The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-18
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Items for Field and House.


Items for Field and House.
In Matching turkey eggs sprinkle them TIE
last two weeks slightly every other day wIth
water that has had the chill taken OH
Sorne moisture seems necessary for turkey
eggs. a
Most OF the diseases of cattle are caused by
wrong ueatment-too much feed at one
time teo little at another, etc. II cattle and
horses we're fed and watered and used prop
erly, there would be little disease.
To clean clstern water sod two ounces
powdered aluan and two ounces b0raK to
twenty barrel cistern of rain water that Is
blackened or oily, and in few hours the
sediment VIII be settled ana the water be
clearified and fit for washing, and even for
cooking purposes.i
In giving carrots to horses, mix with their
grain, cut in small slices. By this means
the heterogeneous part of the oats has no
chance to pass of in fluid state but COM
ibines with the portion OF the carrot, and
forms gelatinoussubstance that is retained
to supply the wants of the body.
The best and cheapest way to purify water
to be used for drinking is by boiling. 1t de-
stroys organic matter, removes bad smell
and fishy taste, and when it subsidies is as
clear as the purest spring water. Every
family should boil enough tor each days use
and set it aside to cool before drinking.
The thriftlest calves should be closely
watched when turned to pasture, lest they
be attacked with ''biack quarter" This is
the effect of too rank and watery food,
which impairs digestion. An ounce of Ep-
som salts may be gwen with advantage to
each calf when turned out, as precaution
against this frequent danger.
Shade trees are often planted too near to
our dwellings and too thickly, SO as to make
the house dark and damp and cherries.
Large evergreens are very much out of place
on the sunny side of q house, while they
form an appropriate screen and wind break
along the cold ard exposed sides of our
buildings. Set out trees-it is duty, but
set them out ludiciously.
Moles are nuisance In gardens There
are various means of destroying them, or
driving them away. A correspondent says
soak corn until soft; then, with a penknife,
open each kernel; place in dose of strych-
mia, and close up again. Open hole
through the dirt over their roads, drop in
the corn and cover again. Another says
plant in the garden the seeds of the mole
tree, a nardy annual, sometimes called caper
spurge.
The vitality of seeds may be tested by
placing a sam pie of almost any of the larger
kind of seeds or grains upon hot pan or
griddle. When the seeds are good and the
VltAllty Is p6fI6CG tu6 6peNlLueu Will CIdCk UT
pop open with more or less noise; on the
other hand, il the seed is not good, or the
vitality is defective, it will remain still and
burn. Seeds should not be kept too dry; an
airy but moderately dry quarter garnet is the
best place to keep them.
Sheep, owing to their shyness, should be
treated with great kindness Their treatment
should be such that they will actually learn
to entertain an affection for their keeper.
A flock of wild sheep is about the most I'M
profitable investment that farmer can
make. They are continually getting them
selves into trouble and causing great annoy
ance, if not loss to their owner. Never
arms about the body and round the fore leg.
In catching them take them by the hind leg,
just above the hook.
Putting Away Furs for Summer.-When
you are ready to put away furs and woolens
and want to guard against depredations of
moths, pack them securely in paper flour
sacks and tie them up we'll This Is better
than camph0r or snuff scattered among
them in chests and drawers. Before putting
your mQffs away for summer, twist them by
the cords at the ends, so that every hair will
straighten. Put them in their boxes and
paste strip of paper where the lid fits on.
A small piece of paper or linen moistened
with turpentine and put into the wardrobe,
is also good preventive for moths.
To Can Green Corn.-Take the best sweet
corn; cut from the cob before cooking; pack
very tight in glass jars. use the small end
of potato masher and pound down the
corn as hard as possible; when the can is full
put on the cover, but do not screw it on per-
fectly tight: put them in your wash boiler
Towering the bottom first to keep the jars
from breaking). fill up with cold water
and let them boil about three hours; then
take them out and finish screwing on the
covers. 1 think all jars should be placed in
total darkness or covered with paper. /
have heard that green peas can be canned in
the same way.
The practice of washing sheep before shear
ing is very disagreeable, and is unnecessary.
Nothing is gained in the price of the wool:
in fact. the usual deduction made by wool
buyers for unwashed wool leaves an advan-
tage with the seller. The practice is danger
Gus to health of both men and sheep, aud
may well be abolished. If, after the wool
has grown to some considerable length sheep
or lambs become annoyed with lice or ticks,
wash the lambs IN strong decoction of to
bacco. Another way is to take a pair of
bellows and inhale tobacco smoke; then
blow the smoke with considerable force
among the ticks. This will prove instant
death to them.
LIE Cultivateur, French journal, says, if
chloride of lime be spread on the soil or
near plants, insects and vermin will not be
found there, and adds: by its means
plants will easily be protected from insect
plaques by simply brushing over their stems
with solution of It. 1t has often been
noticed that patch OF land which has been
treated IN this way remains religiously re-
spected by grubs, while the unprotected
beds around are literally devastated. Fruit
trees may be guarded from tine attacks of
grubs by attaching to their trunks pieces Of
tow smeared with a mixture of chloride OF
lime and hogs lard, and ants and grubs
already in possession will rapidly vacate
their position. Butterflies, again, will avoid
all plants whose leaves have been sprinkled
over with lime water"
1 saw in your columns not long since, says
correspondent of the terOcean, an in
curry concerning cheap fertilizers l may
not be able to give much information, but
can say that 1 know of farmers scattered
all over Iowa who continually complain Of