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Show Two garden crops n Benson means almost double prollts. Amber enno nnd kafllr corn are good crops for rough forago. For chonp roughage thero is prob-nbly prob-nbly no bettor crop Hint tho millets. Corn easily heads tho list as tho best slnglo grain for fattening lambs. It Is perfectly fenshlo to apply rock phosphate to ground recently manured. ma-nured. Straw may bo only a small Item on tho farm, but still It should not bo wasted. As a ditch tiller, to prevent additional addi-tional nnd washing, wntcr-soaked strnw Is good Onion eeed for ripe onions should be sown iib early ns tho ground can bo worked ln good order, Oats respond readily to good trent-mtint, trent-mtint, so n thorough preparation of tho seed bod is Important. No factor perhaps tends to add more to the successful gi owing of sugar beets than proper rotation of crops. The Importance of maintaining tho fertility of our high priced land Is gradually becoming more and more evident. Somo farmers may think It tinwlso to use n big tractor In drawing a small load, but by wlso nnd Judicious planning the expeuso can bo materially material-ly decreased. Tho worst enemy of cantaloupes nnd cucumbers Is tho leaf blight or "rust," a fungous disease, nnd this positively can bo prevented by timely and thorough sprnjlng. |