The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-26
FARM NOTES.

Are you going to plow prairie sod? DO
not CONNIE nee until it is six inches high
and finish before it has made its fall growth.
Feed plenty of buttermilk to the hens.
J Tier give 1t in place Of water or thcken it
ith a mixture of bran and meal. Thick
milk and skinned milk are also excellent.
Bees are breeding up very fast now, con-
sequently consuming large quantities of
honey. Should long-contiued cold storms
occur during during this Month, bees might
staTye unless fed.
If you intend TO SOW beets, carrots or par
ships with view of winter feeding of stock
the sowing should not be delayed beyond
complaining time. Ruta5agas may be
sOwn not later than the middle of June.
Good seed properly planted starts out
vigorous, healthy plant, and sends it into
strong and rapid growth the season through
thus in large measure insuring a good
crop. 1t is not enough that a part of the
seed be good while portion is inferior.
a special feature OF the American fat.
stock show to he held in Chicago November
5 10, 1856, will be the prize corn show"
under the auspices of the Prairie Farmer
an agricultural publication which proposes
to distribute S577 in prizes to the raisers of
the best corn in the United States.
Do not forget to thoroughly clean the
foliage of all window plants before placing
them out of doors for the summer. Look
carefully for plant lice mealy bugs and
other minute insect life. Drenching with
pretty strong soapsuds, followed with thor
ough -'rrg with clear water, is good
apple
Plenl of water ought TO be within easy
flight of the spay. Nothing can be better
than runnii /, crook, as bees delight slipping
water from damp sand and gravel. Where
water must be supplied artificially il will
save the life of many bee if the drinking
vessels are filled in early morning with warm
water.
The prospect for a honey yield is favorable,
and hives for new colonies should be ordered
early. Many a large first swarm has emf
grated while their owner was driving in hot
haste TO procure hive. Sections or honey
boxes, whichever is to be used as receptaces
for surplus should be ready to be used when
needed.
1t is thought by some good observers that
the disease curl in the leaf of peach trees is
caused, or at least assisted, by the lack of
soluble potash in the soil. AS proof of this
1t is certain that trees Enthusiastically affected
with curl have been quickly changed to
health through the application of unbleached
woodashes about the trees.
If your hogs begin TO cough, look out for
malignant lung troubles. If they nope and
lie about their beds, intestinal difficulties
may be suspected. Plenty of pure air, pure
water, and varied food will scare away
malignant diseases. How many farmers paw
proper attention to the condition of their
hogs and where they are kept.
Farmers who have been in the habit of
drawing potato vines to their barnyards to be
worked up into mar ure had better omit the
practice this year, especia ly in places where
the potato rot has been prevalent. The rot is
undoubtedly produced by a fungus growth
which originates in the leaf and Carving
m ha 10 hn
mode of spreading it over the farm.
Breed so as to have every lamb an improve
ment upon the average standard of the flock,
and sell, as soon as they can be made ready
all that come below such standard is the
good advice from an unknown source. When
the time comes for selling animals of any
age do the selecting yOurself-always keep
the best. They are worth more to you than
anyone else, so long as you are not over.
stocked.
1t is not good practice to give sheep grain
early in the morning, unless they sleep out
OF doors ana have an opportunity 20 get up
and stir around briskly awhile before feed
ing. In flock of sheep there will always be
some that resemble certain persons-desUi-
tute of appetite IN the morning If the grain
ration is given cut they will not get a fair
proportion, and they will lose condition. /
have found that in flock OF $50 lambs ten
or twelve would scarcely touch grain in the
morning, but at night not one would stand
back.
If drones are being killed in May, it shows
that the bees are short of stores; the same if
white, unmatched brood is being carried out.
They may be within twenty-four hours OF
plenty. One Sabbath day in early June /
noticed an offensive Odor coming in at the
window. and on investigating found its
source to be in hive near by, Fully a
peck Of dead bees we're in front OF the hive.
Eastily stirring up some sugar and water, /
cave i TO them; they sounded the hum of
plenty, fed the dying, and resumed opera
lions as usual. The next day there was nee
tar to be gathered from the flowers, but it
could not revive the dead.
In Italy an extensive business is carried on
in drying tomatoes. They are dried in pre-
ference to being canned The tomatoes are
allowed to remain on the vines until they are