The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-08-28

cultivation as long as horse can pass along
the rows. Until all the weeds and grass are
cleaned out the work in the cornfeld is not fin
ished
| Good boxes should be provided for the har-
ness. The pins behind each stall for hanging
the harness upon should go. II need cost but
\ little to make good boxes in which all the trap
| ping can be easily kept, and the saving to the
harness will more than pay for the trouble and
! expense.
Sunfower seeds have been known for years,
| by those who have used this article Alright, as a
most excellent thing to mix with poultry feed.
/ The properties of this seed are peculiar and a
small. quantity fed at the proper time will es-
! sentially aid in impsrting beauty TO the plum
\ age.
Comb honey keeps best in a warm, dry room.
/ The temperature should not go below sixty de-
! grees, and little warmer would be even bet
/ ter. Whiteness of the comb would be better
/ preserved in dark room. The honey will
gather moisture when the temperature goes be-
/ low sixty degrees.
When the time arrives for cutting the corn in
/ the field it should be stored in the barn soon
as well cured. Leaving i stacked in the fields
invites waste and deterioration OF quality. Ii
there is insufficient room in the barn provide a
cheap shelter. Exposure destroys One-half the
value OF the crop.
Ii is more difficult TO procure fresh eggs in
summer than in winter in the market. During
summer many eggs found in out-of-the-way
nests are added to those in the basket, with the
chances in favor OF portion of them being
stale, while in winter the hens are confined TO
yards and lay in the poultry house.
When the pigs from old SOW fail to grow
as fast as their companions from young sOws it
is an unmstakable indication that the old
mother is falling and should be sent to the
pork barrel. While the old sow is doing well,
don't discard her unless there is a certainty
that she can be replaced with something better.
1t is just as proper to keep rich milk sepa-
rate from that OF an inferior quality and secure
Tor II an extra price IL is 10 assert other arti
cles on the farm. Ii dairymen would make il
point TO sell milk of the best quality only,
they could secure class of customers who
would not object to paying an extra price for it.
During seasons when rains are frequent the
effect OF tile drainage is made very manifest by
comparison with undrained fields. 1t requires
but short time for tile-drained field TO rid
itself of the surplus water and become warm.
Tile drainage has in all cases proved of meal
culabie benefit TO lands that are liable 10 con-
tinued dampness from an excess of moisture.
The Illinois experiment station has deter
mined by actual count the number of seeds per
pound for fifteen varieties of grasses. In one
pound Of red-top there are 4,136,OOO seeds; blue
grass, 2,1S5OO0; timothy 1.42l, 900; orchard
grass, 457, 900; tall meadow oat grass, $4,000;
white clover, $4,000; crimson trefoi i25OO0;
mammoth red clover, $4,000; common red
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The road tax is one that returns fourfold to
the farmer, if rightly applied, which would be
the case ii the farmers themselves would take
more interest in the matter. This IS the season
for hauling gravel the roads, and bitches
should be dug along the sides for carrying off
the water. A well-graveled road should be
serviceable the entire year and show no effects
of use except when the frost is leaving the
ground.
Says the Horseman: "Watch the blacksmiths
and do not allow them to burn the hOof with a
hot shoe because it is easier to do this than
trim or file the hoof smooth. Burning ruins
the wall of the foot that it will not retain the
shoe so long, besides rendering it so brittle that
a heavy strain upon it will cause it to break;
and if the shoe comes off on the road the hoof
is likely 70 go to pieces before you can reach
the shop"
Clover can be sown in the fall The seed is
put in about the middle of August or Septem-
Der. To prepare the land plough it now and let
the seeds of weeds sprout. Just before seeding
plough the land again and dress it with mix
ture OF thirty bushels OF lime and wood ashes
harrow well, SOW the seed and brush the land
over. so as to lightly cover the seed. IL will
make better catch" than when clover is
seeded on grain in the spring.