The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-03-26
1nttte and Gartn.
Agricultural Notes.

Agricultural Notes.
Careful experiment has shown that robins
will not trouble cherry trees or fruit of any
sort SO long as they can get worms or insects,
such as beetles or grubs.
Make g shallow basin in the ground not
far from the Kitchen. and fill with coal
ashes as it is made, and on this throw night
Stops, wash water, etc. An immense
amount of the very best of fertilizers can be
made in this way.
Most OF the diseases of cattle are caused by
wrong treatment-too much feed at one time,
too little at another; too rich at one time,
too poor at another, etc. If cattle and
horses were fed, and watered, and used
properly there would be little disease.
To clear cistern water, add two ounces
powdered alum and two ounces borax to a
20-barrel cistern of rain water that Is black
ened or oily, and in few hours the sedl-
ment will settle and the water be clarified
and fit for washing, and even tor cooking
purposes.
Pure air and water are of even more i'm
pOrtance than exercise IN the care OF young
animals. They are often huddled together
in houses altogether insufficient in size, and
in which the atmosphere is almost constantly
impure from the product of respiration.
An English farmer, very successful during
10 years in fattening cattle and sheep, sup
u
els corn soaked in 10 pals water two days
then simmered for an hour, afterward mix
with IA pounds of coarse, cheap sugar, and
commingle with cut straw, hay, or other
fodder.
If, after the wool has grown to some con-
siderable length, sheep or lambs become an
noyed with lice or ticks, wash the lambs in
strong decoc.ion OF tobacco Another way
is to take pair of bellows and inhale to-
bacco smoke; then blow the smoke with con-
siderable force among the ticks This Will
prove instant death to them.
After many experiments certain and
speedy remedy for burdocks has been DIS
covered in kerosene oil. A small quantity
poured into the hearts of the plants directly
after cutting leaves no trace OF their exist
ence save q small hole in the earth where
they stood. Refined or crude oil will accom-
Plush the purpose equally well.
The LIQUID yieldings of animals are worth
more-good authorities say one-sixth more
pound for pound, than the solid excre-
ments and are saved with greater care by
the best European farmers and gardeners.
All the leaks in the stable are not in the
roof those often in the floor are quite as
Objectionable and are the cause OF great
deal OF waste.
In the average English dairy it takes from
% to "a pounds of milk. according 10 the
COW that gives from eight to II pounds OF
butter week during the butter season is
counted an extra animal Well selected
COWS will produce from Dds to go pounds Of
butter per year on an average. The majority
of ordinary dairies throughout the country,
however, can scarcely be averaged higher
than $50 pounds per cow per annum-
Confinement anG want OF occupation are
among the chief causes why fowls eat feath
ers. The former is often inevitable in
winter, but the latter can be avoided by
burylng some of the grain food in sand, and
allowing them to hunt for it, which will
afford them pastime and healthy occupation.
Give them some green food, some fresh
meat three or four times a week, burnt
bones oyster shells, charcoal, clear water,
and clean hennery, and if all this doesn't
cure them of the habit, follow Lewis advice
and wiring their necks for they are incura-
BILE.
It is folly to keep old sheep. They should
be turned off to the butcher while they are
in their prime. 1t does not take half as much
to fatten them ther. When they get old and
thin, in order to put them in condition to
slaughter. the whole superstructure must be
rebuilt Four sets of lambs are all a eve
should bear; this will bring her to five
years, and this is an age when, with little
extra care, she will round up to fine and
full carcass. Exceptions may be made when
the breed Is scarce and the blood is more de-
sirable than anything else