The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-24

are sometimes prescribed TO prevent or re-
move The suckers which spring up around
fruit or ornamental trees by digging them
out If the removal is done early in spring,
before erowt b hes commenced, there will be
plenty to spring up and take their places;
but in June or July little trouble from new
suckers will be the result, and few repeti
tions of the work will be needed. We have
before urged the importance of the distinc-
ton, but many seem slow in receiving and
appreciating il. On old trees il is less essen
tial than on younger ones.
Farm and Workshop Notes.
A Philadelphia hen fsncier boasts of a
hens egg that weighs So ounces.
]. G. Reed, of Woodside, Del, writes that
the peach crop of Kent County is all right
Straw berries promise well, and so do cher
rieS and pears.
A good crop Of red clover, when cut for
hay, removes 81 large quantity of nitrogen
from the land, but il nevertheless leaves the
surface soil actually richer in nitrogen than
it was before from the residue Of roots and
stui ble From whence is this large guam
tlty of nitrogen obtained? IL must be pro-
duced either from the subsOil or the atmOs-
phere DR.. J. B. Lawes thinks the former
seems the most probable, as extended ex-
periments have hitherto failed TO prove that
ieguminOus plants like clover have any
special power of obtaining nitrogen frem the
AIR.
The eve of steer when prominent,
bright and clear. with a mild and gentle
expression, is an indication of health, with
a quiet disposition aud good feeding quail
ty. III the eye is dull and sHnken the capil-
lary circulation will be defective, and the
| functions of nutrition Imperfectly per-
formed, and there will not only be q def
cheney in the ability to fatten. but lack of
strength and constitutional vigOr. A rest
less and wild expression of the ey G indicates
| a prepOnderance OF nervous action and an
unQuiet disposition that is not compatible
with good feeding quality.
Prussia spends two or three million dollars
annually upon the State forests and farms.
The farms of the State are rented 70 practical
farmers, who are bound by their leases to
take pupils in agriculture, and To keep
blooded stock for improving the breeds of
the surrounding community, and to intro
duce such machinery on trial as is recon-
mended BY the Agricultural Minister of the
| Crown. No seeds are distributed free except
| in time of scarcity, but railroads have to
carry free articles for exh bition at sgricul-
tural fairs. The highways are lined with
| fIEit or other trees, and the GOvernmt nj
supervision of forests is strict.
In the use of extra food for milch COWS
discrimination should be used in the appor-
| ti0nment OF varying quantities to individual
animals according TO their special require
ments, their milching capacity and tneiI
| condition as to age. Some COWS will pay
we'll for a liberal allowance in increased sup
plies of milk and require more liberal diet
To make up for the large drain upon their
system, while other cows do not require and
will not pay for forced keep. Heifers tive
and three years old, when milking freely
| require some extra food to enable them tC
grow in size, as well as to milk abundant
ly For want of this many animal.
which milk freely with their first calves are
checked in their growth, and never attain
their proper size.
In cheddar cheese-making in England
acidety is Systematically developed in the
curd when the whey has been removed from
il by keeping the curd warm and piled W
In heaps. In other systems it has been
more or less unconsciOusly employed as in
the Cheshire, by warming the curd in an
oven in the Derby, by leaving the newly
formed cheese unsalte for a DAY or so, OF
in some cases by leaving little curd of one
day to mix with that of the next; and in
the Sbillton by leaving the curd TO drain
slowly, without pressure, for a time. BY
judici0us employment OF acidity Engisf
cheesem akers claim TO secure a quicker
/ ripening cheese, and one whose flavor i.
more highly developed.
There is much to be learned concernins
the handling and preserving of apples.
cOrrcSp ndent of the Lewiston Journal
under date Of March Is, states that "Samue
Timberlake, OF Turner. Me-, took from his
cellar few days ago lilo barrels of Bald
wins, leaving about two bushels of rotter
and speckled apples. His cellar is very
damp, and contains many barrels of cider
which, We think. assls's in keeping the
fruit Mr.. Undertakes wife carefully
looked afeer the gathering of the fruit ia the
fall. d. L. True, of Leeds, also had a very
nice lot of BaldwIns, which were kept in
similar cellar. We think il the farmer,
would get more water into their cellars anc
keep them damp their apples would keeE
much better
The average daily receipts of milk last
week at the various points of ribution ir
n New York Ciiy We're Is follows: Erie Rail
way POO cans OF cream 3 $50 cans of milk
Harlem Railroad, 2 l75 cans of milk; New
Maven Railroad. 400; Hudson River Rail
road. $50; Md and K ,ilrOad. LIS cans o.
milk and Go eans of cream; New York City
and Northern Railroad, $50 cans of milk
miscellaneous nearby routes, l $50 ea2s
total, 9 900 cans Of milk of forty QUAR-,
each, and 265 cans of cream. The prices a
which the surplus sold on the platform
avenged 81 10 per can of forty quarts. A
4 large increase on the Erie Road aud a smal.
che msrket and tie average price for tht
geek "a twent Eve cents per can less thar
| the previous week
Professor w. IohE5on, Director of the
Connecticut experiment station, says: at
is. scarcely doubt equally true that ensil
age - no more palstsble. no more digest
ible. and 10 more nxirlLio2s than the fresh
corn from "a hich il ~ produced. The rumol
nov GoatiI,g in the air 5hatelsilsge is worth
more, nay. much more. than the fresh e m
fodder has nothing sOtiG TO rest on. Fod
der is on all hands conceded TO lose notliing
in the sii0 that can effect concentration OF
its nutritfve matters. The anal Uses of Bar
raj, which Goffar quotes ia his book. give
both for fresh maize and for ensiaage 80 per
cent. of water. The main advantage of the
sjlo plainly is to MAGAZINE green fodder.
Whether in our eliRDate the sii0 or the stock
and shed are best experience must decide
| Whether successful eisilage is more palst-