The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-11-11

win have to be kept in the barnyard and
soiled, thereby effecting greater saving OF
manure.
Do not cover the lawn all over with stable
manure which is to remain there all winter
as an offense TO the eye, the nostrils and
the feet. There is nothing more disgusting
than this turning lawn into barnyard,
and there is no necessity for it. Stable ma.
hureis worth as much for garden crops as
il is on the lawn, and Il is doubtful if any,
one has too much OF it for the former pur-
pose. A good dressing of bOne-dust or am
moniated superphosphate early in the spring
will keep up the fertility of the lawn. and
will not De noticed.
A writer in the London Garden referring
to the weli-known fact that new seeds usu-
ally terminate more quickly than old ones,
says that many old ones will terminate well
with heat that would perish in cold ground
"a fact which should be borne in mind by
those who are testing seed this year in warm
rooms. Among those which may be kept
two seasons are named onions, satisfy and
some Others, while lettuce, tomatoes and ar
tichOkes viii continue good three seasons;
cabbage, turnips, spinach, kales, etc, four
seasons, and melons, cucumbers aud beets
i've or six seasons.
There are several reasons for butter be-
coming strong. Among them are: Using
pals and pans that are not thoroughly
in damp, badly ventilated cellars milk
houses; keeping the milk too long, until it
gets very sour; keeping the cream too long
churning too slowly, or in unclean
churn; not taking all of the buttermilk out
OF the butter; keeping the butter in a warm,
badly aired or mOldy place; these all cause
the butter 10 he strong, which is the effect
Of decomposition in it. The food or water
of the COW will also cause this trouble
Hoard's Dairyman.
Each hen in a house should have one foot
! of space on the roOsts. One hundred hens
would require four roOsts twenty-five feet
long, and to prevent the hens crowding too
much on the top roosts these should all be
on the same level. The roost should be one
fOot apart, and be arranged in frame hinge
to the wall, 50 they can be lifted and hooked
up for the purpose of cleaning. The roosts
win take up four feet, and there should be
eight feet more floor space; thus a house of
100 hens should be 25xi2 feet on the floor in
side, and should be at least six feet high in
the rear and nine feet high in the front, with
ample ventilation.
! Professor Cook, in his paper on economic
entomology read before the American PomO-
logical Society, says the reason why inn
ported insect pests are for time more de-
| structive than native species is in the fact
| that they have fewer parasites or prcdaceous
enemies TO contend with. In the course OF
a few years these enemies increase in such
numbers Us 10 hold them in check He said
| that new insect pests are learning to feed
upon plants not heretofore disturbed by
/ them, 50 that the entomOlogist has constant
| work before him. Another thought was
| that, a. insects increase in variety and num-
! Der, insecticides are m ultiplied in equal il
| not greater proportion
An Iowa correspondent of the German
| town Telegraph describes the way in which
| he makes gate for occasional use in fence
| of barbed wire: The farmer sometimes has
need OF gate in a barbed wire fence, and
/ which is used but seldom: ne must, never
| theless, put up a substantial hinge or slide
| gate. l have seen a good gate put in 9
| barbed, wire fence with very little trouble
| in this manner; Build the fence without
reference 10 the gate; then select the loca
ton for the gate, and staple the wire securely
| TO the two gate posts, 50 il can not slip. Cut
the wires at one pest and fasten the ends tC
light piece of wood as high the post. Sci
one end of this piece of wood in shallow
hole beside the post and place wire looI
| over ii and the post at the top, and You
| gate is finished. 1t can be opened in mo
ment, and for occasional use is as good as
| hinge gate.