The Indiana State sentinel., 1885-06-10
FARM NOTES.

II sll the conditions are favorable the
largest seed potatoes will give the earliest
gso9ib Of mstured tGbers, and the less
stalks the better.
at s tbeep-shesriDg at Decatur, Mich. a
ram belonging to K Sandford, though
weighing twenty-five pounds.
Kentucky breeders turn their mares With
early tosl out on rye pasture to promote
their flow of milk. This ia an excellent
plan, and should be followed elsewhere.
a remedy for the msggot which infests
cabbage is TO make hole with dibble close
to the stalk, il sert ten drops of bisulphide of
caabon and quickly close the hole again.
The number of fowls kept in France is
said to be about A 100000. The average
udmber of chickens annually raised is thres
to each hen, while the average number Of
eggs per hen is 100 per snnum.
1t is not generally known that the average
value Of an acre OF celery in the region of
Kalamazoo, Mich, is $780, and that the
annual crop reeches 5 600 tons. An acre
contains from $4,000 to $4,000 plants. The
land was originally sandy marsh.
1t is said that the flavor of beets. turnips
or cabbsges in milk can be overcome by dis.
solving half teaspoon ful of saltpetre in
tescup of water and pouring it into the
churn with the cream at churniDg-time
Cabbage may be fed at night after milking
without fiavoring milk.
Experiments by LassaiDge show that 100
pounds Of dry bay fed to horse required q
secretion of 400 pounds of saliva. 100 pounds
OF oats required a secretion 115 pounds of
saliva, while leo pounds of green food re-
quired but forty-nine pounds of salivs 70
prepare it for swallowing.
1t is now law that the New York State
Daily Commissioner shall register each cheese
factory and furnish it q special brand, bsar-
ing trademark and the words New York
State full cream cheese" Using the brand
on any other description is punishable with
from S25 to $50 fine and fifteen to thirty days
Imprisonment. The skimmer's occupation
is gone
A complete food for poultry is rscom.
mended by = prominent breeder as consist.
ing Ct all the elements repaired for gro WITH
end eggs 1t is to take one Qnart oil whe7t
and grir It in coffee mill. Then add one
quart OF cornmeal, two pounds of beef scraps,
boiled tender, and two or three raw onions
Mix Thoroughly. bake till well done, and
crumble up for the fowls.
Professor @. V. Riley, entomoIcgist OF the
Agricultural Department, states that the
country will soon be visited by two great
broods OF lCoUsts OF the seventeen and Thir
teen-yeBr variety, and that this will be tie
first tine for 221 years that they hevs ap-
peared in conjunction. bat he does not think
luty Will SIedtlF 10
ing come damage to fruit trees.
Be careful in planting corn not suitable
to your climate. No variety with remark
ably large ears, stalks or kernels will matore
quickly no very early variety has ears above
medium size. Selection, climate, soil ere =.
have 60 modified some varieties shat two
samples under the ssme name msy differ
greatly. The method of cultivation sld
time OF planting must also be considered
duced the grades have displayed such msl ked
superiority ss producers OF milk, butter aod
beef as 70 create strong demand for thsm
An Illinois daiIyman states that be has 3
grade Holstein COW tbst gave 600 quartz Of
milk in year as a two-year old, aud now, at
six years OF sge, gives, on grass slone, eight
gallons of milk day, and that many Of his
grades never go dry.
A Wisconsin dairymsn reports that he has
calf (grade Holsteip) which ives born the
last day Of December. 1884 When two
months old ii weighed 333 pounds, and up to
that sge il had been fed only on skim ned
milk and hay. 1t was weighed again when
pounds. The last two months It was fed
with skinned milk, little oil meal, some
oats and due proportion Of hay.
AS a general rule Professor Ford found
that the yield OF butter grew less the lower
the temperature of the milk before setting.
When milk set in ice water directly after
milking gave 100 pounds, milk that had
been previously cooled to 6S degrees gave
95.7 pounds, 81 degrees gave 91 pounds and
4S degrees gave 66 3 pounds. A means of re-
etoring the original qualities of such milk
was found in warming the milk to about 100
degrees before setting.
The records OF the Holsteins for butter and
milk combined may be shown by that Of
Pride of Twink, who. on grass alone, gave
eighty eight pounds of milk in one day,
pounds of unsalted butter. During the
summer Of 1888, at ten years Of age, after