The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-04

greater affinity for it than there otherwise
would be. 1t eau be administered to the
fowls by having it is a small box, so that
they can help themselves, or by mixing it
with their food once week, or as often as
there are indications of vermin. PeneIrat-
ing, as it does, to every part of the system,
all parasites are quickly and sure
iy destroyed. Also, gspes are said TO be pre-
vented in chickens. Fowls need IL more than
most animals, their feathers containing be-
tween four and five per cent. of sulphur.
Their eggs also have a small quantity, which
Is noticed by the discoloring of silver
spoon when il comes in contact with boiled
egg. Applied externally 10 the fowls when
on the nest, TO the nest itself, or mixed with
the soil in the busting box, it is equally eff
ficacious in destroying vermin. To be used
as fumigator of buildings, it is necessary
to remove the fowls, close the room or
house, mix little saltpeter with the sulphur
in an iron vessel, and apply a match to the
mixture. This should be done in the morn
ing, and the doors and windows opened in
the afternoon for a thorough ventilation.
Lard mixed with sulphur in proper propor-
tons and applied as often as is necessary to
the feathers on the neck and back of young
and old turkeys. is a very good safeguard
against the ravaEes of foxes. For our own
profit and the comfort ofthe fowls, let us then
use sulphur or remedies OF like nature
Poultry World.
QUESTIONS TO THINK oF.-An Iowa farmer
puts some pertinent hits i'm the New York
Tribune: Chas. Jenkins, of NIahoning
county, Ohio, complains that it took two
robust men to buy of him his two fat cows
at less than four cents per pound, and also
of the large number of grocery and provis
ion, dry goods, hardware, boot and shoe
books and stationery, and drug stores they
have at his place to he supported out of the
labor of producers. He says that is what
makes hard times. We are green in many
things out West, and therefore wish to know
of Mr.. J. whether-1. He thinks he would
have got better price for his beef cows il
but one robust butcher" had called to buy
them, and if so, how much 2. Whether he
thinks if they had none of those
6S ss SI thew within Hou,d fly ye. miles tS
various kinds of goods they want cheaper
than at present? 3. If all those non produ-
GERS were to go to farming and fattenine
cows for themselves. how much more would
that enable Mr.. Jenkins to get for any fat
cows he may have to sell in the future? 4
How much more would produce bring if al
the non-producers in the country were to &c
| to faI ming? .. Whether multiplicity of mer
in the same business has the tendency to in
crease the price of the articles they offer for
sale in Mahoning county? 1t don't do so in
Iowa, but competition compels quick sales
and small profits. g. Whether after all it is
not all buncombe for farmers to talk about
supporting the people who live in towns
and whether it is not true that there is 9
mutual interest between the producers and
consumers, the people in the country and
those in towns. The one needs to buy
what the other has TO sell, and the othe
wants to sell what he wishes to buy, and tn,
law of supply and demand will always reg
ulate the prices each must pay.