The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-10
HOME AND FARM.

than TO the farmer. the
reading farmer and him who does not read
there is q greater difference than between
the fine bred horse and the pores
scrub stock. Read and rest, work and dlgest,
mentally. and then an active and prlgnt
mind may be found in a firm and strong
body.
A HINT TO HUNTERs.-Never carry your
gun with the hammer down on the caps.
At half-cock is the proper position; then, ii
the locks are well made and in good order,
it VIII be almost impossible for the gun to
be accidentally discharged. Even at full
cock there is less danger than with the ham,
mers down. This is true, and every man
and boy who ever carries a gun snouio
know an d remember 1t. 1t Will save many
lives. Numbers might have been saved mao
this advice been heretofore needed.
To this plan of Mr.. Van Wyck's for saw
ing cabbage one more suggestion may be
added from the Germantown Telegraph, as
follows; Select a dry part of the garden,
dig trenches of sufficient depth to receive
the cabbage roots and stalks up to the head;
into these trenches transplant the caooages
heads up of course-fll in the dirt care
tully about them up to the ~heads-plant four
short posts, two of them being higher than
the others to give a pitch to the rooi-Iay
upon these a number of bean poles, and
HDOn THESE THROW StIdWg COAA-AOOOCA VI
bean -haulm protecting also the sides, and
your cabbages will keep until May. Where
there is a fence only two posts will be neces-
sary. that being employed as the apex OF the
cover or roof.
A good deal of spring work may be done
up now, saving time and gaining a double
advantage by being in season. A writer
saws: There is so much needed winter work
on every farm, such as blowing when the
weather will permit, the saving and hauling
OF manure, the repairing of fences and
gates, constructing drains, ETC., etc., that IT
would seem the true policy for farm hands
to be hired for the year rather than for a
portion of the year only. The farm teams
should always be doing work enough to pay
for their keeping. But how can this be done
in winter.when the farm hands have been
discharged? Besides, this turning hands
OF. 10 idle away their time for four or five
months. does it not exert a most demOraliz-
ing influences upon them?
CLOSING CRACKS IN STovEs.-It may be
convenient to know a ready method OF
closing up cracks, which are not uncommon
in cast iron stoves; and we are assured that
the following receipt is a reliable one: Good
wood ashes are to be sifted through a fine
seive. TO which is to be added the same
quantity of clay finely pulverized, together
with a little salt. The mixture IS 10 be
moistened with water enough to make a
paste, and the crack of the stove filled With
il. Tins cement does not peel off or break
away, and assumes an extreme degree OF
hardness after being heated. The stove
must be COO. when the application is made.
The same substance may be used in setting
the plates of a stove, or in fitting stove pipes,
serving to render all the joints perfectly
tight.-IDdiana Farmer.
There is a man in this State who sells
fruit in this city and probably in Cincinnati
also, who can dispose of his peaches and
apples without the least difficulty when
other people find no sale. The secret of 1T
is that ne has learned the trick of honesty.
Very likely be is an honest man at heart.
But whether he is so or not, he finds that
the most rigid adherence to honor IN his
business pays. IL a box of his peaches or q
barrel of his apples, as you go down through
as we'll all the way as they appear on the
outside. There is no trying TO sell al in
ferior article by putting it out of sight, to be
foundb by the customer after he has made the
purchase. Those acquainted with his brand
don't care to ins@ect before buying. The
order is: Send me a box of Mr.. So-and-so's
peaches, or a barrel of apples. And they
refuse sometimes to take any other, even
when another article may happen to be
equally good. No, it is his, or none. There
is wisdom here for those whose heads are
long enough to see it.
AEEF n fAOo WAfh'
In a long address on the care of hogs thii
suggestive passage occurs: The choice Q
food for f~attening hogs depends mostly upor
its relative e~heapness and convenience. Blu
tbs more to the purpose here to notice the
fact hat no fat is made until the needs O.
the animal to furnish its animal warmth anC
the carbon to be used up in the process o
breathing are supplied. When these needs
are met the surplus goes to make fat. l
there is no surplus no fat is made. If tb'
demands upon the animal's physical system
are excessive, by reason of exposure to cold
and the waste of heat is great in conse
Quence the production of fat is proportion
ately lessened; 1t may be then either yer,
small, or stopped altogether, or it may b
that the animal is obliged to consume more
food TO supply the greater demand upon ITS
system. Herein lies the secret of the WASTE
OF food by exposure to cold, and the econ
omy OF warmth and comfort. The presen
year corn is scarce and dear. 1t will there
fore be more than usually necessary to So
that fatteGing hogs, as well as store hogs
are comfortably housed and kept warm
The earlier, too, that hogs can be fatteneo
the less will be the waste OF food in main
tanning the animal heat.
PLANTING BULBs.-In planting bulbs, sue
as tulips, hyacinths, etc., there is much tim
saved in the fact that varieties can be ha
that when planted at the same time will Civ
blooms along as the season progresses; bu
the masses OF those who grow bulbs through
out the country, as a rule, do not buy eac
and every new thing, but they look to a con
tinued bloom of their own and exchang
bulbs with their ~neighbors. In order, there
fore, to have blooms from early to lat
spring they prepare their ground CAREFUL
and deeply, placing a little of the best {
manure at the base of the digging, and the
then plant their bulbs, at times Varyin
from ten days to two weeks between times
say from 10Th October to Goth November
The first paintings come forward and bloor
in spring, just as much earlier as they weT
planted in the fall. In this connection L
me say, simply as a reminder-for it hs
been repeatedly written-if you have a larg