The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-24
FARM NOTES.


hardy, and may be planted with profit.
4 ton of sorghum cane will produce from
ten to fifteen gallons OF syrup on the average.
Bagging tomatoes has been found 10 color
them brilliantly and improve them in several
respects.
This good opportunity for packing butter
for winter use. and good clean stone lars are
the best for the purpose
Ex.Commissoner lie Due. who has been
visiting California ostrich farm, thinks the
experiment will be successful
feeding OF sulphur, mixed with bran and
cracked corn, has been found TO be etlicacious
in keeping away ticks from sheep.
The dead wood of blackberries and raspber-
rics is now useless, and rs soon as the cold
weather sets ia should be cut away.
An fruit should be carefully assorted be.
fore packing, as inferior fruit not only rOls
quickly hut spells that which is good.
In California prune culture Is great sue
ccss. Each tree bears about 100 pounds of
prunes, worth about fourteen cents per
pound.
Despite MI the opposition to IL, the old
Wilson strawberry ~ still claimed as the
best for shipping by a great many fruit
growers.
One par Of sulphuric acid TO 200 OF water
~ said To- bc the best of all infectants for
yards that have been infected 10y chicken
cholera.
Isabella, Cataw ba and Clinton grapes are
said 20 keep well when packed in single
layers in shallow boxes. about two inches in
depth.
In selecting tho laying pullets the earliest
should be preferred, especially il the eggs
from pulets are TO be used for Matching pur.
poses.
When a pear is ripe it will drop into the
hand upon giving IL "A slight pressure 10
| rpens better doors than upon the tree, aud
If placed in q cool place keeps quite length
Of time.
Because new varieties Of strawberries have
been produced OF very large size IL is not i'm
| piled that they are Of improved flavor. Many
OF the larger kinds are worthless except for
| size.
Ilaisins are made iromthe sweet muscated.
| sultana aud other sweet varieties. They are
made In California Spain. Turkey and Sicily,
! but cop not be made from cur native Ameri-
| can varieties.
The Germantown Telegraph says that n
! worm of the measuring family, and Simi.
lar TO the corn worm, has for the first time
| in this section attacked and seriously injured
the growing celery.
The Shropshire sheep have dark faces aud
legs are about oae.thrd larger than the
| SouthdownS, and clip nearly twice as much
wool. besides being much more prolific So
says Mr.. A. Allen, OF New York.
| The fruit growers have been very liberal
with each other this season, as all the new
| varieties OF strawberries have found friends,
each grower admitting the excellence OF those
introduced by his competitors.
| The promise of sorghum az a sugar produc-
| ing plant is good. Before many years i'm
| provement will increase the percentage OF
| sugar, aad no doubt we Will he enabled to
| produce all we need without buying foreign
sugar
In test made by Professor Nilleray to de-
| termne the merits OF Holstein and Devon
COWS rs milkers 100 pounds Of hay fed 70 the
llolstelns produced 2s.92 quarts OF milk, and
the same quantity fed to pevons gave ~. II
quarts.
The Orange County Farmer states that the
/ eyes next to the stems OF potatoes are OF but
| little value, rs they seldom grow produce
| The eye eDd Is most prolific, aud should be
| halyed, and, when large. quartered. The
| body may bc cut TO suit
Soilng must OF necessity become the com
mon practice Ola land OF high value. Land
| worth more than 500 per acre should not be
| used wholly for pa,turing. If one COW
| be pastured on live acres at this value ID is
clear that one COW should be kept on one acre
| worth SlOo-The Dairy.
| Dry sand poured into the filled barrels Of
| apples and potatoes after storing i'm the cellar
! has been found TO be a decided improvement
| on all other plans for keeping them, they re
manning till late spring as crisp aud appar-
emily as fresh rs when first gathered. North
| Carolina Farmer
IL costs but very little to try experiments
with the new varieties OF wheat, and every
wheat grower should give them all fair
trial. Wheat is easily improved by selection
| and the introduction OF new varieties eau be
| greatly assisted IL the farmers will make inn
provement of-wheat special object.
In potting strawberry plants use small
| flower pots about two or three inches in di-
| ameter, filled with fine heavy soil. Sink
them 10 the rim directly under a runner just
forming young plant, and place small
stone on the runner TO keep IL in place. In
a few weeks the roots will be formed and the
pot may be removed
Says practical fruit grower: zone days
work at trimming in October may be worth
three in winter or early spring. Large
| wounds. made after the sap has commenced
flowing in the spring. rot back to the heart.
Trim all trees and vines when the leaves be-
gin to fall, as soon as the fruit would be
| ripe"
The poultry breeders Of Hammonton, n.
j.. have endeayored TO settle the vexed ques-
ton as to which breed of poultry is the best
! for general purposes. The Brahmas, Ply
mouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Leghorns, Lang
shans and .Houdans were ex perimented with,
| not only for egg production but for market