The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-13
FARM NOTES.

Scratches in horses are caused by keeping
the nimal IN a damp stable, or in one that
is very filthy.
Fertilizers will give quicker results than
manure, but tbs effects of manure are, as a
rule, ore lasting and durable.
In operating home made incubator let it
be remembered that the higher the hest the
greater the amount OF moisture required.
Young chicks, tarned in the garden, will
eat up all the bugs and insects; but keep the
cid fowls out as they will do more damage
tan coed.
Don't forget the dust-bsih. Hsve box in
yoer ponlIry-house filed with sieved coal
sbhes. The fowls enjoy it, and it clean ses
them of vermin.
Save the manure. Poultry manure is q
very valuable fertilizer and can readily be
disposed of. II always pays to carefully
gather II together.
1t is too often the case that the garden is
neglected on the farm. The luxuries OF the
the fruits should also be given their proper
place on the farm.
Sheep like little clean straw scattered on
the shed every day. Stir up the soilsd bed
ding, and then spread evenly half an inch or
so of fresh straw on top. The sheep will lie
down, and you will see how much they en-
Joy it.
The winter pork packing season in Chicago
closed on February % and since its com
meI cement, on November /. the paeSers
have slaughtered and sailed 2. 421 600 hoSs.
against ., oil, 3S4 for the corresponding period
a year ago.
Thoroughbred stock is not necessarily sd
perior. "Even in the most valuable breed !"
says tie National Stcckman. occasional al
finals are produced which, though their
veins contain only royal Diood, are prActi-
caly worthless"
All the profit derived Is from the lab n.
Bare land, urstocked and IN worged. is ma
productive. Farmers should rememo Der ul1
tact, and they will be less likely to destroy
their chances of profit by unwise eceno 81
in farm labor.
Don't feed your chickens only corr. Re-
member that you can Lelp them to lay gs
by feeding them ground bone. gFound egg.
shells, etc. See that they have a constant
supply of fresh water. Feed only when they
seem to be hungry.
There is no animal that has been so gr at
ly improved in price and breeding as oe
Western mustang. Fifteen years one CO q
buy unbroken nsgs in California for So aud
81 apiece. To day good native saddle b rse
on that western slope is worth 500.
DIR. VoeIker found that the average weight
of clover-roots on an acre to be about three
tons and that this furnished about 100
pounds of available nitrogen, and for that
reason the clover.s sod, when turned under,
makes an excellent fertilizer for wheat.
A potato to be in the best condition for
seed should be kept where the tempera ture
does not fall below 40 degrees nor rise above
fifty degrees, and also where no light will
come to it. The air should not be too dry or
m DIST, and when cut for seed the pieces
should be allowed to dry slightly before
planting
Paris green has now been used as pre-.
yentive Of the borer which destroys so Dash
vines. The vines, for q distance from the
roots, are wet with water in which Paris
green has been stirred. 1t is worthy Of a
trial, rs no damage can ensue from the
poison; none of 1t reaches anything that is
eaten.
Fruit trees require careful attention when
ieceutly set out. The first two or three years
are important ones in the life of q tree. II
can then be sparingly pruned at any time OF
The year. The knife should then be oplied
whenever required, in order to avoid cutting
away large branches when the tree becomes
more fully developed and matured.
The Houdans are profitable chickens to
keep, as they are continual layers, are easily
fattened, and the flesh fine and good They
are the hardest Of all the kinds, and escape