The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-08
FARM NOTES.

up 4OI OAS VI OdO ACOCs
Colorado has 1000, 600 head OF neat cattle,
80, Geo Of which are west of Denver. in the
mountains.
About 100 pounds of bone dust sud 200
pounds Of kalniE will be found a cheap and
and excellent application for tins straw barry
beds.
In order to secure good profit, no store
cattle of the right stamp, and well done.
too, can be sold at less than four and one
half cents per pound, live weight.
Salt for stock Is especially seryiceable at
this season, owing to the change from dry to
green food. Charcoal should also be COCA
sionally provided.
NJ. Ditmar, Swede, has perfecteda process
for converting kerosene oil into subst Ince
resembling tallow in appearance. II can be
made into candles.
Always set out row OF evergreens, SIS well
IS shade trees elcGg the front Of the farm
house as they add largely to the v6ius of the
farm by rendering it more attractive.
If American sheep.breeders had so1ner
turned their attention to mutton in prefer
ence to wool the sheep intsIests woul I now
be in more prosperous cendition.-ShesP-
Breeder.
Let the roller be used over the whest field
now, in order TO smooth it down, which not
only presses the plants into position. bat
when the crop is to be cut.
TIE period Of CESSATION in COWS is 2S5
days, but varies somewhat. Feed very lit
tie gain of any kind for two or three weeks
before cslYipg. Hay, potatoes aud roots are
the best. Keep blood cool and system re-
Taxed.
1t has been ascertsined by carefully re,
peated experiments that the first drawn
milk contains .. the second and ihs fifth
IL per cent. of cream. Thus a COW three
quarters MIXED is not hslf-milked, il butter
is the object.
OSer feeding means poor laying of small
eggs, and steIility of the fowls The Asiat.
ice are lazy and lay on fat easily; to keep
them in good health and enjoy the return of
the highest class eggs and very good flesh.
don't feed the fowls too much.
4 recent writer claims that IL thu same
treetne nt is given 10 bulls as to other ami.
mails they can easily be a1aged. II the at
ten6ant shows fear the bull very soon per-
eeive it, and great mischief will probably re.
cult. Firm and good treatment is what is
uee6ed.
To make a coed water, afr and rat proof
foor, first grade the floor and cover with
cor crete of coaIss gravel and hydraulic lime.
Melt asphalt and satursts the concrste with
il, leaving thin c,at Of hot asphalt on the
sufscei then scatter Eos sand over this and
bsat it firmly.
In one OF the best dairy sections of New
York TIE averags butter yield from sos CO VS.
supply ing creameries with milk was only a
little over 40 pounds per COW. This is PROB
ably above the average for all the COWS in
The country good judges placing it at about
125 pounds
Tssere are now three sorghum sugar facto.
riesi Kansas Last yesr thsy produced
coo 600 pounds of sugar and 10000 gallons
of syrup. The product was manufactured
from $4,000 tons of cane. 1t Is estimsted
that each of the three factories will soon
produce 100000 pounds OF sugar annually.
Purity in butter and cheese constitutes its
chief value in the markets OF the world. 1t
may be perfectly pure after IL has lost the
fragrance impaired TO 1t by the nature OF
the fcod taken. Any popularity OF heritage
or other food ia impaired to the milk,
Poisons may be conveyed 10 milk IN food.
The chief value Of butter over any other
fat oil, lad. tallow, etc, is the presence of
grateful odor. This may add from - to 30
ger cent. to its value. 1t does not involve 8
per cent. in the cost OF IN inufacture.
Fat oils have strong affinity for odors.
Milk, cream and batter readily take up any
scent that may be carried or held by the ar
Hence the necessity of actual cleanliness oil
| every utensil, implement, apartment or the
| ing. Dirty COWS, dirty hands, the odor Of
| the washed body, bsd smelling stables, the
| door of manure piles or garbage Of any sort
| the scent OF cooking, lily ventilated apart
| ments or any decaylng substance or germ:
| of djseaSe-all these are readily taken III
and carried in milk.
Hon. M. P. Wilder, President of thu
| American Pathological Society, has recon-
mended by far the best and most convenient
/ label for fruit trees: Take the usual strip
| of ziDc, put them in water for a couple o.
days ana then by being exposed to the air ;
slight coTTosion is produced; then write or
the strip in plain, bold hand with .goot
lead Iencil say Faber's No. >. Don't b
discouraged if the writing should be indis
tlnct at first; it will in few days bscome q
| black as INK. Punch eyeleta for copper WIZ
TO attach them to the trees"
Fowls left to themselves never stand IN
draft. If your houses are subject to draf
of air through them the fowls takes colds q
readily as do psople, but with far greats
evil results. A fowl's heart beats $50 time
each minute. and fowls do not perspire. Al
waste goes of by means OF the Tespirator,
organs. A cold, therefore, results in de
roneement Of the mucous membrane linin
thsm, and 6istemper and roupe follow a
the result, as arrangement OF the bowels, re
suliing in aggravated diarrhea or cholera
Build their quarters wind-iight and ventiiat
by means Cf clpola ventilation.
Many O man has broken his back aud los
bis heart on poor from which he has So
feIed 10 run down by bad management. II
has spread his labor and capital over 10
acres, when by combining himself to twenty
five or thirty he might have become happ
and rich. The way TO repair such an erro
is to begin with one field and get that in.
good condition, and let the rest lie, aud 8
go on through the farm. One rich fed wi
then make 1t easy to enrich another or tive
and while the beginning is slow, it is dowr
hill work, and as the end is nearly reache
progress is fast and essy.
There are two species of artichokes-th
Globe, which is not tuberous rooted, gro win
only from seed, the blossom OF which only
ussd; the other, improperly called the Jeri
salem artichoke Is tuberous-rooted, an
grown chiefly for it's roots. There are tn
variety of the latter-the white and red. An
lend suitable for corn will produce art
chokes. Cut the tubers and plant them
the manner as for potatoes. They do n,
keep well if dug out Of the ground. I'll
usuol method Is not to disturb them,
!, freezing does them no harm. The hogs wi
root them out but enough tubers will alwa,
be left for next seasons seeding.
! An investigation reported upon by d
. | Kline in the application of chlorine as q
I air dlsiniectant is given in thu Scientit
| American. 1t Wae tested especiaIIc IN sEir