The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-09-19


of wheat bran is worth $l4 30 for manu-s
Viii Q q ton of cornmsal Is only worth s. O.
1hese figures are based on the cnst OF nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash in their
O. numerical forms, and represent the CON-
pAalive manursl value OF feed. IL thinks
that at piesent prices farmers can purchase
bran TO feed and make manure more cAesDly
ibsn they can oihtrwise obtain it. After
Zee ding its manurial value will be gTea.eT,
because il will be more available.
Tie following has been found one of the
surt st cures for chicken cholera. being high
lyrtcommen6ed by great msny: Give hypo-
sulpbite OF soda in dose OF half level tea
spoonful OF chrystal dissolved in as little Wa
Ter IS will make a solution. IL the fowl will
not drink or partake of il In any form, pour
il down the throat IL will cure st once, says
a correspondent of the Rural New Yorker,
end, though q strong dose and purges viO-
lently, is not dangerous, and has been found
sufficient to kill the germs which produce
this diseake.
The American Dairvmsn says: II is moOted
in some quarters whether or not heifers can
be made to yield q larger flow of milk By
means OF manipulating the udder with the
hand before she has her first calf. We have
often seen elongated teats caused By young
calves sucking the heifer before parturitioD,
ard this was certainly a good point gained;
but even a large udder does not always make
large mixer, and we are of the opinion
that the secretion OF milk has nothing 70 do
with the size of the udder. Large udderi are
the cause, and not the effect, Of large milk
yields.
The Jersey cow Bet Arlington, owned by
w. g. Stoughton, of Riverside, Mass, in
seven days. commencing June Is, gave 226
pounds of milk, from the cream of which
was churned eighteen pounds, eleven ounces
of bGtter. Her feed was closely fed pasture
and two quarts of corn-meal. morning and
night
In Ontario experimental farm experience
the short horn is an average miller, short in
duration per season, low in specific gravity,
high in percentage OF cream, prop0rtionately
in butter, and also high In cheese prodGc-
tion. The grades OF this breed approach the
nearest TO what is called general parpose
cow
4 winter in the Country Gentleman recon-
NERDS the soaking of the wood composing
summer house in crude petroleum, saying IT
will make any common wood nearly or about
as durable as cedar, besides impsriiDg 10 it u
rich brown color. Is would be an excellent
idea 10 spply the same preserva:ive to trel-
lises, etc, on lawns
The Jersey COW 0akland's Cora, owned by
! NalsEeTy L. Fuller, of Hamilton, 01tari0,
has furnished the following amount of milk
cream and butter in thirty-one days: Total
weight of milk, 72j pounds ounces; total
butter (ursslttd( 81 pounds = ounces
! American Veterinary Review.
~ an suction sale of imported rams AMI
! ewes by the Massachusetts Society for Pro-
| noting Agriculture, Farmingham, July 81
| 100 ais were sold eft prices ranging from
/ Sl3 TO SOL for Tenas and s. 10 SIS for ewes
! shout hslf what the stock cost, as IL was the
! pUrTose of the Society that they should be
well distributed among the farmers OF the
! State.
/ The obj ect of blowing ia not merely 10 in
vert the soil but TO polverizs II. Old gro md
/ is like mortar when plowed wet, and will Got
break up and become mellow; hence 1t might
/ rs we'll be planted without blowing at all
SwaId ground Will be partially pulveriz3d By
the elements evolved by the decomposition
| of the grass roots in its sell.
As early as the time of Alexander H., OF
J Scr tlsn6, a man who let weeds go to seed on
q farm was declared the Kings enemy. In
/ Denmark farmers compelled to destroy
all the weeds on their premises. In France a
man may prosecute his neighbor for damsgs IS
I who permits weeds TO SO to seed which may
endapger neighboring lands.
IL costs so much to test the different va
Iieties Of fruits, especially those that are
( long coming into bearing, that average farm
ers can not afford to do much OF it. The safe
rule is TO plant the sorts that have been
been found productive and good, and only
nurteIymen in whom the buyer has implicit
| confidence.
A correspondent of the Iowa Homestead
suggests that the best means of insuring G
good color for butter Is TO feed each COW O
pailful OF cornmeal musb, warm, each day,
| the corn 10 be of the yellow variety. He
says the increase in the quantity of milk aud
butter will pay the cost of the meal, aud the
rich color will be secured without expense.
Green food for young hogs is strenuously
advocated by the Indiana Farmer. The most
important rt ason for il is TO develop the ali
mentny organs, and the reason is an excel
leDton The stomach is the mill for grind
ing the concentrated food upon which tbs
animal is TO be finally fattened, and il shou ID
be large in capacity and in vigorous working
order.
The experience of many farmers this yea
shows that corn frozen solid while vet damn
has its vitality DESTROYED. The losses are no
so great as they would have been bu. for thu
fact that corn was suspected Of being poor
eeed, and shrewd farmers tested it before
planting. 1t Is probable that unnoted losse
in the corn crop occur from this cause every
year.
We have found little salt sprinkled on
manure heap one of the best application
both for summer and winter. In warn
weather ii attracts moisture and keeps the
manure from hTe-fangIng, or burning from
excessive fermentation. In winter ii keep
the heap from freezing solid, and at any sea
son il makes the manure more soluble
Seed Time and Harvest.
A member OF the Elmira Farmers Club, a
/ reported in the Husbandman, says that b,
cut a field of oats when the grain was in tn,
milk, and twas estimated by the one whf
fed them as worth twice "a much as gonC
hay. Mr.. Armstrong estimates oasS Gu
green for cattle feeding as worth more 70
COWS in milk than any other fodder. Cattle
and horses eat the whole-the last bit o
| straw.
The experiments of Wolfe and others s
German experiment stations show that
hene weighing 100 to 200 pounds woulC
eat from % to q q pounds of hay ii no othe
food were given. With grain 20 TO 25 pound
was usually eaten by working horses of tina
weight Lighter horses would not need quit,
80 much, but We can find no date OF expert
ments with horses weighing less than LOO
pounds.-Country Gentleman.
II hes heretofore been supposed that tn
Holstein cow was superior for milk, though
not great butter producer; but Mercedes,
o Holstein COW, for thirty days averaged
three pounds and five ounces of butter TO
each day, or about Eirety-nine and hal
pounds for the whole period. The yield wa
made in competition for prize cup Offered