The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-08

is an art.
A cows cud is no part of its system: it is
part OF its food, which is brought up to the
mouth from the paunch by muscular &C
ton the reverse Of swallowing, and is then
chewed over again. The common expression,
losing the cud," is misleading. There is
nothing to be lost excepting the activity OF
the stomach by which these portions of the
food are forced up to be -remasticated. In
case OF indigestion or other disease the
stomach does not act in this way, and the
cow stops chewing her cud until restored to
health.
Farming has not yet reached that state of
Developments when you can say, do this or
do that and you can have crop of so many
bushels to the acre. The fact is, the farmer
stands nearer to the forces of nature than
other classes. Clouds, storms and winds
and the mighty hurricane make war upon
his labors, and the hghtnings of Heaven
vent their wrath upon him; but the Good
Book has promised seed time and harvest
and as long as the sun gives heat and the
clouds moisture he will continue the strug-
gle.
The curculio, which is so destructive to
the plum crop, is of late years very dam
aging to the apples. The apple maggot is
another pest. 1t burrows in the fruit, sew
eral of them being often found in the same
apple. The best prevention is to keep sheep
and swine in the orchard. They wall eat all
infested apples and thereby destroy the
Larvae, which, il 1nmolested, will do greater
damage next season. In order, however to
extermiDate such pests the farmers should
unite in the warfare against them, as a single
individual can do but little.
The question among some farmers in re-
gard to heaves in horses is whether the
trouble is completely durable. In reply to
an inquiry Correspondent OF the Nebraska
Farmer states that he has known complete
Al
quart of new milk and STIR into tia teaspoon
ful of aqua fortis which will curdle or
thicken the milk. Stir this into the oats
which are fed at noon for three days; then
stop three days and repeat. Although the
remedy is simple, states the correspondent,
it has effected cure in the most difficult
cases wherever tried. -. -sesssssa sSzsaR'
Josiah Hopes, of Eastern, Pennsylvania,
says that experiments with many leading
fertilizers have established the fact that moth
ing can compete with the best animal
manure for producing vigorous growth in
young trees and shrubs. Applications OF
wood ashes, ground bone, phosphstes, ETC.,
answer an excellent purpose in connection
with stable manure, but alone they are less
successful. To which we may add that the
best way unquestionably to apply ground
| bore is to mix it through heaps of ferment
| ing manure in thin successive layers or in
| compost heaps.
1t is supposed, as was recently done by
large French farmer in Algiers, that all sort
of weeds may be cut and advantageously pu
| into siiOs. During a very wet season il
| Algiers various rubbish evergreen the soil
such as big thistles, charlock. yellow chrys
anthemum and other beautiful flowers AND
weeds. These were cut when CIR ell and iuiCi
/ and put in the silo with lucern and othe
| grass, and made about as excellent fodder a.
| Indian corn passed through the stalk cutie
1 Ill =. 4, ~,
BILE here when a wet season gives larg'
| growth of weeds.
In curing clover the sun only is necessary
| to wilt IL after cutting. When this is wei
done the clover should be put in cocks, SINAI
at the base but ss high as they can be vel
made. The cocks may be tr&mped some il
making them. In day or two they become
hot within and must be opened cut, but no
| until all dew and ram has dried of. TAX
| the cocks down in flakes without shaking &
! pieces and expose to the sun, After beinj
| thus exposed for an hour or two the Glove
can be removed to the stack or NOW. Eacl
| layer liz the stack should have a Sigh
| sprinkling Of salt.
The following remedy is recommended to
a horse having scratches: Put his feet ant
! legs IN bran pOultices for thirty-six hours
then wash clean with werm water and castil
soap, and when dry rub the pits of his heel
with the following: Take Goulard's extrac
and olive oil, equal parts, mixed. Do no
allow them TO get wet after the first washing
but keep them clean by rubbing well with
coarse cloth. Give the following powder
night and morning in his feed: Take nitrat
of potash, five pulYerized resin, one ounce
mix; make into twelve powders; give regu
lar daily exercise.
From repeated experiments I am con
WINGED that vines should have the branche
of trees to climb on for the first few years
k-n -,
yard with wire trellis they will show thei
choice when a branch or vine can catch boil
of the branches Of tree, dead or alive.
will grow twice the length that one will OF
the wires. My young vines when set in tn
vineyard usually get young peach tire
with the side branches on it. The secon'
year a larger one or a thin pole. The thirt
year wire trellis. If a person could ge
Usage orange or locust trees with the limb
left on, l believe we would grow more
grapes than on wire trellis. Such grape sur
ports, If well secure before setting, woul'
last many years. never saw finer crop G
Concord grapes than when four-year-ol
peach tree was used for stakes with tn
bran ches stubbed back. 1t was beautiful
sight and looked quite natural.-Correspon6
ence Rural World.
The difference between six months clip
and years clips in value, says the Woo
Grower, is more marked at this time than s
any llne previous. a WOOL Duyer Iatel
looking over certain clips was heard to re
mark; That short stuff will have to b
shipped; nobody knows it's value and every
body is afraid of it," 1t is apparent ths
this Is correct by the bids on wool offered TO
sale, especially when the wool is fine en-
the half years clip is particularly short a
it is In some cases. AS between six month!
wool and years clips, the difference varie
from two to six cents per pound, the differ
eDce of two cents being on coarse and me
dunn grades and widening to six cents o.
the finer grades, reducing the value OF fin
woods to that of Mexican improved or straigh
Mexican. The explanation given to accoun
for this difference in value is that merin
woods are clothing woods aud require to be
certain length; that the full years clip
none too long; when cut in twothe value rs
clothing wool is lost, and the wool is used Il
inferior cloths or by batters.
PARTING.