Show aft FARM AND GARDEN gaiters MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI culturists 01 1 1 sm cp vp to ta asto about 5 conr ot tile ash a a i 4 yield thereof and a corn crop from the Fa failers Fan ners imers review the thing most necessary jle Is tho the plowing of the land aa as I 1 think the cultivation of the corn crop begins with the proper plowing of the land on my farm we plow all ail land laud intended for corn in the fall of the year and wn v plow an average depth of six inches we for thie this work the tricycle or ahr wheel plow cutting a stir teen luch furrow the principal reison reason for plowing deep Is to form a good mutch over the land that we may bo be able to retain the moisture mot sture late in the season and prevent evaporation in the spring when the proper time arrives vea we re paro pare 9 good seed bed and aud plant blant cur corn and then in a few daye days we put the spik a harrow on and harrow thoroughly Iome Umes going both ways ot of the field as we find tor for the first cutti cultivation ti this to be not only very rapid but very thorough one clue man and four horses will cultivate forty acres in a day now you of course understand the tte season has much t to dai dt wa wah kh the method metho dof of cultivation now 99 04 to the kind of cultivator we behave have wed most all kinds of corn cu culfa 0 o i and exi ex i kuiee a along this line and we have arrived at this conclusion cl after the harrowing we use the six shovel sulky or the first and second worl wort ing T u L ck 0 oy DY the second working the creso plowing and I 1 want to say right be here re that we plow corn caly three times believing more Is rather an injury than a benefit and now for the third or last plowing we throw aside the shovels entirely and use the surface or we give glye as our reason tor for making thia thle change chanse that with this implement we can keep out of the roots ut of the corn which Is absolutely necessary in this last cultivation besides leaving the surface of the field almost level and forming a dust aulca all over the land which tends to chieck evaporation and bold the mo moisture lature among the roots at of the cum some of ot my brother farmers may say we cant afford kio many kinds of plows pad nad to this I 1 would say wo yo have the combined shovel and surface pill this surface atta attachment cament costing about 46 6 extra now as to the second question aa to t the ile fail failure lire of the tie oom corn crop in this section would say I 1 am situated in the corn belt of illinois and we never have any fal failures lures we sometimes have a short corn crop crolo like the present one the short chop of this year wa attribute to dry we weather ather and hot winds more I 1 think on an account of the hot winds than dry weather I 1 have been on the farm fifty years and I 1 never saw such a visitation of hot winds before this came just as tie tle tassel was making its appear appearance atice young and so tender from its fold folds that la in many mai instances it was kill killed d having of course no power to f 1 sile nize hence go so many barren stalks and I 1 think these causes are consequently unavoidable W S harrold tree planting one of the most important and premising lines of work of the bureau of forestry Is its study of economic treo tree planting and its operation cooperation co with camers and others in making forest plantations tree planting has so vital and intimate a relation to the wel tare fare of tho farmer in the treeless regions that whatever assists him to STOW vow trees assists slats him also in the production of every other crop forty six thousand one hundred and forty five acres were examined for planting during the year and planting ans were prepared top for acres while application applications for tree planting plans havo have been received the number of applications for commercial plantations of large size Is increasing so rapidly that the us usefulness of 0 the practical assistance and advice offered to the tree planters will be limited only by the den and money aval tor for the work A aeries of 0 important measurements of th ft growth of glared groves in the treeless plains has teen taen begun in order to w how bow tho the value of plantations as business investments A careful arudy aaa hall been pushed during the year of the of forests on oa the west rii plains la in order to determine the y of reclaiming portions of non ag f government land by planting for formate fo rosta cate tree T cellar la in Coo BUat A from new no W haven states n at the e arid 11 and waste lands nae of con artre r to tw be id by tree cult tire ire this Is but an effort to re tore eld conditions condit lonz ahto cutting down n ot of connecticut forests so reduced ture that the rivers of the state dri dried ed up in summer and the toc boctor tor blon their ade banke banks were eilf i to 10 atop for lack of water power af aw law provides for a stata tv of f several hundred acres to be located near new now hven la in this park the fale yale school of forestry will plant all alt varieties and determine tho the am ecles best adapted tc toa general transplanting wd and it will also study methods method of 0 destroying straying ying insects that prey upon forest trees the now law also provides for it i forest warden in each town who will be expected to cae ca e for the municipal trees and towns are urged to make appropriations or the betting setting iut out and maintenance of trees the law ilso also protects shade trees against van dalisa any pelson pei son who places an advertisement on a tree Is liable to u u eluo ot of 60 and a fine of loo Is im posed on ou any one who wantonly in urea jures a shade tree it a horse destroys an ornamental tree la in a public place his owner la Is subject to a fine of keep up the of E P F ladd ot of the north dakota station reports experiments and observations ions which lead to the conclusion that humus at leas in regions of low ow annual rainfall like the da katas plays a more important role in agriculture culture than has generally r been ascribed to it it may safely le be said that this Is generally true professor ladda ladds investigations show that as humus decreases in soli soils they become less productive less retentive of 0 moisture and inferior in physical quality qu allty while on the other hand band it was found jound that tha an increase in the percentage ageos of humus la Is accompanied not only with an increase in percentage of phosphoric add acid extracted with the humus but with a greater productivity of tho the eoll soil 6 m As the hu o 0 mus increases it seems to ause por portions of the phosphoric add acid till then existing in an insoluble fori for i to become more nore readily available v PS ra plant food the same Is as regards the potash lime and ather soil er eca 3 tf if more attention were given to maintaining an abundant supply guppy of humus partially decayed organic waiter in soils they would be more pro justive juci Juc lve tive require less artificial lz ing inz f and respond more gene genc roub y when commercial fertilizers fertIlIze rd are used 11 1 1 american cotton cottom approximately worth of egyptian cotton Is imported into this loundry every year the thie being a special demand tor for this cotton on a cout of its high quality the depart mint of agriculture imported some seed of this cotton several years ago but mora recently larger quantities rere bere obtained and placed where the variety seems likely to succeed very encouraging results have been obtained from the work and tha year a bale of Egypt egyptian laa cotton grown from imported seed geed in southern georgia was given a thorough spinning test in a mill in connecticut was pronounced equal to the bea bes imported grades it Is believed that we can grow this crop but aside from this the cottons themselves will be ie valuable in breeding forma forms which in all probability will prove better than I 1 no applei scab proof george P clinton of the Agrical agricultural tural college in an article on an apple scab says there appears to be no such thing as a scab proof variety various writers have recorded observations ions showing that certain varie have been more severely injured thant than athers bers and there Is no doubt that this Is the case it Is very likely tuat such differences are due in large part to the thinner or ge more easily punctured cut cuticles Acles of at the scabbier varieties the writer has also observed that scab la Is a lover of neglected chadds which have not been properly sprayed pruned or cultivated ana and that it seems to be leas abundant on young trees especially such trees are isolated this latter Is probably due to less favorable conditions for original infection cotton tottan se t A report recently issued from the U S census bureau gl es tho production of cotton seed in the year at tons of this tons were manufactured giving a yield of gallons of oil talkea t at and tons of oil cake and meal valued at the outturn of cottonseed cotton seed hulls from the aced crushed was 1286 tons valo d at and pounds of lin valued at tho total value of all products derived from the portion ot 0 crop crushed was why sow sam 14 dorm 1 lose lo 10 honey money andrew amdrew 31 soule says not long cog azo a gentleman visiting the university farm arm and being present when tho the steers were fed racked out what he be regarded gar ded as the three best animals in the lunch bunch As a matter of fact these were the three most inferior animals and bid made the poorest gains of any this genit gentleman leman was then feeding cattle of his own it certainly would not be surprising if a man with so little knowledge of animal value as an indicated by exterior developments should make a failure of cattle catus feeding A k stiff stift boll owing to its great retentive r power Is not well suited for irrigation |