The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-17

reduce lamb; she may outerow the effect
of giving birth, but can not supply the waste
resulting from nourishing her offspring.
With the demand for good sheep an fair con-
dition far exceeding the supply. II would
seem there is inducement enough to prompt
flock masters to put forth their best efforts.
Che man who treats his sheep kindly and
well will meet his reward. and he who lets
his flock suffer will not escape. His puny
ewes lose their lambs, if they survive
themselves; his clip of. wool will be
light in weight, weak anu unhealthy in fibre,
short in staple and low IN price
Professor William Brown, Superintendent
of the Ontario Agricultural College farm.
states, as the result of experiments made dur
ing 1923 (l) That fodder corn was harvested
and stored in silo at cost not exceeding 81
per ton, exclusive OF cultivation; t2) that this
ensilage gave II per cent. less milk, 50 per
cent. less butter, and that of poorer market
able quality in color than Swede turnips (;)
that Swede turnipS. weight for weight with
mangels and sugar beetS, and in association
with equal quantities of other foods. gave the
lowest returns in feeding cattle. or 80 pounds
per day. while mangels gave IS pounds per
day. and sugar beets gave 30 pounds per
day under similar conditions. On the other
hand, Professor Samuel Johnson. of the
Michigan Agricultural College farm, on
which roots have been long and successfully
grown for stock feed, finds in his experiment
of last winter q confirmation Of the conclu-
sions indicated by those OF the winter before,
namely. that corn ensilage is a cheaper stock
food than roots.
A correspondent OF the Country Gentle
man proclaims rye the great pasture grass.
He says: Rye can be grazed for years all the
season as permanent pasture grass. In
two three days visit near Adrian, Mich,
the fact came 10 my knowledge that rye had
in that country been regularly grazed
as pasture grass Tor three years
III succession, affording good pasture
TO the end of that period. Rye is very
hardy. deep rooted and vigorous grass, and
grows freely and vigorously on almost any
soil; even when 1t is very difficult TO grow
the finer ordinary pasture grasses IN dry sea
sons and since L takes several years TO eS.
tablish a good compact grazing soil With the
hest gTaSses why is il not preferable TO plant
the hardy rye which can be grazed for five
or six seasons as readily as for two or three,
when il is not allowed to become an annual
by forming seed heads? Rye gives early
spring feed and late fall grazing, if the land
be in n moderately good condition. For ewes
and lambs no grass Will supply earlier feed
We have often called our readers atten-
ton TO the fact that the hardness of plan IS
does not depend on temperature alone. An
evergreen will endure much lower temper
| allure in England than il will in America,
while a deciduOus tree, killed by few de-
grees OF frost in England, will endure zero
| i'm America. In our climate one of the most
delightful of very hardy shrubs is Calicarpe
purpurea. We have known it to endure
| eighteen degrees below zero, and how much
more we 90 not know. I'm contrast with this
| We have the following from the London Gar
den. "In one OF the houses in MessTS.
| Veitch's nursery there is fine specimen OF
| this old but uncommon plant, with its long,
| slender shoots completely wreathed with
dense clusters OF bright purple berries, lit
| tie larger than gunshot We have hitherto
| seen this plant grown in greenhouse, but
| here it has been grown with great success in
| a warm and moist house. We have never
| seen a finer example, and il we'll shows what
| a beautiful plant IL is when grown well. Ii
will retain its berries throughout the winter
and viii be highly ornamental.-Gar,lener
| Monthly.