The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-02-03

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are of course, not az valuable as hay, corn,
fodder or grain, but they serve an excellent
dietary purpose, increasing the appetite and
assisting 70 keep the animals IN good con-
dition.
In managing live stock q main thing IS 10
look TO the comfort of the animal No an
imal thrives at the same time that it is cold
and uneasy, while quiet appearance is a
sure indication Of thrift. When the obSery-
ing farmer sees a restless and uneasy animal
ne may know something is wrong; he VIII
treat it to remove the cause Il he studies lis
best interests. We do not maintain but that
some animals are By their ve-v natures rest
less under any treatment; such viii usually
be found unthrifty and improbable IN the
same degree, and had better be weeded ont,
unless, perhaps, there Is some chance OF re-
forming them.
At the present rate OF destruction 10 our
orchards It viii only be few years until the
apple. now so beautiful, VIII be classed
among the luxuries. The great orchards OF
Central Illinois are rapidly going 10 decay,
and n some parts OF Iowa and Minnesota the
farmers are cutting down the trees and avow
their intention 10 quit trying TO raise APP
pies. 1t is stated that during the past TWEEN
ty-five years the apple trees were winter
killed three times, eight years apart each
time, which has discouraged the cultivation
OF apples in those States. The pear tree is
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past two years, 20 per cent. of them being
killed.
a correspondent of the Rural New Yorker
says: Il have reason TO believe that copperss
will prevent the grape rot. In small vine
yard II NassilloD. o., where quart of cop
peras 10 the square rod had been sown in
July FOR three years there had been no rot,
while other grapes in the same neighbOrhood
have rotted more or less every year. They
X oil N win ri RI.
ing to the above the copperas, to be sown,
must have been pulverized Whether the
effects are due 10 destruction of the spores or
a deficiency of iron in the soil are not stated.
as copperas lsulphate of from is soluble, and
also an excellent disinfectant. 1t is cheap
and worth trial.
Extracted honey should be thoroughly
SKINNED of all bits of comb, or other sub
stances. before il is marketed. It is often
damaged by being run into whisky barrels,
which have charcoal on the inside of the
slaves, and particles of this get into the
honey, spelling its appearance. Clean bar
rels are indispensable. Comb honey must be
white, well capped and put up in neat, at
tractive manner. Only thus can the producer
obtain the top-iigure of the market. In New
York the principal demand is for honey in
glasSed sections, or in paper boxes. In the
West such are unsa able. In Cincinnati the
market requires it in UNBIASED sections, but
with the crates glassed.
Congress is TO be asked to nurse the beet
sugar industry of California after the French
German fashion. Only $4,000 acres OF land,
1t IS said, would be required to produce as
much beet sugar as is now consumed in the
United States, and more than that area of
land is available in California alone. without
mentioning Oregon and Washington. Curl
Ously enough, one OF the arguments used by
those who ask for special protection for beet
sugar IS TO the effect that the climate Of
California is superior for beet-growinS to
70 that OF any other producing country. At
present the production Of beet sugar in Cali
fcrnia IS only about 30 tons per annum.
Would.be flax-growers will be glad 10 hear
that an impetus IS likely 10 be given to the
revival of that industry in England and
Ireland by the invention Of a machine which
accomp,ishes the remarkable operation of
scutching hax-straw without producing any
tow. At present for every twenty stones Of
| scutched fax there are six or seven stones
Of tow; but the new machine prepares every
particle OF the flax fiber without this waste.
The straw is separated from the fiber by the
rapid action of perfOrating pins. In Lille
and the surrounding districts of France
hundreds of the machines are being INTRO
duced, and 1t is there considered that the in
ventiOn will reyOlutiOnize the industry.
An orchard of some 1900 trees planted
near Trenton, y j., under a former owner,
failed from yellows and other causes to pro-
duce either trees or fruit. new owner dug
out all the old trees, and again planted the
orchard. using as a fertilizer kainit and bone
dust in liberal quantities. The orchard is
now six years old, is marvel of beauty, and
bears abundantly. A more healthy orchard
can not be found. We find plenty of cases
where there are new orchards planted after
old ones failed, and they grew finely. We
find in all such cases the orchard had new
owner, and that seemed TO be great benefit
to the trees. Neglect OF the former owner
was replaced by careful attention and fer
tilizers, and always in all the cases we OBJ
serve the complete eradication of disease.