The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-01

| our customers are compelled to look to
| foreign producers for their supply. 1t is
| probable that this case ia illustrative of a
| national tendency among farmers to fail
60 make the wants of the people study.
This imported cheese is very rich "a
rule. and is ripened with much skill. The
! cheeses are small and well suited to those
who want a small amount and the very
best. They are made by the French aud
| Swiss, and the high character OF each
! brand is carefully maintained II would
seem that some of our American cheese
makers should find it profitable to supply
this demand for small creamy cheeses,
made and ripened in, perfect manner. A
very few factories have undertaken to do
| this but the importation of more than a
mil ion dollars worth indicates that there
is room for more.
Heavy Fertilization.
Some of the New Jersey farmers who
find a good market in New York City are
practicing commercial fertilization to an
extent that would seem very reckless to
the average Western farmer. Mr.. D. G.
| Lewis OF Cranbury. on seventeen acres of
potatoes applied $3.50 in fertilizers, making
an excess of S25 per acre for the single
item OF manure. lie proposes to increase
| his soil with $50 worth of soluble fertil-
| izers per acre confident that it Will pay.
He follows potatoes with wheat and
grass. on which barnyard manure is
| spread, and IL is broken for corn, thus
| forming five years rotation as the grass
| is nuoHn two wears. Such heavy fertiliza-
| ton pays on high priced land where there
is little charge for transportation. Farm
ers should experiment and learn whether
| the conn ercial fertilizers will pay them,
| and If so to what extent.
Teaching stock to Be Breschy.
Stock is made breachy by the careless
ness of owners. Poor fences and scant
feed are responsible for the bad tricks
learned by our farm stock when in pas
ture. If a colt be pc mitted to jump over
low fence it soon learns to expect to go
over all fences If the fence is not solid
| 1t may push it down in its play, aud then
learn to do so in earnest. 1t is tho same
| with unruy stock of every kind 1t does
! not pay to have poor gates or bars that
Afford temptation, and il one has breachy
stock he should either dispose OF it or
| make extra strong Enclosures. There is
nothing more exasperating than the horse
! or sheep or hog that is always getting out
/ of the field and into mischief. 1t is thor
| oughly Improbable.
The Crop One Likes.
1t is rather remarkable fact that a
man succeeds best with the crop he likes
best. Men on adjoining farms. with SINH
| lar soil, may grow dissimilar crops and be
| equally successful II one likes to work
in corn the probability is that ne can raise
| big crops He will stop to set up little
stalks of corn and pull the earth around
it when another would pass on. So it is
| with other farm crops. He NAV like a
special farm crop because he is successful
with it. but il he disliked the kind OF work
! 1t requires the chances are that he would
give it less care, and his Yields would be
| less Ii his soil permits the farmer rarely
! g,es far amiss who raises that which he
likes best to handle.
False Economy.
My neighbor has, from time Immemor-
| iSl, taken his stock thirty rods to the
creek for water. AS he usually has an as
sortment of odds and ends, running from
long-haired yearlinR calf TO really good
horse, he regards it the easiest way to
turn them loose and let them travel the
| public road to the creek. 1t takes from
| thirty minutes to an hour to water his
stock, and occasionally a colt gives him a
! longer chase. Now that man believes he
| is economical, while the time that he
spends in this way in one year would be
sufficient to dig cistern, pay for pump.
and build q shed over the pump and
watering shed that would last lifetime.
Deep Drainage.
! How deep should we lay tiles is the
question many are asking Thing il
costly work at best, and every additional
half-foot in the bottom of the drain adds
| to the expense. Some affirm that two
feet make sufficient depth. and are laying
tile no deeper, while others claim that
three feet are little enough. A difference
| of foot in the depth OF drains amounts
to several dollars per acre. England once
carried the craze for deep drainage so far
that tile was laid six feet under ground
for common drainage, but it was found
that this was too great distance to.draw
| surface water.
| "Sentinel" Pointers.
Corn in the crib Is good property.
Feed, water and salt the stock regularly.
Mutton breeds OF sheep are growing in
popularity.
The cattle feeder has little to encourage
him just now.
Ground grain for horses should always
be fed mixed with cut hay or fodder.
Watch your district school. Are your
children learning? Help the teacher by
visiting the school and showing interest
in it.
Corn fodder that has been housed will
be good feed for stock until spring. Many
unGervalue fodder because they do not
house or stack 1t.
Can we find crop other than wheat
that will be az good when seeding land
| down to clover or timothy? Ia there no
way to reduce the wheat acreage?' Tell
us.
AS roads are public property, why
should not the state and nation help the
farmer build them. Let city wealth con-
tribute it's share. as much of it comes
from the country.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A Budget of New, Useful and Practical
Suggestions to Housekeepers.
Egg stains can be removed by rubbing
with common table salt.
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