The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

AMoxo waste and inferior substances,
which may b. converted into = good food
for stock BY the cnsilagc system, turnip
tops have place.
Ir the horses are risky do not turn them
In tho lot together while they are fresh
shod. They are apt V injure each other
with tho sharp callzs.
No BETTER rulc can be adopted than 10
thin out 80 that when the fruit Is fully
grown no two specimens win touch each
other. This viii hold good with largo and
small fruit.
Wony-orr brooms may be turned 10 &c
count In this way: Take an axe and cut
tho end Of the knob square on just outside
the binding. Then fastcn II, handle down,
with O strap OF tin or leather, 70 the door
step and you hare the best bootcleancr
imaginable.
Asa class, pole or running ean are not
very hardy. and can not be planted until
settled mild weather, say from May 70 until
June !. Four plants ia q hill, with hills
four feet apart each way. is recommended.
Tho dwarf kinds are far superior for snap
or string beans 10 the pole beans.
THERE is no quicker or handler way Of
disposing Of refuse, sods or weeds than by
rotting them down Ia the compost heap.
The most common fermcnting agent used
IN the compost heap Is stable manure.
Layers Of wood-ashes, lime or salt may also
be used II plenty Of moisture Is applied.
SoME persons seem to think that II q ccr-
tain quantity OF feed viii keep q bird or
animal in good condition, twice as much
should give o corresponding gain. This Is a
grave mistake, for when fowls are induced
20 cat too much. and become excessively
fat, they suffer corrcspondingly. Nearly all
the diseases to which fowls arc subject may
be traced 10 overlooking.
TURKEYS ought not TO be shut up or ION
fined any length of time, as they VIII dro0p
md grow weak. II Is Liberty or death with
them. Jus, scatter their raiions around q
little distance from the house n barn and
il will keep them conten;ed and busy with.
out siro.iing on q great distance. Some
farmers sprinkle sulphur on tho feathers
and rub Ia 10 kill the Ice.
FoR lice on no Is the following is said "a
be an infaulblc remedy: Two parts grease
or lard and onc part lamp-biack. 70 be ap
piled as follows: Feed the hogs with
shellcd corn, and apply the grease and
lanp-black with o paddle. It Is not ncccs
sary to put very much on, and is not neces
sary to put it on all OF them, for in bedding
together they will paint each other.
TIE persons who plant nuts or acorns
must keep o watch on the rabbits and mice
The mice especially have a lixeing for nuts
and acorns, and what they can't eat they
arc apt to carry away. When the nuts are
planted where the trees are to grow Il Il
difficult 70 guard against these deprcda
lions. This is one Of the reasons why II ma,
be better TO plant the nuts in q bed ant
transplant the trees at q year old.
MANY farmers keep old sheep too long, o.
until they are so old that they fail to return
good profits. Farmers should not purchase
old sheep under any circumstances. bu
should fatten and sell to tho butcher ever.
old sheep which may be in their locks- Oh
sheep which have even partially good teetl
may be fattcncd at a profit, but it Is a losing
business to keep such sheep in o flock.
A farm can not be restored to
fertile and profitable condition without tn
use Of artificial fertilizers or the expendi'
ure Of considerable money for fodder an
feed. By skillful management cows ma
be fed on purchased food in part, and !
part crops grown by artificial fertilizers an
butter mad3 which viii pay AL the cost an
leave q little profit. In four or five year
the farm may be made self-supporting- Bs
much experience and skill are needed 70 {
this.
THE beet requires a deep, sandy loan. an
the plants as soon As well up should b
thinned TO eight or ten inches apart for N
early crop. Sowing for the winter Gro
should be about July l or q little earlier
Less thinning will be proper than for n
early crop, as the warmer weather favor
the growth OF tho plants enough 10 adm
Of their standing closer. Four to five incl
cs apart will be enough Beet tops used Q
greens arc BY many preferred to the dand'
| lion or spinach.