Show FAn AND GAnD1 < N MATTBR3 OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS Pome rpol le Illnl ileu5 lnllltii llin nf ISo soil unit Vlll 1lr < f llnrllrallnrr llltullgt u 1 1 tort tillnrih Oslo of lUrnynl Mnne m ° UIIBT1N 174 flub I Biperlnipmnt 8ta tlon In II newspaper q newspa-per bulletin nf the Ohio Agricultural J t lhperiln i atntlon i e ° I No Til I giving the ui1lPiPu results of experiments ID experi-ments with fenllll A era on tin clay soil of one of lit snl > Klntlonsiiluble was liven which Indicate that barnyard rianure had produced Inireme ut crop to the value of 1360 > er ion uf man uio In the three grain erupt of a the crop rotation leaving the residual effect ef-fect on the two grass crops yu in be Os certalued lly nn unfuriuimte laps uf memory however the mistake was made of computing only half the quantity quan-tity of manure actually used sa It Lid been used ou two erupt lu the blurts peers namely cum nnd wheat al the ralo of t lotus on one plot and 4 lout uu another on each crop nuking a total application to the two crop 8 of sixteen tuns and eIght tons re i > < < lively and reducing the value of the Increase due to the manure to nbout II tZh per ton the manure used In this lull had been accumulated from bores and cows In an open barnyard during the winter and summer previous tu III application applica-tion and was under rather than above the average open yard manure In quality qual-ity A similar comparlsuu uf manure and fertilizers bias been made at Ihe central nation beginning Immediately after the relocation uf thu station In Wayne county uu the same erupt corn oats wheat clover and timothy grown In a fiveyear rotation Four whout crops have now been taken In Ibis rotation ro-tation three crop each of corn and oat and five crops of bay the meadows mead-ows thus far being mown but unce a year Five tract of land arc Included In Ihe test each tract containing thirty plol ot onotenth acre each and so maniged that each crop will bo represented repre-sented each season after the first rota tlon Is I completed ALIbi stage of the work only partial results can be given at a full rotation would Include five crop each of the cereals and ten crops of hay but It may be uitlul lo not the result already obtained which are M follows the value of Ibo Increase beIng computed on the bue of 33 13 cents per bushel for corn 55 cent for oat CO 23 cent for wheat U per Ion for straw and Hover and 8 for hays 1l It will bo observed that In thIs tOIL the smaller application ot manure ho been relatively the more profitable bu his may not be borne out by lubse quenl results JI the lubttntlon there baa been bul little difference Ihus fan fa-n the apparent tffecllvenei per ton whether used at the 4ton or al the 8 ton rate per acre The result show an Immediate recovery ot about a dot lar and a quarter on the average In Incrtaio of crop at recent price for every ton of manure used 1 Hut the long continued experiments by tawo and Gilbert at Uothaintcd a descrlp lion of which Is I given In bulletin 71 ot the Ohio station show lhat not mora ban onetslf to Iwolhlrds pottlbl Increase from barnyard manure It I recovered re-covered In the first cropt grown from IU We may therefore safely offset the residual effect of Die manuro agalns the coil of application onuS consider the Immediate Incrraio at clear profit In another experiment at the central slit tlon potatoes wheat and clover are grown In a threecrop rotation and In I this test the Increosn from manure ap piled to potatoes has reached 12 DO per Ion potatoes being valued at 33 13 cents per bushel Darnynrd manure bo I I relatively deficient In phosphoric nclc as compared with ammonia and polaih and the experiment ot the Ohio ita lion Indicate that phoiphorlo acid Is I the conitltuent moil needed on the maJority ma-Jority of Ohio soils but that It only produces Its full effect In the prescnc of ammonia and potash The price ot srld phosphite has fallen during recent re-cent yean until It can now be bough for delivery anywhere In Ohio at price which bring IU actual phosphoric arhl below 6 c < nli per pound and at the sprinkling of acid phosphate or super phosphate on barnyard manure li I believed be-lieved to have a beneficial effect In pre renting the waste ot ammonia from blue manure It would seem that the use ot sell pbotphte In thIs mlnlr mlKbl aerYe the double lurpolO of Ilroaening the ammonia 01 the manure and In creulng the ortoctlvellela ot 1I0th liB ammonl and potash Ixperlment on thIs point are now In prOlre al the OhIo taUon Ttue Cbslsa I An Knfllih paper says The profe slonal mole catcher was quite an li mutton In my youth Illio ratcnlc Ing poaching birdmarine and nh netting nightline letting nnd oven spearing of lImon In the close scoW son mole catching ran In families and I bave known It to run throng everal generation Thcie mitt went on circuit and carried their Implement of destruction with then and undertook for a etlptilaled urIc pan dozen carcase to clear thi form of a > ole On a large farm when I WILl employed a lenaihr stretch of permanent perma-nent crass nnd about thirty acre of nmblo land tying between a wild moor set n large river wee Infested with mole and many n hard lays work I have had In Inrellng the hillocks and raftering Ihe will over the surface ot the land Tho farmer who employed usc wa greatly In advance of hit time and his theories as lu the practical prac-tical usefulness nf moles wseeale nnd Imoet every kind ut wild bird were the subject of much bumlle ridicule Thai It I nearly forty year nrfo and that farmer Is I dead hut not hll thee rue These were founded on long stud cine txnonnl observation and their abmlmn accuracy hai long slnrp been reeoinlznl by alt Intelligent field naturalists nat-uralists nnd ngrlruliuralist As far amoles a-moles were conrernml the land where Ihey most did congregate was naturally natur-ally poor but In runrn ot time the mnlra Impruvnl II and Dill ot curbs Hy I vlslte1 the old sheathing suit land ias iiitniner abut found II rich Intln Itchy superior In hcnrl to that of many other holding when the demon mole tchers wen ttlll employe In the ex > nilvo and destructive work The mole like ourselves II I not per tectIt linn more Iball one rrdeemlnK vleeq but taken as a whole II Is I u trlllI1 of the farmer It destro t n vast uantlty of Injurious grub nnd In Iti HHirchlnm for these Instcli II ceo tlllly doe Injury to the rout ot err all nnd other plants more particular up when the soil Is light and In very dry etuoni The destructive leather ackct li I o great sotine of Us sulxtlst nee It il tros mice and It even does mid ai a hind of subsoil drainer lit tho land I nny conclude with an ex tract from a letter addroMed sonic year ago by a orkshlre farmer tu a ellknown naturalist a portion ol whIch appeared some years ago In a work deiillng with ornithology rntu udogy and nismmology In relation lu grlculture To kill moles Is I to leave he corn nnd turnip erupt upon light Ind such ns sand and deeplysoiled wold land to the ravage of Ihe wire aorbn the grub cockchafer and other meets I farm and have farmed from a thousand to fifteen hundred acre Indifferent In-different parish and have noticed that when you try to exterminate iole rook sparrow 1 etc you have Ir more destruction of crops An old mulecatcher came to ma and asked mo whether I would have the moles killed on my land I said No if I had no moles I should have no crops Ho uld You are the tint lan whom I have beard say that bul you are right Ho then proceeded to say I was employed by a gentleman who had a Urge sandy Held to kill off ha mole It used to grow nice crops hourli It was 10 full of moles I killed hem all and the field never grow any hlng to speak ol atterwaidi The grub wlreworm etc used to eat lbs root of everything that was town and ha voung plants died off Crrulllilna rrnli > Few confections are more dellclnu thin candled frull and few sweetmeat aro more expensive CO cent a pouui beIng the regulation price and a pound represent a very smsll amount Tbuy can be prepared at about half the coat I liowover at home If care Is taken Cherries currants pineapples aprl cot pear and peaches are best expo > rlmtnled upon The two former can he used In bunches the pineapple Is 1 sliced Scholl the fruit each piece being be-ing a good quarterInch thick apricots aro cut on one slue and the stono slipped slip-ped out while pears and peaches are halved slid ot course peeled Make a very thick syrup pound to pound adding for each pound a sinsll cup of water 11011 the sugar first then drop In the fruit sod when they have Dolled clear take out and drain from Ibo syrup If Ibe cherrIes are Honed the red oxhearli make the llncst being be-ing nol too sweet ai the white and without lIe rank tartness of the tour red ones It li I nice to tiring them ou a broom splint so they can bo more easily handled Sprinkle liberally with powdered iu gar lay on a ilovc und let the fruit In a warm oven I uicd a wire dlib such ai our grandmothers kept fruit lu itt within another dish to catch the syrup In two hours turn bIte fruit sprlukln with tigar atalo Keep this up until Iho incur has all dripped out On no account have the oven hot as It will dry tho fruit ond leave It lIke so much leather Am ol course the fruit must bo laid lu tlncls rows when drying When the juice has evaporated and tho sugar has formed a glazed surface put away In bon In a dry place Waxed Wax-ed riper should be laid between each layer A Lurfnu drawer Is I as good i place 1 ai any lo keep them New Ccctrei nf Distribution The big shipping point or production districts dis-tricts are now the big dIstrIbutIng I polnti of the country and not the large I cities AI heretofore Whether thIs will work to the advantage of the producei or nut It I an Interesting subject for debate de-bate The prices for a car are telegraphed tele-graphed broadcast to every town largi enough to consume a car of potatoes melons lomatof nr any other producl raised for dliumt market The greatest great-est losse to the distributor coma from tho class that orders the goods and theG refine to aoret bem I l on some pretext pre-text when lbs imrket falls to reveal i margin on ilrtval of goodi Frull Crude Journal Small IU4KNTbe small ridges lefi by the drill iho lj remain They protect pro-tect the yOUOI Ilia Ill from the wInd and from bealnll 1 In the wBl f tat ill < some agency that pall Ibo plaul mi I I by 11W rooti molder the ridges down at lila sums time In dry weather the PltnU find moro m ° ture In tho valleys than It tho ouTface wore n level nltln to be wept by the wind Os a floor I wepl wIth a bruamKx Jo rroHUhlii Ac In Bell Hirer I J Vf nolMThere are evidently two JT three ways of railing steers which I materially affect their growth and upon this much depend when they ihould go lo market In order 10 bring he hlghMt prIM hence quantity and quality of food eaten must enter largely large-ly I Into a correct answer Tbero are 5150 two or three kInds of steers lo Jt raiN which have theIr Influence upon J the most profitable age to tell The A abet profitable age In my opinion to sell a scrub or a Jersey tleer li I either about lit week or ilx months out After this ha Is I always kept at a loss Hence the manner of keeping and kind of steers both must enter Into a full answer ns all have their Influence upon I up-on the profits when sold Hut what kind of itcors to nlto for profit la I bat 10 much disputed as the must profllabla way of keeping steers and when lo sell First of all a sleeT may be raited by stuffing him winter and summer with all he can eat and ot whatever kind ot food ha like best from ealfhood up Secondly be might be kept on rough tues mainly through the winter and plenty of grow during summer Thirdly Third-ly hi might be kept on uhort rations illnled winter and summer This It never done by gout catll ralicr though I have teen It I done on small lots and ns It Is I always at a lost we will not dlncuM thIs method of raising rais-ing steer further than to Jail state IU lIy Iho first method of kecplLg steers hey will mature about twelve monthi earlier than by Ibo mode of keeping of ho second Doe this pay I li I the point nvolved 1 In Dili question Let ui look III a little from ealfhood up 1 First then iiippoie you give the calf ill of the milk of Its dam and at about two months old begin feeding him shelled corn shorts oil cake etc changing toed often and buying whatever what-ever lulls hit fancy best with plenty of grass thus keeping him In high con lltlon till he It I about Iwo and a half years old and weighs about 1100 K > unds Second Ordinarily the calf It I nl owed half of Its dam milk If you do not wish to take half the milk n second calf may be mated and let Ibo Iwo take the one cows milk giving them plenty of grass When winter stli In or It crass Is short sooner turn to hay sticks and feed some shelled corn till plenty ot gras come again I wintered thirtyfive the pail winter In good condition without corn on gras and hay bul II will pay well uiually to feed some corn lbs first winter Then grass him well through the summer because this takes no labor la-bor to furnish then the neat winter rough him through on fodder and straw stock fields hay and all the winter win-ter gras that can be had The next summer grass well and winter a II before be-fore or If you have plenty of corn some might be fed very profitably during dur-ing the taller part of the winter coming I com-ing three year old III way keeping him In good condition Then be very lure to give him abundance of the bOIL ot grass the coming summer and about the doling of the grazing teaion litter be It I three year old br at tho age ot three and a halt years I would tend him lo market He hat been with you a little longer than Ibo flnt nnd may weigh a little more It well kept but baa coil you much leu and will bring you more clear money All lhal It Iou hut I-ou after lt 00 or lCOO hounds ha I low growth and will hardly pay you fur the food consumed I raurrh In I Sheets I The chief dliaies of the breathing organ are catarrh or cold and pneu I monia or Inflammation of the lung Catarrh Is known by profuse running fit the note often accompanied by a cough It ha I a disease of the winter tnd iprlng months sod li I generally the result ot too close and warm tabling Sheep need dry bedding and protection from rain but theIr health demands a free exposure to the open air Catarrh I a troublesome but not a dangerous disease unless the Inflammation ex lendi 10 the lungs when It become pneumonia which Is I generally fatal Thli transition Is I marked by a quick ind labored breathing a frequent hackIng hack-Ing cough and a grinding of the teeth together The discharge from the nostrils nos-trils become l yellow a high fever loss of appetite and thlrit ire present illcedlnt and purging with epsom salt li I tho treatment recommended but uiually death terminate the case In a day or two under any treatment ThIs dlseaie Is I often the result of eiposur to old rain after shearing J II Tomllnsou Hill unit NuiU for lllo tAi t-Ai stock are turned on fresh erase nether of final or second growth thera li danger of some eating so rapidly that thoy do not digest their food properly The result Is I too munch gas accumulate In the slomach and li I apt to produce bloat or colic To neutralize or countered coun-tered this go I have many times given salt or soda says 0 II Mitchell In Hural World and In almost every Instance hive fccted a cure In a short time A teacuiiiul of equal pans mixed will In mot case cure a cow or horse If relief Is not obtaln111I a nhort time a little more can bo given I gIve It by taking Borne In hand and putting I It Into the mouth of the animal llava used this remedy very auccesifully with sheep that had eaten too much Chemical Milk Preiervera The pres ervnllon of milk by chemicals even It It were Justifiable tu prailce It II I not a procedure Ihnt In any manner or form should be contemplated by fair minded lKoplo I nor li I It In any way conOuelv ot better resiUs towards attaining a milk with keeping qualities sufficiently pro pounced to verve all requirements M nUthoda such as cooling PastoiirluiUoii j nd sterilizing and which are now on ceded 10 bo the only method whIch should be countenanced aiywhere r |