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Show I M ANfllaAKDEN." MATTEdS or INTBriEST TO AomcuLTUniaTs. Rra rp-to-lt lllals Atmnt Cat- Italian ot lb Soil D, V,,, T!,ertn( llarlUallurt, Ullt-atmr ami riotleiiUar- Co Teas and aja ,,. Tor Kertlllier. The value uf these two crop aa a fertiliser ia largely duo to their high per rent of nitrogen and, further, upon the fact that though they prefer good land ther will grow on cither eand or clay Hut la too pour to rale anything else." A tho root are amall and nearly five-sixths of the plant Is above ground the stubble alono does not enrich the ground a much a do the rorrespond-Ing rorrespond-Ing parts of alfalfa and of lover Sown for fertilizer, the crop ibnuld be plowed under, or, belter yet, bour,-,! down or pastured oft before plowing They aro Indifferent to fertilisers, rxcept the superphosphates. Yield. Ithodo Island retorts yields of two or three tons of dry nutter of cow pea and atlghtly less of soji beans. Delawaro report but a little over one ton per acre of cow pea Ixiulalona over one and one-half 16ns and South Carolina over three and one-half tons of dry matter to which ten per cent should ba added to express It In terms of hay, Ohio reports but one and one-ball one-ball ton of green foliate, but the land waa poor. Tho yield uf serds varies greatly In different localities, with dif ferent varieties and with time ot plant Ing. In general, cow peas and soja beans are capable of about equal yield In seeds, tho former tending to excel in the Houth and tho latter In the North, IJolh yield more In drills than when aown broadcast; late planting tends to Increase aeed production and early planting to exceaalvo development of stem and leaf. Ot the many varieties of cow peas, the amall upright growers are most prolific In seed aud ths so-called so-called trailers, of longer growth, yield meet of forage. Yields' ot seed, report-el report-el vary from ten or twelve bushels to as high aa thirty-seven per acre, though twenty-five bushels Is a good yield of cow peaa and twentyof soja beans, Varletlca. The two common varieties . of soja beans aro the Illaek Medium and tho Karly While, or Improved White, Of theee the first seems to glv the ranker growth of vine and the latter tho heavier yield ot seed. Tho sixty or moro varletlca of cow pea differ greatly In character of growth. In amount of vine, la yield of I seed, and In tho lime required ,frp,io seeding to maturity. Some of the smaller varletlca called "bunch'' vafl-I vafl-I Ilea s-o entirely upright, lke soja . beans, others called "trailer" send out I long trailing vine fifteen or twenty , feet long, and still others called Tun, ners" send out upright stalks which afterward af-terward from extreme development resume re-sume a borlxonlal position. The real trailers produco a heavy growth ot vine, but the crop la difficult to aecure with the mower, which ride onr many'ot the lowcal vine, leaving them attached both to the around anil tn lHa fanu,l mass of vine about them. Decapae ot this, tho so-called runners ard preftrred aa Ulng easier to cut clean1 from the ground. A few varieties will live In tho ground over winter In the aouthern state and come up the succeeding spring. The following supposed facta will be of value to the prospective grower: (t) means txalllng (r) running; run-ning; (e) erect. Very Karly -Sixty or seventy day; hew Krea (r), Chocolate (r); Congo (rj. Vacuum (r). While Cllant (rj. Early. Whlppoorwlll (e), Hed I Crowder (r), Granite (r). Medium, Coffee (e), Large Lady r). Tony (r). ..?,,,-n,,ek Ejre (r)' Kltlng (r), Whlto Crowder (r), Very Late. Unknown (or Wonderful) (a), Illaek (r), Illue Hull (r), I'urple Hull Crowder (r). Clay (e), Conch (t), Ootird (r), Calico (r), quadroon (e), lleddlng (r), Hod Nipper (r), lllco (r), Bpeckled Crowder (r). North Carolina prefcra Unknown and Illaek for yield of cither forage or aeed. Clay for poor laud and Itcd Nipper for dry, aandy land Nearly all except the northern at place Unknown first and Ulack a d for general use, that l, for both eed and vine. The Clay tecommended for poor soils baa much vine, but Is a poor bearer. The Illue Is amall, with few vine, but a good bearer. bear-er. Whlppoorwlll I an early variety of great excellence, but Is a "bunch" pea with few vine. Culture. Kltber of the crop will grow on almost any laud that la not too wcl, and may be aown broadcast at tho rate of one-half to two bushels per acre, using least seed with the trailing trail-ing or running varieties. They may also bo planted Iu drills ot convenient distance for cultivating, plantlug the eed five or six Incbc apart In the row, In which case a bbsbel of soja beans will plant about four acres, and of cow peas four to six,' according to the variety. The yield of seed will be best from drills, but the culture la cheaper when sawn broadcast on ground well prepared a, for corn, In which caio ths crop now takes posit-slon posit-slon ot tho ground to the exclusion ot weeds. In the Houth cow pea are frequently fre-quently nown In corn at the last cultl. valine. In general, the best time to plant I Immediately after corn, though much-dspends much-dspends on the variety, and upon the fact" that the late planting favor seed formation, partlculrty witn cow peaa. In all cae avoid cultivation when the vine are wet Source of Seed. Seed can be purchased pur-chased from any reliable seedsman, and at prices ranging from 75 cents up, according ac-cording to the locality and other dr-cimstance. dr-cimstance. Southern seedsmen seem to pay most attention to varieties. It Analyses. Prof. Tersons, In hla bulletin oa "A Chemical Study ol Some Tropical Bolls," In speaklnc f the value ot a chemical analysis, says: There Is probably prob-ably no one subject In connection with their profession that Is so little understood under-stood by farmer generally aa that of the real value to be attached to a ehem-leal ehem-leal analysis. Indeed, I may say that there I scarcely a question that 1 the aubject of so much discussion and disagreement, dis-agreement, even among the agricultural agricultur-al chemist of the country a that of the real Importance to be attached to such an anal) sis. One lino ot authorities, authori-ties, headed by Dr. Illlgard, tho dlree tor ot tho California experiment sti Hon, relies most strongly upon such nn, analysis, whllo other, of perhaps equal, prominence, at least In other line, do not place so much reliance upon It. All grec, however, that something I to be gslned by a careful chemical study of a oil liven thosfl who do not agree wholly with Illlgard concede that, whilst n chemical analysis falls to Indicate In-dicate the exact degree of nvallablllty of aoll constituents. It will at least reveal re-veal the approximate total quantity of tha several constituents present (heroin, (hero-in, and In this Indicating cither the sufficiency suf-ficiency or deficiency of the several soil essentials, It proves Itself very helpful to the agriculturist, even though It does fall to show tho exact degrre of availability of a alngle soil constituent. It must bo conceded thst If It does this only, a chemical analysis Is of sufficient Importance to warrant Ita being undertaken, under-taken, for It It can tell a farmer that his soil contnlns n sufficient quantity of one element and I probably entirely lacking In another. It at least afford, him a rational basis for Inaugurating a series ot practical soil-test experts menta with fertilisers that will enable him to answer the question definitely and Ihua save himself the risk ot purchasing pur-chasing and applying certain fcrtlllters' on a particular anil that are not needed by It and that would prove a useless expenditure If applied, It will be seen that tha weak point In an analysis Is thst, while It reveals what a soil actually actu-ally contain and In what proportions the ssveral constituents are present. It dors not state with absolute accuracy Juat bow much ot that plant food Is In, sn available form, that Is, In a form suited for plant assimilation. This U an Important matter, for, other things belpg equal, the actual productiveness of any aoll will depend not so much upon the total amount ot plant food It contains a upon the proportion of that food which la In an available form. And until It Is possible for nn analysts to reveal with much accuracy the degree ot availability of any plant food essen tial. It cannot be aald that chemical .methods aro entirely perfected and'ea-pablo and'ea-pablo of furnishing Information In all frapecta aatlafactory. It Is encouraging .Id tvjt lh,at many cbemlsta are at the present time engiged In perfecting 'methods with this object In view. It frequently happens that when soils i sre barren their failure to produco Is title 'to tlfe'presence of certain poison ous substance, such a aulphateor aut-phld aut-phld ot Iroq. When auch la the cue, a chemical analysis will reveal tha fact and chemlatry will provide a remedy, Roll for Tears-Clay Tears-Clay soil Is considered beat' for pear culture, and still It should not be too tmaclous and atlcky, A pear orchard will not thrlvo so well, aay Orecn's Fruit Orower, on any aoll that ha nut a clay subsoil. Next to a friable clay loam, a gravel loam It most desirable. A light, sandy soil I the least deelrablt of any, and yet pear can bo grown on ssndy soil. Standard pear can bt planted twenty to thirty feet apart, according ac-cording to circumstances and habit ot growth. It planted thirty feet apart, dwart peara can be planted between the row each way. I prefer a standard stand-ard par for general orchard culture, for Hit reason that tbey require Ins fertility and cultivation, and for the further reason that they aro longer lived liv-ed and mako larger and mors permanent perma-nent tree. Whrn the question cam up for a vote, however, before the Western New York Horticultural aocle-ty, aocle-ty, wo found that the dwarf pear was, Hit favorite for orchard planting or for garden. Dwarf pear have tha advantage advan-tage ot coming Into earlier bearing. The dwarf pear Is not short lived. It require moro pruning and more attention atten-tion than the standard pear. Many varletlca va-rletlca do better on the dwarf pear than on the standard. I should not locate a pear orchard or any other orchard In a low piece of ground. I should locate on a, hillside. The pear la easily transplanted. trans-planted. I transplant several thousand every spring, and they do not lots on an avaraga one out of one hundred tree. Pear trco come Into bearing earlier than the apple. Intensive Culture. In Prance, according ac-cording to authorities who criticise Ca-nadlan Ca-nadlan agriculture from this standpoint, stand-point, the art of ferllllilng the aoll It carried lo auch an extent that, In cast or tenant farming, the tenant usually reserves the right to carry the surface ot the toll ot hla farm or garden away with him on the expiration of hi leas. This Is the mora practicable la that country because of excelest means ot communication, the usual smallnes of the lot cultivated, and the faet that thp Trench peasantry seldom sel-dom wander far from the neighborhood In which they were born. Tho returns from single acre of land cultivated In the vicinity of Pari by Iba highest de-greet de-greet oMilttutlvt tillage oflen amount to eight or even ten fold more than tht returns from an aero of land on a Canadian farm. ltural Canadian, Tha sunahlne of Southern California la being put to practical uao by meana of a solar water heater, wblcU la being largely used In that section. It beau water by the sun's ray, aud by Ita use hot water may be had for n bath and other domestic purpose at all hour ot lb day and night, tha Invention working automatically. It It claimed that after the apparatus It once In there la not a cent of expenae, nor need a minute of tlma be devoted to IU |