Show MULCHING mun MUL CHINa Is a very important part of agriculture particularly particularly in m these regions reglo oa it is t to keep heep jepthe the surface loose and pulverized two to four inches deep during the time tim of vegetable growth without edt eAt entering ering into theories I 1 will simply point but I 1 it breaks the evaporation partly and causes dampness to remal remain n longer in the t he ground 9 round 2 it promotes the limo atmospheric connection with the roots farmers and gardeners know that the hard dry and barky crust la Is unfavorable to vegetation of any kind even large trees irrigation hns bas a tendency to settle the soil and make it hard more or less according to its want of humus de decayed cay vegetable and animal ingredients hence mulching is more inore necessary nece beary Seary here than in rainy countries it has not been alone to destroy weed weeda that farmer farmers and gardeners tri fri from oni of old have harrowed their winter wheat in the spring plowed their theli pot potatoes a and dorn corn in in the summer bummer hoed their cabbage or covered the surface between the plants with remains from stack yards and woodpiles wood piles etc it has been done also because they have been acquainted quain ted with the two above stated theories arles or their effects f facts farmers and gardeners experience is abundant and demonstrating on this subject to plowing harrow lug lue bowing sowing irrigating weeding I 1 odthe of the success in agriculture is attributable of course courser while emeul mulching chiba under many circumstances and in many localities should be credited for 50 per cent of the crops it is apparent in traveling through throng 11 our irrigation districts that there are bire farmers aud and gardeners who do not believe in this and it is not beld seldom gin that instead of mulching after irrigation when the ground in a few days gets dry and hard lard repeated irrigation is resorted reported reb ree oried to chilling and destroying vegetation the statistics of advancement in agriculture aud and horticulture could pro bably be taken from the amount of hoes and other mulching muio muJo hing bing implements distributed in the country by the parent co operative cooperative mercantile llo institution in salt lake city by the present system I 1 in agriculture mulching can cn not be applied in cultivation of what is called culled small grain wheat rye barley and oats but on account odthe of the tho great benefit derived from thorough and repeated mulching it is reasonable to expect that drill culture will be the future mode of agriculture in these irrigating regions that the small smail grain culture also may have the great benefits derived from mulching ning C A M i independent JOURNALS the N new ow york herald has an awful dig at the he t journals thu the herald says many journals ta take tahe ke to the independent journal dodge dudge as a cover tor for any charges of a want of party fealty it la Is astonishing to witness the aprea spread d of independent journalism about these days the epidemic is not confined confine deither delther either elther to any particular locality but extends alike north antl anil south eist bist and west ilie rile wherever rever rover the decayed matter of party pol poi itice or the shrivelled shrivel led condition of the party press produces a y nap rap toras of immediate or prospective spec tive dissolution tafter afier after the baltimore convention however we expect a good many of independent journal will show their colors and the epidemic of f independent jour cease to rage with its present virulence 11 |