Show farm and garden 1 1 I 1 A 1 U L 1 I 1 FOK 10 it AsPATIA GUS plumb mimi monrose co new york a asks aks ks us what manure is beat for in all asparagus held field set three and four coining into cutting this thi 4 veat wt roots set oi I iten to twenty inches deep in a 1 loamy loanis soil loll I 1 have been much interested in tho the remarks in alio american in regard ard to the use of nitrate of soda an and d ref I 1 have two and one half acres of asparagus I 1 should esteem it a favor if you would answer the above we have found great benefit from nitrate of soda sown at different erent times during the tile growing season on the asparagus bed we sow broad broadcast east siy three hundred pounds per acra acre cah time two or tareo times during llie tile growing season we think yon oil will lind find it a profitable application CALIFOR IUA on or in proportion to tho tile seed beed planted the bean is ig an enormous three there are a re places where wh ere this tit is 13 is a point poi n t of importance but with old bean growers the saving of a few quarts r of seed more or lesa less per acre is of little consequence the figures i in li tile seed catalogues cataloguer catal I 1 representing a ben bean growing like a tree are in part imaginary agina ag inary ry planted in tho the ordinary way thu tho plant looks more like a of tomatoes than a treo tree they do not ri ripen en as ea early as 18 is usually desirable me alwer As we said before if you want the greatest yield of beans from a aint pint of seed plant these thesesa so called tree beans cans two or three feet apart ona one or two beans beaus in ili a hill and you will bo be likely to get what you want the beans are white resembling the xavy navy a canall pea bean and are of good quality ILY fabits mr E P tomlinson inson now jersey was ivas told that the tile high color of certain specimens of apples was due to their having been grown upon sandy soils not satisfied with this answer ho be asks us to state what causes the fine color of fruits each variety of apples for example baa has its own distinguishing color and this will bo be best developed w when lien tho the tree is in the most perfect health what kind of soil best promotes a vigorous healthful growth of the tree will conduce to the production of the tile most perfect fruit but color is largely I 1 d dependent upon a full exposure a to 1 light gh t it is ig a matter of common abs eer that the finest apples are those borne at the end of the branches w where here they are subject to full fall sunlight while fruit from the interior of the thel tree where it is shaded is lacking in color A lack of iron in the tile soil may be the cause of a lack of color but this is included under the statement that the soil should be suited to tile most vigorous grow growth th of trees TANNING tinning WITH till WOOL ON os an inquiry cornea comes to us froma from F A parker brunswick co va about tanning sheepskin she askin with the wool on the following I 1 is one of tile Ineth used by those who make a business of preparing such skins skills wash the pelts tit in warm water and remove all elesby matter from the in ner surface then clean tho wool wi with tit soft soap washing well the pelt is perfectly free from all fatty and oily matter apply tho following mixture 0 to tho the flesh side viz for each pelt take common salt and ground alum aluin one quarter pound each and one half balf ounce borax dissolve the whole in one quart of hot water and when sufficiently cool to bear the hand add rye meal weal to make i it t ii like me thick paste and spread the inix mixture ture on the flesh bide side of the pelt fold the pelt lengthwise and let it two weeks in an airy shady place then remove the paste from the surface wash and dry when nearly dry scrape the flesh bide side with a crescini aresee nt sh rl r l k S eslit 4 31 bax SS zal 1 lit depends more upon tho tile amount of working it receives IER 11 A willery 0 co O pel pa asks us are sunflower sebas seeds valuable if so what for would it pay to grow them he lie lias has heard that if grown in miasmatic regions they would pr prevent chills and fever Is this so I 1 As to the last question wo vo have no proof that the sunflower possesses any peculiar anti auti malarial properties the seeds contain about I 1 it fifteen per cent ol 01 oil and are valuable as food for fattening poultry they are 1 re also a Is 0 regarded as useful for horses with v ill heaves or other troubles of the tile re respiration aji these are the th principal uses use for tho the seed in this country in europe especially in southern russia the sunflower is grown in large quantities for ta alio I 1 0 expression of oil which is also produced to some sonie extent in ill france but much lees less than formerly the diminished cultivation is n n account of tho the rich soil required the difficulty of if preserving the tile crop from birds bird 3 and d the small of oil 11 which he it ia its less valuable tha I 1 I 1 that pr produced educe dby by puppy poppy seed we wo know of no atul attempts apts at cultivating tile sun bull flower on the tile large scale in this country the plant is notably rich in ili potash I 1 and consequently ivo of or the 8 soil oil if llie the stems are usel as fuel the tile ashes walles should ILl always ways bo be rn ro turned to tile land all am aurist |