Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1887 — Page 6

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the Fijian a btate sentinel Wednesday match 9, ibsi.

THE FARM BUDGET.

Worms in Eorses Workup ia the Gtrian Greasa Esels in Bores Handling Vonsc Bull n Beet for Cown-Experimenting With Ct Flow tu k lu (ren Crop Sot a. Vorm Id Horn. 'Ehe followinz excellent suggestions in Ihe New York Homestead about the removal of worms are from the pen of Dr. F. F. Rice. He sajs: In seeking the destruction and removal o' these parasites it ia of rirt importance to reroeTiber that any treatment which doe? not comprenend so improving the condition of the aninul as to render worm life impossible, is aura to result in failnre. It is a fact that an animal m perfect condition will not harbor worms; accordingly, let all treatment subserve this end. Let the food be nutritions, easy of digestion and regularly given. If mastication Beems imperfectly performed, and the food uct well digested, examine the mouth and teeth. K the latter sre sharp, irregular, and wound the cheeks or tongue, the services of a skilled veterinariannot a -self-constituted dentist are required, as this condition will a! one prevent proper digestion, and so nutrition. Bait should be within the reach of the animal at all times when in the stabie. ; rooming should not be neglected, es without a healthy acting skin general bealth is impossible. As to medicines, give three times daily a powder containing dried sulphate of. iron, Iii drachms; gen tian and ground anise seed, of each four drachms. Continue its administration for one week and then remit two or three days. If the bowels become constipated feed roots cr lirfeed meal nntil the condition is re lieved. After the powders have been codtJTnd for a month give a bran mash at n'ght, and on the following morning, fast ing, give one quart of linseed oil. This will serve to carry away dead worms, egss, etc. If there are small, thread-like worms in the lower bowel, causing irritation, which the horse attempl3 to relieve by rub bing his tail, they may be destroyed bv first clearing out the intestine bv means of castiie soap-suda injection, and following with injections of infusions of leaf tobacco, or quassia. Worm specifics are to be avoided, as, while they may cause the displacement of worms, their action is not continuous and is moreover debilitating. WorklDg In th Garden. Phi!adelphi Record. Ihere is not only profit in managing a garden, but pleasure. Many persons attach lio value to the lanor ot garden wortc. especially wLen it alTords them a mode of healthy out-door exercise, out whether a garden be only a very small plot or a larger area, the advances derived depend up m the skill, care and labor of the person who has charge of it. It is true that, while thos-e who cultivate hundreds of acres of "truck" can produce vegetable much more cheaply than can those whoso plot9 are too email to permit of the use of improved im plements, the gardener who grows his vegetables for borne use secures a freshness and quality that can not be obtained with vegetables triat are purchased, l lere is fjuite a dit'trine between the pu'Iing of a ripe tomato from the vine and pUcing it on tfce table and the selection of one from a basket that has been shipped over a dis tance or rail, and which may have been taken from the vines two or tareedtys before. 1'ut there is also another advantage in family gardening other than the freshness and quality of the small fruits and vegeta bles grown, which is the choice of varieties. Two or tr.ree kinds of squash, several of peas, as well as uicerent varieties of beets, beenB, berries and even of melons, if space allow of their growth, will permit of cater ing to the preferences of every member of tbe family. With the selection of varieties come proper care and judicious working with the hoe, and it is in this manner that the youncer members are taught their first lesson m practical agriculture. It is sz'i that the boy who works on a farm where his duties call for milking the cows, plow ing the Leids and cultivating the crop". does not have that fondness for farm life that is peculiar to the one who ia given a small garden and early taught to take an interest in it. It is often the case that ladies are benefit ed by light work in the garden, especially if they are interested in observing the dif ferent stages of the growth of plants, and when the farmer s wife, and the children also, become interested the cost of the labor may be really considered as nothing, while me saving 01 doctor s bills and the enjoy ment of the garden luxuries more than compensate for the care bestowed. If every xarmer wou:a nave a garden and take an interest In it, it would gTeai.y add to the comfort and enjoyment of farming, as well as prove very prohtable. Experiments With Vetches. A Pittsfield (Mass ) correspondent of the Country Gentleman writes: It is probable the best I.nglish varietv. the Gore vetch. has never had a fair trial in the United States, for in all cases it is superior to the other spnsg kinds, and is relished by ani mals more than peas or anv other foraee crop. In England this spring vetch follows the old-fashioned winter variety, the latter feeing sowed generally with rve. two bush els of each, about August, when they be come very thick and forward, giving a great bulk for feeding through the next May. The Gore, mixed with oats, is sown as soon as the Jand can be prepared in spring, and gives an immense crop for following the winter vetches ana rye. and will last throuch June. Horses are exceeding'y fond of vetches, and those not used for fast riding and driving are feed freely with them, but the farmers fold their sheep and feed great quantities, wnicn enaoies mem to mow more grass for hay. After tbe vetches are eaten the land is cultivated for the root crops swedes and turnips thus taking two crops, and eating trem, where formerly a naked fallow came. Gentlemen who like trying experiments can readily obtain the seed threugh any of the reliable agricultural seedsmen, if they give the order In time, and for this year it is time now, as foreign seeds are not kept in any quantity here. When in full bloom and until the pods are fillln animals thrive the best upon them. If eaten before the blossom shows, they are too relaxing. and if fed when nearly ripe, the pods and top ends will be eaten, and the stems near the ground rejected. llx pertinent log With Oats. I W. Feet, of Addison County, Ver mont, writes to the Kural ew lorker: My own method, which for a number of years has been pursued with pleasure and pro:;r, is as follows: Select eight toten varieties, weigh the seed carefully and sow an at me same date in drills, on un man ured grcand of uniform richness; tend with impartial care. At harvest time make the following record: (1) Number of days in ripening; (2) weight of straw; (.J) strengtü of straw or tendency to ledge; (4) freedom from rust; (5) shelling tendency; ii) weight ol cleaned grain; (7) ouaiity. J his last item would Include tbe relative hardness and thickness of the aback, as well as the color and amount of beards adhering to tne grain. By shuck ing a quantity of each variety and weieh ing the different products in chemical scales the relative weight of tbe shacks would be obtained, while their hardness might require another test. This pro cess, inoagb a tedious one, has ben parrued once or twice by me with satisfactory results. It will be found that no one vari ety will f ally answer the demands of the above tests, and a compromise mait be made by selecting the half of the varieties jieidirg the test r.verage, and the follow

ing year substituting new varieties for tho3e

reiected, and eocontinnirjgtneexperiment. While accurate and reliable results can be deduced only after a series of trials, owicg to varying conditions oi soil, insects, seasons, etc., a few general conclusions have been suggested to my mind from past experience: (U That an early oat is the saftst to raiie; (ij that no variety is actually "rustproof;" (3) that the horse-mane varieties, as a class, are less productive; (4) that heavy tilleriDg is not desirable; (a) that many of the to-called new kinds are old varieties with new names; (G) that the very heavy oats deteriorate more rapidly man inose oi oseuinra weigui; yi) luai it will pay an ordinary farmer to experiment on a small scale it tne work is done witn care and intelligence not otherwise. The elcome. the Clydesdale, the White English, the White Eelgian and the Race horse oats have proved with me to be practically the same. Four trial. two by my self and two by others would Indicate that oats, if dry when threshed, will suffer little or nothing from Bhnnkage, Pour bushels thrashed August weighed HJOitf pounds; the same grain on November 11, a rainy day, turned the scales at IG1 pounds. Other weighings have indicated similar va riations in keeping with the weather. Two trials were continued nearly one year. Thus far, of all kinds tested, the Kidger Oueen was the earliest, the lilac Tartarian the latest, the Welcome the heaviest, the W hite Zealand the lightest, the American Triumph tbe tallest and the Vermont the shortest. Plowing In Green Crop. Practical Farmer. 1 Light sandy land that is enriched en tirely with concentrated commercial fer tilizers will produce better crops, if cne year out of eyery eight or ten be devoted to growing green crops, to be plowed under to iurnisn me sou witn yegeiaoie material. When it is decided to do thi3 something ia gained, if immediately after harvesting the crop in the autumn winter rye be so wn ; this will cover the ground before winter sets in, and thus protect the land, and as soon as spring opens it will be in a condi tion to make a rapid growth. When it gets well np it should be plowed under and the land seeded with clover, this being one of the best crops to enrich the land vrith one of the most important ma terials for plant growth; both the roots and tops of clover beiDg very rich in nitrogen, and as it draws all of this indi rectly from the air, whatever is plowed in is so much gained to the soil. Some claim that a good crop of clover tops and roots will furnish to tne soil as much nitrogen as can be purchased for $100. If this is really true farmers had better raise clover to plow in than to pay 1-S cents a pound for nitrogen. The cow pea is said to be a good crop to grow to plow under, but as we have tad no experience we can not speak of it from our own knowledge. Formerly buck wheat was used to plow in green, but this has gone out of use as a rule. Indian corn furnishes a large amount of material to plow in, but we have never been fully sat isfied with this crop; for some reason other crops do not grow as well after it as after clover, or in fact, many other crors: the land indicates that an acid has been formed by the de composition of the corn stelks. Millet makes a better green crop than corn. Whatever summer crop is grown, except clover, should be followed bywinrerrye to snade the land and to furnish a crop to plow under the next spring. It (should be the aim of the farmer to have hi? land ex posed to the sunshine as little as possible. always keeping some crop growing on it, thus drawing as much as poisible from the air. Clover sown in the sprinimay be plowed under the next spring, or if the land is in fair condition it may be permitted to grow acd one crop hrveee!, and when the second crop is gii'wn. plow it under and sow winter rve, tobe plowed nnder as ti in tte spring as the land caii be spared jetore wanted to plant. In this way in two yeais thrfe crops can be plowed under and one crop harvested, or in one summer and two winters two green crops can be plowed in. Land thus treated will be In good condi tion to produce crops eight or ten years. with only concentrated lertilizers to en rich it. ltogus Butter la France. The French Legislature has adopted a bill regulating the sale of oleomargarine, of which the following is an abstract: "It is illegal to sell, import, or export margarine, eleomargarine, or any other mixture of fat or oil .under the name of butter, whatever may be the quantity of either of these substances that mav be mixed in iL Tbe penalty is a line of from $10 to $000. and from six days to six months' Imprisonment. All fraudulent mixtures of butter and fat which are pro hibited are liable to confiscation. The court is also empowered to publish rarticulars oi the fraud, and of tbe punishment incicted, in the newspapers, public mar kets, or places where the fraud has been committed, or upon the doors of the house of the delinquent at his expense. A person convicted a second time will in all cases re ceive the extreme penalty. Every seller of imitation butter, or mixture of batter. is bound to inform the buyer of the nature of the compound, and having the casing or wrapping paper printed with the words 'Margarine,' or 'Oleomargarine,' in plan characters. All articles for holding these fats roust have these words burned in by manufacturers and wholesale dealers. The same woidi ere to be used upon all invoices and bills between buyer and seller, and the same terms must also be used by earners, unaer neavy penalties. Sugar Jteets for Cows. IPrairie Farmer.l ''Are 8ugr betts good for milch cows?' asked a gentleman not long since. Well, yes, but not for a steady diet. A dairy far mer in Massachusetts sa'd he f?i them. without thinking that they w.mld injure the milk or butter, and that after he bad been feeding them for a while, his cus tomers complained that his butter had a peculiar, strung (not rancid) flavor, and after a careful examination, he discarded the beets, and the butter was all right. An other Massachusetts dairyman savs that he has fed from a peck to half a bushel of beets daily for a number of years, dividing the quantity fed, giving a portion in the morning and the remainder at night, but in both cases after milking, and there has been no complaint of ulut about h.s milk or butter, Iieets are not used to any great extent by dairymen in the West, for the reason that they can get better feed ia the clover, corn, oats, and corn-stalks, at a very nttie more cost man beets, and they are aware that these produce good milk. whereas in feeding beets the greatest care must be exercUed, or the milk will be tainted with an odor that will be disagree able. Time was when beets formed a laree part of tbe rations of the dairy cow. but in the days of fine, gilt-edged butter, dairymen have to be exceedingly careful as to what and how the feed. Failures In Hatching the Eggs. It is often the case that when a hen has faithfully been on her nest for three weeks. and done all that is possible to enable the eggs to produce chicks, that ner efforts are fruitless, tbe eggs being worthless and infertile. Now, what many would wish to know is why the eggs Sd not hatch, especially as tbe hen did all she was compet ent to do. There are a number of causes that may be maintained as likely to be in the way. but at this season, when the weather is cold, the difficulty is often due to the males being frosted on the combs. It may appear as an insignificant matter to have tne tips of the combs frozen, but to the bird it is very painful, as the tips frequently "rot" oft. This debilitates the male, and he will keep away from the hens until the injured member ia healed and he recovers bis strength. If the hens are frosted they will cease to lay until the combs are healed. Sometimes the cause of infertility

may be that tbe male is not in fall coodi- j

tion or the hens maybe very fat. When htca lay soft-shell eggs, the chances are that the eggs with the hard shells will not batch, as toe occasional soft-shell eggs denote that the flock ia out cf condition. Do cot put too many hens with the male, and do not rely on two males with a large tlock, as they will quarrel and interfere with each other at every opportunity. Winter Cows. A cow reasonably young and desirable In other respects will sell better if timed to calve during the winter than at any other time of year. There is always an active demand from milkmen for new milch cows in winter, and the demand is not supplied as it should be. With warm quarters for the cow at the time she drops her calf, and reasonable care in keeping her from eating or drinking anything cold, there is no more danger from calving in winter tnan at any other time. But it does require some succulent food to keep up the flow of milk. This may be supplied by either roots or ersilsge. Some gram will also be needed to keep the cow in flesh. A free milker fed with succulent food loses fat rapidly when in full flow of milk, and when the fat goes off the animal thus early it is difficult to make her worth much the following summer. A winter cow well fed will have a second fresh flow when grass comes, and may usually be milked until nearly the time lor her to drop her calf the following winter. Handling Veuug Bulls. A writer in one of our foreign exchanges gives tbe following as his experience in handling young bulls to prevent them be coming cress and unmanageable: '"It is a roost excellent idea to accustom the year ling to recognize that he is not free. It prevents those rough gambols in the box when the attendant enters, which, nine times out of ten, are the cause of man and beast both losin s their temners. As a rule, we have found the bulls best under control where the attendant has been a small almost a feeble man. Hen of that type do not often provoke a struggle for mastery, even with a calf; and it is with calves in the hobbledehoy stage that the foundation of viciousness is generally laid. The calf is roughly 'suppressed' when he only meant play, and in consequence he bears malice or feels fear, liut a calf which has never been at liberty to romp never expects to be able to do so, and one great cause of contention is absolutely pievented." Mixed 1'otatoea for Seed. Whore a number of varieties of potatoes are grown on the Bame farm it requires great care to prevent mixing the seed. One or two potatoes of similar appearance transferred from one bin to anotLer will work great mischief. The miscellaneous or speckled appearance of a load when com posed oi several varieties is greatly against it ia market. Potitoes of different varieties will not cook evenly. If they are similar in appearance the evil is worse, as it is impossible to assort them. Nearly all the early rose varieties found in market are mixtd with late rose, a coarse, watery potato of poor flavor and inclined to roL These potatoes do bot get mixed after planting. The evil is in the seed, and only careful selection to get that undoubtedly pure will cure it. Feed f .r Young Calves. Milk Is expensive in w'nter, and even where it is plentiful erongh it mav not be convenient to spare sutlicient to keep a calf in thrifty condition. If this calf is to be raised the milk feed may be varied by put ting one or two spoonfuls ot linseed meal in water, and mixing it with enougn milk to give it the right flavor. Aftrtwoor three weeks old wfted cat meal may be ai ded. It should be given warm, or about the temperature of new milk. Corn meal ia sure to give calves the scours, but oat meal, begun mot'erately and gradually in creased, rarely does any harm. Calves may often be profitably fed until eight or ten weeks old, using linseed meal or oatrne-u in place of milk. Cottonseed meal is too bard to digest for calves or any other young stock. Urease lleels to Ilorsei. I Rural World. Horses at this season are frequently troubled with what Is called grease heels. It partly arises from eating heated food like Indian corn, and it is necessary to give the following: Take pure nitrate pstash four ounces, digitalis four ounces, mix. Take one teaspoonfnl of this powder and mix it in their feed three times a day. It can be given in bran or corn-meal. Bran mashes should be frequently given, to open bowels and remove 'fever from the system. As an application take chloride of zinc two ounces, sulphate of copper cne ounce and rainwater thirty-two ounces, and wash three times a day. Keep the animals out of mud. By persisting in this treatment horses may aocn be cured. HOUSEHOLD HINTSIn ventilating a room, open the win dows at the top and bottom. The fresh air rushes in one way, while the foul air makes its exit the other; thus you let in a mend and expel an enemy. Lace may be washed by winding it around bottles or sewing it on muslin and boiling It in soft water with, white castiie soap. It should be rinsed in soft water after removing it from the suds. Nothing is better for a sore throat than a gargle of salt and water. It may be used es often as desired, and if a little is swallowed each time it is used it will cleans the throat and allay the irritation. Corn Bread. One pint and a half of corn meal, one pint ot sour milk, one egg, one teaspoonfnl of soda and one of salt, two tablespoonfuls of flour, two of lard, two of sugsr. Bake in a quick oven. Fork Cake. One pound of salt pork chopped nne, one pint of boiling water, two cups of sugar, one cup of molases, two teaBpoonfuls of baking powder, spice to taste, one-balf cup each of citron, currants and rasins chopped fine. Stewed Kidneys. Soak in cold water half an hour. Skin them and stew slowly in just enough cold water to cover them. When done thicken the gravy with Hour; add salt and pepper, then dish. Kidneys should be used at once; they do not keep welL Hominy Fritters. Take two teacups of bominy, stir a small cup of sweet milk and a little salt with it, and one egg, four tableSpoon f als of flour, with half a teaapoonful of baking powder. Have your frying-pan ready with tbe hot fat in it: drop the bat ter by spoonfuls, and fry a delicate brown. Apple Fri tte rs. Three eggs, one cup of flour, one of milk; bake on a griddle a little thicker than flour cikes: pare the apple, cut them in thick slices and bake in the oven; while hot, lay a fiece of apple on each fritter; sprinkle a ittle sugar over the top of each apple; serve. To Make Chocolate. A .dainty way to make chocolate is to set an earthen pot in a kettle of boiling water; in this place a quart of milk and cream mixed. Stir into this when it is hot a paste made by mixing three heaping tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate with a little cold milk. Let this boil two or three minutes and serve very hot. If the chocolate is sweetened it is better not to add sugar, but to let each one add it at the table if it is not sweet enough; but if the unsweetened chocolate is used, two dessert spoonfuls may be put in while it is cooking. Princess of Wales Pudding. One pint of fine bread crumbs, one quart of milk, one fourth pound of powdered sugar, the velks of four eggs beaten, the grated rind of a lemon, butter the size of an egg; bake an hour: whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth; beat In one-fourth pound of powdered sugar, in which aas been strained the juice of the lemon; spread over the

pudding a layer of red currant jelly; pour the whites of the eggs over this; replace in the oven; bake lightly. To be eaten old

with cream. Tit'TTERviLK Mrmss. These have but to be tried to become a standing breakfast dish. Heat hard two eggs into a QUrt of buttermilk; stir In flour to make thick batter about a quart and lastly a teaspoon ful of salt and the same of soda, bake in a hot oven in well-greased tins. Muffins of all kinds should only be cut just around the edge, then pulled open with the fingers. Plain Fruit Cake. For a plain but palatable fruit cake take one cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of molasses, one cupful of buttermilk or sour milk, two and a htli cupfuls of flour, one cupful of chopped raisins, a half cupful of currants, two teaspoonfuls of butter, a teaspoonfnl of soda in the milk or flour, and half a teaspoonfnl each of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. This will bake in about forty minutes in a moderate oven. Quick Sponge Cake. Take four eggs (yolks and whites separate), one cupful of pulverized sugar, one cupful flour and a pinch of salt. Beat the yolks of the eggs with the sugar; add the whites, and beat in the flour very lightly, and only just enough to mix it through, for longer beating makes it tough. Bake it in one loif in a moderate oven, keeping the heat steady. This is the most quickly and easily maka of all sponge cake. Broiled Oysters. Drain select oysters in a colander. Dip them one oy one into melted butter to prevent sticking to the gridiron, and place them on a wire grid iron. Broil over a clear fire. When nicely browned on both sides season with salt, pepper and plenty of butter, and lay them on hot buttered toast, moistened with a little hot water. Serve very hot, or they will not be nice. Oysters cooked in this way and served on broiled beefsteak are nice. Warm Gingerbread. One cupful each of sugar, molasses, butter and "loppered" milk or cream, four and one-half cupfuls of Hour, one teaspoonfnl of soda, sifted twice with the flour, one tablespoonful of ginger, one tablespoonful of mixed mace and cinnamon, three eggs; beat together molasses, sugar butter and spices until they are very light; put in the milk, beaten eggs and finally flour, btir vigor ously for five minutes and bake in a "card." Break instead of cutting it, and eat with iced milk as an accompaniment. Totatoes a la Royal. One piat of hot. boiled potatoes, a generous half capful of cream or milk, two tablespoon fuls of but ter, the whites of four eggs and the yolk of one, salt and pepper to taste. Beat the potato very light and tine. Add the season ing, milk and butter, and lastly the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Turn into a buttered eecalop dish. Smooth with a knife, and brush over with the yolk of an egg, which has been well beaten. Brown quickly and serve. It will take ten minutes to brown. The dish in which it is baked should hold a little more than a quart. FARM NOTKS. If a hog is worth having on the farm then he is woith feeding until he is at his otsi. When the pigs are coughing it tndioit.es not only damp jards, but also that therof of the shelter leaks. Constant change of stock gives you no opportunity to realize the full value of any Dreed, however good. Experiments show that the natiya thickskinned grares are better winter keepers man our improved varieties. Oats are the best grains for calves in their first winter, and they have best enest when well moistened before feeding. Under like conditions young animals make greater gain, in proportion to food eaten, than those that are fully matured. Nobody has seen ground harrowed too much for the preparation of wheit, for it is hardly possible to get too fine tilth. Do not use fertilizers too lavishly on potted plants. A small quantity applied frequently is better than a full allowance at one time. Poultry should have a certain proportion of salt In their food as well as animals, as it Is necessary to tbe promotion of health and thrift. Make jour hot-bed frames in sections, so that they can be stored away when not in use. It is much better than allowing them to remain on the ground to become useless. Try crude petroleum which will cost about 10 cents a gallon, as a wood preserva tive. Apply to fences and wood that rests upon the ground, it will add years to tne wear. It is an easy matter to have a garden so arranged as to cultivate It with a horse-hoe, but the best results are usually obtained on small plots well manured and worked by hand. The overfeeding of any kind of breeding stock is calculated to impair fertility, and that species of thriftiness which prompts to activity and the full working powers of ail me vital organs. A good, sharp fodder-cutter, used at every feeding, will save more than its cost, as well as pay for the labor of cutting every season. All tbe coarse iood should be passed through the fodder-cutter. It is not good policy to dry hay to brittlecess before drawing it from the meadow, for that causes waste in handling and reduces quality. Grass is well-cured when it will rattle lightly in the handling, and then is the time to store it. For old stock that can not properly masticate the whole grains, there is nothing that will fatten so readily as ten parts meal and one part linseed meal. If the mixture be moistened with warm water, and slightly salted to give it seasoning, the animals will eat it clean. Charred wood from the stove, or charcoal in any shape, is excellent for hogs. It is best to keep charcoal In the pens where the hogs can always have free access to it. Kotten wood is also relished by hogs, and they are very fond of burnt bread or other charred substances. Since the Oxford and Shropshire Down sheep have been bred in this country the quality of the mutton in the market has been greatly improved, as farmers are beginning to give more attention to mutton sheep instead of confining their operations exclusively to the production of wool. Blue grass has the advantage of not running out as long as it receives a top dressing of manure annually. It docs best on limestone soils, but is grown in nearly all sections. Orchard grass is a variety that gives early pasturage, and can be grown where r-any other grasses will not flourish. The yield of alsike generally disappoints tbe expectations of those who look at it while growing. Its stalks are fine, and do not weigh in proportion to the bulk, as they are harsh and lie loosely. . It is a good crop to sow with the common red clover, as it will 11 in spaces where the old-fashioned clover fails to catch. The great aim of every farmer should be to so decompose his manure as to get it into the finest possible condition, as it will then not only be more easil r handled and spread upon the land, but will also be more available and immediate is plant-food. The more complete the decomposition the greater the solubility of manure, and this is an important matter which should never be overlooked. An experienced poultry man thinks that the cause of failures in many attempts to keep fowls in large numbers is due to a lack of care. A farmer will rise at 4 o'clock In the morning to leed and milk his cows; wi'l carefully clean out the stalls and prepare beds for the cows, and his work will not end until late, but be will not do to much work for the hens. Yet the hens will

pay five times as much profit, in proportion to labor and capital invested, as the cows. Mixing lime with any kind of manare will cause decomposition quickly, but at the loss of the volatile matter. It will not

be beneficial to use lime with manure, ex cept when about toapply the manure to the land, for tne son, wnicn is usuauy damp, will arrest the escape of ammonia, especially It tne manure De narrowed or well incorporated with the soiL If corn-fodder be cut and crushed so as to be in the same condition as ordinary cut food, and moistened, horses and cattle can oa kept tnrougn tne winter in gouu Condition upon it, but a proportion ot some kind of ground grain must be also allowed, as the corn-foduer, though servir, to supply bulky food, must be balance by . t k. i i . material oi a more concemraieu character. As a protection to trees sehnst micerabbits, borers, etc., a screen made ol com mon window wire is recommended. The wire is cut into strips aboat six inches wide, across the and of the roll (which is usually about two feet in width), and the strips wound around a broom-handle. When placed around trees the spring of the wire holds them in place, and they do not bind the trees. The recent establishment in Dakota and other parts of the Northwest of factories for the establishment of woollen goods. should give new impetus to the sheep industry. These factories can afford to pay 8 to 10 cents per pound more for wool than Eastern factories, as the freights on both raw wool and the manufactured articles are saved, as well as the commission of several middlemen. Very few animals are as dainty and choice about their food as sheep. At times they will leave a handful of feed in the trough when a close inspection may not discover anything wrong with the gram; but the sheep have sound something in or tbout it not suitable to their taste, and so it is left. It is generally true that what one sheep refuses none of the flock can be induced to eat. A ration for a cow weighing 1.000 pounds is estimated to be: Of hay, 8 pounds; straw, 12 pounds; barley meal. 4 pounds: linseed meal, 3 pounds; cottonseed meal, 2 pounds, or a total of 25 pounds per day. The product of the cow will depend upon her shelter and breeding, and, although the above estimate is for a cow weighing 1,0X) pounds, yet something depends upon her appetite, health and condition. Red spider is quite a common enemy among house plants, and can only be well dealt with by free applications of water with a sponge or otherwise. Its presence is noticeable by a grayish discoloration on the under side of the leaves. Then, if one looks sharply, he may see the very minute and sprightly iosectsof a brown color. In the case of tbe larger kinds, like aohis. scale and mealy bug, the thumb-nail is the most useful agent in their destruction. Hay tea and oatmeal gruel is claimed as the best food for cal ves raised by hand. The difficulty in raising calves, when they are taken from their dams, is the "scours." hen thia is noticed the food should be cooked, and of the most digestible nature. Kaw ground oats and steamed clover is best for tbem when they are six months old, as such food will cause them to grow very rapidly, but previous to that ape the node of feeding must be done judiciously. Some people think that if a certain quan tity of feed will keep an animal in good condition, twice as much will keep the animal twice as well. Now this is a grave mistake, tor when an animal gets too much feed it suffers immediately. Many of the diseases that fowls are subject to come from overfeeding. A fowl that is stufied with lood does not digest it properly. Tbe digestive organs become weak and diseases follow, foremost among them being the dreaded cholera. This is simply a fever caused chiefly by indigestion. When a fowl becomes fat from overfeeding the blood is poisoned and the system becomes disordered. One sick bird poisons another, and thus the disease spreads. The draining of the barnyard has at tracted the attention of many scientific agriculturalists, who have differed some what in tbe methods proposed; but they are agreed on one point, however, which is that in the center of every barnyard there should be a large water-tight cistern, covered, over which the material should be placed in order to permit of the liquids bea i i a , r i . l . 1 n mg oiureu msieau ui uemg auoweu to now oil. This permits of pumping the liquids over any additional dry material that may be added, and has the advantage of enabling the farmer to hasten or retard decomposition either by saturating the heap or allow ing it to remain dry. The richer the liquids in the vat or cistern the sooner the heat can bo generated in the heap when the materials are moistened, and if the heap is covered over with boards or an open shed it will be protected from the influence of the solar rays. LOW AND BEHOLD. Fall Dregs In Washington Continues to Ex. cite Considerable Comment. I Baltimore American. Nearly every young lady asked to form part of the receiving party at the various afternoon receptions seems to consider it incumbent npon her to bloom out on such occasions in all the bareback glory of a lowneck, sleeveless gown. Did the fair creatures but know it, this style of dress in the afternoon is an offense against all the canons of good taste. Incidents innumerable, which have furnished material for bon mots at the clubs, have been furnished by this very subject, which society seems never to tire of discussing. One of the luminaries of the club window, before whom the question was under debate not long since, gallantly came to the rescue of the fair sex, whose exploits in the matter of dress were receiving a rather rough handling at the time, by blandly remarking. "I say, fellows, now, don't you know, I tbink you're too hard on the girls. Tb thing 'isn't altogether without reason, as you seem to imagine. I can see an economical side to it, which is doubtless the motive actuating many of the young creatures. It's a decided nuisance to put on a pretty gown, and then, the very first dance, have some great fellow ruin the back by leaving the mark cf this band on the back of the delicate stuff, which happens nine times out of ten. After this thing has happened once or twice it grows monotonous, and the fair creature, having gained her experience dearly, just scoops out the dre?s low enough to prevent a recurrence of the disagreeable. Then you fellows pretend to admire, compliment her on her pretty Bhoulders, and such twaddle, until she is out of sight, when you say all sorts of mean things about her, and hold her up to ridicule." A well-known society dame was at her dress-maker's recently, and after impressing upon her the importance of evolving the very swellest kind of an evening gown out of a certain amount of material which could Dot be matched, was informed by that person that the thing was an impossibility. "On, never mind the waist," was the bland reply; "put it into the train." Fired, doubtless, with this same sentiment, the ladies at some of the prominent official gatherings this season have given the assemblage more the appearance of a lifeclass posing as a study of the nude than a reception at which one should naturally expect to meet cultivated, refined people. Some of the dresses worn tnis winter have not only been guiltless of sleeves, but, as though to accent the absence of such, have had the decollete front and back of tLe bodice simply held together with a frail-looking, string of Parma violets oratiDylute string ribbon, which agonized those of a practical turn of mind for fear it should suddenly snap. One venturesome female went so far as to appear in a Parisian gown devoid even of those slender supports. How the apology lorn

bodice was held in place was a , . all until the fair creature whl- mrJe to few of her friends that It was i,pe1reJ to 5 the neck, and in that way ired "ind secure. Two ladies of thi , JI Juectli:7 known for their beau Jty both well figure, at no very dir f . Jace .a?d bouse together and f? Jen& during the season. f h 'a ed'av,3,b& have been expect- , g m1" but, in club V HVr"f,-&17ayS tlhrofnged' unknown to s-, the two hostesses, tt,pti cemselves, of course, were alBehold " lond a9 the firm of "Lo and J,",' which was a title peculiarly apLife nd significant. The President's fir whose fresh young beauty, no less of 11 -ere than of face, is to be praised for the

example which she set society in this respect. Never once since her first appearance in the White House has there been anything about the style of her dress but what was perfectly correct and modest, yet without an approach to prudery. Famous .Earthquakes. The following is a list of the principal earthquakes that have taken place s'nee the twelfth century, with the casualties caused : Persons killed. Year. Place. 1157. .Sicily.-.. 11 "...Ryria ......... 12GS...Cilicia UK... Naples r.31...1.is,bon...... HX... Naples lt7...tichamakL 15,(XO 20,030 00,000 40,OiO ... 30,000 ro.ooo 80,0v,0 3,000 1G92... Jamaica l.93...Sicilv 1703... Anniia. Italy 100,000 5,000 170...3Yeddo, Japan 200,000 17C6...The Abruzzi li.OOO 20,000 lil... Algiers ... . lTL'C.J'alenno.... 173l...Pekin 171G...Lirea and Cahio 17.c4...irar.d t'ario , 17;V.Kashan, Persia 1 7."5... Lisbon , 17,v.... ria 17H...fczinghian, Aeia Minor 1797. ..Country bet. Santa Fe and Panama., lK5...Naple? 1822... Aleppo ... ...I..., fi.003 100,000 , 18,000 , 40,000 . 40,000 , fSO.OOO 20,000 5,010 , 40,000 , 5,000 20.030 1829 ..Murcla ,000 iNso...tanton . G.ooo lM2...Cape Hajtien 4 , 18"7...Calabria 10, 000 000 lsu...quito lN'0...Mendoza, south America IfM 8...T0WH8 in Peru and Ecuador lK75...San Jose de Cucuta, Columbia lNd...Sio li.Mi...Charlcfcton 5,000 7.W0 25,000 14,000 4,000 Extraordinary Contempt of Court. (London Te'egraph. An extraordinary incident has ju3t occurred at the Rjüen Court of Appeals. Three men who had been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment at Havre appealed to the Rouen Court. They were brought in together, and on the first prisoner being asked the question, "Have you appealed ?" he replied, "Yes, I did so to 6e if the Rouen Judges are as great rascals as those of Havre." This piece of impudence produced a great sensation, and the man was forthwith condemned to one year's imprisonment for intuiting the magistrates. "What was the general surprise when the second prisoner, on being asked the same qutstion, returned an identical reply. This time the Judges dealt out a double penalty, and he was sent oJF with two year's imprisonment to his book. No one dreamt that the third man would dare to face the court in this insolent fashion after the punishment t J which his two companions had been treated, and a thrill of amazement ran thiough the audience when, in answer to the formal query, "Have you appealed?" he returned the same reply: "Yea, I did so to see if the Konen Judges are as great rascals as those of Havre." The court sentenced this man to three year's prison. The Hand Was Too Big to Handle. IBuflalo Courier.! Four or five gentlemen sat around a round table in an up-town hotel. Five dollars was the limit, and all the players were friends and men of means. The boldest bluffer of the party found himself dealing, and looking over his hand discovered a five, six, seven, eight and nine all spades. They were playing straights, and the hand was almost invincible ä straight Hush. The man came into the $2 ante, and the dealer raised it two. His opponent said, "Five better," aDd the holder of the straight flush just made it good. Why he did not raise, no one knows, and his adversiiry, who held three aces, felt as bad as anybody about it. And right here another funny thing happened he got his fourth ace. Here was the chance of a lifetime for both men, according to all appearances; but see what happened: The dealer bet $5. No. 2 raised him $5 and the dealer studied. At last, he laid his cards on the table, face down, and asked: "Boys, what I want to know is, does a straight flush beat four aces?" He was told that it did, and raised back $5. His opponent promptly called, and the bands were shown. There was almost a howl of surprise all round, and the dealer waa besieged for explanations. "Can't tell what was tbe matter with me," he said. "I felt as if I were dreaming when I saw the hand, and actually didn't know what to do with it." Sir. Gibson Settled the Bill. I Houston Postl A man by the name of Gibson, who lives in Falls County, went to Marlin and got full. He was arrested for drunkenness and tbe usual fine imposed by Mayor William Shelton. The man told the Mayor that he had only a few dollars, and his family needed it very badly. He wanted to k iow if he could not submit to a whipping and be allowed to keep his money. The W lyor told Mr. Gibson that his cost was $ '..70, and he would take that amount "o.it of his hide." "How many will you strike me?" said Mr. Gibson. The Mayor said ten. This was agreed upon, bnt Gibson refused to strip. His Honor took a board, and, beading Gibson over a chair, proceeded to take out his costs. The City Marshal then offered to take out bis costs the same way, but Mr. Gibson said no, and pidup and went home. A Gentle Southern Comment. I Knoxvllle Journal Brother Beecher distinguished himself again last Sunday. He showed that if there is a hell at all it is not a very warm country, and that it is the easiest thing in tbe world to keeD out of iL About the only thing necessary for a man to do, according to his teachings, is to fold his arms and say he doesn't want to go there. He can then go right into the port of the New Jerusalem on "flowery beds of ease." Wretched, Indeed, Are those whom a confirmed tendency to Mlliousness subject to the various aud changeful symptoms indicative of liver complaint Nausea, sick headache, constipation, furred tongue, an unpleasant breath, a dull or sharp pain In the neighborhood of the affected organ, impurity of the blood and loss of appetite, signalize it as one of the most distressing, as It is one of the most common, of maladies. There is, however, a benign specific for tbe disease and all its unpleasant manifestations. It is the concurrent testimony of the public and the medical profession, that Hostetter'i Stomach Bitters is a medicine which achieves results speedily felt, thorough and benign. Besides rectifying liver disorder, it Invigorates the feeble, conquers kidney and bladder complaints, and hastens the convalescence of those recovering from en fee idling diseases. Moreover, it ll the grand specific for fever and ague. All sufferers from blood disorders can use Arppy Sargaparilia with the fullest assurance of haex's retolta, Neglected coughs are the beginnings of consumption. Be prudent and cure your congh with Dr. J. II. McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm, 25 cents a bottle.

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