The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-27
All Around the Farm.


tial elements of butter.
Have you a pair Of scales? They are
next in Importance TO pencil in active
service.
One Of the greatest leaks in dairying
is the great loss of butter fat lost by
careless handling.
The present low prices of farm prod
ucts makes it necessary to reduce their
cost of production TO the minimum.
In experiments made by the Arkansas
experiment station Bordeaux mixture
proved the best preventive of apple scab.
\ strawberry grower says that the first
plant that forms upon a strawberry run
ner is the best, and should be selected
for transplanting.
Put caves spouts on the barn and keep
the water out of the cellar during the
summer rains, and gather the exposed
manure in close piles.
If you keep your milk and cream in the
cellar along with turnips, potatoes and
rotten pumpkins, and have no other place
TO keep milk and cream. sell your cows.
The fruit-drying industry Of this coun-
try has assumed large proportions, and is
of a great deal of value to the orChardist,
for he now gets profit of that part Of the
crop that formerly went to waste.
Men who have made money from breed
ing and selling dairy stock have raised
their standard of excellence right along.
says an exchange. and every herd owner
should see that his herd is better this
year than il was last.
An apple grower thinks that in setting
an orchard we should get such apples
as are best suited TO our soil and climate.
and are in demand in the markets, and
not fill our orchards with only such as
suit our taste at home.
Beef cattle in Australia. it is said, sell
for SO a head, and can be placed in the
London market for SIS per head, but
they make poor beef and are likely to
afford but little competition with the
American improved breeds.
The dairy farmer finds that the in
tensive system Of culture which he must
follow enables him to improve the fertil-
ity Of his soil so that he can raise larger
crops and get better returns from his
land than he could before.
Apple trees should be pruned so that
all parts may easily be reached by
spray; weI-pruned trees allow free &C
cess of light and air among their
branches, which prevents fungi from OBJ
tanning so strong a foothold.
A dairy writer says that you had bet
ter begin dairying with two cows and
strong desire to thoroughly learn the
business, than with ten cows and "A con-
fident feeling that you can succeed as
we'll as old hands In the business.
Much is said of late about sterilizing
milk before use. Better far to look more
after the health and surroundings Of the
cows that their milk be free from all
Objectionable conditions, in which case
no germ-klling process is called for
Maine Farmer.
1t must be remembered that those
dairymen who report 800 or $50 pounds
Of butter per COW annually have come
up through years of experience. The
novice should make due allowance for
his lack Of experience and start in eau
tiously and gradually
The results obtained this season from
the application of a combination Of the
Bordeaux mixture and Paris green or
London purple show that the use Of such
( a combination is valuable and practicable
for the treatment of the apple scab
fungus and the apple worm, even IN a
wet season.
Mrs Jennie Atchley claims that when
bees are 10 be moved in hot weather they
should be given freedom with the hive
covers Off She SAYS she would rather
haul bees Just turned loose in a good tight
wagon-three or four bushels Of them
queens and all, than to try 70 confine them
in their hives.
The last census shows that there were
| 623, 21S, SIG acres in farms, and that $751;
6167 55 acres were improved. In 1880
there were 536, GS1, S35 acres in farms, 2S4,-
IA, 042 acres of which were improved.
Therefore there was an increase Of 81
l3b, lo4 acres OF the lOldl ldllu III ldIiliS
and 72,S45, 7l3 acres improved.
Orchards, to be remunerative in the
highest degree, must be cultivated. Gull
tivation gives more fruit and better fruit.
The young orchard should be continually
cultivated until well into bearing. Set
thirty feet apart and when the branches
get considerably In the way seed to grass,
which, when mown. let lie on the ground.
Keep a close watch on the work horses.
Give them all necessary protection
against bad-fitting or dirty collars. \
writer suggests the use of strips of heavy
felt under the traces, back bands, and
head-stalls to prevent chatting. When
these become rough and harsh from alb
sorbing sweat and dirt, take them off
ard wash them.
Since 1873, 1877, 900 acres OF farm land
in England have passed out of actual Gull
tivation to pasture or meadow. In 1913
over IL per cent. Of all farm lands were
In wheat. Today less than per cent. are
in that grain. In 1873 the British farmer
could sell wheat for $40 per bushel. To-
day, with 100000 acres less in cultiva-
ton, wheat is worth but IS cents.
The advocate Of turning cows out every
day for exercise should watch good cow
in a good pasture this summer and see
how much exercise, or rather how little,
she takes. She will feed far enough to
satisfy her appetite, and then go far
enough TO find some favorite spot on
which TO lie down and ruminate, but no
farther will she go except to seek for
drink.
Turkeys do not fatten well in confine-
ment says a writer A week or ten
days is as long as they can be cooped
without loss Of condition. The best plan
is to feed abundantly twice a day with
corn and then pen for one week before
marketing. IL the turkeys will not APP
pear promptly at feeding time, don't
grieve about it; they are getting plenty
outside and Will flesh up all the same
Care should be taken in planting dahllas
to give sufficient room so that the plants
Will not crowd. A distance Of three or
four feet Is not too much. Stakes should
be provided. and these should be strong,
and should vary in height, so that when
they are set deep they will ,ome little
below the top Of the plant. Tall-growing
varieties often attain a height Of seven
feet. Even the dwarf pompon varieties
need stalking, not so much to hold them
up, but to support them during heavy
winds
If you have no good place out of doors
for your house plants, and you do not
care to keep them indoors through The
summer, get the man or boys of the
family to set four posts a little taller
than your head and nail some strips
around them. Then tack on lath, or in
case this Is not at hand, a thin cotton
cloth, and you will have all the shade
and shelter your plants require, and they
will be sure to get all the air they need
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