The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-31


gram NAV be grown on lighter loans IL in
good heart. 1t may be an excellent 500 ling
crop to follow clover, and as q chang from
oats. We prefer to SOW thickly, say y BUSH
els per acre. but opinions vary in tbs respect.
and from a to pa bushels is the range.
SWINE Corn is high, but 90 is freight. and
as 500 pounds of corn may te carried in q
pork barrel, 1t is question: If 1t will not pay
to feed so cent corn to four cent pigs. Every
bushel of corn fed relieves the market OF a
surplus, and makes the remainder more sala-
Bile. TINS is to be considered. Also the fact
that there is kind of pig that may be fed
the most profitabiy, and that one kind Is the
one TO discover and choose. Hereafter farmers
will save their profits, In all probability.
Just as is done in other manufacturing busi-
ness Animals are living farm machines.
CURRANrs AND GoosEBERR1Es.- ct
once any that have been omitted; abundant
manurlng and mulching will increase the
size of the crop and the fruit. So soon as
the leaves are of much size the worms"
may be expected. Examine the under sur
face of the lower leaves for the eggs, and de-
stroy all that are found. When holes areseen
in the leaves apply white hellebore, either
sprinkled dry or mixed in water, table
spoonful or so to a pailful of water. kt is
better to first scald the hellebore with a little
boiling water before adding it to the pail
containing the cold water Keep stirred.
INsEcTs.-Destroy the eggs of the tent
caterpillar, which are to be found In snail,
closely fitting rings or bands near the ends
of the smaller twigs, and May be cut away.
Many insects harbor beneath the loose
bark of trees, and by scraping this off
and washing the trunk and limbs with
solution of soft soap, much good may be
done. To prevent the ascent OF the wingless
females of the canker worm. use heavy
brown paper bound closely around the trees
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ink or tar. The bands will have to be re-
coated at frequent intervals during the sea
son.
AsrARAGUs.-The old ideas about the
elaborate preparation for an asparagus bed
are out of date. 1t is as easy to make bed
for asparagus as almost any other plant, and
nothing pays any better for the little
trouble. Set the new beds 80 soon
as the plants can be had, giving
1t a generous manuriDg and putting the
crowns about four inches below the
surface. Rows two feet apart, with q foot
between the plants, is a good distance for
the family garden, but il room can be spared
the distance may be increased. Let the
plants grow until the third year before cut
ting. The coarse litter should oe rsked from
the old bed to make IL smooth and clean
before the stems begin to come through the
ground.
THE TREES 1T is assumed that trees were
ordered some time ago; they should be at
hand ready for planting. 1t is the custom
1T nurseries to take up and heel-in large
stock of the kinds of trees most called for
this retards the growth and al
lows them TO fill late orders. II there
is a nursery near at hand it will pay to make
bargain, if possible, to help dig the trees
yourself, and thus secure a larger share of
the roots that belong to them. If trees, In
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bury them, root and branch, in mellow earth
for few days, when they become plump
again. In unpacking the trees, look to the
labels, as some may become detached and
would otherwise be lost.
CoWs.-Garget and abortion trouble the
dairymen. We believe in prevention. The
former may surely be prevented by due care
AS soon as the udder contains milk it should
be relieved by drawing off part of it, if
there is any tendency to hardness. These
diseases are often consequence of
weak for want OF food. When a
cows time approaches and the feed
is suddenly reduced, disturbance of the
system is caused. Circulation becomes ir-
regular, and congestion occurs In the mos.
susceptible organs. The udder is the prin
cipal one of these at this period. and an
attack of gargss is very sure to occur. This
may not always be so, but long experience
and observation convinces US that IL gener.
ally is. The remedy is obvious.
ORCHARD AND Observation-Disclosures sets out
and orchard. of course does Ii with the ex-
pectation OF a return in fruit No one
plants corn or potatoes without hrst consid-
ering If the land will give him q crop; If the
soil is not In the proper condition he knows
that he must make 1t 80, or lose his seed
and his labor. MUcn less than corn and
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ing. The trees will struggle along, do the
best they can, but such orchards do not pay,
and run out" early. Unless the land is
sufficiently fertile for an ordinary farm crop,
it should be made so; no soil too wet for
such crops will answer for fruit trees, which,
to succeed, need well drained land. The
blowing should be as deep as the character
of the soil will allow, and the sub-soiI piow
may generally follow the other with benefit.
CoRN-This is one of those crops which re-
euire warm soil and which suffer from a
late frost. But the ground may be prepared
in season to help on the planting aiterward.
As good crop may be grown on stubble
on sod il the right method is followed; and
this is simply TO give sufficient manure and
thorough cultivation. One hundred bAshels
per acre may be produced, and this means
double or treble pay for the same
labor. Far larger crops than this
have been grown. and OF late years, thanks
to the general diffusion of scientific knowl-
edge through the best Of the agricultural
journals, the average yield Of this grain has
been doubled. A yield OF rs or 80 bushels
is now secured where 80 or 40 bushels used
to satisfy farmers. The use of fertilizers and
good methods of cultivation have effected
this; bat the same means may be made avail
able for even larger yields, and one should
never stay satisfied with large crop, but
try for still greater ones. The time of plant
ing, of course, varies with the latitude, and
these remarks apply when corn planting is