The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-11-26
FARM NOTES.

When feeding hay 1t is bad practice to
let the horse stand with rackful of nay be-
fore him all the time.
Including imported and native-born, it is
claimed that there are now in this country
about %, 600 registered Jerseys.
Bee culture is q business, and its success
ful managementisa matter requiring earnest
thought and considerable courage.
Flax is South Dakota crop. The high
price at which it was marketed last year
caused large increase in the average this
yesr.
Now is the most favorable time in the year
for collecting all sorts of vegetable refuse
and muck for winter use in yards aud sta
bles.
The ground should be plowed at any time
during the fall and winter that the weather
will permit, as the frost is an excellent pull
verizeI.
Parker Earle says the worst insect depre-
dator on the strawberry plant this year was
the crown-borer; last year it was the tarn-
ished plantbug.
During cold weather the water used for
watering plants should be tepid. 1t is highly
injurious 20 give the house plants q sprink-
ling Of very cold water.
The dividends from sheep come oitener
than from other classes of stock, except dairy
COWS, the fleece, lambs and mutton reaching
market at different periods.
An open shed, facing the south, is an ex-
cellent arrangement for al CLASSES of stock,
as the open air is preferred By them at some
periods instead of the stables.
It is stated by those whose pens have been
visited by hog cholera that when the car
cards. which feed upon them, carry the dis
ease to remote points.
An experienced dairyman says the grain
OF butter may be spoiled in churning where
great haste is used. A slow, regular stroke
is absolutely necessary and indispensable in
n anufscturing drst class article.
a cattle raiser OF Illinois has so far changed
bis system Of feeding that be now feeds corn
ever day all summer to his steers in pasture.
He has experimental until he is convinced
that TINS way Of feeding pays best.
A spring colt should be weaned little be-
fore winter, in order that IL may become used
to the change of food while the weather is
warm and while plenty of sucoQlent food
can be had. Ensilsge is an excellent feed
for maintaining growth of colts aud other
young stock.
The best way to rid 1rse's ears OF warts
is to rub them well with a coarse cloth aud
acid every alternate day until you have ad-
ministered three applications. A single drop
OF the acid will be quite sufficient tor the
smaller ones.
Mr.. John S. Thompson, an experienced
sheep breeder OF Arcona, Ind, is of the
opinion that cross of Shropshire and Ma
rino sheep is all that can be desired, the
lambs being vigorous and healthy, and if
the tiocks are we'll kept may consist OF 500
or 1000 head.
The California wheat, fruit and wine crops
have lately been estimated as follows: The
total wheat production at co 900 900 bushels,
against %, 0e0, 900 bushels in 1889. This is
IA ct in IA
in the Union. The fruit crop. with the ex-
ception of peaches, is enormous. Wine
shows great increase over every previous
year. The total acreage in wheat is given at
3,350.060. After deducting for seSd and
home consumption there will be q surplus of
5O,000.eO0 bushels, or 30, coo. 600 GENITAL s.
TO manage sheep. says the Farmers Call,
give the lambs little mill feed IN ths time
OF weaving. Never brighten sheep If possible
to avoid it. Some rye for weak ones in cold
weather II you can. Separate all the weak,
thin or sick from the strong in the fail aud
give them special care. IL any sheep is hurt
catch il at once, wash the wound, and if it is
in fly time apply spirits of turpentine daily
and wash it with something healing II
limb is broken. bind With splinters tightly,
looseniDg as the limb swells.
The American Cultivator estimates the an
nual production OF che 90 in the United
States to be $50. 0O9, 600 pounds. and that Gf
butter ] 500. 600 puuuds-the value of thu
two being $4,000, 600 more than the wheat
crop. one seventh more than the hay crop.
one-thirG more than the cotton crop and
only one fifth less than the corn crop. If
this is true of the States. the principal wheat
producing country in the world, how easily
With our large herds of prime cattle c01ld
we make our dairy produce one of our chief
expors to cay nothing OF supplying the
home market.
L. L IN fNNao
TWEEN y-fye acres, and the whole must b.
irrigated. There is only one large farm in
the Territory. aud 1t is owned by q company.
The Great Salt Lake, according TO Elder
Cannon, contains enough salt to supply
America for centuries. ALI that is neGes-
sary in preparing il for the market is to drive
10 the edge OF the lake with a wagon aud a
man with pair of rubber boots can load it
with shovel. The salt lies ON the bottom
of the lake in small, coarse CRYSTALS After
loading IL is taken 10 a grinding machine,
and alter being run through it is tit for the
table.
Three ffths of all the cattle in the United
States, other than milk cove, are west OF the
Mississippi Valley. Minnesota, Iowa, Ne
brasss. Missouri, Kansas aud Dakots have
{. 1895 GOO this year, against 5, $4,000 in 1882,
showing gain Of nearly 10 per cent. Fhe
gain in the ranching section altogether
reaches per cent. Five States, which have
jntt begun the dairyisg business-Missis-
sippi, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Ne
bTsska-incressed the number of milk COWS
by 245, coo in the year, equal to nearly 10 per
cent. lowe. which has nearly half the whole
number, shows gain of IL and Nebraska
one OF % per cent.
We still see in European and in some
American journals long directions for max.
ing permanent tree labels of zinc to be wired
on the tree after the name had beck written
with carefully prepared chemical prepar
alton OF nitrate of silver. sulphate of potash.
or other competition, requiring much care
and labor, ifnot expense. We have given on
former occasions the mode by which COM
plete labels may be made, by q tin-msker,
from scrap sheet zine, as fast as he can chop
with his shears the name being written
with q common lead pencil. and last half
century, and the label being permanently
secured to q small side branch by one or two
coils Of the DaYYow end without any ueces-
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