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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Hens and Chickens.

1t is rather late in the season to write about
the care of sitting hens and raising chickens,
but useful hints are always timely. In this
age of inventions too many people are led by
the new ideas of artificial incubation, and
have neglected that most primitive and
natural of incubators. the mother biddy."
1t is a wellknown fact that when hen
''steals her nest" she almost invariably
brings forth q full brood of fine, healthy
chickens and but few eggs ever remain un-
Matched. The reason is that the laws of
nature relating thereto are more nearly COM
piled with. Experience has taught me TO
reject large, clumsy hens for sitters, as they
break large number of eggs. Therefore,
in selecting hens for sitters, [ prefer those
of medium or light weight, letting them set
day or two before placing the eggs under
the hen. No more eggs should be put in the
nest than can be well covered by the hen.
If too many eggs are put under the hen,
which is a common fault the chicks will be
long time in coming out of the shell, and
when they are Matched will be in very
weakly condition and quite a percentage of
them will die, or if they do not die they
will not develop into fine, healthy chickens.
During the period of incubation the nest
should be renovated once or twice while the
hen is of the nest, as this keeps the nest
fresh and clean. AT no time should the sit
ter be allowed TO become afflicted with YER
min, as she will leave the nest frequently
and the eggs will become chilled.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22

ard a secret poisonous preparation called
''slug-shot" had been used, with but little or
no perceptible effect. The most effective
method was to collect the worms at night
and kill them. This, where the area is sew
eral acres, is an almost hopeless task. The
strawberry weevil is annoying growers in
Michigan and on Staten Island, n. Y. 1t is
closely related to the plum weevil, or cur
culiO. The strawberry weevil feeds upon
the flowers of the strawberry, and also pierces
the stalk, just below the flower clusters,
causing them to break off with the young
berries, and thus the crop is lost. s. G.
Winant, of Staten Island, who first brought
this insect to notice last yeac, writes
that the weevil scarcely troubles those
kinds of strawberries which have pistillate
flowers. This immunity of the pistillate
varieties may he due to the fact that the in
sect is fond of pollen, and avoids flowers
which do not furnish it. The weevil will
very probably spread, and strawberry grow
ers should be on the watch for its first APP
pearance. Manipulating few weevils,
when they are first seen upon the flowers,
may save much trouble. The insect is no
imported enemy, but native, which has only
recently invaded cultivated grounds As in
other cases, finding an abundance of food
to its liking the insect will no doubt increase
with rapidity heretofore unknown to it.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
The Hay Field.

The idea should never be given up that
"hay covers are one of the safest and most
economical investments on the farm. The
time is coming when no well regulated farm
will do without them in a climate where
rainfall in hay harvest is almost certain.
difference in the nutritive value of hay
rightly cured and that poorly done. Hay
can nearly always be perfectly cured, even
in Iowa, with the aid of caps for it when
cooked up.
Cut hay Timothy just before the seed is
formed-just when he blossoms are falling
off. Cut the grass any time when the dew or
rain are off, and always cock it up before
rain or the dew falls on it, with at least 500
weight in bunch and cover with caps. In
this condition it will cure the best, and if
the weather be catchy, or it is not convenient
ready to haul in on fair day, recover the
cocks, throw over and open to the sun and
air. One person can be doing this while the
others are drawing in. When the hay gets
ripe and almost worthless, the patent stacker
may be used, when hay can be cut and
stacked the same day. But under no cir
cumstances should hay be exposed over
night spread out to the dew or exposed to
rain. Nor should any sensible man listen 10
the new tangled theories that hay will keep
and be sweet and nutritious which is put
into NOW or stack half cured The princi-
pies of chemistry are as unalterable and can
no more be violated with impunity than can
the decalogue.
Hay caps are cheap, and if well taken care
of will last lifetime. When haying is over
they should be carefully dried, laid evenly
one upon another, rolled up tight and tied
and placed where neither dampness nor mice
will disturb them. To make them imper-
vious to water, they can be stepped in a So
luton of alum and sugar of lead. They are
then water proof One ton of good hay
saved from destruction by exposure to a
storm will pay for several such caps.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Fruit Trees.
american Garden

An incident which occurred some years
ago in my garden taught me an easy way to
infrlse new life and vigOr into young trees of
sluggish growth. A cat was accustomed TO
scratch on the body of a small pear tree, and
before / was aware of il the entire bark
around the tree for about a foot up was dry
and dead Considering the chances for the
trees survival very small at best, | sawed
off the stem just below the laeerated bark.
This was done about the middle of MAY, and
the ground was thickly covered with graft
ing wax. The first season a new stem of
over five feet grew from the stump and four
years afterward the tree had reached double
the size and bore twice the amount of fruit
of any of the other trees planted at the same
time in the same field. Profiting by the ex-
perience, have since that time never hest
tated to saw off every limb from bark-bouud
and cr0oked-branched, unsatisfactory and
slow-growing trees. New sprouts will start
at once, the trees will regain new life, grow
luxuriantly, and eventually form large,
symmetrical tops. OF course where there is
a deficiency in the soil, or where standing
water settles around the roots, neither re-
planting nor pruning can do any good before
the fundamental causes are removed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22

To the dyspeptic Flatulence, heartburn, oppres-
sive fullness of the stomach; the inevitable
quences of his use Of the knife and fork. To say
OF him that he gratifes the cravings OF appetite
would be genuine satire. He only appeases them.
Is relief sttainabe? Certainly. and by the use of
pleasant as well as thorough remedy, Hostetter's
Stomach Bltters. viii it cure Immediately? Ger
tainly motif does not effect miracles. But it does
give prompt and unspeakable relief, and will, If
persisted in, produce an ultimate cure. Not only
does it impart relish to the food, but promote its
conversion by the stomach into rich, health aud
strength-susfaining blood. Supersensitiveness of
the nerves. mental depression, and unquiet sum-
ber produced by interruption of the digestive
functions are also remedied by IT, Ii is the finest
preventive and curative OF malarial disorders, and
relieves constipation. rheumatism. kidney and
bladder ailments and liver complaint.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
summer Work i'm Old Orchards.
IAmerican Rural Home

lAmcTltdu huIul hOmtI
June and July IS a good time to remove SUI
pertiuous shoots. Old trees have no sap and
vitality to waste on surpurhuous branches.
Bearing trees want their vigor encorouraged
and directed. They must not be heavily
pruned in summer-simply rub off the water
sprouts and shoots in excess, before they at
tain much size; but when the tree lacks Wig
or and has considerable top, reduce it in Oc-
tober or March; that will infuse life into
bearing branches, especially if supernuma-
ries are supplied as above suggested. Don't
be greedy; be content with a. good yield.
Don't allow generous trees to cripple them
selves in your service by overbesring. This
will not often occur ii the top is kept within
proper limits by fall and late winter pruning,
and the ground is well fertilized and mulched
or well cultivated. But it very often occurs
that trees checked in their growth by want OF
cultivation or sustenance, turn most of their
buds into fruit buds, and cripple themselves
for life. This should be looked to, though,
unfortunately, il seldom is,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Feeding Hay.

Concerning the indefinite quantity of the
hay ration in the most reputed feeding ex-
periments, it may be observed that feeding
hay is a matter that requires considerable
judgment. Animals like men, when the OPP
pOrtunity for exercising preferences is pre-
scented. are apt to consider that the best only
Is good enough for Them and, if more hay
is given than they require, will pick out
the tenderest and sweetest portions and
leave the remainder, which not only wastes
valuable feed, but encourages the habit of
daintiness in the animals, which is conducive
10 anything but thrift. Animals that pick
over their food, smelling and poking every
blade and stem in apparent hesitation as to
whether 10 eat or not, do not compare in
thriftiness with the good, square eaters
whose appetite give them good relish for
reasonable quantity of any proper food. The
general practice is TO feed enough" which
is correct enough when just sufficient is
given, and very incorrect when great quanti-
ties are given 10 be tramped under foot or
otherwise wasted. But with hay in bulk, it
is rot very easy to guage the quantity given,
and even if this were possible, it would vary
materially with the quantity of the product
although where good grain ratiOns are given.
variations in the quality OF hay are not 50 i'm
portant. We remember once weighing some
hay that had been passed through cutting
machine, and that great big pile of it un-
cut measured only few bushel basketfuls
after the machine had done withit, weighing
seven pounds and half to the basket, or
just half the weight of coarse wheat bran
weighed at the same time. 1t is not possible
in the practical operation of the farm to be
strictly accurate in such matters, but what
ever departure there may be should be so far
as possible, controlled by calculation, and
not left altogether to accident, The farmer
can not have chemical analysis made of his
hay to ascertain its exact
nutritive value, and ne can not weigh out
TO each bullock so many pounds and
ounces; but he can, considering the quantity
of grain he is feeding, and the average guam
tity OF the hay, make up his mind about
how many pounds he should feed If he
does this, and finds part of il wasted, he can
decreaae the quantity, and if the quantity
should be insufficient, his own practical OBJ
servation will soon disclose that fact to him
Having made up his mind about how many
pounds TO feed he will have 10 guess and
weigh few times until he can Approximate
the desired quantity, and will have a basis
of starting point from which to increase or
decrease his ration. Besides he is pursuing
method, and there is nothing that contrib
utes so much toward sharpening ones pow
ers of observation and ripening his expert
enee as the habit of doing everything accord
ing to some fixed method or plan.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Summer Seeding to Grass.
IAmeriean Agricnltnrist.l


The most successful seeding to grass NAV
be done in July and August, after the grain
crops are taken off. The present season has
The hard winter destroyed the timothy and
the seeding of the clover. As q rule, it nav
be said that summer seeding is more success
full titan fall and spring seeding, but the
ground must be thoroughly well prepared.
The whole secret lies in this preparation. The
following plan has been found excellent: The
stubble is well plowed, not more than four
inches deep, and Immediately narrowed in a
thorough manner There are several new
implements which do this work in the best
manner, pulverizing the soil, leveling the
surface and smoothing it, so as to get the
land IN the most perfect condition for the
seed. After all this has been done, and the
furrow marks obliterated, the seed is sown
and the surface Immediately rolled. If this
IS done in July nothing more is required. If
il is left later it will be desirable to sow tur-
nip seed at the rate of one pound per acre
with the grass seed. This affords protection
for the young grass and clover in the fall and
winter. We have found il good plan to
leave the turnips on the ground and not
gather them. They will be killed by the
frost, and the leaves falling down furnish
protection to the grass during the winter,
and in the early spring, when so much dam
age is usually done by the alternate thaws
and frosts. The grass will usually furnish
one emitting the same season, but il should
not be pastured, as the surface is not vet
firm enough nor the plants sufficiently well
rooted to stand such tax.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
The stables i'm Summer.

With summer stables the great lack seems
to be in the matter of ventilation, and the
close barn in the morning is often filled with
the fumes of pungent ammonia and the odOrs
of the floor. Horses and cattle are not near
so liable to be frozen in the winter as they
are of being stifled with foul air in the sum-
mer. There are many farmers who keep sta
bles scrupulously clean at all seasons, and
others make spasmodic efforts to do so by
using great quantities of lime, plaster and
like material, to absorb and ''kill'' bad
smells. OF all material, dry sand or dust is
best, as the caustic properties of lime are alb
sent, and there can be no possible damage
done to the flesh of the animals. An UNI
cleaned stable fGor in summer soon becomes
the breeding place of innumerable flies and
a generating source of impurity. Keep the
stable doors open, or build rack doors, and
allow an abundance of free, pure air for the
stock
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Erect of Thunder ON MIX.

The claim has long been made that thun-
der sours milk. 1t is doubted if milk has
such sensitive ears that thunder can exert
such an influence. At the same time the
action of lightning upon the gases of the at
mosphere may have an effect upon milk that
yiate this change in the milk, the suggestion
has been made that simple covers be placed
over the pans that will prevent the precipi-
tation of any acids decomposed by the cleo
trio discharge. Every care should be taken
to secure in the milk-room the greatest pos
sible degree Of purity in the air, for there
are few products that will so readily take
impurities. 1t may be that milk reduced to
an even temperature with the air of the
room in which it is kept and then covered
would keep in better condition than when
left under similarly conditions.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
The Evils of borrowing.

One of the vices of farmers is chronic Dor
rowing. In every neighborhoOd are those
who depend on others for large number of
the tools and implements that they use, to
say nothing of grain bags, seeds, etc. many
times never returned The good book says,
1.-THE borrower is servant TO the lender" but
in this case the lender, if he be of an accom-
modating spirit, is the servant. When tools
are needed for use. he will find that another
has them, and if returned, are broken and
out of repair. In time they are worn out,
and must be replaced at the expense of the
owner. In general il would be blessing to
this class of borrowers if lending was refused
them AS long as they can borrow they
never buy or provide themselves with these
necessary articles, and the habit induces a
kind of shiftlessness which should not be en-
cOuraged.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Economizing Time on the Farm.

Germantown telegraph
How to use time TO the best advantage in
the busy season of the year is what every
farmer should study WE'LL 1t is not enough
that he works hard all day long, scarcely
taking time to eat his meals, if his work is
not done right, in the right time and in the
right way. Doing the work in the right time
viii save much unnecessary labor, by keep
ing all kinds of farm implements ready for
use whenever needed keeping fences up so
as not to be troubled with runaway cattle;
but especially in the raising of crops is it
necessary TO be in time, both in seeding and
harvesting and keeping the weeds down from
the spring OF the year, so as not to let them
get a start, o. they will be hard to conquer
later in the season.
To do things in a right way includes
great deal, and only the outlines can be
given in a short article like this. The first
is to do one thing at time and do IT thor
ougly, not be shifting from one work 10 an
other for in this way much time Is lost. One
thing which is much overlooked is to have
everything handy, have oil kinds of feed
close by where it is to be fed have the corn
crib near to the hog pasture, the hay close to
the barn or stable, and water both for cat
tie and house use near at hand, for in this
way il will not take more than half the time
TO do chores as it will be if everything
that is fed must be carried, even
If not thought 20 be far. 1t is surprising
how much time will be walked away for
nothing in the course of a year. Order
should be strictly observed in everything, in
having place for all kinds of tools and hav
ing them in their place when not used.
While no method can be mechanically fol-
lowed in dividing up the labor on the farm,
stillit can be arranged by establishing certain
Jules so as to save much time. In this way
more can be done in ten hours where no or
der is followed; therefore it is necessary TO
plan well before commencing on all kinds of
work.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
New Insect Pests.

A couple Of new insect pests are described
in the current Agriculturist. One makes
havoc among the onion beds, and the other
attacks strawberry beds. So far as could be
judged from the young caterpillars, the one
so destructive to the onions in Orange
County, New York, appears to be the species
known as the greasy cut-worm. The worms
make hole in the ground, TO which they re-
tire in the early morning, and remain quiet
during the day. At night they issue forth on
their work Of destruction, and those which
do not climb cut OF young and tender plants
upon the plant. and often drag pieces Of the
leaves to their burrows, which leads to their
detection. Upon inquiring what had been
done to check the insect in its de-
structive work, we learned that
plaster, lime, SALT ashes Paris green
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Cut-WOrms.

The New England Farmer advocates plow-
ing and working the soil intended for corn
in the fall, as preventative of the ravsges
of the cut-worm. 1t says grass sod turned
over in spring and planted to corn or other
crops, will afford Just the conditions to give
the planter greater amount of trouble with
the cut-worm. The natural supply of food
being cut off they are forced to attack the
cultivated plant. Flowing in the fall dis
turbs the worms and exposes them to the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22

frost, which kills many, while if the plow-
ing be well done and the wheel-harrow be
used few times in fall and spring before the
crop is planted the vegetation will be so thor
oughly killed that the worms will be starved
out or forced 10 leave for greener fields. We
have rarely been annoyed by these pests
where this course has been followed. If a
few are found at the edge of the field they
are hunted out and destroyed as soon as their
nreSence is known
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22

but they don't put 'em in the reg'lar sos
sidge. had a friend once wot struck or
gallus buckle in er weeney. Weeneys is
dandies. Say, eff you'll set 'em up I'll tell
yer huff bout weeneys'ter make your paper
howl fer sOssidge inspectors till yer git um.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
Rather Ambiguous.

New York Sun.
Allen G. Thurman is a good enough man
for Governor of Ohio.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
OUR FARM BUDGET.
EeOnOmizing Time On the Farm--Efect Of
Thunder On Mlk---Cut-W Worms

Feeding Hay-seeding to Grass-New Insect
Pests-Stables in Summer-Fruit Trees
Hens and Chickens-Washing
r-Borrowing-House-
hold Hints and Farm
Notes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-22
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