The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-07

those VINO ride. W hen q morse STANDS III
the stable for a few days, it is sometimes
too risky for a timid person.
\ bushel OF peanuts, subjected to very
high pressure, yields n gallon OF oil. In
some countries the peanut, castor oil bean
and sunilower are grown extensively for
oil alone.
Much OF the spring work can be done in
winter. Hot-bed frames can be made,
trees and vines trimmed, and even the
land may be plowed should the ground be
warm enough for that purpose at any
time during the season.
The hawks in this country play havoc
with the sparrows. The number destroyed
by the sparrow-hawk is very large, and
but for the hawks the sparrows would be
a greater nuisance in The country than
near the cities. They keep near dwelling
houses as much for protection against
their natural enemy, the hawk, as for
food.
When the farm fails to produce the
crops that once were easily grown upon
1.-THE best course to pursue is TO restrict the
acreage. Cultivate only half the space, or
even less, and concentrate all your manure
on 1t. The crops will oon be larger than
were secured from the entire farm, less
tAHthcC VIII Ot lutuAlths liit idiit Will
improve in fertility, aud that portion
which is unused will be benefited by the
seasons OF rest given it.
Dairymen make mistakes III the selec-
ton OF breeds. When milk is made Il
specially, no butter being made. there is
no breed equal 10 the Holstein. and il
both milk and butter are the objects the
Holstein will also answer the purpose
well if selection is made from some of the
well-known butter-producing families of
that breed. The Jerseys are grand but
ter producers. but when milk is the object
they DO not yield a quantity equal to the
Holsteins or AyTshires.
When clover is made a special crop on
the farm il will seldom be the case that
nitrogen will be lacking, especially if a
crop OF clover is turned under occasion
ally. On grain-growing farms, where stock
is also Kept, and the manure applied to
the soil in addition to the plant food pro-
vided by growing clover, the phosphates
will usually be the best fertilizers for the
farmer TO procure. One bag OF superphos-
phate, or bone meal, on each acre of land
will show wonderful effects in such cases.
How plants use nitrogen is still a mys-
terry to scientists. 1t has been correctly
established that some plants, and perhaps
all, have the power OF drawing from the
air its free nitrogen. Wen ammonia in
any form is applied to the soil the nitrifv-
ing germs of the soil convert the nitrogen
of the ammonia into nitric acid hence, in
order to avoid loss OF tiIne in supplying
the nitrogen of plants, when the salts are
used for fertilizing purposes, preference is
given the nitrate or soda over sulphate of
ammonia.
Scientists state that there are no mi
crobes in milk when IL comes from the
cows udder, but that the moment it
comes in contact with the air of a filthy
stable, or even where the surroundings
are clean, the microbes enter the milk.
This demonstrates that when young ami
mails procure their milk from the dam, in
stead of being allowed milk to drink, they
arc less liable to disease. The precau-
ton OF heating the milk not boiling III
should be used when giving it to very
young stock.
An excellent and clean fertilizer for all
kinds of house plants is to add a teaspoon
full OF superphosphate 20 one quart of
water. Stir well, and add one table
spoonful OF saltpetre and IA gill OF soap
suds. Make fresh mixture every two or
three days. Use it for moistening around
the roots of plants in the pots. Ii is also
an excellent wash for the leaves of plants
if the superphosphate is omitted. 1t is
plant-food of the best kind, and the plants
viii grow and thrive fully as well as if
supplied with liquid manure