The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-01-25


should be turned over, as the heating pro-
cess, If allowed to continue, may cause
loss Of ammonia.
The tendency of lime is downward, and |
when applying it the best mode would be |
to BROADCAST it over the surface of the |
ground and allow it to so remain until |
ready for spring blowing.
If one should have no turnips or par
ships for the poultry, give them fodder or
clover hay. 1t will be surprising to see
how much they will eat if it be kept be.
fore them all the time In a clean, nice
condition.
The refuse bone from the family table
should all be saved and broken into small
pieces for the fowls. They eat them greed
lily, and, when not supplied with bones, il
is good policy to buy them ground and
ready for use.
Do not use too much water on house
plants. Simply molstening (not wettingl
the earth is all that is required. Perfect
drainage must be allowed at the bottom of
the pots, and on cold nights the earth
should be rather dry than otherwise.
The early pullets for next years laying
should be Matched not later than March,
especially those of the Asiatic or large
breeds. Much loss is occasioned every sea-
son by retaining late pullets, which do not
mature in time to begin laying before CT
during winter.
The ounce is q great feeder, and needs
good cultivation. No other fruit requires
so much manure and such thorough Guilt
walton. II the trees be neglected, it is likely
that there will be no fruit, but if there
shall be some it will be OF small growth
and unsightly appearance.
If the brush, weeds and stubbIe have not
been cleaned out of the fence corners, it
should be done before spring. The fence
corners. especially if the worm rail fence is
used, will haIbOr ali classes of weeds, and
become fruitful sources whence weeds are
scattered over the farm.
To get rid of ants in the lawn, a CORE
spondent of the Ploughman says: GAS
soon as you discover where they are, dig to
| the bottom of their nests, throwing the
loan to one side. When you get to the
bottom, cover with coarse salt, two inches
or more, fill in the loan, and you will be
| troubled no more"
There are many new varieties of vegeta-
bles offered in the catalogues for 1888, and
! some of them are probably valuable acqUi-
sitions, but 1t is best to experiment with
new varieties the first year of their exis-
| tence as ii is not always advisable to dis
card an old and tried variety for newer
kind.
Small fruit trees can be protected from
| mice in winter by this means: Melt up
your old tin cans so that the solder will be
all melted off; then wrap the tin loosely
around the tree snug to the ground. This
| protection can be applied to small fruit
plants when set out as guard against cat
! worms.
Ten drops of the oil of turpentine shaken
up with tablespoonful ofsweet milk will
cure half q dozen chickens of the gapes,
| each getting an equal share of it, or the
same quantity mixed with flour or meal
and email bolus forced down the throat
OF the chick will do the work promptly.
The dose should be repeated several times
say morn, noon and night.
The fertility of farms in some sections OF
! Pennsylvania is maintained by applying
100 bushels of Stacked lime to the acre once
in five years. 1t is said fields which have
been subjected to this treatment for the
past 100 years are as productive now as
when the experiment was first tried. Ths
application depends for its value much
upon the original character Of the soil.
1t will soon be time to begin garden
work for early vegetables. Work in the
garden is always we'll bestowed. II the
value of the vegetables grown be not equa
to tie labor applied, the advantage o
having fresh vegetables and of a superior
quality will more than compensate for TIT
cost. Very often the labor given pays TO
itself In promoting health and impartinl
enjoyment.
California stage proprietors are said t
soak all the woodwork of wagons ant
vehicles in oil before putting the part
together. The oil used is crude petrol
cum. If the wood work cannot be soaked
an application on the outside, using
brush once in eight weeks, is excellent
The method is said to prevent the woot
from swelling or shrinking, and save
much valuable time, as there is less re
pairing.
II requires about peck of seed to stock
en- acre in sorghum if il be grown in drill
four feet apart. At first il is OF slowe
growth than corn, but grows rapidly ats
stsrtirg. The seed makes excellent food
and il is a special fodder plant. AS neal
IL all classes of stock are partial to it, tn
crop should be more extensively grown.
preferred, the cane can be expressed for IN
.. juice, to be boiled down to syrup, and u
refuse fed to hogs.
Peking ducklipgs at three or four month
old make very desirable dish, IL they al
} well fed from the shell and fattened o
cooked ground oats and corn, with potatot
| added. They are also very hardy If not II
bred, and stand our cold winter remari
|
3 tinue with only short intermissions uut
t late IN the summer. They thrive rapid.
e and when matured will ordinarily weig
3 from twelve to fourteen pounds per pair,
The Ohio Poultry Journal defends Il
/, game fowls from the attacks of person
q who oppose cock fighting on, the grour
: that games are not necessarily bred for Il
pit" They are good sitters, layers ar
= table birds. AS well object to all bree
= that are ever allowed to fight, whether
= public or in private. The breeding OF gam
= is one thing, the fighting of any XIII
:. of fowls is quite another matte
. and is so regarded, generally, by State
municipal laws.
To keep poultry and make it pay,ao
must not be afraid to work. See that {
fowls have every thing that they need
" prom ote health; nothing that would hU
or destroy. The dust-bath is the THU
- that cannot be dispensed with In the he
- - merry. Have a shallow box filed with 70
10 dust or ashes, put it in q dry place lin t
sun, il possible), and see how the fov
sd will enjoy it. If it shall get foulsd in a
Up wsy. remove ii and supply fresh dirt,
they will shun it If polluted.
IN It is claimed by those who have ma
the experiments that CRAFTS set on the d
cut on the root or collar are more apt
ng live than those on lower cuts. The fl
RS. or lower cut of the scion is more apt to l
than those taken higher up. The termil
" bud is not 30 likely to live as other grad
We , but those that do,eeneralIy make lon
growth. When cuts of the roots four
nd five inches long are used, they are m
Iikalv IN live than two-and. One-halt.iI