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Show THE EFFICACY Of HARROWS. rtcealla lUfott.d af .tparlmnll la trall with liirrereat tuirUmeali. In a MflM of expfrlinonU In rlnf with different Implement, report) by tho Ulih fxpfrlment nation, It ww fonndthat the rtlattro efflevyof har row rirlet with tho aolL Hounl and i quire toothed harrow act m wedter and do not loottn Uto KoU ai do other forim nt harrow teclli. Thejr do not )enetrate decptjr, and iuovlr very near tho aurfoc are cvrnparatirttx y In ab aolato draft, but In relative draft per prrtindof rnrth ni9eI not no wiyfor hard toHe ai aomo othr fonn of hrrow They fine th avjl) nbout the nrerageof othr hAtrowt, Tlitytaayb tfjfuded aa adsptI only to Ijoh iU and for putting In aocJi, anmml wlch the toll fthouM bo omnpre uvd. Urtrrown ulth t"ttti ha tin a forward aUnt n)) act ai wdgs In a larx nn-i ure and If Ave a ml tint weftut IimvII, bclnjT compact. The e barrowe also bate a medium draft per puuud of roil moved, penetrate to n medium Oepth and fine the null about the average. They leave an uneven bottom. lUrroaitliatlifttbe eoll by a rolling action, thni aroldlng eoir.e of the frtc tlon of the other harrow, penetrate the i1efpit, loovn the toll the 1at and move the moat toll per jnund of draft They Rive a noil of average flnentM. When tho rolling ontttr Is a complete or nnbrokfn circle the aolt Is locatned In furrows, anj when it It removed ltl found to htre a rorrojatr.1 lt turn. When the rolling cutter U a broken circle, known as a cntaway liar row. It leavre the bottom coll In average order, And h the eaaleit draft, and Is believed by tho director lo le the fl fonn of barrow for surface tillage now In um for the average clay loam aolh MtrKa la .Igrlealler. In natnre nitrogen occurs In tbe fol lowing format 1 As a constituent of air, of which It forms about foiirflfllu. 3. In the form of ammonia. 3. In the form of nl trio acid and nitrate. 4 In various other forms In plant and an I luaU Iure nitrogen Is a rs which baa neither color, tasto nor smell. Nltrogeu, coinbinel with the element )i)ilrcipii, forms ammonia. AinmonU Is fortnetl when vegetable and animal tubstancea conUlnlnjr nitrogen decoropo. Am monla U n colorless gai when dUU In water it Ucomee familiar to ns as sprite of hartshorn. Ammonia ntdtee with different adds and furms ealUt thus ammonia, combined with sulphuric acid, forme inlphste of ammonia, When animal and vegetable nib-sUnces nib-sUnces deconipoite in rather warm, luolat tdas the nltroiren Is chanind luto nl tratet, This change of tho organic matter mat-ter Into nitrates le caufwl by bacteria, which are very small living vegetiUo organisms and wbtcli exlat everywhere in enormous nuinlrs. Tlte pruccas la knowu aa nltrinVutlon. 1'lants miyuenltrogfn In three different dif-ferent forms as nitrogen gas or uncora Uned nitrogen, In the form of ammonia and In form of nitrite. Kach form Is tuiHHriaUy tinted to certain kinds of plants. In general the legumluon plants, inch ai the bean, ia, clover, alfalfa, etc., can take the uncoinllntd nitrogen ni-trogen from theaL. The largest part of nitrogen which tcoat jlanta obtain Is taken up by their routs In the form of nitrate, that is nltrto add combined with some metal, as todlnm or poUaluin Moat of the tilt rata usod by plants are formed by changing luto nltratf ammonia am-monia compounds and organlo sub stances In the soil by tbe procM of nitrification. nitri-fication. Ammonia compotiuJt are largely retained In thesullj nitrates may be washed out In the caw of bare fallow ln I, but when the soil Is covered with vegetation there Is little or no lost. The forrgolni facta aro found lu the bulletin Kntout by the KeW York station. lurcattrul Wheat Omwlnf. Some joints for successful wheat grow In, ai enumerated by The Prairie Farmer aret "I!atly and derp plowing. Thorough harrowing and drJg,finT or rolllug until lie toll Is fine and firm, then harrowing with light Implement to make a mulch or fin loo soil on top to prevent bscape of moisture. Whew lloulanfly doe not bother early sow-log. sow-log. Riving longer time for tooling. Of course good clean seed Is to b Insisted upon or In fact, It should not be necessary neces-sary to aay this, at no one ought tote supposed to. drill or sow weed seed. Wheia clover can be raleod It should form lb part of rotation, Immediately preceding the wheat. Drills aru preferable pref-erable at way of seeding. Different tolls and sections will rnpulr dilTertniei In amount of seed." Tha f nr-erlrnvtit kl-tlou.. At the convention of the a jricultnral colleges and eiperiruent stations It was told tint thirteen stations report that the control of the fertiliser interest has been placed Upon their cheuiUtet thirteen stations sta-tions report that attention Is devoted to the analysis of feeding stuff j slitfcu station have demoted time to the analy sis of butter and other dairy product, and one atatlen reports that attention hat bien (riven to the question of establishing establish-ing better itandanlt for grading wheat lfdtw for UUIr ! ! Will bees winter safely on honey-dew honey-dew In n dry cellar of an nertge tern Iwruturo cf t"i degs.1 i. If not, ran I winter them on umbt from an nxtract-ingsuirf.lled nxtract-ingsuirf.lled with sugar sirup and no pollen) iftervlngthe brood combs Ailed wlthhoueydew far next prlngyi were iuerle asked and ana weredln Amct loan lteo Journal by U, W, Ikuurco as fob luwst 1, There are nuny kinds or grades of the so cilled honetdew. I ba a tem n little of it that ought to kill anything that could bo induced to tu allow al-low it i aud I have seen mom of It thin would bo rfectly safo as a winter I food for lt. 3. Hugarsliupwlllwiuter bves iibout aa well as good honey, and )on neel give yonrtelfiiu anxiety about t jiollru. Leo i.eeil iulliau to start brooi Utrtng In the early j ring. The editor npliedi 1. Ihatdejiendsou thuiuallty of the tugjulco' und the wiutertemprrsture. Inn tulld winter it might do, but In it set ere season there w ould be greut danger In Us use, Muny Aholeapiirleshaebeen ruintd by lu uic, an 1 It would be w 1m to advise caution, cau-tion, g. Yes, that vtllbeahao waytf dUpctlng lf the hnnerd v |
