single tree to build a good house. A wiitor in Scribncr's Magazine says : "I have sometimes feasted on the beauty of these trees when they wore towering in all their winter grandeur , laden with snow ono mass of bloom in summer , too , when the brown atami- note clusters hang thick among the shimmering needles , and the big pur ple burrs are ripening in the mellow light ; but it is during these cloudlesa wind storms that those colossal pinea are most impressively beautiful. Then they bow like willows , their loaves springing forward all in one direction , nnd , when the sun idiincs upon them at the required tingle , entire groves glow a if every leaf wore burnished silver. " It will not bo long ere this tree will find its place on our vast prairies where in summer nnd winter it will add bounty to the landscape nnd give protection to man and beast. In Illinois the Norway spruce makes apendid evergreen barns , giving am ple shelter for stock , and this noble tree will worve a like purpose in Ne braska and ull the great parched west. 0. S. " Encnpoil from tbo Toll * , John Jlacon , Ltpnrte , Ind. , writ OH : "Jlurnih fur HrntMi HI.OHHOSIJ It's ull you recoumioud It to ho. My dyupopula lian ull vunUlieil. "Why don't you udvortleo It ? Whnt allowance will you iniilce if 1 take ft dozen bottloH , no Unit I could obllgo my frleiuU ocoiBlonnllyl" 1'iioo fiQ ccntu , trlul buttles 10 centH. fo8-eodlw WONT DID IN THK.IJOUBK Auk druggists for "Itouitli on lint * . " It oloara out rati , mice , bed-buL'u , ro achet ) Yermln , fliea , autu , Insects , lee per box DEWEY & STONE , IT 0 RE ! ORCHARD & BEAN , J.B. FRENCH & CO , , CARPETS ! G R O O E R SI Special Attention Is Once More Called to jthe Fact that Rank foremost in the West in Assortment and Prices of CLOTHING , FOB MEN'S , BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR , ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF Furnishing Goods Hats and Caps Wo are prepared to moot the demands of the trade In regard to Latest Stylet nnd Patterns. Fine Morohnnt Tailoring in Connection . RESPECTFULLY , M. HELLMAN & CO , , 1301-1303 Farnham and 300 to 312 13th St CARPETS HAVE DECLINED SLIGHLTYJ . t. -AND- J. B. Detwiler , Is the first to make the announce ment to his customers and the general public. MATTINGS , OIL CLOTH AND WINDOW SHADES , Always sold at the lowest Market Prices. We carry the largest stock and make the Lowest Prices. Orders promptly filled and every attention given to patrons. J. B. DETWILER 1313 Farnham Street. ' OMAHA NEBRASKA. , - - - - I. OBERFELDER & CO. , WHOLESALE MILLINERY AND NOTIONS , 1308 and 1310 DOUGLAS STREET. Spring Goods Receiving Daily and Stock very nearly Oompleti OXtDXIJEM