Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1884 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNE8DA1, DECEMBER 3, 1884.

OEB FAItH BUDGET.

Sclietias Potato? !orPerd-Two Scales of Prices B je aa a Farm Crop. yMdli( Bay Frtlcl Stork Breeding;--II on hold Hlata Farm Notes. Selecting Potatoes for Seed. Philadelphia Record. 1 Xci several years past the matter of selectJag potatoes for seed has been frequently diseased, some preferring certain parts of the potato while others preferred using the whole seed or a number of eyes. Although ' this is not the season for planting potatoes, yet it is the best time to select the seed, and fa order that more lij?ht may be thrown on the Eubject we will notice the experiments of Dr. Startevant, who determined to discover whether one portion of the potato was . better than the ctr er. The potatoes were cut to tingle eyes, the white star yariety bein used, whicb furnished from nine to twentyWTeneyes each, thirty potatoes being required lor one-twentieth of an acre, they being planted one foot spart in drills, the drills fceing three Jand one half feet fro m each other, tch portion was designated as stem, central and seed. The total number of eyes planted was and of the number sixteen from the stem end, five from the center and four from the seed end failed to .germinate. The crop was a fraction over 3S3 pounds of good potMTrafl Air htv-six rounds of small potatoes r.H Tvnnnda of unsound potatoes. Tue yield was calculated, however, for 100 3 es, and from the butt eyes were procured If 5 good potatoes; from the Mitttrnps 2:54 rood potatoes, and from the imll t(Hi ench evea 223 eood potatoes iiven in pounds, the batt ends produced hnnt!it7-two Donnds. the center nearly urartT three rounds, and the eeed end about seventy-four and three-fourths pounds Of mall nota tews nroduced 2D0 came fro-n the butt ends,- I'M from the center and X) from the seed end. . Of rotten potatoes there were obtained 122 potatoes from the butt nd I7fi from the center aud 147 from the a en.L The totaL of rood, small and rot tn bein Oj7 potatoes from the butt end. t79 from the center and W7 from the small end. It wiil be eeen that . the center eye mrnJneed tne larzest number of eood pot' rvp thonzh the eeed end produced tne largest amount in pounds. The butt ends rroduced the largest number of small found potatoes, while the center yielded the most rotten ones. In pounds the heaviest yield of both go-rod and a mall potatoes came irom th seed end. and the least number and vri?ht of rotton ones came from the butt it 1 demonstrated that the seed end is in very respect equal to any other portion of ifiA notftto. with a decided advantage in its favor bo far as weight of crop is concerned, though the actual number of tue best potatoes came from the center eyes. The vitality of eves need a3 seed improves according to their terminal Tiositioa on the potato. The yield in proportion for an acre is 'JOd bushe!s lor the butt eves, lin Dasneia iar me center yes and 2S2 bushels for the seed-end eye?. The experiments demonstrate that single yes used as seed yielded a e at ie factory crop r.r hill, while tne croD was aiso msr uniform in oualitv than from whole pota toe9 cf ordinary cuts, and yielded a smaller proportion ol email potatoes than orcunary cuts of whole potatoes. In comparing ordinary cuts with whole potatoes more favorable results were derived from the cats than from the whole ones, and especially o when the amount of seed need 13 subtraciad from the whole crop. It was demonstrated that single eyes when cut deeply, so as t3 cr tain some substance, rave much better yields than when cr.t shallow. Kirly planting cave better results in quality and total rieM thxn when later planting wa practiced. In regard to distance betw" the seed in the hills it WAd strated that cloee ..plantl-itcs- tae the yield of good po-- by meaire, wüUe yield of small. - .ra prevna season fertiliser: -ar-ed influence nion the crop. experiments of others IP planting of sole potatoes seemed tr ve the best re sult, but when the Jarre nuartity of seed so nred 13 subtrac ted from the vld it is doubtful if any advaniase is caina when the cost is considered. The seed ejds may be usad J a . ivr producing large potato oy placing tne wtd at a greater distance A the rows, and It is probable that by using ess seed and more thorough tillage betteresults may be obtained in proportion to abor and aruoant of sed used. Two Scaler of Prices, Ch!ra Times. Everything the farmer has to sell is very low ; every thins, or at least nearly everything, that (he farmer lus to buy la comparatively high. Wheat over a large proportion of the xejin in which it is prodneed brings the rir but fifty cents per bushel. The price of grain harvesters and self-binders, however, remains tha same as when wheat was a dollar a bushel in the place where it was raised. The same is the case with the plow that turned the furrow, the harrow that pulverized the toil, and the seeder that put in tha crop. Kverything that is turned olf from the farm is very cheap, put everything that is turned out from the factory is dear. The old scale of prices for farm products has all been changed, but the scale of prices for the producta of manufactories remains unchanged. Deef, mutton and wool are all low, but posts and wires necessary to fenc a pasture cost as much as they v did. Tha cost of procuring metenats and of puttin them together so as to afford protection to animals during storms and in winter has not been reduced with all ta? decline in farm products. The pries of cloth is not affected appreciably by the fall in wooL A farmer may get a small price for the hides he has to dispose of, bot he pay a high price for the boots shoes and harness that ha u obliged to purchase. Potatoes are cheap, bat thebo&j in which they are put and the wagon that Is used for Using them to market cost aa much aa they did when potatoes brought tvice the money they do at present. It is also noticeable that the rates of transportation and the commission merchant's charges for elliDg them are as high as when potatoes brought ?1 a bushed. Formerly the price of artieles required for food governed, the price of almost all other articles.- The prioe of almost everything was governed by that of wheat, as that was rerarded a the most 1 moo riant of a'l products. All this is changed now. Farmers Lave nothing to do in regulating prices. They take what iaoflered for their prod acts. They are too numerous and too widely scattered to combine. The prices of nearly every article they are obliged to purchase, however, is regulated by associations and combinations formed among manufacturers. The manufacturers of nearly very important article combine to limit production and to keep Dp prices. They even combine to prevent the establishment of manufactories similar to their own. In many departments of manufacturing there is no competition between different establishments. A uniform scale of prices is adopted which is rigidly adhered to. Ia many cases our patent laws and tariff eysteru enable them to establish and perpetuate the most oppressive monopolies. The western farmer learns the price of wheat and pork by reading the market reports of Liverpool. He gets no information bout the prices of cloth and article maie from Iron and steel by consulting the quotatioas in the papers of Manchester, ßhetlieid. and Birmingham. These quotations are of mo va'ue in this country, except It may be to erable our enterprising manufacturers to ie&b;e tha DgT.rc3. The producers of arti-

elea of food !n this eonntry are obng-d to concrete with the producers of similar products m every part of the world, bot oar manufacturers, whose goods farmers ar ob

liged to have, bare do competition except la OD? tbemseives as oeiore siaisa, uey rererallv manage to prevent rtcn coospeu. tion. With such a state ol affairs. It is ni great maivel that fanners axe no; prosper OOS. Bye 1 Dorinz several ! m F&rtn Crop, ytars rte has not been fayorite crop in this country. Our native population prefer a strictly white breai, which can not be made from rve, Indian corn has taken its place as a food for fattening animals It has also been generally uted for leading to nos. in coioaiai uyj . . .1 1. 1.. as Well as IOr some urae ner we i.ovjiution rye was commonly employed for matting alcohol and whiiky. As the West bcame settled corn took the plce of re for making these articles. In the .iew Enplnd fc'tates. where "Boston browa breed'' is extensively ueel on ta bles, ne rrta I via formerly employed for mixice with cornmeaL Daring the pisi few years, however, wheat middlings have mmmnnlv taken its place. In quality they are ereatlv inferior to rve meal, but ihir rheennefs causes tfcem to De useo. iae Germans aid Scandinavians who come to this country continue to eat rye bread in TTPff rente ti trial maue irom wae n-mr. Thin rrrtice is obviously the result 01 early experience, and may not continue be yonnd the present generation, as pros' f-nt. however, the prefrreuce of the peo pie from central ana ixoriaeru r.urope . 1 ft for rve bread is strong. A lew years go tney continued to buy rye Hour, althouga it was contiderably hipher than the beit wheat Cour. That rye preaa, in Rome resoecw, is BTirerior to that made from wheat flour, is obvionsu It has an agreeable, sweet flavor wheat bread dees not have, and also retains moisture loncer after it comes from the oven. B.ill the prospect that rye will ever take the place it holds as a material for making bread in t'entra ana aorinern üiirore is very poor. Neither is it likely that rve will bx tensively used as food for the inferior animals or in the manufacture of alcoholic drinks. While it is imnrobable that rye will ever fce a zonular crop with ''bonanza farmers," there are good reasons for believing that ils production will prove proutaoie to many wno cultivate land ou a somewhat large scale. Considerable rve can be used by toe general farmer to excellent advantage, bonia rye is desirable for food for human beings, it lor no oth r purpose than to a:;ord variety. It is an excellent lood for fowls of all kinds. Rve is very beneficial to horses when fvl in limited cuantities. It furnishes excellent food for vouns animals of ail kinds llos will thrive ou rve in all etacres of their growth. All who have had experience ia carp culture recommend rye in preference to all other gra ns for feeding their bih. Rve can be rawed on localities And on toils where fair crops of wheat can only be produced by the expen diture of much labor and tbe aynliratlon of liberal amounts of valuable fertilizers. It is the Wbt crop for land that aw very sandy and deficient in the elements of fertility. It is not an exhausitv crop, like whentor flax. The r.'ants are more hardy than tao of wheat, and the crain is not as subject V injury as barley. Cut a small anion at of setd ia rt ouired. It vields more than wceat, and ia uroduced at a smaller cost. It 3 less liatlv to be ininrt-d by ins cts. Growing rye fnrnithes excellent winter and soring pstorsge. It is a!o an excellent rcateuall'j soiling. It is ready to be cut several Zi t i before clover and early gras3 are. , "under red clover it n the best crop to W. Rye for the purpose of enriching at or barley, produces more straw tbao. IV idea beim; and it is much more vaLmable for ma-dog useful for fceds, it -tying up grape vines, thatch. yackiDuco the matter of peneral and tilling bedw crops that will compare utility there with rve. - Footling Hay. I Breeders Gazette seeming the indefinite quantity cf the -y ration in the most re noted feeding exrer'ments referred to in a recent issue of the Gazette, it may be observed that feedme hay is a matter that requires considerable judgment. Animals, like men, when the opportunity for exercising preference is presented, are apt to consider that the best is only pood enough for them: and if more hay ij given than they require will pick out the tenderefit and sweetest portions aud leave the remainder, which not only wastes valuable fted, but encourages tbe habit of daintiness in the animals which is conducive to anything but thrift. Animals that pick over food, smelling end poking every blade and Etem in sppaien. hesitation ss to whether to est or not, do not compare in thriftines3 with the Rocd, fJuare eaters, wboae appetites give them a good relUh for a reasonable quantity of any proper food. The general practice is to "feed enough," which is correct enough when jnst suiücient i9 eivau, and very incorrect when eret qua3tie3 are given to be trampled under foot or otherwise wasted, lint, with hay in bulk, it is not easy to gauge the quantity given, aud even if this were peesible, it would vary materially with the quality of the product, although where good grain rations are fjvtn variations in tha quality of hay are not so important. Wa remember once weighing some hay that bad been parsed through a cutting machine, end ttat a great bf pile ot it uncut, measured only a tew bushel basketfals after the machine had done with it, weighing seven pounds aDd a half to the basket, cr just half tbe weight of coarse wheat bran weighed at the tarue time. It is not possible in tbe practical operation of tbe farm, to be strictly accurate in euch matters, bet whatever departure there may be should be, eo far S3 possible, controlled by calculation, and not left altogether to accident The farmer can not have a chemical analysis made of his hsy 10 ascertain its exact nutritive value, and be can not weigh oat to each builock so many pounds and ounces, lnt be can, considering tbe Quantity of grs!n he is feeding aud the average quantity of the hay, make up his mind aiout how many poundi he s'ioclrt feed. If he dues this, and finds part of it waeted, be can decrease the quantity, aud if the ouantity should be insuilicient his own practical observation will soon disclose that feet to M:u. Havisg made up his mind about tow many pounds to feed, be will bave to gues and weigh a few times until be can approximate somewhat the desired quantity, and will have a bais or starting point from which to increase or decrease the re lion. Derides, he is pursuing a method, end there U nothing that contributes so much toward sharpening one's powers of obertation and ripening his experience as tbs habit of doing everything according to soms fixed method or plan. Practical stock. .reedlag. ICorrespondenco Feansylvania Farmer. A tcrub heifer bred to a thoroughbred bull for her first calf, and then repeatedly bred to the eeme bull, will improve in her breeding so that each succeeding calf will be better than the preceding one. and this to a greater extent than it aha had bien bred to different bulls, though all equally good and of the same blood. This rule holds good with horses and sheep as well as cattle. Blick a pin right here. II yon are breeding cattle, get a good bull, and keep him. If yoa conclude to breed Durhams, do so; if Holsteins, or any other breed, do so; but don't breed to a Dnrbam bull one year and Holstein the next. You most stick to the ore thing if you expect to breed good grades of either. And more than this, a cow that has once been bred to a scrub bull, if bred promiscuously to different bulls, even of tie earns breed, will never produce as good calves as she would if bred several timet in succession to the same individual bulL The ruaa who has good heifers, high grades of thoroughbred, and does cot want to raise their first calves, and uses a scrub ball became it Is cheaper, is saving pennies to day at the expense of dollari lo the netr future.

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Fm Bothinz but thcroobbrJ mal on a!l kiDdsof stock, and all things being ecp', the loneer you ose the tame animal the bet ter. I do not mean by this that it if i risi ble to use him on bis own pro8ay, bei on the orlzirai auinia)s it may be eonüaaei In debniiely. ' HOl't.tlOi.O UlUTS. Roasted Tarkey. After removing the feathers and cleanly singing the bird, breik tbe leg-bone clots to the foot and hang uo the bird and draw out tbe strings from toe tbicb ; make a slit down the back of the neol and takeout the crop, theo cut the neck bone close, and after the bird is etu-fed the skin can be turned over the back. Cut around the vent, making the opening as smail as pcslb'e, and draw carefully, taxing care that the gull-bsz and the gizztrd are not broken. Open the gizzard, remove the Cintertsand de'aca the liver from the gall bladder. The liver, gizzard and heart, it used in the gravy, will need to be boiled an hour and half and chopped a tine as possibles. Wash the turkey ami wipe thorong&iy dry in -tide and cut; then fill the inside with staff iDg and eew the st n ot tae necx over ia batk. 8ew up the vent, then run a, lonj pfcewerlnto the pinion and thigh throu the body, passing it through the opposite pi v ion aßd thigh. I'nt a skever in the snull rart of the le,r. aod push it throrui. ras string over the points of the sxewers, and tla it Fecurely at the baca. Urede with no., covering the breast with buttered white taper; put in tbe ovea to roast: baste oit'u, nrt-t with butter and water, afterward vnh gravy from the dripping-pao; not too ho. an oven. A turkey weuoiug eight poundi requirf s tao and a half hours to bake. Stw tie fillets till tender and chop tne in up une to make gravy, with a tew spooatals ot dr.p-pinj-S anil very little flour. Some sauce i s ihiiy ee'd taste, as currant, apple orif&n-bi-rry, nsuaiiv accompanies roast tnr-y-rhirten Pip.wtew chicken till tender. season with one-o,uarter of a pound o batt-r, salt ard pepper; line tbe sides or a e aii with a rich crnt. nour in the ste" erneen, and cover loorely with a crust hrt ranting a hole in tbe center. Plavin? ready a can ot oysters, heat the liqner, tfceken with a little Hour and water, aod seasu wunssn, pepper and hotter tbe size of arezg. w nen it comes to a boil, pour it over the oysters and about twenty minutes befe) the pie is done lilt the top crust and pu them in. rarsnip Stew. -Three slic 01 salt pork, boil one hour and a half; tap fife large jarsnira, cat in quarters Ihrthwise, add to tLe pork and let rxitl onei'noa, na d a few potatses, and let together until the potatoes are soft; iu eUle ebould be about a cnaI whea df to Ue otf. Cabbsre Ealad.-at the cabbage very Bne, and put into a di?. ia vilf- 8iIt f0,"1 pepoer between. rben take tvc teaapoonfuls of butter, twe'j SG?r: iwo ol ' i muetard. o-,.bap of inegar, aad one egg. 8tir all t3" an 16 00316 13 a o'l OQ thestov D,arit hot over, anJ mix well with carnage; cover np. jed IrJ an rudding. For a two-quart i,n,Kii pnH two teacups ot meal; m:steu Ae meal 'th coll water; add one tabte--poo-'ilui of baUer, two teacups o sair. or e cup otraisin-, three egc well beaten b-s-fore acdT, siu'iiU up with sweet ruiifc; bake slovtf halt an hoar or more. jj89rfd-Atatoes. Steam or boil potatoes nnt- btftn salted water; then pour over it e :i: . .i ip""k wining Yiaivr. puar over iuh lter ar4 let the epriukje Tith nalt and mash, hive ready some hotinilk or r ream in which Las oeou raehed apieoe of butter; pour this on the VOatoes,and stir umit white and very lL-bt. penghnuts. Three egs, one cup naar, P't nf ew milk, salt, nutmeg and floor noiU to permit tbe spoon to stand npriht in ui mixture; add two teafpoonfulä baking poy der and beat until very light; dron by the dessertspoonful into boiling lard, ibwe will not absorb a bit of fat, and are the lea?; pernicious of th8 doughnut family. .Hte- -bple Tie. -Line pie-pan or p'ate wun trust, winkle with sngar. fill with tart app.es, sliced ry thin, spriaklesaar and a very little cinnann, over them, and add a few small bits of butte.nd a teaspoon fnl ot water, or not, as von pwase it depends npon the jnicinessol the appiMdredsa in flour, cover with the top crust, and baka about three-quarters of an hour; allow four or live tublespoons of Engar to one pie. Or, lire pans with cruet, fill with sliced apples, put on top crust and bake; take off top crust, pat in Bugai, bits of butter and seasoning, replace trust and Eerve warm. It is delicious with Bweetened cream. Crab-apple pie, if made of the "Transcendents," wiil fully equal those made of larger varieties of the apple. Hickorynut Cake.One half cup of butter, two cups of sugar aM four cgs, beaten separately; three cups ef Gonr, one half cup of sweet milk, two teaspootduls of baking powder, two cups of hickoruut meats minced, one teaspoonful extract of vanilla. Boiled Turnips. Uee a separata saucepan for them. If when done they appeat soft and full rf water, put them in a cloth atl squeeze the moisture out; then add a little fait and butter; a teaspoonful ot Bugar makes them taste milder. Mash and di.sa them. If, however, they are very nice looking turnips, slice them, but a little butter on them and pepper well, and then Eerve them. An hour will teil them, unless they are very hard. Boiled Onions. After taking oil the outer f kin let them eoak in col J water for a couole of hours, or longer If you like them mild; let them be cooked in boiling water, which should be pretty strongly ealted; drain o;T the water as soon as tLtv are almost done; tnen let them simmer in milk until quite lerder, add a good bit of batter, pepper and fealL Ecast pare Rib. -Take a nice spare rib with I art of the tenderloin left in; season with salt and a little pepper; eprinkle with summer savory; put in a pan with a litt! water; baste often, and roast until nicely brownt-d and thoroughly well done. Apple Sauce. Pare and quarter nice ste leg apples; put in a baking dish and cover with sugar; add hits of lemon peel if likel; put a plate over the dish and set into a pai having a little hot water in the bottom, aud place in a hot oven. Bake until the piecej are clear and tender. Cran bei ry Sauce. Pick over and waih the cranberries and put in the preservtog kettle with half a pint o! water to a quart of fcerrles; now put the sugar granulated is the best on top of the berries; set 03 the Cre and stir about half an hour; stir often to prevent burning; tbey will not need straining, aad will preserve their rich color cook el in this way. Never cook cranberries before puttirg in the sugar. Less auar may bo uised if you do not wish them very rich. fA KM Nlli ts. A Wyoming farmer claims to have picked 8,000 pounds of strawberries from two acres. Poultry bouws should be so cleaned that when entering them at night not the slightest oder should be detected. The originator of the Concord grape had at one time 22,000 seedlings, and the first year's sales amounted to $3,200. The potatoes from whole seed ripened nine days earlier than those from cat potatoes at the Ohio Experimental Station. A few castor-oil plants here and there in the potato field is eaid to keep the moles away, owing to their dislike of the plants. Tbe agricultural classes of Francs bave $2(0,000,000 on deposit in the government savings banks, in which they are paid i per cent. Interest. - Tbe total number of hogs slaughtered annually in the United States is estimate J at 30 lOO.OoO. the average dressed weight being 175 pounds each. To decide whether eggs are fartils or not, hold them between tbe thumb aud force uger with one end toward tbe thumb and finger in a horizontal position, with a strong lieht in front of you. The unfertilized eg wi'l ye a clear sprearance, tot!) upper and

lewer ide being the same. The fertil?jJ egg will have a dear appearance at the lower side, while the upper side valll exhibit a dark or cloudy appearance. Burden's standard (of 8? pounds per gallon) ia now taken and accepted as the standard fur milk, not only in oar own country but in all Europe. California is now sendi n to the Atlantic roast more wine than 4 imported from France. It is estimated iat last year's wins crop yielded the grower. ;3.50O,0OO. A correspondent ol the Western Rural feeds gronnd boned as t to his cows as a preventive of abortion. Before bs used it he

had .'oit many cows, but none since. Stiff, tenacious limeetons or clay soils reqnire much more care and work in their preparation than those that are loose, porous or 8ndy, sod should be broken up in the lafe fall if possible. It is an indisputable fact that farm work can be done at less expense with mules than, with horses. They will stand more hard work and bal treatment, eat one-third less and are rarely sick. . At the recent fat stock show at Chicago T. D. Harvey, of Lurlington, NVb., exhibited a hah breed Shorthorn that weighed 2333 pounds. If a brood aow gets too much feed by accident cr lack of care, sie may be soeedilv relieved by giving her a quart of charcoal. It wilt tone np the stomach of a b.05 quicker than anything else. In selecting a dairy cow pay some attention to the eize of the odder aud teats. V'try snjall teats can not be easily grasped. A rood milch cow has deev flanks, velvety skin and the milk veins prominent It 's useless to attempt to keep winter son ash that have been injured by frost. They ars best kept on shelves in layers, in a location where the temperature dues not fail below forty degrees. Be careful that they are not kept too warm. It Is a conceded fact that the farmer is most prosperous when he combines with his farming the manufacture of pork and beef. Tbe coro, grass, bay and fodder are his raw iraterial, tbe pork and beef and wool his finished product. In raising chictens for spring market it is not Lece?s&ry that they should run outside in the cold. Many breeders who use incubators and brooders find that chicks may be hatched and raised to the age for broilers inside the buildings exclusively. Don't be afraid to ept-J money for gool sbeep. A Shropshire ram, .exhibited at the Centennial, was pur abased from England at the price of $0,0i0, and a small, dingy -looic-inf?, crumpled wook, oily Merino sold up in Vermont for as large a price as f 10,000. In selecting wethers for feeling it should be borne in mind that there is as much difference in the fattening qualities of sheep as there is in cattle, says the Stockman. A square, compactly built wether, with a gooJ spring of ribs, is much easier fatted than a lank. It an cue. In laying drains it is best to cover ea:h. joint with a collar so fitted that tho soil will not work in and fill the tile. If the bottom of the ditch is cut down to a poiut exactly tbe size of the tile tue latter will not move laterally, nor cause trouble. It ia b-st to make it tec ore aud safe in the first place. An Indiana dairyman covers the cow with a horse-blanket or theet while milking, thus preventing the annoyance of flies and adding gieatly to the comfort of the cow, which isotherwiss continnally eagaged in battle with tbe insert world. If a horse blanket Is csed it sbonld be a clean one. Tbe value of horned cattle west of tbe Misisßi.pi River ia estimated at $.xk$.k0,871. The State which holds the largest number of tbeie ii TexasSi i15,201. loira is second and Missouri third in the list. The number of cattle exported tbe paat year was !'. 5ls, against 101.111 the previous year. It is stated that Mr. John Dimon, of the Eetex Stock Farm, Walkervil.'e, Out , has a breed of fowls that are too bhurt-legged to to f cratch, but are industrious in cleiriD; gardens of bog. Tbey were originated by him after lit teen yea-a experiments in breeding, and ara considered great coriosi ties. Mr. F. M. Augur, of Connecticut, gives the following precautions for preventing yellows cn peach trees: Avoid diseased stock, either by seed or bud; seek a location apart from contaminating influences; fertilize with special fertilizers, in which sulphate Of ammonia supplies nitrogen, and with high grade muriate of potash, and good superphosphate; apply twenty bushels of lime to the soil in order to neutralize acidity. A sensible and scientific correspondent of an exchange says: "Amoag the meat9 generally eaten there Is none which has so high a percentage of nutriment as mutton. Th-s fact is not feenarally appreciated as it shoul J be." Not only is it true tnat mutton contains a higher percent-age of nutriment, but it is considered by all authorities as the most healthful meat, and the only wonder is that it is not more generally used. It is strange that planters put off till spring petting small fruits, such as raspberriei, blackberries, grapes, currants and gooseber;es. JMit in the fall and a good Hdovel of nitnure or litter thrown over each rs soon as tLt ground freezes, or if not to be had, bank upwith earth just before winter sets in and draw fc-vay in early spring, iiemember, fall-set plants will make a much stronger growth next season than those sot ia the spring. Taking tho best specl-aens of stears. it i$ found that by the beit eysum of feeding in tbe first yi-ar a calf or eteer ca be made to improve l,3S pounds. The second year the steer will ca n Kio pounds, the third year 702 pounds and fourth year 577 pouuds. Thus it fcteu that in the average for the three years after the first the increase is not half what it was the first year, while the animal partakes of twice as much lood and represents twice as much capital. Mr. Childer?, of Kldorado, Kas., tag been an extensive shipper of hors, ard has always te at heavily by overheating on the road, seme of the hogs dying au J others arriving in uaa conaiuon. 10 remedy this evil he filled three gunny sacks with ice. about 100 pounds in all, andl-suapended them in the car over the hogs. The dripping ice-cold water kept the hoes cold, and since he haa I adopted this plan Mr. Childers has had no trouble in shipping live hogs for market. At this time, when cut flowers fade so soon, it is well to know that if a small bit 01 the stem is cat ol and the end immersed in very hot water the flower will frequently re Vive and resume its beauty. Colored Mowers are more easily rejuvenated than white ones, which are apt to turn yellow. For preserving fiMwers in water finely pulverized charcoal should be put Into the vase at this season. Where yines are growing in water charcoal will prevent foul odors from the standing water. The best milkers are not beef fat, nor should they be burdened with superfluous flesh. And yet It is a mistake to tuppose that their condition is a matter of no consequence. To see a herd of cows little more than animated shadows is an indication of a poor dairy maa. Dairy cows skould be wll led with milk-producing foods, with eafS cient flesh-forming properties to maintain a big'i state of physical vigor. It is hardly the thiDg to have to lean a cow up against the fence to milk her. Another Convention of United rresbyterians is to be field to consider the "present state of the question of instrumental music in worship." The call regards the present state cf the question, allowing the use of instruments, "as a chastisement from the Lord on the United Presbyterian church." Lace Is lavishly worn again, but in this century the demand for it is confined to women, whereas in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries men, too, expended huge sums on ruifles and wrtatbahda. In the expenditure of William HI. for lane was 18.015; in lt'H, nearly fclO.000; in 109.", 112,000. Queen Anne lavished money on ilschlin and I'rast:!.

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God is onr shield in time of war, Onr (na la tome of peace; Our suy when foes that troublons are ADoot ns do incrcaso. Tie makes onr feet swift aa the hlad. And trains ovr hands to figbt; He iortlflea onr doubting mind with heavenly grace and might To Sod. wbo makes our pot o'eriow, Oar praise is ever doe; Be rives aa more tbua we shall know In life and glory too. Our God Tt. -u art, our sorg, our light, Oar nev er-iUln friend ; Oar gnide amii tne darkest night Oh ! lead ua to the eud. Rev, WUIUm Anderson, of Tarboltoo. There are 400 Baptist churches in Kansas. It is reported that the English evangelist, Henry Varley, is coming to this country. It rumored in Boston that Hey. James Freeman Clarke will soon retire from active ministerial duty. It is stated that there are in the Bible 3,:tylS3 letters, 773,003 words, 31,373 verses, aud 1,1 sO chapters. The centenary oi?erings of the Methodist Episcopal Church Bonth, as reported up to November 8, wereJllS?. The Presbyterians of New York are trying to raise 000,000 for Hamilton College. If tbey eacceed they will have control of the institution. The Boston Congregat'onal Sanday-echool Convention, at its seat ion last week, resolved to abandon the Old Testament in Sundayschools and stick to the New Testament. Phillips Brooks is selected to preach in the tmiver-ity course at Cambridge, Eng., next June. This is the second time that this honor has been oonferred upon an American clergyman. A Montreal sexton passed one of tha parishioners one Sen day without giving him an opportunity to contribute to the collection. The parishioner cued the sexton and was awarded 5 damages. One of our religious exchange papers says: "It is a solemn fact that 1,090,0X),000 of our race has not yet heard that there be a Christ." The grammer of that etatement Is awful, and the truth of it is questionable. If all men were as anxious to make their own calling and election sure as they were on election day to secure tbe snccesa of their party leader, they wonld take the kingdom of Heaven by force. New York Observor. A Chinese school has been lately started in St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia. One of the members will soon be baptised into the Christian faith: He will go back to hü own country as a misjtionary soon after his baptism. Sometimes "the heaviest wheat cf all" may Bpring op from seeds dropped in an accidental way. What a motive to the maintenance of a personal holiness! Tne accidental Is a shadow ot the intentional. Influence is the exhalation of characlcr. W. M. Taylcr. Our Christ is the Christ of the gospels gloriCed. The Christ of tho gospels is tho rock cut out of the mountain without hands. Our Christ is the same rock row grown to a re at mountain. Cbrist of the gospels is the well-beloved Joseph in his father's tent, n-eeiving the father's approval in a coat of many colors. Our Cnriit is the eame Joseph sittii'gin splendor on the t krone of the Pharaohs, no loneer receiving, but dispensing to his brethren life and a laud ia which to dwell. Rev. J. M. ßlifler. Kev. Dr. Rnlieon, for the past ten years pastor of St. Paul's Church, Cleveland, was recently consecrated Assistant Dishon of Pennsylvania. The services were held at Bt. Paul's, and the charch was densely crowded. Fifty clergymen and nine Bishops assisted in the services. The sermon was preached by Bishop Stevens, of Philadelphia. Dr. Uulison was presented for consecration to Bishop Lee, of Delaware, the Presiding Bishop of the United States. Bishop Bedell, of Ohio, and Bishop Hwe, of Pennsylvania, acted as consorts. Bit-hop Rulisoa commences his labors in Pennsylvania at once. At a recent missionary meeting at BufT&lo, N. Y., Mrs. White, from Philadelphia, formerly a teacher in Utah, bepjed that something wore be done for that dark part of our land. Mormonisca is on the increase; their missionaries are leading thousands to our shores every year. We have twelve Presbyterian churches, 2, G00 children in SabbathfccLoole, 2,300 in day schools. Christian education roust do the work. Mrs. D. JL James, of Washington, gave an address 03 "Mission Work." 80 full of interest and power was it that it ia to be published in full. She was followed by Mrs. Bainbridge on "Foreign MisE-ions. She has journeyed round the world and visited nearly alfour mission stations. She impressed all with thankfulness for what bad been accomplished and the great work yet to be done. bOUIAL. oosne. Be 4 is the favorite color in millinery. An honest man is the noblest pursuit of woman. A good definition of flirting la "attention without intention." Perseverance wins. All possible things were once iinpo&ibie. Fans still continue to be a fashionable and popular gift for a bride tcgir to her bridesmaids. Campaign uniforms will be largely worn ss underclothing by impecunious politicians this winter. Fashion Note. Among the young gentlemen it is no longer the proper caper to wear a rose-bud on the lappel, but a single orange-aued chrysanthemum. Professor David ßwing says that the vanity of women is innocent compared with that of men. And he adds that embezzlers steal to gratify their vanity. De pnttieat wimmen is sometimes de Warst when da gita roused up. Do honey bee lives a mightv sweet life, but oh, Lawd, what a etlnger he's got! In all things throughout the world, the teen who look for the crooked will see tbe crooked, and the man who looks for the straight will Bee the straight. Buskin. Our early daysl Gow often back We tnrn on life's bewildering trsck. To wbore, o'er hill and valley, plays The sunlight ol onr early daysl Wllaxa D. CaH&gler. Lord Lytton. according to his wife's account, always dressed at ieat five years in advance of the mode as interpreted in Britain, and was the first man to introduce lace Irilis and cones in England. A clean and perfect cory of John Banyan's 'PilgTim's Progress, 1G78,' has juet been added to the British Museum library. Only three other copies are known, and but two of these are perfect. "No one," eays Jerome, "loves to tell a tale of scandal except to him who loves to hear it Learn, then, to rebuke and check tbe detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to It with pleasure." "Take the fruit I give you," says the Itndia tree: "Xntblng tut a burden la H all to me Lighten y my branches; let them toss la air I Only leave tae freedosi next year's load to bear." Lucy L&rcom. A new dance adopted by the American Society of Professors of Dancing, at their meeting in New York, is called the octago nal. It la s lancers, danced by eight couples, doable sides and heads. I nave been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom, and tbatof all about me, seemed insufficient for that day. A. Lincoln. Ladies wbo want something in embroidery not already possessed by their dear 500 friends are advised to try the eUect of old gold mohair insertion upon sage green cloth, working over the design ot the insertion with bright gold silk, 1

Tbe cruelty of woman's erittelam sometimes goes beyond life. "Did vra ever see a mors natural oorpes than Mrs. Podson? akd a lady of a friend; "such a contested mile." "Contented smile," repeated the friend; "it was all put on." Beceat researches show that electioneering was carried on in ancient Pompeii very much as at the present day. Inscriptions have been found informing the publio that "a vote for Lentulus is a vote for an honest government," and asking ail patriotio citizens to vote for "Bal bus, the true friend of the people." Tbe Tallien band is the newest sort of girdle, and Felix is using it on many cosumes, among tho rest on ocs which Mrs Langtry is to wear as Pauline. This band is ot velvet, and is wide under the arms, where it is fastened into tbe waist seams, and then narrows to two stra'ght ends, which are crossed in front under a buckle. All truth fa calm. Refuge and ruck and tower: The more of truth the more of calm, its calmness is lis pom er. Calmnesa Is truth. And truth ia calmncs still: Truth lift its forehead to the storm, Like some eternal bill. Honor. Philadelphia has a "professor" who "blanches" red noses fr from $3 to $20 a nose, be first applies Ifccohes, then galvanizes the cose "to restore the elasticity of the arterial and venous fibrcs,' and then applies a mould of plaster of Paris. In less than a week be declares that tbe nose has regained ita natural shape and proper color. Love is the top of the tree. Joy is not necessairly associated with thinking, but joy is inseparable from love. Love awakens love even in cold souls, as Pieaun awakens fragrant flowers from cold roots. Weary hearts never forget the hours which they have spent in the company of love filled souls. Nothing is so sure of ample and endless recommence aa love John Pulsford. There can be little question tbat the continued clote covering of the head with hats fH cstvs i one very constant cauce of baldr. V 1 en seidom lose their hair, except f - n urica ose, end among those na-ti....-..here the head is habitually left bare

t,r but blight y covered baldness is practically unknown. Tbe beard, which is of the earns class ot hair as that of the scalp, does net fall with age. It is taid that gardeners, sometimes wgt. they would bring a rose to richer f. 'He erings, deprive it for a season of light nd moisture. Silent and dark it stands, dto?ping one fading leaf after another, and eeemlng to go down patiently to death. But when every leaf is dropped, and the plant stands stripped to the uttermost, a new life is even then worked into tbe buds, from which ft) all spring a tender foliage and a brighter wealth of flowers. So, often celestial gardenings, every leaf of early my must drop before a new and divine bloom visits the soul. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Unman as a Political factor." J'jJt l iitroan In North Americaa Kevlew.J Whatever foolish notions the novelists may have instilled in'n our minds, woman is not all emotion. The American woman hss her fair share of cood sense and of ad m;mstrative ability, and there is reason to believe that ehe roiht bring into the re gion ot governmental aiiairs positive con tributions of thrift, order, integrity and economy. The Temple of the Heart. Perchance, before some abbey doe The Lorlcsteeirs the bumblj fne: fercjance, about the waytido stirlnc, Iiis grace descends ll.c rain. Fairer than temple reared by b&n l Within tbe lowly heart doih raise Tbe fe-btrnaclc that shall stand Ucyoad the end of dar ' -UoiO. An Ancient Dade. Amusing es is the custom of the modern dude, it 19 prosaic in comparison with the outre suits worn by the dandies of other days. At the International Health i-xhibi tion, the fop of the time cf KicharJlI. was shown: He wore a long gown belted at the waist, with a purse tanging at the side, and this gown had sleeves gathered to a puff on the Bhoulder and hanging to within six inches of the ground, with deep points bordering ' ciü, and turned bact here and there to now the lining. Two high collars, the outer matching the blue doth of his gown, the inner made of yellow cloth and sawing his ears, aud a large fur hat trimmed with a yellow cloth fan, completed bis costume. The only masculine thing about his appearance was tbe size of the foot revealed through a slit in ons side of the gown. STATE PItfSON NORTH. A Financial Statement Which Speaks Well for Its Management. Warden Murdock, of the State Prison North, wes in the city yesterday, and, In conversation with a representative of the Sentinel, said that the afiairs of the institu tion were in a very prosperous condition, as the following financial statement for the months of September and Ostober will show: Rl-OEirrs AND IAEMKC5, Fcr the month of Eeptember, 18S4. .....3 H.OJl 05 For the monlh of October, 1SS4. 9,9.17 17 Total receipts .....IS,9C2 42 EXPENDITURES, For the month of September, lfiSi $ ?V.7R3 5l For the month of October, IsSl. 7,li5 54 Total expenditures.. S 2 3 '0 45 Excess cl receipt over expenditure. 6,a;i 07 No higher tribute can bs paid to the careful management of the Board of Directors and Prison oliicials than that found in the foregoing exhibit. The new variety of smelling-bottle which the ladies are carrying this year is one of great utility. When not in use for smelling it can be pressed into service as a pickle jar or a celery glass. Some of the better developed ones are used with oe effect as urnbreL'a rests. Philadelphia Press, A new clock has been invented, and is coming into use in Europe, Which is warranted by its manufacturers to run for rive years without either winding or regulation. The Belgian Government put one in a railway station In 1881. sealed with the Government seal, aud it has kept perfect time ever since. After Diphtheria. Diphtheria is a terrible disease, requiring the greatest medical skill to etlect a complete cure. Even when its power is broken. It clings to the patient with great persistency, and often leaves the system poisoned and prostrated. Just here Hood's Sarsaparilla does a vast amount of good, expelling Impurities from the blood, giving it richness and vitality, while it renovates and strengthens the system. One of the most remarkable telegraphic feats on record was the recent delivery of a message from Melbourne, Australia, to London in twenty-three minutes. It went by land and sea over 13,303 miles of wire, A mouse broke up a family over in Illinois the other day. The husband fired at it with his gun, killed his dog, and his wife fainted and fell off a chair. Believing he had killed her, too, he fied, and has not been heard of since. The mouse escaped. Enemies Ueady to Strike. Every family is constantly in danger from impure water, unripe fruit, unwholesome food, contagious diseases, cramps, cholera morbus, coughs and colds, indigestion and simple fevers, I a such cases a bottle of Parker's Tonio kept in the bouse renders it unnecessary to call a physician. Nothing so good lor children,

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Hack or Lixaba, Eroldea, Erraina, Cold Chills and Agne Chills. The application of tbeKBOY KCLIRFta the part or parts where the diäculty or paia etots will aEord eft and coin Tort. 1 hirty to sixty drops In calf a tumbler ot watea wiil in a few minntos euro Cramps, ep-isras. Sour Stomach, Heartburn, t-tck Headacr.e, DiArrben, Dyst-nuTT. Colic, Wind hi the Boweia, and all internal pains. Travelers should always carry a bottle of EaA waj'a Ready Belief with them. A few drop in waver will prevent tlcknesu or paioa from cliaims of water. It is better than French Brandy or Bitten u a stimulant. M A LA R I A, In Its Various Forms, FEVER aud AtiUE. FEVER and AG fJE cured for 60 orats. There IS not a remedial agent in the world tbat will curt Fever aDd Ague and all other Malarious. Bullous, Kmriet, and other Fevers (aided ty EAD AA "S l-LLLte) ao quickly aa RADWAY'S BEADY RELIEF. nfty Cents Per Bottle. Sold by adl Drug gists. DR. RADWAY'S Sarsaparillian ResoiveuL Pnre hlood naksi sound flesh, strong bone aa4 a clear skin. If you would have yoar fieKtt tirm, your bones sound, without carte, and your complexion fair, are KALWA Y o BaESAPAKILLIaJ KKüOLVtNT, the Great Blood Puriflor. FALSE AND TRUE. We extract from Pr. Ealwny'a "Treatise oa Me na lis Care," as follows: Liül ol i'iwru cared by DIU RAILWAY'S SAHSAPABIItLIAN BESOLVENT Chronic sun Isiase, carles of the Done, hum on Of the hiood, scrofulous diseasee, syphUitlo complaints, fevtr sores, chronic or old ulcers, sail rbenm, rickets, white twcJllr.c ecalil head, cankers, glandular swellings, nodes. wtm and decay of the body, pimples ana blotches, tnaon, djFpeprta, kidney EDd bladder diseases, chronlo rbenmati&m end gout, consumption, frravei and calculous dt ror.li, and varieties of the above complaints, to which sorsetfmoa are fdven spec ions names. In cases were the system has b.n aallvaU'd, and mnrcury baa accumulated and become deposited in the bones. oinu. e'c. cauJxjs caries of the bones, tit kcts, spinal curv&turt-a, contortions, v bite swelllEf-s. vriae veins, eta, tnt Barfcapsrlllla will resolve away those depo'-san-l exterminate the virus of the disease from ths aystexn. A GREAT CGXSTMMAL EEIEDT Ekln diseases, tumors, niccn and sores of aM kinds, particularly chronic diseases ot tbe stir are cured with arrat certainty by a coun-e of lit, K ADV' AY' 3 AkdAPAKILLlAN. We me01 oosU nate catea tbat have resisted all other troatmcnu . SCROFULA, Wbether trant-mttted from pare 3 W or acquired, U within the curative range ol the SJUMIPARIULLIN RESOLVENT. It pot-Knt tbe aacie wonderful poer In coring tbe worst iorms of strumoua and eruptive S1 chrge, syphiloid ulcer, sores of the ejpn, r nose, mouth, throat, glnCs, exterminating ua virus cf thef chronic forms of dif-ae frou tha blood, bones, JolnU, and La every Prt of tho he roan body where there exists dlsee4 depocuv Ulcerations, tumors, bard lumps or scrofulous lo riammatlon. this trrcat and powerful reraoaj will exterminate rapidly an J permxncnl'y. One bottle contains more of the active prlnrtpica of medicine than any other prcparstUnu. Taken to tcaFtD'ul dores, while others reoaira five or six lirora as much. O.N'K DOLLAR V&Lf BOTTLE. Sold by drngglsta. DR. RADWAY'S REGULATING PILLS Tbl Great Liytr and Stotb Rtrseäf. Perfectly ; tasteless, elegantly coated; parat regulato, purify, cleaase and aireiwlhen Ir. Eadway's Pills, for the cure of ad disorders of the Ptomach, Liver. Bowels, Kidneysj Bladder, Fervous Diseases, Loss of Appellu Headache, Constipation, Oostlveneax, Indigestion. Drvnepsla, Biliousness, Fever, Infi&ramatloa ot the Bowels. Plies, and all derangements of the Internal viscera. Purely vegetable, ronlaCulns n mercury, minerals, or deleterious drugs. Price 25 Cents Per Box. Bold try all drogglsta. DYSPEPSIA! Ftitd way's Sarsaparillian, aided ty Badway nib), la a care for this computet It restore strength to tbe stomach, and makes it perform Its f oncuona Toe symptoms of Oyspeiwia disappear, and with them the liability of the system to contract dlfoao&. Tale tbe medicine accordlnt; to the directions, and observe what we say In "Valarf and True" respecting diet. 'Read False and True.' Bend a letter stamp to RADWAY k CO, ho. n Warren street, üew York. Information worm thoroands will m test to you. TO THE PTJBLIG. SHTBe tore and aak for Sadwava, and sea lbs aaas "Kadwiy" ts oa what yea tsy, tha)