The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-03-11
Farm aud Workshop Notes.

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Chloral hydrate has proved an effi-
cient antidote in several recently re-
ported cases of severe poisoning by
belladonna in England.
Charred corn Is one of the best
things which can be fed to hens to
make them lay, not as regular diet,
but in limited quantities each day.
1t costs but very little per head to
raise sheep. Not only will they pay
as farm stock but it is being commonly
known that sheep restore fertility to
land.
Anybody can have grape vines by
cutting them properly. Trim off a
portion of the old vine and leave, a
bud at each end. Stick one end in the
ground and it will take root.
Strawberry plants should be set out
as early in the season as possible in
order to avoid dry spell. Nothing is
SO fatal to young plants as lack of
moisture after being transplanted.
In breeding fowls for eggs, use the
Leghorns,- Houdans, Black Spanish
and neutrality-suspicious.. For
market chicks, the Plymouth Rocks,
Brahmas and Cochins should be tried.
Those feeding bran should not lose
sight of the fact that wheat ground by
the "new process" converts the best
part of the bran into -four, and what
is left Is of but little value as cattle
food.
Gray bodies properly selected as to
height of tone, when contiguous to
eolored bodies, exhibit the phenomena
of contrast OF color more strikingly
than either black or white substances
do.
One COW we'll fed and comfortably
cared for will produce quite as much
milk and butter as two tibet are al
lowed to run at large, lie on the wet
ground and be subject to the exposure
of the weather.
An application of 100 pounds of nj
trate of soda to an acre of wheat, where
the crop looks weak, will show its BEN
eft in a few days, not only improving
it in growth but largely increasing the
yield.
Ensilage is nothing new, as far as
preservation is concerned. 1t is SIM
ply keeping green food through the
winter by the exclusion of air. 1t Is
on the same principle as canning, only
on a larger scale.
Onions are the first vegetables that
get in the ground. The land should
he very rich. They can be grown in
The same place every year, as they are
very nearly equally proportional in
the constituent elements derived from
the soil.
Alum water Is recommended for
preventing bugs and worms from In
Testing 6ourmi Dissolve two pounds
of alum in three quarts of warm water
and supply with brush to erevices
where insects may be concealed.
Steel tools should never be heated
either for forging or ten pering, in
fresh fire unless it be charcoal. If
coke is not at hand the fire should be
allowed to burn until all the gas is
burned out of the coal before the steel 10
introduced.
Some farmers think that COW must
eat all the time when confined in the
stall. 1t is poor economy which puts
fresh hay into manger on the top of
older hay. A little tossing of the hay
lett in the manger will dry it and make
it seem of renewed niceness to cows or
horses.
Occasional sowing of little patches
OF ground with mustard, green peas,
oats ETC., will do much to assist in
keeping a COW on small farm. They
grow quickly and the same land will
give several crops. A little discretion
in this way will save much expense
as to keep as well as furnishing
early green feed.
Green peas are early crops. Most
persons prefer the dwarfs, but the tall
varieties yield better. A fault with
the dwarfs is that they furnish families
growing them with such few pfokjnps
This is because they ripen nearly all
at once. The better plan is to put
them In the ground at intervals for
succession of crops.
Distemper in colt takes about three
weeks to run its course. All the
medicine required is light dose of
EPSON salts-say four to six ounces
and good nursing. Give warm bran
mashes, hnseed or oatmeal cruel
keep the animal warm, and rub tn.