Show FART AND GARDEN MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS Pass Ipo data IllnU Abash r dues Stan f Ih Holt and YIlds l ThrOT I llorlleolUr TIUeattar4 rlorl Nara UK results of fletfl feeding or fruit culture cul-ture experiment at an experiment station should t I neither ho accepted j nor rejected so far as their applicability applicabili-ty to work In soils 1 of different character I i I ter or In a different part of the stale or territory Is I concerned without making some trial of them In making such trials there should be means for comparison com-parison If the station reports that a given variety of corn did best In Its tests and a fanner should plant all of Ills lend with this he would nut know Whither the Increased or decreased yield compared with that of previous jrars was owing to the variety or the Prawn It Is I the buslnsss of the station sta-tion to try experiments which armed could not afford Hut there are man experiments which farmers may makl with little Increased cost Thus many trials at the stations showed better yields from planting moderately early rather than very early from planting a larger number of kernel per acre than roost good farmers think advise Me fromplsntlug small growing varieties vari-eties In row closer together than Is I best for large varieties from giving hallow and level cultivation rather than deep and ridged culllvatlon from planting rather shallow early and deeper deep-er In late planting Other trials have seemed to show that very Irrquent cultivation dOt not repay Its colt I that It la I Important to cullh ate as soon as may be after rains that deep cultivation cultiva-tion while the stalks are small may be helpful If followed by shallow culture Many of these things could be tested on any corn growing farm A trial for ono year Is I not enough as the result might be dlffrrtnt It the seasons were different feeding Unto on farms are not so conveniently made as they lOam lOa-m ke It necessary to have separate enclosures en-closures for stock Hut a more satisfactory satis-factory opinion can be formed as to whether Poland Chinas or Ouroo Jcr sips whether pure bred or cross bred hogs are the better bjr making direct comparisons on one farm than liy comparing ones hog with those ot Ills neighbor Many texts seem lo haw a greater profit from full feeding pig until they ire ready to be sold rather than keeping them a longer time In growing conditions In many cases a direct comparison can easily be made Irrh Dr a llllo Having been asked for an opinion regarding re-garding the purchase of a stallion and requested to slat whether I should advise 1 ad-vise such a transsctlon under present renditions or await further development develop-ment In the way nt renewed l confldouc and higher prlcn wn submit the following fol-lowing At a not very remote period appeared to be the prevailing opinion among those persons Interested In the welfare ot the tight harness horse Industry In-dustry that one of the most certain methods of securing a competency was to purchase a well bred stallion and I offer his service to the dear and un inspecting public si so much by the season says a writer In Western Horseman Horse-man A few men did make the bust IIIIM pan out very well for a short series ol years but the large majority of persons ttmllarly engaged fell far short of their expectancy In other words their plans sutured K mlscar clogs or else died aboruln Many an air castle want up In smoke and a large number of would be great sires have since been added to the list of serviceable geldings and are now engaged en-gaged In the honorable pursuit ot earning earn-ing their oat and hay by the wet ot their collar However the present Is a very suitable period for the purchase of a stallion u tbs price at which a really good hone can be obtained Is I within the reaoh of any ambitious owner own-er It U not the fad to purchase I or 3 yesrold colt at a prim running Into lbs thousand limply to tall enss Mends or the public lost lbs youngster Is a trotter to the manor born a valua ble piece of horse lIb u be cost me 11000 at Gea lllu Illoods In Kentucky Ken-tucky Such a recommendation walt w-alt that was needed eight or ten year II lace In order to make most any kind nt a lUlllon profitable There wen hundreds ot colt old by Kentucky breeders and dealers at what would now be termed fabulous price that paid for themselves and their breeding Jit the Bret season thy were shipped north1 And yet the majority of these colt would be worthies were they placed upon the market today aa geld liis while u stallions no one would class them as such It may be posslbl thIopt1 bred atalllons can be purchased pur-chased M cheaply In the future u now but we doubt It To own a I tallton tl I ope thing but to make nlowelf supporting or even cap his of fjirnlng reasoneble rate of In tcres oq he purchase Is I quite another Krenidurlflt the dull times since 1891 a few > ownennbav been able to make such a showing while still fewer have don I better l Uvery horseman Is I not V cakulstedbjr mllnre habit to become a successful al1 Ulno lianager There may bo Quad menU every county of this Uon that con oaks any kind of a italllqn profitable Some of course mon rofllall than others Bum roan are not taken down loft the book Ilk M muciicopx forda hungry < irpwen machlns but are born that war Our Ulrica to th s Weid ho suggested these UxiJnuo I pa I1I11 l well the chancel fqf aafiacsinal I sucoea and It white opiaks Vsatur ilwhyj do so thl O 09004 sMsooluUs sJTUlewntu Ii t person has been exp ed to any e < the numerous fads that go the rounds every few years the only way out for them Is I vaccination or a run of the fever II our friend feels disposed to stay by the business slier he Is well Into It tbs prubabllltle are that lie will events all flush some game and land It at the wire ahead of the hounds Now as to the purchase of a stallion Our friend Is anxious lu learn which would be the better plan to purchase a well bred but undeveloped youngster or cue with a fairly rut record To which we will say Dont 1 purchase a colt unless you have a good stiff account In the tank or are thoroughly competent and willing will-ing to do your own developing Mark you this thing of hiring some one to educati develop and campaign your colt come tinder the brad ef luxuries lux-uries Ever man that ever tried It I can assure you of that fact This Is I the rule To U there are occasions exceptions Developed speed can be purchased more cbesply than It can bs produced by amateurs The writer owned a half Interest In a stallion that old two year ago for lees I than one third of what It cost lo mark him better I bet-ter than 120 Like many other own I era we climbed In through the skylight and crawled out of the basement window win-dow Our candid opinion Is I that the bI policy for anyone to pursue who erlously thinks of purchasing a slat Ion Is I to buy ono that hoe mtablliued himself as a sire tloltlur sect Hlrittrrrl A bulletin ot the Ohio experiment says Although strawberry plants will not thrive where the soil Is perma neatly wt they do require an shun dent supply of moisture both during the growing and fruiting seasons The onobservance of this requirement Is I the occasion of heavy losses In the fret plan the ground for strawberries is I often left until planting time before towing and breaks up In clods occs Ionlllil much labor In preparation with harrow and roller Although It may be possible lo put such a soil Into fairly good condition for planting the water which baa been lost cannot be restored and wrecks may elapse before inirlcnl lain falls lo keep the plants alive It has been shown that more than IIW barrels of water per acre my escape from unplowed ground In one week In excess ot the quantity which will pass off from an equal area which has been plowed early and bar owed at frequent Intervals More over the ground which has been plo oil laiD will continue to dry out urine the season al a role In excess ot the early plowed This shows plsln ly I Hint curly plowing and frequent bat rowing ate tssenllal In order U retain the soil moliture even thougL planting may to delayed The difference be ween fall and lets spring plowing Is till crinter than between early and ate plowing especially as affecting Us apaclty ot the soil to retain moisture during the season The beat prepsrs lon lor a strawberry bad la I fall lowing where the soil will admit and II not then as early Inlhe spring as the round is I fit lo work Vrhvrevenllon of escape ot molsUlre from the soil during the growing season U I also Im orlant and this cnn be accomplljped very largely by frciiucnVtultftallon specially alter every rain Ills I quite II ImiKirlant to stir the soil after llcht bowers us after heavy rains Itetaln log of moisture by mulching during the rutting season is I no doubt a more racllcablo method than culllvatlon rrcllllira In I Main llulletln JO of Maine atatlon give tale bl ta-le of analyses ot fertiliser sold In that state The law require dealers to scud fair ssmples to the station repre enllng the fertlllxera to be offered These sro analysed certified and a II cease Issued livery bag sold must baa ba-a label attached giving the stations analysis Afterwards the ststlon must procure and analyze samples ot the same brand which have been sold to farmers to see If the good told are up to the sample sent In at first and also to sea If they are up to the guarant however 11 were below the guarantee In nitrogen IT were below In pho phone add four of IbO badly so It were below In potash I badly so Th samples taken from good that had Dew sold did Dot always come up to bl sample ent In by the manufactur ere at the beginning of tbe season Though many were above the first am pies lint 41 war below In nitrogen 41 to phosphoric acid and 41 In potash The number of brands cold In the state nl 1ta I was CO In lltl 71 In 1W and 117 In 1181 Hum the Weed Seeds Sine the Improved Im-proved fanning mills enable tbe farmer farm-er to separate all defective and broken brok-en grain while It U cleaned there Is I I no longer any reason for grinding or feeding screenings They are mostly I most-ly composed ot wed sssds and have little nutritive value while some kinds of weed seeds are positively injurious to stock Let of all should ouch weed seed be grim to poultry wIth the Idea that passing through the gli lArd will destroy their vitality Thli Is not the feet It Is In the crops 01 migratory birds that many kinds of plants and trees have been so widely spread as they have been Aa tot grinding the screenings they are no longer worth the trouble Grain II I too cheap II some broken grain la I burned with the weed seed It II no great loss Ex Wornout lutureaAdlr on re newlng wornoul native pasture from the United State department of sgrl culture Is briefly put as follows L 1 Keep from overstocking 2 When the soil begins to get baked and packed stir It up with a harrow 1 dirt occasional oc-casional light top dressings ot well rotted stalls manure 4 rill In thin spots with hardy tame or wild cruses before the weed get a start 6 Keep the weeds mowed off so that the ran es r-an get the benefit of all the pleat food there U In the toll |