The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-11-12

treat. Glen Mills, writes under date oil Oct0-
Der % that they have pear tree in bloom in
the open air,
Cotten-seed meal should not be fed to
young calves, but for admit stock 100 pounds
of cotton. seed meal to 500 pounds of corn
meal, or other ground food, is fair proper
ton.
Mr.. A S. Fuller states that an acre of I'M
ripe corn will make - per cent. more beef
than that which is fully ripe. 1t is also bet
ter for feeding to young and growing pigs.
To feed potatoes, beets carrots or parsnips
to horses cut them into slices not more than
an inch thick, aud sprinkle them literally
with bran, to which a little salt has been
added.
The loss by the hog plague in Washington,
Burt and Dodge Counties, Nebraska, will
amount to over 100000. Veterinarians state
that the disease is not hog cholera, but
rather disease OF the lungs.
This is q good time of the year for top
dressing orchards, the manure serving as an
excellent mulch, as well as decompOsing and
enriching the soil, thereby assisting the crop
next season.
There is ne way in which pork can be so
quickly and eheaply produced as upon a
partially green diet, which the animals gain
through the wholesome exercise of picking
from the pastures themselves.
The editor of the Iowa Homestead has
been filling his residence lot with soil OBJ
tanned by digging cellar. Pear trees seemed
to be benefited by the operation: apple trees
were not injured; but pine and cherry trees
died, the covering being SIX inches to foot
in depth.
Secure a supply of stable bedding before
the wet and cold weather sets in. Swamp
grass leaves, sawdust, etc., are good. Do
not use sawdust, if other material can be OBJ
tanned easily, as ii is no advantage to the
manure pile until it is decomposed, and
years are required TO accomplish that.
In France foot-rot in sheep is prevented
by placing shallow trays in front OF the
doors of their quarters in order that the
sheep may be compelled to wade through
mixture of lime and water. 1t is not used
as a cure, however, as the sheep must be
caught and the hoofs pared and anointed
with q solution of blue vitriol.
Should there be too many apples, the best
method of disposing of them is to procure a
couple OF apple -psrers and cut them into
pieces, when they may be evaporated and
stored for winter Every year large
numbers of apples are allowed to rot on the
ground when they might be saved and made
valuable by evaporating them.
A good eve well kept pays for its keep in
wool, the manure pays for the labor and the
lamb is often worth more than its dam, and
a flock OF a dozen sheep will easily pay a
farmer 500 year, If only for the domestic
consumption of meat and small fiOcks may
be managed by boy.-New York Tribune.
To keep work horses in good condition an
English farmer says: For two winters
have given the following allo vance to six
horses: A. pounds oats, - pounds maize, n
pounds beans Il pounds cut hay and 20
pounds long hay, or total OF 1876 pounds of
food per week per horse. Upon this food the
horses have done admirably while in constant
work"
1t will not pay to collect forest leaves to be
used manure alone, says the Tribune and
| Farmer, but there is a profit in gathering
| them for other purposes. They are particu-
\ larry adapted to the wants of many kinds OF
| fruit trees and vines as a mulch, and as an
| enliyener Of the soil. When cOmp0Sted
with earth they are excellent for young
| plants and also make excellent bedding for
stock.
| Many people who have been Led to try
| magnolias have been disappoin ted. The
! flowers are large and frlgrsnt, but they do
| not impress most people as handsome. The
trees are not beautiful as single specimens.
\ To most people the tulip tree OF whitewOod
/ is superior to the magnolias. Its shape and
/ habit is beautiful, and its odd flowers are
4 fully as attractive as are those of the ordi-
nary magnolias.
/ Professor H. w. Wiley, chemist to the Ma
tional Department of Agriculture, is author
l ity for the statement that the beet sugar fac
tory at Alvardo, Cal, produced last season
| 100000 pounds of sugar; 1.-The best showing
\ yield per ton, which will compare very
. favorably with the best areas of Europe
( But one other beet sugar factory Is now in
successful operation in America-at West
( FarDham, Canada.
1t is stated in French agricultural journals
} that French cheesemakers are not satisfied
~, f~1r 81
from each COW. This is owing TO their ex-
pertness and thorougnness in the manufac.
ture of cheese, and each particular agricul.
tural district of France has attained q
celebrity for the making OF some particular
variety of cheese, developing into a special
and important industry.
A writer to the Tribune and Farmer states
that he has cured several cases of founder
with alum. He put one tablespoonful, finely
pulverized, as far back in the animals moutt
as possible as soon as making the discovery
that the horse is stiffened. Not only doe:
he claim that he has cured several cases, bu
strongly atfirms that he has never known
the remedy to fail, If given immediatel Is
after the trouble has developed itself.
writer to the Prairie Farmer states tha
he rented a email piece of ground of one anC
one-eighth acres, for which he paid 81, anC
planted it in sorghum. The blades and top:
we're taken off and used as fodder. From the
stalks he made 2441s gallons of syrup, which
was sold for Sill. The cost for making tht
syrup was $50. FROM tine fodder and top
forty-eight sheep were fed. The gain from
the feed, sold in the shape of mutton, wa
1874 per head.
In keeping onions it Is much better to have
them in cold place than in one that cause!
them to become too warm, as they sprou
into activity with the least degree of warmth
Should they become frozen during sever,
weather do not handle them, but endeaYO
to prevent them from th3wing too suddenly
when the weather begins to moderate. d.
not put them in heaps, but keep them IL
thin layers and cover them with straw o
some other light material.
A convention of all those interested in tht
breeding and management of live stock il
the United States " i'll be held at Chicago oil
November Is and II next during the frs
week OF the Fat Stock Show. The presen
condition of the live stock intere sts
| specially the official declaration that con
tagious disease has made its appearance
among the cattle OF the Western States. i
proof of the need of a convention so held a
to give the best opportunity for all classe
interested to attend.
The flavor of cheese is the most essentia
requisite in the composition of the fines
quality, and this subtle element is depend