The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-15
HOME AND Farm NOTES.

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the vent of barrel of wine or cider, and the 7
other end inserted into a vial of water, will J
prevent the air from entering the barrel
while the gas escapes through the water. ;
Make the barrel otherwise tight. When
the ciuer or wine is done working, the
water in the bottle will cease bubbiing.
1t requires no filling up, as there is no loss.
Prof. Arnold in long address has this re-
mark: Though generally very simple OPP
Grafton, churning really needs closely look
ing after. More good butter is injured in
churning than in any other way. The grain
of the butter is worn out by too much mo-
ton and friction in the operation. Churns
have been invented by the thousand to save
labor and bring butter quickly, yet nothing
has ever proved equal to the old dash churn
for quality.
Instead of farming as well as they can,
there are thousands of farmers who manage
Just about as badly as it is possible to do
and do anything. Their system is to take
away from the soil constantly and return
nothing, to waste half the crops raised, to
raise but small crop TO begin with, to keep
| in debt, to raise the poorest stock known, to
keep it in as bad order as possible, to drift
straight toward bankruptcy, and thus make
life as wretched as possible. The profession
is then saddled with all the blame.
MoTH TRAP.-A writer in French hQrti-
cultural journal relates this suggestive ex-
perience: After sunset place in the center
of my orchard an old barrel, the in
side of which have previously well tarred.
At the bottom of the barrel place lighted
lamp. Insects of many kinds, attracted by
the light, make for the lamp, and while cir
cling around it strike against the side of the
barrel, where, meeting with the tar, their
wings and legs become so clossgrd that they
either stick fast or fall helpless to the bot
tom.
A Practical VIEw.-Says the Inter-Ocean:
: Western farmers in want of market, and
DESTROYS of finding one in foreign countries
J across the Atlantic, should remember that
one mandatory at home employing 100
5 men will support an additional 500 people.
Three hundred families will disburse an
nually on the average, $3.50, or $40. 900 in the
aggregate. This money will be drawn into
n the town from the outside, where goods arc
consumed, and the interest of these S75, 600
at ten per cent. would be $500. Three
hundred families too, would require houses,
thousands of pounds of agricultural produce,
and thousands of yards of cotton and WOODEN
goods, thus giving health and impetus to
every branch of business.
The MODEST SUNFLowER.-Somebody
praises utility and beauty combired in the
following strain: The sunfower is very
: useful. Its leaves soon become large enough
TO be used as a covering for young cabbage
: and tomato plants. Its stem affords an ex-
cellent bean pole, and when dead in the fall,
if cut up and kept dry, it answers well for
kindling wood. The leaves can be plucked
off through the summer without injury to
the plant, and dried for fodder, or fed green
to ruilch cows and horses. Its seeds make a
fine oil, or chicken feed. 1t is said to be an
absorbent of malaria, and is often cultivated
r.rNff hot
occupy low places.
In visiting fair or any large rural assem-
W bly, the most striking feature Of the scene is
the great proportion of uncultured women
a Many are physically broken down before
their time by overbearing of children and ov
erwork at toe same time. The young womer
lack tidiness and physical beauty that come
of cultivated mind. Nature will Away
make an attempt at bloom and beauty in tn
II young maiden even under adverse circum
stances. But among our farming people, tn
excellence of wOmanhood is early obitera
ted, in fact il is never half developed. Cor
-, sequently the mothers of the race are i'll pre-
@ pared for their high function. The most III
re, gent need of this generation is the elevation
rs culture and improvement, both PHYSICAL
and mentally, of women.
There is no profession, perhaps, in whic
W; farming. Baths, cleanliness, wholesom
diet, personal tidiness, are not thought abou
by great number, to speak within bound
Yet these things are specially important |
the hard working farmer. He should NJ
mt bs doubled up with rheumatism. and nee
is not be IL he take proper care of himself
the start, and all the way through. 1t
true the farmer must labor, and sOmetim,
be exposed to cold winds and rain storm
But the danger comes to man in the san
way that 1t does to horse, in neglect aft,
the exposure is over. A warm bath, a or
rubbing and change of underclothes are O.
ITS sential to both comfort, health and Ion
life, after severe exertion and fatigue.
The Rural New Yorker has this paragraph
The education of the girl as housekeep.
should be begun by the mother early, col
tinued until the marriage of the daughte
and no other duty of the mother nor stud
of the daughter should interfere with i
This and the school education should go @
simultaneously. If anything is to be pos
poned, let it be music and drawing, an
philosophy, which, as experience shows al
usually unattended to and impractical aft
the "happy event." The more and high,
the education the better. But let us have
- real and practical instead of a sham educ
- ton.
A CHEAP FERTILIZER.-A corresponds
of the Chataugua Farmer says: purchase
five pounds sulphate of iron (copperas
took two common pork barrels, divided Il
iron and put half in each barrel, and FILE
with water When washing days can
the suds were thrown into the barrel
osa making the mixture as black as in
This was late, July 90. OF course
hadn't it in season to water early bean
BUR but 1 commenced watering halt
patch number one, butter-bush BEANS
xey had picked them twice and taken to marke
Did not expect to get any more. 1 water,
them with the above solution three or TO,