Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 51, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1887 — Page 6

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TBE 1KD1AKA STATE SENTllVEL TVElKEfcDAT JAKUAKT 19 1887

THE FARM BUDGET.

Hones and C.lt3 Kerry Cattle Fittsnicg Turkeys Mare Food. Dairy SeYotlB In Enrop Care of Ewes-Th liest ltacoo Cooking Food fir StockPotato Rot-Farm Not, Etc. Horses and Colt. IRural New Yorker. If every farmer baa not kept an account With his live stock, the beginning ol a new year is a good time to make a start. It 13 indispensable to know if the stock pay for their feed, and which of them do and do not. There axe thousands of animals which are always in debt to their owners and are kept oat of the profits f the better ones. The new year is a good time lor weeding oat the pocr animals and getting rid of them on the best terms, and eo saving tbe feed they would consume. 8tock are usefal as manurematers, but it will never pay a farmer to keep them for this pole purpose. The manure must be an incidental oroSt of the fee tins. The animals mut be raide to pay a direct pro it for their feeding, or the farmer had better be without them. Fodder is scarce. The winter has opened roughly, and no one can tell how it will end. Oae should always prepare for the worst, and then he can never be hurt, whatever may happen. Therefore the greatest economy abonld be observed in the feeding. It in not un usual to see horses standing In the hay "Which they have pulled out of the racks, thrj wasting a large portion of their food. Th whole grain, too, is often largely wasted in ihe manure. This is ruinous manage- I meet. Feeding horses from racks is, moreover, an injurious practice, and canjes them to oreathe dust from the hay and endangers tbe: eyes. Cut food moistened with w-trm water is better in every way; savea th3 hiy and grain; aid) digestion, and avoid j chilling1 the animals. A feeding-roim, provided with an iron boiler set in stone or brickwork, will be a great pleasure to the farmer and to the animals as well. Much of the winter's work Ls done here, and the farmer shauld make this provision if only for his omneomfort. An earth lloor and plastered wills and ceiling and a tall brick or terra-cu'.U-p-ipe chimney will be entirely safe. In shoeing the horses to avoid balling of the snow on the fett have the shoes worked dc wn to a knife ed:e on the inside, and made to fit close to the sole. Tne snos? and ir will not then pact in the shoe. For the protection of the ankles use leather shields to prevent cutting by the calks, ilovable at?l calks which are screwed into the shoes are the best and safest provision against el ppirg cn icy roads. When not required. ar.d when the horsea are in the stable?, the calks are quickly removed with a wrench They are easily made by a blacksmith; three in each shoe are enough. I'se the card m preference to a curry-comb freely, but the b ush is especially useful and benelicial to tl.e horse. A stiiT brush a steel-wire oae is excellent having a leather strap across to s' ip the hand into for a holder 13 very handy. "When a horse's coat shines in the winter the oncer's mini may ba easy; when it ia rough aad stands on end the horse is sufTiring. Don't forcet a daily allowance of salt. Oxis ae the best grain for colt?, which need to have their bony framework built up and s-.rentthened. Uran ia equally good for them and for brood mare?, aad a warmed br.m mash given to a colt three times a week will make a great difference in it3 appearance and growth by tUe spring. The winter is a good time for training voung colts both in and out Cf the stable. Watch carefally that these yon ne animals are not spoiled by teasinü. Yearlings may be used to harne33 and do some light work about the farm. It will not injore them in tbe least, and will be useful. A light harness and wagon or sled may be kept for this purpose. A pair of colts well reared every jear will return more profit than any other part of farm work. Alon? with careful attention to the colt, do not forget the brocd mares and supply then with frequent messes of warm bran. Also carefully avoid all roueh usage and ice-cold drinking war which is dangerous to the expected colL Kerry Cattle. I Rural New Yorker. J Kerry cattle are undoubtedly an aboriginal breed, and the only Irish breed that still exists in the island in its pristine purity. All the other Irish breeds have disappeared under frequent crosses of Herefords, Devons and especially shorthorns. Indeed, the general character of Irish dairy cattle to-day is as strongly sLorthjrn as in the northern and midland counties in Kagland, and the more clearly fchorthorn the cows are the higher they are prized in the larger dairies. The Kerry cow is, and for generations has been, the poor man's cow, tne cottier's cow, the cow for the man who can afford to keap oly one, and has scant feed for even that. As In Youatt's üaye, it can I've anywhere and everywhere, and yield, for its s: ;e. a lare quantity of milk of eicellent quality. About twelve quarts a day is an average yield for a Kerry cow when she is fairly well kept, and some yield sixteen quart3 daily for a considerable time after calving. The yield of butter is one pound for eleven quarts of milk; but of ten a higher percentage of butter is obtained. The following is the measurement of a fat Kerry cow of the largest strain, exhibited at a late show of the Koyal Dublin Society: High at shoulder, thirtyeight itches; girth, seventy inches; length from the top of the shoulder to the taillead, forty-two inches. In form the Kerry cow is a neat, lightmade animal, with fine, rather long limbs; fine, small head, with long, clean muzzle and thin lips; lively eyes; line white horns, belotgirg to the middle class and turning upward. The nock is not massive at its junction with the head, but thickens gradually. The rump is narrow and the thigh light The fashionable color is pure black ; but some are blak aDd white and others red. Although the hair is thick, the bide is elastic and mellow, and "handles" well. The 'Dexter" strain or variety differs from the ordinary Kerry in having a round, plump body, short and thuk leg, a heavier and coarser head and larger and slraigbter horns. Its origin is generally attributed to selection. Kerry cows are extremely hardy, and, although very active, they are very gentle, and do well when tethered on confined bits of grass. Although in their natural condition they have picked up a scanty livelihood for generations ou thin, btlir pastures, they generously pay for eood feed, and thrive well when kept constantly hoose-fet!. Attempts have been made to cross the Kerry with the Kinorea est Highland breed, tne Devon. Ayrshire and Holstein, but the results have not been satisfactorv; but when a Kerry cow is put to a good fhorthorn bull the produce poesero a great antitude to fatten, with supe rior quality of llesh and increased weight of carcafs. xouatt eays Kerry cattle fatten rapidly when required, and this is true when tney nave been kept, like other breeds, on fair pasture; but poor Kernes, e?pcia!ly bul locks, when obtained direct from their native mountain pastures, take some time before they begin to show improvement. Bat once they begin, their progress is rapil, and, when slaughtered, their t'.eah is of prime qualityfine in the grain and well flavored. Their weights, when fat, are from Z'JQ to W) pounds. though extra fed beasts will turn the scales at iAa) pounds. In the mountain districts of Ireland, where the land Is poor and cold and the herbage 'scant, the Kerry is, and must remain, the beat breed, and in richer districts alsj she has latflv hwtpn 5 ntrrwlrirrl nnf trtr (iiirnf. poses, but lor her genuine merits in the dairy. Several small importations have been made into this ceuntry, and doubtless tbe Kerry cow here would be quite profitable in sections where the conditions are similar to those in which she is profitable in her native country. Fattening Tar keys. I A mprVin AflTiiiltrirtt f The turkey is one of the finished products cf the farm, and one of the greatest luxuries ia tüf market. The farmer should do his

best in preparing his flock for the shambles. The main business cow is to lay on fat, and the birds shculd have, every Bight and morning, a full supply of nu tri tons and fattening food. Instinctively the turkey follows his feed, and if the snpply is abundant at the farm-yard, he will not stroll far from home. Boiled potatoes, mi3hed and mixed with meal, and fed moderately warm, is a very excellent feed, both to promote growth and to fatten. If the pigs can be robbed of a part of their milk, and if it be mixed with a part cf the hot potatoes and meal, it will very much improve the dish. It ia very desirable to supply the place of insects with some kind of animal food, and butchers' Bcraps is one of the cheapest and moat desirable forms of food for poultry. Grain should be given at least once a day with the sSf t and warm food. Nothing is better than sound corn. Old corn should always be used for this purpose. The new corn keeps them too loose. In feeding, only so much corn should be thrown out as the birds will eat up clean. Take a little time to fed them, and study aesthetics as you watch the irridescent bues upon the glossy plumage. There is nothing more charmin upon the

farm in the whole circle of the year than a hundred or two of these richly-bronzed tur keys feeding near a corn-crib. You cm af ford to enjoy the disappearance of corn while the turkeys are increasing in weight. Dreams of a full wallet at Thanksgiving and Christmas will not harm you as you look on this interesting sight. More Food. Our Country Ilorae.l Fodder-corn is becoming more and more an eisential crop on the farms, in no way can so much bulk of focd be produced at so little cost. It fills the silo the fastest, and it goeB the furthest when cured. The mowing machine renders tbe cutting more laborious, which may be made even less by utilizing the reaper. The old-time bush scythe, when wielded by a strong arm, will lay down a large breadth cf it. It i3 the par excellence the American forage plant, and we want mere of it. We should have it to bridge over the summer's drouth and to make up for the overfed pasture. It will help out the autumn and till the demands of winter. It should be known that in cold weather it is not a complete food, but lacks in heat-producing properties. These should be supplied in other fonts, or stock will only live and perhaps get poorer. A little cora-meal fed with cornstalks will balance up the ration. Ia all cases there should be some fat forming foods alonz with the cornstalks. Farmers no ticubt have noticed that cornstalks will increase the How of milk, but it will lack in butter fats. This want may be supplied by feediegcorn, linseed or totoa seedncal, or other grains. It is economy to give thecows some extra lood with tbe rodder corn, and eo supply all of the want of the system ana" prevent depletion. Dairy Schools in lluropo. (Prairie Farmer. Dairy schools are becoming zonular in Ireland. Some such example is only needed to stimulate Americans to establish schools where dairvintr can be learned. The first school cf this kind was started ia 160 ia Munster, Ireland, anJ lias become so pop ular that part of the applicants are refused entrance for lack of room. Over ."00 Kir Is have received instruction since the school opened, ar, J Mr. T. A. Förster, uüo tae in spectors of tfce Cork butte r market. say3 that a very aeciued improvement c-w taken place in the manufacture of butter throughout Munster." Other schools have rceatlv been established at Cilasnevin and at Worles ton. Prize3 are c fie red in tLe country schools to guls who will show that they can mate nice butler in the n.eEjrerlv furnished dairies of the neighborhood Ihis will result in girls coming to the schools who are tetter prepared to take the systematic course offered. Denmark has several such schools in successful Operation. Car of Ewes. 'Tractical Farmer," in the London Agri cultural Gazette, gives the fo'loing as among principal iiems in the abusa of the flock: U) Improper dieting. (2) Insufficient food. (.'!) Want of regular exercise. (1) Too much crowding and knocking about when cloe to lambinz. (5) Overfeeding before lambing. (C) Doggies or startling ewes by a careless shepherd. It is advised that the ewes be fed in such a manner that their health and condition be maintained and kept regular. The demand upon the ewe increases as the f tus grows; therefore the stockmaster must keep pace with the necessitit . cf the ca3e. As to care, as tbe lamb approaches lamb irg time, too high condition should be avoided, and. yet poverty should be guarded agaitst. The experience of tne writtr dictate 9 the following, winch will apply quite as practically in the I'nited St e, where dry food is chittly used in whiter, a in England, where roots are largeJy used in winter, wherein itissta'ed: "If I think my ewts too fleshy, I rafier stint them than otlierwi-.e for abjuta week before larubiDg. To any which are undoubtedly too fat, I give a dose of openiug medicine, maybe three days before we expect them to lamb; it reduces the liability to intlammaiion and straining. After the ewe has quite recovered from the effects of lambicg, end is out of daDger, I believe the better you feed the better results you will have in the lamb. Oae great ditliculty I had with my shepherd at brst was to keep him from oserfeediDg the ewe from the time she hid recovered from what I would call the labor. No sooner had she satisfied herself with her lamb than he began to give all manner of good things. This is a great error (and my herdfawit). Until six or seven days are over I don't think danger is passed. You don't want a bursting uddtr for two newlyborn lambs, much less for one; you only cause uneasiness to the ewe, and if you don't hand-milk in such a case, the ewe may go wrong in that diiection. Kwes trta'cd on this system will droo the finest of lamvi, big and strong and healthy, a good color, fall of firm Hesh, able to stand exposure almost at once you will have no little white cripples, and no nursing to do, nor warming at the fire; that is, comparatively speaking, your ewes will get over tbeir troubles easily aad your skin buyer will not tind his presence required as much a when he visited you in the tour-course davs." II t to Jlav tue Ueit i;iod, ottlja AgricTJl ural Gazette. If "A Subscriber" wishes to have the be3t bacon, she has but to follow tbe following directions: Afsiuuing that the pig haj been properly fed, for jou can not have the best bacon from a earbage-fed beast, we will take as an example a ten score pig that i?. weighing 2U) pounds Dd then the quantities can bs regulated according to weicht. Snrinkle a covering of salt over each piece, and lay them in a tub, where they will remain for twenty-four hours. Takeo'ut and pour away the brine that has been made. Next powder about half a pound of saltpeter, and rub this thinly over the pieces, thus giving an extra dose of saltpetre at the openings. Then rub in about one pound of brown sugar, and follow with a moderate dose of salt. Lay the pieces in the tub, and sprinkle a little Halt over each. Take them out every alternate day, and give them a rub over with the brine that will be found in the bottom of the tub, and in putting tbem back reverse the positions of the pieces so as to bring each to the bottom in turn, one time with the award down, the next with the sward up. The Hitches shoold remain in the tub a week, the shoulders a fortnight, and the hams three weeks. I am writing of a 2u0 pound pig, and larger or smaller ones must be regulated accoraingly. When dally taken out, wash the bacon with an almost dry cloth dipped in tepid water, wipe dry, sprinkle a little oatmeal over it, and hang up to the kitchen ceiling to dry. Where there ere openings In tbe shoulders, at the shank, etc., dust a little pepper, and if a dark loom is available, when dry, hang them there, and no further precaution is needed, for Hies will not enter a dark room. If, however, the bacon is coxed ia winter, or

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about the new year, II becomes sufficiently dry to be safe from the attack of Mies in the sprirg. The above directions may seem to involve some trouble; in reality they mean an hour each alternate day of curing, and the work is well repaid. The veriest tyro need not fear making good bacon if he will carry out the above. Tbe Hair of Animal iu Health and Visen. I American Agriculturist. The hairy covering of our farm animals is by no means a worthless thing. It not only protects from cold, heat and rain, but makes the appf arance ot the animal more agreeable. We often say that an animal is of an ugly color, and yet it is more agreeable looking than it would be without hair. As an indication of the qualities of the animal, the hair is mads of value to the breeder or feeder. Fine, silky hair, especially if it has a tendency to curl, ü an indication that the animal will fatten easily, and that its tlesh will be tine grained and of good quality. Coarse, stiff hair is invariably found on an animal slow to fatten an I of coarse flesh. This applies to cattle, hogs or sheep, and irrespective of breed. The shrewd feeder, and also the shrewd breeder, will reject an animal with very coarse hair. Such hair usually accompanies a bad disposition. A coarse-haired cow generally gives poor milk ; a line-haired cow gives rich milk. Dot usually coarse-haired sows are more prolific, while line-haired sows are the better suckJers. Staring hair indicates aa unhealthy condition of the body; but when cattle lick the hair in the wrong direction they are thrifty. By studying the peculiarities of the hair of our live steck, much of the internal structure and of the disposition of the animals may be learned. Cookies food (or Stock. Philadelphia Kccord.l It has been conceded by tbe majority of those who advocate cooking food for stock that a greater gain of carcass is secured from cooked fcod than from that which ic uncooked, tut the obstacle in the way ha3becn the labor and cost incurred by cookin tie fcod. In all the reports from the Commissioners of Agriculture the experiments that had been made with cooked food showed that a large saving was effected in the quantity of the food, and a greater increase in results wss also secured in proportion to the amount fed as compared with the same quantity in a raw state. In one experiment it was claimed that while one bcihel of raw corn made six pounds of pork, the same amount cooked made seventeen and a half pounds of pork, which is quite a difference, thongh not show ing really the relative proportions to be relied upon. Other experiments show that the average gain by cooking the food 13 about '3 per cent., but there are many other advantages which partially compensate for any expense incurred during tbe.procci'3. l ood that may be unpalatable in the raw s' ate may be rendered acceptable to steck when cooked, as heat not only renders It more easily digestible by brjkiDg and sof tenir g the material, but also by destroying musty odois and eliminating disagreeable matter tbat could in no other manner be removid. It is plain, therefore, that if, by cock ins:, certain foods can be utilized that would be rr jected if fed uncocked, the gain is almost without cost, as it saves that which would otherwise be a total los?, and oa this ote item alone the cost of labor may be picli'cb j borce. "When several kiQas of food are cooted together it enables the farmer to mix the bulky materials with those mere concentrated, thus combining not only the various flavors, but a greater variety of nutritous matter which will be completely C msumed. Less time is required for bringing the animal Into proper condition for market by the use of cooked food, for the reason that it is mc re easily digested; and, if preferred, raw food may also be fed in connection with that which is cooked. On cold winter mornings if cocked food be fed the farmer gains something frcm the warmth of the mess its If, as every round of food eaten coes to the supply of teat and waste of the body in proportion to the effects of the cold, the temperature of the atmosphere partially regulating tte snpply required; and hence feeding warm food lessens the quantity nece3sary for protection against cold. 3With all the advantages that may be stated 11 has nevertheless been demonstrated on some farms that the cooking of food is unprofitable, as labor and fuel more than balance the gain for the cooked food, as compared with the raw; but while it may not be 1 ro lilable to cook the food for one cow, or two or three hogs, yet the larger the number of animaU tbe lower the cost will be proportionately, and whether it will pay to feed cooked food depends sotnewlut on the cost of the fcod and the facility cf transportation to market. There is one fact, howe ver, that can not be denied, and that is the cooking of food enables the farmer to feed certain materials which are cot relished by stock when such materials are unprepared, and tbe saving bo effected depends on the number of the animals on the farm. Selection of Seed. Practical Farmer.l The failure of seeds to germirjote is a ecurce of a great deal of irritation whenever it occurs, and it sometimes involves serious loss to the farmer. Replanting can be resorted to in case of failure, but it requires time and labor, both of which are particularly valuable in the spring. Desides, it almost invariably fails to fully remedy the difficulty which it was designed to meet. In the case of onions, failure of the seed is equivalent to a heavy loss, for late sowing will not give a full crop. To quite an extent the same is true of oats, and in a le?8, though very perceptible degree, it applies to other farm and garden crops. In order to avoid the vexation and lo?s inseparable to such a failure, it is well to test a sample of each kind of seed that is to be sown, fcr the appearance of seeds is not a correct indication of their value. They nfay lock as though they were perfectly sound ; yet by age, or exposure to heat or moisture, they may have lost their vitality. Many seeds are injured by some mistake in drying, or by being stored in an improper place. Therefore, it is always best to try a simple before the seeds are sown. Tbe seeds can be tested in a cold frame, in a box or well-prepared earth placed in some sunny position, or even in the house, if they are needed before they can be tried by the otb3r methods. Thi3 plan seems preferable to testing In damp cotton, because it comes nearer the conditions wfcich will prevail in the soil. Dy planting 100, or some other definite number of seeds, and counting tbe plants which appear, a pretty accurate ofdnion oi the proportion which will grow in a field can be formed. The test should be very carefully made. Otherwise really good seeds may be condemned as woilhlcss.' Over-Kstimates in Poultry. lAmerican Agriculturist.! Recause poultry Is" claimed to pay large profits in proportion to the amounts invested therein, it does not follow that all who ven ture m tne poultry business will get rich or make money. It requires capital to conduct great enterprises, and if large amounts a-e expected, large sums must be invested. It is a mistake to mislead persons Into the be lief that there are enormous profits in poul try. jiut :ew persons nave large sums invested, and a test has never yet been made as to what could really be accomplished. Those who succeed know that it is the man or woman, and not always the birds, that make success. Like aDy other business, one must thoroughly understand It. Keepißg a few flocks of fowls and venturing upon the management 01 tiiousanaj are dillerent operations. A email Hock can be well kept where thousands could not exist. Yet there are no impos3i bilities. and as we progress in the artot paal try raising tbe business becomes easier and more perfectly understood. Potato Rot. A correspondent of the Rural New Yorker writes: Thinking that perhaps tae scab in potatoes might be produced from some germ

adherent to the seed, I last May put the eeU for fonr rows into a very dilute solution of carbolic acid in water, and let them remain in it about an hour. When I do g these rows and those adjoining, all of a good productive white sort, there was not much difference as to scab, all having some of it; but the rows from dipped sets were injured rather the least. There i?, however, a decided difference In rerard to rot only two tubers were afiected visibly in those four rows; while ia others many were damaged. Eut as "one swallow does not make a summer," so one trial does not test a process, and the carbolizirg must be 1ried again. Experience here seems to show th:t the scab is caused by larvrc who?e term of life expires early in August. They come with some sorts of animal manures, if not already in tbe soil. Where soil from the giadiug of a hocseyard was hauled to a potato patch and spread over part of it the scab was general so far as that went. In the earliest dag potatoes a small, active, many-leggffd and two-hcrned almost transparent caterpillarlike grub was found, by tbe aid of a magnifier, in some of the deeper scab cavities. Excrement remained in abundant droppings. The tuber is entirely good .excepting the

portions eaten out, and the film of scab is easily scraped away. Some rows of the sme ground had about a quart of coal ashes put into the furrow at each hill, and the sets were buried in it. Aa far as that reached the tubers were fair and clean, with very little exception, and there were but very few cases of rot. r Altai koihs. It is said thai if apples be fed to cows flow of m:lk will be diminished. the Now is the time to look over the seed cata logues and make selections. Frozen apples may be utilized by being made into cider, borne varieties will yield more juice from being frozen than before. irregular feeling will do more t3 caue cows to dry off than any other method, vrhi'.e the practice is eitravei ant. indue nr waste end lots of time. If your hay is falling short cut the hay and straw together, add bran and shorts, with a little salt water to moiiien the mass, and the whole will be eaten. Try crude petroleum, whica will cost about 10 cents a gallon, as a wood preservative. Applied to fences and wood that rests cn the ground, it will add years to the wear. If you have any spare time during the witter, it can be put to profitable use in fork irg over the manure heap. The materiils cz'd r.ot be too fine or thoroughly decom posed. low that ejrgs are high, the best way to tt then is to hava warm quarters for th ei,8 and feed on a variety of focd. with meat as a portion of the ration three times per week. It is said that when ahorse sfrays off. he is usually round wanderine in tue direction the wind is blowing, thus turning his back to the wind, but with sheep the contrary is tne case, aa sheep lace the storm. An excellent method of utilizing the hay seed acd dust is to place it wbere ihe bens can scratch it over. They will lind quite an amount of valuable material which would be CH'less for any other purpo:c. Professor Arnold believes that there 13 no way in which fertilization can be so pro ruoted as by dairy farming. Rutter takes nothing from the soil that sheets ferlili zation in the way that wheat and other crops tic. Try cutting clover into short leng.hs. steeping it over night in hot water, and feedirg to the hogs. It makes a cheap food, but one of the best, not only assist ing them in growth, but greatly promoting neaur. It is said that damaged starch, ani the refuse from glucose factories can be mall to j ay well as articles ot lood for swine. In some sections the cows and steers are fed with glucose refuse, which is said to be cheap and excellent. St. aw and wheat bran have been found alnust equivalent to good hay in feedin value by some farmers; and. .as braa is a cheap material, its combination with straw should produce a fair profit over cost if fed during the winter months. Only give tbe cow plenty of footf. and vou will soon know her full capacity for produc tion. There is a great difference m cows, some eiving a large quantity of milk on small allowaoce of food, while the beet of treatment often fails to secure good results lrom.o:hers. According to experiments made at th Pennsylvania State College soiling rye yields twenty tons per acre of green crop, and pastuie grass seven and one-half tons, bjilm? rje yields four and one half tons per acre of dry substar ce, and pBSture grass two and three-fourth tons. Tbe rye contains nearly twice as mucn crude nDre, and only nu as much p rottine as is present In pasture grass. It should be the aim to have the manure heep "heat"' until a thorough decomposition Las been effecttd, but the heating should tot be allowed to progress until the heap 'fire-hangs." By forking over the manure and throwing the coarser material to the center the whole mass can be gradually reduced to a line condition, which will not only render it more available as plant food, but'enable the farmer to handle and spread it more easily. When pullets are forced to lay early, by stimulants or highly concentrated food, it is an ir jury, as it taxes the vitality. A pullet that is forced will lay very small eggs for a while, and when she ceases, la order to nest, she ill not begin again as soon as a matured hen. ßhe becomes prematurely old. and dees not prove on the average as profitable as when she is given ample time to mature before teginning to lay. There is no fixed rule for milking kicking cows, but a correspondent in an exchange names the following as his method: Approach the cow whistling, singing or talklrg, to attract her attention. Lean gently agairst her side and tell her to "hoist.:' Place the head against her and adjust the stool, tit down and gently grasp the farther fore teat, then the near one, and with the head still resting against her, keep milking and whistling until the job is done. All the plans for next season should be arranged now. Have everything in readines3 to begin work when busy spring comes, as no time can be spared to attend to those matters which may be overlooked now. There is as mnch profit in horse-raising as with any other class of stock. A good pasture will enable the farmer to raise two 01 three colts at but little expense, and if they are well bred they will always sell at good prices. An excellent mode of utilizing any spare time of winter is to clean up and barn all dried grass and weeds. Trimming the trees and vines may be done any time between now and spriDg. The fall colts may be given all the ground oats they can eat. As the mares will have but little labor to perform at this season there will be no necessity for weaning the colts before spring. Stock, as a rule, are na'.orally clean and will not lie down to rest in a manure pile if more cleanly and comfortable quarters are Srovided, and we all know that cleanliness conducive ot health. Do not cook good, sound, wholesome food or craln for sto k. Silos constructed from wood are growing In favor among Wisconsin farmers. Dry earth or muck in the stable will stve manure, prevent disease and keep the milk from being tainted. The Crown Prince of Germany sells 1,000 qnartsof milk everyday from his farm at TaEetz, near Rerlin. Pie-plant is a delicious and very healthful F rod net, and it should be in every garden, t comes to the table earlier than other garden products, and it not only furnishes a pleasant relish, but its acidity is very beneficial to the human systsin, which at that season of the year, pertaps more than at other ecasens, needs c me thing tart. The

and used for growing pie-plant should be

rich and deeply plowed. In winter the bed should be covered pretty thickly wita ma nure, riow the seed in Uay in rich, nne soil. Grow the plants six inches apart the first year. In the spring of the second year thin to three feet and a half or four feet. There are Beveral varieties, and the cata logues will describe the characteristics of each. INTERESTING PEOPLE. Teofessoe Douif noRr, the German sculptor, is making a bust of Bismarck. Ma. Hexey Watter50S willpresently visit the national capital for a few weeks. CAr.oLiNj: II Ai.i., daughter of the Boston architect, John It. Hall, recently received a medal at the Academy cf Fine Arts, Milan. Phil D. Armour, the Chicago millionaire, is said to contemplate the removal of his extensive business plant from that city to St. Paul. Havixa already introduced European fashions in dress, the Empresä cf Japan will now cause European manners and etiquette to preyail at her ccurt. It is said that the papers and MS3. of his father which" Colonel Fred Grant is editing will make two or three volumes the size of the General's "Memoirs." Tnk famous ophthalmologist. Professor Friedrich Homer, died recently at Zurich at the age of fifty-five. He was one of the most distinguished pupils of Gräfe. Max Hudpleston, Mrs. Cleveland's cousin, who is living at the White House, rides a tricycle after school at home every day. She shows great skill in the management of tbe machine. Miss Kate Field has one of the last mementoes of the late Senator Logan a noto tf regret, deploring his inability to attend her lecture before the Grand Army of the Republic at Washington. IIox. CF.or.iE Casckoit is remarked to have been unfortunate in hi3 dinner parties at Washington this season. Deaths and sicknesses have caused many of them to be postponed or entirely broken up. Sixty-thkee Tennessee women called on Governor Taylor the other day to express their conviction that this country would go to the bow-wows if each one of their number wasn't appointed State Librarian. O Sata Sax, a young Japanese lady writer, has been taken on the editorial staff of one of the lest newspapers In Tokio. This is the first woman in the kingdom of the Mikado who has been admitted within the circle of journalism. General William R. Cox, who introduced the bill providing for the payment of one year's salary to the widow of the late Hoses A. Hopkins, the colored Minister to Liberia, who died at his post, led the last Confederate charge at Appomattox. Colonel John S. Mosbv, the ex Confederate guerrilla, is investigating the charge that Central? Plcasanton and Robert Ingails hd a scheme to bribe him in 18(13. He would like to meet the man who first said he could be bribed to betray the Confederacy. Alexander Ckawfokd, a well-knon Duluth iron manufacturer, has received notice that by the death of a cousin named James Thompson, in Australia, a fortune of over 1,CKJ0,0C0 has been left to him and his four brothers. Mr. Crawford has not seen his cousin in forty years, Gladstone dnced with his housekeeper and Mis. Gladstone with the steward at the servants' ball which they gave at Hawarden Castle in honor of Mrs. Gladstone's seventyfifth birthday. At leasf, tl at is what some of the wicked Knglish newspapers say, but they do not always tell the truth. Dvorak, the composer, speaks queer English, lie is in England now, and the telegram that prexe-ued him, addressed to the Leds Festival Committee, read like this: ' Cologne. I am cjming to-day in Victoria. Will somebody snatch me from the station, a3 1 might not recognize the journey ?'' Since going to London a year ago Prince Krapotkin has lived in retirement in a mod est little house at Harrow-on-the-IIill, and has kept strictly aloof from the mad orgies of the Anarchists and Social Democrats. He spends much time in making literary and scientific researches at the Rritish Museum. The creditors of Princess Y'psilantl, the widow ot the lateumtK i.moassaaor at raris, will receive at best per cent, of their de mands, which aggregate more than $700,000, This sum is exclusive of the unpaid notes of the Trince himself, which represent an enor mous amount, but for which his widow Is not responsible. E. W. Gt ni-EV, of Henderson villf, N. C, has been awarded first prize ($230) by the New Y'ork Tribuno for "the best true story of the war,' C. W. Ecob, of Sydney Plrr p, rs. 1., receiving et con a money uiwj. 111 twentv-seven stories from which thesa two were selected were passed upon finally by E. C. Stedman, the banker-poet of New York. Axotuer incident of Moltke and Bi3marck comes to hand. At Koniggratz, while the result was yet in doubt, the statesman approached the warrior to ask him his opinion of the battle. He found him sitting silently on his black horse, and hesitatedto disturb his meditations. Presently, without a word, he offered him his cigar-case. There were two cigars in it, one good, the other rather poor, ihe illustrious Marshal, still silent, tcok it, inspected the contents, chose the better cigar, returned the poor one witk the case, and remained as silent as before, while the statesman turned away with his question unasked and unanswered. Theek is a movement on foot for a reunion of the survivors of Pickett's famous charge at Gettysburg next July. Pickett, who was Major-General commanding the division, and Brigadier-Generals Garnett and Armistead, commanding two of tbe brigades that charged, perished on the field; but Brigadier-General James L. Kemper, who was severely wounded and captured at the culmination of the attack, still survives, with an etcystfd bullet in hira as a memento of the tharce. He has since been Governor of Virginia, and General Eppa Hun ton, another survivor, has been in Congress. Special invitations have been sent to Generals Kemper and Huntom Itoom for Gratitude. Youth's Companion. "Tink ob yer marcies, chU'en," said the colored moralist. He was not only a religiously inclined man, but a practical one in implying that every one has mercies to consider. Even the four-footed race may well pause for grateful reflections, as the New York Sun implies in the following acesdote: A three-pint dog in a five-quart muzzle of heavy wire was laboriously trudging along yesterday morning, just after the rain, when he came" to a smll excavation. This he mistook for an ordinary puddle, and walked into it. The heavy muzzle carried his nose to the bottom, and only his tall remained viable. The spectacle of a dog's tail furiously lashing the watter attracted the attention of a neighboring apple-woman. After satisfying herself that it was not the sea-serpent, she caught bold of it and set the dog on dry land, with the observation "If yez had been a bob-tailed dog, where would yez be now?" Caution. Some people have an erroneous impression that Pond's Extract and Wihh-Hazel are identical. It would be as true or as reasonable to call the highest refined oils crude petroleum, or some choice perfume rain-water and ammonia. People who know the difference are aware that this wrong Impression Is encouraged by some dealers interested in imitating it borrowing the great fame and merit of Pond's Extract to muggie in Borne crude preparation of their own. Those who do not know fall easy victims to this deceit. Refuse any spurious imitation of Tond'a Extract. Are you restless at night, and harassed by a bad cough? Use Dr. J. H. McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm. It wiU;secure you sound sleep and effect a prompt and radical cure. Only 25 cents a bottle,

THE SUCCI SECRET.

A Xoetor Thinks lie lias Tenetrated the I Lall tu Mystery. Pittsburg Dispatch. Dr. Griffeth, a fat and jolly physician of Verona, up the Allegheny Valley Railroad, tbinka he has struck the key to the ßucci secret. He is not a patent medicine man only a regular praeticing physician of the old school, with a decided tendency toward corpulency. comDatting this has led to a twenty jears' study of the subject, upon which be wrote a book some years ago. It was he who invented the Allen anti-fat remedies, which he did not patent, but the secret of which he gave to the public. The petroleum pellets, a consumption cure, was another remedy which he originated and gave. to the public, resping no reward but Irora his own practice. His latest achievement is a preparation which he facetiously call3 "anti-hunger,'1 and which he believes very, nearly approaches the preparation of the Italian scientist, Sacci, now being commented npon by the medical world. "Ant-hunger, however, is a misnomer, except in the sense that all focd is "anti-hunger." Speaking of the material to a reporter, who visited him at his cilice yesterday, the doctor said: "Fat is the result of an improper distribution cf the food properti3 taken into the 65 stem. "What should go to repair the waste of bone, nerve and blood, simply goes to build cp adipose tissues. The base of all anti-fat remedies is the cutting off of all such foods as r-tduce fat. All substances aboundirg in oiL r starch. That is what I thinK the anti-hunger will do. It is a liquid ia which the best food properties known, which go to repair the waste of bone, nerve and blood aie held in emulsioa, and with the least possible fat-making properties. This is no patent n.edicine. I am a regular physician, and not a patent medicine man. When I get my tests completed I shsll give the secret to the public through the fraternity. Until that time I shall not make it public property, though I make no secret of the composition. "A few weeks ago I weighed 203 pounds. For ten days I fasted, taking only a certain amount of this preparation. I reduced my weight fourteen pounds, and suffered not the slightest weakness or trouble. I drank nothing whatever during the period, and I did not feel the want of any liquids. A large proportion cf adipose tissue consists of water, and anything reducing the amount of liquid taken into the system reduces the fat. "This preparation, to a large extent, does away with the desire for liquids. The first day I felt hungry, but after that I did not; sordid I feel tbe faintness that always follows hunger. So little did it affect me that my DiGkirjK was not interfered with. Under other circumstances any sickness or de rangement of my system makes smok1E distasteful to me, cor did it interfere in the least with my business. I simply took a certain amount of this medicine or tonic once each day. This kept up my strength and prevented a waste cf blood and nerve tissue, and starved the fat. I think any one by its use can easily reduce their weight one pound a week without inconvenience. I have used it for some mon'1.8, both as a treatment to reduce corpulence, and in all sorts of stomach difficulties, such as dyspepsia. I had a lady patient who lost thirty pounds of flesh in twenty-six days, and another who lost thirteen pounds in twelve days. Neither feel any inconvenience from its use, and are to-day in better health than before. "As I said before, I shall give my formula to the medical profession when my tests are completed, which will not be long." yi'O WAItlM-NTO ACTION. Senator Smith ISriDgs tbe X.Iatnnt-CioT-ernor Question ltefore the Circuit Court. A movement again offering a full and fair opporturdty cf an orderly, legal settlement of the Lieutenant-Governor question was yesterday instituted by President Smith, of the Senate. This is by way of an action in the Marion Circuit Court in the nature of quo warranto, though praying an injunction, and combining legal features not purely in the nature of the action above indicated. All the facts of the complication are recited, and the relief asked is an injunction against any attempt on the part of Colonel llobertson to preside at the joint convention for the elec tion of becator next Wednesday. Colonel llobertson was served last night with the papers, and stated that the defense could not be outlined until ne consulted with his attorneys, Messrs. Miller, Elam and Michener, this morning at 8 o'clock. They will appear in court at if o'clock and take the first stei-s for defense. The gentleman does cot think the court has any jurisdiction, but will nevertheless defend. It was suggested to him that by a non-conipliance now he might raise the question of contempt and get the quttion of jurisdiction at issue immedi4lct V.A . .1,1 tVti.4- In a prfoin contingency he would give eccasionfora contempt if the court had any jurisdiction. The only probable inference from this is that the contingency ia that he should be tempo rarily restrained from presiding over the joint convention for election of Senator, in which event he will disobey the order and attempt to preside. Ditticnlt to Decide. Washington Critic "Mamma," said a beautiful West End belle, "I have two offers of marriage," "Indeed, my dear, who are the men?" "One, mamma, is a count and the other a coachman. Which shall I choose?" "Well, daughter, you must use your own judgment. 1 don't know how to advise. It has become so in this country that one can't really decide whether a coachman Is a count in disguise or a count is a coachman in disguise. As I said before, you must make your own choice." In two of the Boston theaters the ladies no lenger wear their bonnets during the performances. The great reform is going right forward, but for the Denefi: of whom it may concern it may be stated that a good many girls who are presumably bald-beaded still persist in keeping their hats on. Philadelphia Press. A woman In Bridgeport, Conn., while cutting bread brought to light from tbe middle of the loaf a set of teeth. When she complained to the baker about it he tlared up and retorted that some women were too unreasonable for anything. "I suppose," he said, "you think an ivory-bandltd toothbrush, ought to go with each sot of teeth, but I can't afford it." Norristown Herald. A ONE-LKiGEo preacher in a Georgia town once upbraided a young man for csrrvirg a gold-headed cane. "There are no gold-headed canes in heaven," laid the man of God. "No; and there are no wooden-legged preachers there either," was the rejoinder. Atlanta Constitution. Hood's Rarsaparilla, actine th roueh tbe blood, reaches every part of the system, and in this way positively cures catarrh. A. iienlat Kestoratlve. Uostetter's Btomach Bitters are emphatically genial restorative. Tbe changes which tMi great botanic remedy produces In the disordered organization are always agreeably though surely progressive, never abrupt and violent. On this account it Is admirably adapted to persons of delicate constitution and weak nerves, to whom the powerful mineral drugs are positively injurious. Ibat It initiate! those processes which resu:t in the re-eslablihment of healthful vigor is conspic uoh1t known in cape where it Is taken to overcome "thai fruitful caune of debility, indigestion, coupled, as It usually Js. with biliousues? and conairatlon. Thorough digestion, regular evaluation snd abundant secretion are results which promptly and Invariably attend its systematic use. it Is, betides, the befit protective against malaria, and a tint rate diuretic. If faithfully used. Ayrr's ßarssparllla will remove the scrofulous taint lu whatever lora it KJ (xlUi

. JLV. IX.

RADWAY'S READY RELIEF The Cheapest and Be t Medicine for Family UK in the World. Bore Throat, Colds, Coughs, Inflammation, Sciatica, LumbagöJ Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache Nervousness, Diphtheria, Influenza, Diflcult Breathing Cured and Prevented by Radwavs Ready Relief THE ONLY FAIN REMEDY That instantly steps the most excmclatiag p&iCf allays Inflammation aad cares tongestfcas whether of the Lungs, Etomach, Bowels, or otaoa glands or organs, by one application. H FROM ON! TO TWENTY MINUTES No matter how violent or excruciating the paiai the Rheumatic. Bed-ridden, Infirm, Cripple. Nervous, Neuralgic, er prostrated with disease, tnaylBufier. m Radwavs Ready Relief WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE. InCsmmatloa cf tte Kidneys, InCamicatlon of til Bladder, InCaraicatlon of the Bowels, ConeetMoa cf the Lunirs, Palpitation of the Eeart, Uysterit Croup, Catanh, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Col Chills, Ague Chills, Chilblains, Frostbites, Kce vousnets, eieeplessrew. The application ol tte Besfly Relief to tbe ptr or parts where the pain or difficulty exieta wti aff ord instant ease and comfort Thirty to sixty drops in half a tumbler of wate will in a few minutes cure Cramps, boor bio Heartburn, Pick bead&tbe, I iantea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind In the oweli and J1 Internal pai,v MALARIA' CHILLS AND FEVZR, FEVER AND AGCI CONQUERED. Radwav's Ready Relief Kot only eure the patient telzed with thla terrf bie foe to Fettlers In newiy-eettled districts, where the Ealaria or ague eilst, but If people exposal to It will, every morning on retting out of bet, take twenty or thirty drops of the Beady Relief ka a frlft.s of water, and drink it, and eat nay m cracker, they will escape attacks. This must be done before poingouL A pen-on gome out in a falariona atmorpheM,' with Lis stomach empty and his system weakened and iiitallEjr, this malarious poison, the absorbents at enco take it up and circulate it rotufr tbe system. The Ready Relief, being a NEUTRAL 12ER, DISINFECTANT and DiflUfciTe Stimulant at once Fettles tbe stomach and protects it agaias the ill effects of the malaria. It quickens tue clreulation of tbe blood thut baa been checked araS clogged in the Tessela from the Influence cf thm malaria; it arouses to healthy action tbe Ur. tT'lff n and p astric oiracs, imrartinj: BtrenRth aaa vitality to the Rat-trie juice and nervous Euida, prostrated and dormant from the deadly inflne of tbe malaria. In a word, Badway's Ready Belief braces up tbe entire sjiten and drives cat every particle of ma'arions poison that may exist. In these cases it Is necessary to repulate the lirsr, spleen, stomach, skin and Virtneys to a healthy action. This ia secured by R lway'a Pills. New, let aDy perfon lelzed with Fever and Ajrue, u coon as the Fever is off or the Chills on. take a spoonful of Beady Belief in water every hour fee six hours, and ruo the spine of the baca with tfc Relief clear. Follow thu op ever day. To there that are tnblect ta attacks either every Cay or at longer periods, tt wiU do more rood than all the quinine and othaar remedies in the world. Take Eadway's Pius as large doses every aipht and a cure will booh made, alter which a teapooniul ot Bendy Re Li at. In water, three or four times a day, before meal, and two or three of Eadway 's hills at night, wB . protect every tettler In s free districts against attacks. Let this be done If you wish to avoid attacks of Fever aDd Arne, or any other mal axioms fevers. For the prevention and cure of this dleafe alone Eadvrsy's Eeacy F.elief and lMlsara worth a farm to every settler. No tome or Iamy abculd be without these remedies. Fever and A eue cured for Fifty Cents, There la not a remedial agent in this world that will cjire, lever and spue and ad other xcalarious, bilioaa, scarlet, typhoid, yellow ard other fevers (aided by Bad way's Fill.) so quickly aa Bad way's Beady Leliei. FIFTY CENTS PER. BOTTLE.1 Sold by Druggists. DR. 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Purely veretable, conUiaing EO . mercury 1 mineral, or deleterious drupm. IHee, S3 cents per box. Lbold by all drcgx'Jrttf DYSPEPSIA. . DR. BADWATfTPILLS are a cure for this oeej plaint. They restore strength to the stomach' and enable It to perform Its function, ttw symptoms ot Dyspepaia, disappear, and with tnj the liability of the system to contract disease. Take the medicine according to directions, anS observe what we say In "False and True" rosneotIrgdlet "V " bend a letter stamp to DR.BJLDWAT & 00,1(9 1 82 Warren atreet. New York. arinfonaaUoa worth1 thousands will be seil t0Im TOJTHE PUBLIC T4a mreand ak for KlDWlVft and BMtlia e race I'AID rTAI" U oa rcu feuj(;lJ