The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18
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Notes.
No butter maker should let it he said Of
his product that it is inferior To butterine
Exclusive corn feeding tends TO dwarf
the growing pig. He needs shorts, bran
skim milk. etc. 10 build mp strong mus
cular body. Corn is a fatteninS food
\ creamery man at a farming institute
said that to hasten the ripening Of cream
a starter must be used, and that he had
found the best method was to use skim
milk for this purpose.
The high grade butter will not only
give more and better butter than the COW
convert more Of given amount of feed
into butter and less in beef.
\ horseman says that horses over twelve
years old often suffer from toothache.
which prevents mastication and causes
poor condition. Every horse should he eX-
amned annually by a veterinary dentist.
Prof. Henry says steers cannot be fat
tened fully on corn alone with profit. Tor
the concentrated grain soon burns out the
digestive tract and the steer comes to make
poor use OF his food. OIL meal or bran
should be fed TO tighten the ration. Bran
is cooling and lightens the heavy corn meal
ma terially.
Dairy farmers are undeniably the most
reliably prosperous of those who take up
specialties in agriculture. Their land is
| cheese Of the best qualities never fail 10 be
brisk in demand and at prices that re-
main firm when wheat beef and wool are
low in price and slow Of sale.
Succulence in a presentable palatable
form Is form Of food greatly relished by
the COW. and good silage from mature corn
is greatly relished by the stock, and of no
kind or variety Of crop can so much food
and of such great food value in succulent
form he obtained in the form Of corn
fodder ears and all, preserved in the silO.
Why not sell eggs by the pound? A hen
twice the service performed by one pro
dUcing eggs that require twelve to weigh
a pound, providing they equal each other
in the number Of eggs laid. Then why
able as the second. and the product Of
her industry bring twice as much in mar
The Ohio experiment station director SAYS
diseases with which gardeners have to
contend is lettuce rot which attacks the
climates the crop Frequent watering of
the foliage is supposed 10 be the most
prolific cause which favors the develop
ment of the disease.
There is nothing else which pays so well
for the money and labor expended on IL
as patch of small fruit well cared for
There Is other manner in which the
farmer can get so much i'm the way OF
good. wholesome food from so little ground
1ori1 matter no aftntton tbinxfn that
ii is not worth while for them 10 bother
with it,
Colts are generally fed too much hay and
not enough of other things As a writer
says they eat enough. but the food is not
Of the right quality; it fevers instead of
growth The remedy is corn and more
bran. oats. roots, oil cake, linseed meal
ensilage. clover, hay and chance at
reserved blue grass pasture or In field
Of green wheat rye.
The idea is gaining ground that late
planted. somewhat immature potatoes are
best for seed. Following out this theory
some of the potato growers of the middle
states are growing a late planted crop That
Will hardly have time 10 perfect growth
before the close Of the season. expressly
for their stock of.seed for the next spring
planting. and are claiming good results
from them as from the northern grown
seed.
\ hen that is two years old will fatten
more readily than pulet. hence caution
should he exercised i'm feeding corn to hens.
The pullets will continue to grow until
they are fifteen months old, but they begin
or Brahma pullet should lay when eight
months old and a LeghOrn pulet a six
m01ths Much depends on how they are
fed. Do not make them too fat. Fat hens
are poor layers, and more liable to disease
also.
Many farmers have found by experience
that top dressing is the best method of APP
plying manure under all circumstances.
The plant food is given where it must be
roots which are mostly near the surface
Immediately. IL comes the nearest to the
ldt1 - IiethouS' l9I III ndtuIe an tiS pidhl
food that the land receives is by the an
nual top dressing with the leaves or the
withered heritage that falls on the ground
at this season of the year.
The first crop Of lettuce or cucumbers
grown in a new greenhouse. in fresh soil
is generally the best il ever produces
Succeeding crops are more liable TO suffer
from insects or diseases. This fact sug-
gests the Importance of rotating crops
where il is possible to do So in order to
avoid the spores OF fungi, which rapidly
accumulate in the soil and the surround
ings where the same kind Of crops are
grown in succession. This is difficult to
accomplish, but may be worth the cost.
\ horse dealer. who handles over 1900
horses a year. told an exchange that If
he were to offer advice to farmers he
would say; Secure mares sixteen hands
high, with some warm blood in Them
we'll ribbed out. good quarters. obdue
shoulders deep through the heart with
plenty OF room for the lungs, and with
above all things, an intelligent. blOOd-like
bony head. Breed for level-headedness
and above all things, forbid the men and
colts.
There IS never any necessity for deeply
covering seed of any kind. Wherever it is
done either by hand or machinery the
seed is pretty sure to be planted too deeply
a slight covering, well-packed down over
the seed is better than depending on the
amount Of soil above IL to pack il. In the
spring time especially. planting should he
shallow because now the melting SHOWS
and the freezing Of the surface soil in
winter have left IL moist that a very
little covering Of earth Is sufficient with
very small seeds. sowing the surface
is all that Is required. The rains will wash
all the soil over them that Is needed
A correspondent of the Indiana Farmer
says that an infallible way to make a