The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-03


Nothing should be given a mich cow
that, so far as quality is concerned, we
would not be willing to eat and drink our
selves. Pastures should be free from weeds,
herbs and low-growing, deciduous and
evergreen trees.
In Swimming off the cream from milk
there should always be milk enough skim
med with the cream to give the butter.
when churned, a bright, clean look But
ter churned from pure cream, with little or
no milk in IL, will usually have an oily
or shiny look. This shows that the grain
keeping qualities.
Damp houses and yards are where many
of the poultry diseases originate and this
is the prime cause OF the disagreeable dis
ease or roup, which is so very disastrous
after 1T once gets good start; and, in
fact, there is nothing more conducive to
disease and general disorder among the
fowls than TO compel them to spend their
time In damp quarters. A sandy soil is the
best, as 1t absorbs the moisture and dries
off quickly.
When in the granular state, If butter be
washed free from extraneous matters, its
keeping qualities are far superior to that
In which these elements are allowed to re-
main, even though in small quantities
When the butter is washed by not very
strong brine it is then possible for salt TO
preserve IL, but II the matter remains salt
ing will not benefit it, though concealing
other fiavors. When butter is washed with
the brine 1t is possible to churn, salt and
pack at one operation, thereby saving labor.
AS bran contains a large proportion of
fat and starch it does not differ very widely
from some grains, and the only way to
judge of the value of bran is to compare it
with the price of corn. If corn is selling at
so per ton and bran at SIS, the farmer
should then consider whether 1t would pay
him to buy bran on a difference of S. per
ton, but in so doing there must also be
consider the kinds of food already used,
the location Of the farm, the purposes for
which the animals are kept and the value
or the manure from the stock.
The use of rich animal or other nitrogen
Gus manures on grapevines should be avoid
ed, as they cause too rapid growth of vine;
immature growth is liable TO mildew and
rot TO an. increased extent and makes
poorer Quality of grape. Potash and phos-
vineyard Ashes supply the first ard a fair
amount of the second, and mineral phos-
phate the second. Bonedust is good, but
contains nitrogen, which sometimes in wet
seasons makes rank growth of vine. The
grape does not require the application of
fertilizers as frequently as do other fruits
If the soil is suitable and not too droughty
the grape will grow with but the aid OF a
small outlay for fertilizers.
Nature suggests, in the natural and thick
growth of great variety of grasses and
weeds together, that a mixture of yegeta-
ton may yield a. larger quantity of vege-
table produce from any given area than
can be obtained from the growth of one
species alone. Actual experiment has
shown that a mixture Of grasses is usually
more productive than the cultivation of a
single one. An acre of peas and oats
grown together will yield more than half
an acre of each grown singly. a field seed
ed TO timothy ana clover produces much
more than either sown alone. A pasture sod
composed of orchard grass timothy, red
clover and Kentucky blue grass is in good
grazing condition from early spring till
autumn, the decay of the earlier ripening
species furnishing plant food for the spe-
cieS next coming to maturity.