The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21


In this thy morning prime,
Fade in the fair place where they grow,
Drop round thee swiftly like the snow
OF apple blossom time.
But If they leave thee good and true,
And pure as when they blOssomed new,
Then gladly let them go;
Where now these fairy blossoms be,
In Gods good time thine eyes shall see
Thy lifes fair harvest glow!
To meet the demand for choice mutton in
the English markets. our farmers must feed
their sheep more literally and produce bet
ter quality of meat. According to Mr..
Mech, one pound of mutton is in general
produced by the consumption of seven
pounds of rape cake, bnseed cake or beans.
Mr.. Bruce asserts that pound of oil cake
eaten by sheep of 40 pounds weight, re-
duces Its consumption of roots by one-thlrd.
He further states that the health of the
sheep is greatly improved by the use of oil
cake. English feeders can afford some prac-
tees that are impracrcable for American
farmers, since meat is higher with them than
with us.
Great discoveries are frequently made by
obscure individuals. The following, written
by correspondent of the Hoopeston (Ill.)
Chronicle, pretends to emanate from ply
s1cian. DIR. Frankenberger writes as follows:
81 desire to call attention to disease COM
monty known in the west as twig blight.
When this disease overtakes a fruit tree the
leaves first begin TO blight, afterwards the
twigs and limbs begin to wither and finally
the whole tree slowly dies. Whatever may
be the true cause of this disease, it is some
times ascribed to n borer. My experience,
however, refers more to the remedy than the
cause. L know by experience that there is
simple remedy that will not fail to restore
every tree afflicted with this disease il APP
piled in time. 1t consists simply in boring
with a small augur or bit into the body of
the tree, filling the cavity with sulphur, and
plugging it in. The sap will carry the sui
phur to every part of the tree. and when the
borer smells birthstone he will git up and
git The cause OF the disease being removed,
the tree will soon begin to put forth fresh
and tender leaves, the withered foliage will
slowly drop off, and the tree in time will be
restored to its natural growth" As the
cause of the blight has not yet been discover
ed by any one else, we print the above so that
those scientists who have for several years
been hunting for il may know where to look.
CURING BALKY HoRsEs.-Every ''hoss doc
tor" can tell Just how to cure bslky horse.
We have seen everything tried, but only one
thing succeeded invariably. II was told us %
years ago by a returned Californian who call
ed it the California cure" Whether IL &C
tually cures of the habit we do not know,
because the only balkY horse we ever owned
was disposed of after two successful trials
AS ne did not balk for several weeks after
the last trlal, when his habit had been to
have a fit of sulks two or three times day
previously, we Judge that fear of the con-
sequences kept him on his good behavior.
We have seen it tried on quite number of
balkv animals, and they eli started 10 their
work. The remedy Is simply to fill the
horses mouth with dry dust-that is a cou-
pie of good sized handfuls thrown in. Writ
ers say that the horse balks because his mind
is fixed on one idea too much, aud that any
thing that will tend 10 change his thoughts
will make him pull. We can't say as to the
truthfulness of this theory; but. if anything
will change a horses thoughts, we should
think that dust would. We do not assert
that this treatment will be efficacious in
every instance but it can be easily tried.
ORCHARD GRAss.-Professor w. J. Beal, of
the Michigan agricultural college, writes to
the Rural New Yorker concerning this grass
as follows:
Orchard grass has been we'll known for
many generations in Europe, where it is
great favorite. In the,old country farmers
pay large rents, and they are obliged to
watch very closely the expenses and the in
come. They prefer orchard grass, cocks
foot as they call 1t, to timothy. In this new
country, In Michigan and Illinois at least, it
Is astonishing to see the ignorance which
prevails among farmers, as to orchard grass,
and many others of value
Orchard grass starts very early in spring.
and gets its growth and produces flowers
three or four weeks before timothy. 1t
grows about the same height as timothy
and, if sown tbickly on suitable land, and
cut at the proper time, will yield nearly, or
quite, as much-and sometimes more-grass
of about the same quality. 1t may be cut
and must be cut early to make good hay
After cutting it starts very quickly aud is
soon up ready for cutting again, or for pas
ture long time during the rest of the year
1t bears pasturiDg well. For meadow
pasture have known il to last ten or twelve
years, and then appear thick and thrifty.
OF well filled seed il takes from two to four
bushels to the acre to produce thick growth
It starts so early. and grows so fast, and
flowers so soon that probably not one farmer
in one hundred thinks of cutting il as soon
as il is ready. He waits for the clover to
show more flowers or for good weather, or
something else or he is not used to hayIng
so early and his orchard grass is going to
seed before he knows it. He cuts the grass,
cures it, and finds the hay poor and woody
I believe the hay is often condemned be-
cause the moving was not done at the proper
time.
Orchard grass is worthy of a good trial on
every farm or in every neighborhood.
have within the past ten years induced
large number OF farmers to give it a trial on
a small scale. have visited some of their
farms. and have frequently talked with the
owners. The grass has been tried on quite a
variety of soils OF those who have been
influenced by me to try orchard grass have
vet to hear the first case where it has not
given excellent satisfaction, whether used
one year, two years, or many; whether sowns
for meadow or pasture; whether sown alone
or with red clover, timothy or other forage
plants. Let all give it a trial, study its pee
culiarities, and do not condemn il without
good reasons Professor Shelton tells us