VOL. XXIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY. NOV, 24,1888.
NO. 47
(_l\xtx\j ntitl Jmswcv.
uive your name and pcstomce when asking qnes-
jms. Many queries go unanswered for failure to
observe this rule
Will some reader of the Indiana Farmer give me a recipe for preserving saus-
iga during the winter, and oblige?
Greencastle. Mrs B. F. B.
Ia there a prohibition paper printed in
tbi« State? If so, what is the name of it,
mil where is it printed? O. C. C.
Green's Fork.
The Phalanx, this city, is a Brohlbitlon
party paper. OffiieatNo. 66 North Penn-
lylvania street.
Some of our farmers would like a de-
icription of the Hessian fly.       L. A. B.
Harrison Co.
The fly itself Is quite small, of dark
color, wings almost black. You will not
£nd them now. Indeed they are seldom
to be seen at any time. If they have
risited your wheat you will find their
young in the pupa state, in shape and size
resembling flax seed, on the stalks at the
base of the leaves.. The fall brood of
larvae have done their work in sucking
the sap from the plant some weeks ago.
Next spring the pupae will transform to
flies which will lay their eggs for a new
and larger crop of worms or maggots
which work upon tho wheat in late spring
or early summer. The maggots are quite
■mall, not more than one-sixth of an inch
in length and neirly white. Late sowing
ii the remedy usually recommended for
lie fly, but in a season like this it would
be likely to fail In this latitude.
%nxo gtpnxtmtnt.
BY VINSON CASTER, ESQ., THIS CITY.
A wills lo his children during their
lifetime, certain parts of his property, it
is then to go to his grand children. Can
bis children set aside the will and sell the
property and give a good title to the land?
A SUBSCBIBEB.
No.
A owns land on which there is a mortgage He wants to SMlll8aor€S tnd pvy
bis debts. His wife is sioR; her mind is
Pranged. They have heirs; can they
a»ke a lawful deed? L. M.
If tbe wife be permanently insane then
'lie court may authorize the husband to
convey without the wife joining.
Are pedlsrs permitted to sell medicines
Crother  articles in   Indiana  without   11
<*nse, and  does  it make  any  difference
Whether they sell in a town, city, <>r in the
cauntry? A Subscriber.
Pedlers who reside in some other State,
mMt have license to sell in this State.
Residents are notrequired to have license.
, 1- A father deeds bis son a part of his
jwm,the son partly paying for it. Son dies
ifaviug father, mother, and one brother.
*>hat part will the widow get and what
'bare of personal property, there being no
cbildren?
. - A wills his wife land her lifetime,
Roland to go to children. The widow
■Barries again, can the Btepfather hold the
Place after her dtath? A Reader.
••   Three-fourths.
2-   No.
Must a foreign born woman take out
?afuralizatlon papers In older to legally
f°W property in this country after 1890?
'am of Scotch blrtb, and own property
5*re, but came to this country when a
""nor. A Subscriber's Wife.
-. your parents became naturalized after
°omirig to this country, and while you
*»re still a minor, or if you are now mar-
''«d to a husband who is either a native
0t naturalized citizsn, then in either case
*on- do not need to be naturalized; other-
*'«« you should be naturalized in order
10 hold your property.
.A and B join farms. There being no
'hoe between them they agree to build
ae>  said fence to be on line, and each to
build half. A built his part one year ago,
B has not built his part and says he will
not. What course can A pursue? Also
can A get damages? A Subscriber.
Give notice to build his half of the fence
and if he does not do so within 15 days
then call upon two freeholders too assess
the damages for building it, aud if B will
not build it within 15 days more then A
may build it and recover the damages
assessed.against B.
A dies and leaves a second wife without
children, in dividing the real estate the
widow get* the part of the farm on which
the buildings are all located, the widow's
part being only a life time dowry.
1. Can the heirs in fee simple compel
said widow to repair the buildings, where
they actually need repairing?
2. Can said heirs compel said widow to
keep the buildings insured?
3. In case of loss by fire or cyclone could
the widow appropriate the insurance
money to her own private use, or would
she have to erect new buildings with such
money, she having carried the expenses
of Insurance? J. A. F.
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. She may appropriate the Insurance
money to hei own use.
Written tor the Indiana Farmer.
The Ice House.
BY JOHN M. STAIIL.
I urge every reader who has not an ice
house to provide himself with one without delay. There is a notion that- an Ice
house contributes only to pleasure; that
it is only a luxury. Now, the ice house
does contribute to pleasure, enough to
make it a justifiable institution on this
account alone; and it is a luxury such as
can hardly otherwise be provided at the
same cost. . But the ice house does, and is
more. It favors health, for, while ice
water is unhealthful in warm weather,
water cooled by ice is more wholesome
than water not so cooled, and fruits, vegetables and meats kept fresh and sound
by ice are far more healthful than if allow
ed to become stale or tainted. And as ice
will often prevent fresh meats or vegetables or fruits or butter from spoiling, and
will always permit of their being put on
the market in such condition tbat the;
will sell more readily and at better prices,
an ice house pays for itself and contents
ln hard dollars and cents Tbe man without an ice house on his farm is not living
up to his privileges of either money or
happiness getting.
It is another notion equally erroneous
that an Ice house must cost considerable
money. True, If you desire something
taseful and ornate, you must expect to pay
for It, ln ice houses as in other things; and
I believe that every farmer should have
his premises as attractive as his finances
will justify. Let our homes be beautiful,
though we may not have so many dollars
in tho bank. And it is true of ice houses
as of other buildings, that those solidly
aud substantially built of good material
are the cheapest. Yet, an ice house that 1
kaow from experience and observation
will keep ice as well as the most costly, can
be built at a cost of very little more than
nothing. Let me tell how to make this ice
house. The reader who desires something
more expensive will have no trouble ln
making or finding plans of what he wants
First, your ice house, no matter how or of
what it is made, must be at least twelve
feet squire and ten feet high Inside. The
larger the body of Ice the better
it keeps; and a less body than will be held
by a house of the dimensions named will
not keep well, no matter what the construction of the house. Second, the house
must be so constructed as to hold around
the ice a body of sawdust eighteen inches
thick. No other material for but .-eluding
the ice can be recommended. Third, the
house must be on high ground, or else protected from surface water by a ditch and
bank; it must be provided with drainage
for the escape of the water from the ice,
and be so constructed that there will be a
free circulation of air over the ice.
Now for our cheap ice house. If you
have timber in abundance make a pen of
poles twelve foot square, Inside. Notch
the poles to prevent their-rolling, and
chink the cracks between them. About
this build another pen fifteen feet square,
inside. If you can make the pens larger,
all the better. The poles may be spliced
by laying short pieces from one pen to the
other, and these may be put in at any point
convenient to suitthe lengths of the poles.
Bill in between the two pens with Bawdust
packed solidly as the outerpen is built up.
Cut a door-way in the north side, first
nailing boards up and down against the
ends of the logs to hold them in place, and
then nail boards across to close the opening between the two pens. Poles will do
for rafters and the roof may be of boards
or clapboards, or oven of straw. But be
sure the roof is rain proof. Make the roof
to project three feet, at least, at each end,
to keep rain and snow out of the gables,
which are left open for ventilation. Make
a floor and drainage by laying down rail-
pieces close together and tramping them
solid until you have a bed eighteen inches
deep. Where timber is not cheap, set slout
poles in the ground and to them nail slabs
or other refuse lumber to make the peas.
Nail the slabs to the inside of the posts
and brace the pists of the outside pen.
Some dispense with the inside pen altogether, laying the ice eighteen inches
from the sides and ends and filling in between with sawdust as the ics is built up.
Qulncy, 111.
Written lor the Inldana Farmer
Strong; Manures.
BY N. J. SHEPHERD.
As ordinarily managed poultry manure
and night soil are both strong manures.
Of course considerable depends upon the
kind and quantity of the material used as
absorbent. But as a rule they are stronger
than averpgo stable manure. Of all manures used upon the firm these two are
the best for manuring in the hill and es
pecially if properly managed.
By using dry sollasadeoderizer insufficient quantities, and then storing where it
can be kept dry it is easily made fine and
when manuring in the hill this will be
found quite an item. One of the most important items in applying manure in the
hill is to have the fertilizer in such a condition as to be easily worked into a fine
condition and then incorporating well
with the soil.
The principal advantage of manuring in
the hill is that the same quantity of manure can be made to go much farther if
proper care is used, than if scattered
broadcast, all over the surface.
But well rotted and fine manure only
should be used for this purpose, s it is
next to impossible to properly fine fresh
coarse manure.
When the supply of manure is limlted.a
very good plan of management is to ubo
stable manure and especially all that Is
fresh and coarse upon the field crops,
sweet corn and cabbage. Using the well
rotted manure with the garden crops and
potatoes, applying broadcast if there is
sufficient quantity, or In the hill if tho
supply is limited. With a little care to
use plenty of earth as an absorbent a considerable quantity of the best kind of fertilizing material can be secured for all
kinds of garden crops and especially so
when desired to use in the hill.
Care should be taken to use only a small
quantity, or more harm will be done than
benefit derived. Incorporate thoroughly
with the soil so that the fertilizer will not
come in direct contact with the roots One
year I secured some extra fine sweet potatoes and I was a little anxious to receive
aa large a yield as possible.   I prepared  a
patch of ground spading It deep and thoroughly and then working until in as good
a tilth as possible. The rows were marked
out three feet apart and the seed dropped
18 inches apart in the row. I cut the
seed so that there were two eyes to each
piece. In each hill I applied a considerable quantity of night soil that had been
thoroughly rotted and mixed with dry
earth as an absorbent. The plants came
up well and started to grow all right but
the manure was too strong and instead of
the strong vigorous growth that I expected, the plants were burned up and I failed
to secure anything like a fair yield. Since
then I have used both n'ght soil and poultry manure in the hill,and by using a less
quantity I have been able to secure very
good results.
Etdon, Mo.
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Hedge Fence Building;.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In a late issue of the Farmer a question
was asked in regard to the workings of
hedge fence companies. You ecu tell
Bro. Tyner that so far as the experience
of the farmers of Posey county goes, the
whole thing has been developed into a
fraud.
In the first place the prices agreed upon
were double what any farmer can do the
work for himself, or under his direction.
Not half enough plants were used in most
cases, which conviiced most persons in
the beginning that they were to be victimized. Payments were to be made yearly as the work progressed. I do not remember the exait amount each year, but
it was about this wise: One fourth down
and one fourth the second and third years,
and the remainder when the fence was
satisfactorily completed, the farmer preparing the plant bed to start on, under
the direction and with the assistance of the
agent.
The results were that the farmer spent
considerable time and labor and paid
down the first installment. The next
year the agent appeared, hoed at the
hedge, replaced a few missing plants, collected the second payment, then disappeared f >rever. TJ>e farmer by this time
realized that he was out about fifty cents
a rod in money, besides having bee a at
considerable inconvenience and other
cost, and all with no fence, not even a
good foundation for one. But he lived on
in hope that the hedge man knew all
about his business (which he doubtless
did) as he professed, and would finally
create a thing of beauty and usefulness
out of the ragged prospect. That hope
was deferred until he was heard to exclaim.   Sold sgiin I J. B. E
Dull market for wheat.—Although
there were two mills less running last
week, the flour output touched good round
figures. The week's production was 150,-
600 barrels—an average of 25,100 barrels
dally, against 163,300 the week before, and
155 300 barrels for the corrosponding time
In 1887. Besides the two mills referred to
above, another of medium size has shut
down, so that the capacity for production
is about 4,500 barrels leas than it was a
fortnight ago. Th6re were also some mills
idle on election day. The barrel question
is becoming quite a serious one. With
little or no export trade, the mills have
packed a very large proportion of the product in wood, and the coopers cannot
make barrels fast enough to meet the demand. Those mills in operation are getting out all the flour they can, in anticipation of the early close of navigation.
Not a little of this is being shipped on .
consignment or being stored in the Eist.
Old wheat is : practically exhausted, but
the flour made from the new crop Is usually very strong and fully up to the
standard of former years. Tin flour
market rules very dull.—Northwestern
Miller.