The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-01
Farm and workshop Notes.

Farm and Workshop Notes.
Ordinary stable manure contains up
wards OF 20 per cent. OF water.
Connecticut es ablished the first agricul-
tural experiment station in America
Poland China pigs are being sent from
| Illinois to Germany for breeding purposes.
| Hoof and horn shavings contain more than
| twenty-five times as much nitrogen as is
contained in average stable manure.
Onions will soon be 1.-The first on the
ground" closely followed by green peas.
Nov is a good time to sort out ana select
seeds.
Sheep feed on dry feed are frequently
troubled with sore lips. An application of
sulphur and lard once or twice will gener-
ally effect a cure.
1t is stated that goaIs among the sheep af-
| ford them protection against dogs. The
goat being pugnaciOus, attacks the dogs
while the sheep escape.
The roads at this season are liable to be in
] bad condition. The horses feet need
watching, and the owner should be careful
to see that they are properly shod.
For turning under a heavy sod there is
nothing to equal a pair OF good oxen. They
may be- little slow at their work, butt viii
be well done if they are managed by good
driver.
Old newspapers can be used to good adj
vantage in poultry houses. stables, etc, by
being pasted double thickness) on the walls
to keep out draughts. They can be easily
removed alterward.
On the last two days of July, 1850, the
| rainfall over an area of 1900 miles IN The
central part of England was three inches A
single inch in sucu an area amounts to lOO,-
coo, 10000 gallons.
E -. to II.
q large lump OF rock sale at dIffeIen loca-
tons, 90 winch. the stock can resort when
ever desired. 1t alsp be placed IN the
troughs OF the sable to good advantage.
II good clover or mixed hay is cut into
half-Inch lengths and stepped in hot water
it makes AN excellent, cheap and healthy
food for fowls in winter, and, with cattle
a little llnseed meal sprinkled on IL adds Il
| its virtue.
As the influence of male animals is more
str ingly impressed on the offspring than
hat of the female, it is Important that un
due care be exercised in the selection OF
males for improvement. One with doubtful
lineage should be avoided.
Cats on the farm do much damage in de
stroying useful birds, and they often play
with the chickens when the master is al
home. but they do not forget to appropriate
q young one or two occasionally when un
observed. They understand how 10 ac
mucn better than may be supposed.
Manure heaps that are thickly covered
with snow viii get good teaching when the
thaw comes. Those farmers who have gone
to little expense to protect their manur:
|, heaps will possess twice the amount of fer
tilizing properties as compared with thOs'
who have been careless in that respect
Ii is as necessary TO use precaution in cut
ting OF limos from trees amputating th'
, leg OF arm of an individual, and it can Onll
be done safely when the tree has suflicen
strength To bear the shock. Trimming o
trees should be done gradually, instead o
} cItting OFT all the diseased limbs at once.
The folio wing is another of the man,
cures that have been recommended 70
chicken cholera: Charcoal, one pound; sui
phur one pound; copperas, half pound
calomel, ten grains; saiicylic acid, on
drachm. Grind to fine powder and give
teaspoonful in moist meal to dozen fowl
once day.
DR.. Lyon Playfair, who has made severa
visits to this country, states, in an article i.
an English magazine, that American me
chanics are more honest and efficient thai
foreign and that it is impossible not to fore
see that the United States is about to be
come the great manufacturing country o
t the world.
, California grapes were sold at the vine
yards last year, for shipping to the Easter
markets, for two cents per pound, and
cost a cent aud half more for boxes am
: packing. The railroads charged $500 cal
: load of ten ions to take them to Chicago
The growers think that the railroads mad
the most money out of the croD
Many dairymen practice milking thei
: COWS steadily without allowing the animal
> to go dry. They feed heavily on cornmea
anu oil cake until the milk fails, when tn
COW is replaced by fresh one A dairy
! man who keeps 80 cows says such prat
tice is more profitable than To lose TIA
d time between their going dry and comm
$ in
Be careful about permitting cattle t
! drink from bitches or from pools In whic
theysare accustomed to stand, or in whicl
their dropplngs are deposited. Such i'm
pure water is not only liable TO injure tn
heal ia of the stock, but is also a fruitful
cause of malarial and typhoid fever anon
. those who use milk product from cows thu
watered.
$ Farmers sometimes sneer at what the,
S style "book farming" claiming that the,
e prefer experience. Experience and stud
e should jointly be acquired by all. Wit
e years OF experience there are but few farm
ers who can visit the agricultural shows
$ judge and select the prize stock. 1t is i'm
D porlant, in order to be frst-class farmer
/ to understand all that pertains 70 IL, ant
|, nothing is SO much needed as knowing hoy