The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-06
FARM NOTES

Mr.. Spaulding stated at the late meeting
OF American Nurserymen that for applying
the wax In grating he used fine cotton yarn
soaked in hot wax. For budding young
trees in the nursery rows, and in order TO
work low down, he has the earth removed
from the stocks Immediately forward OF the
builders, when the bark lifts easily: but if
the earth is removed some hours before, the
bark ceases to lift freely. If the buds have
been timely inserted, the thickening Of the
sap by exposure causes lien TO adhere bet
ter 70 the stock.
Within d sew years i.rmers in Western
New York have learned to grow better wheat
on cat or barley stubOle than they used to
grow on clover sod plowed III June, as was
the practice in the old.faShlOned summer
fallOw. AS the spring grain is quite as val
liable crop as the wheat it reduces the cost
of the latter 10 very small proportion. AS
the preparation for wheat seeding comes at
a time when work on other crops IS not
pressing, il gives employment for men and
teams when they could not otherwise be
protitably employed. This is one of the
most important advantages of a system of
mixed husbandry. Not only wheat but all
other crops can be grown less extensively in
conjunction with others.
Squash and melon seeds, which have been
grewn in contiguity, are never trustworthy.
All the gOurd tribe are 50 closely related as
to interbreed with great facility, and the
seeds which are really the fruit, become
mixed and impure. Melons grown from seed
thus adulterated have course and disagree
able flavor, and are wholly worthless. As
the mixing is due To the effect of insects
which carry the pollen from one plant TO an
other, the seed should be gathered only from
plants which are grown in the center OF a
field or patch.
" f. Brown saws in the Indiana Farmer.
il Is a common practice 10 throw the manure
from the stable out of a window and allow II
10 accumulate in heap against the barn.
where il rOts the building and often con
tamir ates the air OF the stable. Fresh
manure should never be left in a conical
heap. Probably the best way TO manage 1t is
to 81 Tread il evenly in an adjoining shed In
which stock is kept loose to tramp it. ii,
however. it is put out of doors it sh Duld al
ways be wheeled away from the building
and mixed with the COW manure and waste
from the straw stacks
Pear orchards kept in grass and surface
MANFRED appears to be the safest plan Tor
growing. Cultivation makes a large growth
of immature wood which is sure TO blight.
The vitality of the new growth is injured by
the cold and will become apparent the fol-
lowing summer. We had Vicar top-grafJed
on Duchess that grew finely and blossomed
freely this spring, while the stock was dead
and black with wibter-kill. As long 9s the
healthy sap that was IN the Vicar wood last
ed il grew finely, while all below it was dead.
Exhausted vitality. and blight are one
Farm and Garden.
'In order to utilize in the garden the waste
from the house at the least expense" says
Nick's Magazine. put into a barrel a layer oil
soil or ashes, and then the waste from the
house. Keep this decaying vegetable mat er
covered with an inch of soil or ashes, using
wood or coal ashes. Once a week in winter,
or Oftener in summer cover with hal an
inch of lime. The lime will be Stacking, OF
course, and should be kept dry. Early in
spring empty the contents of the barrel over
the garden beds and spade it in" We would
suppose, however, the alkaline substances
would liberate the ammonia.
Linseed meal is laxative, while cotton-seej
meal is the reverse. The use of the former
in the feed of horses, if given i'm small guam
skin and greatly assist the animal in condi-
ton. a mixture of the two substances, if
given to mich cows, greatly increases the
flow of milk and adds to It's quality For
mothers and breeding ewes II should be
used in moderate quantities and always in
connection with plenty Of hay or straw.
Iinseed meal should be used rather as a con-
ditiOn powder than as a part of the food, but
cotton seed meal may he fed more literally
to milch cows and growing stock.
In the feeding experiments at the Kansas
Agricultural College there occurred unin-
tentionally condition that furnished a fair
test of the effect OF temperature on fattening
| pigs. Ten pigs were fed; nine were pro-
tected, while one CHANGED to be in a pYOiec-
ton of the pen, leaving jt wholly exposed