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Show AMM Imuiii ledaBssaasMtjsssssssssjstsjsssawMSal Plowing In the Fall. I do not bellovo that plowlnjr In tho fall can bo recommended for nil soils and localities, but I do bellcyo It should bo moro gonorally practiced by nil farmers farm-ers than It is. I always do all of tho fall plowing that I possibly can, especially es-pecially whero I Intend to put In corn tho coming spring. If sod Is turned under In tho fall tho amount of plant food will bo greatly Increased for tho crop tho next summer. I havo also noticed that there aro not as many cutworms, grubworms and cdrnroot worms tho next spring ns there wero tho spring beforo if tho ground Is plowed In tho fall. Every post that tho farmer can get rid of ho knows It to bo for his own good to do so. Tho surface of fall plowed ground Is drier In the spring at planting timo than ground not bo trentcd nnd some farmers farm-ers might think that It does not contain con-tain ns much moisture, but I find that it docs. Tho rainfall Is enabled to bettor penetrnto tho sub-soil which allows al-lows the surface of fall plowed ground to dry more rapidly. If you havo not experienced fall plowing, try It, nnd you will find that fall plowed ground has a drier surfaco and contains moro raoisturo at plnntlng time In tho spring than ground which has not been plowed In tho fall. I bellovo In localities locali-ties whofo there Is much rain during tho winter, It Is bettor not to harrow tho fall plowed ground In tho autumn, especially whero thero nro flno clay soils that run together and pack down. If wo havo a dry summer wo will find that fall plowed ground will yield hotter crops than spring plowed ground. J. S. Underwood, Johnson Co., 111., in Farmers' Ilevlew. Food of Root-Tubercle Bacteria. As yet our sclcntlBlfc know but little lit-tle regarding the great world of bacteria bac-teria that has been opened to us In this generation. Wo havo supposed that tho tubercles on tho roots of pod-bearing pod-bearing plants were supplied their nitrogen by tho bactcrln, which took It from the earth nnd from tho air. When lime has been added to soils, the bacteria have In many cases been moro vigorous, but this was Judged to bo duo to the neutralization of acid by the. lime. It may be, however, that these bacteria actually uso lime and magnesium as a part of their food. A French professor, H. Flamand, has been making somo experiments in tho development of tubercles with water wa-ter cultures. Tho different kinds of pod-bearing plants behaved very differently. dif-ferently. Thus, vetches refused to produce tubercles, unless thoy wero supplied with magnesium, whllo both vetches nnd beans showod they muBt havo either Ilmo or magnesium If thoy wero to produco tubercles. Potash salts and llmo salts stimulated tho development de-velopment of thd root tubercles. Now tbo question Is, do tho bacteria require re-quire theso elements for food? Scales on the Farm. So far as possible, farming operations opera-tions Bhould bo reduced to nn oxact science. Tho old ways of feeding by guess nnd oven buying nnd selling by guess should give way to weighing nnd measuring everything. In tho feeding of grnlns and ground grains, scales rather than measures should be depended upon. Different kinds of grnlns vary greatly in their weight, and It a man tries to measure them out he Is sure to glvo moro at one timo than nt another. Somo of tho brans on tho market dlffor exceedingly exceeding-ly In (bis respect. Somo of them aro very light, being hardly moro than tho hull of tho wheat, whllo others are quite heavy and consist largely of middlings. If a man has scales, ho can very easily feed nbout tho samo amount of food each day, and therefore there-fore become better Informed as to tho requisite food required to produco a certain effect. Scales can now bo bought nt a very low price, and a few dollars Invested In scales will glvo good returns Indirectly for many years to come. Vitality of Seeds. . Tho practlco of .sprouting ,eeds botweon lnyorH of blotting papor Joes not glvo absolutely accur-ato accur-ato results, oxcept to show what por cent of tho seed will germinate germin-ate under thoso conditions. If a lot of 80od bo divided Into two portions and ono lot bo placed botweon Bhcets of wot blotting paper and tho other be actually placed In tho ground, tho latter lat-ter lot will show a much suinller por-contngo por-contngo of germination than tho other. oth-er. It 1 ono thing for n eoed to sprout under Ideal conditions; It Is qulto nn-othor nn-othor for seod to sprout undor hard conditions, which obtain frequently when tho soods aro covered with oartli, and aro put in at varying depths. Sewage Farms. In many coiiiitrlos of tfuropo the largo cities aro disposing of their sowago by moans of sowagu farms. A !arr part of tho towage of Paris Ib disposed of in this wny. Tho results are -excellent, aud tho ftrtlllty Is so roadlly available for tho uso of plants that some of the seS ago farms produce three cropa of common com-mon giirden truck por year. Such things as lottuco grow well nnd soil well. Thero Is no prejudice ngalnst tho vegetables bocauso they are grown on tho sewage farms. It was at first faa'rgd that 'people would bo ifrnld of dlsonso germs, but tho clos-ut clos-ut Investigators were ucnblo to do- , uct disease germs In the products |