Show FARM AND GARDEN mattens MATTERS OF INT bREST TO aime ip ti t tn ite date ilina about II 11 ii of 1 11 tin hill nut blell thereof and morl culture do folli HOUGH the I 1 ions of carnit rs lia have e ilie matt rill ill huilt lilt oil tills this point durl ib the p dec i ie Is still i 1 uh uch micon lel lion Ls to the conditions condl tlona under blikh this loss ma nia occur and anti iho he duterte to which aich it may be pro prevented anted the porous character ot of most bolls oils is doub chiefly fir fr the tact that m ethin lie ile menior ni einor of farmers still tn in active bust noss the billet was as general that a very ery material loss of soluble food was inevitable from mos moat soils whenever he never the supply w L 11 much uch in of the immediate needs of at the crop to be grown gron thereon it solla soils nally leach the lost or leached material of course escapes in the water di draining raining through the soil care ful ul and systematic study at 0 drainage waters both by the uso use ot of the bol 11 meter and the til drain during the past few bears ears shows first that the actual lusa loss ot at nutriment in drainage waters is tar far leas less frequent than was supposed and second tho the character of the waters gives glies definite know knowledge ledie of the klud kind of nutriment carried away by them and the conditions under which the losa loss place ahat the danger of loss loi la Is greatly ex agger atod ia well demonstrated by my own personal experience for two entire growing seasons a fertile bandy sandy loam loan showed absolutely no losa loss of at plant food at a depth of three feet that la is not a trace of either phosphoric add acid nl ni trogen or reached three feet dip tn in tho the percolating aayers As moat most plants send their roots to greater depth depths than this it Is evident that there waa was not only no loss train rom the soil but that all the nutriment ap piled plied or within three feet of the bur face woe was accessible the important question now la Is under what conditions doea does leaching occur and how can loss I 1 from this source be prevented it Is now accepted that nitrogen Is the only one of the three food essentials which is susceptible to leaching to such an in extent aa as to render ita its loss of at mate rial consequence and this lose loss la Is exclusively clu of nitric add acid this however la Is the laet last and final folin of nitrogen and the only one actually taken up by the crop im il other forma forms or soure ea of nitrogen must be decomposed and nitric acid be formed before assimilation can besin begin these other forms including all fertilizing forma forms or sources of nitrogen except the nitrates of which nitrate of soda boda ie is the only one of commercial importance to the fanner farmer are under no normal eoll soil condition acceptable to the leaching i property it therefore follows that these forma forms of manures or fertilizers may bo be used in any quantity and at any time desired without danger of loss from leaching in using rig stable manure the important practical fact la to that the manure once I 1 incorporated with the soil becomes fixed beyond the possibility of lopa lo 10 since nitric add acid formation Is so blow slow as to never neer exceed the power of a crop to utilize nitrates on the other hand being susceptible to leaching should be applied only to meet the immediate de mands ot of the gr growing crop lest loss froia from leaching follow tho the finer the soil particle parti cleb in any ghea case the greater iho the absorbing power and the less Is I 1 the of birss this t fact explains the absorptive of much folli 11 rather thai thal as la Is commonly com morly supposed the presence of a high humus content in such soils As already antl mated phosphoric add ar I 1 potash are not capable of leac leichling leichl lili ig g through agricultural solla under normal conditions this fact Is due to the absorptive power ot of soils for these substances and their compounds the important fact in this connect loi Is th thit it the eoll soil constituent exerting strongest foice in this Is the silica which corn poses ro large a i 1 art of all bolls soils these bolle soils high in tit content of silica of at which band sand Is typical are usually of coarse texture aal are those usually conald considered as to leaching it appears ho however weer that leaching of two no of the three essentials of plant fool foot Is e actually prevented by the presence of 0 silica or ani id A very im practical result of three i Is that potash salts can bo app applied ligot so early as to overcome over com any possible evil effect from the PF prenco lice of chlorine on certain crop crops ami yet no possible losi loss froni from leaching follow II 11 N stockbridge the til jonquil the species and varieties of narces eus aus jon jonquille quilla are popularly known as jonquils and anti losness many points of similarity with the small flowered section ol 01 that very extensive genus gentis say says vicke vick a magazine although they do not pre i reent ent a groat great variety of coi colors yet they are highly prized for their tb ir charming char golden fragrant fraer int flowers which are freely produced they are perfectly hardy and may be successfully grown by eny one in cither either the flower border green house houe or window garden and as the bulb bulbs can be procured at a very mo moderage mode derae raia pric price they well deserve all that can be aid said in their praise tha tho bulbs can be planted any time from september to december although it Is best to plant them As early as possible po elble in potting let three or four bulbs ac according corill n 9 to their eize size be placed in a tour four ilie inch h pot and if large masses are Ir antill larger pota pots or pane pans and more bulbs can be used in potting let the pots or pan pans be properly drained and use a compost con ag of two thirds loain loam one third hird well decayed manure and a ane fin sprinkling aprin sprinkling kling of bone dust mix veil well and use the compost rough in potting fill the pots or pans to within three inches of the top then set in the bulbs keeping them a few anch 3 apart and then nil fill to within halt half an inch of 0 the top ater thoroughly anil and place in a cool dark cellar to mako root watt ring when ilien necessary corn liny georgia press bulletin ag the station lias just finished shredding tho the corn stall q from front 11 alve e acres ot of corn the crola miili verv ier much injured by the extreme bilat an I 1 drouth and the yield of gardn was cut oft at least 25 per cent 1 I the lie corn was A as cut down just above the surface of the ground august 23 3 and shocked attacked placing about in lit eich each shock anti tying tho the top of cich each shock alth twine no rain rala tell fell on the el st anti tho the ears cars were husked out october 3 anil the stalks immediately run through the shredding machine being apparently perfectly dry the of the five acres waa was as fol tot lone corn bu shredded shred kil led stalks stalls or stover his this represent a 3 beld lier tier acre of 31 bushela bushels of shelled corn and 2 2800 pounds of dry corn hay which la Is believed to bo be very nearly equal in feeding value to good timothy hay in the abo above a total yield of corn hay la Is in about 1300 1 00 ibs ills of the stalks which are almost universally savel and utilized by georgia farmers hut but there Is also include I 1 in the 2 00 ibs IN of at corn hay bay about 1300 1200 ibs ills ot of the stalks which are usually to remain on the ground and non utilized as food tool this 1300 1 pounds represents the food los loss for very eiery 31 lushell of at earn orn the corn crop ot of georgia for convenience may be stated at bushels sometimes less often more then at 1300 pounds of at corn hay heretofore not saved for every enery 31 bushels of at corn the total loss in the state would be 1300 NO equals equils ils lourds pouf lda or tons of corn tny hay a very rood food and worth at least 10 a ton or a total of 0 LOO or about enough to pay tor for all the coin commercial mercial fertilizers used in georgia in one year ibis may be considered a remarkable statement and it will no doubt a 11 many a fanner who has ha not thought abbitt it and who hae has perhaps imagined that he has been very saving and economical I 1 0 pera tiNn alc C tho the tanners farmers of maine have circumvented the beef trust ays bays iowa state register they have organized organ led 1000 fresh pork and fresh beet beef clubs in that state each club composed of at len ten members instead of buying their fresh meats from the trust and paying tribute to it they brov ido lole themselves with such seasonable delicacies the ten farmers bt longing to a club arrange for a succession of butche butcheries ties that Is a hog I 1 ia killed evey eve y so many day days during the th winter season and the fresh pork Is divided into ten parts each family getting one part this doe not include the hamd hama and other portions por tlona ot at tha animal which aro balled or pickled for future use the arrangement amounts to a ca operative meat shop the farmers lose nothing and they get i 1 ash lark all the tine time the maine idea may spread to other states it I 1 ie something of an outrage that our hogs hog should hould bo be sent to chicago to be butchered butche hutche e and then sent back to be eaten it follows as the night does the day that the con consumer lumer must pay tor for the freight both ways or else the hog grower pays it and there Is beside the expense of handling the hog and the meat in chicago various ways have been suggested to get rid of such an industrial loss and folly but the main way seems to be a solution as far as tha the farmers themselves are concerned lowa fine stock lera the twenty fourth annual meeting of the iowa I 1 lit ino stock ceders breeders lir will be hell at weal west liberty la iii decem ber 8 and 9 A fine program has been prepared and a large meeting Is expected some of the best beat known end and most successful Lre breeders eders in iowa aro tire do doan on the program for papers on the various phases of stock raising and handling A good tW should result from front the efforts made we hope that iowa loan readers of ille farmers lar ia armors mers review will endeavor to help on the meeting by their presence the secretary la Is W 11 mcl Ne adden ladden of anest liberty t to whom all inquiries should be ad d dressed other meetings Blee tIngs the iowa shorthorn breeders association and tho the iowa sheep breeder dad kad wool growers association hold their annual meeting la ia connection with the general in meeting of tho the improved stock breed ers era association the shorthorn short horn breeders association meets meet lu in the aft it of tuesday december 7 and anti will continue their meeting on the forenoon of december 8 the sheep breeders association will also meet december 8 carbonaceous food it inclined tc te run down dowls in flesh because giving much milk cows shoud should be given carbonaceous food tool like ff r rn meal to keep them lu condition oi ot course they will then eat leas less coarse food and tho the cost will be increased but cows like a variety of food and will digest more if they have bave it ex A bath me man after day days ot of almost almot continuous aa as a milkman has bidden hidden his patrons and friend frien ris good ave through the columns of a newspaper if it the cattle are to be left cut ol 01 doors much in the winter it ie Is best to have some suitable shelter from the th wind make war on weeds while the ground round li Is unfrozen froien un J |