The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-06-13
Farm Notes.

To promote early maturity with any
class of stock. good feeding must be
practiced from the start to the finish.
one advantage in using good machin-
cry on the farm is that. as a rule. it aids
materially TO lessen the cost of produc-
ton.
Under present conditions. when prices
are low. it is only a good animal that
will pay the cost Of production, and give
fair profit.
If YOU have a young horse teach him
to work on horse hoe and cultivator
without reins. With well-trained horse
more and better work can be done.
Do not neglect the chores even if other
work seems to demand your whole time
Study To save both steps and time in do
ing chores and do them in the same order
every day.
Carrots yield about fifteen tons per
acre in Scotland and sold for SIS a ton
in Glasgow last winter. They exceed
the price of potatoes, although potatoes
have more nutritive matter in them.
Nitrate of soda is one of the most
valuable of heterogeneous manures. 1t IS
perfectly soluble and Immediately avail
able for the nOurishment of the plant
1t goes rapidly down to the subsoil, and
improves it's texture.
The New York law requires pure milk
to have u per cent. OF solids for legal
sales. 1t also requires il TO contain per
cent. of fat. and if il is short in either
Of these materials Of the standard named
though up in the others, 1t is held to be
adulterated.
Do not forget the proper proportions
Of corrosive sublimate and water for
disinfecting seed potatoes. Six or seven
gallons TO each ounce Of sublmate is
about right. Soak the whole tubers
from one TO two hours. The solution is
a strong poison.
The Mennonites of Manitoba have
grown flax from year to year They now
sow it on land that has been cropped
for years receiving sure and fair re-
enumeration for the same 1t is raised
Cor seed only. for which there is always
ready market.
Economy in feeding is the sure road
TO profit in doing 1t, provided you begin
with good stock. Poor stock will often
fail TO return you the cost Of their food
labor. Do not go into the business on
such a poor fundatiOn.
Grow more leguminous crops. They
furnish the cheapest food for stock and
the cheapest manure for the soil. They
do this because they obtain from the
air substance necessary for plants and
animals alike, which costs in the form
Of fertilizers and feeding stuffs from 10
to % cents a pound.
Mrs. Harrison tells an exchange that
buying bees by the pound is a very salts
factory way To populate hives that are
furnished with combs and honey. The
price per pound varies in different
localities from - cents TO 81 per pound
but a queen with them will be an extra
! charge, according to quality.
tt would be well 10 consider whether
there is any profit in hauling your wheat
TO town and selling 1t at the present
prices and then buying corn and hauling
il home TO feed. Wheat itself is a good
stock feed, as many men have been find
ing but this season. and If there is
profit in using il that way do not let any
prejudice prevent you from doing it.
Manure or fertility I'm the soil Is sim
ply plant food. BY keeping the soil fine
and mellow you make the food avail
able. and place 1t within the reach of the
young plant. The fine white roots are
the feeding mouths Of the plant. They
suck up their food the same as the young
animal. and they thrive and grow. with
good care, or starve and die with neglect,
just the same.
The Breeders Gazette says: "a belief
prevails quite generally that horses
which have broken into grain bins or
grain fields. and have eaten a surfeit of
grain. should not be given water. This
is all wrong. They should have free
access to water i'm order TO moisten and
soften the excess Of grain In the stom-
ach. Instead of injury water is
positive benefit.
Why do not more Of our farmers raise
barley and so relieve the wheat pressure
a little? Most of that used in the United
States now comes from Canada, and the
American farmer might as well have the
money paid for it as to have this cash