The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-27
HOME AND FARM.

n. c. Meeker writes the New York Tri-
bune that thu Delaware grapeis grasshopper
proof. Those scourges touch neither the
leaf nor fruit.
The season has now arrived when good
butter can be made in Indiana Whoever
fails now does so through ignorance or care
lessness. The latter is really the principal
cause.
Isaac Adams, the printing press man, has
conceived the novel idea of raising for
est in his native village. East Moultonbor-
ough, n. H., and has purchased the entire
title Of the little place.
| An exchange says: Thirty cents per
pound Is offered for Connecticut seed to :
bacco on the poles, and there is a lively
speculation going on in this staple, owing
TO the short crop of Kentucky. The buyers
are said to be exporters for Havana and
Hamburg, where the stock is made up and
sold for pure Havana" and then imported
by us. What unprejudiced and discrimInat-
| ing men smokers must be,
President Clark, of the Amherst Agricul-
raj College, corresponding with a friend,
writes: "I have a squash in harness to test
its expansive power. 1t has already lifted
], 100 pounds, and is now under the pressure
of 200 pounds, which doubt not will be
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visitors, and the wisest among them stand
in awe as they see how wonderfully the
vital force controls the chemical and physi-
cal forces in its desperate efforts to accom-
plish its mission in building squash"
Speaking OF the Colorado fair Mr.. Meeker,
the founder of the Greeley colony, says:
This has been agrasshopper year. For sew
eral weeks during August and September
these insects or animals or birds covered the
farms to the amount of forty or fifty bushels
to the acre, and one would suppose that the
vegetable and floral display would have been
Insignificant, but on the contrary it was ex-
ceedingly fine. Squashes, turnips, beets
potatoes, and all such things were abundant
and large. The Early Rose potato is the
universal favorite, but no success is had with
1t unless planting is done in the first part of
June.
A lady who has lately undertaken school
in the country writes that everything is
hopeful In the prospect, but she says: "I
don't know just what am to live on.n The
family with whom she boards depend mainly
for subsistence upon the dead bodies of the
festive swine, and the young woman abhors
pork diet. There are extreme views on
this subject in both directions. In farm life
IL is necessary to use some pork, a good deal
of it, in fact. But constant and indis-
eliminate diet of pork is an awfnI outrage OF
the human system, physically, mentally
and morally. The everlasting fry of hog is
enough to degrade the noblest of Gods
creation, and it does.
FANCY GRArES.-For those who desire to
offer an embellished dish of iced grapes the
following are the directions how to do it:
Take large punches of ripe grapes and re-
move any that are imperfect; tie string in
a loop to the top of the stem; strain into a
deep dish, sufficient quantity of white OF
egg; dip the punches of grapes into it, i'm
mersing them thoroughly; then drain and
roll them in dish of powdered loaf sugar
until they are completely coated with it.
using your fingers to spread sugar between
the grapes; hang up the lunches by the
strings. in a warm place, till the icing is en-.
tirely dry. Send them to the table. at q
party, in glass dish.
A MONSTER APPLE TREE.-One likes tc
read sbout.the immense apple trees which
{ are part of the home memories. The South
Berd Tribune speaks of one: Thomas Dun
ham and wife returned Thursday from &
visit of some weeks to Northumberland. Pa
Mr.. Durham brought back with him a large
, and handsome apple as a memento from
, noted tree standing in that place. tits in thu
, yard of G.. Everd, and is 100 years old. Its
! hight is 60 feet. and four or five feet from
\ tDo STOu0u us Is Ten I6oL aQ(
/ Eve inches. So long ago as 1916 IL bore 81
bushels of fruit, 26 of the apples filling hal
! bushel measure. One of them weighed Q
. ounces. Its yield this year will not fal
short of 40 bushels.
) The MAD ITCH.-Some folks don't know
what this terrific fatal disease of cattle il
nor how it originated. The following writ
ten ia reply to an inquiry throws light OF
the subject: IT Is known with us as the mac
: itch or dry murrain. The animal will otter
rub the flesh OFF the head, and have seel
= them where the sight was also destroyed il
!, their attempt to allay the itching. Ate
!, death (f he will go to the trouble to ex
. amine) he will find the many folds of tn
> stomach completely closed so there is n,
: natural action. The remedy is one quart O
a castor oil, and if this does not give relic
= repeat until relief is obtained. The cause i
!, feeding on dry feed without sufficient water
n often where hogs have been fed on greer
; corn-stalks.
q A GOOD ABsoRBENT.-It is pretty discour
q aging to say anything about economy il
manures and fertilizers in Indiana when al
most everything of the kind is recl<lessl,
thrown away. But the following from tn
American Agriculturist is good and may b
u noted by some man of sense who has
i garden: Road-dust should be gathers
& before the season closes. This is tn
Q most convenient absorbent the farm
g err can command, and a few barrel
g of it will save large amount of ammoni
v In the hennery, the privy and the stable
1 Hens should have large open box of
: under cover, where they may dust them
n selves at their pleasure. 1t is an excellen
II thing to have in the stable, and when SAT
r urated with urine makes a valuable fer
! tilizer. The fneness of the dust, contin
d uaily ground by the iron tires and hors
Il ia n favorable m,
IF is best-indeed sand, whether from the roa
: or elsewhere, is of but little use as a deodor
T" izer or absorbent.
WAEAT TURNS TO CHEss.-It is commo
! | for sciatifin and Agricultural man to snee