The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-04

@ complete manure. SuperpnOspnates, pot /
ashIsalts nitrate of soda, etc, are special |
sential food elements. Crops require food, |
and if the soil is not already rich enough il |
should be fed. because it does not pay to |
grow a starved crop.
The Germantown Telegraph says: THE Gu |
cumber, ii is said, will always produce more
abundantly il furnished with trellis of
laths and strings for its support as il is a
climbing and not creeping plant. Brush
laid on the ground around the hills is better
than no support"
All the sugar of Japan is made from sor-
ghum, and in 1873 100000 pounds were
exported. The sorghum is grown from cut
tngs, the stalks being cut and buried in Sep
TENDER, and sprouts are started through the
winter from each joint; these sprouts are cut
off and planted in the spring.
Dr. Sturdevant in his report of the result
of feeding ensilsge, at the State Experiment
Station last winter says that for the purpose
of the butter maker a ration composed OF hay,
bran and ensilage, with the addition OF a
small quantity OF cott0nssed meal, would be
the most favorable one for quantity.
The New England Farmer notes that NJ.
Henri Grosjean, Frenchman, who has been
for two years in this country studying our
agricultural methods and possibilities, pro-
phesies great future for the wines of Cali
fornia, and says manufacturers in this coun-
dIe bnelT OWH pru5lcCts Dy the
foolish practice of putting French label on
their wines.
Cats kill and destroy far more birds and
eggs than they do mice, and no one needs to
be told how great are the damages inflicted
by vagrant dogs. II one man is compelled
to confine his mischievous pigs there is no
reason why his neighbor shOald not be COM
PEELED to confine his notwithstanding ami.
mails, be they horses, cattle, sheep, or only
cats and dogs.-New York Tribune.
Charcoal has considerable manurial value.
especially If applied to rich ground, the am
monia of which it absorbs and gives out as
the plant roots require. 1T also improves
the mechanical texture of the soil, whether
light or heavy, and its dark color holds the
heat from the sun, making the land warm
and early. The remains OF old charcoal pits
always make the best land in the field for
many years thereafter
An iron-toothed rake will kill more weeds
in garden in an hour than a hoe can kill in
three hours If both are used when the weeds
are just showing their green leaves above the
surface, and more than the hoe could kill IN
all day ten days later. Such rake will run
over corn, peas, potatoes, onions, carrots and
beets until they are two or three inches high
without injury. excepting to the weeds
American Cultivator.
In DR.. Lawes experiments potatoes were
planted six successive years, some on land
receiving no manure, and one piece receiv-
ing fourteen tons OF barnyard manure per
acre yearly. The field unmanured RAPIDLY
diminished in yield, might be expected;
but The fact most remarkable is that another
| field, with dressing of $50 pounds of aka
| line salts, produced q better crop than that
which had the stable manure.
A writer in the New work Tribune advo-
Gates that great advantage results in training
| tomato plants erect to an eight-foot rod or
stake, we'll sharpened and set. He claims
| that fewer plants are needed; those few oc-
cupy much less room than If allowed to
sprawl about; the fruit is not so liable to rot,
| and il &ttains com Oleter size, form an flavor.
/ The plant should be set close to the stake
| and the growing stem should be led up quite
erect, so as to be able to support the weight
| of fruit and foliage, No side branches are
| allowed, each one being pipped out as it APP
| pears, but if one is already formed and bear
ing blossoms it is best to pinch it off so as ID
| leave but one leaf above the blossom, and
| confne its growth to that. A tie at about
every eight inches, to hold the main stem to
! the stake-allOwing some room for its en-
| lareemen.-wlll enable il to carry its burden
safely, if the stake is firm enough to resist
| the wind.
A correspondent Of the,Gsrdeuer's Monthly
SAYS: Il find 1T a good plan to SOW small
I
dug out enough to hold say one-quarter OF an
inch of soil. Place the brick in a pan Of
water. The brick draws moisture enough
to keep the soil in q good condition" To
this the editor adds: This is also a capital
way to raise terms, orchids and other foe
seeds. Sown on shallow brick, set in pan
of water, they will be almost sure to grow,
the only care required being to see that the
| waller is always kept in the pan. When done
in the usual way these fine seeds are sure to
be washed away by the watering pot, no mat
ter how carefully the watering is tended.
A marked feature of rural life in England
at the present day is a substitution of perma-
nent Iasturage for tillage. Year by year the
dispJopOrtion between titled and untitled
land becomes greater In the whole of Eng
land there are upward of 32 600, coo acres, and
of these in 1870 upwsrd of 8, 600, 900 acres we're
leid out IN permanent pasturage. la 1880
the untitled land had increased TO 1000, 000
scTes and the increase Is now maintained at
the rste of 4, 600, COO acres per year. Taking
the whole OF Great Britain, the increase is
even higher, Il, 073, 600 only being untitled in
1870 as compared with II, S2l coo in 1892
whilst in Ireland the chance is still more
marked. This is owing to foreign competi-
ton in the cereal crops.-B0ston Journal.
The methods by which an old lady man
aged to have a supply of cucumbers from heI
back yard may afford useful hint TO otherS
whose garden area is limited. a c1sk was
placed in the corner and partly tperhsps one
third) filed with stones and q thick layer OF
stable manure and upon this SIX or eight
inches OF soil. Two small boards tackled to
gether 10 form trough we're placed together
to fo1m trough were placed against the sid'
of the oask and extended from its top to the
bottom. The seeds were sown in the s)il
and the washiDgwater was poured in through
the trough to keep the soil moist. The vine:
in time ran over and covered the sides of tht
cask, and some were trained along the fence
They bore in q manner seldom seen In tbs
usual method Of growing cucam oers-
American Agriculturist
\ Rushville correspondent informs us hoN
a set of Radical Tascals used to carry Rusf
County. 1t sounds similar to the manip ala
tons of like gang that did the dirty Re
publican work of this County for many
years. Here is the communication: