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Show TO INCREASE FARM CROPS All Progreaalv Airlcullurlal Interewteit la Quewtlon ot How to Make Liadl Yield More. All progreaMtve agrlculturlnta AtA leeply ttitereatetf In Hh -)tMaMtuai of how to Inrreane the yield per Acre In the cultivated aectloua of the I'nlted Statea. Il la well known that the Kiirnicun rowi larger rropa ier acre than ate grown In thla country, and, aa the price of farm land I Increasing nnd there la a demand for linger imps each year, It I necesiary to nluly ami learn how the output of Hie aoll ran be made lo meet the Increased demand for all farm product. The average yield of wheat per acre b,r I '.Ml'.! wan: Kligtnlld, .14 1; Ktalire. '.'.'. Ilelgliim. II'J. 2 ; Germany, ail I: I lilted Sllltea, Ui." "Yon Sccltmrat," Itoyal Agricultural !-:x-erlmeiit Station, (lottlugen, (Jer many, aaya: "I believe that the principal In reuni' of the harvest la to be attrlbu ted In part to the application of ar tlllclul fertllltera themaelvea and In part to their combination with green 'iiniiure. Through the application of 'lie twu the yield upon the average has been doubled on our common light polta. In aume ranea the yield bun , veil been Increaned two and one-hull to threefold. "I he greatly lln reused ylehln which we are now producing In (lermany, . specially of wheat, are dependent upon Improved need, larger and more 'ilelligenl line of ferlilUrra, esp. elall) d aitlllilal fertlllrera. better crop ro iiitiou and more ihoiough tillage. Of Ihl'se tuctora, however, the uae of fer tllliera lake firm rank very decidedly In liicreaning the crop yield" I "I ran only nay that the Urgent pro- . I portion of the Increnne of different "j cropn lu the Netherlanda I would at i tribute lo the proper line uf rommer- clal fertllliern and to the una of In- .' proved varlellea of need, th other j fiietora, rotation and proper tillage, I coining In th aecoml place." The IN- '1 rector tleneral of Agriculture, The. J Hague, Holland.. . m . , . I'realdent Creelman, Ontario AgrV rullural College, aaya: "Italy ha been prartlalng th art of agriculture a I nee th early dnya of old clvlllxntlon. hundred of yeara b foie the Christian era began, and agrl culture la atlll th mont Imiuirtant Itt-duniry Itt-duniry In Italy, aa 115 per rent, nf tha noil la productive. "lu lliln connection. Ih publlahed atatlntlca bowing Ih amount of commercial com-mercial plum fisMl material! uaed In Italy are algnlflrant. With a total area of lena than I Id. OK) iquire mile (nliout twice Hi area of llllnolal, Italy lined 1.147.700 tone nf rommer rial fertllltera In 190?" "The great factor haa been Ih In. troductlon of fertiliser and pur i based feeding it ii IT Aa eoon aa you ran Introduce on a farm lome e Iranenua aourc of fertility you ran rulnn th standard of production." A. II. Hall, Itothamnted Kxpcrlinent 8ta Hon, llarpenden. Kngland. Saddle Crafting. Saddle grafting la iinciI ror email plant, the iock being rut to A vrdg and the ecloiin cut and aet upon th wi tlgn In nidlco grafting of Ih aim plent form the twu part are rut ucronn dlugonully and laid together, being tied together with a Hiring and waxed It I uncful for noft or tender wood which will not admit of npllt- ' ling |