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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27

seem TO sgree is that in certain conditions
The milk of farrow cows will be bitter. This
! ocular flavor is perhaps caused by so ne
ctsnge in the character of the milk which
indicates that the secretion is not pure AMI
that milking should cease. Other opinions
to the effect that the COW Is not in goad
health and the products of soms disorder are
bs ing discharged in the milk; an occurrence
which frequently happens. and which shows
how necessary It is 90 gCatd against any in
iUTiors use Of the milk OF diseased 3ows
Cows suffering from tuberculosis, or con-
sumption o. the lungs, will cOniinus 10 give
milk copiously. bat its flavor is exceedingly
dissgTseable, and pauseous at times. beiOg
nsWkish ard bitter, and quite unit FIR USE
Ii is certain that milk is inside bittsr by
premature decomposition produced By tbs
remains Of stale milk in the cFsvices of the
In ell these cases the remedies or the means
of prevention are OBVIOUS. No wooden
utensil shcu!d be used IN milking or il set
ting milk. Wood absorhs the milk into its
Ioies, sDd when the pail ia scsIded this milE
is cosgulated, ferments and decomposes, and
will surely inju,e the. milk bv injecting it
with 6 leavep OF punidity. Tin pals and
psrs should first be washed with cold water,
then with bot water and sosp to remove the
grease, then rinsed, and finally scalded with
boiling hot water, wiped with clean dry
towels, and sftsrward placed out doors to air
in the sunshine
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
DESTROYING Goblin Moths.

In my practice, writes a correspondent OF
Fick's Magazine, have discovered how to
destroy easily this insect in such numbers
that it is 10 longer pest, but have never
made this method known outside OF the
circle in which live. 1 was instructed by
q friend to place sweetenetwster on the bee
stand 70 catch the bee moth. ] did So and
went the next morning and found six moths.
but, from examination, they proved TO be
the collin moth. then determined to try
an experiment to catch the Goblin moths.
and in the evening q basin of sweetened
water was hung on q limb of harvest
spple-tree. To my 10y and surprise next
morning. the liquid in the bason was
completely covered with Goblin moths
j at once ordered the tinsmith to
make me thirty-6ve or forty basins, holding
a trlAe over pint each, with wire bales by
which to hang them up The place selected
to hang the basin should be open aud easy OF
access. No more liquid should be prepars ed
than is needed for immediate use, for il kept
long 1t will lose its ripe apple or new cider
sins take gallon of rain water and sweeten
IL, and then add little vinegar to give it
aroma, for II is the ripe apple or cider smell
that attracts the moths to their liquid graves
i think sorghum molasses is the best for
sweeteDing. The time for commencing the
use of the bath will depend on the ssas0n-
somewhere from the 1st 10 the 18th OF May,
and ii should be continued until July, when
the FIRST brood o: moths Will have been cap
fured.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
Use the Brush on tn. Cows.

But few farmers ever think it necessary
that COW, should be brushed. We have
seen nelghbors laugh and ridicule what they
called our oN erniceness and business, when
the COWS we've cOrried and brushed twice a
day, with ss much care as was given to the
horses. What curry . COW? Never heard
tell of such q thingW Bat q COW needs it,
even more than a horse, and tor several
reasons. A COW. whose milk is used for
food, unless she have perfectly clean skin,
can not give clean milk. and then the bat.
ter sWill be bad. The skin should be in a
perfectly heaithful condition, and the blood
pure, or the milk will be impure and IN
healthful, and the butter or cheese will be
tainted. Neither cleanliness nor healthful.
meas can be secured without regular brush
ing OF the skin and the removal of all the
filth which will gather upon i'll kept cows.
This shoule be done before the co rs are
milked, both morning and evening. The
morning cleaning should be q thorough one
a simple brushing to remove dust and loose
hairs, will be sufficient for the evening. Ii
will help very much for both horses and
cows to have the stables so foored that the
animals can be kept from fouling themselves.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
The Fest Honey Plant.

a prominent bee-keOper writes on this Sub
jec,: L would place buckUheas at the head
of his class for value. il being one of our
best payiog crops for its grain, whsrever il
can be successfully grown, aud whatever
honey it yields is 30 much clear gain; 1t
unfortunately its yield OF honey lie very III.
certain. a few years agJ l reported a. ols
OF our conventions that L had obtained
about g coo pounds Of honey from come
twenty-five acres OF bDckwheat. as only
estimated the area Of the crop grown within
two aud one half miles of INV place, o d
later observations have convinced me thai
bees probably gather trom a much grestsr
distance than that, therefore, the number Of
acres from which the crop Was gathered Ta5
greater than / stated. This was the lGrgast
amount OF bucBwheat honey I have ever on
tain ed in o1e season, white the smallest has
been some less than two thousand pounds
With az lesst one bundled acres OF buck
wheat within three miles of nee. 1t Is a N =
take that this plant can be sown SO o
maxi succession of honey crops No INST
ter how fully 1t may be in bloom, il usua'iS
commences TO yield honey about August 10
or % the earliest and latest it has ever com
menoed TO Yield with me having been the
5ih and Goth of that month respectively
Professor Cook reports having seen il yisld
ing honey much carrier in the season. b 1T
this single instance makes no rule. AlsiSe
cover also yields honey largely, but lis CT n
Ing at the same time white clover does lsss-
ems its value materially. Its high crop value,
however, for either hay or seed makes 1t one
of our most profitable honey-plants. have
tested moving it when first commencing to
bloom, so as to retard its full bloom until
after white clover. with partial SUCCESS but
1 find the following drawbacks 10 a full sue
cets: Too large an era has 20 be handled to
afford material help, and q partial or entire
failure. IL the weather - dry. 4 have, there
fore, abandoned this plan alter experiment
ing with il two seasons.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
HIND for doe EIa1 FIeId.

a few short aud pithy rules for making
the best OF hoy might just now be repeated
as foiioSs: Get the mea5o VS. into good con-
ditlOn, without days unavoidable delay !;
w0,oh the gIsss closely, snd cut IL hefore the
seed is formed-jGsf when the blossom Is
fading Cot il as soon as the dew is off, but
ret while il is damp Rs,ore Vie evening
dew felis upon II 7aze Is no and put il ia
COCKS holding aHc ut sec pounds each. If
Tsin threatens, cover sba coos eSfely with
hay caps. Take in I o hay until all has besn
CIT and cooked. The hay will cure in the
beet manner in the cock, ard it msy stay a
week without harm Il covered with
the cops. WHEN ready 70 draw it 10
the barn, uncover the cocks and throw
them over and open them Have one
person doing this, while the others are loading
snd drawing il. Do not stack It. bnt place
it under tight roof, if it il only barrsck,
open at the si5es. Uncover only what can
be drawn in one dsy. AS soon as the field
is Gear, give it top-dressiDg OF compost or
some artificial fertilizer; but do nottarn ths
COVE upon Tit would pay better TO buy
Eome hay from DeignbOT. This last rnle
applies to the next yesr's crop, but il ia
rightly placed here. bsa6use next gear Won d
be too late TO use it II is of the greatest i'm
poltapce, snd sbould oy no means De omit
ted. Fir ally, getatr the hsy caps together;
dry them, If necessary; lay them exenly
one upon az her; roll them up; b nd thea
in the roll, and store them in dry place
wbsre DO mjcs can knaW holes in them. il
would he an excellent thing to steep them in
o solution Of aum and sugar or lead, to pre-
s. rye and make them watsrprooi.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
e Tells the truth.
New York SUM-


One great cause of the failure OF General
GsTfield's administration was that he aid not
keep bis promiees. IL he had kept the
pledges which the Stalwarts got from him
before they went 10 work for him, aud
through which alone his election was rem
dered possible, the Republican party would
not have been split up. Garfield was go I'D
humored to weakness, vacllliatiDg, utterly
uDtrustworthy. he made promises that be
could not keep. and so he made enemies that
did not even hate him; they despised him.
And yet, perhaps, he did not usually mean
u be a liar. He sinply had no force of
character. He would promise Office to one
man and give it to another; promise 70 fol-
low one lire OF policy and take exactly the
reverse.
Ga1field's predecessor had not the courage
nor would his managers allow him to repu-
date any OF the promises he had made for
the benefit of the gang OF TaScals who stole
him into Office. To decent man his word was
q good deal brittler. He would promise one
thing and do another. 1t was this habit of
his, along with his fraudulent origin, that
made so many prominent Republican politi-
clans despise him. If authentic history Ia
not az fault, Hon. hannibal Hamliu at a
very early period in the Hayes administra-
ton remarked that Hayes was "a damned
liar" and SIR. Hamlin knew what he was
talking about.
Mr.. Cleveland, on the other baud, seems
destitute of any dispcsition to make promises
without being certain that he can fulfil
them. he is slow to make up his mind
about the Offices and everything else, but as
far as We have observed, when il IL made up
IL is made up. He doesn't weakly try ia
please several people by promising all of
them what only one can possibly get. He
sticks 10 the truth as he sees 1t. and ihis Is
very much rarer and even more difficult
virtue for Tnen in high political place than
II opebt To b. Lat the Presidept have full
credit for this: He tells the truth
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
a Eeed SOD f,r Grnir.

In fttisg corn ard potato stubbis 10, oats
and barley, time may be saTsd and better
sesd bee obtained. writes q correspondents OF
the CO1ptTy Gentleman, bE merely catfi-
waiting the soil 10 a depth of three or fo1r
inches, ard dispensing with desp plowing.
tried this plen r year ago bota 10; bAtiey
and oats and o. barley never grew a larger
crop than by this method, / used the gang
pillow, turning three fdFrows from three 70
four inchss deep at greater depth it needs
three bOrtes 10 do eoot work, bat ii she
ground is level enough / think that th es
il cbFs is deep enough. It is bstter 20 use
this kind Of piow than the spring drag. for
in al ttUb5le ground there are numerous
small weede which might escape anything but
complete, though shallow subversioa to she
SOL. But | would not have my corn aud
potato slubble plowed deeply for spring
Grain, If anyone " ould do the work for moth
ing. Every farmer has noticed the fine tilth
Of naked land for two or thrse inches near
the surfsce, where repeated thawing aud
freezing have puIverizsd it. This fne soil
makes rich setdbed and to this, as much
as anything else, is due the fine crop of oats
and barley sown on fall plowed la1d
When this is IeDloWed deeply, the richest
soil Is turned under, where the plant does
not easily or quickly get hold of it. Fall
plowed land Is seldom, if ever, replowed in
the spring. 1t is fitted for seeding with the
drag or cultivator only. A corn or potato
stUbble is in Just the same position as fall
plowed land, except that around the hills Of
corn there il, even With even culture.
little elevation, which requires
to be smoothed down. A tprng-
toothed drag does this perfectly
it can be put on before the ground is dry
enough to pIow. A half days work with
spring tooth day will let air and light 10 The
soil, breaking the crust that has formed on
the surface, and causing it to dry out muca
more rapidly. We do not want deep seed
bed for spring grain but a rich one. Nor
should the seed be put in deep. The dali
wheels will sink in mellew soil two or three
inches, aud thus cause the tubes to bury The
grsin much deeper than the grain is set for.
This is esps cialIy injurious when grain is
drilled in dry time and heavy rains follow
after. The freshly plowed earth is in such
fine filth that the drill ouries the seed
deeper than the farmer thinks. With heavy
rain compacting the surface and excluding
light and air, the seed perishes. sends no
a weak, spindllng plant. A rain after plow-
ing and before drilling is generally deplored
as it prevents the seed being got in so early:
bat il The rain is coming and especially II
weather and soil be cold, the sesd will be bet
tex alter than before it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
Care OF Horses Feet.

American ASElCItluIlsfI
Eorses IN civilized lands suffer more from
ailments OF the feet than from a3y other
cause The feet Of horse are subject 70
many injuries both from bad shoeiDg and
from i'll kept roads, and it is important for
owners OF horses 70 study wei how these
causes of diseased feet can be avoided e 1t
in the consideration CT this question thers
are rome points not we'll understood. Tns
Loncon S.Ockksepsr gives statement that a
horse weighing GOO pOGEds when drawing
3 load, bears weight upon the feet of tw6
tons the extra pressure being causei by the
downward force Of the act of drawing. Now,
an average horses draft power amounts Only
10 a forward strain of Isl pounds
AS the horse Is only exerting this
forward foIce BY pressure upon tue col
lar, II Is clear, the feet can not press with any
more force upon the ground, so that the
above explanation OF the cause of injury to
the horses foot, is imaginary. It is net TIE
force exerted by work at all. A Wild horse.
gsllopiDg at the top of his speed, presses
upon the ground with his feet more than a
horse moving ton in a wagon upon q road
at the rate OF two miles an hour; and yet
wild horses have excellent feet and are never
lame. Bat they hsve choice of a smooth
path. and have no blscksmiths to cut away
the fI0gs OF their feet. and so deprive them
of the very meaT nature provides for the
protection of the foot. II the roads were
kept in good condition and free from loose
stones, and the frog on the foot was never
pared, horses would rarely suffer from foot
lsmeness. Frog-pressure expands the heels,
toUeheDs the horns, cures corls, and does
much toward giving horse sound feet
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
Pressure ia Complaining.

A recent bulletin of the New York exper.
imeRt station, in scBssing this point says:
Oftentimes corn that is planted early is put
In the ground while the land is in lumpy.
conoitioD, and no pressure brought to bear
TO bring the soil in close contact with the
corn The open spaces thus left about the
seed tend TO Tetard, and under the varying
conditions OF heat and moisture often de-
stIoy, the germinative process. So marked
IS its influence that the per cent. of germin-
alton by actual trial, as observed between
two plats, both of which were planted at the
same time, but upon one ths soil was firmly
pressed upon the fesd with the foot and upon
the other the seed carefully covered By means
of a hoe, Ia the ordinary method was large
ly in favor of the trodden plat. This trial
was in accordance with practical exoeri
ence in farming, whereby it was found tina.
the gain in crop through the use of West
ern corn planter, whose wheel compressed
the soil over the seed. as planted, compens.
ated largely tor the additional first expense
OF the n achine, so much go that even it may
be said that under conditions o, the locality
noted farmer could better afford to himself
plant his corn crop with machine than ID
accept the gift OF the planting with hoe.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
He Knows aow to Show Goods.
Chicago Tribune. J


Captain Howard, the American who
handles the Calling gun for Middleton
forces, lie, il appears simply plain, every
day commercial traveller for s Come cticat
firm, showing of its goods.
He wants to sell the Canadian Govern ner .
some GatliDRs. aud be proposes to MAKE it
clear that his house puts perfectly trust
worthy gooos on the market. Other firms
may sell guns that won't shoot. or, If they
do shoot, won't hit anything, but ne de-
monstIates not only that tbs Connecticut
GatliDg-none sure without the firm name
blown in the bTeech-will both shoot aad
hit.
"You observe, gentlemen" he maY be
presumed TO remark, as he rolls over q few
half breeds, that her range is beautiful, that
she doesn't waste powder, that she WORKS
easily and rapidly, and that she mows EN-,
pll venture to observe that DO house but
ours can put such gun on the market at
the price. All warranted. Take card"
When the National Drummers Associa-
ton meets next fall We hope to Captain
Howard elected 10 the Presidency to succeed
Mutation
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
Valne Of shanherd Dogs

The owner of any considerable number OF
sheep, writes Western shepherd; can not
make an investment that will brlBg him
greater returns than to buy = good shepherd
deg But good dogs are nearly scarcs as
good Indians, aud very few ever have an 0p.
portunity to buy one tLat is we'll trained, for
the owner of such one never wants to part
with it If he can possibly avoid It. The
Scotch collie has been used in the cara of
sheep for SO many generations that q love for
sheep is inherent in him, and be has natu-
raj love for them. / now have fourmonthg.
old collie pup that am compelled to keep
tied to prevent from Running with the sheep
and worrying the lambs by playing with
them. AS general thing, shepherd is not
worth anything as a worker until he is a
year old. and up to that age any attempt
TO teach him anything about driving will b.
a useless tax on his owners stock of pa
thence, and it is best only to attempt to teach
him to keep behind you and to lie down
when told 10. AS soon as be gets old enough
to become in some degree quiet, you may
begin his education, and you had better
MAKE some iron. clad resolutions about keep.
ing your temper before you begin. 1t is we'll
ts remember two or three things when train
ing pup; one of them lie. never punish him
for doing what you have told him to do,
even If he overdoes the matter, and another
is when ii is necessary TO punish him, don't
box his cara or kick him, but whip him with
q switch or dog-whip, and make him stay
with you when you are done whipping him.
It IL uEeless to attempt to tram dog
without the use Of a whip, and it is
just as useless TO give him more
than two or three blows when you do
whip him. The FIST thing to teach him is to
90 around the flock. and 1t will De nee.
essary for you to 60 with him few times
until be knows what the command $50
round 'en" means. Tben he can be taught
to drive the flock before him without help.
and most dogs will learn these things in a
few weeks In giving this command. always
nse the same form of word for the Same
Uorb, and sIwsyr motion with your hand in
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
Bitter Milk-cau.e and Prevention.
lAmeryeau AericulturiSt !


There are several causes for bitter milk.
The most prevalent is the presence of rag.
weed or other bitter weeds in the hay. This
Is almost always the case when roveu or
aftermath hay 10 fed. and at times when corn
fodder from a veedy field is used. The
flavor OF ragweed is so persistent that IL ap-
pears in the cream ard butter aud spoils the
latter for use. This is to be expected be-
cause the flavor of ragweed and other plants
allied TO il is due TO an essential oil, which
will naturally combine with the cream and
remain in the butter. The flavor of it also
affects the butter in the fall from
cows pasiuring in meadows. The
only remedy for this defect Is TO
avoid the cause. Another cause in which sll
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
SAT- on Gram yields.

In France salt is extensively used on fields
Gown to grain. 1t is Known that IL kills nu-
merous insects, and it Is believed that it i'm
proves the quality of the straw and grain
Salt is very cheap in this country, though il
is rarely employ ed as q fertilizer. A wheat
rsiser il Minnesota gives his experience in
the Use of it in the Country Gentleman, s.
follows: ] have sawed salt for severl years
with good results Last year / sowed thirty
tors on six hundred scTes Of wheat, which
is an average of one hundred pounds to the
acre. The land on which this was sown WAS
deep, candy lean. and the wheat was spring
wheat, soWn the first week of April. sowed
the talt about the first of June, when the
wheat was from six to eight inches hign.
Among the marked results was q strong and
vigorous growth of the plant, causing the
wheat 10 head week earlier. The straw
stands mp straight and stiff, and
does not crinkle down, thereby en-.
ablipg us TO cut the last one hundred acres
So clean SIS TIE first The wheat gives
plump, heavy berry, and yields from three
10 five bushels more per acre than il sowed
without salt, and is uniforTnly of a better
grade, lsst year testing sixty-three pounds
per bushel. When first began to tow salt /
left strips across the field TO test the differ
enos 1hese strips were very noticeable
all summer 80 the wheat did not grow nearly
as tell snd thick as where the sslt was sowed,
and even after the wheat WIS cut could see
a difference in the etubble. the strips bsiGg
crir kled and of not so bright color. These
5elds. when soWed to clover. yielded tire.
meEdoua crops. which show the benefit OF
salt on grass lands. have never tried it on
cats, but would not raise crop of whest
without salt. purchased my salt in Mil.
waukee or Chicago. 1t is shipped in bulk,
and usually costs from 81 to s. per ton, de-
livered. The mode of sowing salt is very
simple. box that will hold three bushels
ls placed scToss the hind end of wagon
The person who sows it is seated with his
back 70 the driver, and sows it with both
hsLds over the bsck end Of the wagon ss IL
Passes over the field, covering strip thirty
feet wide.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-27
Mothers Dousheuts.

FL DORADO. ISL.
I've lest bin down ter Thonpson's, boys,
N ioelin' kind o. blue.
/ tnor yht I'd look in at The Ranch"
Ter find out what 1u5 new;
When l seen this sign q hangin'
On 8 shanty by The lake:
"Here's whar yer gets yer dOughnuts
Like yer mother used ter make"
I've seen a grizzly show his teeth;
I've seen Kentucky Pete
Draw out his shooter n advice
"tendeTfoot' ter treat;
But nuthiu' ever tux me down
N made my benders snake
Like that sian about the doughuuts
That ny mother USED 10 make.
fort O. mis-. shut out the ranch,
IN standin' thar instead,
j seen an old while farmhouse,
Win its doors all painted red
a Whit came through the open door
WuZ ! sleepfn' or awake?
The smell WIZ ths. OF dou shnnts
Like my mother used ter make.
Tne bees WIZ humnin' round the porch,
Whar honeysuekles grew:
A yellow dish CT sDple-sass
WuZ settin' thar in view;
N On the table by the stove.
An old-tlme 'jOhnny-cake."
IN q platter full OF dOughnutS
Like ny mother used ter make.
A patient form I seemed ter see,
In tidy dress Of black:
] almost thought heard the words,
when viii my boy come bsCkZ'
N theD-the old sigG ereaked;
BIT now il was the boss who spake:
"Here's whar yer gets yer dOughnuts
Like yer mother used ter make
Well boys, that kind o. broke me up,
N ez I've struck pay gravel"
! Tuther think I'll pack my kit,
Namoss the rancho, n ITavsl.
I'll make the old folks jubil6nt
N If I don I mistake,
III try some OF them doughnuts
Like ny mother used ter make.
-Harper's Magazine