The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-10
OUR FARM BUDGET.
Some Practical Suggestions Concerning
Farm Work for November.
How and What to Store Away for
Winter Consumption.
Carrots Field Crop The Prevailing
Horse Disease-Salt as n Fertile
tI. zer-Farm Notes.
Farm Work for November.

month than they will be at any time tlH
next May. They are very firm, having be-
come packed by the teams that have passed
over them during the summer and fall
Unless heavy raiRs occur, they will be in
excellent condition for teaming until they
are disturbed by the frost. In most cases
Means are in excellent condition at this sea
bon of the year. There are no insects TO
trouble ANIMALS and the air is bracing. All
the heavy teaming SHOULD be done now that
hit is possible to do Material for fencing
and for building ssseuld be brought upon
the ground, even il they are not to be used
till next spring. Wood and coal in sufficient
uantities to supply the household till next
nmmer should be drawn and put under
cover. They can generally be obtained at a
lower price during November than later in
the season. The present is an excellent
ytme to draw grain to market. In most
cases farmers sell their grain where they
&buy their coal, and there is economy in
\drawing home a load of the latter when
they take load of the former to market.
Flowing is one of the kinds of spring work
THAT can be done TO most excellent advan-
tage in the fall. The season for blowing in
the spring is often very short, and in many
cases the ground is in exceedingly bad con-
ditiOn. In many cases teams are weak in
consequence of insufficient. exercise during
| the unfavOrable weather that generally
occurs during the latter portion Of the win
kter. Tbey are not able to dc the amount of
blowing then that they can at present. The
advocates of late fall blowing increase every
year. Farmers no longer consider il neceS-
sary TO defer blowing land for most crops
till Immediately before the time of planting.
Most persons acknowledge there may be too
loose seed-bed for wheat and other sorts of
small grain. The advocates of ''firming'
the soil before or after sowing most crops
Ore increasing. BY blowing land in the fall
good start is made in the work that is ordi-
arily done in the spring A Large amount
Il vegetable rubbish is buried and placed
where it will aid in enriching the soil. The
under-soil is also exposed to the action of
the frost, which exerts useful influence in
preparing it to aid in the growth of plants.
The manure that has accumulated around
barns and stables in barn-yards, pig-pens
and poultry-hOuses should be removed
u3uring this month. that the premises may
clean and healthy. If allowed to remain
after the fall rains occur it will become
great source of annoyance, and be the
cans of injuring animals and fowls of all
nds. When scraped together and loaded
On carts, il should be drawn directly to the
felds it is to enrich. The persons are now
few who advocate placing manure in heaps
TO decOmpOse. 1t is well-knOwn that the
losses manure sustains when exposed to the
wind and rains are very great. Much of the
ammonia escapes in the air, and much of
kthe soluble material is washed away. The
{place to store manure is in the soil il is de-
ysigned to fertilize. When SO placed no por-
ton of it is IN danger of being wasted; the
ammonia will be retained or taken up by
the soil that's Immediately above it, while
salts and other soluble materials will be
Iyented from washing away. The sooner
mixed with the soil the better il will
Incorporated.
Moving fields can be cleaned up to good
advantage during this month. The frost
Ihas killed vegetation to such an extent that
Fit is easy to see everything that is likely to
Obstruct the operations of the moving ma
chine and hOrse-rake. Stumps, roots and
ktones should be removed by means of an
iron bar and then drawn Off Tussocks
should be cut off or leveled in some manner
the mower and rake will not come in
htact with them. If weeds have grown
a since haying they should be burned off,
II bushes have encroached on the grass they
should be removed. Hazel bushes may be
readily exterminated during this month.
The best time to do il is after the surface of
he soil is frozen. The best implement to
Employ in cutting them is a carpenters
adze, attached to a suitable handle. BY
means of it they may be cut very close to
the ground. Some shoots may appear the
Following spring and winter, but they may
cut off by the mower. Roots deprived
stalks and foliage will soon die and decay
ld add to the fertility of the soil.
Every attention should be given during
lis month TO stock that is to be fatted for
be winter market. The weather is compare
gely mild and there is now a great variety
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The same variety of food than they will after
bold storms of rain and snow begin to fall.
EAll perishable food, as apples, pumpkins,
Fand squashes should be fed out literally to
prevent waste. 1t is best to feed soft corn as
boon as it is husked, as it will mold if put in
The crib. Soft corn is easily digested and is
Felished, on account of its sOftness and
Sweetness, by stock of all kinds. Cattle and
obeep will gain in flesh and fat very rapidly
inring the month of November if they are
properly attended to. There is some green
grass and an abundance of other kinds of
food to afford sufficient variety. NOvem-
yber is one of the best months in the year for
fattening hogs. They should be allowed all
ley can eat, and pains should be taken to
ford them protection from the cold. 1t is
$50 an excellent month for preparing sheep
the market.
forest leaves are carried over a farmers
femises by the prevailing wind, it will be
yell for him TO take measures to secure
Them, This may generally be done by
placing bushes against the sides of fences or
between the boards of which they are COM
posed. Forest leaves constitute one of the
most valuable fertilizers for special pur-
poses. They contain a very large amount
Il potash, which is of great benefit to all
rOps, and of the highest value to some
ants. The roots of trees penetrate the
ound TO great distance and obtain potash
ON portions of the soil that the roots of
anual plants never reach. A large proper
pn of the potash thus obtained isdeposited
the leaves which fall on the ground and
Re often carried into swamps marshes, lakes
d streams Forest leaves are very valua-
for mixing with manure for bot-beds,
use in flower gardens, and for putting
ut the roots of rose bushes, evergreens
all kinds of shrubbery. They are also
g valuable as a special manure for pota-
tttention should be given during this
bth to making walks over the grounds
+ the house. Walks may be made of
ious materials, as fat stones, bricks, and
vel; but in many respects walks made OF
pks resting on supports few inches
IN the ground are to be preferred. They
very easily and quite cheaply con-
scted, and if made of good material will
ten or twelve years. 1t requires no la
n TO keep them in order. They are not
H., and uaada Ard grass do