Show scientific AND USEFUL 0 on farms where wheat is largely largel y grown rye is a bad weed and if allowed to seed will soon get into the manure and appear from year to year in one case under our observation where a rye crop was grown it was fully ten years before the land was entirely freed from the weed in the wheat since farmer occasionally sows bows rye for soiling or green manure in the sprine spring but he never allows it to seed where only spring grains or hoed crops are grown this objection does not apply there are many signs that southern southe rn farmers have learned the value of cotton seed meal as feed and that they will become f formidable armida e competitors with feeders at the north in its use the meal can be afforded south much more cheaply than here in fact cotton seed has been so plentiful that it has been allowed to waste or only utilized as manure if it can be more cheaply separated from the husks there is nothing to prevent an almost indefinite increase in its use as feed english farmers find that refuse rapeseed rape seed cake ased as a fertilizer saves the crop to which it is applied from the ravages of the wire worm they believe that the rape cake attracts the worms whereupon they eat it and are pol poi poisoned it trying whether cottonseed cotton seed meal will not have the same effect the use of is believed by many farmers to be a specific for ground infested by worms the sulphuric acid in the phosphate phosphate repels them and the fertilizing properties of the manure push the young plants into such vigorous growth that they are soon beyond danger during the course of a paper by the ilon hon ralph abercrombie on the ex ot of certain weather ties read before the royal meteorological society london the author explains about forty four well known indications belonging to the following groups 1 diurnal 2 2 sun moon and stars 3 sky 4 ram rain snow and hall and 5 wells springs and coal mines by referring them to the in isobaric conditions in which they were observed by this means he is able to indicate the circumstances under which any prognostic falls fails as well as those under which it succeeds A varnish has been invented in germany for foundry patterns and machinery it dries leaving a smooth surface almost as soon as it is applied it is thus prepared thirty pounds of shellac 10 pounds of manila copal and 10 pounds of zanzibar copal are placed in a vessel which is heated externally by steam and stirred during from four to six hours hour after vilich which vl ilch lich 1 lw parts of the finest potato spirit are added and the whole heated for four houra to 67 deg this liquid is died by the addition of orange color and can then be applied as a paint on wood when used tor for painting and glazing machinery it consists of 35 37 pounds of shellac shella e uniti 5 pounds of manila copal and pounds po of spirit the king of prussia recent recently lk visited a needle in ills his kingdom in order to see gee what machin machinery ine lne combined with the human hand could produce ile he was shown a number of superfine needles thousands of which together did not weigh half an ounce and marveled how such minute objects could be pierced with an eye but he was to see that in this respect even something still finer and more perfect could be heated created the borer asked for a hair from the monarchs head it was readily given and with a smile ile he placed it at once under the thle boring machine made a hole in it with the greatest care furnished it with a thread and then handed the singular needle to the astonished king artificial babies were invented in 1874 for the use of ladies who when hen travelling tra velling wish to secure the si sole 0 e use of a coin coln compartment pa rement of a railway carriage age common traveling infants yielding intermittent cries of fear and capable of being put into the pocket los ios second class cry crying n not too loudly kut but but lamentably and insupportably third class full squal lers I 1 with a very piercing and aggravating voise of five octaves xa 2 the same ai arranged ranged as a prompt i rei repeater I 1 ealer caler ea 2 Gs fifth class nis first t quality duality capable capable of con continued squalling equalling squal ling lEg ea T these iese leso babies cn inot gnit be set going 1 in n 4 momena 10 as deed can most living ones but the they cas al also aiso so be stopped as quickly quickly kly kiy which the natural ones cannot I 1 most farmers have and all should have a small patch 0 of horse radish for home use unless grown for sale it is better not to be very large horse radish more than one seaf yea old becomes str stringy a and n d worth orth very little hence it s should lion be e dw dug ug out every year the small rootlets rootless root lets that it is almost impossible to dig out with the spade will kee keep the bed supplied with plants A good good plan is to cover the plants in the fall after dib dig digging ging with four to six inches in depth of rich dirt the soil cannot be too deep nor too rich for horse radish when grown as it should be with long iong fleshy roots of on one eyears years growth horse radish is a profitable crop the demand is always good and there is certainly no bettor better relish to eat with fresh pork which constitutes the staple meat at most farmers tables at this season of the year som gom after careful consideration oi of the facts and the arguments presented by the attorneys representing and Ispa heche the rival aspirants for the chieftainship of the creek nation the secretary of the interior has reached the conclusion that should be recognized as the principal chief secretary chandler recommends the nomination of medical director FM gunnell to be surgeon general odthe of the navy |