Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1887 — Page 6

THE 1ED1ANA BT ATE BUN TIN L WEDNESDAY FEERUAHT 23, 1887.

THE FARM BUDGET.

"Whca the Cows Come Home Eiperiesee Willi a S.lo Covering Se!. Hurl as a Ferttllier 1'ekin I)aeh-Crows-Doiaet rig Kitrtorj Hid Oalty Hotter Household Hints Farm Notes. When the Co Co now Home. BV VHS. AGJIH K. M IT II ELItXhi poem appeared f.rst In the Illustrated ChrlMiau Weekly. Aueuft, J7S. It has been reprinted extensively, but inaccurately. It is reproduced here with the sanction of the author, til the following is a corrected and revised c.ipy. The poem baa been credited to an English writer, and wss published some months ago In an Eastern paper with the explanatory reinsxk that the author nu not known.) With klirple, k!anj;le, klinge, 'Way lon the diiniy dingle. Th. cow are coming home: Kow sweet und Itar. und faint and low. The airy tinklinc come and go. .Like chimings from some fir-otT tower. Or patterines of an April shower That mat? tne daisies grow: Ko-ling, ko-lang. Ko-liEg. ko-l&Dg. knlingleliiiRle War down the darkening dingle The cows tome siowly home; And old-time friend, and twilight plays, .And starry night, and snnny days, lerne trooping up the misty ways When the co ws come home. With jingle, jansj'.e, jingle, Soft tones that swte ly mingle, The cows are eomiug home; Nah ine, and Pearl, and F'.orimel, Ie Kamp, Redrce, and Gretchen S hell. t;uen Bess, and Pjlph.and Spangled Cue, Across the fields I hear her -oo. And clang her silver bell: fio-ling, go-lacR, Go-lin:. so-lang, gollngMingle W ith faint, far sounds that ming'.e The cows are coming home; And mother songs ot lon-cone yearn, And fa by jjs. and childish tears, And youthful hopes, and youthful fears When the cows come home. With ringle, rangle, ringle, y.y twos ana threes and siny v. The cows" are coming horn'-: Through Ticlet air we see the town, And the cummer tnn a-slipping down ; 1 be maple is the hazel glade Throws down the path a longer shade. And the hills are growing brown ; To-rinc, to-rang, To-ring, to-ranp, torinplelingle. By thrtes an! fjurs and jingle The cows -o ie aiowiy hou.e: The sine tweet sound of wordi-s psalm, The same eweet June-day ret and calm, The same sweet rcent ol bad and balm. When the cows come home. With tinkle, tankle, tinkle. Through Itrn and periwinkle, Tne cows are loining home; -1oltering in the cbertercd Hream, Where the sun-rays glance and plam, I'larine. Peachtloom and Pbibe Phylllr-, Stand knee-deep iu the creamy lilies Jn a drowsv dream; lo-iink, to 'lank, To-1 tk, to-'a k, tol.ntlelinkle. O'er tanks with butter cups a twinkle The cows come slowiy home; And np through Memory's deep ravine Come the brook's old sour and its old time E'iccn, And the crvnnt 01 the tilvcr queen, When the cows come home. With klingle, klangle, kliusrle. With loo-oo, and moo-oo, aud jiu e. The tow are coming home; And over thr? on. Marlin Tim" Hear thc'Tlalb.'ive cry of the Whip-poor-will; The dewdrops II on the tangied Tines, And OTer the poplars Venns ihiucs. And over 'he silent mill; Ko-ling, ko-l&r.g, Ko-linir. to-Unjr, kolinglelicgle. With tiu; a-lia; ami juiR.e The vows come slowly hurce; III down the tars, let in tne train Of lorn gone songs, and Cowers, and rain, cr dear oil tinif s come ba k i'tiri When the cows come home. Experience With a Silo. Mr. George W. Kolner, a leading farmer and stock-raiser of Augusta County, Virginia, has furnished the Siaonton Vindicator the following account of his experience with silo: "Last August I put tip a frame building tweve by twelve feet and twelve feet high. The frame is eight inches, planked up on toth sides. Tbe Epace between was filled with sawdust. I put in a plank noor and covered with plank, with a door in one corner at the ground. The building did not cost over with an estimated capacity of thirty tons. On August 23 green corn was cut. Jsot having planted the corn for the rnrpose, and only as an experiment, I selected the lightest growth in the cornfield. The corn was cut in half-inch lengths by steam tower, and during tbe tilling of the lilo three men tramped the cut fodder as tight as they could pack it. The silo was only rilled half-full, not feeling sure that this plan of house would keep it well. The top was then covered with one and a half feet of dry wheat chatf and placed loose plank, closely fitted, covering the entire top. 1 pen tne pianc was put two leet 01 sion. j The gable-ends were nailed up and the job Was completed at a cost of about $1 per t n. On December 5 I opened the door at the bottom made for the purpose of getting the ensilage out. I found it in splendid condition, except a few inches around the sides and on top. Fearing there would be some trouble to teach stock to eat it, some of the ensilage was offered to bones, cows and hops all ate it at once with as much relish as if it was green clover. After feeding the ensilaee a few days to cows, they increased their Cow of milk, besides giving a richer quality. The stock, which haye been fed upon ensilage alone, except access to a straw suck, have increased in weight and manifest an increased appetite and taste for it. It is said that green clover, cut when in bloom, makes as good ensilage as green corn. Clover that mate one and one-half tons of hay will make twenty tons of ensilage per acre, and corn that will make forty 0 fifty bushels per acre will make about twenty-five tons ensilage. "The use of ensilage will produce a revolution in farming and stock-raising. The present low prices, demanding a -hange from the old management of stock-raising, ensilage is the one great panacea for the stock-raiser. Instead of selling wheat at less than cost of production, -beef can be grown at almost half the cost under the present management. Cattle will thrive and grow through the winter as in summer, and a steer raised on ensilage during tbe winter months, at two years old would be about as large as at three under tbe ordinary regime, thus savin; a year's feed. It will open up the dairy business in a new light. Milk and butter can be produced in the same quantity and cost in winter as in summer. "Writers on the subject who have fed en silage claim that one ac:e of heavy clover or corn ensilage will feed for cows Bix months; if it will only keep half that number it will be a wonderful improvement upon the present way of wintering stock. Stock have been fattened upon ensilage exclusively. "fcir J. J J. Lawes, the eminent English agriculturist, after experimenting with ensilage, says it loses only one-tenth of its nutritive aine as arcpajpd to its green state. Ensilage is rich ip albuminoids and nitrogenous substance, anM the process of fermentation which it undergoes in the silo is said to take tbe place of 6t cHgr in digestion. "The Idea that a silo is expensive has deterred rainy-! farrjurj from trying it. The above descrbeu plan is as cheap as can be made, and aa proven to keep ensilage about as well as the more expensive underground plans. The ailo has come to and will enable every farmer who uae; it to keep double the number of stock, and keep them rauch better and at less coat. It is as applicable to sheep husbandry a? any other stock, and hega are said to winter very well rponit." : Depth tw Cover Seed, I Practical Farmer.; Beed time is almost here and the depth to ' -cover the seed of our garden and farm crops soon to b placed in the soil is a question of importance. The rule given ns by seedsmen is to ewer all seeds two or three times their liamtr. Either of these depth3 would not fees for all crops on all kind of soil. If we cover seeda three times tbefr diameter timothy eetd- would te coyereU about oq

eiith of an inch ; onion ooe-third and Mar

rowfat peae one inc b. This la over one-third as deep as 13 beat on xnot soils, and lor ail eiceptinwet aeay s. First when planting or sowing all farm seed, we should be rov erncd by tbe character cf the soil. Boils vary in their power to retain moistnre. One kind cf soil will dry to the depth of one inch as soon as another would one-fourth of an inch. (2) We should be governed by the character of the seed, the time required for Rerrrination and tbe strength of the youDff plant. Tarnip seed will germinate In half the time required for the beet, and for this reason can safely be planted at less depth. Carrot aeed prodaccs a feeble plant that can not break through a firm Eoil if sown deep. Seeds that will germinate at a low temperature, and for this reason can be planted early, can with salety be covered with less depth of soil, because soils are not as dry early. Seeds that require hiirh temperature to germinate, like corn ar.d melons, can not with safety be plaated shallow, because drouths are more common at corn-planting time. If we could always know what kind of weather would follow i owin? until seeds had time to germinate we should have but little trouble to get a good stand of plants, if perfect seeds were always used, teed a should be deposited )ust as low as will secure moisture to insure germin ation and generally no deeper. A few Tears aro I experimented with onion-seed. sowing at different depths of live kinds of foil; 1 did this to satisfy myself what wai the safest depth to sow the seed of this crop. On the 7th of Jane I sowed 125 onion-seeds. esch of which at the following depths: one Laif, one, one and one-half, and two and one-half inches. The soil was moistened with a fprinkler before the seed ws sown, and twice darine the experiment The onehalf inch depth gave ICO plants: the one inch W plants; one and one-half inch W plsnts, and the two and one half inch bat 12 planls. This tnai satished me that lor com men field culture for all soils one inch deep was the best. Had the soil not been moistened this depth would have given the best rfEults. Tbe hve kinds of sou in the expert ment were firm black sand, loam, muck, clay snd light sand. The light sand from twenty five seeds gave twenty-three plants one inch deep, and but twenty plants when'sown but one-half an inch deep: ten plants one and one-half inches deep, and four plants two and one-half inches deep. The clay soil gave twenty-three plants atonehalf an inch, twenty-one at one inch, sixteen at one and one-half, and none at two and one-half in hes deep. The muck, loam and black sand gave most plants at one-half an inch deep. The muck gave six plants at two and one-half inches deep, and each of the other soils but one plant each that depth. Formerly I sowtd clover and grass seed after my grain crop was harrowed in and rolled, or bushed my land after the stocking. I beCEiue eatirtled that in dry seasons I lost much of the grass seed by too shallow covering; I have for a few veers past mixed all my clover and grass teed with my grrün and sowed it together with the seeder with satisfactory rt salts. AUhough the four past seasons have been dry my stocking has been good without a single failure; this I owe to deeper sowing than formerly. Henry Lk?z. Cornwall, Vt. Marl a n Fertilizer. irhiladelihla Kc-wd i Though marl may not be as valuable in some respects as tbe concentrated fertilisers, yet ita low cost should place It within the ue of every farmer who can procure it. It is composed largely of lime, potash, phosphoric acid and other salts, but as tbe materials are not in soluble form, the eliect of marl on some crops is not immediate. It can be put to excelled service, however, as the absorb ent of liquids, and as it is always in a lioe condition it can be conveniently applied to all crops. .Even if purchased for its lime alone it is a cheap material, and as the Hue is in a combined condition it does not injure manure when the marl is used in the coaipost heap. If mixed with manure the decomposition of the latter renders the ingredients of the marl soluble, and mutual benefit is received by both substances. If kainit be also added there will be no Iom of volatile matter in any form, as the kainit, leirjg a sulphate, is easily decomposed by the rottiDg of the manure, the potash uniting with the carbonic acid generated, while sulphate of ammonia is found in the heap. If toapsuds be used to keep the compost damp the fat acids formed will also assist in preventing loss, and the heap will be composed of nearly all the elemeots of plant food. Marl may also be used separately. For potatoes, broadcast manure over the ground aud plow it under. Mark out the rows three feet apart and scatter marl along the row. Cut the potatoes to two eyes, drop the piece? fourteen inches apart, and use a 2W pound bag of super-phosphate in the rows for two acres, in order to give the plants an early start, and the marl and manure wid supply food later during grawth. flidge the pota toes, and when well up, harrow the rows level, and if the crop has been well worked the yield will be highly satisfatory. For corn a shovelful of marl to every font hills at the time of planting is excellent. It is claimed by those who have used marl oa corn that it absorbs moisture, and in that respeclwsists in keeping the crop in a green, healthy condition. With good cultivation the marl will prove very beneficial, but it would be well to use some kind of artificial fertilizer in the beginning. Gras for per manent pasture is largely benefited by marl, and on the light, sandy soil of New Jersey, where it is d:liicult to grow hay, marl has enabled some farmers to secure annual crops of grass, while for fruit trees and vines It is, also largely used with protit. .Miri is not as immediate in its action as the soluable fertilizers, but it becomes plant-food slowly, and is sure to benefit the land sooner or later. While it is not claimed that marl Is equal to artificial fertilizers, vet. if the cost be taken into consideration, it is perhaps the cheaie8t fertilizer that can be applied. Fckia Docks. Rural New Vorker.J Is tbe raising of ducks profitable? That will depend largely on having proper facilities for raising them. A pond or stream near by seems necessary for profitable duck-raising an er tn! Diras are large enough to leave the coop, which they should not" be allowed to do until they are about two weeks old. No one raises duclrs for the sale of the eezs in the market; because in quality duck eggs are considered inferior to those of the hen; more labor is required to obtain them, because un less tbe birds are cooped every night they win urop ineir eggs carelessly where It is often difficult or impossible to find them: and because a dack lays fewer egzs than a ben, and what she does lay are usually aroppea at a time wnen egs are cheapest. V ith proper facilities and care. however, duck raising is likely to become more popular. The wild supply Is growing smaller eacn year, and in spite of the fashion of lavishing praise on the gamey flavor of wild ducks, the flesh of a young tame duck fed artificially away from water is really bet ter eating. .Moreover, experts say duck meat can be produced for less cost per pound at ten weeks of age than any other poultry meat. Tben, again, with a little care and warm food, a tame duck can be induced to lay earlier than wild ducks, and the use of incubators enables the poultry men to have green ducks for market during the holiday season, when the wild ducks can not be had, 1 ouDg ducks at ten weeks old can be made to average seven pounds to the pair double the weight of average chicken broilers of that age, while the price is fully as high and the cost considerably less. As to breeds, the Rouen, Aylesbury and rekin are generally considered the most profitable. Opinion differ as to tbe com para ti ve superiority of the three ; but probably the Pekin has the most friends. It is a Chinese breed which has forced itself into popular 11 vor 01 late years, lhe birds mature early, often beginning to lay when only five months old. They are good lorager and are easily xept, oiten thriving well with no water ex cept a trough or tub for bathing purposes. In size the Rouen la tbe heaviest, the Aylesoury comes next ana tne Chinese third; hut ik. t ifiii. m a a . ' a were is mticuexeuce pexweeo icem, coe

heavy specimens of the three breeds ranging

between eleven and thirteen pounds, borne insist that the average Pekin is heavier than the average Aylesbury, and the flocks we have seen certainly seemed to justify this estimate. Both breeds are white; but the Pekin is of a yellowish or cream tinge. Tbe following is the scale of points for the re kin duck and drake: Head, long and finely formed; plumage. white; eyes, deep leaden hue; bill, of medium aiie, deep yellow and perfectly free from marks of any other color, is eck, rather long and large in the drake, in the duck of medium length; plumage, pure white or creamy white. Back, long and broad; plumage, white or creamv whit?. Breast, round and full. Body, very Ions and deep, and in adult birds approaching the outlines of parallogram. Wings, short aid carried compactly and smoothly against the sides; plumage, white. Tail, rather erect, the curled feathers in the drake being hard and stiff; plumage, white. Thighs, short and large; plumage, white. Shanks, snort and strong and of a reddisd orange color; pluru8ge, downy and of a faint creamy white. Concerning Crows. I American Dairyman. During the month of May and early in June, before the corn has grown beyond their injury, crows do or may do a great deal of damage. The rest of the year they do little harm. In early spring they search for crysolids and worms, and are particularly fond of mice; later, when white grubs and cut worms come, they are indefatigable, -ind so they keep up all summer. They are fond of grain of ail kinds, and, when they can do so, will help themselves. If a crow is cmght in a trap in a corn-held of, say ten or fifteen acres in extent, and while still alive is fas tened so that its screims will attract a flock of its fellows, that field will be secure agwnt the visitation of crows, either for service or for damage throughout the season. Black Dorset Figs. I Agriculturist. The black Dorset pigs, es the name indicates, are black in color, with bodies sparsely covered with fine hair. They have small, stocky heads, short noses, and are heavily jowled; the necks are short; the legs, which are well set under compact, closely-made bedies, are short and strong. The skin is thin and fine. In shoulder and ham they are largely developed, and. as these are the most desirable parts ol a pig, this breed is a valuable one. They are hardy, fatten very readily, and can be made ready for market profitably at almost any age. They are excellent grazers, and are valuable to the general farmer on account of their adaptability to changed conditions of climate and management. Very few pigs of other breeds would maintain the condition they do on similar iare. 1'nctory and Dairy In Englaud. IPrairie Farmer 1 A review of the situation of thoe Kng'.is'u farmers who make butter and cheese for the general market is given In the Fnglish agricultural papers. The condition seems to be t early the same as in this country. French butler put up m tasteful, uniform packages, has become popular in the Knglish markets. and the farmers are slowlv leamiag that they must make and pack their batter ac cording to the fashion dictated by foreigners. Canadian factorv cheese has come into gen eral favor because of its good uniform qual ity. Dealers t:nd it more satisfactory to bändle than the irregular cheese offered in small quantities by the farmers. They C3mplain that the iarmers are hard to deal with. and can not be depended on for regular supphfS. hach persists In making his own recipe, and regards friendly criticisms as an insult, just as do butter-niakers in the Wes. I he inevitable result is that the factories rather than the farmers are supplying butter and cheese for the general market. Men trained for the work, with the greater system and better facilities of a larsre daily business. make a more uniform class of prod tcts thau individual farmers. Further, each factory has enough of the uniform product:on to es tablish a name in any locality it may desire to supply. Dairying is gradually earning to a systematic business foundation. The general market looks more and more to the cooperative dairy system for its goods. Consumers will look first to the direct supp.ly system, econd to the creamery butter of fered by the trade, and if that can not be afforded, to tbe cheap, faulty grades that are in competition with oleomargarine as a last resort. If farmers make profits at dairying, they must either arrange their dairies to sell cream, or go to work in dead earnest in working up a trace to furnish private parties with nice goods. The farmer who allows his dairy only eecond place in his time and thought, had better sell cream to the cream ery, and not undertake to compete with those who make the business of supplying nice butter direct to consumers second to none other. Cheese-making is already nearly exclushely in the hands of factorvmen in this country. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Hominy. Cut cold hominy or hasty pud ding into thin slices, dip each piece into well-beaten egg and fry on a griddle. Aromatic Vinegar. One and a half Haid drachms best oil of rose geranium, fifteen minims oil of cloves and four fluid ounces glacial acetic acid. Face. A suggestion is given for cooking rice to be eaten with meat. Tie the rice in a strong cloth loosely and boil in salted water on'e and one-half hours; when cooked it will be firm enough to cut with a knife. CofTee Cake Without Eggs. One cup of old, strOBg coffee, one cup each of molares and sugar, one-half cup of butter, four cups of Hour, one cup of raisins and one teaspoonful of soda; flavor with cloves, cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg. Potato Noodles. urate one dozen of boiled potatoes, add two eggs, a little salt, half a cupful of milk, enough Hour to knead 8 till; "then cut in small pieces, and roll Ion? and round, one inch thick; fry in plenty of lard to a nice brown. Tapioca Frrdding. One cupful of tapioca coaked in water ver night, one cup of sugar, one and a half pints of milk, five egg; beat all together, pour into a pudding dish, break butter in small pieces on the surface and take thirty minutes. Rye and Indian Griddle Cakes. Half pint of Indian meal, scalded to a paste with boiling milk, half a pint of rye. meal, stirred into the above when cold; half a teaspoonful of molasses. Beat until ceamy; bake as soon as mixed. Italian liice Pudding. A teacupful of rice, the yolks of four eggs, the whites of three beaten separately, two ounces pounded sugar, two ounces raia.ns, one-quarter pound suet, chopped very fine; flavoring of ratafia or vanilla; put these ingredients into a mold and boil an hour and a half. Seive with brandy or sweet sauce. Smoked Sturgeon Is among the rich deli cacles of the winter, though counted rather a common diet in its fresh cuts. It is best panned. Put the slices in a pan with boilin? water covering the bottom of it. Bake it in a very hot oven, frequently basting it with its own juices and a sprinkle of vinegar. It is served on toast, with parsley garnish. Onion Sauce Boil some onions in milk with pepper, salt and nutmee. When quite done pass them through a sieve. Put some butter and flour into a saucepan, when the butter is melted and well . mixed with the Hour put in the pulp of the onions, and add either milk or cream, stirring the sauce on the fire until it is of the desired consistency. Lemon Sauce. Grate the yellow rind and squeeze the juice of one lemon; mix together, over the fire, one ounce each of but ter and sugar, until they bubble: stir in half pint of boiling water, one ounce of sugar, the rind and juice of the lemon, and serve in a sauce-boat with the dumnlines. Do not let the sauce boil after adding the lemon, or It will be bitter. to Jt'ake Good Co nee. A rood and eco nomical way of making coffee is to put the 1 proper axaoont or the family, a heaping

teaspoonful for each cup, Into the coffee pot, pouring over it an equal number of cups of cold water and letting it stand over night.

In the morning bring it to the boiling point before serving. Made In this manner, it needs neither egg nor other "settling'' to make it clear. Lemon Pudding Take six eggs ; beat them well ; boil half a pint of milk ; let it cool, but before it cools put into it two ounces fresh butter; when it is perfectly cold mix it with tbe eggs, then add two tablespoonfdls of sifted white sugar and the juice of a lemon ; line the dish with puff paste and pour in vour pudding; bake it in rather a quick oven for half an hour. Serve it hot. Delicate Indian Pudding. One quart of milk, two heaping tablespoonfuls of Indian meal, four of sugar, one of butter, three egs, one teaspoon fal of salt. Bail the milk iu a double boiler; sprinkle the meal into it, stirring all the while. Cook twelve minutes, stirring often. Beat together the eggs, salt, sugar and half a teaspoonful of ginger. Stir tbe butter into the meal and milk. Pour this gradually on the egg mixture. Bake one hour. Cheese and 1-gg Salad Boil six eggs hard and cut each in two transversely. Kemove the yolks and rub them smooth with a little pepper, salt and melted butter and grated cheese in the proportion of a teaspoonful to each egg. Cut a small piece from the end of each halved white so that the cup may stand up, fill them with the -cheese and yolk compound and arrange them on the leaves of lettuce. Pass the dressing and let each guest help himself. Ground Kice Pudding One quart of milk, five tablespoonfuls of ground rice, four of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, six eggs, hilf a cupful of butter. Put the milk in the double boiler, reserving half a cupful. Mix the rice and cold milk together, and stir into the milk in tbe boiler when this is hot. Stir constantly for five minutes. Add the salt, butter and sugar, and set away to cool. When cold add the eggs, well beaten. Bake one hour in a moderate oven. Serve with cream sauce. FARM NOTES. We do not believe that it is a mistake in any direction to advise farmers to grow more fruit. There are many ways ef keeping good, sound, ripe onions. The great point is to keep them dry. We would not undertake to raise chickens or to keep poultry through the winter and Epring without a plentiful supply of dry earth. The best time to store it is whenever it is dry. Sheep require careful watching, for if they get into trouble of any sort, as getting down in gullies or fastened in betreen logs and fence rails, they become so frightened or discouraged they succumb at once and die.Beef may be smoked or canned at this season with but little difficulty, and the farmer who raises a steer for his own use annually will be provided with a better quality of meat than if he depends upon the pork bar rel. The annual product of maple sugar in the I'mted States is estimated at 4')lXH),OK pounds. It would be much larger if farm ers prepared for sugar-making in winter, so as to be in full readiness when the season opens. The agricultural fairs of 11 showed more and better horses than ever before. There is no branch of our improved stock breeding as progressive and prosperous as tbe draught horse interest, nor any one that is as profit able. The plan ol a farmer for sacuring large crops is thus stated by him: tell my men to harrow the ground until they think it is harrowed twice as much as it ought to be. and then 1 tell them it is not harrowed half enough." Thorough pulverizing of the soil ia more important than any other crop. What is the value of a cow that makes l'W pounds of butter per year in comparison with one that makes 20 pounds? It is as IU to 100. By a few years' work in testing and weeding out the poor cows, any dairy man can have a dairy that will average 2 pounds or more of butter to the cow. This is a good time to top-dress your winter errain with straw or light manure, which ia worth more than its fertilizing value for the protection it gives thecrep when there is little or no snow in hard freez ing weather. Draw it ort and spread it in the morning when the ground is frozen bard enough to bear the team. A correspondent gives a simple and easily tried means of driving rats from the premises, and which he says 13 very effective. Taie copperas, the quantity to depend upon the number of buildings or places infested; pulverize it very fine and sprinkle it in all the buildings in fact, in every place where they have been in the habit of frequenting. Iu a few days, according to the writer, all the rats will be gone. When cornstalks are to be used for fodder, husk the corn as Boon as hard and the stalks are cured, and haul the 6talks in at once, or if that be not possible stack them carefully temporarily and allow them to be exposed as little as possible to rain, as the butt ends pump the water up from the ground and ruin the fodder. Keep them in a mow, and if convenient mix them with a little dry straw. They are sweet and nourishing. It is the opinion of Sir J. B. Lawes, whose opinions upon such matters are entitled to and receive great weight, that the best time to cut grass, either for hay or ensilage purposes, is when the majority of grasses are in flower. He thinks nothing is gained by waiting longer, his reason for such belief being that in the case ot most of the grasses the seed formed is exceedingly light and the food which it contains is excessively small. Professor J. Hayes Panton, of the Agricultural College of Ontario, suggests remedies for potato rot which we condense as follows: Dig as soon as dry spots appear. Pat in cool, dry place after digging. Grow early varieties. Burn ail affected stalks. Use only good seed. Get seed from unaffected districts. Don't plant in a field in which rot occurred the previous year. Avoid planting upon a heavy clay soil, bu prefer a light and dry one. Many farmers place greai stress on the lower of clover to restore the fertility of the seil. It does this by taking carbon from the atmosphere and causing elements in the soil to assume organic shape. It is aided in this process by its roots, which penetrate a frtat distance, and thus lighten up the soil, t is a disputed question whether tbe plowing in of clover is the most satisfactory and economical method of enriching the soil, but the practice is quite common in many localities. A sandy loam is rich in vegetable matter, and is one ot the best and most productive soils we have. The great trouble with mo?t sandy soils is their lack of vegetable matter. They contain nothing to absorb and retain moisture, and are consequently dry, and in their natural state barren. They bear only shrubs and brushes, which serve to shade the soil; otherwise even these would dry up and wither away. In imitation of nature, clover ia the most profitable crop for such soils. Haycaps are made of fifty-four-inch heavy sheeting cut into squares and bound with a strong cord, making a loop three or four inches long at each corner. The cloth may be water-proofed very cheaply by steeping it in a solution of alum and thereafter drying it first in a solution of sugar of lead, or the cloth may be dipped In boiled linseed oil and then huung out to dry. The caps are used to cover haycocks, and are fastened down by pins through the loops and pushed Into tbe hays. A very usual cause of barrenness In cows and other domestic animals is excessive fat Cows of improved beef breeds are more liable to this than those having less natural tendency to lay on fat. Heifers, well kept during the winter and turned on tine pastures in the spring, become fat before autumn. A thrifty heifer can be wintered in good condition on good tame hay, with a little bran or other non-fattening food. If the animal is given warm shelter, very lit-

tie grain is advisable, and the supply of hay should be regulated by actual wants. Freedom and exercise are to be given at all times when the weather is not too severe. As soon as tbe grass is well started in spring, heifers and cows ia calf should be turned out where they will be compelled to travel a great deal for food. In well-fed herds the barren cows axe usually those which are inclined to fatten, rather than those which change their food into large quantities of milk. Prairie Farmer. A THRILLING SCENE.

A Foolhardy Attempt to Discipline a Uenpad Tiger A Narrow Escape. Tbe zoological garden here was the scene of a thrilling and very nearly fatal incident about '2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, says a Philadelphia dispatch of February 12 to the Cincinnati Enquirer. It is at that hour that the animals in the lions house are fed, each one being given a large piece of raw meat, generally horse tiesh. There are other animals in this house besides the lions among them a very fine Bengal tiger named King. He ia an unusually handsome beast, massive ol limb and vicious in temper. George Robinson, his keeper, has, first and last, had a great deal of trouble with him, and has often been compelled to resort to extreme measures in his punishment. And yet there are times when King is as docile as a kitten, and Robinson, who is a perfectly fearless man, has frequently gone into the cage and played with the beast as a boy would with a dog. i eeterday, however. King seemed to be in an unusually bad temper, tearing up and down his cage all the forenoon and bounding against the bars with a force which made them rattle in their sockets. Robinson tried several times to make him quiet down, but be was unsuccessful, lie thought, however, that King's ugly humor would disappear at feeding time, and he concluded to wait until then before administering punishment, in making his preparations to feed the anima's tbe keeper has to pass before the casres a number of times, and they become very restless and impatient, for they know what is coming. King on this occasion behaved worse than Robinson had ever known him. He seemed to be in a terrible rage, and finally, as the keeper passed his cage, the tiger thrust his immense paw throujh the bars and struck the keeper s arm, tearing away the clothing and into the nesh. Robinson, whose temper whenlaroused is about as fiery as the tiger's, became enraged in turn, and he determined to enter the cage and conquer the beast. It was downright madness, but no persuasion of the other keepers could prevail on the dauntless man to give up his purpose. One of the men was sent hurriedly to rind Headkeeper Byrne, who at that time was in a distant part of the garden, so that his authority might be interposed to prevent Robinson from doing what everyone believed to be a foolish and fatal thing. He had hardly gone, however, be fore Bobinson, whose movements were as quick as lightning, had sprung to the rear of the cage, thrown open the door, and leaped into the beast's den. slamming tbe door after him. And then ensued a scene which those who saw it can never forget, Man and beast faced each other, and for a moment neither moved an inch the beast, quieted by the men's sudden entrance, glared at its oppo nent apparently in utter surprise at his reeklets action: the man, brave and undaunted, and armed with a strong whip, was positively superb as he Etood looking into the eyes of the ticer. By this time at least fifty people had gath ered in the house, and among them Kobinsm's wife and child, who were there to visit him and had been out of the house when the trouble beean. There bad been much ex citement and many cries of warning aud dissuasion when Robinson started to enter the race, but as he leaped in front of the beast the people became as silent as death, tbe appalling danger the man incurred para'yzed their tongues. His wife, pile and horror-struck, sank back upon one of the benches and closed her eyes that she might not see her husband torn to pieces in her very presence, and the child, too young to realize the awful position ot its father, clung to its mother s dress, crying to her to know what his father was doing in there with the tiirer. His little voice was the only sound that broke the stillness, and Robinson, fort unately for him, was too much bent upon his purpose to hear it. But the tiger now crouched as if about to spring, and Robinson knew that the moment of his supreme trial had come. He awaited the attack without the quiver of a muscle . 1 A J1 ? At - still loosing tne Druie nxeaiy in tue eye, and then it came, the tiger bounding for ward like a thunderbolt. Robinson was ready for it. and he leaped ouickly aside, the tiger being carried by the impetus of his spring full against the bars at the end of the cace. as it snot oy mm Rob'.nson struck it a heavy blow with his whiD across the flanks. King uttered a howl of pain and race, and was np and at the keeper asain with the rapidity of lightning. This time Robinson did not fare so well. One of the tiger's claws caught his arm in passing, and tore out a piece of liesh. Again the keeper applied his whip, apparently un mindful of his two wounds, and again the tiger turned and sprang at its would-be master, leaping straight at his breast and strikinc full against it. Robinson had not been nuick enough, and he was borne to the floor of the cage, where he lay stunned and motionless, the tiger lying with its fore feet across his body. As the keeper fell there was a quick, loud cry of dismay from the people, who had with bated breath watched the terrible com bat, and the beaet. with his paws still upon his victim's breast, turned its head to glare noon the oeople in front of his cage. At this moment Bvrne. the head-keeper, ap peared, forcinc his way through the excited crowd clear up to the bars of the cage. With him were two assistant keepers, to whom he cave hurried directions, and they went im mediately to the rear of the cage, taking care that the tiger did not see them as they went. Byrne held In his hand a long pole, on the end of which was a sharp spike. Ashe reached the bars he shouted at the tiger in a loud, commanding tone, and, telling the people to etand back, thrust the spike into the animal's Jlank. With a howl of rage King rose from his position on the body of Robin son and daohed himself against the bars where Byrne was standing, trying to reaca his new enemy. This was what the headkeeper wanted, for at that moment the two assistants appeared at the door in the rear, ready to perform their part in the rescue Byrne had planned. Fortunately, Robinson had fallen near tbe door, and as Byrne kept up his combat with the tiger, plunging the spike again and again into his body, the as sistants quickly opened the coor, grasped the wounded and still insensible man by the arms and ierked him out of the cage. The v. hole thine waa done so rapidly that the door was azain closed and fastened be fore the infuriated beast discovered that his prey had escaped him. The Intense excitement of the spectators now found vent in a loud, ringing cheer, the noise of which aroused Robinson from his stupor. His fainting w ife and his fright ened child were reassured by the sympathiz ing people around tl em, and they were soon with tbe husband and father, whose wounds were fOHnd to be comparatively light, mucn to everybody i surprise. His powerful pny eique had saved him. a The tieer will soon recover from the In jury inflicted by the spike, but Robinson will not be allowed to enter his cage again, although he says he will conquer the brute yet. Needed Them Omaha World. 1 Busy artist (a noted Impressionist) Don't want any matches, suspenders or anything else: move 00. Peddler I ne zell dose dings. I zell epeotacles an' eye-glasses. Busy Artist All the same: I never wear them. Peddler I ray, did yon baint dot bicture? Burv Artist That landscape? Yes. Peddler You should spectacles haf right avay.

COX'S LOVE OF FUN.

The Spontaneous Wit of the Kx.lrDnlster to Tnrkey. A Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Leader writes: The wit of Sunset Cox is spontaneous. It is a part of his nature and it crops out in his private conversation and In his every action. His private correspondence is full of funny things, and tbe man who could publish fac similes of Cox's letters would make a big hit. He illustrates his letters to his friends with funny sketches, which he does rapidly in pen and ink, and mich show him to be a humorist with the same artistic faculty ror the ridiculous as was possessed by Thackeray. Sam Cox will take an ink-blot, and with the end of a wooden toothpick he will turn it into a picture of a man, a woman, a dog, or anything else that his fancy dictates. I received a letter from him the other day on the back of the envelope of which was a picture of an old woman balancing a man on her hand. It was a small silboutte of Hop-o'-My-Thumb and a witch, and it was made of ink-blots. At the back of the old woman was a little Jiicture of a goat looking very beligerently at the old woman, and the whole adorned the back of a letter treating of legislative matter. Just before Mr. Cox went to Turkey he wan sitting one day in the Speaker's chair. Mr. Carlisle had been called away, and had asked him to take his place. The Chinese bill was under discussion, and it took pretty close watching to keep the house in order. Between the strokes cf the gavel, however, Mr. Cox found time to amuse himself, and in looking at the galleries he caught sight of Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, who, in company with one of the Washington Bociety belles, was listening to the discussion. He at once took his pen and wrote Mr. Miller a letter, which he illustrated with sketches: Horsr. of Rftrejiktatives, u. s., Washington, D. C. ( Mr. Miller: I observe vour Shiksocarlau brow shining afar in the gallery. Yoa are interested in the case. - Old Confuh! Give us a lyric gush on him as you did on the heathen Chinee. Uret Harte did not k'Ct his worst side or his best. S. 8. 0)x. In response to this Joaquin Miller wrote a note to Mr. Cox, in which he made a compli mentary allusion to his appearance in the chair. Miller is a worse writer than Cox, aad his manuscript rivals that of Horace Greeley in its illegibility. A few moments after the letter had been sent the following was received: House ok Kwf.esentati ves, r. S., 1 Washington, D. C. ( Vr.A p. Wai. k in I can't tell whether vou sav 1 look lonely or look lovely. As there is a young and fair ladv by vour side it is a question which outyies the 4W,iüO,O0O,0(-i0,OO3 of Chinese. Your, y. S. I have seen Mr. Miller s autograph ;ut now. It looks inebriate: This letter is signed with a gavel, unJer the head of which is a grotesque picture of a Chinaman, and beside which is the word zip. They All Want Free Passes. INew York Sun.l A member of the Produce Exchange who is a large shipper over the New York Central applied to William H. Vanderbilt not long before his death for a pass to Chicago and back. Mr. Vanderhilt then told him that during that year the New York Central had Issued of yearly and trip passes more than 30,000, and that this was such a serious drain on the company that it had been decided verv greatly to limit the number. Railroad men would have felt easier about the interState commerce bill if it had prohibited the issue of free transportation to anyone except employes or officers engaged in business for the road. A lteadiue railroad man recently said that few knew how greatly the free pass was used to inaugurate traffic, for very cften a large shipper of grain or pork would be controlled in his chice of roads by tbe possession of a pass of one of them. "Men, and good business men, too," said he, ' will often pay a higher rate lor freight simply because the road over which they ship has sent them a yearly pass. It is an open secret among railway men that the Grand lrunt captured a very large business from Chicago east by tempting shippers with passes. 1 nave seen men worth hundreds of thousands, shippers of thousands of bushels a year, go into Bulks because a pass to New York and back was refused to them. The whole business has been demoralized by this custom, so that new in the west a man who charters halt a car thinks that free transportation for him self ought to be thrown in. I came through on the Grand Trunk from Chicago to loston once, and there were nine through passengers. The conductor said it must be profita ble business, lor seven 01 them were aeaaheads.'' "If there is a member of the exchange who doesn't carry a yearly pass, or who can't get one," said a produce-exchanger, "it is because he don't know how to work it. But there's one mighty hard road to work, and that is the Pennsylvania. I pulled the string that did it, though," and the man chucked as he said this though be had made a turn on tbe right side for 100, 000 bushels of wheat, and be was worth a quarter of a million, too. "It Isn t because men are c ose," said a railway superintendent, "but there seems to be a failing of human nature to which a free ride on a railroad ministers, just as you will sometimes see men abundantly able to buy champagne and terrapin making a set for a free spread like a newsboy scrambling for pennies." Koth! child Challenged to Mortal Combat. (London Standard. At the justice room of the Mansion Home Isaac Jacob Manerberaer, described as a journalist of thirty-six, waa brought befoie the Lord Mayor on the charge of maliciously sending, knowing the contents thereof, a letter to Lord Rothschild, threatening to mcrderhim. On the 11th and 18th of January he wrote two letters, which formed the su 0ject of the present charge. The first w is written to Mr. Snell, Lord Rothschild's secretary, accusing Lord Rothschild of having acted disreputably and nefariously, expressing contempt fcr his cowardice, and sayiug that if he disregarded friendly admonition he would Burely go to helL The letter concluded by demanding the sum of 02 110. No notice was taken of that letter, but on the 18th a further letter was written to Lord Rothschild by the prisoner, saying that unless the injury done him was repaired he would surely send Lord Rothschild, who was a "swine," to hell, that he was fearless and that be was prompted to challenge his life. The letter ended by inviting his lordship to travel with him to the continent, where the issue should be "life or death; to fight till one or other of them was dead.' On receipt of that letter inauiry was made about the prisoner, and there could be no doubt that he was not in his right mind.

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