The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-06-12

sunlight will enter, the fruit ripen better, and
cultivation can be given more easily.
Cool nights are not favorable to corn and ten
der vegetables, but the ground can be kept
warm if good cultivation is given and the
weeds destroyed.
1t is claimed that one pound of hnseed meal
is equal to ten pounds of hay. Being a cooked
food il is easily digested, is safe to use, and
cheap compared with its value as food.
The bees can not work on red clover. but they
will store up large quantities of honey from
white clover, buckwheat and late flowers. Con-
tinued rains will retard the honey product.
II is better to allow fat hens to set than to at
tempt to prevent them from incubating. If al
lowed TO stay on the nest until they lose flesh
they will lay better than if broken up" from
setting.
AS yet the Wilson blackberry holds the lead,
although it is attacked every year by parasites,
the wood eniarging and false blossoms forming
Its attractive market appearance makes IL a IA
vorite.
A bushel of corn is worth nearly three BUSH
els OF oats for fattenlng hogs other stock
but oats make better food, owing TO the larger
proportion of nitrogen and mineral matter con-
tanned therein.
Sweet potatoes should be cultivated well I'M
til they begin to run. They will not thrive if
the weather is very wet, and the more air and
heat admitted to the roots the better so as to
give them an early start.
Taking care of the tools and implements is
one of the best modes of economizing on the
farm. The value of the tools annually depre-
clated from lack of cleaning, oiling, and expos
ure TO weather, is enormous.
Some varieties of peaches will not do well
even when other kinds grow vigorously.
Troth's Early is difficult to grow on light soil,
while Stump and the late and early Crawfords
seem to thrive wonderfully.
Experiments by the New York dairy commits
sion show that oleomargarine will not dissolve
and digest in the human stomach in its natural
and ordinary temperature, and it is, therefore,
an Improbable substance as food.
Frequent churning is better than retaining
the cream from separate milkings, as mixture
of cream of different ages is usually the cause
OF poor butter. The best butter is made by
churnlng the cream as soon as it is ready.
II has been demonstrated that horses can be
fed on ensilage with advantage and that where
they are not required TO do service, a. in win.
ter. an allowance of thirty pounds OF ensiage
per day will keep horses in good condition.
A good appetite indicates good health. II is
no disadvantage to have an animal that is
heavy feeder. Such an animal usually produces
propOrtionately to the quantity consumed.
The food is simply the material to be converted
into products.
Whenever a crust forms on the surface of the
ground break up the soil with a cultiyator. A
allows the rain from quick showers to flow off
TO some extent. 1t also prevents a complete
appropriation Of the plant food nearer the sur
face.
1t will pay to again put heaping shovelful
Of fine manure around each hill of lima beans.
1t IS just when the beans are filling out the
pods that the heaviest drain is made on the soil
Tor plant food, and the manure given now will
be In proper condition when the harvesting sea-
son arrives.
Before sending new potatoes to market it will
pay to carefully assert them. 1t is not the large
potatoes that always bring the highest price,
but those of uniform size. When large and
small potatoes are mixed the small ones lessen
the value of the larger, and affect the price of
the whole.
A subscriber asks where he can see flock of
chickens to the number of 5000. There is no
flock of adult fowls so large in the United
States, but there are large number of broiler
farms. with capacity of from ] 900 to 5000, at
Hammonton, n. J. Matching is now over until
November. Incubators and brooders are used
entirely.
Cut the hay just as the seed-heads begin TO
form. Ii the seed is allowed to mature and be-
come dry the plant will be robbed Of its nutri-
tive matter by the seeds. By cutting the grass
before the heads form the material intended
for the formation of seed is arrested in the
stalks and the hay will be more valuable.
Hauling out fresh manure for crops that are
to be planted on the manure is unwise Before
the plants can derive benefit from the manure
1t must first decompose in the soil and its ele-
ments dissolved by the rains. Well-rotted de-
composed manure is always the best for any
crop. Ii the manure is undecomposed it will
not become available plant food to its fullest
extent until the next season. The more litter
in the manure the slower the process of de-