Show JAIML AND GARDEN I WAYTCRB OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS wants V11todoolso IIInK Almal Cnllv lion uf tits Hull on1 tlrlU Tliini I llorllcullitr tllloUnt Rod I lull collate i IrrlMIIJ MKTIN 129 Corn r75 Cor-n a I F Itporiniont Station S Ib War and Its i f niiitlliitfnU hy 4 C i drama Sad oxygen A anti rartnn nllro Kk IC on Phosphoric i Kkf4 IIrlil MHiwh and to I Into am the chief cInloolnents of nv cry prop that the farmer or the hilt t Ic111 tit flat produce pro-duce If tile quantity that the crop nn get of tiny ono of them Is ten small for tin making of n good yield the yield 1 will not be sumelent no timlttr how much there may to III all tile other If Ibo quantity nl OilY one of them Is I more than cnouith for a rood yield It Is I only foollshnm to supply any more of that auUlnne In fsrtll hers The supply of water and IU ronstltiients and of carbon are prac tlrally beyond file control nf the crop grower except In so far as water nny here and there be supplied by Irrigation Irriga-tion or may everywhere In eonsmwl by shallow surface tI lIa all properly I managed The supply of Hm Is usually I ally large enough In ordinary Seattle Mills Therefore only nitrogen phosphoric phos-phoric add and potash are left I to be I f = lr looked after tilt w Am every consumer of commercial fertilisers knows are that things that he Iay for In whitovcr of these ferlllliers ho buy lly the lu I Irodurllon of leguminous plnnts such ns clover vetch lupine peas bran MM the like Into his rotations he may saval lilmselt from the nermlty of buying so much nitrogen ao ho might oherwlM have to get In order til pn erve trio proper balance of tho plant fxls In hit oils These crops as nlnftist every farmer knows ran got a part nf their nitrogen from the GIrl and they will In general gel more of It from the air and less from the soil the > o < > rer the loll Is I In available nllroteii nnd tho richer It I Is I within certain limit In tM > iash and Phosphoric field livery ordinary arable soil has far mora thin enough of nitrogen phospliorlo aeld anti potash fur Ibo production of a good many crop and yd liters Are many such soils which will not ylell paying crops unless ferllllied with oun or mure lit Ihesn very sama plant fowl U may lie taken for granted that an aero uf iivcry such soil contains In the uppermost upper-most twelve Inches at least tSGOO pounds ut nitrogen COOO ot Potash and 3t > uo of phosphurlo arid These quantlUe are from CO to Coo limes greater than those sold oft tho farm In any crop offices Is I at least CO lime an much nl Irogcn In such a soil as Is sold In any part uf any crop and much Oftener IDu or oven 200 times as much Thero Is I ut lenit 100 times ns much potash IU Is carried oft thn farm In any part of a crop total and oftener COO limes as iuucliHlmll flsurt might bn given for iiuoMrtiffrliifad AN11ky loon inuill vis UrUilKiHur Suits In one wy or another an-other Tho ono most Important reason Is I hit these plant foods In Iho soil are for the most part In all Insoluble or as very commonly said unavailable forma form-a nil that they usually became available only little by little each year That they di thus become gradually available avail-able Is I clearly shown by sumo nf the experiments of Lawrs and Illbcrl ot ICngland sumo of their plats have yielded crops ot wheat anti other cer nals now fur fifty year and more without any manure It may be however how-ever that 0110 nf these feeds dues become be-come available year by year In largo enough quantities to contribute Its Share towards n good yield uf lonui crop provided that there Is enough of the other two but that them Is In fact not eniiugh of the other two or It may Ito that enough uf two ot Ibo foods will become available fast enough each season sea-son fur a good crop hut Hint 11m other one will not there will bo only a pour crop In either CHIP There are CAM In which It would be only folly with xm thousands of pounds of Ibo ono or the two foods III Ihe sull suit In such a condition that tho crop crown un II 1 ran get nil It needs far A good yield t at 1 Irast for ono Year and probably fur tile next Mr and even fur a few jiors uior to buy these foods lu lunimercUl uiimim nor would It U Iho height ut wlwtom to Keep putting them Oil the lUll year after year In stable mium sine Ibat also contains the three foods iimlvr consideration consid-eration AI well 01 other useful 11110 < stances has Pot mi HIMHhrrrlr 1 Ill a r lr read before UPS Jeffvnwn i unty 111 farmer Inslltuttt nnd re oited by life Horticultural Visitor W W Anderson said The terry grower knows that all rtrawberrli hate pistils or female parts while n greater number have no pollen Ihe Strawberry propagate Itself In two WHJS first by sen 1 and second by runiior forming new plants If It Is fre from mlmnitlon It will throw lu allol Ill > irt sersr Into The formation ot Mnds which Is I to detrimental lo plant life that It soon liinroe Unable to Impart four to the Mds 1 IIMIM the failure In fruitage If the seed 1 arc not tlgoruiis the pulp or what we mil fruit will not develop Take an apple with a shrunken I side I 1 lt II II und cut Into It and you will find tin iwiHl on that side A hard spot un a strawberry or inankey face or button U alway cmd by luck ot saped 1 ra1t rlfa growth It a nraU rriy plant lan a hlx crop of I am tar < bnrlr It would > ar a good crop the cu I ing year but lit It bar the Lamo n Ii i ii Urr rf Lunli Is of very small brrucs It would be ex a hnuslei so 111 Iho second crop woud I be n very small one and very Inferlo bi muse there are us many seeds In the FHIMI berry ae In a largo one In a buhl of small berries there would W many time as many seeds I as In II bushel of largo Ones The pulp or fmll part la not exhausting nt all ow Mn reach the limit ot production In pulp or fruit and never run out or weaken tile plant but If you allow all the seeds lo ripen year after year tho plant become unable to grow fruit ors or-s wo term It runs out True they may In the count of yr recover In III to a measure but Ihe better plan prevent Ihsn In cure Visit the plan Ullon uf the nelghlmibuod Notice the blanks and those bearing a few have partially recovered Where the trull use Is butty the recovery bus been little eompletn It costs as much lo uiltlval Hid blanks and halt rollers 01 It 1 don tliuoe fruiting heavily The great secret Hun Is I to maintain strung and tlgonius plant that may I throw their whol life Into producing fruit Initmd of foliage What is I said of strawbetrlt hold Knoll ot all fruit bearing plant Pwtlgrs plant may IMJ I mid lo bo plant that have been breed up by careful electlun and high cultivation until It 1 prudur fruit true lo type and In the grandest perfection ind transmits this ability l < > Its offspring off-spring or lrnil When It cannut perform this Office It lit I said lu have lost Its pmllgreo 1144111 litior11tor Mr Thomas Shaw of the Mlnnewln Rlaln AKricultnral College U thn but reewnlSMl authority Oil shwp IIrI inn in the Wt In all Intereotlng I article In tha Northwestern Agriculturist Agricult-urist 18 answers Polite qucallunt that Occur In many farmer M to breeds breeding feeding and iiianflKunen Ill I reed or gnide nf sheep should lx I giiagnl by tile object of the grower If 1m wlshe In raise pure breds tho Most money as fiuhlou runs now would prulnibly he l molls from romo ot Iran Down hrlttl as for Instance the Hhrupshlre Oxford Down nr Southdown South-down Hut taking It for granted that gentle rheep are meant I would un liMltallngly l recommend what may he enlletl common owe of good form fly good form I niMn eomiwcl round Plump Impolite Knl l full wldo breasts long and deep hind quarter and lets short rather than lung 1 I would nut earn nmrh what thn breeding was provided pro-vided there was not too ninth Merino blood llnl Sends Mcrlnns will answer lo begin with for they aro very hardy Ot films purebrHl rIm only should be Used and preferably those ot tho dark faced hnfld Hut It Is I nut al ways nrcvnury In nsu much ram A iTixHt uf Ihe long wools as for lot I Maura Ihn Uwwler the I Lincoln or nl I Hut I Cotswnld I iiiado now and then tniy answer cry will Hut try and gel good ptirebrnl rum This Is alllm portiint On 2W Seem of good rich land MK sheep and lamb could be grown per year Hut to do Met would require skillful management Probably Proba-bly halt Hint number could ordinarily bo kept At ono station farm wo have pastured silicon owes and lambs all summer for two successive summers but that was by what may bo lcrrne l n forced s > tom ot production The number utt < > ur < wUlrUra > > r t > < i toll uUleitliy the skill of Iho Hock luastcr Iho uaturu ot tho Pull and lha tic of tile sheep Tile net Income will vary with the alto And quality uf Iho nheep and with tho wool product Hut n good wellgrown lamb at ono Year nhouti weigh 130 pounds on an overuse That eight to I fur nbiivo the average here but that It Is 10 Is I not tho fault of tho sheep A well Mulshed lamb at tho ago of ten lo twelvo months ohouh bring ordinarily at homo from four to flvo and n half cent per pound live wvlgliU Ordinarily they doul bring nearly that much but that Is I nit the fault ot tho lambs but rather of the growers Such a lamb should ibcur from say Seven lo twelve pounls of wool according to the grade Tits Ilieco uf older sheep would bo a couplet nt pounds toss Tho best paslnro Ii I a big question Winter rape sown 1 loIn lo-In August will Provide excellent all and Spring uuturo After Iho eye to eaten oft In the spring U 1 may bn followed fol-lowed by the Dwarf Iex raps uf by sorghum All these make excellent lasiure When tho 10 III bit do not retain tilt Ibo grass Is I plentiful owes may bo wintered 1 very well In u Shed made of IKIIN and covered no deeply with straw as lo proteul ruin from dripping through but It tits Umbu are to ouruo early U 1 Is ImpvrntltQ to boo i warm lambing 1118 While sticep husbnndry ls I wore easily learned than manaslng ot either kinds ut live stuck let mo drop n word uf caution to thnx who have noter Urpt sheep They should begin gradually whero they aro iimihlo to oommaiid the Services ot nn > erlenccxl Shepherd Kverywhera unless on morally land I wuuld like to I wi People gulng Into sheep They i enunut do better licit again 1 say bo till gradually I Ingllnh View of American APPIvsA Ixiudou journal nays The American i Papers Into rather hilt hi > lr band over their enormous apple yield en I their expurtntloiis to the Kngtml markets We tire told that Iho KngllnU farmer find It 1 Impossible to compete with tile American upplo growers ard no out still they overlook tile fact tint vitro by side wun tile imported fruit the Hog limit apple has made 60 per cent moro In most mirktls and that the choice llatored homegrown fruit has done much better this KIUOII than It 1 hal during dur-ing I tho post ten res8 imThe fact Is I tba American had a plethora ot common com-mon fruit and that tile bad Priced rtul Iud amply prove increase tho yield without Increasing Increas-ing tile acreage and cost 111 production and tills will bo ono way lo solve tho present proposing situation Grow dl versified crops and you will hit It I I Throw plenty of fund and some of II I I will bo sure to stick Adaltwar4 Cpoideroped milk I Irt the Ilrltlsb Dairy Partner of I Ifarch ICth there b a short article on condensed milk Quoting from a letter let-ter regarding the business In Kngland II says In a dally contemporary a Statement State-ment Is I made to tho effect that the la creasing Import of condensed milk iroto that our home herds are Insufficient Insuffi-cient to yield an adequate supply uf milk etc to which the An lo8wlss xoplo reply as follows WIII you al 1 low ui to say that as far as condensed milk Is I concerned this coueluslon Is quite erroneous There are two too 0118 why so much foreign milk Is I brought Into Ungland In the Wet plato Ibo public items to bo Imbued with whal Mr Herbert 8pncr calls the antlpatrlotlo bias and prefer foreign goods simply because they Are foreign buying Hwlw milk wh < n they could obtain for less I money Lot limit milk of equally good ruslliy Sec I coolly our laws permit condensed skim milk to be sold under the mlsleadl I name of condensed milk so that our poorer classes lire Inveigled Into I buying a fraudulent article al tnany time Its value to tho Injury uf both I themselves and the KnglUh agricultural agricul-tural community I That our retail I dealers are themselves awakening to the Iniquity of Ihl law appears from a speech funds In Manchester only thol I other day by tho cattlemen uf toe Northern Orocer Council who hat Ihe courage to siy that the who buy this milk ought to bo made clearly aware that tha milk hail been I skimmed and that It Is I not nt for chllJrrn It Is time thai every Lag I Hall hoiisewlfo knew that full crni UnglMh condensed milk Miiivt 10 quality qual-ity ID tiny foreign milk anti preferred almost eterywhero hut In Kntlsnd can he bought nl n tower price than ImiHirted lull croam condensed IlIlIk i I and nt only n trlllo more than IHrmat I Dutch and Italian condensed 11111I1 i milk deprived of Its most vslustue consltuenl Iho cream IWo I-Wo tire not say Illgln Dairy Hi port sufficiently well posted oa tile I amount t skim condensed rnllk I that ta > t been placed upon tho tnirket In I Hls country but presume thers l con I tolerable condenoed milk sold that has been skimmed either partially orl I wholly This Is I only I ono ot the evils of our lax legislation un the question 3f adulterated food and It uav IK that I Ibis may bo the reason why the New York Condensed Milk Co In their contract nt Klein tail month tere I obliged tu cut off no many of the firm tit us It Is I n well known fact that heir brand urn nlway honNl and I I I straight and they cannot ntfst that Hind of tompelltlim It I this 11 l the i MS It again prove me statement I hilt we hate sal often rnadx tbjt tile inner AI the flood producers are the OHM who stiffer from tile wilt ot adul I eruled food product uf every Limit TII MlmuUIr llrllrull Through the kindness ot oct who It I deeply Interested In horticulture th Horticultural Society ot NoruWn II llnols Is I enabled lo ruaku UI fulow Ing offers 1 11500 will bo given 10 the per soil sending In a paper 1rII answer lug tiqoquestloll Why ud < how should horticulture bo tatfbt la our rural schools Compctltba open tc tho world worhlIQ 2 1500 will bo given tl the boy or girl under eighteen years if f 11 < i sendIng send-Ing In the best report oftht growtt o development uf any fnilt vego tiiula or ornamental plat or trot planted and cnrnl for byUa or list during tile season of 1831 3 5 00 will bo given to tie boy 01 girl under eighteen years at apt glvlni tho best report of Ihe eirnUe hold nt kdionl on Arbor day 1H7 Cumpetllluii fur tho lust Ivo prizes Is limited l tll flaw living IB lie I twcu lythrro must northern couiilM at Illinois Il-linois district ut tha Ilortlctiural Society So-ciety of Northern Hllnoli Papers should Iw plainly wilttiu ua cne side of the paper only and lucluicd In au cnvclupei with the name anil address ut tha writer upon u wpante lIp oi paper Papers should be la thn hands ot tho secretary not later than Nov 1 1897 The prUowlnnlng flea 0 will be read at tho annual meeting of tho Society to bo held at Do Kllu 1 Doc t unit 2 Uvtry boy and girl Inclosing a iwoccnt Hiamp with their nport will receive Some cholcu new vegetable aea if 1 or fruit plant during Un mil ot Ml > > or spring of Platt AddrM all commuul atluii tu the seciotnu Dwight IKrikU ItoeliUlo Illinois I Sweet Peas In Poln Two small tests In sweet V AI under glass have been made al Cornell 8wd Mown m a tench In n ell I YsA lltlPllltl Ill lumso Oit Ll be Knn to bloum Feb 20 and eoutlnucd In Kood flower fur nlxtiintks Other nej 1 own In puts and pliiiiteM out in tile rlir > niilhnnurn bench Doc in hhxnuui very freely It II I the ruitoni with many carnation grower tu xrow rweit pus In their carnmlun hem In a UH tiy the time tile sweet peas ro lapse mougn to shade the curuatl I inn ibo San Is I strong enough to pr vuit this trifling shade from bolng trltnoutul Ux Potaih on Ilitatoen olah Is I the mineral Hint Is mnt neodc I I for the potato po-tato crop Hut It Is muUi Letter dlj trlbmed 11ft a top dreulni over 110M I whole surwco than applied with the S4p4XI l potato In tho hill The potato root very early In their growth nil tile soil between the rows When rain iral manure are appt d lit the hlii un lau I care Is I taken lo mix thuu floor toughly with the soil they niav I n lnlo the cut stood and effwtually d < troy tbo lIm When used liroadcam un the surfkco there Is no flanger of fill KX 10 Increase of refnxemtor plants Is I UrdliiR to make the unducUon of butler but-ler Pines of an exact science CIA It takes way much of the une rtnlnu ni keeping qualities and of to ponslbllltle oi U t nroduct I |