The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-26
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
Leaves are the best of mulchinc material.
but they must be held down by brush or
constalks
A French microscopic says the German
hog is affected by trichine just as badly as
the American hog.
1t is claimed that the wood and buds OF
Crane vines suffer more from dryness in win
ter than from intensity Of cold
The Texas pecan crop promises to be a
very heavy one The burdened trees are
bending under the weight OF ha!l-grown
nuts
A Connecticut OK. ready TO die from effects
of a stolen visit to the meal box, was saved
by a dose Of four TO six quarts OF bread yeast
administered from a bottle
Professor Kedric, of the Michigan Agri-
cultural COLLEGE, who is making expert
ments with growing plants in close room,
thinks the notion that it is unhealthy to
sleep in room containing plants is sheer
nonsense.
The sugar maple is a very desirable tree for
planting on the highways, says Major Ben
Perley poore. and a flourshng tree will pro-
duce 100 gallons OF sap, from which at least
twenty-five gallons OF sugar can be manu-
featured.
Ii appears merno sheep shipped from
America TO Australia have proven profitable
for the purpose OF crossing with the fine
wooled natives, while our merinos do not
produce wool rs fine as the Australians 1t
averages considerably more TO the fleece.
Condensed milk containsabout 10 per cent.
OF caseine, , per cent OF albumen, 10 per
cent OF butter II per cent. OF milk sugar,
and between 2 and per cent OF inorganic
matter, which IS composed of lime magesia,
iron, phosphoric acid, chlorine, etc.
On very cold, damp nights the fowls
| should be given good feed of whole corn
| before they so TO rOost, as il is more promo
tive of heat than any other kind OF food
that is usually fed lt is also advisable to
change to wheat occasionally, for the sake
| Of variety
| The same farmer who willingly pays a
/ good price for the service OF stallion in or
! der TO raise a good colt is often very indifier-
! ent regarding the calves intended TO be kept
! for beef or the dairy, and yet the one class
| of stock demands the same judgment in the
matter of Improvement as the other.
The experiment tried this season of ship
| ping peaches from Delaware to Liverpool
proved successful Eleven days after pack
ing the fruit was sold at about So cents
apiece, having arrived in good order. Each
peach in the case was packed by itself and
thoroughly ventilated during the transit.
1t is extremely important in feeding pigs
that their meals should be given at regular
| times. The pigs will soon learn to look for
their food a the appointed period, and lie
still during the intervals. If fed irregularly
too much of the time will be passed standing
| by the trough and waiting for something to
be given them.
AS the fowls begin to mature many Of them
become afflicted with scurvy leg This is
due to parasites, and increases with the age
of the fowl. 1t is very unsightly, and is an
indication of neglect. 1t is removed by
greasing the legs once a week three or four
times with a mixture of sulphur and lard, or
with lard to which little coal oil is added.
have more than once freed fields entirely
from wireworms by sowing crop OF white
mustard seed. i once sowed whole field OF
forty odd acres which had not repaid me for
many years in consequence of every crop
being destroyed by the wireworm to white
mustard. / am warranted in saying that not
a single wireworm could be found the follow
ing year, and the succeeding crop of wheat
was fine one English farmer.
As protection to plum trees against the
attacks OF the curculio it is suggested that
the trees be inclosed and the orchards be de-
voted 10 poultry. Mr. Hawkins, OF Lancas
ter, Mass, the largest poultry breeder IN the
world, plants plum trees for shade almost
exclusively, and finds the method very sue
cessful against curculiO, as the fowls destroy
the insects fast they emerge from the
ground, where they mature after the I'M red
fruit has dropped. BY combining plum
growing and poultry upon the same location
1 ti4S tACHt AAOAA- a oih5AC acre Vi SEOunu Cht
be made very large.
There is so much difference in cellars, tina
| while some will keep fruit well, in Others
large proportion OF the fruit will decay be
fore winter is half over Fruit TO keep wei
should be kept in a cool place, where tn,
temperature Is very even To attempt tC
keep fruit where one day the ten
rerature is thirty degree and the next sixt,
J | degree is TO invite a fail ure For this reason
4. the fruit should never be kept in the opei
air where the sun will shine on the barrels
in fact, to have fruit keep well it should no
, be disturbed after being gathered and stored
away until wanted for use or sale.
BY removing the clover roots from iuar
foot OF soil. aualyzing them and calculating
the total quantity of an acre, DIR. Noelcke
I, found that in the soil of an acre OF Glove
: land moved once for hay and afterwar,
= left to seed, there were 3,622 pounds of roots
: which contained five and half pounds o
= nitrogen. This amount of nitrogen nigh
= be made sufficient for large crop of wheat
. and much of the wheat land in this countr
!, would thereby be benefited ii the land wer
a alternated with clover occasionally. n
= doubt the estimation of the amount of nit
? gen is less than it really is, however.
California stage proprietor preserves thu
running gear or his wagons much longer il
I the following manner: After the woodwork
, is made, and before il is put together, h
: soaks every part of the running gear il
= crude petroleum oil for twenty-four hours
" and then, after putting it together, washe
! the same with it from end to end, includin
the wheels. BY SO doing once in each sue
! ceeding ninety days he finds but little re
!, pairing to do. He says the oil prevents th
I wood from either shrinking or swelling and
4 costing but trihe, he is satisfied that il ha
: saved hir many dollar in the shape of re
, pairs Baltimore Sun.
: The following note on the keeping quail
0 ties OF English cheese is from the Provision