Show crep or condition government crop reports state that there have been heavy precipitation ot of either rain or snow which have hav furnished an of moisture in all parts parta of the united states eav central and western texas where rain 1 Is much needed these theo precipitations coupled with cold weather have considerably sider ably delayed spring work but little progress with corn planting has been made since the first ol oil the month except in the extreme southern bouthern districts where it la Is nearing completion in some sections stow slow germination and poor stands are gen brally reported from the southern states A general improvement in the theion scon of 0 winter wheat la Is reported except in portions of ohio illinois okia homa and texas where damage by Is more or less apparent the th 1 last ast named state elate reporting unfavorable effects of drought on the pacific coast the outlook tor for winter wheal continues promising but tho the c cro rod needs rain over a large part of california some spring wheat wh eat has been sown ix in portions of iowa nebraska and southern minnesota but none ahl ha yet been sown in the red river valley oats seeding la Is well advanced as fat north as the ohio valley and some eoma seeding has been done in nebraska in the east gulf gul and south atlantic districts the outlook la Is promising but the crop Is being injured by d rought drought and inserts insects in texas reports of fruit prospects ecta eW are favorable except from california where severe frosts have injured grapes and other fruits in the northern and central portions of the state As a general thing farmers do not make enough use of clover about the hen ben yard and nests and in the feeding of the fowls how many go to tho the trouble of cutting dry clover for any such purposes yet in nearly all cases it Is far ahead of chaff even for packing purposes if cut fine it makes a good tenter center lor for the nests of laying hens hena and a still better center for tho the nests nesta of sitting hens it Is far prefer abla to whole straw in which the young chicks nay may become bacome entangled some egg sellers use cut clover for pac packing king eggs that are to go by express using the tha cut clover in the part of tho the package containing the eggs and using sep arate irute the eggs from the outside of the packages some chicken raisers use cut clover on the floor of the brooder and say it la is superior to sand or dirt 0 the young men that are learning at our agricultural colleges how to judge dairy cows are doing a work that is sure to bo be of great value to our farming communities through them will be scattered abroad the much needed knowledge of what makes up a a dairy cow ratten fatten and market the old sheep hoop heap those that are full of vice |