The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-04-19

WIN want 10 Duy ROou goods should not
have "adulterated" stuff palmed off on
them. such branding will nearly stop
the sale of shOddy. and then Will the de-
mand from manufacturers for honest wool
be greatly increased. Let US have all
kinds of deliberations plainly branded.
Give Us such Jaw in regard TO shoddy,
and wool-growers will see that it is en-
forced. LON.
Spraying Orchards.
To THE AGRICULTURAL EDIToR-Sir: 1
notice that you advocate spraying apple or
chards with the diluted Bordeaux mixture
Please answer: % How strong do you make
the mixture? (2) When do you apply il? go
how much paris green do you use for the cod
ling moth and i4) when do You use the latter
poisORI Also where can get sprayer for q
small orchard-One that is not too expensive.
J. p. brown.
!. The formula for making the diluted
Bordeaux mixture is as follows: Copper
sulphate four pounds, dissolve in two gal
Ions OF hot water quieklime. four pounds,
Stake and make thin paste. Cool both
solutions by adding water; strain the
lime solution and mix with copper solu-
tiOn. after which add water to make fiitv
gallons.
>. Although this mixture is for the pre-
veEtion OF the scab on the fruit, il should
be applied once before the trees bloom
The germs of the disease on the leaves
must be destroyed The second applica.
ton NAV be made about ten days after
the first, followed bv one or two others at
reeu ar intervals. There ia no doubt but
that applications of this solution of cop
per adds much To the size and quality OF
apples by checking disease of the trees.
Bordeaux mixture put four ounces OF paris
green during the second and third spray
iDgs for the codling moth. The arsenic
/ kills the worm when first Matched and be-
fore it enters the apple, and should ba
applied just as soon as the blossoms fall.
About ten days later. hen spraying the
third time Tor the scab. use the paris
green again, making two applications of
the arsenic. This will prevent much OF
the fruit IRON becoming knottv and
woTmy.
As 10 a sprayer, many kinds of pumps
are made, For a small young orchard,
such as many farmers have knapsacK
sprayer with a brass tube ten feet long
might DO very well. For large orchards n
horsepower is the only satisfactory size.
Send TO any OF the many manufacturers
of the spraying machines for a catalogue
and you can hardly make a serious mis-
take. Manufacturers should advertise In
these columns.
a s5endy Advance in Cattle.
The National Stockmdn says that q
steady increase in prices for any farm
product or live stock is better than q
boom. The rapid advance creates specu-
lative feeling even among the most con-
sentative men. A good illustration OF
this is shown in the hog trade during tho
past Six months. Feeders were more ia
clined to sell their hogs ct & cents per
pound than they were at cents. ecGuse
tue advance up To that point had been
gradual and no excitement hat prevailed.
When prices jumped from q cents to
cents within a week or two, and from that
On TO cents and 81 cents per pound, IL
WAS a much harder matter TO buy stock
than it was al a lower figure. There are
hogs still in tho Iced lots for which q
higher price has been refused than they
are likely 10 bring again, sImpy because
the feeder thought that If prices could go
from s cents 20 . cents in IA week they
could 90 from 3 cents TO 10 cents il they
had time enough Tho idea does not
apply to the hog market any more than it
does any other bu, the recent boom In
hogs so clearly demonstrates tho point We
make that II 10 easily understood.
One reason why n good measure OF faith
| can be pinned TO the improvement IN the
| cattle market is because the advances in
price have ooen Glow and natural. Every
| upward turn has been resisted by buyers.
| IL has been "A hand to hand light between
| buyers and sellers for the past twelve
months whenever the deficiency in sup
| plies seemed to justify riae in values. In
| spite OF tho determined efforts of buyers
! and tho depressed condition of foreign
| markets for beCves, values have slowly
| but steadily sought higi or plane, and
! although they 90 not show as much an
| advance as Tor hogs, in oil probability the
| Improvement IN cattle prices viii do the
| country more good than the sharp advance
| in hogs. II Is tho long phil and the steady
| pull that ~ the most elective and that
does The most good.
Thick or Thin Seeding.
On no question do farmers differ more
80 lar as practice goes, than that Of the
| quantity u seed used on an acre As a
ruie our most advanced farmers advocate
| light seeding 1t is claimed that thick
seeding always Injuries quality and tina. il
ia was;elul. Take wheat for instance.
| One-haif bushel of seed Tor an acre be-
| yond the actual requirements means q
| loss TO this country oil 2JO0U0O0 bushels
| The seed required for our oct acreage is
enormous; rye, bur.ey potatoes. etc. like
| wise. Who is right the advocate of thin
or thick seeding? Ali depends upon the
soi,-its fertility and mechanical condi-
] ton.
When a soil is very rich and the filth is
| fine, small quantity OF seed is sufficient
10 grow 8 maximum crop. There is q
more perfect termination. and each plant
| is thrifty. The thinner the sol. the more
seed required, strange Gs this might seem
10 mere thoorist. The only prominent
exception TO this ruld il in the case OF
corn. and Is due to the fact tina, grain of
corn produces only one stalk. while plants
from most other seeds stool or Iranc! in
/ proportion 20 the fertility of the land and
vieor OF the plant. One grain Of wheat
/ may produce thirty stalks in fertile soil,
and it has been found that one gram in a
nine-inch square cun produce It's share OF
big yie!d per acre. II the land il thin,
there is little slooling, and more plants
| are required.
Light seeding OF potatoes is recon-
mended. We give the caution that this
applies only TO ground in fine filth. III
there DO any clods. or il the planting be
not perfectly done. very small pieces OF
potatoes often send up a spindting stalk
The ground should be in good order. il is
true. but il il Is not, DO not risk cutting to