The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-19

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Farm Hints.
Deep and careful blowing deep planting and
level culture OF our potato fields are the secrets
OF large crops on old land.
There is no good reason for keeping and feed
ing old male birds week after the demand for
Matching eggs Is over. Unless they are OF
fancy breed and valuable ior certain points"
dispose OF them promptly.
The best soil for wheat is clay or a heavy
loan or an admixture Of the two; a fair proper
ton of lime, natural artifcially applied, will
be very beneficial Sandy soils oftentimes pro-
duce fine crops, but are not so reliable.
Proprietors of frst-class hotels and restau-
rants state that there is more difficulty in OBJ
tanning superior mutton than any other kind
of meat, poultry or game. If this be true it
should be hint to farmers in all sections of
the country.
Over IS, 100000 is annually appropriated in
France for the promotion of agriculture, of
which $2500000 is devoted to educational
work. Russia appropriates over $l4,000000 to
promote her agricultural interests, and Brazil
over S20,O0OOO0. These official figures
quoted by Commissioner Colman.
The best way is 10 have tight stable floors
and furnish plenty of absorbents to save the
liquid. y ton of straw wet with a ton of urine
and mixed with ton of solid excrement will
make three tons of manure, worth more than
the same amount of solid dung. and the moist
ure will enable the mass TO be handled and de-
composed easily, which would be difficult with
out it.
The Bartlett seems to be the king of the
pears. The Seckel and Clapp's fayorite come
next, with the Lawrence and other late pears
which are sweeter and better adapted for cam
ming, following. The sub-Gcid of the Bartlett
and Clapp and also their musky 0d0r place
them in advance rs favorites Young pear
trees should not be allowed TO bear until they
are at least four or five years old.
Muck is valuable absorbent, and contains
in itself proportion OF plant food, but only
in small quantity. 1t is not serviceable If used
when freshly dug as when il is exposed to the
fresh air for awhile. The proper mode of
treating muck is 10 dig it up in the fall and let
it remain exposed in order to permit the frost
to pulyerize it, and also to allow il to undergo
a chemical change. When in a fine, dry con-
dition il is superior TO all other absorbents for
use in the stalls and for saving the liquid ma
nure.
In a small patch of cabbages the laying of
the eggs which produce the cabbage worm is
done by only half dozen of the white butter
flies, and they should be captured and killed,
which is not difficult and much better than at
tempting TO destroy the worms in the cabbage
On large fields the number of butterflies daily
at work sometimes are so few that ten minutes
will suffice for catching them. a single but
terhy will visit large number of plants.
Farmers organizations, though not always
successful in accomplishing the objects de-
sired, have done much toward advancing the
interests OF the members by attracting atten-
ton to better methods Of cultivation. Wher-
ever the farmers are well organized the in
crease of crops is greater than in those sections
where the farmers are not united. Discussions
of subjects during the coming winter should be
INDUCED in freely.
A simple method Of trying ensilage on
small scale is by pitting trenching. The ex-
cavatlOn should be in well-drained soil, and,
particularly. if small, should be lined with
boards or with straw. Into this pack the green
forage, cut or whole plants, cover with the
earth thrown out Of the pit, and exhume from
one end as needed for use. II a man wants TO
try little ensilage, home made, it is thus easy
enough to do il with very little expense. But
any trial, TO be fair and convincing, should be
of at least a ton of the green forage. More
than this in corn can easily be grown on piece
of good land four rods square.-AmericaR CuL-
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