The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-02-07

lot 3, in block /, in Louthain & Co.'s
southeast 6Oo.oO
Conveyances. 9: consideration. +. $50, $500
Winter Care of Sheep.
j. E. Jewell, in Western Rural
just at this time of year, and especially
when we are having considerable wet
weather, the flock needs very careful at
tentiOn. 1t is not unfrequently that sheep
are found lame, and a scare" mt once en-
tiers the mind for fear of foot rot. One day
last week discovered eight or ten OF my
sheep very lame. On examination i found
that some mud. hay and straw had clogged
between the claws and firmly adhered to
the hair just back of the foot. This piece
of dry earth, mixed with hay, had so
ing. caught the sheep, removed the clog,
oiled the parts with oil of tar. and in a day
or two they were all right again. Sleeps
feet need to be watched, and as soon as q
once be made. A sheep will lose flesh rap
idly If allowed to go lame.
Another pest that will annoy the flock
seriously from now until after shearing Is
ticks. / am never bothered with sheep
ticks very long, and no one need be If you
will give your sheep salt regularly. once a
week, and put in four to six tablespoonful
OF flowers of sulphur to the patent pail OF
salt. The better way is to thoroughly mix
the salt and sulphur twelve hours before
feeding. nave never failed to drive ticks
from my flock with this remedy. l have
found that the only protection | can give
my sheep from dogs and wolves is a pack of
fox-hOunds. They are perfectly reliable.
l keep four hounds, and let one run in the
day time and three at night. No dog or
wolf dare come on the farm, unless with
his master. where hounds are kept. They
make excellent watch-dogs.
The Best Soil for Oats.
Drainage Journal.
In by far the majority of instances a
level .clay-loam soil was selected. The
largest yields are almost invariably on soil
of this nature, at least in the Northwest. in
the middle and Eastern States and In On
tario. The alluvial river bottoms of Ohio,
although also originally in hardwood tim
Der, did not average as much as the clay
loan soils. though these bottoms. under
good treatment, exceeded in productive
ness the most virgin soil Of Oregon. A
strong, sandy loan, under irrigation, in
Utah. produced n large crop NEARLY ninety
three bushelsl and the average of oats grown
under irrigation in Colorado and elsewhere
was also fair. These, however. are special
cases, and farming ON such soils with lrrl-
CATION Is quite different from practices
which prevail over a large part of our
crops grew on well-drained land. Where
this was not accomplished naturally, tile
drains or open bitches were reported. On
the other hand. many of the failures seem
" oCChs III a ihCGch1O u w AZ "
lection of too wet a soil. The oat is not as
great a lover of moisture as it Is commonly
accepted to bean important truth that
needs to be realized by the many who per-
sist in sowing this grain on naturally wet
and underlined lands, with but poor aver
age results. The necessity of proper drain
age for oat fields receives marked emphasis
in the American Agriculturist competition.
Ensilage.
INDIANAPOLIS Jersey Bulletin.
Another years experience has been ad-
ded to the use Of silage in the dairy, and
this experience. while 1T has added here
as to the best methods of making silage and
the most profitable mode of using 1t, has
everywhere confirmed the good Opin ion
formed of it on the experience of other
years.
Among the most intelligent stock farmers
in the United States, especially throughout
the North and West, the silo has taken it's
place as one of the prime essentials of
economic feeding. Hereafter, among all
all plans of farm buildings, as important
and indispensable as the corn-crib or hay
NOW.
On dairy farms the silo has won the front
foods. 1t is the sheet anchor in winter
dairying. By preserving to a greater ex-
tent than can be done by any other method.
the s%ucculence of green food. it tends to
keep the milk in the grass stage, both as to
quantity and quality. SO that the golden
color of the butter can be maintained with
out material change the year round.
Farm Notes.
Bear in mind that it is not a good plap to
have the stock ont Of doors during the
rains which are SO prevalent in some Sec
tions of the country this winter.
Every farm should have an experimental.
plot or garden. There is no surer or more
certain mode of learning the requirements
of the land and the kind of crops to grow
than to experiment, in a small way, with
seeds and fertilizers.
The question being raised as to whether
1t was better to have cows "come i'm every
year. or to lave them breed once in two
years. the Rural New Yorker made inquiries
of a number of dairymen, and their testi-
moDy is in favor of the former plan.
/ do not want a kicking COW, says John
Gould. but l do want to see one with nerve
enough to. when abused, kick her abuser
into the furthest corner of the barn, and SO
severely that when he arrives there he will
understand that the COW has the better de-
veloped brain.
The Dairyman says that warm water
not only increases the quantity of the milk
in winter, but also improves the quality.
Cows, when water is not amply provided,
will drink from %stagnant pOols.fbut when
the dairyman determines to give his cows
warm water he il sure to have it clean, as
he goes to the pump for his supply.
ID. NJ. Ferry's seed annual is a catalogue
of farm and garden seeds. with directions
for cultivation and a description of each
new variety of plant. There is also a de-
scriptive list of imported flower seeds. The
Instructions given in this annual are drawn
from the practical experience of the farm
ers and gardeners ON the extensive grounds
belonging TO the establishment and are
therefore to be relied upon. ID. NJ. Ferry
L. Co., Detroit. Mich.
If sorghum cane is q good variety, land
that will produce forty to sixty bushels of
corn per acre ought 20 yield from $50 to 200
gallons of syrup. The yield has reached as
high as $50 or more gallons per acre. Where
the yield falls below LOO or zoo gallons it
should be taken as an indication that the
seed is impure. unless. indeed, the soil is
not well adapted to the cane or the season
a poor one. OF course the yield per acre
depends not alone upon the seed, for soil,
season, climate and the percentage of
waste ia manufacture all unite in deter