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Show THE CONStfWATlON OF MO"STUnC the Three Ottrl. i f Itmlolnc, r,m. Mtllltt m I aMallm.Uf Cropa uanallyritl oranciHcd In pro-ortIonj( pro-ortIonj( therrciofre an e-Ui.l dlitrl litJtlon or uniform supply of wutir Krtllitrra aro mom frc-inently attrlbntol ilttur to n ilelUifii(. or i. iiirjlnit of rntnfilU tlinu tuanyvther cmi Hem f ono of the Chief -cntUl to culture 1 to maintain the J rreeute of a proper amount of a alhbiii watt r tu cmp. anil rofirnn procthalle jciiird ogalnat ex-co ex-co on cither fide And tliU la largely within the control nf tho cultivator. tSaya Mr haumlem, the aupcrinteiHlent of canlrn aud gr wmU at waihlngton: 'Tlio three 0crAti un or ilrnluln. aul kolllnn; and mul Mug uhru projwtrly underatood comtrtmi all tho niuUItca rf mircfM and rnahle the cnltlvntor In a cry ure.it iuaure to rtgini with com tairalhe lndlirerenro whether the wa-on wa-on prove uuuiuulty wet it uuuiually dry. Jf tho forjin r ihe.lrnina remuvu all aupertluuaa wahr, and the loowning of the aulwoll all wa tho(grraaof vutrr through all ltairc, whlih arn rapidly filled, nn 1 tuulchltig the aurfaco ao un to 1 remit rraporrtll'in rttahi. th water nhcro lanta can reach It, IniUti 1 of 1(1 Ivlng rajrldly cottimnc.1 by drying v Inds aweejlng over the Hill. Of nil opera tlona rfl.illnj to mill culture there aro time whoMj valaca ra to welt eataU lUlied m tho oiHaliudM to, and yit they aro oitrntluna to which the KTcat majority of cultlvatora are ttrangera. Jt acema not to Lo gtnuraUr under Ux that draining In Lonncction with -toit cnltnre, lrrrcaea the cuiMllt) of tho toll fur absorbing and retaining inolitnrp. A4 anon ai the laorm aro Hlll water ceftwi to lot abe-irbptl Tie object ob-ject lu draining la to allow tho anrplns water to p,-inei.T So watt r can reach the drain until tho poree of thoaoil an MtUlutl or tilled It la then fore evi dent that tli0.-T th will It drulnttl tho Ktcater Iwjiiu'i the reservoir ti! contalnM nmliture, ao that on auita uf gravel) or aan4y uatnre a moro Iiun rl int vegetntion will be prodacit nftcr they an- artlhcally dralnoil. With clay kAIm tho iinprovnnent U attll rnoroob looa; no good day aoll cn IhjcoumM ercd fn beat crtutn condition until drat nod "l)r lining and. mUoillng then fur,) In-crrate In-crrate the amour, t of ara I la Wo nvulttum In theaoll. Tokfer-ttbeahd pt-exnt lta ticat by mira lurfaca etnjturatiMi, woluiroreomm ttimnlcldnc. Where It la nut expedient to nr. ply firt Ifn unit-t. unit-t. r to the iturfdctf an cthclciit anUtltnte canbeliott lu thoaoil Itwlf byilmily kee lug tho aurfaco luow bycultivatiuti A few Inchea f we, powdery eoil on the tnrfare forini n tupltal nnncuntliirt-lng nnncuntliirt-lng atratnm nnd likewise hi Dm great ulrautntjo of Mug null neuiri-J." AlfIU ) II Itrqulrenirnta. Alfalfa ti cfpccta-ly adapted to n dry cltmato. and nndcr anch condltlonaand lu eollt wlure tho rooti tun run down amoral foot to tlnd moituro 1U Ut if fecta are realixtnl. tt U nut vietl aatteil tocby land or to hud that 1 Utually rnoltt, and tho ilanta aro alow lu growth aud rvqis.ro two yrara to iKTomewill eatahlUhnl At tho Ktjv York htatbn ((Ifiivva) alfalfa tins b n grown aucceaa fullrfur Mveral eara, allhimgh koo1 iMH-tiinif were nut atwaja eeuirrd, tint whrnonconill ratablUhcd in tho noil tt fnrfiUh.' Uro iroriof forngo mil it i lint and drunLt better than imit furago cn. Tho at.tt.oii bultttlu ml "iIjmt-1 funueia trying tt tu put down a luiull lot only to thl crop until thry have become more familiar vrilU ft. Aa rejiorted by tho department of agrlcnl tnre, the experience of tho atatlom wht.ro it hai beun trlM Indicate tliat it Unpluttaluablo fur fodder, but that It n"ulrea iccn11ar condition 4 of aoil and climito for growth, and careful culturo to mako it a profit ablo rroji. Tho Vermont Ver-mont tat ion haa reirted that id ful fa wa tried on more than thirty fan.it throughout tho it ate, and although It waa looking finely whin the inuw tamo. In most caw it waa winter killed, and In Urn i I n Ion of thoo who tried It waa not adapted to tho cllcuto. Tynlnc Made by he roU Ono of Iho Vutation. of tho public ii'i-fortner of thololiti, flutoorothor Inntrtiinunt t tho ncrotudty of turn tnj; oer tho tonNes of tlio muMic, tluik coinp.llinK a ccanntlon of tho music whilo lliu op-crutioh tut oh lilactT A Mcnna Inuntor tins ilo-Ktl ilo-Ktl nn Ingcniourt music itaud ttiut la cnlcul.ite.1 to olivhto thUnnnoy nnce, tho turning of l.n i Mni; jx r formed by tlio foot Kow York Jour tial |
