The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-03
Enrn Notes.

New oats are not q good diet for horses
and should be fed sparingly.
The cranberry business of the State of Wis
consin is estimated to be worth million and
half of dollars.
James Nipe. Wisconsin beekeeper says
that so far this season his bees have stored
over 10000 pounds of honey.
Dairying in Minnesota is increasing, the
number of creameries in the State having
doubled during the last year.
In figuring up the cost of keeping poultry
the value of the drOppings for fertilizing
purposes is an item which should not be
overlooked.
Bookkeeping is an occupation in which
profit and pleasure are happily combined. 1t
is well calculated to strengthen and develop
the mind.
Buckwheat. which has been injured by the
frost, should be plowed under its effects on
next years crop will, in all probability, pay
for the loss sustained this year.
The Jay Gould in the cheese business in
Canada is a MIR. Mcpherson, of Lancaster
Ont, who controls sixty four cheese facto-
ries, capable OF turning out %, 600 boxes per
month.
Poultry breeders claim that Buff Cochins
are among the very best breeds for the farm,
although they will do well in close quarters
They cross well with other breeds, and are
excellent winter layers.
At this season of the year meadow lands
should not be pastured closely Farmers
sometimes through carelessness make this
mistake, which they do not fully realize I'M
til the hay crop of the next year has been
harvested.
Diarrhea is not uncommon among poultry
and is often caused by badly ventlasing
their quarters, and by their drinking foul or
stagnant water. Clearly quarters and pure
water with diet of rice or whole wheat will
in most cases effect cure.
A mixture OF hard soap and kerosene,
half pound OF each to three gallons OF water,
has been found by Professor Golf, of the New
York Experimental Station to be most eff
fective in exterminating that pest, the cab
bage worm. The remedy is simple.
The Cape Cod cranberry crop will this year
be partial failure. One farm which last
year produced 1000 barrels of excellent
berries will this year put less than 200 barrels
into market. The cause of the failure is at
tributed to the vine and fruit worms.
Hens cannot be expected to lay in winter
unless they are warmly and comfortably
housed and have full supply of feed. Their
quarters should also be kept dry as we'll as
warm; dampness produces Group, which is
great scourage when once started in the
flock
ufacture their own fertilizing material. All
the refuse straw, leaves, weeds, bones, barn
yard manure and other waste should be care
fully saved and utilized i'm giving back to
the soil its original strength and richness.
Hop-picking in the great hop-raising dis
tricts of Central New York is now well-nigh
completed. From the latest reports it is
learned that the crop is an excellent one,
and that the earlier varieties have been har-
vested without any material damage from
either insects or frost.
Farmers should remember in buying fruit
trees TO avoid getting those which are forked;
that is, having two main branches forxing
from the trunk. Unless bound together when
young by INTERVIEWING twigs, as they become
larger they will, when loaded with fruit,
split apart and soon become worthless.
The use of -four of sulphur in the early
part of the season will help greatly TO pre-
vent mildew on the grapevines. 1t is also
recommended that in the fall. after heleaves
have fallen of, they should be gathered up
and burned. The burning of the leaves, it is
claimed, is the preventive, while the sulphur
is the cure.