The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-07


then set away in barrel or other vessel
and is ready for use as occasion may require
One part of this liquid is then mixed with
fifty parts OF water and the plants sprinkled
or trees washed with it. This is worth
remembering.
: During his recent travels in Europe Pro-
fessor Budd, of the Iowa Agricultural Col
lege. found vast fruit region in Northern
Russia never before explored, where the
mercury sinks 10 500 below zero. in which
choice apples, pears, plums and cherries
were grown in unlimited quantities.
1t was worth the experiment of training a
few vines of the sweet potato to climb on
short poles. A recent writer states that with
a few rows so treated he worked them with
greater convenience. They did not form
| SIDE roots, and the yield was much larger
than from those grows in the usual way.
A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
writes that he has tried fat and hill culture
for cucumbers, squashes and melons. When
hot dry weather came the plants in the hills
began to dry up, while those on level ground
grew freely. He thinks fiat cultivation de
| cidedly the best, unless on vet ground.
| Busting cucumber, melon and squash
| plants with plaster early in the morning
when the dew is on, has long been practiced
| for checking the rsvages Of the striped bug
A little Paris green or London purple. how
ever, either applied in water or mixed with
the plaster, is much more effective appli-
| cation
If cabbages are set out one yard each way
nearly 5000 can be grown on one acre. Such
being the case, it is profitable crop when
successfully grown, as this vegetable not only
/ sell well, but on account of its keeping quail
tiles, affords green food in winter for chi
mails and poultry. to say nothing of the
| famuy.-Farm and Garden.
| WNpdar Ia q QoodiinO noQ the
result of q cross between the Champion OF
England and the Little Gem. 1t is one of
| the earliest wTinkled peas in cultivation, of
the finest quality and wonderful productive
| It's great distinctive feature, however, is its
compact and dwarf growth, seldom exceed
ing ten inches in height.
| In transplanting trees all the roots which
| may have become bruised or broken in the
process of lifting should be cut clean away
behind the broken part, as they then more
| readily strike out new roots from the cut
| parts. In all such cases the cut should be a
clean sloping one, and made in an upward
and Outward direction.
To make superphosphate on the premises
the following recipe is given as excellent,
and within the range of almost every farm
er: Take 100 pounds of ground bone, place
it IN a large tab and apply forty pounds of
sulphuric acid, adding water as desired. In
a few days the whole mass will be reduced
to the consistency of q thick jelly. Then
add more water and about 300 pounds of
plaster as drier, the whole being worled
snd shoyeled over until it can be readily
handled. There will then be sufficient
phosphate to apply to about two and one
half acres of land. at a cost OF about 81 So
Maryland Farmer.
| Mr.. J. 4. Allen read PAPER at late Chi
csgo meeting of sgriculturists on THE
Meat Resources of Nebraska" in which he
Ia, =
bad been shipped east from there, and that
there were now 300. 600 head OF cattle graz
lug in the western part of the State. He
estimated that the lands west Of the Mis-
souri, River would support 100000 cattle
aud 10000, 600 sheep, and supply for ship
ment yearly 100000 cattle, 1 500 600 sheep
aud 100000 pounds of wool. He stated
that the expense OF raising 1200-pound
steer was Sc, and that the entire cost of the
animal delivered in Chicago vas $11.
Concerning COWS and steers, the form of
the feet is an indication of the nature of the
place in which the animal has been reared.
In stony regions the hoof grows round and
wears away; on the contrary, in soft moist
and marshy districts the hoofs lepgthen and
hatten out, and the same effects produced by
confinement to the stable. The round hooi
is very desirable quality. Continued stall
feeding renders the feet so tender that after
some years the animal can take no exercise,
nor even comfortably travel over the pas
tuTe. The foot grows long and thick. and
the creature is entirely untitled for work OF
for driving to any distance.
Mr.. Joseph Lawrence, in the Country Gen
tleman, states that his herd of Jersey COVE,
numbering fifty, does not net him more
than $40 each in the best of years, and that
a good-siZed animal can not be fed for less
than $50 year. About $50 pounds of butter
per year is good average yield for herd,
which, at forty cents pound, is 800. The
record of Mr.. Lawrence's herd ia very near
the average of most farmers. hut individual
cows often give as high 500 pounds in q
year. Five pounds week, ss above,
ia not a bad showing for every week in the
year.
. III you take the dividing wall or septum
of bulls nose between the thumb and
forefinger, you will find that the upper part
well forH ard is thin, hard and apparently
bloOdless or nearly so; at least there ia little
room for blood vessels and nerves. This il
the point to pierce, and many bulls will
stand still and submit to the piercing with
proper instrument and the insertion OF
} the ring without making much trouble; bu,
! it IL safest 10 bind the head of the animal by
the horns TO strong horizontal beam, fol
! then you can work with greater care and
less nervousness. Pinching the spot be-
numbs il so that the operation is as painless
as it is simple. The "trocar" is very con
venient for ringing an animal.-Americar
Agri culturist.
! We do not say this hastily, but with the
conviction derived from feeding late eu
: rmothy and bright oat straw. With foul
] feed racks in your yard-two well kept with
3 timothy, one with prairie hay and one with
s bright oat straw-the latter was consumed
4 first, and the other neglected until the las
vestige of the cat straw had disappeared.
5 was the instructive act of the urchin re
3 peated. He took his cake, pudding and pi,
first, and reluctantly finished off his dinnel
!, on the drier and less palstable bread ant
! butter. Our late cut hay was merely ELL
up" to give their digestive apparatus the
necessary distention Sd necessary to rumi
nants. and that is about ell late cut hay i
4 good for anyway Chicago Herald.
The following are the points desirable in
a practical farmers hogs: Fine short nose
Z dished face, fine ears, good width between
eyes, eyes not too prominent; a straight
. broad back of uniform width from shoulder
= to ham, short legs and fine bone. He shouls
= stand well mp on his pins, fat at any age, and
3 If well reared, make weight of ESQ to 80
a pounds at eleven months. Now, does tn
foregoing description OF model farm no
: full describe the well-bIed Berkshire?
d think all will agree that it does, and an
g satished that If the reader will notice tn
e character of gil the various breeds of swim
he will find that the most popular ones ar
s those which come nearest to the mode