The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-22
HOME AND FARM.

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tons nothing pays better.
Feed only meal to fattening fowls for at
least two days before killing, and feed MOTH
ing tor a few hours before killing.
The Oregon granger very sensibly make
tree-plantiRg on farms and highways an In
dispensable prerequisite to membership
Take care of the timber. Eight million
acre. of forest land are cleared every year,
and only ten thousand acres are planted.
IL is stated that the oranges of Wisconsin
have s25, 600 raised towards a state agrieul-
tural implement establish ment. ms looks
like business.
To write agricultural editorials first re-
auires truths; second, experience; third,
breyitv: fourth, encouraging words to the
industrious; fifth, hot Goals Tor the indolents
-Des Moines Register.
There are two bee magazines which claim
that bee keeping is good business for old
women and children, it being so easy and
profitable. It is this reckless and RANDOM
talk that has run so many nearly to ruin 10
the bee business.
If YOU have been picking or handling acid
fruits. and have stained your l ands, wash
them in clear water, wipe them lightly,
and while they are yet moist, strike a
match and shut your hands around 1t so as
to catch the smoke, and the stain will dis
appear.
CITY people take their vacations in hot
weather by going 20 the country. country
usopIe should take their vacation in winter
bv going to the city. In this way there would
be an Interchange of benefits. The person
whose life is mainly in the country receives
great good by a few weeks In the CITY, anu
vice versa.-Herald OF Health.
The Country Gentleman says: 1.-THE she'd
ding of hair from a horses name and tail
can be prevented by washing the parts al
fected a few times in carbolic soapsuds. Or
a wash made of lard oil, one pint, ana aqua
ammonia one gill, well mixed and RUBBED
in. will prevent the falling OF the hair. we
have found it e~ffectual."
You can save feed and trouble by getting
rid of your poorest stock now. This is par
ticularly true of sheep. Get rid of the mis-
cradle, scrawny ones that you know vii
not winter over, or If they do will be worth
nothing when spring opens. Better knock
them in the head and sell the pelts than te
feed them all the winter for nothing. IL
pays to keep good stock, but poor stoch
never.
Il is we'll known hat leather articles, ep'
in stables, soon become brittle in conse
duence of ammoniacsl exbalations, which
affect both harness hanging in such local.
ties and the shoes of those who trequen
them. The u>ual applications of grease are
NOT ALWAYS sufficient 10 meet this difficulty
but it is said that by adding to them a SINAI
quantity of glycerine the leather will b'
Kept continually ina soft and pliable condi
ton.
A member at a late meeting of the Poto
mac Fruit Growers Society presented
recipe for covering wounds in tree
with a cement of earth and ashes, tempered
so that it will adhere easily, according to th'
plan based on the well known fact that clay
fresh COW dung, gum shellac dissolved il
alcohol, or any other substance making al
air tight covering, helps new bank to form
wherever the old has been displaced. Itsim
plv assists natureto perform her work unde
favorable circumstances. 1t is at leas
worthy a trial by our horticulturists.
AS there is likely to be considerable whea
used as hor Sc feed, we would repeat the ex
perience Of some who have experiments
with wheat for stock. When given to horse
raw and who'll it is difficult of digestion
and brings on flatulence, pain and restless
ness, and when heavily fed with, it cause
many diseases OF the stomach and bowels, b
the swelling of the unbroken wheat. If fe
TO horses, it should be ground and fed wit
cut straw, or cooked and fed in small quar-
tities.-Des Nome Register.
A good washing compound may be mad
ALAEs OaO "a 49, 1
lime (unslacked,) six quarts water. 30
onehour and a half, let it settle and tur
into Jugs for use. Put the clothes into a tn
of cold water over night. In the morning pJ
four pals of water into the boiler, with or
pint of soap and half pint of fluid; let th
come to q boil. Wiring out the clothes frol
the tub; put them in the boiler; boil on
half no ur, and then rinse well in abundan
of water
Method is necessary to a well regulate
house. Without it the work drags heavil
along from Monday morning until Satu
day night. Begin the week properly, ket
everything in order as you go along, ar
the chances are fair that you will find you
self in fine condition at the enc of the wee
A jndicious manager will never suffer he
domestic affairs to become disarranged, b
cause such a contingency involves too gre
an expenditure OF good temper and peace
a family.
DUST BATHS FOR PoULTRY.-Cleanliness
important in lighthouses, for experien
Shows that poultry are unfavorably affects
by the emanations from filthy quarters; an
besides, working in places where roosts al
floors are covered with the d~roppings, is d
cidedly unpleasant. Dry earth in the for
of powder. scattered everywhere, will abso
the bad odors, giving a wholesome atmo
phere to the hen-house, and at the san
time preserve the manure in the least offe
sive condition. Besides these purposes
box of day earth hould be in a convene
corner OF every fowl-house, for the fowls
roll in. Dust from the highway is the me
convenient. Replace the same by an ecu
quantity of good gravel and the public W
be the gamer.
There is no great success in farming wit
out hard work; but it is the good tbinkil
that costs, not the plodding alone. 1t is U
hill business to 60 against the common ju6
ment of all your neighbors, but if you q
sure you are right, 60 ahead, no matter WI
they say. The servant is not above /
master in industry; the farmer must be al
to lead the field and know whether a man