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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
bookkeeping for Farmers.
Savannah News. J

bookkeeping is a science as il is applied
in large financial and commercial inStitu-
tions. out with most business men il is a
simple and Oftentimes imperfect system of
accounts. Comparatively few farmers make
any attempt 10 keep systematic farm az
counts, and, doubtless, not one a in tho Is
and can tell even approximately what his
annual income and outlay are, or VIVA. il
costs him 20 produce a pound OF cotton. "a
bUshel of corn, or any other article raised
Oh his farm.
This is not because 80 few farmers are com-
Petent TO keep an intelligent set OF farm ac-
counts but because of a negligence or be-
lief that they do not have time TO devote to
their journals and ledgers. Therefore. the
necessity of keeping anything more elabO-
rate than 4 memorandum account book, has
not been felt DO farmers, and now the older
ones are not generally 10 be expected to go
TO book keeping and change the habits and
ideas OF a lifetime.
IL will pay every young farmer, however,
to begin at once to keep a set OF accounts,
more or less elaborate according 10 his edu-
cation, ability and the necessity of his opera
tiOns. OF course the most important account
will be that devoted 10 resources and ex-
penses in which every item of income and
cent paid out should be placed on opposite
pages. Then the cash account should be ac-
curately kept, and the bookkeeper ought
always to be certain that he has little cash
On hand. Individual and family expenses
should be kept separate from farm expenses.
Each crop should have page devoted to il;
for instance. cotton, corn. potatoes sugar
cane. peanuts, etc, and so of every other
production, as cattle, hogs, poultry, etc. A
half hours attention to the accounts each
DAY will enable any small farmer TO keep
them straight so they can each be balanced
and a baIance-sheet showing the result on
the whole farm made out at the end of the
year. Perhaps the accounts will not in all
instances be models OF neatness and ac-
cuTaey, but they will be found both instruc-
tive and interesting and no doubt they will
show the farmer just where his profits are
made and his losses occur. and teach him
just where 10 correct his errors or amend his
methods. IL will certainly pay any farmer
to keep a complete and comprehensive &C
count of all his receipts and expenses.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
Corn. Its Botany and History.
fpraiFie Farmer.l

Indian corn IS bOtanically one OF the
grasses, and is known 10 science as yea mays.
The first or generic name comes from the
Greek zao, to live, alluding TO its nutritive
qualities, and from the second or specific
term comes its common name OF maize.
The great family of gramin,e, or grasses, en-
braces hundreds of genera, and from the tiny
shoots which clothe the fields to the tall
bambocs of which the Chinese construct their
houses. Wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice, sor-
ghum and sugar-cane are also members of
this family. Corn varies from most of the
grasses in having the culm or stalk filed
with Pith between the joints, instead of being
hollow. Another variation from the usual
type of the class il, that corn is mOnpcious-
that is, it produces us staminate and pistil-
late flowers on different parts OF the same
plant. The tassel is made up of s,aminaie
flowers, which shed the fertiizing pollen
upon the silks each one of which is pIstil
long enough to protrude from the huSk. OF
the history Of Indian corn, nothing is known
with certainty. All the early explorers and
first settlers in the New World found il in
cultivation among the abOrigines The pre-
historic mound builders who Inhabited the
continent before the Indian tribes found here
by Europeans, must have used corn for food,
a. is proved by finding charred grains and
cObs IN some of the mounds which have been
explored. Many eminent bOtanists suppose
that Indian corn is a native of South Amer
lea, for the reason il has been found growing
wild in Paraguay. Yet the flour corn" re-
centlv introduced from Brazil differs so
largely from the Northern type, in growth
ana chemical composition as TO suggest
doubts of the latter South American origin.
The pod corn OF which each kernel Is
wrapped il a husk, is considered by the
botanists TO be the primitive type of the
species. from which the more common form
has been developed by cultivation. That
form is more neary analogous TO the other
grasses. After TWO or three years OF cnlti-
walton the chaify envelopes disappear from
the individual kernals, and the ears are
covered with husks like the ordinary cora.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07

We have repeatedly obtained fine ripe ber-
ries seven weeks from the day they were set
out.
The second year, il the bed is kept clean.
the product will be abundant.
Wilson's Albany will safely yield any
year a bushel from a square rod, or about
two quarts day for half month.
MuskmelOns and waterm elOns will yield de-
lcious products four months after plant
ing
Gooseberrles, currants, raspberries and
blackberries all bear at about the same
period from the time OF setting out. Good
sized gooseberry plants, say a foot and half
high, will give good crop for bushes of their
size the second year. We have had bush
ell of cherry currants the third summer after
setting out quite small plants, from row
thirty feet long. bush of Brinkle's Or
ange raspberry has been known repeatedly
to bear about 100 berries the same year that
it was transplan,ed; the fruit, however, was
not full size.
Dwarf pears of the right sorts, and under
the right management. come quickly into
bearing. The most prolific sorts give some
returns in the second year, and more after
ward.
Among the dwarf pears which bear soon
are Louise Bonnie of Jersey, Doyenne d Etc.
White Doyenne, Giffard, Fontenay, Jalousie,
Josephine de Madness, etc. The following
sorts bear nearly as early on pear stock,
viz: Bartlett, Seckel, Winter Nells, Wash
ingtoD, Onondago, Howell, Passe Colmer
and Julienne.
Grapes afford fruit soon-usually begin
ming to bear the second and third year.
The Isabella, the Hartford Diana aud Del
aware are particularly recommended for
this purpose at the North, and the Catawba
may be added for the Middle States, wher-
ever it does not rot
Dwarf apples should not be entirely over
looked in the list of early bearers. Half a
peck per tree is often obtained the third year
from the most productive sorts.
good supply of all the preceding will be
sufficient to furnish family with these
wholesome luxuries from within year or
two of occupying entirely new premises. and
will not only add greatly TO the comforts
and attractions of home, but contribute ma
terially to the uniform health of the Occu-
pantS
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Appearance of prominent Senators.
Washington Correspondent Boston Herald,l

washington correspondent Boston Herald,l
The finest looking man in the Senate is
unquestionably Butler, of South Carolina.
He has a noble figure, and though he wears
awooden leg he bears himself gracefully
His face, too, is intellectual, dignifed aud
with few marks of age. Wade Hampton,
his colleague, is chilly noticeable for his
heavy and carefully cultivated gray nous
tache, which does not really add
TO his dignity. He, too, has but one
leg. Morgan, of Alabama, is tall slender,
with face that indicates refinement
and culture. / fn1 that the correspon-
dents agree with me in my estimate of his
power. They rate him as the best informed
man in the Senate, and all unite in saying
that the sentences that constitute his speeches
are the best formed that come from any
Senator. He is a very able lawyer too,
Plumb, of Kansas, is the most rapid talker.
He is bright man, but altogether careless
as regards his style in which he is a marked
contrast to his colleague, Ingalls, who is the
most careful and ambitious rhetorieian at
the Senate Board. Zeb Vance, the North
Carolina humorist, is tall, heavy man,
with thick white hair and thick white
mustache, who walks much as the jap
anese girls do in THE Mikado," through
a weakness about his feet. His stories do
not take in the Senate so much as they
would in a more susceptible body of men
Jones, of Nevada, looks like Bob Ingersoll,
Out is llLlle IaIUeT. Inc MllIlOudlre oIdn.
ford, from California, is large and easy
gong, too. is an original character and per
sonally popular. Palmer, of Michigan,
another rich Senator, has particularly at
tractive face and is much liked. He is good
company. John Sherman have described.
Mr.. Edmunds grows more bald if
possible, and does not look
younger than his years by any means.
The most unpleasant looking man in the
Senate is Malone. He dresses very care
fully and has an enormous expanse of shirt
bosom, as if just got up for evening
party, but his peculiar hair and long beard,
OF aInot attractive gray color, with his singu-
Lar form and cast of countenance, are sug
geStive of spider. Vest of Missouri. is the
next homliest man in the Senate. He, too,
is small enough to make his name appropri-
ate. His voice, too, is bad, yet he is gener-
ally considered the most interesting speaker
OF that body. This because what he says is
almost sure to be pungent. He gets the at
tention of his own side, wno were almost all
in their seats when he spoke two hours and
a half on the Dakota bill the other day. He
strikes me as a smart and specious, rather
than a strong man, however.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07

When Not in Positive Agony.

The rheumatic are seldom free from a certain
soreness and stiffness in the joints and muscles,
which serve as a constant reminder that the
virus only waits unfavorable change OF wealth
err or the aid of cold, to emphasize its presence
with excruciatIng twinges. To prevent the recur-
renee and mitigate TIE pain, there is no finer or
safer source OF relief than Hostetter's stomach
Bitters, medicine every way preferable to the
poisons, repeated infnitesimal doses OF which are
taken TO the prejudice of health and the jeopardy
of liie and without a permanently remedial et-
feet. Sleep bandished by rheumatic and neural
gle pain at night, is restored by this benehcent
soother of the nervous system. and the slumber
which IL superinduces is far more refreshing and
beneficial than the stupor into which the brain
as well as sleep are improved by il, and It is an
admirable regulator and tonic for the bowels and
kidneys. Use IL for rheupatisps before retiring
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
The Busy Bee.
lPittsburg Commercial Gazette

iIlbtsDurg Commerclal Gazette
A swarm of bees contains one queen,
thousands of workers, and in the Summer
season a limited number of drones. The
queen Is the only fully-deyelOped female in
the swarm, and usually lives from four TO
six years The queen has a sting, yet may
be handled with impunity, for, except in
combat with a rival queen, she will not use
it. The working bee Is much smaller than
the queen, and on it devolves all the labor
OF the swarm. IL possesses an instinct
which is out very little inferior to the rea-
son IN the human family. The drone is the
male bee, and swarms should not be per-
mitted TO rear large number of these non
producers, as it takes a great deal OF honey
TO support them IN idleness for several
months. The natural increase of the honey
bee is very imperfectly understood. The
queen lays all the fertile eggs in the swarm.
A high temperature will forward, while low
temperature will retard the maturing of the
brood The controlling of swarming is not
perfectly understood, and it is important
that the bee-keeper should become ac-
0uaiDted with the pest method.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
SeasoDable Dairy Information.
Journal Of Agriculture. |


The subject of winter dairying and its adj
vsntages has been very generally and thor
Oughly discussed in and through the agri-
cultural press, and yet it may not be remem-
beIed always how much may he done at this
season OF the year in making a change to
winter from summer dairying. For the best
results n summer we want good pastures,
plenty o. ice and fresh cows in spring For
the best results in winter we want our COWS
fresh in the fall besides house of even tenn
peTature we want the best of winter feed.
Whether this feed shall be ensilage with
other food, or a combination of hay or mill
stuffs, is for Us to decide before the change is
determined upon, out in either case the crops
suitable ID those products must be cultivated,
and at this season of the year those crops
must be decided upon.
For hay for the dairy nothing is better
than clover, provided it be properly cured,
and at this season clover is sown ii at all.
Timothy is good. very good, but the clover
will yield greater abundance and make the
land constantly better. which ought TO make
ii the favorite crop. Whether used as ensi-
lsge OF dry fodder, or cut up ard fed green
from the field, as a substitute for pasturage
sweet corn IS paying crop for the dairy
man; IL gives an abundance yield and feeds
out 70 the best advantage.
While sweet corn will do as well as any
other crop on thin land, il would do proper
tionately better on good land; and since a
crop Of fodder is heavy to handle, it is bet
Ter TO have ii grown on as small an area as
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07

possible, and hence rich spot of ground
should be chosen A crop of turnips will be
found useful, also, in winter feeding, and a
rich piece of ground should be chosen and
prepared for that purpose by planting and
cultivating early potatoes in it. When
clean, new piece of ground can be had for
the purpose, small crop, say two bushels
to each COW, of carrots should by all means
be raised. They are not as valuable for food
as some other crops. but as promoters Of
health and for giving rich yellow color 20
the butter they are valuable. For these the
soil must be rich and deep, and should be
very loose and fine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
Growing Potatoes g. Irrigated Land.
Rural New Yorker.


Did you ever wonder how potatoes were
managed in a country where the soil AM
climate are so dry that from one 70 four irri-
cations are necessary 10 grow any kind u'
farm crop / have successfully grown CO ,-
siderable quantities for some ten years a. q,
having for tue greater part OF the time B.
control of the moisture, have learned ~
observation and experience the degree of
humidity required by the potato plant az It's
different stages. Oh these latter there are
three, from planting 10 the beginning Of
the formation OF tubers; , from then until
The growth of the tuber is nearly completed ;
.. from then Until the tubers are matured.
For moisture during the first stage we can
safely depend on spring storms. which are
usually not excessive; but sufficient 10 carry
the plant along until it begins to blossom
No matter if the plant at this time looks
sickiy and wilted for want OF water let il
struggle along until the tuoers begin to form.
Then We apply the water-s9aking thor
Oughly, not by flooding over the surface, but
through trenches between the rows. During
the second stage the ground must not BE-
allowed to get dry. Keep it damp three or
four weeks. If rain falls during this time
we iTrigate less. After the tubers are grown
the ground will dry gradually till they ripen
No danger of the soil getting too dry then.
In the season of 1854 the Rural Blush took
the lead. LAST year it was an even thing be-
bMStH tHese anu the NeIHiOnt CndmplOni
planted side by side. In quality the latter
was trihe the better. Other varieties on
different soils did finely, such as Early Beau
ty of Hebron, Early OHIO, Chicago Market
Lees Favorite, Brownells Best, Alexander's
Prolific and several others. The very best
however, for fall and early winter is the
Early Mayflower, quality considered, Rot
we are seldom troubled with Scab is the
worst in that part of the field that gets the
most water usually the upper end near the
ditch, and here only when the ground mas
''soured" and becomes moldy by excess of
moisture.
LOngmOnt, Colorado
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
How to Avoid Lightning.
lPrairie Farmer.l

tIAdlElG
The leeward side of tree or grove is safest
in thunderstorm. But keep little away
from H. for if you stand near a tree, and
electricity comes down through it from a
cloud. it may find your moist body better
conductor than the tree, and Jump of and
60 down through you. Remember that a
person body is fair conductor OF electric
ity, better than most other substances aside
from metals and water itself which is a good
conductor. Therefore:
During a thunder. storm do not stand near
a chimney from which warm, moist air is
ascending; because this moist air together
with your body may form a roadway suffi-
GENTLY good TO enable the electricity from n
passing cloud to strike down TO the earth.
Do not stand or sit near a stove pipe, or wa
ter pipe, or any other metal, or near a wall
which may have moist timber IN IL. In
short, keep away from any moist air, or hay,
or grain, also from metals. Simply remem-
ber that any good or poor conductors of cleo
tIicity, your body included, all help to form
a passage TO invite electricity 10 leave cloud
and 90 10 the earth, which is a great reser-
vOir.
The nervous or fearful persons may be
more comfortable when they understand
that electricity will 60 a long way round be-
fore il will try 10 get through glass. wax.
feathers, dry wood and the like. If one
stands away from the wall and chimney, or
stove pipe, on a thick glass, or on feather
pillow or bed, or on wax, or on dry board
supported by tumblers, he or she will be
pretty sure against lightning. In such a
position it is possible for house to be badly
shattered by lightning stroke and the per
son be unframed. This explains why indi-
vidualS are often little harmed If standing
or a dry wood floor when the house is
struck. The simple principal is that the
electricity will seek out the best conductors
il can lind. IL will follow a metal wire OF
pipe 1000 feet soon than strike through hall
an inch of glass, or dry air, OF even of dry
wool
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07

Children are always getting into trouble
of some sort or other. They cut or burn
their hands, sprain their ankles, crush or
hurt themselves in many ways. They have
sudden attacks of cramps, diarrhoea or
dysentery. physician is sent for, delay
ensues, and frequently the consequences are
serious. This could all DE avoided by hav-
ing supply of Ponds Extract at hand.
Nothing will relieve pain, stop bleeding or
heal wounds or bruises, so quickly. BE sure
to get the genuine. -
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
How to Obtain Fruit for New Places.
fThe American Fruit CulturistI

This is an inquiry that often occurs in the
minds of many owners of new places or who
have built houses on unimproved spots. We
can inform such residents that much may
be done toward an immediate supply with
proper selection and management, and that
the assertion which we often hear, that sit
will take lifetime to get fruit from new
plantation. is an absurd error.
The quickest return is from planting straw
berries. IL set out early in the spring they
will bear moderate crop the same season.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
LouisvilIe's Republican Postmistress.
Louisville Times.l

A gentleman who is now in business in
this city, and who is a man of integrity,
went to Mrs. Thompson seven years ago and
asked her for a position in the Postoffice.
After talking to him very pleasantly for a
time she said. al presume OF course. you are
a Republican" He replied, NO, madame,
/ am a Democrat" Her entire manner
changed, and she said, "YOur ENDORSEMENTS
are the best ever saw, but can't think of
appointing any one but Republicans to Of
fice.n
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
Signs of Restlessness in the South.
Mobile Register Dem.ll

1t will not do to try public patience too
far. If the Democratic party wishes or ex-
poets TO retain the South 1t must make no
distinction between the sections, but extend
to all alike liberality and justice, and it must
also bear in mind that half the Democracy
at the South are followers of Henry Clay.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07

In his amusing book, Music in Fogland,"
M. Reno tells the following: 1.-THE butler
of great lady of fashion was overheard by
her one day discussing the vicissitudes of
life with fellow servant. My dear teller,
he calculated Il am afraid that our people
are going in for economy. Only fancy, at
the party yesterday evening / see with my
own eyes my lady and Miss Hisabel playin'
on one piano at the same timep"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07

Your system is now more susceptible TO
the benefits of reliable medicine than at
any other season. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
OUR FARM BUDGET.
OOrD, Its Botany and HistOry-BOOk Keeping
for Farmers.

Busy ee-Dairy-Avoiding Lightning -POta-
toes-FrauduIent Importation of Cattle
Instinct In Sheep-Fruit Wheat
Household Hints and Farm
Notes, Etc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-04-07
DR.. RAILWAYS
Sarsaparillian
RESOLVEkT.
The Great Blood Purifierl
The Great Blood Purifier!

Pure blood makes sound flesh, strong bone, and
q clear skin. II you would have your hesh firm,
your bones sound, and your complexion fair, use
bR. RAILWAYS sARSAPAR1LLIAH RESoLr
VENT
A remedy composed of ingredients Of extrsor.
binary medical properties essential 70 purify,
heal, repair and invigorate the broken down ana
wasted body-Quick, Pleasant, Sale and Perma.
nant in its Treatment and Cure.
No matter by what name the complaint may
be designated, whether il be scrofula, consump-
ton syphilis, ulcers sores tumors, bOils, erysip-
elias or salt rheum diseases of the lungs, kidneys,
bladder, womb, skin, liver, stomach or bowelss
either chronic or constitutional, the virus il in
he Blood, which supplies the waste and builds
nd repairs these organs and wasted tissues of the
ystem. If the blood is unhealthy the process os
Cpair must be unsound