Show I 1 11 7 11 J 7 11 ll I 1 k R 1 I 1 I 1 la 4 9 41 tr t 1 COLD how ilow lr by their sit 11 lio tri brud cl garden alty nay ito tin maan to n ry pay the first tn st use of cold frat flames neti is in win bering cabbage cauliflower and fettue plants for tho the extra early croci soar gardeners sow the seed directly into th franits frames in rows a i few inches apart am all thin afterward greim greiner r recommend aa as a better plan tile transplanting of plants lants from seed sown in the opt open 1 P gro ground und by whichever plan it is ol 01 great importance that each plant liiv hav its full allo allowance of space Follo following Fol lowin wirl is what greiner has to say on the subject in fit hh his book ilow to mako the garden pay cabbage and lettuce plants aro are quito quite hardy and can endure considerable cold weather lier without injury tho the lashea must bo be put on by the limo lime winter sets in and the chief point of import importance anco afterward is unceasing and untiring attention to proper ventilation wo we should bear in mind that tho the object is not to grow plants duri during ring the winter but to keep them on a per feet standstill donning donn dori nant int and make them so hardy bardy that they will at once e start into iely lively growth when planted out in spring een even in rather cool weather and bo be able to endure late w K vere freezes without check for this reason a moderately low nota not a warm temperature is is required in tho frames nd also al so a considerable amount of ex posture po on cold but clear winter vi inter days lays and when tho temperature is not lower than within a few degrees of zero the sashes should be partly pai tl raised by tilting tilam at back or front or by partial removal or in ill any other convenient way this requires consider considerable ablo attention and rood good judgment during moderate weather tho the sashes had boht best bo be removed rii noved entirely constant watchfulness and doing tile right tiling thing at the ri right ga it t time inie will itsuro rood good plants only in a climate with severe winters are shutter or mats required for additional protection ti on 11 another important use uso of tho the cold frames is the pi production of spinach radishes parsley carrots cai rots beets etc for e earl arly market spinach may bo be sown in in tho the autumn and marketed daring during the winter or as soon as the plants am aro largo large enough and prices acceptable the frames can then bo be replanted replant edwith with the same or some sonio other crop vegetables thus grown in ili cold frames find ready sale at remunerative ances though the extent to which the gardener can afford to glow grow crops under glass depends on oil local conditions make the soil in the fi ames rich by mixing git it freeh freely with good compost watering the beds bed s with weak solution of nitrate of soda ini in duces quick growth and excellent I 1 ity especially and tenderness I 1 always sow the tile seeds in ros rows across the beds sov spinach in rows 8 too acles apart and thin to 2 ine inches ai es beets ili in rows 7 inches apart and thin to 3 inches carrots in ros rows 6 inches and thin to 2 inches end radishes in ili rows 4 inch inches and thin to 2 inches instead of plata plant ing ilg the radishes by themselves howe homeer ver it is generally preferable erable to sow one row between each two rows of any an other ire vea eatables this makes tho rows is clow as thieo three inches apart in some cases eases but tho the la dishos will be off in ili time for the other stuff to occupy the space when it is lo 10 needed the asual tune time tor for bowing sowing these crops is about march I 1 for new jersey and correspondingly earlier or later farther son south th 0 north in other words from tv two ohp lo 10 four weeks t than the same vc ze g court coa be soui sown in the open ground I 1 Ili roaster and capon among passing notes on oil poultry topics I 1 alio lie fanciers Fan cieri join nal gives expression 1 to the tho following to judge by the tile amount of capon literature now occupying many agricultural and poultry papers ohp th unsophisticated reader would suppose that capons camons are a veritable bonanza buch such is not the I 1 case years ago the broiler bi business I 1 waa vas boomrod AS the haven hai en for 0 ever cry decrepit I 1 person who was se seeking elking a fortune I 1 tho boom exploded and tho wrecks are everywhere over where tins this was to bo be expected byall by all except the victims the tho capon is now being trotted over 0 er the circuit with tho that usual tempting bait and the usual nibblers will take hold there is is a handsome profit ili in broilers and capons camons but considerable experience is 13 require dlin lu both branches before the b clauce is is on tho the right side of the tho ledger I 1 the chief danger langer lies in tho the fact that the tho inexperienced people will make a specialty of cither to the exclusion of t the lie regular broad bread winning poultry culture defore before persons attempt to raise cabona they shoals be qualified hed to raise common poultry successfully to fatten and prepare coer cockerell cockerels carels els for market is 13 an art and when once possessed will ivill realize alize good returns if capons camons are more profitable pron table than other poultry wo Ire have failed to discover it bat but a shrewd poultry rather raiser will always keep several irons in ili the fare fire and the broiler roaster and capon form a successful trio in the market judging the ago age of or poultry if I 1 for the table sa says 3 the agricultural editor of the now york world examine the feet and legs the size and appearance of the pur form a 1 guide the skin of the pullet or cockerel is smooth and has a f fresh resh appearance while that of ot tho the adult fowl yearly grows coarser anu and shriveled place the thumb and forefinger on either side of the back near the kopos noso or oil receptacle and in young buds birds that part is supple in old birds it is difficult to bend another test is 13 feeling of the tip end of the tho breast bone if the grizzle forming there is tender and supple tho bud bird is oung young it is a more inore difficult matter to judge the ago of ducks those decka that hao have arrived at 2 and 3 bearis eart have a deep depression down the breast feathers and their waddle becomes more wore and anoro fan gainly I 1 FALL PLOWING A destructive remedy for corn ichita borers lice etc professor J B smith entomologic toj oj the tho new jersey experiment station in the annual report recently issued givoff giro expression to this advice corn la 6 cut mit stacked and hauled in in tho tile fall and the lh shocks shock Is are left in ili the ground over win will ter to bo be plumed plowed out in spring liec the soil is is made ready for oats pota toft wheat or tomU tonta toes oas us as the case bwy I 1 bt sometimes som t I 1 mes early e r I 1 91 lat later AC bordins kot minix 1 I 1 to loabe be pill I 1 ja aall alaio 0 7 1 a l i 10 ite r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i II 11 ia 1 11 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 L abbat ABi at ia art y r E SS owr luisi bijl pd Z atry bwy Z uati ucal vo 0 some sections is tile hornworm com corn worm chic feeds in the car near the top on oil th ill growing ker kernel neli there aro are two brood of f this larva the second reaching fill ful aizo sizo ZO in ill full a pupa und r n al appearing pc aring as is ia imars early in ill spring 13 I 1 tho ordin ordinary itry method of cultivation thi vu insects antler undergo 0 o air transformation mi till hindered while whilo by plowing tn in fall ant aisil I 1 carting oil and burning the stocks not I 1 por per cent of it lae e pupa V arild c cv conn to maturity As this insect in its first brool attacks peas toina tomatoes toes and a 6 great reat va variety biety of other plante plants and also oal eat into the tenia of young k corn quite r P wide range of exemption would bo but thus secured when corn ii affected by the r root W t louse and this is the tho case much ofte oftener ner than suspected lato fall plowing will result su it is destroying a very largo large proportion of the ants nests which are suspected pec ted of harboring the eggs of tho the lice d during tiring winter in fact BO generally destructive tive of insect lifers bisti disturbing irbin the ground in late fall that I 1 would recommend it in ili all cases where tho the nature of the crop will allow of the practice I 1 believe it to b ono of the very y best methods of tf controlling certain classes of insect attack I 1 would especially recommend this process also in squash I 1 melon and citron fields infested by borers lice and striped beetle I 1 believe it w would bo be most valuable as a method of controlling these pests in thus strongly recommending tall fall plowing I 1 am not unaware that it is not the best practice on some kinds of land soils that leach badly will not stand it while heavy rich coils are usually improved by the process tho the farmer must in all cases decide from a knowledge of his own land and after weighing in possible pos benefits and injuries but fall plow whenever the land will nill stand it if it be decided that the practice eis is unwise then at least turn the land as early in ili spring as it will stand working tins this will still get ahead of many of the insects and will ba be partly effective if then a good top dressing of kainik be applied cutworms cut worms at least will bo be pretty pret ty thoroughly destroyed no more S sept 20 secretary rusk of the department part ment of agriculture issued a proclamation la removing the only quarantine antinet existing for tho suppression of among cattle and with their removal ho lie announced that the united Stat states esis is freo from froin the disease known as contagious cont ageous pneumonia he states that no case of the tile disease has occurred in illinois since dec 28 1837 no cabe cae ca e in ill pennsylvania since sept 29 1888 none in maryland since sept 18 1889 none in new now york since april 30 1891 1801 and none in new jersey since Marc lf 1 5 1892 1802 no case has occurred in any other part of the union within iho the past put div years tha the centers of infection have been around new york city baltimore and philadelphia and these have had the L special attention of clio t ho department since the suppression of the outbreak 1 in ILI the west six months have elapsed since tho last case occurred in new jersey wy we are assured also that the seaboard and frontier inspection and all necessary cattle quarantine will bo strictly on forced and as there is no possibility of the occurrence of tho the disease except by bv its introduction from abroad the country may congratulate itself upon the removal kovalof of all apprehension for its cattle interests on this account there is a growing demand for squashes that keep well into spring successful specialists who make money out of winter squashes have houses with double doore door sand and windows to prevent change of df temperature they are filled with slatted bh li elves allowing free air circulation about the fruit perfect dryness and frequent fre quen t inspection to govern temperature and remove squashes that begin wg in to der decay ty arc are roqui requisites sites if three tons per acre caa can bo kept until a glutted market subsides and three cents per pound can bo be realized sometimes a higher price prevails results not a bad profit considering liow how little real labor andoe and expense needed in the production writes a new york correspondent in TI the 10 new england homestead he says squashes with hard shells have been kept successfully until tho the following summer in my cellar with a cement bottom glass windows and a warm air fur nace they lay on the bottom and were turned occasionally only a very small per cent of the quantity spoiled after tho that first month of storage a fact I 1 attributed tri buted largely to a drying and hardening of their outer cover the stems were left attached to the tle squashes agricultural notes tho the siberian crab apple tree does not mako a good stock upon which to graft graf t the varieties of our larger apples the conclusion of the whole matter digging and storing potatoes is comprised in these there five points says tho the country gentleman 1 harvest the crop as soon as it has ceased growing 3 store the tubers when perfectly clean clea 1 3 keep them thein uniformly cool 4 never allow freezing air to reach them 5 ventilate only to remove and prevent foul air I 1 according to the sheep breeder there is a vast region in the south a coast belt sixty miles wide on the gulf and the south atlantic and including the whole of florida florid a where the salt in tho air makes sheep perennially healthy and the millions of acres of wire grass make them cost nothing from years end to years end luther on an luther was not undecided on tha question of drunkenness for in ono of his seri sermons le saye such stich as willfully and publicly persist in this vice and refuse to reform are not to bo admitted to tho the lords supper slipper A wua was hued fined 13 and costs at for not only caning a boy for telling a false falsehood liml but making him hint lakind on oil a form ami and hold on an his lead head for nearly three hours it slate with the word liar ijar written upon it though we express surprise at the gour mand izing power of our forefathers forefather sour our own elaborate public dinners are little less disgraceful fu I 1 than they were years ago of 1 07 popes four were strangled in prison eighteen were known to have been poisoned and forty two met with other forms fornis of violent death I 1 Ill illias Ilo raB ras cont Comi neilt e pt A indy lady calling nt at our it leouie ou se consulted her watch which wai was ary dinall it boing it 11 pr present cent to her ome tome t om e 0 of the family di sired to hee ee it IL little Fl orill four years old looked nt tit it and oh oll its bouis youl r att t yu iut companion I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 t |