Volume 6. 



ITumter 8 



Subscription Price, 

 $1.50 a year. 



SAN JOSE, CAL., AUGUST, 1875. 



Single Copies, 

 15 cents. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Paff«14rt>, Filltorial. 



our FrieDiis. 



-Aiding Parturition. To 



171« Kdi tor ial Notes. Kto. 

 173, Poetry.— Straw Stacks. Modem EtUicB. 



Labor. Keep t ho ll*E^Mit|^u8 You Can. 



Follow Up the Plow**'*rftaere' Song. Sow 



to Keap. The Sower. 

 ' 17'.i, Kditorial.— Work for the Season. 

 ■ 17*, Elditorlal, — Letter from Our Traveling 



Agent. 

 '• 175, Editorial. — A Conservative Organ. 



Correspondence. — Letter from Monterey 

 ' 176, Correspondence (coutinuetl) .— Culti- 

 vation of Medicinal Plantb In California. 



Tbey Have Come to Slav, 

 ' 177, Correspondence {continued), — A Plea 



for Cats . A Query About Haypresses 



Doiuestie. —Chats \. ith Farmers' Wives 



and Daughters (byJtwell). 



178, Dontestic (continued) . — Familia Talks, 

 A Farmer's "JewtU." Etc, 



179, Apiary.— Bee-keeping in California. Best 

 Bee Location. Etc. 



180, The Horse. — Horses for Farm Use. 

 Uorse-raciug at the State Fairs. Pisci- 

 culture. — The Growth of Salmon. 



181, Pisciculture (continued) . — Transporting 

 Live Fish. Flo\«-er Garden. — Irrigation 

 for Lawns. The Love aud Culture of Flow- 

 ers. Remove the Flowers. 



' 183, Stock Breeder.— Improvement in Our 

 Domestic Animals. Inflammatory Fever in 

 Cattlo. Short-Horn Cattle. Keep the Best 

 Calves, Influence of the Male in Breeding. 



' 183 Stock Breeder (continued),— Bunches 

 in the Backs of Cattle. Poultry Yard. — 

 How to Keep Poultry. Lice on Fowls. A 

 Model Hen Farm. Brahmas versus Black 

 Spanish Heus. Porcine. —Breeding Bet- 

 Pigs. 



' 184, Porcine (continued). — Hog Cholera. 

 Byijienic- Does the Use of Flour Pro- 

 mote Decay of Teeth? 



' 185, Uyj;ienlc (contimied).— "What Smoking 

 Does tor the Boys. Spectacles. Cure for a 

 Felon. Burns and Freezes. Education- 

 al .—What Shall We du with Our Daugh- 

 ters? Begin Right. Science on the Farm. 



186, Kducationnl (continued).— Facts from 

 Fiu-niers Wanted, Household. — Love 

 Lightens Labor. Letter From Nell Van. 



187, Household Reading; (continued). — 

 Taking it Coolly. Prolit ot Marrying. Kn- 

 gaging Manners. A Happy Home. Show 

 and Pride, Despondency. 



178, Miscellaueons* 



FARMS FOR SALE. 



537 ^crcs — A Good Graiu F;um, U miles 

 Ki>uth(.'ast of San June, in the low hillw; two sniiill 

 Houses and Barns; well fenced iufour firdds; several 

 Good Springs aud Running Water; will make twi> 

 good farms. Will sell half if desired. Price, $30 

 per acre. 



i7 ^cres — 15 acres First-Class Foreign 

 C<riii>es. in full bearing; good House and Improve- 

 ments; 5 miles from City. $8,000- 



35 ^cres — 15 acres in Grapes; near Isaac 

 Bruuham's Place; &h miles out. $5,000« 



158 Acres — Valley Land; Good Honse 

 and fiiir improvements; 8 miles out; near Alntuden 

 Iluad. Price, $6,250. 



]si:o^EY~to LO^:Nr 



At Lowest Rates, and Insurance effected 



IN SIX LEADING COMPANIES. 

 JAAXES A. CLAITTOZa-, 



an lieal Estata Agent, 290 Santa Clara Street. 



Pluhbing And_G-as Tmm, 



E. G. "VVTLSOIsT, 



No. 335 Santa Clara Street, San Jose, 



Ha-M on hand nil kinds of 



IKCSr AND XiSAD PIPES 



Fur gas aud water. 



Water Closets, AVash Basins, Rnth Tubs, 



Itlarble Slabs, Copper Boilers, 



Kiibber Hose, Etc, 



AGENCY FOE SLOUTHEE PUMP. 



Also a select stock of PLATED and BRASS GOODS, 

 at the lowest marktit rates. All orders promptly at- 

 tended to and neatly executed. au 



SHEEP "WAITTEID. 



1,000 to 3,000 EWES, 



On Slkares, for a Temi of Tears. 



THE BEST OF REFERENCE GIVEN. 



AddrcRS— p. O. Bos No. 33. Carson City, Omisby 

 County. Nevada. au 



A. O. Hooker, 

 Late Guuelitd k Hooker. 



DENTISTS. 



L. FiNIGAN, 



of Marysville. 



OFFICE, 



11 359 



^'iFirst St, 



San JotiO. 



LIMEEICK & MUTHWILLIG 



\A^\\t aiiil Heavy Waffons, Express Wacons, 



Top Hiiit Open ifu^f^ies, Carriu^fes, 



RockawayH, Oij^s and Uuruuchfs. 



MADE OF THE VERY BEST ASSORTED MA- 

 turial. All work warranted. Juhbingof all kimls. 



FaitUituj, Triniming, Bladcsmiih'mq , 



and Wood Work. 



ng^Orclers ^vill receive Prompt Attention. 



Mftde to the ownt-rK of Rewiug Aim Itiue Patents, for 

 the years 1872, 1873 aud 1374. also givin;j tke increase 

 and decrease of the different Companies: 



187J. 1873. 1871. 

 Sin$f«r Manu- 



facluriiij; Co. .219,758 232,4M 241,67S-Iae. 21,921 



Wlu-tlerK Wilson. 174.1188 119,190 92,827— de. 81, iGl 



(irover* Baker... 52.1110 3().177e3.2l).00l)— " 32,010 



Domestic 49,.554 441.114 22,700— " 20,8.54 



Weed 42.444 2),7ir9 20,.'i9.'>- '• 21.949 



Wil.ox S: Gibbs... 3:),iaU l.i,ssl 13,710— " l'J.929 



Wihou 22,(;i;(; 21,247 17,52.'>— •• .5.141 



.Vnierican B. H 18,9.10 14,182 13,.V29— " 5,401 



Hold Medal 18.897 10,431 15,214—" 3,rS3 



Florence 15,793 8,760 5,517— " 10,276 



Howe es. 35.000 



Vi.t.ir 11,901 7,441) 6,292—" B,C09 



liiivis ll,37li 8,831 



Ulees B.054 3,458 



IteminRton Eniiiire 4.982 9,183 IT.nos— In. 12,fi26 



Brunsdorf & Co. .. 4,202 3,081 1,S(«3— de. 2,39t> 



Keystone 2.fi65 217 37—" 2.C2.S 



Kartram & Fanton. 1.000 1,000 2.10—" 750 



Secor 311 3.4:W 4,.S41— In. 4;230 



A. C. PERKINS, 



au Agent for Santa Clara County. 



DR. C. R. SPAW, 



Resident Dentist, 

 Corner of First and Santa 



Clara streets. 



In McLaughlin k. Ryland's 



bnilding, 



San Jose, Cal. 



PAINTER'S niaimal — House and sign painting, 

 graining, varnishing, polishing, kalsoniining, pa- 

 pering, ^^cc, .">0 cents. Book of Alphal>ets, 50; Scrolls 

 aud Ornaments, $1; CarjX-'nt«;r'6 Manual, 50; Watch- 

 maker and Jeweler, 50; Taxidermist, 50: Soap-maker, 

 25; Aiithorsbip, 50: Lightning Calculator, 25; Hunter 

 and Trapper's CTUide, 20: Dog Training, 35. Of book- 

 sellers, or by mall. JESSE HANEY SCO., 119 Nas 

 sau street, N.y. fe 



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