The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-11-07
Farm Notes.

the crows saved his crops from devastation
by the grasshoppers.
The Chicago Fat Stock Show will take place
in that city November II to % inclusive. and
it is believed il will be one of the most at
tractive ever held.
Pumpkins, turnips, beets, potatoes and car.
rots should be sliced when fed 10 stock.
which prevents checking, as danger some
times occurs when whole or chopped pieces
are fed.
Oliver Dalrymple OF Dakota. who is prob
ably the largest wheat farmer in the world,
estimates the yield on his farm ct twenty
bushels per acre. He has 10000 acres in
wheat.
Skim-milk fed with little oil meal and
oats was found excellent when fed 10 calves
at the Wisconsin Experiment Station. The
young animals were kept healthy and grow
ing, but not fat.
1t is estimated that the average profits on
cattle raising in Texas for the past five years
have been leo per cent The building OF
railroads has removed risks consequent on
long drives.
Or. Sturtevant's analysis at the New York
Experiment Station shows that the narrow
leayed .plantain, generally REGARDED as n
weed 10 be eradicated, possesses nearly the
same nutritive value as timothy.
Mr. J. S. Woodward, of fockport, y Y.
has grown this year a crop OF six-rowed bar
ley. estimated at eighty bushels per acre. 1t
was grown on land that was heavily manfred
for mangels the previous season.
The grain OF wheat consists OF four parts.
which must always be taken into consider
alton in gTanulaton-the bran, germ, gluten
and starch. The separation of the two latter
from the former is all there is necessary in
scientific milling, but that is a great deal.
\ member Of the Elmira Farmers Club
states that ten loads OF barnyard manure,
used with - worth of phosphates and potash
10 the acre, are VI rth more than twenty five
loads without the phosphates and potash, as
manure is often short in both OF those sub
stances.
Paint, oil and eXpertshear;ng can so change
the looks of rams as 10 render them superior
in appearance than they really are. As
wrinkles are pr.Z d by the Sheepmen a few
extra ones can be left in the wool while the
flesh may oe straightas board.-TeXas Wool
Grower
Mr.. John S. Thompson an experienced
sheep breeder of Arcona, Ind IS of the opin-
ion that a cross OF Shropshire and MerinO
| sheep is all that can be desired. the lambs
Icing vigorous and healthy. and if the fiocks
are well kept may consist OF from 800 TO 1000
| head
Moisture causes the manure heap to fer
ment when the moisture is not in excess.
| When manure is under cover it is best there
FORE TO cause the liquid portions to flow to
the centre, from which, il a tank is under
meath, the liquids may be occasionally
| pumped over the solid portions.
Miller PurviS. correspondent OF the Ohio
| Farmer, says good word for the tree bean.
| He planted too late and the frost killed three
| fOnrthS of his crop, cut the remaining fourth
| yielded twenty times as many as he planted.
| Some stocks had 100 pods, each with from
| four to seven beans.
The editor of the Ohio Farmer says that
| some OF the Ohio farmers are selling of their
sheep, believing the present price OF wool
! will not justify them in keeping them. The
| editor reminds them that sheep.will always
! pay when properly managed, and that by
another year the business may be very prof
| liable.
From recent experiences the pear seems
likely to take the place of the apple as the
| fruit most easily grown. 1t has been. the
/ past three years, more certain bearer than
the apple, is less affected by insects, and has
no disease excepting blight, which may be
kept in check by prompt cutting away of al
fected parts.
For ration for stock to produce milk in
winter, Mt. D. w. Kendrick, of Bristol,
| Mass, in Home ana Farm, recommends four
quarts of cornmeal, two quarts cotton-seed
| meal and four quarts OF shorts daily, to be
! given at two meals and mixing the feed with
hot water adds greatly to the good effect of
the food.
The California Grain Exchange Committee
has issueda statement showing that the wheat
Weld i'm the various Counties of California
the present year is So 600, 600 bushels, an in
crease of II, 900, 900 bushels over last year.
The total barley yield this year is l5,0O0,OOO
bushels an increase over last year of :, 800, 900
| bushels
Our toughest wood comes from trees grow
ing in exposed places. The limbs OF a tree
are all the time striving TO see which shall
have the most sunshine. While some perish
in the attempt, others meet with only very
indifferent success, the strongest of the strong
buds survive,-Professor w. j. Beal.
A Yates County New York. correspondent
of the New York Tribune, reports that a
ounce bush grated on common thorn. and
without being cultivated, has borne regular
crops of fruit for forty years. He thinks
that this points moral to nurserymen, as
the ounce upon its own roots is uncertain
and short lived.
A little salt sprinkled on a manure heap is
one of the best applications both for summer
and winter In warm weather il attracts the
moisture and Keeps the manure from ire
| faDging or burning from excessive fermenta
ton. In winter it keeps the heap from freez
ing solid, and at any season it makes the
manure more soluble. AAt t cfaA,7
A Kansas farmer has new method oil
| putting in wheat which TIE American Cul
tivator recommends for trial in other local.
ties. He has narrow iron wheel attached
behind his drill, which follows in the drill
| row and firmly presses the soil with the seed
10 greater depth BY his method he grows
upward of fifty-six bushels per acre.
Mr.. V. L. Fuller states in. the Country
Gentleman, that his COW, Mary Anne of st.
Lamberts, for the week ending September 80
1888, under heavy feeding made butter al
the rate of Is pounds ounces per week. For
the last three and a half days GA pounds
ounces She has to her credit, for four
months, Az pounds 25f ounces as four
year old COW.
Harness should never be keptin the stables
which not entirely free of manure. The
ammonia thus produced is rapidly absorbed
by the leather, and the result is said to be
the same as if it were saturated with strong
lye.' 1t has the effect of rotting the leather
and the harness thus exposed, and will con
seaucnty remain sound comparatively
brief time.
The grains of corn that grow on the ends
of stalks with the tassel will produce new
varieties If planted by themselves. IL is in
tins way that many curious and sometimes
valuable novelties are secured. Varieties
produced from seed grown this year ought to
be adapted 10 unfavOrable seasons If the con-