The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-09
Farm Notes.

! There are 100 square rods in an acre, and
there are 301 square yards in one rod. This
gives 1910 square yards in one acre; yards
wide by 968 yards long is one acre; 10 yards
wide by 4S4 yards long is one acre; 20 yards
wide by 242 yards long is one acre; 40 yards
wide by 121 yards long is one acre; 80 yards
wide by COZ yards long is one acre. 90 yards
wide by S05s yards long is one acre.
Adam Nef, ST., of Fremont O., has the
prize porker sans contradiction. 1t is q white
Chester improved SOW, and has a power of
reproduction of her kind that is somewhat
startling. The first litter embraced twelve
pigs, all of which were raised; the second lit
ter numbered thirteen, and nine attained
poreine majority; and now this indomitable
animal has litter of seventeen, with a pros
pect of raising all.
Brushing and carding stimulate the vital
action of the animal, and therefore bring an
increased flow of milk. If the brushing is
done daily. only a little time is required to
keep the animals clean. An old broom is
often the only implement needed, if abund-
ant litter is used. Give the cattle, horses,
and other farm animals a good supply of
bedding, and use the brush as much as nee
essary to keep them neat and clean.
Professor L. B. Arnold says the points in
favor of dairyins are: First, "a dairy farm
costs 10 per cent. less to operate than grain
growing or mixed agriculture; second, the
annual returns average q llttIe more imam
other branches; third, prices are nearer uni
form and more reliable; fourth, dairying ex-
hausts the soil less; fifth, it is more secure
against changes in the season, since the dairy
man does not suffer so much from wet and
frost and varying seasons, and he can, if
prudent, provide against drought
Chicago Herald: We do not say this hast
lily, but with the conviction derived from
feeding late-cut timothy and bright oat
straw. With four feed-racks in your yard
two kept filled with timothy, one with prai-
RE hay and one with bright oat straw-the
latter was consumed first. and the other ne
elected until the last vestige of the cat straw
had disappeared. 1t was the instructive act
of the urchin repeated He took his cake
pudding and pie first, and reluctantly finished
off his dinner on the drer and less palatable
bread and butter. Our late-cut hay was
merely "fill-up," to give their digestive APP
paratus the necessary distention so needful to
ruminants, and that is about all late-cut hay
is good for, anyway.
H. NJ. Engle, of Marietta, Pa, has. found
the following remedies useful in destroying
or repelling some of the insects which infest
fruit. The peach grub is excluded from the
trees by spreading on the bark near the roots
mixture of fresh COW manure mixed with
lime. Bark lice on raspberry canes are eff
fectually destroyed by wash of lime and sui
phur applied early in spring Borers in APP
pie trees are to be followed with wire, and
they are excluded with heavy coating of
lime wash. Peach grubs, after they obtain
possession are taken out by following them
in their burrows with pointed knife. Cur
eulios are destroyed by Earring, but most per-
sons neglect it, or do not perform it thor
oughly. The practice of hanging eorncobs,
saturated with gas-tar, in the trees has proved
a failure.