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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Recipes for the Sick Room.

Fillet of Chicken-Reduce a quart of
chicken broth to less than half that guam
tity by slow slmmeriDg strain into q plain
mold, and let it stand while you broil a
neat fillet from the breast of q tender
chicken. Season this with salt and pepper
and put it into the mold of reduced broth,
which must be set on ice until it hardens
Turn ont on a small oval dish, and decorate
with parsley.
Rabbit Soup-Cut the rabbit into pieces
and soak in warm water for ten minutes,
to draw out the blood. Pat the pieces into
a saucepan with a quart of white broth, or,
if you have not this, milk and water. Sea-
son with salt and add few sprigs of paIs.
ley. Let this simmer slowly until the
meat is very tender. Strain, pick all the
meat from the bones, aud chop it as fine as
possible. Return it to the soup and set
over the fire. adding a cup of hot cream
and two tablespoonful OF sitted bread
crumbs. A nice change is made by adding
either rice, pearl barley, or vermicelli,
which must be cooked separately in boil
ing water or milk, and added to the soup
just before serving. Small slices of lightly
buttered and welI-brownsd toast should
accompany it. This is palatable as well as
nourishing.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08

and it Is from improved stock we get the
most eggs. The partridge cochins, light
bTshmas and wyandottes are all good win
ter layers; even the coolest DAYS l have
gathered fresh eggs from these varieties.
The first two mentioned are inclined to
want to set too much to be called good lay
ers at all times, but are splendid winter
layers.
To the one who is entering the poultry
business | would say: Get q good breed
and go to work in the right manner as YOU
would start in earnest at any other bust
ness, and you will be apt to succeed. To
have plenty of eggs in winter with any
fowls depends greatly on the kind of food
they get in cold winter weather, when
everything is frozen up. They do not get
their supply of green food nor worms, and
sometimes go without the supply of fresh
water, and at times are half starved in
order to get through the winter without
trouble or expense. Then how could you
expect fresh eggs? They should be fed
what they like and what will produce eggs.
All the scraps from the cook room, vege-
tables, such as onions, cabbage, ETC., red
pepper and little salt mixed with their
feed twice week is great stimulant; all
the scraps OF meat you have to spare is
splendid for them. 1t does not take much
food, but the right kind of food, to keep
hens laying, for you do not want hens too
fat to lay well. Buckwheat is excellent,
oats are good, so is wheat; corn fattens
well, and is, therefore, not 80 good for
eggs. Have plenty Of gravel, ashes and
lime where your hens car get it, and plen-
ty Of fresh water. The secret of having a
full supply of eggs, is to discard the old
breeds and select good breed and supply
them comfortable quarters in winter, and
in the absence OF an abundant supply of
insects give the hens occasionally a meal
OF animal food, any kind of meat and
plenty of vegetables or green food, as these
are indispensable to supply of rich eggs
in winter. Get the right breed and there
will be no difficulty; geta poor breed and
more care will have to be taken. Ny
lymouth rocks, brown leghorns, partridge
cochins, light brahamas and wysndottes
are all wide awake and lively, and keep
my egg basket always full.-Mrs. Kate
Griffith in st. Louis Journal Of Agriculture.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
The Best Larars.

have been breeding fine fowls for years
and find none so good as the brown leg
horn for eggs, except in severe cold
weather when their combs ara frozen, but
with the exception of two months in the
year they lay most all the time. At times
may Stop laying for few days aud then
commence laying regularly every day for
quite awhile again. Might be called al
most constant layers. For those who do
not care to raise the pure breed, q male
crossed on q common flock of hens improve
their laying qualities and the next year
you have yard of splendid layers, with
fresh eggs for breakfast the year round.
The leghorns will lay the year round IL
kept in q warm house and their combs do
not freeze during the two coolest months.
The plymouth rocks are also splendid lay
ers, even in severe cold weather; but not a.
constant layers as the brown leghorn.
They are very hardy and easily raised.
Some new breeds have been doomed to the
skies, but none can take their place. Eggs
mean prodt when everything else Il scarcs
always bringing q good price n market,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
SHE GOT BADLY LEFT
A Providence Girl Wants Money ana a
Husband, But DID Not Get 10th.

Providence Girl Wants Money and a
Husband, But DID Not Get Both.
PROVIDENCE. r, l., January Sl.-Pretty
Melissa, the daughter of a hotelkeeper
named Burchard, in neighboring suburb,
figured in sensation yesterday in the
Supreme Court. She had made an appli-
cation for the annulment of q divorce OBJ
tanned by General Mustapha, turk living
here. An interesting story lies back OF il
all.
Mustsphs, properly credentialed officer
IN the Turkish army, came here four or
I'VE years ago in company with other
turkish army officers. They were all
emlssrles OF the Sultan, and their duty
was TO inspect the shipment of arms for
the Sultan's army from the Peabody Rifle
WORKS. They were all good looking fellows,
and with their gaudy oriental costumes
caught the eyes OF Providence maidens.
Several OF them married Providence girls,
and are now living here as American citi-
zens. General MustaDha courted Melissa
and married her. They liyei happily
enough for six months or so, and then
separated. Melissa went back to her
fathers home. Here she lived q year or
two, and IN the meantime made the &C.
quaintance Of good-looking herdic driver
Damed William Carroll. After while
she went with him to Boston. Mustapha,
it is believed, had since their separation
been supplying Melissa with money. Get
ting tired of this year ago. he applied for
divorce and got 1t. 1t is said that Musta-
pha sgain and again tried to get Melissa to
return to him, but in vain. Eight DAYS
agD Melissa was married to Carroll, and
thei honeymoon was passed at the
BurcEsId House. The couple were daily
seo~ shout the streets
Since his divorcs from Melissa General
Muetaphs has prospeIed, and to-day is
worth snug little fortune. Melissa hay
ing learned of this during her stay here,
u,.o 10 recover the lost good will OF the
General, ane, it is said, offered to agsia live
with him. Very shrewdly she kept the
know ledge of her marriage to Carroll a Sc
crei. EI gsgipg Lawyer West, she applied
innocaEtly enough for the annullment of
the divorce from Mustapha. The hearing
was on the docket for yesterday. Melissa
appeared in court and Lawyer West was
about to open proceedings in behalf OF bis
fair client when a conversation of parties
near by, heard by chance, convinced him
that Melissa was now Mrs. Carroll. Her
husband was in court, and moment before
had been congratulated on his marriage in
the hearing of West.
you certainly cant have two bus
bands" said he, addressing Mrs. Carroll.
And you had better go home" Melissa
did go home, a wiser and a sadder woman.
Mustspba, on the other hand is paying
court to another girl in Providence
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Some Timely Hints to BE- Nailed to the
Barn Door.
Buffalo Gnats-Eirly LlmbI-LsssOns in
0its-A Word to Farm Girls.
Tbs Best LlYsrs-Kn,s-Spruug H'rSss-
Spring 0Its-Food for Eggs.
a Choice of a Dairy Farm-Percheron
Horses Farm RecOrds-Pullet
Eggs for Matching.

Nail These Reminders to the Barn Door
American AgricuIturist.
II the iron wedge will not draw, build
fire of chips and heat it.
Heap upand tramp down solidly the
snow around the young fruit trees.
Water, green food and meat fowls must
have to prosper during the winter.
Watch the outlets of the tile drains, that
they do not become closed with ice.
There is one part of the farm that is not
benefited by drainage: the manure heap.
Politeness pays In the constable, A
gentle man gets more milk than q harsh
man.
Straw and corn.foddsr are best worked
into manure by putting them through good
animals.
The best preventative of trouble at lamb
ing time is daily exercise for the ives dur
ing winter.
} Take tbs brides with you when you go
to breakfast, and put them near the stove
while you eat.
+ Ssparats.the weaker ANIMALS; they need
extra feed, whereas with the stronger they
get scant feed.
Profit in farming comes from the maxi.
mum crops, the products Of winter thought
and summer work
II the chain pump is clogged up with ice
do not give the crank jerk. Both wheel
aud chain break more easily when very
cold.
Every farmer may be the architect of his
own fortunes and it is poor policy to let
the job cut to luck.
Harness hung in the'stable is damaged as
much by the gases and dampness there as
it is worn by use.
When green wood is used for fuel part of
the heat is absorbed to convert the water
IN the fuel into vapor.
II you do not wish cloddY and lifeless
ground in the spring keep the cattle of the
fields when the soil is soft.
Drive your horses q little to one side
when you stop with load on the sled.
This makes it easier TO start the load.
A fire burns better in hot than in q
cold furnace; it is equally true that an an
imal well wintered is half summered.
If open, outdoor feed.troughs are turned
over at night they will not be filled with
snow and ice in the morning.
II you place the az near the stove for IF.
teen minutes it will cut better and not be
so apt to break along the edge.
The flavor Of the fuel used for smoking
meat is somewhat impaired to the meat;
hence the fuel should be selected carefully.
You have no right to feed dog so long
as you have not the money to provide your
family with good papers and books.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Lessons In Oats.

Our last years experience with the oat
crop has taught us a very important lesson.
The sooner the grain is sown after theground
is in order for work in the spring, the
greater will be the chance for success.
Those Of my neighbors who got their seed
soTn the earliest saved their crop in good
condition, willie those s0wn a week later
were almost On entire loss on account of
t5.qL enL rait 8 at the time of harvesting.
My an is to plough the ground in the
fall AS soon as the frost Is out in the
sprirg and the ground is sufficiently dry TO
work, run over the field with good cult
valor. sol the seed broadcast and harrow
IL in, but don't roll unless the soil is sandy.
| fed also that two bushels of seed TO the
acre OF white PObsEeier oats, give as many
bushels of crop as three will, while the
crop from two bushels of seeding will
weigh from two TO five pounds more per
bushel, so that any more than two bushels
OF seed per acre is dead loss, and if the
land is in good condition l would be in
clined to seed lighter, as that variety
stools or branches out Well.-Rural New
Yorker.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Best Size of Percheron Horses.
American Agricultural.


The French government authorities have
thoroughly investigated this subject, and
report adversely to the increase of size aud
weight in the Percheron horse, saying that
it is carrying the thing to an unfortunate
extreme; for what is gained in size is lost
in activity, speed pluck and endurance. 1t
Is to be hoped our importers will pay at
tention to this decision, and 60 back here
after to the old style of medium size, etc.
For larger ana slower-moving horses, it is
bstter to cross the borders Of France into
Flanders for them, or continue the impor-
tation of the English Shire and Scotch
Clydesdale. These last are more suitable
for the city dray, and medium sized Per-
cherons for farm and road work. The latter
requires quicker movement in the walk
and trot, and these gaits should not be
neglected in breeding, as much more work
is got from them during the day, while the
horse thus bred is less fatigued from it
than those of slower action. They are
hardy, docile, small consumers of food for
their size, not liable to disease, and quite
enduring-in fact, perhaps the very best
sort of horses for the farm, and also for
such road work as teaming and ordinary
driving, when an extra fast movement is
not required, SIS is the case in the American
tTOtter.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
THE TOBACCO CROP.
Statements About Excited Demand DerI
by a Louisville Merchant

Dg a LOUISVILLE merCnauO.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. February o.
Heavy buyers of tobacco report great ez-
element in Kentucky. Every available
foot of land is being engaged and people
are paying as high as $50 per acre rent for
good fields. A representative of a New
York tobacco firm says: Spain has re-
Gently bought 1000 hogsheads of Tugs IN
New York, which leaves her l, 600 short of
last year requirements, with about Is coo
hogshesds for the wants of 1888. The New
York warehouses are about empty, and
the purchases made at GAINESVILLE this
week were for immediate shipments"
Louisville operators are making every ef-
fort 10 get all the dark low grades in few
hands and are credited with the purchase
within q week of nearly all the stock in
Paducah, Hopkinsville and Nashville.
LOUISVILLE, February 3.-A' gentleman
who is an nndisputed authority upon the
tobacco market here, was shown the dis
patch from Chattanooga today concerning
the trade in Kentucky, Tennessee and in
other States. He characterized 1t as alb
surd in most respects, and said:
There is no excitement at all among
the farmers, and no well-informed person
would say so. 1t is.well to bear In mind,
also, that the tobacco boom of 1879 at
tanned considerable proportions, far greater
than the present, but that the crop OF 1875
fell 65, 900 hogshesds below the year previ-
Gus, and was 10000 hogsheads below an
average crop.
"The paragraph in reference to the
Spanish purchase is all right, but has bsen
repeatedly published. The story that
warehouses arc empty is, however, an
absolute lie. The warehouses there are
glutted with their stocks, which are much
larger than unsual
"As to the activity OF Louisville opera
tors, that is all bosh. Tney are taking
things very quietly, and are amply sup
piled with stocks The market has been
dragging for the past ten days, but prices
are weaker only in good hurley Grades"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Puuer,s leg. for matching.

Eggs from hens t=o years old, mated
wit b a cOcksrel abou one year old, usu ally
hatch better than tho from pullets, and
p odnce stronger ohicss, but as the hens
are liable to become fAs more readily than
pullets, it often happens that eggs from
fully matured pullets hatch best. Pullets
should be mated with cock at least eight
teen months old, and they should be we'll
developed and fully grown. The first eggs
from pullets are sometimes very small,
and in using eggs for Matching select none
but ttose of average size aud that are of
even shape. When puIlets begin to lay
at FIVE months old the eggs may hatch well,
but it is best not to use eggs from them
until they are older.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Watering Horses.
American Agriculturist.

The water given horse should be pure.
Do rot have the well in the barnyard. for
the wash will soak into it and pollute the
water. If q running brook of clean water
be convenient, lead the horse to drink from
1t. A good cistern can be made OF q large
hogshead sunk half way into the ground,
it will be preferable for the horse than very
cold well-water. A horse needs at lesst two
pals of water day, and il given half a
psilful before meals, or four times a day,
it will be sufficient unless when hard at
work in sultry weather. Do not give warm
water at any time of the year, but the chill
may be taken off in winter, so that it will
not be icy. Do not water or feed directly
after coming in very warm, and do not
work hard Immediately after eating
heartily,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Snring Oats.
PB6 O1Not
.tlantA CnltiYator

the acreage sown in fall oats is much
less than usual. The freezing out of large
portion OF the crop of 1886 by the hard
freezes in January, 1887, had q most dis
couraging effect, which was augmented by
the unfavorable dry weather which pre-
vailed in some parts OF the country during
the sowing season. The ost crop, however,
is too valuable, and in the long run too
reliable to be given up. Spring sowing
costs little more than the seed, even If the
crop fails from drought aud a good
bread:h-eight or ten acres at least to each
plough run-should be put in. In our
udgment-founded upon experience and
observation-oats sown in February are
much less liable to injury by freezing than
II sOwD in January. Sowing in the "old
twelve days" smacks more OF superstition
and sentiment than sound reason. Our
bardest weather is usually from December
% to February l, and 1t is not often that
oats sown in February are killed by freez-
ing. The soil for spring oats, If not already
fertile, should be well manursd and deeply
and closely ploughed-the latter to guard
against drought as much as possible. If the
land be cross-ploughed so "a to leave the
burrows partly open, the seed may be sown
broadcast and narrowed in with good re-
suits. Cottonseed, or the meal alone, or in
compost with acid phosphate aud potash,
makes an excellent fertilizer for oats. The
crop requires rather more ammonia aud
potash than the percentage usually found
in commercial ammoniated phosphates.
Undoubtedly the Burt oat is the safest
for spring sowing, as ii will mature in 100 to
100 DAYS when sown in February or March,
according to latitude. Sow plenty of seed !;
the later the sowing, the heavier should be
the seeding. Allow for yield of twenty
fold, is pretty safe general rule, unless
the expected yield, or capacity OF the land
is small, in which case the seeding should
be somewhat heavier than this rule would
indicate, and vice versa.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08

the grease must be used at least twice a
day, because as soon as this offensive odor
disappears it becomes imperative. All
such applications are of no advantage,
however, on stock running at large. Gnat
oil is very extensively used, but it is like
the rest of the remedies-very apt to re-
move the hair. In fact, ell these different
kinds of oil and grease are more or less in
jurous to the animal, because continued
coating with them weakens the system.
The employees of the Hudson's Bay Com
psny protect themselves and their stock
against the "blsck fly" by the use of oil of
lar, and, as long experience has shown it
to be simple and easily applied wash, we
strongly recommend its use. a quantity
of coal tar is placed at the bottom of q
large shallow receptacle of some sort, and
a small quantity of oil of tar, or oil of tur-
pentine, or any similar material, is stirred
in. The receptacle is then filled with
water, which is left standing for several
days until well pregnated with the odor.
The animals to be protected are then
washed with this water as often as seems
necessary.
As long as stock in the infested region is
suffered to run at large, and is neither
provided with shelter nor food during the
winter months, will suffer severely from
the gnats. Animals we'll cared for can
stand the attacks of the gnats far better,
and do not perish as readily. Ill-treated
and unhealthy mules and those bruised
and cut are the first to die, and the pre-
vsiling opinion of intelligent planters is to
the effect that well cared for mules, If
creased twice day when in the field, sell
dom die even when attacked.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
lThe Best Food For Eggs.

Grind together q mixture composed in
fifteen pounds Of oats, ten pounds of barley
and fifteen pounds of wheat, bran or shorts.
Scald this thoroughly at night, and feed it
in the morning as soft feed. At noon give
steamed clover rowen Second growth clo-
ver) and raw vegetables three times q
week and to the soft food II per cent. of
Its bulk in the shape of ground beef scraps
or fish. In the afternoon feed corn and
oats, or corn and wheat, or corn and bar.
ley. Have plenty Of sea shell, pound ed
oyster shells, lime, gravel, ETC., at hand.
This method of feeding secures for ME
more eggs than any other system, and when
it is faithfully followed up expensive and
stimulating egg food will not be required.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
Made Totally Blind.

SEYMOUR, February 3 Especial. Mrs.
Gardiner wife of Mr.. james L. Gardiner,
president of the First National Bank was
visiting her son, William L. and IA nily
last evening, and, at Z O'Clock started to her
home adjoining, when she ran against &
limb of a cherry tree, striking her across
the right eye, and entirely destroying the
sight. She had lost the sight OF her LETT
eye some time ago, and is now totally blind.
she Is q devoted Christian lady and one of
ers, and charitable with all. She is about
seventy years of age, and suffering greatly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-08
EaTlY Lamha

EaIiy LANDS.
Many lambs will be born this month.
The difference between an early lamb that
reaches the market in time to bring the
highest prices and one that is later. is such
as to make one profitable with the other of
but little value. The matter of raising
early lambs for market receives but very
little attention on many farms the far ner
taking no pains to couple the sheep in the
fall, but using rams Unfortunately.
Everything depends o1 the rapid growth
of the lamb, and coming into the world
eraly In the season will De of little advant-
age unless the lamb be from good stock
ard forced in growth from the first DAYS OF
its existence. The common hocks of ewes
can be made to produce first-class lambs if
they can be mated with Shropshire, OK
ford or Southdown rams. The first two
breeds are very large in size, but the latter
is claimed to produce the superior carcass,
and is probably the best for crossing with
common ewes. Lambs soon learn to eat,
and having done so, oDe-half the difficulty
is over for with the aid of the milk from
the dams, they grow rapidly. The difficulty
in feeding lambs all they can eat is that
the sheep will deprive them of it, but
this can be avoided by constructing pen
which will permit the lambs to enter
through a small opening usually at the
bOttoml, which must not be large enough
for the sheep. The ewes and lambs should
be confined in a small field, or plot, so that
they will not stray OFF from the feeding
place. Small boppers, filed with ground
oats at first, and afterward with whole oats,
50 that the lambs can have free access to
them at all times, will cause them, if well
bed, to gain at the rate of half a pound in
weight daily. Nor is this heavy gain, as
full-bred Oxfords have been known to
weigh nearly 100 pounds when three
months old, though such a weight is I'M
usual. The early lambs will bring from
50 to 81 each, according to the demand,
which is more than the price brought by
mstuIed sheep later in the season. The
lgmb that is late in birth, and which is not
properly forced in growth, though only a
few weeks younger than the early one,
must be kept longer and sold at lower
price, and that is where the advantage of
literally feeding the lambs Gas well as their
dams, in order to promote yield of milk
lies. But the breed is also very i'm portant
Common lambs, even IL dropped as early
as January, will not increase as rapidly as
good grades, and il will pay the farmer to
use ram of a mutton breed In his flock,
IS its cost will be more than repaid in q
single season.-Philadelphia Record.