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Show Accomplished on Fivo Acres. Two jenrs ago I prepared a paper nn th ahnve subject inl real It before our country society Tho reason that sug. gesteil this subject to mv mind was that mj travels through our nd adjoining counties and my calling (that of a nur. servmsn) brought me In contact with men tint owned small farms or tract" of land and they freqeuntly sild 'III had more land 1 woul I plant on orchard ' and ns 1 said and do saj 'Those are the men to plant trees, for what will irlng the returns that five acres planted In fruit wilt" , M home place consists of five acres lo. caled In the rorporaie limits of Last Mo. berly I commenced seven veals ao to plant fruit and will give brief outline of what 1 have accomplished 1 have planted about 80 apples ,2M pears. 2M cherries, :f peaches m plums tea rasp, berries, too gooseberries loo currants i grapes and about two acres In strawber-rles strawber-rles besides various other vines and shrubs I hae still a small spars of ground jet unplanted, and have amplt lawn and lrn lit M wife sajs she thinks whin I plmt the rumbling arnui t I tint 1 will u k in the hotisi an 1 plint where It mm stand oti nn wonder Inw 1 hive suiieed I In plaining so nun li fruit on so small in a k a p. 1 nl ,nt m nispli rrl a mil goosi In rrles In tree rows nnd In tho spins between I pla,e strawberries I have glow n stlnwlu rrles sliecefull for live jeirs In this ininner among mv cher rv, plum nnd apple tiers Of co irse, a great deal of rertltlz-'r must tie ucl t hive l lamed slandurd Kb Iter peirs on mj poorest ground mil hive never put u knife to them except lo remove sprouts Mv llrst planting art now In heirlng and hive borne four suitesslvi croj s Ills one of 1 urn was suit for nn intount e pin! to th cost if lh ground whlili was Jill Pr litre nnd this vrurs irop was equillt goo t In i, venue but lint In qunlltv llie u.nue nnktrs for me have limn the l.nrl Hlrhinond nnd 1 nte Duke In ther rlrs Klefttr and Dlihees In P ant Will (loose In plums (itsiuit Girdling In flrnwberrtes Downing tn gooseberries, Mlmmoth fluster In raslnrrlis an 1 Fnv s Proline In curl inle Now In conel islon I will mv tn those who ire not possrss.il of broil ntres i nd must bo comenl with from II v e in fort acres bj ill nienns plant a part In fruli nnd If nnv one Is looking for a regular Jnh liirtInK th veer nroind pi ml Ave ntres In simll fruit -c v ll I eforo Missouri rlnle Horticultural Society When the Calf Goes Out. The cntnge fiom the stable to the pasture Is a tijlng one fnr'a calf I have known some calves thit did not undergo this change succest-fullj Ks-peclolls Ks-peclolls when turned out Into a Held where there Is little or no provision to protect the animal from storm nnl sunshine, sun-shine, Is there a tendency to drop bick and perhaps to losi, of life Evers field devoted to the pnMurige of calves should be furnished with n house Into which thej can retreat dur Ing the hot hours of the diy nnd out of the ruins which so often come In the early summer A calf thit gtts chilled out of doors at nlsht or In time of storm Is almott sure to be a sick talf nnd a sick calf Is about the poorest property a man can have Another mistake we often make when we send the calf out lo patture is to take away a goood share If not all, of the milk he has been having. I know there nre some who saj the calf does Just as well after the first of June If he be entirely weaned nnd put out to shift for httmelf. but this does not look reasonable. Milk Is the calls nnturil food lie misses It If deprived of It He cannot get anything to take Its place in the Meld He must consequent-IS consequent-IS suffer loss The milk ration should be kept up Just ns long ns possible If this m-uns until the tuir is ten months oi a senr old, nil the better The taif will be worth all tho more for It. Btlll nnolhei mistake many make Is lr taking away the hay the calf has ben used to having In the barn. Nothing Noth-ing is better foi the uilf than a. gool ration of has'. I have had calves which would begin to nibble at a lock of b.lght hay when not mir than a wek old When they hi gin to do this I have no further feirs of scours There la Komethlnr about the Juices of liny which tends to toriect bowel troubles And If the calf ran get it. II will tat hay fnr some time nfter being let out to lustuie This Is belt r for It than so much fiesli giaba Aft-r a time It may leave tho hay for the grass, hut bs this time It will have tea bed a point of health and strength which will ulmoBt guarantee Its safe pnssnge through the first jenr of its life We often forget or neglect to ptovlde our calves with fresh water. Not all of us realize how essential this is tn the growth of the tnlf If they can get to It ialvs will take a surprising quintity of water. In the pastille it theie be not running water, there should bo a keltic which should b kept supplld with fresh water from das to day. Muns times when calves bawl It Is for latk of something to quench their thirst Theso hints hnve grown out of practical expeilence, and I paps them along in the hope that they may piovo helpful to somo one, 11. Lj Vincent in Ohio r.irmer. |