The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-27
Spring Farm suggestions.


Now is the time to look over your apple
trees so as to destroy the worms and their
webs.
The best bred animals are the most
costly, but they bring the best prices when
stock is to be sold. Quality is factor that
cannot be overlooked.
Such plants as okra, satisfy, endive,
kohl-rabi and dandelion are seldom cult
waited in the garden, yet they are among
the best OF the list of vegetables
New varieties of strawberries are yearly
introduced, but they should be tried only
to limited extent, as the varieties suita-
BILE to some sections are worthless in
others.
Paris considers milk pure when it con-
tains one ounce of butter and four oun ces
OF solids per quart, says an English jour
nal, but such proportions seem irregular
to dairymen here.
There is nothing prettier than the Gamma
as a center plant for a circle. A beauti-
full effect can be produced by surrounding
the Gamma with dwarf nasturtiums and
bordering with colens.
Melons should not be overlooked
Make the hills as rich as possible, using
wel-rotted manure. Plant the seed about
nan 0u AilCh QCCpg blA III a mn anu Iilill
out when the plants are up to two in a
hill.
Put large shovelful of manure around
each young raspberry plant and you will
derive the benefits therefrom next sea-
son. Any attention given young rasp-
berries is always rewarded the following
year.
Old strawberry beds should be plowed
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bed does not longer yield we'll, and crop
of late potatoes may be grown on it,
which will serve to kill out the weeds and
grass.
If YOU wish to haul out your coarse
manure, put it on a field intended for a
green manurial crop, so as to plow the
crop under and thereby more intimately
mix the manure with the soil as well as TO
destroy weeds.
Very early corn, such as Cora and Pearl.
are dwarf kinds and grow rapidly. Plant
few rows every two or three weeks so as
to provide succession OF ears. as sweet
corn can be had until frost comes by
proper paintings.
ANY plot of ground that is not required
for q regular crop should be seeded down
to some green manurial crop. Millet or
grass dnoMCio nCAA aA0 bLlC
crop may be plowed under just before the
seed heads form.
Dwarf Lima beans may be planted in
rows in the same manner string beans,
and they will need no poles or supports OF
any kind. Though the beans are smaller
than the pole Lima, yet they are prolific
and easily harvested.
Avoid mistakes, especially any mistakes
in aiaofinv saa1a fo onrpatirnoa
late to repair damage and loss from in
ferior seed, hence too much time cannot
be bestowed in examining seeds or in pro-
curing them from the best sources. Upon
the seed depends the crop.
Spraying the trees is something of re.
cent introduction. When the work OF
spraying begins there should be no cessa-
ton until the fruit Is safe. Much depends
not only on how the work of spraying the
tees is accomplished, but also upon per-
forming the work at the proper time.
As all danger OF frost has probably
passed, the string beans and other tender
plants may be planted. Tomatoes should
be transplanted, and, il the nights are
cool. may be protected with a newspaper
over each plant, held in place with q
small stone on each corner OF the paper.
Good butter is in demand. The diff
Guilty with butter is that an enormous
amount of inferior butter is put on the
market, which opens the gates to oleo-
margarine and other substitutes. 1t is
known as fact that a large number oil
those who make butter do not understand
the process as we'll as they should and the
necessity for dairy schools is being urged.
In Europe the establishment OF such
schools has led to excellent results.
1t is vexatious to have millions of young
weeds shoot up in few hours after a
rain, but the sooner the cultivator is used
after each rain the easier the weeds will
be destroyed and the less labor necessary
| The cultivation not only kills the weeds
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