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Volume 6. 



I ® ^ J . ITumkr 7. i 



JULY. 



Subscription Price, 

 $1.50 a year. 



SAN JOSE, CAL., JULY, 1875. 



Single Copies, 

 IS cents. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Pagre 14b, Rditorial,— Aiding Parturition. To 

 our Friends. 



** 147, Kditorial Nof es. Etc. 



** 148, Poetry. — Don't Leave the Farm. Cot- 

 tage Music. We World is What ^Ve Make 

 it. Life's Lessons. CentenniaL Hayseeil, 

 Honor to Our Workmen. Good Farmer 

 James, The Joy of Doing Good. 

 * 149, Kditorial.— A Mllpitas Farm. Brigg's 

 San JoBo Orchard. 



•• 150, EditoriaL — Horticulturists, Attention. 

 Winter Irfigation or Flooding. Fencing the 

 Farm. News about Newspapers. Young 

 Stock with Cows. 



*« 151, Correspondence. — The Great Question 

 of Our Times. Concrete Walls. 



•• 152, Domestic. — Chats V ith Farmers' Wives 

 and Daughters (by Jewell) , Familia Talks. 



•* 153, Domestic (continued). — Fruit in Tin 

 Cans. Crystal'zing Grasses. How to Cook 

 Oatmeal. How to Make Oil Lamps Safe. 

 Slieep and Goats. — AngoraGoats. 



*' 154, Sheep and Goats (continued),— The 

 Shee of Spain. Stock Breeder.— Prin- 

 ciples Governing the Transmission of Char- 

 istics 



•' 155, St.oclc Breeder (continued) .— -Stampede 

 on the Plains. The Cow for the Dairy. 



•' 15G, Dai»-y.— John Has a Way. Fancy Butter 

 Making. Curing Butter Twelve Proposi- 

 tions- Cows Sucking Themselves. Rela- 

 tiva Cost of Butter and Beef. Etc. 



** 157, Poultry Yard,— Setting Hens. How 

 to Keep Hens from Enting Eggs. Pisci- 

 culture. — Fishculture. Sea Salmon in 

 Fresh Water. Etc. 



" 158, Apiary.— A Stinging Subject. Bee as a 

 Bcavinger* Handling Bees. Why Farming 

 is Unprofitable, 



*• 159, The Horse.— Good Things About Mules. 

 Horses vs. Mules. Windows in Horse 

 Stables. Porcine, — The Berkshire Hog. 

 Mixing Breeds. Kee Them Fat. New Hog 

 Diseases. 



•* IfiO, Uorticnlinre. — Heading Off Borers. 

 Blark Pepper Trees. Evergreens Amongst 

 Fruit Trees. Ripening Fruit Early. Mar- 

 ket Gardening. 



•' IGl, Flower Garden.— How to Take Care of 

 Bulbs. Tuberose Bulbs. Educational . 

 What Should Young People Head. Thiuk- 

 Etc. 



** 1G2, Hygienic. — Beverages, Dyspepsia. Tea 

 and Outlue. 



IGIJ, Boys »nd Girls,— Helping 

 Mamma. A True Hero. Etc. 



Papa and 



IGI, Kditorial. —Sprout Pruning, Publica- 

 tions. 



(Jroceries, 



At the Ziowest 

 Rates. 



Hardware, 



Of Every 



Variety. 



Crockery, 



The Largest 

 Stock in Town. 



Road Wagons, 



Express Wagons, 



Buggies, 



All at Very Low Prices, 



-AT THE — 



Market Street, San Jose. 



FIRE IJ^SURAI^JCE. 



List (if Compauit-B included in Agency: 

 Insurance Contpany of North America* 



Capital and Assets, $1,700,000 

 American Fire Iitsurance Company, 



Capital and Assets, $1,000,000 

 Continental Insurance Company, 



Capital and Assets. $-2,600,000 

 German- American Insurance Company, 



Capital wnd Assets, $1,850,000 

 Niagara Fire Insurance Company, 



Capital and Assets, $1,400,000 

 Koyal Insurance Coin|mity, 



Capital and Assets. $17,000,000 



Total Capital and Assets, $28,550,000. 



li!^ Call and see mo at my New Office, 



290 Santa Clara Street, 



In Farmers' National Gold Bank Building, 

 jy J. A. CLAYTON, Agent. 



E. A. Clark. 



J. W. HASKEUi. 



clauk a; haskell, 



M Estate, and General liimi ki^t 



SEARCHING AND CONVEYANCING 

 promptly and correctly done — Real Estate bought 

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Office;— In Post Office Building. 



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DXASaOSTD SFZiCTACZiES, 



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BRAZILIAN PEBBLES 



And Common Glasseii, 



259 Santa Clara Street, San Jose. 



CrEO, B. HARMON, 



eHoicsmLfisiiEUEOvisms, 



TEAS, COFFEES, 



Cigars, Tobacco, Oil, Lamps, Etc. 



ALL GOODS WARRANTED FIRST-CLASS 



TERM S--C ASH! 



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Su.-c-esKor to C. k. IIOrOH. 



311 Santa Clara Street, 



San Jose Bank Building. 



WOODLAND 



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Half the Awards at the Last State Fair, 



Send for Price List of EGGS and FO'nxS. 



DR. W. .J. PK.\THEn, 

 ap Woodland, Yolo Co., Cal. 



