Show A 2 pa tj NN yf A e pi I 1 V 1 10 I 1 1 kl W g 4 1 1 fa am 0 iii A 1 4 VT fa i 1 4 I 1 I 1 cutworms Cut worms imd white grill the cutworm Is commonly confused with the white grub and is in many cases mistaken for tile the grub rub the adult I 1 of tile lie cuti cutworm vorm Is a moth Z and lays its eggs mostly in ill glass and other places the larva or worm feeds upon grass and leaves of other plants sometimes tile the loots until full grown when it enters ceitel s the ground to transform and in a few das or weeks the adult moth clu emerges orges the moths are arc of various colors and are quite common during the summer months they are night flyers find and hide during the day in gras grabs and other places they measure about one to one and one half inches across the winds and are commonly called millers the white chite grub on tile the other hand band Is the larva or worm hatched from eg eggs s laid by the june or stay ilay beetles the eggs egg gs are usually laid in gra grabs s where they hatch in about a lv t rt Q J 0 O CUTWORM a larva 6 enoth th still nud the little grubs feed upon the rootlets rootless root lets of various plants fur for the first year they burow down luto into the ground horn 18 inches to two feet where ahei e they remain over winter during the second year the grub cats near the surface and does docs groat great damage on oil accod account u t of its size and larger appetite they spend the lie winter as before and the third year they reach maturity the grub its transformation in little cells iu in the earth aud and the mature malure beetle emerges in the spring the adult Is a daik chestnut brown beetle the head often eujair A lack bind and tile the faim kl 0 11 t s sometimes 0 ni e t 4 les lill t covered NY with I 1 th yellowish hairs the body Is about ibo lit an inch ari rig ri G long and the beetles are rapacious feeders they appear in may and june buzzing about certain trees it night it Is not an uncommon thing jut just at dusk duik in may or juno june to see of beetles arming about trees they feed apoll the loaves leaves and often defoliate large will nuni ibers bora of trees fiig up ill then the life adult of io inc white grub 1 is the lie may or june beetle and that of the cutworm a delicate moth grubs usually feed upon roots root and remain below the surface while cutworms cut worms feed upon loaves leaves and other ful foliage lage eating at night and dilding during the day under anything that will conceal them when theo aliee the o insects are numerous they are difficult din nult to combat MR aler vr large areas lit in gardens cut E worms may be destroyed doe dee by strewing IN in bundles bunches of green grass clover c a b b ago age loaves leaves etc between the rows and sprinkling il with paris green in solution GRUB a 1 teaspoonful spoonful toa to a pall of water if tills this Is done before the crops art are planted or the seeds have come up tip many of the young poling worms bornis may bo be destroyed before they can tie do any harm in a small w way ay tomato cabbage anil and other plants can be protected pr elected by encircling their beems dose close to the ground with bands of tin or tarred paper notation of crops may often be advantageous J with avith field crops american agriculturist cost of marketing vegetables I 1 the farmer who begins growing garden vegetables on a large sea scale le quickly finds field 3 that it is not tile the growing that Is roost most difficult and expensive but the marketing this Is especially true it if the farmer Is at a 1 distance f from it a good market and Is obliged io 10 rely on city commission houses bouses and shipment to them ithem by rail aall lie ile will usually find that after the commissions have been bec n deducted there is little profit left for himself in most mo st cass cases the farmer fanner who wants to go into the business bu biness of macket gardening gardenin will do best to be begin in on a small st scale ae providing at first for the customers whom he can make sure of near by and marketing his product himself in this way he will get a much better price than the commission man mail can afford dealing directly with the cou consumers sumers his goods will bring higher prices and will be well worth them too a as they athey will lie ile much ir fresher reshel than in those tile the commission merchant can call furnish when tills this local Is firmly established the farmer may botter better judge whether it Is advis advisable able to extend ns his business knoll knowing ing tha that t tile the larger part of his products must lie sold on oil commas I 1 mon and at prices that pay pa y very narrow profits I 1 ax I 1 car Tain tinz in cellars most farmers put the eggs down cellar celiar in summer time as being the coolest place they can find for them this is all right if tile the cellar has been duly cleaned whitewashed aud ventilated so as to keep it its air pure but there aro are conditions in which eggs in cellars will spoil quite as quickly ns as in a warmer room upstairs the egg shell is porous I 1 it if there are odors ot or decaying voleta bles or of tainted moat meat lit in the air they will penetrate tile the egg while the gerrit I 1 will not begin to de develop clop a a chick at tho the cellar temperature the presence of tainted air in contact with the egg will cause it to lose its flavor almost at once and soon become as bad as it Is possible for an egg to be in such cases the chick dies and its own oin decay makes the egg worse than it would otherwise bo be eggs for keeping ou ought bt never to be fertilized the cocks should either be kill killed d 0 off ff or cori confined fille 1 I so they cannot get to the hens after midsummer in this way inay much trouble will be saved the hens will lay more eggs and eggs thus produced infertile cau call be easily kept until winter and sold at winter prices new varieties of wheat the wheat blossom usually fertilizes itself and for this reason new varieties are rarely originated except by sports but the crossing or of different varieties may be done artificially by taking off the stamens from one oar car and carefully depositing on the blossom the pollen of a different variety it is not best to try to cross widely different varieties as these would be only mongrels mon grels this seems to be the origin of some new varieties of wheat which are partly bald and 1 partly artly bearded some have thought these were distinct varieties but a farmer who vilio saed seed of each hep ep anite atul and solved loth both found that the bald and bearded beads appeared in both lots though the majority of the tha grain was of the kind bov sown n support for berry 1114 hes wire is very commonly used as a support for raspberry and blackberry bushes this being of necessity very aud and very firmly braced but this does nut not suffice to keep the wire stiffly in place placa whore where wires are stretched along each side of a row already they can be madi mad much more efficient by tying them together with cross wires every tc ten n feet or so this pulls them together and keeps the bushes upright and in place whore where there is no support at present and ami support it to be given the bushes the plan shown in the diagram can be followed to advantage light wooden strips of inch square stuff are held ill by stakes of the nine mime material and if eidly attached to each other by A oil 1 11 S IP fsr P gaw A ta 7 4 cross wires these cross wires are the most no st important part of the whole for they are constantly pulling the bushes up into close quarters the one thing for which ch supports are desired hect corn stalks it too often happens that vi when hen sweet corn in gardens is stripped of its ears cars tile lie stalks aie left to dry I 1 up tip and be onus tonus t woody in ii which condition they are wort worth li very little for feeding there is much more sweet in the juices of sweet corn stalks than lit in those of ordinary corn and they are well worth caring for on most farms they can be fell fed at once to the cows and it if there are immature ears cars on the stalks they will be bc all the better feed for that where sweet corn is grown largely for canning or for market there Is not apt to bo be any lay neglect of tile the stalks as tit alie c value of these Is neco ne cesary sury to make the crop pay it 1 is 13 3 la in private gu addens ar dens where only a little sweet sect corn is grown that tins his laate biste usually occurs fortin form notes it is stated that in 2 minnesota tile the sunflower Is raised for fuel an acre furnishing it a years supply for a family the heads beads seeds and stalks all being burned burned dogs seldom attack sheep if one member of the flock has a bell as sheep killing dogs are suspicious and dislike the noise or alarm breeders bleeders Bre eders who have tried bells report fat a orally of their use ilse the largest sheep owner in the world is said to lie be 8 mccaughey of the coonong cooning station at Jerl derle new south wales ile he has act acrea of land landa and ild last season sheared oo sh sheep beep one of the moat hobt useful appliance on a farm and which costs but very little compi compared tred with the many uses to which it can all be 10 put pill Is the windmill it K grinds rinds food pr praxides ii oxides water ater for stock and can call be used for irrigating small plots they illey are now being adapted for purposes s of irrigation on many large farms to tio or more windmills being sufficient clent to oil fill a large and keep a coustant constant supply of water |