| Show it batami ra AND GARDEN it 41 OF INTEREST TO I 1 I 1 8 NOW e tp lp avato th nat hint hints about n i of he noll boll and yields thereof and ad blora 1 it lure lire lied 1 clover in the oath routh amers bulletin Hul letin IS 18 until recent 1 has been thought that red closer clover bot not be grown in the southern S atee a but our experience has leen 11 aton on suitable soils 11 and nith ith proper rl gement it will grow fully as well am skill as in any of the northern states 11 is t while it does not last as wb bere here its yield ie Is heavier and on of at its more rapid growth the of hay Is 1 better in north iti itt ina it has succeeded well and has r a full stand longer than in tl other sections while hile on the td white eoll soil ot of the horila station it hills done but little at the louis gtimm station it has made a vigo vigorous roul wah th affording two large cuttings the first season but it soon sue suc nubia to the encroachments ot of native natle at the mississippi station on itt e dah reek bottom and on black prairie llNA kilt has given excellent results try sg 2 tons of hay per acre acra in may mtr ton in june and in favorable favo orabie rabie is another ton in september N h the last cutting has been ij al aw en on account of summer droutha such yields can be made it Is rmon the best beat crops which can be ft croaa but there are many localities in relli 1162 A where it has not been found auth ble it requires it soil which Is 1 cioll ud la in fairly good condition to a catch of the seed and on broils where it makes a bf of tart hart and yields two or three cut up H iksoon soon br acome comes overrun with the IA tt IT grasses and Is choked out or it will not pay to grow it more years on the same ground ns 1 I Is b by the end of that time it will have I 1 don eart its best work in n fertilizing the ili noll alk OIL and the land will give better re it the last crop ot at clover is othel OWed under and the field planted to other crop As the plants pro ced seed abundantly bere here and are mint with the insects which hillikwe PIlli kwe recently done so much damage to M hf is in the northern tate states there to be no reabon u why the seed R giop nop should not become of considerable clover Is a unive universally rEally lecog orria cd standard in estimating the values Al crops when grown either t bof or as a green manure and we ade special efforts to test it on 0 o t i I 1 variety of soils as possible I 1 not hesitate to recommend it ir lelch ich soils which are in good me I 1 condition but it 13 1 useless to ak on n barren fields of or on rough ly C orly aly prepared lands of any kind he a best suited for growth on al at toi to I ind nd black prairie soils and bos has acabi freen een satisfactory on sandy or amme lands august sowings have ua 0 A dihe he best satisfaction as the kukul from am such sowings are sufficient t g to keep down any growth groth of at ases sea and weeds the next spring I 1 give a heavy cutting of bay it if sown soan in february rebr uary tho the time the first cutting principally of volunteer grasses clover cloer will give two to good cutter sowing with oats in beb often successful but the alov aten n injured by cutting the oats fen oving the shade just at pg 9 of the hot weather sow I 1 the seed to each 5 6 acres plent plant in th the larden table responds more readily ll mum amount of cultivation barb and as it makes males a first for fruit it should be ore extensively grown espe bvm 09 a country like this where our its arces are extremely limited 94 faner two math end tar arting ting a bed of rhubarb may aa aked ed cither either by sowing the seed kia edg g roots but the latter is much 8 the lie e tor for except in rare in hubirt nhu birb will not come true to bab an seed in fact retrogression 1 jr feature Is digs IS very apparent in rhubarb it a few old roots eve aid so much the better tao e liay may be divided with ith a sharp eprom ato a as all many pieces as there are caal jure re must be taken to ensure 1 the lot of there being an eye or bud root as they will not grow it mine niss iss ng no matter how large the may be rhubarb is a par heavy feeder and this fact ale 12 tak into consideration when 4 lie land for planting an ima I 1 lye garden which has been avist tor a few years will make an bilu situation it plowed deeply one ally fly man tired before planting be e afraid of putting on or too inure nure tor for in this point ufa the cret of successful rhudarb the pants plants should be L set out five feet apart each way ay care ken not to bury th ohp browns be about level with the E fall planting gives the most ry results and a coating of bcd d manure spread on the bed am A depth ath ot of six inches every fall wl MW really assist development if it L instructions are followed out I 1 be e surprised at the marvelous your plot at 0 rhubarb never 1 I gk plants to run to seed but on appearance of 0 flower spikes t hem em as they greatly tend to ie e vigor beides causing the nt to become tough and in V chorla and linnaeus are pop cioc ittes lea on account ot of their bright I 1 excellent quality leVIC in bof 1 ali II 11 I 1 known to day that gali 1111 cylle kaa gerful antiseptic says the i As A uch such 0 it retards the lie c ferments tr muti like alibe th 31 y t plant and putrefactive bacteria it hinders and prevents fermentation tho the souring of milk and the putre fao tion of milk ita its action upon lied ferments Is even more powerful it completely arrests the can con venlon 0 starch into grape sugar by disease an ani pancreatic extracts this action ie is dl di opposed to the process of diges tion and were there no reason the use of salicylic add acid should be not verbally ver sally condemned thue fact facts tl if connection with salicylic add acid havo been recognized very thoroughly ll 11 legislation the use ot of the acid hu hiu been condemner condemn nel et by most of the countries having pure food laws la in france it Is for forbidden bilden by law it 11 austria itly RAY and bp tin it cannot I 1 b used without the danger of incurring I 1 heavy penalty and all south amer arner lean states having pure food laws ians havi hays absolutely abol forbidden for Lidden its sile site the law lawi I 1 of many of the states forbid Us its use B D a decision of mr vea nells the dairy an food commissioner the use of sall cyll acid in food Is prohibited in pennsyl linfa I 1 agh falih to call attention here ti t another fact in connection with the ua of salicylic add acid which Is of eitrem importance viz the bale sale of pre present sers lines etc under barlou high sounding names intended tor for us in private families A number of thes claimed to be perfectly harmless an ari ci the market but actu all conrail sall salicylic cylle add acid as the main ingredient the conscientious and careful house beeper should put an absolute veto up on the use of any suc such b compau compounds a ds here there Is rarely any need tor for them since when pure fruits and vegetable are used and the proper directions to sterilizing by heat etc are carried out finned or i 1 reserved goods of all de script ions can be prepared that will re main in good condition tor for years with out the aid of any preservative cotton reed as t cattle rood the texas experiment station ha been making some tests with the aboa food and gives the following gum sum coary mary first roasted cotton seed do no have the laxative qualities of raw seed ed and are more palatable seco second id raster faster gains are mad made b feeding the boiled seed but at a create greate cost per pound gain third the advantage advantages to be galner in the use it lf roasted seed hardly lus jus tides its general use fourth boiled seed are re more pal stable than raw eed seed less laxative am ant mail make faster gaint may continue cont inu to b used with ith profit fifth steers fed on raw seed batini a less lesis quantity of ned sted ate ale slight more ha in consequence sixth cotton iced seed at usual prices Is a good and cheap addition add lilon to a cori and bay ration seventh the best heet beef ration fauni by previous experiments cotton seed meal hulls ands and silage liage is not here brov en ell the best when calculated at forme prices raw seed corn and hay bay bela belal better eighth N When ben value of raw seed I 1 raised to near market present prices 10 per ton the meal hulls aud alias Is again the best ration raw seed con cart and bay being next best ninth the average cost of gain pe pound in all lots at present price a foods was 3 64 cents tenth the tho cheapest feed per bourt noun gained for all ail steers fed when cotton seed li la valued at sit 10 per too wai was raw seed corn and lay bay A stake farmers frequently make the of buying land adjoining and leadin themselves with a debt which burdena them all the best years of their dies ih es suva drainage journ it when the pur chase was made they bad had a few hun bun dred dollars at command to make th first payment and from the day of thi the purchase the deterred deferred payment drai interest and like an eating moth night and day it draws upon the lit and energy of those who burden them selves selnes in thia this way it they had bad baket tho the money with aich they made thi first payment and applied it in the un der drainage of tho land which the orbed the result would have been fa fl more gratifying by tile draining thi crop product could have been lucrese ln crese from 60 50 to per cent which woul have added much each year to their in come ao so that in a few years thel might wight have had the in hand it t buy the land desired and at the ami sami time been free from the burdens burdena 9 debt and in every way better off flavor demanded it la Is my imbres slon sion that butt butter er making Is on the vergi of a gmt greit gre it change for it Is our duty tc study the eints ot of the american people and those abroad and there la Is no quee ques tion but hat they are very ery rapidly cut cul a taste for fine flavored buttel and are looking upon it more and mor as a necessary article at 0 food to be come able to make such a fine flavored article ind nd overcome the defects A ahiel hect our conventions and state fars point ui ut to by returning our score cards market marked perfect on everything but flavor anc ana that scored cored off from one to ue file points should be our study and must event evly be our accomplishment th must difficult task in making butter is t to get a perfect haver flavor F C Oralu drainage age of at orchards Lards one of tha th drawbacks to many of the Willamet tt prune orr orchards hards Is a lack of good drain ale le the result Is immature wood ab eurmal conditions and stagnation ol 01 up followed by fungous diseases espe dally during such seasons as the ont cn just past no 0 o doubt it III be feces tary mary the blue vitriol and limi to keep the brown bro n rot from spread i ing where it destroyed considerable fruit this year but an bant pre vela relative tive of decaying crops and to insure healthfulness of the trees Is that ol 01 well drilled orchard colle soils ex popcorn contains more nitrogen and phosphate phosphates than the regular indian corn com spilt split the carrots in halve halves and let the th bons hei pick at them at t will |
