The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-11
steam, which greatly aids the breath in ex-

steam, which greatly aids the breath in ex-
panding the "bell."
One horsepower may be rated as that of
about six men. The force of a horse is rated
at A, 600 pounds, one foot per minute.
thin coat of varnish applied to straw
mating will make il much more durable
and keep the mating looking fresh and
new.
Iron or steel immersed in a solution of
carbonate of potash or soda for few min
utes will not rust for years, not even when
exposed to damp atmosphere
The miners inch is the amount of water
flowing in one second from an orihce one
inch by one inch, under head OF SIX
inches. measured from the upper side OF the
orifce.
Concerning the time for Matching the eggs
of bees, the worker takes twenty-one days
to hatch, reckoning from the laying Of the
egg. the drone twenty-four days and the
queen seventeen days.
A celery garden of forty-six acres, believed
to be the largest in the world, is cultivated
in the suburbs of London, and produces an
nually about half a million of plants.
One of the oldest and most successful corn
growers in the country says that he invaria-
bly, obtains more shelled corn to the acre
from the eight-rowed than from the twelve
rowed varieties.
Those who desire good, large currants
should trim the bushes, cutting out the old
wood. The present is also good time TO
work in some manure. Currants Will pay
for extra care and culture.
There is no agent that will protect the
vines from the ravages of the striped bug
and squash bug so effectively as paris green
when applied to the vines as ii is to potatoes
for destroying the beetle. 1t is also efficient
in destroying the rose bug.
To fix pecil-marks so they will not rub out
take well-skimmed milk and dilute with an
equal bulk of water. Wash the pencil-marks
with this liquid, using a soft camels-hair
fiat brush, and avoiding all rubbing. Place
upon fiat board to dry.
Barnyard manure generally lacks phos-
phoric acid, while bones contain large
quantity. A ton of pure bone dust contains
as much nitrogen as eight and half tons of
fresh stable manure of an average quality.
The quantity of phosphOric acid contained
in the manure depends upon the kind OF
food consumed by the animals. Though the
ton of bone dust contains as much phos-
phoric acid as ITO tons of stable manure,
yet one ton of the latter contains more pot
ash than five tons of bone dust.
Persons are not so careful to collect and
preserve their soft wood ashes as they are
those from hard wood, under the impression
that the ashes from pine wood contains lit
tie alkali. The facts are that 100 pounds of
pine wood ashes contain about four times as
much potash as the same weight of hard
wood ashes, but a bushel of hard wood
ashes contains much more potash than a
bushel of pine wood ashes. Hard wood
ashes contain about 1871 per cent. of potash
which is soluble, while the ashes of yellow
pine contain 80 per cent. of alkali which is
soluble.
There are few implements upon farm
which are more useful than the roller. If
seed be rolled in, the roller not only presses
all the small stones below the surface and
leaves the surface of the land so that it can
be easily mown with the machine, but it
presses the soil close around the seed, thus
fastening vegetation. If passed over the
moving land at this season of the year the
roller levels all inequalities, leaving the
ground in good condition for the operations
of both moving machine and rake, and is
likely TO save great many dollars in the
ordinary repairing of moving machines and
in the grinding of the knives.