The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-31

ONefIeeu, causing ecOurs. lnese altAcks can
not be gotten over IN less than week. When
q pig is attacked, feed should be ct once
changed or cut down In quantity. When the
food is known TO be right the quantity should
be cut down till the pigs recover and the re-
turn to full ration should be slow. In serious
cases OF scOurs stopping should be stopped,
and the SOW fed scorched flour and other foods
calculated to absorb the acids OF the stomach.
Getting Rid of PIantain.
AGRICULTURAL EDITOR SENTINEL-Sir:
Plantain is taking my clover field and
meadows. LISA great pest on my farms. How
can it be killed? VIII salt do? INQUIRER.
Thorough drainage is the best remedy.
Plantain thrives best in cold, wet land.
If the water is removed from the land and
the warm air is permitted to enter 1t,
plantain can be eradicated. If this Is
not done the task is difficult. Pasturing
is probably the easiest way and some
stock eat it readily. 1t can be killed by
heavy lining we presume, but salt is a
failure as the quantity required to kill 1t
will destroy other vegetation.
Plantain ripens in midsummer, and
clover fields offer it a good opportunity TO
sipen and fill the soil with seed. The seed
will stay in the ground for years 1t often
pays to turn the clover sod before the
plantain ripens and SOW rye and cow peas
to be turned under in the spring. Such
course helps to root out this pest, but
grass seeds are often so filthy that new
plantain seeds are put on the land with
each seeding done. Thorough drainage
is the best remedy known.
Condition of the Wheat Crop.
The May returns of the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture on the condition of
winter wheat shows a reduction of 81
points from the April average, being 1873
against IA last month, and $40 in Nav,
1892
The average of the principal wheat
states are: Ohio, IS; Michigan, II; In
diana, 80 Illinois, %; Missouri, 70; Kan
sas. 81. The average of these six states is
6S.3, against 1872 in April. being a decline
of 90 points since the first of last month.
1t is IS in New York and Pennsylvania,
against 81 and IS, respectively. last
month. 70 in Maryland, and 80 in Nir-
ginis. In the southern states the aver
age range from "A in Texas TO SO in North
Carolina.
The conditions have been favorable to
the growth and development of wheat in
New England. southern and Pacific states.
IL California the condition has advanced
ten points, while in the principal wheat
producing states there has been consider
able deterioration. In Kansas, Colorado,
and Nebraska, where planting was back
ward and termination slow, owing to con.
tinued drought and much of the plant
being wintsr-killed, large areas have
been plowed up and devoted to other
crops. The same has been done in Mis-
souri,, Indiana and illinois, where the
plant was badly winter-killed and greatly
damaged since by the continued wet
weather. In Michigan the serverity of the
- ~
weather since has not been too cold and
backward to admit of recuperation. Dam
age from the Hessisn fly in some of the
counties of the latter state, Indiana, and
Ohio is reported, and from the chintz bug
in Kansas. In some of.the principal wheat
states the plant on the uplands is reported
in good condition, while on low and IN
drained lands the conditions are poor and
much of the crop destroyed by drowning.
Rye and Barley.
Winter rye. like wheat has suffered
decline in condition since last month, its
average for May l being S2.7, against S5.7
for same date in April. The percentage
in New York is 81; Pennsylvania, 90 /;
Michigan, so; Illinois, ~; Kansas, %.
The conditions have been favorable to
termination and growth in the eastern
STATES, Out nave Db6n bA0 I5NeISo Al buo
western and northwestern.
The average condition of barley is $50.
against 92S last year. In the states Of
principal production the averages are:
New York, %, Ohio, 81, and California. 81.
The lowest conditions are in Illinois. Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. In
California the crop has been damaged by
overfows and wet weather.
Preparing Wool for Market.
A noted Ohio wool grower writes in the
Farmer as follows:
Both grower and manu- facturer recognize
that the methods of preparing wool for market
that prevail in the central states are not the
best. l regret to note that the condition of the
entire wooden industry, from grower to manu-
faoturer enfOrces upon an observer the impress
sion that the golden rule is not carefully OBJ
served. AS one of the growers have to admit
that quantity is considered far more than quail
ity. But this condition OF affairs seems Justned
when the quality and careful handling receive
so little attention at the hands of buyers.
One of the radically wrong practices OF the
present time is that OF washing the fleece on
| the sleeps back. Yet we in the central states.
where the practice is in vogue. cannot abandon
| il without too great loss. Last year We made
| a trial of it, resulting in a heavy loss. Prac-
tically the same flock that in former years aver
| aged nearly seven pounds OF washed wool gave
\ only ABOUT eight DOuUub uuhbsu6us buhb
| brought in the Boston market only % cents,
| when the same wool rs to so per cent. DELANEY
| would have brought so or 81 cents. The small
| increase from not washing was in part ae-
counted for by the fact that several fiOcks were
| partially washed by the heavy rains during
May. Were manufacturers to buy on a secured
basis an unwashed fleece ought to bring as
much as @ washed one.
But in our experiences OF last year there was
an average loss of p cents per fleece. The
only fair way for both parties in q wool deal is
TO have it sorted and secured. The securing
mills ought TO be at this end of the line
Practical Pointers.
practical Farmer.
One point in favor of green manuringi is
that it distributes the fertility through the
soil more evenly than can be done by any
other method.
The scab of potatoes is q fungus growth.
Scabby tubers should not be used for seed,
nor should they be fed unless first boiled
to destroy the spores.
The better education a man has the bet
ter he is fitted for his business, whatever
that may be- The agricultural college
will help your boy to that end.
No man can claim to be a good farmer
if he does not at least maintain the
original fertility of bis soil. II he deplstes
il ct all he is a very poor farmer.
As a rule, clover. wherever it can be
made to grow. affords the best and cheap
est means of giving fertility to land. But
II shOuId not he relied ON TO the neglect