The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-25

WnlOn g0Ou pr0nt was realized. Inc pros
pect is that the acres viii be increased next
season.
The only truly economical manner OF feed
ing stock, and from which the very best and
most profitable returns are to be expected, is
to convert the grains into meal, and feed
only in such quantities (atregular interyals)
as each animal has capacity TO consume and
digest.
In applying kainit to trees in the orchard
it should never be placed close up and
around the trunks, as it is liable to injure
them. The better plan is to broadcast it
over the ground. In using insecticides it
must not be overlooked that kerosine will
kill the peach trees quickly.
The economy of providing shelter can not
be too strongly urged. Boards are cheaper
than grain. Cows forced to endure the win
ter storms require much more food TO keep
them in condition than If suitably housed.
A cow can not make much milk If she is
subjectedto extreme cold.
Plow the ground for next years corn crop
late if you wish to kill out the cutworms.
If this is not feasible, let the pillow be used
early in the spring. Cutworms can endure
a slight degree of cold, but when suddenly
thrown to the surface and exposed to the
direct action of the frosts they are easily de-
stroyed.
1t is said that in all malarious countries
| fowls are subject to what Is called chicken
cholera" This leads 10 the conclusion, by
| inference at least, that cholera is the effect
! of malaria. Is this the case? The veterin-
airy division of the Agricultural Department
! at Washington tells us what chicken cholera
| is; now what is malaria?
Variety conduces to health. An animal
| is no more fitted for subsisting on a single
article of TODD than man. When kept upon
one kind only il soon begins TO reject il, eat
/ ing only when compelled by hunger Di-
: gestion is best effected when all the demands
| for food are complied with. The greater the
| variety the more rapid the progress of the
| animal.-Rural Home.
If manure is to be used in the orchard il
| should never be fresh, or such as will quick
| by ferment. That which has been thoroughly
| composted or well decomposed is best. Some
have found wood mould mixed with lime
| and ashes to be excellent, and the general
opinion is that the better the manure in
fineness of condition and freedom from de-
| composing matter the less liability of the
| trees to disease.
| Too much should not be expected from
any branch of industry. The profits from
dairying are due to experience. There is
| much to be learned about the management
| OF cows, the care of milk, and the manufac-
| ture and sale of butter. Every little detail
should be studied, and familiarity with
| the characteristics and merits of all the
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1 he wishes to succeed.
1t is well known fact, says the Daily
| World, that the food eaten by animals not
ont only permeates the muscle and fat, caus
| ing the flesh to partake of its flavor, but the
lacteals are especially influenced thereby, SO
| that the milk strongly partakes not only OF
the flavor but in marked cases, of the OdOI
most strongly. 1t is also well known that
the varieties of grass eaten impart theiI
| quality to the butter and cheese.
Sows intended for breeding should be sep
| arated from those intended for the butcher
| and fed generous but fattening diet. Select
those with long bodies, straight backs and
having the largest number of teats, as those
| make the best breeders. Where good breeder
is thus secured she would have at least two
| or three filters, and as many more as she viii
breed, without becoming unruly or getting
any bad habits.
The guinea fowl is great forager, and de-
| stroys many insects that the hens will not
touch. They do not scratch the garden; and
| though not easily kept near the house they
make known the places in which they lay by
a peculiar noise which enables one accus
toned to them to secure all the eggs they
| lay. They really cost nothing to raise, and
when roosting near the house, create an
alarm should intruders make their appear
| ance.
Refuse salt may he added to compost
heaps or may be mixed with ordinary qua.
no, says the Southern Cultivator. Whatever
| the combination made. regulate the quantity
of salt so that not more than 100 pounds OF
it shall be applied to an acre in the drill, but
| double that quantity broadcast. IL is not
well to add il to compost or mixtures which
| contain kainit but composts of acid phos
phate with cotton seed and stable manure
will be improved by the addition of salt.