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Show FEW POINTS IN FARMING' Facts Beneficial To The Farmer On Different Differ-ent Phases of Their Occupation Iht Business Early Potato. The genuine Irish Cobbler or Kureku undoubtedly stands head and shoulder abova any other early potato In the point, of vigor and productiveness, besides be-sides being by a day or two the earliest and the most disease-resistant of any of that class. A writer In one of the leading arm papers writes and says of this potato: "1 consider It very likely that this potato will come Into general cultivation as the "business early potato." and crowd the Ohio, the Hebron and the triumph, and possibly even Noroton or (Julck Lunch out of our markets, and out of favor with home-grower". "A former neighbor of mine, and a sharp observer or the growth of this variety, holds the same opinion with me. Ho gives It as one of the reasons that no more 'fuss' has been made over this sort by Its Introducers or the general public since, that there Is a spurious sort In the trade which Is not neatly so good as the genuine I believe he got his sscd from a western potato giower, and cannot say too much In its favor. 1 got the Eureka from Philadelphia, and 1 am sure that It is as good as the genuine Cobbler. The manager of seed farms in central New Jersey told me that the only difference dif-ference between tho Cobbler he could tlnd was In the depth of the eyes.thoso of tho Cobbler being slightly deeper. Sometimes we are deceived by apparent appar-ent differences of this kind between a few specimens, especially when we look for dlireienccs. Some Tacts for Farmers. The United States department of agriculture is sending forth some Interesting In-teresting facts for the farmer and others Interested In the products of the soil. It has discovered that each farmer in Vermont produces an average aver-age of ftr.n.37, while each farmer In Iowa produces nearly double this sum orWll 11 worth of farm crops. Tho Iowa farmer adds an average $477 to his Income from the sale of his stock, therccy bringing his total Income up to 41,088.11. Down In South Carolina the average return to each farmer Is but $147.40, and as several of the southern south-ern slates yield about the same sum to their farm workers the "down-south" farmer has some reason for feeling that farming "docs not nay." Bx. Wireworms. A reader inquires about the best means of getting rid of the wireworms which have almost ruined his potatoes. There is only one way that I know of which promises permanently satisfactory satisfac-tory results Iu checking the destructive destruc-tive work or wireworms. This Is by plowing and otherwise woiklng the soil late in the Tall; In fact, lust be-foie be-foie settled cold weather, so as to break up the safe retreats of tills enemy and leave the pupa' an easy prey to birds or the winters cold. Kx About Alfalfa. Ten jears ago alfalfa was almost an unknown quantity so far as Its cultivation cultiva-tion anywhre cast of the Kocky Mountains wa copcerncd Today millions of acres of land In Kansasand other western states are producing alfalfa al-falfa worth from fifty to sixty dollars an acre. Here Is an Illustration of what new ciops can be made to do on new soli or on soil hi which alfalfa Is a new crop Exchange. I |