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THE HERALD. AGHICUL TV UAL. Gralijrer Politics. Tlic Order of Patrons of Husbandry is now one of the greatest powers on I fQ be Q ;n5tant in thought, in season the American Continent. When it first ! an,i out of ,.cac0n as tiat 0f the house began to attract attention, it was wif0. -yiC.x cooking, ihc must have rnouglit unworthy ol any serious notice. Jeers and ridicule were deemed fully ti,ree iumm revolutions in the min cqualto its destruction, and when it ' ute or fomc 0f the numerous irons arc negan to lie evident that, regardless of 1 tliec, it was growing at a rate aton- jng con"ce and numerous other things, f-diingly rapid, the enemies wheeled I must be attended to at the right mo about, and sought consolation in what went, or wc sit down to burned cal-c, they supposed to be analogy. Said , they, "the Grange organization grows too quickly Ij -.and long. It is mush- roomy m character; it springs up in a night, and in a like manner will pass away. J. Ins is a fair sample of what wc have heard people say. The cause for the Grange movement was deep rooted and long standing, though very little noticed. The farmers felt that they were placed at a disadvantage, and various ineffectual attempts were made from time to time, to give agri culture as good a chance to succeed as the sister arts, At last the day dawned for tire production of a man capable of giving practical expression to a plan that would procure for agriculture the place of honor to which this purest and best of all calling is entitled. And, before wc pass on, wc have one thing to say. It is the reproach of the world, that its greatest benefac tors often suffer neglect. Let the far mers see that this does not happen to the men that project the organization that is going to make agriculture an swer to the description of Washington, when he called it the mo?t healthful, most useful, and most noble employ ment of niatu And this Order, to which all, who have been enriching themselves at the expense of agriculture, look v.ith no ordinary solicitude, not a plant suited to the soil of tho East. Its proper home is in the West and South. There are some sections in the Hast where it can grow, but not many. The farmers of an old and thickly settled country do not need a combination to enable Uiem to procure their rights. If, in England, labor was scarce, Trade's Unions among the mechanical classes, a? a protection against the tyr anny of capital, would be unknown And, similarly, if the farmers of the South and West had a home market had big cities filled with people to con sume even-thing thev can raise so that there would be no surplus to transport to a distance they would not be com pelled to unite for the purpose of pro curing justice. A farmer nearXew York or Boton. has no earthly cause for complaint. He can take his pro duce right to the door of the consumer, and get as much as any middleman who procures his supplies from other sections, and who to the first co-t ha: to add that of transportation as well a something to repay him for his own trouble. It is therefore quite evident that the e-stablL-hnient of Granges, or something of the same sort, was a ne cessity for the Suites over which it has spread. And the Order will exi.-t just as lon as it can do good, and no longer. A thing that subserves no honest purpose will not lie sustained. And so ridicule has failed, the niu.-li room story Ls getting stale, and the enemies of the Grange movement arc trying to frighten the country by rais ing the cry of ttolilic. It would be terrible for the patrons to put even their little finger on such a thing wouldn't it? If those who arc tiring to get up an excitement by an ngita tion of this aspect of the case, will just tell what in their opinion what the Grangers ought to, and what they ought not to think alxnit, it will be the casic3tthing in the world to determine as to the justness of the charges intro duced in this connection Xo man in the name of the Grange, and as a Granger, am have- anything whatever to do with party polities. I'ut jwlities pure and simple the great questions that bear directly on the pockets of ns all and party politics, are two different things. Tins is an idea which the trained and cunning demagogue oflwtli jtolitical parties docs not want the farmer to understand Wc haw said that the Granjrc movement is especially adapted to the .South and "Wt, but we do not mean that it has' .nvil.ln,, L...i:r,,..i i : ...!.., ; .... . ...tll .T IIW11.11 tlfJMl. 1.. .11 II, .lb 11 carries into its counsels any menione.3 ... if the war. Not at all. It putsliehind it cvcrvthinir of that sort, and would!! Iiave its nieinlKi pre?.- on to the great i-idii-trial roninM of the future. It want-lo -(: the re-oum -: oi"thi dori - oiu country developed. I.. thi way. every nuans tllat can ai.-t in reaching Midi a splendid end, becomes a legiti mate .subject lor the Grange todi-cuss in this way, polities or if you prefer it, political economy but not party polities will occupy the intelligent Patrons thoughts. Farm?' Home Journal. IVonian on the Farm. The following sensible article is from that sensible farmers' nnncr. the Jl tvs- , , . . trrn liin-al: There is no portion con- ,wo.l with ft.rminir tl.nt mo aires one ,icr tmVrlts revolving at the rate of .rc to I,urn. Those cakes, that roast- cold coffee, or a di.-h of pork and beans burned nearly to a cinder, How's thU? Well, she has so much to do, so many irons in the lire, and, withal, has lieen a little careless How could it be otherwise? Just a little carelessness on her part is sure to bring her to grief, and her husband to burned or ?poiled victuals, and to drink black swill and call it coffee. A good housewife must have her wits about her all the time, or the leakage from the kitchen will materially di minish the profits of the farm. Hits of meat, bread, cake and pie, which could be just as well saved, arc care lessly thrown away. In the course of a year, could the' be placed in a pile, they would greatly astonish the cook, and account for the hundred dollars deficit in the farmer's calculations. A stream of small things daily pour ing from the kitchen in a years' time would swell into a small brook, which would prattle of carelessness and waste, and kindly teach a valuable lesson to all who would deign to listen. The swill barrel is the key that opens the secrets of the housewife's domin ions of cookery. If in the heterogene ous mass are floating liberal quantities of bread and cake, pudding and pic, potatoes and meat, it is ominous of careless and unthinking waste. What s thrown into the hopper by the prov ident hand of the farmer, passes over the tail-board of the kitchen into that ominous gatherum, the swill barrel; and the dollars that should go to clothe 'crself and children, are swallowed up . . . r . i . in tne greasy waters ot mat open- mouthed catch-all. Want of order and care rob us of a mint of money, without our seeming to notice the leakage, without our taking heed to the lesson which is before u; from one year's end to the other. Wastefulness is the twin brother of poverty. At first they appear to be distant from each other and without family look; but as age creeps on they grow to look alike, and at last, when side by side in the poor-house, the resemblance is perfect, and we wonder that wc had never noticed it before. The true economy in the kitchen is to have everything in order and in its place, to save everything that is useful. A little saved to-day, and day by day as the months glide by, will insensibly grow into notice, and at last be properly appreciated. Extrav agance is the extreme, and like waste- fulness, swallows up the dollars with out any equivalent; indeed, they are in their results svnonvmous, both showing the disappointed improvident crawling out at the little end of the eornieopia. The man who has a good housewife, in whom order and economy hold 'a prominent place, may consider hini- .-elf as blessed among men, and if he can not appreciate her, he deserves the execration of all women, and to be pelted with rotten eggs by unfortunate men. ISccii ami SSuiHow I'louing. I suppose it is an unsettled question as to whether deep or shallow plowing is the best. After all the discussions I have seen on the subject have been compared with my own experience, and 1 am fully convinced that deep plowing is the best; and if ino-t soils, except sandy or gravelly, could have a further addition of suhsoiling, the benefit would be still more visible. If underdraining is beneficial, then sub soiling will be; for tho nature of the two operations are similar, though one may be preferable to the other. 1 f the soil is naturally deep; the firmer who plows eight or nine inches deep will have much the advantage over the one who plows only four or five , "; l"c ,unncr so:1 WM,m 1101 " come exhau-teJ so quickly, audit wu'.i hi stiind drouth mucli hc-tter. 11 i . . " " , tae son is I is shallow, then you can mi prove upon nature, and make it more , . . fertile by gradually plowing deeper. If the riioN or plants ineline lo g uonii aiifi ii-iiiii.iiij iii.i.vi ...I, .iuu 'nioHture in tune ol drouth, sound rwiMJii teaehts that by stirring the coil thoroughly anil deeply we shall get the be.-t results. If this is not the case, why do crops on thoc lands in Jefferson county, where the rock i near the surface, prove an entire fail- ure in time of drouth? A man from Hirkimcr count', told me that on farms where they plowed deepest and plowed in the manure, they could now keep forty cows where only thirty were kept before. They had dug down two feet and put in manure, covering with the same soil they took oul; the place could be seen by a large growth of grain. Two years ago, I broke up a piece of rather mucky soil. 1 put on three horses, and plowed it fully nine inches deep, and planted it in corn. It was heavy. Last year I sowed it to oats, and seeded it down. This year, although the drouth was very severe, the hay crop was good. About sixteen years ago, two Eng lishmen settled on Loug-Island. They purchased a small piece of land for the purpose of gardening for tho New York market. Their land was badly worn out, and something must be done to fertilize it for gardening purposes. s they had not the means for buying and hauling manure, they enriched by digging it all over two feet deep and filling the bottom with small stones. The result was that their garden was more productive than some others where large quantities of manure was applied. This will prove that there is some truth in the words of the poet: "Plow deep while slujiards sleep, You will 'ave corn to hell and keep." More Stock sun! IteKer Slock. Our farmers, in the revolution of time, should not lose sight of the im portance of stock raising, as one of the most important branches of farming, in a financial point, to market the pro ducts of the farm as much as possible, through ailtlc, hogs or sheep; remem bering that it pays best to feed good stock. Better have a few thorough breds and grades than scrub stock at any price, and when once established with wood stock, with judicious treat ment, a farmer may rely upon a ready demand and good prices, while scrub stock is a drug on the market. Fine tock costs more in the start, but the difference is soon made up in the early maturing, superior qualify, and greater size, wnue it taKes tne same leeu anil labor, in a short space of time. Farmers, make the start now; secure a good Durham bull, and perhaps one or two heifers, and when you once be come acquainted with the merits of the Short Horns, you will wonder why people will continue to raise scrub stock, and you will alo be convinced that farmerc can't afford to raise scrub sock on farm lands worth from fifty to seventy-five dollars per acre. Most farmeis recognize the import ance of having improved breeds of hogs, as no one would think of feeding corn to the old lmg legged breeds; and what is true of hogs is true of sheep and cattle, and even of horses that the money is made out of the better lcass of stock, while commoner stock little more than pays the expenses of rai-ing. Fanners, get good stock, and with good care make the best invest ment for money. A Vcw Sheep on (he l-'ariii, The relative profit is much greater, says the American llural Home, from a small flock than a lame one. ine gi-iin fanner, no matter how few hi: acres, can make money by keeping a few sheep. There is always room for them somewhere, and they consume tnd turn into money food that other wise would wifetc. But he mut be careful not to over stock. To illustrate: Suppose the fanner cultivate only eighty acres mi-iug grain chiefly. He keeps a few cows and the necessary teams. One- fifth meadow; one planted, one sprin: rain, and one wheat. lie thinks he has as much stock as he can profitably keep, but if he puts on om.- sheep to every five acres he will find their pro- duets clear gain. In the spring, early, they can run on the sod which is to be planted, and one sheep to each acre will not hurt the field, and, yet they will live well. fter that they can go into the pastm", and will glean af. ter the cows to advantage. A run on the stubble after harvest will not be felt where each sheep has two acres, and in the fall there is plenty of feed. T'.--ough the winter they can be well kepi u what the other stock would not consume, with tho addition ofa little grain. Brobahlo the most profit able are some of the coarser wookd mutton breeds. Their lambs sell to butchers for high prices, and when fat they bring as much as a yearling steer. Sixteen mutton sheep, well managed. would produce a yearly income of one i ' i,.....i,.,..i ..,!!..,... )..... ;c ,,. - t.,.nt nti,;llfr .nili(i i. re.-died. The 1.1(1. lllll I1W11.U.-. tlllllV.. 11 IUMI I 1 r- o . .rreatest drawback is liability to Ijs; ,',y (,ogs. ., it ;s ,ligraee to anv ! Slate to i.roteet its ems so well that incv ox pel, io a certain t'Mfiu, uie only annual w nieii can eiieapcn tlie ' meat ami elothing of the p.ople. Fences. One of tho Vest evidences of a good fanner is that everywhere upon his premies there are good .strong fences. Tlic importance of having and keeping superior fencing is not realized by the mass of the farming community, hence we see tho great stretch of poor dilapi dated concerns that are scarcely able to hold themselves together. Good fences can be made at comparatively small cost in this couutrv, and in the long run are far less expensive than the inferior Bc-ides the fact thatthev give a brisk im-jiiies.-like look to the farm, impress, ing beholders witli a scnc of the sound ncss and solvency of the owner, they save an immense amount of trouble and annoyance. A farm that is poorly fenced is always open to the inroad of i i . . .1- I i' : . ........ I urcu.li siut.1. -in i.iu it i-j .111 uiici impossibility to keen them Ollt. Urow- ing crops are often seriously injured by invasion ofa neighbors stock, and in nearly every case will rise to some unpleasantness between the parties. Where a farmer has plenty of good oak and locust timber he can build a fence that will last for years, and turn any stock, for fifty or seventy five cents a panncl. This fence (the post and rail J Ls, in our opinion the best and cheapest. It is true that its COSt seems considerable, but when it is once made it serves for nearly a life- tunc, compare its original cost wiin that of the common "worm" fence, ad- .. f 4 . L ".I I lingthe expense of repairing the latter every lew years, ami you win onserve that the former will pay-you in the end. When a farmer has but a limited capital, and makes very little more than expensos, there is no better way to invest this balance, than in making good fences. A hundred panels eaeh year will soon count up, and soon he will see his farm pointed at with envy, anil Its value greatly cnlianceu. it IS in evidence of thrift and go-ahcadativc- ness. and. much as the idea is ridicu- i .1 .. l.n !1r.. . Ions there 13 nothing that helps SO llllicn as nreseuiiiig agouu .im-u.uuuix-. The far-seeing farmer has an eve to this. He knows that tho creJit of a man who shows tumble-down fences md rickety barns, is not very good. It should be clear to the mind of every farmer that the good appearance of his farm will be advantageous to him m more wavs than one. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Valuable Roclles. Lraiox Custard Pn:. Three lenrms (grated), one pound of sugar, eight die and Harness Stock. Uuggies indconveyan-V.o""-'V i a ' o ccs of all kinds on the most reai-onaljle terms. C"'gs, a piece of butter tllC SlZC Ot a Miinm; uixit nit; cms in inu oS'' ' f .1 . the lemons together; add the juice; stir the butter and sugar together, and mix with the eggs and lemons; beat the whites to a still' froth, and'add just is the pies are ready lor the oven. Bake on deep plates, with an under crust. To Cook Livr.u. Soak the liver in salt and water over night, and in the morning slice thin and fry in but ter to a moderate crisp, and you will have a nice dish. Cooking Ilici:. Put into the oven a pan with rice and the requisite quanti ty of water or milk, and keep it cook ing moderately till done half an hour perhaps then turn it, without stir ring, into a dish for the table The riCC grains, leailiery as snow liaues, will' be whole and the skin which forms over the mass ill tllC commence- IllCIlt Ot COOUlllg, atlCl U can DC snip- ... , i ..irhnCwi hiriiiniT nut llinrlw nii. 1"-""" o " " i VOllts the escape of the delicate aroma of the rice, and you have a fine flavor- ed food, in place ot the pasty, liisiput rasnlt. of boilin1' and stirriu Cake ov Canaiiiiis. Occasionally place in tho water a small piece ot the i:. : .,.,.1 ,f lmt,vrmi airaaoi iiwuu; !" " the wires, at one end ot the center perch, a piCCC ol White Sllgar. Hie secd-boxesshould containsullicientsced for the (hlV. A mixture of canary, rape An extra copy or cither the Magazine. uceK ' """"" . j i , r luar. will bo uiinlicd cratis for every Hid llCllip Seed is usually glVdl, but 1 i . . l : . ..... r... ..,:., AV. lviv. nemp suuu is iuu i.iiii;..i.i,. ..... always lound canary anil rape the nest. l i- 1 . 1 :.. ...,,1 o l.nlf of isinglass dissolved m one and a halt i f ivliltn ivnin tlm Uliee and rind ' ... n of one lemon, anil three-quarters ot a pound of white sugar. Simmer till mixed, then strain and set to cool Add a pint and a half of rich cream and stir until quite cold; then set in, molds on the ice, until it becomes as still' as blanc mange. Orange peel and juice is finer than lemon. Coi.d Si..w. Cut a cabbage in half, and with a sharp knife shave it down very finely Make a dressing I i n i i...it" .. .,;n vf ,-Tii .oi oiifi-gg Hi-ii i.i:.ii, ...... ..s.... .... egar, a tea-spoontui oi nutter ami sau .. .1 . . . I 1.1 ' 1 , , , . . , . ' 1 ... i.. "7."... ?....! 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