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political earthquakes, some social revolu¬ 
tions and radical economic changes, and 
what the relative positions of political par¬ 
ties will be during and after the storm no 
man can know.—Farm, Stock and Home. 
“ It Will Purify The Air.” 
As to the result of this movement there 
is a diversity of opinion. Most of the poli¬ 
ticians in the old parties pretend to think 
that it will not amount to much, that the 
excitement will soon die out, that it is 
merely the result of the poor crops and 
hard times among the farmers, and that 
good crops and our improved condition in 
financial matters will cause them to lose 
their interest in politics, and the conven¬ 
tion for nominating candidates in February 
will be poorly attended and a failure, and 
there the new party will end. But the wish 
may be father to the thought in this case. 
There are many thoughtful men who be¬ 
lieve that the farmers have real grievances 
that nothing but a radical change in the 
politics of the country will heal, and that 
they, having lost all faith in leaders of the 
old parties, are determined to try new men 
on a platform of their own construction, 
and that the movement has come to stay 
until their experiment has been fully tried. 
There is no doubt but that the effect of the 
convention will be to agitate the political 
atmosphere to a remarkable degree, and it 
is to be hoped the agitation will purify and 
cleanse.—Indiana Farmer. 
Laborers Reaching Out. 
The laboring classes of the country have 
been discriminated against until the con¬ 
clusion was reached that governmental 
favors are only for those who will take 
«* them. They are, therefore, reaching boldly 
out for what they want. They may so far 
imitate others as to demand a little too 
much, if possible, or something they would 
be better off without. More political wis¬ 
dom than from others cannot be expected of 
farmers and laborers, but more honesty of 
purpose can. If they make mistakes and 
suffer by them that would be no worse 
than suffering by the mistakes of others, 
of which they have had a large and varied 
experience. Prima facie, farmers have 
more interest in good, and suffer more from 
corrupt government than any other class. 
They will never be silly enough to pull 
down the roof that shelters them. If it 
leaks they will repair it and make it as 
good as new. In the meantime, every old 
politician in the country is sleeplessly alert 
to see which Way the cat will jump. Let 
us hope that good to the country will be the 
result of the movement.—Texas Farmer. 
“ SuD-Treasury ” Plan Will Kill It. 
The central point of the platform is the 
Sub-Treasury plan, including the issue of 
Treasury notes and loaning them upon non- 
perishable products and real estate. This 
would necessarily include the building of 
government warehouses for the storage of 
the “ non-perishable products ” upon which 
money is loaned, and the creation of a vast 
army of officials to carry out the stu¬ 
pendous plan. Upon this central plank 
the convention took the most ultra posi¬ 
tion, and it will constitute the most rally¬ 
ing cry of the campaign, so far as the third 
party is concerned. The labor organizations 
cut a small figure in the convention, and 
but for the Insignificant resolution relat¬ 
ing to the eight-hour question, there is no 
evidence In declaration or platform that 
they were represented. Whether they will 
besatisfied with this crumb, or demand their 
full share in the final platform to be adopted 
next February remains to be seen. Free 
coinage, no alien ownership of lands, no 
taxation in class interests, revenues limited 
to necessary expenses of government 
economically and honestly administered, a 
just income tax, rigid, just and honest na¬ 
tional control of all public means of com¬ 
munication and transportation, election of 
the chief executive and United States Sen¬ 
ators by vote of the people, are all princi¬ 
ples that will be indorsed by large numbers 
of the farmers of the country, who will be 
deterred from giving the new party their 
support by the extreme plank on the Sub- 
Treasury plan.—Ohio Farmer. 
And now that there is no further doubt 
about what is coming, that arrangements 
are already made for putting into the field 
in 1892 a national ticket upon a platform 
such as is outlined in the resolutions 
adopted at Cincinnati, let all working forces 
of the country—farmers, mechanics, wage¬ 
workers of every sort and condition—men 
and women alike—unite their energies and 
make common cause in one great, grand, 
persistent effort for the emancipation of 
labor, for the dethronement of the money 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
power and the establishment of a rule of 
the people.—Kansas Farmer. 
The new party labors under the disad¬ 
vantages of favoring State socialism when 
it applies to its own case, and of denounc 
ing it when it does not. That, of course, is 
the way other parties do; but that does not 
make it right. Yet, in spite of these de¬ 
fects, the People’s party is so much ahead 
of the old ones that it deserves a great 
measure of success. It is conceived in a 
healthy desire to benefit the people, and 
farmers can at least scare the corrupt old 
parties into some sort of moral existence 
by giving the new one a vigorous support.— 
Orange County Farmer. 
It is wonderful how “ great minds ” run 
in similar channels. It is still more won¬ 
derful what great heads there are upon the 
shoulders of the editors of the daily press. 
There is a singular unanimity of opinion 
among these fellows that the convention at 
Cincinnati last week was a gathering of 
“cranks.” The Rural does not feel called 
upon to defend the convention or the meas • 
ures that it adopted. It was a political 
convention which determined to launch a 
third political party and did it. It is for 
the people and not for us to say how much 
wisdom there was in the action of the con¬ 
vention. But this continual cry of “crank” 
on the part of the daily papers, whenever a 
body of men assembles to consider public 
questions outside of the usual line, is exceed¬ 
ingly monotonous and exceedingly silly.— 
Western Rural. 
Poultry Yard. 
CAPONIZ1NG CULLS. 
We are told that some breeders of pure¬ 
bred poultry find it very good business 
policy to turn their least desirable birds 
into capons, thus selling only the best, and 
preventing those that would do them least 
credit from getting out, while the capons 
prove a good advertisement for the breeds ? 
Has Had No Experience. 
I have had no experience in caponizlng, 
my culls being usually sold early and at a 
good fair price; but I have no doubt that 
for those who desire to make the most 
money from their fowls the caponizing of 
the cull males is a suitable method. 
Providence Co., R I. H. s. BABCOCK. 
I have not had any experience in capon¬ 
izing, but know that it has been success¬ 
fully done, and it certainly would be a very 
sensible way to dispose of the “ off quality” 
specimens in the case of breeders who have 
the time to bother with them. The benefit 
derived from the practice would be more 
marked in the larger than smaller breeds. 
Oneida Co., N. Y. newton Adams. 
I have never had any experience with 
capons. I have often thought I could cap- 
onize cockerels that were off color or had 
some defect, and I think it would be a good 
plan. I went so far last season as to engage 
a man to come and caponize some for me, 
but I failed to notify him when I was 
ready and he did not come. It must be 
done when the cockerels are 3J4 to four 
months old or from three to four months. 
Bristol County, Mass. p. williams. 
None Required for the “ Roaster.” 
I had some experience with caponizing 20 
years ago, and found the business very 
profitable, as the birds readily brought 
from 30 to 85 cents per pound. At present, 
when capons bring but little more than 
half that price, it is not nearly so profitable, 
and for this reason I have given it up. I 
can get out a Brahma chick the latter part 
of January or the first of February, put 
him upon the market by the first of June, 
when a little over four months old, when he 
will dress six pounds, and get $4 for him as 
a roaster; while a capon which I had capou- 
ized and kept for nearly a year, though he 
weighed eight or nine pounds, would bring 
no more money and would have cost us 
nearly double in both care and food ; so I 
find decidedly more money in growing 
roasters than I can possibly find in capon¬ 
izing. I do not make broilers In my estab¬ 
lishment, as I find that roasters will bring 
just as much per pound when they weigh 
five or six pounds as broilers will when 
they weigh one or two, and the last three 
or four pounds can be put on much more 
cheaply than the first two, when all the 
risks from mortality are over and there are 
no eggs to be furnished. I have never sold 
a broiler in my life ; cannot afford to. 
Bristol Co., Mass. JAMES RANKIN. 
Geese as Cotton Cultivators. 
On page 394, under the head of “ Work¬ 
ing the Poultry,” a correspondent of The 
Rural quotes the “ Champion Liar of 
America” on the question of trained geese 
eating grass and weeds, and leaving the 
cotton plants, in Alabama. The writer, not 
the Champion Liar, is in error this time. 
Geese do positively eat grass, and I for one 
never heard of a goose that would eat cot¬ 
ton. In this State we keep geese to save 
paying hoe hands, and it is generally 
acknowledged that 10 geese are equal to one 
man in keeping down the grass by biting it 
off, not pulling it up. If that correspondent 
has any real doubt on the subject, let him 
try a goose in a pen with some grass and 
cotton leaves ; he surely has never s?en the 
three together. Give the “ Champion ” his 
due. The goose tale is all right if the 
monkey story Is too thin. R. A. T. 
Hampton, Fla. 
R. N.-Y.—Certainly geese will eat grass 
and make most of their living off a meadow. 
Toe “ Champion ” went on to claim that 
each goose carried a gourd of water tied 
around its neck to supply itself with drink 
through the day. He a’so claimed that the 
geese were so well trained that they would 
turn about at a whistle aud pick up any 
grass or weeds they had left. We have no 
doubt that a flock of geese in a cotton field 
will eat up a good deal of grass. In a potato 
field we also believe they will destroy a 
good many beetles, and thus save labor. 
But will they do all the work and march 
across the field in an orderly manner, tak¬ 
ing all the grass as they go ? That is what 
the “ Champion ” claimed. We have a great 
respect for the goose ; in certain situations 
it is the most economical animal one can 
raise. It will do some weeding, bat it will 
not do all by any means. 
Brown Leghorns for “ General-Pur¬ 
pose.” 
Every summer we raise 100 chickens, 50 
of which we keep, the others we kill and 
eat, finding them cheaper and better than 
any other fresh meat. During February 
and March we begin to dress the old hens 
for market. Arrangements are made with 
our grocer aud we take them to him when 
wanted During these months chickens are 
in great demand here and the prices are 
the best. 
We find a Brown Leghorn about the best 
“general-purpose hen.” She lays well and 
when dressed for market is just the size 
the market wants. A large hen, dressed, 
will bring nine cents a pound, while a 
small one will bring 12X—prices this spring. 
I do not think it pays to keep chickens 
longer than two or three years. If older 
than this, they are rather tough for meat. 
It is a shame how some farmers will let 
their “ chickens ” get so old aud dried up 
and then send them to market for the poor 
town people to whet their teeth on. If the 
farmer has a surplus of hens aud they are 
old or have otherwise lost their vigor, it 
would be money in his pocket, and give him 
a clearer conscience to just behead them and 
bury them in the potato patch. Old hens 
invite disease and bring own the standard 
of a flock. 
We make about 10 cents apiece ou our 
hens by dressing them. We always take 
pains to have them dressed neatly, so that 
their appearance will sell them. In the 
summer we have only about half as many 
hens as during the winter, farmer’s girl. 
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