Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1893 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAUOH Z 1393-TNV ELVE PAGES;

FARM AND HOME TOPICS, I

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF FERTILITY. Ways 1 Which It May II Held or Increated Side Crops en the Farm Num. hr ad Value of II rues Iereae in Ntmbtr of Hog; Cattle and Sheep Answer to tli Onestions of Subscriber Thr Varieties of Clover The Oarüea Crop Statistics "Sentinel" Pointer. No agricultural question is receiving core attention than the one of maintaining the stock of plant food our farms contain. For the once our practical men and theorists, the man who reads and '.he man who tries to do all his work without any aid, the extensive farmer and the man of few acres, all classes are interested in finding the cheapest way to keep their eoi!a rich, or else of making them rich, mindful of the fart that they must take yaarlj from their farms sufficient for the support of themselves and families. If farmers had plenty of surplus money, or if the iarm was not caj ital that must brine the yearly income to them, it would 1 easy enough to make land fertile and keep it eo. It ia 80 easy to ay: Why doss not this man, or that one, let h".s farm rest that he may raise larger crops? Rest? If absolute rest is meant, then from what will the owner draw hia support? There are two common ways in which the fertility of land may be maintained or iurreoceJ. The application of commercial fertilizer or barn-yard manure and green manuring or plowing under euch crops as clover, rye, etc The practice of using green manure clover, rye, etc. is growing. Many are buying commercial fertilizers. The Tisdotn of either or both of these ways is dependent upon individual condition. Green manuring ee'dom fails to pay, and commercial fertilizing of ten gives good returns. There is another practice growio? in favor of our knowledge of faedir.jia etuüa and fertilizers increase, and to that the reader's attention is asked. Of CDorse, the fame manurial elements are found in cur crops as they are in commercial fertilizers, viz., nitroeen, phosphoric acid and potash. Our feeding stafTa have a distinct manurial value, capable of comparison with fertihrers as well aa feeding or market value. Prof. Armsby, who. we are glad to say, is a recognized authority in such matters, pays: "It has been shown by careful and elaborate experiment that when any fodder has been consumed by an animal, cither th whole or a very large part of fertilizing value, is recovered in the manure of the animal." l?y the use of the word "fodder" all feeding stuffs, such as hay, grain and roots are meant. Bearing in ruind the two facts that all feeds Lave a distinct and different manurial Value, and that 6tock returns to us nearly all the costly elements fed for it, the importance of knowing the manurial value of all feeding studs becomes apparent. These analyses show that crops are often pold ctf th farm for less money per ton than the plant food in them is worth at the price paid for it in commercial fertilizers. They also 6how that some feeds are need on the farm that contain so much less manurial value than others of nearly equal feeding value, and that there is preat and needless Ions. Let us illustrate, lied clover hay. according to I'rof. Annsby, contains 0.07 worth of the very elements we buy in commercial fertilizers, and yet how olten it is sold for two-thirds that sum and the money expended in fertilizers. Here is a total loss of the feeding value, which should be equal to the selling price, and then farther loss of the manurial value, provided the manure is saved. The manurial value of oil meal is 52L11 per ton, while that of corn is only S'i.75. That is to say, the manurial value oi oil meal is nearly equal to its selling price, while that of corn is not one-half. Of course, in the use of feeding stuüa, the feeding value may be in tome degree distinct from the manurial value, as the fats in graica have little or no manurial value. Judgment must be used, and knowledge as weli. It will be found, however, that instead of feeding so much corn and selling o'J the other stutls and bnyinc commercial fertilizers, we will do well to feed more bran, oil meal, cotton seed meal, etc., and .sell the corn. Or in cae there are no feed i rip Stulls to sell, it will be found that it is cheaper to buy our commercial fertilizers in the form of these animal foods, thus getting double value out of them. As a ton cf bran contains $12.45 worth of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, and can be bought early in the season for little over that price per ton, it pays to buy plant food in that form rather than iu enperphoephate, aa it can be so fed that very little ot this 12.45 worth of plant food ia lout. Other facts as to the manorial value of feeding ftulTs will be fiven in the future. Aa raoe accurate knowledge of the subject ii given o br the che mis ts more d;6criminatiou will be made bv practical and progressive farmers, and more of the needed plant food will be brought on the farm id the form of food for stock than is now the case. If tome kinds of feeding staffs costing $20 a too contain as much plant food as $20 worth oi ieriiuxer we can Perm to see a way to build up the fertility of our farms without paving oat the profits of one year's crops on fertilizers to grow crops the following year, l'r g-ettinir the feeding value out of them we so reduce the cost of the manurial elements that net profits from the crops are possible. This subject is worthy of our etudy. Side Crop on the l-'arm. The question whether special or mixed farming should be practiced will never be settled for all, as it depend upon differ ing conditions. In eoms cases special farming is most profitable, but in a major ity of cases when the locality, poil and the capacity of the owner are considered, it ia doubtless wise et to practice mixed farm ing. So lone as this is the c&te, while a few different crops and one or two kinds ot stock wid generally be relied upon for the chief income of the farm, yet a little planning will allow the crowding In of a few eide crops without reducing the acre age cf the maiheces. In a rotation of I Disloclgo Bile, fcStir up the Liver, Cure Sick-üeaclacüc, : Female Ailments, ; Remove Disease and Promote Good Health. 1 Covarei with a Tastilni 4 EolnM Ccatbg. Famous the world over. A-k !r fieecniiin's und take no others. 'Of ;i drurrMc Pf.ce 2 cen's a box. N-w rk Der.ot. ir Canal St

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may not be practicable to raise more than I the regular crops, but on almost every J farm their are sma l fields near the barn ' that have the benefit of the manure more than others, or bo me rich swale on which do rotation ha been practiced. Two crops can often be gotten oil these with great profit. Number and Taloe ot lionet. According to the latest report Of the agricultural department the number of horses has increased from 15.4US.000 in 1S91 to 16.2C7.C00 in 1SP2. These figures indicate that the dullness of the market in the last three or four years has not served as a warning to farmer, or else that there is more money in horse breeding at reduced prices than there is in other stock. The average pricof horses in the United States has declined frm a Lead in ISM to $(31.22 in 1892. The decline iu the value of mules is atill greater. There is reason to expect sti.l further decline, as the demand is limited by the extensive use of electricity, steam and the bicycle, and the supply is already too great. Increase in 'ntnhr of The increase in numbers of swine in 1S91 was followed by a heavy misfortune in the reduction of the proportion of yonng pigs raised. The excessively wet weather of Spring caused the loss of an unusual proportion of the natural increase. It was early Been that nambeis would be considerably reduced. On the first day of January, 1NJ3, we had 12 per cent. less hogs than one year previous. The value per haad increased 39 per eent. notwithstanding the fact that the weight per head when marketed was probably much lens. These animals are so prolilic, and their average term of life so short, that extreme fluctuations are liable to occur; but while the decline has Leen heavv and andden. the recuperation may be equally rapid under the influence of increased values. Cattle and Sheep. There is a decrease in the number of store cattle. The scarcity of feed in irginia induced farmers to sell off feeding bullocks closely. The no-fence law in some of t'ie southern states has caused a reduction of numbers, the more worthless of the old stock having been sacrificed to the manifest improvement of the herds. The low price of cattle in the ranch re gions has tended to reduce the number of cattle. In some states there has been a reduction made, after investigation covering the recent changes cf recent years, from the estimates of last year. 1 he increase in the number of sheep continues as a result of a progressive advance in price for four years paat. being, as estimated, 2,.'m1SS in the past year. There has been an increase in Virginia and youth Carolina, and in the western states as a rule. There is a tendency to the enlargement of the proportion of mutton eheep. east of the Missouri river. Questions Answered. AGRTcrLTrRAX. Editor Sr: A portion of tar farm is wtt aod cold and I iract to underdrain. (I) How can 1 get the grade of drain? (2) What nize tile hall I v for laterals? (3) llow deep shouid they be laid? (4) liow tan; a tile do 1 need for ths main that wdi oa.tr J the water that fail) on twenty acres? (5) tt&at will be the cost of layiog the tile? SENTINEL HE A PER. 1. If your land is fiat vou wili do well to have the drains located by a suryeyor. He will establish the grade, setting a peg everv j lifty or 1(X) feet, and giving you the depth of nut ot rh rfi7 Rw ininir a trir nrrieo I dram at esch peg you can grade the intervening ground with exactness. 2. Authorities diller in regard to size of : tile to be used for laterals. Oi course much j depends upon the distance between drains, j In gome parts 01 our slate the laterals are put from six to eight rods apart and the tilo end is never less than five or six inches. I retard this as a mistake. Unless the soil is very porus, laterals are needed everv forty feet, and hen put thi3 close and I the bottom is solid, throe-inch tile is suf- j liciently large. Vh Laterals should be pat 2 to 3 feet ' deep. Their depth determines ihe dead ! water level in the ground, and 3 feet are better than any less. 4. If you propose to underdrain the twen ty acres thoroughly the main will require 8 ; or 10-inch tile, depending upon fall in the i drain. A good rule for determining the j number of acres a given size of tile will drain ia this: Square the diameter of the tile aod divide by 4. Thus: 8 multiplied by 8 equals (4. tJ4 divided by 4 quels Hk An 8-inch tile should drain sixteen acres when the grade is normal, that is, about 3 inches to the 100 feet. 5. The cost of laying the tile depends npon the soil, the depth of the drain and the outlet. In a fairly stiff soil the labor of laying a tile 3 feet deep is usually estimated &t 11 cents a foot. 1 have paid 1; cents, and in eoine soils tne cost should be less than 14 cents. Three Varieties of Clorer. One of our northern agricultural journals has had 60 much to say in favor of crimson clover that many of its readers were doubtless led to think that it was the needed crop to replace rye as a fall-grown crop for turning under in the spring. Some people who had experimented with it during our open winters of SX) and 18.)1, and had done fairly well with it, were telling of its desirable qualities, and the other side was left untold. It can bring only disappointment in a latitude that has rigorous winters. Dr. Stewart says that it needs a milder climate than prevails in his upland home in North Carolina, and it is now time for the crimson clover boom to subside as far as northern latitude are concerned. Dr. Stewart's advocacy of mammoth clover seems to emphasize th peed of knowledge of a writer's locality when reading alter him. On North Carolina soil this clover.it seems, does not grow too rank for hay, but in richer sections of the North it is otherwise, producing very lontr and coarse stalks, and stock do not like it at all. It is a much ranker grower than the common red clover, and the latter on rich land has an excess of stalk for good hay. Kxtra heavy seeding micht aflect this in some degree, of course, but many farmers find that the mamrroth does not make good hay, scd is not at all comparable with the red clover. This only goes to prove that each farmer must' vary the methods of others to suit his own land, and combine experiment with reading. They go hand in hand. The Garden. The average farmer's garden is not a thing of beauty and a joy tourer. The attention of the owner is drawn from it by the demands of the fields that produce what are called "cash" crops. They etem the most important because their value is measured in money and there are so many demands for actual cash. Bat while no field crop shoull be neglected, the garden is fu'ly as important iu its way and trakes larper rrtnrn for the time and labor required than Urge yields una ly do. Ihe table can get the most of its supplies from the small fruit and vegetable gardan, and not only is money saved, but such a diet is more wholesome and appetizing. The test way to insure proper attention to the garden is to make thA ground so rich that there will be pleaearo in working It. A garden with poor and hard soil Isneter attractive, bot a loose rich soil capable of forciogall growth tempts one In iL Crop Statt. tier. The value of our agricultural statistics depends greatly upon the farmers. The Crop reporters aro usually chosen Lrora (his

class, and it would eesm possible that men could be secured whose experience and judgment would be a guarantee f the most accurate work possible. So far as crop prospects are concerned the work may be ably done, but the accuracy of our assessors' report of farm statistics is very questionable. In the reporting of growing crops we are ready to give a wide margin, as unforseen causes are always presenting themselves, makingchangesnoman can see. A fine prospect for wheat on the first day of June may be changed to half a crop on the 1st of July by unfavorable weather or an invasion of insects. A failure to harvest the amount of farm products predicted by oar agricnltural department does not imply any lack of conscientious work on the part of its assistant!. In the main itii not solar from the mark as one would naturally expect. But it is a fact that the statistics of resu!ti, as compiled from ase5sora' reports, are of very little value unless the law of averages eliminates the errors. Many of the assessors do not seem to care whether they cet the facts er not, just so they succeed in getting each farmer to guess at the production of his farm the preceding year. Very few farmers keep any reCord of the yield of their fields, and fo far as the products consumed on the farm are concerned the majority never know the amount, or made any close guess about it when the 6ubjcct'was freih ia their minds. Then take the labor statistics. How much hiring is done on the farm? What will it average? One n.an gut-eses three men for a vear, and his neighbor, who does more hiring, gives two. Worse guessing is done about the butter and egg production. It seems to be a matter of the most sublime indifference whether the guees is 100 dozen or 500 dozen, and is usually made by a man who knows little about his hens, and less about their egg producing capacity. Taken all in all the present system of gathering statistics is not a success, and it ia a matter of too great importance to be abandoned iu its present state. "Ser.tiarl" Pointers. Timothy is a pretty hard crop on land. This department is open to every reader for the asking of questions. Can yon lay tile drains for less than one and a half cents a foot for the labor? Test your eeed corn. We have had a severe winter on corn not thoroughly dry. Do you advise farmers to breed draft rather than road horees? Can you give a good reason? How many successful creameries have we in Indiana? hat are you getting for your milk? Let us hear from you. Who will win the prizo for the best labor, time or money saving device on tho farm. See last week's Sentinel. Send in your descriptions by next fcaturday. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Some TJseful Instructions tn the Art of Merding. For repairing gloves, one may now obtain, in most of the shops, "braids" made of small ekeins of glove silk or thread manufactured exoreesly for this purpope. Each "braid" contains black and almost every shade that come3 in gloves, and the thread is better adapted for the purpose than either the ordinary sewing silk or cotton thread. If this Bpecinl tread is not used, however, fine cotton thread is betlt-r than ailk for mending rips in the seams, because there is less contract between it and the kid. If a glove is to be darned, either silk or the glove thread should bo used ; for a darn on a kid glove, however well doue, can nt be concealed, nd the object should be to make it ns unobjectionable as possible. It can be made quite ornamental; and there is a pleasant senee of thrift without poverty in the sight of a well-fitting glove with a neat darn that aim ?t enhances its beauty. It is net uncommon to have even a good alove burst along the edge if the seam near the base of the thuriib, and it is useless to mend it by drawing the edes together again in a deaper se:wn. In such cases make a Cue button-hol stitch around the edges of the hole and then draw them together. For stockings, darning cotton and wool can be had in every shade; and in buying stockings, especially for children, it is well to get a card of darning material to match, which will be an additional expense of only 1 cent " or 2. For cotton stockings, silk lloss or knitting silk vtiil be found very desirable. It makes a prettier, softer darn than the cotton and is better on that account for sensitive feet. Tnluahl Keoipe. Oysters on Half Shell Serve five to each person, resting the shells on prettiiy folded napkins laid on small plates. Half a tmail lemon goes with each. Cost of lemons, 5 cents; oysters, 30 cents; total, 25 cents. Orange Cuetard An orange custard fritter is a dessert little known, yet ono which shonld commend itself because of its delicacy and wholesomeness. Put a cup of flour in a saucepan, add about a cup of milk and beat the mixture to a smooth paste, then add three well beaten fcggs, and finally another cup of mi.k. Cook this mixture in a double boiler, stirring it until it is smooth and thick It will take twenty minutes, slow cooking At the end of this time add three table. spoonfuls of sugar, the gratod rind of a -orange, the yolks of three eggs (firs a beated with a little of the hot mixture)t and a half tablespoonlul of salt. Art soon aa all thoee ingredients are well mixed pour out the custard on a platter or, better still, on a flat tin baking sheet which has been well grrased. Let it get cold, thsn cut in oblong pieces about three inches by one and a half in size. Brush over the surface of each fritter with yolk of egit and dust it very thoroughly with fine bread crumbs, then lay it in a frying basket. Handle tho pieces very carefully lest they may t-e broken or some of the egzed surfaca may be rubbed off. Do not allow the fritters in the frying basket to touch each other. When the banket ia fu 1 immerge it in very hot fat for three minutes, or till the fritters are a delicate brown. L it out the fritters when they are fried, drain aud arrange them on a platter. Serve them at once with the same eherry sauce used with the custard pudding, adding to ittwota blespooneful of candied orange peel cut in little bite. Orange Pudding Ore of the most delightful orange puddings is a simple tu tard. Beat four eggs to a froth, add five tableipoonfuls of ougar ml the yellow rind of one Mediterranean orange. Whip the mixture well with a patry whip and add a pint and a half of rich milk, with half a teaspoonful of salt. Mix well. Pour this eustard into little tin molds holding about a gill and a half. Tise molds should be buttered and then sprinkled with a little eugar before they are lilled. Set the i-ud-diugs in a pan of lukewarm water and put them u a moderately hot oven ; ccok them ti l they aro firm in the renter. It wiil take al-out fify minutes. When they are dono u ake a sauce fr them. Mix two well-beaten eggs with Italf a teaspoonful oi flower and two teaepoonfnls of powdered sutar. Ad 1 a scant teaspoonful of corn-starch, lieat all these ingredients thoroughly together with a pastry whip and aid gradually a cup and a half of boiling hot milk. Continue to stir the sauce over the fire till it boils; then add a gill of good sherry. Stir sain and pour tho sauce over the puddings. Gateau Ft. Am and. etc. Warm in a basin about ten ounces of butter and put 0Qe-q,uarter cf the quantity aside in a

saucepan. Make a paste with a little flour and one-half ounce of yeast diluted in half a tumblerful of tepid milk, add it to the butter, put the cover cn the sauce pan, and stand on the side of the fire for the contents to rie todouble their original bulk. Put on a board the necessary Hour, make a hole in the middle, in which put one whole egg, the yolks of three more, four tablespoonsfals of tepid- cream and about half the bnlter io the basin. First mix tue last-named ingredients, then gradually work in the flour.adding as you so on a pinch cf salt and four or five table spoonfuls of vanida euzar. When the paste is just stilt and quite firm, work it well for nearly fifteen minutes, with two whole eges; after which knead it together with the ri.-ea paste and the r f t of the butter. Let it rise in a warm place, well covered, for one end a halt hours at least ;at the end of that tin e break it into lumps with tho hand, and when quite cold, work it together again with a tumblerful or more of whipped croatn. Dutter a largo mold, fill it three-quarters full with the paste, which must be put in in layers alternately with chestnuts previously toiled f-lighily candied in syrup, rnd cut ia half. Set the mold on a baking sheet in a warm place to rise yet a little for twenty minutes, then cover it with bo'tered paoer, and bake in a moderate oven for fifty minutes at the most. On removing it from the over, pour in gradually nearly a quarter of a pint of puree of chestnuts, flavored with vaniila and mixed with four tablespoonfuls of Marat-chino. When quite cold, turn out the cake, heap up the center pyramid fashion with a Etiif pureo of chesnuts, topping the edifice with whipped cream (the two list named may be iced with great advantage). Garnish with angelica leaves and any kind of fresh or candieO. plums. There are many and varied ways of n aking gateaux or ga ettee des rois; indeed, with few exceptions they are merely ordinary cakes (household favorites) adapted 10 the occasion by the addition oi the traditional items, such as the pea and the bean, or the miniature dolls representing the king and quen so dear to the foreigner. The general decoration of the cake is ito principal feature. Derangement of the liver, with consumption, injures tho complexion, induces pimples, eaiow skin. Carter's Little Liver I'illa remove the cause.

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To every ono sending us Si. 10 for a yoar' subscription to THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL we will send postpaid the following collection of FLOWER SEEDS, which amounts at seedsmen's catalogue prices to ?1. 25. This collection includes some Choice Novelties, and is just the selection for a flower garden. ONE PACKAGE EACH.

Atrs Choice Mixed - Iriibtlis Crystal i'aiacs Compacts -- Nt sir tiums Tail Mixi - 1 luwer inrd-i A ( I udid luiitura of 2tW Tsriolie.. l'oppy J-nei - l'etunia I inist Mixod Sircot AljfAUtn White -

10 o 15 l&o So 5o So

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Offer No. 3

Novelty PackageurKarfllr Parkoe will be found nearly II nf the new i- .4 l-'lnwnr fll Of refnt ID trwluetiOB. this colleo

n'sny of the packets co-tin 15 s- d 2j cents esch. II lint win pHrcl.aeed irom a jee-l n it would .-est will od ittre. im.tpaid. to a l "I1; ' IV

t-cit 12.05. Ws year's sobto TUE l uia a 1 a ONE PACKAGE EACH.

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THE FINEST CABBAGE.

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