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Show MANAUhMENT Of- TUilKEVS. I I f n I I Turfed l-l,iirea I:a ; !:,;,. cx- 1 1 t 1 lit 1 1 t 1 i t I 11 I I 11 1 1 11 ll 1 t 1 t 1 1 1 1 k T 11! 1 11 1 1 I It 11 tl It lit t t k t t 1 1111 1 ! I 1 1 lr tit tl t a 111 1 t t k 1 ! 1 is l.-t out wiih her brood, anil can keep 1 1 t I d 1 i tl 1 1 l 1 It r 1 t I:! .oiling up. LiirkeNsare vorv partial to choosmir their own nests in the open Held, and 1 t o 1 1 t 1 1 11 1 1 It 1 jit k tl 1 1111 tl 1 to run out. It is. however, better to in-1 in-1 1 t t 1 1 1 11 r when it can be done, lie puttintr the I k t 1 t t tl 1 trm to lav in a larire lnclosure where 1 k 1 1 1 11 t 1 tl It lb 11 It t 1 11 r t lit where their broods can have better protection pro-tection than in the opeu field. Tnrkevs do m.t like to b;; disturbed when on their nests nor watched while goins to them. The vonnsr ones are verv tender, and tor a fe.w weeks after hatching require even in,, re care in keeping them out of the ttl 11 1 1 f n tl to eight weeks old they become., quit i I hnrdv and can have full liberty, but no to that time tho mother turkev should b:-coiinned b:-coiinned in a large coop, and when left to run out for a short time, should be carofullv watclied to prevent her wandering wan-dering off wiih her brood into -the tall grass. Turkeys can bo hatched and raised by hens, but a turkey understands under-stands the way of the young ones and makes a bettor mother for them. A Wheel IJibber. The present is an opportune season for the repairing of tools and farm implements im-plements and, where one has an average hind of ingenuity, the making of sun- - A HOI.I.RR MARKER. dry Lirm and household cou.viriences.'. In tlie accompanying illustration is shown a whet-1 dibber, which Farm and Fireside tolls can be made easily and cheaply. Here are the directions; (iet a piece of maple, oak or other hard wood log. sav fifteen inches in diameter diam-eter by a foot long. Have rt turned nicely and a hole bored through for a holt to serve, as an axle. Handles-are to be attached iu the way shown in the illustration. il-lustration. " It is then a roller, and may be used tor that purpose in the garden, following after the seed sower or in any place where the use of a small roller is desirable. Inch holes are bored iu"a circle around tho roller, midway between be-tween the two ends, four inches apart, and short wooden pegs or pins- are inserted in-serted to act as dibbers. The weight of .1 ,11..- ..,..,-.., .,!, ,t . lo-.r. ,lm. ..iu i.jiiu-i p.. t,.u ........ into the soil and thus holes just right for the young onion plants are made as fa3t as a person can walk. For lettuce, celery, cel-ery, cabbago or other plants somo of these pegs or pins may be left out or removed, re-moved, and holes may thus be opened Sight or twelve inches apart.- Of course tho size of the roller should be such that the circumference is exactly three or four feet,- otherwise the pegs must be inserted nearer together or farther apart, so that their number will be divisibloby twelve. ' I. liiifrs at the Experiment Stations. A trial of- silage made , from, apple pomace as food 4'or pigs resulted unsatisfactorily un-satisfactorily at the Illinois station. The pomace? kept well and chemical analysis of it showed an apparently good composition com-position for feeding purposes, but the pigs ate very little of it. . At the Georgia station nitrogen was found to be the fnost effective element in fertilizers oh oats; cotton seed meal was the only substance that paid a good profit. The Fultz made the largest yield .of any. wheat grown, though the Walker, which i a week earlier, is considered con-sidered the most trustworthy, one' year with another. . At 'the" Illinois station two trials were made, in each .of which two pigs were fed soaked corn -aud two others dry corn, with, uo other feed. . The pigs fed soaked com ate more and gained more than those Sfed 'dry corn. In one trial they gained more and in one less in propel pro-pel tion to food eaten than those fed-dry corn. The differences were not great in either case. . The first of a series of experiments with-rye gi-jtvn for given forage in the winter has been 'reported from the Florida station. The rye was planted broadcast and, in drills on three plots on poor, sandy soil, fertilized with manure aud commercial fertilizers. Oh one plot tlje crop was cvrt for' fodder and on. another seven cattle and two colts weiv pastured. A considerable amount of .green forage waa easily and cheaply produced during the winter and early spring". Se.-ond Crop Potatoes. The practice of growing second crop potatoes forseed has long been practiced in the east, aud the truck growers in tlie neighborhood- of the . largo seaboard cities have found ont how valuable the product from such seed is. The knowledge knowl-edge and its benefits are spreading to the west. By this method both earlir.ess and better quality of tuber are secured. Farmers' Review. |
