The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-21
with ice water of temperature of 80 de.

with ice water of temperature of 30 de-
grees or less.
Onion sets are produced by sowing the
seed thickly in the row, so as to allow
them but little room for growth. Sow the
seed as soon as the ground will permit.
Pigeons can be confined in yards made
OF two inch wire mesh, the sides and tops
covered, so as to prevent hawks, cats and
rats from entering. A covered space 20 by
so feet will allow room for fifty pigeons.
at one end house with suitable nests
should be provided.
healthy mich COW in full flow of
milk will drink and require sixty to 100
pounds of water per diem. 1t Is utterly
impossible to get one to take one-haf or
even one-qusrter of this amount of ice
water, nor will they drink the ice water or
cold water with any regularity.
A handful of wood ashes should be scat
tered around each blackberry cane. The
potash of the ashes Is not only fertilizer,
but exerts a chemical action on the soil, as
well as serving to protect against some
kinds of grubs and insects. owing to its
caustic quality. 1t should be applied early
in the season.
Last season several fruit growers report
ed that by burning of the old traWberry
beds new plants came up the following
season. The experiment may be tried
now, while the leaves are dried and par
TALLY decayed, but only a row should be
thus treated, in order to compare the re.
suit with other plants.
In putting out onion-sets have the ground
very fine, and simply place them on the
row, slightly pressing them down, leaving
the greater portion of the tops above
the surface. Where onions are cultivated
In large quantities the sets are thinlv scat
tered in the rows without regard to regu-
laIity and thiDly covered.
In engaging In the bee business none but
strong, healthy stock should be bought,
ana only the best hives used: then their
natural habits and require ments should be
closely studied and ,the care and attention
given them that knowledge teaches them
to require. The precise condition of the
bees should always be known.
Bunach, like almost all other insecti-
cides, is almost always applied in decid-
eddy wssteful manner. The genuine article
is strong enough to be entirely effective in
when thoroughly mixed with five times its
bulk of -four, air-slacked lime, SCOT, finely
sifted ashes or other dus t-like material.
The Indiana Farmer advises that poultry
yards should be on sandy soil IL possible,
IN order TO avoid mud or slush on the
ground, as roup is liable to break out IN
hocks that are kept in damp locations.
The yards should be well drained, the sur
face covered with sharp, fine gravel and
cleaned off at least once every two weeks
If the flock be large.
Keeping toads out of wells is difficult
matter with some. The surface around
the well should be cemented for space
equal to circumference of fifty feet.
This would compel the toads TO enter at q
distance too great to reach the well. II
seems almost impossible to keep them out
by closing the entrance only, as they find
their way in lower down.
In those sections where the frost has left
the ground the blowing should not be de-
layed. Corn land cannot be turned over
too soon, as the frost will greatly assist in
reducing it. The cut worm is the princi
pal enemy to contend with when the corn
is young, and the best remedy Is to pillow
the ground early enough to allow the cut
worm to be turned up to the frost.