Show distance apart to corn for a good many years experiments have been made at the different eta eions in this country and canada as to the distance apart to plant corn to get the best yields of course much de on the kind of corn grown and on the purpose tor which it la being grown corn for fodder can be plant ed together than can corn that Is wanted to produce grain recent ex perl ments in canada would seem to indicate that corn can be profitably grown much closer than has ordinarily been supposed the more common practice is to have the rows ol 01 corn 30 inches or 3 feet apart in these ca aadlan experiments corn was grown in rows 21 28 35 and 42 inches apart in the maritime provinces manitoba and the northwest the largest yields of corn and stalks were obtained from 21 inches apart at ottawa learning corn sown in drills 21 inches apart agave a total yield per acre of 30 tons and pounds per acre when cut in the early milk stage such corn how ever is suited only to the silo or to be used as fodder for cattle when hospitals for animals were first inaugurated it was considered by many people a foolish waste of time and money what would they have said ot a tree hospital such an ansti gutlon Is in existence in paris france where they have so successfully learned the art of transplanting large trees that at the first sign of unthrift or decay in a tree on a boulevard it Is removed to the municipal tree hospital or nursery where in a richer soil than the bicy affords it atos in taft spring and fall these sick trees on way to and from the tree hospital ato no uncommon sight in the streets of paris A class was being examined in spell ing the other day at a school in man chester when the teacher questioned a garl as follows ethel spell kitten double 1 double t en replied ethel kitten has two 1 s then has if said the teacher yes gaarn maarn answered ethel confidently ours has the word supercilious comes from the latin word signifying the eye brow the habit of lifting the eye brows in scorn suggested the present signification tha appropriation for the depart anent of agriculture fur 99 were 3 for 1901 02 they were 4 for 1303 the amount asked la |