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Show FAJOM AND GA11DEN. rfiATTErm op interest to AOniCULTUniSTS. Seme Op-lo-Date Hints About Cat-tuition Cat-tuition of the Roll and Slelds Thereof Horticulture VlUc-Unr and aTorlcnHarv (Jetting Oat Manure. Observation shows that a largo majority ma-jority of farmers havo not yot learned to tako advantage of this Job, which Is one of tho hardest nnd most disagreeable disagree-able on the farm, Bnys a contributor to tho "Michigan Farmer." Tho common practlco Is to rig up a single wagon and team, drlvo in and load up, then drlvo to the field and spread tho mnnuro from tho wagon. When managed In this way the team Is standing ldlo over halt tho time, Btamplng tho barnyard Into holes, when It would be more comfortable on the move. Tho men Bpond nearly half the tlmo riding to and from tho Hold. It is next to Impossiblo to do oven a passably good Job of spreading manure ma-nure by standing n tho wagon nnd throwing off bunchos here and there without being properly Bhakcn apart. This wholo Job becomes tedious and Irksome and Is very likely to be slighted slight-ed from first to last, which will toll on tho next crop. Several hired men who havo helped me with this work havo told me that by our plan wo could movo out more mnnuro for tho tlmo nnd money spent than by any other way they had ever seen tried. Wo want nothing but a good strong, willing man to help with this. One team and two wagons are always used. Every passagoway Into tho manure lot Is thrown open, so wo can pass in or out in almost any direction. di-rection. Whllo tho team Is gone to the field to unload ono wagon the man Is loading up tho other. Caro Is always taken to drlvo tho empty wagon whore tho load can be put on with the least Dut It Is In tho Hold that tho really skillful work Is required. Wo never attempt to spread from tho wagon. The sldo-board on ono side Is takon out and the manure pulled off In piles with a manuro hook. Wo ut.o boards ton feet long, with sldo-bonrds about two feet wldo, and tho manure Is piled up on these as long ns It will llo on. Kacb. load Is divided Into six equal parts and dumped in conical plies. In straight rows twenty-flvo feet apart each way. When tho manuro la in condition for rapid work, wo get about twenty-five loads per day. Wnen It Is flno nnd tramped solid, eighteen or twenty loads will mako a day's work. Whon put on at the rato mentioned abovo It requires about twelvo loads to cover nn aero. Wo practice a four-ycer four-ycer rotation, consisting of clovor. corn, oats and wheat. I havo tried for years to figure down this mnnuro spreading pretty fine. I havo found tbat by working all the oats and wheat straw from half of our cultivated land Into manuro, by feeding all tho corn fodder and nbout rll tho clover hay from tho other half, and by carefully saving and applying all the manure, wo have Just nbout enough to cover all our corn ground each year, or nil the plow land onco In four years. When tho Beason Is such that tho straw and litter Is protty woll rotted down, we have to spread a llttlo thinner than bore doscrlbed in ordor to mako it reach. Holt Adapted to Htmwherrlra. II. E. McKay Bays: A few growers fully understand this fact, but many, apparently Intelligent, seem not to uu-deratnnd uu-deratnnd how great theso differences really are, and are disappointed when they fall to do as well ns others. Too llttlo has been said by many writers on the strawberry, about tho solU best suited to tho health nnd growth of the plant, and tho perfection nnd beauty of the fruit. The wondorful easo and facility with which the berry adapts ItsoK to different soils and latitudes, coupled with tho fact tbat even in an imperfect condition it Is satisfactory In appearance and tasto to most persons, may In part bo tho cause of this oversight. over-sight. Wo do not agree with tho generally gen-erally received opinion, as taught by many writers, tbat a sandy loam gives either the largest yield or finest fruit. Possibly In tho North and West such may be true, but in the south our largest larg-est yields and finest berries aro obtained ob-tained from a clay loam. Whllo It is truo tbat berries grown on a sandy loam are often as largo and apparently as firm and well colored ns on a clay loam, It Is equally true that they are deficient in that solidity, strength ot color and genoral make-up that tho same varieties possess grown on the clay loam. All the '.acts, bo far as we havo been nblo to gather them, point to the general conclusion that, all other things being equal, the strength, beau ty and perfection ot the berry Is diminished dimin-ished In proportion as freo sand exists In the soil; not that any ot our good land Is without sand, but wo uso tho terra free sand where It readily separates sep-arates and can bo seen In the branches and little gullies. Destroying Itnmid-llvaflml llorera. F. II. Chittenden, Assistant Entomologist Entomol-ogist ot the Department ot Agriculture, Agricul-ture, gives tho following ndvlco on the destruction of tho rouud-hcaded apple tree boror: Destroying tho adult Insocts. The maturo beetles aro shy, and so seldom soon on this account, that It Is doubtful doubt-ful If any method ot destroying them 's feasible. They are attracted to lights St night to sotno extent, and some meet their end In this way. Very early In the morning, Immediately after daybreak, day-break, the beetles may be found upon the trees, It sought for In their season, and may then bo beaten off Into nn Inverted In-verted umbrella by striking the branches with a stout stick. Kerosene as a roraody. A great va-rloty va-rloty of substances have been recommended recom-mended to kill tho borers In the trees, but up to the present time only a few bavo given satisfaction. For tho benefit bene-fit of those who havo not had experience experi-ence with this borer It may be necessary neces-sary to state that It Is of no avail whatever what-ever to inject kerosene or any other In-ssctlclde In-ssctlclde Into the round holes made by tho beotlns In thotr cscapo from the trees. A correspondent of this division, divi-sion, Mr. T. D. Aehtou, who has had many years' oxperienco with this borer, bor-er, states that thero Is no better way of effectually putting a stop to tho depredations depre-dations ot this and similar borers than BBBBBBBBBBBBBJ 11 " " sWesaaTBSs&A-sSj7v."' In the use ot keroscno applied freely wherever tho castings of the larvae are' to be seen protruding through tho bark. Tho kerosene Is absorbed by the castings cast-ings and, carried by capillary attraction, attrac-tion, permeates tho entire burrow whero It comes In contact with the larva, which soon succumbs. Tho amount ot keroseno which It is necessary neces-sary to uso Is so small that tt does not endanger the health of the troe. Clean cultural methods. Finally, clean culture the best preventive for Insect Injury ot whatever kind, should not be neglected. The nursery should not bo started In now localities where crabs, thorns, June-berry, and other wild food plants of this species grow In great profusion nor In tho vicinity of neglected orchards, nor should rank growths of weeds, grasses, bushes, and briars be permitted to accumulate about the trunks ot tho trees. When a tree Is seen to be injured beyond recovery re-covery It should bo taken out and destroyed de-stroyed by burning betoro the following follow-ing spring, that tho larvae which it contains may not bavo an opportunity to develop nnd relnfest healthy growth. Slowing Alfalfai C. H. Sessions, in an address to California Cal-ifornia dairymen, said: Thero Is n great variety ot opinion as to best tlmo of seeding. Wo have sowed at all times from November or December Decem-ber to April and havo had good and poor success. It depends on the season, sea-son, nnd nothing can bo told ot them beforehand. I think It best to sow early, ear-ly, say after a good rain, ns soon as tho ground has become dry enough to work easily, and then, If from frosts or scanty early rains tho stand Is a failure, fail-ure, there Is plenty of tlmo to prcparo the ground and put in another crop, hoping thero will bo plenty of late rains to glo It a start. There Is no danger from frosts after tho third leaves have started. So mo claim that ten to fifteen pounds ot seed to tho acre Is sufficient, but we prefer twenty-five to thirty pounds. If it all grow the small amount would bo all right, but conditions nro so liable to prevent all from growing that I prefer to pay a little more money for seed and lnsuro a good stand. It tho stand Is thin It la not tho easiest thing to thicken It up successfully, but It tho seed como up too thick It is a "survival of the fittest," and the weaker stalks aro killed out leaving a good, thick and oven stnnd, which makes the best quality qual-ity of hnv. Sowing Alfalfa with Wheat. For a nurso crop In stnrtlng alfalfa nothing Is better than a very light crop ot wheat, say thlrty-flvo pounds seed per acre. If a greater amount of seed Is used, the wheat will como up bo thick as to smother tho alfalfa, or If it grows It will bo so tender Hint as soon as the wheat Is cut it will wither and die. It the wheat should be too thick It must not bo left until grown enough for bay, but cut and removed earlier. Somo prefer nothing but weeds tor protection, pro-tection, but It will cost no moro to grow a light crop of wheat, nnd what is taken off will be good feed whllo tho weeds will have to be thrown away. Inalat on Having Good Mlllc Every crcamvryman receiving milk from his patrons should Insist upon each jj-'crcl&tog first-class raw, produi ' as that is tho only way in which first-class product can be delivered de-livered from tho creamory, says Elgin Dairy report. The tear that many creamerymon have that if thoy do not receive the milk tho other creamery-man creamery-man will, la based on tho wrong principles prin-ciples of business. As long as you Insist In-sist upon having good milk to start with, you will have a uniformly good product, It you are doing the work at your end ot tho line corroctly. The other fellow taking tho bad milk will not havo always a good product, and thcrotoro cannot pay prices that you can afford to pay the patrons, and it this continues long enough on that samo basis, tho timo will como when you will havo tho good patrons those who care for tho milk properly and tho other fellow will have tho poor ones; and either ho or the patrons will have to go out ot business, or both. We bellovo It Is possible for the creamery-men creamery-men to do very much to Increase the quality ot tho raw product as well as the quantity delivered. By encouraging encourag-ing tho patrons In making a better and higher grade of milk, you will be enabled en-abled to make a more uniform and higher grade product, getting more money thorefor, nnd that encourages the farmers to produce more and better bet-ter milk. This Is one ot tho live questions ques-tions ot the day In connection with the dairy Industry. Thero Is a considerable consider-able amount of discussion among patrons pa-trons ot creameries because ot the low prices paid for milk. It is true butter and ebceso havo been ruling low for tho last year, but compared with other agricultural products, they have held their own very well, and have beon more uniform In price than any other agricultural product. Creamerymon certainly owe it to themselves and the Industry to see to It that they do nothing noth-ing to lower not only tho standard ot the product that they make, but the standard of tho raw product from which they must produce their goods. Educato your farmers along the line ot better milk, and you will hnvo educated edu-cated them along the lino of a larger supply. That Is what each croamery-man croamery-man most desires. l're.err-tlre.. Again we call attention of our readers read-ers to tho use of preservatives In milk and butter. Tho dairy and food commissioner com-missioner ot Michigan sends out a warning, which should be heeded and acted upon. Every farmer should make It his business to seo tbat tho use of preservatives Is discouraged. Every furmer having a' personal acquaintance with any legislator should see to it that said legislator Is reminded that laws should be made to prohibit the use ot such drugs. It might not bo posslblo to proveut their being sold on tho market, tor the reason that the constituents of moat ot them enter largely into our medicines and antiseptics, antisep-tics, but laws should be made prohibiting prohibit-ing their uso In food products, Fertilizing Sour Lands. The first object ob-ject sought In fertilizing should be to correct the acidity of the soil and to set up tho processus ot decomposition of tho organlo matter and nitrification so aa to convert the Inert Into available plant food. Liberal applications ot decomposing de-composing manures, such as barnyard manuro, In connection with dressings ot Hmo have usually been found f. fectlvo tor this purpose, |