The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-01

in little troughs, so that the chicks can get
all they wish and at any time.
Don't be afraid to pluck your geese dur
ing the winter months il you have them in
good condition and a warm place to hodse
them if severe spell of winter follows.
The ground for spring wheat cannot be
prepared too early, and it should be not
only deeply ploughed but narrowed until
the seed bed shall be as fine as the soil can
be made,
When eggs are cents apiece, as they are
now, one naturally gets the chicken fever.
A good hen soon pays for herself If she
can be induced to get in her work while
eggs are so scarce.
Although this is the winter season, in
this latitude there is but short time be-
fore spring work should begin, and all the
work done now would be of great adVan-
tsge when the hurry shall begin.
II you haven't turnips or parsnips for
your poultry give them fodder or clover
hay. You will be surprised to see how
much they will eat il it is kept before them
all the time in clean, nice condition.
The cheapest and the best way to get
good cow is to procure q calf from a first.
class dam and raise it. 1t is like buying
tickets in a lottery-the majority are
blanks, unless one may know what they
are
There is Just as much in knowing how to
feed hens as there is in knowing how to
feed any other farm stock. This is the
next important item to look after as soon
as good houses shall have been provided.
1t has been suggested that if small plots
OF ground should be attached to public
| schools and flowers cultivated, not only
would the grounds be made attractive and
beautiful, bat botany could be made
study as well.
II you are prepared for II, commence the
| Tolk Of Matching this month. 1t won't
| cost much to build a warm nursery for
/ early chicks, and they will always bring q
| good price and can be shipped a long ways
! to market.
An authority on hogs says: "If we take
/ all the hogs fattened in the United States
in year and change the time OF fsttening
/ from cold to warm weather one-half of the
| grain now fed will make all the pork. This
would be saving of food, at least to the
amount of SO, 100000 per year"
Pulled woods are largely used In the
manufacture of hannels, and one reason
/ of their being so used is because the pro-
cess of pulling, either by burning or
sweating, destroys the telling properties of
the fibre, and so better fits it for use in
fannels, which will not so readily shrink
IN washing.
n III lUOu Will DS DH lU6
/ sheep Just as well as by any other animal
on the farm. Nature is pretty sure guide
| IN such matters. There may be and is a
| choice Of foods among those that sheep
will eat with relish, says an exchange,
! but il is a mistake to feed what they do
| not relish.
The condition hollow horn is simply a
| symptom of disease, and instead of direct
| ing medical attention to the horn, the
/ C4s - l. l. u
| in other directions for the disease: for the
very fact that the horn is insufficlently
| supplied with blood is proof that there is
! too much blood somewhere else, and hence
o state OF congestion.
A subscriber az ks for positive cure for
scab in sheep. 1t is doubtful If a sure
remedy be known, IS the disease is con-
| tagious, and once 1t makes its appearance
it seems to remain. The ordinary COM
| meTcial sheep washes are the most
| effectual, but the sheep must be frequently
! dipped, which entails labor. When scabs
| appear ii would be cheaper to destroy some
foeks entirely than to attempt to cure.
All lovers Of fine wool sheep are glad to
note that merino sheep of to-day are not
the eummy feed ones of few years ago,
The exhibitors of this breed of sheep now
call attention not only to the length, fiae-
Dess and whiteness of the feeces but to
gum, showing marked increase in the
| yield OF wool when cleansed.
The draft horse is represented with
! paper at every farmers institute in the
West this winter. Twenty years ago the
fast-horse men monopolized all the time at
| such meetings. The draft horse has won
his way to the front upon his merit. He
well deserves the grand success he has
| achieved. The draft horse interest opens
tie new year with increasing interest and
| popularity.
Professor Henry, according to Hoard's
Dai4 ymaD, sbyS that mich COWS would
Drink seventy five to one hundred pounds
of warmed water a day, but would not
| drink 50 much ice-cOld water A cow
leeds a volU me Of water in her body in
proportion 10 the volume of milk she gives.
Hence il the water be so cold'that she will
not dIiT it, the natural result will come
| -enrinksge of the volume of milk. tits
as plain as checking deposits out Of a
bank.
Fall pigs are claimed to entail less labor
than spring pigs, as they can be fed and
cared for in the winter. This is true to a
certain extent, hut much depends upon
the age of the pig on the approach OF cold
weather. If expected to pass through the
winter they should be from early litters, or
they will be stunted in growth, should the
season be severe. September farrowed pigs
will be old enough to keep over to the sec.
ond year.
The Kansas City Live Stock Indicator
sJys that the kind Of sheep 10 keep depends
on the soil and pasturage. The South
down is the best breed to cross with native
ewes that are made to forage great por
ton of the time. Merinos do better in
large fiocks than do the heavy mutton
sheep. Hesvy breeds cannot range as cas-
lily as the small sheep. and therefore re-
quire more attention. Using the improved
breeds for crossing means that larger
allowance Of food must be given if success
be desired.
Some swine growers contend that they
have been unable TO distinguish any per-
ceptible superiority in the product OBJ
tanned from swine fatted on clover, milk
and carefully selected mixed ration, over
that from the corn and swill fed porkers
of 1.-The common herd /" and they credit
the alleged superiority of the so-called
fancy brands TO the skilful manipula-
ton or touring" they unquestionably re.
ceive. While this has much to do with
the production, it is also true that the
quality,and kind of feed have even more,
Theodore Lewis says he could not think
OF cutting the tails from his pigs. The
tails are the thermometers which indicate
the animals condition. II not feeling
well, not thriving, if bis food will not
agree with him, the tail will begin to
strsighten. The sicker the pig the
straie liter the tail. While the conventional
curl shall retain its place there need be no