The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-06-30

or ice; skim Just before the milk is sour and
churn twice per week. Keeptne dairy, sum-
mer and winter, at from fifty degrees TO six
ty degrees temperature. In winter feed the
COWS with hay made from grass cut while in
bloom, wheaton bran, marigolds or
carrots; and in addition to all
] these varieties. don't be afraid
of adding the liberal minded allowance OF
three quarts of corn meal. Let the cows run
in the yard every day with an open shed
around the north, east and west sides and
have in racks, every day, where the cows
can eat at the same time without horning
each other. either sweet corn stalks, oat
straw, barley straw, or hay OF a different
quality to what they eat in the stable; keep
| the stable about the same temperature as
| the dairy Recollect there is more depends
on the cows being kept comfortable and
happy than in modern manipulations OF
butter etc. and rest assured that many of
our grandmothers' and great grandmothers'
good, old-fashioned ways are not yet ex-
celled. .l-a sfrscr u ~ a
BETTER THAN DRAINAGE. : F. Whiting
gives lesson in the Tribune on an impor-
tant subject, which is exhaustive and the
only sound doctrine: 1 can tell my ex-
perience OF manv years, and the results are
so satisfactory that were l assured that so
years more are to be allotted me / would
continue the 81 stem till science or sagacity
demonstrated better. The earth closet is
over a stone vault 5x6 feet, and 21x feet
deep, the bottom even with the surface of
the earth, and tagged with fiat stone. IL is
not located at the remotest corner of the
farm or garden even but so near
the rear hall and kitchen doors
as to be accessible in all weathers.
night or day, without stepping on the
ground At the outset it has thin cover
ing of coal ashes or fine earth, one half inch,
over the bottom. L suppose one or the
other OF these can be found in most country
places. From day to day dust coal ashes
not wood ashes-are thrown upon the fecal
matter. Road dust is excellent as an alb
sorbant. Into tie vault are thrown cham
Der emptyings, sweepings of carpets, refuse
feathers, aud chickens offals- For con-
venience the whole top OF the seat has
hinges so that it can be raised as we'll as the
separate covers, so as to save them from
being fouled with ashes. etc. Of course the
top and the covers MUST be kept closed. A
door is on the rear side of the vault, with a
good fit, and the contents to be shoveled out
occasionally-two or three times dur
ing summer-in cool weather needs
il less frequently. Che more fire.
quently it is done the less ashes or dry dust
are needed, and less liable to become ofien-
sive. / have bin under coyer at the barn
where throw the contents Of the vault, and
near the hen roOst, the droppings of which
are mingled with the other. Two or three
days before using they are shoveled over
and mixed, and soon heat, and when SHOW
eled into cart or wheelbarrow become we'll
pulverized, and are the most valuable fertil-
izer of the farm. These accumulations from
only small establishments amount to forty
or fifty barrels annually, and the shoveling
is less offensive than a horse COW stable.
Above in the closet it is very seldom that
any unpleasant odOr is detected. Soap suds
are carried out in pals Immediately after
washing, and all fruit trees and vegetables,
house plants, flowers and lawn are fertiliZed
with them as systematically as any crop on
my ''ten acres" If the idea of such care and
/ labor, with freedom from malaria and fever,
is more Tepulsive than neglect and resulting
intensified nuisance, then there is no room
for further discussion.