The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-03-13
N. K. FAIRBANK & CO., Chicago

plastered filth often noticed on cows is a source
of irritation, keeping them uncomfortable and
rendering them less tractable and manageable.
The broOd-mare that is expected TO fosl this
season should not be spared from work Ii
given moderate exercise she will be benefited.
1t is unwise TO keep brood-mare in her stall
and overfeed her.
For early potatoes prepare special plot, and
after the plants are well up thin them out so
as to have only one plant to the hill. The pO-
tatoes grown this way will be more uniform in
size and also earlier.
Every garden should have little bed Of
parsley. There should also be a place for sage,
marjOram, thyme, fennel and lavender. Once
obtained the task of renewing them is easy,
and they require but little room.
There vii! be no danger of variety Of pota-
toes running OUT if the best tubers are saved
for seed every year. Every one who plants pO-
tatOes can improve the variety by carefully Sc
lecting the seed and giving good cultivation.
Use onion sets rather than the seed in this
climate for garden supply. A quart OF sets
should produce about bushel of onions. The
small sets preferable TO those of larger size.
They can 90 in the ground just as soon as the
frost leaves.
Asparagus is a very early vegetable, and any
work to be done to the bed must be done early.
IL is gross feeder, and can appropriate any
amount of manure, which should be broad
caSted on the beds now, to be fOrked In as soon
as the ground permits.
1t is conceded by some that good year for
cherries is not favorable to peaches, and IA
vorable year for peaches is not beneficial to
cherries, the two kinds of fruit not being sub
iect to the same conditions. Some fruit grow
ers, however, deny the claim.
Cur the young apple trees back now instead
OF waiting a few years. only to of the
stronger limbs. All the wood grown now, TO
be taken Oft in the future, is only so much loss
of time and fertility. The young tree can be
made to assume any shape preferred. In fact,
a tree is just what the grower makes it.
The work OF inducing the farmers to discard
common stock, and grade up by the use of
pure-bred males, has been in progress for half
a century or more, and yet the farms are filled
with common stock. II is satisfactory to pro-
gressive farmers that they have improved
however, and they do not again resort to the
inferior kinds
The lambs coming in this month will not be
early, but they can be rapidly pushed in
growth and made to overtake the February
lambs by giving them plenty of food and warm
quarters. An important point is 10 keep up
the flow OF milk from the ewes, and to do this
their flood. should be raised, cooked turnips
being an excellent addition.
The loss from insect ravages in this country
may appear small, but Prof Riley estimates
the annual damage as high as $500, 100000. This
is enormous, and equals the entire product of
bOiilb VI lliC NlOpos ~ Nb'o NV ah'iNNN
the cost of labor devoted to the destruction Of
insects, or for methods of preventing depreda-
ton, but the value of the amount destroyed.
The crops on the farm should be grown to
suit the market. If wheat does not pay, some
other crop should take its place. The crops
that bring the highest prices in proportion TO
cost of production should be grown. and 70 do
this every farmer should be familiar with the
market reports. BY comparing prices for a
year much valuable information can be de-
rived.
Poultry manure can be best applied now.
1t is a very difficult manure to pulveriZe, and
when composted with coal ashes it is very
hard. BY spreading it the garden plot the
snow and rain will soften the hard Jumps
which are broken to pieces by the first hard
frost that follows. After the Jumps have been
frozen and soaked two or three times they will
be rendered very fine. II the application is
delayed too late in the season the drOppings
cannot be, as intinated, mingled with the soil
as is done by exposing them to the frosts.