Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 June 1887 — Page 6

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THE FARM BUDGET.

Dlfposirg of Slim-Milk Cclhn for Hones Tha Bacawheit Crop FcJJsr. A Itos Fledge lonng Calves Kye Improving Fastures IJoaaehoId Hints Rcclpas I-'airu Nutes, Ktc. Disposing or SUm-Mllk. Daring the Irish dairy conferenc?, say3 a London paper, attention was directed by Professor Long to the neglect of skim-milk as an article of die. This was easily Intelligible in the pre-separation day?, wben milk had necessarily to stand for many hours before skimming, so that the skimmilk left the dairy oa the verge of ßourners. if cot actually sour. The pies were then almost the only possible recipients of thia by-product, at ail events during the warm weather. ' Bat new the mechanical cream separator allows of the production of perfectly sweet skim-milk within almost a lew minutes of milling, in a condition in every way fit for human consumption, and Trofeasor Long urges that steps shou'.d be taken to create a public demand for the article, which he considers only requires to be made widely known to become popular. He suggests thai it might be used not only for drinling purposes, but alsa to a large extent for fancy bread making, for which purpose there is alreidy soma demand. The t-eoretical value a gallon of ekimmilk, ss compared with the equivalent quantities of sugar, butter and beef necessary to supply a light decree of neutrmsnt, should be about 1 shilling the actual price being only from 3 shillings to 4 pence. There is hera a lir.e margin to sei against dillcrenca in coacei.tiation. Prcfsjor Loug suests another us fot skici-rnilk, which, as far awe have heard, has nut yet been ascertained to have come into fashion in this ourttry, though it is said to be largely practised across the Atlantic vis., the incorporation with it of a due quantity of oil or fit, and the conversion of tha said mixture into cheese. Professor Long, to do him justice, says that he should only regard this mode cd c?e as legitimate, piovided that the artificial cheese were sold under a name that wculd clearly Identify it. It is hardly to be anticipated, however,thatfarrners who make cheese will care to raise up for themselves a new tival in the market, and if artificial cheese is to become an article of Eiglish manufacture it will be more likely to be made in the factory than oa the farra, and on the whole this seems a less dcslrab'e outlet for skim-mi!k than would be af forded hy the enlargement of ita consuup tic-n as such. One thirg. however. Is cer tain viz , that the separator ia the Virions eüicient shapes in which it is now tiide for steam, horse, and tten hand power, is destined to come mure and more into n-re, so teat the supply ot 6weet, Ire3h skim milk will rapidly increase, and it would seem rational that it should realize srae more remunerative price than that of its old value as pigs' food. Collars for Farm Horses. l cave seen more sore shoulders analog hcrses during the thirty months I have been in the Territory, writes a corresDOdent of trie North Dakota Times, than I ever saw in England in nearly as many ytars. The question arisen, what is the ciase? Seme attiibute it to the water, which is lor the most part hard and contains a great deal of alkaline matter which may perhaps afiect tee skin and blood. The dut, to is very fine and is constantly rising nd settling on the skin, producing irrita.ion of the parts where the pressure com-a. am willing to admit most of these reasons, bat consider a great deal of the trouble is attached to the collars, which are, as a rale, too light for the draft which is put on them. The English style of collar for heavy draft is not leather-faced next to the horse, hut the facing med is manufactured expressly, and is a kind of rough cloth, the stuffing consisting of woolen waste" or shoddy." This forms a softer padding to meet the horse's shoal der. A sweat-pad supplies the place of this aort cf collar, some may eav, but my experience of sweat-pads is that they generally cause a horse to sweat considerably and do . not absorb it so readily as cloth or frieze does. 1 have not se-n any col ara so stuffed and fixed in my immediate part of the Ttrritory, and should be glad to learn whether there is a firm of harness-makers who turn oit collars on the plan I mention. It is true that these collars will not last that if, the facing tu J staffing as long as leath er or straw do; but any harnesr-maker can stitch on fresh fxeize and hll up with stunirg. Tbe less one puts around a horse's neck the less be will sweat, and exceislve sweating tends to weaken the skin. A horse whose blood is bad and out of sorts, every ooe knows, will rub sore quicker than on in health. I think a heavier, better faced collar is seeded. Chasgirg Crops and Insects. A Missouri paper says: The reports from many parta of the country are not as fa vorable this week as we had hoped ta hear in regard to tte wheat prospect. In many localities the chinchbugs are doing rcacb damage, and some farmers are compelled to plow their wheat up and pUnc it in corn. .very year tots is tne case to a greater or less degree throughout the West. Tbft wheat crop this year in Jasper County still promises to be three times greater hat last year. Uut the question arises: How long will it be before the chinchbas take the entire wheat crops? Our answer istba it will not take many years if the farmers continue the suicidal policy that they have reen domgin Jasper County for years past in talking with many observing farmers about this matter, the evidence is cinclu sive that the land where the bags are doing the most mischief is ground thit has len nsed for wheat year sfter Tear. The "oil is badly won and the hags have increased until the f rounu is alive with mem. Wheat is their food evidently. Take this away from them and they will leave or die out. Give your wheat lands a rest by putting tlem in timothy or clover and you will sion be come rid cf tupse little pests. One pro gressive farmer, in talking on the snbi ct in this office the other day, went so fur as to assert that these bugs would prove t blessing to the farmers of Jasper Cjuny. They would force tbe farmers to quit rais ine wheat, tnd turn their attention o ttock-ra:ir g. That s'ock-raising pyi b tter than wheat-growing is beyond question. It Is an easier business, a sorer one, and vita far larger pro its. It costs a great deal of money and hard work to rai3. wr.eat iraccess fully, while the work and cost of utock-growing is nominal nature famishing and doing the most of it. There ia no better country than this for stock, and if our farmers would make the most of thoir opportunities they certainly will see tbat their attention must be tamed in this di rection. The Back wheat Crop. This crop has Mien into considerable discredit among farmers of late years, says a writer in the Country Gentleman, al thongh it has been proved by actual ex -perieDC that buckwheat is one of tbe most "valuable or grains that can be grown. J n the early history of agriculture in this country it assumed an importance in the eyes of tha new settlers that his rarely been attained and held by a ly of tbe other .rcairs. The principal work of the farm Td then in tbe spriag and fall was to clear bp new land, and get the forest land in tillabla state. Tne best scavenger crop that could be discovered was buckwheat and as soon as the land thus cleared o trees and bashes was sufficiently prepared for the reception of seed, buckwheat w s cattered broadcast over iL Little was ex pec ted from this first crop, yet in addition M keeping aowo tne weeds, ana puiyeru

tg the earth, a small profit was always re

alized fiom a field that would otherwise have remained fallow and worse than uselees. With the growth of agriculture In the East, the greater part of the land was taken np and put in a tillable state, torn dispensing with such crops as buckwheat, which waj considered to be valuable only when grown on new land, where other ciops wonld not flourish. üracually buckwheat was grown lessand lees by the Eastt rn farmers, and the idea crept in among even the more intelligent lancgowcers thfct this crop was ht tobe grown only by the lazy farmers, who did not wish to exert themselves more than necessary in cultivating their fields. I he crop was brought into farther contempt by the charee tbat it injured stock, both through the straw and the gram, and, on the whole, it was not a profitable Invest ment. This latter charge has been fonnd to be true cnl y so far aa when the grain was fed almost exclusively to tbe animals, and not when mixed no with other fodder. The grain is an exceedingly nutritious food for both mankind and animals, and, as it is highly nitrogenous, it is therefore well fitted for mixing with corn to be chopped np for food for horses. Tbe fact that it is a lazy man's crop should not deter ethers from raising it. About Alowiug Hay. If a farmer has a very large amount of cultivated gross it may be impossible to cnt it all when it is in the best condition. lie may be obliged to let some of it stand until it is nearly rire before he can secure it. He can generally use it to good ad vantage for feeding to his work hordes. If grass is unusually heavy it is best to cut and cure it before it loot. es, even if it i3 net advanced to perfect blossoms. Grass and clover that have blown down and been brought in contpct with the ground mike very poor hay. The leaves are likely to become moldy and be injariou3 to stock The stalks will have a yellow color and a disa greeable taste. Lodged grass aud clover are very difficult to cut with a machine or a band-scythe. They are also hard to care. and furnish very poor food after they have been put into the barn or stack. It is much easier to harvest two crops of grass or clo ver tbat are in an uprght position than oLe that is blown down, the stalks being broken and tangled. Now that mowingmachines and horse-rakes are in general use, the labor of making hay is light if the p'ants that are to be cut are standing in tLeir natural position. Eich and tolerably moist land, in favor able seast.n3. will c f. en furnish two crops of bav. Iteenerally will if it produces a vaiiety of grasses and clovers. A rich and n ( ist soil will produce large and coarse plants if tfcey are allowed to gTOw till they reacn maturity, ana tne cay maJe from them will not be reliEhed by milch cows or jourganima s If there are two cuttings instead cf one a large amount of fine and tetder hay can be secured, and will be very desirable for milch cows and young stock of every kind. A thick sod of fine grasses can be secured lv frinent cuttinz. If a rxowirg field i to be converted into a pas tore it is desirable to cut the grass more u an ence in tne season lor at least two years before tbe charge is made. The hay in the British IIand3 is superior to that in mot pans of this country, chiefly be cause it is ilcou hner. The climate there is favorable to the growth of urass, but rare is taken to cut it while it is still sweet nd tender. Not infrequently a plot of rass lsnd is ued alternately as a pasture ana a mowing held. Uy following this coime the sod is made thick and the grass is very hue. l'oodrr Crops. Iairymen everywhere recognize the im portance of providing a full supply of the most nutritious food for their stock darin? winter, as well as during the extreme of the heated term wben pasturage is paor. ore silos win oe Duut tne present season Uaa ever before. The usefulness of this reetbed of preserving a fresh supply of tne best food for ttock of ail kinds has been proved by repeated tests of several years' duration. John Gould, who has a world wide reputation aa a writer, speaker and editor of all matters pertaining to the dairy, thicks at least a thousand silos will be coistxucted this tesson in Wisconsin, where he has passed much of the winter in attendance on the various farmers' institutes. About fifty were built latt season, but the lessons and experience of th? past winter have convinced farmers and dairymen that in no other way can tney reap so great benefit from farms and dair'e? as in pioviding a plentiful sapply of sweet ensilage. Mr. Gould says Hon. Hiram Smith, whose name is a famil;ar 'iiiihnl-1 word in Wisconsin es one of bj most successful dairymen in that State, wim the aid of a Oijo-ion silo, now keeps jif cows on 1.0 acres of cleared laud and sells his butter on a yearly contract at CIO cents per pound. With or without a silo, by p. acting good corn the equal of six to ten tens of good bay can be obtained from an acre ot giound. No reason exists why tha dairymen of this country should not be prosperous if ttey live np to their privileges and make use of the information that ia bora of ex perience and is given free to all by men who have made tests of years to confirm the truths they tell. A Kose Hedge. IVick's Magazine, for June.l While talking about roses, I want to tell you about my rose hedge. We have had several c.'nmpa of white and yellow Scotch rcsesfor some years, and two years ago it became necessary to remove them. On taking them up we found that a great many plants could be made by dividing the root?, and, as tee place where we in tended to fet out a few of them was be tween the llower and tbe vegetab'e gardens. where a sort of hedge would be useful in hiding the beets and cabbages from tbe street not because they were beets and cabbage?, mind you, for we never ara ashamed of having such useful things seen, but because they do not harmonize with flowers the Idea occurred to us to set the rose plants in a row, the white and yellow alternating, and we did so. The result this year was very satisfactory. The bushes have grown until they form a rounded, compact hedge, about two feet high and t.e same in width, tbeir branches reaching t the ground, as is characteristic of this clas?, and all through the season of summer roses they were covered with flowers, which, if not very large or doable, were very fragrant, and seemed better adapted to the use wa put them than "larger ones would have been. We were greatly pleased with our rose hedge. Improving Pastures. I American Dairyman. "The pasturage of many p'eces of woodland might eaiilybe trebled by allowing the natural Mue-graes to mature seed one summer." This is taken from the columns of the American Agriculturist, and is probably tbe worst advice that could be given on the subject. Every farmer knows that while the grasses propagate themselves by seeds they also multiply and increase by sending u new shoots from their roots, and while a thin growth of grr.s3 caa be secured from seed-sowing, yet, if th pasture should be neglected a whole season where the grass is thin, the weeds that would be enre to come in would do far more harm than tha new seed would do good. Tbe way to secure a Rood close sod ii by pasturing close after tie soil is made rich. The closest and best sods are to be found on the commons around cities where troops of animals are gnawing them all day long. Their hoofs tramp the ground about the roots of tl e grass down solid, and by close cropping tbe plant is tempted or forced to send up fresh shots. This kind of pasturing is, of course, not to be recommended, for it is lead to the animal that has to co the close cropping, bat it makes the best kind of sod or the most perfect pasture. Buch a sod can never bs grown in tbe shade, as our contemporary suggests, and the little aid that a fresh sup-

ply of seed would give a woodland pasture

I should be famished by fresh sowtng rather than by allowing the grass to go to Beed. How to Halite Calves. Every branch of farming, writes an Iowa correspondent of tbe Dairy World, seems to be a department of itself, hence the necessity of a diversity of information and ex perience re quired at tne hands o t tne modem agriculturist. In raisirg calves the more experience I have the more I am convinced that "what is worth doing at all ia worth doing well." The greatest difficulty vith young cattle is the periods of transition from one stage of development to another, from milk to grass, from grass to dry feed, from winter feed back to grass again. To avoid trouble in these periods those changes should not be suddenly made. Calves' natures art very delicate ia this respect, aa a change to milk, that is too lied, or too much milk causes scours, and a change from dry feed to rich grass produces blackleg. It is no usa to argue the point as to the best method of raising calves by hand feeding or letting them tuck; aa intelligent experience unifomiily favors tbe former practice, tor the hrst. say, ten cays, they snould have tne natural milk, direct from the mother, then a little warm skim milk may be added for about the next ten cays, when tbe new milk may cease, and in cue time tne mus may not De warmea so much. As tbe new milk is changed to skim, a little gruel, made by soakin oat meal ia warm water, may be added, to supply the place of the cream which goes to the churn. Uat great care should be ex ercised that all these changes shall be made very gradually. As the ca:f approaches the ege of live or six months and learns to eat cms, hay, or chopped foo 1, it will still add to its thrift to keep on feeding milK ia connection witn the other substances. We are now feedir-e lame quantities of butter iLiIk mixed with oish-water, short?, or oil n eal, to cslvcs six months old, and some of them, though three quarters Jersey?, are fat eLongh for the butcüer, and have made en lncrese. in growth oi one-tuira auria? the jast winter. Singularly enough, when these calves have been taught to take this k;nd of slop they will refuse to drink warm or sweet mi'k. I find not the least dilliculty in getting a call to grow and thrive just as well in winter as in summer; in fact, this growth seems to be the most healthy, and argues will for winter dairyicg. Wlater Kje fur Cowo. I have a small piece of rye near my barnard, says a reader of the Itural Ne Yoiker. It is now two inches huh, while tbe grass in the pasture is not half loag enough for a bite. I turn the cows into this piece about two hours a dav. lae way they eat and tfce way the milk comes ccl vinces me it 19 gnsd business. When they get to ihe pasture t'cey won't bloat themselv s, as they have uone in years ptsL This is as far as I hive ever gone with soiling, but it pays well thus far. Farts Ureeu for tli Carcallo In discussing means for preserving plum3 f.ni destruction by the curculio, Mr. BcalJ, of Lin dray. Ott, said at a recent mcetirg of the J?ruit Grower' Association cf Ontario: "Pix years go I began exoenmenting with paris gTten. I had two red plum trees stsndirg r ear together that I cared very little shout. Thev bore large quintitks ! red plums every jear, but the fruit was so badlv ii jured by the curculio that it was worth almost nothing. I applied paris green to .one ana not to tne otber. The foliage was not injured, tut on the tree to which I applied the pris green I had a good crop ot plums, while on the other tree the fruit was as badly injured ss in any other year. The next year I reversed the order, and applied tbe poison to tbe other tree. The consequence was I had a reversed order of fruiting. There was a crop on the one I had sprsyed, but not on the other one. Oar vice-president, Mr. ücD. Allen, in an orchard of a thousand trees, selected four to which be spplied no paris green, applying it to all the rest. Ee took every care that none of tbe sprayed liquid fell on the trees, and be bad a plentiful crop on a.I but those four. He tried four others the next year, with the -same result." Mr. Peall adds that he applied tbe poison just after the petals had done falling. I10UJEII0LD HINTS. Beards of various s zes shou'd be kept in convenient places, one for Dread, oue for meat, another for crtf ne, ani twj o three smaller ones on whicn to stand pots and kettles. Steel knives and forks are best cleaned with finelj -powdered bath brick. Aspara:us boilers, with loose fitting bot tores, enable you to lift and dish the aspir sgus without breaking. A graduated quart messnre, marked on the outside, is convenient and more aocuraie than the ordinary way of measuring In kitchen cups. Small culinary rollers are more conveu ient than a rolling-pin for making tarts, cheese straws, cheese fingers orother light pastries. Small, easily turned ice cream freezers are a perfect joy to the housekeeper, Frozen desserts are always a?cepthie and are quickly and easily" made. With an ice shaver tuGicient ice maybe powdered in three minutes to Ireeza six quarts nt ice cream. We have at last got rid of the ice-bag and mallet. Poison by ivv may be relieved by apply ing the following: Dissolve a tablespooaful of copperas in two-thirds of a teacup of boiling water, and when cold apply with a doth to tbe parts anecled. If you want to make a good imitation monkey that will please the children, here are the directions: Juake a large rag doll, and oa side of the head glue tbe half of a coccannt shell that has a good imitation face. Put on the head a red knitted cap, or one made from red flannel, so that it covers tbe top and back of the rag head Cover the hands and feet with any kind of daTk brown cloth. Make a red lltnael jacket, trimmed with small gilt buttons, and black velvet pants. Dress the doll in these clothes and ee how tbe little one3 will like it Boston Badget. As tbe foik ia now almost exclr alvsly used to cenveythe food of any consistency to tbe mouth, it is more than ever desired that it be gracefully handled. We sometimes see people take the fork in the left hand and use it with ths tines turned upwaid tbat is, spoon fashion. Very often tbey are making an extra effort to do what they fcuppose is the proper thing. In reality tbey are handling the fork la about a awkward a manner as could be easily devised. When the fork is held in tha left band tbe food should be taken np and carried to the month on tbe points of the tines. In the right hand the fork may be used with the tines pointed upward or downward at will. Detroit Free Press. In warm weather, young housekeepers must take a daily journey to tha cellar to detect foul air; and they should see that proper ventilation is observed here and throughout the dwelling, at all times. Probably there ia no more prolific source of disease than poor ventilation j and merely opening windows to admit air is not by noy means all that ia implied by proper ventilation. Even a free circulation of air through the rooms in which are badly aired beds, neglected carpets, and aa accumulation of dust, will not entirely couuteract the ill effects sure to arise from these and similar reprehensible 8ha co anions. Children may be taught at an early age to throw back the clothes from the bed, and to hang the night clothing where it will be thoroughly aired, and the habit will cling o them through lite. It should be the duty ot older persons to open window?, and otherwise admit air to all sleeping apartments as soon as tbey are vacated in the morning. It is onT the seemingly

tr'flirg mat' er, which demand the "eterral vigilance' of tb house mother, that

tbe healih and happiness of the family deperd. Mrs. E. G. Cook, M. D., in Demore&t a jJonthJy. RECIPES. Ginger Snaps. One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup batter, one tablespoon ginger, one teaspoon soda dissolved in a Utile water and as much Hour a3 caa be stirred in. Pinch off pieces as large as a good-sized marble, roll in the hands, flattea slightly and place ia the tin, leaving rcora for them to spread. Ulke in a moderate oven and watch closely, as they burn easily. Leave ia the tia until cool enough to snap. Prune Padding A delicious prane pud ding is made by stewing a pound of prunes until they are soft, remove the stones aud sugar to your Uxe, and whites ot thre eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Make a pud paste for the bottom of pudding dish. After beating the eggs and pranes together till they are thoroughly mixed, spread them on the crust. Bake for half an hour, or until you are sure the crust is done. Strawberry Layer Cake. Cat a "turk's head" spoDge cake into thin rounds, all across; spread each slice with peach or apricot marmalade, place a layer of strawberries on each and pour over seme hot syrup made of either apricot or fresh strawberry juice, sweetened, with a little butter to give It richness. The sauce shold be very hot. In Pineapple Time. After preparing the fruit for the table, dividing it by tearing i out from the staik, not cutting through tbe core, a delicious drink may be made from the rinds, according to a much-traveled correspondent. Af:er paring it, you should plac the ricd in an open dish, with a i int (or more sccordmg to the eiza of the pine) of water and one cup of bron Fnear. Let it remain in tne sunshine till effervescent, then strain and bottle. Cream Sherbet. One qaart cream, three egg3, one taoiespoomui orange-noer water and six ounces pulverizad sugar. Take the yelks of the eggs, beat them, and mix them with the cream, adding the orange l'ower water. Put the mixture over a gentle hre, and a9 soon aa it commences to thicken remove it, pour it out and stir In the sugar. Then set it aside, and when cool freeze the same as ice cream. ! rench Brans baute. r or this purpose the beans must be chosen small ami young. as they are to he cooked whole. Pick, and put them in plenty of boiling water with a pinch of salt, boil in an uncovered sauce pan until tender; drain them, put them tack into the stewpan and toss them over a brisk fire in the proportion of two ounces of butter to one pound of beans, a pinch of salt and a few drops of lemon juic. W hea all are mixed, turn Into a hot vegetable dish, and serve. Cabinet Pudding with Jelly Suce. Tick over very carefully one-quarter of a pound of dried currants, wash idem in the colander with plenty ot cold wa-.er, and dry them on a clean towel, fcuce some s'ale breid. Butter a plain pudding mold, put the bread and currants into it in al ten ate leyer?, end pour over them a custard. Set the mold containing the pudding in a saucepan half full of boiling water; cover tbe saucepan and let the puddiu; atesm an hour. Orange Sherbet. Twelve orange?, two lerrons, one pint of water, one pound of Icafsuear and one tablespoonful of gelatine. Hub the rind of two of the oranges with three or four lumps of sugar to extract the zest. Let the gelatine soak for an hour in enough cold water to cover it, then dis solve it in half a pint of boiling water. Boil the sugar and water together, aud let it stand until cold. Then squeeze in the juice of the oranges and lemoas, stir In the zested lumps until dissolved, strain the mixture and freeze in the ordinary way. FA KM NOTKJ. There is a movement in Scotland in favor of selling -eggs by weight. Dealers as well as poultry-keepers are in favor of the change. Last year the Northern Pacific Railroad carried ovpr ICO, 000 sheep from Montana and Washington Territories for the Chicago market. Greeley, Cal., has become famous for its large crops of most excellent potatoes that are sent to several states and lerrltories. New alfalfa hay is selling in Kansas towns for $10 per ton. The yield is reported as excellent. A fruit grower of Orlando, Fla., buried 1,000 oranges on the 12:h of January and kept them buried until a few days since, wben he took them up. They were found to be sound and juicy. Probably the largest barn in the world is at PoDino, Neb., and owned by the Union Cattle Companv of Cheyenne. It is TOO feet long and 1270 feet wide, covering be tween lour and hve acres. Several pieces of land planted to apple and pear trees in Kent, England, have been sold this season at the rate of $1,500 per acre. Blow milkers are a detriment. The best cow will soon deteriorate under the manip ulation of a slow and lazy milker. A California vineyardist claims that be keeps his premises clear of rabbits and got hers with the assistance of cats. No invariable rule can be laid down for the raising of calves on skim-milk, and each feeder must make a rule for each calf. Reject a horse with a big, coarse head: do not look a second time at a horse with either a long, slack back or with a hollow back. Ujkhi the first appearance of holes in the currant leaves apply white hellebore. Mulch the bushes; this will prolong the season. Small chickens should never be kept or fed with old bens; they are apt to be In jured. Have two or three yards and sepa arate them according to their size and strength. As sunflower seed is very liable to heat, tbe safest way of keeping it for fowls is to cut off the flower head when the seed is ripe, and pile it loosely till thrown to the fowls. . . Dampness is bad for young chicks. Arrange their drinking vessels so that they can not eet into them, and do not allow them to run in the wet grass or to be out in a storm. Steady application is what counts ia any business, especially in farming, for in this employment a day or an hour wasted is usually more tbaa loss of time, for it is opportunity gone. It is never good policy to divide a farm in small fields, for it is waste of lands, wasta of time and oppressive increase of fencing that becomes a burdensome tax in construction and maintenance. Ben : Terley Pooreused to say that If farmers would thrive, they must change their policy. They must concentrate their labor, they must give to a few acres the care now usually bestowed on many, and if necessary to do this they must diminish their farms. In haying, be ready to cut a field as soon as the grass is in proper condition. A delay of a few days will greatly inj are the quality of the hay. Do not start the mower until the dew is off, and cut only so much as can be well cured and cared for. Hay caps often pay for their cost in a single season. Young ducks should be marketed when they weigh about three pounds each, and may be sold either alive or dressed, the best prices being obtained for the dressed carcasses. The best time for selling young ducks is in June and July; they should be plump and fat. A clover pasture ia of most value for growing htgs, though very cheap food for a part of tbe ration after the fatteaing process is begun. During the spring, when most lap d growth Is taking place, an acre

of green clover would furnish green food

for a dozen or more hogs being fed corn to fatten. Prairie Farmer. Every farmer has noticed the deterioration of oats. The best varieties fall back after a few years, and are little better than common oat. More attention might be profitably given to th9 se d. Two suggestions have been made: Tnresh the bundles lightly with a flail, and thus get the best seed; the other, winnow out all the light oats. To those who may not be familiar with collie dogs, it may be stated tbat thev will not drive sheep or cattle uniess first trained to do so, thongh the supposition on the part of some is that such dogs perform the work by natural instinct. They are more easily taught to drive stock than any other breed of dogs, but they will not do bo unless taught. It is best to teach little chicks to eat cracked corn and wheat wben about three or four weeks old. If fed continually oa soft food they will take no other, and even do without rather than eat grain. The only trouble with soft food is tbat it digests so rapidly that if givea all their crop win bold, in two or three hoars it is entire ly empty, then they are hungry all night long. A good feed of cracked corn and wheat at Bight will keep them contented. Crude petroleum is now used in many p!aces for generating steam in the boilers of threshing-machines. It is preferred to any kind of fuel, as it produces no sparks which are likely to eet grain stacks on fire. As the Inrnace for burning oil Is small, the weight of the 8ppratus is less than that in which coal and wood are burned. Where one horse dies from overwork in this country twenty die from exhaustion or want of proper treatment. A sound horse will stand a wonderful amount of work if he has the light kind of care while at iL The oat is a splendid food for young ani mals because, compared with enrn, straw, etc., it is rich in muscle and bone-forming elements; and this also makes it a splendid icod for work animals. Cora should be fed sparingly to work animals, during the summer months especially, as it is a neatirg fcod. It will pay to make the grain ra tion of oats in the morning and at noon. Hungarian grass and millet are two grass crops that are grown in summer, the seed being sometimes sown as late as July, but June Is better, should a ram occur. The Hungarian grass affords several cuttings curing tbe same season, and is excellent for hones when cured. Millet grows very tall. makes a heavy crop, but is mowed only otce. Both crops reed rich soil, but can be grown on sandy soil if It be properly manured. In regard to cutting potatoes, a very large number cf experiments have proved that whole potatoes are test for warm, high lands, and, for very early potatoes, they will not only yield enough more to pay the extra cost of the seed, but will produce a crop from a week to ten days earlier tban cut potatoes, which will some times make a dillerence in price from oO cents to $1 a bushel. But on rich, moist laud the difference between whole and cut potatoes is got so great. In the first place, on a rich, moist soil it is not so important to secure an early vigorous growth as it is on a warm, dry soil, and, La tbe second piece, not beirg planted so deep below the burrcunaing land, there is a greater ten dency to tbe production of a larger nam cer oi stalks than on dry land, but, as a rule, even on low land, it would be better to plant a medium sized potato whole. Coal ashes are ot some value as a fertil iser, especially to mix with clayey soil. But the best use to make ot the ashes is for road and patns. A good covering, over which a little soil is thrown, will soon form a hard, solid road. To make a better walk, prepare and level the bead, excavat irg it a few inches below the general sur face, i our on a coating of coal tar and cover It thickly with coal ashes. When this is dry, repeat with another coat of tar and ashes, and so on, until there are four coats of tar and as many of ashes. This, in a short time, will harden and make a walk aa hard as stone. A year or more ago Professor E. W. btewart summarized the statistics of seven fat-stock shows, where cost of feeding was given by the competitors, and as a result he foutd that tbe gain of an average wellfed animal cost 4 01 cents per pound up to one year old, 5 03 cents from birth up to two years old, and 4'J cents for animals up to three years old. Three animals, fat tened from birth, and exhibited at one, two and three years of age, cost the feeder ZyA cents per pound of gain in the first year, 5J cents per pound for the sjcond year and i cents per pound for the gum m the third year. Careful experiments on the pens o smell in dogs have been made by Gsorp J Romanes, who has communicated the re suits to the Linna an Society of London He finds that not only the feet, bat ths whole body of a man exhale a peculiar o Individual odor, which a dog can recogmzs as that of his master amid a crowd of other persons; that the individual quality of this odor can be recognized at great distances to windward, or in calm weather at great distances in any direction ; and that even powerful perfumes may not overcome this odor. 1 et a single sheet of brown paper, vsben stepped npon instead of the ground and afterward removed was sufficient to prevent Mr. Roman 8' clog from following his trail. Carefnl trial has satisfied those who prac tice soiling that one acre of land, well tilled, will support a cow as long na three acres of pasture and one acre of meadow. A succession of crops must be sown, of course. The first crop to cat in the spring is winter rye. then follow medium clover and orchard grass, timothy and alsike or pea vine clover, or both, oats, or peas and oats, millet, corn, sorghum, the latter sown very thick to keep the stalks soft, aud if to this system of soiling was addadthatof silage and the latter used after the green growing crops were frozen up and with the silage a variety of root crops caved and used, much more stock could be kept. OPPOSED TO BLAINE, Mr. Gotham Says He Should Kot ba Xon g inated Sherman as a Leader, IWsshlngton Speclal.1 George C. Gorham, formerly Secretary of the United States Senate, and a pronounced Republican, expresses the opinion that the Republican National Convention wil. not dare to nominate Blame. Blaine, he says, is being whispered out of tbe canvass, and does not bimsel know what to do. Some of Mr. Blaine's friends and Mr. Gorham ia not one of tbem think that one of the principle reasons why he has gone to Europe is because he wants to break away and let events shape themselves. The doubts thrown around tbe prospects of Republican success in case of the candidacy of Blame are what worry him and his immediate adherents, and this is what Mrk Gorham means when he Bays he is being whimpered out or the canvass. Mr. Gorham thinks the Republicans can elect the next President, but to do it they must nominate John Sherman. He says Sherman is about the only great leader the Republicans have left, and if they don't nominate him and adopt the principles laid down in his last two great speeches the party will cease to exist. General Harmony Will Do It. Lagrange Democratl All the Democratic party needs to assure success next year ia harmony. Personal interests, and especially those of trifling importance, must give way to the demands of the party. If this can be accomplished, victory is ours; but if our voters are to be divided into factions and kept apart by ''leaders" whose concerns are made paramount to party success, our name will Ibe Dennis and James G. Blaine will doubtless be the next President.

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SALE OF STATE LANDS.

Notice is hereby given that ruruant to thoprovlsions of sn act of tüe Geueral Assembly, approved March 11, 175. entitled "An act a ithoriziBg tbe sale and conveyance of certain lands belorgvg to the Ptateof Indiana," the undersigned Governor, Secretary of State and Auditor cl state, w ill oiier for sa!e to the hta est bidder, at the cilice of the Auditor ot Stu m the city of indlanapull. on Saturday, J jne Jttb, iw, between the hours of t o'clock a, m. atd 12 o'cicck m. tbe foliowitg described Ion and tracts ot lands be.ooelng to the f-vate oi Indiens, and authorized to be told by siid a;t, to-wit: Lct3 13. 19 and 20. in llorto. Coflin an 1 Wrights' subdivision of outlot 149 in the ciir of lLdianapoliB lots lb and "JO apprised at iuü eatö ; lot i appraised at Jxtlon west sice of White River. lameai ately south of tbe Xatioaal Road, known as the Ferry Landing; appraised at f;i.M0. All of the above described real estate Lcirg la Mariou County. Part of section.

Sec. Tp. R. A. 5 8o n 3 r -t 5 30 a 3 w 40 ft S3 n ;t w 40 5 "On 3 w 40 S 30 n 3 w id 8 SO n 3 w 40 8 SJD. 3w 4a 8 iJO n 3 w 40

If e or s w or,,. S e (jr 8w qr..... -N w cr s e ir Swqrse qr N w or n e or... swqr n e qr.. S e or n e or in ruiatki county, appraiFea at s per acre. No bid for a sale for less than two-thirds oZ the appraised value will be received. Tho terms of sa:e to be one-third of the purchase morjey cash in hand on the day of sale, and tho remainder to be paid In three equal annual in sisllmeiits, to be evidenced ty the purchaser's promissory notes, bearing 6 per cent interest from day of sale, and secured by mort gage on the premises sold. Said interest to b aid annually iu advance: cr the purchaser, may ray the amount of his bid in cah. ISAAC V. Governor. CHARLES F. GKIFfiN, Secretary olSat3. BRUCE CA KR, Auditor of State. LEGAL NOTICE. STATE OFISDIANA.air.ton Connty, ss. Notice is hereby civen tbat on tne 2Kh Jav of Jnre, A. D., lt7. the undersigned will mak: application to theCIinton Circuit Court to Ns ap pointed Adnunistia'or of tteestae of Aiexan er L. r-outh8rd. a former resident of thi tate, who hss absented himself from Lis usual place of residence and gone to parts unknown for more than six (C years, leaving rd tUte la Clinton County, Indiana (descended to him by nis deceased lather . without having m.ieany provision for the management and final disposal oi ice same. Said application will bemads in pursuance of an set of the General Assembly ol the state oi Indiana entitled, "An act to provide for the management and disposal of the estate of per sons who tave absented themselves from their usual plEce of residence and gone to r&rts unknown." Approved March f. 1S-VJ. Section 23.2, p. 425, Fevised Statute of Indi ana. JAMES E SOI'tHlKU. Pa lm er it Palmer, Attorneys for Petitioner. Probate Cause No. 1,227. In the Circuit Court of Marion County, Indl ana. August Term. lh$7. Kenjamln F. Wilson. Administrator of estate of Mary 8hapard. deceased, vs. William F. Shspsrd, llaria J. Wilson, et al. To William T. Shapaid, Maria J. Wilson, John Shapaid, James K fe-bapajj, Albert Levy, Lucy Levy and Eddie Shapsrd: You are severally hertby notified that the above named petitioner, as administrator oi the estate aforesaid, ha filed in the Circuit Court of Marion County, Indiana, a petition makiDg you defendants theteto, and praying: therein for aa order and decree of said court authorizing the sale of certiin real estate belonging to the estate of said decedent, and in said petition described, to make assets for tho payment ot the debts and liabilities ot said estate: and tbat said petition, so fileland pending, is set for hearing in said Circuit Court at the Court-boue in Indianapoli i, Indiana, on the first judicial day 01 the August term, INS", of said court, the same being the 221 day of August. 18fe7. Witnecs the Clerk and seal of said court thi 3d day of Jane. 17. iEAi.i juns l. SLjLLiVAru, cierx. Davis & Maetz, Attorn-ys. Probate Cause No. 1,226. In the Circuit Court of Marion County, Indiana. August Term, 1W. Florence K. Grieb, administratrix of e&Uta of Katharine Koehler, deceased, vs. Caroline Ernest et al. To Caroline Ernest. John Koehler, Mary E. Koehler, Katharine M. Koehler, Frederick William Koehler and the North Noble Street Savlne and Loan Association of Indianapolis, Ind.: You are severally hereby notified that the above-named petitioner, as administratrix of the estate aforesaid, has filed in the Circuit Court of Marion County, Indiana, a petition making you defendants thereto, and prayine; therein for an order and decree of said Court authorizing the sale of certain real estate belonging to the estate of said decedent, and in said petition described to make assets for the payment of the debts and liabilities 01 said estate; and that said petition, so filed and pending, is sec for bearing in said Circuit Court, at the Courthouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on the is: judicial day of the August term, 18i7, of said Court, the same being the 221 day of Au;ust, 167. Witness: the clerk and seal of said Court thla l&tAL. 2d day of Jone, 1W7. JNO. E. SULLIVAN, Cle.k, C. A. Dryer, Attorney. J. T. Lecklideb, Attorney for McWhlnney. SnrRIFrs BALK. By virtue ol a certified copy ol a decree to me directed, from the Clerk ol the Superior Court of Marion County, Indiana, la a cause (No. 34.171) wherein Edwin P. Ferria etal. are plaintiDs, and Frank McWhinney et al. are defendants, requiring me to make the sum of two hundred and fonr dollars and seventy-one cents (S-'tM 7l. found to be due to said defendant Frank Mcvy hinney on his crosscomplaint in said cause against George W. Meikel, with interest on said decree and costs, i win expose at public sale, to the highest bidder, on SATURDAY, THE 2xd DAY OF JULY, A. V, 1367, between the hoars of ten o'clock a. ra. and font o'clock p. m. of said day, at the door of the Court-honi-e of Marion County, Indiana, the rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years of the following real estate, to wit: The undivided one-half of lot number four (4) in B. F. Morris' subdivision of the souttt end of the east half of the rorthwest quarter of section thirteen (13), in township hfteen (15), north of range three (3) easr. in the city of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, as the same appears in Piatt Bock Fo. one (i), pageöi, of the Recorder's office of said County, andbeinsthe undivided one half of the same lotconveyed February 2s, 1.67, by John M. Meikel to Harry Orlando Meikel end George W. Meikel by deed recorded in Deed Record of Town lots No. S2r pase PS of said County of Marlon. If such rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, I will, at the same time and place, expose to public sale the fee simple of said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to discharge said decree, iii'ere6t and costs. Said sals will te made without any relief whatever frora Talnation or appraisement laws. ISAAC KINO. Sheriff ol Marion Gönnt? June 8, A. D. 18S7. Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the matter of the estate of Dennis Cox daceared. In the Marion Circuit Court. August Term, 1&&7. Notice is hereby given that John W. Ri'ey,. as administrator ol the estate of Dennis Cox,. 1 . 1 . a . 1 . . uecea&ea, aas presented ana mca nis account asd voucher in Cnal settlement of: said estate, and that the same will come nr. for examination and action of said Circuit. Court on the 22d day oi August, 1S87. at which , time all heirs, creditors or legatees of said, estate are required to appear in said Court, and show cause, if any there be, why said account and vouchers should not be approved. And tbe heirs of said estate are also hereby -required, at the time aud place aforesaid, to ap--pear and make proof of their heirship. JOHN W. RILEY, Administrator. Ritter & Ritter, Attorneys. , Notice to Heirs, Creditors, Etc. In the matter of the estate of William V.. Hoy t, deceased. Iu the Mariou Circuit Court,. August term, 1SS7. Notice is hereby given that Amanda E. Hoyt.as administratrix of the estate of Wm. M. Moyt, deceased, has presented and filed her account and vouchers iu final settlement of said estate, a.-d. that the same will come up tor final examination and action of said Circuit Court on the 22d day of August, loS7, at which time all helm, creditors or legatees of said estate are required to appear In said court and show cause. If any there be, why said acconnt and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate are also hereby required at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship. AMANDA . UOYT, Administratrix.