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Ono advantage- In eowiug buekwhent in summer Is that it makes n qnlek growth nnd It soon sliades the soil and sliado in summer aids materially In tho process of nltrlflcntlon Tho buckwheit can lo j lowed under curly In tho fall nnl rjo sown ogiln, and In tho latter pjrt of February or tho first tmrt of .March cloeer can bo sown over tills and usually will rtnnd, nnd If l lowed under will nfford n sufficient mnountotilant food to grow a crop. Vcgetiblo matte r Is iicctwciry in tho soil, nnd this grow Ing nnd lowing under of green crofsi Is ouo of tho surest was of securing It. Land that Is not so badly rnn down but that It will grow good crops of rlovor can lio built tip with lets edit, rs clover ran bo sown with f mill grain and the first en p bo cut for hay and the second 1m plowed under as a fertlllttr In thlswu) tho cost of building up may bo grcall) io-duced. io-duced. I Th. Kill Ilrrril. No question Is aiktd unj oftenrr than Which Is tho best brecdr' Tliner ago poultry keeper especlilly tho In in ncr has an nmbltlors yearning fur n gcncrnlpurposafowl Ixing as Its nd lent has lieeu expected, nnd Treipiently as It his Iwn nnnouneod, tho tierfect coiuhlnntlon breed remains nil unknown imnntlty There lire' soino breeds whoso business It is to la) iggs, nnd they do It There aro others that At almost nny age inolto n toothsome dellency, but to find n fowl that will nt ono nnd tho rnnio tlmo suit tho broiler tho roaster nnd tho egg spc ciallnts is n llltlooutsldoof mi-time mi-time lliero aro, howeier, breeds which, when properly handlod, coino riuir enough to the all around Ideal fuw 1 to meet the reipilrements of a largo i liss. 1 or tho bem fit of thlschuvittlll bogitcn tho opinion of soi crnl authorities ou this lexed question of best breed. Thocdl tor of 1'arm 1'onltry ) r Tlio best brceil and tho best cross is difficult to answer Among tho best breeds w rank tho Lnngslmiis, Plim outh Ilocks nnl Wjandottcs, but the Laugihans are blick faathcrul nnd daik skinned, henco bxs di Mrablo for tablo nso (to sell In marlit) Probably tho Whlto Wyandotlcs como nearest to n perfect all pnrposo fowl, as they nro tho i cry lust of poultry and nro very great layers. 1'or crosics Drown I-oghorn male on PI) mouth Itock females (.Ivcsury great 1 1) ere, but Leghorn malo (brown or white) on Light llrahini femah-s gitra bolter poultry, couiblnoil w ith great lay-iuir lay-iuir uimlitles j, K l'elch, f tcr CO ) ears' oxjicricnco with tho inrious brecils, mliises the selection of "Light llrohmas, I-i thorns, W)audottes uud Plymouth Hocks as p.i) Ing tho best for extra car6, for ull jiractlcal purposos " A corminnileiit In The Countr) Homo sn)s, "Tlio uenrrst general purposo fowls aro tho PI) mouth Ilocks nnd W) nn lottos " American Cul-thator Cul-thator s.ijs, "Our American breeds, tho Plymquth Hocks nud W)nndottes, aro much aliko lnquallllesundierhnpaeomo nearer n general purposo fow 1 than any others." Tho will known English authority, Tegetmerlcr, writes In h London ex change "If liothiggsand fowls nro do-sired, do-sired, Minorca heiia may lo kept, that v HI in tin Ir first nnd set on 1 lnyhg seasons sea-sons la) ubundantl) . If with theso n good short Uggod Indinti game Is run, tho chickens will bo half bred, nnd thus good eggs In nhuudanco nnd good chick ens for tho table could bo i rodueed out of thosnmojnrd" llflatlvs .MrrlU of Ijiok mill hliorl l)(. It his been shown ionclui.hilytli.it tho Miort, plump uats 111.0 Welcome, Cl)desdale, etc., nro lens dlcestlblo than tho long, thinner oats with thinner husks or palcrc. It Is also n f net that tho long oils, which w sigh less than tho otlurs per bushel, hale heal lir kernels nnd nro moro nutritious than tho shortoats, Tho ni irket, howevi r, demands hi avy oats. If, then, wn ralso oats for nnrkot, tho Wtlconio class should lo scloetrd If for our own stock, tlun tho lonir. shinier oils shoul 1 ho prefirred, sn)S Tho Km ill texi Yorker. n. ll.llilni;i. IScckceperDoollttloiauirscoiiibhonry in tho houso nplar) nnd extracted in cut apiaries, loai in; tho honey all on nt tho out uplariej till the season li oor Crimson cloier, or senrht i lover, has been hlghl) pruleed ns n forugo nud honey plant, J. I'reinout Hickman of thoOhlo oxpirlment station sa)s that It does not succeed ns far north ns Ohio Dee kee pe rs havo generally seitled dow u to tho uso of tho 4 1 by 41 section Dr. C C. Miller, Mnrcugn, Ills , Is president pres-ident of tho North American Deo Keepers' Keep-ers' association for 1SQJ Prank llmtou, Washington, is secret u The lis ft Jle I imifc At tho Iowa stato bcekeopirs' com en-tlontlio en-tlontlio use of be escapes was coni-ld-i red nnd opinions cxprecd as follow si Mr, llairows had md threo dlllennt kinds, nnl ull with snecoss Mr. rSecor likes tho Porter esoniio Ijost Mr Marshall Mar-shall said that buo rscaiwa M ould not c,ie satisfaction whenbiooil is nlxno tho broad chamber. Tli torn I rop. Lost season's corn crop, which was thort avcrarfod to ) I Ui-ert-n ucennl-iug ucennl-iug to the goierumoiit report, i!.l 1 bushels bush-els Its area iscouslderahl) reduiid.tho reduction being Jicinj In tho corn iro-dnrlng iro-dnrlng region, thongh offset in lut ly lucreaco in tho Atlantlo states and thtoujlicnttliointlro cotton belt. |