Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1887 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, W.EDNESDA STj DECEMBER 7 1887.

WINTER FARM TALKS.

Ib Paisti Crop tis Worjt ia tha List Seren Yens. Orchiri Gnsiei Hogs ad Csrn Trikin tj Eorsei Brittla Esafi. Tä8 Bast Pig ?a A Bay aa Firm SJ for Fttisainz. Killing I'lilnch liurs Ho isehold Hints Dairy and Farm Notes Foultry and Live Stork Matters, etc. The Potato Crop. The report cl the National Department of Agriculture siys: The returns of yield per acre of potatoes by our correspondents are in harmony with the poor condition reported during the whole season, and Indicate a product the smallest since 1331. Disaater has attended the crop from tima of planting in almost every section, iew England siane, in tha early part ol the season, showiu: hi'h condition. As the crop advanced toward maturity the unfavorable coud;tiot a ifeCiin it became mire pronounced, t::d In euch repirt since August condition ha3 been the lowest ever reported at the same date. In the States west of the Allegheny Mountains the crop j ear opened most unfavorably, drought prevailing over a larxe part ol the area, iuterferin witfa Re rmination and retarJin growth. The drought continued generally unbroken until the season was too far advanced to make more tUan a fraction of a crop possible. In the Entern an 1 Middle States prospects were favorable for a goad crop until August, when ex cessive moisture was followed by a tendency to rot, and condition has Eince steadhy fallen away. Tne breadth devoted to this crop is considerably enlarged over that cf last year, the preliminary Ju:y estimate showing an are3 of more than 2.Sw,000 acres. The increase was larger in the more western Siates, bit was quit? marked in soru9 sections of the older regions, where the previous crop hid proven more profitable than the cereals. The present returns mak9 tha yield per acre slightly above fifty-six bns'iols, and the total product very near 151,000,003 bushels. The acreage, yield per acre, and product since lSSO have been as fjllowi, the fignres for lsso being yet subject to slight modification: Per acre. Product, Year. A tos. buxneU). bushels. l.sJ .1,M2,.M0 91.0 K7, Cötf,57d lSl 2.041.57J 1AV2 2.171,f.to ImI 2,2s0,i27.i 3,V4 V,220.9MJ 1s."i 2t'i." S ': laS6 2,217,0u0 55 5 :s.7 01 0 8i.8 77.TJ.O lO'J.in.t'Jl 170,972.50 l.0.t"l.,0ijö 1 73,0.,000 l&l.OtW.OJO the ceaThe crop of 1S71, according to Eus of 13-0, amounted I;3.l3s,5:i0 bashel?, of which the six States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa produced 5G per cent., or '3,!00,U00 bushels. This year the total vidd of these States will not exceed 57,00), 00J bushels, on a considerably enlarged a-ea. In Northern Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin the retarns of the pre3?at rmath show that, ?n a number of counties, a serious damage wis done to the small crop grown by frost and freezing weather daring the last week of October. Orchard tira.ss, W. J. Beal, in his "Grasses of Nortn America," says: Orchard grass is perennial, lasting for many years, two or three, or even five feet or more in height, rather large, coarse, rough, of a light grean color, and grows in dense tufts, unless crowded by thick seeding. The lewer leaves are sometimes two feet or more in length. The clustered spikelets make dense masses on the small spreading panicle. Tne ti jwers appear with those of early red clover. It is a native of Europe, and is also now found in north Africa, India and North America, and perhaps in other countries. Although it came to this country from Europe, it did cot attract much attention in England until sent back there in 17j from Virginia. So far as quality Is concerned, if cut in good srs3on or pasture 1 when young. It stinda well the test of cattle ana the chemists. It is very nutritious, the seeds start quic kly, and mates a very vigorous growth, and If tne grass is not -t very raiuable one it la cerUinlv no'. from the lack of testimonials from practical farmer. The stems are not -very abundant when compared with the leaves, hence the plant is more suitable for pasture than for medow. It i3 the first to furnish a bile for the cattle in the spring; is little affected by the droughts of July ana August, ana continues growing until the severe cold of November blocks up the Eources oi nonrisnment. wnen cut or crrazed ii starts np with great vigor. No mas should bow it on his lawn, for it would need cutting every day before breakfast. If cut whiie In blossom, both cattle and horses are exceedingly fond of the hay and do well on it. If left to stand until the seeds are mature it becomes more tough than even timothy, and cattle will need to have their teeth sharpened to eat it is this stage of its growth. Orchard grass lores a ceep, ricn, moist eon. urown on poor, Cry land by a lazy farmer. It will not give satisfaction. It may be cat two or mree times a year, producing large crops oi ine very Des: louder, just as lone as the fertility of the land can be maintains! by top-dressing. Uogs and Corn. I have just sold some hozs. Therj is nothing remarkable about that, but the weight, I think, was good. Oat of the lot of fourteen two were March pigs, and the remainder came from the first to the middle o! April, which would make them just about seven month old. The ayerage weight was 200,'i pounds. The pigs were from graded Poland-China sows ana a thoroughbred boar, which cross produce a pig good enough for any one to leed. As to treatment, as soon as they were large enough to eat the were fed ehipstuff 07 shorts once a day, and were allowed to run in a good blue-grass pasture, with a small feed of corn twice a day. The aim was simply to keep them in good growing condition. When about six months old they were confined m a pen and fed all the corn they would eat, with an occasional feed of sbipatu3". They were confined in a pan, not because that waa considered better than allowing them to run at large, but because it was necessary to keep from overfeeding breeding sows and other Logs. I think many farmers make the mistake of overstocking. A few hogs well cared for will always be more profitable than a large number poorly cared for. The writer has kept four breeding sowc ani within the last year has sold and ret lined lor nse considerably more than $300 vorth of bogs. One of your correspondents mmarks that ,lhis hobby is clover." My bobby Is a variety cf food for stock. If a farmer has corn and no money he would better haul a load of corn to market and bring hack bran and shipstuff. The policy ot all corn is doing aoout aa much to keep farmers poor as 10 per ceo mortgages, and between the two it is hard limes for many "Western farmers. Talkinz to Horses. Tne National Stockman has tha following on a subject that is of tha greatest im-.i-orucce. Every maa who "break" a colt

ought to read and heed It: It takes a horse bat a short time to learn whether yon mean anything or not when yon speak to him. Continually commanding without seeing that any attention is paid to the commands is calculated to spoil the best kind of a horse and to ruin entirely horsea that are inclined n&turallv to do as they please. The best horse trainers make it a rule never to ask a horse to do anything that la Impossible for him to do, and give no command without seeing that it is obeyed in full. The hap hazard way that many men have of yelling and shouting at their teams is calculated to spoil the horses at once, and the wonder is that there are not io ore unruly and unsafe horses in the country than there are. Every word that is used in connection with the handling of horses Bhonld have a limning, and the first thing to be done in training a hone is to teach him the meaning of each word used while working him, and the next thing is to make him obey each word to the fullest extent. If the word 'whoa" is intended as the command for a borso to stop and stand still, than it should be used for no other purpose, and every time the word is spoken a stop should be made at once. Absolute obedience is necessary, and the authority of the driver should be enforced when obedience does not follow each command. It is a good ldeatotalkto horses, but no talk should be indulged in unless it has some meaning. A sharp word la often as elective in the way of punishment as a cut from the keenest whip, but such is not the case wnere a continual growling aaa mjarliog is ept up by those who baridi th- harass, llightcmrered, sensitive hoea arv more easily spoiled by too mach t tlkin tliti by sliw and quiethorses, but the- to fifq:int ue ot tbetongue is to be avoided wl-n handling eitherkind. The Best i-Peu. A pig-sty, writes F. D. Cari, iu Tie Country Gentleman, can scarcely be too warm, if it is well ventilated anci dry. A hot, damp a-od reekiut etyor pn is vrry unhealthy lor hogs. They nhjuid uevr eure fron the nest steaming, or th-v surely get colds and perhaps die. Sleeping under straw stacks is an unhealthy plsra, or piled up on top of each other; for when this is the case those underneath get too

hot and are liable to get smothered. The ground is the best lloor, provided it Is dry. The sty should have no lloor, but be c on structed so that the manure can be easily taken out. lryness can be insured by pat ting a ditch around the sty and raising the bottom of the bed a foot or more above the evel of the "round around. A pig-pen should always be loDg, with the feeding p'ace in one end and the bed in another. This nrrangen.ent wi'.l help to keep both ends clean. Hogs are generally more eelectci than any other animals, whereas tkey require to te careiuny nandiea. Hj'j are more susceptible to olds and Intliui matory diseases than many suspect. They can not relieve themselves of the surplus teat by evaporation or sweating, like some iDimais; and when nude not in their nests the surface cools too radidly ia win ter, and the blood being driven ia will cause internal lniiammation. These ex tremes should be avoided. A Boy on a Fat in . It is my impression, says Charles Didley Warren, that a farm without a boy would very soon come to grief. What a boy does 3 the life ot the farm. lie is the fa :c tum, always in demand, and always ex pected to do the thousand and one things that nobody elss will do. Upon him falls the odds and ends, the most difficult things. After everybody else is through ne id to cuisn np. ins work is like t woman's perpetually waiting on others. Ererybcdy knows how much easier it is to cook a good dinner than to wash the 3i?hes afterward. Consider what a boy on i farm is required to do things that mu? ba cone, or life wonld actually stop. It is understood, in the first place, that he is to do all the errands, to go to tli9 store, to the posiomce, and to carry all sorts of messages. If he had as many leg? as the centipede, they woald tire before night lie is the one who spreads the grass a? t he men cut it; he stow3it away in the barn; he rides the horse, to cultivate the corn, np and down the hot, weary row3; he picks np the potatoes when they are dug; he brings wood and water and splits kindling; he gets up the horse and turns oat the horse; whether he is in the house or out of the house, there i always something to do; jus- before school in the winter ne shovels ptns ; in the summer he turns the grinds'one; and yet, with Iiis mind full of 'cberr.es cf whst he would like to d j, and his bands full of occupation, he is an ii'e rij who has nothing to bisy himself with r.ut tcbools and chores. He would gladly Jo all the work if somebody else would do nil the chores, he thinks; and yet, I doubt if eny boy ever amounted to an.vthiQj: in the world, or was of mach use ai a man, wbo did not enjoy the a 1 vantages of a liberal education ia the way of chores. Silaje For Fattening, The latest comparative trial of silage ia the fattening of cattle by the Royal Agricultural society is recorded by Dr. Voelcker in;the new number of the Soc iety Journal. From the same meadow hay and silage were made, the grass for hay weighing 15 tons 7Ji hundred-weight and that forslla a few pounds under 1 1 toas 12 "i hundredweight. Twelve bullocks were divided into two equal lots, one to bs fed on hay and the other on silage, with the addition of 3 oounds cf cotton cake and 5 poaads of acaize meat for each bullock per day in oth lota and water at wilL After elghty'our days' feeding, all the hay having been msumed, the total increase in live weight f the six bullocks fed on hay was .ounds, or 1 ; pounds per head er day, while that of the six fed on silage l.i.A ... . vh vj-j MuuBuj, or x ;i3 pounds pnr eaa per cay. as mere was originally nfpen hundred-weight more grass for the ay than for the silage, and enough of the atter remained after the hay had been ohtumed to feed the six bullocks far a ew days, it appears that, with a consideribiy smaller consumption of grass, the nimala fd on silage made a slightly reater gain in live weight. The silage in nis case was sour, but of very good qualiy. jr. oeicaer aiso gives tne results ot m experiment witnessed by him In which lage intended to be sweet, but containing yearly as much acid as that used in the ither experiment, was tried against hay a . rom me same meaaow, witn equal qaan- -. i .i .ii . 1 . ... . 1 iiies ot omer looas. in tms case tne gain :a live weight was one and six-tenths Dounds per head per day among four bulock fed on silage, against one and threetentns pounds among four fed on hay. Killing Chinch-Bus. Mr. John T. A nie, of Northflald, Minn.. saji me oi. raui r armer, tnou?n a very busy man, found time to light the chiachbnes, and he beat them. The pest3 bv the million were workiDg on a neighbor's wheat adjoinin? Mr. Ames' etghleen-ecre held of corn. Tne neighbor informed Mr. A Lies that he proposed cutting tha wheat the following day. It was evident that the bugs would then break for the corn, Mr. Ames hurriedly hauled a load of aix. Inch common boards to the scene of actionand had them placed edgewise, end to end. upon the ground the entire distance along the border of the corn-field. He then procurea a barrel ot gas tar, and with old brooms painted the boards, and repeated me punting mree times a day for a few days. Oaly once. when the painting was neglected, did the tups scale the barricade. Then Mr. Ames began experimenting to see what would kill the bugs. They approached the boards in vast numbers along in the afternoon. and being checked, piled up in a windrow. Pita were dog at intervale into which they wonld fall to the depth of several incbes. In the morning when they were dormant, ne poarea parreis ox boiiiDg water upoa

tbem, destroying them by millions. Cold water poisoned with Paris green seemed to

do little good, creosote killed them nanasomely. Refined kerosense seemingly had little etTect. lint the boards, gas tar and boiling water saved the eighteen acrea of com, while that oi his neighbor's was nearly rained. Labor, material, etc, (or his experiments cost him about $30, bat his corn crop waa little less than 100 bushels per acre. Brittle Hoofs. Horses are frequently troubled with brittle hoofs, caused by deficiency of water in the bone. This is caused in various ways fever of the feet, or the common founder, in U animation of .the interior of the foot, exposure to fermenting manure or filthy stables, by which the born is saturated with moisture containing ammonia, leaving the foot'eovered with niud ; or even continued hot or dry weather or an unhealthy condition of the system will produce this trouble ia the feet. The horn becomes dry and granulated, and separates very easily, crumbling or splintering away until there is scarcely crust enough left to fasten a shoe upon. The remedy is, of course, to remove the cause and restore the moisture. Frequent wash ing of the feet with cold water, with attention to the health and to give the horse clean bedding and an earth floor to stand upon, or eUe a deep bed of sawdust, will prevent it or cure it in many cases. Glycerine and water In equal parts are an excellent dressing for the hoofs. An occasional soft feed, as bran mashed with a little linseed, ia also useful, because it keeps the horse in good health and cool, laris sometimes csed as a hoof dressing with advantage, but it needs caution in its application. 1'oultry Interests; Tulle's that have not commenced to lay now will hardly do so before spring-, and siould be disposed of. I'o you notice some of the chicks trailicg their wiEg3? Lookout for lice. Examine bre ath the wings, on top of the head and about the vent. Look closely, and you will fnd the cause. Feedirjg red pepper to laying hens is not beneficial unless given very moderately, end not offener than three timssaweek. It acts as a temporary stimulant, but if given continually causes injurious effects. Turkeys fatten best when fed three times a day, allowing them all the corn they can eat. If penned in coopsj they become discontented, and will not thrive or fatten, l.o matter how mu:h food they may receive. A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer says: "There is no better feed for poultry than oats. This grain seems to possess all the neceseary elements to build np the body and contribute to the .energy and vitality of the fowL" Ducks usually begin to lay in February, and until that time they can be kept at but little expense. Cooked turnips with a small amount of cornmeal, make good feed for tbem. After they bein to lay they should have a proportion of animal food. A successftl poultry raiser feeds wheat in the morning, barley at noon and wheat in the evening. In addition to the barley he gives the slop and refuse from the kitchen after boiling i The wheat gives a rich ye.'low color to the, yolks, which is so much desired in the city where esgs are sold in retail merkets. Where ducks and geese are sent to market reqniricg them drawn they may be scald id ; then wrap them in a cloth fer two minutes, when the feathers and down will comeoSf clean. Very early In the season small chicks sell readily because of the scarcity of larger Biz as, but the usually preferred weight is from one to one and a balf pounds, but later on those of two pounds are preferred. In winter all stocks can be shipped .better and more economically when killed end d rested, but in summer the best mode is to chip poultry alive. It would hardly pay the farmer to engage in the poultry business beyond the keeping of two or three dozen fowls for laniuy use, unless mere saoui.t be Borneone about the place who would make it a special businets to look after the poultry, and like to do it. Sometimes the service of a good, steady boy, who is a natural fanciers may be secured at a snail cost and all of his time may be profitably employed in cuing for 200 or 00 hens, or, if he be experienced, probably 500 or (JOO. In embarking in the business it is best not to start out on two large a scale. Live Stock Notes. Keep the p'u-sty clean. Provide plenty of fresh straw, and make it im possible for it to be the most disgusting place imagina ble and a breeder for foul d:8 3ases. Steck must be supplied not only with sometniDg that they can eat, but something that they can digest. It is the stomach, not the gullet, that tells the story of profit or less. When the farmer begins to estimate the value of sheep from the standpoints of meat, fertility and general advantage to the farm, he will Dot allow the market price of wool to determine whether or not he will raise them. A lot of Hereford and Poland-Angus cat tle were sold in Fort Worth, Tex., recently and the hornless blacks outs jld their whiteface d rivals, bringing much better prices. The blacks are well thought of in Texas. stock orower. Chopred clover hay scalded is a cheap and excellent food for hogs, and they will thrive on it, with but little grain. Balky food ia necessary for distension ot the stomach, ana there is nothing so nutritious lor that purpose as the scalded clover. Young calves intended for veal may re ceive skim-milk until three months old, and aa they grow rapidly to that age, they win pay a larger prolit than If sold yoanger. I he proper way to dispose of the tkim milk is to feed It to the pigs in the spring and to the calves in the falL A French breeder says that by nuttinz his rams in the prime of life to old ewes in the decline of life, be never failed to get a large proportion of ram lambs. When he coupled ewes in th prime and vigor of life with ram lcos before they were matured, he got a large proportion of ewe lambs. An experiment in feeding eighteen head of store cattle with twelve pounds of hay, thirty five pounds of turnips and nine pounds of wheat bran per head dally, and a!f o the same amount of hay and roots, but with different kinds of grain, resulted in the lowest cost of production on the bran ration. This was at the Oatario Aericul tural College. Wethers should not be sent to market UDtil very fit, as no carcass shows to better effect on the stalls when fat than that of the sheep, while the increase in the price for quality will often reDav the cost of keeping the sheep. Good wethers find ready sale at all seasons, but there are large numbers of inferior ones shipped to the cities. There is no benefit in keenin taomneh stock. Itants, stanted animals, or those that seem to eat all they can get without gaining in size, should be got rid of. Many loesses occur from keeping unprofitable ftock on hand too long. An animal that aoes not snow the efiecta of good treatment in a few weeks, will be no better in as many months. L. 8. Dunham Informs the Michigan Farmer that he has made sheen raisin? a study all his life, and finds in the Shropshire just what is wanted for a generalpurpose sheep. He has crossed them on grade fine wools for six years in Succession, and produced lambs that would average 1-0 pounds from 10 to It months old wUr.h sold for cents per pound each year at nome market. Bheen that are kept on the old pasturefields should be driven to tne barn yard befora a storm, as dampness is injurious

It is almost impossible for sheep to find a sufficiency of food when the snow is on the ground, and they sutler from lack of shelter in the fields. Yet there are many farmers who turn the sheep oat to sappart themselves, and such a system is one that alrays leads to loss. Farm Motes.

F-road wagon-tires are best at this season, aa they eave labor and permit of greater speed in hauling. Some WTiters advise sprinkling dry slaked lime among the potatoes when they are put in the cellar. It maybe a good thing. Fowls seldom tire of milk. They may eat too, much grain or meat for their health, but milk in any form is palatable and healthy. Put kerosene oil on the ploughs and other implements as a protection against dampness and rast, before storing them away for the winter. Bran is one of the cheapest foods used in the rations of cows, but it is more beneficial when fed in connection wtlh ground grain end cut feed. The Prairie Farmer thinks it doesn't make any difference about the number of chinch bugs whether corn land be ploughed In fall or spring, as the great mass of bugs leave the ground early in Autumn, Aged horses should have ground graia at all times, or they will not thive, owing to their inability to masticate the whole grains. Where a borse is subject to hsaves it is best to moisten all the chopped or ground food. There is no necessity for prapring a bull and allowing it to become vicious. It csn be made to work, if desired, in providing power for fodder cutters, grain miils, etc. It is done in Europe, and is practicable here. Tramping upon the hay in the barn often causes horses to refuse it. To pass frcm the barnyard into the barn and walk ovr the hay leaves odors which are quickly rcopnized by the anim.s when such hay is fed to them. Mr. W. W. Rawson, of Massachusetts, names as the four earliest and safest kinds cf wrinkled pease McLean's advancer, clip per, American wonder and champion of England. He considers Maud S. the best early smooth pea. The weighing of thr milk, testing of the cows, and knowing to a dollar what one is dcicg. is a great help to the dairy farmer. It enables him to get rid of poor milkers and replace them with goood ones, and the latter cost no more to keep or handle than the former. it pays to mulch tne strawberry vines. although many consider it too laborious to Co to. After the vines have died down there is nothing better than a covering of fane, well-rotted manure, which will not only protect the plants, but show good ef ftcts on the crop in the spring. it tne ground De not irozen, there Is no bettet time than now for ploughing up the garden tpot. It is, of course, late for so doing, but the cutworms will be destroyed while the frost will pulverize the clods und render the ground better adopted for the reception of seed next season. One good cow one that gives a large quantity of milk is more economical than two that do not equal her. The care ct one animal is less man is required ior two, while less space is also necessary Every item that enters into the cost of keeping the cow increases the cost of the milk. Kerosene is oi great help in the proper care cf ponltry. Their nest boxes should be oiled with it as a preventive of ver min. A few drops occasionally in the drinking water will hinder colds or croup, and when applied to scaly legs it eaects cure, while it is highly recomnrndad as a "ir for cholera. : ik tun opinion oi ur. xi .Junius tu there is really no true 'grain" to butter, pure butter being homogeneous in its texture. What is called the "gram" is a granular appearance resulting irom a gen eral and equal distribution of briny water, separating the little peilets'ofjibutter that firnt appear in churning. aCI t? - ine silo, putinto use in the West, tya Tr. Stewart, would save, at a small cost, all the millions of tons of cornstalks now left to waste, which would provide acceptable and nutritious feeding tor the winter, instead of being a sourqp of disease and loss of thousands of cattle that have little or no other subsistence. it is not safe to apply unleached wood abhes around the base of very youne trees. Ashes give better results when spread broadcast over the surface of the ground around the trees. Cases are known in which yoang peach trees have been injured by tt e application of wood ashea thickly a ound and close to the trunks. S. O. M , Oswego. 111., gives the following method of keeping rabbits from fruit tires: Take human excrement from tbe y-inlt and rrdnce it t the consistency of paint. As soon aa the rabbits commence their work, sometimes the last of November, apply the above to the trees with an eld broom. One application is usually sufficient, as the smell of4itis ;extremely distasteful to the rabb.ts.1 TJ lives B'aouiu be.kept in .some place ot au even temperature, not too warm, yet safe from sudden changes, as the animal heat of the bodies may cause the hive to become uncomfortable, thereby inducing the bees to come out, which nay bo fatal. A strong colony need not be as well sheltered aa a weaker one. Care should be taken that the btes are well supplied witn honey or syrup sufficient to satisfy them until work shall begin. Household Hints, Pumpkin marmalade, which furnishes a very agreeable sauce to eat with meats, run be made by any housewife as follows: Fare, core and cut into small pieces a me dium-sized ripe pumpkin ot rich color; take six pounds of sugar, one pint of good cider vinegar, a dozen cloves, and one ounce of best root ginger; bruise the gin eer ana tie it with the cloves in a spica bag, put it with the sugar and vinegar in an earthen jar or porcelain-lined kettle that will hold two gallons; when it gets warm put in as much pumpkin as the jar will hold, pressing it down, and boil it until it is well cooked (it will be transpar ent and soft); take it out with a strainer and set it near the fire while the liquid boils to a thin sirup, put the pumpkin back into tbe jar and let it boil for half an hour, crushing it as much as possible tha while with a wooden spoon. The following proportions for sweet pickles will answer for apples, pears, peaches, apricots, chemes. or grapes: J'ight pounds of frnit, four pounds of best one cup of miied whole spices, stick cinnamon, cassia buds, allspice and cloves less of the latter than of the former. Tie the spices la a bag and boil them with the vinegar and eugar. Skim well, then add tbe truit. Cook ten minutes, or till scalded and tender. Skim out tbe fruit and put into stone jara. Boil the syrup five minutes longer and pour over the fruit. The next day pour oft tbe svrup and boil own acain, and do tbis for three mornings. Keep the bag of spices in the syrap. Salad dressing that csn be used for celery, minced veal, or chicken, may be made by the following rule: One egg, one teaspoonful each of mixed mustard and salad oil, one-half teaspoonful sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful salt, two teaspoon tuls vinegar, six tablespoonfula cream. Beat the ten or fifteen minutes, use only the yolks, add oil slowly, and all other ingredients but the vinegar, stirring them nntil very smooth, then add the vinegar carefully until all is in. For a nice nnt cake, take one and onehalt cups of sugar, one-half cap of batter, three eggs, two tad o a a -halt cspi of fl jar,

one and one-half te&spoonfula of baking

rowder. one-naif cup of milk, one cup of meats of any kind of nuts chopped; bake in a paper lined tin in a steady oven thir ty-five minutes. A good lonny-caxe tor Dreairast can be made by taking two teacupfulls of corn meal, one cupful of nour, two eupials of eoar milk, half a cupful of brown sugar, cne ecr. a bail teaspooniui ot salt ana one tea&poonfal of BOda. When the cake begins to brown, dip a clean rag in batter, nd baste all over the top-ir. is a great deal better. If the sour milk is not tobe bad, sweet milk with baking powder will answer for a substitute. . A delicious dessert dish is a raspberry cream. Take a two-pound can ot raspberries, and press through a sieve, and to every pint of juice add three-quarters of a pound of crushed loaf sugar, and the grated rind and juice of half a lemmon. Let these boil together gently for twenty min utes, then when nearly cool, mix with them half a pint of milk In which an ounce of gelatine has been dissolved. Pour the mixture into a camp raouia, ana set it to stand in a cool place until quite firm. Tbis cream is much better if' made the day previous to that on which it is to be nsed. A good breakfast dish is creamed eggs and bacon. For thia, boil six eggs hard and cut them in slices. Arrange them on a platter and pour over them a cream sauce made by stirring a teaspoonful of butter rolled in one of cornstarch Into a cup of boiling milk and cookirjg until it thickini. ena eeasoning with pepper, salt an: nnrced parsley. Arrange thin sices oi bcc r, fritd to a ciisp, around the ede o' it 5 'stitr. Hairy Note., r"1 s'coal. scalded milk, eggs or wheat flour for the scours. Creem which rises in cold air is better than that which rises in cold wate. livery dairyman should strive to have pastures of clean, sf et grasses, and the land should be enriched with top dress ing. Use a little salt in the food for the stock the same as you do your own. It increases the How ot milk ard improves their gen eral health. Feed well, be clean, give plenty of water, cold in summer, warm in winter, milk quickly. These four rules are necessary lor success in a dairy farm. From 12.3,000 to L'GO.000 human lives are lost yearly from using the milk and meat tf tuberculosed cattle, says Dr. Salmon, of the 1 nited States etennsry Medical Association. If eny animal on the place should have ew eet, clean bay it is the cow, the product cf which is daily finding its way into the veins of the family, to promote health or produce disease. Too often, alas, it perterms tne latter omce. In the dairy section of the Chicago fat stock show the grand sweepstakes prize ot iriu ior tne best butter in tne show was won by Adams A: Son, of Chillicothe. Mo. For the -best lot of Illinois dairy butter the first premium, $10. was awarded to lUchard Hawkey, of Harlem, 111. The first calf, says a contemporary, rrak es or mars the cow, and from the first piegnancy, when the mammary glands be gin to develop, up to the "comlnz in," tre most important period of a cow's life. What is gained then may be held and added to; what is lost can hardly be recovered. Mr. Jarres Mackenzie, an Irish dairy man, says: Irom experience which have ee en carried out, Irom '0 to 21 per rent, increase of butter has been gained by the centrifugal over the gravity of creaming, but I am satisfied that this gain is not at the expense of quality, but to searching out more of the minute fat glob nles, which in gravity creaming do not r se, and, if not farced out, are lost in the skim milk, Mr. T. E. "Welfear, who manases a herd of eighty cows, stated in a paper on dairyfanuirg. at a me?ting cf the Tunbridge "Wells (EDgland) Farmers' club, that in its purity the Jereey cow is a somewhat delicate animal, and when out of profit will yield little for grazing purposes. Tne Shorthorn Jersey, the Sussex Jersey, or tbe Kerry Jersey Js, however, nearly, it r ot quite, equal to most pure-bred Jerseys in milk yielding, and a much more hardy and serviceable animal for general purpobes. THE HARPER TRIAL. More Testimony Which Proves Interesting to the Jury and Court. Cim inkati, December 3. E. L. Harper led his ten-year-old eon Into court with him this morning, and the lad sat beside Lis father without realizing the solemnity of the situation. Brings Swift was re-ex-amiced, but made no new points. W. H. Chatfleld and Sol. P. Kineon, directors of tbe bank, testified that tbe Hoard did not authorize the issue of certificates of deposit to the Chemical National Bank, of New York, for the payment of drafts of Chicago grain brokers. The Board had never been consulted with reference to issues of any certificates of deposit. The most breezy witness thus far heard was Albert P. Gahr, who testified that he was secretary of the Swift Iron and Steel Company, and'secretary and treasurer of tbe Riverside Iron and Steel Company; that the last named company had no assets when it waa organized, and never acquired any, yet jt procured a call loan from the Fidelity Napnal Bmk of $100,000 on its own note indorsed by E. L. Harper, lie detailed the circumstances of his trip to Chicago June 11 in company with Wilshire. He said he was instructed by Harper to go, and was told that Wilshire would get aboard at Cumminsville with $000,000, which witness was to take charge of and deliver to Wilshire in Chicago it Wilshire could make an arrangement with the Chicago parties. He gave tbe package to Wilshire in Chicago. Richard Smith, ot the Commercial Gazette testified that he went with BiigzsS nil t, the President, to see Harper and ask him about the wheat deal. He said he was not in tbe deal, that he was not using the f ands of the bank in the deal, and that he was pot discounting notes to raise funds. Thereupon I wrote an editorial published in the Commercial Gazette saying that tbe omcersof the Fidelity gave assurance of the soundness of the bank. J. H. Stewart, trustee in the assignment of E. L. Harper, testified he found assets valued at $100.000. Harper's liabilities were over $2,000.000. J. II. Waters, general book keeper, told of a New York draft that put fcJOO.OOO to Harper's credit. He was ordered by Harper to conceal this fact. Juuellth Harper or dered him to put out $1,000.000 to the Cbemicai National Bank for discount. The Harper trial, which began N'jvem ber 20, has moved with remarkable celerity from the beginning. The jury was ira paneled on the first day, aod the testi mony Las bepn brought out rapidly every cay since. Tbe government now has pre. tented the main features of its case with out making many surprises to thoe who read the disclosures male by the newspapers last summer when the crash came. It has sbowa that Harper ran the bank, that Brigzs Swift, the Pre&Ident, was completely dtceived, even to the very last day before bai.k was taken in charge by the Gov ernmcnL It ws shown c. early that llarptr was in the wheat deal with all t;f reiourccs he could command as Vice-I'MS-Cfntof a National bank7, which in March last showed to the Government Kxan.iner e?eetts exceeding $3,000,000. WilMnre, tbe active brokr,"has told his story. krthaw has told that tbe losses in t-e wheat deal reached f 1,446,3)2. T" tre has been no hiBt as to the line o fente, except that which crops out in the cro--iauiination of Wllshira and '.aifL Where aa effort is ippaxeat to

make out that the -e men also are equally guilty, what good can come from smirching others Is not apparent. The court jndges, Jackson and Sage, keeps the machinery moving, and the end may be expected much sooner than was at first an

ticipated. Court adjourned until Monday, oeiore the book-keeper's testimony was all ia. COWED THE HENDERSON GANG. The Lif of a Tavero Keeper ia an Ohio Hirer Town. New York 8un, "Speaking about nerve," eaid Brooks, as be sat at a table in the ollice of the Commercial Travelers' Association, "the bravest man I ever met was one Prescott, of Evansville, Ind. He was a daisy. I oiten stayed at his place a sort of tavern, saloon, billiard room, and dance ball com bined. It was like tbia: (There waa a bit of property which had been idle for years. All sorts of men bad tried to run it, but they had to get out. They lacked the required never. The bloods would cross over from Henderson, Ky., and make it disagreeable tor the landlord. They would play his billiards and drink his whisky, and then when asked for pay would set in and clean his shop out. Finally this man Prescott heard of this property for sa'e, found tbe price low, and so bought it in. But 1 don't suppose he knew just what ailed the property, for he was from New Hampshire. "I just wiBh you c ould hava seen the cuts! Why, bedidn'tlook bigenouzhto wbip a cat. He was one of those Slim Jims, with sandy hair and weak legs, a sallow-faced, light, watery blue-eyed fellow. I was traveling through there at that time, and I happened aloe? a week or bo after Prescott got started. He had fixed the place up in style. I drove up at dn?k, put up my team for the night, and, after a drink, prepared to go out for the evening. I noticed ten strapping young bloods m the billiard room. They were dressed well, and Lad gold watches with long chains. There didn't seem to be anything the matter with them, and I left them playing billiards er.d smoking cigar9, with now and thea a cell on the bar. When I got back to the tavern, after a while, the same crowd was there, and there didn't seem to be anything the matter with them then. But Prescott said to me (I was a Yermonter, and he and I felt somewhat acouainted): " 'I'm afraid these boys will give me trouble.' "Why?' "'Well, this is that Henderson gang I ve heard so much of. They're all rich men's sens, and think they can run things. Their game is to get all they can and pay nothing for it. But they will have to pay me for what they get before they get oat of here!' "He said it all as quietly as if he had just remarked he thought it would rain next day. I sat smoking near the stove, where I could see the young bloods in the billiard room. I declare they seemed to be very decent yonng men. They had been to tbe bar pretty often, and they were a trifle lively in their play, and maybe a bit loud in their conversation, but that was all, and why Prescott wm afraid of trouble I couldn't for the life of me make oat "But pretty scon they began to show their band. First two of them took a gotd stiff drink and a cigar apiece, and tbin jerked their thumbs over their shoulder a they moved toward the door. "Thelotherfel.'ers'll make this all rigot.' ' Trescott said, 'Very well,' and theni he b"wtd them out like a prince of the royal line. Then a couple mere took a big drink and the best cigars, and out they went. ' 'The otherboys in thar'il settle the score!' "There were now half a dozen big ones left inside. Pretty soon they came out, tco. They ranged along the bar, rilled up two or three times around, and then started for the door. "'Stop!' "Tbev paused, then looked around mild ly TeproDcbful at Prescott, who stood beLlLU i Li uar. uiiem mo purijr aaiu. "'Well! what d'ye want?' "Prescott, with his thin, white face show ing do more emotion man a Drass teme, remarked: "'Gentlemen, you've forgotten some thing, riease to pay for what you've had.' " 'Well we've &ot no money, ray yer Borne otter time. Then something happened. The little white livered cuss of a Prescott sprang over tbe bar like a cat, his lone white apron flyirg between his leg;; and before the KentuckiaDs comprehended what waa to hap pen be had bis back against tbe door and the six toughs covered with two big horse pistols. His face was as white as chalk, but I tf 11 you his bine eyes blazed, in an in stant, after recovering from their surprise, the carg reached fur their guns, flat frescott bad them to, wel.'scovered. He said: " 'The man that attempts to draw hia sbooter gets a hole bored through him as big as a barrel. Not a man shall leave this room till I've had what's due me. ' ' It looked very much lik6 blood there for about a minute, but Prescott s Dlaz:ng e(eandhis ugly looking guns took the starch out of the toughs, and prettv soon they trud to tänk out of range. One of them said: " WTe left onr money bo me. Let us out and we'll fetch it to yee." "No you don't.' This was Prescotfa determined answer. Indicaticg one of the party with a pistol, lie f aid: " 'You put your watch on the cigar case. "He did as directed, lj waa a gold; repepter. ' "The big horse pistols were lowered. " 'Now, gentlemen, come up and have something on me.' "Prescott said this with all the suavity imaginable, as he resumed his place behind the bar, and pretty soon the Kentucktaas were liftirg in liquor as naturally as if tcthiBg unusual had occurred. "Monev? Why, that gang was full of it. They stood up ard called for round after round, and paid for it, and refused to take any change. Of course, after awhile tbey got tired and wanted to lean up against the furniture, while one of them insisted on kissing tbe bartender. Finally tbey went oft loaded right up to the muzzle, but perfectfy good-natured. They tcok tbe gold watch along, of course. Bat tbey left about a hundred dollars of good Kentucky money in the place oi it. "Ajear ilsterl stopped at Prescott'a again. "'Well, Prescott. have the Hsadereon boys cleaned you out yet?' ' 'Not yet.' . "He emilled. The r.i-t profitable castomershe bed were those wild Henderson bojs.Tbey knew nerve when they saw it, and they liked it." a bhysiciasj Jblastrlas ever hart made vviieft BVälfjf hp bins for a ZflTrflOPfiOffOS colored fictur:,:7 for Strains, bain yoor.sf. Girl'.' "in bacKiSidt orCfrtd briYr?atoess;cofd;f, fimiOPSORQS C0.. ... ... Aivrrtra-w"'

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