The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-03-04
FARM NOTES.

win be injured.
DR.. L. b. Arnold holds that Jersey butter
il much better than Shorthorn butter, as
holthorn beef is better than Jersey beef.
A committee of the New Jersey Horticul-
tursI Society reports adversely TO the white
plume celery, which has been Landed very
highly by others.
1t Is said that one sixth of the herds west
OF the Mississippi are owned or controlled
by BIRTHS capitalists, who are driving Amer
leans cut of the business.
Filthy stables may cause abortion in COWS,
says q airyman, but the claim is not given
as a certainty. Filthy stables are, however,
an sbomination at all times.
Although pesr-blight may net be durable
at times it msy be prevented to some extent
by liberal application annually Of wood
ashes and bone dust to the orchard.
Always keep convenient in the stable
some vaseline or mutton-tallow, to be used
whenever the cows teats show indications of
cracking. little care and softening of the
teats may arrest the trouble, which. if neg
lected for few days, will develop into a
sore that will not heal for a month.
The inspection of meat in Germany is
very minute. inspectors use the best mi.
croscopes, and the owners OF slaughtered
hogs pay twenty-five cents for inspection
and the issuing of certificate. German sta
tisties show that about one-half of l per
cent. of all German hogs are trichonous,
while OF the imported hogs about per cent.
are infected.
The udders Of hsifers should be handled
before they have their first calf. 1t certainly
makes them gentle, and prevents any trouble
when sctDal milking takes place. And then
there are those who believe that this gentle
manipulation stimulates the growth of the
organ. 1t has been observed that when
calves suck each other the udders grow
mere rapidly.
A prominent breeder of ine-wool sheep
recently said that he could raise wool from
bis flock on land worth 800 per acre, at ID
cents per pound and realizs a handsome
profit, assuming his sheep worth only the
present low price OF about s. per head. The
merino business is at very low ebb in Wis.
consiD pure bred sheep can be purchased
there at one-haf the prices of two years ago.
Ten dollars is now good price there aud in
many other States for choice breeding stock.
A writer in the New York Tribune says
the heavy merIno heeces, when cleaned
from filth and grease, shrink from 90 to IS
per cent. He sAys: When you read of
some noted ram shearing from twenty to
thirty pounds of wool you may be pretty
certain that three. fourths OF the weight is
dirt and not wool, and after all the notable
gsins of the past the number CT improved
sheep which give five pounds is very much
greater than that of those yielding ten
pounds, or even eight"
Prepare the land for straw berries as soon
as the weather opens Work it well aud
make it fine; set out the plants early, 81 "a
to get the benefit of the early rains. A ptsn-
tiful supply OF superphos phate and muriste
Of potash should be given the plants by s1w.
ing 1t broadcast over the land efOre setting
them. Work the plants WELL keep out in
trudiDg weeds and grasses, and allow no
blossoms to fruit Runners should also be
cut away.
Pear trees seldom need trimming after
they got TO bearing, except cutting out desd
wood, If there is any. The best condition for
pear orchard is to keep the land in sod aud
| never pillow il, but not allow the grass to
grow within two or three feet OF the trunks
| of the trees Keep the circle mulched with
msnure, leaves or stones. Manure the land
| literally once in three or four years. Allow
| hogs to root in the orchard and devour all
| the defective fruit. Seckel pears especially
are larger, fairer and higher colored when
grown in cod than in cultivated land.
Peas and oats are equal to clover, says
| South ard West, aud may be raised in a
variety of soils. The pea Is rich in caseine
! (just what ls required to make milk and
| the oat is also rich in the elements of milk.
| These two grow well together, for the oats
| hold the peas up and prevent them from ly-
| ing too fat on the ground. They mature so
close together that they are ready TO be cut
at the same time. But the crop should al
ways be cut when the pea pod is full and the
gain in the milk. 1t is then very succulent
| and pallatable, and will produce as much
milk as any food We know Of.
V. P Richmond. before the Illinois Wool
Growers Association, said: Il am satisfied
that the free use of sulphur will prevent, if
not cure the scab in sheep. Two tlocks of
sheep on farms adjoining mine were badly
gone with the scab, and several times, for
three or four years, scabby sheep would oc-
casionally be with mine, and l did not then
and never did have scabby sheep. While
these scabbY f1ocks were near me aud for
two or three years after, / fed freely OF
sulphur. Should ever have scabby sheeo
would use sulphur freely inside and outside
before trying any other remedy"
writer, abiding to hog cholera, thinks
that the disease may often be traced TO bad
| treatment on the part of the farmer The
infamous plan of leaving the hog for months
in wet, mud, san and bad weather; now with
and then without food; sometimes with
shelter and then Zone; feeding them whole
corn in their own excrements and urine, and
generally supposing that nothing eau hap
pen to hogs, until they are sick and nearly
dead, is one that needs reform, and that of a
radical character. 1t Is much more econOm
ical 10 prevent disease than to allow il to gel
in herd and then try TO curs it.
The choice OF farm depends chiefly upon
the purpose tor which ii is TO be used. A
dairy farm should be either good grass la I'd
or light soil adapted for raising green fodder
crops. A pasture far may be rough, and even
stony, if the price is cInsistent, but where
the pillow is used stone is to be avoided
Swamps and wet ground are to be avoided
even when cheap as it will cast more than
the land will ever be worth, in many cases
to drain them. A person whe is not expo
rienced and even old farmers. may very
profitably employ an expert and pay fol
advice in this respect before purchasing q
| farm.
President Baker. of the New Jersey Horti
cultural Society, used potatoes of severa
varieties last sprIDg to test their quality
esrliness, productiveness, etc. The seed DO
! iatoes in every instance we're from the same
lot. and carefully measured. Samples of the
products were exhibited side by side at thS
late meeting of the society, and no one
thought of recognizing them az the same va
rieties. Not only were they wholly differ
emit in color and texture of skin, but there
was nothing like similarity of fern between
the tubers grown in the sand of South New
Jersey and the same varieties grown in tnt
beaver soils of the North.
Objections to the prsctics of washing WOO
are multiplying, and il would seem that In
many parts of the country the custom would