The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-26

actually gained more relatively on the corn
and-cob food than the Others did on pure
corn.
Mr.. f. ]. Cook, of Michigan, whose crops
are always equal to those of other farmers,
states that few years ago he purchased sew
eTal colonies of bees for his sons and in 1888
the proceeds of the honey from the increase
of colonies exceeded the products of his
farm.
Fruit growers say that while the Sharp
less strawberry is one of the largest, there is
difficulty in growing them. They are apt to
be over-ripe and rotten on one side before
they begin TO turn on the other. Others say
tat the Downing berry gives the best salts
faction
No kind al stock should be allowed TO eat
young cherry shoots however worthless the
latter may be. The leaves and bark of the
cherry contain a considerable amount of
prussic acid, and this is occasionally fatal to
sheep and cows left 10 Craze where they can
get at il.
The average weight Of milk is eight and
five-eighths pounds per gallon of four quarts.
Richness slightly varies it; the more cream
the lighter the product. This is however,
the standard usually accepted in this coun-
try and Europe. In ordinary calculations
we reckon two pounds 10 the quart.
Rams often fight desperately, bruise their
places and kill the sheep. Many valuable
rams are lost in this way every season, and
where several aged rams are kept together
they should always be blinded so as to pre-
vent their fighting.
Farmers who.use pork as food in their fam
lilies should produce as healthy rs the nature
of the beast will admit of. Hogs should
have range i'll a spacious lot, and have free
use of their nose, and all the pure water they
want 10 drink; and if it is convenient let
them have plenty of water to wallow in. 1t
is claimed by some that when fattened under
the most favorable circumstances there is
not more than one out OF ten not diseased,
if they have attained eighteen months.
In selecting seed wheat the New England
farmers favor grain from fields that have
produced well in both straw and seed rather
than from thin fields with plump grain.
This conclusion is arrived at by practical
tests. 1t is claimed that short straw carries
short heads however plump the kernel may
be. The New England Farmer is inclined to
favor selecting continually from tall straw
with long heads, which would naturally tend
to increased prOductivenesS, not only with
wheat but with other small grains.
The canker worm is spreading every year.
The female moth is winglesS, and n ,.St
crawl up the tree to deposit her eggs, and all
that is necessary is TO prevent her from so
doing by placing around the trunks bands of
paper smeared with printers ink. If the
fruit growers would cooperate and use their
endeavors against the moth instead OF the
worms it would be an easy matter to prevent
injury 10 the fruit and the sooner this fact
is appreciated by those interested the less
difficulty they will have in the future.
The New York Tribune reports Mr. A. S.
Fuller as suggesting that consumers would
better use dark-cOlored evaporated fruit
than be slowly poisoned with sulphuric acid
tod In In.
fruit regions of the West the better class of
evaporators do not leave the fruit dark-col-
ored. Hence sulphurizinS is not needed. Ii
is only fruits evaporated on the wOodshed
roof, or on strings hung over the fence. that
are dark-cOlOred. These need both washing
and sulphuring TO make them decent-look-
ing.
The system of washing in cold water on
the sleeps back nevef results in a washed
fleece tit for the manufacturer, bit only the
eradication OF an unknown and uncertain
| part of the yelk contained in the fleece,
| which IS thus changed into unmerchant-
| able commodity to be sold on its uncertain
merits as to shrinkage The name or desig
nation of washed wool has ceased TO have
| any charm. and the sooner the practice of
washing is entirely abandoned the better it
| Will be for the sheep, their owners and the
trade generally.-Wool Journal.
In various countries in Europe, where the
| district is famed for sweet butter, everywhere
! the makers treat their subject art, and
reap results accordingly. When everything
| is ready and the cream well stirred, it should
! be poured into the churn, its temperature
| being about SO, or from this TO 60, and to
| test it a thermometer should always be used.
| If the dairy is a degree or two below these
figures the cream will be all right; if il is too
low the cream may be removed TO a warmer
| apartment until it has reached the required
| temperature.
Potatoes are ready for digging as soon as
| the tops lie down. 1t is best TO dig them
early in the day and allow them to remain
on the ground few hours, when they should
| be taken to the barn and stored in a cool,
| dark dry place; but it is not advisable to
| place too many in single heap All DIS
eased or injured potatoes should be removed
| from the lot, or they will have more or less
| effect upon the whole, as they will be the
| first to decay. Potatoes may be stored in
mounds during the winter, but are not
easily utilized in that condition.