The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-03
FAkm roEEs.

Money economically spent IN draining
wet places may lift a mortgage from farm.
Best seed has a faint tinge OF pale green if
new, but is dull brown IL old, and its vi
tally is very doubtful il old.
josiah Hopes says the Fsy's Prolifo cur
rant produces punches that sorpass the large
representations OF them.
SCOT is an excellent "stsrter" for corn, as
it is rich in nitrogen. 1t is substance that
is often wasted but which is really yalua-
bic.
Soft-wooded plants should always be
placed nearest the light. while hard and
smootb-leaved ones Will not suffer in quite
shaded situations.
New celery seed has faint tinge OF green,
and is very aromatic, tut it loses the green
and becomes less fragrant il more than one
year old, and is doubtful.
Il writer in the Rural Workman ssvs
teaspoonful OF coal oil poured into the
wound made by peach borefs in the body or
limbs OF trees is sure death to the borer.
Leaf-meld, rotten cow manure and good
gsToen loan in equal parts, with a small
addition OF sand, we'll m.xed together, makes
ssuilsbls soil for nearly all plants.
The roots OF clover and some other grasses
often md their way 10 very considerable
depths. but drains laid rom three to foar
feet deep are seldom checked by the roots.
Trees whose roofs seek water should never
be allowed near the dra ns The roots enter.
ing the pipes choke them The willow mas
been known to travel 100 feet TO enter we'll.
The number OF fowls kept in France is 70.
ported at Yearly II 600 COO, the average prod
uct OF chickens at three to each hen, and the
average product OF eggs per hen at 100 per
snnum.
Sow beets carrots and parsnips early, 50 as
to get them shesd, They are slow in germi-
mailing. easily destroyed By weeds when
young. and should therefore be forwarded IS
much as possible.
Plant plenty of seed in the garden. Do not
be content with a small patch OF vegetables
and an insufficient supply, as the garden can
be so managed SIS to afford an abundance tor
a large family.
The Indisna Bureau OF Statistics says that
undertaking not only decreases the ten
dency to malerisl diseases, but in that State
has been known in five years to increase the
yield OF corn and wheat 30 per cent.
Use plenty of lime in the orchard AID
around the vines. 1t prevents the attacks
OF insects, and also serves IS plantioOd, as
well as Fastening chemical action in the
soil, thereby rendering the inert substances
available.
Iampblack mixed with strong vinegar is
q
will not iDjure the wool, and viii remain
for year 1t is worth trying. Tar aod
paint are both blotching and difficult to
scour from wool.
For the Improvement OF heavy soils, lime
should be used for the hrst dressing and tue
crop for the first season should be potatoes,
the iecond season cats then corn, next
wheat, and then clover, commencing aga N
with potatoes.
Shropshire snd Hampshire dowDsare found
to cross kindly Oh the common sheep OF the
country and may be herded in considera ole
h0Cks. The mutton IS nice, the tieeces are
valuable, and the grades hardy and good
forsgers-
In the draining OF sloughs strsighten the
line of decent as much as possible without
too much digging Because nature forms
water courses crooked is no reason why man
should follow the example blindly, however
| COCO natures laws msy be generally.
On some of the farms in England the av-
erege yield OF beets is over twelve tons per
| acre, and the average quantity OF sugar ia
| the roots reaches Is per cent, correspondents
to production of one and half tons oil
! crystaliZsble sugar per acre, which pays G
/ fair profit.
The best cabbages for general culture, says
Waldo f. Brown, are: EaIlv-Early jersey,
| Wskefisld, Henderson's Esrlv Summer,
| LdliJ w llAIlN DEu
] heBd, or Brunswick Short Stem. Winter
| Fiat Dutch, Dramhead Savoy, Improved
1 American.
Eggs are cheap food. even when the prices
ere not low. An egg contains very liIsle
| waste. ard is rich in all the desirable es
ments required tor sustainir life. Eight
eggs make one pound, and at twenty + ge
cents per dt zen are cheaper than beef and iai
more nutritious.
Msnuripg with brains means Simply
thoughtful, eommon-sense ia the practical
work OF the farm. To keep IS much stock
| as a farm will fairly carry in a grass coun
try is manuripg with brains. Knowing tGsi
good grass country is coed grain country
is manurin with brains, so TO speak.
Peaches must be thinned when The crop is
set. says the American Farmer. A good r1lG
! is to take eff as many as you think ought 70
be, and then TO take off half the remainder.
AID never have two together Tue time 10
thin is when the fruit is az large as walnuts
before the stem has hardened.
To dig up q fruit tree, by cutting ci7cle
with spade half foot Ia diameter, cuts OF
more than Dine tenths of the roots; and &c
spade little circle shout a young tree not
enc quarter ss far ~ the roots extend and
call it cultivation. is like Fslstaff's men
claiming spurs and shirt-collars for com
plete suit