Show m A X r STAC KING H Y AND GRAIN 7 octant pa coln n to no be OV d la in the C arc ion of r the me stack s b between veen aie ie two usual methods of serving h ha hahr anil and grain from damage er r thebe these bave been harvested and perly car corm d storing in the shelter of barn bardwill will result in the least loss isho is however howe croften often necessary to stack of one or both of these crops athe m the want of sufficient barn space spam n u such cases it is highly important at the stack be properly constructed the pie agricultural editor of the new york horld has the following to say on the subject the safety of the grain or hay bay to be stacked depends largely on the expertness of the man who builds the stack A iv me ferm hand can pitch hay or sheaves af from roin a wagon but unless the a man of some experience in ss and with a good eye for ana Q us and outlines the stack is extain to bo be faulty in shape and fi joba blAso yso lopsided that one halt half of it will 11 t offer ff b but u t little to rain I 1 an while v tiler the shape of a stack is very im octant I 1 or tant tho manner man ner of laying on the hay ir r sheaves while building it is equally p 0 in Inal all leases cases the center of the stack 1 should b u id be kept the highest so that the incline no of the sheaves or forkfuls fork fuls of hay bay vb s they are laid on shall be out outward warL again gain hay should not bo be tramped down to the stack iu in wads and rolls but 0 fall flat from the fork so as to knake nake as compact and water resisting a yas possible f I 1 when a stack has been properly topped off and presents no rough or jagged outlines from top to bottom it affords quite a safe method for protecting either hay or grain that cannot bo be cared for in ft a barn clover is more liable to damage and harder to be protected from wet in stacks slacks than are the finer stemmed hay grasses and where there is only room for one variety of hay in the barn it is best to put the clover into the mow I 1 the harrel barrel coop everybody knows what a nuisance it is to have a hen lien in a common barrel coop and there is a possibility that tho the chicks do not think much moreon more of it than we do there are dangers with the round barrel if not looked after especially ally when there is a high wind there is a likelihood that the breeze will try to use the coop as a football again tha the excrement of the hen and chicks gathers in the barrel and with the straw that is usually thrown into it forms a fine breeding place for vermin from which they can go forth in armies to conquer their incubators the chicks but barrels may bo be made into coops that will prove efficient each barrel should be divided into two coops sawing the barrel lengthwise to do this is an easy matter take a pencil or piece of chalk and mark the hoops i just where you propose to cut in vach which hould of course be where 60 6 61 M anel core care should bo be taken cho ho right way of aw will have to be hooli now it is OOpS should remain in ja place and to do sal I 1 bo be necessary bo a apt L t having marked sl to bo be cut nail the ton n either side of tho the V i ec essary to nail into staves ilves to insure a firm I 1 et f this coop is that tho the a 8 have the ground imir r sleeping place may remon removing ing the coop awhile f whilo in the other moved carries all its the here asre are other addan I 1 ser er will discover astur for the G garden arden aly rl crops onions asare re harvested aparo re it for second r implants cants growing n fid be sure and ap the thin ils much of the amry cants nes th at re letl tits th f e re at W W 1 a may W gru nd d dull all P lapen of the p 0 destroy run tha mower aises t I 1 we es in I 1 august sq enough n gi advanced Ife hig annuals 0 lr dukti will destroy Rf rear sheep will d if pastured on the in prairie prairie fanner farmer STi of rosette fl t rep ort on tho the com corn ia y e 1 11 rose rosette tf e was i i s Es by states department of agriculture in do december last was soon exhausted As additional copies have recently been printed peach growers and those interested in thu diseases of the pea ch may y obtain this report bulletin no 1 of the division of vegetable pathology by applying appling to the secretary of agriculture at washington PASTURES pasture ra turen sture permanent aerman t anil 1 I pastures in notation ft t lature oram ora m A farmer who thinks that I 1 in n this country conni a permanent pasture cannot bo be sustained us exception except in certain favored localities expresses himself as follows in the farm and antl fireside there are natural pasture keds where ro the grass never runs out and in such places fields may be set apart and used for pasturing indefinitely but most of us cannot depend upon the nutritious grasses retaining the mastery in the fight against those plants wo we call weeds and so we must adapt our system of fari fanning to bring tho the pastures into the crop rotation either this or to seed down a field for pasture and then plow and reseed when it fails to be profitable for that purpose the number of grasses that we can depend upon for pasture are few but two or three of them are very good namely kentucky blue grass red redtop top and orchard grass these three may be sown and timothy and red clover at the same time the two latter disappearing in a few years the ground should bo be heavily seeded BO so as to give a good stand at once and if it be seeded early in the fall it can be pastured the ne nest t spring but if seeded in the spring it could not be used for heavy stock until late in the season when pastures are made from meadows the kinds of seed we can sow will be reduced in number because the kinds named do not ripen together and while that is all right for a pasture it is all wrong for a meadow dut but in seeding down for a meadow to bo be used eventually for a pasture wo we can add kentucky blue grass and redtop to the generally sown timothy and red clover these two grasses will not make much show in the meadow for two years and so will not interfere with the quality of the hay if it is to be sold and after the meadow has been cut the second year it should then bo be pastured and will answer for that purpose for a longer or shorter time according to the fertility of tho the soil and tho the climate in which it is located there is this to be said in favor of keeping a field long in pasture that the fencing bills are reduced as compared with those farms where the pasture field is changed every few years but a good wiro wire fence can bo be taken down and be put up again without much cost of time and labor in favor of tho the meadow system of supplying pasture it may be said that fewer acres will bo be required than where a permanent pasture is had for the grass will grow ranker and make much more feed to the acre grass in old pastures is much finer and shorter than that in new meadows the soil becoming more compact and the grass not BO so thrifty it is claimed that this fine grass is more nutritious than that of ranker growth in tho the meadow but I 1 have never botic noticed ed that the cows did any better if so well on old seeded fields as on new utilizing Uti lising corncobs Corn cobs S J II 11 gregory tho the well known massachusetts in a letter to country gentleman writes that ho be utilizes his corncobs corn cobs in three ways by grinding with the grainy gra using as ab of urine and by kindling tires fires the experiment stations have shown that cormeal cob meal when fed to cattle is fully as valuable measure for measure as clear meal owing it is presumed to the fact that the cob so separates the particles of grain that the diges digestive tV secretions of the animal can more thoroughly act on them mr sir gregory sa says Ys to use cobs as an absorbent I 1 drop them into an excavation which receives tho the liquid from the barnyard here they rot in a few months and are shoveled out and used aa as manure I 1 also kindle my coal fires with them by dropping in a few chips or paper pap erand and then filling up the stove with cobs and when these are well onofiro on fire adding a few more moro and on these immediately pouring tho the hod of coal I 1 have no trouble in kindling the hardest of hard coal I 1 use more or less also in my open fireplace where they make a heat more intense than any hardwood fire I 1 have on hand some cords dt cobs left from the shelling of my seed sweet cornOt corn these beso I 1 propose to h have ave ground up with the cm corn I 1 an n yellow corn of the market and so practically change it into meal value bulk for bulk corncobs Corn cobs iro a ro enormous sly 1 V rich in potash tash their ashes containing icv 01 ver er 23 per cent but it takes a vast pile yf f cobs to make a very small pile of rashes gh es I 1 here aia anil there the wyoming experiment station has six experiment farms in dir ferent sections F franco rance requires of primary teachers a certificate of ability to teach agriculture new experiment station has issued two bulletins especially devoted to the interests of pacific coast oust c horticulturist a dogs kill worth of sheep in the united states each year in places of crowded as assembly such aa as tb theaters eaters churches it Is in the exception to find a proper system of ventilation and hence attendance utter ilance upon such gatherings ings should be offset A by p plenty lenty of outdoor exorcise exercise my lord said sald the fore foreman nian of an irish jury when giving in his tits verdict we find the man who stole ha mare not guilty 11 |