The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Soft soap diluted sufficiently to work well
with a brush is said to be the best WISH for
fruit trees.
Carrots are excellent for bringing horses
into condition. and they are largely used, in
connection with other food, by horse dealers
for that purpose.
The venerable New York farmer, John
Johnson now Sc years of age, said the other
day II have often fed 80 tons of oil cake
year, and / wish l had fed much more"
Lambs that have to be raised by hand
need to be fed with fresh cows milk sweet
ened with about teaspoonful of refined
sugar to a pint of milk. The milk should
be warm before feeding
In planting young orchards it is always
advisable to first make plot or map with
the position of every tree marked, and then
as they are set out write the name of the
variety of each tree on the map, which is 10
be carefully preserved for future reference.
Planters receive their trees labeled from the
nursery and carefully observe every kind;
but in tive or three years they forget them.
the labels being lost or defaced, and when
the trees come into bearing no one knows
what they are. unless of some old and IA
miliar sort. Now is the time to attend to
this.
The cause of bone SPAWN may be either of
the following: Overlooking animals while
they are too young, the bones being then
soft; using caulked shoes or on account of
the dam or sire having been subject to the
same disease. Treatment-Clip the hair off
the SPAWN for some distance all round, then
apply about half an ounce of the following
blister with the fingers: Take of biniodide
of mercury in fine powder, powdered can
tharides and iodine, of each one drachm;
lard, two ounces. Mix thoroughly and rub
in for four minutes. Repeat every three
weeks for three applications, and allow from
three to four months absolute rest in com
Portable, roomy box stall.-American Gen
tleman's NewsuaUer.
A reader of the Tribune wants to know
(which is the best and cheapest feed for
butter dairy-wheat bran at SIPS per cwt,
buckwheat bran at 81 per cwt, or oats at fifty
cents per bushel, in either case to mix with
corn" Either kind of feed will make an
excellent accompaniment of corn meal and
the difference between the respective values,
Dy weight, is not very great. Dat meal will
d. be the best but the dearest, relative values
considered. The nutritive value of the two
kinds of bran is very nearly in accordance
with their respective prices. A good many
farmers place higher value upon buck
wheat bran than the above remark accords
to it, but it las not proved, either in my
experience or observation, to be
bran varies greatly in quality. That which
is made up chiefly of the capsules or shells
of the grain is of little value. The shells are
very much like chips in porridge. They
serve only to fill APP space, and are, more
over, a very harsh substance for the lining
membrane of the alimentary canal, often
scratching it so much as to produce irrita-
ton. In their natural condition these shells
are indigestible and useless, and pass the
animal in the same condition in which they
were taken. If scalded. they are readily
dissolved and digested. When the hulls are
sifted out, buckwheat bran is considered
more valuable than the bran of wheat, but
owing to difference in grinding, it has not
the uniform value of wheat bran.-Profes-
sOr L. b. Arnold in New York Tribune.
BEES IN SPRING.
As they are now raising brood, they will
not consume honey rapidly. All stocks
should be fed, even those that have abun-
dant stores, for it Will encourage them in
brood rearing, and the queen will be de-
ceived thereby, thinking that the honey har-
vest has commenced.
In situations where there is no pollen to
be gathered and no neighboring mills, bees
should be supplied with unbolted rye -four
in some sunny hooks sheltered from the
winds. Pieces of honeycomb should be
placed in or near il to attract the bees 1t is
-four Some roll in it and then fly off to
their hives looking like millers. Others
hover over il, ju~t as they do when manipu-
lating flowers The combs of all stocks that
have died during the winter should be
cleansed of dead bees, so that they can dry
ont and not be moldy when wanted for use
Shallow vessels for holding water both
salt and fresh, should be in a sheltered place
for the bees to drink; coarse gravel or little
floats should be in it for the bees to alght
upon. Keep the entrance to the hives closed
to only small aperture to promote warmth.
If the colony is small it should be confined
to a small space, with division boards or chaff
cushions allowing them only comb enough
to cover.
HEAVY HORSES.
More heavy horses, says the Western Agri-
eulturist, are wanted in all our horse mar
kets. The prices rule high, and the supply
is short while the demand is almost unlim-
tied for heavier horses. The heavy freight
wagons in cities, towns and manufacturing
districts require them; every farmer wants
at least one team of heavy horses, to be able
to pillow deep with a good large plow or to
haul good load on the farm wagon. While
We have large surplus of small, worthless
horses and although some of them promise
to be fast, there is no market for them.
There are too many of the one kind, and
every farmer has one or more to sell, but he
can not get enough Tor them 70 pay Tor the
cost of raising them. Then 1t doesn't pay
to raise the small horses, but since the in
PRODUCTION of the Norman and Clydesdale
horses, they have added great improve
ment by crossing with our western horses.
The success of these horses has spread all
over the west, and almost every enterprising
farmer is now breeding them, because they
will pay profit for raising. and always find
ready market. This year large numbers of
these horses have been imported, and they
are now well introduced throughout the
western states. , ff-
The Housekeeper.
LIGHT PrrnnING Dine mari of milk three