The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-14

they are healthful and will keep the system
| in good order; hut half-ripe fruit Is to be
Stunned. A nice row Of blsckberries, rasp-
berries, currants and the like around the
garden fence affords substantial enjoyment
A Wisconsin gardener, on the strength of
experience, commends to townspeople who
want fresh cucumbers the practice of grow
ing them in a barrel partly sunk in the
back yard, half full Of manure and the re-
malnder with soil, seed planted on the sur
face and vines dropping over the sides.
Experiments made in the Netherlands in
| the inspection of American salted pork,
bacon and hams, has revealed thirty three
SAM pies infested with trichine out of 800
samples examined-yet no tr1chiniasis has
ever been reported FROM that country as a
result of eating our pork. The examiners
say that the salt kills the parasites.
| The London Garden recommends q weak
solution OF corrosive sublimate applied to
lawns which are disfgured by the depreda-
tons of worms. Half a pound of the cor
rosiye sublimate is dissolved in four gallons
of water, and to each half pint OF this is
added four gallons more of water. The
lawns are then showered with it,
A Texas paper describes az S,000-acre
| ranch in that State entirely devoted to the
breeding of ponies for children. The breed
ing stock consists of seven Shetland stations
and forty-five mares, all thoroughbred. and
200 small spotted pony mares. These little
ponies range over the prairies like sheep
and are described as very gentle.
England exported 6,07O horses in the first
seven months o, 1882, against 726 in 1881
and 4, S45 in 1SSO-and all this in the face of
| the fact that the country is a constant pur-
chaser of horses for general purpose use.
| The exports of 1882 were valued at 81, $50 =
ass COR about $3O6 IS each. France is the
heaviest customer, taking 1,942 head.
The size of the kernel of different varie-
| ties of oats varies considerably. Assuming.
| however, that medium oats require $50 600
grains to the bushel, then three bushels to
| the acre would give forty-fve seeds to the
square foot; three and one-hslf bushels, fif-
| ty-two seeds aud four bushels to the acre
would give sixty seeds to the square foot.
Russia leads the world in the number of
Is horses possessing total of 16,4l4000
head. The United States comes second with
about 10, 155, 600 head, and the present fine
| outlook in horse breeding indicates that we
will eventually stand at the head. In the
matter of quality, England should perhaps
be accorded the leading position.
The Ais street railways in this country
and Canada run Is. 900 cars and more than
] 100, 600 horses are in daily use. Calculating
| that the average life of horse in street rail-
/
sumption of horses 25, 600 per year. To feed
| this vast number OF horses requires annually
$50, 600 tons of hay and IL, 000, 900 bushels of
grain.
A medical journal cites instances where
milk that has stood short time in the pres.
ence of persons sick with typhoid fever, OF
been handled by parties before fully recov-
ering from the smallpox, spread these dis
eases as effectually as if the persons them
selves had been present. Scarlatina, mea-
sles and other contagious diseases have been
spread in the same way.
The use of coal ashes has not been recon.
mended by agricultural chemists. but prac
tical tests show that they have m,re value
than Is popularity supposed, especially or
heavy soils. Probably as good use of them
as can be made is to throw them in the her
house or the vault They will absorb The
smmonit instead of liberatiug it. as is the
effect of wood ashes.
A New Jersey poultry breeder, after try
ing the value of skinned milk and butter
milk as food for laying hens and hogs, came
to the conclusion 10 dispense with the hog
and feed the milk to the fowls, as it keep.
them in good laying condition in winter
and is as cheap as anything else that can b,
, given them. He thinks poultry can be KEEP
with great profit on dairy farms.
The Indiana Farmer says one of its sub
J scribers kept record of the time employed
in cultivating fourteen acres of corr las
season in the old-fashioned way, and ind
! he gave about two days to the acre. Tn,
yield was 500 bushels, over ffty-seven bush
; els to the acre. He estimates the value o
his crop at $500. and the labor expended oil
it at sl20, and deducting expenses, he claim
} profit of S14 per acre.
In pruning trees all stems half an inch O
more in diameter should be covered will
some waterproof substance like grating wa,
or shellac of the consistency of cream. Th
bark and outer wood will thus be preserved
and the wound will in a season or SO be GOV
. cred with new bark. If this precaution b
!. not taken the end of the branch will decs
! from exposure to wind, rain, heat and cold
A farmer who once secures a supply of ic
t for summer use will never afterward b
D without it. Ice is indispensable for dairie,
: either for butter or cheese, and is valuabl
D in any cellar for keeping fresh meat in war;
g weather. A good ice-house of moderat
4 size can be built for $50 or SIC and the in
. terest on the cost with the trouble of film
e ii, are trifes com pared with the convenienc
I OF having ice during the summer.
Considerable progress has been made i
o the substitution of corn for wheat and ry
! rs the bread grain among Europeans, and 9
= q substitute for oats and other horse feed, o
a account of cheapness. The disproportionat
n expense OF transportation and handling il
;. however, ruinous obstacle. Corn on th
y farms in the Western States bringing twer
| ty-6ve cents per bushel costs as much MOI
4 to ship to Chicago. Adding to this th
. freight to Liverpool and commissions il
= creases the cost at the latter place over ID
Il per cent. The average price of No. 2 cor
, In Liverpool is seyenty-seven cents pc
: bushel, more than three times its price
= the farm. The increased use of condense
meats, etc, in foreign countries suggests thu
the economy of transportation may lead I
the preparation of and trade in the col
;. densed forms of maize.
y If fowls can be induced to eat potato bus
j they may be made to render efficient Sc
V vice. Regarding this matter Mr.. ]. J. I
r. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass. favors th
use of hens in orchards, as they can
taught to eat insects that are usually oil
= noxious. Mr.. Capen, of Massachusett
u states that his potato field was kept clear
= bugs by fowls, they having been induced |
{ eat bugs by first being fed on bugs mike
l. with mnat. Others have been successful b
fasting the fowls until they were eager
n eat the bugs. and focks have been taugl
n to feast upon them by teaching the practit
l. to some particular fowl. the others 500
$. following her example. Fowls should M
r be allowed the run of a potato field that ha
Is been previously treated 70 busting of Par
green or London purple, as it is dangeroU
d to them.
o Experiments having been made by f.
Is Curtis in feeding farm animals with stra