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

black substances absorb heat. Hence in
dressing black hogs the water should not be
10 hot as in scaldiDg white ones If this
simple rule be observed, there will be no
difficulty in dressing black hogs.
1t not unfrequently happens that, with an
open season, sod blowing may be COM
menced late in the fall and be continued by
spells through the entire winter in this
latitude. Besides advancing spring work
and enabling the farmer to thus accomplish
more in the year, winter blowing is in itself
benefit, when the ground Is In good condi-
ton.
Don't leave, your wagons, moving ma
chimes. etc., in the weather. 1t 'rots the
wood and rusts the metal. A shed built with
rough posts and covered with straw will
save many dollar as a covering for such
things Paint the wood work of wagons,
hav frames ETC., and see that all the metallic
parts of machinery are well coated with
Oil.
Cresking, half-hung farm gates are nui-
sauces and annoyances. Any man with
ordinary intelligence can make good gate
of rough boards, and hang it so that il will
open and shut conveniently. Bars are old
fashioned nuissnces, difficult to construct,
difficult to open and more difficult TO shut.
A good farmer nowadays discards them, as
he should.
Lameness in hogs is caused sometimes by
the large pores in the back part of the legs
getting clogged. They are little above the
knuckles in the back part of the legs. Wash
the legs with soap and lukewarm water,
using a stiff brush and rubbing hard till the
pores open, and when the pores are washed
open the lameness will leave. This has been
tried in numerous instances with great sue
cess.
In open weather take the opportunity to
put the fences in thorough repair; straighten
up posts, replace old plank with new, and
drive a nail wherever needed. Worm fences
are effective barriers, but the corners are
hot-beds for the production of noxious
weeds. If planks or wire are not handy, it
Would be better to stake the corners, and
lay the rails straight. so that the pillow may
run close upto the fence line.
Many persons, for reasons best known to
themselves, defer the hog killing season to
January and February, and it is for these
laggards we have collected the following in
formation: Select a clear. cool day If possi-
ble-not freeZing-upon which to- kill; the
hogs should have had nothing to eat for at
least twenty-four hours before being
slaughtered; as soon as they have stiffened
hang up in a cool, dry place for the night,
and the next day cut up and pack away.
SIZE OF BARRELs.-A president OF an sgri
cultural society calls attention to the fact
that there are in a standard legal barrel only
100 quarts. while IN the ordinary flour barrel,
most in use among farmers in the sale of
potatoes and apples, contains nearly one
eighth more. Farmers sell their produce in
flour barrels, and merchants transfer the
same TO standard barrels, making profit
on quantity, as well as on the price. In the
sale of 500 barrels of potatoes from a farm,
the proprietor loses 100 barrels, worth $3.50,
for which he might as well be paid. The
middle man, not the consumer, profits by
this, Farmers, see to it that you employ
the one hundred quart barrels hereafter
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To MEASURE CORN IN THE cara farmer
asks how to measure corn in the ear, or in
the crib or bin. There are several rules for
this, but the most common is what is called
the 2S-inch rule-that is, upon the presump-
tion that box one foot square and IS inches
deep will hold one bushel when shelled.
This rule applies only to the dent or
gourdseed variety of corn. The cubical
contents in feet are first ascertained, and
this multiplied by three and divided bv
seven, which will give the bushels of sheiled
corn of fifty-six pounds. Thus crib that is
thirty-two feet long, eight feet wide, and
thirteen feet high in the average. will hold
A common wagon box, eleven feet long and
two feet high, would hold twenty-eight bush
els of corn in the ear. Another rule for the
farmers boy is to reduce the contents to
cubic inches and divide by 4 ,032, which will
give him. the bushels.
PROTECTING YOU'VE TREES FROM RABBITS
OF all the plans for the protection of young
orchards from rabbits, / find nothing that Sc
well agrees with my own experience and
judgment as the following: Mix soft soar
and the flowers of sulphur to the consist.
ency of a thick paste, and apply once OF
twice during the winter with brush. The
other, which is by al means the best, is Il
take piece OF common building paper
about eighteen inches in height and ten OIL
twelve wide, and bend il loosely around the
tree, and tack it with a single tack near the
center, and the work Is done in the most eff
fective manner. Common building felt will
also do. Before putting the paper around
the tree, it should be examined for borers
The paper viii probably retain it's position
for two or three years. 1t will also afford
good protection to trees that have been sci
out during the iall--Cor. Burial World.
CARING FOR IMPLEMENTs.-The Journa
of the Farm we'll says: There is no princi
pie in farming better established than thai
all tools and machines should be housed
when not in use, and every farmer who
negleets this is greatly wanting in the ele
ment OF economy. The moving machine
that is left standing in the fence corner car
not be expected to do good work, and fol
wooden implements the case is worse still
The prudent farmer not only houses his inn
plements, but he devotes rainy and SNOWY
days to repairing them. A moving machins
the journals of which are cleaned OF theil
accumulation OF grimed grease, and care.
fully oiled, will run twenty-five per cent
lighter and fifty per cent. longer than one
that does not receive this attention 10.
seph Harris says his hardest task with hired
men is to make them take care OF the tools
ofthe farm. No wonder such men never
reach the good fortune of having farms o.
their own.
TREATING WoUNDs.-Every person should
know how to treat flesh wound. Every
nna ia liable fn ha rlacad in cirnnr,nnfaroo.