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Show B the bunuocK. IH It.tr Thla Tmnlilfattn Weed ta rrnpa H catail anil Unit II Ma; II. I ra.ltr.lr.l. M The lionloclt li n b'fcnlnl It lino a WI ttrongtaji root which rjotrt clown to a WH trreut depth In tlio roll. The roof as IflH thorrn In tlio a ketch Is broken oil Th Kflfl aeod li liorno on a lirnnclieil sletn which IfKnl imibii tip from tlio center of t'loiliut fKSS llio eectls are nwttireil In Inclosures nt EH tho outer end of tho lirnncliw. Theso lffiwJ r-el aacnr.ro a otuewhnt circular In t lmo nMB mil they ero so nnued that tliey Inn. WB tho iowcr to mllirroto Almost o.ry kB0 thlnx lint tuny coino In contnet Willi lB thenu Heneuwo liml tlifia clinging ta jCnl tholuilror lion.es nrnl catllo tut may IBfli imstur. v.-bcro they grow Hi iwxfc Km tV6 zfsr I y$i IB that pirtvtAt. rr.i, Ttic renrocc K Wliero bnnloekf arc allowed to grow HJ recly tho wool or sheep coming In con HJ tact with Ihcin soon becomes of tmt H llttlo vnlno. Tlio number of seeds .ro H iluced byaslnitlo I lint livery great H When tho bunlock ii cot o.T alnvn the M .nrfneoof tho (pound it will nt once M Krow up again. Tho effort to produce fl aceil during tho rccond )car of tha wJB irrowtlint thoplint liraost pcralitcnt. H) It 111 ripen soeds until f rot H Tlio man who mow a hit moadow down B too readily conclude that lilo whole H duty ha tiecn dLaclinrtd to tho bur docks growlny In It, when It has only H been half dlarhargnl, Tliough liOlhoul.l 1 fall to find tho young burrs that soon H Krow up nround tlio parent stoia, his BB slicepwlll not f nil tudotlilsvthin they ID coiuo to fecil upon tho nftermntu, ThU M weed Is propagated by means rf sevil nnd chlelly through tht medium of nnl H mala to whli.li tho burrs muy cling H Tho reed has tho power of retaining H Titallty for along titiio. Ikctusoof this mK It may requlro soicral )ears to com H 1 letely rid n placo of burdocks. H Llko all bleuuiali, tha burdock Is easily H dtroyed In cultivated Hilda. It is In Mj byplacts, as Knco sides, laues, comers Hfi lirouud tho buildings, pastures nnd the BBt borders of woodlands, that burdocks glto trouble. Uat oren in theso they B nro not difllcult to destroy. Tunucrs H who go orer their fields twice a ) eat M with tho spud will soon liara no bur- H docks! In cutting them caro shoull U B taken to strike bulow tho crown. Krtry H plant cut In this way must die, sat s an H Ohio Farmir corrcsiioudent, authority H for tho foregoing. Ihocnttin maybii 1 dono at any time of tho )eirwhcn the H ground is not frozin, aud It is of course Hj intKh moro easily dono w hen tho lauti H aro youug. IH tmall rioeVa of ronla. H In t jo summer return tho hens on the BBM ranso secure a largo sharu of food that HH cannot bo utilized in uuy other minncr, HIH and wlicro a small llock is kept and con BBS lined Inn yard In somo suburbiiu Iota Han tlou tliey tan bo Li pt on tho wasto ot Hfl thn family. Tho heu w 111 suUlst on all BbB kinds of food meat, seeds, fmlts aud , HB egetables whkh gins her n wld H rango. It will pay to keep n few lions JH to contuino tho w uato of a tumlly, as the JBJfjl hens uturu their product to their ow net Brjl in n short tlmo, BU, ti o nttempt to fecil n t Ig on wasto food HBltJ comiKils tho owner to wait until tho pi BSEl mature!, but tho htu will begin laln3 BB9 and continuo throughout tho siasou, OH tlins ia) lug caah in eggs for all sho ro H coh t s, and sho will ncrept anything that H is itdlhlo. A small llock ms Uttei H than n largo ono, proportlouutul J , b HBJ cause of tho utilization of tho refuse, HHn and lcau--, but llttlo or no labor Is re BJ quirod for them iom nred with n lirge BBH number. All who have wasto and rif Hlu nso should i rovtdo a plaio for hens and BBBb thusconTcrt tho wasto Into eggs, uo- SHIi cording to Tha llreeJcrs' Uuido, SH9 BteAmed bono differs from raw bone inKB only in that tho former is tnuth leas jBBpjt tough, so that It can to ground to n finer wffijg meal with tho snino txtudlturo o( BBHj iiower, also somo of tho fat of tho bono WBffl lias been roinoved, and w hit Is left Is In BEN a better condition lor plant food, the nBJ9 fatty matter tends to ruianl tho decii) Hjjjhl of the bone, homctiincs tho steaming EBJIlffl may bo rarriid so far ns to icinoo somo iHjfiB of tho gelatine tf tho bono, in which BUM case tho bunemcal woul 1 bo kss alu BBflJ able than tho raw, because ioorcr in Hn nitrogtn. wi lrerllijr -I Nlo. HI It is esllmntid Hint in tho United H9m Ktates thero aro !,800,(j00 hltis, Utong-1 HH ing to 70,000 reartrs and rmlucing 111,- HDS (100,000 pounds or honei ) i urly BBBj in the great dalrj stato of Wisconsin HBCJ thero uro over5,IVH) silos, and in tholuui BBBB nt.r dairy town of tho state there are up- HBkh wardof slzt) llvo, IflsBEl According to tlio ruks of tho New IBBBfl York Mircantllo exchange, tggs ta J-as JbHH as new laid cannot loso unikr test moro HI than ti u eggs to n caso of thirty dozen, BKH ortwuhu eggs to a loso of thlTt)-si BBs dozeu. jHlll At tho Illinois experiment station list HUf.S zeascn no nppreclablo iiTict on ) ield of Hj fit Id corn resulted from cutting tho tops BHu whin In good touditlon for fodder, or BflffJI from rciuuvlug, ns liny nppcarul, the B9V3 toomls from ulumntoiona jjffl At the reuns)hinll still in corn Mil ' Brown for sllago was fi.und most mil mi lT j tugcous wheu tho jlants wtre lar.-o, I ! with oirs marly inatuiod, lnstial of ti storint lli.-ni In a silo, whether tutor Jl uncut. In n green aud watrry condition. ) Tlielargoiarlalesgavodldod!ylargi.r TUUj than did the .malkr t arlnlit, |
