The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-10
Farm and Workshop Notes.

faJ IS OF no value as manure.
American merino sheep are being sent to
Australia.
Excess of water in the soil prevents root
development.
All liquid impurities are liable TO flow
downward into wells.
The catalpa will grow from cuttings but
comes better from seed.
For picking the white spine is considered
one of the best cucumbers.
Silk culture is receiving attention in every
portion of the United States
The Spanish horse is small and has
strong dash OF African blood.
Galvanized iron will corrode after six or
seven years exposure 20 moisture.
Hungarian grass, or millet, should not be
seeded until the soil is quite warm.
Negligence in the preparation of seed fur
nishes the key to many low averages in
yield.
The nearer fattening animal approaches
maturity the greater is the proportion of
fat in the gross increase obtained.
Paper. made from strong fbers can now be
| com pressed into substance so hard that
nothing but the diamond can scratch it.
The fats occurring in the animal body are
principally stearine, palmetine and oleine.
/
inc in fluid fats.
Probably the largest apple growers IN
Maine are J. Pope & Son, of Manchester,
who last year raised over 5000 bushels, :, SOC
OF which were Baldwins.
Cotswold sheep have large, handsome
frames well covered with flesh, and a great
propensity to fatten. Their mutton is apt
to be rather coarse grained.
A fat calf is 65 per cent water and Is pei
cent. fat, while an extra fat sheep is 81
per cent water and IS per cent. fat, and g
fat pig is 43 per cent water and II per cent
fat.
Put four or tive lima beans in a pot and
cover them an inch deep. 1t is real fun &c
see them came up. Take care of the plants
and set them out without disturbing the
roots.
Deeply-rooted crops, as wheat, red clover
and mangel, are those best fitted to resist
drought, while shallow-rooted crops as
grass and turnips, are those that suffer most
from it.
In England the farmer examines and
selects sheep that excel In producing NUT
ton, while in America the preference is for
sheep that produce the heaviest and best
heeces.
The oleomargarine factories of New York
have a producing capacity of 1l6,000,0 900
pounds annually, while the production of
dairy butter in the State is only Ill, 000, coo
pounds
Whatever he has done or neglected to do
in the past, the farmer who has land which
can properly be devoted TO that purpose
should make it point this year to set few
fruit trees.
Horses are social animals, particularly so
in the case OF young horses They thrive
best when in the society of others, hence
the advantage of pasturIng several in one
field when practicable.
The pigs on the great cheddar dairy farms
! in England are never fed on whey alone Ii
is thought more profitable TO have greater
number than the whey Will support and
then supplement- by supplies of other food.
The beef of Hereford cattle is pecu liarly
tender and fine grained. For quantity as
well as quality of meat they are not ex-
celied. The capability of the breed as quick
feeders and economical produces of meat is
Nnqueso.onable
There IS no wisdom in working a thirty
acre field year after year TO get five bushels
! OF wheat or ten of corn To the acre, when
with the same expense for fertilizers you
could raise fifteen bushels of wheat or thir-
ty Of corn an ten acres.
Corncobs are very valuable, especially
after they are reduced TO ashes. They con-
| tain . great proportion of p0tash-atout 25
| per oent.-and the ashes can be either used
| for making soap by teaching them or spread
on the soil. Csbs furnish q quick, hot fire.
A writer in the Homestead says: II do
not believe there is anything like it-so
handy and effectGalto dispose a young
heifer to keep her hind ieet still at the first
lesson of being MIXED, as small rope tied
around the body close back of the forelegs.
and twisted tight with short stitk."
Remedies for the diseases of sheep are
many, but few are effectual. This is owing
to the fondness of sheep for companionship
Disease once introduced into flock spreads
rapidly, and sick sheep, as general thing
never get well. Farmers who wish to be
successful with sheep should guard them
against exposure and contagion.