The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-23

is worth more than the wheat on the same
land.
Mr.. A. G. futile, of Baraboo, Wis, says
be traps moths by placing shallow pans of
vinegar among the branches of the trees,
which attract the moths and drown them. |
His method is contrary to the rule that |
sweet substances should be used for such |
purposes.
Maksgood use of the smoothing harrow in /
the corn and other cultivated fields. No tool |
in use will kill so many weeds as this, il |
used at the right time 1t will keep down |
the woods and keep the surface mellow, the
two prime necessities in the culture of any
crop.
Quite number of plants, such as carrots
beets, turnips, satisfy, parsnips and that class
of vegetables, must be grown one year and
the stocks kept over during the winter and
set out in the spring, when new growth
will start up and the plant will mature
seeds.
MIR. A. S. Fuller, the well known agricul-
turist, in relation to keeping fruits, says:
THE thin-skinDed Sorts as a rule, are poor
keepers, while the thick-skinned sorts may
be kept in fair condition for months by pack
ing in boxes and storing the boxes in a cool
place."
When bees are swarming it is the old col
ony leaving the hive and abandoning the
stores to the younger members. The old
queen goes with them, and they seek new
location, with nothing for beginning ex-
cept what honey they fill themselves with as
they take their departure.
If broken rice be boiled with one-third
milk and two-tbirds water, adding one egg
to each pint of liquid, and the mass thick
ened with oatmeal ard cornmeal while boil
ing, it will prove an excellent diet for very
young chicks. 1t keeps well and may be
cTumbled very easily when cold.
Pigeons will not look at lettuce, chickweed
or other green stuff thrown down on the floor
of their fly or loft: but If it is fastened Sc
curely by means of a bit of wire or cord
few inches off the floor, so they can Just reach
it, they will help themselves TO as much as
is good for them.
1t is one thing TO plant corn, potatoes and
other crops that require frequent cultiva-
ton, and quite another to care for them. If
cultivation be neglected planting may be
loss, for profit in the crop depends upon
prompt and thorough performance of every
part of the work until growth is perfected.
Planting whole potatoes gives the best
| yield, according to the trials of the New Y ork
Experiment Station: half tubers are next
| best; quarter tubers next; single eyes yield
| least. Trials made at the Rural New Yorker
| grounds favor cutting TO two eyes; other
| trials correspond with both of these results.
1t is claimed that there are double the
number of Jersey COWS in the United States
| than there are in their native home, the
Island of Jersey. We have in the different
| States and Territories 10000 head; in Jersey
there are but 10000. The United States is q
| letter place to select from than the Island of
Jersey.
A COW, says the American Agriculturist,
| should have clean skin in order to give
| clean milk and make good butter, and that
| cleanliness can not be secured except by the
1 ms a nf no nd 10 thnrOnOh
of dirt and filth. which should be done be-
fore the cows are MIXED in the morning and
| evening
To kill a skunk and make no unpleasant
| disturbance about it, partly suck an egg and
put in a small powder of strychnine, paste a
bit of paper over the hole and put it near the
| chicken COOP where he can get it easily and
| you will find him not many rods away, stone
dead, the next morning, and no bad smell
| about him, either.-Mirror.
One of the best and cheapest devices for
| blowing to prevent barking trees in orchards
| is a short whiffletree with the hooks for the
| traces on the back, and SO fixed that the
traces have to be passed over the end. Thus
| when the whiffletree rubs against the tree
the latter is protected by the leather. There
| was once patent on this device, but it has
| long since expired.
| ]. d. Goodwin brings to light, in the Sheep
| Breeder, new enemy of sheep-the skunk.
This odorous little animal attacked mis- flock
and succeeded in killing two sheep. 1t
caught them by the nose and held on with
| its sharp teeth in spite of the frantic efforts
of the sheep to throw it off. The heads of
| the wounded sheep sweIled badly, and they
| lived but a few days.
There two certain methods of captur-
| ing the plum weevil, according to expert
ments tried at the Massachusetts, experiment
station. The first is by jalring the tree
every morning for three weeks after the
| plums are set, catching the weevils in sheets
laid on the ground. The second is by colon
| iZing large ilocks of chickens in coops, or in
yards, under the trees.
A writer in Gardening illustrated says
that he uses black cotton thread, stretched
tight four inches above the surface of the
ground, along the drills of peas and other
vegetables as an effectual means for repell-
| ing the sparrow. The birds do not see the
black thread, and humping briskly against
it, are tripped or tumbled over, and, be-
coming alarmed, quickly depart.
In constructing poultry-house it is best
to have it face the southeast, as the sun will
send in its warmth as soon as it rises. The
sun will warm the house until about 3
o'clock, in the winter. II the house faces
| south, as is usually the custom, the sun S
rays will not enter before or 10 O'Clock, al
though the morning is the most important
time for receiving benefit.
An Ohio amateur gooseberry grower sue
ceeds in growing very fine fruit, both in size
and quality, on cool, clay soil, keeping
the plants open in the centre by pruning.
When they start into growth in the spring
he Immediately disbuds, to prevent them
from becoming too dense, and thus admits a
free circulation of air. He mulches heavily
during the summer. With this treatment
he is little troubled with mildew.