| Show FARM AND GARDEN MATT nB OP INTBttEST TO AORICULTUt1STB Fume rIlIlt Mints About CIIIa ton nt 1M Boll n4 11 Thr UIIalla fife allots and UI allure lion limnutlon UK Alabama expe ducal station hast has-t been ranking some 1 t experiments In In e titillating Ihe boll I t wdh tubercles that I I 1J Ire peculiar allies IIr the leguminous tl1 G plnnts A full re b Ir It I given In A bull lift 87 The summary Is as tel ows owCow Cow peas cloven vetches end other plants known truumlnous plants or legumeswhen plowed under enrich the soil by adding nitrogen a large proportion of which they have obtain tolncd ttrft the atmosphere Theenlargcinenu or tubercle on the roots are the rncini by which the free nltro cn6f the air Ii made available to leguminous plants If time tubercles are wanting on leguminous plant the nitrogen of the ilr Ii unavailable to that plant Jut si III Ii to cotton grand and all other higher pUnts that are not leguminous On some soils these normal tubercles do not develop on the roots of such lo fumes aa have never before been grown In that locality The growth of tubercles tub-ercles can be Induced by adding certain cer-tain germs to tin soil a process which Is called Inoculation In Alabama the cow pea Ii I the most generally satisfactory renovating plant for summer growth There Is I olio need for winter growing leguminous plants such as hairy vetch and crimson clover clov-er to occupy the land In winter between be-tween two sale crops In carrier to decrease de-crease washing sod leaching of the soil and to add vttttable matter rich In nitrogen Hairy vetch without fertilizer yielded yield-ed on a field when this plant had been repeatedly grown 17705 pounds ot green forage or 4174 pounds ol bay per acre On a Held when hairy vetch had never before been grown and where the fertilizer applied contained phoi pborlo acid and potash but no nitrogen nitro-gen the yield was only 235 pounds ot hay per acre on adjoining and similar sim-ilar plot the seed for which were Inoculated In-oculated with earth from an old vetch Held the yield of hay was 2MO pounds an Increase ot 855 per cent following a treatment which coil nothing except u small amount ot labor On the Inoculated In-oculated plot the plants were well supplied sup-plied with tubercles while on the plot not treated the plants were bare of tubercles A germ fertilizer Intended to make available the fret nltroien ot Iho air by Inducing the growth ot tubercles on legumes grown In loll not already stocked with the proper forms of germ life was purchased In tlermany and used In Auburn In pot experiment with hairy vetch Canada field peas and eflmion clover Inoculation with this germ fertilizer or nitrogen greatly Increased the yields lit all of these plants as compared with untreated pleats This Increase In the weight ot Inoculated In-oculated plants after thorough dryIng dry-Ing was ns follows Hairy vetch Increased by 89 percent per-cent Canada Held peas Increased by US per cent Crimson clover young plants Increased In-creased by 140 per cent Lupins tested on only one soil not Increased Germ fertilizer prepared for vetch was effective on Canada field peas Inoculation material procured without with-out cash outlay acted like nitrogen and greatly Increased the yields of hairy vetch and alfalfa Boll from n Held where a given leguminous le-guminous plant has recently been successfully suc-cessfully grown Is I an effective Inoculating Inocula-ting material for the same kind of plant when first sown In a soil not already al-ready naturally supplied with the required re-quired form of germ life The dust adhering to the seed of bur I clover was an effective Inoculating material for alfalfa Ibo Increase In the first cutting of alfalfa hay following follow-ing this Inoculation was 336 per cent Inoculation lot cow peas and leipcd ezn was apparently unneccnary In the soils used In them experiments In or near all of three soils these two plants have been growing for years Hence we may Infer that these solli bavo been previously Inoculated uy gcrmlailcu dust or by some other natural agency In a sbll which for many years had borne no leguminous plants tubercles developed without Intentional Inoculation Inocula-tion on hairy vetch Canada field peas crimson clover and lupins as well as on cuw peat and Jespcdeza This soil was more nearly Independent ot Inoculation In-oculation than hny other soil tested and yet < vun onrtbU soil the Increase In the weight of Inoculated I plants over WIla t plants not Inoculated t was 38 per cent with hairy vetch 68 per cent wlth Canada Can-ada field peas and 79 per cent with trims clover Many tolls are t t naturally + Inoculated as regards the most commonly grown leguminous plants and blnce are not benefited by artificial 1 Inoculation MArt Almost J Itl Bulletin iG Alabama Hjptrlmnnt Station In the Inspection of various nurseries made In 1 Alabama this spring several facts oMnterest regarding fhis peat were opted In niirierles where all stock was kept moving every thru years Here wereno ale of vldept Infestation among the agree trees Although on some ol these places ap 0 pIe trees In old onhnrds and the old wood of pear grafting stock titer five yean of age bore the San Jose settle 1 was told by experienced nurserymen that It would be entirely practicable to move also all blocks of grafting stock every three years On the pias above mentioned this plan will be followed fol-lowed and Ibo orchards removed un tire All of which will practically preclude pre-clude the poulblllty of the San Joie or any other scale gaining a foothold In these nurseries Acting on my advice ad-vice all the nurserymen visited and most ol the larger nurseries In the state were Inspected have undertaken thorough methods of fumigation Thus while the first move will protect the nurserymen the fumigating will still further protect purchasers of stock rood Plants Other Than Fruit Trees The question Is I often asked as to what tree other than the fruit trees Ibo Ban Jose scale will attack Webster Web-ster In Ohio has found It on Haas wood or Linden Storage Kim Walnut Willow several Poplars Catalpa Chestnut Osage Orange and Snowball A specimen ul Calorimeter coming from a Long Island nursery and sent to Webster for examination was found to be very badly Infested Varieties of Fruits Possessing Immunity Im-munity Inquiries have frequently come to me Da to whether there were any varieties of the various fruits possessing pos-sessing Immunity from the attacks ot this pest I hate heard ot but one and that was reported by Webster He says The Early Richmond Cherry I believe to be exempt from attack as I have found trees whose branches Interlocked In-terlocked with those of a pear that had been killed by the scale yet the cherry Will unlnfested and In two cases that came under my observation where this variety of cherry had been grafted upon raahaleb stock and shoots had sprung up from below tho craft the shoots were badly Infested with scale while none at all could be found on the trees themselves Long hlan4 Cranberries The cranberry growers ot the eastern east-ern end of Lung island are now harvesting har-vesting the crop of 1857 which prom lies to be an unusually large one The berries are also very fine being large and sound and have an excellent flavor This section ot the Iiland has quite a number of marshes mall all ot them being under constant cultivation and growing large quantities ot berries Long Island cranberries always fins a ready market and at a good figure The price paid this year will undoubtedly be at least U per bushel A cranberry marsh needs little or no fertilizer tin I most essential point being to Bee that the marsh Is flooded with water at he right time and drawn off with equal preclilon In consequence ot this there Is I very little labor and less I Mill ol I capital needed In conducting a cranberry cran-berry marsh after the ground Is I prepared pre-pared the plants set out and the marsh Is I In growing condition This of cause Ii I expected during the harvestIng harvest-Ing period l when for Iho space of six weeks or two months the owner Is I busy looking after his crop The largest cranberry grower on the Island la I Sylvester I Syl-vester N Woodhull of lUmheaJ About twelve years ago he prepared twentyfive acres of seemingly valueless value-less low land as a cranberry geld and It now yields as great a profit as any equal acreage In Suffolk county This year Mr Woodhull will spend about 2000 In harvesting his crop while asa as-a return he will secure upward ot 19 000 Long Islander Value ol amen frail Ripe apples are especially health and children may eat them without danger Some doctors say that an apple ap-ple at bedtime produces sleep guys Central States Fruit Grower Peats are more savory than apples but not so healthy unless cooked Prunes have medical qualities which cannot be denied They are better cooked however Apricots are also more healthy rooked than raw Poaches an very healthy The most healthy nl all fruit however are grapes COB gumption has been cured by grape when every other remedy has failed Cherries may be eaten as they frequently fre-quently restore health and strength to the weak Strawberries though a cold fruit have a virtue of healing rhoumn Him Gooseberries nod currants are best cooked Figs art also excellent They were In great favor with ancUnt Roman ladles who always ate them before breakfast Pineapples are said to be the best cure fur dyspepsia yet known Nuts of all kind are Indigestible Indi-gestible Orange are also excellent asa as-a euro for dyspepila Lemons produce checrfulneis and prolong life VLoorl Stale llurlliullurat 1arltlr The fortieth annual meeting of tin society will bo held In Moburly Mo I December 7 8 and 91897 In the cdurt house Prospects point to our usual good meeting here and we wish to urge all our earnest fruit growers to arrange for the meeting and be tblra Some ot the belt men ot tho state will el tll olrelll attend and It will pay oo get their experience Premiums will be given on all flints find llowen andwe uViio you to lave good specimen of < ap > Usv for that dIJI1lay l Hnllruads have promised us farce provldlnc oooJiuttJ drcd holiUertlnoatest hence It Is Pea csiary that you secure certificate when you buy your tickets Hotels will give rate ol It ptyl plV per day Somp promlpent fruit grgwurs of other UtMwJll be present A xooilprtfJ1 gramma la In preparation nd you 3atiJ DOtnftordito miss thli meeting > I ry U A Goodman Secretary h Cattle and arasSTae tornta who cenerJ nla hope In cattle anlVaw Vlll havti n mu 11 more tv n anijsdiii I fActor t < cAiirso + ofomhlm tjmutheoa + f wbQ depend mainly Qp ullflcuikto na e lale ha will not anti i qh so difficult to keep up his landEx t won should rnmo In tiilrjlnt There Is I a great deal of rt fclc in6 travannt advice given In regard to the advantages of dairying over other phases ol agricultural production BAY a writer In Southern Farm Gazette While good profits are being made by many dairymen It remains a fact thai a great dent ol the dairying practiced does not pay as well as some other tines ot work might Where a man live near a good market and posses tea the ability to properly manage a dairy we know of no business that offers of-fers more pleasant or profitable work b but few men are fitted for dairy work and not many women are likely to fancy the drudgery and attention required re-quired to operate a dairy successfully The man who engages In the dairy business and expects to make a living out of It without work Is I almost certain cer-tain to be dlmppolnted With good facilities careful and conitant attention atten-tion and a special fitness for the bull UIM a fair profit may be expected On the other hand white some are sure to make a sitrccs of It under the most adverse conditions others will as certainty cer-tainty fall under the mOlt favorable circumstances Where dairying tan be made malt profitable and where It should be most encouraged Ii on the farms where mixed farming Is I prac lied A few cows can be nmlo to pay handsomely on any ordinary farm and besides will afford one ot the rarest but greatest luxuries good milk and butler for family use Corn Suits h Corn ridair Director K II Voorhees et the New Jersey experiment station hu made careful comparative tests ot com All age and field dried corn fodder for milk and butter production with following results 1 That the roil of harvcrtlng storing stor-ing and preparing the dry matter contained con-tained In corn was greater In the form of silage than In the form of dried fodder fod-der 2 That the changes that occur In the composition of silage were not such as to decrease Its feeding value In a greater degree than those which occur In the process ol dry tearing corn lodder I > That lor milk and butttr production produc-tion the feeding value of the dry matter mat-ter of the allege was greater than that of the dried fodder corn The yield of milk was 121 per cent greater and the I yield ot butter fat 101 per cent greater 4 At one cent per pound for the milk produced the value of the corn crop was near 110 per acts greater when fed In the form ot silage rather than In the form ol dry fodder This test was from a field of fifteen fif-teen acres that yielded only 1123 tons of silage to the acre From this It will be seen that when one has ten acres ota ot-a fair growth ol corn 1125 tons It would pay for a hundred dollar silo the first year to ensile It Instead ot feeding It dry Sometimes a little figuring fig-uring on correct data reveals lIom bad Ink holes In ones ttrnilati opera lions 1lnl Water for roses la sheep As we are all having morn or less trouble with our sheep and lambs being be-ing off condition and generally scourIng scour-Ing In many cases going so far aa to cause Ibo loss of hilt the lamb crop In this county and as my experience maybe may-be of some benefit to some brother sheepman I thought I would send It to you writes D Dement In American Sheep Breeder Alter trying all the old remedies used before with success and HIM the trouble Increasing and lambs dying I finally thought of trying try-ing lime water Knowing that to be a great agent for purifying the stomach stom-ach at times when every other tried remedy had failed I began using lime air slacked rock lime Jut as well or better Put one quart of lime In trough and pump on say fifty gallons water then let settle and water sheep off the top as the strength decreases Oil up with new lime The sheep scouring were feverish and drank heartily therefore the remedy went where needed most The effect was magical all began Improving at once the offensive smell disappeared and only toil one weak lamb after using lime All are eating fine and appear to be gaining I dont know what effect ef-fect lime would have on Intestinal worm If any but I do know how It worked with the scours There has been quite a loss ul lamb In this county coun-ty In sumo cases CO per cent dying Uran too washy hot days wet nights causing cold worms and general weakening of sheep S D Msddock Champaign County IIIThe corn exhibited by me at the state fair was planted May 20 on fall plowed land on which were spread fifteen fif-teen loads of manure It was disced three times before planting and harrowed har-rowed four tunes and twlco after planting It was worked twice with a cultivator It was planted In rows three leet six Inches apart and drilled every eight tactics This acre yielded 108 bushels and fiftyfive rounds but with a favorable year I am confident that It would have made overoo buthels per ncro Quohall of tbo stalks did not ear out on account ol the dry weather and July 10 U blew down as lIaUA roller bad passed qvr II r + Wai f Adaptabilities Professor LIb L-Ib tynIt In possible that each distinct type of fruit varieties has preferences pref-erences of land and location and It will be the business of coming genera lluiis tu determine what these pecul jarllliM are Ho thinks that In I time touiland special I torts will tend to f t drive out of local 1 culture general and cosmopolitan varieties He Tnt annual irepott > of jths third so militant postmaster general shows that expenditures exceed rfcolpti JjYUI 411779 s If s t Do not Iced corn during hot weather |
