The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19

cheap food for them. Give them plenty of
water to drink, but not to battle in until the
down is OIL and the feathers cover the body.
Then you may let them enjoy themselves as
much in the water as they desire.
DR.. J. A. Sewell Of the Colorado Univer-
sity, has been making experiments testing
the blood of hogs affected with hog cholera
that be finds contains microbes, which are
not present in the blood of healthy hogs. He
is cultivating the microbe for purposes of in
oculatIon and expects important results.
The hogs should have undisputed sway in
the orchard during the fruit season, and they
will eat up all the fallen and wormy apples,
and hunt out many of the grubs, etc, which
are injurious to the trees. In this way they
destroy many of the enemies of sound fruit
and sound trees, and in other ways greatly
benefit the orchard.
Many families have an abundant supply of
all kinds of early Vegetables, but neglect to
make any provisions for late ones, and in the
late fall their tables are devoid of the choicest
and most heathful food. 1t is very easy to
have an abudant supply of vegetables on till
frost, and each farmer should try to have
plenty of them this fall.
The efforts to preserve eggs in purity are
never more than partially successful. The
lined egg, though not spoiled. is never abso-
lutely fresh. 1t has lost some moisture aud
has absorbed some air, which has tendency
to decompose its particles. Although lime
and other preparations exclude air, they do
not expel what the egg had previously alb
sorbed.
1t is astonishing that a farmer can look
upon grade colt one or two years, see its
size, note its advantages, consider its capabil-
tiles, and then continue to breed rats
when the only question involved is that of
the slight additional cost between the SER
vice of II oroughbred draft and scrub"
stallion. 1t is now becoming easy to obtain
the services of good sire in almost any
neighborhood in the Northwest and this
fact will certainly be utilized to the extent
OF universal improvement in the horse as
well as cattle.-Fsrm, Stock on 'T.t e.
There is lack of vigor Ia ..A ng with
contagious diseases in this country that
bodies no good to the stock-growing interest.
That we have not suffered more has been due
to accident or providence rather than TO
our carefulness The recent appearance of
pleuro- pneumonia Pennsylvania is an in
stance in point. One-third of one herd of
100 was reported sick before any complaint
was made, and the contagion had spread in
several herds in the same neighborhood,
near Lancaster. The State authorities are
moving. but with this late start it will be
very difficult to entirely suppress the disease.
American Cultivator.
If the bees are assisted with a small begin.
ming OF comb as foundation, il will greatly
lessen their labor and afford the bee. keeper
an opportunity of attaching the comb to any
particular portion of the hive. This n iterial
for beginning the comb is simply Wax pressed
into proper shape, which often comes in
sheets especially prepared for the purpose
and the bee-keeper has but to cut or break
off small piece and fasten it in place by
heating the end with a met,h or lighted
candle. 1t may seem but Tery small mat
ter to begin comb foundation, 50 far as the
lessening of the labor of the bees is con-
ceTned, but although every portion of the
labor saved is an advantage to the bees, the
placing of the foundation where mostly de-
desired by the bee-keeper is of valuable as
sistance to him when he comes TO the hive
for honey later on after the busy season is
over,