The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-13
FARM NOTES.

The pullet that roosts on the tree is not a
winter layer.
The White House Conservatives are said to
contain $780, 200 worth of pants.
What this country needs is less hog and
hOminy and more chicken and celery.
Broom-corn has advanced 800 per ton in
Iowa since the LIST of September. The price
is now $3.50 per ton.
The mineral matter taken from the soil by
a five pound fleece of wool is said TO be 1-6
ounces and five ounces OF nitrOgen-nOt
very heavy drain on the soil.
A farmer OF experience in wool-growing
says that there is more money in growing
wool at even twenty cents per pound thanh
lOaning money at 10 per cent interest
The rise in wool has made one class un-
happy. The happily ones are those who did
not sell sheep because wool was low. The
unhappy are those who did sell
The connection between good grass and
good butter is very close, and il matters not
how good breed of cattle is used it is i'm
possible to make good butter with poor pas
turage.
The great Volunteer, the sire of st. Julien,
and host of stout performers in the 2:30
list, now lags superfiuous on the stage. He
is verging on thirty-two, and his provocative
powers are gone.
Cobs are good for smoking meat, as they
give good flavor. Keeping a small fire
longer time is better than quick smoking, as
too much heat gives the meat strong taste
and Injuries its sweetness.
The last Legislatures oleomargarine law
has been effective, says the Massachusetts,
State Board of Health. Less of the stuff Is
sold and much of that is distinctly labeled
as oleomargarine. Massachusetts, is improv-
ing
A California farmer sent twenty-eight tons
of mustard seed to New York in one ship
ment. The probability is he raised il as
special crop. The average farmer raises his
mustard in wheat, oats, rye and barley and
gets nothing for it.
The best food for young pigs is something
which will not ferment, such as dry under
ground oats. The little fellows will chew
these and spit out the skins, and the tho
rough mastication they give to them wonder
fully aids its digestion.
A ton of bran fed with two tons of hay is
worth as much as four tons of hay fed alone
TO either horses, cattle or sheep. The rela-
tive price of bran, compared with hay, must
be taken into consideration, however, as to
the.economy of feeding bran.
The Boston Cultivator thinks that the
Guernsey breed of cattle have been overshad-
owed by the greater popularity of Jerseys.
but are well worthy of equal attention, and
that, giving as rich milk as the Jerseys, they
yield larger mess and are considerably
larger themselves.
Anent gray horses the Livestock Journal
London, SAYS gray is a color which is prOmis-
ing to become fashionable among dratt-horse
breeders; that the gray horse is the favorite
horse of art, also of the general public; aud
the Journal would like to see 1t better es-
teemed in the showing
A writer in Farming World advises farmes
TO get small pals, make a good, even grade
OF butter put maize and the name of dairy on
each pail and shin to some reliable commits
sion merchant on trial In few weeks. if
you produce a really meritorous article.
there will be a demand for all you can pro-
duce, and it will pay, too.
''Prune in winter for wood and in sum
mer for fruit" But do not prune too much.
Just enough to let in sufficient light and air
TO gives the leaves their fair quota is right.
A good rule is, when you see a limb inter
fering with another out with it, whatever
the time of year. When the sap is in full
flow wounds will heal over quickest.
If manure is to be used in the orchard it
should never be fresh, or such as will quickly
-ferment. That which has been thoroughly
c0mposted, or well decomposed, is best.
Wood mold, mixed with lime and ashes, has
been found excellent, and the better the
manure in fineness of condition and freedom
from decomposing matter the less liability of
the trees to disease.
Burn all rubbish, prunings ETC., about the
garden, vineyard and berry patches. Loose
materials lying about will afford harbor
for insects. many of which but for this
would freeze. Anent this Mr.. Samuel Ed
wards, of Illinois. who knows something
about killing insects, says little kerosene
applied before lighting the fire is an excel
lent aid in burning danp brush or other rs
fuse.
Aged and able old horses are the result OF
human care and usage. This is exemplified
| from an English source as follows: "a gen.
tleman had three horses, which severally
died in his possession at the ages of thirty
| five, thirty-seven and thirty mine years. The
Oldest was in a carriage the very day he died.
strong and vigorous, but was carried of by