The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-30

transplsnted, dividing them, so that only
one thrifty bud is left to each piece of root.
This should be done early in the spring, as
soon as the newly formed buds are ready to
push through the soil.
One of the meanest of mean weeds is
plantain. 1t can not be Graduated COM
pletely except by measures equivalent to
wearing out, root, leaf and branch; then
seeds are left in the soil TO make repetition
of the process necessary before extermina-
tion of the pest is effected.
A Country Gentleman correspondent tried
the experiment of hauling manure from the
barn yard in winter and placing it in heaps
on steep hillside to see how much of the
value would be washed out OF it by rains.
The result was that the increased growth of
the grass from the washing did not extend
five feet below the heaps
Keeping down the weeds will not be the
only gain to come from thorough hoeing.
BY having layer OF finely pulverized soil at
the surface evaporation of moisture will be
prevented during the day, while absorption
will 60 on through the night. After every
heavy rain the soil of the garden should be
gone over with a hoe or rake to prevent
crusting.
a cold, damp soil. with hard impervious
subsoil, is not suitable for garden, and be-
fore it can be properly utilized should be
well GRAINED. Tor garden purposes, IL the
tile drain has been laid, the trenching sys-
tenn is best for such Soils Any method that
permits it TO rid itself of surplus moisture,
and allows the air and heat to enter, will be
beneficial.
BIackberries and raspberries need never TO
be staked If properly pruned. As soon as the
spring canes reach height of thirty or
thirty-six inches, snip their tops off, when
they will throw off laterals become more
stocky and hold up their load OF fruit with
out stakes. Stalking is a useless expense and
labor. Sometimes wires can be drawn by the
sides of tall plants to good advantage.
BatiIe the horses shoulder with cold wa
ter or brine as quick as the collar comes OIL,
before the sweat begins to dry. and rub off
the collars and saddle pieces with a moist
cloth. This Will prevent sore shoulders.
All changes of food should be gradual, but
in proportion to the work. Heavily taxed
muscles makes demands on the stomach !;
hence, increase the food after work begins,
never in anticipation. horse fed up be-
fore he is called to work gets soft and fat.
Dwarf pears should be planted on a spot
| that has moist subsoil either natural or
| made so by subsoiliDg or mixing some ma.
terial with the soil that will give out moist
| ure in dry weather. Trees already planted
| on dry, gravely subsoil should have a cir
Gle dug out two feet deep and two or three
| feet from the tree. This should be filed mp
does not grow freely il is a sign that some.
| thing is wrong. 1t should be severely
| pruned, so as to aid in producing a vigorous
growth.
An apiary of 500 or 900 colonies is not
unusual, especially in California, the land of
honey, if not milk and honey, and the out
| look gives the future a more promising
aspect than ever the past had. The only
| ckeck to the California honey yield will be
Cf IF ha uinf- no oil
| and have established in one case in court,
| that the bees rob the grapes. Bees can not
injure whole fruit, as they have no power of
| penetrating the outer covering, but they will
attack unsound fruit, particularly grapes
with broken skins.
The farms of America equal the entire ter
| ritory of the United Kingdom France Bel
| GUM, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Port
ugal. The corn fields equal the extent of
| England, Scotland and Belgium. while the
| grain fields generally would overlap Spain.
| The cotton fields cover an area larger than
Holland and twice as large as Belgium. The
| rice fields, sugar and tobacco plantations
would also form Kingdoms of no insigni6-
| cant size, and such is the stage of advance
ment reached by American agricuIturists
| that ii is estimated that one farmer like Mr..
| Dalrymple, with field of wheat covering
| 100 square miles, can raise as much gram
| with 100 farm servants as 5000 peasant pro-
prietors in France.
/ Some bee keepers claim to be able to entice
bees to cluster wherever they want them to.
| l have tried these bee-bobs time and again
| and have never been able to get the bees to
notice them; have fixed up devices resem.
| bling small clusters of bees and with bees
| strung on threads hanging from them, all to
no purpose. l once found colony of bees
with worker brood but too much drone.
| The bee were diminutive- L took a new
hive, brushed the bees off the combs and put
them in it, placing it where the old one
| stood, with queen and drone excluder in
front, thus preventing their entering the
hive. These frames contained brood only;
| these were put in the center of the hive with
division boards each side, after shaving the
heads off the drones with an uncapping
| knife. L pinched the heads off the queen
| and destroyed the drones as they were pre-.
vented from entering the hive by the exclud
| er. The bees Will build queen cells, and
| when they are capped L will destroy them,
and give them Others ready to emerge, reared
| in good colonies. There is as much differ
| ence in bees as in other stock, and those who
| keep them for profit can not afford to keep
scrubs. All inferior colonies should be
weeded out, and this can be done by destroy
| ing only one bee, the queen or mother. New
blood should be introduced yearly into the
apiary by few queens from reliable breed.
| prs-Prairie Farmer