The Indiana State sentinel., 1878-11-06

s =, Islo,, or a rom the ground, Tue sap
hoou d sH Az and the timber reduced to its
requreu ui' Aellsions.
10 sno" thsycomparative estimation placed
cabinet n' king, Professor c. s. Sargent
gives the following table Of actual prices
per ,OOp feet, in the Boston market: Black
walnut $75; white oak, S65; cherry, $50;
butte rnut, $50; white ash, $40; sugar ma
pie $40.
A farmer of experience says that the feet
sof horse require more care than the body.
They need ten times as much, Tor in one re-
spect they are almost the entire horse. All
the grooming that can be done won't avail
anything il the horse is forced 10 stand where
his feet will be filthy. In this case the feet
will become disordered, and then the legs
will get badly out of fix; and with had feet
and bad legs there is not much else of the
horse fit for anything.
English race horses are fed on the best up
land nay, OF which about six to eight pounds
are given TO each on the average daily, and
from 10 to 90 pounds OF the best oats, in
some cases beans being substituted for the
latter. The quantity of hay varies accord
ing to the constitution. The limit to the
oats Is the appetite the trainer taking care
TO not satisfy the horse, which would pro
duoe safety and disgust.
Bleeding a horse Is generally done in the
the vein is sufficiently pressed and secured,
so es to cause it to swell. then the point of
the lancet Is sent in with the left hand, and,
cutting upward, makes all the opening nee
essary. Wnen sufficient bioJd is taseu the
cut ought to be squeezed together and fast
ened with pin. BY pressing the vein De-
low the wound the blood will shoot out IN a
stream and fall clear into the bucket ready
TO receive IL.
No true farmer will be ashamed OF his
vocation Ii is God ordained aud out ranks
all others in point of antiquity. Broad
cloth and fine jewelry do not make nobility,
nor do jeans and brOgans ind cate plebsian
origin. Ali conditions and classes are de-
pendent upon the farmer for their daily
bread. He freds the world. Why, then,
should he not be proud 10 be known as the
tiller OF the soil.
To insects we owe wax and honey, silk
and precious dyes valuable medicines, food
for birds and many other animals, the
fertilization and increase OF plants necessary
for the subsistence OF many creatures, and
thus, indirectly, for the preservation of
man. In short, the human species, wholly
deprived OF the service of insects, would
fade from the face of our planet. So the
husbandman has only to make the best of II
by learning TO distinguish between his
friends and his foes, and how to assist the
benehcent operations of nature in encourag-
ing the former and checking the latter
Boston Journal cf Chemistry.
young man starting out In farming can
not do a better thing than to plant an apple
orchard II his land is within "the apple
belt" Don't rely on the grarled and decay
ing old trees; the life of an orchard, under
favorable conditions, is only about that of n
man. Nothing will lift mortgage, or run
up the profit side OF the account, like a
prime orchard in its first years OF bearing.
Go for the standard varieties, or such as ex-
perience has proved 10 do we'll in your local
ity and soil. Theories are good in their
place, but day spent in driving through
your town and finding out what fruit grow
ers have actually learned and done, is better.
Get your trees from some reliable nursery
the nearer at hand the better-and use your
own best care and other peoples experience
in planting them
Feeding Large or small Animals.
Abundant experience, IL such proof were
necessary, shows that there is more profit in
feeding the larger breeds than there is with
the smaller breeds OF animals, whether for
meat or milk. or course there are exceptions
TO this, as in all general rules; the small Jer-
sey COW, for example, which is expected TO
produce an exceptional product of highly
colored and finely favored butter; but this
does not affect the rule above stated. II is
only necessary tn consider that when we feed
two animals OF 200 pounds each we have to
supply the demands OF two sets OF breathing,
circulating and muscular apparatus, which
are considerably more extensive and expen-
sjye than those OF one animal of l 400 pounds
This Is true OF every animal that We feed,
from the fowl and pig up to the COW and fat
ted steer. Ten small meTino sheep, weigh
ing so pounds each, will cost much more TO
feed than four Cotswolds of 200 pounds each,
or five of l60 pounds each. Besides the
grain in feed, we have also a large advan-
tage in the less proportionate amount
OF offal in the fewer large animals than
IN the larger number of small ones. Where
flesh aud milk are the objects in view.
this consideration ought to haye great weight
in the selection OF stock TO be kept. The
choice OF course, will he restricted by the
opportunities for keeping the stock, Tor il
will not pay to keep Short-horn cows upon a
pasture where only small, actIve cattle can
pick up living; but where other things are
equal, this consideration should be we'll
weighed.
Just now there is opening mp large OPP
portunity for feeding stock for beef. which
many farmers will very soon find a desirable
one to selZe upon. In choosing animals for
feeding then they will find IL TO their profit 10
select such large breeds as the Shors-horn or
Hereford, where their locality admits of it;
and where II does not, they will certainly
labor under the disadvantage of preparing
for market an article which can neither sell
for the highest price nor can be produced at
the lowest cost. Further, there is another
advantage in marketing the largest amount
of product in one package, so to speak, for
animals Of /, 500 to 1000 pounds can be sent
to market at less proportional cost than the
weight In the form OF animals that are one.
half or one-thlrd smaller.-Agriculturist
Fat Stock show.
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