Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1887 — Page 2

THE INDIANA Bf ATE BEN l'INEL. WEDNESDAY DEGEMÜEß 21 1887

THE FARM BUDGET

DeatroTisg Firm Lies Wister Car Ywure TUigs ta Tkink Of, of Fertilizing With Clover Growing Pjtitoea Wood ill Coil libs Wirm Water. Tts Cira of Horsci Winter Cirs of Hcjj Cire of Poultry. Tattle Feeding in the Various Seasons " Ilooiehold II I nt Live Stork Notes Item for Farmers, Etc. Destroying I'lant Lice. Many experiments have been made here (or the destruction of the aphides, or plant lice, "writes C. 1'. Gillette, of the Michigan Agricultural College, in the llnral New Yorker. A few remedies that have Riten best results are here mentioned. Tobacco items are used for fumigating our greenhouse with excellent results. Some of the lice will be in protected places and escape, and, as they- multiply very rapidly, the operation will have to be repeated ever? two or three weeks, or possibly oftener. If "YV. T. 6. had followed his first fumigation with the secon d one twenty-four hours later, the lice would probably have been newly all destroyed. Kerosene emuUion has been applied here to the lice with bat very slight results lor tee first application; bat but the second application tne following day killed nearly every louse. I know of no cheaper or more effective remedy for destroying lica In green-honses than the use of tobacco fumes. On out-of-door plants I have used kerosene emulsion, whale-oil soap and strong soap suds with excelent results. The emulsion is prepared by patting together one part of kerosene, two parts of strnos; soft soap ami three parts of water. The xnixtnre is then thoroughly agitated by using a fores pump and pumping the material with much force through a small nozzle back into the dish containing it until thoroughly emulsified. Ten parts of water are then added and the emulsion is ready to be applied by means of a sprinkler or force-pump to the foliage infested with lice. If this strength injures delicate foliage .dilate with water. W hale oil soap, one-half pound to four gallons of water, and common soft soap, one of soap to four or five of water, have proven in some cases equal to the kerosene emulsion. Winter Care of Manure. Prairie Farmer. Winter is the season for making barnyard manure. Its value depends mach on the kind of food eaten by tne animal?. Cattle given, as many are, little besides straw at the suck and corn fodder in the field, make manure of comparatively low value. Animals fed grain rich In nitro gen, phosphorous, potaih.Jetc , such as bran, oilmeal, oats and similar foods, produce manure of high value. Poultry, ho is and horses make more valuable manure, as a rule, than cattle, because their rations are richer in those elements most valued for fertilizing purposes. With superior stock, better feeding and care there mast come Improved methods of saving manure. The Western method of feeding on a tide hill, near a stream, where the summer rains can clean OH the lot tor the next winter's feeding, mu3t be changed so everything can be eaved until summer, or taken to the Gelds as fast as made. Keepin It la plies two to four feet deep with level top is the best way to preserve it, unless it be in cellars. The object is to keep enough moisture in the mass to prevant its "fire fanglng." IUim and melting snows usually supply the moisture, but It is often advisable to be able to aid more water when the pile becomes too wirm. A wheelbarrow with a iarge wheel and bowllike box is very convenient for removing manure from the stalls to a pile in the yard, or for collecting that scattered over the feed yard. The arrangement of barns, sheds and yards has much to do with the economical handling of manure. Where practicable it pays to have barn built so the manure from all clasaej of animals ctn be damped together in the manure waon to be haaled to the field as fast as a load accumulates, or collected In a wmmoa pile where It can ferment together. Into this pile all waste hay, straw or other fodder should be thrown. Small yards are preferable to large onej where manure li valued highly, ai it is much less tcUtered and more easily collected when the snow and ice are thawing out in spring. It some spoiled straw or other rou?h material is scattered over the yard in the f 11 and winter it aids greatly in taking the manure up jast as the tnawing has reached tha ground in March or April, and before it has been mixed with mud by the tramping of animals. More manure can be saved from cattle where they are fed in alalia or under sheds. Dehorning adds to the value of the animal manure crop be cause cattle can be kept in a smaller sptce. - and the manure is less wasted by being put over a large surface. Things to Think Of. "In dairying he who sells butter at common price, which is made from milk produced from common cows, led the cam mon way, will never rise to comfortable circumstances, but lead a hard life of toil 11 his days." Get out of the deep, worn rut ot your prejudices. Stand up and look the problem ot better success e qua re in the face like a man of pluck and brains. Don't whine about monopolies as long as you don't do anything for yourself on joui Xarm. Monoplies are bad enough. Corrupt officials are bad enough. High teis ara bad enough. All these outside evils are bal enough, the Lord knews, but to sink do wa in indifference inside your owa line fence, rail every improvement that is urged upon you "theory," ia a thousand times wors on your fortune. With such a spirit, no wonder monopolies grind yoa, officials steal from you, and taxes rob you. Think of a farmer trying to make money by taking milk to a cneese factory from a lot of cows that yield him only 3,000 pounds ot milk a year, and he not knowing cr caring anything about improving that yield by breeding in better dairy blood. HThink of him going along, year in and year out, end not knowing how to fed a good cow, evea it he has one, so as to bring a little profit for bis hard labor. Think of him making butter that costs him every bit of 1G to 13 cents a poand and swapping it at 10 to 12 cents a pound for groceries at the country store paying high for the groceries and getting nothing for his butter. Think of him selling cream to a creamery and never stopping to think, or read, or study an hour in a month as to the kind of cows he ought to have for that business, or the proper , way to care for them in order to get the most cream. Think of a man blindly plunging along in these old rata of farm practice for years cd never caring to read what other men (redoing who are successful and make money in the dairy business. Think of a man doing all these things, as thousands are doing, and not caring enough for his own profit to Invest barely 100 cnts a year for a good dair paper that is wide awake to his best interests all the lime and worth each week a hundred times Jr cost for a year. lhinko! a man ili'.zg all these &in?a

and then blaming the railroads, the monopolies and the tariff for his bad fortune, not once dreaming tht he himself is mostly to blame because he carse so little

for knowledge and the experience of others when 1 1 can be bad so cneapiy. Then think how foolish it is to say that a paper that is trying to baild up practical mccess on the farm and enlarge the powei of the farmer to help himself, is not a true friend of the farmer because it is not everlastingly howling about monopolies. Kemember, success, like cuaruy, -oetics at home." , Fertilizing with Clover. Philadelphia Record. - A correspondent requeat information ia regard to how best to fertilize with clover, and whether It should grow to a certain height, to be used as pasture, or cut as hay bi fore plowing under. There are several modes ot fertilizing with clover. One is simply to use a clover crop ia rotation, the simple occupancy of the land by the clover being beneficial, as the sod must always be turned under before another cr jp can be grown. To plow under a crop of growing clover that can be cut as hay will fce objected to by farmers, as they will not willingly make such a direct sacrifice. Nor are they required to do so. The object in advocating the advantages of growing a crop of clover is to induce a larger number of farmers to grow more of it. If sown on wheat land, and a good stand be secured, the clover will cccupv the lend after the wheat shall tsecü, eta rosy be used for any purrosas riesirtd, either as pasturage or tj hay; bat fertilizing of the soil is do :.e by tb-d-cy of the rcots after the sod sLall hae been ploughed under. It Is a proper'y of clover to sec ere ammonia mostly from the air, and not from the soil. The prcof of this fact is shown by the large am mt of nitrogen of clovtr; yet it th-ives best ou a EOil rich in potash and lime. Tmoejh containing nitrogen ia greit proportion, yet it is not benefited by app ications of lertilizers containing r.itroa, thus demonstrating, that It derives the g '-eater proportion of its nitrogen from the ottnosphere, which is stored largely in the roots by the plant, while fie niirnnl matter is derived from the soli. If the farmer, therefore, will grow a crop of clover ou the same land every four years, he will fertilize tie land with the nitrogen taken from the atmosphere, thus enriching his soil with that which will coat him but very little, and he may cut his crop and diprose of It. provided h shall plough under the Bid and thus utilize the roots. It an application ot lime and wood ashei be made on the land annually, the farmer need not be compelled to purchase nitrogeneous fertilizers at all, and these aivantsges he will stcure bv simply growing the crop on the land. If, however, he should prefer to seed down to clover in the spring, cut the first growth the next season, and then plough under the second growth when the clover shall be from six ioches to one foot high, he will add additional green manorial matter to the soil, bat without ploughiog under anything but the sod, after all the crop snail have been secured the land will still be benefited, provided the mineral elements (which are not costly) be supplied, sach as lime and potash, but more so if ground bone be also added. It is the rotation of crops that prevents lots of fertility. Growing Potatoes. I see, says a writer in the Farm and Mirror, some of your patrons give this ason s experience In raising potatoes. I will give mine, for the reason that we mast do somethihg that we have not done la raising that crop, and we mast if possib'e lind what principle to go on, or we shall lose the potato crop. Any one fifty years of age knows that potatoes have 6teadily decreased la their general yield dunrg the last thirty years, and thcra is no crop that has had so many experiments tried in its cultivation. I plauted over twenty acres of good dry land, gravelly loam, to the Pearl of Savoy ; got them in the last week of April. Oat stubble on one-third of the piece and plowed in the manure, about twenty loads to the ere. One-third of the piece had lodged clover hay on it last year. I began digging and selling the 1st ot July for $1 per bushel, and kept on selling abont twice a week until we ducr all but the stubble part of the lot. By the middle ot August one acre was dug. I sold about seventy bushels of sorted potatoes. None of my neigh bors have done so well, and tney were the bfjt to eat as well as in looks of ary I have en. Now this acre ought to have'yielded 200 bushels. The bet end of the lot was on the clover sod. We planted in hills fifteen inches apart, putting one whole or half of a not a to in a place. I boed them twice. Here is the experience of this best acre: I have one acd a half planted -on moist land sloping to the east and not worth digging. I fctve a piece of the same s'ze, and slop es o the norta. I shall get fifty bushels. Tue question Is, what conrte are gntng t j tfice to keep potatoes with us? We are told that winter wheat was raised on new land in maay t arts of Connecticut in yean gone by. Now a 1 1 the wheat that is raised is spring wheat. Repeated trials prove that winter wheat cannot be raised in the same locality. Have potatoes had their day ? An acquaintance, right from a visit to Salt Lake City, took pains to see all he could of Utah in a short visit, and he saw potatoes dug while there that yielded COO and 700 bushels to the acre, and saw them weighed at the stores that weighed as high as four pounds each, and were too rank and coarse to eat well. This abows that there may be causes that can be explained for the decay of our potato crop. My opinion is that olatcea have had their day ia our old States. Wcoil aud Cunl Anne. Wood ashes are excellent for the hens to Hcraich in and pick over, as they contain Mts of charcoal and other materials, but .'or the dust bath the coal ashes, sifted Sne, are the best. The coarser portions, however, may be thrown whore the hens can get at them, so as to provide gritty material in cold weather. On the hen house nrY f.r nrwloriha vnit fin mal aihai t provide an excellent absorbent, and pre I vent loss of the droppings. Wood ashes being alkaline, sometimes cause sores on the hens when used for dusting. Warm Water iu Winter. The Farm, Field and Stockman ha steadfastly advocated warm water in winter for live stock, and especially for dairy cattle; for dairy stock, because any chill to the nervons system is fatal to the milk flow and for the reason that it creates chill, and as a consequence disorganization to the system generally, and also from the fact that the milk How is taken directly fr:m the blood. Upon this question and directly in the line we have previously stated, the United States Dairyman states at follows: In the brook the temperature is likelv to he about 70 degrees; in the pond, if shallow, It may run np to HO degrees. These facts are sngpested hete by the experiments made at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, which fehowed that when cows are given water at the temperature of 80 degrees tbey yield 8K Per cent more milk than when given water at 40 degrees. We thin tbat, as a general thing, the difference will be found even greater than this, eapecially when the temperature of the water is ran down to the . freezing point, as is generally the case when cows drinks out of frozen troughs or streams. Nothing can be more certain than that when cows are kept warm and comfortable they turn out the most mi;k and of the best quality. The Care of Horses. As reported In the N. E. Farmer. D -, Loring, ex-Commissioner of Agriculture, spoke of horses before ablate meeting of farmers, In Boston, Mass, According to

t's remarks, as many horses are Injured by over-feeding as by under-feeding. Many horses do not have exercise enough to dispose of the food they eat. Feeding a young

corse neavuy wrws 7 will surely spoil fcim. lie had tried it biineelf. A horse is worth more. If not previously spoiled, at eight or nine years oi l than before reaching that age. Young horses are best wintered on hay and Sweedish turnips, without grain. Carrots are far Inferior to turnips for horses. A horse needs to be as well cared for as a man. lie should have a clean stable, sound hay ard oats, and no swarm of rats to befoul bia food or disturb his nightly rest. A hovel ia no place for a horse that is expected to be useful. Never abu3? a horso ia any way, it does not pay. Navar ask ona to do more than It can do. A dull horas cannot be made anervoas, lively one by any artificial treatment. Never keep a hoiseonawood floor. It dries the hoof too raucb. Stone or brick should be uia J, With thirty years' trial of brick Dr. Lor Ing had never had a bad foot. If one prorotes to raise colts let blm not for aa in stant expect he will r&lae a good one. Tigs end short-horn cattle nre en?y to breed. They coma alike, but mere is too much nervous ia flaence in the way of breeding good colts. Dr. Loring had raised nine colts from tho same parents, but no two were alika more than were the boys in an oil riew r-Dgland family. They were of all sizi, shapes, colors, and disposition. Iiis obser vation had taught him that mares that have gained a reputation ou the tra: Lever trans-mlt their q ulitles to t'icir o.fspr'ng. ThtJr power hiva ivcn exnar.Mea ry rxcsive timing, ino ü.-ve-dtrs' es?ocia'oa has greatly improved the Lor.'e a ock of the cities and country er.. eraiiy. wmt is needed to second tin r work is better treatment r.horae owners. Winter Cnr of Ilog. id not over-iatcn. Thin, msat7 pork !s hebt for une and for sale. The las', of tho feeding pu's on the least weight, a.i.i of count costs moU while it taast-a t'io leit ruonpy. Eirlv umketln;: K p.s a ml e ruot prohlable for the seller. Btora pi3 ere more healthful runnirjg at large la a lot with a "dug out" for a shelter than tn or dintry pens. Nothing else is so healthful for pigs as a dry earth be 1. The most growth is made from mixed feed. Cora ia the ba3ls, but bran, shorts and potatoes make better and cheaper raeau Young pigs should get all tho waste milk, Milk and bran with boiled potatoes will force them on better than any other food. Where waste flesh is to be procured this is useful for pigs. Clover hay or corn rod ler, cat, wetted and mixed with some meat, ia excellent for pigs, both young and old. Southern stock keepers whose cattle and tAi run in the forest range will do well to lied some fodder or corn. Corn is cheap, and an ear or two daily for each heal will keep up the weight. Cat stock of all kinds should be kept crowing and they will not grow without ample food. With good feed ing stock may be reared more cbesnly in the South than anywhere eis. Somborn farmers will do well to consider if they cannot better feed their stock well and keep them crowing through the mild, pleasant winter and save the manure made tor their fields than half starve their aul mala and have only one year's growth at two 3 cars of age. Rural New Yorker. Care of Poultry, Mr. C. W. Kellogg, of Ohio, a practical poultry -keeper, writes to the Farmer of that Siate in rela.ion to the care of poultry, from which we excerpt the following from among other practical advice: Hens are a nulsaoce about a grain and a Lay barn, and if they have a house and yard tf their own, they have no business in the barn. Their feeding can be better regulated; fester eges are lost or broken, end the parasite' nuisance ia rendered more manageable. The hens sit and baten with less dittuibance. The hen-house should stand in a convenient place. The size must correspond with the number of fowls kept. If possible, the walls should bo plastered, no they can bo whitewashed in fall and cpring. A good gravel floor, with the foundation walls laid in mortar, will be pnof sgainst rats and vermin. Good ventilation is nec essary, and should be on top. Cleanliness is necessary to insure the health of the fowls. Plenty of glass windows are absolutely necessary to make it pleasant for them. Diseases common to poultry can, in a gr;at many Imtanc??, to prevented by providing warm, dry, and clean qisrteri. Kee leg tco many io'wls in one pUd is npt to bring 01 dljea.i This shouid be avoided. Onions chopped fine aud mixsd with thlr ftod Is co d f it tHeir health. A little in'pbur should be given in iq wiiifc. When thy have roup ordirh. theriü, plve half a teaspotful ot ksro jus Oin the bill and tara fom a tpoon. Llaie snd st-s shoalJ alwavs 1h kopt by thera. A little a!t occasionally iu tie r fiicd is pood for tticir ln'ti. In winter, apples, turnips aid caVvg s chopped fine will be beneficial. Strict attentio ton all the little details in the management Of poultry will be aruplj reward ed in production of eggs. Care must be taken in marketing that they are fresh laid. The thirty dozen crate Is perhaps the safest thing yet invented. Small num bers can te s&ieiy carted in the common ruarket basket, if packed in oats or tine cut straw. In dressing roultry for the market great care is necessary, particularly in scalding. Too hot or cold water will give the bird a bad appearance, and will be apt to redoes the price. Lref8iCK poultry for the market should be done by experienced hands. The rich yellow color, so much admired by buyers, must not be damaged by dress ing. The loose skin on the neck must be drawn over the end of the neck and care tally tied. All blood should be carefully wiped oil, eo they will look clean and tidy. Looks go a great way, especially ia eatables. A little common-sense combine! with good judgement will tell every time in all our basinets, whether It be chicken raising or any other branch of farming by which we obtain our livelihood. Care an watchfulness should be our motto always, Farm, Field and Stockman. Cattle reed log. American Cultivator. Earl season certain questions arise to the thinking farmer in regard to feeding bis horses and cattle, and if he settles them In his mihd to his satisfaction in one season he is apt to find himself in doubt before the close of another season, as some slight changes in conditions produces an unexpected change in result. Terhaps a few feels can be considered as definitely settled, or so nearly so tbat practical feeders are agreed upon them. Whether for working or drivlDg horses, cows in milk or growing stock, it is more profitable to give some grain with coarse fodder than to feed upon hay alone, even when the hay is ot the best quality. It the hay Is of poor quality, or straw, corn fodder or ensilage is substituted for it wholly or in part, there must be an increase in the amount of grain given, as it must he richer in certain elements tbat are dlficient in tne coarse fodder; that Is.the latforming elements. There is a very senerul idea that these elements abound in cottonseed meal, oilcake and cornmeal, that oats and wheat bran are better adapted to producing muscle and bone than fat m?ai or rich cream. 60 much we thlak we know, but how much of these grains may be fed Ere fit ably and without danger to the ealthoftbe animal, how we shall vary thrtn for different aoimals, or hi mix them to form a perfect food for all or for one animal, wa know cot. There are ton many varying conditions for any oae to prescribe a fomula for all. It needs', watchful eye to note the resuUa ot asy cliaogee.

Household Hints, Fried errs To fry erra tender, tint one

teaspoonful of meat drippings in the pan, break and drop in the eggs, salt and cover cicsb wan a lid on til they get white on top. Boiled icing Three cuds of white irrannlaled sugar, one cup of water; boll to a clear eyrup, beat the whites of four egM to a stm froth, pour into the hot yrup, stir frequently while boiling. The cake should be cold before Icing. Sago pudding Boil five tablesDOonfuls sago, well picked and washed, In one quart of milk till quite soft, with a stick of cin namon; stir lnone teacup- of butter and two of white sugar; when cold, add six rggs well beaten and nutmeg to taste. Mix an wen logemer ana bake in a butter dish three-quarters of an hour, Cream caki One cup of butter, two caps cf sugar, whites of two egg, three and a half caps of flour, one cup of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspDonful cf cream of tartar. For the cream: Oae pint of sweet milk, sweetened to taste, yelks cf three eggs, thicken with flour to the consistency cf custard, flavor with lemon. This amount makes two goodtiz?d cakes. Chocolate custard 0 ae-fourth of a cake of chccolate, one pint of boiling water, six eggs, cne quart 01 milk, one-half cup of white eagar, two teaspoons of vanilla. Dlstolve the chocolate in a very little milk. t br into the boiling water and boll three minutes. When nearly cold add the beaten eggs, stir lato the milk, flavor and iKUt in caps set la boiling water and bake. Ojster croquettes Scald and chop floe tto bard pari of the oysters (leaving the other part and liquor for soup); add an tqnal weight rf rrashed potatoes; to one' pound ot this ada a lump of butter the s zo of an egg, a teaspoon of salt, hilf t?a?poon of ptpper and quarter of a teacup of cream. Make in small cakes, dip iu g? and then in bread and crumbs, and fry like doughnuts. Fated ome let Take six eggs, three even sr.confok of il our, a littla salt, and beat them well together the more it is beaten the lighter it will be then add one pint of hot milk and keep on beating. Have a hot dish vrith some melted butter the siza of an egg, and put into the oven. Bike twenty minute1', and eat it when it comes from the oven, for it will fall soon. This is very nice for breakfast. Woodford padding Three eggs, one teaenp ttigar, one-half teacnp butter, one-half teacup flour, one teacnp jam or preserves, scant teaspoon soda, dissolved in "three teaspcons sour milk, mix weiland bike slowly. Sauce: one egg, one large cup sugar, one small cup butter, mixwell and put on stove and stir until melted, add teaspoon wire, brandy or whisky, and pour on immediately. Bread pudding One quart ot grated breadcrumb?, one quart milk, yolks of four eggs, well beaterj, butter ti.a of an egg, one cup of sugar, two teaspoons bakiiiZ powder, aDd two teaspoons extract of lemons; mix all well together aad bake; beat the whites of the eggs with a cup ot powdered sugar, flavor with one teaspoonf ul extract ot lemon, or orange, cover the puddirjg with and bake until browned a little. Live Stock Kotes. Horse troughs should be thoroughly washed with warm water occasionally, as there is more or less food left over, which in time will become filthy. Should moist ened ground food remain in the trough Hnd the weather become somewhat warm, it will partially ferment, and in that manner render other food unwholesome. There are some eres jes that do not result to the best advantage. With dogs it is claimed that the union of a hairy with a tmooth-coated dog will produce worthless (Cdpring, and with poultry the crossing of Mrds with rose combs and single combs has rot been as productive of such good results es when slngle-coTib breeds have been brei together as crossts. Kxperlments in this direction are worlhy of attention iSurmal, III, is one of the great outre of the West for importers and breeders of trench draught and Fjrcheron horses. In fact, the city and vicinity is given up to this business as a principal industry. It is probably true that there are more firms en gaged in this business at Normal than at any other point Ii the country, and nnst of them are well known as men of erperleoce. and who handle only superior stock. Tbe cotit of milk depends upn the co t ot the feed, hence the moro milk raceived from a cow in proportion to food given, tbe cheaper the cost. Bat uakss warm quartf rs be given, a large quantity of f jud must be diverted to creating warmth for the body, and it would, there! ore, bs economical -o keep the cows comfortable in order to cheapen the cost by lessoning the amount ot 100a required lor bollly wermtt. In other wer j j, shelter is food, as it protects the animals against cold. Calves, at this season, should ba kept free irom lice; the annoyance from these p st 3 will keep ttem nnthrifty and poor. Ilegular rations of grain should be given: then tbe most flesh is laid upon young animals and tbe weight thus gainsd Is the cheapest in the life cf the animals. What is now gained goes to make up for the slower growth hereafter; and what is now, if ever regained, is only got at a cost which is unprofitable. Young cilves should get warmed sklm-milk. Ii will doubl their growth. A comfortable, warm, dry bed will help them very much. : The end of the year is the proper time for calculating the value of the live stock. Unless this is done and the owner knows precisely to tbe dollar what his animals would brmg if sold, he cannot manag bis business in such a manner as to secure the most profit. Hence, before tbe end of the year, a strict acconnt should bs taken cf the value of tbe stock In hand as a basis for the coming year's business. And, betides this, the feeding should be done iu such a systematic way that the cost of that may bo known, and from it the cost ot keep'.Dg the stock. It is very easy to lose money when a man goes blindly to work, and never uses figures or paper and pencil. Tbe farmer who Is always figuring la the One who makes ends meet and gets a good profit in between them. And there is no part of the faim business where it is easier to make or lose money than in feeding or caring for steck. Jow is the ti"ie to consider the expeii- I enc cf improving the farm slock, especially cattle, ahcep and hogs, by the purchase of thoroughbred males of the lost strains. We emphasizs the thoroughbred, because the results will be disappointing and unsatisfactory if effort be made to use only grades. Jersey bulls can be hai at very ressonable prices, since the first excitement and furore has sabsided. Kven where a farmer has already on his farm good scraps of the best breeds of cattle, swine, etc , it is well to introduce sew blood from other herds from time to time. In this connection, the expediency of raising horses and mules may be considered. There is absolutely no good reason why farmers In the cotton States should not breed horses and mules for the work of the farm and the road, to the extent, at least, of supplying their own wants; and it is gratify iDg to not an increasing practical interest in the subject. Southern Caltlvator. The wool crop is now being made. The quality cf it depends upon regular feeding; me quantity depends upon good feeding. Excessive warmth is nnfavorable to a heavy ileece. I'erfect health is indispensable to growth and quality both. The shepherd should guide himself accordingly. Costiveiic&s is to be avoided by giving roots or btan. When the sheep Is seen stretch in Its legs apart, it is a sure indicatioa that tbe feeding is not right Salt may be heeded. This should be given at least twice a week, and the regular supply will be bentficiai. Rain is to be avoided, and wet snow which hangs to the fleece and

chills the sheep is -very hurtful. Close- ' wooled sheep will withstand bad weather much better than those with loose, ODen fleeces. Look out for ticks and get rid of them, Keep the feet clean and dry. Give plenty of rack room for feeding, so that weaker ones are not crowded out. Fat m Motel, About 100 different kinds of insects are now known to attack corn. Foultry must be given a place to scratch and wallow, as it is natural for them. Give the sheep a variety of food and improve their condition and flavor of the mutton. Unless collected as fast as laid, daring cold weather, eggs are liable to become frozen and crack open. narrow the wheat land as long as possi

ble. This makes firm seed beds, which are abominated by chinch-bugs. Mulch strawberries the last thing be fore the permanent snowfall; some snow under the mulch is not objectionable. For roup In poultry give a pill of asa-fa-tlda the size of a btan twice a day to each fowl, and keep them in a warm, dry place. Do not attempt to ship live poultry to market at this season, as they will be exposed to all kinds of weather, and loss will ensue. A very simple remedy for sore teats is said to be to wash with c. stile soap and warm water, and apply equal parts of lime water and linseed oil. I'otatoes intended for seed should be k rt during the winter cool and airy, and if 1 rowths should appear they ocght to be promptly removed, 1'mldent Cfcemberla'a has been counting tK number 0! chlnch-bus to the iquare li'h in Iowa. In tbe tinele area of one inh examined he found 3 021 ba9. The poultry business is capable of wid8 and profiiab'e expasi n in t'itt Unite 1 States. We t-hould no-. Importe, gs, and early sprkg broilers sloald not be si scarce. Dahlia roots will rot. If put in a damp place and kept thre during tbe winter months. A rfrr place, and ja;t warm enough to ev..:ie frost, is the place fur tuem. Col. F. D. Curtis remarks In the Farm Journal that "the first gait to learn a colt is a good, ittron?, smart walk, and no otoer should be attempted until this has been made a habit." Parsnips and salsify (oyster plant) are perfectly hardy, eo that only enough for a winter supply need be dug up and housed in the fall. Those left in the ground will come out fresh and sound in the spring. The fact is noted by the Metal Worker that a house hidden by trees is too often in a reservoir of damp stagnant air (as may b5 shown with a wet and dry bulb thern.ometer) a condition anything but favorable to health. riant the grape vines now if the ground be warm enough to permit of so dolnjg. If old vines be removed, allow all the roots possible, but cut back the vines, leaving only a single vine to remain and with as few eyes as will answer. A U.ick coating of whitewash on the walls of the cellar will be as productive of benefit now as during the warm season. It will alco make the cellar light and cheerful, and greatly assist in preserving the purity cf tbe atmosphere. A good full stock of bees, say 20,000, should have at least twenty pounds of good honey and plenty of good dry combe to insure successful wintering, and be placed in a dark, dry cellar or some other properly arranged place for them. As far as experiments have been conducted, it has been demonstrated tbat when wheat is sixty cents per bushel it Is the cheapest grain tbat can be used as food for stock, being more nutritious than corn end better adapted for growing stock. Leaky roofs on the barn and stab'es are extravagant at this season. A small, leak allowing space for only a drop at a time, may materially damage a large amount of hay during a northeast storm. If the stable be damp tbe tern perature thereofwill be lowered by reason of tbe evaporation ot tbe moisture. A dry stable will retain warmth, while a damp stable will be cold and uncomfortable. Whether it be beat to spread the manure on the land intended for corn in winter or spring depends on tee land. If too rollleg, much cf the Bolnbie matter of the matiUie v. ill he washed out and carried off by the rains, nnleEs the land has been plongted and left ia tbe ronU condition (unharrowed) so tbat tbe raius may more easily carry the matter downward. It is best to haul the manure now, it it can be done, eo as to avoid each labor in the spring, which is usually the busy season. Sequent ot Small Mistake. Gazette du Midi. ( A merchant in Marseilles once wrote to a coriespontlent on the coast of Africa askirjg him to send him at his convenience two or three monkeys of tbe rarest and most valuable species. As chance would have it, our merchant, in statins; theuumber, wrote the ou (or) between the figures 2 and 3 with a very small o aud a diminutive n. How great events may issue from small causes will appear from the sequel. A few months pasted oyer, when at last a mes senger was sent from the harbor to inform the merchant that his menagerie bad landed. "My menagerie!" was the aston ished reply, '-les, a menagerie; in lact, a whole cargo of monlteja has come for you." The merchant could not believe the man until a letter was delivered to him from hU friend iu Africa, a person of the most scrupulous exactness, in which he gravely apologized for his haying been unable, notwithstanding all his e3orts, to pro cure more than 1(A) mookeys instead of 203 as ordered, but promised to forward the remainder as soon as possible. Imagine the feelings of the merchant on going down to the port to convince himself with his own eyes of the existence of his 100 mon keys, which were all comiortaoiy boused snd which grinned at him through the bars of their csges. It was one ot those moments in a lifetime when a man hardly knows whether to laugh or weep. The Origin of "Cbettuut." Philadelphia Tress, Mr. Joseph Jefferson is responsible for the latest explanation of the word "ches put." lie attributes the introduction ot the word in its slang sense to Mr. William Wan en. the veteran comedian of Boston. "There is a melodrama," Mr, Jeflersoa aid to a Trf ss reporter, "but little known to th present generation, written by Wil.iam Dillon and called 'The Broken Swot d. There were two characters in it; one a Car tain Zavier and the other the comedy art of Tablo. The Captain is a tort of Baron Munchausen, and in tellinz ot his exploits, says: 'I entered the woods of Collaway. when suddenly from the thick boughs of a cork tree' Pablo Interrupts blm with the words: 'A chestnut. Captain ; a chestnut.' 'Bah! replies the Captain, Booby, I eay a cork tree. "A chestnut.' reiterates Tablo. 'I ihould know as well as you, having heard too tell the tale these twenty-seven times.' William Warren, who had often played tha Tjart ol Pablo, was at a 'sta dln ntr' two vears etro. whea one of the gentlemen present told a story of doubt ful cce and originality. A. chtjstnut,' murmured Mr. Warren, quoting from the nlav. I have beard you tell the tale these twenty-teven times.' The application of the lines pleased the rest of the table, and when tbe party broke up each helped to srerad the story and Mr. Warren's commentarv. And that." concluded Mr. Jef ferson, "is what I really believe to be the origin ol the word chestnut,' " .

SENATOR YOORHEES

What he Hu to Say of the Kemge ni Other Mitten of Intemi lie Fully Indorses the IrcUlent' TariflT Views and Scouts the Idea That be is n Free-Trader. Senator D. W. Voorhees arrived ia the city yesterday, from Seymour, and will leave to-day for Fountain County to visit his aged mother, whom he has not seen for three month. He will return on Monday at d depart for Washington that afternoon. He was met at the Grand Hotel last evening by a Sentinel representative, to whom he talked pleasantly on probable legislation by Congress. "How do you regard the President's recommendation for a revision of the tarifl?" was asked. "I do not regard Mr. Cleveland as departing from the principles laid down in tbe Chicago Democratic platform of 1331. The tax on the people is more than is necessary to meet the expenses of the Government. This is an established fact." 'Do sou regard the sentiment of Congress asm accord with the President?'' "The party that insists that it must go down into the pockets of the paopie aii ttle more money therefrom thin is r.ecfBfary to bear the expe.irfa vl the government can no ur-f rtfrd before public opinion than 1 y h 1 efore a hurricane. The Republic- : cVti't tftmto understand what they 'i!cg. TLey go bawling 'round like o nifti.y 1 diets, crj.'ng that Cleveland is a freetrader, because he is not willing to tttx the 1 pcr le for mote than the governn;r nt tei ds. Why, if they go on the stump wi. lEuch hr ar-Enrcity they will be beaten 10 ' eath. Free trale mesna no tarilTtai, but a direct taxation upon the Suites PriSldrnt Cleveland simply wants to redu' e the taxation to within the necessities of :he government. As to the methods ot reduction, it depends upon tbe articles you ULr, whether they be tbe clothing the poor people wear in winter, the necessaries of life, or tbe whisky tax that Mr. Blaine talks about. I shall not favor any reduction of the tax on spirits. I might be willitg to release the tax on tobacco, except on cigars aud cigarettes. These are luxuries,' "How will a reduction affect labor?'' "In making a reduction, and this must be'done, I would watch and guard the labor interests, protecting them Trom competition with cheaply paid labor. A revenue tarifl presents a wide field for study. For ten years I have served on the Finance Committee of the Senats, and have recently been over the whole subject," "How would you reduce the surplus in the national Treasury ?'' I would pay some of the debts. Itsdeem more bonds. We might lind some place to utilize the money (ironically).'' "But isn't there a douot as to the legality of the redemption cf bonds under the Wir dorn plan?'' "1 guess we could legalize it without much trouble. 1 am in favor of a liberal improvement of rivers and harbors, public building?, custom-houses, etc." "And coast defense?" No. We have 7,000 or 8 000 miles of const. I do not use the figures as right ai d proper. I do not know just what amount we have, but I suppose they want us to start away up by Maine, and finally get over on the Pacific. I don't see any evidences 01 war. 1 guess we won't need to worry on that score." "A Washington special credits you and leading Indiana Democrats in Washington with considering the qualifications of the Democratic candidates for Governor Did you egree upon a candidate?" Who would ask such a question? (with dlsgubt.) It is a lot ot lies. If I had a prtftrei.co for Governor 1 would not say s:. I am for the Democratic candidates. I want to see good men on the ticket, and they wiil be elected." It is said by the press, particularly Hepublican journals, that tbe Kepublican Senators will persist in their eflort to unseat Senator Turpie?" I know nothing about what they will per s-i-8-t (as though questioning the re porter's phrasco.ogy) in doing, but senator Turpie will not be disturbed in the possession of bis seat. There Is no more ground for a contest, no more question as to tbe validity of his seat, than there is to the existence of that piece of paper on the llcor. It is only newspaper talk, that has no foundation, only in the mind of the writers." Cost ot l'uMe, 8an Francisco Chronicle. 'I tboncht it was economy," Bald a man very tcournfully the other day, "for she was bent on seeing tbe State, and I thought it would save railroad fares, bnt she is simply reining me tince she got a free pass all over the place. Yoa see, I did some litt'e Eeivice to the railroad people, and I hat yeced to mention that my wife was going down South. "Ilere you are," saldjbe railroad roan. "We owe you something. Her are free p.ttti for the Sta:e for your wife." 'I took tbe blarcf d things home and gave them to her. Tl ey began to burn her pocket-book right away. Next morning che laid: 'I guess I'll go to Ban Iloseou my I: ee passes. 'All right,' I eaid, 'it wont c st me anything.' 'No she said, 'isn't it lovely not to have to pay any fart?' 'Beautiful,' said I. 'Now, dear, I want you to give me $25. I really must buy come clothes to go to San Jose in.' 'Twenty-live dollars?' ies. louwouidat like your wife traveling without any style, wculd von?' 'Well,' I raid, 'is it quite Decenary for you to go to San Jose?' 'No; but I might as well. 1 don t need to pay anythiDg on the traia.' And tbe first break that free pass coat me $20. Well, she started oft to Ban Jose, and she concluded she would go ou the broad-gauge road. When the conductor came along she pulled out her pass. It was the narrow-gauge read pass. She had to pay her fare. When the stsrted to come back she concluded tbe'd take the narrow-gauge to San FranCisco, and she forgot she had a narrowmnge paes and bought her ticket. Ye9, tbe free pass is a very economical thing for a woman." TheFature Uncertain. New York Sun. Caller (to Flossie, whose mother has re cently married th -crnd time) Well, Flossie, how do you ate vour new papar Flofsie I don't like him pite as much as 1 da st nrsi. i m airaiuue isu guu.g to wear very well. paes cure Rfieurrratlsftf fitrbUS hid aciuj. If will cure YOUJniifie qnW I. .mTa-'J A: 1 ' rrmeav mv fiat Sue-y flood f vrViX,' NV Time, i , .--si . f '; '. Send t Cent for ffiebeau- i. Vzrt g ?cf) ÄTOTtt. rifui colored K;fi8ni4Wisneta. lick eis blcture."WooniKN

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RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF The Cheapest and Bost Medicine for Family üi ia the World. Sore Throat, Colds, Coughs, Inflammation, Sciatica, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, Nervousness, Diptheria, Influenza, Difficult Breathing, CCRHD AND PREVENTkD BY MDWAY'S READY RELIEF. In cates of Lnmba;o and Rueuma'.Um, Bal. ay's Kcadr Kellet never (alls. btroDg TeMimony of Kmlgrant Commissioner, the lion, Oeorge Starr, m to the I'ower of llsdwny's lt:dy KelW In a Uae vt Sciatic Kheamatltm. No. S V! Ness I'lack, Nsw York. Db. Radway: vrithmerourKeUelhMwaikel woncer. for t!ie last tbree years 1 otm utl lro;m iit and severe attacks ol sclttica, somoVv. extendlor trom tho lumbar regions to my .Dlt n, aud at times in both lower limbs. Jmriug the tine I hare oea aiuictod I haa trü ul in Oil a 1 the remedies rtoo junenlol by ic n-.en sod tools, hoping to Hal relist, bat ill :i(Vtl tote failures. 1 :i iv.- u -.jd vsrloui ilr.da of baths. mt?!pa.Hi . out v-ar.l application o! HuirnsaM t ii 1 t -'.i.i.s vt mcut.on. and prc"ripi!oa of t!i9 :r .!:.'. r.;'i-LyolLi aus, aü o; whica UU-jl to ?, v r lie 1 . ''. -M to.i.i.vr, nt the nrejt r.OMt o! .-1 . 1 ; v. i o iaii t e:i attlicujvl a ia ..!. I :..: i to 11 ycur reine dy. 1 was ;::cu -r-I :r: ii.v wr.n oae ol my o J tu in. ! an p.. i (Vl'rrM tho first rrl rutin envs m cne, aitor oatfiine an t rubblntr tne parte aflectfl, leATlig tbe limb in a warm riow, created by tbe Relief, la a Rdort time ttie rttla. patted entlrtlT away. Althoiua 1 hare shgat rxTlrulical attacks approaching a change or weither. I knrw now Dow to cure myeil. an 1 f.l quite master ol the situation. KAUffAY'i EKAJjY RKLIKK is my friend. I nsrcr trarol without a bottle la my valise. Yours truly, GEO. STARR."! The Following; via Received by ftlall Thronjh XV, If. i:!jth, Druggist, ount Plensatit. Taxa. Ma. W. H. Blyth 81r: Id; compliance with your rec. aext to f uralsn tou with iae reuiu oC my krowica?e ana experience wua vt, uaanay's R. E., ia reply 1 can stave that 1 hara bten tiMn? the Kadway Remedies since lSr2. I know the Krady Kellet to be a specific tor flax and all bowel complaints. It is more reliable (or colds. PleurUy. puenmonla aad disease prowme ont of coiJs. ior cuts, brulsot. soraina, rbecmatism aud aches, and pains generally, than any remedy I bare ever known tried. From my personal knovicVe ol the Badway Remedies 1 tmak them all superior to anr n mcdles of which 1 bavo any knowledge, tor ail the Ills for which they are recommended. Respectfully, T. H. 8KIDMORK, l'astor Green Ulli Presbyterian Church, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF WILL AFFORD IX. -ST A XT EA3R. Inflammation ot tbe kidneys. Inflammation of bladder, inflammation ol the bowels, conception of the lunirs, sore throat, difficult Lreathlne. pa'pitatlon ol the besrt, hysterica, croup, diphtheria, catarrh, intluenr.a, headache, toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, cold chills, chilblains, trost-bitcs, neryousuass, sleeplessness. The application of the RTf ADY REt 1EF to the f ürt or j. arts where the dlrticulty or pain es st will aCord ease and comfort. Thirty to sixty drops in ba'f a tnabler of water will in a low mlonte enre cram pa. sour stomach. hoart-buru.;beadache. dlarrboaa. dysentery, ccllc. wlud la the boweU and luteraal pal as. MALARIA. Chills and Fever, Fever and Ague Conquered. Radwav's Ready Relief Kot only cures the patient soiled with this terrible too to itcttlers in new district, but It people txvoHd to it will, every momtu ou geiuu out ol hed, take twenty or thirty dn:moftrij Kely Relief in a plas of water, a:i 1 drink U, aud eat say a cracker, they will e -cape attack.. Tu! must be done before coins: o Jt. FEYKKaad AGUE cured for 60 C03ti. Täori is not a reraciial a;ent In tbewirU thatwij cure fever and ?a aud all otlur m'-!", L'l.oi's and othi r levers (aided hr ft.vu AT vY'o I'll. I. .S) 60 quickly M Rid way's R uty Rolio!,, , Fifty Cer.ta Per Hottle. fcOI-D BY 1BUü(.;ö1"s DR. RADWAY'S SARSA.FARILLIAN RESOLVENT. . The Great Blood Purifier, For the Cure of all Chronic Diseases; Chronio rheumatism, scrofula, synhiletla complaints, etc., graudulsr ;sweJUnCT, nacktnt dry coughs, cancerous aQVctiouii, bleed iuf? o tie Iudks dycpcpMa, water brash, while swelling, tumors, pimples, blotches, eruptioui of tae fa e, ulcers, hip olscase, gout, dropty rickets, ilt rheum, bronchitis, consumption, liver tcmplalnts, etc. Dr. Kadwiy's taptrilliw Risalrtat A remedy composed ot Ingredients ot extraorIrary medical properties CMntlal to purify, ) tal, repair and invigorate the broken down fnd wasted body Quick. Pleasatit, safe and 1 erxnanent In Its treatment and cure. BOLD BY ALL, DRruOIdTrf. ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE. RADWAY'S PILLS! The Great liver and Stomach Remedy. Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse and strengthen. RADWAY'S PILLS For the cure of all disorders of the stomach' liver, bowels, kidneys, bladder, nervous diseases, constipation, cwtlvents. IndUrettloa, iliousness. fever, inflammation of the bowel, piles and all derangements of the internal viscera. Purely vect-table. containing; o mercurv. minerals or deleterious drues. PERFECT DIGESTION will be accomplished by takln Radway's Pills By so doing SICK HEADACHE Dysrepsia, foul stomach, biliousness will t ii voided and the lood that Is eaten contribute iu nouilshing properties for the support of the natural waste of the body. -Observe the following symptoms realt ing from diseases of the digestive organs: Coamipation, inward tiles, fullness of blood In the liead, acidity of tue noroach, iauea, heartt urn, difgufitol food, fullness or weight of the stomach, sour eructations, linking or fluttering ( tbe heart, choking or snnocailug; sensations when In a lying; posture, dlmne ot vision, dou or webs before the sight, lerer aa i ami pain in the head, deficiency of perspiration, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pita ta the tide, cnest, limbs, and sudden flushes of beat, burning- in the flesh. A few doj.es of KADATAT'8 PILL3 will fro3 the syvem of all the above named disorders. J-r'.co 2 cents per box. bold y all lnilta, Fend a iettcrstaisp to VK BADWaHilX)., Hr.. 2 Vi arren street. New York. InformfcUoa worth thousands will be scat to you, TO THE PCBhia 'Be sure and ek for K4 way's, aad sae bat the same "&ai wax is on what yoa.bor ,