The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-06-09

comprehended the situation. Still they are
not the terrible destroyers they were ten
years ago, and are quite under control.
A French paper relates the following ex-
pertinent: "A COW was MIXED three times
a day for eleven days and yielded ITO quarts
of milk. With two milkings daily she gave
only lac quarts in the same number OF days.
Analysis, moreover, showed that the milk
in the first case was richer IN butter globules
by more than one-seventh than in the second
case"
Rsdishes may be grown in a very few days
by the following method: Soak the seed in
water for twenty-four hours, then put in q
bag and expose il to the sun, and they will
commence to terminate the same day. Then
SOW In a well na1ured. hot bed, and water
from time to time with lukewarm water. In
a very short time the radishes acquire SUIT
fcient bulk to be good enought to eat.
The Scientific American has found e use
for empty fruit cans. 1t recommends pierre
Ing one or more pin holes in the bottom and
sinking them in the earth near the roots of
strawberry or tomato or other plants, the
holes to be made OF such size that when tie
cen is filled with water the fluid can only
escape into the ground very slowly. A very
little care in filling the cans OCCASIONALLY
will keep the ground we'll irrigated.
Hyaoinths may be grown in wet sand.
gravel. moss or in water, but much better in
pots of earth not less than six inches deep
and wide. Several may be brought together
say three OF different colors. The single
lowered varieties are, in some respect,
much better than the double. For the soil
take q sandy loan of a we'll rotted manure,
pot all the bulbs az once, and bring them to
the light at different times.
AS milk and cream are great sbsorbents
OF impurities In confined air, We have fire.
quently sugg sted that every care should be
exercised in keeping milk rooms perfectly
pure and clean. The firkins should be filled
the day before needed with boiling water,
and in an hour mixed with cold water. Per.
feet cleanliness is a very important consid
eratioE from the milking of the COW until
the butter is brought 10 market.
Agriculture can not be carried on by any
rigid rule. The soil OF no two fields is pre-
cisely alike, or would be alike benefited by
the same treatment. No two seasons are
precisely alike. All is variety and change.
Intelligent farming is Learned to adapt
methods to condition and circumstances
There are fixed principles that apply to each
condition. The man who masters principles
can become master In practice.
The New England farmer gives the ex-
perience of a correspondent in mixing the
milk of blooded COWS, who undertakes to
show that when the milk of the respective
breeds is kept separate the yield of butter
is greater. He also gives the experience OF
other dairymen in support of this theory.
One of these obtained thirty eight pounds
of butter from the mixed cream of Jerseys
and Short Horns, but by keeping the milk
OF each breed separate, he obtained from the
same quantity OF cream eighty-three and a
half pounds of butter.
The following facts will be found interest
ing for farmers to peruse: Measure 900 feet
on each side, and you will have square acre
within an inch; an acre contains 1880
square yards; a square mile contains $40
acres; a mile is 5 $50 feet or 1,760 yards In
length; iathom is six feet; league is three
miles, Sabbath Days journey Is 1,l55
yards (this is eighteen yards less than two
thirds of mile); days journey is thirty
three and one-sighth miles; cubic is two
feet; great cubic is eleven feet; a hand
(horse measure) is four inches; palm is
three inches; a span is ten and seven-eighthE
inches: pace is three feet; a barrel of -four
weighs 196 pounds; barrel of pork weighs
200 pounds; a firkin OF butter weighs fifty
six pounds; tub of butter weighs eighty
four pounds.