Show Things That Arc Told Dr J B Warren ornithologist of the Pennsylvania state board of agriculture stated before one of the New York institutes in-stitutes that hawks and owls are collectively collect-ively a benefit to the farmer though there aro a few objections Of tho ten species of owls three are injurious viz the great horned owl the snowy owl and the barred owl The entomologist of tho Ohio experiment experi-ment station reports successful results in keeping rose beetles at bay by spraying grape vines and peach trees with a diluted lime wash made by adding a peck of freshly slacked limn to a barrel of water If we were raising peaches largely says the editor of the Rural New Yorker wo would use ground bone and kainit or muriate of potash Phosphate of lime and nitrate of soda can never be rivals for while both are necessary in tho practice of progressive farming tho action of each is comple j tc that j r at > jthn By feeding an abundance of bone and muscle forming foods such as wheat middlings clover peas and oats we can raise strong healthy pigs which will not readily succumb to hog cholera is reported as the opinion of F D Curtis Common report has it that bees will not work after noonday on the flower of the common buckwheat Professor A J Cook found this not true this season on the Japanese variety bees were on the flowers at all times of the day According to The Live Stock Journal there is no branch of live stock breeding moro promising of profit to the southern farmer and stockman than swine husbandry hus-bandry Professor Henry is reported as affirming affirm-ing that uncut cornstalks make ensilage of the best quality but the labor of getting get-ting them out of the silo is too great Avoid the mistake of sowing seed too thickly in hot beds as crowded plants spoil quickly if not transplanted at just the right time |