The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-22
Farm NOTES.

IL pays to keep one man in constant at.
tendance on thirty head of fastening cattle.
1t pays 10 feed meat to the hens two CT
three times week, SIS it takes the place Of
insect food.
Good corn fodder is an excellent sheep
feed. II is loosening, cooling, and relieves
constipation.
Water containing living fish and living
vegetation is generally in fit state for ami
mails to drink.
TIE principal value in breed lies in the
powers of assimilating food in the direction
required.
Grooming the cows is not often done, bat
it would add to their spirit and comfort,
however, as well as promote cleanliness.
ButtermiIk is said to be true milk pep
tone, and, with the exception OF koumiss is
the NEST digestible milk product at our COM
mand.
ii for butter, select cows known TO give
milk rich In fat. Cows vary in this respect
from less than to per cent. The average
is about per cent.
L you are troubled with white specks in
butter stir the cream every morning before it
is churned, and the specks will not appear. So
s good butter maker says.
At tie recent Holste;n Breeders Conven-
ton in Chicago ii was decided 10 offer prem
"
amount on beef produced by Holstein cat
tie.
a new seedless grape has Just come into
notice in France. 1t is q table grape of the
Chasselss family, and its seedless character
makes il especially desirable for this purpose.
In some sections the milk from the COW is
not considered fit for use until the calf is at
least six weeks old, it being ropy and in
curious to the milk from COWS that have been
in longer flow.
There we're received in Chicago during the
year 1884 about 10 700 tons OF cheese, against
% 9TS tons for the year 1888. The receipts
Of butter were Al, 700 tons, against 81, GG7
tons FOR 1888.
1t is time to start the early plants. They
may be grown in boxes in the house, and
Ii en- usnsplsnted to the open air as soon as
the weather becomes warm and danger OF
irost is over.
The fleece on the Merino lamb should be
dense, we'll set and standing no under pres
sure, and il pressed down should have sat-
icient elasticity TO return quickly 10 its up
right position.
Eggs contain large quantity OF water in
their composition, and hence the hers should
be provided with a liberal supply of wa'er.
which is just as necessary to egg production
as the food, and often more 30.
When calves are to be weaned and fed with
skim milk the change from whole to skim
milk should be gradual, or else scours may
be the result. Cornmesl should also gradu.
ally sdded to the skinned milk.
A hill OF raspberry plants. after being
trimmed In the spring, should have only
three or four canes, about three and ene-hau
feet bigh, and nearly one inch in diameter
at the base, each cane having few side
spurs about ten inches long.
The roots Of plants will 60 down very deep
in search of food. IL they go deep the area
OF soil from which to procure food is in
creased and the best method for securing
lhis result is to drain the land thoroughly
and pulverize the soil well,
Professor Shelton, OF Kansas, plowed un.
der wheat stubble last August to kill the
late weeds By October / the ground was
denseiy covered with volunteer wheat, which
furnished the stock good pasture until win.
ter. Why not this in lieu of rye for fall and
spring food.
The LIST OF June is the best time 10 SOW
German millet, but, being quick growing
crop, 1t may be sown as late as July. Cut
when in bloom, before the boards get hard
and stiff. A half bushel to three pecks Of
be covered lightly and rolled.
In sailing butter one ounce to the pound
is the quantity generally used. y utter
should be exposed as little as possible to the
sir from the time Ii is churned until packed
tightly in tubs. ft for the market. Care
tbould be taken never to overwork butter,
ss the grain and texture shoule be preserved.
The best food for producing eggs is a mix
ture composed OF fifteen pounds of oats,
twenty pounds of corr, ten pounds Of bar