The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-10

process of curing it will be likely 70 De def
Gent in favor,
Musty food is not safe. as many diseases
may be traced to the use of such.
II farm implements can not be painted
brush them over occasionally with crude
petroleum.
Land that is not thoroughly drained will
not pasture sheep without inducing the APP
pesrance Of foot-rot
The increase in the area OF tobacco in
Kentucky has been effected in many cases
at the expense OF the area in hemp.
A teaspoonful OF sa.tpeter dissolved in a
gallon OF water has been recommended for
killing rosebugs on grapeyines.
An occasional sprinkling of water on the
celery plants will help them during this
month. as they require quite an amount OF
moisture.
Tomatoes raised on poor, light soil will
have less growth than those raised on rich
soil, but the tomatoes Will ripen wee- or
ten days sooner.
Unless crop of corn is good one it will
not pay, but il is a crop which is more COM
pletely under the control of the farmer, as
far as cultivation is concerned, than aay
other.
Fifteen Southdown ewes raised twenty
one lambs this year for Joseph A. Kline,
President of the Housatonic Agricultural
Society in MASSACHUSETTS. Dropped in Janu-
airy, and sold in April, they melted over
SlO0.
George W, Walz writes to the Fruit Re
corder that he has boiled leaves and stems
of tomato plants until the juice is all ex-
tracted, and finds the liquor deadly to cater
pillars, lice ana many other enemies of vege.
tation.
Themelon growers of Georgia have formed
! pool for the sale of their products, with
! headquarters at Atlantis. No melons viii be
/ shipped until market has been found for
them. Eight thousand carloads were ship
ped North last year.
4 Western beekeeper thinks sugar the best
bee feed, as the honey from such has the ad-
vantage of not being mixed with pollen,
whsch he believes causes dysentery among
/ the bees in winter.
A daub of tar on the noses of sheep is an
/ effective preventive against the attacts OF
annoying grubs. The sheep grub is not al
| ways fatal, but very disagreeable, and doubt-
/ less has bad ELECTION the general health OF
/ the animal.
One of the advantages of sowing salt on
| wheht is that il partially prevents freezing
/ OF the soil, thereby Obyiating the dis
/ lodging of the plants by upheaval, as a
lower temperature is required to freeze
| ground that has been sailed than that not
sailed.
The Guinea fowl is a great destroyer of
noxious insects and their lary;e. They are
| Of a very rambling disposition, hence their
eggs should De placed under hens for hatch
ing. The young ones feather very rapidly,
and consequently should be fed often.
In 1883 Great Britain imported 49l 900, OOo
pounds of sleeps WOOL grew lbs 2j0,0J0
! pounds, and imported alpaca. mohair. etc,
10 the amount of over 0O,000,OOO pOands.
The product of 296, 100000 pounds, or about
! 401S per cent. OF all this, was imported.
| errrrfuS Mill ba r,ro6f oh 1-r
fed TO cows, though il is not easy 10 teach an
old COW to drink 10, except those COWS al
| ways extra mixers that never refuse any
kind of food. The milk fed TO cows should
not be soured. as it will affect what they are
| producing.
Salt is being used freely by certain New
| York nurserymen in their pear nurseries,
for the purpose of counteracting blight.
Iron filings aud cOpperas in solution have
been used for the same purpose. Ii these
remedies do not prevent the disease, they at
least correct a disposition to blight.
The analysis Of a plant is at best but a
faint guide for the application OF fertilizers,
as soils vary in composition in different re-
gions to far greater extent than could be
effected by artificial means. Prescribing
doses, therefore, for soils to suit certain
plants has long since been found entirely
fallacious.
Many OF the most desirable qualities OF
animals have been made inherent by in
breeding, vet, unless practiced by very ex'
perienced breeder, in-breeding should be
avoided. 1t is not necessary, however, TO
cross different breeds in order TO mingle
blood dissimilar, but resort may be dad to
several families of the same breed.
Sheep raising as conducted in England, is
much more thorough and judicious than in
our country, but we are learning breeder
of Hampshire Downs, in Kent, England,
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without the loss of one, and three years ago
had 4l2 lambs from 321 ewes, without losing
a eve in the preceding winter.
A writer, speaking of the economic meth
DDS of sheep feeding, estimates the allow
ance of corn for one sheep at three-quarters
of one pound each day. stating that on this
quanty OF grain and sufhclent grazing or
hay sheep will gain in condition and fatted.
This in New York State, where dry feed is
used for several months in the year.
The shrinkage in weight of cattle after be
ing placed on grass in the spring is well
known to experienced grazers, but we have
found intelligent farmers who were MOI
aware that this was the rule. If more grain
or hay is fed for few days after the cattle
are put out on grass the tendency to LOSE
weight may be counteracted. 1t is otter
wiser to keep fa'ening cattle on dry feed il
the spring, even though 1t be desired to keel
them two or three weeks after the grass Is il
|
cattle has became accustomed to the chang,
the grain is often remar kably great. At N
season in the year Ere so great gains usually
made as during June.-Breeder's Gazette.
1t requires 100 bushels OF good sized onion
to set Az acre OF ground for growing seed
The hest success is secured by setting Just be
fore the ground freezes up in the fall, an,
covering six or seven inches, ridging up owe
the roots, so that though frozen they will b.
dry. They are occasionally, though no
often, injured by excessive freezing anC
thawing.
Professor Arnold states that it costs NOR,
to make milk from old cows than it doe
from young ones having the same milk pro
ducing capacity, The period of profitabl,
milking does not terminate at the same az
with all cows alike. Some hold out longe
than others, but as rule, the best effect
do not reach beyond the eighth year of th'
cows age.
1t is claimed that flock of sheep can b.
made more prolific by selection. In thi
way the Shropshires have been improved sc
as to bring forth greater number of lamb
annually. The twin lambs are selected a.
breeders, and gradually the breed has be
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