The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-12-24

determining the butter quality OF milk in
practical dairying.
Professor Tracy is an advocate for the use
Of ground tobacco stems as an 1nsecticide Tor
striped beetles. The stems can be purchased
at very low cost at tobacco factories and act
as q fertilizer in addition to killing the
beetles. Professor Cook recommends the
kerosene emulsion for cabbage worms. Pro-
fessor Lazenby says that the pyrethrum, or
Persian Insect powder, has proved the most
effective of anything yet used at the Ohio
experiment station for cabbage worms.
In number of trials last season it was
noticed that the tip kernels of hint-corn
yielded more sbundantly than did the butt
or central kernels of the ear. Butt seed
yielded at the rate of siKty-two bushels,
central seed at the rate of sixty two bushels,
and tip seed at the rate OF sixty four bushels
per acre, while the quality of that grown
from the tip ends was In every respect equal
to that produced from the butt and central
seed.
|. Muiching, to be beneficial, must be pro-
lection. 1t is not. in majority OF cases, so
much the cold as the changing from one to
the other that causes the damage. OF course,
in many OF the more tender plants q good
mulch applied in the fall will often save the
plant, as with grapes, raspberries, blackber-
ries, etc. II the plants are bent TO the ground
and then mulched they will live through the
winter and yield profitable crop where if
left unprotected they would be winter
killed.
Two new insects have attacked the wheat
| in Nj chigan-One hollOws out the berry aud
the other works in the straw Just above each
| joint. The caterpillar of the former Is light
| colored with faint stripes and brown head,
and is about one half inch long The larvs
of the second is yellowish white and a
| scant eight of an inch long. The pupis is 8
trifle larger. Professor Cook asks for speci
mems that he may study their life histories
SO as to ascertain the most effective means oil
guarding against their ravages.
In raising mules for profit. says ga ex-
change, the great aim should be to rails
| that kind that will sell readily sn1 to Il
best advantage. Size and good build sec ="
to be the principal requisites sought for L
| the best buyers. 1t pays TO try to meet the
demand. To do this the selection of the
| jack is of the first importance. He should
be at least fourteen hands tall, have 8 gooC
| length of body, deep chest with upright
ear, q good temper and sprlghtly appear
ance, and, above all, a good, sound condi
| ton.
The New York Times says il is matter o
doubt if the muscular growth of any ami
nal can be fastened BY any process of feed
ing. Fat can be produced, but fat is dis
eased condition of the system, and an ex
cesstvely fat animal would sosn die under
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animal is found TO be in great disprOportioT
to the fat. 1t is quite common for nine
months-old pigs, weighing 300 pounds, TO b
turned wholly into the lard kettle. becaus.
the few pounds of flesh under the fat is no
salable or useful as food.
Butter is slower coming in the winter sea
son than when the weather is warmer. tn,
cream usually being at too low a tempeca
ture. Those who charm by guesswork vii
be hours doing that which may be done by
a much shorter time by the use of Their
mometsr. In winter The temperature should
| be Ga degrees and in summer 50 degrees. IL
winter the cream may become cooler, and il
summer warmer, hence 1t is better TO star
| one or two degrees warmer in cold weather
| and two degrees cooler in warm weather.
In France and Italy, the milk OF COW
after cslving, is not considered to be in il
normal state till ten days. At this stage i
is called colostrum. 1t contains no caseine
turns rapidly, but does not acidify. IL ha
been alleged the longer the milk remains ii
the udder the richer it will be. Hence tn
morning is superior TO the evening mil king
VOLTS experience does not confirm this
Milk may not only be bitter as a eOnse
queDce of marshy fodder, but also from
the animals bile entering into the circuls
ton, and 80 passing TO the milk.