The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-29


to feed the corn plant. The result is that
| the growth of the corn is much faster
than that on land turned in the fall or
I winter.
There is another advantage in fresh
| turned sod for corn. The cut worm is
one of its greatest enemies. If the worm
| has other green matter for food il will not
bother the corn. When young grass is
turned under the worm will feed upon il
in preference to the corn, and
by the time that the grass is fully rotted
the worms have passed beyond the need
OF such food. This is the experience OF
some of our best farmers.
As corn Is the chief American grain, its
production should be profitable to US, but
il one takes the average yield and price in
the United States it is hard to figure out
anv profit in it for the country as g whole.
Some make profit by feeding it. am
unable TO see any particular profit in con-
verting il into beef, but at present hogs
have made corr bring big prices to the
farmers. Raising corn on upland for mar
ket is not advisable. as the soil needs the
manure. The question then is. to what
kind of stock can We feed it to the best
advantage?
Prune That Orchard.
pruning for the purpose of thinning ac-
complishes:
a. More freedom of growth for the de-
velopment OF parts.
o. A production OF larger and finer
fruit.
81 Earliness.
a. Ease in gathering crop.
to- Less draught upon the soil.
10 The crop is more regular.
If possible the removal of large. healthy
limbs should be avoided. The injury is,
of course, in proportion 10 the amount of
loss OF surface and the size OF the wound.
Whether TO remove s. limb or not is a
question to be answ cred in the affirma-
tive only when the benefits expected from
the pruning are larger than the necessary
injury. KNIFE and thumb are better prun-
ing tools than ak and saw. Every blow
O. the sx and push of the saw in the re-
mOvel Of limbo, Is a threat at tho trees
lie and vitality. Lessening the leafs sur
face we lessen the digestive apparatus
| and consequently the absorption of food.
IL transplanting nursery grown trees
in orchard, we should cut back the tops
to make them correspond with the roots
Such trees often have very little root. The
| best time for pruning trees in the orchard,
undoubtedly. Ia in the spring, as at this
time plants will take care of themselves,
| although fall or winter will do If time
| presses one in the spring. Pruning may
be done after the formation of dormant
buds in summer, as any damage at that
time is quickly repaired. When the
wounds are large the injury Is lessened by
coating them with clay, paint or grating
wax. Judicious pruning gives us the
means of thicEening growth or elon eating
it and making 1t more open and spread
/ ing.
Root pruning can be resorted to for
the purpose of checking rank growth in
tree. vine or shrub of bearing age, thus
! fastening It's fruitiulness. but it is not
usually advisable to resort to such violent
means. Low headed trees are usually
| preferable. Pruning should be seen to
| from the first. by frequent work with the
knife and thumb.
| A Stakeholder Answered.
HOPE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, Ind.
To TIE AGRICULTURAL EDITOR OF THE
| SENTINEL-In this weeks issue | see note
| from Enquirer" in regard TO investing in
ereamery)stoek. Now. you will that am
/ not in the habit OF writing for newspapers by
my manner of writing but want to say a few
/ words through the medium of your valuable
/ paper 70 DfCiheI IN regard 10 our
| experience in that line.
The creamery agent struck us one year ago
I last spring. He was a fluent talker and 500 n
/ interested the farmers in the creamery subject
4 To be as brief possible, we soon made up tho
| amount Of stock less $500 The lot building and
| machinery were TO cost .. 800, and the COM
pany was 20 furnish a man to start il and see
| that everything was in running order. IL paid
| less than expenses from the start and has been
gradually getting deeper into debt until few
weeks ago. when it closed down and was sold
/ for the sum of $780, The indie otedness is
$3.50 or 81 600. So Enquirer" can see that
the investment IS from $500 to 500 worse :han
/ nothing. A STOCKHOLDER.
"A Ltockholder" gives us some facts
and figures. These ware what we want.
! We hope others will write Of the cream
cries in their localities. We want to hear
from all-the successful ones and the
failures. Your letters may save tens
nj thousands of dollars to brother farmers.
Right here let me say that none need
fear that their names will be published
unless they wish it done. Sign what
you please for publication. writing your
correct name az bottom Of page merely as
a guarantee of good faith.
To The AGRICULTURAL EDITOR OF THE
! SENTINEL-How many bushels OF sweet po-
| tatOss do need TO raise enough plants to set
an acre of ground? Are the small potatoes az
good as the large ones for the seed?
| ALEX.
The large potato growers estimate one
barrel OF seed for each acre OF land AS
they set the plants about eighteen inches
apart in ridges thirty TO thirty-six inches
apart. they use 10000 or 1000 plants on
an acre. Some varieties produce more
plants than others. The yellow Jersey lie
a standard varie ty.
/ he al 80 H..
used, l do not regard them "a the best. A
barrel oil them produces many more plants
than a barrel of large potatoes, but a test
by one of our experiment stations found
that plants from arge pot atoss were the
most productive.
To THE AGRICULTURAL EDITOR OF THE
eENTIsEL-Do comm eroial fertilizers impoyer.