Show FAK1 AND OAJIDKN MATTERS OP INTBHE8T TO AGRICULTURISTS ntno lrlnll IIInK tmoo5 Colll lion of Hi loll unit Itll Tlitrfo lIotlllIa 1100110 so4 liasi 110 It J A IIAXTKIl < of WavclandHbaw neo county Kan It v mi wbo raised aa Il m high an 101 bushels U of iholM corn per tJ arreinISSSfU1 i nishM Ibo Btato Hoard of Agrletil tir tho following T arroimt of It together to-gether wllh come of his cornraising methods In general The portion of my crop giving n yield of 101 bushel of hulked well dried SO pound nhelled corn per aero wai five acre nf 111 1 planted lout year My land li allghtly rolling prairie anti about a fair atcrage of Kansas soil with n hnnl Impervious subsoil The fire acre mentioned were at ono end of a 5nere field port of which hail been in potalor for two yean sod the I lost crop dug wllh I n Hating plow late In October which wai about equivalent to deep full plowing In tprlng Iho ground wa much like a bed of ashes It woe then deeply plowed mode line and itnooth with a plank if rag anti drilled the tint week In I Mar with a planter of medium width with n deepgrained yellow Dent corn about the saws quantity of need wni Osot ai would have been It from three lo somewhat I less than four grain had been placed In hllla the ordinary lie tanco apart This Will cultivated four times with common gong ciiltlvMori and hoed three lime IIlho last hoeing after It bad been finliheil with tho cut llvatora I am a strong believer In deep and thorough cultivation and long since learned that a good crop of corn and it rank growth of cocklebura crabgrass crab-grass and ilmllar weeds cannot occupy Ibo sumo ground at tho lame time I have not uibsallcd for previous crops but lait fall invested In n sub oiler and lined It on 15 acres I intend In-tend planting 100 urea In corn this season nnd aim lo havn It all sub oiled Am aubiolllng my fields tho narrow war first they are from 40 to iO roda wldo and 120 rod longlna deeply deep-ly ai four horse ran do the work at llttancea of two and onehalt feet Will then throw up I Inn ridge cro > nwli of nil with a lilting plow following It In each furrow with a iiibioller ni deep ni thrro hone can pull It and drill the seed Immediately In tho track of She aubtollrr Thla will Irnvo tho land lubiolled In both direction Mr whale crop for 159i avuragid cnr > Hil iih ls pirPicr yst woulil hare made 75 bushels but for an unfortunate I unfor-tunate invasIon Just at the critical time by an amino of chinch bug from an adjacent 30arro field ot oats With proper treatment of our soils nnd thorough thor-ough cultivation I am at the opinion that lu all favorablo lonnonn inch ni last wo ihould raise from 75 to 100 bushel of corn per acre iintiad of the mnro common 25 to W bulimia l I am always careful to avoId cultivating when mite land la I very net antI think many farmers make a icrloua mistake by working their corn when Site loll cleaves front tho ihovela In chunk Tho aim la I likely to then bake the ground and tha tirowth loiea Its bright healthy green and turni n sickly j el low 1 U Coliurn Oli e5 555 for Irrn ludilrn Iurdue University Agricultural Kx pertinent itatlon bulletin No 23 says Fcedera are coming to recognlto more ned more the necemltr ct plentr ot green food for stock when gross la getting get-ting ahorl Owner of dairy cattle In particular feel mIsts necriilty Kor two years nt She Indiana Hxpcrl nient station wo have planted Canasta field peas and eats for title purl no The first cnr ot planting wt per i ut I pea lenl nt the rate 01 n bushel anti onehalf an acre over Ibo grout am plowed thla In three or four In I jile 111 p A buthel and onehalf of oat cacti tier acre wee then Katternl oor lull plowed land which was then thoroughly thorough-ly I harrowed In OUtS the abate practice was not follow ixl Tho land was plowed ubuu novels Incites deep and then barro1 to a line tilth A mixture of outs nm peas at the rate nf one and onelml I C Io I buihela ot each per acrt > wits thei drilled In to the depth of about two lucIte Ibo plant thrlvetl with Rron vigor until severe drouth checked their growth In common with all otlur farm eroHi IMthrr method ot planting will no doubt be satisfactory In planting oati and pent Ibo first seeding ihoiild bo gotten In at the carll cit date poiilble when Site land may bo ikitlstactorlly worked Ono or two moore plautlngi at tenday mortals will give a tood succession ot crop coverIng cover-Ing about six weeks While cutting the green crop mar begin ai early ni wlih d after sonic length of talk hAl been secured It la Iud I-ud liable to wait until the oat head begins gin to expand nnd when the lucas IIro pairing from the bloom The best plat la I to secure tho green fodder aa clues to Site maturity stage aa possible ron alitent with shout three week of use for aolllnc Data and pOll inale highly nutrltlou and palatable food They also give Ito earliest green fodder to bo secured from plantlugi of the Mine season and follow fol-low nicely after winter rye for tolling ride crop li coming more and more Into favor oats and pea should only bo i planted early tu siring aa theev planti at a rule will not thrive from Mar or summer seeding If not nil fed green I Ibo balance of the crop mar with ad vnntage be plowed under or cured mar hay The expense for iced la I not great I Oat may bo bought In the market at price varying from IE to 25 Cents per bushel according to location The pea reed purchased by thIs station thus spring cost 50 cents a bushel laid dowa at the homo depot In buying be sure and get Canada Held iu iced Green oala and peon are eaten with a relish by hwrsee cattle th ep and swine C H Ilumb Director Arlnh In Ih esoSliest Tho summary of tho bulletin on apricots ap-ricots recently iMiinl by the agricultural agricul-tural itatlon at Tucson li I as follows 1 Our cultivated apricot are derived de-rived from three species but ono trii nui Americana furnIshes all that are valuable for fruit In this region 2 Tho fruit takes n largo quantity of potash and phosphoric acid from the soil 3 In the fruit an average of 01 percent per-cent li I flesh and 6 per cent Is pit Kal iha hAl the smallest proportion ot pit anti llreiln ho largest 4 There la I 87 per cc 0 01 juice anti 13 per cent of fiber I flesia 01 an apricot Tho Juice 1us 13 percent per-cent of sugar Iho LI J and the whole fruit Includ Jl per cent Of albuminoid crs V4otetn there Is I 12 per cent f Tho menu weight of fruit of all i varieties was 1 ounce each Tho Ilrcda bore the smallest fruit averaging about 22 to Slue pound Tho largest fruit wai 12 to the pound borne by the Kqlilm J and Moorpark t The salt not being a typical ono for either apricot plum or pcacli stock the growth of trots upon the different kinds of atock wni practically tho samoa 7 This icnson upon thIs loll fruit tram troea of evernl varieties la I arger of better quality and earlier when upon apricot tock than upon tyrobolan Other varieties bow no IfTcrcncea due to stockS stock-S 1rlnglo was the tint lo ripen mt the fruit la I not of aa good quality na mOlt othera 9 HI Ambrolio bore the finest appearing earing fruit 10 lloynl was thin mOlt prolific fnLrllr rtlnilon Mark I During recent years a movement ol great significance has been agitating ho cducntlonnl ccnlcra of the KiiRllih peaking world It la I known aa unlvcr Ur extenalon or better aa educational education-al cxtenilon It haa rctulted from the recognition of Iho fact that camparn Ively few people can go to college or unIversIty and consuls tucntlally In takIng the college to hose who cannot coma to tho college In offering to everyone everywhere Ibo opportunity nf n college education It seeks to solve tho problem ot the education ot thom tho-m ol br widening the acopo of exiting ex-iting Initltutlona Its history shows that It Uln peculIar barraoar WIth the sentiments and Ijittmi of tho Amcrl can people and It hAl well been called the mot algnlflrant education motement In Ibo nineteenth century education and Agriculture Tho i leading agrlculturltta ot India nnd their taik of building I up the agricultural agricul-tural inttreita a dlnicult one on account ac-count of Iho dense Ignorance of the inaMct who withstand sums ot thi moat necessary movement Wo can form stone Idea of what they have to contend with when we know that In all India with n population In excess of 200000000 there aro only about COO Journal of all kind anti some of these ore devoted religion A native Ilin doo makea the comparison with tho United Blatet where with a population of onethird that of India there are more than 20000 publication Yet In this America there aro multitude of farmer that take no paper Wtnt mint bo the lIttle uf Ignorance ella din when wo consider that even these COO patters nro poony supplied with patrons Iork la Iopular Wo heard a gentleman gentle-man lay recently that he waa prejudiced preju-diced agnltut pork but that neverlhe less he bought a great deal of It for hit home eec Ilia reason for thIs nalhat ho nearlr always got pork that was I lender and If It waa too fat ho could find It out before buying It When ho bought beef ho often found It not what he had expected Komellraos It was tender and lotuctlinti It had no flavor and tho worst wuta that ho had lo buy It on faith Hut with hog meat It was not to Title points a moral traduce the quality In any kind of moat and hate that meat uniformly good and It will fail n ready ami exIonBlve market The Puturo I Potato What kind 01 a 1 potato will wo have In the future I We item ai jet only on the ihoro 01 great thliiRi In thla line In HnglanJ they are making pragma by system ntlcnlly fcrtlllilng the blosaamii At tempts hove been mado to get new nrletle by taking the e > o from ont potato and Inserting It In Ito tub r of another but Slue rerult did not show > gain or even a cress |