The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-31


the latter keeping the water from penetrai
ing TO the skiD.-Agricultural Epitomist
The Pasteur process of incubation for tn
prevention OF contagious diseases, as prsc
ticed by Professor Pasteur in France. ba
been so successful in its results that tn
Russian and Italian Governments have sen
veterinary surgeons there TO be initiated int,
the mysteries Of vaccination.
The canes of blackberries can be cut ava,
as well st this time as at any other. WorI
of that character should be done while tn.
ground is hard frozen, not only because it i
easier, but also because it enables larg,
proportion of necessary labor to be done be
fore the buster season arrives.
The Late Rose potato Is losing its popular
ity. It was never so good in quality as the
Early Rose, and the former has helped brins
the latter into disrepute. Now the farmer:
complain of the Late Rose as likely to rot in
wet seasons and to blight in dry ones
American Cultivator.
Parsnips should be planted IN large guam.
titles on every farm. They are quite hardy
and have no enemies, and are the only root
which will fatten a pig without anything
else. In addition to these facts. they make
the best butter and cheese and are the best
of all roots for every kind of stock.-South-
ern Industries.
The cluster of eggs that may be found on
apple tree limbs should be picked off during
open weather in the winter, and thus pre-.
vent the Matching of the tent caterpillar.
The eggs appear to be furnished, but such is
not really the case, since light coat of var
nish or oil would destroy their vitality by
excluding the air.
In seeding down clover this spring, do not
cover the seeds too deeply. A liberal sup
ply of seed will do more to secure a good
stand than anything else il preparation has
been made in sowing plaster with it. Some
farmers SOW the seed while the snow is on
the ground and before this time. but it i:
best to avoid heavy frosts if possible.
II any one thinks he can realize a large
profit from poultry without first dividing
them in such manner as to avoid crowdine
be will make mistake. They will do bet
ter in small families than in large hocks
and the few can be kept wit greater profit
even in a small yard, than the more numer
Gus il the latter have the run of the whole
farm.-Farmers' Magazine.
A Georgia local paper reports that Mr.. D.
Bailey of Forsyth County, bought, and has
now, four sheep, paying 81 for them. Last
fall he killed two lambs, which Melted him
s., while the wool and tallow brought 81
making total OF IS. Although the mum
Der was few the investor secured a return OF
his capital the first year. while his flock in.
creased to six. Sheep seem to pay well in
that section.
There IS SAID to be fifty injurious insect:
in our vegetable gardens; fifty in our vine
yards, while seventy-five attack our apple
trees and more than fifty our grain fields
Seventy-hve million dollars is estimated as
the damage done to the wheat in Illinois
in one season. and nearly ten years ago the
annual loss in the United States from insect
depredations alone was estimated at nearly
800, 10000.
Insects of different species are attracted tc
the plants suited to the wants of their off
springs by the sense of smell, and that il
some odor, strong enough to overcome the
natural odor of the plant, can be applied tC
the plant or the earth around it, it will nc
longer attract the insect, but will escape it:
depredations. There are many strong odor:
-carbolic acid, for example-that might bt
employed for such purposes.
The cottagers of Europe have a rather
primitive way of using the slops of theil
houses. If their ground slopes at all to theil
gardens they have a channel cut through
rows of currant or goosebery bushes anC
pie-plant. Into these shallow bitches they
pour all their slops; and it is no great exag
geration to say that rhubarb stems are com
mon from four to seven pounds weight
without the leaves and currsnts grow verl
large.
1t will be interesting to lovers of tn
canine species to hear of q simple remedy
for distemper. AT quarterly meeting o
the Scottish Metropolitan Veteran Medica
Society, Mr.. Baird mentioned the case of
collie dog, in the last stage of the disease
and which its owner had determined Il
destroy. Shortly after being treated will
doses of strong coffee and little sweet milk
the animal, however, so far recovered as {,
be able to stand and walk. The Chairman
of the meeting said the case seemed almos
unique.-Londen Lancet.
The Farmers Review says: ION givel
amounts OF food the sheep produces for tn
same weight of dry food nearly twice a
much manure as the pig, while the OK pre-
duces even more than the sheep. This dill
ference is due to the less digestible charac
ter of the food supplied TO the sheep and OK
The quantity of manure produced durinl
the same time and for the same body weigh
| is, however, very similar with the three ami
mails, the greater consumption of food b.
the pig counterbalancing its lower rate @
manure production.
A German writer calculates that q singl
grain of wheat producing fifty grains tn
subsequent season, and each year resowr
would in the twelfth season produce enoug
to feed all the people in the world for ger
Grafton. The estimate of fifty grains froT
one seed is theoretically not too much, as
is often exceeded by single grains CAREFUL
sown. But in practice we find that the aN
erage sowing of one and a half or two bush
els of seed per acre produces crop of ten
forty bushels, which at the best is not niue
more than twenty-five grains for each seet