| Show 11 el G JR L T WA W A 0 s reisy effry rf irv fry isy ti a a pia pih Pi 1 application OF iviah manure VURE gure there seems to be bo a good deal of diversity of sentiment in regard to the best time ot at the eart apply manures such earnest adiola dc cv ev of appos opposite ite opinions many of which are the results of experience sho a that the time of the appl appi cation canon of manure is not of essential tia i I 1 importance i I 1 think the vital printis point is not whether the manure should be put pul on in the spring fall or winter but to be tu bure sure leard leand and aud aut lut I 1 ut it on I 1 have seen great preat fleet from that wa was a put on in the spring opting even if it it bad large quant pliant quantities ties of straw in it and arid certainly it is good to put on about the first of september either on wheat or meadows the plan of aprea spreading dlug diug manure on grass land in the fall anich was to be ploughed sloughed hed for corn the next seasons beason season I 1 have t led with marked success and I 1 do not doubt but it is well when convenient i to draw it out in winter perhaps it may be the true system to give a dressing to cod coed grass grasa land lend in the spring if the manure has in it a good deal of grass rass seed feed veay carse clarse manure even clear clean straw is beneficial applied at this time about the fi st at of april is the best time as it gets washed W a 8 hed bed in 0 the soi 1 by the early rains rain and the grass seeds germinate readily B boutwe rit tit e do liot not miss much if this is applied early in the tan ran fail tau un unless les ies some cf cl it has been allowed to waste in the summer sunnier su noler on dr dry y and cultivated I 1 ind it seems qute qu te as well th make the aepli cation in the fall on wheat of course it is I 1 think that some are misled in their estimate of the superior value of manure which has been lying through the summer by its being F concentrated BO so that what is a load loid in the fall tall was two or three loads in the spring i and of course the aa same rne ine bulk or weight is more valuable the value of two or three threes is condensed inlo into one there has been a change in the practice of some farmers here abd ard I 1 judge flom arom reading the discussions on the subject n your raper of ina lna many ny in other parts of the tho t country YX 13 t 1 usg V U 00 1 t Is 3 to ap apply ply the mannie manure more directly to grail bah ban aa as formerly to grain the immediate result of this practice la is a diminished crop of grain and perhaps a alir inisi i d income from trie he farm a year or two but the result in a faw years is the increased of the a il it and consequently an increased p grala graim also thi this change in the practice cf of farmers acre has b been en brouett br puett about partly by their estimate of the value of the grass crop by many aa almost equal to the grain pram crop the relative importance imp 0 artance of grain pram and grass in a system of farming is 3 certainly chanced changed in favor of the latter and the most in advantage of 0 this thia change is the improvement in the fertl fert ity sty of the soil EOM therefore the manure should be ap lied tv to 0 the benefit of the grass chiefly those who raise wheat will apply their manure aitho at the time of sowing 0 and a n d i ear e a r the surface burrace to tiie tile ve very ry highest a advantage deanta ge of the succeeding graass grass where corn is a principle crop me the manure should he be put on if possible at the tho bet net seeding beeding ding of the he land in anticipation of t e corn crop A heavy growth of or grass fed off by stock is the best preparation for I 1 corn orn c N W reed am amenia enia enla dutch dutchess ess coun county ay iy L cou cow country it ry gentleman management OF or tim THE blace BLACK BERRY 1 at the late meeting cf the illinois horti cultural society C merritt of battie battle creek mich alich said he be had been very successful with the ne v rochelle Ro chelle cbelle bad had badan hadan an dere defect of the thi plants but they needed winter pro action th this is ile he lle I 1 accomplished by first cutting out the be bearing 1 shoots 1 0 ta when with the help of two men with he be a d dot do dov n the he whole in fit a day the earth ia is loosened with a rake take on the side to wards wh ch they are to be laid laia down when they are pushed rushed over with the rake and the two men throw on earth and a little rough litter hitter ia is added they are planted six feet fea apart ai at d cultivated each way they aie bie ae staked in spring before laying down in autumn says the owner 1 I cut off he ibe main stalk r early down to w wl ere it bends ofer oi erand and the side blanches branches to fifteen or eighteen inches where there is no snow I 1 would A cover the stalk last spring en I 1 got ready to plow I 1 found fou d tha I 1 had bad only about half enough i canes on oil the acre I 1 in june with ft a S I 1 wheelbarrow wheel barrow load to every eiery two billa bills they i were a sight when they blossomed the crop was estimated at from to bushels land and I 1 am confident it was as net not lesa less han than ban 1 I picked 00 60 bushels and sent them to this thia 1 market brought to 5 per bushel four in a hill bill are enough I 1 sell the sprouts or cut them down I 1 think from to bushels can be raised on an acre some of the ground I 1 mulched with cut cornstalk corn stalks which was an improvement my soil roil ia is a gravelly sand with loam subsoil gravelly tan ian and a open but not leachy tle tie TL e berries i were ere eie uniform in size except in the last of the gea iea season novices should understand that summer pruning is in most instances essential to td success that is pinching off the leading stem when 3 to 0 o 4 feet high tn to induce the them growth or of side branches Gr anches which also mut be pinched on all if they extend far the object being to produce that short stubby growth which bis bir best bert 1 favors fruitfulness bols bos bob who pick wild blackberries at the east have often otten observed that such bushes as the cows have brows browsed cli cil kirtly domn down are loaded with berries and this I 1 summer pruning is on the same principle al though in not quite BO so rough a style beccu country gentleman SALT PALT ron FOIL CABBAGE A correspondent last month speaks of the benefits arising froin from thle th e use of a dressing of salt for tor turnips last year I 1 tested the value of salt on cabbages them two or three times a week weak it with wi th a salt balt a it water which contained tid ti about fifteen fife fire e grains gri of salt balt 0 the p nt the cabbage grew beautieu iru fu ly and head bead d up tip very finely I 1 while those which had no salt given ghen them I 1 produced looe open heads beads which c h were e unfit soi sol foiani foi for any other purpose than boiling bailin T rain water was given them a at t the tame eme and in the same quantities as the r salt falt salt alt water I 1 j do not know a w stron strong t a solution of salt the cabbage would bear wi without t hout irjary but I 1 alfi algi am fully satisfied that a solution no stronger than I 1 used is decidedly beneficial we lve are ari fa fal millar with the fact that I 1 i is decidedly fatal faal to ca cold id bloyed bloo led animals this desirable property makes it doubly valuate e to io cabbages 1 1 which buner euner greatly from the ravages of insects farmer and arid gardener gardtner A BISHOPS LADY ladt our plain words man roan woman ornan child wie wi e and husband ausband are beahn deahn nearly ay if it not quit quite banished by the highly genteel people we 1 such words aa Is parties individuals charac charales charades cha rades tes teb females alid and ladies us used e d in high society itis it is always in good taste to peak of eneis 11 rife rire wife irely old Kin king eing george gGeorge III seldom sald said my queena queenly que enli enil it was ahwai always a my wife charlo charlotte te 22 dukes and addaria an darla darls earls daria are content to speak of their div wives es but a pet petty squire q u i re 0 or r a S shopkeeper hop keeper speaks of ibis his lady the h bishope Bishop B is h p 3 spouse in the attly tried to g get t ad admission mission to a gallery ona on CD a I 1 private day not adm admi t me said she fhe he indignantly to the porter lldon do t you know who I 1 am I 1 am the bishop of is s lady 1 I 1 2 cant help it marm admit you yo I 1 if you were his wife wei MCi jR r do well weil eil ell but bonu b boast oas bas t A of r I 1 ff flo that will lessen tho the commendation coin coln m ot otherwise berwise have deserved deser ved na |
