The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-07-16

the greater value as q 1904 IOr bWiuo, COOAcu
or uncooked meal, says: "We have, by an
experiment which has been continued
through from three to four months OF each
of the nine years since its beginning, OBJ
tanned evidence that all the money and lab
expended in cooking meal for swine is more
than thrown away"
An old gardner writes as follows: After
trying for a number of years, almost in vain,
to raise good celery on ordinary dry garden
soil, l finally borrowed the use OF q little
patch of reclaimed swamp laud-deep black
muck, we'll drained but moist, and for the
two past seasons have grown on it very fine
celery with but little labor. So shall never
againattempt to grow this vegetable on
common garden soil without some cheap
and easy method of irrigation"
All lovers of flowers should remember
that one blossom allowed to mature or go to
seed Injuries the plant more than dozen
new buds. Cut your flowers all of them,
before they begin to fade. Adorn your rooms
with them; put them on your table; send
bouquets to your friends who have no How
ers, or exchange favors with those who have.
You will find that the more you cut of the
more you will have. All roses, after they
have ceased to bloom. should be cut back,
that the strength of the root may go to
forming new roots for next year.
1t is folly to keep old sheep. They should
be turned off to the butcher while they are
yet in their prime. 1t does not take half as
much to fstten them then. When they
get old and thin, in order to put them in
condition to slaughter, the whole super
structure must be rebuilt. Four sets of
lambs are all 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 desirable than anything
else.
Keep sheep dry under foot with clean
litter. Never let them stand or lie in the
mud or snow. If a eve loses her lamb, milk
her daily for few days, and mix little
alum with her salt. Never frighten sheep
if possible to avoid it. Separate sick or thin
sheep from those that are strong, and give
them special care. If a leg is broken, bind
it with splinters tightly, loosening as the
limb swells. If sheep is lame, examine his
vitriol boiled in a little water. Shear at
once any sheep commencing to shed its
wool, unless the weather is too severe.
The Western Farm and Live Stock Jour
nal says that the country needs more women
of physical and mental vigor, and with this
object In view Michigan sets an example by
appropriating $12 900 to establish a school
where girls may learn certain branches of
the pursuits of agriculture. In Germany,
ing girls in matters appertaining to the
dairy. The leading course of studies pro-
posed at the Michigan institution are the
making of butter. cheese and bread, rearing
of poultry and the cultivation of small
fruits and vegetables. Such studies are
practical and useful to ambitious and indus
trious girls, but should be made a part of
the education of all.
What the Farmer Should Study.
columbus Rural World.l
The farmer should study the laws of con-
centration. He should learn how to con-
centrate his crops into the best paying
articles Does he consider that butter,
cheese, beef, pork and mutton represent only
a certain amount of grass, hay and grain
that his farm produces? That instead of
selling the raw commodities he can, by
putting them into these articles, get much
better returns tor his products? His study
should be how to transform the raw products
of his farm into the something that is con-
c9ntrated and that will bring him most
money. What he raises has to go to some
market. By condensing it, little freight
will have to be paid, and thus much will be
saved. A farm is not only a farm; it is, or
should be, factory for changing the raw
products into articles OF general consump-
ton that have commercial value the world
over-that are of the best quality, that keep
well and sell well, and bring prices that will
pay well for the skill, labor and capital en-
ployed IN producing them.
A New idea.
The editor of the Southern Planter says:
''The other day we met gentleman from
Alabama, who gave us piece of 1nforma-
ton as to ascertainIng the age of horse
after it has passed the ninth year. which was
quite new to us, and will be, we are sure, to
most of our readers" 1t is this: After the
horse is nine years old a wrinkle comes in
the eyelid at the upper corner OF the lower
| lid, and every year thereafter he has one
well-defined wrinkle for each year of his age
over nine. If, for instance, horse has three
wrinkles, he is II; if four, ID. Add the
number of wrinkles to nine, and you will
always get at it. So says the gentleman,
and he is confident it will never fail.
| Curled Leaf Peach Trees.
Some eight years since / reported in the
Country Gentleman about some peach tree
affected with this disease, as supposed it tt
be, stating in substance that found tn,
| under side OF the leaves covered will
aphides, or small insects, which appeared
to be the cause of curl and destruction of tn,
leaves. Since that time / have often ex
amined peach leaves similarly affected, ant
have almost invariably found either aphide
sucking the Juices or gall insects, whicl
from appearances were the cause. Nov,
should like to have peach-growers and other
look closely and see if they do not find som
insects at work on the affected leaves.
believe 1 stated in the communication re
ferred to that whether aphides were tn
cause or effect of the disease, the fact wa
they were found only on diseased leaves.
A Cure for Apple Worms.
Hartland niagara county, New York
farmer, who had been greatly troubled wit
the canker worm, has discovered an efficien
remedy for the pest. He procured an OIL
binary force pump, hose and finely -per
forated sprinkler attached to it, and, wit
the apparatus placed Cd the top of fort
gallon cask with solution of Paris greer
he drove il into the orchard and began tn
work of destruction. The trees were lIterall
alive with worms and thorough sprinklin
was required to reach them all, and thi
was given. The result exceeded all antlci
pations, and, although several examination