The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-18
Farm, Notes.


ported, has horse which has killed aud
eaten stveIal of his lambs.
DaiTymeu. will find the cresmers mitch
more convenient than the old fashioned sys-
TEN Of setting milk in pans
The agricultural editor of the New York
Tribune recommends the thinning of grapes
10 one bunch on shoot.
A Michigan fruitgrower uses diluted So
luton of ammonia to drive away the cOiling
moth. He applies 1t with syringe early IN
warm evenings in June.
Keep a record of the number OF quarts each
CT your COWS and heifers give. Weed out all
that don't pay for their feed with fair prof.
ever snd above the cost OF keeping.
SCOT is one of the bes manures for house
plants. and if it can be had in quantities
large enough it is excellent for out-of-door
use. For the latter it is'best mixed with one
tenth It's bulk of salt.
It this season of the year stock suffer great
~ where there is no shade. If there are no
trees in The pasture shelters made of few
poles with brush thrown over them are bet
ter than nothing.
The beet was first brought from the shores
Cf The Tagus, and was cultivated la gardens
because Of It's snowy leaves and dark red col
or Of its roots, two hundred years before il
was found TO be edible.
Skinned milk has prsc ically all the value
taken off makes itless fattening, bat fat can
be generally supplied in corn or oil meal III
cheaper form than in cream.
One who has tried wheat chat for mulch
i ing straw berry beds says that the result is
/ very tuIe TO be a rank crop of wheat aud
weeds. This year Re is experimenting With
! planiDg mill shayirgs, and is well pleased.
1t is said that the codline moth was im-
i ported into California by means OF fruit SEM
/ n az q " nd IN rs ION
with California fruits. The pest has increased
until its ravages are now very alarming b
horticulturists.
IN setting cabbages. cauliAowers, tomatoes,
snd other plants in gardens where there may
be cutwoIms. wind a small strip of paper
| around the stalk Of the plant so that it viii
be about one inch below the surface and two
inches above.
Young and quickly fed animals have mora
water ard fat in their flesh, while older ard
well fed animals have flesh of a frmer touch
al ii richer flavor and are richer in nitrogen.
The fcImer may be more delicate, the latter
viii be more nutrihous.-NeI England
Farmer.
Mr. William Ssromberg of Fort Smith.
Ark, hsd one acre in strawberries, this year.
He has picked 1,l52 gallons, or IA bushels
He has fold LOCO gallons or more ct an aver
age of eleven cents quart, forty-four
cents a gallon, amounting to Si40-picking
average ten cents a gallon-Sl00. lie sold
them all there.
N. D. George, of Oakdale Mass, says that
for ten years he has successfully protected his
eurTant bushes from worms by the applica-
ton of hellebore and cold water. He fills q
common watering pot and then puts in two
tablespoonfuls of hellebore, stirs the mixture
a minute or two, and when the bushes are
dry, sprinkles them.
Kill every butterfly or winged insect that
can be reached, for by so doing the parent of
future hundrs DIS are placed out Of the way.
A good insect trap is a small box nailed IN
der the caves of the barn, the box having a
small hole in 1t once inch in diameter. The
little wrens will build in such boxes and re-
main to destroy the pests.
1t is said that wherever the apple will grow
the mulberry will flourish, and wherever the
latter is found silk culture is possible
hence, from Maine TO Florida, and from the
slope of the other the United States owns a
field inviting this industry, now so rapidly
developiDg.-Silk and Fruit Culturist.
Fowls DO not like to scratch in their own
manure. Advantage may be taken Of this
fact to keep them rom scratching up seeds
sown IN the garden. If the droppings of the
hen-TooSt are scattered over freshly-planted
beds the fowls will scratch elsewhere. The
grain and cultivation will soon carry the fer
tility given by the manure where roots can
reach it.
1t is said that half a PITT of parahine
mixed in four gsllous OF water will destroy
insects upon rose bushes. Usually when the
roses are bursting into bloom the leaves of
the plant are destroy ed by an industrious in
sect. Wood ashes placed at the roots OF rose
bushes thus injured are said to have a very
beneficial effect in promoting the growth and
/ increasing the bloom.
The decayed branches of old trees should
be promptly removed. Their unsightliness
is the least of their evils. It has long been
discovered that evaporation OF sap from the
roots still goes on in these dead branches,
thopgh not as rapidly as when leaves are
present If left alone the dead SPOT extends
over the entire tree. and what is alive is oil
little or no productive value.
Any cause that interferes with the cOndi.
ton of the COW after calving may produce
milk fever. Exposure, too much exercise
| or nervous excitement are sufficient TO bring
/ on en- attack. and recovery is rare. Ii is
| the "ounce OF prevention in this case, as in
many Others, that is worth the pound oil
cure. Keep the animal quiet for week
before and after calving and nurse her we'll
1t is common during the summer for wells
in the country to become impure. One who
has thus suffered attributes il to earth worms
which liz dry weather seek moist places, and
! thus get to the sides Of the well. An efhca
E cous remedy is said to be found in trench
three feet deep dug around the well along
, SIDE of the stone wall and filled with gravel
NO soil being allowed on top.
? Many gardeners are not particular IN plant
I ing Lima beans to place the eye down. In 6
very interesting pamphlet received from
: Professor Beal he tells us the results o.
planting the eye uppermost. Many of them
I came up after fashion, but were good
deal confused In the garden nine out O
twenty -five-over one-third-sent the radiclt
$ and all OF the roots out of the ground, wher
T the whole bean persisted.
! Frequent cultivation is a good substitute
!. for manure, but pays much better with ma
i nuTe than without. This we have tried OF
garden crops, especially potatoes, cabbage
r beans, onions and other root crops An OLE
4 saying has come down to US from the father
4 that he who would have early cabbag
4 sprouts must hoe them every morning be
# fore break fast. We have tried this in spring