| Show DAIRY I AND POULTRY INTBMB8TINO CHAPTUflt FOil oun IIURAL IIBADBHB Ilse earl fal fm flrrol Trl nrprlerno or II Ioe Ore IIlolt o In Ili Cor or h Und U-nd ioullee in HAD cor ic oullI test hu come Into I extunilvo ue with 1i1 M In the pint few 0 > Ir I id year and It I likely r + 0 til be used Mill V 1li J more In determining determin-ing the value I of M i h L dnlry row unit of he many different tnlllii and cream brought to factor IM for the manufacture of both butler and chew Ai = much depends upon Iho accuracy I accu-racy of this to > t where thousands of dollar are In bo divided among patrons annually It li I of the utmost Importance Import-ance that Inasmuch ni tho sample cited li necessarily small nil menu rement should bo mode with tho I greatest pomlble accuracy In order to secure uniformly reliable remit I It hAl been found that many of tho I Inucock bottled find pipette now In UM are Inaccurately graduated I In Mow of this fact and of the difficulty to securing bottle I and pipettes I which Ian I-an bo relied upon tho ltnnilrinli Ixperlment Italian has undertaken to supply ni standard to any resident of he Hate desiring them n tented Dab wk bottle and plpctlo at n price mill ctent to cover the original coat and tho expense of testing and postage In this connection owing to the wide vnrla lion found In cheap dairy thermometer lera tho Italian will oleo undertake to inpply to resident of the data deslr ng It a tcitcd thcrmomeltr a > n eland ail under the above condition Tho itallon has also prepared a bill olin containing full and explicit dlre > lion for the use of the Habcock tea which It will mall free to all who may desire It II Hayward Pennsylvania Kxpcrlmcnl Station olIhuk l > < > r lloci Hitherto the growing of this value able tubcroui rooted perennial hAl 1 been almoil wholly neglected and greatly mliunderitood During Iho poet few yoari the lamci or dome IcaliHl torn of the artichoke leave been imported from Europe and are grad uilly making their way to an extcn lire cult vatlon In the United Stales Canada and Mexico It li I In place In thli connection to mention that there slanding preju Is I a deepiealed longitandlng dlco against the artichoke among the farmer of the United Slates Hut there li wild rc and tamer r > e wild onloni and lama onion Wild barley al1 lame barley Wild lettuce and lame lettuce etc Almost every grain and vegetable I cultivated and used ai food by mnn has Us nnmcuako In n noxious and oftentimes often-times dangerous weed Tho arllchoke li I no exception lo the general rule Tho wild artichoke being Indigenous 10 most localities wherever the toll 11 suitable In North and South America Amer-ica It li merely a bud weeda din few and gems pest which produces null lubers and iprcads Hi lung fibrous roots out a long distance and deep down Into the loll making its extermination a dinicult lask Many farmers who have seen It growing understand un-derstand It fully Hut the sums farms en do not understand that there li I a difference vast difference In the wild artichoke anti the tame artichoke arti-choke In fact they are ni different ai li I wild and tame lettuce or Is I wild and tame rye During the pail few years the tame or domesticated coots of artichoke have been Imported from Europe and are to a great extent becoming known and cultivated on this continent ni a cheap healthy stock food The tame artichoke I ar-tichoke I can be ai easily grown n corn potatoes and on land that will produce pro-duce 60 bushels per acre of Indian corn BOO buiheli per acre of artichokes can be easily grown The wrller fro quenlly doe this and has grown over 90 bushels per acre on ground that had never been manured Their great valua II a cheap handy healthy hog food has been so thoroughly aired In the press of the country the past few demand hAl yeas that an enormous been created for them Ai a pork producer they cancel be excelled A good plan Is I to plant all lour lots to artichokes about May 1 or as soon as your stock li I put on their tprlng and rammer pasture Then when your pasture plan out In the fall or about September 1C to October 1 you will have fine food In your lots for your bOIl where they will root at Interval whenever the ground li I not frozen too herd until the following May when they will have received an much real benefit from one acre of artichokes as from five of corn at a very conservative estimate some My ten acre The lion will also leave enough tubers In the ground to MHO an seed for the next crop It li a hogs nature to root In fact his hcnshlp li I never happier than when he li I root inc An artichoke patch can truly bo called n hogs drug More A hogs object ob-ject In rooting being tu obtain roots which his appetite craves add which peeve the mine purpose fur him as n I blood cleaner or spring medicine doe for the human being Ayer of raria parllla fame can fully explain thli After a how boa eaten artichoke lo lilt heart1 content the rooting notion will have been put entirely out of his head and he will not root up his spring or summer pasture A wealthy lion raiser Mr Iloohcr of tho writer acquaintance ac-quaintance and who has made 4SO acre of 100 land from hog raising for the pork market Ma ho would not be without n big annual patch of the tame artichoke and that he bat had no hog disease In hll herds since he has allowed them lo root In his nrtlchoke patch to their heart content Ho claimed that A tow will never cot her pig If she Las been previously given n good feed of artichoke The nrtlchoke lama sorts Is I n wonderful soil enrlcher fully oa good na red clover The writer cilIa thn tuber to two eyes per piece and plant precisely name RR potato and cultivate pro clrcly Mine III corn They grow about eight feet high and grow eo dense 1 that wrid have n hard time In an artichoke paten The artichoke stands j Irouglit much better than the potato and there Is I no Insect that Infests them to the writer knowledge of several sever-al > ear In growing three kinds of them The tame or domesticated artichoke should Lu replanted every three cars nft they run out or In other words limo ground needs n rotation of crop They are very imlly and entirely exterminated ex-terminated If the young top are plowed under when about one foot high Artichokes are valuable nol alono as n hog food but for any Mm of stock nnd poultry and also for hones Poultry Just j about Iho In an artichoke patch In warm weather where they hide from hawks In Ibo shade and scratch out the point tubers The tubers are highly prized for milch cows as valuable milk pro ilucers Tho writer feeds the tubers to all horses every sprint Horses pro for them lo any other food after they hate become accustomed to Ibeni They cOIIIIlflel take the place 01 oil cake and condition powder mllldns horses shed nicely urlll clearing them of worm The writer baa tried rev oral varieties but has finally settled on the White Jprusale lied Jerusalem Jerusa-lem and Mammoth Whllo French ns the moat vuliinble sort to grow In the central west lIHnols IlI red llTimmth Iliifk For len years I have been raining poultry During thai limo I have kept Iho While nnd Drown leghorns While and Harred Ilvmouth Hock or all Ibo brcedi I prefer the Plymouth Hocks My poultry home U an ordinary frame building but comfortable I feed soft food In mho morning and whole groin In the evening I do not conflno mvtelt to one grain but try to Kilo a variety A 1 lo Iho market I can sell all the breeding fowl I want to dispose of In the home market I have never failed lo get eggs In winter though In tho very severesl wealher they of course fall off name One year I lost almost an entire flock from cholera I was away from home when they look It I and In five days nearly alt of them died I lost but two chicks after I got home and could attend to them I find lice lie greater enemy of young chicks W II Held In Farmers Hevlew Milk In New York The milk mppl of New York Increaiei at a fair pac The dally consumption by the city Is I In the neighborhood of 100000 gallon The consumption of cream Is I abou 3GOO gallon per day and of condcniei milk In excess of 12000 gallons for Ibo same time Care for the Crown When setting strawberries be sure that the crown la not covered with dirt A Illtlle RI tendon In letting It wen with the ground will do much good Also ttr that It li I eo net that the water will not wash the mud over It |
