The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-10-21

diminished in yield, as might be expected:
but the fact most remarkable is that another
field, with dressing Of $50 pounds of aka
line salts, produced better crop than that
which had the stable manure.
The spring colts are now ready to be
weaned, and care should be exercised in sep
arating them frem their mothers that they
are not stunted and their growth checked in
the operation, a is too often the case. The
colts should be learned TO eat grain before
they are weaned, and afterward they should
be fed little grain each day, and not IN any
way allowed to become stunted, but should be
kept growing as rapidly as when they fed on
their mothers milk.
1t is said that eggs buried in ashes, small
end down, will keep several months. The
ashes should be sifted and be perfectly dry,
and the eggs must be perfectly fresh when
put in and not allowed TO touch each other
The package must be kept in dry place.
The best dozen of preserved eggs at an Eng
liSh poultry show were simply packed in
common salt. They had been in the salt two
months, and on being tested by boiling
could not be distinguished from fresh laid
eggs.
''If our agricultural societies would bear
in mind, says the Breeders Gazette, that
none of our American trotters, no matter
how long the pedigree, and none of our inn
ported or native draught horses are eligible
to compete for premiums offered for thorough
breds they would spare themselves much
trouble. No pedigree that has Rysdyk's
Hambletonian, Abdallah, Morgan, Bellfoun-
der Hiatogg. Mambrino Chief, Royal George,
Patchen or any other of our prominent trCt-
ting sires in can belong to a thoroughbred"
The Dutch cattle Holstein-Iresian-a
black and white, though neither all black
nor all white, hut either color may predOm-
mate and the white is pure white and the
black pure black. The Jerseys are usually
fawn or light grizzled brown, generally carry
ing some white but not always. The Here
fords are light red, with white face legs, tail,
sometimes the belly, and often the neck and
a portion OF the back lined white. The Short
horns vary more than any other breed, but
whether red, roam or white. or a combination
of these colors, they have no others.
Actual analysis of the secrets of Indians
reveal the fact that their mixtures for at
tracing game to their traps are easy TO make
and apply. For foxes and other large game,
mix together muSkrat and skunk much in
equal parts; smear the trap and bait with
this, and the animals will soon get foot
in" For mnks, etc, take unslacked lime
one-half pound, sal ammoniac three ounces
mix and pulverize and place in covered
vessel few days until thoroughly mixed,
then sprinkle on the bait and around the
places where the traps are set.
Turkeys and chickens dry picked sell to a
limited extent in the market very we'll but
none except the choicest KIND should be
dressed in that way. When they are, they
should he packed Immediately after killing
| and while warm, and not put into water
either before or after picking but hung up
| till the animal heat IS entirely out before
| packing for shipment. Ducks and geese
should always be scalded, and steamed by
| covering up with a blanket for a short time
| before picking; in other respects handle
| them as turkeys and chickens.
\ correspondent to the Farm and Firesde.
| Springfield, o., sends the following as a
remedy for both hog aud chicken cholera,
| claiming ii as one of the best used: Madden,
| l pound; resin, pound saltpetre, pound :;
| sulphur, pound black anthony. = pound !;
| cOpperas, l y pounds; asafetida, !. pound !;
arsenic, ounces. As a preventive of disease
| give one tablespoonful of this mixture to five
hogs twice week. If sick give three table
! spOonfuls day. PuvcriZe all the ingre-
dents well. and give with soft food. For
| fowls give tablespoonful, mixed with bran,
| for twenty fowls, each morning.
Each henin house should have one foot
| of space on the roOsts. One hundred hens
| then would require four roosts twenty-five
| feet long, and to prevent the hens crowding
| too much upon the top roost these should be
| all on the same level. The roostS should be
! one foot apart, and he arranged in a frame
| hinged TO the wall, so they can be lifted and
| hooked up for the purpose of cleaning. The
J roosts will take up four feet, and there should
be eight feet more floor space; thus a house
| for 100 hens should be twenty-five by twelve
| feet on the floor inside and should be at least
| six feet high in the rear and nine feet high
| in the 'front.' with ample ventilation.