The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19


A bee exchange gives the following
plan for furnishing water for bees:
Take five-gallon crock, or other vessel;
lay a piece of burlap over it; take two
or three pieces of rotten wood. six 10
twelve inches longer than the depth of
the vessel. and push the burlap TO the
bottom with them; fill up with water
and throw In a handful of salt; and If
started IN time your bees Will not bother
the horse trough.
Can the drought be Of any service 70
the dairyman? Why, Of course it can.
Today we have been working on the
highway, scooping up several barrels of
the finest road dust, and putting il into
the barn TO use next winter in and about
the cutters Of the stables, both as an
absorbent with the horse manure and
litter generally, and as a deodorizer
which we think is even superior TO plas-
ter, and only costs the job Of drawing
John Gould in HOard's Dairyman
It has been demonstrated by practical
experiments that 100 pounds of sand will
absorb twenty-five pounds Of water; 100
pounds Of loan forty pounds, 100 pounds
clay loan, fifty pounds; 100 pounds clay,
seventy pounds. This, says a writer, eX-
plains why some soils always appear
dryer than others, why some soils will
stand drought so much longer than
others, and why, after a shower, some
soils become like a thick paste while
others are only comparatively damp.
1t is said that no insect but the silk
worm will eat the leaves Of the null
berry tree. In seasons when the grass
hopper or the army worm abounds every
other tree and plant may be slipped of
its foliage by the devourers, but the null
berry will escape to the last. Kansas
lOcusts will eat everything else first, and,
when all the rest Is gone with wry
mouths will then tackle the mulberry
leaves. 1t seems TO be the one food spe-
cially designed by nature for the support
of the silk worm.
Present indications are that all kinds
OF coarse grain will be dear for another
year. 1t will not pay 10 feed dear grain
to poor stock, and the sooner all such
is sold the more money the farmer own
ing it will have at the end Of the winter.
After another year II Is probable that
the prices of stock will advance. Secure
some Of the best TO breed from, such as
will pay their way on dear feed. When
the rise in price comes the best stock
will advance in price more than any
other. The best time to change from
poor stock to good IS always now.
AS the country grows older the gully
ing Of hillSides by heavy rains increases,
and ii soon becomes a necessity to keep
them in sod most of the time, only re-
seeding when the grass grows thin. The
reason why hilsides gully worse now
than formerly is the lack OF underdrain-
ing to replace that which decaying roots
Of trees made in the soil when the coun-
try was new. 1t is news to many that
hillsides need undertaking. They are
often very springy. and If deep under
drains are sunk these hillside springs
will furnish supply Of pure water all
the year around.
When wild carrot has once got a foot
hold il Is very difficult to entirely get
rid of IL. The habit of the plant Is TO
find a Judgment in out-of-the-way spots,
where the soil is poor, and there II seeds
abundantly. Its seeds live for years in
tine soil till they get a good chance to
grow. Yet. in cultivated ground, the
wild carrot is easily kept down, and II
makes no trouble i'm clover IL this crop
is well seeded. Either a mass Of clover
leaves prevents termination of the wild
carrot seed or IL smothers them early I'm
their growth. In some instances we
know this last TO be the case.
A correspondent OF the Baltimore Sun
recommends bichloride OF mercury in
solution and applied with a. sponge
as a remedy for the scale insect which
has for several years been injuring
his pear trees, He tried various insecti-
cides. but without effect, until advised