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Show FARM AND GARDEN. MATTBP8 OF INTEREST TO AOHICUI.TUI1ALI8T, Same lp.a-Iale Hints Abnnt t nlllf lion of Mia Holt ami Ylalde lhart,,)-. lortltullaie, Vlllrullute and ,.t. eultore. Hart Clntrr In the KMlh. Farmers' llulletln IS Until recently recent-ly It has Wen Iho-iJtht that red clotrr coijd not bm grown In the t3outaern states, but our experience has been that on suitable soils and with peon, r management It will grow fully a we I here its In any of the Northern states and that while It does not last a-long a-long here, Its yield Is heavier, and ou account of Its more rapid growth lha quality of hay la better In Nona Carolina It haa succeeded well and has maintained n full stand longer than In most other sections, while on the sandy vhlto soil of the Florida station It haa done but little. At the Iuls lana etatkn It has made a vigorous growth, affording two large culllnts during the first season, but It soon succumbs suc-cumbs to the encroachments of nntlvi grasses At the Mississippi station ol rich creek bottom and on black pralrli soils It has riven excellent results. making 2 tons of hay per acre In May, another Ion In June, and In favorable season another ton In September, though tho last cutting has been unreliable unre-liable on account of summer drouths. Where such yields ran be made It li one of Ihe best crops which can be irown, but thero are many localities In the South where It ha not bees found profitable. It require k soil which Is rich and In fairly good condition to secure a "catch" of the seed, and on many soil where It make a promising promis-ing start and yield two or three cutting cut-ting It soon become overrun with the natlvu grasses snd Is choked out. Ordinarily Or-dinarily It will not pay to grow It more than two years on the same ground, a by the end of that time It will hrv done Its best work In fertilising (he soli, and the land will give better returns re-turns If the Isst crop of clover .Is plowed under and ths field planted to some other crop As the planU pro-duco pro-duco teed abundantly hero and are not Infested with the Insects which have recently done ao mu:h damage to the crop In the Northern slate, there lecmi to be no reason why the seed crop should not become of considerable Importance Ited clover Is a universally reconciled recon-ciled standard In estimating the values of all other crops, when grown either for hay or a n green manure, and we have made special efforta to teat It on u great a variety of soils as possible, snd do not hesitate to recommend It for all rich tolls which are In good mechanical me-chanical condition, but It la useless to low It on barren fields, or on rough ind poorly prepared lands of any kind. It seems best suited for growth on sl luvlal and black prairie soils, and has never been satlsfsMory on sandy or while lime lands. August sowings have liven the best satisfaction, as the plants from such sowings are sufficiently sufficient-ly strong to keep down any growth of wild grasses and weeds the next spring, snd will give a heavy cutting of bay In May If sown In February, tho store common time, the first catting irlll be principally of volunteer grasses, out the clover will give two good cut-I cut-I lugs lulcr Bowlug wllh oat In Feb-' Feb-' uary I often successful, but Ihe cluv-tr cluv-tr I often Injured by cutting the oats, thus removing the shsde Just at the seglnulng of the hot weather. Sow 1 tusbel of l' eeeJ to each 6 acres I la riant III H.a Harden. No vrgetablo responds more readily lo a minimum amount of cultivation than rhubarb, and aa It make n flrst-ehua flrst-ehua substitute for fruit. It should be much more extensively grown, especially espe-cially In a country Ilka this, where our fiult resources are extremely limited, lays Northweslrrn Farmer Two meth ails of starling a bed of rhubarb may be adopted, either by sowing the seed ir planting roots, but the latter Is much preferable, for, except In raro Instances, In-stances, rhubarb will not come true to type from seed) in fact, retrogression 1 1. avery failure Is very apparent In icedllng rhubarb It a fow old roots :an be obtained so much ths better ind these may be divided with a sharp ipade Into as many piece as there are eyes Care must be taken lo ensure Ihe fact of there being an eye or bud to each root, ns they will not grow If this Is missing, no matter how Urge Ihe root may be Ilhubarh Is a particularly par-ticularly heavy feeder, and this fact must be taken Into consideration when preparing the land for pUntlnr An old piece of garden, which has been manured tor a few years, will make an excellent situation, If plowed deeply snd heavily manured before planting Do not bo afraid of putting m too much manure, for In this point Ilea the main secret of successful rhubtrb growing The plants should be set out In rows five fiet apart each way, care being taken not In bury the crowns, which should be about level with the surface. Fall planting gives the most satisfactory results, and a coating of well rotted manure spread on tho bed to the depth of six Inches every fall will materially assist development If Ihe above Instructions are followed out you will be surprised at the marvelous growth of your plot of rhubarb Never allow the plants to run to seed, but on Ihe first appearance of flower spike remove them, a they greatly tend to lessen the vigor, besides causing tho whole plant to become tough and In- lipid Victoria and Linnaeus are pop liar varlettee an account of their bright color and excellent quality, Hallrjlle In rno.l. It Is well known to day that salicylic eld Is a powerful antiseptic, say the Sanitarian. As such It retards the ac-Jon ac-Jon of organized ferments like Ue yeast plant and lutrrfarllve bacteria It hinder snd prevents fermentation tho souring of milk and the putrefAO i lion of milk lis action upon unorsan Ited ferments Is even more powerful It completely arrests the conversion o starch Into grape sugar by disease anl pancreatic extracts This action Is dl , rrctty opposed to the process of dig Hon and, were there no other reason the use of sallrylle add should be unl vcrsally condemned These facts li connection with salicylic aeld havi been recognised very thoroughly li legislation Ihe Use of the neld hai been condemnei by most of tho IJuro pean countries having pure food laws In France It I forbidden by ,aw li Austria. Italy and Hpdin It co'iinol' b used without the danger nf Incurring i heavy penalty and all South Arorr Iran states tinning pure food laws hsv absolutely forbidden Its sale The lawi of many of the slates forbid Its use II' a decision of Mr Wells, the dajry anl food commissioner the use of tsllcylh acid In fdod Is frOMMuM In I'cnnsyl vanla I wish to call attention here ti another fact In connection wltVthe uii of salicylic acid which Is of extrem Importance" vli the sale nf preserve lines, preservatives, etc , under varlou high-sounding names Intended for us In private families A nbnlber nf these claimed to be perfectly harmless an on the market but actually contall salicylic acid ns the main Ingredient The conscientious and careful houss keeper should put an absolute veto up on the use of any such compounds There Is rarely any need for them since, when pure fruits and vegetable! are used nnd the proper directions fo sterilising by heat etc , nre carried out canned or preaerved good ot all de icrlptlona can be prepared that will re tnaln In good condition for years wllh out the aid of any preservative. Lntlaa Head as faille rood. The Texas experiment station ha. seen making some test with the abov. food and gives the following sum oary First Roasted cotton seed do no have the laxative qualities ot raw seed and are more palatable Second Faater gains are made b: feeding the boiled seed, but at a greats cost per pound gain Third The advantages to be gatnei In ht use if roasted seed hardly Jus titles Its general us Fourth- Dolled seed are more pal table than raw seed, less laxative anl make faster gain? May continue to b used with profit. Hfth-Staers fed on raw seed, eatlni a leu quantity of seed, ate sllghtlj more hay In consequence Sixth-Cotton seed, at usual prlcei Is a good and cheap addlilon to a con and hay ration Seventh The best beef ration fount by previous experiments cotton seed meal, bulls and silage Is not here prov en the best, when calculated at forme, prices riw seed, corn and bay bln better Klgblh When value of raw seed li raised to nesr market present prices 110 per Ion, the meal, hulls nnd sitae Is sgsln the best ration, raw seed, con snd buy being next best. Moth The average cost of gain pe eoutd In all lota at present price o foods waa 3 Ct cents. Tenth The cheapest feed per pounl gained for all steers fed, when rav cotton seed It valued at 110 per ton was raw seed, corn and Lay, A Mistake, Farmers frequently make the mlilsk. of buying land adjoining and loadlni themselves with a dobt which burdtni thero all the best yesrs of their lives says Drainage Journal When the pur chase was made they htd a few hun drrd dollar at command to make I hi first payment, and from the day ot thi purchase the deferred payments drav Interest, and, like an eating moth night and day It draws upon the life and energy ot those who burden them selves In this way. If they bad takei the money with which Ihey made thi first payment and applied It In the un derdralnage ot tho land which the owned, the result would have been fi more gratifying. Uy tile draining thi crop product could have been Increset from CO to 100 per cent, which woult have added much each year to their In come, so that In a few years the) might have had the money In hand li buy lb laud desired, and at the sami time been free from the burdens o debt, aud in every way better off, Flavor Demanded It Is my Imprrs slon that butter making Is on tbe vergi of a great chauge, for It 1 our duty t( study the want of the Amerlran peopti and those abroad, and there I no que tlon but what they are very rapidly cul tlvatlnic a taste for flno flavored butlei and are looking upon It more and mori aa a necessary arllclo of food To be come able to make such a fine flavored artlile and overcome the defects which our conventions and state fairs point ui to by returning our score cards marked perfect on everything but flavor, ano th.t scored off from ono to five points shiiuld be our study and must event un'dy be our accomplishment. Thi nxist dimcult task In making butter It lo get a perfect flavor. I- C Oltlogge Drainage ot Orchards One at thi dnwbacka to many ot the Wlllametti prune orchards Is a lack of good drain ste The result I Immature wood, ab normal condition and stagnation ol sup followed by fungous diseases, espe dally during such seasons as the oni Just past. No doubt It will be neces sary to use the blue vitriol and lime to keep the "brown rot" from spread Ing where It destroyed considers!)!! fruit this year, but an Important pre ventlvo of decaying crop nnd to Insure bealthtiilnesa of the' trees Is tbst ol well drained orchard soils. Bx Popcorn contain more nitrogen and phosphates than the regular Indian corn. Split the carrots In halve tnd let tbe hen pick at them at wllL |