The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-09
HOME AND FARM.
DOMESTIC MATTERS.

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Tocauss fruit trees to bear every year,
mr. went then from ove-bearinZ any year,
as unfruItfulpess is the result OF exnsus-
ton.
Root pruning promotes fruitfulness by
checking growth, and top pruning JUS
when vegetation commences has the same
effect.
Temperature of a room where house
MANS are kept should not be above 7O0, and
not above Go is thu best. IN the nlght-ume
500 is high enough.
The objects OF pruning are two-fold. First,
to produce vigorous and symmetrlcsl
growth; and -cond, fruittulness. The for
rner is secured by winter pruning, aud the
latter by summer pruning.
A CORES oondent of the Country Gentle
man prefers orchard grass to timothy. Tim
othy dies oct in thu course OF few years
while orchard grass sod, (if not psttured too
cIose,) will not only never die out, but Will
continue to get better each year Tor many
wears. He has ascertained by exp .riments
that orchard grass will root out all otner
grasses.
Instances of sheep eating their own wool
are quite common, especially during the lat
ter part of winter and early in spring. 1t is
generally believed that the habit is analogous
to that of hens eating their egg-shell, and IS
caused by exhaustion of phosphate In Inc
soil. A small quantity of bone meal mixed
with corn meal given as occasional leeu Is
recommended. Sulphur has also been found
to be preventative OF 1t.
The Western nurssrymen have an ssso-
citation for mutual protection. Each mem
Der is furnished with list of all horticul-
turists possible, with the standing and
strength of each as far as known. Each year
this list is revised. Men get placed on bad
lists often because they will not yield 10
unjust demands. Extra care is taken IN
this association, and it seems to be sue
cessful.
Milk is supposed to be made from blood;
that is, it is changed to milk in the man.
mary glands. Now, if there is any defect
in the operation of the mammary glands, so
that they do not effect this change perfectly,
then the milk becomes bloody. This IL
thought to be the best explanation. 1t is
usually only a temporary difficulty. This
also explains how one teSt may be affected
alone. although sometimes the Whole udder
gives bloody milk.
An experienced chicken grower states that
he has been very successful in curing gapes
in chickens by the use OF air Stacked lime.
He put the fowls one at time In a box just
large enough for one and placed coarse
piece of cotton or linen cloth over the top, on
which he placed pulverized lime and tapped
the screen sufficiently to cause the lime 10
fall through. The subsequent sneeZing OF
the fowls caused ejectments of the trouble
some worms from the windpipe and smaller
air vessels.
The Rural Home says Notwithstanding
published accounts oflsrge profits from fruit,
it may be questioned whether the fruit sold
10 he
cost of raising. Yet it is not to be doubted
that some have accumulated completeness
by raising fruit for market. and the Home
thinks careful investigation would show
that the number of those who have
made fruit pay is just about equal to the
number who have been thorough, systematic
and sensible in their culture, and have been
located in such proximity to markets that
only fair proportion of their receipts have
been absorbed in transportation.
THE HANGING OF AN AX.-The Western
Rural gives the following directions: Get
your blacks NTH to max e an iron wedge to
fasten the handle in with. 1t will cost but
fifteen or twenty cents. 1t should be about
two and half inches long, and about two in
width, and the head of the wedge should be
large enough to cover the eyeof the ak. II
Is much beUter than the wooden one gen.
orally used for such purposes, as it can be
easily knocked out with cold chisel and
hammer. The usual method OF burning
out helye after 1t has been broken softens
the steel OF the ak. Another advantage is
that sometimes an ak is broken, while the
handle remains good, and the iron wedge
can bs knocked out and is ready to put in
another AK.
How TO USE A GRINDsToEE.-Cosmon
grindsrone spindles, with a crank at one
end, are open to the great objection that the
stone will keep round, because every person
is inclined more or less to follow the motion
OF his foot with his hand, which causes the
pressure on the stone to be unequal. The
harder pressure Is always applied 10 the very
same cart of the stone, and will soon make
it uneven, so that it is impossible to grind a
tool true. To avoid this, put in place of this
crank small cog wheel on the spindle, say
with twelve cOgs; have another short spindle,
with crank and cog-wheel of thirteen
cogs, TO work in the former. The stone will
make about .0T OF a revolution more than the
crank, aud tee harder pressure of the tool on
the stone will change 10 another place at
every turn, and the stone will keep perfect ly
round if it is good one. This is very sim
PIE, but will be new to many.
MANURE FOR PoTAToEs.-Potash is tie
z eat specific manure for potatoes
Nitrogen is not so valuable
therefore the sulphate of potash should not
be chosen in preference to the nitrate Of
soda. Superphosphste is also an excellent
fertilizer for this crop. There is no differ
ence between homemade superphosphste
and the factory-made, if the latter is pure
The process of manufacture is very danger
Gus and iDcOnyenient for AZ person not
skilled in the manufacture of sulphur,
acid, and it is not to be recommended as
general thing. The largest variety of pota
tees is frequently the poorest. Early Rose
is a choice variety, and when we'll grown il
of good size and yields well, and is the very
best table potatoe. If potatoes are grown
for the starch they contain, varieties of poo
eating quality, but large yielders, may b.
the most profitable. The Peerless is larg,
yielder, but a poor favored variety.-N. Y