i Volume 6. 



Uumler 5, 



Subscription Price, 

 $1.50 a jrear. 



SAN JOSE, CAL., JUNE, 1875. 



Single Copies, 

 15 cents. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 133, Editoria!, — i Kew Grape vino Peet. 



*♦ l^i4, KaUorial Notes. Etc, 



*' 135, Poetry. — Untilled Laud. To a Ynnng 

 Man LuaviriK Home. The Two RpapiTH. 

 To-day and To-morrow. Don't Kun in Dt-bt. 

 Pace Implora. Labor. The Plow. MiBt. 



* 136, Editorial. —About the Season. 



** 137, Editorial. — Aericultiiral and GrauRo 

 MatterB in tho South. Intornational Exhi- 

 bition at Philadelphia. 



•' 138, EditoriiU.— How Shall AVe Celebrato. 



** 13l», Editorial. — SnmothiuR About the Beet 

 Sufjur Interest. Eduoatioiial.— PartB of 



Speech. Pupil Fsirmtrs. 



** lyO, Correspondence. — An Alarminc Habit 

 and Cufitoni. Artesion Wells. Apiary. — 

 The Heu nnd the Honey Bee. Bee-keepiug 

 for Women. Bees in the U. S. 



•• 131, The Dorse. — Russian Horses. How to 

 feiiow the Age of Horses. Weaning Colts. 

 Horticulture. — The Strawberry Region 

 of the Pacific Coast. 



*' 133, Household Reading;. — King and 

 Queen. A Question of lieform. A* Chat 

 and a Lunch. 



** 133, Dairy.— Treatment of Garget. A New 

 Departure in Cheese-making. Cheese Sta- 

 ti.stios. Butter Taints. Points in Butter- 

 making. Stock Breeder.— Cattle RaiB- 

 iug the U. S. 



*• 134, Stock Breeder (continued). 



•' 135, Stock Breeder (continued).— Sour Milk 

 for Calves. Porcine. — Thoroughbred 

 Swine. White vs. Black Hogs. 



*• 13i>, Sheep and Goats.— The Angora Goat 

 Again. luiprovemeut of Sheep. 



•• 137, DonieKtic. — Learn to Keep House. Chnts 

 V ith Purniers' Wives and Daughters (by 

 Jewell) . How to Cook Tomatoes. How 

 Many Farmers Live. Counecticui Dough- 

 nuts. 



'« 138, Poultry Yard.— Dark Brahma Fowls. 

 Clinping Wings. Fresh Eggs. Management 

 of Ueese. Weight of Eggs. Etc. 



** 139, Pisciculture. — Self-sustaining Fish- 

 culture. Hy;;ienic. — Insulated Beds. 

 The Evil:! of Alcohol and Tobacco. 



'• 140, Women. — Baby Drunkards. Gentle 

 Dignity of Woman. Women's Spending 

 Money. The Society of Women. 



'* 141, Editorial, Fine Merinos, Fine Poultry, 

 etc. 



£. A. Clare. 



J. W. Haskell. 



CLAUK E, HASKELL, 



Heal Estate, and Ereneral Business A^ent, 



SKARC'lIING AND CO X VE Y A N f 1 N G 

 promptly and correctly done— Real Estate bou^^ht 

 oud sold. OmcE;— la Post Office Building. 



THOEOUSHSaSD SPANISH ^mm 



FOR SALE. 



nf\ One and two years old Thoronghhred 



v)U Spanish Mi rino Itanis, California bred, from 

 EweH iniiiorled from Veimont, and sired by S verance 

 Jt Peet's » t'lebmted ram Tiiemont, and by their 1....1 

 (JiiEEN JIiTTNTAiN, which took the first pre liiams at 

 ttie Bay DisUiit and State Fairs. Last sheririug, :J5^ 

 lbs. year's growth. Also, ubcmt ICK) Ewes and Lambs, 

 all of Green Mountain stoi-k, lired this year. 



je B, F. WATKINS, S«ntii Clara. Cal. 



DOIT'T THUTK 



BecausG We Trust 



THOSE WOETHY OF CEEDIT 



Wo cannot sell 



Groceries, Hardware, 



And \11 Kinds of Goods, 



As Cheap for Cash 



As Any Store in Santa Clara Co. 



T R Y XJ S. 



Mnrkel Street, San Jose. 



LOOK TO YOUR IHTEEESTS 



AXD GO TO THE 



412 FIBST ST., SAN JOSE. 



Spring Beds SSade to Order at 

 Less than TVholcsale Prices. 



It?" Repairing done. Second-hand Furniture bought 

 aud Hold. 



Z. TAYLOR. 



Mr. STU-WESAITT, 



Of Edgewoocl, PonghkefjiRie, New York, 

 wishing to inerense his Sliort-hnrn herd of 

 cattle, offers for sale is entire herd of 



AYI^SHIF^E CATTLE, 



Containing Twenty-five Cows in milk and in calf to 

 ''ROBBIE BRUCE," 



Undoubtedly the finest Ayrshire Viull in the country; 

 four Heiiers. due to calf by the same Bull iluring the 

 Summer; seven Heifer Calves, dropped this Spring; 

 four liuU Crilves of thi.'! Spring; one yenrliiig Bull, and 

 the Bull ROBBIE BRUCE. This entire herd will be 

 sold for the STun of $8,000. 



This herd is coiiiiios*-! of the two entire herds for- 

 merly belonging to Mr. W. Hiruiejof SpringfieM Mn.'wi., 

 and Mr. H. s. Collins, CoUiusville, C<^tun. Mr. Stuy- 

 vesant having some years since bought these two en- 

 tire herds, and having hatl a weelingout K«le last fall. 



The above stock is now recorded in I^Ir. Bagg's Ca- 

 nadian and American Ayrshire Herd Book. Mr. Stuy- 

 vesant. however, will agree to record all this stock 

 either in the new volume to be issued by the .\yrshire 

 Breeders' Aesociatiou. or in Measrs. Sturtevant's new 

 work called " North American Ayrshire Itegister," or 

 in both, to suit the buver. 



yir. Stiiyve-^ant wa-i "invirde'l the HERD PRIZE at 

 the New York State Fair at Rochester, last Fall, with 

 large competition. 



THE PEDIGREES 



of this stock are all g^iod. CnlHlogues containing a 

 description of the herd will he sent on application. 

 Also, catalogue of the small but value herd of SUort- 

 liorns at Edgewood written out on applieHtion. 

 Address. -TKO. R. STUYVESANT, 



Edgewood. Poughkcepsie, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 



SHQI5ErAlffi?i3iiE§,?llOVi§IQNS, 



T£AS, COFFSES, 



Cigars, Tobacco, Oil, Lamps, Etc. 



ALL GOODS WARRANTED FIRST-CLASS 



TERM S--C ASH! 



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WOODLAND 

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'S'ARDS 



Victorious ! 



Half the Awards at the Last State Fair. 



Send for Price List of EGOS and FOWXS. 



DR. W. J. PRATHEB, 

 ap Woodland, Tolo Co., C«l. 



