| Show F A R 1 I 1 AND GARDEN MATTERS OF INTEREST TO isol bun t 11 I 1 to lat aa 1111 alint 11 oat allut i 1 n i f tl it t 11 II an oil I 1 arll I 1 ais th rr f 11 ob duj florl tul cul turo r 1 nl I 1 t ai 1 I rr s ii it kekry kroner A I 1 1 lit if fifteen cars cx T 1 0 N I 1 liori emo I 1 ilia mav bo be k ill till to elo ghe my rm 4 W k us I 1 a R 4 jar 7 aja J 4 A it fkr I 1 N 4 ai kf I 1 hibits thit W u lit 1111 I 1 tili b 3 th thim thill ill a epely J f 0 1 4 return for money I 1 i in veste I 1 bivs i 4 in knie mei kni ikall 0 U it lining 0 o i nil aja tuv N I 1 its tu but it re wires quires x per e to raise goo gool I 1 abic ell ehn r mil ind this in ill N oh s little loor lit nil I 1 xi dierse erse leira nio wore the advent of the s silt sit it blet lie i hill sorts I 1 will admit that this ia v in a measure true but ellice o tile cintr luction ot of tho tile bollen ill it citing NN title plume and olan gian rascal an I 1 here I 1 would say thare ire no better sorts it requires but little more experience ep alenco to grow groin a wool crop of 0 celery thin it docs does to produce one of 0 cabbage or beet I 1 arst begin ili pro proper perl by buying seid ot of some reliable see diran now noly select a plot ot of fine I 1 liaina barny goll soil it if bucl all the better thia this to a del deith th ot of at least one toot foot as earl in the spring as can bouc bo wornel then ft ath i 1 steel toothed mke iel oft off smoothly an ani I 1 lay out beds two feet wide file but do not ralso raise them more than can be helped if the ground Is not very nery rich flu now Is the time to make it so u by applying borne good brand of I 1 lante arite sa say a pock peck to each ro rol I 1 of 0 bed bell 1 must be railed raked in to a depth ot of hie or six inches then again care fully rate ralo the aels lengthwise this done dine draw marks croas crosswise ic these must be ery shallow Hh allow and egirt inches seed may now nou be bobu u quile title thickly and cmerek by sitting fine arih arth oer 01 er it so as just to hide tilde the eida I 1 him aini du do no n either alth sith light roller or uther otherwise wise As celery seed requires a long time to germinate the adi must be d once i t day it the tilt wo ither bo be dry it this imry norh orl his been well done in about three weeks will have a fine bed of flints which ma nia be thinned to about one inch alart in ili the row all the attention now required will be to ep the bet be Is free from weeds oil ajl I 1 git water when dry until about the farst of july when the I 1 bo be renio removed ed to the field A reclaimed swamp muck is 1 undoubtedly tru best and most natural ground on which to grow celery it should ie be well vell drained and made vy ilch itch and bo be well nell filled the rows should be male tour four feet apart and it Is well to sink the ron rows s an inch or two hoks tor for receiving the plants should be set firmly iid ina the soil it if dry with toe fet f et tha tile plants must ie be watered at ered until established nothing more need be done for six weeks ex capt to keep all well cultivated and tree free from weeds by that time the plants will have liae attained abbat one foot rt rf growth groth and banking must oe je gin this branch ot of celery culture has until recently wn a slow and tedious operation the push scraper la is no now use beel I 1 by all progress progressive he growers this Is a simple tool and easily maje made b bv any one in a few minutes take a board fix in 1 hes wide fifteen inches long three fourths of an inch thick bore a bole hole in the center and insert a handle a rake handle la Is just the tl ti ing sloping back at a convenient angle no now brace it and you have a push scraper it now requires two men with alth push scrapers one each side ot of row the earth should be pushed gently against the plants this makes a banking baukin ot of about six inches and gets no more dirt in the tile hearts than the old time handling and is much more expeditious ious besides the plants are in better snipe tor for banking pro perli perl ss which aich can be done with hoc hoe or slade as the operator my see fit the earth should be drawn nearly to the top of 0 plants and it if the self sorts have haie been used this will ill be all the banking required and in about three weeks there will be a fine crop ot of celery grant I 1 clr ir of V in t tree trat rival in height and the mon monir arelis clis of the I 1 forests in C ii has luet just been cut into OL IT in the state or washington says a writer in ili st amla ito 1 loneer press all the terms which hire been liven tui to de describe cribe big c could be applied to this mammoth without flattery or f a aeration ge ration an idea of its size may bo be gained from front the fact tint that it if sawed sanel into inch 11 the lumber nide ride ni de from the tree saoul boull I 1 1111 tin ten ot of the largest sized freight cirs cars and the strlla ot of wood u cod it place I 1 end to end would reach aror the toun where the tree nov now Is inca halcom nash ash across the waters ot of the tie pacific otan to the land of 0 I 1 I 1 i hung chane chang 7 the he total height of th thi tree is it stood if fore being bellel was aas feet cr er about one eleventh of i nille mile ro tho point whore here tho the fir t limb br inched fut rut was feet at the base the circumference waa was to ind to be 3 33 eel feet 11 luches there wis is not riot throughout the tree the slightest indication of in all the forest ot of Nas washington hington there la is not a tree or old would nake make finer lumber thin this Is a way to pit tell the age ot of avery cry tree luel just as there Is I 1 to learn how wany vears ears a Is horse has lived with the tile tree the problem Is solved by studying the number numb r of 0 rings that arc are clearly discernible nible when shen the saw adv has ee veried th great mass ot of wood into sections this test when applied to the Was washington bIngta trie tree bowed showed that it was at least beirs fir since the jay lilly N when lien tt it tai tal link it in the he latart of tit t the he casl its lh ill re are in the ili I 1 11 it a e evtif I 1 winter the lihr 9 blows bus nencil I 1 usi asil anil and the tile f ills 11 j i ku I 1 I 1 al at after tho the stine ft 3 lit J ti that 1 I 1 h i in lit the hock hoch lounta lui hut but th tilt i k tru his tune lone ill lili this w m uli lilt r fur or almost live and if it i 11 i ni tit only let tl it alone it N aul I 1 I 1 I 1 tit cioto not the for or eat 11 inui ilion who iho the cifu in lit its I 1 ni I 1 lit form line hie sub mitti I 1 to built it u I 1 hi tit JULA 1011 the thai that hill it i toik tok ila i la e abou arou agrumi I 1 I 1 t ii irin taw Len tint thit havi ill I 1 n ud old blim it bagan tu to gr of 0 i 11 I 1 it is it idill V lu to 01 0 ill inline lille in 1 i thu the out u the til loi 1101 i i lut lilt su so tur fur as ate in ill I 1 thi tilt wb u tit wan was the tile oldest ili tilt ill ita ito ut IN bet I 1 1 I 1 1 li I 1 lii L tit tint it the faita facts state bubel I 1 I 1 pa 0 O t li it rl 11 is I 1 ei eta n nu ito maleri ti hi ill ili J lit it earth b it bird I 1 e in fit the eta f I 1 and irol in the tile I 1 11 I 1 t tiri tui of tho the I 1 aittia blur a r at it laii 3 ira irs it hi tits been I 1 i 1 alile that the burfict ol 01 tt it I 1 I 1 in ill the far bt of u aloni taht hat it is i ciell u knitli bu atit nt a mm irta the joint ut ur 1 as live lie tat urics UKU ago litile thu the bil u tico tiek lumi dib the cher ched it if ly it iri ili quite the tile baut as a tiny sai sal ling in the ilai vl Q ii 0 Colu columlus iulus lirot OIL th nast isi dudits it liis 1 ai u n ll and without Ait bout of position stripe tit tint it dite date ihu thou tree nas as us as as au ati croul ith u babe u to tha the first 0 felt and the trunk I 1 an equally butiu punition tu to the th luiu tuli luat tault bulut the aitio 01 ol I 1 all H I 1 N now I 1 ilas A few cars ago tho the writer agreed with tha the I 1 ua alir opinion thai tha the tod 0 old id allic purple and chite ot of the tile old huno would be spilled by any attempts on erlaine or double its flowers or I 1 H f i in any way viny its ie pecullar lecul cullar Lir frag but the lover loser of the good old varieties must decide ill 10 favor of 0 the beat new sorts atler after careful examination the Is better they blossom profusely profus LI ily ahen lien much youna younger er the of blokin are larrer larger the petals aro are lareto ani ant thicker the tra fra grance Is more an ani I 1 the doubling of the tile lowers ot of some of thim ghe he the rich espres lon anti even the colors ot of the beat bet of 0 the single fl flowering loft ering bo borta r is we well I 1 I 1 tested lu ili ion loa a ore of ebo blat la Is charas Cli arlis X it la Is a strong glower has a good fol collige lige and its N very ery large bcd libil purple are delicately fir ri ier brint int of 0 the white single varieties marli Ie legenc grane Is one of 0 the best it hover when hen very young oung a and nd ita its white are large ell formed and very fragrant of 0 the double varieties arlet les ft ci highly prize the following president carnot trusses very large lowers flowers per ecal fecal double alth a peculiar mixed expression pres tilon ol 01 light blue pink and white has very nery large com compound compo poune unc clusters thai that divide into small trusses resembling the light blue hyacinth spike its fri fragrance grance la Is fine madame jules k inger blooms very young very ery large quite compact flowers large perfectly double I 1 eon simon only differs from the above in the color of its flowers being darker in ita its purple and bluch shades mons maxime cornu is mentioned last but in bush leaves great trusses of double fi floaters and rich ira ranus ranle it Is one of the best the 01 17 y purpose of these notes Is to draw attention to the remarkable advances made in improti improving ing this good old shrub prof J L budd how low I 1 lapito ai obtain tain bulletin 48 utah experiment station it may be interesting before we ilie on oa the experiment proper to explain in a very cry beneral way how a plant obtains its it fool the substances which make up tre tte ash of the plant the water which tt it contains and mast most of the nitrogen of the combustible portion are taken from the soil and the air through the roots while all the carbon and some e of the nitrogen are t iken train the air by means of tho the leaved leaves tt 11 hen a plant burns the carbon or charcoal it contains unites with the odgen of the air to form an invisible gia gis usually known as carbonic carbon le acid gis stripe the burning of charcoal char coil in n one form or another is aiwas going OB on at the earth a surface it follows hat the air e breathe the atmo atmosphere eliere about wi roust contain considerable quantities of carbonic add acid gas I 1 1 he green Lo loring matter of leaves knan to as chlorophyll or has the re nar riar kable prop crt u when lien ut aider der i roper conditions of and moisture ard in ili the i Ie es enie of light of taking ill the carbonic carbon le acid gas from tho the air rind of breaking it lip in fn tho the cells of it the leaf into charcoal aad a the greater part of fie tile thu till set free Is 1 thron thrown n f oh ak into t the lie chere while tha the ibar coal Is caused to unito Ns with ith v water ater an ani I 1 other substances bub tub stances in the cells to furm form 11 tie fj various arioul classes of bodies atiat make uy up the combustible I 1 bf of plants fighting rues A KOI ilan fr leeping the filea off oft the cow at nt in liking time has I 1 cen it la Is stid to work mork to a t charm and it cost costs little to tr to it the methol aethol Is to throw a pit puce ce of cloth oi over pr thi cow a back at nil liing time the tire do to it I 1 can con be made out of old ill cotton aka saih and still should bo be irle au tu to over oer the body er thoroughly falling down doin behind over oner the tall so that tie tile member can not be s twitched N itched into the face of iho 1110 lx A kansas apple orchard the kan ran I 1 gas apple king ing judge allhouse ill house vho has the largest apple orchard in it the I 1 world seeds his orchard to clover cloter as I 1 boon soon na as they begin bearing and twice a year rolla rolls the clover down dun with a b heavy e avy toiler roller provided with knives elm 1 liar to those of a stalk cutter the clover reee etia 8 ethelf cx 11 |
