The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-07
All Around the Farm.

When blackbeTying. many of a large
fruited sort Is met with. which, If trans
planted 10 the garden. would be as good
as any Of the cultivated sorts. Some Of
the best known ones were introduced in
this way.
The promptness of sale and prices OBJ
tanned for fruits and vegetables always
depend on a large measure on the style Of
package and manner of packing. Too
much attention cannot be paid 10 this
point by the shipper.
Few eggs need be expected unless hens
are in bright, healthy condition. While
ground feed is most conveniently kept in
a trough, whole seeds should be scattered
among clean straw or litter, 10 compel
them to exercise. This will usually do
away with egg eating. feather pulling. etc.
A few hills Of ate tomatoes can be
kept from a frOs- where they stand by
making a rude tent of cotton cloth over
them, and thus prolong the season of this
useful vegetable. The Old wagon cover Of
heavy cotton duck found on so many
truck farms will come in handy here.
Cover only at night.
Those who keep young stock alive
through the winter on rough fodder for
the sake Of the growth they will make
next summers should be able to see that
the summers growth could be added lust
as we'll and much cheaper if the animals
had been kept growing all winter. You
cannot starve a young animal and make
1t up afterward.
Prevention Of horns is preferable to de-
horning. If a stick Of caustic potash is
applied to the spots on the skull Of a
young calf where the horns are about To
break through, it will destroy the horn
and cause only a slight sore, that will
give the animal no serious inconvenience.
Sometimes, however, this application does
not reach the root Of the horn. and a
new growth will spring up. Watch should
hfa md he Luf
be applied as soon as the growing horn is
seen
Dairy farmers who are this year short
of hay can find an acceptable substitute
in wheat and Oit straw. This should be
run through a cutter and mixed wiz
ground wheat, bran and oil meal. Mix
the mess together and nloisJen. y light
feed Of hay in addition to this should
make "A fairly good ration for butter or
milk. The necessity Of a silo or crop of
roots in such seasons as this should ad-
monish farmers that the supply and cost
of milk depends upon the value and kind
of rations furnished. Bear in mind that
the amount Of profit in dairying, as in
everything else, Is gagged by the cost Of
production.
Prof c. 5. Plumb planted some selected
seed wheat, there being 1000 grains of
the largest, plumpest ones he could get
from the farm bin. and a like number of
Ine puUlcSL, SilldlIeSl. perfect seeds ne
could secure. This seed was planted i'm
practically the same soil Ii was grown in
Five rows of large seed produced a total
of 3.472 panicles, or an average Of 6944
panicles per row; FIVE rows of small seed
yielded a total of 2.205 panicles. or an
average Of Al per row. The plants from
the large seed yielded three pounds 50
ounces Of straw, and one pound eight
ounces OF grain; the small seed yielded
one pound 1875 ounces Of straw and Ills
ounces Of grain.
The cotton crop of the South for the
season of 1S94-95 has been estimated by
different parties TO be about 5000 0C0
bales. bale with the seed will net at
least $50. II will require over 500. O00-
600 TO pay for this crop and twO-thirds OF
this money will come from Europe. II
the value Of the corn. wheat OATS and
other agricultural crops to be raised and
marketed this year in the South be added
il will aggregate over $500. 900 600 These
figures indicate prosperity I'm this section
OF the country. The distribution OF This
newly created capital by the farmers
through the channels of trade will en-
courage new enterprise and revive bust
ness in all lines.
All wounds that are noticed on fruit
trees ought TO be attended promptly and
carefully, just as IL the case IN the care
OF animals, and proper remedies should
be applied, says a correspondent Of Amer
lean Gardening. Broken limbs must be
removed BY a fine. sharp saw. and the
barred surface then thickly covered vita
a thick ochre paint; the wound thus
treated will heal much more quickly and
soundiy than II left alone. Very early in