The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-08

I ave al DeeD tflcQ IN numerous iDS anlt
with no change or mitigation of the disease
Thorough drainage lies at the foundation
Of all good road making, and lacz OF Il J.
what is the matter with nearly all of our pup
lie thoroushfares,
4 correspondent OF the Ohio Farmer say
q srOug s,ee-bladed Case kDifs makes one o
the most simple, lgh', cheap and excellen
wedding tools.
Pois nous washes applied 70 the illiage OF
trees, vines, etc, are of no svsil against tho-e
insects which suck the juice or plaats instead
Of ealing the leaves or ouos
Cabbage are largely grown in some parts n
EuelaI as forage CROP. and are cons derej
one OF the best green feeds to slim llate milk
production that farmers can use.
A good way TO capture squash bugs is to
lay litces OF boards under the vines The
bugs crawl under these at night for pro- &c
ton and may be picked up aud extermi-
mated.
A quart of good milk should weigh about
, 10 % uDds, or nearly two pounds. two and
half ounces. If milk is weighed, this rule
will give the monthly yield N quarts more
exactly than measuring.
Fruit men all say the best way 20 treat
II, es infested with bOrers is 10 remove the
'nTth about the base of the trunk Fill up
the hollow after freezing weather is well ~
der way.
Most fruits need good deal of water to
ripen full CROP but not many Will do we'll
on lard naturally wet. They want water but
il must not stay long enough to be stagnan5
water.
Immersion, for at least five minutes, of the
vessels in which milk Is set will it Is asserted
by n member of the French Academy, de-
troy the organisms which the form OF dark
blue spots distress dairymen.
Do not leave any unoceupied land to grow
9 crop OF weeds. When an early crop Is re-
moved SOW at once any crop that will keep
them down. Buckwheat and peas are good
and may be turned under before frost.
Superphosphste, or bone manure in any
form is a specific for turnips or ruta5agas.
English farmers discovered this and DOW ap-
ply bone manure TO their root crops instead
Of 10 wheat, as is usually practiced here.
The Gardeners Monthly gays that little
windmill. such as some boys can make with
q lsck-snife, will keep birds out of a cherry
tree in case tiny bell is attached to it. IL Is
better than stuffed cat or an imitation
hawk.
The London Live Stock Journal says that
a rev fertibzing agent used in France IS tbe
re ioue left after sugar has gone through the
ne Gee sssry prC cess of refinement. u til re
Gently it was regsi ded as waste produce.
A butter maker, writing to the Iowa
Homestead. says the best butter color is a
Isllfpl OF corn meal mush, fed warm ouca q
day, the corn TO be of the yellow variety;
scoiDg thst it will increase the milk anC
butter as well as give good color.
1t is noted that in Georgia an acre OF land
which in 1850 produced 800 pounds of seed
cotton, was MANFRED By having fifty sheep
pei ned on il twenty nights end in 1881 II
produced ! 500 pounds Of seed cotton fhis
virtually tTipled the annual value of the
lard.
The evidence recently supplied Dy the
Scottish Chamber of Agriculture asserts that
tie eff CT Of lime is most durable upon pas
lures that are grszed. IL lasts longer upon
good than upon bad land, and longer upon
Gays and heavy loans than upon light land
y full dTsssII of lime lasts for number of
years. Except on old messy land. lime Is
best applied 10 grass land in the form of com
post
The value of wood ashes rs a fertilizer is
too little appreciated They contain, in va
rying proportions, the valuable mineral
properties needed by plants. They are
especially valuable for orchards in bearing.
having an as yet unexplained effect in per
iecting the fruit. 1t is better to give light
dressing OF any potash manure every year
than to give large doses at any one time.-N.
\. Times.
The experiments in acclimating the tea
plant in Southern France are making en-
cOursgiDg progress. Crafts upon csmelllas
have WithstoOd temperature below the freeZ-
ing point in the open air. A hundred an
twenty TIRE IS near Messins, Sicily, planted
three years ago, are vigoraus and in full leaf
and flower. The question now to be be de
cded is whether the flavor is maintained I'M
damaged.
The capacity of the Great American Desert
to grow beef, II estimated at the low average
Of twenty steers per square mile of area will
exceed twenty millions OF cattle, which will
furnish four or five millions year for the
market. What a food-supp.y, and what 8
commerce there figures comprise, The plains
! are the great pasture-telds OF the American
nation for all time 10 c0me.-rhe Dairy.
The weed seeds scattered from hay ana
straw are the great bane of stable manure.
/ 1t is best, OF course, to have no weed seeds
to scatter, for even a thorough fermentation
of the manure pile Will not destroy the vi
tally of ell specimens; but il barn floors aud
mangers are thoroughly cleaned every few
days end the rubbish thrown into barrel
10 be carried into the road and burned, many
weed seeds will be saved from getting into
the manure.
A farmer in Troup County. Georgia states
that be has variety OF winter" cabbage,
which he gfOws during that period OF the
yesr, the pecuhaIity belonging only 10 that
variety. As the winters in Georgia are mild,
TO doubt some of the later varieties known
in this latitude could be scclimated into
winter cabbage there The fact demonstrates
! how easily certain vegetables may be adapted
| 70 particular localities when the proper con-
| diliOus Sre observed.
AT meeting of the Elmira Farmers Club
| the benefits from m0lching wheat was dis
| cussed, and MIR McCann stated that he found
bat q simple mulchng of buckwheat straw
gave good results. As the object is to give
protection sgainst the rigors of winter, the
mulch should be applied before the ground
fret Zss, il possible, or even after, but not be-
lore the plants have made some growth. o.
| grass that had been seeded over the wheSt the
mulching was still more beneficial.
Sheep often go long time without drink
| ing especially If in pretty good pasture.
| and the Cews are SO heavy that they can fill
| up with wet grass in the morning; but when
| they do want to drink water is as necessary
10 heir health and comfort as To that of any
| other animals. Therefore, keep a supply Of
/ pure water in the sheep pastures as much a.
/ in any other and If the sheep do not drink
| frem it give them little salt once q week
! They should have salt as often as once a week
| under any circumstances.
In pruning or heading young peach trees
lof II no doVoaaplv tn Or thrpa fam fr0Dn no