The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-06
WHILE THE CORN SPROUTS.
Crops in Young Orchards-Strawberr
Beds-Farm Notes.

Beds-Fnrm Notes.
a young orchard may be cultivated for
pne or two years. or until it has made
too much growth and acquired large
roots. Potatoes or cabbages are excel
lent. as they require clean cultivation,
and the manure used in the rows will
also benefit the trees. If the growth of
the trees is too rapid, however, the or
ohard may be used for grass for one or
two years. and then cultivated again
Pear trees that grow too rapidly are
more liable 70 blight than those that
are Of slower growth.
The new strawberry beds will last for
five or six years il the cultivation during
1.-THE first year is thorough. The diff
Guilty with the matted rows is that in
the second or third year the grass and
weeds take possession. To avoid this
the young plants should be worked fire.
quently In order TO kill every weed or
blade Of grass that appears, and after
the rows are filled with runners the
n needs must b pu led out by hand
Arsentate Of lead has been found to
be a special poison for the tent cater
pillar. 1t does not injure the foliage of
trees. A pound Of the arsenate in 80
gallons OF water also destroyed potato
beetles A convenient mode of prepar-
of associate of lead and four ounces of ar
senate f soda to 80 gallons of water
for spraying trees or vines. The sub
stances are pOisOns, and should be han
piled as carefully as Paris green.
DR.. Henry Lehman, who has given
milk and butter his attention, and who
has conducted many valuable expert
'nents with them in the laboratory, gives
the following as a test for distinguishing
butter from limitations: A spoonful or
two is placed In a narrow cup and quick
ly heated 10 the boiling point. If il is
true butter it Will boil quietly and foam
up in a mass Of fine bubbles. often over
flowing the cup. 1t it is butterine or
-oleOmargarine, the sample, when heated,
will foam but little and sputter as it
.boils- The test is regarded as infallible
FOR detecting spurious butter.
Moisture in the soil can be retained
when a soaking rain has given a lib
eral supply Of moisture cultivate the
ground by simply lOOsening the top
soil. This will prevent too much evapo-
ration Of moisture and supply the plants
for a longer time. When the top soil
IS hard and baked the warmth OF the
sun and air is kept out and the evap-
Grafton Of water occurs more rapidly.
a loose soil also secures more water
during showers by permitting il to soak
instead Of running off, as is the case
when the surface Of the ground is hard
Quality is in demand for fruit at the
present time. The highest prices are
only paid for the best, and much Of the
fruit that reaches the market remains
GnsOld because Of lack Of quality.
Farmers are learning that manure and
fertilizers are plant foods. and that
plants select the kind of foods preferred
With a knowledge OF the requirements
OF plants comes larger increase in the
yields
Asparagus may be grown with the use
OF fertilizers as well as by the applica-
ton OF manure. Experiments made during
the past two years are very favorable
20 fertilizers, applications being made late