The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-22
Farm Notes.

]. NJ. Olmstead, of Hobard, N. Y, who
brought suit for 81, 200 for damages in
hicted by vicious bees" owned by S, w
Rich, was awarded six cents damages.
A solution made by dissolving a piece oil
blue vitriol the size of a bean in a glass OF
water is an excellent remedy for caaker in
fowls If the throat be swabbed with il.
Professor Arnold states that it costs more
to make milk from old cows than it does
from young ones having the same milk
capacity. As rule, the best effects do
not last beyond the eighth year OF the Gov
age.
1t requires about one-sixteenth less food
to put an animal in condition in warm
than 1t does In cold weather. If the dairy.
man expects his COWS to be profitable he
must look after their comfort both as to
food and shelter.
There is nothing gained by adding large
amount oil coarse litter to the manure heap
as IL only causes more loads to be drawn.
Litter should first be made fine and then
covered with manure in the head in order
to rot it as much as possible.
A Western fruitgrower used seventy.
i've bushels of wood ashes on his straw
berry vines last season, and the crop
yielded go bushels per acre. He thinks
the ashes also counteract the effects of the
drought to a considerable extent.
-Four cows in a Connecticut herd pro-
ductd 1,210 pounds of butter in one year.
This is equal to 323L pounds for each co v,
which is an excellent average for a mum Der
together. 1t demonstrates the advantages
OF good breeding and the use OF choice
stock.
President Smith, of the Wisconsin State
Agricultural Society, thinks that artificial
watering, as ordinarily done, is of very lit,
tie benefit, and has estimated that to water
properly an acre of cabbsges or straw berries
In dry time tee uires at least 80, 900 gallons
of water.
The farmer who means to keep ND with
the times, says the Rural New Yorker, will
make sure to have barrel of plaster kept
continually in his stable, for use back of
the COWS. When q farmer begins TO "fall
In love with manure" he gives one OF the
best indications of a well balanced brain.
The drought In some States decreased as
1t fxtended toward the forests. The i'm.
portance of preserving the forests as an aid
to supply of rain during the growing
season cannot be too strongly urged. The
farmers in each section should form clubs
Tor the purpose Of protecting the forests.
Do not use any manure when planting
young peach trees. Simply remove the
UP SOA1 bhou u1R uOlcs IOr LQo r0OtS. Set
in the tree firmly, throwing the top soil
next to the roots. Firm down the earth
we'll, cut the trees well back, and stake
them IL there be danger of their being
severely shaken by the winds.
hlves should always have free circuIa.
ton of air around than, as when placed
on the ground not only is dampness in
duced in the hives, but the bottoms ara
liable to rot. The hives should be kept in
cool place, also, In order to prevent the
accumulation of too much heat inside
should the weather become warm.
The Supreme Court of North Carolina
holds that, IL crop be in actual possession
OF the tenant, his taking the same would
not constitute larceny; but il, after the
crop has been put in actual possession of
the landlord, though undivided, the tenant,
in taking the same, would be guilty. OF
larceny, the legal ownership being in the
lessor.
The strawberry plants will begin TO
grow as soon as the frost shall be out of
the ground, and now is an excellent time
to fertiliEe them. A mixture of wood