The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-06-04
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1,as FARM WORK FOB JUNE. ills-s sfrsL
Salt boxesattached to the fences of the
pasture, and kept replenished with salt, WILL
be trouble we'll bestowed.
A run in good piece of grass will greatly
help the calves. The more they are pushed,
without over doing 1t, during the first years
growth, the better the mature animal will
be.
Cats, rats and hawks destroy good many
chickens. Provide safe coops which can be
closed at night, and which are not to be
opened until the dew is off the grass in the
morning.
A few rubbing posts set up it pastures will
save injury to the fences. Cattle will use
these conveniences very often, il provided
for them, and 1t is worth all the trouble to
witness the enjoyment of the animals in the
use Of them.
Early blood beets and sugar beets may be
sown early this month. Mangels will now
require clean culture and vigorous thin
ming. Rutabagas may be sown from the
LIST to the 25th Of this month, upon land that
has not been prepared in time for earlier
crops.
Pigs for fall killing may be forced from the
start. A run at grass, q little milk, and
regular steady feeding on bran and meal
slops will help to NJ Ike large growth,
which is afterward quickly filled up with
fat. The low prices now prevailing, must
be offset by making more pork than formerly
out of the same feed.
Dull tools are labor MASTERS, 1t is cheaper
to use up whole grindstone in one season,
than to work with dull hoes, spades and
other tools. See that dull tools are ground
sharp every evening; the men may do this
while they are talking and chatting over
their pipes, and the tools will be ready for
york IN the morning.
Frequent cultivation is essential to sue.
cessful corn growing. The cultivator
should be kept going this month through
the corn, and the root crops, about once a
week. It matters not that there are no
weeds in sight; 1t is not alone to kill weeds
that we cultivate and hoe, but to loosen the
soil, and by that means to stimulate the
growth.
The experience of the past few years has
often shown it to be useful to give light
dressing of fertilizer to the corn, just before
the last cultivation. This helps the caring,
and renders many ears productive that
would otherwise be abortive. The fertilizer
should be worked in with the cultvator. A
mixture of poultry manure, ashes and plas.
ter will be useful; or the prepared artificial
corn fertilizer may be used in place of
this.
Tn. rye ground cleared by this time, may
be Immediately prepared and planted with
fodder corn or oats, the latter to be followed
with late turnips as the oats are cut for feed
ing; or Hungarian grass may follow the rye,
and be cut off in time for sowing rye again
next fall. A good plot of cabbages will be
found useful for fall and early winter feed
ing of cows, and il plants have been provided
for. they may be set out on the rye ground,
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An ample bedding OF fresh straw will do
much TO induce tired horse to lie down and
rest. Clean grooming, and an occasional
washing will also greatly encourage lestfuI-
ness and improve the appetite and health.
Overlooking is not judicious, and will not
restore flesh lost by hard work and want of
comfortable rest. To prevent gals, the
harness should be washed and kept soft with
castor oil. If vermin attack the harness, a
little powdered aloes rubbed in with the oil
will keep them away from the leather.
Dry ewes may be tattened as quickly as
possible, and marketed. Lambs to be made
ready for sale, REQUIRE extra food along with
the grass. These not marketed this month,
may be fed until the fall, and sold then,
when they vii pay better. Flies will soon
be troublesome, and sheep and lambs should
be closely tagged, and smeared with tar in
places where filth may gather. The flock
every night when brought in from pasture.
The careful shepherd will count his flock
every time they are visited or moved. Any
thing wrong will then be noticed.
Work can not now be done without labor
saving implements. Corn-planters are al
most universally used in the West, and
Eastern farmers can much better compete
with their Western brethren by awaiting
themselves of the same facilities Among
the most useful at the present time is the
ALBANY Corn Planter, which, with one man
and horse, does the work of five or six men,
and at the same time drops fertilizers In the
row, and can be turned into a horse hoe.
The lateness of the present season makes
almost imperative the use of such machines,
which pay their cost In one weeks work.
Now, that winter dairying has come into
vogue, it does not pay to pack butter for
sale in competition with fresh creamery
pals IN winter. A change has come over
this business and it is no longer advisable,
unless under exceptional conditions, to keep
butter stored away for sale. The most profit
able butter now is that sold fresh in small
tubs or pals. This change should be noted
and provided tor as soon as may be. 1t also
affects the management of cows. and these
are now brought in fresh at any season OF the
year, so az to keep a constant supply of fresh
milk. With the perfected butter color
ings," as they are called, June grass color ha.
paled in comparison, and is now of less con
sequence. June butter, or butter equal tt
that so called, can now be made, with fresh
COWS at almost any time of the year.
Recent investigations threaten to upse
some popular notions. 1t has long been sup
posed that early cut hay is more valuable
than that cut later. If the Judgment o
the COWS were a test. there would be no ques
ton about 1t. They will leave the ripper hay
and even refuse to eat it at all, if they cal
procure that which has been cut earlier. II
the winters dairy, the milk falls off NOR
than 10 per cent. when the young hay i
changed for that cut two weeks later. Thisi
sufficient to support the general opinion il
spite of chemical analyses, which go to shoy
that ripe hay is heavier, more bulky, an
contains more nutritious substance, thai
that cut earlier. Perhaps the operations G
the chemist can extract more nutrimen
from ripe hay than can the cows stomach
but as young hay feeds more pro6tabiy, j