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Show V AND FARM limb brwdketf out wsa 220 feet. At the bare tbe circumference was found GARDEN. to be 13 feat 11 inches. There Was TO not throughout the tree the slightest indication of unsoundness. In all the forests of Washington there Is not a tree, young or old, which would make 1 tut. Culf.lv-lion About Nm Citankt finer lumber than this. There la a way rf tbo Sail and Vlcldi Thnroof to tell the age of every tree, just as liortUmltur Viticulture wl llort there Is to learn bow many years a ulturw horse has lived. With the tree the problem Is solved by studying tha number o! rings that are clearly dis(irowlBt Olrrjr. 8 a velery grower cernible when the saw has severed the of fifteen years el-- i great mass of wood Into sections. This perlence 1 may be test, when applied to the Washington k able to give my tree, showed that it was at least 481 jJ brother truckers years since the day when It became a a few practical sapling in the heart of the Cascade Lints that would mountains. There are fierce storms in give them a speedy the Cascades every winter. The wind icturn for money blows tremendously and the anow falls invested, says a a good deal after the same fashion writer In American that It does In the Rocky Mountains. You But tbe big tree has gone all through Gardening. this weather for almost five centuries, It but may say, "Yes, and if man had only let It alone It raise to good experience would have been none tbe worse for marketable celery, and this Inwear. The men who own the tree In volves time, labor and expense.' Its present form have submitted to Years ago, before the advent of the scientists tbe question regarding tbe sorts, I will admit that which undoubtedly took place this was In a measure true, but since changes around It during the centuries that the Introduction f the Golden have intervened since it began to grow. White Flume, and Giant Of course, it is impossible to examine Fasc&l (and right here I would say, In detail the forests of the Cascade there are no better sorts). It requires but so far as investigation but little more experience to grow a Mountains, ha demonstrated the big tree was the good crop of celery than It does to prooldest in the state of Washington. duce one of cabbage or beet. First be- Scientists hold that the facts stated gin properly by toying seed of some prove that there has been no material reliable teed iris. Now select a plot change in the earth's surface in tbs of fine loamy soil; If black, all the state of and probably in better. Spade this to a depth of at the entireWashington of the United territory least one foot, as early in the spring States for at least 500 years.. It has as the ground can be worked, then with . been held by some that the surface a rake level off smoothly, i of the earth in tbe far western sections and lay out beds two feet wide, but! of our country differed materially from do not raise them more than can .be what It is even with so recent a pehelped. If the ground Is not very rich, riod from the scientific point of view, now is the time to make It so, by as five centuries ago. Hence the big some good brand of superphostree completely disproves the cherphate, say a peck to each rod of bed. ished theory. It is quite likely the This must be raked In to a depth of wooded giant was a tiny sapling in the five or six inches, then again caredays when Columbus first discovered fully rake the beds lengthwise. This the West Indies. It has grown steadily done, draw marks crosswise. These and without opposition since that dates. must be very shallow, and eight inches The tree was as straight as an arrow apart; seed may now be sown quite from it base to the first limb, 220 thickly and covered by sifting fine feet, tnd curiously enough, the trunk earth over It so as just to hide the maintained an equally stern position seeds. Firm down, either with light to the topmost point. roller or otherwise. As celery seed reTha Old and Maw Lilacs. quires a long time to germinate, the beds must be sprinkled once a day if A few years ago the writer agreed the weather be dry. If this prelim- with the popular opinion that the good inary work has been well done. In old Lilac purple and white of the about three weeks you will have a old homestead would be spoiled by any fine bed of plants, which may be thinattempts to enlarge or double Its flowned to about one Inch apart In the ers or modify in any way its peculiar row. All the attention now required fragrance. But the lover of the good will be to keep the beds free from old varieties must decide In favoq of weeds, and give water when dry until the best new sorts After careful ex about the first of July; when the plants amlnatlon. The foilage ia better, they should be removed to the field. A re- blossom profusely when much younger, claimed swamp muck Is undoubtedly the trusses of bloom are larger, tbe the beat and moat natural ground on petals are larger and thicker, the fraOP INTEREST MATTERS AGRICULTURISTS. 1 a or a )ne ill) hr Ut Cco ft dr raa re-qui- ns tie Ea )re, rlui seif-bleachi- tyi JT t Self-Blanchi- ng srai inn. edi bei mli At tan mil blco irda ;eiii! the steel-tooth- Ren Lei ed ap-nlyl- ng . which to grow celery. It should be well drained and made very rich, and aa be well fitted. The rows should be made four feet apart, and u is well to sink tbe rows an'inch or two. Holes portrs; for receiving the plants should be set mr Nation firmly and the soil. If dry, pressed n attained with the feet; the plants must be dlatlneoli watered until established. Nothing virtuous' more need be done for six weeka exlonstrate cept to keep all well cultivated and free from weeds; by that time the eslstanc planta will have attained about one accepts) toot of growth, and banking must bew jxury gin. This branch of celery culture has Ids until recently been a slow and tedmar ious, operation. The push scraper is lya now uwd by all progressive growers; iiap this is a simple tool and easily made ort by any one in a few minutes. Take a board six inches wide, fifteen inches mot of an Inch thick, long, cedat.. center the in hede and insert a a bore vth. In com handle (a rake handle la just the loned against the ' A tiling) sloping back at a convenient soft head, po;duflinge. now brace It and you have a er i hau education push scraper. It now requires two peep Into the Jitachetnen with "push scrapers" one each 4, four artistically amide of row; the earth should bo push,n,t the plants, this makes ed WlUMhA' TloKcM H ntly DAIRY. AND POULTRY. grance la more delicate, and the doubling of the flowers of some of them give the rich expression and even the colors of the best Hyacinth. Of the single flowering sorts, well tested in Iowa, one of the beet is Charles X. It Is a strong grower, has good foliage, and Its very large reddish' purple trusses are delicately fragrant Of the white single varieties Marla Legraync Is one of the best- It flowers wb'w. very young and lta pure white truss are large, well formed, and very fragrant Of the double varieties wa highly prize the following: President Carnot, trusses very large, flowers perfectly double with a peculiar mixed expression of light blue, pink and white. Pyraraldalis has very large compound clusters that divide into small trusses resembling the light blue hyacinth spike. Its fragrance is peculiarly fine. Madame Jules Finger, blooms very young, trusses very large, quite compact, flowers large, perfectly double. Leon Simon only differs from the above in the color of Its flowers being darker In its purple and blue shades. Mons Maxima Cornu Is mentioned last but In bush, leaves, great trusses of double d flowers, and rich fragrance it is one of incbe nlcf aider the wife more dirt hearts than the the best The only purpose of these the bcegon . at o haDmnl and much more ex-- notes Is to draw attention to tha reirsNvea besides, the plants are In markable advances made in improving bleaiuAJetsredfijietter gbape for banking properly, this good old shrub. Prof. j. ch er can be done with hoe: or spade, BudiL which wsa affolcd. u tbe operator may see fit. The earth New Orchards. Thoranda of aci e, many departed f:ehould be drawn nearly to tbe top of aorta of peach orchards will come Into b s others remained to. ilaftts. and If the be h11 u,ed tbl ing in Southern Missouri this year. T irpsichore. Tribune.14 Ozark Mountain region will soon le c , banking required, and In about three ere will be the grauderks there will be a fins crop of vast orchard. The peaches and app from that section are pronounced u ! vorld at Xhs American In flavor. excelled Many tyi8B01 8 on July 5. We have Olunt nr of vlilnttnm. last year were packed In Ca peaches In tbe county, come aRA tree that rivals In height anil age fornla style boxes and sold in soi lib monarchs of the redwood forests markets with California peaches at b time. a California baa just been cut Into ter prices. With Georgia, Michigan a e greatest event ever at tloiM out In the state of Washing-5- , Missouri producing such great quau writer In St. Paul's Fio-- ties of peaches, nothing short of i Don't forget It. 4. soys Press. All tbe terms which have operation on the part of the pea t only piles of the very Hr W! invented to describe big trees growers of these sections will prevt bs cured by DeWRtfd be applied to this mammoth great disaster in glutting markets "Iffciout flattery or exaggeration. An Ex. nipJr. Balned from of ltfl lxe y 'an bB Inch strips Into If sawed A Kansas Apple Orchard. The Kt that s rernedw tree would aas apple king. Judge Wellhouse, w tbo from ber made solium Rf 1U03. of th0 ,arget Blzed freight has the largest apple orchard In l ere Is no excurc for any find the strips of wood, if placed world, seeds his orchard to clover the soon as they begin bearing, and tw nd- - would reach from ar In society with ."grizzly a year rolls the clover down with tha introduction of Bucking lb? tI.e" n heavy roller provided with knives si which colors natural brown liar to those of a stalk cutter. The c rata of (32 50 via the Oregonfiang. The total height of the ver reseeds itself. Ex. I era to Denver and return wl atood before being felled, The best preaching is not alwi done In the pulpit Iy3i8t, Kites via Ogden cod1 directions or via Ogden and f, rfcturn via Grand Junction OUR RURAL READERS. Dow iMcmfsl Farmer operate Thl Department of tbe Farm A Few Uinta a ta tbe Care of Lire Stock and Poultry, ller Drink. a dairyman wants to treat him- Tbo Cow and F self to a genuine surprise, let him keep his herd of milk giving cows In the stable, and give them water la such a way that the weight drunk by each row can be ascertained, and b on band ao that each cow may have all ahe will desire, and whan ahe wants it writes John Gould In Country Gentleman. We have been through a little experience of this kind, and the quantity drunk by each cow was found out It is an experiment one will hot care to follow up more than a week, before the faucet at the big lank will be turned, and the cows drink out of the baaina again. The trial was made with six cows, and it was found that the average quantity consumed dally varied with Individual cows from 70 to 140 pounds. One cow drank this last quantity dally right along, and some the smaller quantity, with an average of 90 pounds each. Another thing we found was that some of the cows would drink very often, L e their buckets would be frequently found empty, and others drank at longer intervals; and one cow wanted about all her twenty-fou- r hours' supply at one time, and would only drink a little As these cows were towards night being fed 50 pounds each of ensilage a day, it is seen at once that succulent food did not play any Important part iu the economy of drinking water. It three-fourt- hs . bkin ,but old-tlM- of l. Ibeusuat-Jifter-dllgbl- ng llw -- lSntVrSLSS feet iaZ - blue-blac- k, Ilona Docrmaln. The large majority of farmers wbo own horses seem to b quite anxious to get rid of them, even at low prices. Where the farm Is mortgaged, and the horses esn be spared better than anything else on the farm, this is all right as it Is better to lose the horse than the home; but where it is not we regard it aa very unwise and foolish, says the Kentucky Stock Farm. In a country like ours, where one extreme follows another, it is not wise to float with the current or follow the herd. From 1880 to 1890 we bred entirely too many horses of all classes, and as a natural PAIR OF BLACK JAYA& was also found that the desire of a cow for water was about an hour after eating, but tbe evening thirst was never so great as in tbe morning. With some of the cows there was some variation In the quantity of water consumed dally, but with others It was as steady In quantity as standard measure. In this there might be some variation in results from some other herd not so cared for; these cows being continuously stabled at the time of tbe experiment while a herd that ran more or less might show different results. In another thing I was convinced, that a cow did better that drank several times a day, and so convinced was I of this, that a water in a systqm for the cow stables was put in several years ago: and my opinion of their value has never changed, more than a more thorough belief In their promoting the milk flow; and if our cows were to be turned out every day for exercise, I should not connect outdoor drinking with It but hold to the manger water basin. In this connection there Is another point I think of Importance, and that is In stable watering there is uniformity of tbe temperature of the water, and the cow, being habituated to drinking water at say 52 degrees day after day as the water In my big stable tank Indicates is cot subjected to the extreme temperature ranges of drinking water, and air Included, and she must do the better for this uniformity, with the shocss to the cows system eliminated. out-do- out-do- or or Standard Yurletlc of Chicken. Javas. This variety ia the oldest of the American elasa, and at one time was considered the most profitable of all breeds. At present they are not raised extensively; the more modern or newer breeds have seemingly supplanted their favoritism. There Is no reason why this should be so, as they are practical and good general-purpofowls. In size they are about like the Plymouth Rocks, but differ in general symmetry and appearance. They are good layers and do well in winter, and for table purposes they make nice eating. They mature early, are good sitters and mothers, end are easily kept in confinement Thera are three varieties Black, Mottled and White. The Black is more generally Men than th others, though the Mot- se of-Jav- W. : e, Auatrallau Alfalfa-Fa- d Stork. In Australia the great value of lucerne to the pastorallst consists ia grazing stock on it. says a writer in Australasian. The employment of many hands in farming operations, such as conserving lucerne in tbe form of hay or ensilage, is dreaded by all flock and herd owners. Nevertheless I am a firm believer in tbe conservation of fodder in both forms, so that tha stock may be helped over a bad season. By the aid of modern agricultural mais easily and chinery cheaply performed, and the labor and coat are still less when ensilage la made. Many are of opinion that lucerne is better for making fairly good sheep and cattle prime than for fattening stores from the first In both cases tbe stock would probably do better if they had a grass pad-dowith the lucerne. All stock like a change of food, and will do better with a change than with a single article of food, no matter how nutrltloua it may be. While on Mr. J. 8. Horsfalls estate of Wldgiewa I met with a good illustration of the value of lucerne on a pastoral property. The manager (Mr. Morrison) weans the stud lambs at a very early age, and when taken from their dams they are put on a lucerne. The result is that the lambs never sustain tbe slightest check, and the ewes, relieved from the burden of having to support a lamb, In splencome into the shearing-she-d did condition. I saw the stud ewes about a month after the lambs were weaned, and they were kicking up their heels as If the cares and troubles of maternity did not exist The very heavy fleeces yielded by the lamba on this estate are sufficient recommendation of the practice of early weaning on lucerne. In a favorable winter In Rlverina there la often a good growth of lucerne, but It is not nearly as nutritious m that of spring and summer growth. Mr. P. McFarland told me that he had made an experiment which proved thla He divided a flock of he placed on wethers equally, one-halucerne, the other on native grass. They were sold at the same time, and those off grass were better, and realized a higher price than the others. Australian live stock husbandry Is entering upon a new development which will be hastened by the growing of wheat In Rlverina, and In thla development lucerne is destined to play x very Important part It will cause double, if not treble, the number of stock to be kept and It will provide :he fodder (made into, hay or ensilage), that will cause . the losses from drought to be reduced till they will se scarcely worth recording. hay-maki- ng stock-owne- rs ck i 1 and Farmer. Both shipped their produce to the same city, to be sold by a of egg a per year. When we reflect on commission merchant His friend, who had listened to the complaints, remarkHow can you expect customers ed: to know that you have something choice to sell when you do not make the fact known? Why do you not advertise? The farmer remarked that You try it," only breeders advertised. said hia friend. The farmer Inserted an advertisement in a leading daily, sa A farmer who collects his follows: eggs dally, and who keeps pure bred fowls, desires families to send orders to him direct; no egg over 24 hoars old. The result was that in less than a week he had more applicants than he cold supply with twice aa many hens as he possessed, and with only one advertisement which cost him less than a dollar. There were customers waiting for him, and as soon as he made himself known they came. He received .. from 19 to 15 cents per dozen more': than the market price for eggs and his customers were willing to pay well for them. consequence we are now suffering a period of low prices. Our next predicament R all signs do not fall, will be a great scarcity of horses. We base this opinion upon tbe fact that everybody is selling and that very few are breeding. We do not believe there are more than 10 per cent of the hones being bred in the United States that there were six years ago. This can not possibly help but produce a gnat shortage, and this shortage In supply can have but one effect namely, to increase the price. As it takes five years co produce a colt, and as che time can not be abridged by any possible means, and as tbe breeding began to fall off quite materially in 1893, four yean ago, the shortage is bound to begin to manifest Itself Inside of the next two years. The produce of mares bnd this season will not be four years old, or ready for market, befon 1902, and between this and that time we predict that then will be a much greater shortage of hones of all kinds Cattlemen In Kansas. than has been seen in this country for In Western cattlemen and Farmers many years. Breeder and Sportsman. Kansas have contended for twenty yean against the encroachments of Sitting Hen. Sitting hens never cattlemen, who bring their get fat In fact, with some of the per- stock In the spring into the state and sistent sitters of the Asiatic breeds, run them, in some Instances assumthe to which they ex- ing the prerogative of building fences pose themselves is, perhaps, better for promiscuously serosa the country under their futun as egg producers than alleged leases. This has been going on high feeding would be. Still it la not for yean and has caused great difficulbeet to let this starvation go too far. ty for the small cattle raisers. The The hen will not eat nor drink much, nonresident ownen secured all benefits To nmedy but if feed and drink an offend early and escaped all taxation. in the morning, some of both will be this a Hamilton county representative taken. We never feed a sitting hen has Introduced a bill providing that all cattlemen having stock on anything but wheat and do not give very much of that It is mon impor- pasture shall pay Into the county treastant that the hen drink fnely than ury a certain sum. It Is not Intended that ah eat much. She will sometimes by the measure to gain heavy revenues, drink If milk is offend to her at night but to keep the interlopers out Ex. With wheat in the morning and milk at night the hen will lose fat, but will Fighting Flies. A good plan for be healthier and ready to go to lay- keeping the flies off the cow at milking ing again by the time her clutch of time has been suggested. It Is said chickens la grown large enough to to work to a charm, and certainly it can for themselves. Ex. costs little to try it The method Js to throw a piece of cloth over he cow Every neighborhood has a farmer a back at milking time. The cloth can little more progressive than the aver- be made out of old cotton sacks, and age, one who always has the best of should be large enough to cover the everything. .These an the persona to body very thoroughly, falling down bewhom to go for Improved stock, for hind over the tall, so that. the memadvice ae to bneds, for lessone la tha ber can not be switched into the face of lh milker. Ex. can of stock. to-d- four-year-o- ld ay Non-Reside- semi-starvati- . lf How II Uot Good Price. A farmer who kept the best stock to be had, and whose eggs were always fresh and his fowls plump, complained that he got no more for them than his neighbor, wbo gave his flocks but little attention, says a writer In Mirror t - FOR INTERESTING CHAPTERS tied hare of lats years been very numerously represented at tbe shows. Tbe piumag of the Blacks is glossy black throughout; the Mottled (fig. S) are of broken black and white In wings, tall and sickles, and the balance of the plumage la evenly mixed with white and black; the White Java la, aa the name Implies, pure white throughout They have a small single comb, standing upright on the bead In both male and female. Their shanks and toes are free from feathers, yellow In color, with the bottom of feet yellow. The standard weight of cocka la 9)4 pounds; hens, 7)4 pounds; cockerels, 8 pounds; and pullets. 6)4 pounds. Dominiques. Similarity In plumage of tbe American Dominique and Barred Plymouth Rock has been tbe price of the formers popularity. Tbelr each feather color Is grayish-whitregularly crossed with parallel bars of producing the effect of a blulsh-tlnge- d plumage, the color being the same throughout The illustration of Barred Plymouth Rock feathers will do equally well for the markings of the feathers of the Dominique. They have rose combs. In both male and female, and bright yellow legs. Those who are partial to their color of plumage will find the Dominique a good bird to keep. They are good layers, hardy, mature early, and dress well for the table. The standard weight of cocks is 8)4 pounds; hens, 6)4 pounds; cockerels, 7)4 pounds; and pullets, 6)4 pounds. non-reside- nt non-reside- nt on nt |