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The Indianapolis journal., 1894-03-21
Seed Potatoes.

Philadelphia Press.
The farmers near Louisville, Ky, have,
of growing two crops OF potatoes on the
same land. The early spring and hot sum-
mer cause the first crop to ripen early In
July. The land is plowed and Immediately
frost in october when the tubers are half
TO two-thirds grown and still quite mma-
ture. These second-crop tubers are inferior
for eating, but il Is claimed, are far better
for next spring planting than the first cron
and for the following reasons:
l. They keep in a cool cellar without
sproutins or shrivelling or losing one parti-
Gle OF their vigor. 1t seems that having
dormant, ready 20 send up a shoot when
again In warm ground as vigorously as
they were growing when stopped by the
frost.
> They never send up but one sprout
This is true whether they are planted whole
or cut TO any number OF eyes down TO one.
The consequence is that all the growth
goes into the tuberS that come on one stalk
grow to full marketable size If the ground
be very rich, and the season fine, they VIII
all be extremely large
B. They can be cut six weeks or in fact
any length Of time before planting. The
only precaution necessary IS that they shall
be kept. after being cut. in barrels open at
the top only. II there are openings at the
side or bottom the pieces thus exposed will
seCond-crop seed can 90 his cutting on
rainy days or at other convenient times,
and he will always be ready to take full ad-
vantage of spell Of good weather for
planting.
l. Growers OF second crops by planting
early in July in this latitude get fine
crop OF ful-grown potatoes. which sell bet
ter in market than. those from the North:
month they get seed potatoes OF the very
best quality.
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices I'm Produce mt the Sea
bOnrd,s Commercial MetronoIis.

NEW YORK, March O.-Flour-Receipts.
27.7Oo brls; exports, 247OO brls; sales, 500
packages. Spring patents were dull, with
buyers 10615c below the market. Choice
winter straights are in demand, being
scarce. The general market is dull and
easy. Rye -four steady. Buckwheat flour
nominal Buckwheat dull. Corn meal
steady. Rye nominal. Barley dull. Barley
malt steady.
Wheat-Receipts, 700 bu; exports. 10, 200
bu; sales. 3935,0O0 bu futures, 1900 bu
spot Spots were steady; No. 2. in store and
elevator, 601sc; afloat, 61Sc: (. o. b., S2Isc;
No. Northern, 627sc, delivered; No. l hard.
7asc, delivered. Options opened steady. but
sold of on weak cables. fine weather and
foreign selling, only to- recover on
big local export. In the afternoon the mar
ket held firm on cold wave talk and COW
ering by shorts, closing at 1sG2sc net ad-
vance. The export demand for cash wheat
was light; No red, March, closed at
60Ac May, 61SQ6l%c, closing at 615sc; July,
63lkG63 13-l6c, closing at G3ssc; August, 642s
Q643sc, closing at 64ssc; September closed
at 65c; December. 6S+s469c, closing at GS7sc.
Corn-Receipts. 1000 bu; exports. 400 bu;
sales. 10000 bu futures, 10000 bu spot.
Spots were dull; No. 2. 4i24c nominal in ele-
vator, 45&.c afloat- Options opened quiet
anu Steauy on lHe HTiHIeSS III CdSn corn,
and later improved with wheat on shorts
covering, closing at 1sQ24 net advance;
March closed at 4ic; April closed al 422sc
May. 24G429sc, closing at i29sc; July, 43ss
M43ssc, closing al 1850.
Oats-Receipts, $4,000 bu; exports, 200 bu;
SAILS. $4,000 bu futures. 5000 bu spot. spots
We're more active: whites firm. mixed lower;
No. ,, Sac; No. ., delivered, soc; No. 3, 334c;
No. white 37i3c; No. 3 white. 36Ac; track
mixed Western. S5p36c; track white West
ern. SSQ4IIhc; track white State, 3S04lRc.
Options were dull ard easy early on big
local receipts. rallying later with corn and
closing at 14c net advance; March closed at
3ic; May. 34IsaSiAc closing at Sihc; July
closed at S32.c
Hay quiet. Hops quiet Hides quiet.
Lea ther dull.
Beef quiet Cut meats dull; picked bel
lies, 6iSa67sc: picked hams. 9AG91ac. Lard
firm; Western steam closed at &C. Sales,
200 uerces at &c. March closed at 6s5c,
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PENSIONS FOR VETERANS.
Residents of Indiana and Illinois
Whose Claims Have Been Allowed.

Pensions have been granted the following
named Indanians:
Original-Iames A. Lyons, New Albany;
George ID. Miller Thorntown. Additional
John w. Edwards, Independence; George O..
Hale, Rockport; Ephraim II. Hutchinson,
Lagrange; Peter Igert. Leavenworth. In
crease-George W. Nash, Newark; Samuel
Barnard, New Castle; Columbus H. Balti-
more, Chill. Reissue - Jonas NJ. Penrod,
Montpelier; Aaron Powell, Sheldon; John G.
Deevers, Shelbyville; Amos Travis, Inde-
pcndence; John l.. Coil, Greensburg; Van
Buren Kirk. Lebanon; Richard j. Nolan,
Indianapolis; James X. Blackburn, Rising
Sun; Henry G. Bean Heimer; John w. Tat
man, Alexandria; Michael Phister, South
Bend; Joseph Ray Manchester; Henry c.
Lilly, De Sofa. Original widows. etc.-Nancy
j. Sticker. Madison Lucinda z. Phelps, Ri
ley; Mary e. Howard, HaZeton. Reissue
Amelia G. Davis, Terre Haute
To residents of Illinois: Original-Samuel
w. Smith, Maquon; Horace Dexter, Chicago;
S. Delaven House. Chicago; Harman Van
Week, Byron; Theodore p. Streeter,
Princeton; Eli Douglas, Wheatland. Resto-
ration-James NJ. Hooten, Etfingham. Reis-
sue-Joseph McLain (deceased), Industry.
Original widows, etc.-Mary McLain, Indus
try: Minerva J. Leggett, Cohn; Arial Rich
ardson Qather). Woodstock; Eliza Ash,
Ridgeway; minors of Levi Roster Delabar,
Ravenswood; Sophie Woolfe, Mount Morris.
Renewal-Sarah Gardner (mother), Clark
Center Widows Indian wars-Eve Duncan,
Salisbury; Emma Rice, Collinsville.
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nominal; May. 6.SOc, nominal. Refined quiet;
continent. 7.4Oc; 5. a. Loo; conpound. 6llc
Pork was easy; new mess, 81 = lz;o1' ezra
prime, N2d1225; family. Sl2.5CglS; short
Butter barely steady; Western dairy. 120
15c; Western creamery. 154l22lzc; Western
factory. lO0l4c: Elgins, 22I2c: State dairy,
l+01c: State creamery, 14ql1c, old, ..-
Cheese steady; large. SQl2c; small 7@lSc;
part Skins, S12u1oc; full skins, 2u3c.
Eggs weak; State and Pennsylvania la
il1tc.
Cotton seed oil opened dull and then
changed Il little for the better, without
much increased business. Improvements
chiefly in sellers views. Exporters still
holding off. and local demand moderate.
Quotations: Prime crude. barrels 2ole426c;
prime crude, loose 2lGSc; off crude, Z4q
25c; butter grades. 33c; prime summer yell
low. 30l2G31c; off summer yellow, S0c; prime
Coffee-options opened Irregular. with
July bids 10 points higher and others D
points higher to points lower, ruled gen
orally dull and heavy. and closed quiet
with March 10 points net advance and 9TH
Sales, $3.50 bags, including: March at 1s60c;
May l5.90c; June 15.55l1560c; July, 5.S5q
l5.4Oc; September, IL S0d1490c December,
14.15G1425c; Spot coffee-Rio dull; No. Z.
1713c Mild market quiet and unchanged;
Cordova, 1914 Aql9l9c. Sales. go bags. Ware
house deliveries yesterday were 1903 bags
total stock at New York to-day, 1881
afioat for the United States, 24iOOO bags;
total visible and available for the United
States. 452. 456 bags, against last year. 547.-
211 bags
Sugar-Raw easy; fair refining. 11-16c;
centrifugal, 80 test Csc: sales one cargo
Muscovado. 50 test, at 11-l6c, ship.
Refined duh and 1-16c lower for Nos. 6 and
Y; No. 6, 39sq3 13-16c; No. Z, S5sQ3 1S-l6c;
No. s, S12d3 11-l6c; No. g. 7-16q3sc; No.
10. S2sa3 9-l6c; No. IL. 8 5-1sa3zc; No. u,
8 3-16G33sc; No. 13, Sc; off 4, 3%44 1-16c;
mold a, 42sd4 9-16c; standard A, 4q4 3-l6c;
confectioners' A, 4a4 3-16c; cut loaf. asa
5 1-l6c; crushed, 47sq5 1-l6c; powdered, 43sq
4 9-lec; granulated. 41sQ4 5-1Gc: cubes. 43sQ
9-16c
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Trade More Active. Sugars on 1-Sc
md Poultry 1-2c.

The springlike weather gave a good deal
OF life to trade on the wholesale streets
yesterday. Sugars declined lsc and coffees
are easier. These are the first changes in
several weeks in the grocery line, and
now that declines have set in more will
not be a surprise. Receipts of poultry are
again large. and prices dropped 1kc and are
weak at that. Eggs are in large supply
and weak, prices now ranging lower than
at any time in the last three years. Green
apples are very scarce and sold yesterday
at $50 per brl. Kale and other green's are
In good supply and sold yesterday as low
as Soc per brl In the other markets there
were no new features.
The local grain market showed a little
more life but wheat went of l2c. Corn
was the same as on Monday and oats
some grades. Il cent higher. Track bids
ruled follows:
Wheat-No. > red. 53c; No. 3 red, 49Isc;
rejected 4Oa50c; wagon whsat 53c.
Corr-No. l white. SIC; No. white. &c:
No. white SIC for one color; S6i3c for
grade; No. white mixed. 3516c; No. 8
No 2 yellow 35l4c: No. 8 yellow. 35l9c; No.
yellow. S0isc: No. 2 mixed. S5Izc; No. 3
mixed. S4Ac; Nc. mixed, Slc; ear corn,
36iRc.
oats-No 2 white. SIC; No. white. SSIac;
No ? mixed. seize; No. mixed. Sl1sc; re-
Jected. 23G25c.
Hay-Choice timothy. $ll.5O: No. 1. Sl125:
No 2. 50; No. l prairie. $3.50; mixed IS:
clover. $!Q75 per ton.
Bran. $ls.
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clear backs, 20 to q lbs average, Sc; u to
20 lbs average, Sac: to 10 lbs average, s12c.
Hams-Sugar-cur IS to 20 lbs average.
9244l0c; Il lbs average, lOlz4l0$4ci !Zt2 IDS
average, sac; clear bellies, Is TO Y lbs av-
block hams. ylzli934c.
rs-English-cured, i lbs average,
SdSi4c; 16 lbs average, Sc.
California Hams-Sugar-cured' lO TO L IDS
average. Sl5c.
Boneless am-Sugar-cured. 9d9l5c.
Pickled Pork-Bean pork, clear. per nrI
200 lbs, $3.50; family pork, $l+0O; rump
pork, Sl2.50 o
Breakfast Bacon-Clear, firsts, 11l4G12c:
pure lard, 7i2GSc.
Lard -Kettle-rendered. in tierces, Slzc;
pure lard. SgS12c.
Clover-Choice recleaned, 60-fb bu. A750
5: prime, si.5Od475; English choice. $500
5; prime, A.50g5; Alsike. choice, S7.50gS;
Alfalfa. choice. s5.1Od5.35. Timothy. 45-lo
bu. choice. $2d215; strictly prime, A9JQ2.
Bluegrass-Fancy, 14-fb bu, $L15d1@; extra
clean, s5Gt90c Orchard grass-Extra, 81. 65g
LIS. Red top-Choice. 55165c; extra clean.
3S6f40c. English bluegrass 24-lb bu, S2.75q
2S5.
Timers Supplies.
Best brand charcoal tin &c. 10x14 14x20.
12x12, Sd750; TX, 10x1i. 14X20 and 12x12, $9D
$50; IC, 14x20. roofing tin, $6I6.50; &c. 20x2S.
$12d1250; block tin. In pigs, 25c; In bars, &c.
Iron-27 B iron, Sc: G iron, &c; galvanized,
20 per cent. discount. Sheet zinc, 53446c.
Copper. bottoms, zoe. Planished copper. 2ic.
Solder. 15q16c.
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fine merlno, l06l3c; tub-washed. 1920;
bury and cotted wool. &c 10 10c less than
above prices.
RAW FURS.
Following is the price list for central and
northern Indiana and Ohio for prime skins
Extra coon, SIHz; large coon, soc; medium
coon, 6Uc: small coon. 40c: large mink, N.l0;
medium mink soc; small mink. COO; black
skunk, Sl.30; half stripe skunk. soc; narrow
stripe skunk, 40c; broad stripe skunk, 20c;
opossum. 5Q25c; rat, 3Ql3c; red fox, 500
$1.25, gray fox. 40a65c; otter, SqS; Ken
lucky skins, l0620 per cent lower than
prices quoted above.
HIDES. TALLOW, ETC.
Hides-No. l green hides, 21kc; No. l G..
S. hides. 312c; No. G. s. hides, 2l2c; No.
calf hides, Sc No. calf hides, 31zc.
Tallow-No. tallow, 42ic; No. yellow, &c.
Grease-White, 4lac yellow, 319c; brown.
&C.
Bones-Dry. s12Q13 per ton.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady and unchanged; No 2 spring wheat.
557sQ56c; No. spring wheat no sales; No.
oats. 9Ohc: No. white, 32632&tc; No 3
white, 3O24G31a4c; No. 2 rye, 46l2c; No. 2
barley nominal; No. 3, 5lG57c; No 4, asa
seed, S420; mess pork, $40. O.S561O S7I2; lard,
6.62la9665c; short rib sides Qoose), 5.621aG
5.65c; dry-salted shoulders (boxed) 606 sc
short-clear sides (boxed). 6d6 25c; whisky
distillers' finished goods, S115
On the Produce Exchange, to-day, the
butter market was steady; creameries IL
Q22c; da1ries, l3qlSc. Eggs weak; strictly
fresh, 10fGlCIac.
Receipts-Flour, 100000 bu: wheat, $1,000
bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats. 363, 600 bu: rye.
1000 bu; barley, $1,000 bu. Shipments
Flour 1900 brls: wheat, 10000 bu; corn.
$1,000 bu; oats, 172,000 bu; rye, 5000 blu; bar
ley, 1000 bu.
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REAL-EsTATE TRANSFERS.
Nine Transfers Yesterday, with q
Total Confederation of Sl3.4OO.

Nine Transfers Yesterday, with q
Total Consideration of $4,000.
instruments filed for record in the re-
corders Office of Marion county. Indiana.
for the twenty-four hours ending at p. m.
March 90 1894, as furnished by Theo Stein,
abstracter of titles. Hartford Block, No. 81
East Market street.
Nellie B. Suyer to Daniel w. Hes
ton lot 40, in Newman Oaks Park
ADDITION ............................ SlsbUO
Louise l. O'Neal TO Marion Eaton, lot
y and part Of lot IL, in square 2,
in Bruce's North Park addition. 5000
Frederick w. Topp ct al. TO Maggie
j. Cole, part of lot and part Of lot
lot 3, in Bruces North Park addi-
tlon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Lou
Clara NJ. Dalton to Albert s. Guern-
sey, lot 60, in EnglewOod addition. 600
Edward j. Gausepohl TO Frances II.
Galley, lots 4, 5, 6, H. is, 10 and 20,
in Mullaney's Brightwood addition. 1900
Max Gundelfinger to August w. Bo-
etcher. lot 81, in block IL. in North
indianapolis Observation-Disclosures. 1850
George w. Stout to Isaac s. Osborn,
lot 800. in Stout's Indana-avenue
addition ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
James Hignight 10 Harry j. Milli-
gan, lot p, in block z, in Beatty's
duulllOH .s........... ......'..........,.... 1,VO
Frances c.. Greenleaf to Ad Hereth,
lot ). in block 81, in Greenleafs sub
division Of Greenleafs addition to
Brightwood ............................ 100
Transfers. 8; consideration. ......... S13, 400
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Tuesdays Bank CIenriprs

At New Orleans: Clearings, 81. 1855
At St. Louis: Clearings 80 3235. .317; bal
nnces. $4S5, ll0. Money dull at car per cent
exchange on New York. 90c premium
At Cincinnati: Clearings, $i,T2L60O
At Boston: Clearings, Sl2,99O,55S; balances,
H,475,590.
At Philadelphia: Clearings. 1914, ,SO2: bal
ances. N.26S. iI5.
At Baltimore: Clearings, s2,254.6l2; bal
ances, $59S502.
At New York: Clearings. sS2 SIC, sci; bal
ances, IS. .49S 652.
At Chicago: Clearings, $11. 900. New
York exchange. zoe premium sterling ex-
change firm; actual rates, $4SIl2Q4S9; mon
ey rates, 4g6.
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prices Paid by Shlppe-s)

Poultry-Hens. 6iac per III; young chick
ems, 6t4c per 10; turkeys old toms. &c per
10; hens, 6isc per II; fancy fat young toms,
turkeys, 4c: poor, 344c: ducks, 6Isc per 10; ;
geese. 81. 20Iii.SJ per doz for choice.
Eggs-Shippers are paying Sc.
Butter-Extra. l0Ql2c: mixed. Sal0c.
Honey-l6UlSc
Feathers-Prime geese, 4Oc per 10: mixed
duck zoe per 10.
Beeswax-20c for yellow: 15c for dark
Wool-Unwashed medium WOOL l5c; un-
washed coarse or braid. l34l5c. unwashed
The Indianapolis journal., 1894-03-21

Steel knives or other articles which have
become rusty should be rubbed with little
sweet oil, then left for day or two in a
dry place and then rubbed with finely
powdered, unslacked lime until every vest
ige OF the rust has disappeared. and kept
in a dry place wrapped up in a bit Of fian-
Il
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NEW YORK. March 20.-Wool dull: do
mestic fleece, l9Q2ic; pulled. 2O426 Texas,
l0Gl5c.
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Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS, March 2O-Spot cotton
HS'st 10 arrive. 100 Bales Receipts. $50 bales.
Exports: To Great Britain. 3i50 bales:
continent. Loo bales. Stock. 2S3.326 bales.
NEW YORK, March 20.-Spot cotton closed
dull; sales. 63 bales; mIddling uplands, 1szc;
middling gulf, 7%4c.
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Oils.
I'LL

WILMINGTON. March 20-Rosin firm;
strained, 9oc; good. CSC. Spirits Of turpen-
tine firm at 29c. Tar steady at 90c Tur-
pentine steady: hard, H.l0; soft and virgin,
$3.50.
OIL CITY, March 20.-National Transit
Certificates opened at S2c highest SIC; low
est, S1Ac; closed, Sl7sc; sales 5000 brls =;
shipments, 1858 brls; runs. a. ,5l3 brls.
NEW YORK. March 20.-Petroleum easy;
United closed at Sic bid. Rosin steady;
strained. common to good, I.l2l2a1.17. Tur-
pentne steady.
PITTSBURG. March 20-National Transit
Certificates opened at S2c; closed at S17sc;
highest, sc; lowest, Size.
SAVANNAH, March 20.-Spirits of tur-
pentine firm at 3Oc; sales, 404 brls. Rosin
firm at Sl.O5.
NEW YORK. March 20.-Pig iron duh
American Sll.5GGl5. Copper quiet: lake.
9ssc Lead firm domestic. 3Z0c. Tin quiet
and firm; straits, 1880 bid' plates steady.
Spelter unchanged; domestic, S.90c asked.
ST. LOUIS. March 20.-Lead weaker at
3.1712c; spelter at 3.65c asked
Dry Goods.
NEW YORK. March 20-There was q
fair business done by jobbers in the dry
goods market to-day. Commission mer-
chants did well in seasonable specialtes
and especially for dress goods and fine
printed fabrics, for which there were some
very good wire orders. Colored cottons
commanded attention. Stylish brown cot
tons were sold Up. and In many Instances
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standard 20 four yards are sold up 70 June.
Masonvlle 36-inch beaches were reduced TO
7I4c net. Printing cloths were in good de-
mand at CSC bid for 60 squares for April.
The tone OF the market Is stronger
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indianapolis Horse and Mule Market.

Horses
Heavy draft good to extra. .s65alOO
Drivers good 10 extra. S0til25
Saddlers. good TO e<tra.-.-.-.-..-.--...- G0uloO
Streeters good 10 eNtra................. Goa 81
Matched teams, good to extra. 0nz0O
Southern horses ana mares............. 3jtJ %
Extra style and action bring better prices.
Mules
"a hands. to years old. .S3Oa IS
l4IS hands extra 4 to years old. ..... 40tg 90
l5 hands, extra, Z 10 ears old....... 65l -
Is hands. good 4 tb Z years old. ...... 5Gfg CD
15lh hands, extra 4 to years old. 900l0O
l5J5 hands, good, to years old. $50 %
Years old. .......................l .l0Oa1sO
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Quiet and Stendy-HOgs slow
and LOwcr-Sheep Strong.
INDIANAPOLIS. March 0-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 200; shipments, -. There was only a
fair demand. The quality was generally
good, and the market was quiet at barely
steady prices
The Bossier banner., 1894-10-25
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
A GREAT deal of country butter
overWOrked.

A GREAT deal of country butter is
overworked. .,..
BUTTER should be worked as little
rs possible to have the milk, worked
out of it.
GIVE the SOW succulent food and
keep her in thrifty condition if you
would have her produce thrifty pigs.
STUDY the prejudices of your market
and supply brown and white eggs and
white or yellow skinned fowls, as re-
quired.
AT the Geneva station experiments
are being carried on with over one
thousand different varieties of berries
and small fruits. -
THE French are conducting a series
of experiments in grating" potatoes
1t is expected to increase the yield and
to hasten maturity.
THE breeding stock must be healthy
and vigorous or the egg will be lack.
ing in vitality, and the chicks will be
weak and debilitated.
The COW in France for the dairy in
dustry is not the Jersey but the Dur
ham, whose beef tendencies are being
reduced in favorof the milk tendency.
AFTER the berries have been picked
it is well to burn over the straw berry
patch. This will not merely kill the
weeds, but the insects that injure the
plants.
10 EFFECTIVELY preserve potatoes
when they begin to sprout, gouge out
the eye skin deep by means of a
penholder. with the inverted end of
the steel pen.
HENS are in the best condition to lay
when their crops are empty. Hence
they should be fed sparingIy during the
day, but have hearty meal given
them at night.
PROF. ROBERTSON has ascertained
that by churning sweet cream at 46 de.
grees temperature all the butter fat
can be recovered, but it takes about
thirty minutes longer to Go the churn-
ing. Ripened cream he chnrns at from
81 to 55 degrees in summer and 5S TO 90
degrees In winter
The Bossier banner., 1894-10-25
Keep Young.

Judicious mental work may help to
lift one out of the ruts of premature
old age. Read and think what you
read. Don't use your mind as if it were
a sieve and you were trying to see how
much you could pour through it. There
is belief extant that knowledge, if
gained at all, must be acquired in
youth. Fallacious theory! Behold
Calico, at three score and ten, pursu-
ing his studies with unfagging zeal;
Cato beginning Greek when advanced in
years; Ogilby commenced classical
studies when past fifty years of age.
Gladstone is as much of the student to-
day as when the bloom of youth man
tied his cheek. Be kind to the feel
ings and fancies of youth, If they
prove perennial, SO much the better.
Don't forbid yourself glad, recreative
thoughtsand action. Don't be ashamed
to make yourself as pretty as you can.
A sensible woman may feel thrill of
pleasure innocent as maiden's when
receiving a glance OF respectful adj
miration from manly form Smile
without affectation; be pleasant with
out being silly-in short, be young as
long az y23 caa.-Kate Fields Wash
ingtop4
The Bossier banner., 1894-10-25

almost entirely to two insects, the
common rice weevil, Calandra oryz@
Gig. s, where the insect is shown nat
ural size, and nine, where it is shown
enlarged) and the fly weevil,' better
known as the Angoumois grain moth,
Gelechia cerealella, small moth at
first sight, closely resembling the too
well-known carpet moth. With the
rice weevil were also found few
specimens of the granary weevil, Cal
andra granarid Gig. G, y.
1.-THE important question for Cana
dian farmers, and concerning which l
was consulted by the editor of the
Farmers Advocate, was, of course,
whether there was any danger of in
PRODUCING into Canada any new pests
which would afterwards give trouble
either in the field or in the granary.
In my opinion, Canadian farmers need
have no anxiety on this score; for
both of the pests have already from
time to time been imported from the
south with various kinds of grain, but
have failed to propagate and become
established. This is due to the fact
that they are tropical insects, which,
although they are very injurious in
the southern states, cannot exist for
any length of time in our climate.
1.-The granary weevils are small
brown beetles little more than one
eighth of an inch in length, which lay
their eggs in holes which they bore
by means of slender beak in the dry
grain. When young grubs hatch, they
complete their growth and turn to
beetles again inside the grain where
the egg was laid. By this time they
have eaten out all the interior of the
kernel The beetles then emerge and
continue the work of destruction.
When grain is kept in store for long
time, this injury may be considerable
in hot climates; but in Canada the
cold of our winters stops their devel-
opment and destroys the beetles.
THE fly weevir has never developed
in Canada even to the same extent as
the true weevils, although occasional
instances of its occurrences have been
brought to my notice. In the south
ern states, where it is very abundant,
the moths fly from the granaries and
lay their eggs upon the ripe grain in
the fields; the eggs of young caterpil-
lars are thus carried back again into
the granary, ard frequently are the
cause of much loss. This never takes
| place in Canada.
Remedy: Should grain at any time
be found to be infested by these in
sects, often repeated experiment has
shown that the insects can be easily
and cheaply destroyed by treating it
with bisulphide or carbon, in the
same way that peas are now regularly
treated to free them from the pea
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