TALMA OK’S SERMON. **THI KINO’S HIOHWA V” TMB LATEST SUBJECT. QoMm TmII “And nn Highway Khali Ha Thera, and a Way. and It Nhall Ha Called tha Way of Holloa#.’’- Italah UH, K-IO. ASII1NOTON, Feb. •i, M9t>. Hev. Dr. Talmage'a aermon for today waa a pic ture of tbe road that tuaoy have traveled and other* are trying to get on and I* no more appropriate for the capital of the na _ , Hun than for all place*. The teat choeen waa lealah ***▼., g-10: "And an highway ahall be there, and a way, and It *hall be called the way of hollne**; the unclean ahall not pae* over It; but It ehall be for tho*e: tbe wayfaring men, though fool*, ehall not err therein. No Hon ehall be there, nor any ravenou* beaat »hall go there on, It ehall not be found there; but the _ . . _j _l.ii__11. . <*n/4 (ha ran. | rurriMWM ■ * t aomed of the Iyird shall return, and corns to Zion with songs and everlast ing Joy upon their heads; they shall ob tain Joy ami gladness, and sorrow und Sighing shall flee away." There are hundreds of people In this bouse who want to find the right road. You sometimes see a person halting at cross roads, and you can tell by his looks that he wishes to ask a question as to what direction he had better lake. And I aland In your presence conscious of the fact that there are many of you her who realize there are a thousand wrong roads, but only one right one; and I take It for granted that you have come In to ask which one It Is. Hero Is one road that opens widely, but I have Hot much faith In It. There are a great many expensive toll-gates scattered all •long that way. Indeed, at every rod you must pay In tears, or pay In genu flexions, or pay In flagellations. On that road, If you get through It at all, you bave to pay your own way; and since this differs so much from what 1 have beard in reghrd to the right way, I believe It Is the wrong way. Here Is another road. On either side of It ars bouses of sinful entertainment, and Invitation* to come In and dins and rest; but from the looks of the people who stand on the piazza, I am certain ft Is the wrong house and the wrong way. Here la another road. It Is very beautiful and macadamized. The horses' hoofs clatter and ring, and they who .Tide over It spin along the highway, until suddenly they And that the road breaks over an embankment and they try to halt, and they saw the bit In the mouth of the Aery ateed, and cry "Ho! bo!” But tt 1* too late, and—crash!— they go over the embankment. We ■hall turn and see If we cannot And a different kind of a road. You have heard •f the Applan Way. It was .three hun dred and fifty miles long. It web twen ty-four feet wide, and on either side of the road was a path for foot passengers, tt was made out of rocks cut In hex agonal shape and fitted together. What a road It must have been! Made of Smooth, hard rock, three hundred and Afty miles long. No wonder that in the construction of It the treasures of a whole empire were exhausted. Because of Invaders, and the elements, and Time •—the old conqueror who tears up a road as be goes over It—there is noth ing left of that structure hut a ruin. But I have to tell you of a road built before the Applan Way, and yet It Is as good as when first constructed. Mil lions of souls bave gone over it. Mil lions more will come. The prophet* and apostles, too. Pursued this road while here below; We therefore will, without dismay, Still walk In Christ, the good old way. First, this road of the text is th« King’s highway. In the diligence you 4ash on over the Bernard pass of the Alp*, mile after mile, and there la not go much aa a pebble to Jar the wheels. You go over bridges which cross chasms that make you hold your breath; under projecting rock; ulong by dangerous precipice; through tunnels adrlp with the meltings of the glaciers, and, per haps for the Arst time learn the nittj •sty of a road built and supported by fovernmeutal authority. Well, my gird the King decided to build a high way from earth to heaven. It should span all the chasms of human wretch •duess; It should tunnel all the mount ains of earthly difficulty; it should he Wide enough and strong enough to hold Ally thousand lullllotiM of the human Ir, ii umu/ ui uinu ■umiRi »irr no horn It ehould lie btaated out of the ••Rock of Agee.'* and cemented with (he blood of tha Order, and be lifted •mid the ehmitlng of angel* and the •aecratlon of d*vtU. The King »*nt hit Bou to build that road lie put head •ad hand and heart to It. and after th< Cld era* completed waved hla h!l»i«red nd over the way. cr>in* It la rtu tebed “ Napoleon paid ilMeen millto* franca for (ha building af tba dlmpla* f««d that hla cannon wight go avei for tha davaatntlou at Italy; but oui King, at a greater e*p*u»* baa bum a read far a Uil'-rent gurpeee, that tht banner* ef heavenly dominion wtgh ceure down over It. Rote* » Klag'i highway, of vouree It wan well hulit Mrtdgee splendidly arched and hut Iraaaad hare given any and eru»W4 tin gaaeangara wha attempted ta era* (lom Rut OhrUt tha King »oui, halld aa auch thing aa that The w«cl Band, he mounts the chariot af hU lave •nd multitudes woeat » th him. nap h. drives ou and up the at cap af h*av»l •mtd the plaudit* af «**'*« wwdWi Tha a ark U dan* trail done gtortWM I) don* magwlRvwally dan*. Mill further Thu road epohea af I B clean read. Many a Bae road H ha come miry and foul because It baa nol been properly cared for; but my teal aaya the unclean shall not walk on thti one. Room on either side to throw away your sins. Indeed. If you want tc carry them along you are not on the right road. That bridge will break those overhanging rocks will fall, the night will come down, leaving you at tbe mercy of the mountain bandits, and at the very next turn of the road you will perish. But If you are really on this clean road of which I hare been speaking, then you will stop ever and anon to wash In the water that stands ! In the basin of the eternal rock. Aye, at almost every step of the Jour ney you will be crying out: "Create within me a clean heart." If you have ! no such aspirations as that, It proves i that you have mistaken your way; and ■ If you will only look up and see the fingerboard above your bead, you may ■ read upon It the words: "There Is a way that seemelh right unto a man, but the end thereof Is death." Without holiness no man shall see the Lord; and If you have any Idea that you can carry along your sins, your lusts, your worldllness, and yet get at the end of the Christian race, you are so awfully mistaken, that, In the name of Ood, I shatter the delusion. Still further: The road spoken of Is a plain road. “The wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein." That Is, If a man Is three-fourths of an Idiot, he can find this road Just as well ns If he were a philosopher. The Im becile boy, the laughing stock of the street, and followed by a mob hooting nt him, has only to Just knock once at the gate of heaven, and It swings open; while there has been many a man who can lecture about pneumatics, and chemistry, and tell the story of Fara day's theory of electrical polarization, and yet has been shut out of heaven. There has been many a man who stood In an observatory and awept the heav ens with his telescope, and yet has not been able to see the Morning Star. Many a man has been familiar with ull the higher branches of mathematics, and yet oould not do the simple sum: ‘‘What shall It profit a man If he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” Many a man has been a fine reader of tragedies and poems, and yet could not "read his title clear to mansions In the skies." Many a man has botanized across the continent, and yet not known the "Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the Valley." But If one shall come In the right spirit, asking the way to heaven, he shall And It a plain way. The pardon Is plain. The peace Is plain. Kverything Is plain. He who tries to get on the road to heaven through ftt# New Testament teaching will get on beautifully. He who goes through philosophical discussion will not get on at all. Christ says: "Come to me, and I will take all your sins away, and I will take all your troubles away.” Now. what Is the use of my discussing It any more? Is not that plain? If you wanted to go to some city and I pointed you out a highway thoroughly laid out. would 1 be wise In detaining you by a geological discus sion about the gravel you will pass over, or a physiological dlacussion about the muscles you will have to bring Into play? No. After this Bible has pointed you the way to heaven Is It wise for me to detain you with any discus sion about the nature of the human will, or whether the atonement Is limited or unlimited? There Is the road—go on It. It is a plain way. “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came Into the world to save sinners.” And that Is you and that Is me. Any little child here can understand this as well as I can. “Unless you become as a little child, you cannot see the kingdom of God.” If you are saved, it will not be as a philosopher, It will be as a little child. “Of such Is the kingdom of heav en." Unless you get the spirit of little children, you will never come out at their glorious destiny. Still further: this road to heaven !■ a safe road. Sometimes the traveler In { those ancient highways would think himself perfectly secure, not knowing I there was a Hon by the way, burying 1 his head deep between his paws, and then, when the right moment came : under the fearful spring the man's life was gone, and there was a mauled car 1 case by the roadside. But. says m> text, "No lion shall he there." I wist I could make you feel your entire se curity. I tell you plainly that out minute after a man has become a child of God, he la safe as though he had beeu ten thousand years in heaven llH maw sllh kt. maw alt.ta Kill stumble; but ho cannot to* destroyed Kept by the power of Uod, througt faith, unto complete salvation. Kver lastingly safe The severest trial U which you can subject a Christian mat la to hill him. and that la glory. It other words, the worst t It lug that cat happen n child of Uod la heaven Tbt I tody Is only the old slippers that h< throws sslds Just before putting on tin sandals of light Ills soul, you can no hurt It. No Ares can consume It. Ni floods ran drown It No dsvlls sal capture It lit* and wsmeted are they "‘he rest tksir sods u« Mud, Mssd ae ihs (low'd wlull IsiM steed, Mr wbere the arh abode. Hla soul la eats Ills reputation I «afe. Kverytiling t« ante Hut. >.•, »ay, suppose his stors burns up* Why then il will be only « change « inveetmente from earthly lu h> avenl se. written Hut you eat suppw* h*s dhaan gwe. down under the hoof u Mil and contemptf* The naaw nil bn an mush brighter In glory "Muppoa hts physical health falls*14 tied nil pour into hiss the floods of svoriaatttt hswiih, and h will nst mabs nay fliflst > anc«. Karthls bubtrncttno to heaven! addition The tears of earth are lb I crystals af heat an As they tnhe reg > and totters and put them thtsugh th paper-mill, and they come out beauti ful white sheets of paper, so often the rags of earthly destitution, under the cylinders of death, come out a white scroll upon which shall be written eternal emancipation. There was one passage of Scripture, the force of which I never understood until one day at Chumounlx. with Mont Blanc on one side and Montanvert on the other. I opened my Bible and read: “As ths mountains are around about Jarusalein, so (ha Lord la around about them that fear him." The surrounding! were an omnipotent commentary. Though troubles assail, end danger* affright; Though friends should all fall, and fuss all unite: Tst ons thing secures us. whatever be tide. The Scripture assures us ths Lord will provide. Still furtbor: the road spoken of Is a pleasant road. God gives a bond of indemnity against all evil to avsry rnau that treads It. “All things work to gether for good to those who love God." No weapon formed against them can prosper. That Is the bond, signed, sealed, and delivered by the President of the whole universe, What Is the use of your fretting, O child of God, about food? "Behold the fowls of lh« i air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather Into barns; yet your i heavenly Father feodeth them.” And will he take care of the sparrow, will he take care of the raven, will be take care of the hawk, and let you dta? What Istheuse of your fretting about clothes? “Consider the lilies of the held, Khali he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" What Is the use wor i; And a harper, and I say, “Wbafis your name?" The harper makes no re sponse, but leaves me to guess, as with hla eyes toward heaven and bis hand upon the trembling strlnga this tune comes rippling on the air: "The Lord la my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Ia>rd Is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?" I go a little farther on the same road and meet a trumpeter of heaven, and I say. "Haven’t you got some music for a tired pilgrim?" And wiping his lip and taking a long breath, he puts bis mouth to the trumpet and pours forth this strain: "They shall hunger no more, neither shall they thirst any more, neither shall tho sun light on (hem, nor any heal, for tho Lamb which Is in the midst, of the throne shall lead them to living fountains of water, and Clod shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." I go a little distance far ther on the same road, and I meet a maiden of Israel. She has no harp,but she has cymbals. They look as If they had rusted from sea-spray; and I say to tho maiden of Israel: “Have you no song for a tired pilgrim?” And like the clang of victors’ shields the cym bals clap as Miriam begins to discourse: "Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath tri umphed gloriously; the horse and the rider hath he thrown Into the sea.” And then I see a white-robed group. They come bounding toward me, and I ! say, “Who are they? The happiest, j and the brightest, and the fairest In all heaven—who arc they?” And the an swer comes: "These are they, who came out of great tribulations, and had their robes washed and made white In the | blood of the Lamb.” 'I HE BICVCLB. Two Chicago policemen on bicycles ran down and captured a murderer re 1 cently. Babylon. L I., arrests and fines 1 wheelmen who ride In that place on | Sundays. A gold brick valued at tlf.O will be one of the prises fur the race meet at i Louisville. Bicyclists must have their rights. But they must also light their lanterns at night. New Turk World. Hu far us streets and highways are concerned, the bicycle Is the wheel horse of reform. Hun Froticlseo Call. Everybody, Including his sister and hi* cousin and Ii * aunt, seem* to be riding * bicycle. Hyracuse Post, Foolish and cat'clc** bicyclist* nr* , | causing more distress than the trolley or runaway hors*'#. Los Angeles Es ■ . r > ‘mm It. A Johnaun, tin- Wftlknown I* A W. W)k'h«r, haa hr»-n daflamd a |,ro. faaaional. and will hutmf.irih raoa lit that I'laM. Ittoyoln l»a» and l,r«nkf»*U are now •lull* Ilia roar In llulttaui *OOl*ly. Tltla arltlva any lliig<-ilng In »»*«? cyviing Itna In tha f*r aon .if a nreftiwlunal valutr, who, for a triding fan, glv»* hla tdan aa an aa i part on I*» ’ *1*0' *f < • nd-hand wfca*t* ____ I Hiring "> wittlar lha *■> >> * of *ot*|h > Afrtaa and dm in Antm- t am aliva with (tangulit* that Hava aw am at* Hoa | i!rad d vt i i I agtia* front lha aouih Itolar 1,-a Hilda la lha naaraal I land A vnaahtna haa lawn mvantad that will i |-aal* UH-la -n on* hwnliad thwwaand | tat.a In a U» f | tlWNhU , tndlaaa | > aaaton of r tiling vana on a •hoot, and aaoh ran i„« a# <«(• a tahal a* , It •*•*** t'rofaa* >r t|*r4 Malvina f thaort that lha *arth la ah-.mi a had • drad HiilU.-n yiai* aht. hat Both* hi •!» I gta'a haa* t*dto -I tha aallnaaig ta oaty i Ian million >rmt* FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Hint. About Cultiva tion of tho Soil sad YlaM. Tharaof— Hortloultura. Viticulture and Plovl rultura. NK of the first things I learned as field work was to husk corn, and my father took pains to encourage me to be a rapid busker. As I took quite an In terest In the mat ter, 1 studied thn various plans used by huskers In hand ling fodder, and the movements of the hands, that I might be able to adopt the easiest aud most rapid way. A man that work# on his knees cannot do the most rapid work, and It Is very wearisome to stoop all day. Home plan must there fore he adopted to avoid this. I want no rack to he bothered with; when I husk corn, 1 have no muscle to spure to waste lifting the corn on to such a rack. It would lake quite a heavy and strong affair to hold a shock such as wo make here twelve by four teen; fourteen hills square, four teen by sixteen, und sixteen hills square. The custom a few years ago was to cut twelve hills square, making one hundred and forty four hills to the shock. Then they got to making them a little larger twelve by fourteen, one hundred and sixty viftiu ii 11 in 10 ine unou*. nww all la cut fourteen hills square, one hun dred and ninety-six bills to the shock. Probably a few cut fourteen by sixteen, two hundred and twenty-four hills to the shock. Hut one farmer that I know In this section this year put up his shocks sixteen hills square, two hun dred and llfly-slx bills to the shock. This latter I believe Is the customary size on the Sdota river bottoms, below Chllllcothe. When I come to think of It, It would take considerable muscle to hoist one of these shocks on to a frame two or three feet high, and re quiring It to be ten or twelve feet long and bull strong to hold It. Talk about getting a husker to bother with such an affair while husking! Just the other day I heard a neighbor talking about his corn cut fourteen hills square. That makes six bushels to the shock, and would weigh, when first cut, something like a ton per shock. When It comes to handling and husking such corn as this, a man does well to plan a little to save lifting. If such a shock Is pulled down In two plies, and the husker gets down on bis knees to work, getting up and stepping over a bundle when be has It busked, where will he have room for the fodder by the time the shock Is husked? When a man works on Ms knees to busk a pile of corn, his hand Is not as free to deliver the husked ears as It should be; neither Is the other hund at full liberty to pick up the next ear. For a number of years 1 have not husked much, but I am about where It Is done, and sometimes busk a little, and know that the plan I adopted years ago, us the speediest, Is sllll practical. I use the busking peg on the right hand. When I go to the shock, I pull down a good-sized bundle towards my left hand. Sometimes 1 get down on my knees to husk this first bundle. When it Is husked, the fodder Is tied and the bundle turned one-quarter uround towards the left. This leaves the butts toward the corn pile. The next bunch taken from the shock Is thrown with the top across this bundle of fodder. The husked bundles of fod der makes a rest for the bundles to he husked, and saves the husker from stooping. Now. remember that 1 am a right handed man striving to get the corn husked with the luust labor possible. The fodder and corn lies before me ready to husk, the tops at my left, rest ing on the bundled fodder, each stalk within easy reach of my left hund. With the left hand 1 grasp an ear; with the right, at one stroke, the right side of the eur is cleared of husks. The 1 left hund Is passed over the lop of the | ear to clean off the silks, and down i the left side, taking the husks to the j base, where they are grasped along ; with the shuuk and the ear broken off and delivered to the pile with the right land. While delivering with the right I hand, the next ear Is grasped with the i left baud. If the fodder was piled at ' the right, aud the right-handed husker stood with ills right side to the fodder, , he could not deliver the corn with the right huud and grasp the next ear with the left bund at the same time. Th« right-handed man, for greatest freedom of action, must pile the fodder lha right, mui (nr groatnat nan* ami tuiufurt ahnuld at on.| tut marly ami ua (inaattila, Tha man working on Ida luiraa miinut ha%»> lha (raa.luw uf «. lion tint t» txuMthU whan atmulina J. M Jauiiaon In t'uiiulry Uauilauiau Ml.Maau Hwrit. altur •! tu«t»«tlum lO.iHtlam.ail (rum hormara' Itavlaw ."UiHiugt i»l*hlf Hajmrt » Mra M H Tru* «( Adrian rand • tuttar on r«4 ra»|il>vrrlaa gha ratatad a Hula nf har aygartenr# In gruwtng r*a|*bwrriaa ami othar (rulla V *> « mart agu It «nM bar a U*>un thought tit nnuanal Ihlng (nr * wnwan M umtar taha auth a uurh, but no* It ta hw»h-4 u|«na la a Htura aauatbla uiauhar f*h> had triad ruiloua (rulla. but had had tha heal auiuaaa With h*r rail raagtwr Mas. uhhh ara tuiM-tu t»na dirtl lUlty with thaaa *a* that th*» agmulad badly, but thla bad baa* largaly ubrtat | ad by putting «u mw4u»I Ui Jantaa Klrh addr**«*d tba «ou motion on tba auhjan uf ir *9 A. ft In h good berry, but the mar ket wants the large Kngllsb gooseberry, j Home of our American nurseries have | tried to get a large American berry, but It has not yet been done. They have succeeded In getting large berries only by infusing the Kngllsh strain, and with It the liability to mildew. 1 bought 20,000 White Hmlih gooseberry bushes from Kngland and put them on rich, sandy soli. They cost $11 per hun dred, and 1 got only one crop of berries from them. They mildewed and I had to dig them up. I bad them on the wrong kind of land. Afterwards I got more and put them In a clay soil. Q.—What have you to say about the practice of picking gooseberries by stripping ofT the berries, leaves and all and running them through a fanning mill? A.—1 would not have any berries picked In that manner, because it take* away the foliage, which is needed to ripen the wood and develop the buds for the next year. Q.—What Is the quality of the Colum bus? A.—-I can’t say, for we do not allow them to get ripe enough to tell what the quality would be. We pick them green. Hauling Fodder.—A writer In Homestead tells how he hauled in fodder. Ho says: We took the rear stake out of the haystack, built up a high rack in the front end and then arranged a walking board with cleats nailed to It, to be used to walk up on the wagon with an armful of fodder, a’ piece of wire attached to the board would drag it from oue shock to the other, making It unneces sary to carry It. Fodder should he hauled when It Is damp or foggy, hut a good time to haul It Is when you have time and are ready. If the weather Is dry It Is best to keep off the load as much as possible. By walking up the running board at the rear end, and building up the load a« you work back wards, ten to twelve shocks can be put on. and there will be no running over It to break up the blades. Be gin unloading from the rear end of the load, and it does not waste much. House, stack like grain, or set It up against a ridge pole. Tb" Growing Colt.—Corn Is the poor est grain food for a growing colt, and is usually as expensive as those which are much better. Oats and bran are prob ably the best for a growing animal, es pecially one that Is raised for work In stead of meat. Feed good, bright corn fodder and bran and outs, or if these are expensive or difficult to get, feed oil meal, mixed with the corn meal to bal ance the ration. Have a warm stable, hut see that It Is well ventilated, and give a clean, warm bed at night, water and salt regularly, and In all pleasant ' weather let them out a few hours each 1 day for exercise; hill when severely cold or stormy It Is best to keep them 111 th** j stable all day. Kx. A (loud Hltggt Hot] The aim of the i skilled shepherd is to keep his flocks in j health, but if some of them should lose , It, lu writing to a veterinarian for ad- [ I x. . ,1. .. i lk, tt,.l • vit I v mil I Km «>milium* «f ili** dl»«*ta* and atv* ill* r« kutt u( all Hi* »t»l#p*>lu* mad*, but ! •tva lu d< tall hla traalmaui o( itt* Meek, j ib,, bind uf I «ud lb*) ruu upon, uht-Uu-r lit) upland »r hi *' It) tit* mj ,.i hu* It* tIt*hi thruuah ih» wtuur Th«> vviertuartan util u»ui all ibi> tact* lu ib* *a*« tally and ekarly ataiad, lu *>rd»r tu mal** a *urr*«t dlaaiittam and lirvwrlba lb* ptup*r r*w**li«* K* td*<« On H»rau* l i»i uiut*r It »« n«it*d Ibal an uuuauat number ul h*»t*>*« u*r* troubled wltb **m«Iu in plain tinaltab. Il*« Tb*) *ut«M b* fad l*b* 4* murk aa ordinary hur**a. and y*i ibe) r*a*ata*»l p****r and ur*t* b*«l luob Ina Mr l» v\ lUyaa. a n*ll bnuuu irataar ul WmHarn N*u Vurb, *()»• III Mlowln* r**lpa fur a*-utu* rid uf lb* beats' Half a pint uf b*rtu*aa lu Iwu n *ll«Mta uf waiar bull lb* Itura# wllb tbit iwK *Hb aa In larval uf Iww ut tbrau da* a batwvaa application* “and an* Ilia >*>d bud afwr Ibat I will at* * a premium (*•> wit Mi !!*)*• K* Vials* Sn«sr. Tho following reprint from Science relative to the augar-produclng capv blllttea of Indian corn (maize), taken from an English paper, may be of In terest at tho preaent time, when the augar beet Ib attracting attention. Ac cording to the article, maize haa au perlor propertleo to the beet for augar purpose*: "A double harvest of augi'f and grain la likely In future from In dian corn. The extraordinary state ment has been made by F. L. Stewart, of Murryavllle, Pennsylvania, that by picking the coba at Ihe usual stage for ‘aweet corn,’ or before the grains glaze and harden, there la Indeed an Im men«e development of augar In the tali eornatalka. Full detail! of many year! of experiments are given by him In aome recent numbers of Science, lie shows that, after auch removal, tho sugarcane Increases from under a pos sible I) per cent, to 16 percent., or sometime* even Ifi per cent, of the weight of the stalk aflei the leaves are stripped otT This Is more even than la found In the sugarcane as grown In I.oulslana, and slightly above result! obtained at Madraa. It should be noted that sugarcane, like maize, la a grass, but, naturally, falls to produce seed save under exceptional circumstances. Perhaps the most extraordinary cir cumstance is that the discovery was not made before. A correspondent re ports In a later number that a farmer’s wife in Ontario, some 4u years ago did actually make her augar from corn stalks. The stalks were boiled and then the liquid squeezed out, yielding, on evaporation, a while and aweet augar. ijeft to Itself, the cornstalk In Pennsyl vania, early In September, suddenly loses nearly all its sugar as the grain glazes anil hardens, and then quickly assumes the dead, dry condition. I'St ihe ears, however, be removed In early August, anil the sugar Increases until i iiu i/i n* |fifiniH’r, »iiu in' if"**" lives on, even Into the next month, un less cut by frost, All kinds of Indian corn do the same, but not the somewhat similar sorghum, from which for many years attempts have been made to ob tain sugar at commercial prices. Corn sugar Is made far more easily than from this or beet, Kven If It proves rather lens productive than sugarcane, corn cane has two Immense advantage* over the former. Its range and ease of cul tivation are Incomparably better, whilst the grain Is not lost, and the leaves, stripped off, arc already used extensive ly as silage. The grain Is far more di gestible at this stage, and Is easily dried for keeping as cattle fodder or for grinding for bread. Again, should the grower wish It, he can still, at mid August, leave his crop to ripen In the ordinary manner. Corn being In many parts of America almost a drug In the market, this doubling of Its use will lie most welcome. Doubtless Improved forme will soon be developed, since a few plants responded more kindly to the efforts of the agriculturist. Already certain varieties have been shown to be preferable, especially the Virginia foddercorn and Holden Beauty. Hire has also to he exercised that the kind grown at a given latitude shall have sufficiently developed for cutting before the early frosts. The crop Is sown In the usual way. The first named kind will give 15 tons of stripped cane per acre, containing, therefore, 214 tons of sugar. Of this, probably, considerably over a ton could be extracted—a wel come addition, surely, to the ordinary profits on the crop. The process of ex traction has to be entirely distinct from sugarcane, as the crushed cane Is so sponge-like that half the Juice Is quick ly re-absorbed. But It Is said to be ex tracted both simply and effectively. Live stock In Kansu*. The numbers of the different classes of live stock In March and their values based on their average prices for the year is as follows: Horses, 852,789 head; average value, 928; total value, 922,878,092. Mules and usses, 96,150 head; average value, 924; total value, 92,225,746, Milch cows, 517,254 head; average value, 924; total value, 912,414,096. Other cattle, 1 258,919 head; average value, 919; total value, 922,919,461. Sheep, 126,520 head; average value, 92.40; total value, 9227,648. Swine, 1,666,221 head; average value, 95.50; total value, 99.164,215.50. Totul value of live stock, 972,929, 258.50. Ther are no diseases of live stock reported except the so-called "chol era" among hogs, and this is common lu counties whore they are most nu- ^ melons; the losses frutu this little-un derstood scourge havo been enormous, Kansas Is overfiowlug with both tor age and grain and could winter to gieat advantage vast numbers more of tattle uuil swine than ate now obtainable at prices likely to permit a profit. iv d Coburn. Dehorning KNporiuu ms. The Agri cultural Kxpertnieut Station at Still water has twice dehorned a consider able number of * uttle. lu uo case has any serious Injury resulted, The opera tion Is Very painful for a time, but the animals apparently soon recover, In m >*t tiiststttee there was some shrinkage In weight lor tt few days, although this might have beep csu>e<| by a change In loud, lu pari. 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