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Show There 1 Trobbry no crop largely rgrown that 7lelde a better proflt than 'the potato crop Yet tbe per acre yield throughout tbe country ti small, dot Terr largely to poor methods In handling han-dling tbe toll, Tbe potato accommodates accommo-dates Itself to man Tarletles ot aolt and to all kinds ot culture, Perhapi this fact It taken advantage ot to too treat an extent, and not enougb caro used In anjr part of the procett ot producing pro-ducing the crop. When ire consider that more tban 1,000 bushels ot potatoes pota-toes bate been raited on an acre In different dif-ferent parts ot tbo country, and thst lets tban 100 bushels Is the ordinary 'yield, we are forced to believe that we are not using all of our poatlble advantages. ad-vantages. The tint requisite It well-prepared land, drained It It so requires. This good preparation means plowing deep enougb to admit of tbe fullest growth of root. Whatever may be eald against deep plowing yet It certainly has a tendency to send the roots down beyond be-yond the summer drouth, which Is often a thing ot great Importance. The writer remembers a little corner In a potato patch In which coal ashes had been thrown. Tbe ground thus In- creased In depth gave moisture to tbs plants when la all other parts of the patch they were dying for lack ot moisture. Tbe probable reason was that In that part the soil waa so porous that the roots had been able to'slrlke deep and to reach Into a stratum ol continuous moisture. This Is not to advocate the use ot coal ashes a a fertiliser fer-tiliser for potatoes, but to Illustrate the principle by which a loose soil permits the penetration of roots. As to hllllnr there Ii areat diversity of opinion. We know that It la becoming be-coming quite popular to advocate the doing away ot the old style of hilling, hill-ing, and to ssy that tbe Idea of hilling hill-ing was a barbarous one, originating among the bogs ot Ireland, Tbe whole settlement of the question mutt depend de-pend on circumstances. Borne varieties have to bo hilled anyway, unless we expect to have some of the potatoes on top ot the ground. Tbe question of moisture runs Into that ot hilling. A certain man soma years ago abandoned the hilling process and planted all of his potatoea on the level. It happened to be an exceptionally wet eummer and tbe entire crop was damaged by lying too much In the water. Hilling would have done some good In this case. Intpoelloo r llllooli Orchards. The state legislature passed during , its rooent session a law requiring the atate entomologist to Inspect all Illinois Illi-nois nuraerlca once each year, and In all cases wbtre tbeso are found free from dangerous Intccla and fungous dlseato to Issue certificates to this effect ef-fect upon payment by nurserymen ot the actual expenses of Inspection. Tbe sale or shipment of nursery stock without with-out such certificate ot Inspection will .... be Illegal after Julr-1. - llyJtho,amo ssfcjgPWIwPPj w tn, entomologist. Is required lodls-' lodls-' Infect, at the expense of appropriations made for the purpose, all Illinois orchards or-chards now Infested by tbe San Joss scale. The office of the state entomologist, entomol-ogist, which has been by common content con-tent of tbe parties concerned located at the University ot Illinois since 1834. It now permanently established there by law. Ban Jose Scale Abroad. Dr, Frank, ono of tbe most noted aclsntlsts ot Germany, recently presented a paper on tbe Ban Jose scale before the Der-lln Der-lln Horticultural Society. In view of tbe attitude taken by Germany and Frame toward American fruit Impor tations and tbe scale, his conclusions are of Interest, soya Country Gentleman. Gentle-man. He says tbere are two species of scale In Oermsny which have besn thought possibly Identical with tht San Jose Insect, but that bis Investigations Investi-gations prove their distinctness, lis quotes American entomologist at say-lag say-lag that the San Jose scale produces throe broods yearly, each old female breeding about COO young. Dr. Frank kowever, has satisfied himself that only one generation of about to la produced. pro-duced. He thinks It questionable whether the Ban Jose teals can live la Europe at all. We reeptstfally suggest sug-gest that tbe Germans and Frenchmen aond a discreet man aplsce to America to tee the Ban Jose scale, and learn something about It Clover aad Timothy Hay, Clover Miles cut before It reaches tbe blossoming blos-soming stage will have wkea dried frem seven to ten per cent of albuminoids, al-buminoids, which makes It a vary nutritious ration. Timothy, wkea In Its best estate, which la a little before It has blossomed, bss only about four to five per cent of albuminoids. If It atands until dead ripe most of tbste are changed to woody fibre, which Is very hard to digest. The second growth of clover Is much richer than tbe first. It It bard to cure It without discoloring from excessive fermentation. fermenta-tion. If secured In good ordsr It should be saved for young stock and for poultry, to be ted to each In small amounts with otber feed. Ex. , Science ot Cheesemaklni. There are many branches of science that art Intricate In-tricate and very difficult to acquire and understood, and If there Is one more difficult than another tbe .manufacture .manu-facture ot cheeae seems to be that one. When we consider tht bidden power of rennet action, the active effect of fermentation and bacterial Influences, the varied unknown conditions ot milk as received at cheese factorlse and tbe Intricate combinations that any or all of these form to effect tbe final result, re-sult, we see the many difficulties the cheesemaker must overcome. D, M. McPberson. Cleanliness In tbe poultry yard and houses Is tbe key to success; the lack of It Invites all kinds of diseases. Keep tbe cow clean and comfortable. , Whitewash the stable twice a year. |
