The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-12
FARM NOTES.

The dust bath is an essential feature of
poultry yard.
a kernel of wheat on farm in Michigan
produced III vigorous stalks.
1t is said that fifty hens VIII make enough
guano to manure five or six acres of corn.
Two French merino sheep on California
ranch have yielded feeces of forty-two pounds
each.
Deep cultivation and a fine condition of
the soil are as important as the use of ma
nure and superior varieties of plants
A Western grape grower notices that
grapes hanging over a pavement, as in an
arbor, do not rot, as do those hanging over
the SOIL
New Mexico has a cattle-grazing area of
2,365, 600 square miles, of which , 600 600 acres
are owned by English syndicates and noble
men.
Comm 'ssioner Coleman is arranging for CO.
operative effort between the Department of
Agriculture and the agricultural experiment
stations.
1t vill pay to store the hay. straw and fod-
der under shelter as such materials are often
injured by the exposure TO winter storms
and spring rains.
The Oxford will attain weight of 400
pounds, and shear twenty pounds of wool.
The breed is handy and excellent for grading
up common fiocks.
Sluggish streams and puddles which are
used 10y hogs become very filthy in a short
time, and are often the cause of hog cholera
and otLer diseases.
The average farmer of the country has
y, s64 of fixed farm capital, exclusive of
household furniture, carriages and other per
sonal property of the farm.
Grass is Natures remedy for sick animals,
especially those whose digestive organs have
hro ir,,, ro1 hx 1r,x
and badly ventilated stables.
Sore shoulders are sometimes the cause of
balkiness in horses, and il would be well to
always examine for sores or bruises before
condemning the animal when it balks-
Some of the West Texas stDck-raisers have
decided TO try the Guinea grass this year, as
they think it will yield a quality of hay
superior to all others, at least in that section
Grasshoppers have been 20 numerous at
| some points in California hat they have
| been shoveled away in order to clear spaces
| for opening gates, says California paper.
Select your birds not so much for size color
| and markings. These features sometimes
| win the prize, but do not always secure the
| most useful qualities-eggs, flesh and easy
| keeping
Alfalfa is being extensively grown in all
| the States West of the Mississippi River II
becomes permanent when once established,
and affords several cuttings of bay in a
single year.
A central Kentucky farmer says that Ber-
muda grass grows during the hot season,
when blue grass remains dormant, and that
curing its period of growth il Will carry a
half more stock than blue grass.
Colts foaled during the fall will not oc.
casiOn loss of labor on the farm by the mares
as they can be carefully managed during
the winter and turned into the pasture in
spring leaving their dams free for. early
blowing,
If you will put your chicks in fresh coops,
feed baked johnny-cake, stale bread in
scalded milk. giving no water till two weeks
| old, you will not be troubled with gapes.
Furnish shade for your chicks to retire to in
the heat of the day.
Although the Southdown is small in size,
compared with some of the other breeds vet
| they are the foundation upon which our
best mutton breeds hade been built The
Oxfords, Shropshires and Hamshires all
share the Southdown blood.
Those who breed for breeding stock will
sooner or later realize the fact that they can
afford to breed but one litter of pigs year.
1t gives the young pigs better constitution,
more vitality, and not only makes them
harder, but enables them TO resist disease
much better.
Nebraska has passed a law making il UNI
lawful for any one in lhat State to have in
possession any bees, brood, comb or honey
known to be infected with foul brood or any
other infectious disease peculiar to bees or
honey, or any hive in which diseased bees
have been kept.
Do not feed much corn or other grain to
stock during the summer months il it can be
avoided. as grains create heat, and sometimes
do more harm than good at this season.
Should grain be used, however, it should be
fed in connection with grass and other green,
succulent matter.
- 1t is said that although light sandy soil is
best for wafermelons, they can be grown on
heavy clay soils by banking up a heap of
manure and covering the manure with four
inches OF dirt, planting seeds on four sides
and keeping the heap damp by pouring
water into the center.
In selecting a dairy cow see that she has a
good bag. This is where she carries her