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vanized. so p cent. discount. Sheet zinc. 6loc. Con
per bottoms. 23c. Planished copper, 36c. Solder,
150l6c. Wire. 80 p cent. off list.
LEATHER, HIDES M ALLOW
LEATHER-Oak sole. 33040c; hemlock sole. 260
32c: harness, 30Q35c; skirting, 37040c; black
bride, q doz.. $60065; fair bride, $60078 y doz.;
city kip, 600S0c; French kip, 95c 0$1 90; city calf
skins, s5c0Sl.1O; French e~alfskins, $1.150l.8O.
HIDEs-Green, 81ec; heavy steer, 7l9c; green salt,
a0Slac; green sailed calf, llc; dry flint, 12c; dry
sailed, l0c. Damaged one-third off the above prices.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TALLoW-Prime, &c.
GREASE-Brown, &c: white, 505l2e.
OIL CAKE.
Oil cake and oil meal, 1000 lbs, $15; 1000 tbs,
S30. Bags and drayage extra
PRODUCE.
B~UTTER--Creamery fancy, Csc; dairy. selected, 10
02oc: choice country, 130Ioc; poor to fair. 01Qc
EsGs S, are paying 2o02lc, loss off; sell
25 ~ ID.
~HoNEY-2o022c in 1 and BIB cans.
VENIsoN-140I5c " ID.
GAME-Rabbits, 40a6Oc ~ doz.
PoULTRY-Hens 20 U ID; ROSTERS, 4c; Young chick
ems, g 2 p; ducks, So Y doz; geese, s5a5.55 " doz;
CIpER-Dufy's, Rochester. So ~ brl.
oMooL-Tub washed, 2s132e; unwashed; medium,
and Understanding according to their value.
PROVISIONS,
WHOLESALE PRICEs-Prime lard, &c; short ribs,
partly cured 6.l0c; sweet picked hams, Gee; should
erS, O4c; Dulk shoulders, 4I2e.
JoBBING PRIcEs-Smoked Sugar cured
hams; 10 to 12la lbs average, lilac; 10 lbs average,
lie; l7ll2 lbs average 104c; 20 TBS and over, 10loc;
cottage hams, SC; California hams, 7l2c; English break
family shoulders, pieces averaging 6 to 10 lbs, 64e;!
dried beef, 15c; bacon (clear sides), medium weight,
S4c; backs. and bellies, light weight, SC; French
fitch, lib pieces, 7c. Dry Sailed and Picked
~Meats-English cured clear sides or backs (unsmoked),,
7.l2c; bean porklclearl, $p brl 200 lbs. SIS; clear pork
p brl 200 TBS, $I3; family pork Clear W brl 200
lbs, Sill; family beef #S brl 200 TBS, $1S; also in u
brls, containing 100 tbs, at half the price of the bar
rels. with SOC added, to cover additional cost of
package; Lard-Pure kettle rendered, in tierces, !slec;
also, In y brls and Sob tubs, 3ac advance on price OF
tierces; 48-ib tin tubs, and 20 fb pals, SIC advances;
lQ-fbp pals, lac advance. Sausage-Bologns, in cloth,
6l2c; in skin, &c. :
Il
TIMoTHY-S1.5O0i.7 20 - bu; clover, $4. o a 90.
$ Blu; bluegrass, extra clean Kentucky, $101.25
y bn; red top, 75c0$I W bu; orchard grass, $500
LA p bp, owing to quality.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MONEY AND STOCKS.

The New York Market Quite Active, and Bet
ter Prices Prevail
New YORK, Jan 2o.-Money easy at / 014 per
cent; offered at the close at l per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, Al a6 per cent
Sterling exchange weaker; sixty days, "a. 49,
sight, A.S1.
Governments generally firm. Sales of 5000 10
fours are reported at l22
Railways firm.
State securities duh
The stock market was more active TO-DAY than
for any previous day for a week, and the deal
ngs throughout were attended with much spirit.
There were a few slight reactions at intervals,
and a decline took place of II per cent in North
ern Pacific preferred. to &c., but the general
eourse of prices was upward, and an advance of |
TO 80 per cent was established. The anthracite
coal stocks were the most prominent feat
ures of speculation throughout the day, and the
second greatest in the Improvement. OF these,
Lackawanna attracted the most attention, and
rose 81, to 895, on q business of 140,61
shares, out of a total for the whole list of 3l2. 1873
shares. Delaware 81 Hudson advanced Ct, to
~; Jersey Central, 2, to 80, and Morris & Essex
z to III. The sharp advances in these stocks
received an impetus from the increased demand
for coal and the advance in prices by the Penn
sylvania Coal Company of 90 cents per ton, and
also from the prospect that this action would be
followed BY other companies, The next largest
advance was in Manhattan Consolidated. which
rose 2, to 20. The general market was firm,
but did not move up much until
the last hour of business, when the demand for
stocks was more widely distributed and there
was a rise of / to Ii per cent Vanderbilts,
Che grangers and the PACIFIC stocks figuring coa'
spicuously in the activity and the Improvement.
The recommendation Of a 3 per cent. sixty
year funding scheme for the Pacific roads by the
Senate judiciary committee, the restoration of
east-bound freight rates at Chicago, st.
Louis and other Western points, and a reduc1
ton IL the Bank of England rate of discount,
which started a demand for stocks for London
account during the afternoon, all tended to slim
ulate the upward movement, which was also
assisted by free purchases to cover short" con-
tracts.
Transactions, 312, coo shares, to-wit: 141, 600
L~aekawanna, IA, 900 Lake Shore, $1,000 North
western, 10, 600 New York Central, 40, 900 St.
Paul, 10000 Union Pacific, 10, 900 Western
Union, 1000 Northern Pacific preferred.
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TRADE AND
Business Uufavorably Affected by the Severe
Winter Weather in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. %.
Drifting SHOWS and severe cold weather, have
for two or three days past more or less delayed
the movement of both passenger ard freight
trains, more especially the latter. This in turn
has acted as o check upon trade in nearly all de-
partments. But with the coming of reasonable
winter weather for this section Indications are
favorable to a general improvement in trade, as
cereals will likely move more freely than at any
time since harvest However, the speculation
in wheat has been hating for some days past,
and the export movement has slackened; but the
price is far from having relapsed to the point
from which it began to improve, and moderate
concessions would stimulate the European de-
mand, which, moreover, is at present sensitive
and may increase at present figures. The move
Rent eastward from interior points continues
fair. The -four market is hardly as strong
as last week, yet in better shape than for
months preceding the new year. The Boston
Journal, excellent authority, says: THE -four
market presents very firm front, but the bust.
ness of the week has been comparatively light.
This is, in q great degree, owing to the very firm
views of Western millers, who very generally
are willing to place -four at any concession.
Dealers also hesitate to purchase choice flour at
an advance of rs cents to 81 per barrel from the
lowest point a few weeks ago, and are working
of old stocks without replenishing them. 1t ap-
pears to us that nour IS pull 4u..v " 80,
withstanding the teLor of recent adyices from
abroad, that prices will continue to advance, with
now and then a drawback. The consumption of
wheat Hour in Europe has largely increased, and
at home the low prices have largely increased the
demand for the South, and have also led to a
large consumption in Eastern markets. The
winter wheat has been more or lsss injured by
alternate freezing and thawiug weather. and is
in a much poorer condition than at this time last
year. We shall have no such crop in 1885 as we
had in 1884, and before next harvest we are sat
isRed that we shall see a higher range of prices
than are now. current. From the present out
look it will even pay farmers to hold on to their
wheat, as there is a fair prospect CT better prices
later in the season. The acreage is less, the crop
is less promising, ard, although foreign markets
continue to resist any advance. it is sure to come
during the year, especially when we consider
that wheat -four is lower now than for many
years. Locally there is no change in quotations
calling for special comment
GRAIN.
The local market was rather tame to-day.
nealers bid with caution, the fact that East
hound rates were ordered restored having for
tho time being toned down their ideas The
Rnar6 Of Trade Price Current says of wheat:
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III FARM.
More Poultry on the Farm.

More Poultry on the Farm.
To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal;
In France more pounds of fowls are consumed
than of beef. So it would be avery wher il the
supply of poultry would permit it Fowls are
considered by all more of a d~elicacy for the
table than butchers meat, and, at the same
price, all would prefer turkey, duck or chicken,
The reason poultry Is not abundant is that
farmers do not rely upon it as a leading source
of income. but only raise what they do as a side
issue, the work of the housewife or children
Rare is the farmer who has ever fed
a hundred bushels of grain to poultry
and ascertained the great profit, as com
pared with feeding the usual live stock: and still
more rare is the farmer who has experimental
with poultry on q large scale, on an equal foot
ing with his trial with cattle, sheep or hogs. A
hundred chickens on a farm is as many as will
usually be found, and we'll enough, unless they
are raised in colonies, which can be easily done by
having small houses at the extreme sides and
corners of the barn and door-yards, facing away
from one another. In this way the run OF each
lot or flock will be mainly over different ground
from the others, and they cannot get crowded
If a farm is on the edge of a wood tract, tur7
keys should be raised, for such a forage run will
half supply all feed needed, and if a farm has o
pond or running water, this advantage should be
improved by raising geese and ducks, while
chickens will do we'll anywhere. and if properly
supplied with feed will not modest fields over
which they may run, even when the ground is
newly planted. Then, another thing to consider
in raising fowls, and the number of each kind,
is the prices they will bring. Chickens sell for
about double as much per pound as beef, and
turkeys for double as much as chickens, and
perhaps geese or ducks. Turkeys may require
more care when young, but they can be success
fully reared, and the additional work will pay.
If it was not for the egg product of the chicken
turkeys would be by far the most profitable.
The argument that a farm is already over
stocked will not answer as a reason
not to increase the raising of fowls, for
they will only thrive tho better the moro
numerous the stock, and will not interfere with
it, and certainly the fowls will not detraet from
the land. Another advantage. poultry raising
can be increased without adding to the farmers
or his hired mems work, for if necessary it can
be assumed by almost any of the household.
Consider how the hens on most farms, without
ever a grain being fed them, or a shelter
being provided them, furnish all the
groceries. Fowls are closer ~foragers than even
sheep, for they find use for everything from
gravel, through the entire products OF the farm,
to the crumbs from the table. There is nothing
that every pound of grain fed to, will produce
more than poultry. The stock can be multi
piled faster, and at less expense than any ether,
and there is no danger Of oyerstocking the mar
ket. AN
GOSHEN. Jan. %
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Eyansvllla 4 Tarre Haute Railroad.

Via Fandaha Iine.)
Leave indianapolis i7:15 am, 1855 am p, l0,4o pm 3
Leave Terre Haute .tlO:40 am, 800 pm p, 400 am 8
Ar. at Evansville. ..f4:0o pm, 7:05 pm p, 7:2o ans
Leave Evansville. 1905 am 1890 am p, SID pm
Ar. at Terre Haute. 1000 am, PIT pm p, 1859 pms
Ar. at indianapolis 1880 pm, 4:4O pm p, 800 am
iDaily except Sunday. All other traas daily. p
parlor car; 5, sleeper.
Via ]. s. ST. l.. Ry)
Leave indianapolis. .---....f7:lO am. 1898 pm .
Ar. at Evansville. -t4:C0 pm. 1905 pm y, T:25 am s
Leave Evansville 1905 am, 1880 atm p, SIS pa b
Ar. at Terre Haute. 1000 am, 217 pra p, 11;59 'pra 9
Ar. at Indianapolis 1916 pm, 6:25 pm p, 3;l5 an :
tpaiy except Sunday. All otAer ttains daily. r
parloY car; s. sleeper.
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NEW YORK, Jan. MISUNDERSTANDING duh:
futures steady; January. II .26c; February, II. Csc:
March. II .3Oc; April, 1886; May, II. SOC; June,
II Soc July, IL. zoe; August, 11.80c;- September,
IL. 39c; October, 10. soc; November, 10.76c.
GALVESTON, Jan. 29.-Cotton quiet; middling,
10 11-16c; receipts, 200 bales; exports coastwise,
1000 bales; sales, 1853 bales; stock on hand 81, no
bales.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 29:-Cotton quiet; %middline,
stock on hand. 109.975 bales; sales, 1900 bales.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29.-Cotton steady; middline,
1012c; sales, 100 bales; receipts, 400 bales; ship
ments, 200 bales; stock on hand, Al 800 bales.
CINCINNATI, Jan. ~29.-Cotton steady and un-
changed.
LOUISVILLE. Jan. 29.-Cotton dull; middling,
1012c.
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Chicago, ST. Louis & Pittsburg.
Depart-New York, Philadelphia. Wash.
ington, Baltimore and pittsburg
Express, daily, s.--.-----.--- 4:25 am
Dayton and Columbus Express, ex.
eept Sunday. 1OA5 ann
Richmond $500. 400 pm
New York, Philadelphia, Washing.
ton, Baltimore and Pittshurg Ex-
press, daily, s., h..-.-..-...... 4.55 pm
Dayton Express, except Sunday ASS pA
Sunday $40 VA
New, York, Philadelphia, Washing
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Ex-
press, daily ll;37 an
Columbus and Dayton Express, ex-
cept Sunday. ........-.... 4:35 pua
New York. Philadelphia, Washing,
ton, Baltimore and Pittsburg Elk.
press, daily-.-...-. -.........10 1890 pna
Dayton Express, daily, except Sum
DAY pm
CHICAGO DIVISION VIA KoKoAo, p, G. & ST. L. u, q.
~Depart-Louisvine and Chicago Express,
an
Louisville and Chicago Fast Ex-
press, daily, s.....--.........11!00p n
and Louisville Fast Ex-
press, daily, s.------.--.....- 400 ann
Chicago and Louisville Express,
Z. 500 UW1
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Oils.
BRADFORD. Jan. s

BRADFORD. Jan. 29.-The crude oil market was
steady, owing to the scarcity of National Transit GER
tiicates, and in spite of bearish field news. National
Transit and Tidewater runs yesterday, 53,578 brls.
Total shipments, rs, 1873 brls. Charters, 100,4 76
brls. Clearances, 3,318, 900 brls. National Transit
Company certificates opened at 683sc; and closed at
69c: highest price during the day, 697sc; lowest price,
6S4c.
~PITTSBURG. Jan. 29--The petroleum market
was dull; c. I. F.. certificates opened at 69c, ad-
vanced to 697sc, broke, and closed weak at 667sc.
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Foreign Money and Stock Market.

LONDON, Jan. 29-5 P. M.-Government bonds
cOnsols for money, 90 1915; account. 80 1916;
United States four-and-a halls, 1853. Railroad
~bonds-Canadian Pacific. 1401s; ex. dividend Erie SEQ
Onds. 5512; Illinois Central. 1889; Milwaukee &
81. Paul, 74l9; New York Central, S94. Bank
Of England rate reduced to A per cent.
PARIS, Jan. 29.-Reutes, 19f S712c.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Dress goods and wool
suitings had. continued action, with new business in
the former of good proportions and the latter in bet
ter inquiry. Choice prints doing well in demand, but
larger mevement FIannels wanted in any assort-
ments. Wooden goods in slow but steady improve
stanIe " coft : w,0e @, inqg brg a mora more Sains BUSINESS rs a1 .o dong;
and fancy styles. White goods in large distribution
on orders.
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Cehee.

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-Cofee-Spotlots far mo
were steady; options were steady sales were made
April, 808.O5c: May, S,1O08.15c; June, 5000
$3.50; July, S.35c; August, 8.40c.
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Cincinnati, wabash 4 Michigan railway.

(Over the Bee-Iinc)
Overwhelmingly and Grand Rapids Elk. 400 ana
Michigan Express am
Louisville and Wabash Express. 5:55 pm
Arrive-Wabash and indianapolis Express. 10:45 am
Cincinnati and Louisville Express. 2:2o pn1
Indianapolis and ST. Louis Express. 11:1o pa
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niShed by Elliott % Butler, aoSCracterS or Titles, room
No. 3, Etna Building:
Lille V. Smell and husband to Sarah
Ayers, lot 13, in Bartholomew subdi-
vision of part of lot / in the Indianapo-
lis & Cincinnati Railroad Company adj 80
dition to indianapolis. $4,000
William b, Bogardus and wife to Anna
Obeny, lot 1919, in Z. T., S. K. g. A.. E.
Fletcher's Woodlawn suburb to indian.
apoiis .:..-..--:.-.-..~----.. 10000
Rachael L.. Bone and husband to Jesse
Bone, lot 16 and part of lot II, in Nc
Herman g. Pierce's subdivision of a part
of outlot 81, in indianapolis .-.a.. 1000
William S, Hubbard and wife to William
Harvey, lot u, In B~roekway's subdivis-
ion of lots "a and So of Blackford's sub 49,
division of outlot 154. in indianapolis 10000
Charles Aldag and wife to JacobC G. Hirsch-
man. part of lot 6. in Davidson's addi-
ton to indianapolis -........ 6,550.O
Jacob G. Hirschman and wife to Charles
Aldag, part of lot 8, in outlet 50, in In
Z,OOO.O
rfs Fsx-t --------
Conveyances, 6; consideration. ....... $40, 5000
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LIVE STOCK.
Indianapolis Market.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 90.
CArTLE-Receipts, 100, shipments, $50. But few
.here-hardly enough to establish a market. All sell
ing quickly at strong prices in the butcher grades,
while Shipper are about steady. We quote:
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Good to choice shippers. SIS. 3005. go
Fair to medium shippers. .........-.-... 4.7505.10
Feeders and common shippers. ....-.... 4.2004.6 6
Stockers 3.5O04.O0
Good to choice COWS and heifers .-...... 3.75O4.50
Fair to medium cows and heifers ..-..... 3.2003.6 60
Common cows and heifers. 25003.0O
Veals, common to good. 4.5006.50
Bulls, common TO good ...........- 2.50O3.2 5
Mixers, common to good ..-...-....2 rs. 00O50.O0
~HoGs-Receipts, $780,; shipments, L, 100. Quality
fair. Market opened steady, but later weakened
8 to 10 cents. Closing steady. We quote:
Select 81. 50 05.00
Select light and heavy packing ....-...- 4.SOO4.S5
Select light shipping. 4.7004.75
Pigs and heavy roughs..-.----...--... 4.00@45O
SHEEP-Receipts, 300; shipments, ESQ. Quality
fair: Best grades frmer; other grades slow sale. We
quote:
Good to choice So. 7504OO
Fair to medium grades. 3.25O3.5O
Common 2.2503.OO
Bucks, per head. X.5003. so
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Louisville. New Albany & Chicago.
Chicago Short Line,)

Depart CT; esgoa and Michigan City Maii..-.12;45 pna
Frankfort ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 300 PM
Chicago Night x., daily, s.........11:20 pm
Arrive-Indianapolis Night Ex., daily, So. $3.50 ana
indianapolis accommodation 49,. 90 am
indianapolis Mail 3:15 pm
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Indianapolis G St. Louis.
Depart-Day Express, daily, c. c..-.-.-.-.. aM1
Parls Express. .-.----.~--.-. 800 pm
Boston and st. Louis Express, p. 6:25 um
New York and st. Louis Express.
daily, s. and C. pm
Arrive-New York and Boston Express.
daily, (. 3:45 ann
Local Passenger. p.-.---.--.--. $50 arm
Indianapolis Express .....-...... 3:00pn1
Day Express, c. c., daily.......... 6.25pna
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis.

Depart-Oincinnati, Dayton s. Toledo. 4:Oo
Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and
New
Connersville Accommodation...... 4:25
Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo and
New York Express 6;35
Arrive-Connersville Accommodation-..... $3.50
Cincinnati. Peoria and st. Louis. .11:5e
Cincinnati accommodation .---.... 5:00
Cincinnati, Peoria and st. Louis. GA
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Jacksonville. Madison & indianapolis.

Indiana. Bloomington & Western.
PEORIA DIVISION.
Depart-PaciGc Express and Mail. .-........ TIPS am
Kansas and Texas Fast Line, r. c.. 5:07 PM
Burlington and Rock Island Ex-
press, daily, r. c. and s.-..-....11:10pn A
A~rrive-Eastern and Southern Express,
daily, T. G. and s.--....-.-....-. $50 ann
Cincinnati Special, r. c.-...--.-...11:0o ana
Atlantic Express. and Mail 6:3o pm
ST. LOUIS DIVISION.
D~epart-Mooreaeld ........ 63G pm
Mail and Day Express......-... 500 pa
Arrive-Mail and Day Express. -..-....-..11:0 ana
Mooretield Accommodation ...-...- CLIO pm
EASTERN DIVISION.
Disqualification Express Mail, daily, s., r. c. 4:20 ara
Day Express ana
Atlantic Express, daily, s. and C. c.. 7:I0 pA
Ar~rive-Pacifc Express, daily, s. and c. c.. 6:55 ana
Western Express. ........--...-.. 4;45 pnA
Burlington and Rock Island Elk.
press, daily, s. and r. 1885 PM
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Science and Agriculture.

In reply to q correspondent who asks what,
science has done for the benefit of agriculture,
the Country Gentleman says: "Ins some depart
ments of investigation a great deal of hard labor
has been performed with little satisfactory re-
suits; while In others signal benefits have been
secured. In the. analysis of soils and the effect
of fertilizers on them, we are still greatly in. the
dark; In the examination and analysis OF ferh-
lizers themselves, most important and valaablei
points have been gained. Soil analysis is very
uncertain at best, as. for instance, when it is
shown that the addition of a hundred thou
sandth part of a single Ingredient has nearly
doubled the crop, while its presence may be be-
yond the reach of accurate tests. Even when
the component parts are fully determined, their
mechanical condition may vary greatly the veg
etable growth they sustain. A fine pulverization
with the harrow has more than doubled the crop,
the ingredients In the soil remaining the same,
and thorough drainage of otherwise water-Soaked
land has made a still wider difference. Them,
again, an examination of the reports of the num-
erous careful experiments to determine the
practical value of different fertilizers on differ
ent soils, has given discordant results, as COM
pared with analysis. On the other hand, the
analysis of fertilizers themselves, although still
attended with some in1perfectionS, has proved of
eminent practical value, preventing frauds,
chasers, and saving untold thousands of
dollars in this way to those who use
them. The examination Of the foods Of animals,
has also received most important aid from chem
lSGry although acIul experiment Is ollen necessary
to point out the different degrees of assimilation
when used. The experiment. stations in tie diff
ferent States are doing most valuable work in
different ways, although a portion of their labor
is lost on account of the uncertainties above
alluded to. In all careful investigations into the
nature of fertilizers and foods, and in all opera
lions connected with artificial applications for
plant growth and cattle-feeding, science often
proves a most important prompter. counsellor
and guide. and illumines the path of experiment
tai investigation, which, without it, would be
very much in the dark"