The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-05

an oven as hot as il can be without iniuring
il before putting il in bags, so as TO Kill
the eggs or germs of insect or plant life.
Celery is a vegetable that drinks constantly.
II its thirst is not quenched the stalks grow
tough and hOllow-stemmed. Keep the plants
growing from the time they appear above
ground IN the seed-bed- Transplant them to
rich soil; give them water as often as they
need it, and give it in abundance, and you
will have tender, plump celery.
It's reported by several gardeners that they
prevented the ravages of the cabbage worm
by sprinkling a handful of bran on each
head when the dew was on IN the morning.
1t is a very simple remedy and worth trial.
Coal oil viii prevent the cabbage worm, but
those who have used it STATE that the oil i'm
parts an Odor TO the cabbage which remains.
\ Colorado sheep-grower of large expert
once has never failed to cure scab in sheep
by dipping them in solution of sulphur
and lime, the proportion being twenty-five
pounds of sulphur and twelve and half
pounds of lime to 100 gallons of water. This
liquor is kept at 1902 TO 1909 by the thermo-
meteor in the dipping vat. He also feeds
sGlpher with salt regularly.
The following rules are given for planting
pear trees: Cheese suitable varieties and
select a site sloping 70 the,north and east, and
which is rich and well undere rained. Plant
trees OF only one years grow th from the bud
and when planted cut back to one foot and a
half high. Prune model ately when re-
Quired. Mature lightly in the fall and cea :
cultivation the next summer by August.
Professor Blu. II, o the Illinois InduStriN'
University, avs, so far as known, the de-
pressed rough shots on potato tubers, usually
called sclbs are the r~sult of normal growth
carried to an excessive and destructive dc
velopm"nt through Surroundings, and there
is nothing of a contagious character in the
malady. The scab on the seed in this view,
can not affect the succeeding crop.
In the green houses the plants are some
tim S infested with red spiders during sum-
mer Their presence may be detected by the
bIOwnish appearance Of the leaves. These
insects can not exist in moisture, and the
best method to check their prog 'ess is to
syringe the plants about sunset or later so
that they will be wet all night This is more
effective than Swinging during the day when
the moisture soon dries up.
Pastures that have become so thoroughly
run out and overrun by briars and br hes ms
not TO be worth fencing for cattle may be
| given over TO the sheep with advantage.
| Sheep eat many plants that would not be
noticed by other stock, and prevent such
| from growing and taking possession OF the
pasture to the detriment OF valuable grasses.
| AS the droppings from sheep are al~o valu-
| able, they partially restore the land and rem
| der it suitable for desirable crops.
Canada and the United States exported
| 7s7, 7S5 barrels of apples in 1SS4-S5. For the
season of 1SSS-S4 the to.al exports were
81 $50 barrels; 1Ss2-S3. 395, 59l barrels; 1851
S, 139, 252 barrels; lSS0S1, 1,52S, SOC barrels
| The shipments have been distributed as fol-
| lows: From Boston, 800, SOC barrels; New
| York, $50, $50 barrels; Portland, 81, 4S3 bar
rels; Montreal, S5,479 barrels; Halifax,
| 36,073 barrels; Annapolis, S,6l2 barrels.
| All but II, 600 went to England. They prob
ably averaged $3.50 BARREL netting over
| 81, 100, GOO.