| Show EARLY FALL PLOWING An Advocate of This rrctlr Tell All About IU Adlftrdga6 Professor T L Lyoii of the No bniski station expresses himself In the columns of The American Agriculturist da follows on fall plowing The Importance Impor-tance of fall plowing cinnci bo too Elrouglrcmphahlzocl The limo for starting start-ing depends upon tho imturoof tho crop preceding If this bo some small grain plow the stubble and Weeds under boon after the niui has been removed If the season Li dry there id I n ilUtlnct ad vmitugoin plowing immediately after taking off tho flrnlu It Into tile effect of dlepewing of tho weeds brforo they go to seed nnd hastens their decay as I well us that of the stubble It loosens I the surface ot the ercrancl so that tlc water docs not run off ju it low when the fcnrflco Is I dry rout bard but tricks clown thud making the ope ration of Euluolllng loss difficult In tile fall and Ibo lease condition of Ibo soil allow ing muUturoruul air 10 penctratc greatly fu cllltutCH that chociical action vhlch renders Ibo fertilizing materials In Ibo soil available to the use of the plant The plow bhon14 Vv luimexjiatcly fol lowed by a spiked barrow to make n looo layer oC toil on top Such u layer of will nets nan mulch In preventing evu iriIoii of moisture from the bur fnoo It has been shown that land no prepared lost only onethird ns much i water Iy eaporution as land having a finally lucked I buifaco it is well to uso tile harrow after each rain that la haul enough to pack the surface For root crops manure ivlll needed unless the laud U I v cry rick Spread 1 one iv on-e rotted munuro after tho shallow plowing Subsoil and surface plow In tho fall or if that cannot bo done plow as dc > ep ill jwsslhla 1 If otto < ma nuro is I not available It Is advisablo to keep fresh mauuro piled during tho vv inter in-ter instead of spreading it in tho fall The extrcmo drjmfiof tho air arid J1 otk k I soil in this state makes the decomposition decomposi-tion of mnnnrowhui incorporated in the soil n cry slow process and us it I is only N hen decomposed that it is useful to the plant tho importance of some method for hastening that operation may easily bo recognized Well rotted manure in addition to its fertilizing effect aids In retaining moisture in tho soil and if plowed deep enough im plOes the condition of the htaN7 10lun I soils which are ranch inclined l to pack Full preparation of tho Hud leaves the ground cleaner especially if it bo plowed early It exiiosesa largo surface of K > 11 I to tho action of Ibo frost and this leaves it in excellent tilth in tho spring The ground being broken up holds tho lain and incited mow water and when the temperature is I favorable undergoes tho chemical action before Gpokcn of Tile Straw shed I Upon somo farms the straw shed has long slnco been abandoned and more commodious buildings have taken the placoe thispicmocrEhelttr Thosning Lug stacker Into made it possible to build a stack that will net as acry good shelter but when the straw is thrown upon u large shed it makes ono of the ery best places for stock in tho wintertime winter-time A few bur oak forks sot in the ground supporting stout ridgepoles covered with short poles and brush alloid ono of the most convenient places to put straw for shelter ns well as feed Tho best manner to build them w o have found is to anodic them open to tho south only and the ells at tho cud of the stack may project much farther south than tho shed proper which will afford good shelter from Winds and not exclude ex-clude very much sunshine Cor Iowa Homestead llamljr About the Farm A low down wheelbarrow his Itsnsa on every farm To make ono like the model in the illustration Pruirioraramel gives these directions Use n heavy Iron vv heel with a two inch tread Get two L lay VOWS wllEELDAItroVT natural crook and round ono CIII for hanulcd Hall inch boards across us in dicatcdin the illustration and set up head board und 011 will have u barrow handy for hauling rock barrels ol grain salt lime apples etc Another lIeedy ror Cabbage lVerom Abner HolllngHvorth gives his irm edy for green cabbage worms in The 1onn Jonruol Hero it is I Prnthrum powder I pound cnyeuno pepper not tho common ml I ono half pound flour IK pounds Apply with a dry powder gun vvhlla tho dew is cm flutter Trade In Iurol There tire a number of forms of lox es Thcro is tho Australian tax being a = foot in diameter holding on tho avorngo 00 pounds tho New Zen cnd beiug rectangular and tho Irish a truncated pj ramlu so tliot Vio Tiullc r can bo dumped out of tho box from tho I larger cud In tho shops butter is dumped dump-ed out of the iwckago in a largo lump and cat off in chunks when sold Then I them is tho rnMwh butter in baskets bas-kets tho basket being about n fleck in Plato with a cover mail tho butter in tho furmof a largo roll IAN in it There arc also French rolls in boxes These rolls are cylindrical in shape v c igh lug two pounds each anil tire packed a dozen in n box This Trench butter ns veil as some DmMi is wiultnl and brings Ibo very liLhcst prices Tho Trench Is what Is termed milled bntter It is bought up from the iicawents sorted sort-ed and worked up together Being un Pulled it docs not keep long and the English merchant orders it by telegram and during the night it crown tho channel and Is in tho English shop in the morning In ono warehouso I saw n lot of Austral Aus-tral in butter that was grease mill very poor gnaw at tint It could bo uxl for pastry but would bring little moro than the freight 1 On tho other hand I saw some of the I very finest butter I havosecn nnjvvlicrn It was from tho Berry estate in Now South Wales Tho box end butter had tho trademark New South Wle Berry Estate This bntter WaS perfect in toxtureUmt is there was no buttermilk but-termilk visible final tho plug was wax and hard and the color was ev en It I also bad a high rich flavor n thing very reimrkable considering that it bid been shipped nil tho way from Anstri Ha If Australia can ship such butter I see 110 rea on why tho United Stiles cannot do tho same There are about 15000 cows Oil tho Berry estate and there were n number creameries lOokIng lOok-ing up this product but several cars Ago they wire changed into skimming stations and the cream is shipped > to a central plant where tho butter is made Professor Plumb in Hoards Dairy UlaiL You can bring people over to j our I way of thinking easily if rOil preserve TOur temper and havo a good object in view |
