The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-06

not require much manure OF this character;
in fact the plants injsred BY r. Il
causes too CREST growth % stem and lea
and in the earliness-a great ann in vegeta-
bic gIowing-is injurionsly affected. Min
eral manure, as wood ashss. Donedust, etc ,,
are much better for them. For vegetables
recurring rich stable manure il is best that
they have il well rotted and decRyed. Moth
ing has as vet been found 50 well fitted for
the purpose as old hot-bed dung, though 20
the ,me1l no trace of ammonia remains in
ft.-Gardener's Monthly.
HoeiDg and the frequent stirring of the
surface of the coil are good substitutes for
rain. Those parts of the garden that are most
frequently cultivated show the best results.
Ii is probable that corn, wstermelons, toms-
toes, Lima beans, and cabbage. and possibly
other plants, if well started in good. deep
soil. may 90 through a two-mOnths drouth
without very mzch serious damage. A deep,
well-menured soil suffers much less than a
shallow soil Subsoiling and manure are, to
a certain extent. substitutes for rain. Moist
ure comes from below. Understanding Is
also safeguard against drouth The course of
drains in the garden can easily be marked III
a dry season by the ranker growth of vegeta-
ton above them. Irrigation in many parts
of the North will pay. The soil, if we'll pre-
pared. could use 70 good advantage twice the
quantity of water it receives from rams dur
ing the dry months Cf summer.-Farmers
Magazine.
l wish to say to the correspondent who
asks about liquid manure for his lawn thst
ne has Just what he wants for a email lawn in
urine. The effect is speedy and never-fsil-
ing. In a week or ten days after the aBpli-
cation the grass will begin to darken aud in
crease its growth aud thicken on the ground,
ii e growth continuing FIVE or six weeks
whore q moderate quanJity-,ay at the rate
of gallon to seventy square feet-is given.
If q heavier application is made the growth
will be increased and its duration extended.
Where there is fair coat of grass the light
application will suEce. J apply the urine
with a watering pot) in diluted form, one
gallon of urine to two gallons of water, fol-
lowed by an equal or greater quantity of
water to wash il into the soil. By giving fall
spriDkling, rich verdure can be maintained
till winter, with an early good start in the
spring. There is no more effective manure
than urine, whether used fresh or after fer
ion.-Correspendence Country Gen.
tleman.
DR.. Sturtevant has found By experiment
that the amount of fat and butter from milk
depends not on the carbon in the food, as
might be supposed, but on its nitrogenous
elements. As fat or butter is carbon, and not
nitrogen, this result is surprising But it
should be remembered that when highly car
bsnaceous foods, as corn or oil meal are given
the cows condition, and is not found in the
milk pail. There is, however, great differ
ence in COWS in this respect. Competent au-
thorities who have made life study of this
matter, like Professor Arnold, assert that the
bulk of the butter fats is derived from vege-
table matter, while the lesser elements, as
mentioned, along with others which compose
the favor, aroma and the like, are of animal
origin, and though not existing as fats, yet
when brought in combination with the oils
that comprise butter fat, such as glycerine
palmitine, etc, they are changed, and be-
come, in appearance at least, fats
A winter in the Fruit Recorder rays there
is no necessity for breeding currant worms.
This is done by leaving bushes untrimmed.
the worms always attacking the new growth
first. He SAYS: "My plan is this: In starting
q currant patch L con6ne the bush not to ex-
coed from one to three main stems, and give
all the strength of the root to their support.
As limited above sprouts will start from the
roots each spring; but they must be rubbed
off when about six inches long. All currant
growers are aware that worms first make
their appearance on a new growth aud then
spread over the bush. Consequently no
sprouts, no worms. This is just as plain as
that two and two make four. i have followed
this plan for the past two years to my salts
faction, and have barely seen the effects of
worms on one or two bushes where my plan
was not fully carried out. Bot such currants
l never saw grow, the common red Dutch
being nearly twice as large the cherry cur
rant and better bearer. had s,iew bushes
that actually broke down from their load Of
fruit"