The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-04-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

A Massachusetts, potato raiser claims that
his Drama fowls eat the larvae of the Colo
RADIO beetle He tells the New England Far
mer that they kept garden patch nearly
clean last season, being encouraged to ire
quent the same by having their seed scat
tered among the same.
WIRE FENcE.-B. F. J., in Country Gen
tleman. gives the cost of wire fence per mile
as put up on the Illinois Central railroad:
Three strands barbed fence wire, 1915
lbs, at "a =,
Two strands plain 6l5 lbs, at 5c-......... 80 IS
Zoe. 5@9s ssdsT posts Sa% At Sc :; =. q 8
Four ten-fOOt cedar posts, at loc---.--.;-.--. -
Two thousand and two hundred staples
p lbs, at ......'-.--'' ~
Cost or material .si98 So
Cost of labor, $40 rods, at l91lc.......... 81 70
Total cost ......s255 Is
On inquiry I find that the wire of both
kinds could now be got at cent or two a
pound less for large uuantihes-that white
or burr oak or walnut posts may De had Tor
about half the cost of cedar ones, and that
the estimate of 1871 cents rod for construc-
ton is nearly twice what il should be IN an
open or prairie country. a considerable
portion of this fence was made through and
over the very rough and hilly wooded cOun-
try at the south end of the line. l notice
no mention has been made for brace materi-
al, eight of which are necessary to furnish
the four straining posts OF each mile. L sup
pose these might cost six to eight cents each,
which would increase the cost from 90 TO 30
cents per mile. From such data as we have
as 10 cost of material and construction, it
looKs as if barbed wire fence, sufficiently
strong to turn stock, might be built at an
expense of % to 80 cents per rod.
TRANSMITTING The best melons we saw
lac er,.Nruir,cr m "A mans -
den a hundred miles north Of New York.
The seeds were started early in
the spring, in squares of rich roadside sod,
4x4 inches and two inches think; inverted,
placed on q tray near sunny window and
en- an outside bench during warm days;
watered from time to time, and finally set,
''Sods and all, in the open ground when the
season was advanced beyond any probability
of chilly nights. Others planted along side
of them, and earlier, directly in the garden,
hardly saw the light before they were de-
voured by the striped bug-the saddest of
the year. The same plan is OF course
available for any vegetable whose
growth it is desirable to hasten. For IN
stance. few tomato seeds may thus be
planted in soda or in small paper boxes filled
with fine rich soil, and produce a crop
month earlier than usual. The boxes II OF
not too firm material, may be transferred at
the proper time to the place prepared for
them in the garden, without disturbing
them. as the roots will force themselves
through the soitened paper; or the box may
be carefully scIssOred away so as not tolOosen
the soil from the roots, which is greatp0lnt
gained IN transplanting. Ii small pots are
available, these answer an excellent purpose,
and If the growing plant is repotted once or
twice into a larger pot, as its growth demands
more room, all the better. These hints are,
of course, for those who, for one reason or
another, haven't the advantage of hot bed,
that excellent help in any garden.
RosEs-Mr Henry T. Williams says, in the
Ladies' Floral Cabinet: Late in April last
i got dozen small roses; / had another
dozen l had started from slips the fall before.
/ had ready bed four feet wide, twelve feet
long and eighteen inches deep, piled with
equal quantities of garden soil, well rotted
chip dirt and sand; in planting the roses l
put little hen manure around each, shaded
them for few days, but did not water them
until they showed signs of growth, then only
F. once or twice, but fOrked them frequently
and never allowed insects of any kind to
stay about them. They soon commenced
blooming, and | can assure you it was bed
of roses, indeed. Until frost got them, was
never without blossoms; but | failed to say
they were ever blooming varieties. have q
Marchal Neil which / bought when about ten
inches high and had one bud on it. l had
been told it was hard to raise, and had made
up my mind 10 make desperate effort. got
some leaf mould sand and good soil, mixed
them well about ne-thlrd OF each, cut off
the bud, then cut the bush until it was only
five or six inches high. put it in six inch
pot with three or four rusty nails stuck in
the soil from the top. In short time my
rose commenced growing, and discovered
five small buds, which cut off so as to throw
the strength into the plant. Toward fall it
made another effort TO bloom, having thir-
teen buds on il, twelve of which l cut off
The other let bloom, as the rose looked so
snowy and healthy. l cut 1t when il was
about thTee-fourths out, and it filled one of
my coffee cups; it was clear sulphur color,
and of a delightful fragrance. 1t is now
three years old, is in water bucket with
the same kind of soil, and Dloomed three
times last summer; it had from twelve to
twenty large buds on it each time. | rarely
ever allow them to develop fully; enjoy
them much more in the bud, and | think 1t
is better for the bush.
There is not, the London Journal of Horti-
culture says, better manure for the grape
than "the parings of horses hoofs and the
dropplDgs collected in the forge"
in the New York Tribune the following in
teresting reply to correspondent who says:
pigs are taken with cough, throat seems
full, can't squeal, scour very badly refuse
to eat, but seem very thirsty, shiver, and
teeth chatter like person with the ague;
ears feet aud legs turn purple, and as soon
as they die, purple spots come out all over
the belly" The symptoms are those of ''hog
cholera" and If on opening the bodies you
should ind the stomach and small intestines
of deep dark red on the inner side, with
thickening, softening and open sores or
ulcers on the lining membrane of the bow
els, there need be no doubt that this is the
trouble. The other probable condition is
malignant anthrax aifiicting the throat,
stomach and bowels. This will present very
nearly the same state of the stomach and
bowels, excepting the ulcers, while
the redness, thickeniDg and bloody
infiltrations about the throat will be very
extensive. Neither of the maladies is
likely TO benefit sufficiently by treatment TO
warrant its adoption, as the sick animal is
rapidly manufacturing a deadly poison, so
that here. as in all fatal contagious disc asses,
to cure is to Kill We would counsel the de-
struCtiOn of all the sick and the separation
of the healthy into small lots so that new
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