| Show FARM AND GARDEN MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS weNa CptoI > t Hlntl About 4I lion or the loll end Vivid Thnl Ilorllcalliiro tllkolur had tart Getters Ataek or Thrh from Shock i HIS Is I one of the i I 1 problem that 1 a If come up regularly I at this lime of year say Wallace Farmer It may be stated thus Where IJ i farmers wish to sell r J their wheat or oats In the near future Is It cheapest and best to thrash from I l tho stock or the shcckT There Is I n good deal to be said on both sides nnd after all the question Is I one that must be determined by circumstances If thin grain cnn be cut In good time t well shocked the weather settled and the machine nnd help available when I wanted wo believe It Is I best to thrash I direct from the shock This however occur only once In a while The weather east of the Missouri cannot la depended upon neither can thrashing machines nor help nt this season ot the I year Even when help can be obtained It Is higher priced than later The farmers by stacking their grain and k letting It go through the sweat can change work and get through with very little outside labor The probability Is I that the wheat will be put In the mar tact In better condition and bring as e good or better price Forty years Ago tho man who was near tho mill had an early variety at grain and thrashed t from Ibo shock In nine cases out of ten t got n better market than It he stacked and thrashed later Ibo price ot wheat now Is I not determined by the tL local mill but by the general market x and this again Is determined not by the l supply In the county or state or even the United States but by the markets I t of Ibo world Before any Iowa farmer I can thrash his grain now grain will be pouring In from Texas Kentucky I Kansas and Missouri In fact It Is beginning I be-ginning to come Into market already Our conclusion therefore Is that except ex-cept In exceptional circumstances It Is 1 I best to stack and begin thrashing as I soon as the grain Is I In the right condition If I f con-dition i > pacogor llullctln 10 Idaho Uxpcrlmcnl Station Sta-tion I Descriptive This popular and vale able vegetable nerds but very little description de-scription It Is a native of Kuropo where It may be found growing wild along the borders of sea marshes Certain Cer-tain species aro grown ns ornamental plant The undeveloped stem Is the i part used as food Culture Propagated by means o > seed The seed may be bought of seed dealers or taken from tho small red berries found In Autumn upon the mature stems of old plants If the latter method Is I adopted proceed In tho following manner Select tho largest and nicest branches pick oft the her rlea and gently mash wash out tin pulp with water and dry the seed Sow the seed In early spring In row wide enough to permit cultivation Plants should stand about 3 to 5 Inches apart Select a rather rich soil for Hi e seed bed The young plants may be transplanted In the permanent bed tho following spring or the transplanting r may be deferred until the scconi d rne spring Too much care can not bt I given to Ibo preparation of tho permanent per-manent bed Select an open situation I where plenty of sunshine falls Naturally t Natur-ally tho plant prefers a damp situation k situa-tion but can be made to thrive very j well on dry soil It proper ciiltlvstlon Is I given The soil should bo rich Rub o soil or trench the bed adding largo quantities of manure well rotted cow I dung Is preferred If the plantation I I Is large tho rows should be at least 2 feet apart Put tho plants 12 Inches r apart Tho roots of the plant must be 11 spread out equally In all direction This Is I best attained by constructing II 1 small mound of earth In the center i it of the hole place the plant upon the lop of the mound and let the root extend down the sides Cover with I earth and firm with the foot Th j t crown of the plant should be two f J 41 Inches under ground During the rIng r-ing season cultivate and keep down jl I nil woods At end of season cut oil p 11 the tops and cover tho bed with course manure Remove the litter In early spring Cut the young shoots at the I surface of tho ground using a strop g J blttdod knife Tha CmoT a lIuln rittle I nm nwaro that the creamery Is I b < rIng r-Ing discussed on every baud but per hapa my little mlto may not come omlss for III Is with this as with every other new enterprise Nothing can b a 1 accomplished except by precept upon precept lino upon lino hero a little flnd there n little writes Hlcnora B I or In Dakota Farmer Communl p t ties i tlVc aro 10 fortunate as to posies s 0 cream > ycaro Indeed to be congratulated i congratu-lated but It seems to me that It I s farmers wit c and daughter to who tha most benivlt comes For verily tile creamery In J a great burden litter to them Our cvcamery Is but ono year old and nt present has over 90 patrons I TA who furnish Mom 10000 to 1SW pounds ot nlllk dally This represent nn Immense l amount of work II caret d for at home alnd without the aid cu team and machinery And It Is I upon the wlmln folks that this labor devolve I 1 de-volve Taking 10000 pounds of milt to ninety patrons gives on an average 177 pounds to each which In the mere 1 lifting alone represents a heavy load 7 Each 177 pound must be handled twice jnce In letting It In place for the cream to rise and again In skimming mik r 1r r 0 I tags dally I weight of 354 pounds rae on ra-e week each woman has lifted J78I pound or nearly n ton and n quarter In ft month It amounts to 10620 pounds or over Ova tons and a halt This Is the milk alone to say nothing of the burning working of butter washing palls pans crocks etc which more ban double the work To realize how much this really amounts to one need but > lake their milk to the creamery one week and they are sure to think al I heard one woman say cot Ions ilnce and she hauls eight and onehalt miles that she did not see how she could ever do the work again And hen the occasional change they have In themselves hauling the milk when the men folks are too busy Is n real benefit to them Going to town mean a great deal more to one who lives In ho country where neighbors lira few and far between than many can Ira agate The new face she IOn and acquaintances she Is sure to make serve to brighten the dull monotony of leer life The time thus gained I for he change makes a difference of say crap hours In her favor can bo used In doing those thousand and ono bines every women likes to do when of ho has lime It may bo spent In tending tend-Ing a Mower garden doing some piece or fancy work she has long wanted to do or perhaps read some book that hero never seemed time to read These nines are all beneficial for In change hero Is rest South Dakota women as a rule are hard worked the Inovlt able result of settling a now country Many of them help with out door work until they nro almost ready to breakdown break-down and If the creamery will lighten heir burden and give them a brighter bright-er life then we say give us the creamery Herald Its advantages allover all-over our fair state until every community com-munity can boast of and glory In an nstllutlon that Is I as truly a burden litter as It Is a mortgage lifter Trrlllilns Tsealses wT When wo grow tomatoes for market nt ordinary price we must economize In cost of production In every way possible and trelllslng tho plants would bo out of the question but when It comes to the boron garden I regularly regu-larly every season trellis at least a few plants as they can bo made a great ornamental feature ot Ibo grounds writes T Grenlcr In exchange A tomato to-mato plant ladened with Its glossy i highcolored I fruit Is a pretty object anyway and a row of them well held up trimmed and tied Is really 11 a sight One ot the easiest ways ot supporting a tomato plant for such effect ef-fect and this Is I my favorite way Is I to 1 limply take It nnd keep It trimmed to a single stalk The stake may consist of a plain beanpole seven or eight feet high or of n sawed stick say two Inches square and eight feet long lie i lure to sot these stakes In n straight t line and all uniformly perpendicular or perhaps slightly leaning Then 1 trim the plants to ono or two stalks uniformly Keep all branches nipped I off Tlo the stalks and especially tha fruit clusters with soft string a for Instance strips ot muslin calico or Ibo like and see what an ornament this tomato patch will bo to your garden gar-den I 1100 14 HIul A member ot the cabbage tribe Characteristic area long central stem surmounted by an open head of leaves and numerous small heads lb I Inch or i larger In diameter arranged around 1 i Ibo item In the axils ot the leave I These small heads aro termed sprouts Tho vegetable originated I In llelglum and has been cultivated extensively ex-tensively around Urussols since the thirteenth century Requires the same i treatment as cabbage Soil must be I rlcb Requires considerable moisture The small sprouts must grow rapidly or they will be tough Sow seed In hotbed hot-bed nnd trasplant or scatter seed In f hills and thin Plant must have I plenty of room now should bo thirty thir-ty Inches apart and tho plant not I closer than two feet Ordinary culture will lufllco Some authorities advise j I that the sprouts should bo frosted before rn 10bxlrie ot i lb I fore using Our experience Is that It 1 t causes a bitter taste Sprouts half I Inch In diameter aro said to be much I moro palatable than the large one The top leaves are sometimes used as green Tho aphis gives considerable trouble The best treatment Is a thorough thor-ough washing with soap Iud Arzrnlln 111 lrj Product As yet Argentina has done but little In tho dairy line yet the last year considerable con-siderable butter was exported and It Is said with success The advent ot I dairy machinery makes It possible for I Argentina to take a sudden leap I to the tt In dairy production The cows I the grasses the climate ore there II demand warrant It wo mar bo sure I that the opportunity will not pass unimproved un-improved Kino butter and cheese arc produced that no ono will contest Hut transportation to European markets I Is I a long one and through scorching weather How It will bear transportation transporta-tion to market and what the keeping I qualities will be after It gets there I know not but should It keep well I present dairy countries must look to their njarkcts Argentina Is I ready to furnish Immense supplies Mr John ton Special Purpose Cow Where a general gen-eral purpose cow now yields a profit may bo safely said that a special purpose pur-pose one would do still better It the breed beet adapted to the existing circumstances cir-cumstances was selected It Is not always al-ways a wise maxim to let well enough alone There Is I no such thing as well enoughx Watering CowIn the winter wales the cow separately and then you can know that each one drink liberally HIt H-It doc not then look after It and ascertain as-certain the reason for It It does not drink well the supply of milk will soon begin to fallEx |
