The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-07
be sown in rich, warm border. Satisfy and
scorzonera like q damp, rich soil.

be sown in a rich, warm border. Salsafy and
scorzonera like damp, rich soil.
It is well for the dairymans to remember |
these proportions: A quart of average milk |
which has specific gravity of 10. 20 at 60 de- |
grees Fahrenheit, weighs 2. 10 pounds. One |
hundred quarts of milk are equal to nine
pounds of butter, or Fl u pounds OF cheese.
For every hundred heads OF cabbage take
q quarter of a pound OF black pepper, and
put it in box iargs enough to sift out WELL
Go into the patch before the dew Is Oh. and
viii be sufficient The worms go through
| the leaves and die. ~
ouietude for Cows-Labor 70 Taurus.
| IL Wilkinson, McHenry county, H., in New
| York Tribune.l So
| NV experience of over so years has con-
| WINGED me that cows kept in the stable the
l year round-a proper stable, of course--and
1 thoroughly and regularly stabbed throughout
/ the greenwood season, and judiciousiy fed
and handled, may be made fully so PERI cent.
more profitable than the same COWS would
be ifrequired to grazs.in summer, and ex-
| posed to the inclemencies of a Northern
climate, as diaries are usually kept would
grant only occasionally few minztes free
dom in a suitable dry yard, and onlywhen
| the temperature is temperate. The yard
should be small, and only few animals
| turned out at a time, or they will exercise
too violently, or I'M ure the feeble and timid
by crowding and goring. The underiings
should be separated from the herd when put
out for exercise.
Ii any of the herd are prone to ran too
violently, as some will, such should be lib
Grated more frequently, but should in no
case be allowed 10 become specially wearied
or heated, and, as rule 80 to 40 minutes is
all the time required by the COW for exercise
for week. They should always be watered
in ne STALL and, it practicable, should have
a constant supply of running water. and that
which is absolutely pure. l find that the
average COW will drink from five to eight
times in a hours, If the water is accessible,
in hot weather. l kept COW in the stall 81
months as an experiment, and MIXED her
% months and after she ceased to milk l
continued to feed literally for eight weeks,
when she went tn the shambles and died
we'll" OF a herd of %, this one was the
most profitable.
Few cows or but small pr oportion of them,
will continue to milk 80 long as did the
heroine of the q months experiment.. If
fec literally, the average COW will generally
cease to milk profitably after II to Is
months, and the nourishment will secrete
flesh and fat. TIE capacity of the stomach
of the COW is of course limited, and as she
can only eat so much, if portion of that is
required to supply the physical waste occa-
stoned by muscular exercise, it must detract
proportionately from the tactical secretlons;
hence all unnecessary exertion for the COW
should be avoided, and it is conceded by
the most intelligent dairymen of the world
that very little, il any, is necessary for most
COWS, though I have no doubt there are
exceptions, but have not seen an instance
in which COW dad not maintain a normal
condition under the system of qu1etude
recommended.
Taurus on the contrary, is the better for
daily exercise, and he is, if well fed, capable
of performing large amount of valuable
labor. A three-year-old bull properly har-
messed and with proper vehicle, is cal able
of hauling all the solling crops to the stable,
and all the manure to the fields. and cutting
or chaffiing all the cut fodder for herd of
so cows. The stamina of his get will be
greatly enhanced, his labor will bs worth as
much as the ordinary farm horse, which
costs much more to keep. and if properly
worked he will never be vicious. In no ami
NAL, except in man, is the adage, .idleness is
the parent of vice, more thoroughly verified
than in the bull. l have worked bulls for
20 years, and / never knew one of any breed
! to be crossi if he was properly worked.
Is the Breed in the Feeding Trough?
Rural New Yorker.
Replying to this query, we are inclined to
make the paradoxical answer that it is foolish
to think 1t IS and yet dangerous not to know
it Is. No profitable breed was eyer made
!! however liberal, will not make profitable
| breed. Feeding, care and intelligent selec-
. tons are all required for the Improvement
Of farm stock. After q valuable breed is
thus produced, its excellence can only be
continued by continuance of all these
Nothing is more wretched and worthless
: than degraded thoroughbred of any kind.
This is one reason why thoroughbreds are
not more popular with the 'old fashioned
farmers" They are creatures of high art,
and in farming high art and old fashions
, are strangers to each other. To take fine
, Jersey cow, q choice Essex pig an Oxfol d.
/ Down sheep, and subject them to the meth
! DDS that have developed the scrub cattle. the
/ ''elm-peelers' and the "fence- scalers' of
: COW pens and pastures is not the way to show
/ them off to good advantage. -
The old breeds are tough, for the came
reason which the Dutch farmer gave for his
: wife's resignation to die Mine Gott," said
he, 'She hat to be?" Now the very methods
I taken to develop the profitable qualities of
/. improved stock, the liberal and varied feed
, ing the rich pasturage, the warm stables, all
! have q tendency to lessen their power of
l resistance to extreme hardship. 1t is simply
question whether it is better to have
I though" COWS that will make 100 pounds of
! / butter year, or such as must have more
care and better feed, but will return 800
pounds in the same time.
I Probably nine-tenths OF the farmers, even
i, of New England, New York and Pennsyl-
4 vania, have as yet little or no blood of for
!. eign breeds in their stock. Yet they rossess
many Deasts tnat are gooo ana prohtaDie.
Q Our native" animals are as easily improved
7 by proper care, feeding and breeding as
those OF any part of the world. The Judi
= cious introduction of foreign blood will often
hasten the development of desired qualities
n but never, never, never will it do so unless
along with 1t we take the methods that made
. it what 1t is. And with those methods it Ii
d simply question Of greater or less time II
make as good or better thoroughbreds upoi
. the basis of our native" animals. This i
= most important to be known. It Is not ye
= by any means 30 well known as it ought t,
be.
ID Seasonable Hints.
1t The vitality OF seeds may be tested b,
placing q sample of almost any Of the large