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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

posts in abundance; the naples of all kinds
have provided delicious syrup; the walnut
trees bave yielded nuts, and all have given
shade from the burning sun, and shelter
from the blasts OF winter, both to man
and beast. The protection to the garden
from cold spring winds is one of great ad-
vantage.
As never had fruit tree girdled by rab.
bits and little damage done by insects ex-
cept the codling moth and curculia, think
the groves of forest timber are entitled to a
partof the credit, at least, for this immunity
from damage, by providing good harbor
and food for the rabbits, as they eat the ten
der twies of the forest trees doing no harm
il they do not cut the leader), and they have
no occasion or desire to gnaw apple trees in
open ground. The birds find their natural
resting places among the branches, and so
increase that they keep most kinds of insects
in check. My forest tree planting has been
to me entirely satisfactory, taken as whole.
Ii has transformed an open, bleak, wind
swept prairie into an attractive, sheltering.
coy, home-like farm, where the melody oil
the song bird blends harmoniously with the
evening zephyr as it goes whispering through
the pines.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
Big Strawberries.

81 have discovered a new agriculture
said A. N. Cole to the lounger of the New
York Tribune. under the system the great
American Desert can be made to blossom as
the rose, the rocky sleeps of the Sierras can
be made as fertile as the valleys. On the hill
sides Of Allegheny County 1 grow strawber
ries as lare as peaches-we have to slice
them up to make strawberry shortcake;
plums, which before were the size of pullets'
eggs, now grow as large as hens eggs; pea.
pods grow six and seven inches long and
contain peas as large as grapes;
beets reach q length of five feet
the ordinary blood beet;' timothy heads
measure IL inches, and are larger in proper
ton. These are a few instances. l could
enumerate others. In a short time will
show how five acres titled under my new
system will give as much net profit as 500
titled in the present way. But | don't ex.
pect the public to take my word for all this
l have invited large number of practical
farmers from different States to visit my
model farm at Wellsville, n. Y, on July 4.
/ have promised them two bushels OF there
enormous strawberries. aud other fruit in
like quantity. The whole secret of the thing
is understanding"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
Remedy for Chicken Cholera.

The Department of Agriculture publishes
the following remedy, recommended oy Dr..
Salmon, for preventing this destructive dis
ease, that annually carries off so many thou
sand fowls: For this disease a very cheap
and most effective disinfectaut is q solution
made by adding three pounds OF sulpburic
acid to forty gallons of water Cor one-fourth
pound of sulphuric acid to three and helf
gallons of water, mixing evenly by agitating
or stirring This may be applied to small sur
faces with small watering pot or to larger
grounds with barrel mounted on 1heels
and arranged like street sprinkler. In dis
injecting poultry houses the manure must
be first thoroughly scraped up and removed
beyond the reach of the foA s; slight
sprinkIiDg is not sufficient, hut the floors
and roosts and grounds must be thoroughly
saturated with the solution, so that no par
ticle of DUST however small, escapes being
wet. 1t is impossible to thoroughly disin.
feet If the manure Is not removed from the
roostlng places. Sulphuric acid is very
cheap, costing at retail not more than
twenty. five cents pound, and at wholesale
but five or six cents. The barrel of disin.
fecting &C luti IN can therefore be made fol-
less than 81, and should be thoroughly ap
piled. 1t must be remembered, too, thai
sulphuric acid is dangerous drug to handle
1t destroys clothing and csuterizes the flesh
wherever it touches,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

A patch of rye viii often take the place of
the greater portion Of the grain, not only for
the stock but also for the teams. Teams will
do q good days work If they can have Que
good feed Of grain and then o good supply OF
green rye cut and ted to them. Rye sown in
ss % of springs rs ssss ter yo n' have
neglected to SOW q good patch in the
fall and you have any idea that
the grain supply will be short for feeding. 1t
will pay to prepare q small patch and show
or course, as quick, strong growth is very
or bs pay to fssSs seSs Ss
by thoroughly ploughiRg, then harrow aud
SOW broadcast, narrowing in well, so as to
leave the soil in goo1 condition.; or the drill
can be used after thoroughly preparing the
land. About one aud q half bushels to the
acre will be about the right quantity to sow.
You can commence cutting off and feeding
as soon as the rye gets high enough, aud il
you are reasonably careful not to tramp
down too much it will sprout up and make
a new growth ready to be cut again. II you
want to use il for milling alone you should
not allow it to head out As long as it is
kept down by cutting 1T Will sprout up and
make new growth.
There are many kinds of stock that can be
benefited considerably by the addition of q
liberal supply OF rye cut and fed green.
Stock Graves something green aud the pas.
lures often will not furnish a sufficient sup
ply. Then again 1t is not always convenient
to have all the stock run in the pastures. A
good patch of rye will often furnish them
a good supply of green food with very little
trouble and expense It is much better, as
well as more economical. to have a upply
of grain TO cut and feed to the working teams
and keep them in the stables at night than
to turn them out into the pastures at night
and be forced to go after them through the
dew early in the morning. For milk COWS or
ewes that are nursing young supply OF
green food will be found a decided advant-
age to aid in keeping them in'good, tn rifty
condition. n. J. SHEPHERD.
Eden Mo.
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II was when your business became so i'm.
periled, impoverished and racked that you
began to cry out for the living God. 1t was
when the physicians had given you up and
your best friends had hidden you adieu that
yet known, and some safety IN piety OF which
you had been up to that time needless. And
so in many relations of life we have found
in extremity what we never found in pros.
perity, and our weakness has become our
strength. And in the consolidation of our
highest life We must remember that repose,
not strife, is the last result OF piety. We
want most sucoor when We are most elusive.
We are only half-trained and probably ILL
trained men, so long as We show signs OF
anxiety, fear, suspicion, apprehension about
the fu ture.-Joseph Parker.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
Dairying Va. Wheat Growing.
Boston Herald.1


The farmers of Iowa were among the first
to break away from the one crop system and
10 diversity their grain growing with dairy
ing. There are now 400 creameries or cheese
factories in that State, and their patrons find
the industry much more profitable than
raising wheat at sixty to seventy cents a
bushel on land that is worth from SIS to 500
per acre. The st. Louis Republican reports
that the farmers in Northern Missouri have
begun &c turn their attention in the same
direction, and says that If one halt the mon.
ey and labor expended last year in raising
Missouri's crop Of 80. 000, 900 bushels of wheat
had been given to dairying, the net result
would have been double. 1t argues that The
with wheat, bat the more butter and
cheese produced the more there is con-
sumed-the demand keeping pace with and
even outstripping the supply" There is
commonly a market for good dairy products
at remunerative prices, but it is doubtful
if the average profits have been greater than
those gained from wheat, taking a period Of
ten years together. The production of good
butter Is not altogether a matter of dispo-
sition. Much depends upon the pasturage,
the water ana climatic conditions. The
dairying belt is as restricted as the wheat
belt taking the whole country together.
The sections adapted to 1t can make the in
dustry profitable. 1t is doubtful if the other
sections can do 80. The elder settled por.
tons of the West are experiencing from the
cheap and virgin fields of the Northwest the
stress OF the competition by which they
forced the farmers OF the Eastern and Middle
States to abandon grain-growing as a reliance
diversity their productions. History is re-
peating itself in compelling them 10 adopt
similar pOlicY,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
The Outlook for Bees.


Judging from the past it is fair to suppose
that many who are little deficient in sand
in the craw will give the bee business the go
by the coming spring. Except in some
special localities, the last year was one yield.
ing but q moderate amount OF surplus honey.
In the face of this fact, honey command
but moderate price in the market. This Is
particularly accounted for upon the therory
that California was last year, as she usually
is, one OF the localities having plenty of sur
plus honey which she has sent by tons
to Eastern markets. Knowing this
many Of our resident bee keepers have
also crowded their honey into market
so as to head off any deprecia-
ton that mightcccur in prices This theory
proving true. better prices for honey may be
expected later in the season. 1t is oae of the
vici situdes of the business that on account
OF the small capital required it is crowded by
votsries and abandoned to the tender mer-
cies Of the elements by turns. In this as in
the poultry and other lines of industry
seemingly so easily assumed, it IL necessary
to caution against the cock and bull' sto-ies
of sudden and immense profits without los
ing sight of the fact that the business is Just
as certainly remuDerative when intelligently
managed as any other rural pursuit.
Whether low prices OF honey work an injury
or not in the end is not by any means sure,
since it may be the means of ingratiating
the article into the favor Of many who would
leave 1t untouched at a high price
but who, when the habit is formed,
will continue to use 1t at
higher price. Yes, there is sure
reward for labor properly bestowed in an
apiary, but "persevere" is the talismanic
word that secures it. Not only was last
summer an uDfsvorable one, but the present
winter must prove very destructive of colo
mics, hence much encouragement aud
hence also our prediction that many will
~ 49, l. f. - L.
ever, that success could hardly be expected
from such as become discouraged with q
single Improbable year. Other business
being treated in the same way, cattle and
sheep would lose many of their patrons after
so many thousands being frozen this winter
When Henry Clay had failed his constitu-
eDts and they were about to forsake him, he
asked them what they would do with
their old flint locks IL they should fail
whether throw them away, or pick them aud
try them again; the reply was "pick the 10
and try them again." They gave him an.
other send off
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
Beet Sugar In England .

Messrs. Bolton & Partners, of No. the
Sanctuary, Westminster send out q copy of
a report by Professor A. Church on the cul-
fivation of the sugar beet in England ia
1884 From this we learn that the follow
ing are some of the facts and conclusions
which are established by last years trials:
That sugar beets can be grown in England
which will compare favorably in every re-
spect with those grown on the continent;
that these results are not due solely to the
fine of the season, as, on the contrary,
the unusual drought during the spring and
early summer had q prejudicial effect on
the crop. Neither are they attributable to
any skillful method OF cultivation, as, on
the contrary, the cultivation generally
left much to be desired; that therefore,
results at least as good. II not better,
may with improved care the fruit of ex peri-
ence) be expected in any ordinary season !;
that at present prices sugar beet is a better
paying crop than wheat; tina. sugar beat
may be grown successfully when, owing to
dought other root crops. such as maugolds,
prove failure that sugar beet is q valuable
food for cattle. In forwarding this report
Messrs. Bolton a. Partners point out its nat
ural importance, especially in the present
condition OF agriculture. The cultivation
OF the sugar beet opens up q new and I'm.
portant industry, which in its various rami-
icetions may give remunerative employ
ment TO many, while serving to keep in the
country a portion of that large sum (some
so 10000 sterling) which is now going out
OF it annually for the purchase OF foreign
sugar.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
No. 1lOO.-A Charade.

No 1lOO.-A Charade.
"f build mansion" said he,
zone room In frst shall be done,
And however ornate the others shall be,
This viii be the distinguished one,
And yet my taste may be wrong;
Other people may think otherwise:
And although the mansion to me will belong
l will hear what Others advise"
His second was not the best.
Though his crops had done well, he said
His bucKwheat, his barley aud all tue rest
And he raised enough weat for bread.
His herds were all very fair
His horses, his cows and his sheep
But his labor. fatigue ana incessant care
Would scarcely allow him to sleep.
High on the bright roll of fame
The shining refulgent roll
On q ground of light is a radiant name,
Whose home was my honored whole
AS long as freedom shall 1--we,
And men true greatness revere,
That immortal name shall melody give
To the heart, as well as the ear.
WINSTON.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

No. 1099.-A Diamond.
/. A letter.
2. A boys name
8. The leaf exclusive of its sheath in some
grasses.
4. A thief.
5. Gray foxes found in the Russian EN-.
pire.
6. Belonging 10 Malacca.
Z. Incurring punishment.
s. Kidney.
8. A letter. MORNING STAR.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
Tree Planting on Prairies.
prairie Earmer.l

In tree planting so much depends upon
the object sought that no arbitrary rule cau
be followed. For shelter, shade aud wind
breaks evergreens and rapidly growing de
ciduous trees should be planted. l should
choose, of evergreens the white pine, The
soft, yielding beauty OF its foliage, its SYM
Detrical, regular and rapid growth and its
magnificent proportions as it approaches
maturity, with its timber value, aud its dry
cones, useful for fire lighters. make Ii ia
vorite with all tree planters Nv timber
has for several years furnished frewood for
three families, 90 well - poles, stakes and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

Captain Mitchell. of the bark Antoine
Sala, New York and Havana trade, came
home In May, entirely helpless with rheu-
matism. He went to the mountains, but re-
ceiving no benefit, at his wife's request began
to take Hoods Sarsaparills. He immedi-
ately began to improve; in two months his
rheumatism was all gone, and he sailed in
command OF bis vessel we'll man. Hoods
Sarsapsrilla will help you. Sold by all drug
Qists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
How to Kill Artfchokes.
kansas Farmer.I

How to destroy the artichoke: Plow under
when they have attained the height of one
foot. They only grow from the tubers. at
this time the old tubers are decsyed aud the
new ones have not formed. This has been
practiced here to my positive knowledge
with perfect success.
The great terror of many good people that
they will take the farm is a SANDER on this
innocent plant, and is a great hindrance to
It's general culture. Hogs also will destroy
them If pastured in the growing seasons.
They will produce from 400 to 1000 bushels
per acre. They produce more hog food per
acre than any other crop am acquainted
with, and the hogs will harvest the crop
themselves
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interior sound and healthy; hence the flesh
will be greatly Superior TO that OF hogs fat
tened in the usual careless mode"
The Wisconsin farmers are beginning to
discover that it does not pay to kill Their
calves. There are quite a number in the
dairy business who are now raising their
calves. The indiscriminate killing OF these
young beasts has caused COWS and other
cattle to command exorbitant prices.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
A Good judicial Joke.
The independently

On one of the official excursions in the
Chesapeake waters, when Chief Justirs
Waite, Judge Hall and other judicial pc =
sons were present their passage grew ver 2
rough and Judge Hall became violently i'll.
AS he was moaning in his agony the Chief
Justice said: MY dear Hall. can 1 do any
thing for you? Suggest what you wish F"
Il WISH" said the seasick man, 81 wish
that your Honor would override this mo.
tion."
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I Finals. I
Gross Words Of Differing Lengths ]
February,s Fiae Premium.

"Zigzag Journeys in Classic Lands" ele-
gantly printed on fine paper. profusely illus.
trated and handsomely bound in cloth, will
be presented the reader who sends the best
lot Of answers to the ''Knotty Problems OF
February. Each weeks solution should oe
forwarded within six days after the date of
the Sentinel containing the puzzles an
swered.
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The Probable why.
fChicago News.

Madam, can you tell me why two women
always stop in the middle OF street cross
ing to talk?" Il suppose they dc it for the
same reason that q man runs at the top of
his speed to get across the track in front of
train Of cars and then stands and watches
the train go by" The gentleman changed
the subject
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
No Long Words.

There is no call to use long words In speak
ing of Parker's Tonic. 1t sells on its merits
and cures by its virtues. No family can
make Q mistake by keeping a bottle in the
house. For coughs, colds and all troubles
of the bowels, stomach, liver and kidneys.
il 10 exactly what you want. For yourself,
your wife and children.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

No 1O9S.-An Ana gram.
Hungry and lone, with empty purse.
No work, and on his lips a curse
Because he's poor.
The favored ones are rich indeed
While he outside stands so in need.
At last he comes, 10 their surprise,
Points TO himself and loudly cries,
''SIRs, BARE RIBS ARE LEFT. Oh, pity take,
And give me work that can make
My living surel"
AL this was years ago, and now
The highest honors crown his brow.
USDINR
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
Productive Power of Hens.

New York Tines
The productive powers of q hen depend
upon her constitutional capability and the
feeding. The statement that hen has
certain number of ovules in the ovary at
birth, and that these mature at certain De-
RODS Of her life, IL simply bosh. II is a base
less, imaginary superstition, and quite incon-
sistent with what is known of the laws of
animal growth. II these 800 ovules exist, at
what time were they formed? They must
have existed in the young chick, and, If so,
they must have been in embryo in the egg.
This is not possible. It might as we'll be said
that every fat globule in the milk of COW
has been numbered and provided for at
the birth of the calf, because the gl0bules
are produced by cell growth in prec isely the
same manner as the ovules IN the ovary OF
the COW, or as the oYules in the ovary of the
one. The absurdity OF it Is apparent to any
hen. 1t was once said, years, ago. that the
whole of a tree existed in embryo in the
seed-the root, stem, branches and leaf.
This is parallel misstatement to that in
gard to the one who thinks about 1t, aud
one is as absurd as another. The fact is,
hen at birth has no apparent ovules, nor is
the oVary fully formed This grows and
natures as the chick increases in age and
size, from the ordinary cell growth by which
the bone, muscle and other parts of the
fowl are produced fIom the blood, which is
made from the food. The food is eaten aud
digested and changed in % blood; the blood
forms the matter from which the cellular
tissue of the animal is built up. If the food is
not sufficient for all the demands of the sni-
NAL its life is first sustained, then its sub
stance is added to, but its productive fuuc.
lions are not completed or set in action. For
this final purpose of q living creature,
whether plant or an animal, full and suffi-
cient lutriment must be provi led. A hen
will not lay eggs unless fully fed. simply be-
cause the ovules in the ovary can not be
formed without the necessary substance,
which must come from the food. And these
ovules are formed by an abundant growth
of cell titsue N proportion to the supply Of
food. The better q hen is fed the more eggs
she will produce, and as some hens have
been known to lay over 600 eggs in the
course of long life, it Is very clear that a
large number must have been produced
somehow, even if she was provided with 600
at her birth. The whole statement is one of
those foolish 'fact3" of popular science"
of which so many are turned out of the
science mills.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11
Rye for Spring Feeding.
Missouri Republican,


There are few IL any plants that are more
valuable for soiling in the spring than rye.
II grows very rapidly, and on good, rich
soil, will furnish large amount Of the very
best of food. 1t often happens that grains,
such az corn and oats, sell high In the spring
and farmers can not always afford 10 buy,
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Answers.

10s3.-Key. 1. Keys of a musical instru
mept. 2 Key of an arch. g. Whis key.
10S4.-Swedenbo rgianism.
10S5.-A lsdy's muff.
10S6.-In Diana Qndiana).
loS7.-Vic -timize teyes).
l0SS.-Bar gain.
lCS9-A second
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Must stick to the Bulls
ATLANTA constitutional

The country is now safe. A Chicago
Judge has Just decided that when q salso u
keeper advertises free lunch, it must be
free no matter whether the partakers there.
Of buy drinks or not.
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OUR FARM BUDGET.
How to XIII Artichokes-Beet Su.
gar in England-Tree Plant
ing on Prairies.

SeOurs in Calves-Chicken Cholera Straw.
berTies-OutloOk for Bees-Rye for
spring Feeding - Household
Hints aud Farm Notes.
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KNOTTYPROBLEMS.

Our reader, are Invited 70 iurnish original eniy.
mas. charsdes, Riddles, REFUSES and other "knotty
problems" addressing all communications relative
10 this department to 4 3. Ohsdbourn. Levistons
Maine.
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overproduction in Funeral Goods.

And now it sppears there is an ovarpro-
duction of cofhps. and the exhorbitant
prices hitherto charged are threatened with
destruction. What next?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-11

For want OF tone this is all I'll tell
But think you'll catch the meaning well.
II
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Value the friendship of him Who stands by
you In the storm; swsrms OF insects will sur
round you In the sunshine.