Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1887 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14 1887.

WINTER FARM TOPICS

ii Interesting Article Abaut Broom Cora Tha Urge or the SmiU Cjw. Winter Work cn tha Firm Hindling Sael PoUtocs hmm Wee! Rsnsiy. Fii'.j isi Fircies Cttcsrnizg ill Kinds of Poultry Canning Factories. Fat Walking Horif-Houiehol( Uinta Dairy Kotes Notes Concerning; the Farm and Lire Stock. Broom Corn. Chicago Times. - Chicago is the largest market in the world for broom corn, and bandies fire times as much as Philadelphia, which follows next. There are fourteen dealers in this city who handle almost all of the entire crop. Realizing the necessity of maintaining an even and satibfactory market, these fourteen dealers put their heads together last May and organized what is now known as "The Chicago Broom Corn Exchange," with headquarters in the Ewing Block, corner North Clark and Kinzie 'streets, where the members congregate a ta specified hour each day to buy and sell car-lots of broom corn. Samuel Boyles is the president; E. F. Danton, yice-president; A. D. Ferry, secretary; H. F. Vehmeyer, treasurer, and W. L. Roseboom, A. H. Grunewald. J. N. Hubbard, J. L. Stranahan, and W. S. Hancock comprise the Board of Directors. Nearly all the wholesale dealing in broom corn takes place at the Exchange, and the opinion is unanimous that the organization is and will ' continue to be a successful one. The crop cfbroom-corn this year, as estimated by conservative and reliable authorities, is put down at 15,000 tons, against 30.000 lat year and l.0u0 tons in 1S3Ö. The crop this Tear is divided anions the broom-corn producing States as follows: Illinois, 8,000 tons; Kansas, 3,003 tons; Nebraska, 2.000 ions; Missouri, 1,000 tons; Ohio, 300 tons: Iowa, 200 tons; Tennessee, 250 tons, and New York, 250 tons. The acreage this year is much larger than last, while the tonage is only about one-half. In Kansas and Nebraska the drouth and chinch bugs have madejsad havoc,and have cut down the crop in thoaa Stages fully 75 per cent. The drouth and chinch bugs After gettins in their work there were aided 'oj heavy rains during September, and the -crop as it was : being harvested sutYered much damage from the latter cause, which resulted in not only cutting down the total crop to small proportions, but in making the quality of it very inferior. The quality of the Illinois and Missouri crops is superior to any crop grown for several years. The annual consumption of broom corn is estimated at 25,000 tons. With a crop of 15,000 tons this season and only 6,0)0 tons carried oyer from last year, it is apparent that there is a shortage of 4.000 tons in the quantity necessary to supbly the demand, and dealers claim that as soon as the situation becomes generally known corn will advance. Prices are no w higher than a year ago, and the bulk, say four-fifths of the crop, is now in the second hands. Last year farmers and buyers held off for $;0 to 1100 per ton and were finally obliged to accept $00 to $7) later on. This season they have forced their corn on the market, and have never besn so anxious to Bell as they now are. It is claimei that this is due partly on account of their having been caught last season and partly on account of their being forced to realize on their crops to obtain ready money. Out in Kansas and Missouri corn is selling at from $40 th $;0 per ton, while in central Illinois $'30 to 75 is readily paid. The corn raised this season will make about 100 dozen brooms to the ton. Last year it maae only about eighty dozen, as the length of the spikes or grass was so much greater than usual, two thirds of the crop being too long to admit of its being used without waste. Quotations from broom corn in this market at present writing are as follows : Hur', choice green 4 (xv.i Hurl, red or vel.'ow tipped- 3 f.3H Self wot king green 4 SeH-workiüg, red and yellow tapped i rt5H Seif-worsJriK, coarse, seedy, common Look. stalky, seedy and t ad color ?X'3? Crooked Half price of straight. The largest factory in the world where brooms are made is in St. J.!n:s. Tht next iareest Is in Amsterdam, N. Y. Th third is likewise in Amsterdam. The ec ond larrest factory in the West is in Chi capo. Brcom-com is said to be a native of India; it baa a jointed stem like a w3, and grows to the height of about ten feet and bears an effuse spike of which the brooms are made. In 1795 broom-corn be gan to attract attention and was largely used in the manufacture or brooms, whlsa then sold for 5 ) cants apiece, the Shaker societies in the I'nited States being the principal manufacturers. The Lars or the Small Cow. Farsjaud Garden. "Whether lh5 large of the small coi is the most profitable on small farms is a disputed question. For our part we like a good cow, whether she is large or small, and are better tnited by quality tban alz. The large animal consames more, and should yield an increase of milk and butter to compensate for the extra feed. We saw, sot long since, .a statement in which the extra cost and possible profit and loss were nicely calculated, and the balance seemed to be in favor of tne small cow. We do not believe there is much difference in profit yielded by an individual cow of ither class, if they are good specimens of their kind. We believe good keen makes the profit in all cases, be the breed what it may. It requires a certain amount of feed to sustain life and keep up animal waste; whatever additional proper nutritious fool is supplied will, in a good cow, go into profit in milk and butter. -The advocates of the large cow urge that there is an in creased value in such stock when it comas to tha butcher; but this is not ot much consequence, for such beef does not hire a high market value. Salect whatever kind we may for the dairy, if we consult oar own profits we must look for the one that makes the best returns for her keep; all eher considerations of size and weight are of minor Importance. The best cow at the milk prll will te the best breed for the cwner. Winter Work cn tte Farm. The winter season need not necessarily entail idleness on the farm. Mach valuable work may be done la winter, and bj a - proper and judicious divieion of farm daties the hurried labor of spring may be somewhat avoided. One great source cf loa in winter is allowing the shocks of corn to remain in the fields to be injured by the weather, as well as affording harboring places for m.'ce and vermin, instead of hanging the same to the barn, there to remove the ears of corn and husking them, - Tinder shelter, by which means the fodder will be brighter and better, while every portion of the stalk may be conveniently made of some value. The straw-stacks should also be carried to the barn, there, along with the cornstalks, passed through .the fodder-cutter to be redaced into very itsbort length, and ither fed to stock or . ctsed aa bedding. This may cost eomethinz Ccx laboor, but wfcea l Jj conidre4 that.

unemployed help costs as much aa that which can be put to service, the real value ot the labor is bat very little. Every ounce of food saved by careful preparation la a clear gain, and the winter work In that respect is bat a continuation of that left over from the fall. The manure-heap is another winter workshop, as it is the moat important material on the farm. No matter how cold the weather may be there are e9rtaln times when the materials of the manureheap require turning over, sot only to prevent overheating, but to thro the coaner portions to the center, where they may. In tarn, be redaced to a fine condU tion. Without entering into the details of the necessary repairs required for tb.8farm bnildlnga and fences, and for the inspection of the machinery and implement, the fattening of stock is a winter occupation, the work of which should be done completely before spring, in order to be in readiness for the plow when the frost shall be out ot the ground. Farming is an all-year round business, and permits of no idle time, if rigntly managed, as it Includes the growing of crops daring favorable Beasons, to be manufactured on the farm into milk, butter and meat daring the periods when bat little can be done in other respects, for winter can really be made a busy season if the farmer shall so desire.

Dandling Seed Potatoes. Seed potatoes promise to be high next spring. It will be sound economy to pay close attention to the keeping of those on hand. Good, strong seed next spring wilt be worth niore tban for several yenis Mj-t good potato growers agree that sproatfd teed potatoes are inferior to those kept so that no large tprouts appear before planting. We are satistif d that any farmer vao will take the trouble to test tVt.i matter will convirce himself that whenver he plants badly sprouted seed ha inj ares his crop. The Rural New Yorker priati the views of a number of correspondents on this timely subject, the drift of which is that teed potatoes Bhould be kept carefully stored in cool cellars. John A. Thomas writes from Topeka, Kan. : 'We find it a very difficult matter to prevent seed potatoes from sprouting. We store them in cellars, making the layers four feet deep or deeper if the room is scarce. About January 15 we begin at one side and shovel the whole pile over, thus preventing them from matting and settling too close together. After that we thovel over the pile once a month until they are planted. A man can move a thonsard bushels in a day, and he can work at it when the weather is too bad for outside work. This is the best plan we know of. It gives them air and they keep better, but they will sprout somewhat G. P. Gerrard writes from Arestook county, Maine: I plant my seed potatoes fresh from my cool cellars when they are nearly as dormant as when dug in the autumn before. I find tbey come through the ground with a big, vigorous shoot and maintain a superior vigor all through the season. Seed potatoes from which sprouts have been removed once or more, lack vitality, as compared with fresh ones. I store my potatoes in deep, cool cellars in bins four feet wide and three and one-half feet deep, one above another, two high, with a floor and air space between them. Tbey have plenty of air In the fall, bat not in the spring, and they da not sprout r ntll June. O. H. Alexander says: I certainly believe seed potatoes are weakened by sprout ing, lo prevent tni3 they should be kept in a cool cellar, and no warm air should be allowed to reach them in spring. They should rest on the cellar floor and be well spread out. A Central Ohio Silo. Ohio Farmer. Mr. John Gould : As I am the first one in Central Ohio that ever built and filled a silo with ensilage corn, I wish to report to yon mv success with it. I converted a portion of my cow stable into one, from informa tion received from your article in the Oh'o Farmer. I made the building airtight by nsing three thicknesses of lumber with tarred paper between, leaving a dead air space of six inches. I3y following your plans in detail I have made a crreat aaccess ol it. I opened the silo on October 25th and have been feeding my twenty-five head of Jersey cattle on the finest green food ever fed to any cattle in winter time in central Ohio- My cows have gained in quantity and quality of milk ever since I commenced fttding ensilage. Can I make my silo durable by giving it, say, two or three applications of crude petroleum next summer before filling? If preferred; yon can give this article, with answer to my question, to readers of the Ohio Farmer. I wish to thank ycu for the information I have received from your pen. N. P. Worthirgton, O. Methods for the preservation cf a silo are becoming very plenty, and 1 presume that for a ctesp preservative crude petroleum would be cheap, as Lima oil at 17 cents per barrel is about as cheap as water. I u?ed on my silo last year one part of linseed oil end two parts of coal oil. Dr. Crane, ot Tippecanoe City, O , used North Carolina pitch to "paint" the interior of his silo. Some use iron-clad paint, and some lath and plaster, with water lime cement. Ia my opinion the pitch put on boiling, if it will stay, is the best, and I hope Dr. Crane wiil report iis &ucce3s. L p here In Wis consin, where lumber Is cheap, they do not ne anythirgro preserve the wood, saying that when the silos show Blens oi aessy they can jeplace them with more cheap lumber. If during the winter I can fiad that a No. 1 preservative has been dtscov erd it will be duly reported inrouzu tue Farmer. CAM, Madiecn, WIv November 25. A Jim son Weed Remedy. Atlanta (Ga.) Cultivator. Be very careful, writea E. E. Ma, of Louisiana, to the Cultivator farmers, how yon destroy weeds and other so-called pests. To show you how careful you onght to be, I will give yoa an idea ot the virtues of a common weed, which, until last week. I thought an unmitigated nuisance. The weed is no other than the common jimson weed (Jamestown Nothing can be Riven a horse that will so speadily regulate and allay all urinary obstructions and inflammation aa this seed. The seed are a powerful alterative. They are cathartic, diaphoretic and diuretic. They act upon the .stomach and bowels, producing a healthy condition of those orzans. The seed should be gathered in October and No ember (I should sty gather the seed in September just as the seed-pods busrt) and laid np for future UEe. For a dese, one or two ounces or tablespoonfnls every tecond or third day, accordirg to severity of case, nutil four doses have bten given. After a lapse of a few days repeat. In extreme cases a doss may be given every day. This remedy is un(UrcasEfd in cases of big-head, glanders, farcy, diEtemper. hide-bound, stiff coraf.laint and chrocia founder. Dr. 6 te wart rightly calls these feed "The great horse medicine." An old darkey told me that the leaves of this weed would ' cure any caie Of core back. Whether this is so or not I cannot eay, but we have the word of a veterinary surgeon for the seed. Canning Factories, Atlanta (Ga.) Cultivator. Jndeonia, Ark., has a successful canning factory, and the people are very much gratified, as It has given a new impetus to fruit and vegetable growing. We also note the gratifying fact that North Carolina has been successful with her canning factories, and we hope that other Southern States will now try the experiment. Maine is getting a pile of money from the South for her farmers through her numerous cann ir g factories. The Industrial Journal, of Bangor, Me., says: The reason Jost closed has been a great Ote for the corn 'factories in Maine, and

many additional communities are now agitating the matter of establishing these useol industries. More than twenty million cans of sweet corn have been packed the past season by the eighty factories ia the State, 20,000 acres having been planted to tupply them. This industry is a most important branch of Maine agriculture, and from the present outlook it is capable of being greatly extended.' Fast Walking Dorses. Profits are small on the farm and all waste must be prevented "to make both ctds meet." Waste of time is one of the things to be looked after as closely as anything else, and with it the kind of horses that are kept has considerable to do. Compare the distance traveled in a day by a stronp, sturdy, fast-walking team, says the English Agricultural Gazette, with that which a slow, creeping team will travel, and the difference will be surprising. If this difference of a day is so noticeable, what must that of a year or the average lifetime of a horse be? If the slow team pulls a plow or draws a load but twenty miles per day, while the other covers twenty-five miles with as little fatigue, it is easy to calculate what the difference would be in a year, and how long it would take to gain a whole year's time by using the active instead of the slothful horses. Aa the most cf farm work is done at the walking gait, it is then the duty of the farmer to look after the walking qualities of the horses he breeds as much as it is for those who breed fast horses to look after the speed-producing qualities of the horses they rear. While much depends upon the training of ahorse as to whether he is a fast walker or not, there is a great deal in the breeding. Same horses are raturally f&st walkers, and, like natural fast trotters or pacers, can Staad to work at their natural gate much better than those which acquired the habit of walking last by being pushed. Active, energetic horses, with an inclination for getting over the ground with a strong, square walk, will be more apt to produce cohs that will be a success in this direction than du:nsy horses with sleepy dispositions, and t points should be considered when selecting for breeding purposes. Live Mock otes. Linseed meal should not be fed to very young pigs except in Email quantities, and not very often, as it is too much of a laxative for them. A Colorado man says that he has made more money by furnishing lambs to batchers than by anything he has ever tried before in Colorado. There is no necessity for having the colt in a fat condition. Keep it growing, and aim to get the largest frame possible before it becomes three year3 old. Give in winter cooked food fed slightly warm, as it is pretty sure to be is eaten rcoie rapidly and does more good than that uncooked. Cowa increase their yield of milk on it, and all animals thrive better than previously. It is said that 1,000 sheep kept on a piece of ground one year will make the soil capable of yielding grain enough over and

above the capacity of the soil without the sheep manure to Bupport 1,035 sheep an entire year. It has been estimated that cattle disease n the past forty-five years has cost Great Britain JöCO, 000,000. Commissioner Colman recommends a cattle quarantine ainst all Europe, which has been the hot bed of diseases which afterward aillicted this country. Roots rhould not be fed with straw or poor hay, as they are too much alike in composition. Feed the roots with clover or good nay, and give the more concentrated food with tne straw. It requires more skill to be successful in feeding poor than rich kinds of food. It is a fact that dogs seldom attack sheep kept with cattle, unless in the case of some old rcgue, and then when the sheep are found at a considerable distance, for the instinct of the cattle is to attack animals found chasing or worrying other stock near them. Prof. Storer says a ration of thirty pounds of pumpkin per cow daily will increase the now and improve the quality of milk. More than this quantity Bhould not be given, pumpkins are very cneap tooa, as a couple of tons can be grown to the acre with the corn crop. The seeds of the pumpkin ought to be removed before feeding. The National Horse breeder of Delavin, Wis., asserts with an air o! great confidence that there is - more clear money made in raising good horses, if it is done judiciously, than in any other kind of stock. The farmer who has a few good hoisesto turn into money eyery year is generally one of a class of men who are cuneideied well-on. A pig that, while eating, takes his teil out of the trough and acts as if the slop Sad ran tne wrong way, has the sniillo. He should be removed from the herd and cared for, as the disease is contagious. Pat pine tar in the slops and smear both the nose and face with it. Feed sulphur and turpentine; a free use of carbolic acid.both externally and internally, should also be made. The wastes of the garden will highly b et joyed by the porkers. Cabbage leaves and stalks, with the small sweet potatoes and other things not valuable lor family UEe, and can not be stored for the pigs in the cold days, tad better be fed to them now than allowed to decay. Ordinarily these things are not considered of much value, bat when vegetation is scarce, as it is now. it is wen to mate me of what we often look upon as triiles, While it is claimed that the improved muttcn breeds of sheep pay well, they c in not be kept on the farm in the came manner usual with common fcheep. They demand good pasture, liberal feeding and attention, bat they pay well for th8 cue bestowed. There is a great demand for Barperior mutton, and bright prospects are in store for those farmers who Till make mutton sheep a speciality and are willing to give them the same treatment that Is gven to auch sheep in England. Mr. T. E. W elf ear, who manages a herd of eighty cows, stated in a paper on dairy farming, at a meeting of the Tnnbridge Wells (England) Farmers' Club, that in its purity the Jersey cow was a somewhat delicate animal, and when out of profit would yield little for grazing purposes. He said the shorthorn Jersey, the Sussex Jersey or the Kerry Jertey was, however, nearly, if not quite, equal to most pure-bred Jerseys in milk yielding, and a much more hardy and serviceable animal for general purposes. No farmer should undertake early breeding with the hope that the March winds will be tempered to save his pigs, if they are farrowed in a fence corner. The coming March may be aa quiet and gentle as a lamb, favoring the improvident pig grower. While there is always a possibility of this condition of affairs, it is entirely safe to prepare for the worst. If yoa cannot shed against the fiercest winds, you had better not allow the pigs to come at that time,National Stockman. No better evidence of tha advantage of raising sheep for mutton rather than ior wool can be given than the fact that in England, where rents of farms are very high, the mutton breeds are considered indispenslble to successful farming. Wool is rpgarded aa only a by-product of the sheep. In this cenntry, on the contrary, wool is considered of greater importance than the mutton, but sheep here do not pay as great irofits as those in England. Everything depends on the mode oi management. Oar 'armers compel sheep to forage, while in Kng'and they are treated as carefniy as are cattle. The treatment which colts receive has a telling effect upon them when they axe grown up, asya an - expert horseman.

Injuries and blemiBhes are like the leavs on trees they increase in size as the body increases. It is an undisputed fact that the condition of the feet ot a horse are more or less affected by the condition of the ground on whclh the feet are treated in any kind of soil. If they are kept confined to stables and compelled to Btand continually upon hard plank floors, the feet will be more or less injured by it; or if they are constantly kept on soft, loamy ground, the feet will be soft and spongy, and in about as bad condition as if braised by being stabled constantly.

Farm Kotes. All low and wet places should be drained. A few rods of drain tile will prevent slush and mud around the house. The Hubbard and turban are the best keeping equashes. A dry cellar provided with a furnace is not a bad place to keep them. Although our wheat crop the past season was not as large as was expected, yet we can spare 08,000,000 bushels to foreign countries. Do not keep more stock than can be comfortably wintered. A small herd well cared for will give better results thn a large herd that is partially neglected. A strip of two-ply tarred paper fastened around the trees, and extending into the ground, is one of the best modes of protecting the trees against mice and rabbits. When vegetables are stored in cellars tbey must be kept irom fermenting, as thiy surely will ferment when piled it large bulk. This may be accomplished by piling on shelves so as to allow some circulation of air among them, or by packing in barrels. 3 Farmers should protect the nseful birds against destruction by gunners. A single bird may save much labor in destroying inst ct Birds should be encouraged to build near the houses and barns. Unless protected tte Bmall birds will be destroyed as well as the larger ones. Too much attention cannot be given the seed corn, which should be hung np and thoroughly dried. When the winters afe severe the seed that is thoroughly dry escapes damage. It is owing to moisture that injury occur?. A warm room, or a location perfectly dry (such as the garret), is sufficient without the us9 of a stove. When some particular farmer succeeds in securing better crops than his neighbors it indicates that he is progressive and has adopted the mcst improved methods for sucte-s. Observe him, and endsavor to tarn from his experience. So farmer can succeed who is not willing to throw his prejudices aside and adopt the better prac tice s of his neighbors. Hog killing is usually deferred till pretty cold weather. It is at any time a mean. nasty job, and the more uncomfortable if there is alternation from the hot water of tbe scalding-tub to the freezing temperature outside. If possible, dressing the hogs should be done in a building sheltered from the winds. Have all the implements ready before the work begins, bo that there need be no unnecessary delays. Prof. Stockbridge once tried to raise 200 bushels of corn to the acre. He said after ward: "I have learned that lean apply manure enough to grow 200 bushels of corn on a single acre and can put the hills thick enough, but I hava also learned that not even the Creator Himself can give sun shine and leaf-room e nouh! for Bachra crcp with any variety of corn known to me." In planting a vineyard first discover the varieties test suited to your section. The Catawba will not always thrive where the Concord proves reliable. For an early grate select Moore's early, which re sembles the Concord. Ives' Seedling, though it changes color and becomes apSaiently ripe before some other kinds, ocs not really ripen until after the Concord. The soil and climate must be considered. It is a waste of time to use varieties not adapted to the location. One thing that led np to the present system of cold storagefor fruits was tie old-fashioned plan of freezing apples. The family supply of apples would: bs put In the attic usually an unfurnished room. The applet would remain froon all winter, and when slowly thawed out in the spring they were found to be mel low and good, We have recently seen this plan advocated for the keeping of seed po tatoes. ' Don t try it. l on will lose all you freeze. We have sometimes thought every farmer should have a blacksmith chop. If this is unattainable, he ought at least, to supply himself with a foil assortment of bolts, clev'ses, wrencher and other ironware needed in making repairs to broken wagons or farm implements. Often with these be can repair tbe damage in less time V on vnnlil Ka nooHerl tn rnn in tha ilinn' and in a busy season the time savd is more than the money saving in cost of do ing the work. Coloring matter may be stirred into whitewash to make any desired shade. Spanish brown will make a red pink, more or less deep, according to quantity nsed. Finely puiveilzed common clay, mixed With Spanish brown, makes f reddish store color. Chrome vellow for yellow coicr, ana ii small quantity ia used, a cream. Use indigo for different shades of blue, and indigo and chroma yellow for green. Green pigments cannot be eafelv used with lime, as the lime will injure the color and the green will cauejfhe wash to peel of. Forldinerent shades of red. mix Venetian red and Spanish brown in various pioporticns. Lampblack will give a pretty gray if r.Eed in proper proportions with. the whitewash, Facta About Poultry. Begin now to get your winter quarters for poultry neat, clean and comfortable, if you want to do a paying business. Look out for rat boles about poultrybouses. Broken glass crammed into them before covering up the holes, will assist to keep out tne vermin. Let the poultry have some place of refuge in their yards from the cold norm ana westerly winds. If there are no sheds, put np a few boards to form a screen. They will then do better than if compelled to take ref age in their houses at all times. Durlnz the time the snow lies on the ground do not depend on your fowls eatJrg snow to quench their thirst. They will do this if not properly eupplled with water: bnt it often causess a loosenes of the bowels and sickness, and prevents hens from laying. Do not let your chickens go into winter quarters with scaly legs. Treat them to a couple of applications of sulphur and lard. and coai oil the roosts frequently. Ssaly legs are not only unsightly, batfowls can not do the work they ought to thus en cumbered. Geese do not receive as much attention as they thould on farms especially adapted to the rearing of water fowi. Besides ?ie!dii2 a regular Income In the way of feathers, they are one of the moat profit able ffowls for tbe market. Mach easier rtwed tban turkeys, tbey sell as readily in most seasons at as good profits. Mr. W. B. NiBbit. of Loa Angeles, Cl. writes the Poultry Letter, of Chicago, I1L, that there are two ostrich farms near that place, both in a flourishing candition and hundreds of people visit them dally out of curiosity. -It is an expensive ex periment to raise these lowls, but wuen f uccess corres to the venture the profits are large. The change from an outdoor run to the limit of a hennery ia not at all agreeable to tue nature of fowls. There they live and trow like house plants pale, delicate and tender. The longa r they are keDt hived together the more sickly they will be and tie less number the breeder will have to

show or sell In a presentable condition to his customers. Now that ponltry-housea will have to be alrut np closer to keep oat cold, look in now and then at night to observe the sanitary condition of your stock when they are quietly settled on their perches. If your olfactory nerves are in fair condition you can thus tell if the bouses are too close or foul, or if a roupy bird ia present you can detect it at once by its peculiar bad odor, and remove it before further mif chief is done by contagion. After the turkeys shall have been well fattened they must be well dressed in order to command the highest market price. No matter how big and fat a box of turkeys may be, if they be bruised and torn in dressing or not dressed in the style the market demands, they will not sell at top prices. Different markets have some different notions about dressing turkeys, and the only way for you to make sure of suiting your market la to write to the commission house to which you propose to ship your turkeys and get its directions for dressing and packing turkeys for its market. The New England Fanner thinks there is much written about the flavor of egg? laid by bens of different breeds that could be traced, no doubt, to the feed given or obtained by them, and calls attention to what the Market Journal says about flavoring animals. Here is one idea advanced by the Journal, in which poultry-breeders are interested: It suggested that a new industry might be created in the raising of poultry ana various aoaiebtic auiaias upa certain kiLds ot fool which wilt impart to their tieah Lew and palatable lli7ors. It is we l fcnovn. for inttaoce. that tbe exqai:1 e flavor of the cauvas-nack duck is due t t;i wilu reJery U feds uoon in Southern marshis, aid the deheion? Congo c Jicktns owe their superior taste to the excell me ( f tbe pineapples they eat. Tte

greuhe ol iheiar vftcrn piatrss is aromatic wi'.h tbe wild sge; wild ducks and oth er sea fuwls I av U-'iy flavor. IL Soap the creal Never use ta7r 'ciold Ilints. door hinge, i rope for cords to hang meat by. If the flannel undershirt is shrunken. hang it on the line wrong side up. Don't leave the stove handle in the hot stove, and then ask your husband to look at the fire for you. Beefstake and mutton chops should be cut thick forbroiliDg, never less than threequarters of an inch. A common "Tarkish" towel, price 25 cents, will cat up into three or four excellent dish Cloths. Fill and trim the lamps in the morning, if yon do not wish to furnish an item for the accident column of your county pa per. The best way to mend torn leaves in books is pastirg tbem with white tissuepaper. Tbe print will show through it. When you want to take out a broken window pane, heat tbe poker, ran it slowly along tbe old putty and soften it loose. To suit both those who like beefsteak rare and well done, it is well to cut it in two, and hava cne-half partly cooked before the other is put on. When new sheets are made, try a broad hem on each end. This will prevent any head or toot to the article, thus making the wear mrxh more even. The smoke from hickory chips is best for smoking meat. Corn cobs also give a good scent. Beezh is very good, so are apple and pear chips. A gate owinging tree upon its hinges is certainly more lasting than if suffered to drag upon the ground, and has a more hospitable look to a visitor. When you boil a cabbage, tie a bit of dry bread in a bag and put it in the kettle. French cooks Bay that all the unpleasant odor which maks the house smell like an old drain will ba.absorbed by the bread. Dairy Notes. Bran will keep tbe bowels open. A vr.se farmar will bank his stables. Weier all animals before feeding, as it does not pe.7 to wash meal out of the stomach. Arunt pig well taken care of will eell tor enough ta payfor ten copies of the F. J. far one year, and mare, too. By the way, do you know the cows which bave Ton themselves in debt? If nor, whyratr it will net pay to winter such. Let sick or maimed animals lie still. Do tottorura them by trying to get them up. Hub their limbs every day and keep a ecu bed under them. They will get up when tbey are able. Tbe?e is no standard percentage of but ter bs to milk. Milk varies ia the amount of butter it contains during the season. In the autumn when tbe cowa give less milk. the percentage of butter Is twice as much es it is when the flow is greatest. Cows differ, as it takes all the way from 5 pounds of milk to 24 pounds to make one of bet ter. Eloped and Coralled. Lafayette, December 8. Special. Montmorence, a small and quiet village Ecven miles westof here, is enjoying a real sensation. Miss Tilda Ericeon, of that place, was to have married Sol Peterson, of this city, lest night, but Saturday night the eloped with George Book. Peterson and Officer Yelm, ot this city, followed tbem, and found tbem stopping at the residence of William Behler, at Hoopeston, 111. They had intended to go to Dinville, 11L, yesterday and get married, but the arrival of Peterson changed the pro gramme. Miss iiricson granted reierson an inteiview, and titer it was over con tented to return to Montmorence. Sue eeema willing to wed either, and all the interested parties are now at that place, the rivals for her hand anxiously awaiting her decision. Feteraon has a home pre pared for ter in lhia city, and seems to lave the best lien upon her, but Book has an entirely different opinion, and thinks he onght to get the prize, Both are hot headed, and trouble is feared. The Mestage Suits Them Waksaw, December 7. Special. The Democrats of this city met last evening for tbe purpose of organizing for the next campaign. It was not supposed that there would be many present, out wnen tue meeting was called to order, there were nearly ore; hundred Btanch Damocratson fand, each one apparently determined to do all he could to fight Republicanism. A temporary organization was enacted, a peneial lnterchangs of views had, and a permanent orgmizmon win ne maae on the 13lh instead. The Democrats here are feeling good over the FYetident'a messa??. end indorse every word'of it, and the liapublicans are as mad as a lot of hornets ever It and the fact that Senator Tarpie occupies a Beat in the Senate. We are a unit for Gray for Vice-President and Captain Myers for Governor. Itooming M;ron W. Ilecd for Congress. Mr. Lafe Pence, of Denver, whoia County Attcrrey for Arapahoe County, Colorado, la in Via ritT. "Mjron V. Eeed, who formerly lived ,..av the rat st beloved man in Colo'iado," ea?d Mr. Pence, "and he de...r.itn hnff ra thousand good reasons. ThiTo r vt rv few tech noble men in this orlri. He is tow receiving a salary of j.iwntirTear. and except what it takes for his livirg expenses, he spends every Ar.n nf it in a oulet way In charitable ,v on knows how much good that man does. We er going to make a big ft .rt in irrt bim to Congress next year, anrt I tllr.k there is no doubt but that we i'l h inccewful. He is now the leaaing Damocrat in the State.".

CLEVELAND'S MESSAGE.

Com met) t of Some of the Load lug South trn Papers on tha Document. New York, December 7. The following editorials from some of the leading jour nals in the South are of interest as showing how that section views the President' plan for reducing the revenue: The Charleston, S. C, News and Courier says: "The President exposes with cruel courtesy every fallacy of the protective argument. Indeed a stronger or more comprehensive exposition of the weakness and inherent inequality of tbe protective system has not been given to the public Through it all, moreover, there runs a vein of kindly sympathy and patriotic consideration. The manufacturer or the workin? man who reads this message must be callous and suspicions indeed, if he is not impressed by it with the abiding conviction that a readjustment of tbe tariff, which ebould be committed to the President if that were practicable, wo aid leave the workingman in better position than that which he now holds, would increase the general prosperity of manufacturers and the persons whom they employ in opening to Americans the markets of the world, and would at the tame time bv diminishing the burdens and restraints upon them augment the comfort of every man, woman and child in the land." The Vt w Orleans Times-Democrat says : The message sent yesterday by the President to Congress is unique. It is first of all, the shortest Presidential message ever tu, lu is confined wholly to a Bingle sal je et the tariff. The President declares hiruEeif, in no uncertain terms, a revenue r feiner and opposed to protection pure a d simple. He would havi Congress leave t ie internal revenue alone i nd concentrate I -elf on the work of reducing the tariff. We do not agree with the President in re gerd to tbe non-reduction of the tobacco fx. I is true that tobacco is not a necessity, but the tax is troublesome and burdenrome to the agricultural producer, and the cost ot its collection is considerable." The Atlanta Constitution says: "The message of the President concerns itself olely with the tariff question, and he dianEses it almost exclusively form the r randpoint of Bre'r Bill Morrison, of I1Uois, who waa left at home by bis esteemed enstitsents on account of his extreme -iews. At the same time the President ces not go as far as Bre'r Bill Morrison, lie pauses in the lesson which he gives to Congress to refer to the fact that the Democratic platform suggests protection for American industries and American labor. There is one fact, however, to which Mr. Cleveland fails to call attention namely, tu at the promises of the Democratic platform can be earned out by the repeal of the internal revenue law, which was framed to suit en emergency long since passed, and which in its operation, is odious and unjust. The repeal of this law would bo effectually do away with the surplus that Corgress would be compelled te "revise the tarriff with such protection as the Chicago platform calls for, but the free traders are opposed to this repeal for the reason that while tbe revenue tax is levied any attempt to rednce the tariff will merely result in increasing the surplus, and they will therefore have an excuse for putting their free trade notions into e feet to some extent That a man of practical common senee like Cleveland should walk into such a trap isBarpriting, but he has not walked in without a protest as his reference to the Chicago platform shows," THE TARIFF QUE3TION, Opluiona of Members of Congrees Given In Tabulated Form A Summary. New York, December 8. The World has interviewed over 215 members of Congress on the tariff question and their choice for President. The following brief summary wilt show the result: For Republicans 1. Do you favor the renominalion of Mr. Blaine for President? 2. If not will you state your preference as to the candidate? 3. Do you favor the President's tariff ideaf? 4 How far wou'd you be willing to go in anv reduction of taxation? For Democrats 1. Do you favor the President's tariff ideas .' 2. How far would yoa be willing to go in a reduction of taxation? Republicans on choice for President: Non-committal, 40; for Blaine, 23; the nominee of the convention, 17 ; John Sherman, 8; Harrieon, 2; against Blaine, 4; Greeham, 1; Governor Robinson, of MassacbUEStts, 1. Total, 36. In favor of Cleveland's tariff idea, Democrats, 03; in favor of Cleveland's tariff ideas, Republicans, 7; non-committal, Democrats, Vi Non-committal, Republicans, 1H; opposed to Cleveland's tariff ideas, Democrat, 6: opposed to Cleveland's tariff ideas. Republicans, Gl. Total 207. For tariff reform only. Democrats, 50; for tariff reform only. Republicans. 9: for forrevenue reform only, Democrats, I0;for revenue reform only, Republicans, 38; tor taritf and revenne refoiia. Democrats, HI; for tariff and revenue reform. Republicans, 1; non-committai, Democrats, 8; non-com-n ittal. Republicans. 34 ;against any change, DemocratSs none; against any change, Republicars, r. Total 213. Tte world then aaas: "ine Kepnoucars had four questions to answer, their Presidential choice being desired, as well as their views on the President's tarifl recommendations. As to the first, as will be Eeen by the tabulation, the bulk of the cautious legislators were inclined to be non committal, while a goodly number contented tberoEelves with the sole announcement, 4tae choice of the convention.' Of course they did not bubble over witn praise of the President's tariff recommendations. 'A school boy composition,' was a favorite phrase. Some of them were can did enough to say that at any rate tbe President bad raised an issue, but they be lieved it to be an issue that would work to the ruin of the Democratic party. Blaine's adherents, in particular, were impressed with this idea, and prophesied that on tbe issue of protection vs. free trade the Plumed Knight would sweep the country. "Senator Sherman declined to discuts the Presidential question or the tariff, saying that the proceedings in the Senate durirg the next few weeks would show wbat was thought of the President's ideas. Senator Edmunds declined to discuss the Presidential question, and said that tbe message 'would no doubt please the Eaglish. Senators Sabin and Davis said Blaine was Btrong in Minnesota, tiabin, favored removal of duty on sugar, and reduction of one half on steel rails. Senator Quay favored Blaine, and a rapeal of the internal revenue taxes before touching duties on imports. Senator Sawyer said the message was a free trade stump speech. Senator Stanford favored repeal of the internal revenue taxes and was for the man tominated. Senator rr-eil said he was not in favor of Blaine, but would euppjit tbe man Belected by the delegates from New York. He favored the removal of the taxes on sugar and tobacco. General Frye, of Maine, was for Blaine and no surplus." Young Coal Miners Killed. Brazil, December 8. Special. Two riTinn rrvn f p m pri J nil n Tluipr and Wilham Nichols were killed by a fall of s'a'e while woiking in mine No 9. of the Brazil Block Coal Company. Both men were sirele.l JesEe Lair, who was Iniured a week 6r J In arotter mire of tne me company by fallirg fiate, died about tne time the acci dent ocenned this morning. I)r. Crlpe Acquitted. Fbaskkoet, December 8. Special.! The esse of the State of Indiana v. Dr. Cripe, for criminal abortion, was given to the jury at 10:30 o'clock last night. The inr. oroed nn a vardict of acnnitt&l at 3 o'clock this morning, wh'ch was received at the calling of court with general ap proval. Joseph C. Suit and James V. Kent, attorceja for defendant, are highly compumenteaior ueir asie utiense.

R. R. R. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF

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