VOL. LVIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, MAY 16, 1903.
NO. "19-
Written  for tbe Indiana  Farmer:
WATCHING   THE   YEARS   ROLL   BY.
By   Sherman   Paddock.
Tm,   I'm   an  old   man of  seveuty-tbree,
A   watch In'   the  years  roll  by.
Fifty  yours  ago  I   Blurted   la  Uf*-.
With   a   bMOtUDl,   fair   young  (plrl   for  a   wife.
Ten years ago sbe passed aw.iy.
Since   then   I've   been   await lu'   my   day
And  watchiu*   the years  roll  by.
There's n  kind of sorrowful Joy  to  me
In  wiitchlu* the years roll by.
In   lookin'   back   o'er  a   life   well   api-nt.
An*  countln'   the  gains made  Ctpt   by  cent,
The money coinea handy and  useiul.   I own
But the good deeds are a comfort as  I  sit  here
a lone,
A  watchiu*  the  years  roll by.
Yps,   I'd  rather be  there   tlian   here alone,
A   watchiu'   the   years   roll   hy.
But  I'm contented  to live  for better or  worse,
l-'or   .ve'ie   safe   anywhere   in   God's   universe.
So 1*11 trust In Him and keep good cheer,
For I may still do a little good here.
\Miilo   I'm   watchiu'   the  years   roll   by.
HOW CAN THE  FARMER'S WIPE SYSTEMATIZE HER HOUSEKEEPING?
Siva Time by Preparing Ahead.
1st Premium.—Housekeeping that goes
on in a haphazard way is not housekeeping in the rinlit sense of the term. There
ure homes where nothing is done until it
is needed. There is always turmoil uml
vexation in such homes, us well as eon-
siah-rflble dirt Some women never hnve
a regular wash day, and, when it is done,
the clothes sit around in tho baaket, waiting to be ironed a piers* nr two at a time.
1,reakfast anil dinner are always gin
"from the stump up," as the saying goes,
anal suppi'i' is niaili* nff the scraps. Such
a thing as baking a batch aaf pi**s or
a aka-s ahead is unknown in such In.uses.
nnd it ina uu-usual tiling to see some one
go tn tin* tidal for eorn, potatoes and tomatoes for breakfast.
It is saial tliat it takes a master mimlto
plan the details of housekeeping and
merge them into a system, but I think
mat. It simply takes a little common
sense, and some stepping around. It Is
the women who do things in* haphazard
v. ay that do the least work and make the
I iggest groan over the awful amount
tliey do. The woman who works by rule,
f.ud in a systematic way, and sees that all
her helpers do the same, is the woman
Who puts the most work forward, with
s.emingiy least effort, and finals time for
ra*st and recreation, secure in the thought
uf a well kept house and preparation
iihead for any emergency that may arise.
I learned housekeeping under such a
woman, and, while I cannot carry out all
of her teaching, becanae I am not that
enviable woman wlmse only business is
looking after her home, yet I learned
enough to know that you save time by
preparing ahead. If there is to be fried
thicken fair breakfast, it is prepared the
night before; also, the meat is cut. the
potatoes sliced and all ready. These
things can be done the evening before,
taking little time  in  the doing.
If there are large piles of dishes to
wish simply wash them through good
s. ap suds, place in big pan anal scalal
Ihoroughly, turn the cups upside down
,,ii an old piece aaf table linen, the plates
and other dishes on edge against the cups
and by the time all are waslned, the
• team will have dried and cleared them
better than  any   dish   towel.
Some women make wash day horrible
Uj puttering around all day about it. It
a woman be able to do a washing at all.
bbe should be able ta> get it out of the
way in time ta> get dinner. AYith this
task as with all others, try t.a l.*arn the
simplest and easiest way to alo it. One
shoulil not allow clothes to l>e worn until
they are so dirty that more than one
good rubbing, boiliiur and rinsing is re-
quired t*a cleanse them.
Sa.me housekeepers save time by not
ironing the sheets, towels, underclothes
oi the tops of skirts: others save it by
ciiaaking simple alislias. and seldom fur-
uishing pics and cakes. I do not believe
in saving time and lalaor in this way. I
want these gauments neatly smoothed,
i'lial the family gets all the pie anal cake
it wants. Hut I do not hemstitch towels
aar waark elaborate taaps f**r cushions. Baking and ironing is mat saa hard on the eyes
und  it  is  strengthening    to    the     nerves
and muscles, while the oilier work is not.
There are many women who find en-
tiia-ly taxi much work about a honse to
put in their time at. It is their delight
to waark. Others need uo pointers telling
how to make homework easy. They simply know haaw taa make it that by letting
il gaa undone. There is no use talking to
cither, for ynu cannot change nature to
any staying extent.
'i'he best housekeepers plan all kitchen
I'uties tai be done in the forenoon, leering
the greater part of the afternoon fan* sewing, reading or visiting. It is possible
tor any moderately energetic woman to
do the same, except, perhaps, at special
times, such as sickness, company or fruit
canning,  may  bring to her.
Batch woman, knowing her own
Strength, must be her own judge as to
how much or how little of tho duties fall-
in 1. to h**r share she can leave undone.
Of all things, she should not overdo tiie
culinary art. Gel the children and hus-
banil tonal of eating food caioked ill one
aar iwaa appetizing forms, and dont sii*k
to try making every new salad anal cake
that you read or hear tell of. A gaaod,
plain cook is the best of all cooks for the
household
Then* are many farm homes in which
the work piles as high at certain times of
the year as it does iu the fields and or-
alianls. Iu this case, the one aiuly way
tu save the heavy labor falling on one or
two, is to do as the farmer does-^hire
strong women to help with the work.
I. M.
Uve a Plain and Simple Life.
2d Premium.—To pursue any business
systematically, economically and peacefully, the manager must be a good planner and executor.
Likewise the farmer's wife, who wishes to systematize her house work, so as
lo save all necessary labor, time and money, must be a good plauuer and executor
and able to carry out her plans in a quiet, peaceful and cheerful manner.
The tirst stumbling block in nearly
every young housekeeper's path is the
weakness of attempting to live beyond
one's means, when first starting. This
w* akness causes them to deny themselves
many comforts and necessities, to
dispense with needed hired
halp and to incur much indebtedness. It
aiso leads their minds from their sphere
of duty and usefulness in their home and
* oiiiuiunity. Thus they can neither accumulate nor be very useful in* the home.
Such a life is a terrible nervous strain
upon   the   followers.
However poor the flnrmer and his
wife may be, their first resolution
should be to live a plain-, simple life,
within their income, bestowing what attention they can afford upon worthy objects, but without regard to public approval or to display.
Farmers are laborers. Their fooa
should be nourishing, healthful aud properly cooked, but need not be costly.
.Milk, butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables, meat
of all kimls and bread of all kinds ean be
P'o.liiceal upon the farm. These, with a
aery few extras, will keep a table good
enough faar a king. Much labor and expanse can be saved by plain cooking.
Better bread, fewer rich cakes anal pml-
limgs. and more canned fruits and vegetables stowed  away.
Use niaare eggs, milk, cream and breakfast foods, ainl not so mueh meat. This
method of cooking would save many doctor's bills, and save much time and la-
lior.
Anothor important line of work, which
in most rural communities belongs to the
housekeeper, is that of overseeing the
making of garden, canning fruit and caring for the chickens, family sewing an.,
the dairy. It makes no difference how
much help a farmer's wife has, if the
house is to be kept orderly, and economically, she must oversee the Booking, fruit
enmiing nnal chicken raising. EDmploying
household help is one of the hardest problems we have before us, and it is the
same wherever we go. When one can
employ a moral, mannerly girl, versed in
,'cl   kimls   aaf   housework,   this   is   for  me
il.e most satisfactory service,    Hut  aach
girls must be well paid and kept in gaaaad
society, and respected in the houselnald.
Ihe neglect of paying due reapect and
according proper opportunities    taa    inch
worthy help has caused this scarcity of
help in the Inline. Where one cannot pro-
aane regular help, the next best subsli-
tule is special help.    Have a lady who Is
I.eat at sewing to conn* one wa-ek early
each spring ami fall to the housi*. au.l ilo
the family sewing. This saves liiaiivtiiiie-
coiisiiining   trips     to     the     dress-maker's
economizes remnants, ami costs saa much
less  money.     BnQiloy    a    woman    who
makes   a   specialty   of   cleaning   house   taa
help dean ami renovate the house in the
spring ami  to  help   wash  the lical  claillms.
Where it is possible it is a much easier
way  io san.I  the milk  to tin* creamery.
A man with wagaan anal team cau ileliver
the milk for llie entira* neighborhood for
i'.', a*a*nts per gallon, which in aaur caaunty
i-, far more profitable than  churning it.
Another labor saving and profitable
way is to separate tin* cream from the
milk in some kind of aquatic separator,
which costs bul little, nnal feed tin* milk
i*. calves, pigs and chickens.
Housework should be planned several
days ahead. Learn the best plans by
past experience, by reading domestic ann
Agricultural papers, and by consulting
neighbors and friends upon difficult subjects. A good method is to lead, and not
follow, as this plan will exert more Influence.
What we wish to accomplish by good
housekeeping is to keep a clean, comfortable, well furnished house, healthful
fooal anal pnavisons stored away, and suitable raiment for the family. We may
also add, business interests well looked
alter, ami a cheerful, industrious, intelligent home circle, well trained in the duties and practices of the Golden' Utile.
Recreation, reading, a miml filleal with
purity and high thoughts will accomplish
mueh in economizing time anal luonej
anal preventing mistakes, anal wil! help
ere to attain a higher and more useful
ideal. Strive harder. Usefulness and
r-urity are rather to tie chosen than public attention and flattery. C. W.
and
A Syatem for the Entire Week.
3d   Premium.—I  live  on  a     farm
lave lots of work to do.
On Monday I put the house in order,
sort the linens and mend such as can be
Blended before washing, as holes in thin
pieces laa'caaina* larger by rubbing. Tuesday morning I gat up at five o'clock, prepare breakfast, put on my wash baailer
while breakfast cooks. After breakfast
I milk flour cows, and then go to washing, aud by nine o'clock have my clothes
out to dry. Then I fix up my house and
have an hour and a half before noon to
rest. Always have a boiled dinner every
clay. I dampen the clothes iu the evenings. On Wednesday I churn and iron.
Thursday is my day off, "my free day,"
I call it. Friday I sweep my house ano
dust, clean my table ware, and get ready
for Sunday. Never leave much to be
done on Saturday. Saturday morning i
do my baking and churning, ami clean
my stoves and porches. I always take
my butter, eggs, etc., to town Saturday
afternoon. I milk four cows and have
•bout 130 hens to cara* faar. There are
four in the family, and yet I very seldom work afternoons, except such as fancy work. I always get up at 5:00 o'clock
in  the morning and  retire at 8:00.
h. H.
Premiums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents
are given for the first, second and third
bes?t articles for the Experience Department each week. Manuscript should be
sent direct to tha Indiana Farmer Company and should reach us one week before date of publication'.
Topics for discussion in future numbers
of the Farmer are as follows:
No. 376, May 23—Tell how to care for
the work horses through the summer.
No. .".77, May 30—Tell how to deal with
l'?e insect pests that cause trouble in the
garden.
No. 378, June 0.—How should the elo-
\tr field be managed, for present and future profit?
Weather and Crops ln Indiana.
Fraam U. S. Weather Bureau, Indiana-
polis, 'Tuesday, May  12th. \V. T. Blythe,
Section  Director,
Norn*.th  gajrllna,
.Vilnius - Plums, chortles .in.l neaarly ull pa*ach-
cs destroya*d lay lata* frosts, apples anal -tears an
tight,   early   "**'■**   nut   *.**...1   ana   later  plantings;
Inparlii*:   to   |.l:nat    corn*    rain   needed.
Allen—Frost kill**.! nearly all fruit, exa*a*pt apples; wheat turning brown, a-ITa-ct of a*otal weather; ..:i!s alaoul all sown; plowing for a-ori: lu
1 is gresa, grouna] breaks **lo*l*ly; rain is needed.
I'.'titon—Favorable weather for plowing, but
ground   hani   anal   airy;   oats   need   rain.
I31aa*kfcard—Hcaivy front damaged frnit l.a.ll.v;
wheat ami grass growing slowly; oats all sown;
most plowing done  an.l  a little oorn  plaatad,
Carroll—Froeats and too eold for a*rup growth;
fruit l.a.lly ilarn.i*:.*.!; wheat aud oats loa.k fairly
,\ell;   corn  grouud   hard  anal   breaks  cloddy.
Cass aiats coining up nicely; wheat, rye and
garda-M look well, bnl growth slow; plowing Tor
aorn na*arly alone, hut grouud uot lu gooal condition   faar  planting.
Wabash Sea rial frosts alnrlng waaek; small
fruit about klllaad: wheat making slow growth;
oats not doing well; plowiug aud planting corn
iu  progress;   rain   needed.
Warren -Wheal In fair condition; oats paaor,
some bela.g plowed aip; plowing well aalvaiia-a*d,
but no corn planted; ground uot ln good condition,   needs   ruin.
White—Oats not doing well; wheat. cl..va*r and
tinaalhy growing slowly; fruit nearly alt kill.*,!;
bome corn planted;   ground  haral  and  cloddy.
Whitley Fine weather for work, but toa'a aialal
foi* erops; heavy frost 4th and sth, some fruit
lift however; \vh**at and grass growing slowly;
oats poor stand; very little eorn planted.
Central Section.
Clinton—Whentfi, oats, rye and grasses look
well, but neeal rain; corn planting under way;
l*.*ae!n*s.    plums    and    small    fruit    practically    all
killed;   potatoee   mostly   planted.
Decatur t'ool, dry; peechee, i*oat*s and cherries killed; gardens backward; wheat, oats anal
grass   loa*.',-   well;   i-orn   t*efng   plant.*.!.
Delaware—Frost inured fruit and slightly
damaged eios-er. wheat looking well; plowUlg
- a I ..ail . ..iitplete.l. an.l planting corn iu progress;
ground   hard   ami   cloddy.
fountain—Oats and pastures look well; gooal
v ha*at prospects; frost damageal clover anal fruit:
Corn planting tindi'r way, lant gronnd airy and
bard; l*otatoes backward; some bog eholera in
nelglalaorhood   of   Veodcrsburg.
Franklin-Too eool unal dry* for plant growth.
lilt wheat ami grass look well; eorn planting
ls In progress;  cut  worms plentiful.
Hamilton—Obo] and airy, rain n.e.i. .1 badly;
fruit   damageal;   eaarn   being  planted.
Hanoock -weiatber favonabl** for work, too eool
for erops; corn planting ln progress; wheat anal
glass   looking   tine.
Hendricks—Frost has colured wheat blada'S ana
linmageil fruit; corn planting ba'guii, ground
broken early la very hard to prepare for plant-
In:.
Henry -Wheat on rich black ground doiug well.
on clay and thin ground not so well; all vegetation needs rain; corn planting under way. ground
nt*t In good eonalltlon; entrants aud gnoselaetTies
bnt little injur.*.!, other fruits promise only light
crops.
Johnson—More than half corn planted In gooal
condition;   too   dry   for   wbeat.
Southern -Section.
Ilanl.H-n—Favorable wa*ek for plowing, too eoa*l
for vegetation, growing slowly; Wheat on flat
(round not loking well: late (roeaea kill.si % ot
strawlM-rries.   uaairly   all   graiaes   and   potato   tops.
Ilulaols—Dry and eool; fruit furthaT damaged
hi frost; too dry for outs; wheat looks well, no
;Ii**s; j.asinres flne; plowing for corn pnagresing
satisfactorily.
Fla.val I Vant lulled cool. all vegetation back-
v*-i:id: is*tatoes rea*oTering from effect of fra-cze;
ma-ailows good; wheat was injured by hail ami
freeze.
Gibson—Corn planting progressing; wheat, oats
nnd gr.a.-s o:i hills look well, not mua*li wheat
left ln bottoms; gardening and potato planting
tackward;   rruit  not  all  kllleal;   rain   needed.
Groans—Unusually eolal for season, lee formed
on the 4th fruit all killed, all vegetation la
backward; wheat la not very promising.
Jacko-a—Cool. dry; vegetation ma.la* slow
growth; plowing for corn anal melons well advanced, and considerable planting done: pea.lies grapes and laerrles seriously injur..], other
f.ti'.ts   promise   fair   crops.
Jefferson—Frost flrst days of month materially
danunreal early frnit nnd strawiaerries and retarda-al
growth of vega'tables; pears, late peaches and
apples o. k.; plowing for r*orn under way, lata*:
wheat,   oats   anal   barley   gnawing   slowly.
Jennings—-Heavy frost and ice on tth damaged
f_*uit of al kinds, potatoes and early gardens;
food week for work, mue*b ground prepared ana
s.ime   corn   plant.-.1.
I.twrence—Frost 4th and following days killed
n est fruit and damaged wheat and early vegetal-Its:    plowing   and    corn   planting   progressing,
Martin   I'r..s* ts   for   apples   good,   there   will
I'lso  tie   some   peaches,   pears   and   plums;   wheat
in  good  condition.
Wham the Emperor of China telegraphed his
cr.i.dolenee to the F.mperor of Japan on the death
of Prince Romateo, he used the English language.
The   reply   was   also   In   English.
rnlil a few days ago John Wanamakor was
believed to carry more life Insurance than any
ether American, his amount being $1,500,000.
New has b»*en Oeetatrtpped l.y his son Rodman,
Who, tu a.l.Iiii.,n lo the million which he carried
f..r some time, lias taken out auother policy foi
au  equal   amount.
An Ohio health food company has Just Kast a
saalt brought against it by a retailer in Ger-
it any. who ilemaiialed $500 damages because in
the pictures which the company put on cartas.ns of ils gnosis sent to the plaintiff the nose
oi th** Empress a.f Germany was so blurred that
It appeared lo he missing. The retailer alleged
that Ihe damage to the Empress' nose made it
impossible for him to sell the goods.
Among the twenty girls who took part ln an
amateur comic opera performance in Philadelphia the other evening were fifteen whose fathers
are millionaires. It is said that the girls in question repreaented some $40,000,000. The affair
was the biggest event among the Hebrews ot
Philadelphia for twenty years. A tralnload of
wealthy New Toners went over specially fo take
pan in or witness the performance, which was
given under the auspices of the Mercantile Club.