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yi^Entered according to Act of Congress, in January, 186?, by T. A. Bl anp, in the Clerk's Office of tho District Court of the United States for tho District of Indiana, fij)
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Volume II—No. 7.—Terms, $1 per Tear,
INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA, JULY 1,1867.
T. A. BiAND, Editor and Proprietor,
Contents of July Number.
Work for the Month, Continued  121
Scientific Farming  122
Exhaustion of the Soil 123
To Keep Tire on Wheels  123
Grazing, No. 2 '  124
Progressive Development  125
Observations on Bees 126
Supplement To Treatment of Cows  120
Letter From Memphis, Tenn  127
The Family of The Grasses  l°t
Talk aliout Grapes  123
Brief Items  128
Ornamental Grasses    120
Various Brief items  120
Our Summer Fairs  1.30
Amorican Pomology  131
Microscopes  1.31
Capital and Labor   131
Immoral Advertisements 131
Summer Campaign  131
Hollow Horn  131
State Fair Premium List  131
Sorgo Manipulators    132
Domestic Economy  132
Saxon Sheep, with Cuts  133
Book Notices  134
Acknowledgements  134
Farmer Joe—Poetry.  134
Lamb Knitting Machine  134
Business Notices  135
Indiana State Fair  130
Doctoring: Sick Trees.
We copy the following from one of our
exchanges:
" A gentleman of Rochester was lately
in Saratoga county, and was there shown
an apple tree in line healthy condition,
which had been ill, subjected to treatment
with calomel, and thoroughly cured. This
tree was aillicted with insects, which were
destroying and rendering it unproductive.
A hole was bored into the body of the tree
nearly through the sap. and two grains of
calomel inserted. As soon as this calomel
was taken up by the sap, the vermin on
the tree died, and it began to bear, fruit
and has done so for three years, to the
entire satisfaction of the owner. Sulpher
may be mixed with the calomel and produce a good effect. This is a fact worth
knowing."
Perhaps the day is coming when all of
our "sick" fruit trees will be dosed with
medicines, in the shape of pills, emetics,
cathartics, &c, Indeed there are fools
enough now read}' to believe the above
story, which is one of the humbugs of the
day. We have seen other notices^ of
"cures" being effected on trees, by boring
holes in their trunks, and administering
injections of this or that medicine, which
leads us to think that some people actually
believe in such applications.—llural American.
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For the North Western Farmer.
Work for the Month.
This is the Harvest Month, with us in the
Xorth West. Everything should. be in
readiness to begin wheat cutting as soon
as it is ready for the sickle. All necessary
machinery will be put iu good working
order by the man that aims to drive his
work instead of letting his work drive
him. When we speak of driving work, we
do not wish to he understood as advising
a system oi rushing, ov over-tasking; for of
all the months of the year, this one, being
the hottest, admits of less deviations from
the correct laws of hygiene, with impunity, than any other. Over-work, overheating and over-drink, as well as overeating, are fruitful causes of many of the
summer diseases that are often ascribed to
malaria, among the laboring classes, at
this season of the year.
When it is desirable to accomplish as
much work as can safely be done, steady,
intelligent, well-directed effort is always
the most successful; will accomplish more,
and, at the same time, with less tax to the
Human frame, as well as less wear and
tear to operating machinery. It is not
our province, in these •'hints " to recapitulate everything heretofore said, or name
ever}' variety of operation or treatment of
the multiplicity of things that will claim
the attention of the farmer, so that he will
find all our suggestions all that he needs
and just what he needs, nothing more and
nothing less, leaving no room or necessity
for the exercise of judgment or discretion
as to what is best adapted to each individual case, circumstance or condition, any
more than the minister that was sent for
to pray for a man that was bitten by a
rattlesnake, who, after hunting his prayer
book through, sent tlie unfortunate sufferer word that he would have to die
without the benefit of the clergy, as there
was no prayer in his book for a man that
was snakebit. A few plain practical suggestions and general rules are all that is
aimed at. leaving the farmer to exercise
his judgment as to what is best adapted
to his particular condition. A well-regulated farm, with all its connections of
grain, stock aud fruit-raising, witli garden, lawn, house, barn, and all the out
buildings and various appointments for
" use and beauty," affords ample opportunity for the exercise of the most gifted
mind, both practical and ornamental.
THE FARM.
Bees.— Swarming should be through
with by this time, and if a hive should
show unmistakable signs of throwing off a
late sivar n, taking a little honey will generally set them all to work again, until the
season is so far advanced that they will
relinquish tlie idea. In taking honey from
tlie old-fashioned hive, where the head has
to be removed for the purpose, it is much
better to use screws than nails, as is often
the case, in securing the head to the hive,
thus avoiding th" jar and noise, so injurious, as well as offensive, to bees. Little
skill is necessary in taking honey from
drawers, caps or the bell glass; but in the
old-fashioned, " robbing." cutting and
carving, iu the presence of the bees, especially if the operator is a little timid, more
skill is requisite. Success depends upon
the expeditious use of the knife, making
as few cuts as possible, making as few
breaks iu the comb as the nature of the
case will admit of, being careful not to
take too much and thus weaken or curtail
their winter stores.
Buckwheat—May now be sown. It often
happens that there are vacant patches
where other grain has failed. These
should be occupied in some way, and
buckwheat answers very well to " replant" with, and though somewhat uncertain, is often productive and profitable.
Care of Ifachinery.—Perhaps no time or
attention is better repaid than care of farm
tools and machinery. A rusty, dull, weath-
erbeaten hoe or plow is but a poor apology
for the bright, smooth, and sharp implement doing such nice work, and at the
same time so much easier operated, to say
nothing about reliability. A mowing machine or reaper, carefully handled and
thoroughly oiled, is much* more reliable
than the one "wintered in the lield."
Breaks and consequent delays with a
reaper are exceedingly vexatious.
Early Rising.—"A wise man will rise
with tlie sun or before it." Whoever wrote
that aphorism no doubt thought he was
laying a heavy embargo upon slothfulness.
This, however, depends somewhat upon
the season. The fanner that would he
found in bed in the winter season at
sunrise would be sure to be the '• laughing stock" for the whole neighborhood;
while in the short nights of midsummer it
is a little more excusable to lie in bed till
daylight. Much of the work of the farmer for this month is of such a nature that
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