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Show PAID! AND GARDEN. MATTKriB OP INTBnCBT TO AamcuLTunisTS. Soma rp-ln-llata lltnta Ahont Cat-lliallon Cat-lliallon nf lha Soil anil Tlelila Thereof llorttcallure. Viticulture and riorlrultnra. Traliilnf llrapr llorlrnnlnlly, 13.0 Ider-er. In Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture ItetXiti Medoc esiltne, or tho low horliontal ayitem of Bordeaux, France, It one which gives excellent results upon certain cer-tain light soils of that famous region The etrm of the vine It not more than ten or twelvo Inches In height (see II-luetratlnn). II-luetratlnn). and at Its summit are two short arms with spurs The canes aro cut back each year to ono or two buds, ind Iho shoots which grow from these sre trained horttoutnUy, "jne or two on each side of tho stem, to a strip of wood or to a wire which extends along Iho rowt at a distance nt only 15 or IS Inches from tho ground. A pott It ordinarily or-dinarily placed midway between the adjoining vines ot the tamo row, and Ihe horltnnlal supports are fastened to them When the shoott havo grown so long that they reach theto posts, the growing tlpt are pinched off, thlt forcet many ot tho axillary buda ot the thooli Into growth, nnd when these laterals havo grown about a toot they arn In turn pinched back, ao that the fruit may receive aa large a supply ot sap at possible. Tbo Instruments met! tor thlt summer pruning may be an ordinary knife, pruning ahcara, or some olher convenient tool; a tlcklc-haped tlcklc-haped blado It very often used In Prance, especially for cutting Iho up- i $ nr right standing laterals. In tho Mcdoc espalier the grapes aro borne near tho ground, and this It supposed to have a beneficial effect upon the quality ot tho fruit, tho temperature surrounding the berries It said to bo higher, both In the daytlmo and al night, than It tho rate with grapes borne upon higher high-er trellises Some ot tho flnest and most expentlvo wines of I'.urope are produced from grnpea grown In thlt careful and palnitaklng manner, for tbo yields per acre from tuch vines are not very large. Thlt tyatem Is alto employed upon soils which requlro larger trellises, but tho general plan remains tho samo Tho Annls System. Probably tho system which It adopted In Anntt, Lower Charrnle, Prance, brings the thoott nearer to the ground thin re sult! from any other horliontal training. train-ing. Tho eance aro each year cut back severely, and aa they aro borno upon branches that rest almost upon tbo tur-fico tur-fico ot tho toll tho new growth! itart from a very low elovstlon, Thoto ihoott are nol tied upright, but they spread out horltonlally, occupying a circular area which may be from 3 to S feet In diameter At a ruls they are not lupporlcd to aa to keep the foliage and fruit abovo tbo turfaco of the toll, and they have, therefore, tprawled lu all direction!. In certain seasons tuch treatment It followed by sellout Injury to tho fruit, and mauy losses havo re suited, The system hat littlo lo roo-ommeud roo-ommeud It, except tho almost total ab-tonco ab-tonco ot labor aa regarda training Caneemtni Millet. The valuo ot millet Ilea mainly In tha fact that It can be sown lato In tbo icason and will mature quickly and furnish a large quantity ot fodder, fod-der, aayt Country Otntlcman. If tome what lato In tho icason It It found that ths corn crop It a fatluro or that the meadows aro nol going to glvo enough return! to pty for rutting them, the land may be plowed and town tu mil let. 11 must not bo town until danger from froit It passed. Where corn can be grown It will produce a larger quantity of valuablo material per acre than will millet, but when for any reason It becomes necessary to make uso of tome catch crop to Increaio the fodder production then millet may bo uted to advantage. If properly grown and properly fed, It will produce no Injurious results. It haa been strongly condemned by sumo, who say It will kill animals and It not til for food There It no doubt that many anlni.vls havo been killed by feeding millet. Tho fault, however, wat not 10 much with tho millet aa with tho feeder. TUu drat care must fo taken In crowing the millet. Bolect a warm, porous, fertile soil, Bandy or sandy loam soils where sufficiently fertile glvo tbo best results. Prepare tho land well, and If the soli Is a clay see that It It thoroughly pulverized. pul-verized. Row the teeU after frosts are over, harrow la lightly and roll. The common millet and Hungarian crast require about one-half bushel of teed per acre, Qtirmau millet three peek, per aore. 11 thould bo town alone and wilt thoroughly occupy tho soil It It succeeds. Millet It a very exhauttlvu crop to tho soil It It a gross fender and draws heavily on tho available plant food of the soil It Is frequentl) I uied, especially German millet, where I It Is desired to smother out tomo foul woed which has fixed Itself In ths land As a soiling crop to cut and feed green millet possesses ooiialdcrahlo value Tor bay It should bo cut when tho seed It yet toft, for It permitted to ripen iced tho quantity of wood fiber Is Increased, In-creased, and tho danger to aulmalt feeding on It It also greater. Millet hay la best used as a part feed In combination com-bination with other fodders. Spraying ibould be undertaken whtrever possible. A healthy treo may al remain healthy II It bo sprayed, Wlro fences are the roost nrvlce-able Calling Cereal, far Hay. It his been thown by experience thai w H the time tb cut Wrralt for hay It about " midway. Jjrtwf en .tjio, milk and the t dous;h' th.s,t .nicuvAjaJhat the milk HH "which It fmlnif TTHViWiTtig the young ttsaaaB kernel must be conildrrably thickened, RHI and at the samo.tlmo not.thlck enough fatS ao that the substance which Issues by BHS lbs -same pressure li like dough, myi ctaanU Pacific Htiral Press There Is naturally yfaVXaVe aomo difference of opinion among trlaWfYf growers on this subject, because H Is MSB? a matter which may not be definitely jP.ifls71 settled by description, Hmt mutt bo de- MIDI tcrmlned by Judgment and experience mIR Probably the people you, have consult- tfWifi rd differ rather In Uel,r description BmB than In their conception' of the state EfS or condition which (bey wish to de- SBuK scribe If the grain la cut ton early nVBR that It, when tho kernel contains noth- (tflB Ing but milk ptrl ot-tho nutritive sub- eBR stance la lost, because tho straw has K9B not reached sufficient maturity, on tha (HaHl oilier hand, If It It left until the kernel IH becomes llko dough loo muth ot tho 1 nutriment has gone to tho grain. The B secret ot success lies In Inking It Just 1 midway between theae two extremes H thai la, when the plant hat taken all H that It can from the toll and at tbo tamo tlmo hit not trantferrrd tho nu- HH trlmcnl to the kernel and hardened the H tlssuo ot tho straw. It It unquestlon- H ably true that most hay It cut a little jH too late, and that greater weight and greater amount of nutriment can be obtained by cutting a little earlier than H Is usually done. In tho rasa ot barley H It la also drslrablo tu cut n littlo ear- m Her than wheat, because oa tho plant H matures the bearda become atllfcr and H more likely to Injure stock Id feeding. HH Sheep. H As It la no objection against lambs jH sent tn market under a year thai they H havo not been castrated, there Is no H reason why thlt operation should bo HHJ performed on them, ssys an exchange. H It Is even a question whether It would H not be best to msrket all tho mala H sheep, while lambs, and under a year H old, and so gel rid of this extra work H and risk. A two-year-old wetber la not BH so profitable, aa n ten-montb-old lamb. HH Under present conditions ot ths llvs jH stock business, the earlier any animal HHJ goes to market the moro money it H brings to tho teller for Iho expense H of rearing It Tbo wether Is now a HH thing of ths psst, It we are to consider H the profit ot It alter having been fed H two winters, Tho most profitable eheep H now Is that which bat never known HHJ what n wlnter'a snow or cold li, and H goes lo market tho tame year It It jH born. If burned cattle lire tbo most HHJ talablo at two or threo yeara old, HH ihcep ibould bo tho time under ono year ot ago. Then wo may no longer BH run tho rltka, or go to ths labor ot caa- B trilling the malo lambs, H Poisoning (Irosshoppers and Lo H custs. The United Btatts consul In HH Krcenim callt the attention o farmeri HHJ In tho United Slates lo soma expert- H Natal In poisoning tho locusts which H to often devattato those regions. Tht ' H preparation It made by mixing ono M pound of caustic potash with boiling M water, and ai soon at tho toila It dlt- HH solved adding ono pound of arsenic. Care must be taken that tho fumes la H not Inhaled. Half a gallon of thlt It HH then mixed with four gallons of water H and ten pouudi of tugnr. Tim ttuff It H then tplaihed by mo of a whlto-wath H brush on any horbago visited by tho H locustt. Tbo Insects cat 'the poisonous H compound and die. , H American Corn ln Ungllsh Ilrcid- IH During the last threo years tho use, ot malso In tho l'ngllih wheat loo is H laid lo havo been commenced on an M extensive scale, and there" aro 'alarm- Istt who assert that fully 5 per cent H ot our loavea li now malte. It ti n H fact that tho malte meal, though foi H tho most part not quoted eltherby H milling or baking Journals, has a very HH large and steady sale, a fact, too, that H many mills havo been adapting their H machinery to grinding It Tho first point that would stem to-call for it- H tsnllon Is the largo Increase, ln lha Hi malso Imports, combined wlUi a main- Hi tenanco ot former tolala for Imports ot Hi barley, oata and oilseeds. Parmer nfld Hi Stockbreeder, H Salting Cows Itegularly. Now thai M cows are turned out to ptituro, cAVo Hj thould bo taken to glvo them regular Hj supplies ot tall. Ths best vv.ny Is' to H place aomo rock ssltln a sheltered Hj place where they can lick It nt wljr. Hj Some salt It found by analysis In lnljk. H It It a curious fact that to long at tho HJ calf's food Is chiefly milk It hat ,no HJ craving for salt This craving; bcglnu H when the calf begins to eat grati nhd H other vegotabet, all ot which require H tomo salt to aid In their digestion. H Cows that aro salted only Irregularly H give less milk than they should, And H what they do glvo furnishes cream H that Is difficult to churn. American, H Cultivator. H Possible Strawberries. A corUlrrt H grower of strawberry plants sayt that," H he expects within ten years to gruyy H strawberries nt largo as plneappltk Wo do nol know how imaH hb hat teea pineapples, but we have seen watef- ' melons that were not at largo at tdmo strawberries Uut, seriously, we think the ilta of the berries we tea now Is' tufllclent, and hone aomo one will try . to Improve tho quality Instead of trying try-ing to Increase the tlxe If wo havo got to tllco our strawborrles to ti them It wilt teem to bo a nultaiico.' And most ot tho very largo varieties wo havo teen wero not the equal In? ' flavor ot tbo smaller sortt. Ex. Plgt killed by Bait. One of, tho netghbori recently lost two fine brood, tows from giving them too much salt. Tho now man waa told to ta'j, th.e sowt, and put two or threo uandiu.lt Qf-sajj; In each trough. Tho next morning hptti . towt were head Too muclj tatH'Tn, " death to plgi -Ft , t - i. |