The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-17

So, 600 90. Inc NUMBER Oh nOfocS anu Ooeoc
is placed at . $4,000
Wick says that gladiobs bulbs may be kept
over winter in sand in the cellar, or wher-
ever thew will not freeze. Tuberose bulbs,
in order TO preserve their germ, which will
perish in a low temperature, especially II
accompanied with moisture. need to be
kept dry and warm. IL p lssible the temper
allure should not fall much below Go, and
near 100 is better. Kept in warm place.
in drawer for instance, in room that is
always heated, they winter in good con-
ditiOn.
The Lanqshaws are black in plumage
with a beautiful beetle-green lustre. They
greatly resemble black Cochins, bo. are
more active, and mature earlier. They
seem to fill an intermediate place between
the settlers and non-setters, as they are
rather constant layers and easily broken
when desiring TO set In size they are
nearly, if not quite. as large as the Brehmas,
and the pullets often begin to lay when six
months old. The chicks grow fast, feather
from the start and are very hardy. AS
breed they compare favorably with any of
the others.
II horse is shy and hard to catch, take
finely grated castor, oils of rhodium and
cummin. Keep them in separate bottles,
we'll corked. Put some of the oil of cum
min on your hand ana approach the horse
ward you. As soon as YOU can reach him
rub some of the cummin on his nose, give
him little castor or ANYTHING he likes, and
get few drops of the oil Of rh0dium on his
| tongue After this y make him do
nearly everything you want Treat him
kindly, feed well, handle gently, and your
victory is certain Turf Field and Farm.
In the cattle department of the Chicago
Union Stock Ysrds-the beef factory, as it
| nth NJ m %
| rapidity, considering the bulk of the ma
terial handled. The cattle are shot down
with Winchester rifles, the shooter standing
| in gallery just over the killing pen, where
he can bring the muzzle of his gun within
a yard of his victims head. Instantly on
falling the steer tumbles into sort of dress
| ing-room, where he is bled cleaned, fayed
| aud halved with amazing celebrity. Then
the separated halves travel on TO an inn
mense store room. where they hang day OF
| two before cutting up.
With delicate means of measurement Her
| Krauss has recently proved the existence o
a phenomenon in all plant organs. which j:
connected with their variable water con
tents, and consists in periodical swelling
and contraction in the twenty -four hours
Leaves, etc, decrease in thlckn from thu
early morning till the afternoon, when the!
begin to swell again, attaining greater siz
by night than by day. The same is tru
with buds, flowers, green cones, fruits. etc
aud with stems and branches Herr kalSe
had before proved such a period in trunk
Of trees and Herr krauss shows that boil
wood and bark share in it, independent.
or unitedly.
The wheat crop this year is unusuall,
heavy, in many sections weighing sixty-twt
, To sixty-hve pounds to the measured bushel
IL Is also what is called strong wheat tia
excess of gluten giving it the increase
weight, as gluten is heavier than starch
, This large proportion of gluten and heav
! weight is, probably, the result of the moist
cool weather as the wheat heads were form
ing 1t has been noticed that the best whes
is always grown IN cool seasons, and that
is more glutinons on low than on hlg
: gravelly soil. During the past summe
e there was moisture enough while wheat va
r filling to make the highland crop as good i
quality rs the lowland.-American Cult
S vator.
NJ Barrel, of the National Agriculture
: Society of France, anticipates that With
d thirty years as great revolution Will hav
n been effected by electricity as has been e
tected by steam in the last thirty. Anon
e uses to which it has already been put fC
d agricultural purposes he mentioned Defoy
d curb bit for breaking horses, the electri
!. sieve used in mills. experiments of the u;
IS of the electric light on plants, the Fell
= electric plough and saws-oue a circuli
saw, which cuts up whole trunks of tre'
' into planks; the other vertical saw, whiC
4 does the finest kind of work. Elec richly
;, also employed succe sfully for artificial il
o cubation and also for trying" eggs.
t Colonel F. d. Curtis writes that the Viii
Belgian carrots yield twice as much as IL
Long Orange. and he regards them
q equally nutriciOus. This Is doubtful, as
D. numerous experiments larger roots of Il
. same variety contain proportionately les
d sugar and nutriment than small ones. Tt
y White Belgian carrot is not salabe in Il
market, while the Long Orange will near
:. every year sell for more than its feediI
: value, except to be used as an appetite
% When carrots can be sold by the wagon los
>, at forty to fifty cents per bushel and Teta
n at thirty six cents per half bushel the pri
r goes far beyond their feeding value.
these prices no crop can be more prohtao
grown near good market.
- The composition OF cows milk is affects
, by various circumstances; under extren
- conditions il may contain from 10 to 16 p
. cent. of dry matter. The milk is poor
"a when the quantity produced is lar
20 or the diet insufficient, aud richer wh'
" these conditions is reversed. A COW is ge
orally in full milk from the second tot
OK seventh week after calving; after this peril
Tue MIX SfduHdllg utnlhiShco IN dAoheA'
III but increases in richness. A separation
~ cream takes place in the udder: the mi
~ first drawn is poor in fat, the richness
q. creasing as milking proceeds. the last draw
~ milk containing two or three times as mu
ID fat as the first drawn. The milk of old CO.
is commonly poorer than that of you
ID cows.-American Cultivator.
ie Many a person deplores inability to ov
rs little greenhouse, even one which requil
re but small amount of heat, SO that I
"a many odds and ends around the place mig
ne be safely preserved through winter, inste
oi of having them die of frost At very slig
n expense this may be accomplished as f
oi lows: Dig out a pit five or six feet dee
with sioping sides; place around this on
~ outside surface an ordinary hot. bed frar
ID covered with glass sash; bank up around I
to frame with long stable manure, and cover
u with old carpet or shutters of some kind
st, assist in keeping out the cold, and YOU "
ne have a cheap and effective greenhouse OF
II humble sort. 1t is really surprising VIII
IN tender plants cen be safely intrusted
&c such place.
q Economy in feeding should be one of [
: first principles. When one kind of grain
OF high and another low the lower priced era
70 should be substituted, so far as possib
as There was never q more favorable opp'
W tunity for doing this than at present. Go
TX is worth thirty-five cents per busbel, VIII
CT potatoes are worth twenty to twenty Il
30 cents. At the same time it is a thorough
q, demonstrated fact that one bushei OF !
as tatoes Will make as many pounds OF pork
= one bushel of corn-the potatoes to
is boiled This being the case, the saw