Montreal weekly witness commercial review and family news paper, 22 juillet 1885, mercredi 22 juillet 1885

[" Première(s) page(s) manquante(s) ou non-numérisée(s) Veuillez vous informer auprès du personnel de BAnQ en utilisant le formulaire de référence à distance, qui se trouve en ligne : https://www.banq.qc.ca/formulaires/formulaire_reference/index.html ou par téléphone 1-800-363-9028 ; Jury 22, 1886.UESTIONS & ANSWERS.[167 Invite questions on alt peesitls sul cte of general ia 3, (0 hich we shall do our best to obtain corrret ausmera, sn or @4 68 wquicy bursa for matters not of public eeveat.and no maille wii be taken of unomwn ive mma wire} GENERAL.TU CORRESPONDENTS CAN (LD BUBSCRIGRR\" writes that bie lias \u201coiten ask of questions lu the Witness but never had an answer : ished inityet.l'erhapethe) were nut right asked.\" | & roceeds tu enyuire shout the advisability of breaking of his engagement with the ludy to w Lois be is engaged und concludes his better, * l'ours, Av.eo, \u2014 ot course | withhold my name.\u201d Those subscribers who | wish to have any notice taken of thelr enquiries must uot only send their full name and address with the questions, but must ale propound queries the replica do which would be of interest to Che general reader.The names will not be published if their omission Le requested, but we require to have them as an evidence o good falth, MENDING CAST IRON.X.Y.Z.Fallowfield, Ont.\u2014Q.\u2014-Could jou gine me u recipi for soldering (ast iron?Ihave a boiler aud the cast ron band around the Lotion of the fre-hox bas Leen cracked in rhieling.As) will pot be using seven weeks 1 night xot the leakage gopped in some Ans.It is hacdiy vise to attempt to ductor up & hiler with quack medicines.if suything wants mending get a properly qualified machinist or engiucer to take charge of the matter.We know of no way to \u201csolder\u201d a crack in cast iron, other than by a patch of wrought iron, and this is, after all, s makeshift.If you can in a new casting is your case it would probably better, as in the vicluity of « hot fre à patch upon a boiler is never a thing.MUTHER SHIPTON.\" HumcRiszk, Ford's Shiila, N.B.- 4 Please tell 110 where Mrs.Shipton lived and at what date.What ware her sayings aud what was pecullar about them?Aus \u2014Mother Ripton tived in England, in the reign of Heury VIII, and was famous for hee prophecies, in whi she foretold the death of Wolsey, Lord Percy, dr , and many wonderful events of the future times.All her \u201cprophecies\u201d sre still extant, but it would take up too much space reproduce them, TO MAKE LEMONADE.LooNTRY GIRE, Ome, Ont Q \u2014Will jou kindly give me a recipe for making chap temonade tT don't want it tor bottling, but for lnunediste vse.\u201d Any.The wgredients you will require are the rind of two lemona, the juios of three large or four small ones, one- bai?pound of Jury sugar, one quart of boiling water, Ru\u2019 some of the sugar nn two of the lemons until it Aus inabibed alt the oi! from them, and'put it with the ronainder of the suxar into a jug; add the lemon.4 (Lut no pip) and pour oer the whole à quart of Lie water, When the sugar is dissolved, strain the tewsonade through a fine sieve or piece of muslin, aad, when cold, It wit] be ready for use.The lemonade wil: be improved by having the white of an eg beaten ! win it Lemonade or lime foire in summer and dratesin winter arr a of diet which may be call.«d essential to the health of many people.The regular, moderate use of the former is a Treat protection sganet summer complalnte.BOOKS UN ETIQUETTE.ENQUIRER\" can cbiain from Messrs.W.Drysdale a Co, Montreal, vr by ordering of any bookseller, the foilow ing books on etiquette, any of which would suit him : usible Etiquette,\u201d (62.00) \u201cEtiquette for Gentlemen™ (35 Cente).BRITAIN'S AND RUSSIÆS PUBLIC DEBT.5.H., New Brunswick.\u2014Q.\u2014 What le the publie del | et Great Britain, and what that of Rusia! Ans \u2014 | Orest Britain and Ireland, £717,200,572 Ruse.a.4683, 00,000.\u201cPAPA AND \u201cMAMMA\"\u2014\u201cFATHER\u201d AND \u201cMOTHER.Q.\u2014 Which do you think the nicest wo for a child to use to its parente\u2014 \u201c end \u201cmaroma,\u201d or \u2018father\u2019 and \u2018\u2019inother\u201d?Ane \u2014\u201cPapa\u2019 and \u201cmamma,\u201d accentuated by the English on the second ss llable and by the Americans on the iret, are infantile words which have retained their simplicity apparently from the first hegioninge of lan- - Kuace, because they are +The simplest foru of apees That infant lips can try.\u201d An pet ames, endearing, without being disrespectful, Shey: will probably never die out.As pet names, they are frequently perpetuated till the children grow up, aa the youngest is sometimes still calied *baliy\u201d at \u2014but It is more dignified and in better taate for n, who have got bevend the first difficulties of to learn to use \u2018\u201cether\u201d and \u201cmother.nes ln com y.When aking another rena, or those of the ther, the right er\u201d and \u2018\u2018your father,\u201d re- ae aa {ss rustic custom.Prk df Family wore taught a 0 une the words father\u201d and \u201cmother - 0 VETERINARY.(¢\" malucted by Jr *MeBachrr FF oe vr HEAVES.3 1, Newcastle, N.B.\u2014Q.\u2014Would sow be kind enough to give me some information about ins horse?1think he has got the heaves; 1 noticed last summer that his wind was little hurt.He was used very badly last winter, snd got à cold, which was neglected, and he now has à very bad choking cough and running at to hostrils, and bia sides heave continually.Could Tougise me à cure forhits?Ane.\u2014Ileavesin hnmes ate incurable, but their scserity may be modified by féeding ani ovcasional doses of medicine.Avoid dry or bully food: cut hay, dampened and mixed with a Tittle meal, is the dest food for your horse.if heissery had give him, night snd morning for Sve or six days, halt an ounce of Fowler's solution of sreenle (liquor arsenicails), and halt a drachm of the fluid extract of Velladonna, either in his drinking water or drench bias, with a small quantity of water added LAME HORSES.M.tt, Lodore, Va.I\".8.-Q.\u2014 An there is no \\eteri.nary éurgeon in this county, to my knowledge, 1 will be glad to have your adiive about two young horses.two and three years old, which were found lame in the a week , both in tha left hind leg.They no mark of kick or hurt of any sort?F had their {eet examined by a blacksmith foi all or prick, but be could find nothing.The youn most got over the lanienem, hut the other one's legis awollen up to the knee and discharges matter from the back of the foot just at the frog.Hound about the opening (into which a finger might be put under the frog) the hoot looks aa if it might part trom the foot.The horses were in rather condition in the ring, as the season here was late and feed scarce, but ved greatly since being on the grass.| lave impro 5 koi thay, you may, trom my imperfect description, be able to tell me what will be best to do.ere are pie here use for reducing swell: ori \u2014such as bathing with à decoc- : Men ot mullein and alee leaves and roots, and several ola and liniments, but | would like to have sme otherd advice.Ans.Take the horse to the blackemith and Mare all the detached portions of the frog and sois cut ress the foot away, removing al) that is loose.Then with tow and pine ramon\u201d awelli; in owuged by the matory = x in the foot, which must have been caused by rt bruising of the sole or gravel getting In between the horny and sensitive sola.Hot fomentations i te the leg, three times à day, should be persevered En in the rocess 4 has F fee some time.Have the younger colt's foot well examined agnin.HORTICULTURAs ot onducerd by Samer Irowpall, Windtor_ ihr.NAMES OF GRASRES.Taunae Wexy, Elmarille, Ont., sends us grasses &e., Aer names :-No 1.la Ox-rye daisy: No 2 is a Bromus, an aanual grass of little 1alue ; No 3 is another variety © of Bromus, also sn annual and of little value except for | pasture.GRAPE CULTURE.©.K., Perth, Ont.-Q.Miaboldened by jour kind \u201cinvitation to your readers to ask questions and your inesn to answer Inquiries on us gubjects [beg 10 inquire, (being an mnateur in grape culture) if It is Necessary to nip off the laterals in tri vines, Ihave been Instructert to pinch off all above the third Wet above the topmost bunch of fruit at its earliest showing, aod afterwards ali laterals to one leaf, and to on dolog so during the season.In this right?§ there ls 8 perpetunl war between me and my grape.: Tam Incesantly pinching and they are noes.sentis sendingout honte.(feed alae that after a while 2 fresh shoot aprings from the top of the 1 tne Aotwith.Handing that the original top was nipped off.Init necemerT Lo repeat Le nipping off of the top?Thave Mrought that pet hutw 1.atiire Intended the additional fo- \u2018which these shoots would produce for the growth and nourishment of the plang, acting ae ita tungs, and wpreading a langer mirfic« of lest to the benign influ.oes of at.te, ke , they ought not, aps, to be ® wer erely and Hncvasingly removed, to the emasculation of the plant and the robbing {tof ita natural vigor.Of course without soma pruning there (a a tendency tn he Vins to run to wood ard leaves to the detriment of the fruit, My anxiety is to know whether this per.perl inching js necessary $a the perfection of the mL.Your answer will oblige others perhaps na well seme, and will he quite éuthoriteilre.Ans.Yourin.1 In throw the strength of the shat Into the frult and in.trenae the sip are quality of it.You, however, must Dave a sufficient number of shoota left without any; fruit on them to renew the bearing wood for next year, 4 shoots that hear this y caf are not suitable to be cul Yack for hearing nest.These shoots should net be chad In but allowed 15 gmw till September, when top shoud be pinched off to allow the wood to vipen, The laterals of these shaoke shoul be pinched it the same macner as She bearing shoots, .for ** The Riel Rebellion\u201d seems | Order your copies early ! The demand to be unabated.\"| Acts Is \u2018binding?2.Mave not the Board of Health farmer is tired anil he to bod : the wife is tired and aften half wick, but whe must eit up or vlse leave herdoos unfustened 20 that any wandering tramp may be accommodated with a night's lodging or à Lhief ransack her home.Itome ie not houw without safety.: The * lateh-kes\u201d compromise, [ think, iv \u201cout of the frying-pan into the Ore.\u201d We want a preventive foran evil and a nuisance, not w license to commit them.Should the man wish to star out occasionally after tive general lied hour, and kay so, we would not grumble, afthough our night's rest wan broken, but this bring disturtust trom three to more nights a week does mot Ht us for the hard work of the neat day.Cannot some w lox head sus a cure for this eviit But dont mention the \u2018\u2019lateh-kes\u201d ; that would be sowing sced, and what nould the harvest be A Farwsw's Wirx.A CEMETERY IN A CITY.J, W., Bt, Thomas, Unt.-Q.\u2014A resident of Unis vity sold building Jute on the north front of \u2014\u2014Asvenue, to settiers, On which lots they now reside.Bhortiy after, he sold lands on the rear of these lots to the cemetery company, which land they are now adding to the old cemetery , and ave extending it townrds said lots, to the annoyance of the rewidents, The: Consolidat Statutes prohibit the foruation nf aremetery within the linute of any Low or city © but the company allege that by un Act of the Provincial Parliament, In 1874, for the \u2014- cemetery, they are allowed to extend their cemetery eastward and northward.1.Which of the power ta stop or prevent the nulsance?Ans.\u20141.The Act of 1563 and the amending Act of 1874.2 We think not.GUARDIAN AND WARD.A Bunecuteur, Ont.\u2014Q.-A aud B are brothers ang residents of Ontario, A diss, leaving a wite and child.A's wife deserts Lhe child, B hires neighbor to take care of A's child, for which he pare, B receives a wall iogacy from Scotland which partly belongs to A's child.Lan B refund hiaeslt for the care of A's child, hay voluntarily taken care of both child and money?Ans.-Not without fret having obtaluvd Letters of Guar dianship.° CHEESED.8, freon, Ont, \u2014Q.- A hav u cheese factory and agrees ta make and deliver, hoved.tocommittees of his priruus ull cheese made for One rent pes pound.1 ill Æ lue responsible for sald cheese if burned in bis factory?2 Which party should pay for insurance, A or the patrons?Ans\u2026-i, Not if he has been guilty of 00 negligence conducing to the lose.2.A is not the party to insure, nor would he be lialle for the insurance premiums if a policy were taken out hy the patious, LIABILITY TO STATUTE LABOR.HW.B., Minden, (nt.\u2014Q -1.house, the owner doing statute labor.n 20 days when summoned to do two days road work Am [ todo the two days\u2019 work as a hou holder?2.Is it necessary to be assenied ana hi - holder hetote being obliged to do statute labor rt Ans, \u2014 I.Yes 2 No.DISPOSITION OF LANDS.Suascuiune, Ontario.\u2014Q.\u2014My father did, lems nig 8 sown lot unsettied.The imajority are in fas ur of selling, the rest refuse to sul or buy out the uther heirs, without giving any feulaz reason for so doing.Can they not be brought to settlement and how are we to proceed?Ans.Yes, hy means of an action in the High Court of Justice to compe] a partition or sale of the property, and on the matter coming before the court, the property will be directed to be either sold or divided \u2014 LA.UC.Brome Coruer, B.Q.-Q.\u2014I the other mentioned in the Juemtion and Answer published in the Weekly Witness July 1, can utlest and ulvo prove the agreement between father aid son tant thé mother was to hate a life lease of the aud and the son refused to give her thiv security Lut sold the land und left the country, can she have the deed net uaide for nontuläl- ment?Ans.\u2014We would have to soe the ded to yen aefinite uiswer ELECTIONS OF SCHOOL, COMMISSION EUS.OLb BUMCRISEK, Quebec -Q.\u2014 A being evcretary- treasurer for the schools, governed hy three separate Boards of Comuiissioners, would it be lawful to hold the annual meetings tor the election of commissioners in the three schools, on the first Nonday of July, \u2014wuay No.1, at 10am, No.2, at 1 p.m, and No.3, ath p.m.Ans.\u2014The elections should begin at 10 a.m, of the Brot or any other Monday in Jul) and terminate at 6 g'etoek \u201c3 may, of course, take place on the sume ay PAWNIROLKERS X.Y.Z -Q.1.A watch was pledged May 1556 1 $10, twenty five centu being added forthe ticket making the amount $10.85.How uch interest ought to be ei sd now ta redeem?2.Can a pawnbroker sell by private wale without glviug notice to sell by wuch of is he obliged by law to well ly augtion, advertising suchavction?Âne.- -1.The pawn broker 11a) takie 5G of one cert per month for each St cents up to #30.2.When the suru lent exceeds §2 the goods must be sold at public auction.This sale can only take place after one ear from the date of the pas ning and must be twice advertised.SCHOUL COMMISSIONERS POWERS.As Quo Sussemivax, Clarendon, 1.Q.\u2014Q Hao #choo! Commisaioners puver to compel à man to el! à piece of ground to thew at theic ows price for à school wioters appointing one artotrator, the owner of the property arother and juage of the Superior Cont athird MORAMENS PHUSTLEGE At Extra, Montres deemed desirablefora tf .; ; ; school site.The price intiard byarbitration.theCommis {1 +4 IA TUK BesT MosTu of the year for \u201c1 A ConrESPONDENT of the Germantown, Pa., abolinhrd altogetlier.or the pen.| use sf the diegu.A little spirits of turpentine rubh long the back hone will remedy the evil, o \u2018st temporarily, Turning out in the fiela unri is the best cure, though au animal once affected is liable to a return of the attack.A Vouxa Neorcimas, whose father has made large investments in farming [ands in She United States, has just hired himself out to an [linois farmer at the rates of $i5a month, for the purpoae of learning the Ameri can methods of farming.He expects to devote two years to this ubject, aud then take charge of one of lia father's farms, cousisting of 100, 000 acres, in south-west Missouri.Howsrs Neri FREQUENT DRINKS of water duriog the hot summer days, whether they be in the plough, the harrow, or the mowing or reaping machine.A tan who takes u water jug to the field to slake his own thirst now and thon should think of his horses ir the same connection ; and if n well or atrenn: be not convenient for the horses there is no thing to hinder hia taking + barretful to the field for their usc leve Takk Fave usa whole, ripe and sound, of course, and consider the variety, its lightness and nourishing properties, whether caten alone or with other food, and its cheap abundance, we cannot hesitate to add our voice iu support of ita just claim on public attention.In former articles we have shown why vegetable produce or Fruit should euter weed, especially if there be a good average (rainfall.Itis the month when furmers are Ihuay with haying, and when the hoe and the cultivator are given a rest.[Potatoes and (worn niust be attended to, but even these crops are left to shift for themselves when the work of mowing and reaping gots to be pressing.But any farmer who caf spare the time at all, or wha can b the ueceasary help, will he | think folisge enough to keep the plata alive.The other day I was talking to s market man, une of the largest aud most successful tomato gruwers in this section, and who has originate several valuable varicties, and he told me Lo practice waa to force the vinss to spread ou the ground, even if the stems had to be split.The knife was never allowed to touch them and the fruit Jay on the earth, wlich, he said, was several degrees warmer than n shingle, und hastened the ripening.At CENTEALLA and other points iu Ulinois this jour the estimate of the strawberry crop was hall what it really turned out to be.No bunly was prepared for the enormous yield, and not even Chicago, with ita enormous stomach for consumption, could dispose of the 10,20 and 30 car loads which ily arrived from Centralia, in addition to what came from other points.Frown Centrahs alone 173 car loads of 450 crates each were sent forward, aud the price fell in Chicago to 50 vents acrate.All the large growers lost money, and the small receive little more than the price of the labor of picking and hauling.Other points fared little Better north and south, aid how could they, when 700 car loads of strawberries passed through Chunipaign going north ?Drexise 11s WINTER MusTis, cattle kept ander protecting roofsarelirought more closely under the eyes of their attendants than rago, - PROFITS OF TREE PLANTING Fun paper read by Avery P.Slade at the meeting of the Massachusetts ifistorical Society, held on Jnn.17th, he statod à number of instances of the succomful plauting of pine trees for timber on the thin ails of New.Eugland, where the returns, although not entravaant, were fair]y astisfsetory.In one experiment, twenty tive acres of worn-out lund in Plymouth county, Mesa, was bought for twenty-five doflare an sere, und set with white pines atanexpense of about $200.The young trees, from six to eightoen inches high, were set in rows ten feet apart cach way ; and a year ugu, after twenty years growth, they mensured from twelve to sixteen inches in diameter, and the plantation is valued at £1,200 Vased on the assessment.The cost of the land and nil the work on it, at compound interest at five percent, han amotnted to over 81,400, Had the owner planted with u sole view to profit, he would fave set the trees six feet by ten, giving nearly twice as many, and they would have been loss branch ing and more valuable for tinbor, and Leen wortii at least 82,000.At teu feet cach way, sorue of the branches were fifteen fest long, interlocking and rendering pluses impene teable, Another plantation wus made in an adjoining connty, on land values at only ten throughout the grass season, especially where | the range of pasturage is extensive: and if those attendants and their eyes are worth anything, the slightest symptom of illuess, or of auy other event, casual or periodical, need ing special attention will be matantly notice.| It's not necessarily sn in sumer, when the | enttle montly attend to their own wants ax re garde foud and water, and excepting the cows, when hand milked, those which live out-of | davraure not brought under the nutice of any- une, fr hours, or even days at a stretch, un: y Luss special provision in made for the frequent; and systematic inspection of the whole herd.| well rewarded he looks carefully after the weeds, Rose Dasnystes have vamed two hundred | pounds a year as the minimum yield of butter ; that should Le tolerated in a dairy cow, hut | that is pretty lou, and no dairyman can afford} ta tétai a cow insking so small a quantity.reasonable effort w a create a herd, every | ane of which shall do considerably better.: It in Lveauso so many farivers are satisfied with loing only tolerably well, do not deter-| mine to do the best possible, that so much} compluint is made of the unprofitablencss of 1 farming, American Rural Homer., writes :\u2014[ read more complaintsof fhiatie than Ido of all other weeds.is a great nuisance, especially so when 3t abounds in grain crops of various kinds.I do not understand why so many ælivs are proposed (and some of them, aly impracticable), when the simple remedy uf naw ing them at the right time is anve de- truetivn to them.When in full blow donot; wait fui tho seed to ripen ; the germ for the ; nest your is then perfected amd mowing will} he armies to them then.A Most IurorTaNT Port in the matter of increased egg ction consists in thoroughly domesticatingthe fowls.Feeding the fowls from the hand with meat occasion: ally, their eagerness for which overcomes their ; timidity, insares good results.It isa good! plan to break up fresh bones for them daily, | which uot only increases the production atl ieggn, but aasista materially in familiarizing! the fowls with their attendant.To insure , their domesticity, fowls should be visited i often, treated with kindness, and eared for to such a degree that the owner's attentionshwill be largely recoguized and appreciated.\u2014 Poultry World, FREQTENT CULTIVATION is a good aubati- ; tute for manure but pays much better with manure than without.This we have tried on garden crops, especially potatoes, cabbage.beans, onions, and other root crops.An old saw las come down to us frbm the fathers, that he who would have early cabbage sprouts must hoe them every morning before breakfast, We lave tried this in spring time for mornings enough to prove that it is not one of the old wives\u2019 fables.In the early morn- 1 ' ing the dew ison, and this is charged with an! ill available amount of ammonia, which of course | feeds the roots below.If the surface is neglected, a crust forms, and the air does not circulate in the soil, Arree Tunkk OR Four weeks old it is often & go od plan to feed à little provender of some kind, as und oats, wheat, bran or middlings.This should be commenced in small w y and increase gradually until much is fod as safe, Calves mised in this way and kept growing right along through the first winter, or doa) uptil vo yours old, will be in a fair way to make cows that will please the farmers better than those they are usually able to buy.It will pay to select in the best manner for the needs of the dairy, and if there should he more than is wanted un the farm it will be found more profitable to have & good heifer or cow to nell, rather than have to buy.Too OrrEn THE Housk, whether old or new, stands in the midst of a \u2018\u201cloor-yard\u201d full of chips, old logs, abandoned knots, broken boards, and all sorts of rubbish.The pig-pen, chicken house, waggon-sheda, and va rious unsightly structures are not far away.Some things look better by contrast, but it certainly does not improve the appearance of a good hose to have such surroundings.A house not costing half as much wold.took better with trees, lawns and shrubbery «round it, and would create far more of the home feeling in the minds and hearta of its occupants.Even a log house, festooned with creepers and vinks, environed with trees and shrubs, fronted with a nice lawn, and having à gravel drive up % it, presenta a far more attractive ap than a costly mansion standing lonely and undraped in the midst of à bare field, or a slovenly chip-yard.IN Wan SUMMER WEATHER many persons feel an irrosistible craving for something sour, amd often gratify this caire by a free indal- gence in pickles, or vegetables made acid with vinegar, This demand for acids indicates a deficiency in the acid secretions of the stomach and the demand for an artificial supply is a natural one : hut vinegar is not the best substitute.Lactic acid ia one of the chief agents that give acidity to the gastric juice of the stomach in health.This is acid of sour milk and therefore one of the bestsummerdiet dvinka that we can use is buttermilk.It satisfies the craving for acids id giving to the stomach » natural supply, and at the same time furnish: ing in ita ch matter « good supply of wholesome nudrition.A man will endure fatigue in hot weather better on buttermilk than on any diet drink he can use.Tux DinmeTonsof the Industria) Fxhibition Association of Toronto have decided to establish and operate in connection with their next exhibition, to be heid at Toronto from the 7th to the 19th of September, 8 Model Dairy.[It will be under the management and superintendence of Professor Hrown, of the Guelph Agricultural College, assisted hy Professor Barry.lt in proposed to exhibit & centrifngal machine for separating the cream from 200 pounda of milk per day, and making the same into hutter.The milk from diffor- ent hreods of cattle procured daily on the Eahibition grounds wil be exhibited inlarge lass tubes, so that visitors can see the quan.fey of cream given by sack cow an equal quantity of milk.The dairy will be Btted with oll the latest improvements of lone has time to sit, Le brought into constant the beat heifer calves and then care for them In MANY À CueL, quiet farm-house, there are three or four bedrooms that might, by the.exercise of a little ingenuity, be spared for the summer.Those portions of the house which kept closed and little used, may with advantage, be thrown open to wun snd.are great air, the pleasant piazzas where, perhaps, no, use.The great apple trees in the orchard, the maples and elms, the hraok, the hilltops about, will add theirowndelightful hospitality.{ know nf several farm-houses where the wioney that conies from a few swnmer boarders exceeds the entire money produce of the farm itsell, There are, at the present momont, a great number of families looking for just such accommodations.IT ts AVPARENT that the nore cquable the temperature and humidity of the air, the more equable will be the precipitations.Suppose it is a drouthy time : if the current of waturated air comes over or near a forest growth or drained land, the chances are good fog a pre cipitation for the air over this land will be cool and moist but if the land is hare aud un- drained, there will likely be no precipitation, for the air will he hot and dry.Thur forests and underdrain temper drouths, How often have we segn a cloud rise in the west and diift toward our parched fields, and then pass them by and follow some creck, depositing ite moisture on the way.We commonly say that ** the creek drawa the main.\u201d but it tathe cool, moist air above the creek that condenses the moisture beyond the point of saturation, and the hot, dry air above the bare, undraited fielda that absorbs it, and alse incredses the carrying capacity of the current.To Ror MANUKE without loss of quality, two things are necessary : Firat, fork it u into heaps after a heavy rain, when there wil ie plenty of moisture.Second, be sure and\u2019 leave your piles fiat on top.This will equalize the temperature, and prevent the heap from drying out and becoming ** fire- fanged.\u201d If you will put two cords of manure 1u a fiat heap, four feet high, and be aide it, at the same time, build a conical\u2019 heap with the same amount of manure, and à wag a Sydney man.who bad 2,800 sheep on Comprises very bis mu gre vet Lu the beat | month later examine the two pile, you will! then appreciate the importance of the shape {south Wales contingent to the Soudan.These SINGTON # ¢ CLOTHS RI of a manure heap.Fhat flat pile will be moist | and uniform in quality, and there will be but | little loss of ammonia.The comical heap! smoke like a furnace, and give off a; ungent odor, and when you examine it ai | month later, and you will find a large part of {it dry and unfit for use.The Courses may as well be usefully em loyed, perha of the vacation, as to Io nd lor rari end in idleness.1 think le hey had much Letter be, Satan fluds mis- hief for idle hands to do.\u201d But I would net compel them: to work for nothing, as half of the benefit would thus be lost Rather pay + them a fair price for the work done, and let them keep count of the time, ard have the money to do just as they please with, 1f they spend some of it foolishly, uu matter {we wore all children once), it may teach then a lesson | that will save them much larger sunis in after life.At any rate, it will teach them industrious habits and the valueofmoney.[twill teach them business.Children want money \u2014-nowadays considerable of it- -let them earn it.It will be better for them.and for their parents.But they shou ways oe paid promptly, and according to agreement.The meanest man on earth ia the one who hires bis children to do job, and then forgets to pay them\u2014who gives them a calf to raise for their own, and sells it when grown up, and coolly pockets all the money.Who would blame such a man\u2019s children for wanting to leave the farm Aw Ick Box costing from $2 to 83 can be made by any man who has, or can borrow, a few tools, and is 1 of skill enough to makeahox, Nise, twoby three feet.and thioe feet high, lergerorsmaller as desired ; material, common pine, dressed on one side or rough, as the vase may he : wide, if you have your choice.Nail up two boxes with bottoms, one just enough larger to take in the other and leave an inch space all around the top of one, flush with the other.In this space insert narrow atrips of inch stuff, and nail solidly through and through.Nail a four inch strip on top of bath boxes, shutting up air space\u2014 let the strip back one-third an inch on in.aisle bax, no aa to leave something for cover to shut down on.Now fit in and lang your cover, à mingle thickness, and well cleated.For lining, a sheet of zinc formed for bottom, and coming up the sides à little way, and soldered at corners for an inch orso.After putting thin in place, nail the upper edge to box Hinelde all round, with large tacks, Provide in nome way for ¢ drip spout in one end or bottom, for the water to get away as fast na the ice melts.Set the box in the collar, or hack porch, or where you want it: put in 150 Ibs.ice once a week, and enjoy the results.Cortos-Sern MEAL ror Calves, \u2014 We have nat recommended the use of cotton seed meal for young calves, leoause itis not all decorti- cated, and the husk of cotton seed is exceedingly tough and indigestible, entirely unfit for a young cealf's stomach.If the cotton seed was well decorticated, we do not think that, ted in moderation, it would injure à call.But it is excecdingly rich in nitrogenous matter and oil, and the cali'n atomach can atavs but a tittle of it.The young calf should not be given more than a quarter to one third of a pound per day, and that shotild he boiled, and ted with wheat middlings.Cotton seed meal in not so laxative aa awed meal, and not ao soothing to the stomach.The six-imonthe\u2019 calf can safely Le fed one nd of cotton-ssed meal per day, which in nine months may be i: to one and one-half pounds dollars an acte, at n cost of five dellurs an acre for planting : and after twenty five yours the standing wood was sold for $150 an acre, affording a forge profit.Theruws were six and nine feet apart, and the trees were from four to six fect in the rows, the nearest being partly intended as a wind break.Au experituent was made by wetting pine trees ot land tou poor to cultivate, which are now trty une years old, and are estimated worth $150 per acre, found that the weight in growth during the last ten years wan equal to that of the firat twenty ; but another account of à plantation in another place, states that the trees had nearly ceased growing nt twenty tive years.Hence the importance of careful ohservation on different soils wind conditions of growth, to know when to cut.From a careful estimate it waa] THE MONTRRAL WEEKLY WITNESS.T 2 \u2014 I \u2014\"_ \u2014 2 \u2014 \u2014 CATTLE AT LARGE.An AGenknai.Roux it is not best to get dairy utensils snd whould prove of special in- [tity to yosug animals, aud always mixed with ADVERTISEMENT \u2014 .Bumscuiaun, Algoma, Ont.\u2014 Q.\u2014 ls it law tul for castle AY shieep cory fat unless preparing it for the] terest to thous iutereated fu this department.[fouds poor in nitrogen.In dairy districts] \u201c7° SEAN (OSTARIO AND LOWER PROVINCE.) to ran through tho woodeund commons in Algoma; sud butcher.For keeping over one year this bish TFubuie 1x ConaIDERAuLK difference of opin- where whey is used, which is eo poor in nitro , ae claim al \u2019 : ; ; , MASTER AND SERVANT.his up when be has no fence At a?Aus.1% 1s condition ieuninjury.Teaser et fan jou about growiug lomatoes.My plan has eu and oil, & little ib uwcal will make u the MACLAREX, LEET & SMATH, (To the Editor of the Witness.) Iawtul for the cattle to he permitted vo to run at large A care than ; *['aiwaye been tu trellis them in oue way or an-|\"eficiency, and beconios a valuable addition.5 if thers in why law of che monicipailts tothe conten : ad give.RY owe open u lamb alas otner, and to prune moderately, A neighbor[1n combination with cornmeal, cotton seed Adsocntes IR, * Hubucriber, Western Ontariu\u201d wake à questiott y owniug such vattle, in allowiag cure should be taken not ove er unless] of pine, a professional gard ho à meal has al feadling value for those a 1 a |» STREET.i w el y then to do so, be Liable à h d dour by them .i ap gardener, who is very arge fling 63 AT.JAMIA ATR oe teat a eta sis or otha 88 Apoken of + nd the arly nustaiuinganime ous detain 81 ie ta bo fattened aud sold at ono.successful, ullows the vince to grow on the [year old uv uver.The deutls of the calves wo tag peace and safety during Lbe night\u201d ouaocount of the the cattle Until compensated for his loss Prost os sxe to their pens and uot allowed ground, placing shingles undor the clusters offmentioned may have been caused by feedingi suux 3 MacLanes, QC, Buru P Les: 8.doors being left vniastened to sccommodate & hired çaunene.} acceas to f dirt, are apt to become injured Fruit to preserve them from the dirt.He|Wwo much, and creatin inflanunation of the |Ouumissions for Uutano RC Buste.BC men keeping fate hours contrary Lo agreement?The \u201cA MOTHER'S RIGHT.Ly wu strain.+ wa their backs, often 1 the prince excessively, leaving one would hardly [stowach.National Live-Stocl Jor real, Chi OMINION LINE OF STEAM.GHIPH, RUNNING IN CONNFOTION WITR THE GRAND TRENk RAILWAY OF CANADA LIVERPOOL BERVICE.Dates vf sailing from Quetve : Tenonto, 1th Suis BROOKLYE, lat Aug MONTHEAL, 13h Jug.Unkcon, Mb Aux Misaissirer, 85th July *HaARNIA, 15th Aug BonTrEal, $d Aug BRISTOL SERV Dates of satliug from Muntres) for Avonuoath Dock TEXAS, {Teh July.ONTALLG, MUL Ag Dominion, 318 July Rates of Passage, From Quebec $60 and $00 Beturu, 430, $100, 3108, $13 All vutelde roonis Lutermediate, $95, wilh very mperfor acoommudtion Meerage at owes 1ates \u201cThis sean has saloon, stalerooms, music room aod bath roonis ait, Sehipe w he but Libtie motion is fold carriee nritler cattle nos abu ep.For Freight or Pi v, apply in Loudon, to Gresle Hunter à Cu, 1) Leadenhall street ; tu Liverpool, to Fins, Main sud Montgomery, 34 James otroet ; In Quebec, to VW M.Macoberson : at ail Urand Trunk Haiwaÿ Offices VW.5.O'BRIEN, 143 fa.Jamas et orto DAVID TORRANE & CO.Co _____ Eachanse Court.Moatreal ONALDSON LINE.WEEKLY CANADIAN KERVICE Montreal to Glan on.Ag S Towrn HTE ASR (building J'EMPERLEY 4 FORTNIGHTLY MONTREAL TO LUA DON SL aa Lt Krse iM BoTase ow © nee modation fre igdted butler uf shes al farihtivs {ir earrying butter awl chi + Pos wid parse oj 13 to TERT REFORU à CO, Mur: AM ROSS 4 C0, 3 Fast Lr=ha avenue, Lond .Or TEMPERLFLS CARTER & DANKE, 21 Billiter st, Lou( +.EU TREAT WESTERN T BTEAMSHIP C0 Lamted), Montrent à Bristol fly ersicebets 200 tons rugister £000 \"0\" ten \u2018The importance was stated of carefully as } sorting the young trees before plauting, placing those of equal size by themselves, to pre vent the aller oues from being shaded and crowded under by the larger, and uns formed.The cultivator is to be passed In tween the rows twice a year or oftener, until\u2019 the trees are fairly under way in growt Early pruning would remove profitless ai branches, sud make handsome trees.The \u201cwhite pine was particularly recommended be _cause best adapted to the thin and poor aoils of | the tate, oud pest to this the white birch! + Treat, | \u2014\u2014\u2014 FROZEN MEAT FOR ENGLAND Fron\u2019 NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA.! Mr.Basil Hodges, a well-known English { agricuiturist, has recently returned from a six months\u2019 trip through New Zealand and\u2019 Australia, during which he took special pains to collect information in regard 1e the frozen mutton trade from those countries.At a recent meeting of the Canterbury Farmers Club he delivered an address on the subject : {n answer to inquiries on the frozen meat trade, the New Zealanders told me that they could well the mutton nt 2d.per pound.They like 24d, better, hut they can do with 24.f usked, \u2018Will you be able to continue this output?Is it not a surplus which must cease when the accumulation of animals has been « \"* The reply I received was, \u2018fi rice, we xhall be able not only to continue, Tut to increase our exports, because the average price we have obtained from the new method of sending frozen sheep has given us on the average nearly double what we were able to oltaiu heforc at the bailing down establishments.\u201d The frozen meat trade in not confined to New Zealand.They are getting actively to work in New South Wales.Une of my fellow -passengers hoard the Iberia, the vessel that took the New sheep were intended to come to London, bu they were taken out for the soldiers, and I believe the troups were delighted to get a feed of fresh mutton in that tornd region.\u201d He in tends to carry on the industry.Replying to a question, Mr.Hodges said the freezing and transport charges unted to about 3d.per pound, which, with the original value of the mutton, would bring up the price to 5d.or ijd, per pound.i - - CUT THE GRASS IN THE EVENING.It is very much better to cut grass in the afternoon than in the morning, when wet with dew.Cut it no late in the afternbon that it will not have dried at all cripsy, and the dew of the following night will not injure | it in the least.We have aimed to cut all the in the afternoons, after the team haa finished hauling in the cured hay.It is conl then, and one may run the mac well into the evening, if the work is driv ing, and the surface of the field is amooth and free from obstructions that would endanger the machine.The next morning, after the dew in dried off, set the tedder guing and keep it buay until noon.In the afterncon the hay will be dry enough to go into the barn, and there has been no expeose in cocking sud opening out the cocks again in the morning.as by the oid and stili quite common way.When grass is cut with a heavy dew on, it takes the Lest part of the first day to get the dew dried off, and it becomes neccessary to bunch it up at night, or leave itin the window for another day's drying.By adopting the methul of afternoon cutting, the risk from bad weather is reduced about one-half, and the labor and cost of caring quite materially.[t never injures grass to get wet after bring cut if it has not he- come much wilted.The heavier the crop the greater will be the gain from cutting in the afternoon.From two to four hours of hot sunshine upon grass free from dew, amply sufficient for making it into the best of hay if it in kept atirred during the time, with a i tedder.If the crop fs very light, the tedder may he dispensed with.\u2014N.B.Farmer.- - MURDER OF A CANADIAN IN KANSAS ( Corrrspindence of the Witness.} The sad and n.elancholy news of the murder of Mr.Robert Layfield reached our village the other morning.% will be rementbered by his many friends in Leeds and Invernesa that several years ago he moved to Kannan, 11.8, where he apparently became very popular and wuceenafnl in his profession.He was last seen alive Friday evening.June 20th.It in believed that a man by the name of Tobe Taylor, a constable and officer of the law, followed him that evening from the village to his house, where he hind recently taken up his residence and foully and hrutally murdered him for hinmoney.The man in now under arrest aged it in to be hope that he may get the full benefit of the law and expiata hid\u2018erime ns all murderers sivald co if found guilty.Mr.Layfield wap a member of the Odd fellows and was buried under their auspices He was aleo a prominent member of the Baptist Church and an earnest progressive Christian, Hin widow and family have the sympathy and prayer of all well wishers and friends, Inverness, Que., July 1835 a Tur Crem of marvellous growth are not all in this country, snd the same causes im very different regions have the rame result Baker, .\u2018These rich foods should always vein consi quan: en rows podatua | twumber of Cu'AN pussengets.Bpvetal ficillties for corrgiag Lutter an ches For rates of tech aid pasease apply to MOHLNT M A té, Moutreal, & non, re, Brutal, Euglud Hailing between MC LEON TYN see Draco, Var (Los A rates of fright purl CAJRSS NM.N, Londau x, For RTE ; 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