The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-11-21
FARM AND 6 Garden NOTES.


the stables is best done now.
The LanSshan fowls. though large in size,
lay nearly as early as the Leghorns.
We pay $50. 600 for sugar annually.
which the sorghum growers think We should
save.
Horn and hoof shavings are exceedingly
rich in nitrogen, and should be utilized on
the farm.
Homemade cider presses have gone out of
service. Small, compact presses are now
taking their places.
The largest peach farms are in Maryland.
On one estate there are 125, 900 trees; on an
other 10000.
Trenching is not much practiced in this
country, but is considered indispensable to
good gardening in Europe.
Professor Brown says that farmyard ma
nure, from well-fed cattle, three years old is
worth, on an average. $3.50 per ton.
An Indiana farmer reports that his 1900
currant bushes netted him 500 per acre.
The curTant is a neglected fruit, but pays
well with good attention.
There is a new enemy to the potato, in the
shape of weevil, which preys upon the
stalk and the Country Gentleman advises
burning the vines when the stalks dry up
and die.
1t has been shown that "a pail of milk
standing ten minutes where it is exposed to
the scent of a strong-smelIing stable, or any
other offensive odor, will receive faint
that will never leave it."
1t is estimated that there is one sheep in
the United States TO every thirty-four acres
| of territory. In England the rate is one to
one and half acres. And yet we think this
is a great sheep country.
1t is claimed that while cows giving excep-
tionally large quantities of milk will some
| times make large butter tests, as rule the
| two things do not go together, being incon-
| sistent with each other.
II a fne.favored potato is wanted pillow up
sod in the fall and plant to potatoes in the
| spring, without any manure. The width
/ apart must be judged by the growth as well
as the character Of the soil.
On an average it costs twelve cents for
| every additional pound Of flesh added to the
weight Of a twO-year or three-year old
| fattening steer, which has been demonstrated
| at the Canadian model farm.
The increase of live stock is not equal to
| the increase of population. Since 1870 the
| population of the United States has increased
| 60 per cent while the increase in live stock
has been about so per cent.
All that can be done for the protection of
the bees through the winter should be done
| at once. II you are not able to do anything
| else put straw or set corn fodder around the
| hive to keep off the wind, leaving an entrance
| for the bees.
| 1t is always we'll to watch the dogs at
| home. Many of the most innocent looking
dogs are the ones that kill sheep, and they
seem to possess sufficient intelligence to hide
the fault. All dogs should be constantly un
| der suspicion on sheep farms,
| A New York farmer says that he dragged
! his wheat oats and barley last spring under
| some doubt as to the benefit to be expected; ;
but that the yield was SO per cent. greater of
| grain than on land not dragged, though the
| latter grew on richer soil.
William Brown, OF the Agricultural Col
lege, at Guelph, Canada, says that in his
| view there is no line of the farmers work
| at the present moment, even with wool 80
low, that pays SO we'll. gives so little trouble
| fewer risks, earlier returns and in most ways
makes things so comfortable, as wool"
Professor Bergstrand, of the Royal Agri-
| cultural Academy of Sweden, highly recon-
| mends the sunflower seed cake as food for
cattle, and claims it contains from IL to 16
| per cent. of fat and about IS per cent. of pro-
tein substance. and has, therefore, a nutri-
tive value much above the ordinary feed
| stuffs.
&One reason of the lack of success in start
ing young orchard on old ground is that
| the necessary care is not taken to deepen the
soil and thoroughly prepare and manure it.
| Neglect is another reason. The best plant
food is wood ashes; and when literally APP
piled is sure to give good results.-Farm and
Fireside.
Buckwheat intended for seed should be
| hand-thrashed. In trashing by machine
many of the grains are so bruised and broken
that they will not terminate As buckwheat
is very easily hand-thrashed it makes a job
for men in winter when other work is scarce,
and it is good policy to save it for them.-
American Cultivator.
The Holsteins have been improved greatly
since the first importation to this country.
They are not only large in size and the
! deepest mixers, but in some quarters are
| excelling in butter production. When lated
for the butcher they make excellent beef,
and posses majority of the good qualities
necessary for the farmers purposes.
The Jersey cow Nancy Lee (T61S) owned by
! Cornelius Easthode. has made a record oil
/ four pounds two and a half ounces of butter
in one day. She tested for thirty one days
/ ninety-five pounds five and a half ounces OF
butter. Her feed during the trial consisted
i of two quarts of corn meal and three quarts
OF wheat bran twice day besides pasturage.
Stable manure is often spoken of as the
standard fertilizer and a complete manure
to itself. 1t is probably so for corn, but for
wheat and other small grains phosphate OF
| lime is usually needed. and on sandy soils
| potash This is shown by the fact that ma
| nu5e alone creates hervy growth of straw
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| American Cultivator.
| The South last year sent to the North $751;
100000 for wheat, $50 600. 600 for corn, S72,.
100000 for meat and S25 000, 600 for hay, in
all S2o2. 0O0.0 900. Now, if the South has sent
the same amount every year since the War
it will amount to So, 1882 600, 600. 1t requires
the labor of eight men, at present prices oil
cotton, to purchase the corn that the labor
OF one man produces in Illinois.-Texas
Farmer.
Statistician ]. r. Dodge calculates that the
country loses nearly 1900, 600 sheep each
year, mostly on account OF dogs. Exposure
to storms and severe cold in the West kills q
great many, and Southern thieves take some.
Scab, foot-rot paperskin, dysentery and
scarcity of grass" are also destructive
These causes bar extension of flocks and in
some sections almost annihilate this other
wise profitable rural pursuit
Mr. r. B. Mason, of Athens, Ala, has
doubtless. the smallest Shetland stallion in
the world. He was imported from Mexico
as yearling. Mr.. Mason bought him in
San Antonio Tex. At that time he was
twenty-one inches high and weighed seventy.
six pounds. This little stallion is now two
/ years old and past. is twenty-three inches
nigh and weighs l26 p0unds We are told