Show caien i UVA USE CARE IN transplanting attention and careful nursing required to compensate Com for the shock in moving moving plants irom one locality to another la in more or less of a violent operation by the process the plant I 1 ia deprived of it quite a number ot of its it feeding roots and for a time ie to cut oft off from its water supply consequently it Is necessary to exercise considerable care with the plant until it again be cornea comes established in the soil sell to help insure thia this an abundant vit it su of moisture in the soil toll at all ahnes is in es to keep the plant from wilting and nd incite it to tako take hold of the soil quickly in sections where irrigation Is practiced the transplanted plants should be irrigated immediately after getting setting and frequently afterward until danger of their dying out Is fis passed thia this can bo be told by the plants freshen ing up tip and starting new loaves it is also very essential in setting the e plants out to firm the soil well wound the roots this Is very should not be neglected many julanta have failed on account of at not doing this proper firming of the soil helps to exclude air from the he roote roots and prevents the plants from drying up in sections where irrigation la Is not practiced plants are preferably tran trans planted during a rainy spell it this cannot be taken advantage of it will be necessary to water the plants by band hand until they aro are established when doing this do it thoroughly a little water is in bearly as bad as an none la fa moving the young plants fram the seed bed to the field and until set get out they should be protected from tho the ray rays oc of the sun to prevent wilting this protection can be given by wrapping the roots up in a ctet ot sack or car crying to the field in a bucket or tub with a little water la in the bottom to keep the roots moist when digging the plants out of the seed bed use a shovel or spade and avoid bre bresh ting lag of ott as an man may roots as an pot sible it a 0 o better t to a ret the bed bed first if the plants are very tall it will be well ell to cut off a part of at the top the opera von wll wilt not hurt the plant and helps to keep it from wilting as it prevents excessive evaporation of moist ure from the plant through the leavea leaves before trans transplanting plat Alpi the he soil toll should be well prepared being properly fined and leveled plants usually taeg rout more quickly in freshly atoned soil after the land has been proper property ir prepared mark off the rows where the plants are to be set this may bo be done if it it ia in desired to plant on ridgon A with a plow it if on the level by a tn marker aker one thing to keep la in mind Is to make the brows straight and the proper distance apart it never pay pays to crowd p plants a ants by en n doing a crop inferior interior in qu quality aliby la Is liable tu be produced transplanting can nearly always be successfully done with moat most plants it the proper oper care Is in observed some of the things to keep in mind are dig carefully protect them from the sun after digging until transplant ed supply plenty of water to transplanted plants set got the proper ly in the hole and firm the soil toll around the roots ue use a dibble to set plants A dibble is in a handy garden ample ment for use in setting strawberry and vegetable plants there are many stylee of this instrument ment and a good food one Is shown herewith here the blade Is of bright steel ten inches long and inches wide ground to 0 edge edde on the lower bevels the ban A 1 should be qa attached with rivets in 14 using it the dibble Is inserted into tho one side then the plant is set in bufore before the dibble Is withdrawn it an opening large enough for the roots to spread in contact with moist soil necessity of water both plant and animals need water to supply the large amount of water necessary cesary nc to be kept always la in their tissues but the plant cods it for another reason than the animal plants cannot absorb food except la in a liquid condition and in tills this way a great surplus of water Is taken in by the plant over what it retains in n Itaf tissues this surplus is evaporated through pores la in the leaves and Is what the botanist calls transpiration la in view of this preem preeminent ident need of water in our farming operations tho the question of the conservation of wb what Atwater water we do receive either in the form bf 0 rain and snow or ia in the st estrema rema becomes of first importance well directed culture conserves mole turu and conati atutes one of at the chief eblet differences be tween profitable and unprofitable farming 4 ammonia as fertilizer ammonia Is an excellent fertilizer add one to about three quarters of water and thoroughly wa ter the plants with this once a week welk for or a period of about six weeks you wu will notice a marced ch counge anco of growth tad md color as in the boo I 1 1 f S A 1 bra W t va V q IMPROVE IM PROVIt M ILA RUN RUNDOWN DOWN ROADS reconstruction can bo be accomplished without mian work by haskins Has kinc method A good way nay of at bringing up rundown roads reads that are not sandy la in to gat got the center of the road then cam om mence to plow about four feet from the center thie this can be done in the fall writes C E basking in hoard a dairyman there Is always about IS it feet of the road that has not any sod nod have one earo team piew w and the other team ou ue tle ditch cleaner or road machine this road machine works the same as the plow the long aide side lets aa as the land side of the plow it run in the furrow and cannot blew slew the less I 1 dirt aldes along the short abort ede side called tta moldboard this can be tol luied ui until you reach tho the eod sod then do no not use this road macune machine any si tor for you will bunch l tf 1 I 1 IN 20 3 I 1 vaa r i c A tl I 1 I 1 A ditch cleaner it the eod sod but you can keep on plowing until you get 30 feet wide and lot that ile until the next spring thea then commence where you left off road machine or ditch cleaners cleaner fand and plow with one team and follow with tho other team on road machine with this and the road drag you will bo be surprised with w I 1 th the r Os ul ts you can use four or six teams just aa as well as you can two it will not riot coat cost as much as to look after two do not place oda sods in ahti road for they ther are only a nuisance this machine Is made of iwo wo inch wank it la Is 12 inches wide and 12 feet abet long and the abort short piece la is eight feet long I 1 used it last year and it Is a a success it should bo be ed on every road it will move ive as m as a drar scraper and leaves it 1 I in better abao for traffic c j DRAG AND HARROW COMBINED plane pla no for construction of useful farn fam implements with very littfe litt 10 coat cost f ehte la Is a very useful useful implement nt and can be anade with very little coat cost the accompanying cut will give you an idea ot at the construction any material at band hand may mair be used and I 1 find the following to bg about the right proportion for ft h two borso team one piece two by eight ell sit feet long any tough wood tat tats Is for barrow harrow frame two pieces ts by br drag and harrow combined three five live feet long to attach attach to drag the harrow two pieces two by six x live feet long joist joists of dang four pieces one by twelve and two tivo pieces one by eight tight elx six feet long nama to joist aua hu chown la in cut the barrow harrow frame is fastened last ened to the joists by two sta plea pies made jat at five eighths inca 1 round iron be us this allows the bar row IS pasa pass over any atone or little stump without injury the hitches are pre nade made with a piece of chain or wire tun un through the joists and end board as illustrated illustrate dJ wesley grif grit tin cement in place of wood L the rapidly increasing use of co ce ment Is worthy of notice twenty year years ago one scarcely arcely ec heard of cement ex ago cep cepi in connection with clater almak ing but but now we gee see it used in build inga ings of all from poultry houses to the eky sky scraping office buildings A eidew sidewalk alk ora or table stable floor Is made right on the spot made cheaper and i better than fit of brick the Yon venerable erable waldo drown brown of at oxford 0 who was one of at the plovers plod ers era in the use ot cement for stable and big house boors floors and his caim 11 that such a floor would save its coit in ten beati in manure alone memo Is weil wel b bun deeds of farmere farmers for the body bodnor or bottom of such augh work portland cement Is used with eight parts finely broken stone to one part cement for the top or finishing coat one part cement to two ot of clean gravel la Is the correct Iro proportion portion ian failures are dupito the fact that the gravel used has ha been mixed with loam or batth and the best beat authorities agree that a successful job cannot be made unless clean gravel Is used Q D lyon 9 it MADE interesting JU U the beans beaus you are watching I 1 happen f to be of the pole variety watch the wa way hy they climb their pole and then watch the ether vinea vines and note to tat difference in the way war they ther t mino dome going alax toward the sun u aad id others la in thoo direction dt all athel davd ha IV wonderful ond erful tas fascination clua when tue begins beg as to study their habits for thel thelow awaya rW 4 of working m 6 aa as ml p their mT tao moments ments as V voluntary rot ids as icse of a vera on but t they bluet must watched toI tolle earn irn these 9 thin bial 6 f J awa 0 O 0 |