The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-20
HOME AND EARN.

1t is in good time yet to plant bulbs for
early spring flowers. A bed of hyacinths in
the spring is an inspiring sight abundantly
rewarding the trouble by the pleasure it will
give.
1t has been ascertained that grain looses
fifteen per cent. by being allowed to become
dead ripe-ffteen per cent from what it
would have been had it been cut in the
early dough or last stage of the milk state.
There is also difference of five per cent. in
the bran in favor of early cutting.
We waste grain, land, fuel, fruit, fodder,
food, everything, in fact. that is produced
by labor. But the waste Of fertilizers and
msnures is probably the most expensive
of all the forms of wastefulness to which
the farmers of this country are addicted.
A dairymsn and doctor blurts out this
piece of true gospel: The proper department
of the woman is the household, and the cow
house has no claim upon her. With equal
justice might women be called upon to drive
oxen and horses, because men are often
equally unkind to them.
A gentleman says that after losing 100
chickens by cholera, he found that table,
spoonful of soda mixed with a quart of milk
and given with the food, was a cure. An
other one says: used Browns Essence OF
Jamaica Ginger. Take of this one table
spoonful and put it in enough of water to
mix into dough one quart of meal, and feed
three times daily.
J. NJ. Reeder, of Madison county, Ohio.
says: When 1 am cutting my corn, or
husking for my hogs, select the finest ears
strip off the husks, except enough to tie two
ears together, then hang on pole in some
dry, safe place, where 1t can dry out before
cold weather comes. The consequence is
my corn never fails to grow.
Most of our stock men do not need to be
told that there is no profit in feeding stock
that is past its prime. 1t is waste of feed
and money. As soon as any animal begins
to fail it should be disposed Of Old cows
old oxen, old sows, and old hens, form the
bulk OF the stock upon many farms. The
young animals are sold off. This is the re-
verse of what is wise and profitable
Another fact of equal value pertains tt
| the breed of stock. There is not much
profit in feeding scrub animals.
FALL GARDENING.-Mrs. NJ. f. Davis
writes very iritelligently on work that Cal
be advantsgeously done now in the garden
Now, within fortnight, is the time to SOW
early cabbage and lettuce; the last viii
| come into use early in the coming year. tn,
first be ready to transplant the very frs
spell of gardening weather after the euui
noxial storms. Early cabbage should be OF
hand surely by the first of June
and / have had them simulta
neously with peas and rawberries, by way
ofcontrast and variety. Onions should al
ways be planted in the fall to save time il
spring, as also. to forward them. Thos,
who have not raised sets may SOW seed now
and by giving slight protection have SET
ready to transplant by June |
A good variety of hardy Irish pc
tatoes may be planted and thu
patch covered with straw. If they come uI
too soon to throw dirt over the tops. Thes,
potatoes will be early, but the chief advan
tage is to save spring time when 80 mucl
presses on us. Now is good time to Sc
out straw berries, and raspberries should b.
cleaned out, worked and heavily mulched
MulchIng is pet business with me
perhaps, but considering the par
it plays in suppressing weeds, enrichine
ground, and protecting from the effects O
frost, think hardly overrate its value
An easy practice of mulching is to sow oat
with turnips, green's of all kinds, and witt
strawberries. With freezing weather it will
die down and afford even, ample protection
| But oats are not sufficient protection for DO
tatoes or raspberrics. The most successful
cultivalor Of raspberries / know, mulche
heavily about once in three years.