The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-14
HOME AND FARM.

III DOuntltul crops can make the faf m6rS
prosperous and happy this is one of their
good years.
On the whole it is not advisable to feed
COWS with sour milk and whey; but for the
pigs nothing in the world is better.
Now is the great st uggle Of labor on the
farm. The grain and hay harvest coming
in the season of intensest be "a takes severely
both men and women on the farm. 1t IS
dOubly important to feed well, battle often
and use every precaution to preserve the
health.
There is vast difference among farmers
rs employers. 1t is pleasure to work for
some men, and the worst kind of slavery to
serve others Tbs former class get the bet
ter service and profit from hired men. The
purchase of a mans labor ought not to
carry with it the right to treat him as a
brute. cross farmer is nuisance. Yet
i'll temper is a habit, the same as tobacco
chewing.
POULTRY BABIEs.-An- English poultry
keeper writing of fool for young 70 wis, says:
"Nothing is so good for goslings as grass.
Oatmeal put in pan of water is excellent
food for them, and it is often wise to add
some bran to it. Chickens should have
bread and milk, chopped egg, cooked meat
cut up fine, crumbs, SOds of growing grass,
fresh earth and in bad weather beer". The
remark about goslingS is strictly true. A
sod of white clover will be improved by
them the first day of their lives.
GOING TO BED.-The science of Health is
credited with the following: We should
never go to bed with hope for rest, sleep,
and perfect repose, until "all ready" The
preliminaries for retirement are all Just as
| important as are those for the days duties.
We mu st not go to bed with an overloaded
stomach, in an anxious or trout led stats OF
mind, with cold eXtreinities, or without an
ticipating and responding to the calls of ma
ture in all respects Standing over a regis
| ter, before a fire, or in a stove heated room,
is not the best way to get warm, for nights
sleep. We should take such vigorous exer-
else as will give quick circulation to the
blood, and not depend on artificial, but on
natural, heat. Attention to all these thin o..
followed by such devotional exercises as
will bring all the feelings, emotions and SEN
timents into accord with the divine will.
subduing passions, removing hatred, malice
jealousy, revenge. and opening the portals
of heaven TO all who seek rest, peace, and
sweet repose.
| BUSINESS FARSn NG.-Tne Industrial Age
makes some sound comments on the cues
tion-does farming nay 1t replies /:
Many farmers are becoming impressed with
the idea that farming does not yiald as great
per cent. of profit as do Otht branches
| of labor; and an effect Of this
belief is growing disposition to sell out
their farms and engage in other vocations.
While we do not intend in this short ar
ticle,to attempt discussion ofths question
yet we do desire to call the attention OF far
mers to the fact that in nearly all the de-
tailed estimates ofthe profits of farming that
have come under our notice, many very
! important items in the cost of living are L fl
out. III farmers who igure on this question
would estimate the cost OF boarding, house
rent, fuel, ETC., in the cities and towns and
at these rates estimate what it would cost to
support their families when tried by the sum
OF these figures, very different result would
be apparent, which would in most cases
demonstrate most clearly that e. ming prom
eriy does pay. y farIn improperly managed
OF course does not pay. uur ~ auy other
business pay with such tnsDae..,. ut Src-
cess IN business OF an sInd a,.io~A .-..,,.
and not bad management.
ALUM FOR INSECTS The Journal of Chem
istry publishes recipe for the destruction Of
insects, which, if 1t beone-half as eficac:ou.
as it is claimed to be, will prove invaluable,
Hot alum water is a recent suggestion as
an insecticide. 1t will destroy red and black