Show FARM AND GARDEN MATTEPB OF INTEHEST TO AonicuLTuntSTs Ona i Vslsiial IIInK UI C llIu 1100 ft Ih toll > ml MrMl TIeeot Iloeliosllses 5 liltaIl aeosn 5 ieI 1 ull ITIIIN THC bAWl l three or four La r h I month have q Cb made cveral trips I amounting to alx et1e thouiand I r in lien I ex I dP lending through the ulalen of Indiana p 1P IllinoIs Mlwoiirl fl A Kansas I Colorado Nebraska Iowa and I Into soul through Ohio Kentucky Tonnraaee Alabama and Irorgla In tliMo several trill bavo been n dove observer from the car window and though had been over moil of the route Iraulod It wan no less Interfiling Inter-filing to me Ilili limp for the diversIty of soil and climatic Influence are perceptibly I per-ceptibly noticeable na we pat through the different aettlon of country No where do tho methoda of farming farm-ing present n belter appearance of ltrre II fke cJIO thrift and homelike uirroundlng Itan In section where diversified farming la I ytfnmIr ally eniMKcJ in from year to pear by which Ihn farmer grow na many or lean nil tOte alapio crept required to meet the demands of Ms own wnnti and by diverting the product thua grcwn to a Mglur rain of vnlue retd for Slat uch na beef pork mutton poultry egco but trr etc Tho all corn wheat cotton lor what not class I of farmer are tue dolly I more dependant upon other and the unccrtalntlcH uf market Inllucnrra that cauao an unhappy Condition In their accounts Tho crop In locilltlc appeared to be exceptionally coal but In many tliorl to n very poor crop and bMlero thxioru crop bOI been very much orrriwlmat eel by the report Cera U mlllng too low to bo of uny practIcal rnluo to the iroducer In dlatilcla where 10 tents per bushel la I aa much na It now com mood Of a middle stales farmer IS ha been t tll uld plenty of cora plenty of everything every-thing which I would taki M mean h I has plenty of cheap fool to allow liberal lib-eral feeding for tin arli > ui llndi of lock conurllng it into many metul nrtlclea neceaaary fur getlnz on well In lomc rcctlonii of theWcit corn doe not mean no much for tho iltuatlon or the producer has not the mlvnntagca of obtaining thosn reaulta and is I compelled com-pelled to aubmlt to the Inevitable by taking wluit errr ho can net after freight and commliilon are paid I Mlcllo In rarmera Ilovlow Oman cc The dead plant la I prepared I for feeding I feed-ing Iho growing plant through lie action ac-tion of mlcrodcmea or bacteria or to use a name that will become general among farmer ferments low order of plant IUD ilmltar to what raises realtor realt-or ripens cream There I much to learn regarding the proccaiea but It i hiss been fairly well aettled that each successIve step is I taken by a different living or ginlam The practical value of his cornea from the necessary conditions to unto the dead plant manure changed to soluble plant roo < land Ihl ii I under tho control of tho farmer Accord Into In-to Warrlnglon ammonia la I made Oral nllrlto next then nltratea Tho plant may feed on nil of them na nil ore soluble but the organlam may change ammonia and nllrltea to nltratea before tho plant fecda upon them aa condl Inns favorable to plant growth tutor nitrification that la I heat and motituro ultable together with the Incrcdlenta neceaaary to form the nitrates which manure supplies Ughl la I not favorable favor-able to nitrification So wo conclude that manure aprcad 1 on the nurface In dry weather mutt wait until ruins wash It Into Iho soil If It U I put on lightly In the sprung grnsa may cover and ahado It no that the organlim can work It manure la I plowed under In our loll from four to sic Inchea tho moisture and heat will be suitable for forming nitrate or toluablo plnnt food If manuro la I packed solidly In a pit It will not nitrify It kept wet and cold and If put In a great heap In winter while the weather la I cold It will not produce nltratea until turned over In the aprlng became thin oxygen In the air la I a neceialty In the process A hoap of manure left In the barnyard all dimmer will waste on the outilde becauie It gets too much air while at some dlitance from the outalde It will have proper condltloni for nitrification and when ruIn como they will dliiolve the nitrate and wash the solution away so manure neapi carried over I hould bo covered to avoid his and kept ntolit and cool to prevent I lire tanging or loa of ammonia In gatcoua shape A loom heap of manure will huh tracts away and In Iho fall u load of It is I of no more value If os much than a load of green manure We must then spread the green manure at once on the surface or plow It under un-der or put It In condition to make nl trove and then keep the rains off It la I not practical to put manure In cold storage nor to build housca for IL The beat wn can dn la I to put the fresh manure on the land Thero la no lot from aim drying nnd when rain como they will mwh It Into the soil where the ferments can reduce It to plant fuodIraf James Wilson I Vlii 1 at Kurni ITolnrU The annual report of the were ary of agriculture which haa Just been laauetl slate that the farm proditeta tar the soar ending Juno 30 last are MtlmatMl to be worth JtSOOOOO 000 Tho product of these farms were not only mfflelent to feed all Ibo town and rite population antI a large number of prnpe u the rural dlalrlete lIhoRo attention and energlei were devoted to other occupations than agricultural pursuits but there wa enough of a aurplu to export to the value of 5i32153l7 1 75 per cent going to European countries The agricultural agricult-ural exporla ot the country constituted 69C5 per cent of the whole The secretary of agriculture estlmatea that there Are 40000000 of the total I population who do not live on farm to that onethird of the population only mao engaged In producing the vnat imoiint Indicated by the Inures given The year covered by the report comparatively com-paratively speaking Waft not a good one for tbe farmer In many sections of thn weal there was n total failure of crops In conncquencc of longcontinued drouth ao that A much belter rhowlnR would have been made bad the year been an average one Inrrlrj In I Inilt Government forestry teem to bo a lucceaii In India The Inspectorgen eral of forests for India is I now In this country and hn glees an Interesting account of the management In that country HP says It has taken eighteen year of legislation to get the kind of law needed but they have aucceeded Now Iho permanency of tho bill foreata la I assured and the government will get A handsome Income from them The government la I gradually obtaining poitemlon of all tho forest lands And now haa 80000 square miles of wooded country under aupervltlon Tho government gov-ernment at Interval give notice thai It Intenda to take a certain piece I of forest land so many mile In sloe nnd claimant have six months In which to appear and prove their claims An Individual In-dividual or town probably I ban A dc acrlptlvo right to take building timber from Iho forest In question That right la proved Rod settled permanently perma-nently und thereafter only uch trees as are marked by the Inspector can be cut In llurmah shun there are over 1000 different kInds of forest tree nnd the study there la I to propagate propa-gate the valuable species and weed out those that ore nollIurlll Ute Tlllagp and rerillllyTlie fact that the rocky particle of thn toll are tho source of phosphoric acid and nitrogen nnd that they are derived by dlsiotvlng of Iho rock make tillage a source of fertility since It tends to the more rapid disintegration of Iheio rocky par tclea If these particle were aa easily dissolved aa the grain of augar or salt our toll resource would sooner bo destroyed by excen of moisture or by too frequent cultivation One of thus great aourcea of depletion of 0111 la the too frequent cropping which mean double or triple depletion Drat the crop be It hay grain wool meat or milk taken from the farm remove fertility Scand the Illlano unlock the phosphoric acid and potash from I the nxr and mike n larger portion available for the plant Third the land left bare much of the year decline In the per cent of nitrate This last la I a mora Important source of loaa than li commonly understood Ill Up tho IlnleslIas i any reader ever tried Dr Ilrnden plan for Improving Im-proving muddy road by covering the low places with straw coarse hay weed or other inch trash T Wo thought the Idea worth trying In place where marsh grass abounds on the border of ilough A large amount ot such tilling till-ing could be applied very foully nnd cheaply there and If It la found to do the work satisfactorily an wo think It will It would be another case In which nature provides an eniy remedy for tho ailments she permits to befall us The plant whose root curt snake bite la call to grow always In place whero vcnomou serpents abound Whero bad road are apt to be In their worst condition In the low ground tho reed and the tough coarse Brasses do most abound Let us give liuta cheap road material n trial beforo we laugh at It aa foolish to think seriously about Indiana Farmer Profit In kppletAppie pay If the producer can get 20 cents n bushel for them on the tree The only hopo of making the raising of fruit pay la I to ship It to Europe whero good apple are scarce Fur thl purpose the utmost ut-most care mint be observed packing The real of the crop that cannot bo continued con-tinued at home and made Into cider elder Jelly and vinegar can bo fed profitably prof-itably to live stock Applefed pork is I a delicacy The peoplo ot tho United Males too ought to eat Inure apples than they do Nothing is I morn conducive con-ducive to health and long life This year they will bavo a chance to Indulge Ihelr nppctttle with the choicest fruit i which is I abundant ir Cultivated or Uncultivated Tree Tho NcbraiUn agricultural atn lion has Ittiticd a bulletin from which the following practicable conclusion con-clusion ore drawn Trees In cultivated cultivat-ed ground have darker and more vigorous vig-orous foliage than those In sub ground with les yellowing dropplneof leave or wilting In hot windy days Apple averaged fourteen per rent greater weight on cultivated than on pastureland pasture-land I and 17 per cent greater than on mowed land As to moisture for every 100 barrel of water In twenty Inches depth of soil or and land there wero 140 In cultivated land Evaporation III anyone might suppose wan found proportionate pro-portionate to Ito velocity of wind Apples In Mlsioiirl Missouri Is I claiming to bo a formidable rival to the brat known apple growing elates Apple are a surer growth In Missouri nan In either New Yorli or Michigan becauio of tho milder climate It la I asserted l In the Ozark country the crop taa failed only three tImes In the past twentyfive yosre Thl year Missouri alone will furnish from 112000000 to 15000000 worth Orchards ot hundred hun-dred of acre are no great novelty In ha prolific Ourk country Kx8ccretary of Agriculture Norman J Col man haa i000 pear treeH and SOPO apple tree ho haute bending nadir the hcavleal i > Md ill j ut borne Kx |