Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 42, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1883 — Page 6

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l'HE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WED3TEfelui& NOVEMBER 21, 188a

OCR FARE BUDGET.

Tare Breeds of Stock Sorgham Stock Feed. fer What Skim Milk ia Worth to Foed Bavins Frosted Corn To Qet Bid of Rats. Cocks ami Cockerel The Cow in Der Stall Regularity In (Ceding Digging Oat Stumps Farm Notes Uouie hold llinti. Pur Breeds of Stock. 'Philadelphia Record. Pure breeds are the agents by which the farmers are enabled to accomplish purposes not possible with common stock. They en able them to breed in certain directions at -will, to secure the most desirable qualities peculiar to tire breeds, and to cull out and discard such as may not possess particular attributes for any special purpose. It is by accepting the advantages possessed by the pure breeds that the most successful farmers have placed a higher value upon stock; and the increase of wealth by particularity in breeding can not be correctly estimated. Perhaps there has been no greater or more rapid progress made in any direction than that of 'breeding our cattle. It has been a long-honored custom to regard any animal as valuable that gave partial satisfaction in the duties it was to perform, but when the improvement of breeds permitted of a classi fication of our dairy stock, in such manner as to gi?e breeders the opportunity of selecting for special purposes a very important point was gained in the progress ot dairy management. It most be considered that theTe is a difference in the inclinations of those who breed stock. Some farmers care bat little about the yield of milk, preferring to breed for the butcher; and such breeders are enabled to select stock fitted for that pur pose only, which is an advantage not to be despised, when it is considered that the difference between the growth of a good animal and a poor one, in a given period of titue, is the difference between profit and loss. The dairyman knows, too, that the animal which readily takes on fat can not be productive of milk, and he judiciously avoids those pure breeds that do not find a place in ' the class devoted to heavy milkers. The breeder who fattens cattle for market resorts to the Shorthorns, the Herefords. and the J'olled Angus; but the dairyman knows that me iioisiein ana me Ayrsnire can easiest mi his pails and give the best returns for the feed allowed, while the butter which he sells can be produced of the finest quality aud largest amount from the Jersey and the ' Guernsey. Even the lumberman, who is compelled tc haul heavy loads, is aware that for strength, activity and endurance of his oxen tbe red Devon is more suitable than any other breed. This knowledge, on tiie part of those who breed stock, of selecting of particular classes, could not exist but for the establishment of pure breeds, and it shows the importance of blood in preference to the usual system of breeding without re gard to any fixed purpose or peculiar characteristic The classification of sheep into different breeds enables the wool-growers to select an animal entirely different from that intended for mutton. lie can breed for fine wool, medium wool and long wool, as well as peculiarity of fibre and quality. The carcass can be bred for size, for grain of flesh, and for degree of abundance of offal. The breed best suited for particular quality of pasture may be selected, while vigor, hardiness and prolificacy are merits predominant in some creeds more than in others. Classification makes simple that which would otherwise cause a I arg expenditure without a certain ty of the best results Nor have swine and horses been overlooked. The hams of the Berkshire are superior to any other, the grain of the flesh of the Ksex is fine, and the hardiness of the Chea ters and easily fattening qualities of the Suf folk hogs are familiar. Our horses are separately adapted for draft, speed and endurance for certain purposes, and every animal of each particular class possesses external marks by which they may be easily selected without danger of mistake. Considering how well the classification has been done and the perfection attained. farmers are not wise in adhering to scrubs which can not be relied upon, for no genu ine improvement is possible on the farm until farmers awake to the importance of tue pure Dreeus. Sorghum for Stock Feed. Correspondence Spirit of the Farm. In experimenting with the various kinds of food to fatten quickly and with the least . expense, l nna nothing equal to sorghum cane. I can not say that my experience has . exienaea sumcientiy iar for me to give you an article on tue subject that will be of ben efit to your readers, for my feeding experi ments have thus far been confined to mules . and young cattle, and at a time of year when grain was abundant. The latter, however, would have made but little difference in an experiment, had I been making a test, for as long as they could get the cane they would not even nibble tbe richest blue grass. I have tried chocoed food. bran. , corn meal, oil cake, an J everything else that j thought would tempt a mule to eat: and they did eat and fatten on sore-ham. but I f truck the sugar plumb for them, or rather wey struct it dor themselves, for they jumped into my. patch of three acres and ' helped themselves . I don't thick I am over- . estimating u in saying mat mote tnree acres, . cut . and fed to Ue mules, fattened them more than six acres of corn gathered and fed in the ear. I was -co favorably impressed -.with, it that I intend trying it next year in a silo. If itonly prows half as good in winter . as it nas in summer 1 can recommend it to .all who wish to put tfee "biz fat an cotton mules, or to carry young steers thxaagh the winter .in good condition; but, with the .umitea experience I have had with it al- , ready, I can say grow sorghum for stock feed. To Get Rid -of Rats. At last there has beec found an effectual .way to rid ones premises of rata, JL con temporary says: Rata are wonderfully clean animals, and they dislike tar more, perhaps, than any thing else, for if it once gets on their jackets xney nna it most ciincnit to remove it is on I badheaxd it meat ion ed that pouring tar down at the entrance of their holes was a good remedy, also placing bcoken pieces of glass .by their holes was another remedy. But these remedies are not effective. 'The rata may leave their old holes and male fresh tnes in other parts of the house; they dotfC however, leave the premises for good. I thought I would try another experiment one I had nU heard of before. One evening 1 set a large tvire-cae rat trap, attached inside a most seductive piece of strongly smelling cheese, and next morning I found, to my satisfaction, that I had succeeded in trapping a very large rat, .one of the largest 1 had ever seen, which, after I had besmeared him with tar, I let Joofeinto his favorite run. The next night I tried again, and succeeded in trapping another equally big fellow, and eryed bim in the same manner. J could not follow these two tar-besmeared rats into their nnmeous runs, to see what would happen; but it is reasonable to assume that they either summoned together all the members of their community and by their crestfallen appearance eayb their comrades silent indications

x( the misfortune which had so suddenly be

fallen them; or that they frightened tneir brethren away, for they one and all forsook the place and fled. The experiment eminently successful. From that day in 1875 till now. 1833, ray house, ancient tnongti It ii Vma hoon entirely freo from rats, and I believe that there is no remedy equal i t this . . i Ti . . one, II you can eaten your rat auve. xuvy never come Daca to me nouse agaiu. t . . l i I tVhat Skim Milk 1 Worth to Feed. Farm and Home. Professor II. P. Armsby. formerly of the Etorrs Agricultural School, at Mansnelu. Conn., is now at Wisconsin University and Experiment Station as Professor of Agricul tural Chemistry. Tbe first station bulletin details experiments made to ascertain the ieeainz vaiae 01 skiiu unit, mien mc milk and corn meal were fed separately to three-inonths-old piss it required an average of 1.900 pounds of milk or 400 pounds of meal to mike a gam oi iuu pounds in uva weiuht. When milk and meal were fed to gether one lot of pigs required 130 pounds of meal and GSO pounds of mult lor iw pounds of growth; with meal at 1 per cwt and pork at 5c alive, milk fed in this wiv. would be worth &4c. per cwt. An other lot required 200 pounds of meal and 330 pounds oi mils 10 gain iw pounas in live weight. With the same prices as above, the milk in this case was worth UOc per cwt. in another experiment 0(O pounds of milk and INj of meal produced 100 pounds growth, mating the milk worth 40c per cwt. These ex ptrinients show that in the most economical feeding a large amount of meal should be fed with the milk, because the meal fur nishes largely carb-hydrates and the milk largely protein. The experiments conclude with the summary that skim-milk skillfully fed is worth half as much per 100 pounds as corn is worth per bushel. Saving Kroatedl Corn. Correspondence Drovers' Journal. All such corn has some good sound ears scattered through tbe fields. This and the soft, damaged, are picked and cribbed to gether to heat and spoil on the approach ot warm weather in the spring season. AH farmers gather their corn as early as practi cable after ovember 1, few of whom, perhape.'ever give to tiio keeping soundly after any thought, but find in the spring that their labor has about all been lost in the heating and rot tin 2 of theic Ummers work. Now. now to avoid this loss is the question. If my experience in years past will be of any advantage to the tens of thousands who nave frosted corn this season they can have the information for the time it takes for them to read this article. It is a fact known to all that are posted that frosted corn dries out very slowly, and that it heats quickly even in small quantities. .Now, how shall we manage to save it drv and in good order? My plan is not to gather it until it is thoroughly dry. allowing it to remain on the stalk in the held. Kaon ear is there sep arate and subject to col J and heat, wind and ram, ell of w inch assist in drying out the cob, and until the cob gets dry and hard we should allow it to remain in the held. In this way, once dry, it will make good feed for bolh hotis and cattle, and keen sound just as well as if inever frosted. Thus, by deferring the harvesting as above, we have a large fraction of a good corn crop, while gathering it in the ordinary season ve lose it all by finding it heated, rotten and worth ier 1 have known such corn to keep in large milk lor two years Cock and Cockerel. Farmers' Manzine.l The cockerel should be full grewn, and should be from among tlioe that were hatched earl v Old cocks (one year) are bet ter than cockerels, and when mated with early hatched pullets the ezs.1 produce a larger jx.-rceiila?e of chicks than wlen the old hens are mated with cockerels. On ac count of endeavoring to adhere to "points." some breeders are induced to keep a voting cockerel of a late hatching, but it is not wise to do so. A fowl is not mature under one year of age, and it is a settled conclusion that neither animals nor poultry should be used for breeding until the system has had time to develop and make comn'ete growth. If the old cocks can not be used ex cept on their own oUapring, which should not be done unless tc can not be avoided. change with a neighbor who may kave good ones, or Keep sncn pullets as may bo supposed to not bear too close relationship, for an occasional in-breeding may not be in jurious, provided the cross is different the succeeding year. But the adult cock for the next year may be produced by procuring eirjrs for batching early in February, or as soon after Christmas as any one ot tbe hens oiTerc to sit. If from such an early hatch you select a cockerel, pusn mm forward In growth a id keep him under favorable conditions. The next season will find bim a year old, by the timeggs are wanted for hatching, and he win be-strong, vigorous and active. Cocker els hatched in April or May are not always in lorm when spring comes In. unless the breed be Leghorn or Hamburg, but even the Light Krahrna and Partridge Cochin will be serviceable if hatched early and kept grow ing from the start. If you have a good cock keep Lam another season by all means. The Cow In Her Stall. The stall to the cow is what the room -eta house ia to an individual. She becomes ac customed .to it, is familiar with every part of it, and it is to her something to be remem bered all the time It is there she finds her most tempting meals, and it is in her opinion tbe most attractive place en earth. The stall helps to snake the disposition of the cow, Cor her hapntnees and comfort depend upon its condition. If the stall is kept nice and clean, with a bright straw bed for rest at night, and tne noor ary and free from urine, the cow will always restored, make more milk, digest her taod better, and in every respect enjoy her life and give satisfaction to her owner: out if ehe is compelled to wade to the door of the stable in a miie of filth, walk along a slippery avenue leading to her stall, and there find herself in complete darkness and surrounded by dirt, droppings aad wet, with nothing but the bare tloor to rest upon, she will just as surely be influenced by her condition as would any of us under corresponding tircumctances: and when she emerges into the open air -in the morning, after her unhappy night, she is inclined to feel like kicking or being cross. It is necessary, therefore, is pay some attention to the stall. REGCLARITT I! SEEDING. It is a fact which does not seem to be either known r clearly understood by manyof our breeders and farmers that regularity ai to time and quantity, in feeding, has xutchio do in determining the-question of profit and loss, and that irregularity as to the time of feeding and the number of daily feeds have more to do with producing loss than a variation of the quantity oi the food. Take a pen of pigs, for instauce. and feed them for a week or tvo at say jl ni. and G p. m. , with a noon fed at 12 nu, and then feed Irregularly, one day three times, another day twice, occasionally only oce, and at irregular hours and see how soon the pigs will show the neglect, even though t the same anioaat of - food being given each day that was formerly supplied. Animals which are fed .at regular Intervals, and in liberal quantity, will rest content between feeding time, but will always bextn hand and expectant at the feeding hour. If not fed regularly, they are gencraly restless and discontented at all times, and the worry they thus take prevents the animal from gaining that weight and size which liberal feeding would otherwise pro duce. The discomforture experienced even by persons when obliged to Lave their meals irregularly, even though they always have at such times plenty to eat, will give some idea what will result in irregularity in feeding fattening animais. Digging Oat Stump. Farmers who have spent their lives on the prairies have little idea oi the vajt nniuut of labor that was required to prepare laud for cultivation in the forest portions of this country and Canada. To convert a wilder

ness into a tillable farm is to devote a life

time to toil. Cutting down and burning up the trees constitute but a very small part of the labor. 1 he stumps are not easily oiv posed of. The cling to the soil, and many of them will remain a century if they are not removed. Tbe loronto Globe, in referring to the industry, patience and perseverance of the pioneers of Ontario, says; Ten million acres of fertile lana completely redeemed from the wilderness of woods that once covered the country, and nearly all done since the beginning of the century. Al lowine only 2t0 formidable stu tips to the acre, the clearing, which was nearly all done by the slow processes of olden tunes, digging, cuttintr. rootinz up with logqring chains and oxen, represents a tremendous amount of Physical strength. A farmer ana tnree ot lis bovs, kept continually at work, with only Sundays ror rest, wouia require i,u,am years to do merely the stumping after the tree-fellers baa cut ana removea tne irees. Or if a force of 5.000 men were put to work at this species of dentistry tbe task would require &VO years for Us acco m pusn men t. .More than nan oi the lana, nowever, was in hardwood, which rotted in seven or eight years so as to require little or no stumppulling, ltis reduces me total Btumpiug work done in the province. This calculation does not include any of the tree-cut-tins, hauline. brush burning, leveling and other work incidental to getting a farm in proper condition for thorough Ullage, and it excludes also the stumping of many thousands of acres where thestumping machine has been used. norjSEHOLD HINTS. Devonshire Junket Warm a quart of new milk, sweeten it slightly and add about three tablespoon fuls ot rennet, a little grated nutmeg and two tablespoonfuls of brandy. Before serving put a tablespoonful of brandy on l Lie top and lay clotted cream upon it. Cot gh Syrcp. For making the best cough syrup take one ounce each of thoroughwort, slippery elm, flaxseed gam arabic aud stick liquorice. Simmer together in one quart of water until the strength is entirely extract ed. Strain carefully; add one pint best molapses and half a pound of loaf sugar, simmer all well together, and when cold bottle tightly. Sofa Finows. Silk neckerchiefs make very pretty coverings for sofa pillows, canton flannel being used for the reverse side. Those which have a design in one corner are sometimes chosen, and when this is done the ornament is turned back toward the center. and its place is filled by a triangle of black velvet, but the kerchiefs which hare borders are the easiest to use. Jcjibles Rub a quarter of a pound of butter into a half pound of Hour, add the same quantity of moist sugar, half an ounce of ginger and the grated rind and juice of a lemon aiix with treacle to a paste, tain enough to spread on tins 1'ake in a moderate oven, and when done enough cut into strips whilst still on the tin, and then roll each .piece round the fingers. The "jumbtes"should always be kept in a tin, or they will quickly lose their crispness. Halifax Cake. Halilax cake is not only very delicate hut has the merit of keeping well. lo make it, mix thoroughly one pound of rice .dour, one-quarter pound of maizena, three-quarters pound of sugar and a pinch -of salt; rub into'this three-quarters pound fresh butter, ald eight egs. one-half ounce of candied iel minutely chopped, a wmeglajs of pale braudv, one-quarter pound of currants and one-quarter pound of sill tanns. I5eat all the ingredients well together, and put into a shallow tin which has been previously lined with paper dipped in oil or clarified butter. Bake in a good oven for hall an hour. Efiurams of Pof.k. Ingredients: One and a half pounds cold roast pork, three large onions, a little sausage, one pound of potatoes, some seasoing, half a pint of stock broth, one ounce butter, two large apples and a tablespoonful of vinegar. How to use them: Chop the onion very fine, throw it into boiling water, with a pinch of salt added; let boil ten minutes, then drain and press all the water from it; put into a stewpan with one ounce butter, a little finely rubbed sage and some seasoning. Boil the potatoes and maeh them; cut the pork into thin slices, put a little sausage and onion on each slice, then cover some mashed potato over it, smooth them with a knife; place the epigrams in a baking tin covered with buttered paper; place in a moderate oven, and let bake twenty minutes. Peel the apples, cut them in thin slices, put them in the stock broth, add some seasoning and tbe vinegar, let boil twenty minutes. Put the epigrams on a hot dish, strain the sauce over them; serve immediately. Scallopeo Oysters. This is a style of cooking oysters by which you may retain most of their fine native perfume and make a most savory and satisfying dish. Take your scallop shell or dish and butter and bread it, using only the sweetest of bread ciumb and butter. On this place a layer of extra primes. Season with pepper and salt Add another layer of oysters. Bread crumb, butter and season auin. Add a third layer of oysters, also a little butter and a dash of cayenne pepper and the liquor of the oysters. Place in the oven end al low to remain twenty minutes. Have in readiness a very hot shovel. Hold this over the top until it is deepened lo the rich brown of good toast or a cap pound cake. Add a dish of home-made wine For small patty pan scallops prepare as directed above, and instead of baking in one large scallop shell or dish, bcke in cunning litle patty-paRS. For oyster-shell scallops prepare in the same way, and instead of placing in one large di?b, bake in the shells of the oysters themselves, usine for that purpose the round half. We like this plan the best of all for scallop?, because it serves to impart to the oyster the exquisite taste of the oyster shell' The Caterer. To Wash Blankets. I ave seen various directions for this work, but a few things seem esj-ential in every case to avoid hard water and resinous soaps, to wring without twisting (i. e., with a wricger) or not to wring at all, to ue water of the same teiu perature all through or to increase in heat daring the chauges, i.ot to rul the soap upon the.llannel, but to mix it with the water. Flannel is of so porous a nature that it is easily cleansed in good suds without much rubbing. Hard rubbing tend to "full" the cloth, and to rinse in cold water flannel that has been washed in vrarm water is a Biire way to shrink and harden it. From cold to warm, but never from warm to cold I have teen the direction to rinse annels in scapv water, but I am sure there w no value in this. The clean, warm rinsing water is sure to le yoapy cuocgh, if good cuds have been usod in the washing. One or two suds mav be used, according to the degree to which the flannels have been s-ilcd When they Lave been rinsed two should take them, one at ach end ; and sliake and snap them well, to make them mere 6oft and fuzzy. JIarlforoogh Soup. Ingredient: To pounds of stock beef, three ounces of lean bacon, one large onion, one carrot, one shalot, some seasoning, a little soy, one head of celery, three epss, half a gill of milk, a tablespoonful of flour and four pints of wa tor. How to ute them: Cut the carrot aud onion into thin slices, place tbem in a stewpan, with the bacon chopped ne, and the fat from the meat; let fry gently until the onion is quite soft, then place in the beef cut in email pieces, add some seasoning and the water; let boil, take oü" the scum as it rises, add a little cold water to ra'e the secondary or white scum; when quite free let simmer gently four hours, adding a little water to make good the loss by evaporation. Cut tl.e white part of a large bead of cthry in very fine shreds, throw it into boiling water witii a little salt added, add one shalot chopped very line; let immer until cocked, drain on a cloth. Mix together thre eg. half a gill of milk, some seasoning, and a - tabltpponnful of Hour; pour it inn a buttered tin or copper mold, pi tc i:i s fik'Wian about half uu the ial-!, let steam twenty minutes; when ccctcd let get cold, then cut into

r mall dice. Strain the soup through a fine

cloth, take off any remaining fat with a piece of paper laid lightly on the soup, add a few drops of soy to make the soup straw color, boil up, pour into the tureen, add the custard and celery; serve immediately. FARM A'D C 4I1DEN NOTES. Horses tht sta'. in the stable should be exercised occasionally. Mending fences and stopping up cracks in the stables i3 best done now. The Lanthan fowls, though large in size, lay nearly as early as the Leghorns. We pay 80.000,000 for sugar annually, which the sorghum growers think we should save. Horn and hoof shavings are exceedingly rich in nitrogen, and should be utilized on the farm. Home-mtde cider presses have gone out of service. Small, compact presses are now taking their places. The largest peach farms are in Maryland. On one estate there are 125,000 trees; on another 120,000. Trenching is not much practiced in this country, but is considered indispensable to good gardening in Europe. Professor Brown says that farmyard manure, from well-fed cattle, three years old, is worth, on an averaf-, ?-.30 per ton. An Indiana farmer reports that his 1,500 currant bushes netted him $100 per acre. The currant is a neglected fruit, but pays well with good attention. There is a new enemy to the potato, in the shape of a weevil, which preys upon the stalk, and the Country Gentleman advises burning the vines when the stalks dry up and die. It has been shown that "a pail of milk standing ten minutes where it is exposed to the scent ot a strong-smeinng stable, or any other offensive odor, will receive a taint that will never leave it." It is estimated that there is one sheep in the United States to every thirty-four acres of territory. In England the rate is one to one and a half acres. And yet we think this is a great sheep country. It is claimed that while cows giving exceptionally large quantities of milk will some times make large butter tests, as a rule the two things do not go together, being incon sistent with each other. If a fine-flavored potato is wanted plow up sod in the fall and plant to potatoes in the rpring, without any manure. The width apart must be judged by the growth as well as tne character oi tue son. On an average it costs twelve cents for every additional pound of flesh added to tho weisht of a two-year or three-year old fattening steer, which has been demonstrated at the Canadian model farm. The increase of live stock is not equal to the increase of population. Since 1870 the population of the United States has increased (ü per cent, while the increase in live stock Las been about ou per cent. All that can be done for the protection of the bees through the winter should be done at once. Ii you are not able to do anything else put straw or set cwn fodder around tho hive to keep off the wind, leaving an entrance for the bees. It is always well to watch the dogs at home. Many of the most innocent looking dogs are the ones tnat kill sheep, and they seem to possess sufficient intelligence to hide the fault. All dogs should be constantly un der suspicion on sheep farms. A New York farmer says that he dragged his wheat, oats and barley last spring under some doubt as to the beneht to be expected; but that the yield was 33 per cent greater of grain than on land not dragged, though the latter grew on ncber soil. William Brown, of the Agricultural Col lege, at Guelph, Canada, says that in his view "there is no line of the farmer s work at the present moment, even with wool so low, that pays so well, gives so little trouble. fewer risks, earlier retarns, andin most ways makes things so comfortable, as wooL" Professor BergBtrand, of the Royal Agri cultural Academy of Sweden, highly recom mends the sunflower seed cake as food for cattle, and claims it contains from lis to 16 per cent of fat and about Ja per cent of pro tein eubstanco. and has, therefore, a nutri tive value much above the ordinary feed stuns. QOne reason of the lack of success in starting a young orchard on old ground isthat the necessary care is net taken to deepen the soil and thoroughly prepare and manure it Neglect is another reason. The best plant food is wood ashes; and when liberally apSlied is sure to give good results. Farm and ireside. Buckwheat intended for seed should be hand-thrashed. In trashing by machine many of the grains are so bruised and broken that they will not germinate. As buckwheat is very easily hand-thrashed it makes a job for men in winter when other work is scarce,, and it is good policy to save it for them. American Cultivator. The Holsteins have been improved greatly f ince the first importation to this country. They are not only large in size and the despest milkers, but in some quarters are excelling in butter production. When fatte I for the butcher they make excellent beef, and posses a majority of the good qualities necessary for th farmer's purposes. The Jersey cow Nancy Lee (7G18) owned by Cornelius Eastbode. lias made a record of four pounds two and a half ounces of butter in one day. She tested for thirty one diys ninety-five pounds five and a half ounces of butter. Her feed during the trial consisted of two quarts of corn meal and three quarts oi wheat bran twice a day besides pasturage. Stable manure is often spoken of as the standard fertilizer and a complete manure to itself. It is probably so for corn, but for wheat and other small grains phosphate of lime is usually needed, and on sandy soils potnsh This is shown by th-3 fact that manure alone creates a hervy growth of straw without proportionate increase to grain. American Cultivator. The South last year sent to the North $35,000,000 for wheat, $."K) 000.0(30 for corn, ?72,CO0.000 for meat and 125,000,000 for hay, in all $JQ2.000,000. Now, if the South has sent the same amount every year sine the SVar it will amount to $3,3:32,000.000. It requires the labor of eight men, at present prices of cotton, to purchase tbe corn that the labor of one man produces in Illinois. Texas Farmer. Statistician J. It Dodge calculates that the country loses nearly ö,000,ö00 sheep each year, mostly on account of dogs. Exposure to storms and severe cold in the West kills a great many, and Southern thieves take some. Scab, foot-rot, paperskin, dysentery and "scarcity of grass" are also destructive. These causes bar extension of flocks, and in some sections almost annihilate this otherwise profitable rural pursuit Mr. It B. Mason, of Athens, Ala., has, doubtlet-s, the smallest Shetland stallion in the world. He was imported from Mexico as a yearling. Mr. Mason bought him in San Antonio, Tex. At that time he was twenty-one inches high and weighedseventysix pounds. This little stallion is now two years old and past, is twenty-three inches high and weighs 126 pounds. We are told .that this little fellow is finely proportioned, active, and puts on as many airs as a Percheron. A correspondent, writing to the Prairie Fanxer. thinks that the good effect of salt ing clover is unquestionable, that it brings out tiie full flavor of the Lay, but if too much salt be used it will be sickening.. To throw into the mow great quantities "of salt is to absorb great quantities of moisture, a recond fermentation sets in, and mold is the result In that condition it is nauseous to tdock, and if. hunger forces them to eat it, heaves and other distempers will follow. TLc Utica Herat J tells of a dairyman who was troubled with tiie smell of garlic or wild onions iu the milk. To obyiatu this ho put

the cows in the stable at about 3 o'clock each

afternoon, and fed them on hay and gave grain as usual. Tbe result was all he antici pated. A rest of three hours allowed tne scent to pass off in the other secretions. though previously it very strongly navored both milk and butter. This is an old remedy and a good one, though not always completely successful. Professor J. L. Bndd says in the Iowa Register: "Young orchard trees are often ruined by the mice in winter. Thousands of fine young trees are thus girdled every winter, often in orchards kept too clean lor the safety ot the trees in trving winters A safe and sure remedy is to pile a neat mound around eacn tree. Te properly mound an orchard of gay 200 trees would be a light day's work. The mice in trailing under the snow seem to have no idea of climbing a small mound to get at tbe tree." In most cases over-feeding of fowls causes them to become too fat, which not only prevents the hens from laying butbreeds disease. hspecially is this tbe case when they are confined and have no exercise. It may be mentioned that for persons who live in the city and keen a few fowls the small breeds are best, as they do not fatten as readily as the large kinds. Leghorns and Hambüren, both small breeds, are not only beautiful in plumage, but are non-setters, and lay more eggs than any other breeds. Attention, Horsemen! Try Gombault's Caustic Balsam. There never has been a veterinary remedy to equal it as an application for all causes of lameness and blemishes. See advertisement Much has been said and written about the bucking broncho, but the half has not been told. The bucking broncho is a plant which grows wild on the Laramie plains, and blossoms at any and all times of the year. The man who never saw one of these kaleidoscopic panoramas has our sympathy; and the tenderfoot who thought he knew all about horses, and who p!ayed second fiddle to a good broncho through one twenty-eight-second round, also has our sympathy. He needs tbe sympathy of the entire community, for that matter, and not only the sympathy but the services of a good surgeon. The "old timer" mounts the colicky animal as though it was a stone fence, and calmly and contentedly maintains his seat while the miniature earthquake is erupting beneath him. It looks easy, and you cant help think ing that it is easy. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that the uninitiated Bian can ride the bucking broncho the first time he tries it no matter how good a horseman he may be. It can only be acquired, like back teeth, in time. Tbe following sketch of the true gentleman was found in an old manor house in Glouce8tershire,England,written and framed, and hung over a mantel piece of a tapestried sitting room: "The true gentleman is God's servant, the werld's master, and his own man. Virtue his business, study his recrea tion, contentment his rest, and happiness his reward God is his father; the Church his mother, tbe saints his brethren, all that need bim his friends. Devotion his chaplain: Christianity his chamberlain; sobriety his butler; temperance his cook; hospitality his housekeeper; Providence his 'steward: char ity his treasurer; piety his mistress of the house; and discretion his porter, to let In or out as most fit This is the whole family. made up f the virtues, and he is the master of the houfe. He is necessitated to take the world on the way to Heaven, but he walks through it as fast as he can, and all his bust ness by tbe way is to make himself and others happy. Take him' iu two words a man and a Christian." "Where were you engaged last?" asked a lady oi the new colored coos, iou ought en'teraxme dat, lady." "I just want to know, as it may tend to give you character." "Wall, lady, de las' time I was engaged was down in de bottoms. 1 was engaged ter ioo Phillips, de triüinest yaller man I eber seed. W'y, lady, dat man stole my ear rings and runned away. How many times wus yerself engaged, lady?" Ella (five years ok, who has broken a win dow) "Papa, dear, don't beat me; subtract it rather from my marriage dowry." Flie gende .blatter. A young girl in Philadelphia who for three years has been a patient sufferer with sore throat, has been effectually cured by using Dr. Bull's Cough byrup. English Reporter: No little excitement was created at Kiceville, this County, last week by the discovery of a vein of coal six and a half feet thick, while digging a well on the premises of T. B. Ridenour. The price of lands in tnat neighbornood has increased two hundred percent during the last week, and the people are wild with excitement Kiceville is situated on the Air Line, and should any great amount of coal be found the lands would oe very valuable. A Fair Offer. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall. Mich., offer to send Dr. Dye's Voltaic Belt and Appli ances on trial, for thirty days, to men, young or old, afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality, and kindred troubles, bee advertisement in this paper. Here is more Republican civil rights. Tbe City Council of Greencastle, Ind., which is composed of live Kepublicans and one Dem ocrat, and the School Board of the same city, which is made up of two Kepubucans and one Democrat have unanimously re solved on separate education for the two races, and accordingly a school house for the exclusive use of colored children is to be built, What everybody says must be true. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the 'only positive cure for Catarrh in tne market. Price 75 cents. Joseph Hoover and his entire family, nine persons, are lying dangerously sick in Connersville with malignant typhoid fever, and are cared for by the public. There are no other cases of the disease in the neighbor hood, and tbe physicians attribute the phenomenal attack to impurities in the well water used by the family. Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts are made from tbe fruit, and have their grateful, agreeable taste, without the turpentine odor which is observed in those extracts usually sold, made from poisonous oils, acids and taste sharpened by cayenne pepper. We advise those who wish choice, Pure Flavors, to buy Dr. Price's, FITS: All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerv Kestorer No Fits after first day's use. Ma -velous cares. Treaties and $2 trial bottle free to rit cases. Seud to Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St, Fhila., Pa. THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FORPAIH. Believes and enrss JIIIEU3IATIS1I, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago BACKACHE, HEADACHE, TOOTIUCm . SORE THROAT, QCI58Y, SWELUNOatl PBAISS, SreM, Cuts, Braises, j'ROeTBITES, BTJItSIS, BCAIJWa, " And U ether bodily aches and pains. FIFTY CENTS k BOTTLE. Sold by all Droretsts ao Dealers. Directions ia 11 Tkt Charles A. VieUr Ca T to A. TOOKLXm ft CO.) Daltlxnor VUL, VJtJL

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Mrs. L. . Currix. Brown's Iron Bitters will have a better tonic effect upon any one who needs " bracing up," than any medicine made. THAT SETTLES IT. Brought Into Competition With the World, the Best Carries Off the Honors. At the great Centennial Exhibition of 137S, the leading products of all the branches of the World's industry were assembled at Philadelphia. To carry off a prize in the face of that tremendom competi tion was a task of no ordinary difficulty. Inventions and preparaUons for the alleviation of pain and the cure of disease were present in the greatest po si ble variety, representing the skill and the pro foundest study of tbe age, and it may be of vital importance to yon, personally, to know that the highest and only medal given to rubber Porous plasters was awarded to the manufacturers of BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER, by the following jury: Dr. WM. ROTH, Surgeon General, Prussian Army. J. II. THOMPSON, A. M., M. D., Washington, D. C. C. B. WHITE, M. D., New Orleans, ERNEST FLEISCH. M. D., Austria. Tbe decision was afterward confirmed by the medical jury at the lat Paris Exposition. Know' ing tbe value of 1 uch bigband unbiased testimony. tbe medical profession, both in tbe United States and in Europe, quickly threw aside the old, slowacting plasters they had been using, and adopted Benson's in their regular practice. That physicians and surgeons of the broadest reputations did this distinctly proves the intrinsic merit of tne article. It is no more than just to add that tbe average physician of to-day is not dominated by the prejudices which retarded the progress and modified the successes of bis predecessors of not more than twenty-five years ago. He accepts hints from all quarters and indorses and adopts demonstrated healing agents wherever he finds tbem. The right of Benson's Capcine Porous Plaster to stand at tht head of all external applications whatsoever, for the mitigation or care of disease, is no longer questioned. 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Sir: I have been Laving a 6erious time for 8 months now past vih ray kidneys, tlod Jer anJ prostate eland; I trca unler treatment of my family physician for 3 months, and then saw your advertisement ia the papers of "Buchu. paiba"; I commenced taldr it, and havo taken 11 bottles of it: my ctneral hoalth is ood; ant IA rears old; I Lad a Rcrious time til winter, and my friends thought 1 vra.s poae; sinco I hare been about again I havo had numerous inquiries from my aequaintancesand f rem soma et ra rurers, and in all canes I have toi I V-icn to fret " luchu paiba," and know several rrer.tlcmen rirht in my neighborhood who cayi: has hlrxithniwon droudy. C. F.'KHSDALL. New Glasgow, Neva Scotia, Tlcy 17, 1CCS. Da. E. S. Wrxi.3. For 5 years, 1 havo had, at times, blood f n ray water and burning pr-lu v.-hon voiding urine: when waking or working for a half hour brin? on bleeding: whea I w aT: or ride on a rocky road, I have terrible r-in: 1 !mre taken doctor's medicine for 8 yetrs vri-.ho'.it tauch l noflt: 1 havo taken manv return advertise remedies without effect; ther is a sandy drst dopotit frm urine sticks to cLomlxT. " I havo used 8 bottles of " BiK-hu-paiba ' ; it did mo mora frood than all tho others; my a?o is Tl years; have been a strong, heart? nan t Jl this tr juMj Cime on inc. I write to kuov if ia car vrav 1 can jyt VÄ Dl.nt... nnfl.n " .1 l Y .. imported into this count ry ia !0 r cent. Youra truly, JOxLN ASDBEW FKj IKASEC ErcriXGru'l, Conn., June, 1SS3. Dr. E. 8. Wltlls. I pass a sediment in urin and bloody chunks, and when I catch Fliphter cold it la much worse; pain is bo preat tt time3 I havo to prab and hold the parts ia r.n cttsmpt to reliorc myself; I am a preat d.?al bettor sine I betrau nsing "Buchu-paiba"; there ia some little sediment yet, but not near so much, and scarcely ever any bloody lumps pass now. I will sav too, that formerly my water came often but only little dribs, having to draw it with instrumcrtg as often as 4 or 5 times in an hour it almcst killed me now I can, since using " Buchu -paiba," hold my urine on hour with comfort. ?iy is 53. Youra truly, JOHN O. KLNO. Da. E. S. "Wriis. Chtcaoo, Dec. C, After trying quite a number of physicians, and to no avail, 1 thought 1 would pivc your medicine a fair trial. 1 have been troubled with a constant dripping for quite awhile, and crirjring; sensation, after passing urine; tho last doctor gave me an injection, which nearly Btorped my urine altogether and did me Injury, sol quit Its use. Seeing your advertisement of "Buchupaiba" I purchased S bottles. It has dona me much good; all the Gvmptom3 have vanished, except a slight drippiap yr t at nicht, btit I am a hundred percent, better tian 1 havo b-.cn ia 5 years. ery respectfully yours, C. IL COMODORE. Ma. TtACre, of Texas 71 years of ar has been treated for years for disease of the oladder, and piven up as incurable; having irritation, inflammation, incontinence of urine, difflculty cf pass ing the same, necessitating constant use of catheter, also enlargement of prostate and passage of blood and puss matter. Thid man is one of the many who Lave been treated all to no purpose, and finally given up na incurable, and as a last resort have tried PF.OF. CIIAPIN'S "BL'CIIUPA1BA," with what result you see below in his letter. He writes under date Dec. tlu "Enclosed find five dollars, please nend tho amount in "BUCI1U-PAIBA." It hi doing me a great deal of good Don't Delay Sexdlno It, as I will be out before I can get it. "Ii. A. RAINS, Busk, Texas. Newark, N. J., Aug. 27, "Ti E. S. Wells. Dear Sir : I must confess to a prejudice, as a rule, to Patent Medicines, but at trie invent request of Mr. Smith, of Smith & Bt-iL Drugista here, I have tried your medicine known as ChaphVa "Buchu-paiba": hare been sufle-ine for years with a chronic inflammation of tuo Bladder, which baffled doctors, yielding to no treatment or medicine. I must say I was turprised at the quick relief piven me by Bufhu-raiba." and still further that I am apparently ntirely cured. I can but thank you, and will aid what I can in making tho virtues cf this remarkable, preparation kajwn. Truly yours, , Ü-Mayor, Newark, N. J. Galvestos, Tci., Feb. IC, C1. Dr. Wills. Dear Sir: Have Fuffcred many years with great pain and scalding in making water and a difficulty in passing tho same, and there is a track, stringy sediment in the urine; every cold I get aggravates the trouble. I havo Fpent a deal of money with doctors and on u edicines; saw your advertisement F Chapin'a "Bnchupaiba " in the Galveston Newt ; went and got one bottle: it has relieved me very much, and bo I got o bottles for $5; am on the third bottle; iL has done me more good than all the doctors ana. medicines I have used; it acts like a charm la mycase. , , T. P. LUCAS. ' Jeesxy Crrr. Feb. 1PT9. Personal interview. " Caught cold 1 'residential election; out late; riding on wet seats ; settled in my bladder; suffered ever since; been treated by local physicians, by best in New York and Brooklyn, to no purpose: tried every remedy could hear of ; Ch a pin's " Buchv-paiba " has done me more good than all; the enly thing that has given relief; am now much Letter; the trouble is a ppot not larger than a thumb-nail, at neck of bladder, which smarts, pains and ptingtt. und some difficulty In passin urine.' lie afterwards said: If I'm never cured, it makes my life tolerable, for which, If so mortv I am thankful." SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. SI per bottle. 6 bottles, $3. E. S. WELLS, Proprietor, 2 SUMMIT AVIL, ' nrnginr crnr it. j, u s, a. FOR FOR 8ALE Matthewi' Patent Renewable Memorandum Book. Send for sum pit copy and price list. Samples sent postpaid to anv addreea onureoelpt ef ftO cents for No. Lor 40 cents for No, Address SKXTLNKL (X) MP ANY. Indianapolis. MANLY VIGOR, ENERGY, Eta. 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