Show FOOD FOR LITTLE BOBWHITE quail has great economic importance as destroyer of injurious insects and weeds the quail or has a great economic importance as a destroyer of injurious insects and noxious weed seeds here is what margaret M nice says of the bobwhite in the journal ot economic entomology A single bird was found to eat aa many as 12 18 and 30 seeds of one kind of weed in a day they eat 15 grammes or halt an ounce of weed seed dally throughout the winter the known list ot in sects eatean includes many of the most injurious species A single bird ate at one meal mosquitoes another during a day ate 1350 flies a third plant lice while still another record Is 1532 in sects 1000 ot which were pers eat from 12 to 24 grammes of insects dally in the sum covey of dual mer in a study of the growth and fedling ot one bobwhite it was found that in his third week he ate halt his weight of insects in his fourth week one third in the sixth the addition of grain brought it up to one halt again when adult they eat from one twelfth to one sixth of their weight an estl mate of the average amount eaten by a bobwhite in a year Is 2 grammes or about five pounds of insects and 4 grammer or about 9 pounds of weed seeds which are equivalent to insects and weed seeds MANURE MAKES GOOD MULCH exceedingly valuable in culture ol 01 small fruits and strawberries conserve moisture the use of the manure mulches it becoming more and more popular in the greenhouse work as well as in the open ground culture either fresh or rotten may be applied al though most growers prefer fresh horse manure fresh horse manure is especially valuable for the mulch ing of tomatoes and cucumbers under glass and the tomatoes in the open ground after the fruit Is well set fresh horse manure is also exceed angly valuable in mulching celery both early and late and asparagus farmers who are rushed ath gen eral farm work should resort much more largely to the use of mulches when the applications are sufficiently heavy this means three or tour inches of manure they conserve moisture prevent weed growth and guarantee success with every croy that has been either straw or manure Is exceed angly valuable in the culture of rasp berries blackberries currants goose berries and even strawberries protection OF TREE WOUND any substance which la not corro alve or detrimental to growth will be satisfactory no artificial medium can be applied to the surface of a wound made in pruning a tree will induce it to heal more quickly the activity of the healing process depends upon the character and position and the time of year when the wound Is made rather than upon protective cover ings A large number of waxes paints and washes have been tried and the conclusion of the whole matter may be summarized in the statement that any substance which Is not corrosive or detrimental to growth which will protect the be artwood from the at tacks or rot spores will prove a satisfactory is covering for a cut surface among jauch substances may be men honed white lead yellow achre ochre coal tar and grafting wax be generous with fruit the writer has known farmers who would let fruit rot on the ground rather than give it to the poorer neigh bors and children such men do not deserve the respect of the community unprofitable renting many have found orchard renting unprofitable aft |