The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-02
HOME AND FARM.
DOMESTIC MATTERS.

lower range of prices. Oats are more proht-
able than barley unless the latter brings q
good price.
Mold in cellars may be destroyed by
burning sulphur in them while they are
tightly closed. The cellar should, OF course.
be thoroughly ventilated afterwaro, before
being entered by any one.
Experiments recently made In England
indicate that wagons are most easily drawn
on all kinds OF roads when the fore and hind
wheels are of the same size, and when tne
pole lies lower than the axle
Breeding sows should be penned by them
selves and fine cut straw furnished for bed
ding. They should be fed daily few roots
and potatoes Corn alone Is too stimulst-
Ing and tends to produce feverish, excits-
BILE condition.
Seed grain for spring sowing should be Sc
cured and put in readiness. 1t is important
to have barley free from oats, as quite diff
ference in price is the result OF much mix
ture. Briuing the grain is the best way TO
remove the oats.
1t is good plan to keep a small field near
the barn for growing roofs. Even one acre
heavily MANFRED and thoroughly titled
would be found very profitable. After two
years. thorough culture the expense is
greatly lessened- Grow mangolds for cattle
and carrots for horses.
In boiling potatoes for pigs, says the Gar
dener's Chronicle, they should be strained,
as the water from them is injurious to less
or greater degree, as it contains the poison
Gus alkaloid called solanine, which, 1t
should be noted, is more abundant when
the tubers begin to bud out.
Twenty i've or thirty cows were poisoned
TO death 10y eating broom corn in Boscopel
Wis. II was thought at first that the cows
had been purposely poisoned by the owner
of the broom corn fisld, but on the following
day COW was purchased by the authorities
and turned into the field. After eating i've
hills OF the corn she dropped dead.
dairyman says concerning the winter
keen of a herd of cows: ''In the winter of
1873 we made milk cheaper than we ever did
before. We cut up oat straw, and corn stalks
with little good hay, mixed with some
bran, and steamed. We also made weak
sporridge OF bran and water and let the cows
drink a pail or more warm. As long as we
continued to feed in this way the COWS
gained in their milk"
The price of corn in this country is gov
.erned by the quantity grown, the abundance
or scarcity of other feediDg-material having
a slight modifying influence. The foreign
demand, averaging between one and two
per cent, and reaching, in recent years,
three per cent, is too small to be disturb
ing element in the market. The CONNER
-cial assertion, that the foreign value of an
exported article fixes its home price, while
partially true of wheat, fails utterly in its
application to corn.
Horses and cattle are liable to sprains in
cold weather from slipping on ice, and horses
often get "calked." L have found the fol-
lowing an excellent embrocation for such
injuries. 1t should be well rubbed in when
applied to sprains. 1t is good for rheuma-
tism If well rubbed in while exposed TO q
hot fire: Oil Origanum, anis and spike, each
one ounce; spirits of turpeutine, one ounce;
aqua ammonia, one ounce, and alcohol, three
ounces. Shake well before using. The bot
tie should be kept securely corked-Country
Gentleman.
Every farmer should keep book In which
TO paste agricultural scraps. Every one in
reading q papsr will see things which he
will wish to remember. He will perhaps see
suggestions the value of which he will desire
90 test, or hints which he will want to be
governed by in future operations. And
yet, after reading the paper, he will throw IL
down, and will probably never see 1t again.
In such q case all the valuable articles will
be lost. To prevent such loss, every
reader should clip from the papers such ar
ticles IS he desires to preserve, and paste
shem in a scrap book. Such book, at the
end of year or two, will be interesting and
valuable.
The Rural Sun says that every species of
snake may be permanently driven away
from an infested place by planting gera-
NUNS In South Africa the Cafir people
thus rid their premises of snakes. a mis-
sionary OF South Africa had his parsonage
surrounded by narrow belt of geraniums,
which effectuslly protected the residence
from any kind of snake. A few yards away
from this geranium belt snake would occa-
sionally be found. 1t is well known that
the whole geranium genus Is highly redo
lent of volatile oils-lemOn scented, musk
scented, and peppermint scented. What
therefore, Is very pleasant nOsegay fol
man is repugnant to the serpent tribe.
THE RoLLER.-The roller Is a more valued
farm implement than formerly. Our inn
proved farm machinery demands smooth
surfaces on the fields. Then farmers have
learned tina. better blowing can be done
with a smooth surface than an uneven one
and good ploughirg means easy sfter-tillagt
and clean crops. The roller is needed on TIT
new meadow in the spring, on the fields o
spring grain after sowing, and quite likely
on the planting ground. Rolling Is 30 sim
pie an operation that the common log role
is about as good as the more costly too
made of iron and plank. On fields that ar
pretty free OF stone, clod crusher made o
plank fastened to scantling and overlapping
each other like clapboards on house
answers an excellent purpose. 1t should b
about three feet wide and nine long.
There are more than dozen letters befor
asking us how to make sugar syrup 70
bees. There Is no mystery about this
Simple sugar-coffse A is the best-dis
solved by pouring boiling water upon Il
It really makes little difference whether
is fed thick thin, when the bees can q
and get water. We have fed sugar dry
sugar simply moistened, sugar dissolve
and sugar made into candy; but II we mus
give rule for the syrup we will say gallo