The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-13

Consume your surplus poultry at home
if beef is high.
Farmers do not begin to supply the de-
mand in market for choice mutton.
When a cow leaks her milk from the
udder it is best 10 milk her three times a
day.
Manure from well-ted animals, the
manure being kept under cover, should
contain all the elements OF plant food.
Not only should an account be kept
with the farm. but with each crop. You
will then know where you derived the
largest profit.
Though considered a weed by some
there is no better green food in the pasture
than the white clover. For sheep it is
superior to anything else.
The pigs that are kept in pens should
have a mess OF grass or clover at least once
a dav If they are expected to grow and
keep in a thrifty condition.
Kill the millers of all kinds Attract
them into traps with sweets, as every
miller destroyed is equivalent to the de-
struction Of many young insects.
As starter" in the hills OF corn
mixture of two parts plaster and one part
poultry manure, a handful to each hill
will be found to be excellent as well as
cheap.
Boards on the pig-pen floor soon become
smooth and slippery, causing the hogs to
be injured. Earth is the best floor for
pig-pen, provided the pen is kept clean
and plenty OF litter and absorbents used.
The females of the squash bugs lay their
eggs in little patches an the under sides of
the leaves. The leaves should be examined
frequently and the eggs destroyed. II this
is carefully done there will be no neces-
sity for resOrting to remedies of any kind.
As soon as the young fruit is large
enough pick off about one half if the trees
are well loaded, and you will secure better
and larger fruit and just as many bushels.
Trees that overbear seldom pay, as the
fruit is inferior in size aud quality, and
does not bring the highest price.
No plant will thrive better than corn
when it has plenty of manure. The corn
plant is a gross feeder, and sends its root
lets out in every direction, rejecting moth
ing that can lie converted into plant food.
Give plenty of manure, and cultivate the
crop so as to keep the top soil loose for an
inch or two, and the plants will endure
drought
Don't forget the kerosene emulsion
Boil half a pound Of hard soap in gallon
of water. While hot add two gallons of
kerosene, churn the mixture until it
forms q ielly-like mass, add twenty gal
Ions of water. end you have safe, cheap
and excellent inseclicide. Do not add the
kerosene until the kettle of boiling water
has been removed from the fire, in order
TO avoid danger.
The cabbage butterfly will now begin
work, and it is one of the most annoying
pests that attacks crops. The female lays
her eggs on the under side of the plants.
| The eggs hatch in about week and the
/ young caterpillars eat small, round holes
| through the leaves. They sometimes de-
| strov whole fields of cabbages. Dalmarian
insect powder busted on the plants is one
| of the best remedies.
When pasture is scanty it is not best to
! allow cattle on it, as the trampling will
injure the grass as well as the close crop
ping. Take the stock off, apply wood
ashes and superphospate, and wait until
the pasture renews itself If necessary
| scratch it over with harrow and seed it.
| Pastures are exhausted by continued
cropping and should be given an oppor-
/ tunity to recuperate.
Young animals that are growing will re-
quire food containing mineral matter and
nitrogen rather than that rich in carbon
aceous matter. 1t is not necessary tohave
| young stock fat. If in ordinary condition
the animal should be kept growing.
Matured stock will fatten more easily than
young animals. but they do not gain in
weight as rapidly. The steer under three
years old makes the greatest gain.
As there are no two farms alike il Is a
mistake TO follow the practice of some
neighbor until you have compared the adj
vantages and disadvantages Of your farm
/ with his. Soils vary when but q short
distance apart, and tbs exposore or ''Iay
OF the land" II a factor in the matter.
Each farmer should aim to learn the re-
quirements OF his soil and regulate his
mode OF management accordingly.
Give plenty of room TO the plants, and
they will make better growth. When
plants are crowded the excess is simply
weeds. Any plant that is in the way is a
weed to the others. and when the plants
are all OF one variety they do more dam
age to each other than when weeds OF
! other varieties are present, as plants of