The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-16

is taken to strange place among stranger
cattle and MIXED by cross man will not
make half that quantity.
Sow the -four seeds lightly. Many fail to
terminate solely because they are planted
too deep. A stick hattened at the end will be
found help in planting. Make a shallow
hole with the fat end of the stick and scatter
the seeds in it, covering lightly.
The cherry is about the only fruit tree
which can be recommended for shade in pas
lures along roadsides. as the hardy varieties
of cherries are not affected by the tramping
of stock or passing of vehicles, which would
prove injurious to most other fruit trees.
For erect growing trees, the head should
be formed at about three feet from the
ground; but spreading trees should have the
head five feet high. A tree with a low head
is less likely to be broken down by the wind,
and the branches will then be able to keep
off the scorchlng rays of the sun from the
trunks.
The brown leaves on strawberry plants are
caused by fungus growth, and are evidence
of disease. This fungus, unlike most Others
thrives in high temperature, and therefore
some means of shading the plants is advised
to prevent it. The spread of the fungus may
be arrested by picking off the leaves and
burning them.
1t is estimated that twenty-five acres of
the year round in Arizona. The total acre
age of the Territory is about 100000. On
this basis it is easy to estimate the capacity
Jor cattle raising. But serious drawback is
water. This will have to be supplied by ar
tesian wells if at all. As yet only about half
of the grazing area is occupied.
Melons were first called canteloupes from
being cultivated at Canteluppi, a villa near
Rome, where they had been introduced
iron Armenia by missionaries. The name
is said to be still in use in some parts of Eu-
rope for class of deeply ribbed, yellow
fleshed melons. In this country it is ap-
piled to different localities and the signif-
canoe of the word can not be well defined as
now used.
Where room is abundsui 3. ~ of hardy
roses, If kept in good shape, is very attract
i've. Roses do not stand being crowded in
with other shrubs or being planted against
fences or buildings very we'll Their best
place is in a centrally located bed cut in the
lawn, allowing plenty OF air and sunshine.
Circular or oval forms OF beds are pleasing
ones. The plants may be set two or three
feet apart each way, starting near the edge.
Setting plants of other kinds ia the bed be-
tween the roses is not advisable.
Prizes for essays on various subjects w
nected with agriculture are offered by the
Society of French Agriculturists, 10 be
awarded during the session of 1887. Among
the topics are the rotation Of crops and sys-
tenn of culture, better method of inocula-
| ton with attenuated virus than that now in
vogue, the fatteniDg of animals on pastures,
the organization and working of mutual
| agricultural credit associations, treaties of
commerce, and various diseases of the vine
and some other fruit trees. In 1890 prizes
are to be given for the creation of fruit
| farms.
1t is likely that the common elder, which
| grows on moist land in all the Northern
| States and Canada. would be valuable IN
| proportions of the Northwest, where there is
a scarcity of fuel. On moist ground it makes
very rapid growth, and throws up many
| sprouts from the roots. 1t furnishes excel
| lent poles for running beans, and the
branches make good pea-sticks. The small
| twigs are used for making broOms for sweep
| ing out barns and stables. The roots are
very useful in binding the earth on the
banks of streams so that 1t will not wash
| away.
A good deal depends upon the manner in
which plants are handled at the time of
| planting 3s to whether they shall quickly
| start into growth and resume their full vigor
| at once If well watered before being re-
| moved from the pots or boxes in which they
| are growing, and carefully handled, with all
| the soil and roots attached TO them when
| set into the ground. they will commence
/ growth at once and show little i'll effect from
| the transplanting. Planting is best begun
| at the back or center of the beds, and If DOS.
| sible have all plants in the same row of a
| uniform size and shape, the tallest at the
back, the smallest at the edge.
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