The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-24

TREND OF ours bought from NJ. Kent
couple of years ago, and at a low price. be
cause she would not breed. AS last resort
the present owner ordered the grain to be
kept from her entirely, giving her no grain.
and only ordinary rough feed. She ran
down in fesh but still was in good fair or
der, and is now, owing to this common
sense treatment about to calve. The rem
edy is simple and very efficient.-Epitomist
Butter should always be churued several
degrees colder in summer than In winter.
The reason is that the caseinous matter OF
milk more readily attaches itself to the but
ter eiobules in summer than in winter, and
that this adhesion can best be prevented by
a cooler temperature of the cream when
churning is a fact.
The preservation Of straw for feeding pur-
poses is very important. 1t is best secured
at or Immediately after thrashing time. The
chat, especially o. wheat straw, is most val
liable, and should, so far as possible, be dis
tributed through the stack. That which is
left in rear OF the straw-carrier should be put
under shelter, as it rots easily.
A New York farmer states that he secures
the best stand of timothy by sowing the seed
between the middle of August and the 1st OF
September, between the hills Of growing
corn. The corn should be cultivated both
ways and the soil kept nearly level. The
stalks should be cut close to the ground and
the land rolled. An additional rolling Of
the land in the spring is beneficial.
The greater number of fowls in place
the greater the chances for loss from disease
and accidents. While one man may own
great many fowls, he can not succeed unless
he manages to give about IS much care and
watchfulness to every twenty or thirty as
he would to a single flock of that size. 1t is
lust there that most ambitious poultrymen,
aiming to do something large, make their
mistake.
One of the advantages possessed Dy the
Brahma fowl is hardness. 1t feathers slow
", which enables it to convert its food into
growth of carcass rather than feathers,
while its small pea.comb protects it against
the action of the frost in winter, which is so
injurious to the tall, single-comb breeds,
such as the Leghorns. When matured they
are heavily feathered, while in weight they
are not exceeded by any other breed.
If butte is drained dry before the salt is
added a marbled appearance may be noticed
to some extent, but if the granulated butter
when put upon the worker is full of the brine
used in wsshing it out to free from butter
milk, it will so dissolve the salt during the
working that wheR ready to pack the Oblec-
ton raised will not exist. The packing would
have something to do with it if put into ff-
ty.six pound tubs. Butter does well If put
in well-glaZed one-gallon crooks. About 4
pound OF butter should be put in each time,
and most thoroughly crowded in with 3
wooden potato.masher, and it will come out
of the crock of as solid color as one could
wish. The whole trouble of marbled butter
is one Of sailing it too ''dry" and putting too
much in the package at time when packing.
The familiar horseradish, which most of US
associate with some grassy secluded little
spot about the house, has OF late years be-
come an important product of market gar
dens. 1t is cultivated thoroughly, and for
canned, and form not uni important part OF
the grocer's stock. Plants set in good ground
| from root cuttings In May prOdue & crop IN
| late fall il good culture be given. The roots
| ere then dug and trimmed and kept in the
same manner as turnips. In this condition
the gardener sells it from fall to spring. Cut
| tings of horseradish should be made OF roots
| q quarter or a half inch in diameter and four
to six inches long. 1t is not necessary to
have any leaves on them. Gardeners grow
about L. 600 plants to the acre. Each plant
| should yield from half TO three fouFths OF
apound.
1t IS a well-known fact that some hogs
when reduced to an impoverished state, are
really very thin, as the term is understood,
| while Others have a meager amount of fat as
/ the thlnnssts get have greater fullness of all
| parts, and under no circumstances do they
become so lean in appearance as the other
/ This difference is owing entirely to the
! greater size of the muscle the motive parts,
! and this difference is invariably shown in
the cut.up meat. Farmers must take greater
care to keep their hogs clean, and let them
eat only clean food to make the bsst pork
DONE overfeed the hogs and let them eat
/ sour feed or iced left over, bat give them
! freely three times day all they will eat az
clean and relish. Add TO the corn diet tur
nips, pumpkins, potatoes, etc, relish
! 1t viii help them to eat 6ld digest more
corn.-City and Country.
The Country Gentleman says the frs
| thing to do after an orchard is planted is tc
afhx labels to the trees which will remain
| permanently to them and show the sort
| The best label is made of narrow strip o.
sheet zinc, the narrow end of which is cooled
around small side branch, the label grad
ually uncoiling as the branch grows. The
! name is written with common lead pencil
on the broad or hanging end of the label
where it is always visible. The surface o.
the zinc should be rusted to take the pencil
mark strongly. This is easily affected by
exposure to weather. or at once by applying
any dilute acid. The name will last half
century, and the labels will remain many
years on the branches, gradually ENROLLING
as the branches grow. They may be made
OF scrap zinc for few cents per hundred,
Mr.. Eli Minch, of Cumberland County
New Jersey, thus gives directions how to ob
tain healthy orchards. He advises that al
trees from the nursery be examined, and i
found infested with any of the known OF
cbard pests they must be freed from the in
sects or burned. Dipping the trees in no
water at temperature of from 800 to $50
will kill the lice. The trees should be dipped
several times and cooled after each dipping
Paris green water may also be used. at tn
rate Of one pound of Paris green TO 200 gal
Ions CT water. For the oyster shell bari
louise wash composed of one pound OF con
centrated I've to two gallons OF water, is re
commended, while the tree should be care
fully washed during the operation with
stiff brush. The borer can best be removed
with the knife, owing to the difficulty 0
reaching them.
To Face With Revolution.
Puck, September IL. II