Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1886 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1886.

OUR FARM BUDGET.

"Winter Wheat in Indian An Orchard Tha Progressiv Farmer. Sew to Run Small Farm Milk Odors Horse and Man Economical Iraln age Household Riots and Farm Notes. Reports From Many of the "Wheat Growing Counties of Indiana. The situation as compared with last year at this time is better, though there are more or less reports of late-sown wheat being badly damaged. The district south of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, through Davies, Gibson, Torter and Spencer counties, reports the wheat generally in good condition, From Pike, Walworth and Yanderburg there are complaints here and there of freezing out. A good rain and mild weather would prove very beneficial and tide the winterwheat crop over. The acreage is tbe same as in 1835. ALLES COriTTT. Fort "Wayne rrospecta are for an average crop of wheat. There are no reports as to winter killing, bnt some of Hessian fly. CaEiderable old wheat is still on hand. BARTHOLOMEW CQCHTY. Hope The general condition of wheat is good. It is dry and freezing every night. The crop is not holding its own. Prospects are uncertain. BOOSE COUNTY. Lebanon Winter wheat is in fair condi tion. The last ten days have been very hard. With a favorable change the crop promises an average. CASS COUNTY. Walton Until the last hard freeze winter wheat looked well. It made some growth in February. Prospects now are for an average crop. Reserves are very small. CLAY COCSTY. Clay City Wheat is generally in good con dition. Tops are slightly winter-killed. It has not commenced to grow. Farmers are selling freely, considering the limited amount on hand. Cony Wheat went through the winter all right. The first week in March damaged the crop 10 per cent. About 10 per cent, of the old wheat is on hand. CLIST03 (0C5TY. Forest Wheat went into the winter in good shape and continued so until very recently. February and March have been very hard, the ground being very dry. No xeports of fly cr insects as yet. Twenty-five per cent, of the old crop is on hand. DAVIESS C0C3TY. Washington The first week of March was very trying. Wheat has been slightly dam aged. Farmers are selling their reserves, as they consider the prospects favorable for more than an average crop. IECATIR COUNTY. Westport Wheat up to the last few days stood the weather veil. It has been dam aged to some little extent A fair average crop is promised. DUBOIS OOrXTT. Huntinghburg The general outlook for wheat ia fair. It has been injured by severe weather. Prospects do not indicate an av erage crop. Ireland Little wheat has been injureJ. With favorable weather, it will be an aver age crop. It hau just commenced to grow before this cold snap. ' " ELK HABT COUSTY. Concord Up to date only a very small rercentaee of the crop has been winter killed. Ihere was considerable complaint of fly last fall. The crop has not made much growth yet. About 30 per cent, of the old crop is on hand. FRASKLIJI COUNTY. Mount Carmel Tbe only bad weather was tee nrst weefc in klaren. Prospects areeood. Early-sown looks especially well. Reserves are movinjr freely. Oxford The last ten days have been most trying. The crop has a bad appearance. .tarly-sown d:d not make a strong growth in tbe fall. There ia little inclination to hold wheat. FI LTOS C0U5TY. Rochester Wheat has come through very well. In some localities, where the snow blew off, wheat is killed. From February 25 till March 8 verv hard T'eezine and thawin weather prevailed. Karly-sown wheat is baily hurt. The condition at present will average wita former sears. Laurel Wheat looks bad, bat may yet come out right. The last ten or fifteen days nave been extremely trying. IESOJT COCXTY. Francisco A great deal of the wheat looks dead. The opinion is gaining ground that it is seriously damaged on all high lan -Is. On some low, level lands it looks fair. The condition is not favorable for an average crop. Princeton The ctop looks now as if onehalf was winter killed, i ebruary and March thus far nave not been eood for wheat. With tbe spring favorable wheat will make little more tban half a crop. Some wheat is selling. GRANT COCSTY. Sweetzer Wheat has been protected but little by snow. With a continuance of freezing and thawing weather the crop will be greatly damaged. The situation is crittcrl, but warm weather and warm rains will help it greatly. But little wheat remains now m farmers' hands. HAMILTON COUNTY. Carmel The weather is unfavorably for wneat. un men, exposed places it is dead. The freezing and thawing of the last ten days and dry, cold weather are viry unfavorable. Cicero The condition of wheat is goo J. len per cent, of the old crop isoa nand. HEN BY COCKVY. New Castle The condition of the crop is is not nattering. The ground is still frozen, and has been freezing and thawing for three weeas. HOWARD COUNTY. Kokomo The condition of wheat is un certain. The weather is trying. Fieldd are brown and bare. No wheat is moving. Oakford Lp to the 1st of March wheat was in good condition, plants being green, vigorous and growing. Since that date there have been alternate freezing nights and thawing days. Wheat has suffered very badly. x leius appear nearly lifeless. HUNTINGTON COUNTY. Andrews Wheat was sown much later on account of the many hoppers, hence did not get a good start m the fall. Many fields look bare, and the past ten days have been hard on the crops. Prospects are for half a crop. Jiuckeye The condition is still favorable for an average crop. W heat has made very little growth, a? the ground has been frozen. Kcports of winter killing are no more than usual. A small percentage of the old crop on hand. ' Warran rrospects hardly promise an average crop. Borne was winteru lea. a little complaint rs made oi ny in earjy sown, j ebruary and March have been very trying. jOHNKOjf coiimr. Edinburgh The last ten days have been . eard on wheat which looks dead and hae .made no growth yet Farmers are holding

old wheat. Franklin Wheat is standin?

the winter better than expected. Very little is winter-killed. Farmers are selling freely. KOSCIUSKO COCHTY. Clavrool Wheat was injured, but not badly. Lesburg Portions of the wheat look well. fc-ojne was injured seriously last tan by the fly, and went into winter quarters in poor condition. It looks bad now. The last ball ot r ebruary was hard on tbe crop, ar.a March is about the same. Under favorable circumstances farmers do not look for an average crop. MAP1SOI COrWTY. Summitville Wheat looks bad owing to continued dry freezing through February and thus far in March. The prospecfor an aveiage crop is doubtful. MIAMI COUNTY. Birmingham "Winter wheat has been ex ited for some time, and is Dadiy injured. Farmers are holding. Peru It is doubtful about getting an average crop this seajon. The last ten days was bard on wneat. MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Brown's Valley Winter wheat was in good condition until ten days ago, but has suffered some from dry, freezing weather. Thirty per cent of last year s crop is in hrst hands. KEWTON COUNTY. Morocco Alternate freezing and thawing for the last thirty days have damaged wheat 20 per cent It made a start and may show up better later, x armers nave no oia wneat to spare. .Mount Ayr conditions iavor an average crop. NOBLE COUNTY. Marion With favorable weather there may be three-fourths of a crop. February arid March have been very trying. Not over 23 per cent, of the old crop is on hand. OBANGE t-OUNTY. Orleans The outlook is fair. Winter wheat has commenced to grow, but the weather has been severe on it for the last fourteen days. riKE ceuNTY. Petersburg Prospects are not as favorable as they were. No snow has protected wheat for thirty days. There is some complaint of wheat being killed, especially on clay son. Farmers are holding. PORTER COUNTY. Furnessville Wheat came out looking green and bright Thawing and freezing since have made it look dull and brown, but so far no reports are made ot winter killing. Conditions favor an average crop, but the acreage is rauch less. PULASKI COUNTY. Winamac Conditions of wheat are far from nrst-cla.s. Many report that the crop has been badly damaged, it has just started to grow. Indications point to three-fourths of a full crop. Little wheat remains on farmers hands. RANDOLPH COUNTY. Trenton The outlook is good. The ground is frczen. Old wheat is most all sold. RUSH COUNTY. Arlington The peneral conditions of irr.t-nt nro nnt crAnr? fin nil thin land t. n xrheat that trsn sown latp. Kehrnarv :wl March have got the best of it. Considerable wheat was put out with poor seed, consequently a poor stand. SHELBY COUNTY. Flat Rock A few reports of winter-killinsr are made, but not more than usual. March so far has been dry and freezing, injuring the wheat to some extent. Wmterrowd If this dry, freezing weather continues wheat will not amount to much. .No growth as yet. The latter part of r ebraary and March so far have been bad. Some 1S4 wheat ia still on hand. The 18x3 is all gene. f-TF.l liEN COUNTY. Fitmont Wheat looks fair, but the weather is not favorable. Fro3t is not out of the ground sufficiently to make wheat grow. Some complaint was made last fail of the Hessian Hy. ST. JOEFH COUNTY. Walkertcn The Hessian 11 y did a great deal of damage last fall. The crop stood the winter well. TIPTON COUNTY. Winneld The weather has been and is trying. A good deal of complaint is made of Hessian fly killing or working on wheat. Verv little old wheat remains. None selling. VANDEEEUEG COUNTY. Evacsville The condition of wheat is fair. More damage occurred during the past week than heretofore, but mostly on poor hill lands. V heat has not commenced to grow. The weather is too cold, farmers look for a good average crop. VIGO COUNTY. 1 Terre Haute Wheat was somewhat dam aged by freezing and thawing, more so on clay lands than sandy. Very little 18S wbeat is unsold, fceelyville W heat was badly killed by recent freezing and thawing. Conditions for an average crop are not favorable. The crop has not becun to erow. No IcSj wheat is on hand. WABASH COUNTY. Wabash The last twenty days wheat suf fered by freezing and thawing. Prospects are only fair. One-lifth of the 188.3 crop is on hand. WARWICK COUNTY. Booneville The general condition of wheat is good. A small percentage waa win ter-killed. heat is growing a little. Far mers are disposed to hold what little ia left of the 18S5 crop. " WASHINGTON COUNTY. Salem Conditions are unfavorable for an average crop. Late-sown wheat is badly winter-killed. February and March were severe much freezing and no snow. Wheat is not growing any yet ery little is selling. une-iourtn tne ibbo crop is on hand. WAYNE COUNTY. Richmond No report is made of winter killing bo far, bnt this week has been very hard on tbe crop. The ground is bare. No sjgEsof growth yet A Northern Missouri Orcbard. I Prairie Farmer. J The site of the orchard on my home farm is high prairie land, sloping to the nortaeast It has been in corn for a number of years. We began reparations for the or cbard in the spring, aa soon as the ground waa in condition to work, cut the stalks and plowed and prepared the ground as for a rood corn crop. Then we went to a home nursery near at hand. andt purchased 100 two-year-old trees, viz: ten lien Davis, ten Minkler. twenty-five Missouri pippin, thir ty genuine, ten winesap, nve early June, hve willow twig, and live other kinds. The round between the rows we planted to eans. It was "grasshopper year;" and the devouring pests ate up the beans, digging two or three inches to eat the roots. In consequence of this visitation the trees made a very poor growth the hrst year. Next sea son and for tbe four succeeding years we Faanted the orcbard to potatoes, being careul to keep down all weeds, especially during the early part of the season, and also to keep a sharp eye on the borers, which are the greatest orchard "t we have to contend with in this region. We also manured the ground at least three times quite heavily. being careful not to pile the manure closely about the trunks of the trees, as nothing is more favorable for the borers tban decaying matter about the trunks. We also put all tne cached ashes we had close up to tbe trunk, as they are a good preventive of borer?. We had to replant about eight trees killed the first year by the hoppers. The spring ot the sixth year we seeded to clover, as the trees were so large they shaded the ground. We had by this time learned our mistake in setting the trees too close, Apple trees snouid never De set less man two rods apart each way, for the best results. These trees were set twenty-eve I eet and the limbs inter laced by the seventh or eighth year. .The fifth year we had a few apples: sixth, about forty bushels; mostly Missouri pippins, and

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ery nincsome specimens, me pippin is a brst-class tree to bear, and the apples second to none fcr cooking, baking or cider. From the sixth year up to the present time, we have had from 100 to 400 bushels every year. ben tbe tops get large enough to shade the tmnks from the sun, the borers do not trouble ibem ranch, especially on a north Blope. which is the best one to select The hot sun is very hard on young trees during our dry An trust. No one need fear to set an orchard in this region, it seems to be the natural home of the apple. I have no doubt Norther Missouri could supply the 1'Dited btates with apples, it a muco, atten tion was given them as the corn crop receives. Yet there are comparatively few good orchards, for several reasons: (1) Because little or no cultivation is given the trees. (2) Tress are not properly taken up at tbe nursery; no small roots are left (3) I rees are set whicn are not acclimated. Apples that our fathers raised at the Fast will not do well here, and Northern winter fruit becomes fall fruit For a commercial orchard, set half Ben Davis. They sold here for twenty-five cents per bushel last winter. The Progressive Farmer. Country Gentleman. This man 1b surrounded by neighbors who do not believe in improvements in farming, and not one of them for some distance around takes an agricultural paper. When bit inend bunt nis new Darn, tney saia: "What does the fool want of such a great barn? He never will half fill it" But the owner expressed regret to me that he did not build it nO per cent larger, as his crops had already outgrown it, as the result of his underdrammg, and better tillage, and better farming generally, for which he feels largely indebted to your valuable paper. I listened for an hour, with interest, to reports of successes when his ignorant neighbora made failures. Not ono of these neigh bors attended the institute, which was only two miles away. The old-fashioned straighttoothed barrow was good enough for them, they said : they had no occasion to pay $30 oj (40 for a new-fangled arrangement They would work all day sowing grass seed by hand, rather than pay $5 for a nice little machine that would enable them to do as much before breakfast and sow it better I have only pity for such men. Why will they not learn the full, broad meaning of the law, "As a man sows, so shall he reap." A certain rich, philanthropic gentleman. living in Ohio, has been talking of holding a farmers' institute in every township in his county, for two days, to try to get out and influence for good the class that most lirru ik. The county meetings only draw in, as a rule, tue few in each township that are roost inteiested m improved agriculture. Those with little interest will not take the trouble to go far. but by a little extra effort might be got out to a meeting in their own township. If such meeting could be held in every town, and then followed up by some organization, s ach as a grange or a farmers' club, and plenty of good papers were sub scribed for, great good might thereby be accom pished. How to lluu a Small Farm. Ohio Farmer If' the farm is at all tillable, I should di vide the sixteen acres into four sections of four acres each ; but is is not necessary to feme it, except the four acres where the houe and barn stand. This plat I should divide up in the following way: Two acres for house, small lawn, kitchen, garden, barn yard, etc. I his is rathor large, l think, and less would do if the house &ad barn are in the right position; but call it two acres. Then one acre for fruit blackberries, raspberries, currants and strawberries. One acre for poultry; this acre should be set to pear, quince and peach trees, and plum can be added if thought test: this anords good shade lor theiowis: I find that the trees do much better where the poultry lun than those where they do not. On this acre i would nave iour poultry houses, with yards for runs of one-fourth acre each, and should keep twenty-five in each yard one yard of either buff, white or Plymouth Hocks or Wyandott3 and two of Leghorns the Cochins for sitters, the Plymouth Rocks for early broilers and the Leghorns lor eggs, lne remaining twelve acres I should use as follows: four acres for clover, four acres for soiling crops and the remaining four acres for corn and potatoes. On so small a place wheat and oats do not pay, as Mr. Leonard has already shown. The twelve acres should be rotated with clover, i' , millet, fodder corn, and any thing th: ' . ill do for feed. On ta , ace four cows (and tney must ne good ones, i;Ot necessarily of long pedigrees, but for mdivio::.il merit) can be kept for the first two or three years; after that more can Via a11a TVn n- r n fa fvm fVa frtTI F AUTO one horse and H) hens will go far toward enriching the land. Apply the hen manure, well saved, to the hill, as the best results are obtained in this way; utilize every ' corner with something that will either sell, make fodder for the cows or fool for the hens, and my word for it the young man with the sixteen acres will have profitable business enough at home; with "his little farm will tilled and bis little wife well willed," he will be as contented as those who roam their hundred acres over. One other thing I will mention, and that is this: Put in a patch of early potatoes. I found . that nearly every season half an acre or more of extra early po tatoes are as prohtable as any patch of ground on the place. Study the wants of your nearest village and town, and supply the people with the choicest and earliest of fruits and vegetables. Home aud Man. The following "Ilappv Thoughts" are pro duced by Rev. J. O. Woods, in rather a facetious way, yet containing some gooi criticisms: The Creator has taken the greatest care to make the whole hoof as light as possible. "Happy thought," says man. "Let us bang a pound or so on each hoof and make the borse waste ras strength in lilting it." . He has made the wall exceedingly strong, "Happy thought! Let us weaken it by cnttme it away. He has made tnis wall nearly as bard as iron. "Happy thought! Iet us soften it Dy "stopping.' " He bad furnished the hoof with an elastic pad called the "frog," so as to prevent any jar when the horse stepä. "Happy thought! Let ns cut away tbe pad and make the horse's weight come upon a ring of iron' Again, tie sole of the hoof has been formed archwise of successive layers of exceedingly hard horn, it bias dehance to hard and sharp-edged objects. So the sole inspires man with another hap py thought "Let us pare it so thin that it not oniy can not resist tne pressure oi tne horse's weight upon a stone, but that it yields to the pressure of the human thumb." I he coronary ring, from which the fibers oi the wall are secreted, is guarded by a pent house of hair which causes wet to shoot off as it does from the eaves of a house. "Happy thought ! Let us snip away the hair, and let the water make its way Into the coronary ring." So, after working his sweet will upon the hoof, man wonders at its weakness, and lays down tbe stupid axiom that "one horse can wear out four sets or legs." which is eouiva lent to saying that the Creator did not know how to make a borse. Economical Drainage. I Colorado Farmer. I Fee that drainage has come to be a vital question to many of the farmers of Colorado, and well it may be so considered, for in goiDg to Longmont to the Farmers' Insti tute, I was surprised to see many of those beautiful bottoms that I had seen years ago a perfect eyesore and worthless. I. thank God I have no use for drainage, having a slough oi pure running water on the west side and Platte river on tbe east I have a natural drainage, but if I did have use for drain age I should most assuredly try tbe only kind we bad Any good success with where I came from. Our ditches thre were what we called blind

ditches, all covered up; no open ditches whatever in the meadows. The size and digging of tbe ditches is the Bame as for any other, but in place of buying tile we use nothing but flat stones of almost all sizes and shapes by standing them up in the form of a . If there were any cracks left that wonld let in dirt, an extra piece was placed over them, and as the stone is placed fill in carefully to the top of the stone. Place it in that way until jou are done tiling, or fill up full at once. I bavn seen miles upon miles tf these ditches; never saw one that did not work, and never saw one that had to be taken up if properly put in. I am satisfied that they will work just as well here as any place, and the cost will be in procuring these flat stones that depends on the location of your farm. If I was located like those people about Longmont I would not put in a made tile if they would give them tome. They have just what they want to make (in my opinion) a better drain for the cost of hauling. Odors in Milk. Farm, Field and Stockman. We do not allude to the odors absorbed by the milk, but to those imparted to it immediately at tbe time of milking. Again we ask, as we have done before, "How many wash the udders of the cows before milking them?" Some will even read with astonishment our inquiry, lor it is well-known that all over thisjrreat country, with but few exceptions, the attendant goes to the stalls and milks the cows without washing the udders, and carries the milk to the milk-room. Yet in the short period of time before the milk can even cool, it has received greater damage than can occur to it in any other manner. In tbe first plsce, where the cows are kept in stalls, it is not an easy matter to have them drop the solid or liquid manures to the rear, and entirely out of the Btall. Even then a portion may spatter upon the cow's

bed, and if the cow adjusts herself for rest during the night she will probably get more or less of tbe offensive matter on her udder and teats. This can not be prevented, and exists aa a stern fact as all well know that frequently tbe whole side of the body is sometimes covered with filth. The cow also perspires, and theugh the perspiration may be insensible, yet every pore of her body is eliminating odors, matter being exuded that ia really injurious. There is no more direct channel downward for this eliminated matter than that which leads to the udder and teats. True, a por tion may evaporate, but there is, neverthe less, a proportion on those parts. A cow also sheds her hair, or rubsofl some of it from her skin. In doing so &e also loosens more or less dirt from her hide, which may be as easily dasted upon the udder as elsewhere, while the loosened hairs nnd a lodgment also wherever they fall. Then there is the saliva from the tongue when she licks herself, to say nothing of the kicks and scratches received from the feet. which throw filth in every direction. T III the dairy man remove this hlth with the strainer? It is an impossibility for him to do so even if he strained the milk a hundred times. The strainer may arrest the hairs, but tbe moist hand of the milkman will remove tbe dirt from tbe teats and lower part ol the udder, which will dissolve and thev can no more be strained out than can the cream. The beginning of improved dairying is at the pall, and plenty of water. clean bands, a dry towel, and a good wash ing of the udder and teats is the hrst essen tial. IIOISEIIOL1) HINTS. A Jelly Filling for Orange Cake. Grated rind and juice of one or two oranges and one lemon; one cup of water; one cup of smrar; one tablespoontul of cornstarch; boil and cool before putting between the layers oi cake. Fotato Croquettes. Season mashed pota toes with pejiper and alt, beat to a cream with a tablespoonful of melted butter to every cup of potatoes, add a couple of beaten eggs, roll into small balls, dip in beaten egg, then in Dread-crumbs and try in hot tat. Farker House Rolls. One cup each of warm new milk and yeast; two tablespoonsiui eacn oi sugar and melted lard, one quart of flour, or enough to mold firm ; let it rise till light, then mold, roll about one-half inch thick, cut with biscuit cutler, butter the tops, fold up, let it rise till light, and bake in a quick oven. Orange Cake. Two cups of sugar, onehalf cup butter, two eggs, one cup of milk. two and a half Hour, two teaspoonfuls of yeast powder. Oeam and butter, add sugar and beat well ; add the yolks of the eggs after they have been well beaten, stirring all well togetber; then add milk, then the Hour, with the yeast powder sifted in three times; and, lastly, the whites of the eggs beaten to stiff froth. Bake in layers an inch thick ; flavor with grated orange or lemon peel. Calf s Foot Jelly. rut four clean calf s feet into a gallon of cold water; boil till reduced one-half , then strain and allow to stand over night. Take off all the fat in the morning and remove the sediment. Put tbe clear part over the fire, with three sliced lemons, two cups of sugar, a blade of mace, a stick of cinnamon, and the beaten whites of three eggs. Loil fifteen minutes and strain through a jelly bag. If not clear, throw out the lemons and spice, return the jelly bag, and strain again into moulds. This jelly is very nourishing, and is readily assimilated by the most delicate stomachs. A Novel Work Basket. One description ot a work-basket ere 1 finished: Take an old bat, or a cheap new one if j oa prefer it put two bands of fancy ribbon round tbe crown, tied in bows. Of course, your bat sits on the crown, and inside the rim you placa a bag which is mrde of soma bright stuff, and which is drawn in at top. This is a useful kind of work-basket, because it keeps things tidy. If your hat is old you can renew it by melting sealing-wax in alcohol and brushing it over. An old black hat done this way with black wax is a great success, but any color will do, or you may bronze. A Steamed Batter Padding Half a cup of butter, a large cup of sugar, four eggs, three cups of flour, a teaspoon! ul of yeast powder, a teaspoon fnl of flavoring extract, and a gill of milk. Sift tbe yeast powder with the floor, and see that they are perfectly incorporated. Cream the butter, and then heat tbe sugar into it nntil very smooth and light Beat the eggs separately, and add the butter, sugar and flour to them gradually, until the batter is perfectly smooth and free from lumps. Lastly, thin with milk and add the kind of flavoring extract you prefer. Put in a pudding mold or a small basin, and tie a cloth tightly over it. Steam over a pot of hot water for two hours, and keep closely covered all the while the process lasts. Serve with wine or snow-flake sauce. Stewed mutton with rice. Trim most of the fat from the short bones left alter taking the best part of the neck of mutton for cutlets or roasting. Place, without cutting them up, in a stewpan with a teacupful of rice, or more rice should there be more thn two pounds of meat. Season with pepper and salt, and well flour them on both sides. Fry a plateful of sliced onions, slice a carrot, a turnip and a little celery ; add them all to the contents of the stewpan, pour in enough brown stock, cold, to just cover the whole, and let it gently simmer by the side of the hre until very tender; it will take about an hour and a half after coming to a boil. The rice will be found to have absorbed most of the gravy; this should be placed first in the dish when serving, then the meat, and the appearance is improved by adding a little cut up carrot and turnip, separately stewed in a little brown gravy, by way of garnish, on the top. Dining-room and Halb At our house we live simply, and we had to begin with moderate means. The dining-room at first was furnished only with bare necessities; walls and floor were the same as tbe parlor; there were twe or three bright-toned pictures; and a funny little rbund table, in two stories, did duty as a Bort of buffet This was not new; it had been "picked op' at a great bargain, and re varnished cy Aunt utiinda, wnonaa oevei

oped a most extraordinary passion for putting a polish on things. Indeed, her niece declared that she had been discovered walk

ing in her sleep, pot and brush in hand, in search of something to varnish; and she really feared that her own features would glisten, some fine morning, with a liberal coat of the preparation. The dining-room table was not new, either, aud that was another bargain ; and the halfdozen chairs had been brought in in an unfinished state and covered with crimson stamped cloth. For the crimson idea was to be carried out in the dining-room, too; and that charming discovery of stamped cloth at one-third tbe price of leather was a thing to be thankful fcr. This was rather scant furnishing for the dining-room ; but the pantry held a pretty service of French china, and, a breakfast and tea-set of the finest plated ware, with a goodly array of spoons, forks, and the necessaries of life generally. Aunt Melinda had taken it upon heiself to attend to the napesy and the kitchen, and the result in these departments was all that could be desired. 1 All was done for the narrow hall that could be done, and a screen, made of a smooth pine frame, painted black, and covered with the stamped crimson cloth, was placed at the foot of the staircase. This Ecreen was ornamented with brass-headed nails, and finished at the bottom with bullion fringe. Rosalie called it her most extravagant piece of furniture, but it was not money thrown away, for it quite redeemed the mean Little hall from its natural ugliness. A verv simple wall hat-rack on one side, and a shallow stand for vines some of which climbed up and twisted around an engraving, while others drooped gracefully completed the hall furnishing. There was, to be sure, a hanging-lamp of simple, yet pretty, design, and the shade of ruby-tinted glass made the light charming. FARM NOTES. Drains should have a fall of two inches per rod. . Horses and colts feed better fijiu a low manger. Plant potatoes late and avoid the old bugs that winter over. In sowing timothy with wheat and other grains the best results are obtained by Lav ing the ground dragged and rolled first It is foolish to begin truck farming remote from a market, where there are bad roads, where it is difficult to get manure, or com mand extra help. Good farming for a term of years is more apt to depend on the amount of land seeded to clover, and the quantity of seed sown, than on any other factor. It is a good time now to begin making the hot-bed for early plants. Plenty of fresh horse manure should be collected and kept in a drv place. It should contain as little coarse litter as possible. Cobs are good for smoking meat, as they give it a good flavor. Keeping a small fire a longer time is better tban quick smoking, as too much heat gives the meat a strong flavor and injures its sweetness. A hill of raspberry plants, after being trimmed in the spring, should .have only three or four canes, three and a half feet high and nearly one inch in diameter at base, each cane having a few side spurs about ten inches long. The best food for young pigs is something which will not ferment, such as dry, unground oats. The thorough mastication needed wonderfully improves digestion. I attle pigs will eat a great deal of grass, and this is nature's own best medicine. For the squash grub boier dissolve two oucces of saltpetre in one a half gallons of water, and use it frequently around tbe stems and roots, commencing soon after the plants are up. Use at intervals of not longer than four or five days. The honey crop of San Diego County. Cal., for 1885, is reported thus: Comb honey, 1,107.000 pounds; extracted, 1,284,500; totaf, 2,177,500 pounds. This is equal to 1,0S8 tons, or over luO car loads of honey. At eight cents per pound it is worth over $18,000. Strawberry plants should be set out in early spring, or in August, in each case the object being to derive the advantages of the early and late rains. The plants should be set one toot apart, in rows three feet apart. They should not be allowed to fruit or run the hrst year. To destroy the cabbage worm, take finely ground pepper and finely ground salt, mix with a little plaster to increase the bulk. This is dusted on with a fine wire sifter while the dew is on. It will kill the worms at once. The same remedy may be used tor extirpating the currant worm. C. W. Coff, of Reheboth, Mass., says he has noticed that those men who get the best results from incubators are those who are in terested either in their sale or manfacture. An incubator at $75, and at least two artificial brooders at $30 apiece, is a big invest ment of capital for a farmer who does not raise more than 200 chickens annually. Under the old system of agriculture, that of raising continuous crops of head grains, the land must eventually become exhausted. The work of the farmer of to-day is largely that of restoring to the soil its lost elements. Partial stock husbandry is a step in advance of exclusive grain growing, and the use of purchased fertilizers is another. During the season of 18S5 there were packed in INew York State factories 2,464 800 cans of tomatoes, an increase over 1884 of over 2G per cent This places New York third in the list of tomato packing States, New Jersey being first and Maryland second. The total pack of tbe United States for the season of 188-5 was 84,416,000 cans. The rubbish affords the harboring places of the insects, and the safest method for destroying them is to burn all the rubbish which may be unfit for the manure heap. Dried weeds should never be added to the manure, or seeds will be scattered over the farm, and a clean raking should be given all tbe corners and other inconvenient places, in order to collect the old rubbish Wore warm weather begins. The American (Cultivator says: "Many persons are prevented from using petroleum on woodwork by fear that it will make the wood more Inflammable. This is not tbe case. The oil enters tbe pores and so fills them that the wood is harder and less likely to ignite than before. Coal oil or crude petroleum, with something to give it body, makes a cheap paint for all wooden implements, and to coat oven the iron work of plows and cultivators to prevent them from rusting in the water." At the end of a month it is a good plan to commence to feed young pigs with a handful of wheat or peas, scattered among the straw in the sty, tbe mother also getting a tittle at feeding time. There are no foods as gcod as these, although oats are frequently and strongly recommended. If the quantity given is increased as the pigs grow, until weaning time, it will be found that they wean well and continue growing as though they had not been deprived of their mother's milk. The special prizes for strawberries offered by tbe Massachusetts Horticultural Society are to be awarded on the basis of the follow ing scale of points: Quality, 50 points; pro ductiveness, 20 points; form, 10; color, 10; Bize, 10, Two quarts are to be furnished of each competing variety, with additional specimens for testing to be supplied to the committee, so as not to break the specimens exhibited. It is well that quality is rated twice as high as any other character, but in some localities and in some markets size and productiveness would overrule anything else. George W. Dyson, a farmer living north of Champaign, 111., has lately discovered to his own satisfaction that a dog has, in several cases that have come under his notice, been tbe instrument of carrying tbe "cholera" from one herd of swine to another. The dog. having eaten freely of tbe carcass of a bog that had died of "cholera," went home and among the bog of the place, which toon alter took tbe disease and died, whilehOK in

a pen that the dog did not come in contact with did not take it He also states that one dogin particular that ate "cracklings" from which the lard had bean rendered (the hog having died of disease) conveyed it to the herd of its owner. Look out for bogus incubators. The editor and proprietor of the Farm Journal, published at Philadelphia, sends ns the following letter: Dear Sir Word comes from several of OUT Subscriber that they have received from a concern at Qujncy, III., worthless incubators, and they denounce the maker iu the most emphatic langnage as an uamitlgate i fraud. They are extensively advertised in tbe agricultural paper, and BO doubt find many purchasers. We credit tbe statements received so far that we deem it best to notify the public through you, so that caution Slay be observed by those who bay incubators. At a meeting of Massachusetts farmers, Mr. I. K. Felch stated that incubators, , so far, could not be called a success, principally because of the inexperience oi those who operated them. In order to run one successfully, a person must make himself master of the machine, and learn just the temperature that was necessary. With this care, when one had become an expert the chickens could be hatched as well as under tbe ben. But even when hatched it was but the beginning of the work. Great care was necessary in the further raising of the fowls, and the use of brooders was almost indispensable. When one had learned thoroughly the use of the brooder, they might then attempt to use the incubator and expect satisfactory results. This is tbe best season in which to purify the blood, and Hood's Sarsaparillais the best blood purifier. One hundred doses $1.

The Came Dismissed. Windsor, 111., March 9. A very large crowd assembled in this town to-day to hear the evidence in the case of William N. Price, who has been held under bond the past two weeks, charged with perpetrating the outrage upon Miss Georgia Aldridge. At 2 p. m. Judge thorn ton addressed Justice Baldwin, and stated that two resident physicians had just returned from making an examination of the physical condition of Miss Georgia Aldridge, and that to bring her into the court-room, and present her to be subjected to the ordeal of a severe examination, would seriously endanger her health and possibly her life; therefore he withdrew the warrant upon which Price was arrested. Attorney H. J. Hamlin made the same plea for his client as on the first date set for trial that of a wish that the evidence could be heard and the case disposed of at once. The Court could do nothing more tban dismiss the case. At once the friends of Price crowded around him and congratulated him in a hearty manner, while the audience of 500 that had crowded into a church of 300 seating capacity filed out disappointed a second time. Miss Aldridge is now no better tban she was the day after tbe commission of the crime. A part of the citizens incline to the belief that she committed the deed herself, but the others are just as firm in their belief that some one surely perpetrated the villainous outrage. Price's friends feel jubilant over the dismissal of the case against him, forgetting that he is liable to be arrested again, and that the Grand Jury of Shelby County will surely sift the case to the bottom at the next terra of court, refardless of decisions of Justices of the 'eace. The two factiens are disposed to get angry at each otter, and in some instances it is difficult to prevent personal violence between them. Two saloons also stimulate their disposition to fight. The outrage now seems as much of a mystery as it was at the start, but numerous detectives are yet digging around the case, and the Circuit Court will present new developments. It is a curious fact that out of the millions of people in Europe and America, who regularly use Pond's Extract no one ever hears it süd that it is not a good medicine. On the contrary, the people praise it constantly and say it is one of the best remedies in the world for piles, catarrh, rheumatism, neuralgia and all kinds of pain, inflammations and hemorrhages. Avoid imitations. An Arkansas Tragedy. Hot f raiSGs, Ark., March 13. A terrible trag edy was enacted here this morning. George D. Williams, clerk of tbe Sumpter Hotel, shot and killed Mrs. Xorria, a guest of the house, and at tempted to kill himself. It is alleged that an un due intimacy has for some time existed between Williams and Mrs. Norris, who is quite young and very lancinating woman, ner aliened nusoana, a H'rtiDg man, claims to cave discovered w llliairs Jflt-t night in eis wire s apartment, ana tne matter became public through a disturbance which ensued. Williams is a young man, very popular in society, and no stain upon his character bad tver before existed. He wfts eo humiliated and crushed over tbe affair that he resorted to tbe rash act which ended the life of the unfortunate woman and ruined his own. He used a 44 -caliber revolver, firing only two thots. one of which penetrated the heart of his victim, and the other he fired Into his own head just above the right temple, which, however, only fractured the tkull. nod passed out without inflicting a fatal wound. Williams is now in prison, and the sad aflBir has created great excitement here. Ihe Gazette's Hot Springs special says: At noon to-day Oeorpe Williams, clerk of the Sumoter House, shot and instantly killed a handsome young woman, known as the wife of M. H. Norris, a gambler, but now understood to be his mistrers, and tried to kill himself. They boarded there since last November, and an illicit intimacy sprang up between Williams and the woman, which Norris recently discovered. A few nights ago Norris as dissuaded from shooting both parties, and Mrs. Norris several weeks since sto'e f COO from Norris and gave tbe money to Williams for safe keeping, and they intended ueing ft to take them to klexieo, but wer prevented by Colonel Sumpter. He then kille 1 her, intending also to kill himself, but bis wounds are not dangerous. A copy of a telegram to a relative in Little Kock, to be forwarded after his death, and found in his pocket, says: Your nephew, George Williams, killed himself this morning. When you see tbe notice of this rash deed you will naturally inquire who was tbe cause of it. Enough is it that I have lost all. and hence end my life and that of one that I love." Williams was a young man, very highly connected and unmarried. Acquitted of Mörder. Eedfoed, Ind., March 13. For a week past William Welch baa been on trial for his life for the murder of Louis redder, at Bloomington, on the night of January 4, 1885. Tedder, who waa watch man at the spoke factory, was found murdered about daylight, and his watch and about tl4 in money was missing, the register showing that he had registered the last time at 2 o'clock, and he most have been murdered soon after. Great excitement prevailed, the murdered man wasaman wbo bad costs of friends, be being a member of a number of secret organizations. About fifty permdi were brought before the Magistrate, examined and discharged, among tbcm Welch. Home days after this examination a disreputable scoundrel, Matt Jores, wbo is now in iail for robbery, and has served two years fn the penitentiary, claimed that he had got Welch drunk and he had confessed the killing of Fedder. Welch was arrested and tried within a period of six weeksafter the murder, and, as the feeling was intense against tbe murderer, whoever he might be, a Inry convicted Welch and sentenced him for life. His cafe was taken, by a few friends and faithful counsel, to tbe Supreme Court and reversed on a mere technicality. A change of venue was granted to this city, aud after tbe arguments of counsel and the instruction of Judge I'carson the jury returned a verdict of not guiUy in precisely twenty minutes from the time of leaving their seats. Closed Its Doors. BarsswwK, Me., March 13. The Cabot Company's cotton mill oloed its doors last night on account of a strike, throwing 700 bands out of employment. mmmmmmmmmmm 'o Itoon that Science II aa Conferred Has been fraught with greater blessings than that which Las accrued to the inhabitants of malarial ridden portions of tbe United States and the Troi'ics trom the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Tbe experience of many years has bnt too clearly demonstrated the inefficiency of quinine and other drugs to effectually combat the progress of Intermittent, congestive and bilious remittent fevers, while on the other band, it has been no less clearly shown that tbe use of tbe Bitters, a medicine congenial to the frailest oonstftutlon.and derived from purely botanic sources, affords a reHabiA safeirnard acainst malarial disease, and ar rest it wben developed. For disorders of the tnmach. liver and bowels, for general debuity and renal Inactivity, it is also a most efficient remedy. 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