The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-26

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says IL IS also true that the larger the
piece the larger and earlier the yield.
There is better health among rowing
fowls because they get the food which is
best for digestion, and get the necessary
grit to help the gizzard do its work. We
should make this a study and profit by IL.
Blighted leaves and branches on fruit
trees should be cIIt off and burned as soon
as discovered, otherwise the disease
spreads from branch to branch. The past
season has been remarkable for the pre-
valence of these blights.
Ii is said that four counties OF Illinois
raised about one-half of the broom corn
crop Of the nation. The yield this year
is a short crop, and the sales are running
from $40 to $120, or an average Of about
$50 a ton. This is nearly double the price
Of last year.
a horseman advises to never allow a
horse TO stand on hot, fermenting manure,
as this will soften the hOofs and bring on
diseases Of the feet; nor permit the old litter
10 lie under the manger, as the gases viii
faint his food and irrltate his lungs, as
well his eyes.
II IS a waste Of good feed to turn stock
into good straw stack. or to scatter fod-
der or hay upon the ground. The most
economical plan is to provide good feeding
racks for feeding all Of this kind Of ma
terial. Even when feed is cheap 1t is quite
an item TO save.
Get you compost heaps ready; mix LOT
Is light. but heavy enough to hold its place
against the wind. Spread this over the
strawberries not too heavily, just as the
first heavy freezing begins. Better anti
cipate heaving frost
There is not much doubt but that the
orange ounce still leads as a productive
variety. There are trees through the mid
-.
never failed Of a crop any season for the
past ten years Other varieties are not
making much Roadway.
Statistic show that the entire agriculture
of the world furnishes employment 20 $50, :
100000 men, and represents an Invested
capital Of $224OOO.OO0 900. The annual
product is worth over $4,000 100000. II Is
estimated that the civilized nations pay an
nually for food $4,000, 900, 900.
For bedding purposes there is nothing
cheaper than leaves. They are clean. dry,
short and good absorbent. What is more,
they have considerable value for manure.
Lay in several wagon loads while they
are dry and use them freely for the COWS,
sheep. hogs, horses and poultry.
Thirty-eight correspondents Of the Massa-
chusetts board Of agriculture consider hay
10 have been among the most profitable
crops the past year; 80, potatoes; "a, corn;
Is. apples; 1, tobacco; 3. cabbage; 3. fruit
., rye; .. oats; ?, barley; ?. cranbsrries; 2,
pas. ,. asparagus. and l, dairy products.
One woman in Gurford Center, VT who
manages "A farm, rot only manages Il, but
does mos. of the work on it. She hired a
small boy this season. Her husband :
health is poor. but he works a little Her
farm contains about two hundred acres,
five acres Of which We're under the plow
this season.
TIE Hols;cin-Friesian COWS give milk
richer IN butter fats than they did when
the bred was first introduced. In Holland
they are fed chiefly on grasses the year
around. Here in America, where grain is
50 plentiful and cheap, they are fed on
corn and other cereals The result is that
they are doing wonders in butter produc-
ton
1, usually pays best to kill pigs by the
time they weigh $50 pounds. and from that
10 $50 IL allowed TO grow much heavier
than this the COS, Of food in proportion 10
gain is increased, except when the hogs
become too sluggish and fat 10 take eXer-
else, but after that the gain Is at the ex-
pense Of healthfulness of the meat when
killed
1t seems strange that Scotllnd farmers
on their cold and stony soil can afford to
send potatoes to this country, and lose %
cents per bushel by the old tariff, or 10
cents under the new; but they do. and
last year, between October, 1898. and June
1894, the transportation from the port OF
Dundee in that country amounted TO 31475
tons. valued At S554, 26S.
An experiment in Holland showed that
cows volded three and 0ae-half times as
much solid as li1uid manure on summer
feed and two and one-fourth times as much
on winter food. During the year the
amount OF solids voidad was 1S.431 pounds
and Of urine. CASA pounds. This shows
that there was more nitrogen in the Iquid
than in the solid manure eXcrcted during
the year. This s not true of all domestic
animals.
Tie withdrawal Of nitrogen from the air
through the agency of the legumes may
be made an important factor in the main
tenance Of the fertility Of our farms. Every
crop we grow has two values food value
and a m3nuri3l value. Pillow the crop in.
and get the manurill value. Feed II
wisely. and get the fo'd value and beside
in the excreta. f1ur-hfths # the manurial
value. Hence ths wisdom Of feeding rather
nan turning under d crop which farm
stock will relish.