The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

a quart to the square foot. enough to
raise the surface of the land half an inch.
An acre of land may contain six tons of
worms.
There is always large amount of coarse
material in the barnyard that has little or
no plant food in il, especially If IL has been
exposed. Such manure is not worth taking
to the fields and If turned under IL will
make the soil dryer in summer. Such ma
terial should be made the foundation for
new heap. so as to rot 1T down TO less
bulk, and also to use il as absorbent mat
ter for fresh manure.
The percentage Of fat in milk from a sin
gle cow may vary one day giving different
results from the next In an experiment
with a choice Jersey cow the milk was
found to range from AS per cent. to 5.3s
per cent A single test with a cow may,
therefore, be of no value, as in the one case
more milk would be required to make a
pound Of butter than in the other, as was
shown in the variation in fat with the
above experiment
For general feeding of colts during win
ter, the Village Farm, which keeps sew
quart of dry winter wheat bran 10 three
quarts of oats. This gives better results
than four quarts Of oats, the animals
eat the mixed feed more slowly and thus
chew it better. WEAVING colts are fed
boiled oats twice a day, to which is added
one-third bran while they are not. 1t is
thoroughly mixed and allowed 20 stand an
hour to cool before feeding.
The raspberry and blackberry fields now
require a cutting out before spring unless
such work has been done. Feeble canes
will not produce much fruit. and even the
best canes will not yield choice fruit If the
canes are too thick The canes also require
manure or fertilizer. Some blackberry fields
have done service for years without ferti-
lizer, but If field is given good cultivation
and well supplied with plant food the in
creased yield and better quality of the fruit
will make some Of the improbable fields
pay well.
A good harness dressing is made as fol-
lows Two quarts fish or neatsfoot oil
one-half pound mutton tallow, one pint
castor oil, one-haf pound beeswax, one
quarter pound ivory black. one-quarter
pound rosin one ounce burgundy pitch.
Boil in iron kettle over a slow fire for
half an hour, stirring meanwhile. Then
set off and after allowing IL to settle for
fifteen or twenty minutes, pour off slowly,
leaving all the sediment in the kettle.
When cool. it is ready to use. The fish
oil is said to prevent mice from gnawing
the harness.
A writer in the Orange Judd Farmer
says: Having had a great number OF
horses brought 10 me to shoot. j have been
enabled to see more horses teeth than
most men, except veterinarians. L havs
killed two, at least. which might have been
useful few years longer If they had had
their teeth examined and the loose one
extracted. In these cases teeth Of the up-
per jaw had projected below the level OF
the other grinders that they had loos-
ened the teeth on the under Jaw, causing
the horse to refuse TO eat hay A little
more attention and dental work would IN
doubtedly save some horses"
White breeds OF fowls are very popular
with some because OF being more easily
bred true to color. The white Wyandottes
and white Plymouth Rocks are popular
white breeds and to the inexperienced can
not be distinguished from each other The
former has the rose comb and the latter
the single comb. They also differ some
what in shape. and both breeds are what
may be termed medium" in size They are
excellent layers and also have yellow legs
which places them I'm the list OF desira ble
market fowls Breeds with white plumage
are more easily dressed for market than
other kinds. the pin feathers do not dis
figure the carcases.