The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-11
HOME AND FARM.

dOME AMI
What the West needs is a prevailing effort
to make better homes in the country and
cure OF the propensity to move into towns
and cities.
Isn't 1t a piece of criminal carelessness tor
parents who have young children to have
cisterus and wells'exposed so that the little
ones can fall in? There are fatal accidents of
this kind almost every week.
Prepare something for the county fair,
but don't do it for the sake of premium,
nor set YOUR heart on taking a premium
Contribute what will interest and encour-
aye others, and be sure not to be annoyed
about the premium.
Lord Bacon never said truer thing than
when he asserted that nations, in their
onward progress in civilization, began with
erecting stately editices, and ended with
highly cultivated gardens. The common
failing is IN building houses too large, and
leaving the grounds naked and unattrsc-
tive.
The Tribune says: And now the maligned
crow has come TO the rescue, and is bnsily
engaged in killing off and devouring the
potato beetles. It may be that this needful
and handsome service may 90 far to restore
him to lost favor. The same testimony was
given by an Indiana farmer the other day.
He stated that family OF crows cleaned his
potato patch Of bugs.
1t has been questioned by some stock
breeders whya bull which nine out Of ten
competent judges in the ring would select
as the better OF the two, should sell for 500
only, when the inferior one sold for Sl4, 500
The odd 81 900 was the price of the pedi-
gree, according to some peoples judgment.
1t is not necessary to kill fowls to get rid
of the lice. Clean out the house and white
wash it thoroughly. Grease the roosting
poles with mixture of lard and Kerosene
oil, and renew it as it is worn OF. The lice
will soon disappear. A little of the grease
rubbed beneath the wings OF the fowls
viii also q Id to b effect
Prof. Hamerton saws: The study of ami
mails inclines men TO steady cheerfulness
All paturalists are cheerful me", unless
there is something peculiarly sad or painful
in the individual lot; and even then the
study of natural history has in many in.
stances been known to supply an interest
which enabled the sufferer to bear his affiic-
ton more easily.
SWEETNESS AND DARKNE- s.-Here is 5. fact
for some of our lady housekeepers. One Of
the difficulties in regard to the purchase Of
liquid or syrup honey in quantity is that il
soon candies or crystalizss. This difficulty
can be obviated by keeping it in the dark,
the change being due to photogra phis
action. The same agent that alters The
molecular arrangement of iodide of silver or
the excited coliodion plate causes the syrup
honey 70 assume crystallic form. IT is Il
this aetiono light that scientists attribute
the working OF bees by night, and why they
are so careful to obscure the glass windows
that are sometimes placed in their hives
Is this instinct or reason.
cHINCH BUGS.
An Illinois farmer writes TO the Tribune
have been close observer of the ways
and doings of these pests from boyhood, anC
long before migrating to Kansas, had cul
tivsted their acquaintance. That they ap
peared more prolific in certain localities thar
in others; that they seemed to pay their re
spects in more decided way TO some farm
ers than Others, my observations soOI
taught me. My curiosity as well AS my in
terest led me to inquire into the causes o
preferences thus expressed from year t,
year, and the following is the result of NJ,
Investigations Many SOW wheat in to,
tall on old corn ground. leaving the stall
still standing. The chinch bug, taking shell
ter in the harbor provided by the stalk
there hibernates and comes out the
ensuing year like the armies OF Cadmus, in
creased as it were by magic, aud prepared {,
devour whatsoever they find before them
The wheat, OF course, first suffers. That har
vested, they pass over without ceremony /,
the oat field, where they again feast aps
gather fresh accessions. Tae oats gathere,
into the garner, they again repair to the corr
where they find rich repast, and confident
Iy expect to find again a shelter from tn
storms and tempests of the approaching win
ter. These observations induced me and
few of my neighbors to gather together an.
burn all the old stalks and rubbish acc mu
lated on the field before seeding. The con
sequence is that while many crops of bot
wheat and corn have been literally destroy
ed by the ravages Of these bugs, we hav
hoar, rauvarded hv an oxeollant tvhaot 49,
and have fisttering prospect for an abund
ant yield of corn, as yet injured by the bus
ORCHARD AND FRUT.-Joseph Cope in tn
Emit Recorder gives a lesson: Young tree