The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-05-21

THE KNlJuSANAT
on good daub -of.tsr. aud in alfsw weeAsthes|
tfreqnently tried it since on cattle sud horsegs
and seldom had an occasion to ne second
| application. The remedy is simple and
efiectual. Correspondence. Prairie Farmer.
The Rural New Yorker says that 10 acres
\ of good clover are worth more than 30 much
j wheat ii the value of what Is left in the
ground by the clover Is taken into account.
When crop OF wheat rs taken, the ground
| is exhausted of so much of its fertility and
4 is carried of IN the wheat; but when crop
1 of clover is taken, the soil Is actually in bet
ter condition than before, and is good
/ enough to yield crop of wheat or corn.
At the State farm at Monson, Mass, the
! COWS are mIlked precisely at q. M: and p
| M, and each cows milk is weighed and the
4 weight recorded. The records show that 55
cows gave, in one week in June, 2A tons of
/ milk, and In one week in December ~ tons
| of milk. The whole amount of milk
producing during last year was little over
10 tons. Seven cows have given an average
of about 20 quarts of milk each per day. Isl
Potato water, OF water in which potatoes
have been boiled, is now recommended in
| various quarters as not only an effective, but
an immediate. remedy for lice on cows and
other cattle, also for ticks. The affected
parts are to be bathed with the potato water;
one application is generally sufficient. This
| remedy (if remedy it proves) has the merit
OF being exceedingly simple, easily employed
and without danger OF injury to the CATTLE
New York World. - sfs sf
The use of cows milk in nervous disorders
is very highly recommended by our best
| physicians. They prescribe 1t to be used at
| all hours, and recommend the patient to
| drink as much as four quarts per day, if
| agreeable. The constant and exclusive use
| of this article after q time becomes very tire
! some, and the mil, acquires an unpleasant
heating the milk and adding enough salt to
flavor it, in this form doing as much good as
in any other.
A correspondent in the Rural World
shows some points of difference between
| British and American methods of feeding
stock, as follows: In Great Britain turnips
i are cut, reduced to pulp and mixed with
Hay and straw are always cut up and mixed
with meal. Stock raisers in England buy
OIL cake, which Americans consider too ex-
pensive. They wet and use it with cut hay
and straw and meal and pulped turnips. The
manure from such feeding is regarded as of
great value.
Regarding borers in peach trees, says the
Country Gentleman, 1t is usual to heap
peck of dry Stacked lime about the peach
trees after the grubs had been picked and
before the earth Is drawn back to the tree.
The lime kills any grubs that may be left.
| If live grub is thrown into the dry lime it
will soon die; this may be tried to satisfy an
inquiring mind. Having used lime in this
way in 1877, the writer found no borers at
all in his trees in 1878, and therefore has
confidence in this means Of REFRESHING the
depredations of this pest
Berers in Apple Trees.
Now is good time. says a writer in the
Rural Sun, to cut out these pests where they
have not been attended to. A few days ago
went over an orchard that had fallen into
my hands, and in one days work think
many valuable trees have been saved. As
many as five full grown borers were cut out
of one tree five inches in diameter. In some
instances these were found running up the
trunk six inches and not over an inch apart
parallel. 1t takesvery close searching some
times to find them. Sometimes a thin wire
can be used with good effect when the knife
and chisel can hardly reach them. In quite
number of instances I found that the spot
ted woodpecker had done the work for me.
They seem to know just where to find
! them when above ground, and rarely
fail in bringing them out They need not
peck large place at all times, as their hard.
pointed, barbed tongue can be inserted and
haul them out. It should be a rule among
all to let these useful birds live undisturbed.
They are tame, and boys are prone to stone
them, or, when beginning to shoot. practice
on these poor fellows. When tree is COM
pletely girdled by the borer or mice 1t can
often be saved by taking twigs of last years
growth, cutting wedge shape ut both ends,
and inserting In the bark below and above
the injury, thus conveying the sap through
them Thus have We saved many a valu-
able tree that would otherwise not have
survived the summer. After cutting out
the b0rers fill up with earth over the
wounds, and they will heal up if not too
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ZOO Potato Culture. s5ta rf,,Is
The agricultural editor of the New York
World gives condensation of the many
points in potato culture, which we copy for
the benefit of those vino propose trying for
full crops this season: 1.-THE soil acknowl-
edged as best adapted to the requirements of
the potato plant is q sandy loan. neither too
wet nor yet too dry; heavy soils induce q
watery insipidity of flavor, and render dry,
mealy product impossible. A rich fresh soil
yields probably the best favored potatoes
and those least liable to disease. A calcereous
soil produces good tubers and generally q
sure crop, though if there is but little lime
present it should be added. Salt, ashes and
gypsum are excellent fertilizers and have
been known to produce on some lands aston
ishing results. A dressing of salt and I'M
leached asheC applied in the growing season
acts not only as fertilizer but is a prevent
i've of the grub prevalent in richly-msnured
lands. Bone dust also greatly benefits q
potato soil. Fresh barnyard manures are
not advised. They ara not liable to affect
the flavor of the potatoes and
induce luxuriant growth of
tops at the expense of the tubers,
which, in consequence, become an easy
prey to blight When necessary to apply
manure 1t is recommended that it be scat
tered broadcast and plo1ghed in The rela-
tive merits of whole or cut potatoes for seed
, agitates the agricultural world each recur-
ring season. Both systems find advocates
among successful growers. This fact pre- YES
is followed. other things being equal. The
general rule arising from conflicting expe-
3 riences and their respective results is: Select
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