The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-01
snrinr Fnrnn Notes.

Old lawns that are covered with dry
grass may be fired and burned over with
advantage at this season.
Broiers are now commanding high
prices in market, and the demand seems
better than for several years.
In setting out strawberry plants an i'm
portant point is TO spread the roots well
and give them plenty OF room in the
ground.
If the beets are too thick in the row
when they come up they may be trans
planted or used on the table as green's, the
leaves being edible.
Paper covers will keep plants warm at
night and, If made OF strong paper, will
last until the nights become warm. They
are cheap and easily made.
Sow spinach as early as possible for sum-
mer use. 1t is usually sown in the fall.
but it can be put in the ground in the
spring, al>o as a special crop. 1t dislikes
very warm weather.
Az the weather becomes warm lice will
become abundant. both on animals and
in the poultry house. The poultry house
should be cleaned out frequently and the
roosts kept saturated with kerosene.
The small polyantha roses are excellent
for beddings. They are almost continu-
ally in bloom, and are also desirable for
house culture. They are hardy, and re-
Qure but slight protection in winter.
Sod land makes an excellent location for
potatoes, but sod land is nearly always
infested with cut-worms. Flowing the
land very early is one of the best methods
of reducing the number OF cut-worms.
The stalls should have fresh bedding
whenever the old material is removed.
Driving the saturated bedding does not
render it fit for use. The proper recep-
tacle Tor such material is the manure
heap.
Peas should be planted about four
inches deep. in loose soil, and the rows
should not be closer than two feet, so as
to allow room for hoeing and picking. A
quart OF seed will DO sufficient for about
eighty feet OF row.
A moist, rich soil is the best for cauli-
flowers. and in dry weather they should be
watered. There is no vegetable grown
that can surpass the cauliflower in tender
ness, and it is the most highly priced OF
any OF the cabbage family.
Early crops of vegetables should be
grown on well-prepared beds, and where
the ground is somewhat damp the beds
should be slightly raised, so as to have
them dry. This permits of more warmth
in the soil and hastens the termination of
the seed.
Usage orange hedges are beautiful and
serve to ornament farm as we'll as to
cOnfne stock, but unless the hedge Is
kept neatly trimmed and in good order it
will detract from the value of the farm. A
poor hedge is worse nuisance than a
rail fence.
Cows must be turned ON the pasture
with caution in the spring or they will be
affected by the early grass. All stock that
is allowed on the pasture will be more or
less liable to scours il permitted to have
free access to all they will eat when the
grass il young.
Radishes grow rapidly and the seed
may be planted in the rows Of beets, car
rots, parsnips, etc, when the seeds of the
beets, ETC., are slow in coming up. The
radish may easily be pulled up for the
table, and while growing they serve to de-
fine the rows containing the slower germ
mating seed.
Satisfy is plant seldom grown, yet it is
excellent and can be cooked in many
ways. II is grown almost in the same
manner as parsnips or carrots. but requires
deep. The seed should go in early to
avoid weeds. Satisfy is hardy and can be
left in the ground all winter.
Timothy is one of the best grasses for
hay, from one-fourth TO one half bushel OF
seed being req ired for An acre. 1t thrives
best when undisturbed and as frequent
cropping is injurious to it, the field OF
timothy should not be used for pasturine
cattle. Orchard grass, on the contrary,
will endure cropping well, but it "stools, "
which many farmers object 10.
There is but one way of getting rid OF
the borer in the blackberry canes aud that
is TO cut ont not only the old wood but
also every new cane that is affected.
Growers should combine to do this, de-
stroying all the new and old wood re-
moved. Two or three seasons work by
united effort will either exterminate the
pests or so greatly reduce their number as
to allow them TO do but little damage.
There Is a difference between kerosene
and kerosene emulsion in the effects on
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