Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1887 — Page 2

TILE INDIANA STATE 8JflSTiNEL.V WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 18bT.

FALL FARM TOPICS.

Eials Tor September Witar-Fm BiUsr Swiaa BltsUsg Caw. Brittle Eocfa 1 Dairy Cilcilitioi-Wiy Htj Breed Fist-Artifioiil C dar. Bj8 For PistangeStcek.-Bii3in2 in Hissouri Pjliticii Causa of ths Dr jarit Tobacco In England Protecting Wood From liot Biscuits and Griddle Cakes Farm Jiotes, Etc. Stock-Raising la Missouri. For years past Missouri has occupied a leading position among stock-raising states. Ia 1836, taVlng all the states and territories, Missouri ranked eighth in nambr of sheep on its farms, in milch caw3 seventh, In horses and oxen fifth, in hogs seoond, and in mules first. The number of sheep in the 8tata In that year was 1,132,272; ruilcb. cows, 72y,050; horses, 759,321; oxen, 1,429,153; hogs, 3.87G.325, and mules, 218,003. Tae amount of capital invested in lire stock In Missouri las; year was $119,939.903. Of this aura $11,642,130 was reoresented by horses, $27,411,923 by oxen, $17,151,037 by milch cows, $14,799,r.33 by males, $U,0;S2.'JJ7 by hogs, and $1,903,83$ by sheep. This total represents au investment much greater thai that which, at the last national census, any one of the territories had in real estate und personal property of all kinds. Exelusive of Dakota and Utah, it is larger than tha value of aU the property ;in alt the territories combinad. It represents an investment far greater than that of all the property in Florida and Nevada among the states in 1830, and nearly as great as the entire essets of Oregon in the same issonn in the number of live slock ot all kinds, except sheep and hos, as com pared with 1835. The increase was general, for the country as a whole, excepting in these two classes, but the ratio of increase was mach greater in Missouri than in the average stock-raising states in the varieties in which an increase was made throughout the country, and the ra-io of decrease in Missouri was less in sheep and swine than in many other state. For every 100 horses, mules, oxen and milch cows in Missouri ia January, 133 it hal 103 in the same raonth of 13 37. Using the same standard of comparison for the sheep and swine, in which there has been a decrease for every 100 of these in the 8 täte in January, 188), there were ninety-two ot the former and ninety-three of the latter at the beginning of the present year. Tol ltlcal Cause or the Drought. I Chicago Times. LaFatitt, Ind., Angust 10. To tub Editor: One statement by your correspondent, A. E. H., upon the "Ciuies of droughts," August G, will not 4 hold water." He says that "the cause of tha great drought of 1S37 ia bxause we elacted a Democratic President," and "so he can not vote for Grover Cleveland next time," etc Now a glance at the political mipwill show that the "Solid South" together with the Democratic-Mugwump 8tates of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California, which elected Cleveland in 1331, have not suffered at all from drought, but. on the contrary, they are favored with mild temperatures and fruitful seasons, j Whil, at the same time, this terrible scourge of drought has fallen upin Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin and other S.ates of the g- o. p. persuasion. Democratic Missouri was bles?cd with the "early and latter rain' and bountiful hu vests, and controversy A. E. II.'s trreat State of Illioois, which gave 25,000 for Blaine, is drought smitten. Ohio -the most pronounced anti Cleveland State ha3 not even received her fair proportion of the reccDt rainfall. Import says th3t Frank Hard's old congressional district is still in misery from lack of moisture. Indiana gave 5,000 majority for CieveUad la 1331, but went Republica-i In 1330, and her orn crop is a failure. Kentucky, too. haj b-en punished agriculturally tlis yer to orBiddable extent, and, 'forsooth, her la'.est election returns ahow slight Republican, gains. Fossibly your correspondent expect I his statement to be ukea ironically, whiVj would be in accord an ci with the fv.?s, f if, a9 intimated, tLi drought taust fiii it solution in political aias, and bs in ten Jsi. as a providential rebuke to any O'o p-U:-ical organization, then it cermin'y pU-.es in an useuv.'able liht tne Htate? and the j arty teat did not elect Mr. Ci?veland. W. M. B. Fatm Ilißti for September, I American Agricu'.turULl The gectral testimony is in favor of i?arly rowing of wheat. It is of the Era: importance to prepsrd a good seed-bed, using the barrow and roller until tha toil is thoroughly pulverized. No gio J faroier will sow wheat broadcast. If h9 cainot -a fiord to own a drill he can hire o'ie, and tbe saving in spsd will pa7 for the rent of the machine. Oae great binaüt from the use o! the diiil is that it puts the sfed at a uniform depth blow the surface. Do not change the kind of wheat without good reason. If a variety is highly praistd, and appears to bs better than teat now grown, try a small qutatity. giving it the samo soil asd csra as a general crop, sowing enough to give seed for next year, should it turn out walL. There is, in most localities, a fro3t abjat the latter cf this month. This catchaa the bnrkwbeat when the llower clusters are still in bloom, while at the lower part of the cluster there is ripened grain. If the crop ia cut when the f rot appears to be imminent, and placed in gocd-sizel gavels, Ihe partly-matured grain will go on and ripen. The root crops will gro 77 rapidly these cool nights, and may s;.iil be thinned to adTanuge, of coarse k)piag them clear of late weeds. In localities where there are early frosts, cutting up corn will be the tcoet important work of the month. Every farmer has his own view of the number of hills that should go to the stock. A sbert-handlei ho 9, with the blade ground sharp and kept so by the use of a file while at work, will bo found the most convenient implement. Cut low, to leave as little stubble a possible. Fodder corn should be cut upon the first intimation of froit. If cut and laid in the rows, it will not be injured by the frost as muck as if standing. Why They Breed Fast. In the May report of the Oxford, (O.) Farmers' club it was sagestad, sajs the Cincinnati Gazette, that the female sparrow If ft her eggs to be hatched by the wru-inth cf the young birds after the first clutch of rgs laid by her had been hatched. Now comes further proof from a young naturalist in Preble County, who avers that he has found a pparrow's nest to b large in proportion to the s'ze of the birds. Ia thi buiky nest be has found youDg sparrow and ers. Some of the latter were fresh srre nearly ready to hatch, and others Löwin? varfoas stages of development of the embryo chick or coming bird. Here is certainly a peculiar phenomenon in the ratural bLrtory of this pestiferous bird, if c may dignify it with the name of bird If it shall appear, after further acquaintance with the breeding habit of this rapidly iccjf aairg pest, that it multiples more like vermin than birds, then may we not have loond ia the sparrow the coaaeitbs link

between the featherless insects and the feathered tribe? The filthy habits, the marvelous powers of reproduction and incestuous nature of thissongless feathered gourmand are mere like aphides or lice than like the feathered songsters which add to the beauty of nature. Bat, let not oar disgust for the nuisance lead us to do it injustice. We invite accurate information about this novel feature in the propagation of their young. We have heard the male sparrows charged with polygamy, and the females with a general love for the males. If these charges be true, and if they be ever-breeding, then indeed have we a malodorous pest that will become as diFgusting as the plague of Egypt Wanted More light as to their breeding habits, and as to more effective means for their extermination. Bye for Pasturage. Eye is not only valuable for its grain and straw, but it can not be excelled as a crop for late paitursge In the fall when other green food is bcarce, while it also grows early in the spring and enables stock to secure green food before anything makes a start. If rye should be estimated entirely as a forage plant the result would not be altogether in its favor, as there are other and more desirable materials for that purpose, but its place can not easily be filled in come respects. Late in tne fall the farmer usually has his barn well stored with grain and hay and cares very little about rye as a special food, but it is well known that as long as the stock can procure a proportion of green food there ii greater thrift, and mil h cowsg'vt a larger quantity of milk, oiac to the d ecary 6i!cct of the green food. Unless the farmer have ensilaju his stock must subsist on the cured dry provender provided, for them, but if he have a fitM of rye he rn either p -sture the cows upon itor cut it forthem, ifitle of sufficient heiht, according to the proportion required. If the ground be nnde rich the grazing on the rye will do it no harm, as it will grow up ain and provid a crop of grain at the proper time; bat c&u should be taken that the rye ba not trundled too much. In addition to late grazing, a3 soon as the snow is off the ground in the spring the rye furnishes uarly green food, which is always an acceptable treat to s'ock that have been fed on dry food during the long winter, and in ihese respects the rye crop is one of the beet. It shortens the time in which grain and hay are fed exclusively. When other grasses begin to come in the rye can be permitted to manure, and a crop of grain and s'raw harvested. Rye can never bs made to usurp the place of wheat and oats

as a grain crop except on light sandy soils, but as a combined crop, affording grain, straw, and convenient grazing, it has an Important place which no other crop can fill. It will pay any farmer who keeps stock to sow a piece of land iu rye, not so much as a matter of profit, but as a means of providing green food in the fall and early spring. A Dairy Calculation, N. Y. Tribune. 1 The are herds of cows which average $25 or $30 for the season ; an average means the middle between extremes. The extremes of product of ordinary Therds will vary from $15 to $45 for the milking season. If the beet cow pays $20 a year profit the poorest live ataloas of $10 each. That is, if these cows were killed and buried tae owner would be $10 a year In pocket. At $1 per 100 pounds of milk the poorest cow would make only 1,500 pounds of milk in the factory season, and there are taouancs of cows that do no better than this. Another waste is the me of the most costly foods or the actual stinting of fool. A good cow fed only on pasture will aiwajs pay double the cost of four or five pounds of bran daily in milk or butter. This is more especially true of winter feed ing, when straw may be mixed with hay a od the difference in value of the straw spent in bran will make the fe9i worth more lor product than If all hay were fed. The above is but an example, an! the reader may take it as a type for thoughtful consideration in his own special cirenmstances. A third great wase is keeping animals past their prim. When a cow Is past three years old she is at the best. If well cared for she will become more and more valuable up to this point; after which she decline?, becomes yearly worth less for final disposition. Acting on theie suggestions may lead to a temporary depression in the meat and hide market and an aivscce in the value of good Etock if the poor animals are to be all suddenly nut where they will do the most good. But what cuiEct be cured should be put an end to at once, and a good herd of ten cows, all paying a profit, will bring more mmey tn the owner than an average herd of t wecty, hail of which live at a loss. Artilicinl Cider in Ohio. Dcrirg the warm spell of the present ftimmr, a driving trade was carried oa by the drug ptorrs and soda founuin estab-ht-lmients ot Columbus, O.. in selHnsr what tie rtprtsented to be pure California orange cider and Florida orange cider, which wer9 remarkably popular beverages, until they bnpper.ed to f-11 under the attention of Gen. Hurst, the State fool and dairy commiäsir.Eer. In response to a multitude of ir qu'iies a to the hcalthfulness of the articles in question, that official purchased a baijc'sorotly labeled bottle of the orange c'ifT at the manufactory in Columbus, reviving aa assurance fiom th salesman that it was received from California in ba?rtls, aid vras the pure juice of oraag?s. The sample was submitted to the state chemist, vho found that it contained water 79 percent; tarterlo acid, 1 p;r ceot; grape Eucar, 15 per cent; c-'.ue suj;ir, 4 per cfnt; ash, .03 per cent, with burnt suar for coloring matter, and orange o'd for n-ivoricg. The cidr Is pronounced by the chemiht wholly artificial, and the commtsdoner states that it i3 made of acide, sugar, and water. The total cost for manufacturing is 17 cents pir rallon, or Z?'t ceota per bottle; soM on the market at 50 cents. The alleged cider has grown to quite an industry, and has been sent by car loadi to all parts of the country, and the trade fur EltLf d in a general way. The cases of the manufacturers will be brought before the grand jury UDder the law governing the adulteration of foods and drinks. Tobacco la England. An English paper says: "The tobacoo plants grown by Messrs Carter tfc Co., of Iondon. on the farm of Mr. Phillips, near Itromley, are now getting oa rapidly. Those planted in goodtlme are much forwarder than the plants of last eeason were at the beeinnlng of August Unfortunately J the planting was allowed to occupy a whole mcntn, rrcra toe beginning to the end 01 May; eo that, whereas the plants put in first were over lour feet high last week before they were topped, Ihose planted last have only just begun to run up into stem. The dry weather, of course, has been very trying for the plants, thos put in early having alone been benefited by sufficient rain in the early etage of growth, while some of the rest got none of any consequence till last week. A piece of barley in the same field is, in places, quite burned np and almost worthless. A liberal dressing nf ashes and artificial manure was applied to the land before the tobacco-plants were set out The crop is remarkably healthy in appearance, and quite free from Insects at present There sixty-two varieties in the field, though most of the laud is devotf d to those which did best last year, including Big Frederick, Ke"Jycky, Odnoko, Yellow rriar.Ifrlrod UroadTtlf andllavaaa. The variety first named was planted first, and la remarkably robust and well urown, the Kentucky cext to it being a good tecond. These and c'ber early planted roots will have a much better chance of thoroughly maturing than any portion of last year's crop had, if the rest of the seavm should be warm and sunny. Another crop ot tobacco, though a very small one in Rifs, iitobs eeeaai g, &rr Cray, 19

plants there are fairly forward and fall of promise. A Male Cured cf Charbon. 8. B. McGeehee writes in the Mississippi Valley Farmer of how he cured a mule of black-leges follows: I had only one extreme case among my mules after that A mule which had advanced to the last Btage, viz., sacks of flaid hanging from every projecting joint of legs, from the belly almost all over, and from the throat, accompanied by that extremely bright glitter of the eye, and ravenous desLe for food which distinguishes the last stage of the disease. I did not think: he would live three hours, but treated him very vigorously, giving about two tablespoonfuls ( possibly more) of muriatic tincture of iron and a dessert spoonful of pulve:ized chlorate cf potash, and a gill of whiskey every two hours using the copperas batb. Signs of amendment were evident by the second doae, and in three days he was perfectly restored all sacks had disappeared, his eyes assumed a natural expression, and the cure was psrfect He afterwards became fatter and more sprightly and useful than ever before. I do not believe you can kill an animal with this treatment, and I would make it a rule to administer in heroic doses if the case seemed to demand it and run the risk rather than let it die of charbon. Every animal dying ot this disease should be buried or burned immediately to prevent inocculation by flies from the oaicass. I have been thus prolix to give .ome assurance to those who would u3 .e utatment.

1liiU Hoars. ITosto 1 Tianscript Hortes are fiequently troubled with brittle Loofs caused by a detisieacy of wufter In the bone. This is CiU33i ia difJerent wav8 fever of the feet or the common founder; inflammation of the interior of the foot; exposure to lermenting manure or iiltby stables, by which the horn u sttnrated with moisture containing acamooia; leaving the feet covered witn mul; or even continued hot or dry weather, or an unhealthy condition of the system, will produce this trouble in the feet. The horn becomes dry and granulated, and separates very easily, crumbling or splintering away until there is scarcely cru3t enough left to fasten the shoe upon. Tne remedy is, of course, to remove the cause and restore the moisture. Frequent washing of iht feet with cold water, with attention to the health, and to give the horse clean bedding and earth floor to stand upon, or else a deep bed of sawdust, will prevent it, or cure it in many cases. Glycerine and water in equal parts is an exc si lent dreesing for the hoofs. An occasional soft feed, as br.tn mash with a little lineetd, is also useful, because it keeps the horse in good health and cool. Tar is sometimes used as a hoof dressing with ad vantage, out it needs caution in its application. Protecting Wood From Rot. g A means of preserving wood from rotting wrs accidentally discovered by Herr K. FleUeher, of Oonobitz, a few years ago. He was about making a preparation of coal-tar and ashes for the purpose of driving away ground fleas and beetles from hia gardea. Juet as he bad mixed the materials together be was called away from his work, and oa returning, found that instead of tar in the ashes, there was a kind of woody texture. Astonished at tbe transformation, he tried the experiment over and over again, and invariably with tbe same result Just about this time he lad occasion to re floor an outdoor room, where the boards came into atmest immediate contact with tne ground, and;took the opportunity of testing the preservative eHects of this mixture by smeariDg the under sides of the boards with coaltar and sprinkling them liberally with ashes, a thin layer of which latter was also sifted over the ground. The procedure proved eminently succesaf ul, for the floor is still in perfectly good condition, and not in 1 lie least attacked by fungoid growth, while on all previous 'occasions, though laid down with equally good material, it had always required constant repair and ws generally quite rotten in leas than two year 3. Swine. Eural New Yorker, Water, pare and treah,5is indespensable for the welfare of hog3. The common, but mistaken belief that swine are filthy animals operates greatly to their disadvantage by excusing the filthy ways in waica they are kept au i ftd, and worst of all is the unwholesome water provided if any provision at all is made for them, k Ycung pigs full fed up to this time miy make 1U0 pounds more growth by continued foil feeding. The next three months is the most profittMe period of their livfss if it is made the most of and they are the right kind. In choosing boarsforbreli'i the fact that f rr at fat is no longer desirable, but meat is required, should be noted. Tu articles on feeding should be well stalled iu tbi rrard. Breeder, to b' kopt nvr winter should be provided with comfortable pens. Lay in a supply of litter on the first opportunity. Dried swamp muck is the most valuable and useful, and the present month i3 a good tims to dig it. For early rpring pigs to be made into pork next fall, couple.thesows this month. Sows farrowing this month should be mated sgain the ninth day öfter. Wat er-Free Butter. John Could says in the Philadelphia Weekly Press, that no one disputed tuat if the wttfr could all be expelled from bat ter it would keep as well as lard, whoss keeping properties are due to this fact Baiter dried water free, keeps a long time, but eo far this cannot ba done without undue heat, which is fatal to fine aroma and perfect grain. Water readily dissolves tugar and caeeine, both of which can ba found in small amounts in the best worked batter, and air and water together produce the decomposition of the caselne. Tne antiseptic influences of the salt, no matter bow great the amount, cannot prevent this.an d butter soon begins to lose flavor and later on comes rancidity. The only . check yet found for this is cold storage, bscause the oxygen of tbe air Is nearly inert tn low temperature; but when tho butter is brought in contact with the warmer air once more it goes in a hurry, just as cold milk when raised in temperature quickly sours and gets bitter. Hlscnits and Griddle Cakts. Egg Biscuit. One pint of flour, one pint of milk, a pinch of salt; beat into a stiff batter, and bake in greased cups. Cream Baiter Cakes. Oue quart of flour, two teaspoons of baking powder, one teaspoon of salt and one cup of sweet cream. Cold-water Blrcnit Three pints or fl ur two tablespoons of butter, teaspoon ot salt Mix with cold water, beat, roll out, prick vuln a fork and bate. Boston B.'ecuit. Oae quart of flour, one small teat poon of salt, one tablespoon each of butter and lard, one eeg. Mix with sweet milk, beat and bake. Cream of Tartar Biscuit Three pints of flour, half a teacup of butter or lard, a pinch of salt Pln of sweet milk, one tea spoon of soda and two of cream of tartar. Coda Biscuit Two qoarts of flour, one tablespoonful of lard, salt to taste, one tea spoonful of soda, with enough battertniik to make a soft cough. Bake very qncily. Virginia Biscuit. Oae quart of flour. half a teaspoonful cl ea't, qutrter ota pound of batter, mix and niofeleu with water, roll out thin, cut in cakes aa l bke. Corn Cakes. One quart of weetniiik. one pint of sifUd mel, half a te-ispoju id soda, one tablespoon of mfltel lard, four eggs and od teacpoon of sale iittiuu very hot griddle. Beaten Biscuit Oae quart of fl mr, one mall teaftpoon of lar4, ens teaspim of

twenty minutes, cut out, prick with fork' and bake in a hot oven. Baking Powder Batter Cakes. One quart Of sweet milk, two eggs well beaten, one teaspoon of salt, one quart of fionr, in which edit a teaspoon of .baking powder. Bake on a very hot griddle. Clabber Batter Cakes. Beat three eg?s very light, add one teacup of thick clabber, one of skim milk, one of flour, one of cornmeal, half a teaspoon of soda and silt each. Grease a hot griddle and bake. Batter Cakea. Into one pint of butermilk beat two eggs, then add a cup of corn meal and half as m uch flour, a pinch of aalt, and a half teaspoon fnl of soda. Bake quickly on a well greased griddle. . Southern Biscuit One quart of sweet cream, one cup of butter, two tablespoons of hlte sugars one teaspoon of salt, flour to make still dough, knead well, mould in email bltcults with the hand; bake brown. Milk Biscuit Oae quart of flour, one tablespoon ot lard, one teaspoon of salt, with morning's milk to make a stiff dough; work well, beat with the roiiing-pn half an hour; make in biscuits and bake Quickly. Cream Biscuit One quart of flour, two ounces of fresh butter, teaspoon of salt, three of cream of tartar, one anda-half of soda, one pint of rich, sweet cream,; the dough should be very soft, rolled thin and baked quickly. Baking-Powder Biscuit. For each teacup of Hour take one teaspoon ful of baking-powder and the same of butter; rub the baking-powder into the fUur.eash with milk or water, salt roll very thin, have the dough toft Bake in a very hot oven. Indian Griddle Cakes. A pint of sifted meal, half a pint of flour, one tablespoon of brown suger, Laif a teaspoonful of salt one teaspoonful of soda, two egsrs and a pnt of buttermilk. Bake brown on a greased griddle. Serve with maple suzar. Crumb Cakei Put a pint of stale bread crumbs in a quart of sour milk, rub through a sieve, and add four well-beaten eges, t wo teaspoons of soda, one tablespoon of melted butter and sufficient cornmeal to make a stiff batter. Bake on a hot griddle. Eye Griddle Cake One pint rye flour, half a pint of graham flour, half a pint ot wheat Hour, a tablespoon of sugar, one egg. one pint of sweet milk, two teaspoons of baking powder, teaspoonful of salt; mix in a emooth batter and bake brown on a greased griddle. Rice Griddle Cakes. Soak half a pound of rice, boil soft, drain and mix with a small cup of butter, let cool and add one quart of milk, a little talt&nd six egs. Sift a quarter of a pound of flour witn a teaspoon of baking powder. Bake on a well greased griddle. English Biscuit One and one-half pints of flour, one cup of corn starch, three tablespoons of sugar, teaspoon of salt, two of baking powder, two tablespoons of lard, one egg.'and a half pint of sweet milk. Roll half on inch thick, rub with milk, lay on buttered tins and bake. Griddle cakes require care in making, in

order to have them palatable. The whites and yolks of the eggs should be beaten separately. Too much shortening should be avoided. If good baking powder is used, very little shortening will be re quired. They should be thoroughly beaten and baked very quickly. Biscuits should be made and baked very quickly in order to have them in perfec tion. In a well-heated oven eight minutes ia snfScient time to bake biscuit brown. Baking-powder biscuit should be handled as little as possible; soda biscuit require mere kneeding. Always mix the baking powder thoroughly through the flour be fore putting them in the oven. Sta'e biscuit may be restored to freshness by plunging for en instant in cold water and then set in the stove. Maryland Biscuit Add one teaspoon of Eult to a quart of flour, then rub in a tablespoon of lard. Put half a pint each of milk and water together and pour gradu ally into tbe flour, stirring and kneading thoroughly; add sufficient to moisten tbe flour, have the dough very stirl, and beat with the rolling-pin for three-quarters of an hour; form in small round biscuit, stick with a fork and bake in a moderate oven ; when done they should bo brown on top and very white inside. Farm Notes. Grasses and clover do best on a rather firm soil having a fine surface. It is a mistake to suppose that sour, fer mented slop for hoes ia better than a fresh mixture that is sweet and clean. Sunflower seed Is often fed to poultry. but if too much be given it will cause the feathers to fall ofr, as it promotes early moulting. Although it is supposed that the ho? eats anything, yet it rejects many grasses and weeds mat are readily eaten by sheep and cattle. Roots are excellent for sheep in winter. and are especially important with heavy grain-feeding to keeping the digestive or gans in full vigor. To train a flock of sheep raise a lamb at the house, teach it to come when called, and then put it with the Hock. B7 calliar the petted lamb tbe others will follow. As eoon as the crop shall have been re moved from the garden plot plough it and allow no weeds to grow, which will greatly lesson the garden work next season. Keeping a close watch over the plough point, and having it sharp, or replacing it frequently with a new one, will often save ten times the cost of the plough in labor. Bte keepers claim that bees do not punct ure fruit, but that if the fruit be puncture 1, as is done by wasps, the bees w ill then de stroy the fruit Ihe real danger is from the wasps. Frequent spading of the poultry yards. with a 8prinkliog of lime, is the best mo is ofcltaning. Where the fowls are closely confined the yards should be spaded at Itattonce a month. A Michigan farmer sowed two fields of wheat the one a crossed variety and the otter not With all the conditions alike re one that was crossed produced nearly , 5 per cent, more whtat than the other. Grapevines that do not bear should be cot back to the ground tbis fail after frost so that a new cane can take its place next spring. It should be cut back to the roots, so as to begin with an entirely new vine. Tbe use of the wind mill has rendered ttock-raiting touch less difficu't, for where running strums vere necessary in pas tures the water can now be led to tbe fields by pipes from the tanks supplied by the wind mills. Pvreihram ( insect powder) is not a sure remedy against beetles or hairy caterpil lars, but for email insects, such as ants, fleas, Iticks , etc., it is very effectual. It 8S1JV dst'oys tne cabbsga worm and kills all kinds 0 files and millers. One of the experiment stations decided last year that soaking seed-oats for about two days in a solution 01 sulphate ot cop perfour ounces in a gallon of water pre vented tbe appearance of smut in the crop. There may be sometaing in it. On lieht soils, where it is difficult to grow wheat or oats, cloverseed should be sown in the fall, just after the warm days Shall be ovr aDd the ins beginning. By so doirg a good "catco" caa be secured, vvbicn will Rvom tne necessity 01 sowing in ti e f;!ng vciih a giain crop to shade the Ifmrg plents. Mr. Smearon, Director of Agriculture of the Northwestern Provinces of India, has itcued a note on competition between In dian and American wheat He says that India possess- means o compel Aiasr'.ca to withdraw ber hovue tarlils and open her markets to British icdastry, but Is burdened by hUrr railway freight cfisrstfi cz;;;;iTe feasors aaa

(though not really) inferior quality. He

aavises ixjnaon merchants to use their in nuence with the railways. Pick off tha Tteara and .11 tw tliam tn ripen In a dark place. A pear is ripe if it iaii as soon as struct on ine unaer side oy tne nana, lcey are of much better flavor if allowed to riren off the tr. No matter how hard a pear may be, It will eoon become mellow and juicy when stored away in a uaia place. An mlnent writer rat tViat ero.m I. an innocent, palatable, nutritious luxury for everybody at all times. As an antidote for a tf ndenrv to rnnsnmTttirtn it art. 1iV. a charm, and serves all purposes intended to ie eervea Dy coa-iiver oil with much greater certainty and effect Where a sweet cream can be had cod-liver oil ia never needed. "A good way." savs a writer In the Country Gentleman, "to raise or lower the temperature in a charn is to have a long tin cylinder, eay eighteen inches long bv four inches in diameter; filling this with either Lot or cold water, and putting in tbe churn and moving around for a little while will soon make the needed change." At this season the preparations should be made for fattening tbe wethers and extra ewes intended for market If they be separated from the breeding fleck at d given all'the food they can eat a better price and heavier weight can be secured. The market is never supplied with fat sheep, which are usually Eold on the approach of winter. In discussing bloat in cattle before a farmers' club, one of the members said that when turning cattle out on vou icr clover he usually placed old hay where they could get it, and tbe consequence was that the cattle would always eat' a portion of th old bay. which, having been dry, absorbed the moisture and prevented injurious results. ''An crarge grove in Flcri ls." remarks the New York Journal of Commerco, "is not worth a ctnt more than an apple orchard in New Er gland until its owner has put into It -' S of bard work, mnch mcney and mm b impatient waiting. The idea tbatfortun. treto be made in Florida without sweat o .he brow is a fiction of the land epecul 'ors' Prepare trees lor planting by cutting the tops back in proportion to the amount of injury done to the roots, which is generally from one-half to two -thirds of the entire top. On this pruning all shoots should be entireiy cut away that are not needed for tbe formation of a perfect head, and the others cut back one-halt to twothirds of their length. It is only a matter of time for the pas ture to run out if it be not manured. You can not continue to obtain milk, beef.mutton and wool from the pasture and give nothing back in return. Yet pastures are used annually on some farms with no effort made to recuperate them, and it will surely end in exhaustion of the soil and disap pearance ot the grass. T. B. Terry in the Country Gentleman suggests a new uss for ajcold storage.house, viz.: That of keeping seed potatoes from sprouting. For years Mr. Terry has done bis best to keep his seed potatoas from doing this before planting time. Whenever he failed he is sure that he l03t it by after watching the crop grow. A cold-storage house would, he thinks, Bettle the matter satisfactorily. Mr. Croz'er of the Department of Agri culture, tells the Country Gentleman that he has found a field of Bermuda grass with heads well filled with ripe seed, on stony, sandy soil on. the banks of the Potomac, twenty miles below Washington. Of over 500 answers to a circular sent out last winter by tbe Commissioner of Agriculture to farmers in the boutn, asking whether Bermuda had been known to seed, less than a dozen replied that they had found seed, but always in small quantities. The Western rioughmaa takes a very sensible view as to raising nut trees. It predicts that in the future trees good for nothing but wood will be grubbed out and welnuts and hickories put in their place. Did you ever eat hickory nut or walnut cake? Did you ever eat bread slightly sweetened and with the kernels of nuts forming quite a liberal ingredient? It is nice, palatab e and warming in the winter, and leaves the grease-saturated doughnut quite in the shade. While yon are raising trees, have useful ones that will give a valuable crop every year, and when they get too old to bear will make first-class, valu able timbtr. Tbe 7 r nth of the Business, Columbus Herald. 1 If there were aoy lirgfrmg doubts in anyone's mind as to the p&rtuaa-political character of the G A. i: , late events have dispelled them. The ascription to that order of Rfpubhcan bias has been denied by its members for years past, and the evidence on which they relied for the denial is the article in their constitution forbid ding partisan polities in their order. That that law of the order has been and is being violated there is now no urs of denying. The order is an alley of tbe Republican party, and is entitled to no respect as a non-partisan organization. It has degen erated into the aged Radical chestnut of attempting to use the soldier element in the interest of the Republican party and to the detriment of the Democratic party. It is needless to call attention to the events here alluded to. They are fresh in the minds of alt Democratic soldiers having self-respect and the courage of thsir political conviction ran no longer testify to the non-parthan character of the G. A. 11. It is pure and simple a Republican organi zation, with a definite political aim constantly in view. Candidates for Governor. Washington Special.! A private lptter was received here from Hon. W. D. Bynum, of Indianapolis, stat ing that he is a straight-out candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Another gentleman who has just returned from that State savs that Hon.' Green Smith has aleo announced himself for the same honor. Hon. C. C. Matson, who is here states positively that he is not a candidate for the position. JuJge Cobb, who is here, states his friends are urging him to enter the gubernatorial race, and that he has about concluded to make the race. It is stated in this connection that if Col. Matson is not a candidate there is no doubt Mr. Cobb wili;be. It may ba interesting for their friends to know that there are two gentlemen here who are anxious to represent their districts in Conjresa the Deputy Land Commissioner, Col. Stockslager, end the Deputy Commissioner of IensioDS.Coi. Vm. K. McLiean. of Terre Haute. It is understood that Mr. Siocxslager will not enter the raca uulesj the committee appointed at New Albany can riceive recognition, ann the diDvrences oetw ten the two committees can be settled. The Mew War. Cincinnati Enqnirwr.J Ah. well. If Governor Foraker and his friends Jthink It worth their while to make a few votes by delving in the low (Jemegoguery of an attempt to revive tie animosities of the war, it occurs to us that the.v should be let alone. The mischief and the malice of the thing are indescribable. Ars these men among us so low and so cowardly as to Beek public place at the expense 'of national comity and Lational welfare'.' Are taeae win to mean u to oiusttr, on the ooe hani, ab jut their n :ici arimity in receiving back toe einlief, and then to Fpend their days and Mghtsin blacky ardiog tr;o3e to wnom ibey i refers to have extended the olive branch? It might bs well for thes ambitious voliiiciai s to carcfu'.ly rerusa, in rKir qtM t Uxitt, the It tier written by oae i:otcce Conklicg in reuponss to the iuvita-t-.r-Ti f the EvAtiSville G. A. R. Post We do cot btlifrve that the new war will make ia miry votes for tbe warriors as it loses are! " e are qnife Mr that, in any even',3 i will cover them wjth digrace

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Tie Time For lha Dsmocnoy to Fat oa Tinir Fightit Cloths. Ihe Cutlook The Advantages of Position Republican Flapdoodle Tlie 'Handled Public Domain, Etc. Washingtox, August 31. I Special to the SentineH The time has about arrived for the Democratic boys to Bwing into line and prepare for the great battle cf IBS. This will be the first fight that the Democrats luve made with a fair and free chance sines ISG0. It will be the first battle in which the Democrats have not had ail the patronage of the government to contend with in addition to all the bood e of the national banks, the monopolists and the railroads, telegraphs and all conceivable shapes of segregated capital. Not only will it bs tbe-first battle made under these circumstances eince 1SGO, bat it will be ths first contest in which the Democratic party has not had to contend against prejudice, innendo, suspicion and the ghost of ths confederate debt, the shadows of rebel bricadiers, compensation for slaves and other political hobgoblins that a corrupt, venal crew of political debauebeer- conjured up from the depths of their own foul stomachs. At every election the Democrats have had to face the most direful prophecies of a class ui corrupt aijd tvil political prophets who fjiled tl.e pecp'.e with the most lurid predictions of financial bankruptcy throaghu the coufttry, and added to their ki.Hvery a most ehameful abuse of the conficJfr.cfi cf the ioor ignorant and credulous Cbikey ty ftonesof his return to slavery, a 1; jeitirg Ihe race prejudice kept f e ri!l?y f .ranged from his best friends, r'in L;ü telly with tbe east wind of (,rrm-st9 aid deceived him by the delusion tt f.t I c could br come the governing power vr p rr.Tirli tcpeiior class, both in point iitfiiwre and wealth. With none of these things will the Democratic party Lave to contend in 1S33. The loio ui events have branded the Republican politicians as a set of hers, wr.o fir years have been obtaining morjy and office under false pretences; who htva been tinging hymn3 of the Lord while they have been fervently serving ths dvil. They were trusted because iu the tirua of war a parly held the reins of power wnose came they assumed and who e gool di'ed in prosecuting the war they claimed all the credit for. Of coarse, the honest raises of the Republican party are not responsible fcr the misdeeds of their leaders, only so far es they endorse them by their votes. Some excuse can be made for their votes in the past. The vehemence with which the Republican leaders predictel the evils of the damned, and the honest but hypocritical faces they acsamed while teliing of ths vials of wrath that would pour out oa the cation if a Democratic administration should ever get the reins of Governm?nt was calculated to deceive tbe very elect, and did deceive many honest people. Bat if after four years of such an administration that the Democrats have given tbe country, they continue to endorse a party which has been convicted of grind larceny and persistent lying, then they be coca participants in the crime, and are not to be commiserated for the manner in which their confidence has been abused. The Democratic parry will go into the battle Dext year with an immense advantage. All the political fiap poo lie that h is been used to deceive the paople for a quarter of a century will fall harmless oa the ears of the people who have bsea so frequently deceived. Tbe Republican party has but one bugiboo left on whic it hope3 to deceive the people, and that is the cry of free trade. It passes tbe comprehension of intelligent people that honest men can be longer bamboox'.ed by such silly stuff, in the "face of the f.icts. Bat :t is still more astonishing that they will lieten to a parry of men who for years has aroused their fears and prejudices, and who bave been proven a thousand times to be talse prophets. Yet there are drmbtlees honest people who will be found to listen with credulous ears to their talk about the interests cf tbe worein; men, while at the same time they are taxing everything that the laboring man and the farmer uses, and propose to give us frte grog and a free pipe. Surely tbe lesaoss which the people have learned of Republican duplicity ahould put them oa thir guard how they listen to the appeals aad statements of such a class of politicians. For these reasons I say that the t:me has come for the boys to swing into lin?, and be prepared for tbe grand charge ail along the line. I am well aware that there is dieatifcfaction In some quarter? and tha gtllant boys do not think that thy havt p j'. all their zealous services deserve. But it will be well to remember that it ia not all of politics to hold office, but thera is something to the honest Democrat ia the pr oa-t consciousness that he ha3aidd ia bringing the country to an utire reconciliation and utter oblivion of the angry pas-.ioos of the war. If the Democraticparty had no other result to present to the people theu the entire unification and pacit;atioa ot the country, it would be enouga to merit the confidence of tha people and would eititle it to the thanks of all patriots without distinction of party, the world over. Itis a significant fact that the chief result of the Democratic Administration has b?en an entire restoration of confidence in the South, and confidence at home and abroad in the security of life and property in that section, where hitherto the vile calumnies of a sectional party has kept capital away, and has prevented the settlement of people, who were seeking new homes. The South has made marvelous progress since the Democratic Administration, and is fast becoming the rival of tbe busy North in its manufacturing industries. This is because an era of confidence has rprung up and there is now no longer any doubt that the war is ri aaliy and eternally over. The shadows of coming -vents show that all there will be left of the G. O. P. next year will be its rot on the tariff, aud howl of idiocy tbst will be lame echos of viperous bates of the Forakers, Fairchilds and Tutties, and a most hypocritical wall about tbe Civil Service of the country which that party has debauched for a quirt-rrofa centurv. Against this imnovmt and lmoe rile rage, against thrs Idiotic drivel, the Democratic party will present a e'eaa and honest Civil Service and a Jaad policy that bas struck terror into land grabbers aud t ' t . f a Tt rill Ritnw Tucnrii nf mnir j millions cf acrea of tne public domain thrown open to the actual tettler, waxh has been dragged from the aree.ly and mammoth maw of tbe land thieves who have been ths p?ts aud boon companions of the Republican party. It will show aa unprecedented record in favor of the soldier, &nd will refnte by the actual recorded fact the thrcadb?ra lie so often repeated by Rspublic?n politicians that the interests of tbe poldier would not be s.ife in the hands of the Democratic party. If in the fica of this record Cleveland does not have a victory equal to that of Monroe at thi second election, tbn it will, b? because lying is still successful in America politics and the aversge voter bas not the power to discriminate between gojd and evil g-vm ment Ii. D fllUcrocopical Convention. riiTsrrRG,8-j)f mter 2 The conyjatioa of the Aran lean Miscrocopical society a-i-joxi:i.ed thi. fifiernoon, afier electing the following ofücers: TresMent, Prof. D. 8. Kellyott, Büfiülo; Yice President, Frof. T. B. btcweM, Conrtlanrt, NJ Y., Prof, II. J. Pstrcen, Columbu, O., Secretarf,Frof. T. D. Barrell, Champaign, III.; Treasurer, 8. M. Musgrave: Urbans, O. Tne members appointed to the Executive Committee are Mr. C. C. Mellow, Pittsburg; Dr. H. D. Kendall, O 'and lipids, Mich., aud ÜX. R. J, Ait no, Say ann ah, Qa,

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