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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31

her herd of polled cattle at Cortachy to the
Queen for the home farm at Baimcral.
In Germany it is feared that the growing
crops have been injured by the recent severe
weather but at present the point can not be
decided. In France there does not appear
10 be much apprehension on the subject
w. c. Steel advises farmers to make a
greater use of copper wire. 1t can be used
to easily mend tools. A SPOOL Of it carried in
the wagon will be of great assistance in case
of an accident to a trace or other parts of the
wagon or harness.
And now it has been discovered that the
seed of the sorghum plant will yield an ex-
cellent grade of glucose, better than that
made from corn, and that the glucose from
the seed and the molasses from the cane,
when mixed, produce the highest quality of
strip, hardly distinguishGble from Vermont
strip.
A Michigan farmer ventures to say good
word for bohemian or naked oats He says
no farmer is justified in paying so bushel
for seed oats, but il they can be obtained at
fair price, he advises the raising of B0he-
| milan oats for consumption on the place. He
| says they furnish the best chicken food of
any grain be can raise The meal made from
| them is very deirable for young colts pigs
| and calves. The straw is good as hay for
| feeding to any kind of stock. The chaff is
also valuable. Their average yield with him
is twenty bushels per acre.
Rhubarb may be obtained early in the
! spring, long before the main crop comes in,
with but very little trouble, in the following
manner: Secure three four flour or apple
| barrels and knock the ends out of them; set
them ever rs many stCOl of rhubarb grow
| ing in The garden; then, around them and to
a depth level with their tops, place guam
! THY OF hot stable manure; over the mouths
| or lower ends of the barrels place short
! pieces of boards for lids, leaving them a very
I little apart to allow the steam to escape, that
! it may not damage the the young shoots as
they begin to spring up, which they shortly
| viii after the covering is put on.
The Geneva Corn Trade Review says that
so far Germany has lived on its own yield OF
last harvest imports having been but mod
crate, owing to the low prices prevailing
The stocks in the country do not, however
appear to be large. The ports, such as
Dancing, T.onigsbeTg, and Stettin, do not
count for much, as wheat in transit-that is.
not having paid duty lies there for tbs
most part, and with duty of thirty mark:
ii will not pay to dispose of it in Germany
The mills are poorly provided for; through
their forestallment they lost money, so that
now they only cover pressing requirements
The great agriculturists have almost nc
stocks left this being especially the cast
with the province of Saxony, which has the
greatest wheat cultivation in Germany
Dealers have also smaller stocks than III
former years, because the operations of tn,
Berlin bears make them frightened to in
vest. Berlin itself has twenty-seven tons O
| wheat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Live Stock in April.

Battle the horses shoulders with cold water
or brine as quick as the collars come off, be-
fore the sweat begins 10 dry. and rub off the
collars and saddle pieces with moist cloth
This viii prevent sore shoulders. All changes
OF food SHOULD be gradual, but in proportion
TO the work. Heavily taxed muscles make
demands on the stomach; hence, increase
the feed after work begins-neyer in antici-
patton. A horse fed up before he is called
10 work gets soft and fat. Be careful to pro
tect horses from drafts when wGrm; rub
down. olsnket, or let them stand in close
stables. Cows at calving need little care,
the less the better if in a loose boz, or the
open field ''Fussing' over them
is always provocative of injury.
Give 10 grain, bat loOseniIg diet
of bran and roots for some days, and grad
ually increase feed as feyerish symptoms
pass away. Keep calves growing th-iftily !;
skim milk with a little linseed meal scaldeo
aid added to it as a substitute for the cream
is Just as good for them as whole milk fed
from the pail. Sheep must be kept in dry
yards, or there will be Danger to their feet
Ewes with lambs should have grain daily,
at least until they come to pasture. Swine
Those who buy young pigs for feeding
should buy none but half-bloods by Berk-
shire, Yorkshire, Poland or other pure sire.
They grow faster and fatten with less feed.
Poultry.-Eeduce the stock of fowls as soon
as this years hatch is well provided for, but
bold on to old turkeys and old geese, they
get used to the ways of the farm and are
worth much more as breeders than young
ones. Ducks also are good till three years
old. A turkey is in her prime at five and a
goose at twenty
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Three Chicopee Farmers.

springfield Republican,
Three Chicopee farmers, who several years
ago went West to better their fortunes. give
a good account of themselves. Moses S.
kellogg, of Hamilton, NJ, makes a speciality
of dairying and finds a ready market at re-
munerative prices. He keeps Guernsey COWS
and ships his butter TO a customer that pays
thirty cents pound in winter and sixteen
cents pound in July and August. Com
mon butter sells from ten to twenty cents
pound, and common cows at $50 each. Mr.
kellogg has twenty-five cows that averaged
PAS pounds of butter last year. On his 90
acre farm he has Yankee barn 42x70 feet
and thirty-nine feet high, and is winter
ing six horses, ninety head OF
cattle and fifty swine Hay is
worth So ton, corn thirty cents busbel,
oats 90 cents bushel, and bran IS ton On
a forty acre moving lot he cut 100 tons of
hay last year, and his corn yields thirty TO
eighty bushels an acre. Charley S. Chaplin,
of Campbell, Mimi, is a nephew of Mr.. Kel-
lOgg, but lives 400 miles further north. He
has eleven horses and twenty-eight cattle.
He raised last year y $50 bushels of wheat, at
an average of seventeen bushels an acre He
expects to SOW 25O bushels of grain this
spring. Last year he raised 500 bushels of
haxseed on ninety-five acres of sod land that
sold for so cents bushel- He had also 400
bushels of oats and 32S bushels of barley.
They have a new heavy oat that weighs forty
six pounds to the bushel, and is in demand
for seed at 10 cents bushel, when common
oats sell at 80 cents. b. H. Steadman. of
Anthony, Kan, is the third man, and has
become banker, real estate dealer, and in
surance agent. He would have been a farm
er and herdsman If the city had not overtaken
him.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31

ed an inch long before sowing. IL the soil
is not ready for them, their growth may be
checked by patting them in cool cellar.
Potatoes can be planted very early with
little or no risk. In fact. although after the
potatoes were planted, we have several times
had the soil frozen an inch or more deep, we
have never had them injured. OF course
we have had the crop destroyed by frost
after the potatoes were up. But in such a
case all early planted potatoes are very
likely to be injured
but is there any ADVANTAGE in this ex-
cessively early planting?" l think so. At
any rate, it does no harm. Last spring we
planted as soon as the snow disappeared,
and had new potatoes to eat July 2, and our
season, in Western New York, is two or
three weeks later than the neighborhood of
New Work City.
The true plan, so far as early garden crops
are concerned, is TO sow little seed of the
crop named as early as possible, but do moi
depend on it. Sow at the usual time, and ii
the early sowing or planting Is destroyed,
your eggs are not all in one basket" You
have lost only the seed aud labor The land
can be replanted in season afterwards.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
A Prison Incident.

In general conversation yesterday re-
garding society and the prevalence of crime,
DR.. Mcleod. pastor of the Second Presbyter-
ian Church, said: THE most impressive in
cident that ever witnessed was at the pris-
on at Joliet, ILL.,, when there was but one
prison in the State. i went there to preach
and the announcement was made that a
pardon had been received from the Cover
nor and the lucky man would be designated
after the sermon. There were ], 500 men in
the prison and expectancy was written upon
my face. / could see that every man was
asking himself, SIS it IT and l knew that
there must be great disappointment when
the announcement came to be made. And
judged correctly, for when the pardon was
made public the eyes of a thousand men
was sufiused with tears and, it may be SAID,
that but one man was really happy and he
was the object of executive clemency."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Bee Notes for April.

Since the invention of Movable Comb Hive
there has been none made so valuable to bee
keepers as the machine for throwing honey
from the combs by centrifugal force, called
the Honey Extractor" This was invented
about the year 1865, by Herr Huschka, of
Germany. 1t consists of tin can, inside of
which is a central upright shaft, which is
made TO revolve with great rapidity by means
of a Tank and gearing. Tee shaft carries
reel, or set Of comb baskets, to hold the
comb while it is being ex tracted. When the
combs are filed with honey they are to be
taken from the hives and the adhering
bees shaken and brushed from them. With
a knife made for the purpose the cappings
of the shelves are shaved off and the combs
placed in the comb baskets within the ex-
tractor. The combs are then revolved IA p
idly enough 10 throw the honey from the
cells After the cells upon one side CT the
co1slb are emptied, the motion of the ma
chine is reversed. The comb baskets are SO
arranged that they will reverse also, and
allow the other side of the comb to emptied.
A faucet or molasses gate is arranged at the
bottom of the can, to draw the honey out as
it accumulates. After the combs are emp
tied they are returned to the hives to be re-
filled by the bees. Since the original honey
extractor, numerous improvements have
been made in its construction, and there are
now several different kinds offered 20 bee
keepers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
In-Breeding of Jerseys.
[Field. Farm and stoekman. !


In the endeavor to adhere closely to the
best butter families, the Jersey breeders
have not ventured outside the limits of fe y
noted strains, even when the risk of loss or
yigor was eminent. We can point to ami
mails that have been so closely bred that they
will trace back to Jupiter and AIphea with
out single dask of foreign blood in any de-
gree Occasionally, in tracing through
Eurotas, the Rioter cross is met with, but in
breeding again in the same channel, nearly
all of the Alphea family run in direct lines
to her through Sarpedon and Mercury. And
the same is true of the Coommassie family.
No matter how much Coomassie blood an
animal may possess, the introduction of that
which is foreign is but the signal to breed it
out again and get back to the original as
soon as possible.
The famous exploit of Mary Anne of St.
Lamberts attracted attention from all
quarters, as she came from a new family,
the Stoke Pogis, hut as this is but an extern
sion OF the Rioter strain, the pedigrees run
into that from whence came Eurotas. In
breeding, however, has perpetnated the but
reproducing qualities of the families men
toned, and but few cows outside of them
have had secured high records. But in
breeding has not benefited the Jerseys in
other ways. They are very small and deli
cate, and mature early. owing 10 the small
size. Breeders should begin to breed only
from bulls OF large frame. and that are Wig
orous, in order to give greater strength and
larger size TO the breed, yet adherng as
closely as possible to the best butter strains
No doubt the fresh Victor Hugo blood in
Mary Anne of st. Lamberts contributed
greatly TO her constitutional vigor, as she is
far above the average in that respect. In so
breeding, however, all theories Of the es-
cstcbeon and other indications were disre-
gaTded, the only reliance being actual per
Torrance in the production of butter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Profits in Fruits.

1t is not generally known among farmers
that with our improved fruits as many or
more bushels of berries can be raised to the
acre as there can be of corn or potatoes and
that with the same care and cultivation. In
fact, by planting varieties that are suitable
10 bedding, more bushels oe berries can be
grown TO the acre without cultivation than
can be grown of corn with the best of euiti-
walton. For instance, in 1870, L planted
half acre of strawberries, and the first wear
gave it the same cultivation | gave my corn,
got some berries and the plants took the
ground completely. The second year gave it
no cultivation, and got good crop. The
third year gave it no cultivation and got
100 bushels of berries, making 200 bushels per
acre.
At another time / had small plantation
of one and one-fourth acres consisting of
several varieties which yielded me $40 worth
of berries and has not cost me s. cultivation
for two years. / mention these facts merely
to show what large amounts OF fruits can be
raised with but little labor. OF course il is
better to give good cultivation. at least
enough to keep them clean, and little
special cultivation will work wonders. The
Crescent strawberry has been grown at the
rate OF 469 bushels per acre. But don't con-
slider that il can always be accomplished.
merely speak OF it to show the great posi-
bilities Of fruit growing Raspberries and
blackberlies can be made to yield 300
bushels per acre, yet some men think these
things too small to potter with, and
will go on year in and year out grow
ing ten bushels of wheat per acre, forty BUSH
els of corn and fifty bushels of potatoes
feeding their families on "hog and hominy,"
corn bread and molasses. and some time
when they are in town selling corn at thirty
five cents per bushel, they buy a few berries
at the rate of s.. so per bushel to take home
10 Jane to make some preserves of. and feel
proud of their liberty, and think they have
done their duty nobly, whereas, if they had
substituted half acre of the potato ground
for small fruits Il would on an average yield
them fifty bushels of berres or four quarts
for every day in the year. Now. there is
nothing 70 prevent farmers from accomplish
ing this except ignorance, and any horticul-
turist will willingly impart to them sufficient
knowledge to make them reasonably success
ful
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
OUR FARM BUDGET.
Packing Eggs-ChicOpee Parmsrs-YOung
Lambs, Orchard in April.
Bee Note, Farm Hints and live stock in
April Profits i'm Fruits-Eariy seed
Sowing Household Hints
and Farm Notes.
Packing Eggs.


OF the thousands OF dozens of fancy eggs
that are sent for Matching purposes over the
country yearly, great many are not packed
properly. The result is a great number oil
high priced eggs are broken annually, aud,
OF course, it meets with fault-indiDg from
the buyers. A person who pays a good
price for sitting of eggs does not take 1t
kindly if he receives balfof them cracked
In the first place, boxes should never be
used unless you provide them with good
handles to take hold with. Screw the lids
on never nail them ON. Baskets are by
far the best. Pack them firmly; wrapping
each egg in tissue paper and scatter chaff
in between the eggs, net letting one egg
rest on the other; cover with muslin, sewed
on, and label nicely. Baskets are always
handler for the expressman to handle than
boxes, and, BESIDES they do not get Jared
as much as boxes do.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Early Seed sowing.

Joseph Harris in American AgriculturistI
Last spring sowed Egyptian beets while
the soil underneath was frozen. and never
bad finer crop. / once sowed lettuce in
February, and though we had long and
severe frost afterwards, the plants came up
thick, and no harm was done.
Celery seed we SOW with a hand-drill as
soon as the snow disappears. I have sown il
when the soil was so wet and sticky that the
coulter of the drill had TO be lifted out OF the
ground, and the seed simply dropped on the
surface. | never had earlier or better celery
plants. We had considerable snow and
frost afterwards, and there was no necessity
Of covering the seed with soil. There was
no danger OF the seed drying out, as is some.
times the case when sown later. i ought to
remark that the soil, where the celery is
sown so early, is OF a mucky nature. Such
soil will not "bake.p
On light. sandy, dry soil we aim to SOW
peas as soon as the snow disappears, and gen.
orally with decided advantage. And not
content with this early sowing. we have for
several years soaked the peas for foTty-eight
hours, and kept them until they were sproat
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Farm Hints for AnriI.

April is busy month from Prince Ed
wards Island to Puget Sound. When spring
comes in the high northern latitndes. it is
upon us st once. 1t is winter one day aud
almost summer the next. The heavy SHOWS
draw the frost from the soil, so that when
this disappears the ground is ready for the
plow. While snow lasts get out the manure
the work goes so much quicker and easier
on runners than on wheels. One of the
earliest jobs is narrowing winter grain. The
advantage of a thorough narrowing with a
smoothing barrow is so great that il pays
not TO SOW grain in autumn, but at the time
Of narrowing in spring. Grain sowed
broadcast by itself should always
be narrowed several TINES. Null
titudes of weeds. are thus killed. and the
stirring Of the soil is a great advantage.
Grass sown by itself will almost uniformly
give satisfaction. The earlier spring gr ins
are sown the better. Forage crops. such as
peas and oats spring rye, wheat and yetches
or peas, should be put in in succession once
iti two weeks Certain seeds of root crops
are very sensitive to dry weather. Pdrsnips
must be sown very early; an admirable
crop for milk, and for neat cattle. Mangels
and sugar beets are best put in early; but
carrots at any time before midsummer.
The tendency OF good practice ~ TO grow
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Management of Young Lambs.


The sooner the young lambs are docked
and the males emasculated, the easier the
operations may be performed. We have been
in the habit of going through the flock once
a week with a pair of sharp sheep shears
and clipping the tails and castrating by one
single clip. The lamb is held under the left
ARM and the skin of the tail is slipped up
toward the root with the fingers of this hand ;
the tail is then clipped off with the shears.
A pinch of powdered blue-stone (sulphate
of "copper" is put on the wound, and the
with the little blood that escapes. Nothing
more is required, and the wound heals
quickly, the lamb evineing no indications of
suffering. 1t Is best to cut the tail about
two inches from the root, so as to leave
sufficient of it to escape injury If the stump
bappvns if the shears are clean, and at the
same time sharp.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
Orchard and Fruit Garden for April.

AS soon as trees, shrubs, etc are received
from the nursery, heel III, j. e., temporarily
bury their roots with earth at once. When
this is done, planting may be done at leis-
ure. Prepare the soil by deep working with
share or pillow. In ten years six properly
planted trees will be worth more than
dozen that were set a. if they were posts
In digging nursery trees many roots are cut
of. Offset this by shortening the top, cut
ting back each branch one-third or one-half
Unfruitful trees need manure at the roots
ard opening or thinning out of the head. 1t
there is no strawberry patch on the farm,
make one Never mind the kind; plant that
which can be most readily had. Any is bet
ter than none. So with currantS, raspber-
ries and blackberries; make beginning.
Every farmers family should have all the
grapes it can eat Plant dozen vines of the
Concord now, and afterwards consider what
better varieties may be planted. The Con-
cord will produce tolerable grapes In sbund-
ance, and create a taste for something better.
Vines may be set around the barns and other
oUtbuildngs, and along the fences.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
To Spur n Jaded Appetite

Is thing, TO invgorate and regulate the diges-
tive organs is another. And yet mere appetizers
are constantly mistaken for and are even termed
tonics Hostetter's Stomach BItters is on far
higher plane in the category Of medical prepare
lions than the so-called tonics which impart a
relish for the food. These have their use, and are
estimable. provided they be pure. But the scope
of the remedial operation OF the Bitters is far
wider. II reforms entirely an enfeebled condition
of the stomach. and pprfes its juices II vitiated,
as well promotes their secretion in healthful
abundance. The stomach having in conjunction
with the liver and bowels, been regulated, and
their natural tone restored through its agency,
appetite returns as a matter of course Fever
ano ague, poverty OF the blood, and conseiuent
hidr ey and bladder troubles, are also remed ed
by Il.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
John II. Cough.

No man OF the present century has exerted
such marked influence on behalf of the
temperance cause as the late John b. Cough.
During the past forty years he delivered
nearly 10000 addresses and travelled hum
dreds of thousands Of miles. On January 10,
1885, be wrote: .For many years have used
been my companion in my extensive travels
For bruises, chatting or irritation ! have
found il invaluable. For sore throat, es-
pecially when tending tn liberation, have
found il very beneficial"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-31
A Successful Amputation.

Special to the Sentinel.
Peru, Ind, March 26.-This morning DIR.
H. V. Passage amputated the hand of Ander
son Wilkinson, living at Macy, this county,
at the fore arm, completing the operation in
most successful manner. Mr. Wilkinson
is seventy-tbree years old, and for the past
three years has been afflicted with a rapidly
spreading cancer on the back of his hand.
1t was necessary to perform the operation in
order to save his life from the dreadful dis