Show II I NTH F FHRM Field and Garden j I L con SMUT I IIlnJdldd to Cati41171nit rAptrt II of Smut The Idea 1 ia prevalent that corn mrat is I inrarloui 10 eiittlo Many farmers be it the 10 idled cormtalk tile 1110 less Is i duo in part ut least to giant If at such times lay cows aborted it VMS tuilly attributed to tho smut Homo ago in order to test this matter year ordier 1 qtode tl sail learn I something definite I about It I I the ftiseonsln experiment station un drtcok the experiment of feeding cows corn smut nud noting tho effect cover iT cows were In tho tcbt It was com mraecl by feeding sell cow daily n Nail quantity and gradually luoruis Inj it till eoch hud B largo amount I i The cow were closely watched mid continued for several tho experiment Js No bad effects weru observed o1cept > with one cow faho ate un im mental quantity I Similar experiments have been made at the Ohio Illinois Nebraska and other oth-er experiment stations mid 1 lu Mono ol them have auy bad resells been reported The latest oxpcrimiut of the kind of which We bill 0 OilY record wu made 1y Professor Clinton D Smith tire Mleh Iw j cicpcniueut station 1iofeihor 0n hltractliout nI71olle w Sr Smith Bums up his rclwrt ns follows Th ronclnsion which call ifely be drawn from tho experiment Is i that tahera cows are gradually brought Into the habit of cruhUinliiK largo quantities of smut It does not boom hurtful to thm WhethEr tho barren thing would to truo where cows unaccustomed to I mut suddenly gain combs to largo 11 titles of It miiit remain for future ripcrhneut It is but r to to bay however that OilY quantity l of smut that would 1 hat all likely to exist lu n eoiufleld or cn the stalks ns fed under normal eon talons to cows would not bo dangerous to tho health of tho animal G P Goodrich writing to The 1ral rio Farmer Bays that his experience is that stock cant get enough smut in tho ensilage to do them tho least hurt When it comes to turning cattle iu a italkucld that has a great deal of smut j In It the caw may Iw different Ho doc not however approve of neglect lug moans of preventing smut which decreases tho yield of com lIe says I cieotl1s tell us that mint is a fungus tint Is propagated from spores that tire I In the ground or In the seed corn and t that the smut that is left in tho cornfield l corn-field this year or hauled out in uiauuro from cattle that have been fed siiiuttv com will bo likely to make moro nnut J next year If that is the case it may pay 0 farmer to gather up till the tortut and destroy It rather than have it left 011 the ground Tho smut ppona in tho seed i com can be Killed by soiklng it In blue vitriol and by changing crops BO II not to have cern several years 111 fine cession on the situo ground there mill be less liability of growing smut Car of Cornstalk Wo believe that usually as fast ns the com ia I uuAexl out tho stalk should be only left a day or two If tho vrcathoi promises to be fine and bof hen at once drawn to tho barn It may be supposed that while there U still bo much juice In the stalk there will bo great danger of the stalks fermenting But if the Ltalks have been free from rainfall fork a for-k btforo all tho beating they will let will only m iko the outer coating of the Hulk less hard and will therefore enable the stock to eat a greater portion of it I Wo have seen cows greedily cat talks from tho mow in winter that had fermented even to tho point of mildewIng mildew-Ing whilo stalks thrown loosely on the beaffbll and which hid never reached fermentation wero dry old tasteless The truth is that tho outside the cornstalk is so hard that BOUIO fermentation fermen-tation la I an advantage to It I Vo are used i to Flying that all implies im-plies somo debtriictiou of nutrition This is doubtless truo in the silo Dut making the stalks easier for took to eat much more than compensates for the waste clnsed by it slight fermentation either in the mow or in the silo American Cultivator Ilaublnc Celery Hero is what American Cultivator r las to Bay on the banking celery It 6 hit to to u string around the tops 1 drawing tho stalks as closely together M possible Title not only prevents the ttlerj front rusting because 1 of dirt getting get-ting between the leases but the plants can lo packed much closer and handled more lastly A mill rubber kind will save tuore than its extra cost over string I in the greater case with which I It call be i applied I It rl is alto Utter as It I will I draw the stalks closer after they are takm from tile ground and thus give the Celery n fresher appearance Where stalks are thus bound not much bank Ing ia required A wide board on catch lide and running to nearly apoint at the top shuts out tire light It also 1 eeps the plant dry bo that it is warmer In Elk und tho ctlerj blanches faster than Louvered with toil which ia likely to dull the plant Cooke1 Atolaboardo For Plates An Ohio Farmer In u inpuunicatlou taxational Stockman wrltiir Tho ether day 1 was watching the Sect of a land roller In a Wild part of VUch had been broken w to n plpw till had a crooked moldboud and part ttWi a plow having a straight mold loin Tho ground was bnkeu when dry and hard but tho erot Illi I mold board > M crushed nncl ground tho 1 soil J > bite turning r it that too eettO It I ta quito a Hula bettor conlitioti than i that which was wedKM over with a night moldboird file litter draws Ihe easier but It pulveues less Tire core crooked tho mold want tho more trashing ho soil gets WJllo being broken Foirlils 10 I Outdoor or cavo storage aa will ns Pit Kongo Is good Tho ideal mcthrxl 01 irago is i that which will not wilt I vegetables but keep 1 them In us natural eOudltlol1 ns Possible Where there tire I I l ted IllY < lelotlou vegetables tire lest pit l J for winter in u protected Place hero tho ground will trot fiocro too MtP Pits should not be too largo for I > lagel > < et carEqpSrkfiruipa 0 ey sbonld to 10nll olla it FecUn so that bnull quantities of the tc cttblts can be iccn < ionallj removed to a moro con vrulcut place lu tho collar Additional suggestions mod in The Iowa Homo 1 strait 1 tire as follows Cabba Q is i herd to Keep yet it rOil tx done under good management > in hey I trill ways feinl bands In the ground I their I entire dopth Ibcn take tho cub l WI = J lagCK with their I stems had outt r leavn I entire arid wrap them In Bmeul thick I ucMici of UII bpipcr arid lay them m tho birrrh COYll with loose ha and put a I board mac to keep tile Into out After I it I ecomeH late nul lt frcQres up tl pat on a I coc = rinB of earth This should be mulched MJ its nut to let tho frost In In I tho winter a barrel can bo uncovered I DUll partly emptied Load then covered again until later I i |