The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-03

bv horsemen: Laudanum, belladonns,
sulph. ether, chloform, each two ounces;
dose, half tablespoonful in half pint of
water. =
The basket willow will grow we'll around
the mill ponds aud along the margins of the
water courses 1t is an article which is al
ways salabIe, and should be made to take
the place of the unsightiy briars and bushes
that often prove so troublesome in such
places
The question: "What will be the cheap
est food this winter for cows producing
milk2' was answered in the Elmirs. n. Y.
Farmers Club recently by the recon-
mendation Of clover bay ana sowed corn,
although barley meal, shorts corn meal,
bran, ETC., were commended.
The two year old Jersey heller Mother
Hubbard (1O,33l). and her yearling full
brother Etruscan Gold, have been sold by
A. B Darling to F. G. Ssyles. Bryn Mawr
Farm, Pawtucket. T. /. Mother Hubbard
has given fifteen quarts of milk per day on
grass only with her FIRST calf.
The Duke of Argyll is acclimating the
American wild turkey on his plantation
This should not be difficult as English
winters are much milder than our own, and
the turkey is a hardy bird, usually prefer
ring to roost in trees in the coldese weather
rather than in close houses.
a pure Italian bee should have three dis
tinct yellow bands or rings across the lower
part of the abdomen, and a bright yellow
pair over the body. The so-called Albino
bees are a strain of the Italians, having
white bands and hair. The latter are the
finest workers of the two and easier ham
dled.-Msryland Farmer.
An Iowa farmer, writing to the Home
stead, gives as bis experience that an exclu-
sive diet of corn is cause of hog cholera.
He claims that the hog should be treated TO
a variable diet like any other animal, and
that corn is not a complete article of food,
the hog requiring suitable food for convert
ing into bone and muscle as well as fat.
The Farmer and Dairyman gives the fol-
lowing rs the composition of wheat: In
every 1000 pounds nitrogen, 90 pounds
potash, and 8 pounds phosphoric acid. In
/ 600 pounds of wheat straw are $40 pounds
dry matter containing pounds nitrogen,
s pounds potash, and 20 pounds phos-
phoric acid.
The female moths Of the canker worm can
not fly; but as they hatch III warm dry days
at the beginning of spring they crawl up the
| bodies of apple trees TO deposit their eggs.
Hence il is of no use setting traps for them
| to fly into, but band around the tree filled
with tar or printers ink will stop their
progress and with some watchfulneSs they
may be easily destroyed.
Look out for damage from mice # you
have trash of any kind heaped up around
your trees Many valuable trees are lost
every winter by not attending to this little
pest; he girdles the tree al the ground, and
YOU may not know anything about it until
next summer, when you find the tree in q
dying condition. His time for doing his
| Obstructive work is when there Is snow on
| the ground.
Mr.. H. Reese states. in the Deutsche
Gaertner Zsitung. that fifty varieties OF Pc
tatoes grown by him. Early Vermont was
the earliest, best and most prolific. He re
commends it as particularly adapted FOL
"purring:" that is, the largest tubers may
be taken away without injury tothe remain
ing ones, which, if carefully covered, and
without disturbing the roots, will continue
to grow.
The Shropshire downs possess beautiful
symmetry of form, fine quality and early
maturity of all their parts, vigorous con
stitution and grand muscular proportions
They are first class shearers, carrying INT
compact coat, valuable at once for wool anC
protection from chilling sleet storms. They
stand close herding in large numbers re
markedly well, the ewes are good mothers
and twin lambs are not unusual-Rura
Nebraska.
Professor S. T. Maynard, OF the Massachu
| SETS ARIlCullilbl OOACENt AAN'
of no other reason why the potato fails t
produce its true fruit, the potato balls, thar
! that the power OF reproduction by seed ha
been weakened by the forcing process the
have been subjected to for the past ten year
! by the propagation from single eyes, cuttings
!, etc. Other plants, the yerbena, for instance
after having been propagated several year
from cuttings, produce very few II an.
seeds"
The knack of getting supply of eggs sum
mer and winter Is 10 keep the pullets of tb
early spring and summer hatch. Feed then
all they will eat clean of the best and mos
nutritious and egg producing food, and sue
simple condiments as pepper, ginger an
, mustard, to stimulate them. Kill of tn
hens before they molt in their second veal
! and keep none but young hens. OF cours'
under this system OF forcing for egg prodc'
e ton and flesh there is no valid objection, .
it is not intended that their eggs shout
P be set.
4 AS decorative plants single dahlias wi
! become very popular. They are easil
. grown. produce an abundance of bloom, an
l are not at all fastidious SIS to soil and pos
. lion. Trey can be treated as ANIMALS, ant
p provided good strain of seed is obtained
Z the amateur may depend upon getting
q greet variety of color. The seed should
y sown early in January and grown on unit
| ".
plants. A few might be grown in pots #
: winter decoration, while those intended II
4 summer display should be planted out.
Il A correspondent of the Country Cent
/, man claims that clover benefits and enrich
II the soil by adding carbon thereto, ii CO
% tainining fifty per cent of that element. ar
h further states that Surely the absurdity
st raising clover and peas for the little bits
IS nitrogen they contain is apparent. Secu
ID carbon in the soil and in the circulation
s. the air ii will grasp a hundred times
bulk of nitrogen, and hold on to it as fo'
for oxygen to form nitric acid. or as fo'
"a for hydrogen TO form ammonia in the gre
ot chemical action brought into play
life"
is More farm machinery is inju by nee
IN less exposure to weather than by use.
" machine that will last ten years with caref
housing will be ruined in three seasons
m left out during the winter season. A coat
of paint, first well oiling woodwork, W
"a greatly add to the durability of farm imp
"a ments. Every farmer should procure sol
r. paint and learn TO use the brush duri
- leisure hours. This is especially importa
in the case Of wagons, which need repail
us ing, at least so far as the wheels are &C
20 cerned, every spring. The paint frc
nj wheels is rapidly worn of by ice, snod a
L mud in winter.
ng The fact that there are go u any infer
is horses in the country is not 10 be wonder
lc- at when the judgment of the majority
ng breeders is considered. More than half