The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-31

cial remark. One, chichester" two year.
cid buck, weighed 420 pounds. and Baron
Campheld," One-year-old, weighed 50o |
pounds. Both were imported.
Cattle men and stock owners of the Yellow !
stone Valley are waking a var OK extermina- |
ton against the numberless besrss prairie |
wolves and coyotes that are committing raw |
ages on the cattle herbs on the north side OF
the Yellowstone River.
An Indiana farmer ties that he cured !
hes7es in horses By vi.nhoiding hay from
them and substituting green food in its
place. He also gives ball "a large as wal
nut, composed of equal parts OF DslsaEn OF fir
and bslsam OF copalba.
The bee-moth, which does so much damage
to the colonies, IS the color OF old WOOD sad
the wings CT oss each other, turning up like
the tail OF fowl II may be seen lurking
around hives in the summer evenings trying
TO gain sdmittence.
Looseness OF feathers is very unsightly.
Many birds run around looking as though
they were cold. their feathers hanging limp
10 the skin. Such birds are out OF condi-
ton, and should be let fly, fed we'll sud rusty
iron kept in the wafer they drink.
Bots in horses are not easily destroyed.
Their attachment to the stomach is me-
chsnical, and they remain there until the
season for their escape arrives. There Is no
way to prevent them but by removing the
nits from the hide whenever deposited
thereon.
The cattle that make the largest returns
for the food consumed pay the best. It is
the well formed animal that makes the most
valuable meat. IL does not pay to feed
hogs that viii only develop head and snout
when there are good grades TO be obtained.
Sheep can be fed prohtably in England on
lard worth 800 per acre, says Mr.. Henry
Stewart, and they should prove equally as
profitable here, where land cheaper. En-
gland breeds sheep for mutton rather than
FOR wool and uses none bat the bast breeds
for that purpose
A Montana correspondent has frequently
counted 100 stems and well-illed heads of
oats grown from one seed. while 200 to 300
grains TO the head are common. Therefore,
il is possible to grow IL, 600 grains or more
from one. This would be fifteen bushels
from one ounce of seed.
Water and boring insects cause rapid de-
| cav of wood, and wounds from cutting OF
| limbs furnish favorable openings for de-
| structive agents; therefore al wounds should
| be thoroughly protected by coat of YarDlsh
| or paint to keep water cut until the entire
wound becomes covered with new wood.
Now that winter has set in, an occasional
allowance OF green food may be had, when
| the grodr is not covered with snow, for the
| cattle, by permitting them to grazs on the
1
| done the growing crop by being eaten OIL,
/ provided the stock is not kept upon the pas
/ ture too closely.
| Marshall p. Wilder ssys that the maturity
! of fruit depends on the sacchSrine matter
| contained therein, which is followed by toe
1 Vinous or soetous fermentation, and to pre-
| vent the latter and preserve the fruit and al
| its beauty, freshness and flavor, the tempera-
4 ture must be kept below the point at which
| fermentation or the ripeniDg process begins.
The amount of land to which wheat is par
| ticularly adapted hiss not bson placed under
| cultivation in the West. Canada has also q
/ large srea to be opened, about $50, 600, 00C
acres being yet unsettled Should 1t be de-
voted 20 wheat growing at some future time
at an average Of fifteen bushels per acre. the
] annual production viii be 1900, 200 ,0OC
| bushels.
| In the production of TWENTY-FIVE bushels
4 of wheat TO the acre the soil is robbed of .
4 pounds Of mineral matter. In the produc-
1 ton of City bushels Of corn TO the scrs the
soil loses $50 pounds of mineral elements
| II is plain, therefore, that unless the soil is
provided with an equal amount of the ele.
/ ments given ap as food for plants it vii
| soon become exhausted.
Under the systsm OF pastnrIng cattle il i
| estimated that i've acres sre necessary &
support cow one year. With soiling il
the summer and the use OF ensilsge in win
n toF IL ~ CAnAAncu tAot OuS hOTo VIA Keep
COW, and become richer IN fertility every
year. The soiling system requires create
labor, but 30 1t utilities land the proportion
of profits as compared with pssturage i
greater.
The subject OF Insecticides" was dis
cussed before the Ohio horticultural So
ciety. George NJ. Campbell recommended
mixture of kerosene common soft sosp
equal parts, TO be diluted TO any extent lie
sired with cold water. Sfr. Barrows ssid h
had found that single pound OF London
purple thoroughly mixed with whole pa,
I rel OF land plaster, had proved destructiv
to potato beetles.
Comb is valuable, for while the bees or
building pound OF it they could gsths
twenty pounds Of honey, and il ought ne
to be left nnesred for IN hives where bee
have died, to be consumed by the larva3 c
the bee moth. These lsrve are great COW
ards, and when the combs are lifted tror
the hives poke out their heads, and NAV
. destroyed surely and quickly by exposin
them to the fumes OF burning sulphur.
The purchasers of horses for the Erenc
army alwsys endeRvor TO obtain first loo
I at the animal when ne is tranquil and in th
} stable, noting IL the animal supports itse
; equally well on all its legs. The eye ough
! | 10 be more dilated when in the stable tina
} | when exposed to full light. IL the hollo
| over The eye be profound and temple gray
: | Old age is TO be concluded. Wounds aboU
| the temples suggest attacks of staggers, an
2 | when the end Of the nose presents cIrcu Ia
. | scars 1t may be concluded the horse hs
| been twitched with cord to insure his quie
| ness while being shod.
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