The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10

manure pile, provided the pile Is kept in
proper condition of moisture.
The average yield of corn per acre In the
West during the last Is years has fallen off
20 per cent. This fact points to the time not
many years hence when corn growing in the
West will be improbable.
The prospects for an abundant fruit crop
in Southern Illinois were never more prom
ising. Peach, apple, pear and cherry trees
most favorable for the strawberry plants.
The American Miller mentions q new
wheat called the Diamond, which is very
hinty and prolific variety. The grains are
very long, plump and heavy, but the editor
says he knows nothing about its -four pro-
ducing qualities.
The Toronto Globe represents the Ameri-
Gao demand for Canadian horses as very
brisk. 1t chronicles the total number pur-
chased and shipped to Massachusetts and
New York in single week at 131, costing
$3.50, averaging about SIS each.
Wells.
lCor. CongregatiOnallst.
a criminal neglect is too common in locat-
ing wells for the supply of both man and
beast Pure water and good health must
keep company. Impure water. like foul air
of dwellings, is insidious enemy to any
nOuscuOius ouO yet WCAl5 arc bunhs III y Iuh-
j)rity of cases, with a reckless disregard of
sanitary laws. We have known death re-
peatedly visit a household through the
agency OF filthy we'll of water. The same
applies to the brutes, but perhaps in less
degree. Wells are often sunk so to receive
the percolatiug liquids from some near privy
vault or cesspool, located favorably for re-
ceiviDg their drainage. Some previous soils
convey the faint several feet One we ex
amined was affected at q distance of 10 'eet
from the privy. We once saw a well sunk
in d lower corner of a barnyard, which
received most OF the drainage and supplied
the water to the herd. The water of a we'll
is often poisoned by eelect to keep it prop
erly protected about the top An open or
loosely covered well is a trap for insects or
reptiles. From such a well, which supplied
two families. was taken, a short time ago, 10
toads in various stages of decomposition, an
old shoe, and sundry bits of wood. Nothing
short of a miracle can give health to q house
hold where the laws of nature are thus
de6ed. Look we'll, then, TO the locality and
protection of your wells.
Enriching Fruit Trees.
Many think fruit trees require good rich
manure, and when one thinks OF manuring
fTuit trees he has an idea that valuable ma
terial at so many dollars a ton must be pro-
cured. Nothing of the kind. A ride around
Old Germantown, Pa will show many an
old pear. apple or cherry tree, so situated
that simply earth every year washes down
around the stem over the roots, and 1t is
wonderful how they grow and bear. Some
Of these old pear trees are Seckels, and the
fruit is OF size generally to excite astonish-
ment This dirt, similar to il, hauled and
scattered under the large trees, had a won
derful effect on the growth and productive
ness About one load to three or four trees
Of fak In baul nd
general thing. and the good effects will be
visible for several years We have also seen
excellent results from kitchen ashes spread
under the trees in the same way.