Show toe arill anti fal 1 am wis to keep onion onions we tire arkid how bow to winter vinter onions do not try to winter them the they are too perishable to fool with tho will rot and shrink if kept mid and should bo gold told as early in tile fall aa Io possible sillo baill they call be ile wintered W aileo burpoe durpee 9 givis its several ua nays as of doing it and the arc tire practical pr attical they can be ba pitted like apple covering some what more lightly and leaving a chalice fur for ventilation entila tion at the top or tiny can bo be spread in a dry loft piled up a foot or more high and at the approach of se sev ere weather co covered ered wi with th straw stra hay bay or matting light freL freezing zing does not hurt them if they are allowed to thaw gradually anti not handled while frozen but it if exposed to a temperature knur than 15 di dt greed greet aboe zero they are liable to rot they can bo be wintered in barrels and in crates and baskets in the cellar quite successfully protecting fruit trees the remedy used in california to protect fruit trees from rabbits ie is to smear the young oung trees with a concoction of bitter aloes while in new mexico the effective defence against tile depredation of rabbits ie is to paint the trunks with bullocks bul locke blood the largest poach peach grower in the mesilla valley came i very ery near losing tho tile whole of his hu 3 young oung orchard by following the advice of a friend who recommended sulphur mixing lard or soap with it so as to make it stick the bark where this compound was applied had the appearance of being scorched and it took the trees two years jears to recover which most of them ultimately did by forming new now bark under that injured one hund hundred reil and ani fifty trees however died right out causing a aloes loss of not its than most of the or charde in california are protected by wiro wire netting and grey hounds are frequently kept on the large farm to chase away stray rabbits that may find their way in but then california in is overrun with rabbits they exist only in small numbers bullocks bul locke blood has been found a sure defence and it ie is inexpensive culture of raspberries Rasp berries to grow grons the raspberry successfully william parry N J say s A cool moist situation inclining to the north la is preferable it should bo thoroughly drained as raspberries will not thrive with wet feet the soil should be well supplied with ground bone chates and hair manure plough and prepare the ground in the fall open dep furrows 6 feet apart during winter haul baul muck and spread along the furrow freely aa As earl early in the spring as practicable take email small young plants and sot set them along the rows on the muck to average about 2 feet apart requiring plants per acre cover the roots with a small plow going once around each row then follow after treading the ground firm around arch plant while holding bolding the top straight strai glit which should be cut oft near the ground as not to exhaust the roots in supporting leaves and fruit the first summer potatoes or other egel ables may with advantage be grown between the rows the first year after which the will the whole space the U 11 wood which has borno borne fruit should be removed before the second spring and the 3 oung canes shortened in about one third their length so they will stand firm and erect erelt bearing heavy chopa of fruit without stakes trellises or support of any kind the woolly aphis perhaps no insects are more widely spread in our orchards than the woolly aphis sas en a field and farin farm nearly every orchard in the tile vicinity of denver hue has been afflicted with them forearms for ears earls it is nothing more or lesa less than a louse living on the tile tender roots and brandies branches of tho the sap it is of it i red dish color and when crushed lea leases es a reddish stain like blood for this reason it ia is domett Bome timea i mes called the blood louse the tile name aphie aphis i Is ia the name for all plant lice and is called woolly because there are lowe woolly looking haira hairs around tin the insects secle lu they live ia in clusters 11 a round tho the roote roots and cause them to have warty looking knots thoy also RISU swarm on oil tender water ater m forout causing knott looking bun elite in the tin the go up the treo tree forming woolly looking ahert tin flit bark is tend r bucking sucking the wip ua and giving the bran chosa dry part and making them 4 aisy isy to break if tho tile noil soll is it trio may have havo mail many of tho tile alle fr art without show shou ing much injure but if tho flit sc oil thin or dry or alti t abion poor the aphis aph 13 makes its stork show the branches bran chee become dr the fruit small and wood and the tile death of tho the art ano e is only it matter of time tinie and I 1 in a al all I 1 calls cas n th the 0 t tue I 1 k e I 1 is s greid gradually nall dwarfed tho tile aphis brattis ter ery rap rapidly idl but slbil from tree to tree ono of the A 8 for the insects if i to dig the soil away front the base bask of the tree and a buckett of around t t fy luno lime tuis nii ers tho tile same lurix of course a it quart or so would bo be sufficient boll both of thase remedies rem edlea are very beneficial to the treo tree lut it the effects are not lasting the best beat remedy of all la is A is little to be found around gas o 0 m oas one or around tho the trees will kill every aphis it must not toach the tho tree however hov reer for it might kill it the effect t laas for fully three years ears and tile lime is also 1 N valuable 1 as a manure farm note notes try to figure out how somo 0 of f that straw that rots gos go s to waste every ear may be used to tho hogs more comfortable keep reel tile brood BOWS out adut of tile feed lot the haqq no business with the liggs that aro are beng made ready for the market the intelligent and 1 methodic method lc dry dairyman inan who abo lee keeps ps his cowel under shelter in winter will see that tho the hustle and bustio of feeding time does not conflict with milk if tho the raspberry vines are mulched with old straw or leaves leav ea or any litter it will protect them from weeds next spring andstrom drouth and will be a manuro manure as well tho the best mulch for har the tile strawberry beds ia is made of rif fallen I 1 leaves eaves they arc are loebo au and airy until tile f reeling up time arm arrn es then the they settle down in tho the best shape possible farming combines both ait art and science A farmer without an education is aa as badly off as the man who bete bets on a horge borse race ho lie may way will win but are a good many chances against hini him peara pears are atad bady to bo be picked when the sterna steins part readily from the spur tile fruit should alway be picked by raising it up instead of pulling it off 1 ann to leave the stern on the par ilar there is nothing like roote roots of some kind for the brood so aus but they should not bo be depended on oil too largely largel somo some root enthusiasts overestimate their i alue and are apt to neglect the tile grain ration A happy medium is bist in ever every thing the tin cans filled with sweetened swett ened water and pieced at arious points in the orchard of oklahoma experiment station proad ery very efficient bug trape traps several Iv hundred indred slay may beetles crickets keta and grai grasshoppers shoppers were caught ilia plau of utilizing these hitherto useless articles is fully justified by results wintering stock wintering in live e stock ia is rapidly becoming a scientific question at first it was only a sentimental one people pitied the poor brutes ond and harrowing descriptions were gai hen en of what the suffered Baffer cd when dol lars and cent weigh on one side of the scalps e sentiment on the other aide side ii 19 light but bat today to day it ia is no sentiment it i is s a question of profit and loss the coining winter will probably thin out many houseless houe elesa eless locks and anti do more toward making owners more careful in the future in adding barn and stable room ns as they increase their herds there is 13 a geat deal written about how the stock should he be sheltered but after all it i ia s only one naon mon sense ono can shelter his stock properly without t consulting any a dhority tho rity or ei on n neighbor he knows kw ws that lio lie wants a tight building one facing on tho sunny aide tilde and so pro provided with dars land and yards that the animate animals can hai hao 0 free to the opu opt it nir air ou on plen bant days las he ile knos also that cle ciann fill im lct ell i d and barns burns are healthy 11 and that the annuals are better ott off for them what wore need bo be added hie ilie only advice that la is universal is consult our common souse sense and go ahead nud and act care of sheep wl when the wool is in tit the tile hands of the buy buver er 11 say cays s a recent ariter vr iter he will bo be ablo able to detect in somo some weak spots in the tile wool ool the result of e ery fault in the management of file sheep it is a natural law laa that the life of an art animal and the general happiness bapp inma and comfort of its coalition tire re first supported by the food then the natural product from winch which profit is 13 made la is enczur encouraged aged if the animal is barely supported there will ill be a very aery little product but the excess if lf thrift and comfort will show in the milk of the cow the meat of the bleer the work of the horse livorse the t ggs of the poultry and in the wool and lamb of the sheep and for every neglect there will be a weak spot in the fleece chait will cause the wool to break when the buyer takes a few fibres of it and tests the strength of the wool in this liay the result of taij weakness weak nesa i I 1 to cause the wool to break in carding and make an excess of waste that greatly reduces the value of it and many farmers fan ners descove ing that at some more careful neighbor ia is getting a few cents a pound more tor for hia his wool than they lia e got be camo and think they have been cheated so they have but the one who has cheated them is only the one whose t agelessness has made him a sufferer in fac fact t they have liano cheated them themselves selNes |