Show X TIES OF LITTLE QUAIL of seed seeds of alts largely fl ts troublesome plant plants kiu ar or B ats scales B I 1 E F U DEAD DEAL I 1 natural by nod od UI ul qu con coll f the seeds of the vast number aa as weeds with a known hits ts of the u ame especially in beben the leaves are oung and Bv ben considering how email small ta its the abt ot of fruit usually found in the ati h of ibis this bird it Is a surprise it sometimes does seri gerl ka K a that oage to vineyards bova that ai in ill most over jer er ases the injury results hen too many birds gather in iRed area rj ly all the com compla plains lna against I 1 for eating fruit aro are that it vineyards ine yards in immense numbers ati ta grapes when thousands vineyard even it if only occasion nd d each bird eats or spoils at rape grape the result Is to dasas ie laboratory investigation ot of id of these quail stomachs ed animal food mounted amounted to 3 per cent food and 7 per por cent vegetable toil this latter of seeds of most of which are of 0 noxious ible iome species appear to be a favorite animal at the quail will ill eat caterall beetles grasshoppers flies snails and scale insects ais to connection the following ex rom a letter from dr W 0 era of los Us angelee angeles is interest t may during the hatching sea e of my female quail died a ij tr r 4 quail j prior to 0 completing the batch hatch candescent ec t light eight candle as substituted u the result be baby quail very wild at first ferstanding pier der standing human bounds sounds or 1 but finally becoming as as is pet chickens they were la in ay illy back yard running at iter lifter the first week meek aber amber of marguerite bushes row la in profusion in the yard 0 Olli o infested tested with ith black scale that aided decided to uproot then them and had ped eted doing so 23 the little quail 10 persistently among the es investigation I 1 dincov ea eating catl ig the scale and nd twit happily bapp lly they would swallow dov developed eloped scale and thor clean the branches of all thole eloped aped idaj araga fertilizer for corn loo to 1000 pounds per acre rull zer containing actual pot per der cent ceal available phosphoric 7 per ceni cent and nitrogen 11 2 al the plant food in a ton tou above for formula aula may bo be supplied ilag 26 pounds of of 1 1 1004 pounds of add acid gad pounds of nitrate of cutten cutting C cowpeas Cow peas gas as may inay be e cut with the mow ba after gettin getting at 9 least a full sul an the vines nes are raked up and hy lylle lie alloth another r day in the win they tilley are then bunched up in ranches and after another day tt at up int into 0 larger bunches and ad as a long as weather per penult wits ty are d drawn brawt to the barn winter radi radishes ashes hit one some winter radishes either 1 1116 or the pink varieties are L br for th the e borne home table or for to 10 se cure a root that Is bb ta a ader tha the beed seed should be rich oil containing an m ot of Vege vegetable tabla matter production OF ONION sett industry Is I 1 now receiving more gen er erl attention than formerly mark market li in wide by W jl TL nE ATTIM ohp term set as applied to the onion indicates a small all undersized under sled bulb which when hen replanted in the ground alil induce produce a large onon onion this method od of producing S oil loaa lols la is rh s tho the oldest and now the moat most universally employed for tho the growing ol 01 email small areas of onions in the garden and where an early crop Is desired the common method of producing seta sets is to plant a large quantity of seed on a email small area of rather rich land and 1 onion set sets drying on tray trays piled in a field thua thus procure a great number of bulbs bulb that are undersized owing to crowd I 1 ing and lack of plant lood food the 9 greater reater number of these bulbs do not a attain sufficient eize size or maturity to produce seed the fol following loing and are really plants in which the process of growth has been arrested in the united states the onion set zet industry Is largely confined to a few areas tho the crop Is extensively grown near louisville ky Chilli chillicothe 0 and chicago in the platte river valley of nebraska in southwestern new jersey and in southern california the entire area devoted to this enter prise in these localities Is to estimated at from 2500 to acres the yield to the acre varies with the locality but the average about bushels the market for onion sets Is found throughout the entire country the greater portion being disposed of in small quantities the climatic conditions governing the production of onion sets are the samo same as those tor for standard onions although it Is not necessary to plant quite so early in the spring onion sets can undoubtedly be grown in any part of the northern northe m states where suitable soil conditions cau bo be obtained the soil 11 adapted to onion set culture Is as a rule about tle same as that required for the growing of large onions except that the land should not be BO so rich SET ALFALFA BY MACHINERY experiments made in transplanting by uce use of machine used for tobacco and tomatoes prof it A hanaan ot of north dakota who mho has introduced many hardy plants from siberia for the department of agriculture among them hardy strains of alfalfa has been experimenting peri in transplanting the lat tyr ter with a machine using one employed for tobacco cabbage cauliflower and tomatoes at five points in the state he set the plants at the rate of 6 an hour at other points he he set them with a plow he ile thinks this will do a away ay with dodder and in jury from disking some of the russian alfalfa plants when given room in the garden had hai shoots from one c crown ro n over 1200 farmers are cooperating with ith professor hansan and many reports are coming in their remarkable resistance to the drought of last year FARM NOTES notts topping corn serves to materially reduce the yield A hive of bees makes a delicious thing to have about there la Is little practical benefit resulting from the use of a mulch with wheat early oats almost invariably yield more heavily than late oats the use of a tile under four in diameter Is not to be recommended spraying of potatoes PotatO cs with ith bordeaux mixture ie is a preventive of potato ht iny any impervious cove ing will check but not entirely prevent deterioration of silage act get that piece rea ready dy for alfalfa better double disk it again juet just tor for good luck you cannot kee keep p your farm permanently ly brodu productive active without the use of legumes dont tut put in the alfalfa seed too deep and rem remember ember to roll A t well after sowing A barnyard full of manure neve produced a big corn crop until it was spread on the field tobacco uses up a large mount of plant food and for that reasia should be heavily fertilized now and then old cisterns are used for silos alioa and make goo good d receptacle receptacles for preserving silage keeping any machine well oiled and repair not only increases ef in proper amot at ol 01 fl 11 clency but decrease decreases the amm power required to run the machine ACCESS WITH DRY FARMING failure failures not alway always due to scanty precipitation but to lack of methods ny dy R 11 WATSON state aar I 1 dry arming ing ecrert of wyoming in mew lew of the capt two years of drought and d the resultant failure or partial failure of crops some doubt as to sv the feasibility of t dry farming in ur wyoming has been expressed it la is in noteworthy note adorthy fact that lo 10 those stat states es where here dry farming has L leen een practiced for a period of 10 40 bearr the past two kara ears of scanty precipitation hae been followed by no especially disastrous results the thu reason for this U not that they aro are more favorably located than wyoming but that they have reduced their dry farm methods to a science in fact facts the state of utah for fr example has a lower loer annual P precipitation than wyoming then too the larger part of this ion comes in the winter while in ill eastern WYon wyoming ilag 75 per cent of our mols mo luri furo comes when wo we need it moat most that ia Is during the growing season the past tao years in utah bavo have been exceedingly dry and yet combar actively few crop failures have been reported to the contrary yields of winter wheat ranging from 20 to 30 ard even 40 bushels to the aero acre were very common thia this ability to secure good crops under adverse conditions homeer ho weier weer has not been acquired with cut out savere losses in the past in fact former droughts were the a school chool masters 1 I that compelled the dry farm ere era of those sections to adopt the very best methods la in their farm practice they learned that dry farming was as safe in regions where the annual precipitation averaged 12 inches some years it might be more some years it might be less when moisture caino in excess it was stored up for future a ise in time of drought and when the brought came good crops were raised they learned too that deep coils were ere essential to dry farming and that the summer fallow and careful cultivation were vere vital parts of the tico tice thus they have secured a reputation that was world worldwide aldo and that brings bring s each 3 a ear from other nations scores of investigators who study their methods of dry farming duang dm ing the past summer in wyoming striking examples of proper and improper systems of tillage were e evident I 1 small grains on tallow fallow land or fol following louing corn or potatoes gave good ields while ia in adjoining fields jibe the same kind of at crop disked in on oat or ft heat stubbles was burning up tn ta such cases drought Is iq a severe master but it bill nevertheless bring to a knowledge of the truth those who ills insist upon following methods cogmon in humid areas in the meantime prospects for a favorable ear are tire encouraging food crops will mill be harve harvested eted the soil will be worked scientifically and thereby put into condition to produce even during unfavorable years and dry farming in wyoming will no longer bo be questioned but will be acknowledged as a demonstrated fact GEN I 1 ahin hill out the turnips aa as soon as they aro are two to inches high it Is the income from each sheep that should determine the value of the flock extra feed increases growth of proper kind and makes larger animals at maturity after the haying and harvesting Is change tho the sheep from the regi regular flar pasture ine line best time to fight weeds Is to the very abl day they show their beads heads above ground give giva spinach plenty of rich manure in the tall fall and a heavy coating of mulch it will keep all winter if it blossoms appear in the newly set strawberry beds pick them off this will ill make the plants grow stronger scrub fowls cost more to raise than pure blood and after they ther are grown they are worth little if rank weeds eeds are to be plowed under it la is much better to hoe boe them alro and allow them to wilt in the sun for a day or tw 0 wash an and dry the cowa cows udder be fore wil milking kine and keep 94 per cent of dirt out of the milk t that hat usually geta gets in otherwise some gardeners pack cauliflower by drawing a few of the outer leaves over them thorn and tying the ends at the top K in case some of the cockerels nee need d to be eaten or sold on a fancy ancy market it pays to put them then in a crate and fatten them for two tw 0 week weeks wire fence around run a little light the he ore orchard bard particularly the plum orchard and turn the chickens in they will destroy thousands do of insects root crops such as carrots beets hould should be thinned do snips nips parsnips and par para not be afraid to thin them to a distance of five live or fix six inches apart tirom if from any cause a cow Is very thin weak she should receive special strengthen or streng r reS thon nIng ing food before meal calving calvi calely make cg wheat bran and linseed te the best combination to give a freshen ing cow |