| Show FARM AND GARDEN MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AOniCULTUIIISTS 5000 Cp lo dale hints Alms Cnlllti lion at lhs Roll sad VUld Thereat llorlltnltatis tllltnllBrt uU florl raltttra N response In notice eallnI J I no-tice sent out for I I 1 sample lest germination of corn to r sixtytwo have f i a been tested from various parts of Iralr the state Oerril t nation touts ln1l rate that the crop of 1899 he I not AI bad as has generally I gener-ally been supposed It gerul nates well where It has brim kept In dry place A few tttn ire here given Calico corn an early maturing variety sated at cribbing time two germination test were made FIrst teat 9133 per cent In laboratory second lest In greenhouse > H per cent Yellow Dent collected In 1S93 and kept In crib since time of collection termination Drat test In laboratory 100 per cent second test In greenhouse < green-house 100 per tint Sweet corn crop of 1893 In shock over winter one ear none germinated second eariOO per cent Calico corn crop of 1893 gathered after frost kept over chicken coop during dur-ing winter tint test laboratory 100 I per cent second teat greenhouse 90 per cent Tho latter probably In mid die of shock White Dent 1S9S stored In corn rrlb collected rather early first test laboratory labor-atory K per cent second test greenhouse green-house 91 per cent Same variety 1896 Oral test laboratory 100 per cent see coil test gntnhouie OS per cent White Dent 1193 gathered alter frost kept In crib first test 100 percent per-cent Same variety collected under same conditions crop of 1S90 first test laboratory IS per rent second test greenhouse 100 per cent Calico corn closed crib 1S9S germ < nation first test laboratory test II per cent second test greenhouse 100 per cent flume variety corn 1190 open crib so that rain entered In from top germination first test In laboratory 112 per cent second lest In greenhouse lG per cAit Same variety corn of lUG but In D closed crib first test In laboratory labor-atory CO per cent second test In greenhouse green-house 41 per cent Tbo pop corn seed of Got and 1191 have shown a high percentage t < germination ger-mination One hundred per cent got minating Sweet corn liar not germinated ger-minated AI well These germination tests Indicate that all corn kept In open cribs or shock whore rain bAl had easy access should not be used for planting Seed kept In dry places germinates well 10 that farmer need not purchase expensive seed The changeable condl lion ot moisture and drying greatly Injuring the capacity for termination Corn may show a high percentage of germination In laboratory and yet fell to germinate well In the field If the weather Is I warm and toll hu a scull dent Quantity of water the laboratory and field test will nearly coincide but with a soil soaked with water and cold weather there will be a considerable loss L II Pammel Dotantit Iowa Experiment Station t Hufir lIul Hull The query that present Itself to most people when the matter of growIng grow-Ing sugar beet J Is presented Is I what kind of soil I best for them Tbl may be replied la In a general way by the statement that any moderately fertile fer-tile rill such u wilt grow wheat corn potatoes cotton etc will be found suited to sugar beets and even soil too salty or alkaline to grow heat crop will produce good beet Bugs beets have been found a good crop to plant upon soils somewhat alkaline with a view of Improving the loll this crop having been found valuable for exlracllng and removing alkali In small quantities Kxpcrlments liars been made with growing upon extremely ex-tremely light sandy soil and upon heavy adobe and clay soils upon very sterile nnd fertile oils with result leading to the conclusion that extreme In all those classes of loll should be avoided while medium soli of all kind give satisfactory yield One of Ibo essential Is I that tho soil shall Immure depththat Is It must be of a frlabl nature to the depth of a foot or more Another Is I that there shall bo no hardpan pan near tho surface A calcareou soil has been found to produce the greatest bier cent of sugar In too rich a loll the beets grow too largo bare little augur and grow too much leave In a poor soil the beet may be rich In sugar but the yield will be too small to bo n paying crop In a wet soil the beet aro too largo and contain nn Insufficient In-sufficient amount of sugar A drart of water product a small crop am woody structure A heavy clay or adobe is I not loose enough to be easily worked and require too much care In I Irrigating nnd cultivating to give good returns The report of experiment show that In Wisconsin the richest beets were obtained from a fertile cloy loam In Washington thn best result were obtained from a soil Intermedia between a clay loam and n andy loam In Bouth Dakota a ilarlt sandy loam and clay loam gave tho most satlifac toy crop In Nebraska Ibo brat crop are grown upon n sundy loam In ICnn BS the host rwultn are hump a loam In Iowa n dark loom proven JoeL In Indiana moet arable land cave alou equally good results though n moder ntety randy loam seemwl rulbr better than others Firm these mulls 1111 Ideal soil for the iu ur beet may bo called n rooderauly fertile rather porous por-ous deep sandy loam with a porno ellJllOIIWIJ glowu Dwil In Ilul Kiln N Arluna Ixprriment tallou A toeeltsr leaetlee The Washington Star of the 13th Init makes a vigorous and just protest pro-test against tho practice ot the treasury department compromising oleo preventions say Chicago Pro duce It la I the practice ot the government govern-ment officials when a dealer Is I a r rratwl for violating the Internal revenue rev-enue law to give him every opportunity oppor-tunity to pay his fine and escape prosecution thus making his olenx disagreeable to him In no way except ex-cept In the loss of a certain amount of money the aggregate of which may not bo as great M one month profits from his fraudulent practices In tho case of ono retailer In Chicago Chi-cago who wa recently apprehended for Illegally citing oleomargarine Ihe Internal revenue collector simply sim-ply called him up secured from him an offer to compromise aDd forwarded for-warded this offer to Washington for approval of the treasury department depart-ment If the offer Is accepted be will suffer no further Inconvenience from this case and the public will be none the wiser ltlscaee will not serve aa an example for other offender of-fender U will bo necessary for he preiecutor to hunt up Individ ml cue and prosecute each sopar itely The star put It very pointedly and very justly In an editorial of erne length In which It says There Is I grave doubt whether the principle of compromise sa applied to criminal aim operates to the advantage of he community by the discouraging of crime It has even been asserted by some observer that compromise tend 10 foster daring operation In defiance of the law specially when no que lon exists AI to nulll and conviction I within reach In the cast ot the lending oleomargarine prosecution he officials of the Internal revenue bureau acknowledge that they are now considering the advisability ot ircepUng an offer mad by the al legal violator of the law prohlbll ng the sale u butter ol Imitation of > that product who propose to pay a 1 heavy sum In consideration of the dropping of the case against them This method of settling proceedings under the law la I permitted by the statute and Involve no Impeachment Impeach-ment of personal Integrity but It is I a i serious question whether the beat purposes of the law are furthered by acquiescence In such suggedlons The chief purpose of tho penalties provided by the law is I not to mulct Ihe offender to the enrichment of the treasury but to dlicoursgo further violation vio-lation The people ol the district and others who suffer from the operation of three dealer In Imitation of butler who persist In marketing their product prod-uct no the genuine article are not concerned In the least In tho state ol Ibo fraud fund of the Internal revenue rev-enue office Into which these compromise compro-mise payment ore paid but they art deeply Interested In he success of he effort to tamp out the frauds and to this end they hope to Ie the law relentlessly re-lentlessly applied and the just penal oJ lies Incurred exacted to the letter when conviction I are obtained An offender who f < coaddmt securing an agalt2 r 0 re Ul will not generally offer to com promise t pro-mise and such an offer may be taken as fairly good evidence that bo fear conviction It he anticipate benefit from the lack of positive proof or from the Interference of some technicality he will save his funds and defy the officer of-ficer of the law to pronecut him Ills offer to pay a large sum oven when more In amount than the fine that would be Imposed In cose of conviction convic-tion would not serve the full pur pose of tho law which also call for a term of Imprisonment It U this latter mode of punishment which II I most likely to deter an evildoer from a repetition of tile crime Th money fine may only bn partially representative representa-tive of the profit of the Illegal practice prac-tice at which the law aim and n system of fine without Imprisonment would practically amount to llcenslnn a fraudulent business The Imprisonment Imprison-ment Is I dreaded by violators and along a-long as there le I lie beast opportunity to secure conviction which will result In the application of this penalty all offers of compromise should bo rejected reject-ed If however there1 should be enough doubt ot success In mass ot active ac-tive prosecution to warrant the acceptance accept-ance of a compromise offer the line exacted In this way should be large enough lo put a heavy premium ou good 1 behavior In the future Tills comproraljo feature of time Internal 1 revenue law to I one ot he crootcst obstacle In the way of enforcing en-forcing the oleomargarine net New Asparagus might Professor Myron n llalstcod I of the Iluiger College Col-lege Experiment 1 Station give a somewhat some-what emphatic warning conn rnlng the evil results of nulect to combat the new aspurugu rust Tills boa already been reported from all the Allantlo state north ot Virginia mi much ao that no other known rust hu been so overwhelming In Its attack It Is I a fungus growth and DI It develop the field turn prematurely brown shills lime stalk thrmsUve seem blistered and ara bent lly covered with line of brown The clones icrmlnato most quickly In the warm mold weather of1 spring These roust bo destroyed liu mudlatcly nltir the sumon tutting U anon and It Is I necessary to take the udillllunil precaution to carefully burn ill brush and remnant In the fall burning Ibo flehl may do Dome damage dam-age but It Is I not h lx mlotifrd In aide that Induint by the ratax of tbo mt The v rlly Palmetto wm to be partially exernpt from attack Ex Make Varni Work Ploawnt Maka the farm work a a light and nltaunt 18 uoMtblo tqr the > mig folk remembering re-membering thai they omiux + ate It from the met > OlDi oo tin their eldrn HoutlM work U I UWMUIII I to young or old to any calling In many way can the monotony tie I atulikd Bx m 1 4 |
