The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-09
Farm Notes.

Too much corn or ,cornmeal causes
chicken cholera. f3d1ia ar .ta5-1 .s 80.
Clover is one of the best materials that
can be fed to fowls.
In England the draught horse is never
driven faster than walk.
Let parsnip seed be planted early, and
when well up thinned to six inches apart.
Give potatoes that you want to mature
early soil already rich or feed them with
well-rotted manure.
Peas should be planted as early as the
ground will admit in rich, deep soil, for
a vigorous growth and large production.
The roller should be used to press in the
small seeds and smooth the land, espe-
cially if mowers are to be used later in the
season.
Weeds will spring up as early as veg
etables, and a watch must be kept for
them. The best time to destroy them is
when they first appear.
If the brush is to be used it is of more
importance on the COW than on the horse,
yet the former is almost entirely neglected
in that respect.
In no way can q farmer with less trouble
enrich n poor field with scanty heritage
than by feeding sheep on it. So afIirms
an English sheep farmer.
Though eggs may now become cheaper,
there will be "a larger production of them
and at a lower cost, rs grass and forage will
be more plentiful.
Prof. de Muth is quoted as saying that
hay fed 10 a COW between meals is worse
than wasted, as il interferes with the di-
gestion of the regular ration.
Roses planted in the spring are very
likely TO suffer on account OF dry weather,
which causes excessive evaporation. Ere
Quent sprinkling will check this
Get piece OF land ready and grow n
cropof corn-fodder. Plant the seed thickly
in the rows, use plenty OF manure, culti-
vate often and harvest IL while the ears
are in the milky stage.
Next month the milet and Hungarian
grass seed should be sown for summer
grass crop. Niillet can he sown on all
soils, from sand TO clay, but thriyes best
where the land is well prepared and made
rich.
II YOU want TO remove hen 10 sit In
another place IL IL always best 10 give the
glass eggs 10 begin with, rs hens soIpe-
times fidget of and on the nest and break
some OF the eggs and aiterward settle
down quietly.
Kale Is hardy plant and easily grown.
As the seeds terminate quickly they may
be broadcastod over II plot that has been
made into fine condition. IL is q rapid
grower and gets ahead OF the grass aud
weeds.
Don't try 10 set hens; but whom they
want 10 set give them some eggs II III
best 10 give them some glass eggs for day
or two, two see il thoy mean business, or
they may do as the Dutchman's hen did,
set standing up.
Good clover hay, or variety OF grass
in the pasture, win give better results than
an exclusively grain diet 10 any kind OF
stock. IL Is the variety OF food rather than
the quality and quantity that promotes di-
gestion and health.
Ground bone h more lasting In effect
than superphosphatc, but the latter gives
more immediate results An excellent
combination is one-fourth superphosphate
and three-fourths ground bono, about two
hundred pounds being medium applica-
ton for an acre OF land. ~.
Pebble gravel, consisting OF small stones
and sand, Is the best material for roads.
The stones furnish the best wearing MAJ
terial and the sand packs closely around
them, holding them in place. This makes
n hard dry surface the year round, and
this material can be put on the roads late
in the fall and the fall rains pack IL. III
put on in dry weather II will not pack; IL
has first to be wet up; then IL sets like ce-
ment by travel. II should be put on from
eight 10 twelve inches thick, rounding o
little in the center, making II wide enough
for two teams 10 pass.-flural New Yorker.