Show ube arill aab leoine protect the tho land the com nation is griming gaining ground that no practice of old timo farming aas inure inore than that of having the tile land naked while it vae nag being in tion for r crop something glI cuming Illg alithe on the igind atell at til times must iw be thu motto not aly does the green crop add to tile soils bolls fertility but it prevents what was on the soil front being wasted in boine hoine english nuit tits the wayte aste froin from drainage water ater depre a loss of pounds of ni of soda isoda per aero acre in a single 3 car that Is iaan an amount which if tu u crop isor la often tei thought t a fair dressing dreb mi yet it was what vi 14 lost by lem leoung ing the land un ivend the I 1 eat est crops to cover linked naked I 1 incie fact s are legumes peas and Lri runton bloor all this 94 are itro nitrogen trapa traps and help to make til till land richer on which tho tile grow gron profit in poultry ten teti t tar fir loads of eastern poultry were landed in lit san francisco in 0 one 1 to the till full grown hens liens so sold d for t and spring chickens at s 2 50 it doen dozen while we are shipping fruit last the tile poultry producers dubers of illinois Illino iB olno iowa and wisconsin are In making aking money by raising chick chickens and shi shil ping them to california no now noa A hero here is the tile poor mans chance it tak takes coin credit capital good land a favorable location and or foul tune ere a man can live from inn his bichard fifty dollars or lees less mill start in lit iho the poultry busi burn ness to ss A little path of land a spot big t enough to grow clon closer er alfalfa or alter green food for your chick L lis and n few fow doon dozen liena liens and you ou are aro read roada for busin business your re aro 1111 immediate it single week brings orin N aou ou cot a tor for your our egge within a 3 ear our money bakera hale ha e paid for es twice over and alao also I 1 paid aid for their keeping beat hog hogs beat cows cow coins a boat bent 1 ond and sheep beat horses the tho poor man inan the widow with a ft f andly fini ily or the old maid who avants to le be ind pendent each have an fill opening tint tivit will yive give them thein a bink account if the these will raise poultry and atkind natt nd strictly to busi bus tie us making hedge fences that the osage range and honey locust aro capable of being made into nice hedges hodges thoro there are plenty of good examples to prove says the practical farmer and the same can be 10 said of many plants such as the japan hornbeam beech and it is known to every experienced gardener that plants are liko like Lb children ildren the japanese have havo ua us brets of large sibe na dwarfed to bo no more than a foot or diio in lit size andin and in all european gardens are to be seen en e argreen a and deciduous trees grown in tile shape of birde birds ani trials 1 and other things showing how trac ablo the subjects are in rood fiands thero is hardly a tree or shrub beall or slim shin growing but that could bo be made a good hedge plant of if treated right the nature of the plant must be understood as just how to prune must be understood as just how prune depends on this if we take the japan privet for example we shall fin find ditto it to bea he a plant making strong upright shoots principally this is not what is is wanted in a hedge ua tt this plant by good pruning makes admirable hedges if oung planta plants but one to two yeara years old arc are set out it is just as well to let them grow aa as tro atiq will the ilia 1 season gogain to gain strength after this sometime during winter cut lut the plants down tot 0 or three inclima niwo tho aund ou nd they will ill push autery strongly from that point As soon aa as the young shoots liao liae made six six inches of growt li pinch out tho tile tope tops thia this will ill make tho the eide side shoots burst in to growth growt li and these are the most important ones art they form the tile bushy base which a good hedge must lin iliavi L bul but tino tilis oner one inching will not suh bulhe c there will be per iano a doyen of them thein required before the season of growth is ie over do not let tho tile desire for height prevent the tile topping precess a and by tho the timo time growth elope stops in september thero there will ill be a broad I 1 itse of perhaps two to three f fel fet et then before spring comee comes bring this in to a conical him ft and then as a fresh growth is i mud keap tile topping process to thi shape lie never er it litt still iii ebli top of the hedge overlap the tile bottom tind and it go good 1 hago dutli ill alnata be tittle als hat is said luri litro tho tile privet is ig only to illustrate t the lie NN way ay nil all lit ludgus adges should be tid and la as eppli cable to obad orange locust nil and I 1 ber berr as to it IN lun hn one set a hedge in poor t condition ondi tion it is bioni neglect or it HU 1 if single ip i pi cini liri its oil a IMI fill 1111 be made mado into dense bushy spiel mena mens RS as hundreds hund rids of them are it is if just as emy to lim have 0 a thousand thou yand in a hedge tho tile sunio sallie shape fait fall planted potatoes there has been some in the tho im m u about fall planted potatoes tn home ponie aig that thie this method ati not ft ble while lia found it to work to A friend who to trica it biall patch last fall e ex to me ine his in method ethod and la is so pleased i ith the that it in will plant quite nn till alrea 0 o tins this fall fail in the larr past october lie planted a small PILCO picco in drills cut ting tun the tubers in lit gui gi gerom erous pie ea aid tot cring thein some 1 5 5 or f inches deep with earth over mer this he lie placed a mulch of sti ai 0 6 inches or more thick no inore oil was give thell until the tho fore part of may alay when was raked off and the ground allu allotted sued t thaw out tle the pota potatoes tots mail nn nit eirl e irl stall stai t etere ore kept t ilten it nit af b 1 frequent t and in lit spite of the sc sen ere drouth da d a fino fine crop crops of birge sized tubers viii li 1 were the boond week in tul jul it ihnot i not generall tene rall considered to co con er the ground etith ith a mulch us as a tion tiou in tho tile for that would prone a branback draN back when more inore alian H er ery emall it is planted but tha tho most st bious objections jec tiong to thi ahw s method seem to bo be a liability of the seed rotting during the wet s eather in early spring unless they are planted on well ground end ond a likelihood of the plant start IV n too barly and being caught b ibe the late frosts but in spite ol 01 these drawbacks the double advantage of ia han ing the crop rop in early und and doing it when thero there is more time than in the rush of the spring work would in nuke ike fall planting popular if the fannin gen generally crall are assured that it ran rin be done successfully it is certainly worth ol 01 careful consideration and experiment dinall in all plaus and would be good work for iho till experiment Is stations A fruit house there is sonio hope that sanitary reasons will banish the cand cn under our homes that goes gocs by bythe alie name of cellar out but there thero anro other rea song storage room for fruit and vegetables should not bo be under a house in which people ine hie the ideal cellar for fruit should hae an even eden temperature and dois dots not require titillation vi in lit fact ai al plea pies will begin to rut rot rapidly us its soon its windows a opened in april keep tho 4 cellar ellar clos chosid tl but it must bo be added that to keep keel apples well cellar must be fe lightly damp nut not wet or moldy bill but mogol this la is not the right to have under our habitation boonis besides a moist all cannot bo be had in connection onne cUon with a furnace the object of the moisture is to balance the natural waste by 0 on ap oration or drair j of tha fruit such a cellar cilar as moist and close pre ser senes es fruit tar far tw ix tier than one tj that I 1 at la ii ventilated tha tho apples are then placed edin in bins I 1 or lia that rise in tiera tiers ona on above another v leaving the fruit not inch im hea es deep anywhere these after careful sorting find handling with tenderness ten amess tire stirred as little as possible till spring A cellar ellar euch much as described is hisil constructed under a barill or carthage carT o 0 lage houm or r as a separate building i history of irrigation major J W powell Hp caking of the tile history of irrigation cays agriculture wag was born in landa lands where irrigation was needed man alan nover never learned to cultivate humid nd until after lio lie had learned to irrigate and land the very farel crop op that was ever raised it in the world orld wae was raised by irrigation till ho the ancient agriculture of china chilla india and the ancient agriculture nil till around the itil in eget asarin Ass rin in lit lie the bolders of ual africa sprang up under conditions of artificial irrigation mankind liaa has known much more about agn agri culture ul turo under irrigation than b 1 all any other process for in that e irly time hine before iron toola biere used it was more easy to cultivate the soil 1 b bringing the water ater up n it that b destroying the forests and the growth of wild plants there was no agriculture under conditions until ci ft a oti born that is not only wily tru trus f tsia sia africa and europe but iduas true of mexico central america and peru agriculture was larn II 11 arid conditions and saud flouris flourished lied until r such conditions condi tiona for inan ct c iries there has been much experience e in that list respect jn jil cistern eastern spain the moor irrigated the land long ago successive H awe occupied alio land that lias has bien blell bi en irrigated since then omit and tto ie know of land that haa has bun from two to airee thousand aarsand ears ear sand and never fertilized by byan any thing but tho water brought upon it that if ho lie caught surface ater ator supplied he mineral ingredients for agricultural purposes sari fi housekeepers HoLse keepers cold tea ten dents grained wood spirits of camphor will remo demoe a spots from furniture furni turp matting should be washed in salt and nater ater a pint of salt to half a p pill of soft water A mixture of two parts of eveet sweet oil to one of turpentine applied with a soft cloth polishes fu furniture franch chalk att with cold water and applied tor for twelve hours will remove grease spots from wall paper to clean mahogany inaho gani wash mash it with warin water and soap then the apply beeswax and alid egweet oil and polish with chamois fruit notes if trees are to bo be set out in tho fall it will p pay ay t to J make the nicee sar preparation ahead so that the planting can be done in good sea soil in selecting trees for planting two mistakes are often made one la too large a number r of varieties and the other is the purchasing eing of too to old trees many trees dio die after betting setting out because there are not enough to feed the tile surplus wood that has aten allowed to remain when it is planted out never leave more bran clues tsa than are wanted for train ere ers one advantage in thoroughly cleadell cle cleaning adill ig up the orchard and garden gardn at and I 1 burning the ilia rubbish is that it affords less 1 hiding iding places for vermin of din dit crent kinds that im pair the trees and plants both in the tile garden and liard it is quite an nil itam to provide good drainage in good season allowing water to stand around the root roots i cry injurious to the tile health and thrift of the trees at any season digging large holes and filling up with manure is not the best plan of tit planting A soil enough to grow good corn or pota pots toes will grow fruita fruits if it is needed apply broadcast arr and work into the tile sur fact sir john lul lw 1 oci A ie Is authority for the statement that 11 u single bee we ich with nil jill its industry energy and innumerable joum jou ruye ya will not collect more than a single ein glet teaspoon ful full of f houey a |