The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Farm Notes.

S3l worth OF eggs, besides raising ooV
chickens"
Farm Notes.
An Ohio farmer names the Mammoth
Pearl as the potato to take the place of
Peachblow, against which charges OF deterl-
Grafton are made.
The drought has so seriously effected the
wheat crop of Australia that farmers OF this
country need not fear Australian competi-
ton the coming year.
Salt is used to destroy the onion maegot
with partial success. About the 1st of July
SOW two bushels TO the acre; the salt also
hastens the maturity of the crop.
Everything points to another period in
England of live stock contagiOn. Both foot
and mouth disease and the pleuro-pneu-
monia are appearing in unexpected places
The tendency of modern practice in ma
nuring with commercial fertilizers Is to use
readily soluble and quIck-scting manures,
but to use them sparingly at time. Little
and often is the rule.
A good guide for feeding grain to cattle is
one pound to each und.ed of their weight.
Most animals eat in proportion to their
weight, and an animal weighing LOCO
pounds may receive ten ponds of grain per
day.
grower in Western New York, is digging out
ffty-acre apple orchard, planted twenty
years sgo. IL has never borne but one full
crop, and then the price was too low to pay
for picking.
Arthur s. Core, of Mount Vernon, n. Y,
grew two crops of potatoes last year on the
same land. The second crop was shortened
by drought; but in a good season he thinks
two crops may be made profitable where
land is scarce.
Professor J. L. Budd says the scions of
Russian apples sent to the Iowa Agricultu-
| raj College were judiciously selected from
varieties grown in the latitude OF st. Peters
burg and Moscow, and he prophesies their
future success in this country.
There are almost score of cubators
| in operation at Hammonton, n. j., and
there will be more chickens Matched there
this season than ever before, the climate and
soil, as we'll as location, being specially
adapted to the raising of poultry.
SCOT contains small percentage of nitro
gen. Used alone it makes an excellent top
dressing for spring grain and grass. being
quick in its action withC ut being too stimu-
lating. 1t has also the properly of destroy
ing slugs on winter grain.
Many socalled cases of pear blight are
due TO other causes than blight Quite often
trees are said to be blighted from too much
manure, when, in fact, the heavy doses of
manure water would have killed an oak or
butternut as quickly as it killed the pear
1t is bad policy to wash harness with soap,
as the potash Injuries the leather. Ii the
harnes, becomes rusty rub off the dirt as
well as passible with soft brush, ana sup
ply dressing of grain black, followed with
oil or tallow, which will fasten the color
and make the leather. pliable.
In the Island OF Jamaica splendid cattle
are raised on Guinea grass, many weighing
2 600 pounds or more after being dressed.
Thousands of acres in Guinea grass can be
seen in some parts of the island, stretching
for miles on the hillsides and plains, and
stocked with the finest imported cattle fro.1
England.
| A shipment of 300 bushels OF red-oak
acorns has been made to Germany for plant
ing on untillable hillsides. This tree is
found to do well in Europe, and its wood is
valuable. The acorns were gathered in
Missouri at an average cost of 81 per bushel.
The same party has also shipped $50 bushels
of pignuts for similar purposes.
Care should be used in selecting the
proper soil for early vegetables. The long
varieties of beets, carrots aud parsnlps
4 should never be grown in heavy soilsthat
packs easily. There are kinds more suita-
BILE, such as those that grow partly out oil
| the ground, but sandy or open light soils are
best for the long varities.
According to French authority the pro-
| duction of beet root sugar in Europe this
year amounts TO 1920, 900 tons, an increase
of 137, 500 tons over last year. Germany il
still the greatest producer, heading the list
| with 675, 900 tons; Austrian Hungary ranks
next, with $50, 900 tons: France third, with
40 600 tons; Polish Russia fourth, with
215, 900 tons.
A young colt was recently sold for several
thousand dollars, and the lesson is thus
taught farmers that the reputation of the
parents places value on an animal before
il is tried on Its own merits. This little col,
may in the future prove worthless or il NAV
be superior to its parents, but the fact OF
its being we'll bred gave it high value.
Farmers. improve your stock.-Farmers'
Magazine.
The question is asked as 10 what is the
greatest number of hogs that can be kept on
che product of an acre of ground. That de-
ponds on the breed of the hogs and the quail
ity of the soil. An esti mate can easily be
made by computing the yield of corn on an
acre of land to be fifty bushels, or about
5000 pounds. 1t has been demonstrated
that good hog wiz produce one pound OF
pork for each three pounds of corn, and.
under the s1pposition that they will be
slaughtered at the weight of $50 pounds
each, the nunlter for one acre should not be
over four. The seme estimate may be con-
sidered when psrtion is in clover or other
crops that assist in furnishing variety.
It is convenient tc have two hens hatch
ing at the same time time; for not only if
accidents happen may the two broods be
united, bot on the hatch ing day it constant
ly occurs that. to prevent the newly born
chicks being crushed by th eggs that are be-
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Matched to one hen, while the other takes
charge of the eggs alone. Not only does
this give security to the chicks, Who run
great hazard Of being crushed by the eggs