The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-09-05
Yarn and Garden Notes.

sdapability TO the proposed soil and l0c4-
ton. There will then be fewer tales of
fnanci disa ster and defeat.
In order to keep the striped beetle from
vines the ex experiment. was tried of placing
corr cobs dipped in coal tar near the hills.
While the practice did not entirely prevent
the ravsges of the beetle, there numbers we're
largely diminished.
II is said that weeds may be destroyed for
years by copious watering with solution OF
lime and sui phur in boiling hot water. This,
il effectual, will be highly important TO such
a. have garden gravel walks, pavelnents, etc,
through which grass and weeds grow up.
Southern Industries gives this good advice
to farmers: "Stock your farm to the fullest
ex'ent with horses cattle, sheep and hogs;
raise all the feed possible. and you have put
your coarse grain, fodder and straw % the
best use possible in increasing the profits or
the farm"
TIE value of farms, including fences and
buildings in the UniteC States in 1880 vas
SI0l97, 100000 In 1SG0it was 81 6i5. 900 OOO
en- IL crease not quite equal 10 the increase In
population. The aggregate cost OF building
and Tensring fences on farms in the year 1880
was 81, 76j 470.
For sheep there il no grass that equals
white clover. Sheep being close graziers do
not like long grass, and as the white clover is
Shorter than the red, and can be grown on
may BE made valuable grass in pastures
that are devoted TO sheep.
According to The census report Illinois
pays out more money for fences than any
other State in the Union. Pennsylvania
comes next. There are in the United States
100000 miles of fence, and II has in all cost
something over 81 600 600 600. During the
census year alone S7S $4,000 was expended
for fencing purposes.
DR.. Maxwell T. Masters writes that he has
often seen the experiment tried of thinning
potato tops BY pulling out all the smaller
stems, leaving only two. or a. most three, OF
the stronger ones 10 the hill, and never knew
an instance where the result was not larger
tubers and frequently heavier total crop.
1t is getting 10 be the fashion to procure
early queen bees from the South. These can
be reared and shipped North SO that We can
have them at the opening of the ssssol. As
the queens appear every whit as good as those
bIed North, this promises TO become an IN
dustry of no inconsiderable importance.
In selecting seeds this fall care must be ex-
eiclsed TO take the seeds OF plants that have
beer ground some distance from others of
the same character Especially must beans,
melons, cucuDbers and cabbage be guardCd
in that respect-for the crop may seem pure,
but the seed Will procure something d Iffsrent
next season.
Under-drainlng makesthe soil more porous.
When there is too much water on the surface,
or from springs underneath the drains carry
eff The surplus. When the surface of we'll
drained soil is dry and hot capillary attrac.
tiOn viii bring up moisture from below, and
the sell will suffer less from dTaught than
that which is less porus.
In setting out strawberry beds beginner.
should be cireful 70 procure the varietle, ina
are both pistilate and staminRte Some vari
| cites, such as the Crescent and Manchester
must be grown with occasional rows of Viii
SOD, in order 10 have them fruit, bat there are
varieties now introduced which do not re
/ qulTe such cross fertilization.
| An eDterprising farmer is out with this
! recipe 10 make posts last-nOt quite forever
/ but a great many years: Take boiled iinseed
! oil and stir in pulverized coal to the consist
eDcy of paint Pot coat of this over the
( timber, and there is not man that will live
! TO see il rot" Try il. farmers; il won't DC
any hurt and may DO good. We think i
will.
/ The New England Farmer says: after
! field is newly seeded with blue grass it should
l be allowed to 90 10 seed once or twice, or I'M
I til a thick turf is produced, but never after
ward, ss producing seed diminishes vitality
/ Ii DRY weather stops growth the grass is still
very nourishing, and Is eaten greedily By
aDimsls till the rain comes to drench anC
rot it.
Lime acts uDon and greatly aids the de
! composition of organic matter in the soil. 4
is thought to Deutralize the organic acids
| contained in what are called "sOur soils"
| also acts upon the inorganic or mineral con
stituentS of the soil, and aids in converting
them into the forms in which they can b
| taken up by the plants, especially in ibera.
| ing potash from It's combin atoms.
Parsnips are best harvested in mounds il
the open cir. Lay them on boards, sIightl!
raised above danger from water, cover Will
straw, after heaping them, aud then cove
the straw with earth, well pressed TO tn
/ straw. Leave wisp in the top to allow case
/ 10 escape. They are excellent in winter 70
! the table and for stock, and can be bu
slightly injured by frost.
4 new Seeding grape, grown from seeI
/ taken from foreign grape, is attracting th
attention of horticulturists near Haddon
| field, y. J. So far IL has proved a vigorou
| grower, having been planted about six years
/ IS free from rot; produces large, compsc
punches. and combines the peculierities o
| the foreign grape with our native kinds.
A member of the Oneida Community
| writing on the i'm DortaDce of mulching fruI
trees and plants OF everv kind, says that h
| mulched a row Of the Frsnc0nia raspberry
and also one of the Philadelphia side by side
| The effect was very marked. While ih,
| Franconias. which were no. mulched. wert
| literally sc0rchod ard the leaves crumbled il
| the sun, the row which received the malch
| ing carried through nesrly double TIT
, crop of truth. The material use for mulch
| ing was old, half-decayed buckwheat straw
etc.
In an address before The Maryland Hort
cultural Society, on March -, 1883, Willau
! sanders, 1perinJeUdsnt Of the Ground ant
! Gardens of The Agricultural Department q
| Washington, ID. O.. said: Tine blight on applt
and pesr trees is, in aggregate source u
/ much loss. ! will not discuss the point as L
whether this malady is caused by low form
! of vegetable life, fungi. or 0y a low form o
! insect life bacteria. but allude to it to m a
ton the fact that no part of tree coated with
! lims-wash has ever been affected"
The new breed Of fowls, Wyandcttes, for
merry known as American Sebrights, Is rap
! idly growing in favor. They have heavy
compact bodies beautiful plumage, very
small combs, ard make good layers. Toe
| strongest points IN their favor are that the
have legs of a deeper yellow than the Plym
outh Rock, and the combs being small pre-
vents frosdDg IN winter. They equal the
| Dork ng in compaciness of body, grow rap
idly, end are very hardy. The demand in
this breed has been very heavy this season
which is due 10 their being only recently IN
tToduced.
POuluymen are sometimes troubled with
partial blindness in their young chickens