The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-03
FARM NOTES.

Permanent pastures do not succeed on
high dry ground, where the soil is light and
sandy.
have come through the winter in excellent
condition.
The way to get manure is to to make it,
and the time to use it is as soon after it is
made as practicable.
Gravel acts in the place of teeth in towels.
This serves to help grind down the food in
the gizzard. Keep them supplied. The
sharper the gravel the better.
Remedy for leaking teats: If a fine India
rubber ring is put high up around the udder
of cow that drops her milk, just after milk
necessary, it is a ''sure cure" / have found
it to be 50 a number of times.
The man who drugs his horse to make his
hair sleek and shiny" shows little sense.
The best means to keep the coat glossy Is
careful and daily grooming. This, with
plenty of oats and water and an occasional
bran mash, is all the horse ueed when IN
health. The arsenic groom should be dis
charged.
When stump is burned, piling around it
some sods, which will become heated
throughout, changes them to valuable ma
nure. In some parts of England it is COM
mon practice to gather sods from waste
places, which, after thoroughly drying, are
burned, and the ashes and charred earth
spread on cultivated fields.
If you have let your work-horses unfor-
tunstely get thin during the winter lose no
time in feeding up. The full strength OF the
animals will be required in blowing and
seeding time. 1t is poor economy to stint
animals upon " ich so much depends in sue
cessfully prose ;uting the labors of the farm.
1t is, in fact, poor economy to let any farm
animal get thin.
Itwould be a grand thing if the ewes could
have two feeds of mangies or turnips, or SUI
gar beets or potatoes, every week. Corn
alone is deficient in albuminoids. Bran is a
capital ingredient to be included in the "a
| ton of breeding animals, as it con tains so
| large percentage of phosphates of lime, a
| thing very essential to grow the bones of the
| offspring.
An alleged remarkable discovery of a
"BOston scientist" who has been shedding
| the light of his presence upon the inhaDit-
| ants of the "greasewood' and brush
| covered plains of Nevada, is that very fine
| quality of honey is made from the flowers
| of the former growth, and it is now pro-
| posed to stock the region with bees for the
! purpose OF utilizing the abundant bloom.
The use of incubators appears to be on the
/ increase. The most successful breeders are
| evidently using them, and many of their
prlZe chickens were Matched in this way
| Good bree deis say that they can raise so pei
/ cenl. of incubator chickens with the use oil
1 brooders and constant care. The idea of sup
4 posing that an incubator can think and keep
4 trackof its own thermometer is absurd.
i A good condition powder may be cheaply
i prepared on the farm. mixture of one
/ pound penugreek, one pound gentian, one
/ pound salt, one pound sulphate of soda, an
\ ounce of sulphur, pound of phosphate Of
i soda, half a pound of chloride of iron and
half a pound of black anthony, given in
tablespoonful doses twice day will greatly
assist the appetite and promote the condition
4 of the animals.
A white corn is being extensively adver
tised in Missouri as something new and o
| extraordinary value because of its color anC
Touring qualities. 1t is good corn, but few
will feel like paying for it 81 pound, or one
fourth that price. 1t is not new, and for gen
eral purposes is worth little or nothing more
than the corn in ordinary use. Many of GU
older readers will readily call to mind tn,
old Tuscarora corn which they loved so vel
Tor roasting ears.
Australian wheat estimates put the year
crop at 10, OIL, 900 bushels, or a decrease o
about 500, 600 bushels, as compared Will
last years estimates. 1t has been fOun(
very difficult to obtain an estimate this year
as the crops are very patchy, and good ant
| Odu crops are IOunu IN the same ulStrlctS
After ieducting the requirements for con
sumption and seed, there is said to be a re
mainder of 80 1873 tons available for export
or about 10000 tons less than last year.
The British Dairy Farmers Association
has offered gold medal for the best twelv
months dairy record of farm with not les
than twenty cows, and Professor Long an,
Mr.. James Howard suggested the offering o
scholarships and diplomas for proficiency il
dairying. The Experimental Committee o
the Association has visited Sudbury, nea
Derby, and selected thirty cows which, il
three lots of ten each, are being fed will
prescribed daily ratioDs. and the result
noted.
A farmers scrap-book should be kept OF
every well regulated farm. There are thou
sands of recipes for the curing of sick animal
which may be of great value if referred to a
the proper time. Useful hints regarding
spt cial crops may be forgotten unless ORE
served in this manner, convenient for ref
erence. Plans for farm buildings or their in
terror management may be preserved unit
wanted. Gates, fences, bitches and TIL