Show 1 FARM AND GAJIDEN I MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS C m t 1 11I10 ttoat nllh lion uf lh sit ast t bit I Thorn Thor-n tittitieo oo5 Stet n tyltitThIRIt manure tJ should be I ferment Oil that II I pIM up In n heap and al legend 10 heel III the monnwhlln being turned and It mollt noullh to prevent n vo o0g latllliatlon of amt 1 am-t monia hal been one of long controversy con-troversy Experiment by Irofeawr Votlker of Ibis Itoyal Agricultural Agricul-tural socIety of Itneland nnd of other have shown thai the fermentation I fer-mentation of manure when properl conducted remits In hoe decomposition and under proper condition doe not Involve lose 1 of ammonia although carbonic I car-bonic arid or n part of the organic matter Is I lOlL rIo mnlcrlil thus lost has a relation lo the phyilen condition I of toll and the decomposition n relation rela-tion lo the warmth of the roll and n relation to the chemical reactions In the minerals of the Mil The iiuetllon then la I whether this Ions Ia I compensated compen-sated b > a ttlghtly more soluble manure man-ure at the time of III application On aandy 0115 thli lose of organic mailer It would appear Is I n ttrlou mailer for ll In I already deficIent In II and Iho waterholding capacity that It brings to tho soIl is I of value lo It In toll already nverrlch In organic matter nnd Inclined lo retain moisture too much and Iheto ore soils where i decomposition In I likely lo bo tllghl I another question will bo preaented Again fermentntlon uunkee carefully I I rondiiUed will mull In los ot the nitrogen or ammonia at manure It I I may bo laid that gardener who seek 1 lo produce Ir early onoroll I very eM trops generally I advocate Iho fermentation of manure no oIW tllt nml because It will gIve I them an earlier start through Ha greater amountot available nutritive or soluble materials and because the manure can bo spread much more evenly I chub bo commingled with the toll very much more thoroughly thorough-ly I < lihili line hi I llkUliiiiiK I At Ihn Oklahoma Hxperlmcnt Hlntlon Ijrm at Btlllwnlcr at well as In many other part of tho territory chinch bug were nearly or Quito no Injurious to crops In tho summer and fall nl wa the dry neathcr Experiments I nt the Station t amid throughout tIme territory us I well cc In different tate In cnuilng Ohio deitructlon of tho chinch bUll by Introduction of dlioato among them were generally iintucreMtul The con illtloni under which tho dlieaio rapidly IP rend are not fully known but It li I evident that dry weather unfavorable I to inch spread With prencnt knowledge It 10 I unwIse to rely on tIme Introduction of dlieaio at an effective method of ill ttroylng these deitructho Insects It hat been proved intlrely potilblo to prevent tho pannage of tho Innect from ono IHIil lo another except at the pairIng pair-Ing season when they fly freely by a Item of barrier nnd trap rurrovvi with deep I eluDe of finely pulvcrlied earlh or line of coal tar on n well imoolhed turface have been found entirely en-tirely effective Tha IntecU will collect In hole In tho furrow or at tIle tide of the coal tar lino In lOt number and be detroed by hot water or a krroeno mixture Hometblim can be dune to mike the paiuage of tho Intect difficult by kccplnc the corn torrhum and aIm liar cropi at dlitant na may bo from thin amallcr crnln and millet crops drccn ManurlnR report from Iho Now Jersey Sliitlon Rlvo tho plan of an experiment for thin Improvement ot light land by toe use of crlmion clover anll cow peas nnd a itntcmrnt rcgird liiK tha method of cultivating cow p lean on a larger icnlo In New Jersey Cowpea Cow-pea following crimson clover yielded at thin rate of 11100 poundi of preen material per acre Tho vine contained con-tained I7S 1 poundi of organic dry matter iOC pound of nitrogen 17J pound of phMphorlo add and bOO pound of potaih Tho root on ono acme weighed only lOSO pound anti contalneil SDJ 2 pouml of organic dry matter 4 2 pound of nitrogen 111 pound of phoiphorlo acid and U I pound of potaih per acre Tho root and vInes grown on an nero contained n total of IIS pound of nitrogen IKS poundi of phonphorlc acid nail 01S poundi of potaih The nitrogen In the vInes Is I equivalent to that contained 43Ti pounda of nitrate of soda and Ia I valued nt about til IVoponallnK llaipberrlei The proper prop-er way to propagate tIle black cap rail berry ho I by lUrking the long unike Hke tIps In Iho soIl and growing n new plant from thcte If Iho toll hot been well cultivated and the plant U I ery lKoroui a plant can be made not only from the lip of the main item but from moat of Iho branches So lOon ni they nro well rooted tho new plant thould be wparated from tho old item Tho wind blowIng the bosh looieni the branche where they are rooted In the toll and uproot them Thl li I protty slime to happen If the plant I left with theM numerous rooted tip In the ground over winter lYeeilne and tbavvltiK he I hard enough on liny new plant but Is I Mpeclally to to one attached at-tached ta another above It and oon itantly pulling It upward As the roll Is I loomned when thawed up IIIn the branch with Ila rooted tip and a short lime In sprIng lunnhlne destroy III lnlltyUx Vien wishing anthing that baa a trmai tint do not rInse In blued water but In deer water |