Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1887 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATIC BENTINEt- WEDNESDAY JCLNE 9 1887.

TIMELY FARM TOPICS.

Irstdicj American Ecnes SilLzg WcdI Tiree Vt'ejda Orjiari Ecesiiis. Ettrrtffs Straw to the Land Tobacco Dp l'locbiug IIunbold Iliata Siu:k atd I' Attn Ndui, r.rtedtrs American Korse. An trienn Agriculturist. "Wter the breeder seeks to create a family his first .re must be to place his staak ch lata edited to their peculiarities. Sulclle tor383 are teit reared oa broken, hilly ground, for the habit of sure-footed n:;ss it iteures. Karce es horses require for tUair develop ment a rolling country, the moderate irregularities of whlc"b. give 2:00 1 kaee ec'io:. and reader them able in after days to cheerfully breast a hill. Oa no account should a rieb, deep, alluvial soil be chosen to breed saddle horse on. Having e?ccred a desirable tract of land, the breeder next must decide what class cf horses he intends to produce; if saddle horses, the sire should be aa AngloArabian; co.cr, dark bay, dapple brown or clack; in conformation the build should be close knit, the nead handsome, with the dih face of the Arab; the eirs small and pointed, the eyea prominent and 'nil of ii'ttilience; the forehead wide, the nuzzle so email that he coa!J drink from a tumbler; tte ceck long and graceful, cat in at the tnrcttle; this will insure his get aca-Etbeiric pullers; the Iip3, when at rest, ;ray doted; the back short and straight tLe wither3 rather low and round, the' ioriarin and liind juarters iauicaUr; the nta ctep, the knes lara andlht, the crown bone shorr, the forele masuria? at leatt c-irbt .md one-half incb3 uadr the krA the height not to exceed fifteen har.fls three inches, the horse well broken, end rid.'en in difficult Rrocnd. A steeplechaser w'Id be the most desirable of ell thoroughbreds, &3 hh edacitioa wonM b3 transmitted to his progeny, in so far that tfcey would b mora readily taught than ether torses. Ihi dams should be se'e:tel for stoutness of constitution, docility of tern pei, perfect soundness p.nd abunJant gco-i looks; highly, but not clean bred, 'ihe dw, to produce stately harness horses, should also be thoroughbred ; f ir heavy harr.cs wort, sixteen band3 wauU not bs tco tiirh, when combined with th? slz? atd symmetry of form. The first crosj of sncb a fire from clean-bred Ciyde3da!4 or rcrctcron nnrc?, pvea excellent re3al:3. Sellins Wool. (Farm, Field aal Stockau a. I; makes a considerable diferenca in th price received for wool whether it is put i:pon the market in good condition or n t. Its condition largely determines tho value cr price, and the price we receive df.ermines tbe amount of protit realized from the sneep. "NVuen good, common wjoI. auch as we re ay ex pcct to secure from the average farmer, U sellinc: at dirty, 1 iy, tarry wool sells at 12o or l'lc, and ir jrn mat cn, depending largely, of coime, upon the condition it Is in. There is no excuse for tags. Tey mu be taken off before the sheep are turned out Eton the pasture in the spring, or. If neglected at thai tin, it can be doae wa?a you shear th-ern. There is no possible cain in IeaviDg titi: in. The package more than overbalances the increased weight, because the barer takes into consideration the labor of takina; theru out. and is sure to cycreithiiate thier weight The farmer t in better aCord to take them oat than to lot them remain on. Sheep ehould by all Ecare be kept away from bnrs. Any oae rhoba? evf r tried piciirgtbemout is spnerallv well ;itied that it is same'hi:; ot a tak, pjjd i; only adds to the coit ; t'itre if ro poi?sibii bectiii. Burs are alo3, and that is against our interests, Acain, it is necessary to keep ea?h rieece separate. Toil tiht tc:sther and tie with the tide nezt to the skin out. Dj the thearirg m a clean place to there will be do unnecessary trash. Clean wool, properly tied cp tiht and snnj:, that when opened cut show3 no ta'2, bars or trash, will s?ll at the belt market price always. Every eheep breeder realizes that generally this kind cf Etocs tas paid a very small profit; many, tn fact, have net been able to realize any profit, and others have abandoned the busir.tf 3 on this account. Much of this i?. eo doubt, dne to a want of proter care asd feed, and to a failure to send' the wool to market in a condition that will insure the tatest pric. Even with low pri :es, tho3e Who keep tbeir Eheep in pool cjndüion, bo that a gocd growta is secured, an i also take proper care ia marLetin, fiaO" they have neen able to realize but a small nrotit. A tfiifereiice of cents rer pound oj each Ceecj ruay make tho diil'rerce between icalizing aproSt anl iGitac;Kp a Iofs. I -i very ruanv c-.ei tLe cr?af.er portion of tais di;l'dren:e is tcsed urjon the condition ia the prepaxaicn cf th wool far rcarkct. . 2LCH-.WB8 a VnJ Destroyer. On i-y film I cr-.cs'dcr ttc lon F' ' tiny to tbe orchards, says Coloriel Caster in the American Garden. It bas a!vavs bea in);cs3ib!e to plow the orchards without laruJEirj; tic trees. There is always morn injury tLan can be seen. The trees are &!- wtjs mere cr less brniied or manned, r'jtahin in dt'.caj, or they are started looäj and tet baci in growth. Tnee Injnries may be seen, but tbe breaking and b irking of roots, 8D 1 the wholesale destruction of the rootlets, is unseen murder. Sjnia argue tbat trees will bear better by having the roots reduced in number, bat that is, at best, only a temporary benefit. Itchecks the growth xa redace the feeding cipaoity ot the tree, and this tends to produce or brir. forward the fruit spurs; but it is better to wait a little lonser and have a heaUhy tree atd longer ar&a for fruit developrsf ht The destruction of frcit tres by cultivt'in the land u enormom. Va-)l orchards ar swf pt away in a few yeas, and the test cf '.hem are made short-lived. Culorin ISattcr. ' MVr'(i'Oadeii(:e l'ractical Karra .t ) PInce dairying became a soec.al Dusiesi thoie who tave enge ged in it hav studied the little arts and device whereoy ihey iuay nuake a success of it, an Jth's h?.s ben crrlel cn to sach an extent thit tvi ter-makir g in creameries, as well a in so:a5 of tlte, private dairies, is reckoned as a fine art, unj these who wish to excell in the bosliiess desire good pay for their 1 ibor spar pati.9 to place on the merket an article tbat will meet the requirements of .tbe .io t fajtid ions taste. Aruontheje requ!rt3'(ta of late years i3 coloring oatter, epaiiit bich some of the aiow-soinz people rail cud denounce as a fraud, whereas the colnrir natter is a3 harmlesi as the butter itsej. The market discr:aiinate agai'rsi tbn lard like looking butwr, and caita suspicious eyes toward it, while the evenly colored batter is attractive to ths ye tL'd will draw a larger figure from th ccstomer. The coloring matter now U"ed la perfectly harmless, helps sell the butter and pleaste both the maker and the customer. rJJ I ecple. as a rule, do not object to tu:s little deception, but on th contrary prefer li- 1'ctil the advent of the creamery system Jnue butter, with Its natural golden tint, piven it by the luxuriant grass, was in pood demand, being packed for winter uaa. ' Now, when June-lookin butter can be made Ja midwinter aa easily as in m'.dianiwer, J ace butter has no greater demand, as a - ml,- than that made in any other iccntb. Tte markets diller la the sha ie of the color Boston asks for a pale stra eclor. New York a deeper color, and as we AO Jbcuth the hue deepens until New Orleans ia reached, where an almost brickred is beitt tuited to the taste. These pecnliarititui are catered to by the Western tatter maier until ne can tell at a giince ILe p2d desired for each market. Howyer, es the grass crop comes oa some nnk-

ir forgetful cf the fact that the cjw helps toicr the crram from the rich grass ehe feeds upon, put in es much coloring matter as in mid-winter, and as a result have batter which they are obliged to marfcet in the South or sell at a sacrifice in the Northern markets. This occurs every epring, and I frequently wonder that the butter-maters fail into this error every veer. They ought to remember, bat they don't; they only realize it when they get tte returns from the market and tae note ficm the commlsilcn merchant explaining why the butter sold under the market price. Such lessons as battermakers receive will eventually make tt em careful, and by and by they will learn that eternal vigilance is the only true road to success in the dairy, business. Many have lorg bince learned' this, but tbere are 5 till very many who have to learn, and it is the mission of the ariculturel press to teach them these lessons by civirg line upon line and precept upon precept, here a little and there a little, until all have become fimiliar with the wanta of the market and prepare their goods to meet ihee wants. Through the instrumentality of the press much good has been accomplished, and much more can be. The dwiry farmers, as a rule, are anxious to learn and Improve; the manufacturers of butter and cheew will be forced to learn if they are not anxious to do to, because the low prices they receive will be an incentive to Improve. American manufacturers can learn a valuable lesson from their Canadian neighbors in this particular. The Canadians are making cheess which sells readily in all the markets of the world, and their success is owing, in a large measure, to the instructions they have received from public lectures and the pres3. Too many of our American butter makers content themselves with the reputation achieved in past years, and make no eSort to improve. Competition is sharp, and none can afford to sit down and rest upon laurels won yean 0. Adyaccemeat is the order of the day, and those who do not edvence can not keep np with the procession, but will be crowded to the rear by their mere enterprising and far-scehg competitors. Let your aim be to make an article tbat tbe'market demands, and let it te Ql the best possible qmlity.

Thoroogh Work. There is little use to hope for enccess without using proper i if arts. In the growing of croi s there must be a suitable preparation ci eo'd, and if there are cultivated ciops the soil n:u3t be well worked. We have ia miiid a fi-ld planted to "rn; it as 'well plowed, thoroughly manured, arti the plaaiins properly attended to, but the crop was hoed only once. The eariy growth was vigorous and promising, but the failme to hoc the second time caused a partisl failure in the earing. A neighbor thought to sf-care a cror of rye by sawing a cornfield after simply harrowiijg the field on the removal of the corn, acd the present condition fully shows the lack of a suitable sed bed. The rye is tbin and small, short prowth, wh;l8 tbe other abd we'l rrepa'ei fields thow the plantsix Ie?t in height, with beads fully developed and promising a pood crop upon soil no be t?r tbpn the Held first named. There is no kind of business that bhows neglect sooner than farming. What Three Weed Can Do. PrftJrii? fariccr.l Three wee-Is, of moderate size end growth, will occupy es auch proaad, drav ai umz nutriruent from it, take ia as rnach of the life-giving sunlight and of the food-bearing a SMüsphere as a good stalk of corn, dt r;U3t be a rich and strong soil that cm Staad the fall draft of two crops growing on it t the sitae time, one of corn and oars of weed?, and yet st'.nt neither of them. The rays of sun, so necessary to the life and growth of nearly all veaetation, of all cropi. come to the plants iu direct lines, and If interrupted by the btaika or leaves of weeds, can not eo around them to reach the corn. The carbonic acid of the air i3 tbe great supplier of the main portion of all crops, both stalks, leaves and roots. lint this carbtmic acid exists in very small quantities in the air, only about one quart of it in 2,0 qtiarts of air. Air must be moving quite rapidly to bring in enough of this gaseous carboni J acid to supply tie wants ot a rapid-growing corn stalk. A whole gallon of the carbonic acid weighs only 113 small grains, of hich it takes 7,000 to weigh a pound. Now, if weed leaves stand along with, or near corn leaves, they sltal away a good deal of this carbonic acid that corn leaves want; and It is only when the wind is blowing strongly tliat enough omea to n ett tb wants cf both corn ttilks and weeds. The practical lesson of this is that every weed growing with or near tha corn is robbing it of the very tbincr3 it wants from the soil and from the air, and is also Etealing some of its needed sunlight. Sixty to seventy corn stalks yiM on an average abont a busbel of corn- Tjto hundred we!s. on the tame ground, U3e all the rrateriala that are needed by cam s4a!k3 enccgh to produce a bushel of corn. He rsinst be a pocr, slow worker Indeed, who can not with a houcat ani kill weed's in a day, if he take3 theni when The tyloi .V.', from tbiä 5. tbf'Jter we havs u;eu Iii hvr? inplemwt? lo kill out whatweeu3 vie ca witnout poicg down to disturb the young roots o: corn, it will pay grandly to have men go over the ground with li or3 au l icuova thj last weeds which ere left. If one man kills 2.000 weec's ia a day, he has destroyed a sallicieut number of tnievesto steal from the soil, the air and the sua'.ight, which would support fctalks enough to yield tea bushels of corn, worih M or$l. If tao weeds are not large enough and growing thick'y enough to rob tbe corn of all its needed earth, air and sunlight, yet every weed tbat does grow i3 doing something to diminish tbe health, vigor, growtn nd ultimate yield of corn. llrethern, th;r k of t jfte thirgs, a:d ke?p the bee going now. Look upon every weed allowed to grow up as being es mush a roobr of j our crop as is the thief who tak?s it at night out of your corn crib, with only this d.fierence, that the weeds rob the fühl in ot.en daylight, right before your eyes, and when yo'i at perfect liberty to murder them without mercy, and without any forraalily of dragging them bsfore courtsof law. Orchard Kurmtes. ICorrespoadeace Farmers Review. J We hear it remarked frequently that the myriads of fruit, plant and vegetable divoancg insects with which we must contend to secure even a portion of either ia enough to discourage those eogaged in their production. From this despondent vieiv I oissent, aa we have found, by the aid of science, a remedy for such difficulties in esch care as fast as they are presented, and usually the means are simple; indeed, the main remedies being a determined persistence in tbe epplicatioa of tl e means cf extermination. It sometimes takes a number of sessons of fullering, and the expounding, "line upon line," to awaken some to the fact that tbeie is a remedy and the real necessity of thorough use. Having from childhood been the watchfol guardian of plant life in nd out doors, I confess to a blood-thirstiness for the destruction of all such pests end a propensity to destroy them, so when our learned scientists show us a way I make haete In its practices. Wormy apples have been a "thorn in the flesh" "with us a with every orcbardist we know for years. We have ktpt the swine in the orchard from the hrst falling of green apples and until they were fattened, hve plowed, planted, seeded by turns, w.th no perceptible diminution of the enemy which forestalled us in the possessions of spy and baldwio, and all other delights of tbe orchards, until disguet took the place of appetite for apples Lsst spring tbe remedy proposed by, I tl ink, IVofeswr Cook, to fpray the tre3 with london purple or paria green, was in

this wise: If only one spraying can ba attended to, let it be when apples are the size of peas, but If two, which is better, let the first be done when the flowers fade. We sprayed at the time when the fruit was the size of peas, no largr, and it was emphatically the thicg. Tte yield was immense, of good sound fruit, and bushels of apples with never a worm. It seemed miraculous. I advise every one who owns en apple tree to epray it with a eoiution of paria green. This s prayitg comes at a busy season, bot it is a job that can be hurried through, and 300 to 4'jO trees can be done in a day with water handy. I think the best guide for strength of solution is the color of it, and should be only a pale greon, as, no doubt, if too strong the folisge and likely the fruit will be blackened, or as if scorched, and enough is ju.si enough. "We put some in a pail and fried it with water, and dipped from that into the tub we pumped from. As I have made this so long I will defer the "doctoring" the aphis of the cherry tree, anple tree and currant bark insects until another time, cr until requested, as that may have been well tried away from this vicinity.

Returning Straw to the Land. Chicago Herald. There are various reports among farmers es to the value of straw when returned to tbe land as an aid to the production of future crops. We have never neld the opinion that straw possessed any intrinsic properties of its own as a manure, or to justify the expenditure of any great amount of time or labor upon it looking to that end without its being first either passed through our domestic animals, and thus mixed with their other and richer food, or ebe us?d in our barnyards and stables as an absorbent to suck up and hold the liquid portions of the manure and thus insure their better distribution upon the land. The plan of burning the straw after spreading it upen the land is not attended with any good re sults except that it insures tbe destruction of weed seeds the valu9 ol the ashes left by its incineration being very insignificant at best. The question not unfrequently comes up between the owners and renters of land ki to the removal of tbe straw from the premises some of tbe former being very persistent in their objection thereto. If it is to be made use of, as above intimated, then we should say by alt means it should be retained upon the land. But if it is to be merely spread upon the land withoit being first raised through the animals or ured as an absorbent, theu we can see no injury done to future crops by its removal. Ihat celebrated agriculturist and experimenter, J. B. Lawes, cf England, made the following experiment some years ao, with the view of testing the intrinsic value of straw as a mannre: Atter having raised wheat oa the earns land for twenty-four years in succession removing the straw ai well as gram therefrom he trisd the experiment of returning to a portion of tbe land the straw made thereon the previous year. Accordingly he chose ten plots of land of equal size, all of which had received the same manuring year af ;er year for the twenty-four yeara. To fi ve of tha3e plot3 he returned the straw annually after ir had been removed, while to the other five plots the straw was not returned. To the first five pdots the straw, as returned, was meraly run through a cutting box. Fpread evenly upon thelaod, plowed under and sown in wheat ; the other five plots, as taid before, having no straw returned to them. Tbe results ehowed bat a tribe difference in the yield, if anything, it being u favor of the plots to which no straw had bt-en returned. Tbe experiment was continued for feven 1 years, with no perception difference iu the yield, tbe plots ail being manured a? near as possible alike. Salt lu the Omden. Thirty years' successful use of salt upon ail kinds of crops has proved its value to me, says an English writer, dt should not be used on cold, heavy or moist soils, and, if any one does, he will be disappointed ia tbe result, as its tendency is to keep the ground cool and moist, dt will do such soil more harm than good. It should not be cast upon very young and tender plants of any kind, as it will be very sure to kill tbem. Judgment should be employed in using so strong an agent. I had a friend who heard me recommend silt on onion beds, when I strictly urged that it should be dragged or worked iu before the seed was sown; but, forgetting whit I said, he did not salt until tne onions were about two inches high, and it killed them all; but sowing auolher crop properly it turned out splendidly. Had he waited until the tcps were as big as a large pipeEtm he might have covered the ground an inch deep and his onions would have u ne finely. Ouions should b9 sown on the same ground year after year, as they continue to improve. There are yards a !iandred years oldj &nd their yield would astonish the ccmnion grower. The tops when cut, oS should be scattered over the ground (do not leave them in lumps), as they make the best food for the growing OLions; then sow salt, and then put on a coat of manure. Salt is not much of a fertilizer iu itself, thoosh plants take it up, at you can tell by tasting end by the stifftnibg and glazing cf straw of i plant grown in salted ground. 1 think it acts upon and assimilates the gross matter in tLe soil, so as to make it available food. Jt should be in every garden. lieep l'lowlnii In farming, as well as in dairying or graz Ing, everything depends on the condition of the Boil, dfere is the foundation, and unless this is in proper condition the substructure is bound to fall. A great deal bss been arid and written as to the proper depth to plow, and thre i3 such a diftirence of opinion among farmers in regard to It tbat the qnestioa is stillas far from st-ttled as ever. We think, however, that the leading cause for such difference of opinion may be found in the land itself. That good crops are and can be grown on thallow-plowed land that 13 eoji" no one will deny, provided the season be neither too wet nor too dry i. e., with liuderate rains the whole srason. In such a seison any one can grow good crcps. Bat sucu tmox'S are rare, and, in fact, every sfüson is likely to be Rtlended with either a lorg dronaht or a long wet spell. Now what the farmer wants is to guard against both, and the only wsy to do it is to break up bis land ai deeply as possible say sot less than from seven to ten inches lint how is this to mend the matter? We answtr, very easily. In case of a heavy rain a large portion of the water, instead of running i if, will be absorbed by the deeply disintegrated land, where it is held as if by a sponge for the u?e of the plants, and if a drought should intervene there ia a supply of water just where the plant want it. and, when exhausted, its place ia at once supplied by capillary attraction from below. It will thus be teen that by deep plowing tbe farmer provides against drought by having a supply of water in reserve or a pla:e ready to receive end hold it whenever it comes. Tbe better to insure this, however, as well as to fexilhate the escape of too rnucb water, it is better to use a subsoil plow and an additional team, runnine tbe same immediately after the breaking plow, and ripping up the subsoil tbe deaired depth. This need not bs done for every crop raised on the land, but only once in every three or four years. It has been well said that it i3 better to have two acres of good land, one on top of the othir, than as many acres alongside of each other, as it costs only half as much to tend them. The way to do this is by deep ploning, and thus double the depth of the soil as well as the crops grown thereon. (ileanlnc Oriui .d Hay Fields. (American Agriculturist. Breaching economy has become monotonous; yet on the farm, as elsewhere, wa3te takes more than storms, frosts and insects. It ia the worst form of waste to prepare the land, to manure It, to cultivate the plaat, and leave a good part ox the crop on toe

gTound. When email grain Is cut by a eelf-binder, properly operated, so little crain is left oa the field that it will not pay for gleaning it. Bat where a reaper with rake or dropper attachment is used, or th engrain is cut with a cradle, gleaning is quite profitable, especially in the wheat field. The beet implement for tbe purpose is a hay rake. The revolving-head rake ia better than tbe spring-tooth sulky rake, as it does not rake eo close, and while gathering up toe grain will take less foreign matter, especially when the grain has been sown oa corn-stalk ground, without removing the stalks. The gleaning should be done as socn as the grain is cut, as that lying on the stubble is rapidly damaged; even the dew and sun bleach It, and a hard iaia will beat It down into the etubble. If the gleaning ia done at once, the grain will be of as good quality as that taken from the reaper. The grain may be bound or mowed away loose. i leaned oats are best fed unthreshed. A boy in Illinois cleared $100 by glemlng the gram fields of his neighbors. Many of them allowed him the gleanings free. This may ba a hint to other boys, while most farmers will find that it will pay to glean their own fields. The Kitchen Garden in duty. ft Weeds will not grow apace, and the rake, hoe and cultivator must De kept in motion. The asparagus tops should not be cut away for decorations, etc., to any great extent. Next year's crop will depend upon the growth of this year's top; but few weeds will grown in the shade of the tops; pull out those that appear. Plant refugee beans for late use and pickling. Pk-nt quick growing varieties of eweet corn for late use. Sow early beets to afford an abundance of things which are better than spinach In midsummer. When the cucumbers for pickles are up, dust the plants

with ashes or plaster to keep off the "bugs." Do not allow sweet potato vines to root at the joints. When hoeing, move the vines. Keep the tonntoes from the ground. If eo trellis has been provided, lay brush under them, to keep the fruit off tne ground. l'lantine aad CnltWatln; Tobacco. American ARrlfulturist,! After the field has been plowed deep, the soil made tine, smooth and level, and the lower leaves of tbe plants are about the size cf a table-spoon, is the time for plant ing. In pulling the plants from the beds be careful not to bruise the buds or heart. Tbe roots should be about two Inches lone; if they are longer they should be pinched off. elte they will double up in setting, if tbe ground is moist no more care is required than is necessary in trans planting caobages. In a dry season, how ever, the plants have to be '"watered out." This is done by mak ing a hole in the centrr of the hill four Irenes deep; this is tilled with water. tbe plant set in the mud, and dry soil drawn over the mud to prevent baking. A shingle stuck in tbe ground at an angle, on the scntn side ot tt-.e plant, serves as an ex cellent protection .vairst the sun. As soon as the plants ere large enough, so tbat the rows can be readily seen, stir the prour.d with a nne-toothc-d cultivator As the plants crow, usa a cultivator with larger teeth or shovels, until the plants have attained a height of eighteen Inches. V,'hen thp plants are two feet h'gh, tbe use of the cultivator should be discontinued and the bee applied instead. A hoe should be usfd with a shuffling motion, backward and forward, stirring up frtsh soil, carefully drawing all weeds into the middle, between the rows, pulverizing the soil around the plants, and drawing up an und them plenty ot moist, mellow soil When one is hoeing, it is best to look far tobacco worms, which are eiwavs found on the under side of the leaves, and the pre3 ence of which is indicated by tbe fresh rav r dges of tbe leaves and after a few days by their scared and yellow appearance. IIOUiEIIOLU niXTS. White Cake. One cup of milk, two cups ot sugar, one-bail cup of batter, two egg?. three cups of Hour, one and one-half tea spoonfuls of baking nowder and a little nutmeg. Cream Sauce. Melt three ounces of bat ter; add Hour to thicken with half a pint of cream; season with pepper and salt; le it boil and serve with chicken, veal or sweet breads. Baked Beets. Wash a half dozen smooth beets and bske tbem in a moderate oven for one boor; rnb off the skins, baste them with butter and lemon jaice, and return to the ovan for five minutes. Girger Snaps. Mix one pound of flour and three quarters of a pound of white susr. Eub into it half a pound of butter, two eggs well beaten, and an ounce of ginger ground line. Beat all well together, n 11 out the dough to the third of an inch trick, cut out the cakes and b&ko them. T hese are far superior to ordinary ginger snap?. Cheese Cake. Take two cups of C3tta;e ebe-es, mash well, add three eg?s, not beaten, one at a time, sugar to taste, ona tablespocnful of Hour, a little nutmeg, a little ealt acd milk enough to make a little thicker tban custard. Bake an under crust. "When ready for the oven sp-inkls cinnamon on top. Make it about an inch thick. Huüed leiiune I am quite certain will be a new dish to many of our readers. Choose several firm, round heads of lettuce, and after bnngin? tbeai to a b il in salted bot water, drain thoroughly. Cut out the stalk end and fill the inside of the head with minced, highly seasoned veal or chicken ; lay them on a baking pan, put a little nice gravy over all and bake for fifteen minutes. Gravy for Baked Cod or liaddok. Slice an onion and brown it in a little butter, then arid a teaspoonful of "Bouillon da E uf," or bef jelly, first dissolving It in hotwter. Thicken the mixture with a little flour and set it where it will simmer for fifteen minutes, throwiug in a little bunch of parsley. Then skim and strain, season with &alt, pepper and a tablespoon'ul of mushroom catsup. Serve in a tureen. linked Turnips. I'are and slice, a quarter of an iuch tuick, some new turnips, and boil until tender in salted boilin-? water. Drain them, lay in a pie dish and poar over tbem the following sauce: Stir over the tire one ounce each of butter and Hour until they are perfectly smooth; add slowly a cup of rich milk that has been brought to the boiling "point, and season with white pe; per and salt. Sprinkle them with two tabie? poonlals of grated cheese, and over all dust bread crumbs thickly, and brown in a quick oven. A Delicious Dish. (irate a cocoanut In a glass dish, cover with a layer of Bweeteued strawberries or raspberries, and the fruit with whipped cream. f arsaparilla Mead Three pounds sugar, three ounces tartaric acid, one ounce cream tat ter, one ounce (lour, one ounce essence of sareaparilla, three quarts water. Strain and bottle it, then let it stand ten days before using. Strawberry Ice Cream. Sprinkle sugar over the berries, mash, and rub through a fine sieve, measure the juice and use one pint or juice to two quarts ol cream or cus'.trd. Add more sugar, as the berries re quire. Maple Baer. To four gallons boiling water put one quart maple eyrup and one tabletpoonful essence of spruce; when about milk-warm add one pint yeast, and when fermented bottle it. In three days It will be tit for use. Raspberry Blanc-Mange. Stew the fresn berries, strain the juice, sweeten it and put it over tbe fire In a porcelain kettle. When it boils tir it in some corn starch rubbed smooth in cold water. The starch should be used in the proportion of two tablespoonfuls to one pint of juice. When thickened and thoroughly cooked, pour

into any fancy molds which yen may

tave, previously wetting them with cold water. Serve with cream and powdered sugar. Raspberry Vinegar. Mash two quarts of raspberries in an earthen vessel, put them in a large stone bottle or jar, pour into tbem two quarts of good wine vinegar; cork the jar slightly and let tne juice distill in the sun cr warmth for two or three weeks; then filter clear and bottle it, corking It well. Orange Sirup for Orangeade. Hasp the peel off a dozen tweet and two Seville oranges with one pound of lump sugar. Rinse the oranges in a basin ot cold water and use this to moisten the sugar before boiling. When the sirup is well boiled and quite clear proceed as In the recipe for lemon ace. LITE STOCK NOTES. In every public contest that has occurred the Holsteins have beaten the Jerseys. both fcr milk and for butter. These qualities, combined with large size and aptitude to fatten when out of service, places the Holsteins in the front rank as general purpose cows. To give a horse medicine, take a longnecked bottle, raise the horse's head, thrust the bottle into his mouth, aac while the liquid is running into the throat rub the nose of the bottle vigorously against the roof of the mouth, pretty well back. This done most horses will swallow nicely. Exchange. Better prices are being paid for colts and undeveloped horses now than have been ever known before. Good breeding and good pedigree are guarantees upon which to judge the fature horse, and buyers can aüord to take more chances now than they could before the matter of breeding received the attention it now does. The Indiana man who carefully blanketed bis cows while being milked, sj the Hies would not bite them and cause them to kick over pail and milker, might have obtained really nnmane, and, at tbe same time, lostiDg comfort to the cows by allowing them to rest in a darkened shed. The idea may really be carriedwith profit to providing such refuge in past-are where biting flies are numerous. The Eubject is especially directed to dairymen. Kansas Jr'armer. If you wish to have vour young horses crow up hardy and aale to endure savere tasks don't raise them as you do hot-house plants. It is muscle and bone tnat are required to withstand hardships, and inactive colts never develop either like thos which have the advantage of plenty of eiercise every day. When too young to train the best way to develop their muscles is to give them the freedom of a field large enough for them to End room for romps and play. The restltss spirit of a growing colt is guaranty enough that the exercise will be taken if the opportunity is only afiorded. The colt raised in the stall or too small a lot is sure to be awkward and slotbfnl, as well as eof t and unfit to withstand hard uscge. The following different ways of treating balky horses are recommended: (1) Pat tbe horee on the neck; examine him carefully, first on one side, then on the other; if you can get him a handful of gras, give it to him; then jump into the wagon and give the word go. and he will generally obey. 2) Taking the horse cut of the shafts and turning bim arennd in a circle until he is giddy will generally start him. o) Another way to cure a balky horse is to place your hand over his coee and shut oil his wind until he wants to go. (4) Tbsn, again, take a couple of turns of stout twine around the fore leg?, just below the knee, tight enough for the boree to feel it; tie ia a bow-not; at the first click he will probably go dancing off. After going a short distance j ou can get out and remove tbe string, to prevent irjjury to the tendons. (5) Again, yoa can try the following: Take the tail of the horse between tbe bind legs, and tie it by a cord to the saddle girth. (01 The last remedy I know is as follows: Tie a string around the hcrse's ear, close to the head. This will divert his attention and start hioi. National S'.cckman. The season is near when the young colts claim a share of the farmer's attention. Much of the annoyance which many find ia working the mother can eatily be anlicipited by a little forethought and the exercise of a little natural tact. After it is two weeks old the colt is as capable of living oa three meals a day aa ia the calf, ana it should be Bhut up in a yard or pasture away from tbe mother while she is at work. Care must, of cpurse, be exercised cn the start. Leaving the colts in a saiall lot with older colts or horses will relieve the aaxietv that is first felt when left alone. A little cire as to the temperature of themother'3 blood when the colt takes its milk la also impor tant. If the mother is tobe worke i constantly, is advisable to teach th? oltto eat a little bran and oats as soon as posr-dili, and by increasing this grain ral.ioa it will be ready for the weaning earlier, and the weaning process will be more gradual and in every way more sizreeable. II the colt is haltered and bandied a half hour every day till two months old, and I altered and led repularlv at least once a week alter this, It will be much better for it in every way. National LiveSicck Journal. firs tj:s. Sornbum makes an excellent foudcr. either when fed green cr cut and cured like common corn aad then fed out as wanted. Reports front the Massachusetts Experi ment Station go to show that pot-sh fer tilizers have decideclj improved the de sirable qualities of the fruits. As soon as flowers fade cut away the unsichtlv remains unless seeds are wanted, when only the fw thttmaybe needed should be allowed to ripen. The delicate fine Hnvor of the onion is said to be the best when it is first p illed and while it still has a green neck. When fully ripened it loses this fine flavor. By stirring the soil after every rain the weeds will be more easily destroyed than at any other time. Never allow weeds to go to seed, especially in the garden. A good deal of time and labor is wasted by nlantiaz several varieties ot the same fruit or vegetable when, for all particular purposes, one or two would answer as well. The SUO Dounds-of-butter-a-year cow is the point to aim at, and the dairymen thould not be satisfied with anything else the is a possibility, and intelligent selec tion and breeding will fetch ner. It ia better to plow deep in the fall and cross-plow again in the spring, if lar( qaaDtiti.es of fertilizers be used, but the cultivators should be teed frtqainMyiu order to keep the earth hue and tree from wei ds. In buying your cow find out for yourself if the be what you want. Don't take any body's word for it. A mean cow Is sucn an intolerable nuisance that many men are strongly tempted to strain a point in order to get rid of her. The National Agricultural Department report makes tbe decrease In the bog sup ply 1.Ö00.U0O from last year, and the hog cholera still devastating the herds in some parts of the country. This points to good prices for a year at least. The most valuable elements of manure are not to be measured by the cord. The liquid and gaseous portions are tbe most valuable, and also the hardest to bold They are the first to escape, and pass orT nnnoticed through such an easy outlet. The time for plowing varies to meet the requirements of different soils and locall ties. And as the time and manner of plow ing advances no definite rules can be laid down by which to govern the operation but every piece of land must be considered by itself. Do not let the strawberries mat too thickly In the rows. It ia better to have

the space between the rowf cultivated, anl mannre worked in, bo as to benefit the crop for next season. Cut away the runners if they become too numerous. To have a fine turf the grass should be sufiiciently vigorous to require mowing at least once a week. To mow often and leave tbe clippings is better than to let the grass get so large that it must be raked up and removed. Itjmove all perennial weeia by the roots. Guineas and turkeys a're excellent for8gera.and destroy a large number of insects ta a season. There ere good end rich milkers in all breeds of cows only and always excepting the pump-handle breed. Begin bee keeping with one or two colonies and study the eubject as yen enlarge and extend the businet-s. . The man who warms himself up every morning grooming his horses will be well remunerated for his trouble. Better late than never. Clean out the cellar and clear up the yard, if these matters are not already attended to. The (-.terns of roses having borne blooms should be cut back to a 6trong bud, which will toon push cut new stems. Dandelions for "greens" are raised by the acre around Boston, holding the first rank on the list of spring greens. Sluggish horses are generally made so by the way they are handled. A lazy man is pretty sure to have lszy horses. There is no one thing that is so much re

quired nowadays on the average farm as to thoroughly systematize labor. You can not grow plants with "wet feet," Farmers had therefore better have tiles m the ground than on their heads. A new, cheap and effective insect-killer s ccmposed of one part muriate of potash in l.'.'vü parts of water. Most farmers can keep a few hives of bees to advantage, dloney, like fruit, should e often found on the farmer's table. The more an acre will produce the larser the profit, and the better you cultivate aa acre the more it will produce, uuring April 'ji. in PRCtages of .eggs were received in ew i ork, and for tlie year ending April 30, 1,001,037 packages. Grade cattle, the product of polled bulls whether Aberdeen-ADgns, fiallowav or Norfolk seldom or never have horn-:. If you wish to raise a good many fowls yon must keep tbem in sprate small cocks. Large numbers co not nourish well together. When tbecocfcs have been picking each other until the combs and wattles bleed proiuseiy, pour strong aium water over their heads, which will cause the bleeding to cease. Copperas is a splendid medicine to keen on hand for poultry. When they have the roup w&sh their heads with a solution of it ana put same of the solution in the drinking water as a tonic. It provides tnem witn solute iron, wnicn is necessary If the calves and pig3 were compelled to forage for a living, like the hens. thfy would soon become a nuisance and fail to pey, yet the hen is sometimes expected to lay under the most adverse condition. If she is to pay a profit she must receive the attention necessary to enable her to per foini ail that may be required of her. PACIFIC RAILWAY INQUIRY. Proceedings of the Government Comxutttston at Omaha Yesterday. Omaha, June 2 J In the Pacific investi gation to day Governor BattiEon called on the crncers ot the Lmon racuic to produce statements showing separately the gross sum of payments on account of rebates. pool eettlements and over-charges. He gaveTraflic Manager Kimball a list of persons to wbomthe t'nion TaciSc has pnid rebates in lVv and and demanded the reasons which moved the company to make them ; also, whether any otScer or atlf.cheof the road or public official had any interest in the firms to which the rebates were paid. The sergf ant-at-arms of the commission reported that be had been unable to serve subpoenas on a number of citizn3 of Omaha, owirg to tho fact that the parties were "absent." Atthiscne of the audience remarked sotto voce that these people would probably be "absent" as lorig as the commission wes in session in Omaha. Erastus Young, general auditor of the Union Pacific, was examined at great length as to his methodä of bookkeeping. The report sent to the directors at Boston did not show the gross reieip's of the company, as rebates were first deducted. G jvtrnor 1'utt-son denif.r.ied a dement sbnwivg the gross recsipis fruiu L-i;i to IN-'O to cover the wl o'e system. The vitne 3 premised that a statement wcnld le prejand. bnt exn!?inKl it would iiclcte all money received by th compsi y, cf which a pro rata portion belonged to ether roads cn through freight and passerger tr&flic. These accounts were not kept separately. Personal. Dkak Bko. Mefk, E l. "The Central Methodist." Catlettsburr, Ky.: I see in the last "Central'' that you want a sick headache remedy. I suffered from sick headache, almost from infancy, and tried every remedy I could get, but never found anything to do me good until I used Sin mens' Liver Regulator. I feel f rany one that sufiVrs with that terrible di-ass, and I hope you will give it a trial. C. S. Mciri8, Brownsville, W. Va. Killed nu Ueat Friend. St. Lovis, June 2.".. W. T. Grigsby, proprietor cf the Unique sample rooms, became suddenly insane last night from brooding over .financial troubles. He stood leaning on bis säfe before a crowd of frifnds, toj ing with a 4ca!ibre revolver, making elaborate preparations for suicide, and keeping the crowd at bay with the wespoD, threatening to kill anyone tbat approached. D. B. Kennedy, his best friend, aire into the saloon at the time, and, running toward Grigsby, said: "He shant be allowed to kill himeeif, poor fellow: I will saveh'-m." Not beediüg the command to halt, Kennedy pressed cn, and was shot through the heart. The "maniac realized what he had dore, sank to the floor, helpJfss, moaning: "The gallows, the gallows, I em going to the gallows." He is now a raving maniac. But few articles have reached such a widespread reputation as Angostura Bit ters. For over fifty years they have been the acknowledged standard regulators of the digestive organs. Their success has incited imitations. Be sure yoa get the genuire article manufactured only by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert it Sons. No Political Significance. New l ork, June 24 Tbe Catholic -ws has recrived a cable message which read i as follows: "Rove, June 24. Monslmor I. Perslco and Gualdi leave to-day rn a special mis eion to Ireland. While the pope, having refused to interfere in the trouble between England and Ireland, desires to give proof of his good will toward the Luglish Gov ernnient. the two prelates will have con ferences with tbe Irish bishops on purely ecclesiastical affairs only. Their ruissnn has eo political significance whatever. -Francis Steffexk, J). D." Over forty years has Pond's Extract been used by the people and the profession aa the best remedy for pains, aores, catarrh, etc. To protect the public from imposlBition, Pond's Extract ia sold only in bottles with landscape trade-mark on butT-wrip-per. Note name of bo1 proprietors on every wrapper. Tcnd'e Extract Company, New York and London.

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RADWAY'Q READY RELIEF The Cheapest and Eost iijdieiae fcr TtiaUy Ue In tte W'criC. BOWEL COMPLAINTS 5 Looseners, Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, or psiufln dhchargis frora the towels, are Mopped in fifteen to twenty minutes by taking K&lway's Keady Relief. "o congestion or lntUiaeaation. no weaknes or husiiude wül follow tne use of tbe R. K. ra?liet. Thiny to sixty drops In half a tninbler of water will ia a few minutes cur Cramps, Fprain. Sour Etrraach, Heirtburn. Sick Headache, Diarrhea, Djfcu'ery, Colic, Wind ia the owcls and all Internal paint. Travelers ghould always carry a bottle of Radway "s Ready Kelief with tteia. A fewiropsia water will prevent sfknesj or paiis from a . cbanee of water. It is better than French brandy or bitters as a strmuls.ni. MALARIA CHILLS AND FEVER, FFTZB AN3 AGTJ CONQCJiE3. Radwav's Ready Relief Not only cures tbe patient ?clzel with this terrible foe to settlers in ntwiy-?tttle.l district where tbe malaria of tpT.e exUts bnt it the people exposed to it will, every morning oa getting out of bed, take twenty or thirty drops of the Ready Relief in a tlsss cf water, and lrink it, atid eat, say a cracker, they will escape attacks. Practicing With R, R. R. Montague, Texas. Dr. Ra.twayA Co.: I havebeen usiuc your medicines lor tiie last twenty years, aad in all casts ot Chths aad Fever I have never failed to cure. I never use anything but your Ready Relief and Pil. August 25, lo6ö. Thomas J. Jokes. FEVER and AGUE cured Tor rCc There la not a remedial apent in this world that will cure Fever and Ague anl all other Miiariou, Bilious. Scariet, TvrhoiJ, Ve'!o tnd'iother Fevers (aided by UÄDWAX'S FILLS) ho qaickly as Eadway's Bt&dy Belief. Billious Fever Cured. Pti. Eapwav Sir: I an diiag srit good with your ReaJy Relief and Tills. I ,ruve just recovered from a severe attaci oi bilious fever, after being r.uder the doctor's cure Dear two weeks arid getting no better. My ra-.thcr ws with me; she said: "Now, I want you to try Dr. Radway'sReMef and Fills." Sol put aside the diK.tor'8 powders and other stuff he bad left, and took a doF a of vour Puis; followed that with Relief. From that I got bettor, and ia two (Jars I went to see tay neighbor, who laid, as I did. under the doctor's care. I tola nr what I hed done, so the set aside her me-licine and took Br. K4day's medicine. She is cow gcttinK bettor fast. Aiicthcr lf..!y was uke;i with bloody llux; I told ter ot it: she also quit the doctor aad took your Relief, end whs t-ftter at once. jies. Sarah Jane W:sEf Wells. Minn. THE ONLY PAIN REMEDY That Instantly stops the moet excmclaang palna, allays Inf.ar3ir.uion and cures Con gestion whether of the Lunrs, tioEctra. Eowelf, or other gl&niia or ors&is, by one appacatioa, B FROM OH TO TMSH MBETES Ko matter how violent or excruciating the palus the Rheumatic, Bed-riöüeD, Infirm, Crippled, Kervou. Neuralgic, or pro&irated with disease may suffer, Radwavs Ready Relief WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE. Inflammation of tbe Hidrerp, Iuftinntatton of tLe Bladder, iDtlamoiitiou of the BowcIk, rotgpstioa ol the Lungs Sore Throat, Ii3icult F.reathirr. Palpitation- of the Heart. Hysterics, Croup. Diphtheria, Catarrh, Inti'.icuza, Heada he. Toothache, JSeiralzia, KheumitiFm, Cola Chills, Ague Chills, Nervousness, Siet-n'ewcef-s. ih9 sppiicauon 01 ke.ua kelie? to tne part or parts where the rain or diaicultv exists. will ai'rd eafe and comfort. Singing With Delight. An.ro hks y, Ta., Jan. 1. 1??7. Dr. Eadway & Co. : Yesterday 1 was suffering afrony with rain i a the neck aiid head; I procured your Ready Relief, sad In aa hour after rubfclh? it oa was sir gin? to myself with delight at rny sudden re lief iroEi pain. AU iay friends mow what x siafer every few weeks, and it is the only thing: that does nie good. ill it. Ott). . üOiiN lk. FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLFJ Bold toy Drcjrgiatf. DR. KADiVAY'S Sarsaüarillian Resolvent The Great Elocd Purifier, Fcr the Cure cf Aid Chronic 1) ?et? Cbrcaio iuieamat'.fxa, gcrorn'a, S.rofnln CJorup':iIrjts, etc, Glf.ndülar Sel ir?. Racking Urs uauceroiis Aneenori, .b.eedinij ol the Kuii?i. Ijysper. water Brsii, White Swelling, Turners. Clcc-rs, Hip Disc-ast1, (ioat, Drcm. Bicke's, fait Rheum, Bronchitis, Consnn rt.'on Liver Cr-rap! tits, etc. liEAI.TII 1- OR. ALL. FTtre Elocd raa sound Cesh, streng bone and a clear II yoa would have your ßosh C:b, your borten nm-.nd and vour r,-rr.r lexlon fair, use RADWAVS ABÄPARIl.LLAN ÄESOLVENT. It possesses won-lcrfnl power In coring all forc-s ot Serolulons and Eruptive 1isetes. vrliiloid L'lcers, 'lureers, Sores, .ulaxtred (lands, etc., rapidly and permaheiily. Dr. Randolph Mclrjtire, of ."U Hyacinthe, Carjada, aayc "1 completely and marveloitsly cured a victim ol Scrofula in its lat stage by following your advice given in your little treatise on that disease.'' J. F. Trunnell, South Et. Louis. ?!o., "was cured ot a bad case of scrofula aiier having betn elvea up as incurable." .THE SKIN, After a few flsys' use of tbe ,SARSAPK:i.tiA becomes clear ar. d bea'itifcl. Pimples, K'-otches, B:acJt Spot and Skin Eruptlcas rexovee, Sore and ulcer sooa cured, f ersoas fuffcrlne frora Scrofula. Eruptive Diseas of the Eyts, Moutä, Ears, Lees. Throat and Gland. that triveaccumuMci" and tpread, eiiter from rrtred disease or rrercury, may rely upon a care if the Sajfapri:!a Is eotainaed a fcufScieut time to make its toprtsiicn upon the tysteca. gold by all Drcftlcts. ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTXK, RADWAY'S PILLS. The Great Liver and Stomach Remedy. Perfectly tastelosa, elegantly coated with sweet gum, purse regalate. purify, cletase and strengthen. RADWAY'd FILLS, for tbe core of all Disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowela, Kidnevs, llladder, Nervous DiFeases, Constipation, Costiveness, Indigestion. Dyspepsia, BilloiiMim, Ferer, Infiamaatlon of the Bowels, Piles, and all deraDpements of the Internal viacer. Purely veeeuble, containing co xaercarv. minerals, or deleterious drucs. ' like 2j cents per box. Sold by all druggist. Iypeps1 a. The vinptorrs of this Jisoise are the aymptorua ofa broken-dowi, stomach. Indigestion, Flatulency, Heartburn, Acid Storrach, Pain after Katitip (tivir.n rise sometimes to the moat excruciating Cric Fyroe is or Witer Brash, etc.,. etc RADWAY'S SARSAPARILLTAN, ai3ed by Radway'a Fills. 19 a cure for tbV complaint. It reatorea trcctfU to theMomaeb and makes it perform its f unctiona. Take tne medicine aooordlnff to dircctiona and observe what we say In "False and True" respecting it. Dyapepsta With P!jttaUon. Black River, K. S.-Dr. Rt.rt 7 Dear Sib: I have lor years been troubled with L;pepla and Palpitation of the Heart, and found but little relief until 1 tried your dill and Resolvent, and they cured ne, Io :r 'ny. ß-t F. BARRY Dyspepsia ot Loca; Staaclog Cared. Dr. Rapwat: d have Kir many years been afflicted with Drspepai aad Liver Complaint and found but little relief until I pot your Pille and Resolvent and thev made a perfect cure. They are the best medicine I ever bad in xny life. Your friend ferever, WILLIAM NOONaN. Blakchabp. Mich. TO THE PUBLIC Ice rare ana mk ior &iiit o, t the DHU 'ILaDWAT" la in.vUt too bey.