| Show FAiuC AND UUIEN < MATTERS OF INTBRBST TO AanlCULTUIIISTS Pool I llnlui Mint Abnut Valtiva Ion or Hi Poll inl VIHlt Thrrrnl ITlUullntr tllltullnnt word 1 1 lurl ullur OW LOSO 8GUD3 will retnln their l vitality vi-tality 10 as lo germinate ger-minate anti grov6 J Into plants Is n dli paled quest Inn 1 among men of science t 7J sci-ence Many persons iI still believe that bol has been grown from wd found In lg > ptlnn mummy room and that grain could < In made to sprout from seed found In 1ompcll unit llercnlsneuni An elaborate and Interesting wrles ot experiments Made by Irofcwor Itilo Jlllloll 01 tile royal blKII school 01 ogllcllllllrl lit Iorll IIrllr Naples as rOlllll1l1nl41 10 NAture thrown considerable liGht on the Trial lr The md used were put Away In Ilia fall of 1S77 anti spring of 1873 and viore IcalNl In Auctnt 1801 the long eat time Hint any had been kept bcloB n few days leas than seventeen > wr and lie shortest fifteen years nine montha and n few days the average Will about nlxtccn years butt n half Incerno iccil nan chiefly lined end the results really apply only to that plant for the wheat etch torlndcr tied off I i cr ceilj trlctl happened to tc put Into I olullonn that proed fatal to Interne L too The feed were put Into small bulbed tube Into which dry grace uoi passed and Ibo tribes were then sealed and kept In tile dark others were put into alcohol ether chloroform f ml other llqiildi but the alcoholic no lutlon Alone could be tested ni Ibo other liquids I evaporated I Out of 320 scoots kept In nllroRon 1181 germinated of GO22 kept 10 ar eul I urctted bydrocen 3S1 germinated ai did 224 out at 2M kept In carbon monoxide mon-oxide 43 out or co lived that hal beet Ielln strong alcohol I orlglooll7 absolute abso-lute Seeds IlIt In chlorotorol In hy Irolloo In alcoholic solution Of phenol I end In carbon dioxide nil died With I other gm and solutions the results were not > o decisive only S out of 203 In oxygen lUed 33 out of GOD In chlorine chlo-rine and hydrochloric acid I out ol 101 lucerne seeds and none out ot CO nhent seeds In aulphurctted hydrogen 5 out ot COO In nitric oxide In alcoholic alco-holic solutions 1C seeds out of 70 kept In u solution of corrosive Sublimate Ktrmlnated I out ot CIS In that ot sulphur sul-phur dioxide out of GS3 In that ol sul phuretted hydrogen and 13 out ot ISS In that ot nitro oxide Many of the germInating plant were put Into flower pot where they grow well flowered and seeded normally When Ibo Seeds wro put away lira fnior llnlloll vlas not aware ol the evil effect of even imall proportion 01 molaturc ho thinks If bo had taken more care In pxellldlntf moisture front i the seeds and from the Cases a much larger number of seeds would have retained re-tained their vllnllly There li I no reason rea-son apparent why Iho seeds planted could not have been kept Indefinitely In the solutions without further change lie tins established for some seed nt least respiration or exchange with the surrounding medium li I not necessary neces-sary for Ibo prcicrvntlon of germ life There Is reason for believing thai living matter may exist In a completely complete-ly I passive Unto without any chemical i change nod may maintain Its special properties for an Indefinite time as U the came with mineral and all lifeless mailer In experimenting with seeds from 1ompcll nod Herculaneum he has not > ct found any living grain they ore too much carbonized lo admit ad-mit of much hope especially those from 1ompcll which have been exposed ex-posed lo Iho slow action of moisture If the seeds I found In the granaries ot the Casa dArgo nt Hcrciilaneum In 1828 had been planted nt once a fair test might have been had as they had been preserved under favorable conditions condi-tions It li too Into now ns Ihey have been cu long exposed la light and air rail plowing Sod Ground Where there Is I n heavy old sod of natural grasses Ibo soil beneath It Is lo a great extent protected from freezing When once frozen It Is equally protected from thawing until warm woollier comes In spring In this condition the green roots remain uninjured nnd when the rod Is I turned under In spring they are ready to grow Hut It the sod Is I fall plowed with an open soil surface II freezes and thaws with llm slightest change In the weather before spring time the soil to Ibo depth of the furrow will bo thoroughly mclloned nnd many of the Great roots will be destroyed It makes n great deal of difference to the cultivation whether the sod Is turned under In fall or spring There may be Some Ion from blowing or washing the surface ot fallplowed sod but Ibis Is more than balanced by Ibo cue of cultivation cul-tivation and tbo greater availability of what fertlllly the oll I poucues Cx Farm Teaching Tho New Hampshire Hamp-shire Agricultural college has devised n plan for dlHuiInc agricultural Information Infor-mation that la worthy of notice ns a step In Ibo onward march ot farm education edu-cation The faculty representing the sciences related to agrloutturo have organized or-ganized n kind of lecture bureau to give addresses before granges farmers clubs horticultural societies and other similar organization the orgaultallcn cxlnndlne the Invitation paying mileage mile-age tnxil and lodging no cbargo bo Ing I made for time or service of the lecturer lec-turer About thirty titles of lecture already prepared are given In Iho circular cir-cular announcing the plan Ibo Inviting j organization making Its awn selection I as to topic and lecturer of whom there 1 arc ton on the Hit Kx 1111111 Ill ling an Orrtmril The ground for an orchard should bo well and deeply cultivated and trio from weeds well drained It the Poll requires It and most tolls are better for dralnlngf xcepl sandy or light grar city soils with n light subioll Bitch and may not require draining but tn very calC It should be well worked Ao1 pulverized and enriched before planting The work of preparation must bo done during the immmer sos so-s to be ready for fall or spring plantIng plant-Ing Planting In the spring li I pre erred which will enable the trees to take firm hold of the earth and to resist re-sist the front ot next winter but PlantIng plant-Ing may be done successfully In the Autumn by protecting tile trees to as to Prevent the frost from heating or ml placing them Select young healthy and vtglrous trees and from a reliable nurseryman and If pcmlble from n roll similar to flint In which you Intend to plant xpur orchard Tho different kinds ot tipples tip-ples will depend upon Your own choice anti flip sultnbtllty ot roll and climate I should advise that the selection 15 made from the old tried and reliable kinds The distance apart should not be less ban thirty feet so as to allow Ihe trees room to spread their branches and to form n low and iprcadlrfe head Clone planting has a tendency to force the rees to run up and preventing the fruit from obtaining Its proper colorIng color-Ing from the sun and making It more difficult tn gather the fruit At the die I ance of thirty feet apart It will require nentynlno trees to the acre Ileforo planting Iho tree remove nil brulicd anti broken roots by cutting clean with o thorp knife Lay out your ground In straight lines so that jour trees will ho In line each way end at equal tits anew thirty feet arlWm dray TI1r Perry Bulletin For December 1W3 Any Intelligent farmer can grow ripe melon strawberries ready for pickIng pick-Ing at two cents per quart With good cultivation at least 100 bushels per acre should be grown Two hundred bushels per acre Is not all unusual yield I and 300 Is often produced pro-duced Irnlt that can be grown so cheaply and will yield fo much should bo con sidereal n neceully In every family No olin can no well afford to have straw terries every day In the season as thu former li0 one can have them ro Iren from ho vine so ripe ro delicious anti nt I so little cost t as tile farmer and yet as a class none have so few I Tho cost of placing berries on the market depends somewhat on locations and the manner In which It Is I done Iur good berries carefully picked In clean now boxes well packed and hon estly meaiurcd It may bo estimated by the quatt as follows Cents per Qt Coil of growing ready for picking Picking 14 loxes 1 Cases packing and delivery I Freight or express charges 14 Comtalaiilun selling 1 Actual cost on market S The commercial grower must receive Ilia profit after all these expenses are uald 0 ualdTho The farmer may have his berries nt first cost llo saves expeuHo picking and provides a pleasure for his wife and children Ho Mi boxes cases packing freight oxore and conimlstlnn Every farmer In the country and every owner of a house In the village should grow big berries mid lots of them for family use k 110 may thus have them fresh from the vines In summer and canned dried or preserved for winter There Is I tio better food than ripe fruit There Is none Moro htntthful anti nt two or three cents per quart there Is none cheaper A berry garden for next season ihniild ho decided upon at once The brat preparation for It Is the reading of good books and papers Bubicrlbe for them now and thus provide pro-vide the greatest Pleasure for long winter win-ter t evenings M A Thayer Sparta Wit < leorgla Peach Orchard Tho foundation foun-dation ot the orchard of Ibo HaleleorglaOrchard Co Fort Valley I nIL was an old cotton plantation Of 900 acres purchased In the summer ol 1S90 and COO acres were planted with I a little over 109000 peach trees In the winter ot 18919 It Is I all laid out In blocks 1000 feet long and COO feel wide with avenues running north and I south named after the poach growing states of the union anti streets running east and west named after loading Horticulturists I I of the country A resident i noJ i dent superintendent thirty or forty I negro militants and slxte n mules havo kept up most thorough culture for the past throe years There was a full bloom on the orchard In the spring of 1631 but n heavy frost Ibo last of March destroyed all tho fruit prospects I This year Ibo fourth summer after planting all the trees set a full amount of fruit and during April and May forty to fifty bands were employed In thinning out Ibo surplus Kx I I Swine Improvement In TnnLTho hog breeders ot Texas am entitled to a great deal of Ibo credit for The Improved Im-proved character of our Taxes swine They have educated the farmers to ap preelato good bogs I have seen quite a stir made In the neighborhood by tho advent of a pair of fine plgi It Is I n disgusting sight to see n Texas farmer go to Ihe grocery store and Klvo up his good cotton money for a slug of tolerably toler-ably hard looking bacon and I am sorry la say that It Is I n light altogether too common Hut even In Western Texas the numbers who do not raise their own bacon are crowinG gradually less Clarldge Block Farmer |
