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

which sap their blood and strength. This
VIII explain why some peoples chickens
prefer to rOost on trees.
good way Of applying manure is upon
grass lands during the latter part of the
rail- and early winter. taking care to scat
Ter out as evenly as possible, as with
coarse fresh manure there is danger of
killing out the grass unless this is done.
1t is believed that to this date some
100000 bushels of wheat have been fed
TO live stock, chiefly to hogs, and that if
wheat remains low and corn continues at
good prices. S0.000.000 to 90,000.0 900 bushels
of this years wheat crop will be fed to
domestic animals.
One progressive farmer in Kansas goes
so far as to cover his manure heaps by
means of fine netting, to prevent the en-
trance of flies TO deposit their eggs. He
finds this an effective preventive, when
added 10 the other precautions he takes
with his stables and other outhouses.
Some sorts of pears, notably the Bart
lett, Clapps Favo-ite and Lucrative. never
fail of a crop, and by using care varieties
may be planted so as to come in one aft
er another. The pear is a sure crop all
the time, and the wonder is that more
of them are not TO be seen about our farm
houses.
A live stock writer says there are very
few farms in this country upon which II
will not pay TO keep a few sheep-say
about one sheep to every three acres Of
land. Their value as cleaners and in rid
ding the lanes, roadsides. fence corners
and pastures of noxious weeds is not half
way appreciated as it should be.
Prof Conn says that the butter aroma
which appears in the butter is the result
Of the rtpening process. Sweet cream but
ter does not have this delicate flavor and,
while there is a demand in our markets.
perhaps a growing demand, for sweet
cream butter, il never develops the deli
cate flavor known as butter aroma.
A writer thus sums up the sources of
profit in sheep: There is the wool, the
mutton, the young lambs, the sales for
breeding purposes. and the enrichment they
give the land. Further. they are consum-
ers of weeds, which are so constant
nuisance and they live upon these and
other things. which other animals refuse.
The biggest and most prosperous sheep
firms in Illinois. says an exchange. have
raised this year 25 600 bushels of turnips
al cost of 1925, besides the cost of SOW
ing the seed. Such cheap feed supplies
must solve the question of profitable sheep
raising in this country. 1t has done as
much for other countries, and can for
this
Monthly roses may be kept through the
winter in good shape by being covered
with hard coal ashes A good way to do
this is TO put a nail keg. with heads out,
over the bushes and fill with the ashes.
When the bushes are too large for this
use a larger frame. OF course this protec-
ton may fail in the case of the tender
house roses.
Where several COWS are kept, If it is
not considered best 10 feed all to
maintain a free flow Of milk, it will be
better to select a sufficient number to fur
nish what milk is wanted and feed them
literally and let the rest go dry rather
than distribute the feed among a larger
number and have each one only give
small mess Of milk
1t is no advantage and. In fact, in many
cases it is positive detriment to allow the
stock to run out on the pastures or
meadows too late. Some growth of the
leaves is necessary TO secure proper pro-
lection for the roots, and it is better to
commence feeding a little earlier rather
than to run the risk Of killing out the
grass plants for the small amount of feed
that will be secured.
The good qualities of the grade are
valuable only in the animal showing them.
There is no certainty that they will be
transmitted to It's pOsterity. Rather is
there certainty that such qualities will not
be transmitted. A grade female bred to
a thoroughbred male Of her own kind will
generally breed trUe to the male. But if
bred TO a male of another breed, even
though a thoroughbred, this prepotency of
the male is less certain. The result is al
most sure to be q mOngrel, inferior TO
either OF its parents.