Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1885 — Page 6

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Feed In i: and Care of Sheep. Planting rotatoea Save tbe Little Pigs YFrcna for Cntvforras. Katly Cabbages Oats anl Paa Char Dine -LIt Stock In Aprll-The Variety of l-vt&toes to Plant Household Hints Farm Note. Feeding- and Car of Sheep. The better ehf ep are cared for, the larger therroft to tbe owner. Tbe fiock-master should understand tbe relative valne of grasses and tbe varieties of winter feed, and possess a sort of instinctive judgment in matters relating to theep. Taking Into asconnttbe various conditions of food, Climate, and conformation of country, he will Lave to select tbe breeds best adapted to his requirements. Ordinary flecks may be preatly improved by the Introduction of a j rue-bred ram possessing specially desired characteristics. "Where a good market for either wool or mutton Is available, tbe Blieep should be auch as will best meet tbe demand. The habits and Instincts of sheep should be as nearly as possible adapted to tbe character of tbe range they are tu occupy, aa the process of accliBcatiiirg is often a verj coitly one. Tbe heavy-framed Cots wolds and tbe plump Lei cesttra would not improve on a poor and impoverished eoiJ. or under conditions necessi tating their carrying their heavy weight of ctfch and heece up the mountain sidts. ins lighter and nimbler breeds are the bast adapted to upland country, wb:le tbe heavier sorts thrive most on the rich and succulent grasses of the plain. The original Cotawolda were, however, natives of a somewhat hilly dittrict. Merinoa are poor mutton, sbeep. and are bred mostly tor their fine wool Tfcey are thrifty and hardy, and will pick up a living on scanty pastures. The mora active breeds of sheep will not endure close confinement in winter without injury. Itis well to avoid, as much as possible, taa drlv ins cf shejp along dusty roads. The dust irritaUs the skin and causes discomfort. Planting Potatoes, At a recent meeting of farmers living near .Boston this subject was discussed. Mr. Her eey spoke ct the necessity of selecting healthy, vigorous seed, with a prominent 'eye. xie nad at nrst considered mat seed from higher latitudes was no letter than ether tetd, but, in experimenting, he found that nine battels of potatoes came from, tbe teed ci ot Ecotia where nye or six bush els came from lover latitude seed. The metbed cf keeping seed during the winter ia of importance: a seed which has lost its sprouts has loa. some of its vitality, and. therefore, the potato ihouli not be keot where it would sprout early. Benjamin P. 'Ware alluded first to the cutting of seed and tbe statement that a week or ten days were rained by the cutting. He advocated tie saving cf labor, for labor was the leading ex pense. It was useless to depend on ths hos; we have implements which will do tbe work with very little band labor. Most excellent results were obtained by guano, by cmmr cial fertilizer?, and also by tbe various mix turca of barn manure. Commercial fertil izers would briDg a better crop for the one year tbaa bam manure, bat they did not serve so well to fertilize cecniiejT ice iarm. ixa wou'.a plow as loon aa tbe land would work without b 3 icg clammy; as soon aa tbere was no sticktnets in iu lie would plow eight inches deep for potatoes. The potatoes should bs cut a day or two before planting, as tbe coating men formed often prevents the po tato from rotting. Medium arzd potatoes were preferable: they should ba so cut as to have about two eves to a piece. He had tried level culture and got a good crop, but found that some of the potatoes were sun burned. He would use a cultivator, thera fore, which would give a slight hill to pro tect against sun-burning. The speaker thocght well of using paris green with ground pulverized plaster to protect against potato-bugs, mixing one pound of paris green with about forty pounds of plaster. uavia warren gave ma experience in potato raising. People were apt, he said, to cover too ceep. üe preierred atable manure to fertilizers, when the former could bs cheaply obtained. His experience had shown little difference in seed potatoes from Maine or from western ew kork. He did not want potatoes from Prince Edward Island. He would plow the land and then put tbe manure on the surface. He believel in hill ing potatoes. Mr. Sampson declared that he could put pan's green quicker on tbe Planta by putting it io a barrel of water and then aeepirg that well stirred up take It out in buckets and with a whisk broom ecatttcr on two rows at once. Other gentlemen considered that sprinklers were better. tbo Little Pie. American Agriculturist Pigs are scarce and in demand, and even if they were not, we do not want to lose them. If we lose a calf we can use the milk of the cow, but a dead lamb or a dead pig is a dead less. When p: es come in cold weather a few Lours settles the question of life or death. If tbe bow is cross, the better way is not to disturb her; but with a quiet sow, mucU may be done to insure the life of the pigs. T7e have in extremely cold weather used rubber bottles of hot water with great advantage, or a two-bushel bag of hot chaff, or cut straw, but our favorite plan is to cover sow and little pigs with a blanket. Tne details of the method will vary according to circumstances. Tbe principal difficulty is to get the sow to lie down whea you are with her in the pen. and to let yoa pat ths blanket on bar. Ilubbing her teats with tne hand will usually induce her to lie down and then yon can put on tbe blanket aid keep it on until tbe pigi are born and safely under the blanket suckiaz the mother. We believe that the valne of the little pigs that are now lost every spring in tie United States, and which might ba saved by a little foresight, care, and the nss cf a horse blanket, would more than pay the en t're subscription lists of all our agricultural papers. The writer of thla has a good farmer's library, numbering hundreds of volumes, bat his losses on plgi (pare bred, ir is true, and sold for breeding), before hs adopted the blanket, would bny such a library twice over. Now we rarely lose a pig. If the pigs are already chilled, a warm brick or a bottle of hot water may bs put oa tbe aide of the sow under the blanket. The heat of tiie mother, retained by the blanke, will soon warm the little p'gi and they will take bold of the teats and look as lively aad vigorous as can ba desired. Of course, it is necettary to have an eye on the sow while the b'anket is kept on. An hour or so at a time is all that is needed. When the pigs are wann and comfortable, and have bad a good supply of warm milk, the blanket can be reiroved. Watch bow matters progress, and put it on Spain, necessary, after the sow has had her food. Wmbi for Cnt-tVorma. Mr. E. H. At wood, of Long Prairie, Minn., gives the following method In the Farm, btock and Home, of disposing of cut-worms in the garden. The suggestion la a good tne, and Mr. A. has practiced it succejsfally for tbe past five or six years. Make a dozsn or so small bird-boxes, each having an apvture just large enough for a wren to enter, but too small for a martin or blae bird Fasten on poles eight or ten feet hih abat tte garden. Tbe wrens soon find them and build their nests, raising from one to thre brooks of four to six young birds each in a season. After the first summer Mr. A two od lest hard) v a plant by cut worms and otber Jreecta. Eton the atrlped bugs that infest yines are scarce la his tardea, A pair of

wrc cs with a test full o! young will carry an

imect 0: tome kind to them every three to four minutes from dawn till dark, and the cut- orm Is their choicest article of food. re s cine the number of insects one pair will destroy in raising a single brood. The wren prefers a nice little house to live in. but wi Eet tip housekeeping in a peach can, cigar box or ojster can ia nothing better presents. Root-Pruning Early Cabbages. Gardeners sometimes prune the roots of trees In order to check tbe growth of wood, and throw tbe young tree into earlier fruitIcg. Grafting the pear oa the quince hss the tame erect, and lor the same reason, it la off the supply of food from the roots. lr. Sturtevant, a few years ago, recom menced root-pruning for Indian earn. Market cardenera often raise earlier and larger catteges than are usually found in even oix cest private caruecs. une reason or. mi? is crotäblv dee to tbe fact that tbe market garccners raise cabbages on a large scale, and tte the horse shoe or cultivator between me rows of growing cabbage. And this deep and thorougn cultivation not only keeps tbe Iar.d free from weeds, but it also prunes tbe recta nd ci-ecka the growth et the cabbzaes far a shcrt time, but not for Ions. The rotf s which are pinned throw out numerous small fibrous roots, which reed n tne rich surface soil rather than on the poorer subsoil. This check to tbe growth of tbe cabbages favors earlv maturity. But it should not te lorgotten that it is indispensable to success that the land for earlT cabbsres be very rich, and the more you root prune, the richer tbe laud ought to bo. Cats and Peas. "We have for many years grown oats and reas tcEether. On tood. rich land, sjwu early, jou can get a great mass of fodder and grain. The drawback in tbe older States is the pea weevil. The peas are affected with the "bug," and we dj not sell them, but feed them out on the farm to ptes and sheen, principally to the former. The pigs do not object to tbe Lues, What the bnrs think of it is not reported. The fanping mill wiil separate nearly all the oats from the reas. o matter if a lew of the srlit cf as will remain with the cats. If cut before the oats get tco ripe and tbe crop is carefully cured, the fodder is nearly as ircod as hay. as to tne variety 01 pen, eow any that you can bny cheap enough. The seedsmen charge too much for it, or tbe white or black eyed marrow fat would be coed. Tte common Canada creeper or any ether small, round pea answers a good purpose, and a bushel goes far. her than the larger varieties. We mean that it is not necftsary to eow them so thick. Tiro bushels of these small peas and a bushel of oats is enough e?fd rer acre. ice marrowiats thould be town a', tbe rate of not less tbaa three butshe Is per acre and a bushel tj a butbel and a hklf of oats, thoroughly mixed together. Eerly sowie? is very desirable, and as sod can be plowed earlier in the spring than Bubble land, we prtfir to low oa sod. pitting in the seed as fast as the land ia plowed. The crop can be drilled in or town broadcast. Ii a drill is used, keep the grain well mixed, or the peas will be apt to sink to the bottom. If town bro'.dcest and tbe Und is well plowed in 1 arrow furrows, 9ow oi- 'he furrows before harrowing. Then barrcw and roll, and the peas will be well covered. ion can rely oa ttat. (hot niss. A ccrrttpondent cf tbe Tribute and Farmer writes on the methods 01 churning: "The strokes ot the daaber should be n reg ulated that when rislcg it may meet and disperse the fallina cream, which was diplastd by tbe downward stroke and ia returning down tbe middle. The Btroke bslng thus gulatfd will cause the cream to scap less at tbe lid than a more rapid stroke, while it will fetch the butter as soon aa desirable. The time should not be less than forty min utes to an Hour or more. The churns should not be so full but teat as tbe cream expands in the earlier stage of the operation, tbe daber may still rise above It. When the dasher does not rise above the surface it requires more time to briog batte: than when the dasher riss clear ot the cream. Tbe fact seems to argue that the amount of air forced down through tbe cream performs a chemical office in tbe operation of no small importance. The cream which appears on tbe lid should be rinsed down, that it may become uniform and avoid waste. When the pellets c f butter have become aa large as peas, the churn is detached, to stand until the butter in all the churns ia in like condition, when tbey are again connected, and the motion given to the daiher is slo w as possible. This will gather the butter more quickly and easily than by band. Live Stork la April. The work horses now need an abundance of strengthening food. Keep the harness clean and soft, It is easier to prevent galls than to cure them, especially during tbe besy reason, when a horse's labor is most constant and valuable. Many horses work ing upon soft ground are best anod when tbey are barefoot. Cows need careful watch ing during this season. When a cow's time approaches, the feed should be reduced. Look out for garget and use the simple reme dies often mentioned in these columns. Ewes with lamba need abundance of food. otherwise tbe lambs as well as tbe dams will sutler. If ticks aro troublesome use a dip of tobacco water, or some one ot the several preparations sold in the shops. Swine need a run, and may do much to od in the orch ard. If the poultry have vermin, use keroeeceupen thercosts and walls of the house. A dust bath is enjoyed by fowls. What Variety of Potatoes to Plant. American Agricuturistj If you want potatoes as early as possible le'ect tte best early potato you can find Tbe genuine Early Kose is good enough and early enough. Thi Beauty of Hebron is eqally good, aad there are a dozen other va rieties any one ot hich, if yoa happsa to have it, will ripen about as early, and give satisfaction. It anyone tella yoa h has a potato that will ripen two weeks earlier than the l.ose or the l;?auty of Hebron, ana yield as much aeain per acre, tell him isaja a most valuable variety, and that he had better plant all be has got, and not sail a tuber to anyone ele for reed. For early po tatoes, piant in good, nein mellow sou as soon as the froit is out of tbo ground. Yoa can hardly plant too early. Until the plant appear, severe fcst will not hurt them. When the planta are up, a frost will son, times destroy the crop, or, at any rate, seri ous y retara or injure it. Apiece or piper, or a ngnt covering 01 sou Kiinave tne plant. For winter potatoes, select a variety that possesses at leait four points, viz: quality, vigorous growth of leaves to resist the potato bugs, a'good keeper, and productiveness. When the potato bugs first appeared everybody planted early varietiea of potatoes in hopes of geltiDs; ahead of the bugs. Now that we know h w to keep tbe bugs in check, we can plant Jater kinds. As a ruls the early varieties can not yield as well ai the later sorts, which have a longer season to grow in; or if they do in exceptional cases, it is probably owing to eun usual richness of land. On ordinary land, other things being equal, a lata variety will yield better and keep better (the next spring) than the early varieties. A late variety of potato should be planted as early aa the soil can be got into good condition. If you do not wish to plant eorly or perhaps we bad better say if if yon are behind with your work and can not plant as early as yoa wish, plant an earlier variety. The later yoa plant the earlier should be the variety planted. The sime principle or rule as to planting applies to cabbages, cauliflowers, tomatoes, cacambrs, nelor.8, turnips, corn, beans, peas, etc. Tie earlies tte variety, that Is, the qalcker it matuie, the later can it be sown or planted. HOUSEHOLD QLNT9. Potato Balls. Boll and mash aome good mealy potatoes; add pepper and salt and enough beaten egg to make a stiff paste. Make this Into nice fixed talis, xoil theaa In

bread crumbs and tne rest 01 me egg ana zrj of alight brown eclor. Eoast Sweetbreads. Eoil eweetbreals, trim them and dry them, then dip in egg and bread crumbs; brown before the fire or in the oven ; pur a good, clear gravy under them and garnish wltn watercresees. Sweetbreads, Liver and Heart, Parboil them and let them get cold, then cut them about an itch thick. Season with salt and ct Pter ard din them into the yelk ot an egz and ce bread crumbs; fry them light brown. W hen removed from the frving pan make a grsyy fcr item, adding, if you like, spices. Lemon Jellv. Dissolve one ounce of good gelatine In about half a pint of water, let it a aid twoorthrte hours, then place it ia a saccepaa with one pint more of water, tbe juice of three lemons, the rink ot two (cut very thin), and ramer more tn in O'ie-quarter p. und of jcaf sugar. Let It boil ore miaute?, strain through a tieve and place ia a mold for tbe text day. Indian Pudding One quart of milk, cue piDt of ellow Indian moat, three 2zs. three heaping tablespoonfuis of tugar, oae tetsi o;nful of salt and half a pound of beef auet, chopped very fine. Sjald the milk, and while boiling hrt atir in the meal and suet with the salt. When cold add tbe yelk of tne eggs, beaten light with the sugar, and then tue w nites. Uipyonr pudding bag in hot water, flour It, and fill half full with tbe mixture, as it will swell very much. Bail for live hours, and eat very hot with sauce. Raisins may te added. Caunelcn of Beef. Chop half a pound of lean cooked beet tine; rub smooth iu a mrtar half a piond of raw fa'.biccn or ham fat ; grate tbe tl;ow rind of one lemon; mix all these irgredients thoroughly, prtsi them toeetler in the form of a rot), wrap them well in butlered paper without breaking tha rul', and f eive it eilber on a bed of parsley or le. tuce, or witn ba:f a piLt 0: brown baace or iiit at ciavy. 1 Jellied Veal. Take a knuckle of veal. wash it nicely, put in a tot with water tcocjth to cover it, bcil it slowly for two or three hon re, then take out a.l tbe bone ba eure to pick out all tbe little ocas cut the meat Into small pieces, put it back in the liquor, season to your taste with peppsr, salt and sage, let it stew away until pretty dry. turn it in an oblong dish, or one that will mold It well to cut in slices. A nice relian fcr tea. Psivrade Fauce. Chop and fry brown in a tabieepoonful of butter one carrot, one onion and one head of celery in small bits; put them over tbe fire with two Bliese cf fat bf con cut in half-inch dice, a sprig of every sweet beib availab'e except sage, a blade ci mace, ten peppercorns, a sons or. parsley, a bay leaf, two p!as?es of wine, or one of vine 'r. and reduce the liquid onehalf by rar id boiücg; then add a teaenpfal ol gravy, broth or boiling wa'.er: heat arid USi. Pert e of Celery. Wash acme large s'zmj celery sticks, cook them until quite tender in bo lug salt and water, wnen done take out, tiiam off all moistare, and pa .s through a La r sive into a basin for nse Melt one o ce of butter in a stew pan, add tbe ce'er. , salt to taste, a tiblespoonf ul of to- rd two of thick double cieira; a r c. 11 Knar tbe sice of a nut and a lutio btock iiuuM be necessary. Simrxer the wt ole u-tii tborougbly heated tnrouih aid tbickincd. Serve garnished with sippet rried in butter, or, if preferred, oa licss cf cold beef or mutter, a'ainly grilled. The pi r feet ion of a we!l-c.ir-cted puree lies in it extreme softness on tne palate. Toiaeurethfaitis often advisable to add some d 1." -sifted bread crumbs to the alaeady ccckid vegetable btfere it is pissed througa the uve, and work it thronet together. wb ich does duty for, and proves a more e'ficient agent tban tbe Hour for all thicken ing purposes. Cream should always be usa ; mere is notning lor its aubititnle. bagar should likewise sever, on any account, omitted from a puree, either in a lesser or gnated degree, according to the tiste of ths consumer, lor it helps iu no small measure to selten iL Chicken Soup. To make chicken bouo. allow a quart cf cold water to each po ind of chicken, and ret it where it will heat slowly, not letting it boil, for two hours, and then keep it boiling slowly for four hours. Turn it into a large disb with a tablespoonful 01 aalt, and let It remai:i all night, bkim off the fat, stia n the broth, season with salt and pepper, and let it boil half an hour. Then strain it and boil in a tabiespoonfnl of mit ced parsley. Scald a cup of milk and a very small lump of soda, and stir into it a tabiespoonfnl of corn-starch wet with cold milk. When it is cooked pour it into a disi with two beaten eggs, stir thm together, and add a cupful of tbe boiling soup. Then remove tte tcur-kettle from the lire, add thia mixture to it and let it stand three minutes. -Alexandra Cake. Take quarter of a pouni cf butter, quarter of a pound of powderel sugar, three eggs: beat tbe batter to a cream. add the cucar und one by one the eges. go nz on beating with the hand; add any flavoring prfferred. In another basm have ready seven ounces of flour, five ounces of sultanas, two ounces of candied peel cut up small, and one and a quarter ounce a of V alenoia al monds, blanched and cut. Put this drv mix ture lightly to the other, beating all the time till thoroughly mixed. Butter a cake mold, and, if a plain one, line it with paper cut to ct ice bottom ana sides, and brushed over on the side next tbe cake with fresh salad oil; bake one and a half hours, at first in a hot oven till it has well risen; tben slacken tbe beater remove It to a cooler part When finished, try it in tha centre with a bright skewer; if thoroughly done the skewer will remain bright when drawn out. Take it from the mold while ho, and place it on a sieve turned upside down, to allow tbe steam to escape on all tides. This will insure the lightness of the cake. The directions for baking apply to all cakes in tins. Meek Turtle Soup. Take the liver and lights cf a sbeep, cut tbe former in small pieces, add fcur-quarts water, half a pouad of bailey, two oniors, one carrot, head of celery, tome whole pepper and allspice, a bla7e of mace, twelve cloves, a little thyme and cay leaf and tbe grisly parts cut ctf tbe head. All to simmer teg'tber before the heed is added, then boil it until tbe rma' will shake off the bones. Take up the head aad strain off the soup; next day remove tbe tat ana tnicsen writh a Utile hour and but ter acd browning; add two tables ooonf als ca'tup; cut part of the tongue and jws int srnan p'eces, atd pat them into the tureen before d shlrg up the soup. FARM NOTES. April is the best time In the ye ir for sell ire broilers, although good price are ob it incd any time from January to June. Celery teed is cften sown too thickly. Half n ounce of seed is enough to eow under three oxo reshea, and will produce cn an average -MOO plants. When setting hens do not allow too many eggs in me cesr. better results will be ob tained frcm ten eggs as a rule, than from thirteen or more. Says tbe X. E. Farmer: ' Neutral stock" is the term a Chicago rendering establish ment app'ies to its lard, which ia prepared uu buiu ior DJiimg couuiry nutter. The gutters of the cow stables should be kept very clean in order to allow the liquids to flow into tha vats unobstructed, from whence tbey should be taken and absorbed by suitable materials. In the Western Etatei thePercheron and Clydesdale horses are fast superseding tbe native animals, the consequence bsiog larger and more powerful horses, ani which are also better adapted for general farm purposes. - It is said that Iber is no better index to the health of cattle and horses that the condition of the hair. Indigestion and all other diseases that farm stock is heir to, even in a short time, ia plainly indicated by a roub, harsh coat of tha animal. Tbere Is a great difference In tbe feed cf cows is various milk tests, and the results

are as often tests of tbe different kinds of feed and skill of the feeder as of the capacity cf tbe cow. If all milk and batter tests neic made on grasa as feed their valne to meet cow buyers would be greater. It is stated that n disease among a herd of cattle belonging to a wealthy frrmer near Tower Hill, nine miles east ot Pan a, III, has been pronounced the genuine rinderpest by a reputable veteniir : surgeon, who has been doctoring the .irjaala. Five out of thirty have died. Tbe oihers are pronounced cut of danger. In England tbe farmers pay annual rentals per acre larger tban tbe price of some farms in this country, Tbey live only by keeping the land in the highest state of cultivation. If English farmers can afford such a system there is no reason why our farmers, whoown tbeir lands, Bbould cot make their farms pay a handsome profit every year. A good feed for breeding ewes is corn and oats, equal parts, coarsely ground together acd mixed with one part of wheat b'aa, thoioughly wet, but not allowed to Eocr. Give each ewe a qoart of the mixture daily. A f ablespoonf al of flaxseed will be a valuable addition, and it will be found benefi

cial also to feed turnips, potatoes, carrots and beets. Cows well fed, and which y'eld a large proportion of cream in their milk, always make Lard butter, even in warm weather, ssys the New York Herald. In such cows and on euch food a part of the fat wh'ch usually goes into suet passes into the milk veins and and is converted into butter. Tb'S is really a cow made oleomargarine, and contains less of tbe essential oils wfcica give grass butter its excellent flavor and aroma. Heavy soils, and those rich in vegetable matter, should receive frequent light dressings of salt. It does cot act directly aa a fertilizer except in very rare instances, but salt in email doses helps to dissolve and make available other plant food of which heavy soils usually have an abundance, tborgb net in availab.c condition for me. On lard entirely deficient in vegetable mat ter salt is usually of little benefit. New Jersey bad her annual champion hog-killing match at New Hanover. Barlington County. The hogs aie of the Jersey red breed, acd so great is the interest taken in the competition that attendants remain with tbe animals all night, sometimes feeding them at 12 0 clock midnight The hogs become so fat that they are turned over with poles, they being unable to move. The champion weighed 1 07 t pounds, and belonged to Taylor He Yinne. Several hogs weighed ovar 1.000 pounds, and 81t pounds was tbe avers ce for twenty belonging to Mr. Bnllock. The following is a recipe for bee fool: Six rounds sugar, one pound extrae'ei honey, and three pounds water. The water is first boiled, tben sugar and honey added, and all boiled for a moment together. As sooa as it boils remove it from the fire. The advantage of this food, says Mr. J. M. Dolittle, is thit for winter use it serves better than honey, as frequently be.es are found to surfer from dve emery wnen using nonev tor winter rood. while with the sugar syrup they donotsuffee at all. The object ot mixing the honey is to prevent crjslalizstlon or granulation. In some recent experiments in feeding cilves on tkim milk, Professor Henry, of Wisconsin, led each from eight to eleven quarts of skim milk warmed to bl3jt heat. atd given in three feed?, besides a little bsy and oafs ('he latter fed whole), which tbey scon learn to eat. In twelve weeks tbey averaged tbe following gains per week: Heifer calf (Jersey) 10.1 pound?; bull calf (Jersey) 10 5 pounds; bull calf (?rad Jrs y); 12 pounds; heifer calf (Holstein), 112 pounds; bull calf (grade Jersey), 15 5 pounds; heifer calf (grade Holstein), 13 9 pounds. The gain, as may be noticed, was in aome cafes over two rounds per day. aad tbe ball calves increased more tbaa the females. A member of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association has been making experiments to test the value of corn-fodder, which has matured a crop f corn, in comparison with hay. He found two pcurdi o? sta'ks equal in feeding valne to one pound o! hay. The corn yielded fifty busbela of shelled corn and one and three-quarter tons of cured corn stalks, nearly equal in value to a ton of hay. His experiments were in feeding the stalks uncut, and he estimated the waste at 40 per cent. If they had been finely cut the waste would have been much less. He states that enough corn stalks are wasted in this State annually to keep all thrfourfooted animals without the use of hay. THET COME HIUH. The Early Fralts Coming Into Market at nigh Bates. ICHiIcago Kews.1 "Strawberries? Oh, yes, strawberries are getting to be quite cheap now,' said the Clark street fine-fruiterer. "We have seme choice ones here from Florida, and they are now telling for 1 10 a quart Only a. few weeks ago they brought ?2 50, so yoa see tbey are quite cheap." "Are tbere any other berries in the market now?" "No, and there will not be for aome little time. As I said before, these berries arc from Florida. I expect to be getting tbe frnit from Charleston, S. C, in about three weeks and from Georgia by May 1. I am selling a good many Florida tomatoci now at from 20 cents to 40 cents a pound, and excellent cucumbers from the same place at from (2 50 to three a dczen." "Here ia something out of tbe usual run at this season," continued the fruiterer, as he tcok from a case a box of excellent grapes. These are a special order for a select partv. Tbey were grown in a hot-house on the banks of me Hudson. I have lust sent anoth order for aome for a North Side lady. wh: are tbey worth? Six dollars a pound, and I don't make a cent on tLcin." It tee ma that the atock of Spaniah grapes In the market is about exhausted, and tbe pi ice for the best U now from seventy-five cents to $1 a pound. There is a good demand for them at these figures, for no really recherche banquet or private party is complete without mem. Tbe same is true of the dalicicus California butter pears so popular last fall. They are bo called became they melt in one's rucuth. The fruiterer cut one in two and presented a ellca to the reporter with tbe remark that the present price was fl.50 per dcztc Pine apples have commenced to come in, and choice onesbring from forty to sixty cents each. Tbe conversation tben turned on orangs. "Which variety do you call the Lest?" was "Tbe Indian Iiiver (FlorMi) oranges by all odds. They are tbe bon-ton of all, so to speak. Tbey are bo good and so largely called for that many unscrupulous fruiter eis are palming oil' other variet'es on consumers and calling them Indian Rivers. The genuine are telling at from seventy five cents to $1 a dozen." "And where do the best Cranges come from, taking them all through?" "From Florada, Ot conrre, I don't mean to say that all Florada oranges are good, bat tbey ayerage better. Take the California varieties, for instance. They are better than tbe imported one", to be sure, but in sweetness and lack of seeds they can not compare with tboee of the south The Californians are a pretty frnit, but not up to the others. The market ia flooded with them now. A frost set in in the orange belt and the growers got scared, picked them in a green state and are rushing them into tbe large cities. "Here is an odd variety from Florada," he continued, picking up a small, bright yellow orange. "It Is called the St. Michaels. They are used greatly in England, and a Florada plan ter got some cuttings from St. Michaels and started to raising them. He has made quite a success of It. "Florada msngarins and tangerines are out of the market now, bat we are importing the Spanish variety. They are selling ali the way from sixty cents to f 1.50a dozen, according to size. Tbey are used at luncheon parties, The latest craze for these luncheons, however, is 'stuffed dates. The pit la first removed, and inside is placed nut meats of all kinds, such as hickory not, walnut, peanut, and others. They are quite the rage now."

CAUGHT IN A BIG STEAL,

Attempt to riunder the Nation of COO, 000 Acres of Land. The Old Emlisarlea of tbo Sootbem FaclFr Railroad lu the Laad Office Ueed aa C'O-Betweena Chandler' Order Regarding Wives of Kaval Officers. IN'tw Yerk World Washington Epecla Every day new proof is brought iorward to show the wisdom cf the change in the administration of national alYdirr. Each day new evidence is brought to light showing that the changes in the personnel of the departments can hardly be too sweeping cr radical if a thorough reform in the administration of public affairs Is to be secured. The other day a dispatch was given in the World describing the radical steps being taken by General Sparks to protect the interests of the Land Office from the corporation interests which hava so long controlled it Tbeir audacity in holding on to the very last moment is something very extraodinary. Yesterday General Sparks found evidence ot an attempt to steal over half million acres of land right oat from under a contrary order of Secretary Lamar's a few days before General Sparks gained possession of tbe Land Cilice. For a number of years tbe Southern Pacific has claimed 15.000 (K U acres assigned to tbem by the Texas Pacific Railroad. Congress at the last ses sion cecJaied this grant forfeited, and directed that the land ehould be restored to the public domain. Upoa March IS Secretary Lamar issued an order directing the P.fgisters of tbe various land cflices throughout tbe country to hold these lands suHje;to entry and settlement in tbe surv yof the Sontbern Pacific Road it laps at the ; motion with tbe Texas Pacific Railroad ir. ach a manner that for r number of miles it runs across the lands of tbe Texaa Pacific grant After Mr. Lamar had issued his order tbe agents of tbe road, anxious to save something out of the wreck of 15.CkjO.000, applied through their old friends in the Land Oibce to have the lands adjoining their road where it laps upon the Texas 1 acino line exempted from tbe order. Such an exemption was made and was issued Match lb by the acting Land Commissioner, Harrison. Tbe tract exempted embraces nearly tJOO.COO seres of land. This viclation of Mr. Lamar's order was very quietly accamplished. It waa only yesterday mat General Sparks discovered it He called upon Mr. Harrison to explain bis issuing euch an extraordinary order. He said that he bad signed it merely in a routine way. This is a favorite defense for every joo unearthed in the departments. The order was tiaced back to the Cnief Clerk and the heed cf the Railroad Division in the bureiu. Neither one of them wculd assume tbe responsibility of tbe order. General Sparks intends to care'ully investigate the Whole subject and find out who is responsible for it. Here under the beautif ul workings of tbe civil service the expert penis of the plunderers of the public lands Lave been left in tbe departments in each petitions that accident only d:s:!o?ed tbeir attempt tc take out over half a million acres of lard contrary to the order cf tbe head of that department throwing these lands open to public entries. There ia no defense to be made for such an attempt It wai as deliberate a tbfcft as was ever planned, for if the order could have stool undutarbed for a number of years it would bave given the Southern Pacific Road a good claim to title ic the courts. What is true of the Land Office is probably true of any one of the great bureaus of 'the Government where the corporations of the couhtry have had large interests at stake. THE "BETRAYAL" Of AIR. BLIIHE. Postmaster Pearson Refutes Certain False tementr. New York Time. ' rostma6ier Pearson, on being questioned as to the truth of the statements public in certain Washington prpers of Sunday lan concerning his alleced "betrayal" of Mr. Blaine and his probable share in a "Bargain," the terms ot which included his support of the Demecratic candidate for Governor of New York at the next election, said: "The insinuation that there was any 'bargain' fcr my retention in office I am sore has no foundation in fact The charge that I 'betrayed B aine is simply ridiculous. I had ne trust to betray, and consequently, betrayed none. Neither Mr. Blaine nor any of his active supporters ever asked me to ' make any special pertotal efiort in his behalf, still less to endeavor to influence the votes of the employes ot this office. I was desirons that every one cf them thould have an opportunity to vote as he ples?d, and to that end I proposed to close the office and its stations for tbe ereater part of election day, as had always been tbe practice on that and all other legal holidays, and prepared the usual printed notices announcing that this would be done, which were displayed ia the lobbies of this building and in those of all tbe stations; but a day or two before election day I saw in tbe papers a Washington dispatch announcing t-rt the Postmaster General had decided i t Postoffices must be kept open as usual oa election day. I then sent this request by telegraph: First Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, I) C: Klcction daj being a legal holiday In this tte and bubinea generaky suspended, may this otikc be te closed on that day after 10 a. to.? 11. G. f EAR-ON, P. If. "To thia a reply waf received to tqe effect that 'under a recent decision of the Postmaster General' Pcstoffioes could not be closed on election day, as it waa not a 'National holicay.' I at once ordered the printed notices to be removed, and notified all Superintendents of .stations, to do the same; also to cause the usual number of deliveries and collections to be made on election day, bat at the same time instructed them particularly to see that every employe who desired to vote should be given an opportunity to do to. Thia could readily be done without neglect of their dotier, as most of the mails arriving after the heavy early mornioe mal's, and also the local mail matter, world, of course, be much lighter on election day than on ordinary days, I believe that notooe employed the office was deprived of the right of franchise through being compelled to attend to his official duties. "On tbe morning of election day I receiv ed a dispatch from Mr. Hszen, he Third As eistant Postmaster Genera, instructing me to see that all employes were given an opportunity to vote, bat as I had already taken measures to give that opportunity to all emiltye8 no further action on my part was necessary. On the same morning I was called on by three Pest Office Inspectors, who inquired whether all employes wculd be given an opportunity to vote. I assured them that they would, and told tbem of the instructions I had issued on the subject, and they left apparently satisfied. Nevertheless, wirhin one or two days after tbe election I ascertained that on election dayletter carriers were stopped while on their routes by Postoffice Inspectors, who displayed their commissions and questioned the carriers as to whether I had allowed them to vote, how I bad instructed them to vote, whether they should vote as I told them, whether I had not instructed them to vote for Mr. Grace, etc I can not believe that these officials were instructed to ask such lcsultirg and idiotio questions, bat presume them to bave acted only according to tbeir individual conceptions of 'the fitness of things. "Ose of the Ihspectors went even so far aa to enter one of the stations and advise the Superintendent to close the station and let tbe men go to work at the polls and thi, although he was aware ot the instructions

from the department and o! tbe order I had hsctd under those instructions. I bave net er been influenced bv political cousidcrct'ors in my ofScial action, either as Postmaster or in any other position I have held in the postal service, aid never aball te, I have exercised as a citizen my right of suffrage ana voted according to my convictions bow and for whom I take it to be my own busineti abd that of nobody else; and I have ree ognized the right of employes of this effice to do the same without inquiry, irstrcction, hint, or suggestion iidm me. Ibexe ia no office on earth which I would accept on condition that it should c 3 made by me an icstrument for serving lb interests of any party or person whatever, or that its operations sbou'd te conducted with any otber cbjectthan tbe beuegt atd convenience of the eenerol pnb lie. In crmmcn, as I belie re with all rood cit'zens, I desire that the administration cf Mr. C.eveland shall be a sncce-s, aa I would have wished in the case of Mr. Elaine bad he been elected to tbe Presidency, and it is, among other reasons, because of that wish that I am determined that tbe trust that he has eeen fit to place iu my hards stall be honestly and to the best of my ability administered in the sole interest cf the people. Yoa may say that the Postmaster will, as an individual citizen of New Ycrk 'support' by hi.-. --fe that candidate for Governor wr-om he believes most likely to best administer the onice, but that as Postmaster he will politically 'support' nothicg and nobody TIIEIZl MOTHER'S OLD 1'ASTOB,

tVhy the Tresldent Took a Pew la the First Prer byteilau Church Eater at the White Ilot. Washington Special to the World. 1 The Capital gives the following story ot how President Cleveland came to select Dr. Sunderland's church: Just before the inaucuraticn seme friends in New Y'crk Slate wrote to Mrs. Sunderland, expressing tbe desire to tome to Wathirgton to witness the itarT.'a! ceremonies. Mrs. SunJeriand w'tluU o write back an invitation for them to be I i r goesla. Bat they were warm frV r of Mr. Cleveland, and her husband hc t ten so bitter against him that she said to her daughter: "Your father will be sure to say something to hnrt their feelings." She decided after much trouble of mind to gently hint this to the friends and relieve hen elf of apparent inhospitality. To her surprise tbey replied that they should not mind anything he said, or feel hnrt in the least Tbey came, and tbe united eCToria of Mrs Sunderland and her daughter kept the Dc e'er pretty well behaved. Bat after the inauguration the friends wished to go to tbe White House. Mrs Sanderiaod thought it only courteous to accompany her guests, and wanted her hesdand to go with them. He flatly acd firmly refused. His wife was much distressed, but taking tbeir daughter, went with tbe friends to Miss Cleveland's first Saturday reception. When the ladies were ir troduced Mrs. Sunderland was named. at d if Mite Cleveland kne n her she be'. rayed nos:gnof reccgnition; but wtea Mrs. Dr. Sunderland approached Mrs. Hoyt, the Presi dent's other sister, the la'.ter held her hand and said: "Tell me if jou are the wife of Rev. Dr. & inderland, once my dt&c mother's pastor. Did your husband ever pre a:h at Bstavia, X. Y ? ' "Yf s; when a very young man before he had a call to Washington," replied Mra. Sanderland, a little embarrassed as sae thought of her husband's feelings towards tbe Pre si dent. Oh, I'm eo delighted to meet von, and I want to see your husband. My cesrmotber was devoted to him, and her friends must be ours. My brother will bo so glad to meet him, tco, I hope you will co aeain and bring Dr. Sunderland," said Uta Hoyt, showing so much pleasure that Mra. Sunderland piomif ed to go, forgettirg for the moment bow her husband bad set h:s facs a;ainst Cling to the White House. When she told her husband he slowly said: 'Well. I won't retract what I've said, but I may go some time." A few days after tbe family at the White House talked over their mother's young pastor and decided that he should be their own. The diagram of the First Presbyterian Church was sent for and family pew No. 132 was taken. The following letter from Secretary Eiysrd to the Hibernian Society of Philadelphia wül interest all Irishmen. It has but recently appeared in print: Nicholas J. Griffin, Kq., Secretary of the Hibernian Society ot 1'hlladelphia : Dkar Sie I have your personal note accompanying tbe card of invitation to dine with your an-' cientand honorable society on their lltth anniversary, St. Patrick's Day, and sincerely regret that I can not accept it The obvious and many duties of my public oßice here speak for teenselves, and to none with more force than to American citizens of Irish blood or birth who are hoiestly endeavoring to secure liberty by maintaining a government of laws, and who realize tie constant attention that Is needful. In the mid it of anarchical demonstrations which we witness ia other lands, and the echoes of which we can detect here in our own free country, where base aad silly individuals seek to stain the name of Ireland by associating the honest struggle for jnst government with senseless and wicked crimes, tbere Is no class of our citizens from whom honest approbation can be more confidently expected tnan such as compose your r petted and benevolent society. Those who worthily celebrate the birthday ot St Patrick will not forget that he drove oat of Ireland tbe reptiles that creep and sting. The Hibernian Society can contain no member who will not resent the imputation tbat sympathy with afsafsins can dwell in a genuine Irisn betrt, which will ever be opposed to cruelty, cowardice and whatever form either may take. Present to your society my tbanks for their tin remembrance, and assure them of tbe good wi I and retj-ect with hieb I am your obedient serv it, T. F. BaT .::.'-. Liked Ula Oration. (Exchange. Abraham Lincoln's fondness for fur; was well known. It ia said thatonoce occtsioi, when It was thought that it was absolutely necessary that there 6hould be anew surgeon appointed, tbe late Dr. Bellows was aske 1 to go to Washington to urge the appointment of Dr. Hammond; he went, and had an interview with Lincoln, whom he found aign irg papers. "Goon,"eaid Lincoln. "I can hear yoa while I write." So Dr. Bellows made bis plea with his usual energy. Lincoln kept eigning his papers. At last, after Dr. Bellows had got through, and stopped, Lincoln said: ' I like to bear yon talk, doctor: but I rather think Dr. Hammond haa been appointed, at least a weok ago." "Is that to?" asked the astonished doctor. "Yes. tbat is so " said Lincoln, "but I tborght I would like to hear your oration.'-' ATter Diphtheria. Diphtheria is a terrible disease, requiring tbe greatest medical skill to effect a complete cure. Even when it power ia 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. A Washington letter writer has this to s y of Alfred Prentice, a brother of the Ja e George D. Prentice, ef Louisville, Ky.: "I saw him call on a Senator a day or two a?o, an old figure, bite-caired. with a healthy, wholetome face, but refined looking, and witn a more noticeable sound ot age in the tones of his voice than one often bears. Ue has been at one desk !n bis department for years, and baa grown to the service, loves its routine, and depends upon it for bwdaily bread. Ba he felt himself at tbe mercy of the winds thai blow as soon aa an opposition administration came In. Tbe Senator could only say in as reassuring a tone as he could muster that be did not believe any one would disturb him ; be did not think they would; he hoped nobody would; and the old man had to go away with what cansolation he coula eet from that the pitying eyes of the Senator and of his wife following him as he went out" Tbo liable in tbo Cradle. Babies are very little things, yet they leave great gaps of loneliness behind then, when they die. Motberesave your little ones by giving them Parker's Tonic when they show fcigre of being nnwelL This famous remedy ie to pWa'ant that any Infant will take it, and it will toon quiet and remove their aches and pains.

Radway's

Readv Ri The Cheapest and Best Medicine FOR FAMILT BSE IS THE WOHLD CURES XSD PRE YEN rS Gsl'Qi.s, Cclds, Sore Threat Hoarseness, inflammation, Rheumatism, Neuralgic, Headache, Tcothacfes, Diphtheria, Influenza, Difüctilt Breathing it was the Cist and la the only T?-tt Usrtast'y stops tte tr.ort crudaang palnas allays In"a:amaUon and cure OousecPona. waeirorof the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels er o t&i flanCs or organs, by one application. In From One to Twenty JJJnuletl ho natter now violent or excruciating the patni the Eheumaüc Bdd-rliden, Infim, Crippled Kerroua, Neuralgic or prosing with !6sj cuy su?er. BADWAY'S READY RELIEF WILL XTTÜED INSTANT ZXSM. Ijiammation cf Oe Kidneys, lnSammatlaa et the Bladder, luCamraatlon of the Bowels, Oont es Hon cf the Lun?s, Palpitation of the Heart, Uve ter lea. Croup, Uiphtheria. Catarrh. lnnnena Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Kheumatlsa, Hclauov Pains in the Cheet, Pack or Ltmba, Brolca. Erraina, Cold Chills and Ague Chills. The application of the BEAUT BELIEV IS the part or part twtetretbe difficulty or palaeas Uta will afford eo and comfort Thirty to sixty drops In ball a tumbler ef waiaw will In a few minutes cure Crampe, Bpame, Bool Etomach, Heartburn, Kick Headache, Warrheei Dysentery, Celle, Wind ia the Bowels, anl all Internal rains. . Traveler should always carry a bottle of EJu5wr'a Ready Belief with them. A lew drops ka wate will prevent sickness or pains from chanrs of water. It is better than French Brandy cr fitters as a stimulant. . MALARIA, In Its Tarioca Forms, FEYER and AGUEJ fivra ani AGTJI ccred for K cents. There is not a remedial agent la tb world that will cur Fever and Ague and all othek Malarious, Bilious, Bos.net, and other Fevers (aloed by BJLDWArl PiLLK) so Quickly as RADWAVS READY RELIEF. Ilfty Centa Far Bottle. ftStlt Bold by aOJ Drag DR. RADWAY'ö SarsaparLüian Resolvent. Pure blood mtJCca mcd flesh, strong bone a? a clear skin. It you would have your fleh arm your bones sound, wlthoat caries, and your cor" Plexlon fair, ue BADWAY'S SAEaAPi BIMJil kESOLYXNX the Great Blood PuriflorJ FALSE AND TRUE. We extract from IT. Kadway a "Treatise on Diss ease and It Cure," aa follows! List Ol OieoasttS 6uredbyC& BJLDWAra BAESAPAHIXXIAIf BESOLVBH Chronic skin diseases, caries ok J --one, hum oil of the blood, scrofulous diseaaaa, t yw'Utlo com plain ta, fever aorea, chronlo or old a.xra, salt rheam, rickets, white swelling, acald head, cank era, glandular swellings, nodes, wasting and dacay of tbe body, pimples and blotches, tumors,' dyspepsia, kidney and bladder diseases, chronia rbeumat4sa and gout, consumption, gravel an J oalcnloua deposits, and varietiea of the abovi complaints, to which sometime are given specIons names. In casea were the system has beea salivated, and murcury haa accumulated and become deposited In the bones, joints, etc.. Cauda caries of tbe bone, rickets, spinal curvatures, oon tortious, white swelUnfrs, varicose veins, etc., tha Barsapartllla will resolve away those deposit anj exterminate the Tiros of ths disease frcia ths Uttem. i GBEAT COKSnTOTIQJiL EE5IDT Ekln diseases, tum ort, nicer and sores ot a'4 kinds, particularly chronic diseases of the sali, are cured with great certainty by a course ol Iw EADWATS A E3 APA RiLLIAN. We mean or. 1 &ate cases that have resisted all other treatart. SCROFULA Whether transmitted from parents or acq Urt. ti within the curative ranee of the SARSArARILLIAN BES0LTEAT. It poesecsea the same wonderful power la mrfrj the worst forma of strumous and erapUxe dto Charges, syphiloid ulcers, aorea of the eye, ears nose, mouth, throat, glands, exterminating thj virus of these chronic forma of disease from thl blood, bonoa, Joints, and la ererr part of 'io hot, man body where there exists diseased öepoalta, ulcerations, tumor, hard lumps or scrofulous h fiammatlon. thla (treat and powerful remedy will exterminate rapidly and permanently. One bottle contains more ot the active prlnoK pies of medicine than any other preparation. Taken in tesponfal doe, while others rectiri t or ix times M much. O.N1 DOLLAR IBM fiOTTLS. Bold by drcszlstsi DR. RADWAY'S REGULATING PILLS Uli Great Livtr and Stomach Ecscdj. Perfectly t taatelesa, elegantly coated i rurm regulate, purtry, cleanse and itrenetherj Dr. Badway'a Hits, for the cure ot all üiam orders ot the 8tomarh, Liver, Bowels, aUdneyaj Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loss of Appetite Eeadache, Constipation, Coptlveueaa, Indices tlonJ Dyspepsia, Biliousness. Fever, Inflammation r the Bowels, Plies, and all deransmenta of the Is temal vUceraTrurely vegetable, contalnin W taeroury, mine rail, or deleterious drugx, Frioe 25 Centa Fer Box. gold by all drnggista, DYSPEPSIA Raul way's Baraapartlllan, aided by Bad ways PUls, la a cure tor thia complaint It restore! strength to the stomach, and makes It perform Its functions. The symptoms of dyspepsia dlaappeiTt and with them the liability of the system to con tract diseases. Take tbe medldne sooordlcg ta the directions, and observe what wa say La and True" respecting diet. "Road Falso and True." end a letter stamp to KADW AT A CO., "a. St Warren street. Hew York. InlarxaaUoa wart ttaruaaaa nilU sent to yon. TO TUB PUBLIC C7Es sore and atk tor Badwaya, ana tea U?

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