The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
Farm Notes.

Keep your seed potatoes cold enough to pre-
vent them from sprouung. All sproutlng
should be done under ground.
Use carbolic acid in all the whitewash that
may be applied, and whitewash the interior OF
the stables as often it can be done, as 1t rem
ders them light and cheerful.
Too much washing and securing of the churn
and un-pans cannot be given. Cleanliness IS
an important factor in the dairy business, and
boiling water is an absolute necessity.
Save the old fruit cans. throw them in the
hre and melt them apart and use them around
the early tomato plants, in order TO guard
against the depredatiOns of the cutwOrm.
When trimming grape vines let them be cut
and trained so as to admit of the air and sun
shine. Too much shade is sometimes the cause
OF rot, as il invites moisture. Trim the vines
while the weather is cold.
The continued warm weather for this season
may cause the buds TO prematurely swell only
to be caught by the frost later on. The best
preventive is the use of mulch, which pre-
vents the ground from warming before spring.
Don't trust to your memory when planting
an orchard with several varieties of fruit, but
make diagram and preserve 1t for future use.
The trees may not bear for four years, when
the location of each variety may then be for
gotten.
BE careful in using salt on the ground. Salt
Will kill weeds to a certain extent and il is
also remedy for some kinds of grubs in the
soil, but salt will kill other plants as well, and
its use may result in q loss of some of the gar
den crops.
All the cutting out of old canes from the
raspberries and blackberries should be done
before the spring opens. If the canes are
cut back laterals will be thrown out. Black
berries should always be well cut back, in
order to have the canes strong and stocky.
Early In the season, before the potato is up,
the beetle will attack the female plants in hot
beds, or that may be set ont in open ground. Ii
will destroy whole field of egg plants in a
single night, and often does more damage to
early plants than 1t does to the potato crop.
The food is first converted into blood before
distributed through the several parts of the
body, and the formation OF milk is subject to
the same natural law. The composition OF
milk and blood, however, is not the same thus
showing that an important change occurs in the
passage OF the liquid through the mamillary
glands.
Clover, or some kind of bulky food, benefits
all classes of stock, mainly because of the nu-
triton obtained but for the reason
that it distends the stomach and intes-
tines, keeping them natural, while exclusive
diet of concentrated food renders the system
feyerish by clOgging the bowels and causing in
digestion.
When you order young trees one of the most
important points to observe is not TO allow the
roots to be exposed to the sun or wind. \ few
minutes exposure may do irreparable injury
IL you cannot plant them Immediately upon ar
rival "heel' them until you are ready, and be-
fore beginning the work let the holes be dug
and all preparations made TO avoid delay.
Early cabbages may be made TO grow very
rapidly if given application of liquid manure
once OF twice. The best heads secured
when phOsphates are applied literally. The
hoe should be used often, as cultivation is i'm
portant. Every day gained in getting the early
cabbage in market adds to the price secured.
They should be forced as rapidly as possible.
The value of the manure is too often over
looked in poultry-raising. 1t is claimed that
fowl will make one bushel of manure i'll year.
the value OF which depends on the kind of
food used. The monetary value is never less
than % cents, and varies according to location.
Where trucking is carried on the hen manure
readily sells at - per barrel IL is also used In
the arts by morocco leather manufacturers
Glass is expensive for hot-bedS, and those
who prefer something cheaper may use cotton
cloth, giving it two coats of boiled linseed oil.
1t requires but little attention and is easily
handled, permits the heat and light to enter,
and does not allow the heat to be radiated
away at night as readily as does glass. 1t also
has the advantage of reducing the cost of
frames, as the expensive window sash need not
be used