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bred chicken. I killed them all for the table. I divided as profit. Of this the contractor takes 
The stock I am breeding from were bought I one cent, the peddler two cents, and the 
from N. B. White, Norwood, Mass. | farmer gets what is left,—nothing. 
Cows can be kept continually on silage 
HOW “TIPPECANOE” HARRISON 
WAS SAVED. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER. 
Pure Rich Milk diluted with 20 per cent, 
of water will indicate by the lactometer test 
precisely the same as the standard quality of 
milk, says the dairy authority, Henry Stew¬ 
art. Skimmed milk with 10 per cent, of 
water will indicate by this same test pre¬ 
cisely the same as pure rich milk unadulter¬ 
ated, while the richest strippings will indicate 
a poorer quality than skimmed milk with 20 
per cent, of water when tested by the de¬ 
lusive method of the lactometer. It is very 
clear, then, that this instrument in the hands 
of an official who does not understand its 
character, is worse than useless, and may be 
made the means of the gravest injustice and in¬ 
jury to an honest dairyman, while a dishonest 
man may actually use it to cover up and con¬ 
ceal a large adulteration. For it is quite easy 
for such a person to add salt or soda to the 
milk and an emulsion colored so as to give the 
viscidity and appearance of pure rich milk, 
and so pass off skimmed milk upon the public 
without detection by this illusive test of the 
lactometer... 
A lactometer is no “lactometer” at all; 
it can no more measure the quality of milk 
than a barometer can. Its use is to ascertain 
the specific gravity of fluids, and as skimmed 
milk is heavier than pure milk, and the richer 
the milk is in cream the lighter it is, it is 
easily seen how unjust and misleading this in¬ 
strument may be when applied as a test of the 
quality of milk. 
The University of Illinois Experiment 
Station last year planted corn from one to 
six inches in depth. The largest yield was 
from the row planted one inch deep; the next 
largest from the row planted three inches deep 
and the least from the row six inches deep. 
The best depth to plant, so the bulletin says, 
will depend largely upon the temperature, 
moisture, and mechanical conditions of the 
seed-bed at the time of planting—three condi¬ 
tions which are, probably, rarely exactly 
similar in two different places or seasons. In 
the above experiment, these conditions were 
all favorable to the early growth of the corn 
plant; and in such a case the depth of plant¬ 
ing, between one and four inches, would make 
but little difference. 
The above station found by one series of 
experiments that shallow cultivation for 
corn gave better results than no cultivation 
and that no cultivation was better than deep 
cultivation. 
Prof. Morrow says that great as are the 
difficulties of obtaining satisfactory results 
with small plats, there are even greater diffi¬ 
culties with large plats. It is much easier to 
obtain like conditions of soil with 80 one- 
fortieth-acre plats than with 80 plats of 
an acre each. The expense of testing the 
requisite number of varieties in other direc¬ 
tions than that of the yield per acre would, 
of course, be great on large plats and prob¬ 
ably not commensurate with the results. 
Judging of a single experiment made by 
the Mississippi A. E. S , it would appear that 
without pasture, says Mr. Gould m the Ohio 
Farmer. In his recent trip to New York he 
met Mr. Rodgers, of Binghamton, who has 95 
cows that have not seen any pasture for five 
years. They eat silage and about three 
pounds of clover-hay per day for 365 days in 
the year. The cows were certainly fine ones, 
and when one bv chance drops out of the 
dairy she is soon made fat enough on silage 
and bran, for the butcher. 
DIRECT. 
-Farm, Field and Stockman: “It oc¬ 
curred to me several years ago that soiling 
cattle from the green crops that grew upon 
the land could be done with less expense than 
to pasture the herd. Of course, many will 
think that this is a poor way of keeping cows, 
and we often hear the stereotyped objection, 
‘They ought to have some exercise.’ I am 
satisfied from my own experience, and it has 
been proved by repeated experiments, that 
animals that chew their cud do not require ex¬ 
ercise other than the exercise of chewing.” 
-Husbandman: “When the price of 
onions falls below 20 cents per bushel it will 
pay to feed them to stock.” 
-Breeder’s Gazette: “A good cow 
gives not less than 5,000 pounds of milk annu¬ 
ally, from which there are taken out, say, 250 
pounds of butter, all of the remainder being 
either skim-milk or buttermilk. Valuing this 
at 25 cents per 100 pounds, we have about $12 
to represent the value of this by-product.a sum 
which should stand to the credit of the eow. 
The dairy farmer should make pig-raising and 
hog-feeding an adjunct to his business.and will 
find no small part of his profits come from this 
line, if it is managed intelligently.” 
-Colman’s Rural World: “Why every 
man'praiseshis fellow to his face and condemns 
him to his back, is more than we can tell.” 
-Fuck: “About the N. Y. Board of Al¬ 
dermen nobody has any delusions. It is 
mainly composed of irresponsib’e men of no 
character—many of them liquor-dealers 
They buy their places with money and pat¬ 
ronage, and they themselves, for the most 
part, may be bought singly like cabbages or 
in bunches like radishes.” 
-Dr. James Law: “I strongly advocate 
preventing in some way the damage done by 
horns.” 
_Prof. Geo. H. Cook: “Some varieties 
of wheat will yield five, 10 or even 20 bushels 
an acre more than others.” 
_'W'. H. Bowker: “Fertilizer firms can 
not manufacture anything equal to stable 
manure. It should, however, be applied in 
its crude state, because the farmer cannot 
afford to compost it. ’ 
_Supposing that a ton of stable manure 
contains about 25 pounds of actual plant food, 
we cannot afford to haul the 1,975 pounds 
,, „ . .. „ . ... I verv far for the 25 pounds of actual plant food. 
salt fed to cows increases the flow of nnlk. very im D H 
In this estimate the value of the manure to 
Another Trial shows that a gain of 244 
pounds of milk was made with five cows in 
two weeks,or 2 % pounds a day,when milked by 
a thorough milker as compared with the re¬ 
sults of the same work done by a careless, in¬ 
different farm hand. 
An Iowa Decision invalidates all notes 
the soil mechanically is not considered. 
ers’ Review, knowing the decided preference 
of the curculio for the plum, advocates the 
planting of plum trees in the apple orchard. 
The eurculios will collect upon these trees 
and can be destroyed much more easily than 
if scattered over the whole orchard. The best 
method of destroying the curculio seems to be 
to spray the tree very thoroughly with a mix¬ 
ture of one pound of London-purple to 
200 gallons of water; although if the 
object be simply to drive the curculio away a 
mixture of one pint of carbolic acid with 50 
pounds of plaster, thrown over the tree, seems 
to be quite effective. The first spraying 
should be done just as the blossoms are fall¬ 
ing, and should be repeated twice at intervals 
of about 10 days. The importance of not 
spraying until the blossoms had fallen, be¬ 
cause of poisoning the honey bees, was em¬ 
phasized in the address. 
Breed and Feed to a cow, as Prof. Robert¬ 
son puts it, are like two wings to a bird—one 
alone is of little use. The simile might well 
be applied to partial fertilizers when put on 
land that needs a full ration. . 
Bkc’y Fitch, as reported in the N. E Farm¬ 
er says that the cost of milk on the farm is 
not less than three cents, the cost of selling is 
about two cents, leaving three cents of the 
amount paid by the Boston consumer to be 
lUisrtUancoug 
Scrofula 
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate 
Mnkea Delicious Lemonade. 
A teaspoonlul added lo a. alass ol lioi or 
cold water, and sweetened to the taste, will 
The battle of Tippecanoe was fought No¬ 
vember 5th, 1811, in Indiana, on the banks of 
Tippecanoe River, on the site of the present 
village of Battle Ground, between the Ameri¬ 
cans under General Harrison, and the Indians 
under the Prophet, Tecumseh’s brother. 
After the famous battle until the end of his 
days General Harrison, grandfather of Presi¬ 
dent Benjamin Harrison, was known by the 
loving sobriquet of “Tippecanoe.” 
Following his brilliant achievements in 
arms, now more than three-quarters of a cen¬ 
tury ago, General Harrison, together with 
many of his troops, was stricken with disease 
contracted through lack of proper food, and 
exposure to the miasma of that section of In¬ 
diana, and for a time his life was despaired of. 
Several of his command lay tor weeks suffer¬ 
ing the horrors of disease upon the banks of 
the Tippecanoe River, which rises in a lake of 
the same name in the northern part of the 
State, flows southwest 200 miles and empties 
into the Wabash, nine miles above Lafayette. 
General Harrison’s troop3 were threatened 
with decimation, and the skill of the army 
surgeons was employed in vain to combat a 
more terrible and deadly enemy than even 
the hostileAborigines under Tecumseh’s bro¬ 
ther. 
But relief came at last. 
General Harrison very sensibly concluded 
that residents of the neighborhood—nay, the 
Indians themselves—knew nature's specific for 
the disease which had prostrated him and 
many of his command, and instantly set on 
foot inquiries with a view to ascertaining and 
applying the remedies. They were speedily 
found and put to test, and worked like a 
charm. Under their use the stricken soldiers 
were promptly restored to their wonted good 
health and vigor. 
The medicines were preparations of simple 
roots and herbs, cased upon very old-fashioned 
but effective and natural formulae. Their 
intrinsic merits have been known and util¬ 
ized for generations among people living in 
remote and malarial sections of the country. 
Many of these invaluaole tormulse have 
within the last two years come into possess¬ 
ion of Hon. H. H. Warner, president of the 
Rochester Chamber of Commerce, owner of 
the largest proprietary medicine manufactory 
in the world, and whose Safe Remedies have 
conferred a lasting boon upon mankind, being 
recognized as standard medicines throughout 
the civilized globe. 
In 1887, Mr. Warner, after careful experi¬ 
menting and trial put upon the market War¬ 
ner’s Log Cabin Remedies, based upon the for¬ 
mulae which have cured thousands of debili¬ 
tated sufferers, not only on the banks of the 
“Tippecanoe,” as above related, but every¬ 
where where introduced. 
These Log Cabin preparations are designed 
for an entirely different order of diseases from 
those to which the Safe Remedies are applied. 
They are Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, 
Warner’s Log Cabin Cough and Consumption 
Remedy, and Warner’s Log Cabin Hops and 
Buohu Remedy. Suffering flees before them 
as a pestilence flees before the purifying 
breath of heaven, and they are sold every¬ 
where. 
given for Boheman oats. | be tound relreahiug n.,U invigorati ng.-Adv. 
Prof. A. J. Cook, as reported in the Farm- 
rrobably no form of disease is so generally dis 
tributed among our whole population as scrofula. 
Almost every individual has this latent poison 
coursing Ills veins. The terrible sufferings en¬ 
dured by those afflicted with scrofulous sores 
cannot bo understood by others, and their grati¬ 
tude on finding a remedy that cures thorn, aston¬ 
ishes a well person. The wonderful power of 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
in eradicating every form of Scrofula has been so 
clearly and fully demonstrated that it leaves no 
doubt that it is the greatest medical discovery of 
this generation. It is made by C. I. HOOD & CO., 
Lowell, Mass., and is sold by all druggists. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
If 
WM 1 
Best Farm Boiler 
EVKR MADE 
For Cooking Feed 
lor ^tock. Heating 
Milk or Water in 
Dairies. ** in a 11 
Cheese Factories; 
fer Hath - Knnms. 
1 aumlries- Scald- 
Insr Hogs. Etc-, ad-__ _ 
dress J. K. I’PRINTON & CO., 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Will plant Field and Ensilage Corn, Beans. Feas and 
Beet Seed in hills, drills and checks— in hills up 
to 45 inches: In checks from 36 Inches up to any dis¬ 
tance desired. Will distribute all Fertilizers wet or 
dry. Farmers, send for circulars. 
ECLIPSE CORN PLANTER, CO., 
Enfield, Grafton Co., New Hampshire. 
SAVE YOUR MONEY 
BY USING 
OSGOOD” 
U. S. Suadard Scales. 
Sent on trial. Freight 
paid. Fully Warranted. 
3 TON $35. 
__ Other sizes proportion¬ 
ately low. Agents well paid. Illustrated Catalogut 
free. Mention this Paper. 
OSGOOD & THOMPSON, Binghamton, N. Y. 
back, Stiff Joints and Strains. Full particulars free. Price 
S&cto. post-paid. L S. JOHNSON & CO., Boston, Mass. 
10 , 00(1 In use; supersedes the plow; no other tool com¬ 
pares with it; no farmer can afford to be without it; 
entirelv new principles; ground made into a perfect 
seed-bed; has a seeding attachment for sowing all 
kinds of grains. Send for new descriptive circular. 
HIGG&NUM M’F’G. CHRP., Higganum Conn. 
Sole* Manufacturers. New York Office. 139 and 191 
Water Street; Boston Office, 38 South Market Street. 
G rowers and dealers in sweet 
CORN, ATTENTION! Genuine Connecti¬ 
cut grown Stowell’s Evergreen Sweet Corn by ex 
press, $2.25 per bushel. $1.25 per half bushel, 75e. peck 
C. K. CHAPMAN, Westbrook, Conn. 
Clover, Timothy and Alsike. 
Write to S. S. READ. Toledo, Ohio, for prices. 
CHOICE NORTHERN GROWN 
SEED POTATOES 
Early Albino. New Queen. Sunlit Star, 
and Hampden Reality, forearly: Empire State 
Moruimr Star. Thunderbolt, and White 
Lily, for late. Also, nearly 100 other varieties. 
Catalogue free to all who mention the R. N.-Y. 
Gidcllnss cfc Head, 
RUTLAND, VT. 
LARGE ENGLISH BERKSHIRES 
Catalogues free. Reduced express rates. 
A. W. COOLEY, Coldwater. Mich. 
nnifO O flini O Adventure stories by Ellis. Otis & 
HI YS ft ulnLu Kingston. 4 weeks for 10c. silver 
UUIVJ «.UHiuu jy'feoLDKN dawn, Detroit,Mich. 
MACOMBER’S CORN & BEAN PLANTER 
Bent and Cheapest on earth. Send for Circulars. 
Best MACONTBKR, Adams. Grand Isle Co Vt. 
„ _ , , (A C. Stodoarp. N. Brookfield, Mass. 
Gen 1 Agents, j ^ou-ins Bros. & Co.. Chicago, Ill. 
n r S20 PER TON. SoldtoFarro- 
Gorn FeniliZBrS ‘er< direct from our Works. No 
agts. YORK CHEMICAL W ORKS, York, Pa 
I HIVE 1 WEIL IMPROVED FARM 
of 7*20 ncres in Cowley County, Kausas. Railroad 
through corner. Cost 5**25,©OO OO. Will sell for 
5*17.000.00. easy terms. Poor health Is the 
reason. Address 
E L WHEELER, 
IO<» Alamo Building, Kansas City, Mo. 
Wm. Roberts, M. D. Physician to the 
Manchester, Eng., Infirmary and Lunatic 
Hospital, Professor of Medicine in Owen’s 
College, in speakiDg of kidney disease, says: 
“One-tbird die of uremic (uric acid), poison¬ 
ing. A considerable number of dropsy. ODe- 
flfth from secondary pneumonia, pericarditis 
(inflammation of the heart sac) ,or pleurisy, ex¬ 
haustion, indigestion, or the complications of 
apoplexy, hardening of the liver, bowel ulcers, 
etc.” The foregoing are only a few of the 
common symptoms of advanced kidney dis¬ 
ease, and this explains why Warner’s Safe 
Cure cures so many different symptoms, call¬ 
ed diseases, and why it has such popularity. 
Ask your friends and neighbors about it. 
MAMED by Eberliart’s Key. Only 
j one published. Arranged like a key 
i J” plants. Illustrated. 25c. How to Collect 
, . J and Mount Insects (Illustrated), b cents. 
I POPULAR PUIS. t'O., Uhieaao, Illinois. 
University of the State of New York. 
A3IERICAN 
VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
139 and 141 West 54'h Street, New York Cltv. 
loTH .A. N N XT .A L SESSION 
The regular course of lectures commences in Octo 
her of each year. Circular and Information can be 
had on application to 
O. A. LIAUTARD, V. M., Dean of the Faculty 
c %,., 
VANS fon, 
E.W YORK CITY 
S TEAM! S TEAM! 
Quality Higher, Price lower. 
For Strictly Cash, Complete Fixtures except Stack. 
2-Horse Eureka Boiler and Engine, $135 
4 - “ “ “ “ $210 
Other sizes at low prices. 
Before you buy get our prices 
B„ W. PAYNE 6 l SONS, 
Drawer 57. Elmira, N. V. 
