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Show Agricultural Hints The hay crop in Wisconsin was the smallest in 15 years. Grapes may be pruned any time during dur-ing winter except when the wood Is frozen. A scientist finds that the quantity of wool produced by a sheep depends to a considerable extent on the feed the sheep gets. The commercial apple crop of Canada Can-ada this year is expected to total 3,428,500 barrels, a decrease of approximately ap-proximately 364,000 barrels from last ! year. Intercepting ditches should approximately approxi-mately follow the contour of the ground along the slope on which they are built. The rate of fall should not be great just enough, if possible, for a flow that will be self-cleaning. Alfalfa has been known to send roots as deep as IS feet in search of water, say agronomists. Twenty-eight of the 57 New York counties that grow potatoes grow fewer few-er bushels of potatoes than the county uses. A government scientist recently discovered dis-covered that loose smut of barley is caused by two different organisms instead in-stead of one. Treatments used to control con-trol one are of no effect against th other. |