The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-16

handy. and with a sponge or rag wash
the neeks Of the animals you are groom
ing. A weak emulsion will kill all lice
and not injure the hair.
There are many good farmers who
make the mistake of ina gining all the
money spent making the home beautiful
and comfortable is so much lost, and
they will invest thousands in barns and
conVenlences for stock and stock Feed
Ing and keep their families in cramped
and uncomfortable quarters.
To utilize the feathers of ducks, chick
ems and turkeys, generally thrown aside
as refuse. trim the plumes from the
stump, inclose them in a light bag, rub
the whole as If washing clothes, and
you will secure a perfectly uniform and
light down, excellent for quilting cover
let's and not few other purposes
There is no nuisance on the farm
greater than a muddy barnyard. II is
not possible to give stock any proper
care when one must wade knee-deep in
when compelled to spend any portion or
their time standing amid such fifth.
Stock keeping will always be unpront-
able in such conditions.
Not all sides Of farming have a somber
hue in England. 1t is reported that one
man sold fifty acres of potatoes for
$1,000, yet this is eclipsed by the re-
fifty-five acres of potatoes. which is re-
ported by the Rural New Yorker to have
been $1,000. Lucerne and a favorable
climate plus irrigation IS the explana-
ton OF this phenomenal success.
Varieties Of apples. pears and peaches
are changing every few seasons, and a
horticultural writer is of the opinion
that when some strictly good kinds have
been introduced they should be grated
upon the old stocks. In this way the
character of the orchard is constantly
keeping abreast Of the times. When a
certain variety takes we'll and sells well
it can be ropagated rapidly over
great number of trees.
Corn and potatoes may be greatly i'm
proved by growing the seed with wide
spaces, leaving but one stalk in a hill
1t is impossible TO grow the best seed
with several stalks in a hill. 1t will
take but a little time to thin out an acre
or half an acre Of corn, and this will
make an abundant supply Of good seed
One-eighth of an acre of potatoes can
be thinned in a few hours. and nothing
can be more important than growing
the best seed.
Sugar beets are worth more to feed
TO cows for milk and butter than the
prices which the sugar-beet factories Of
fer for them for making sugar. So it is
not necessary that a farmer should be
located near a beet-root sugar factory in
order TO make beet growing pay. If he
has the right kind Of cows he can make
more money feeding beets 10 them than
he can sell them for in any other way.
The same is true of most of the grain
products Of the farm
There is no harm in giving young
pigs plenty TO eat, provided it is the
right kind of food for growth, with COM
paratively little Of fat-forming material
In its composition. The pig always be-
gins right The sow's milk is excellent
for growth. and for the first day or two
while weak, the pig takes its food in
small quantities and often. 1t is about
the time that the pig is one or two weeks
old that it's dams milk becomes INSULT
Client. The age depends on the size Of
the litter and the milk-producing ca
pacity Of the sow. If stunted at the
time the sows milk becomes too little
for them the pigs never after recover all
that is then lost