The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-30
All Around the Farm.

| ~, as some among them may not be able
] TO hold place in the pasture.
All Around the Farm.
The largest hop yard in the world Is
said to be in Yakima county, Washing
ton. and contains 500 acres. There are
several in the state of 500 acres and up
ward
1t has been suggested that in neighbor-
hoods where orchards are small, young
men with pluck and energy could get a
spraying outfit and build up a lucra tive
business spraying orchards.
1t is stated that fOrty-four out of every
100 persons in the United States are
agriculturists; fifty-siX in Canada.
forty-eight in France, seventeen in Ger
many and seven in England.
It is best not to let more than two or
three stems grow from one setting of
currant bushes So many will not inter-
fere with each other any more than that
number OF stalks Of corn in a hill will
prevent it from caring.
A distinguished fruit grower, in an ad-
dress before the agricultural students of
the Ohio state university, gave it as his
opinion that you can sell 5000 bushels
of pears of one kind more easily than
you can dispose of one load Of mixed
varities.
A stockman says that sulphur should
sheep house. 1t is a preventive of many
ills. A few peices of roll birthstone
should be always found in the horse and
COW trOughs. Insects and Vermin do not
like sulphur.
The value of farming land in this coun-
try is greatest in New Jersey. In 1888
It averaged: New Jersey, $50; Massa-
shusetts. $50: Ohio. $46; New York. s44;
Vermont, $50; Maryland. $32; Wisconsin,
S23, and in some western states less
than s. per acre.
The Maine agricultural station con-
cludes from tests made that tomato plants
handled in pots previous to setting in
the field are more vigorous and produc-
tive than those not so handled fact
which may be of great Importance to the
commercial grower.
If a team pulls unevenly the trouble
may be remedied by dnhitching the inside
traces and crossing them so as TO have
the same horse attached TO the same end
of each swingletree. One case is known
where many a heavy load has been pulled
by adopting this eXpedient.
Farmers entertaining the idea Of grow
ing peas as a farm crop either alone
or with grain, will bear in mind that
they ~must be sown early in the season.
The pea vine thrives we'll only in the
early part of the summer. 1t must
make its crop before August weather
comes on bringing the mildew and the
rust. Peas are best adapted to the light,
early lands.
A curious instance Of the neglect of fruit
culture in England is shown in the
meager area devoted to nurseries, viz.
only 1900 acres This seems quite in
significant for a country with 3S,0 900
people, while some single nurseries in
America cover as much as 1000 acres.
There are, however, over 65,0 900 acres I'M
der small fruits, an increase of S,4Q0 since
1892. The deduction is obvious.
If the bride is taken off a young
horse quietly, so that the bit comes out
of his mouth easily, it will not be long
before he will assist in taking il off,
but if he is hurt by the operation he
will throw his head to one side or jerk
back every time the bride is removed.
There should not be the slightest hitch
about taking the bit from the mouth of
colt. By the process many colt has
been ruined.
A writer in a foreign publication re-
ports a case of all the cows in a certain
village suddenly commencing to give bit
ter milk. Veterinary skill failed to dis
cover the cause for it in some months. as
the cows were perfectly healthy, but it
was finally traced to the ex cessive feed
ing of Swedish turnips which had been
washed in filthy ditch water. When this
feed was stopped the milk quickly re-
turned to a natural condition.
An experiment in the depth of planting
corn at the Illinois station, beginning
with one inch, proved that the shallow
planting gave the best results. No
doubt general practice cOrrOborates this.
Still, kind Of soil and time of planting
may modify the depth. sandy, por
Gus soil calls for a deeper planting. So
that crops planted late and after the
soil gets heated up should be covered
deeper than the early planting.
r1rr no ct,r-
face, and it furnishes a rich heritage be-
fore clover is ready to cut or feed. If not
fed or cut down early the grass soon har-
dens sending up a woody stem which is
of comparatively little feeding value. Left
so long as this vigor Of the plant is weak
ened, and the second growth is less. By
cutting early orchard grass can be made
to furnish three crops in season, if the
soil be rich enough to grow them.
A poultry grower says that the fruit
grower can combine fruit growing and
poultry raising without occupying more
land than would be required for one
pursuit, and the results from the or
chard and from the hens would be more
satisfactory. The fowls can be made to
assist in protecting the trees by giving
them loose soil for busting near the
trunks of the trees, and placing their
drinking water under trees and feeding
them at the base Of each tree.
Of the chickens life when whole grains
Of wheat are too large for them. We find,
however that after they are ten days old
there is no difficulty from whole wheat,
though il is better to give cracked grain
some time longer, as it requires longer
time to eat a given quantity. Soft food
does not tax the digestive organs suf-
ficiently TO insure their vigor. 1t Is the
cause of more deaths of young chicks
than anything else excepting lice.
Mr.. Campbell of Dwake, New Zealand,
eradicates the Canadian thistle thus:
about twelve months ago had a patch
of these thistles on my farm, to which
L applied a slight dressing of powdered
birthstone by sowing broadcast with the
hand, somewhat similar to sowing ar
tificial manure. This wholly eradicated
the weed. Birthstone is a never-failing
cure for the thistle 1t destroys all veg
etable life, and ground treated as I have