Show W THRASHING GRAIM 71 inks A T T the h na arto thru tnie is barest tho adwa nt of hor borso power and steam crashing gitig machines 9 has nearly everywhere thrash been signalizes signalized ig nIl zed by In increasing creasi n sf ear lillemo la in getting gram grain out of 0 tho the straw why fanieri who are in no hurry t to eel 11 boul lion lionald ld a want to thrash directly after cliart has always been a puzzle to un us we suspect lt it is 13 not the farmers who are g burrid nurr led p it it is tho the army of traveling tlora thrashing bing machine owners each in larch search 0 of f a job when they get one it g it signal 04 val for all tho farmers in the tile abol hood to follow As the owner of iha the mar bine bin seductively puts the tase ase be may na not be e around again until very late it is better to thrash while days are long so that jobs can perhaps be gin mi aed led in a single day jo 0 by thee and like arguments the dirtiest and most disagreeable work ot of the whole e year and tho the one that always the severest verest be labor is crowded into the hottest ir oather not only tins this lut but the grain is 13 often injured bec because a use got out of its chaff before drying out wo lye in some cases where grain is cut green that it may take eap sap from haff bait it if wt not from stalk while drying on out before being bp ng thrashed in tho the easy caso of barley this thi increased increased weight of bwy y from lato thrashing is of great importance what is is gained by early thrashing simply the satisfaction of 0 knowing low much crops have 3 yielded leaded and having a nasty asty job jot out of the way so many thrash early arly that it ii is rare that farmers get any ally better prices for that first marketed on th alo 0 con contrary frary as this is the time when chono most pressed for mon money ey oro are obliged to market their crop the arico cirico at this time is apt to be depressed emed li in most localities thoro thero is too much competition in thrashing if one machine 0 ower wn er will not take the job late there aro are plenty others who will Man ysmall jobs may bo be better left until cold weather and bo be thrashed with hail flail than to pay rates that tho owners of expensive thrashing machines are obliged to charge if as wo believe tho the tendency among eastern farmers is to grow more fruit and vegetables and less grain I 1 it will necessitate moro more band thras thrashing bing in winter this will furnish winter work fur for help needed in summer culture of garden vegetables vegetal lea in the report of tho the horticulturist ot the maine experiment station for 1891 certain points in tho the culture of cabbages ei and eggplants egg plants aro are discussed in the culture of cabbages it was m found that the best results were obtained by several times plants g gow UN a in flowerpots flower pots till ready to bo be I LI avel rd in tho the field were better than those grown grow n in in boxes it was observed that borne boniv varieties arie ties of cabbages aro are attacked by the cabbage worm much worse worse than others those varieties having firm clio cli o heads are least injured of the twenty varieties arie ties grown those becom inn im led for gonema culture aro are jersey wt emidd brunswick Ir early summer and flat dutch the old early york la Is condemned the following is a summary of the experiments in tomato culture 1 an important requisite to successful tomato cult i li ore tire la is that the plans bo be kept growing filp bously a condition involving rich koil and frequent tillage 2 frequent Ie quent transplanting makes stocky plants 3 other 0 her things being equal tho the ear earliness carli lines noss and d productiveness of tomatoes is is in indi ai reet n t proportion to the earliness earh noss of set bettini tini in tho field 4 trimming plants after a part of the fruit had sot set increased the beld by more than one third 5 the tl e best leht varieties for general use appear ta t be ignotus Ig perfection beauty golden quen tn and possibly prelude eggplants Egg eisel plants ints are not extensively grown in maine M une but the varieties recommended for iloine use arr are early dwarf purple and early long purple na resting tinothy nay runners differ considerably in their idas idi as and practice in regard to the proper time for cutting timothy for ha ba so that tin best ti st results resul tsmay may bo be secured from the fe among other trials made at tho maine laine station to practically lest test this question quefton fourteen plate plata were used and on one half of each plat the grass was cut july 1 I when the timothy was in full bloom and that on the other half july 18 the iny bay from each cutting waa was weighed nt at the time of putting in the bm barn and again the following april ana alla lyzen and its digestibility determined with cheep two animals being wing fed on an early cut hay and two others on late cut nay hay during five fire days the yield por per aero acre of grass grus cut july I 1 waa pounds and that cut july 18 B 80 pounds As would bo be expected from all previous anal analyses yao the early cut bay proved to be tho more nitrogenous and also the more digestible from the early cut bay ha 56 07 per r cent of the or ganic matter waa was digested and from tho the late cut exit hay only 50 7 per cent of total liB dig tible material the late cut bay hay proved pro ed to contain the more the amounts per acre ly ban mg early cut 2028 1 and late cut 2212 pounds these figures stand somewhat in opposition to those obtain ed from the crop of 1888 where the larger amount of digestible material waa was obtained from the early cut hay bay wages of farm the statistician of the united states haa has prepared a report on the of farm farn labor the result of nine investigations from 1860 to 1893 1802 with prior records of the tile wages am tar far bade back aa as 1840 the report shows monthly tats tates both with and without board for the w acason abou or Ye year armid had albo also by the day in hat ha t teas time it abols that for ten eara wages have been very uniform and well ft ell ens E ns tamed ia in spite of fluctuations in prices t farm products and that a a steady deif d hand exists with if 9 positive scarcity of arm labor in a largo large portion of tho the couil ry foft foil tl teata chih adi ke that ditria c 1 U 8 9 da la Is Vl TI eibl abl bl tw for aids T I ini apo pt stav til field elpe ri identa with nitrate of eoda ro tonia tow in 10 and I 1 inoda at t j the new jersey station indicated I 1 wa mater W under cf was a do fertilizer r for toma tm PW ta toes x the he experiments in both ye 1 were earned carried out upon the same carlu the soil of which was con a 4 to tho the crop viz a deep deep san sau saudy y boim it in a frood r tato of fertility in the cwi of results 5 ia in bolli both cases placed u nn upon tho nece mity e a sufficiency of the min mineral aral elmett pho phosphoric pho rac acid and id potash either la in tb coil soil or R 1 although though 1 in 10 1 0 the ghedi dh application of those these eleata wa not found profitable in 1801 in order to if possible clearly demonstrate this ibis point two twos ax peri ments were made ono one on a sandy loam in a good tete of fertility and one on on land apprent apparently ly deficient in all lly tile essential plant food elements though in general character cha roxter adapted to the growth of market garden produce early varie yarn ties were used in loth both cases each a of nitrate of boda soda was distributed u fed evenI evenly over about one half balf of the space occupied by the low row on the candy sandy loam the yield beld of early tomatoes was very ver decidedly increased by the use of nitrate of foda roda both alone and together with phosphoric acid and potash in the trial on the poor land nitrate of soda alone was on tho the average not profitable merely paying for the nitrate used As summed up in in tho the special bulletin the average results secured under the varied conditions of soil and season included in the three years of experiment seem however to warrant the conclusion thit that under condition considered favorable for the growth of tomatoes that is 19 good cultivation and previous liberal fertilization tho the aepli a cation of pounds per acre of nitrate of boda alono alone will be uniformly more r T for early tomatoes than corn com bi bmat nations ions of minerals barnyard manure or a complete fertilizer wool I 1 exhibit nt at the world AYrl ds rt the assistant secretary of agriculture mr willits who is in charge of the ex hibit of that department at tho worlds columbian exposition is taking meas urea ures for a thoroughly classified rep resea tation there of the wool industry of tho the united states he ile has appointed appoint ul a committee to look after this matter consist ing of edward A oreene greene of philadelphia and hon ilon john T rich of E ella aba mich it is is intended to include in tho the exhibit samples of foreign wools taken from the collection now being ix ing mado made for the tile uso use of the customs service by the barno same committee of domestic dom esti wools about 2000 samples will bo shown of all breeds and crosses raised in tho the country the space available for this exhibit will ill not permit of showing many whole fleeces which will be restricted to a few taken from pedigree sheep generally speaking the samples will bo be put in glass bottles holding about a po ind and will bo be so arranged in the bottles as to show on the one side the staple and on the other the skin side of the clip in this way both the farmer and the wool v ool bu buyer cr will see the wool as they are in the habit of seeing it an effort will be made to relieve the monotony would arise from so many similar samples by some special decorative features such as pictures of sheep etc mr willita willits desires ta secure a fane fine menno morino ram to bo be stuffed and mounted on a pedestal in the center of the exhibit he would like tenders of such a ram whose pedigree gre can be traced to one ono or more noted sires and that is M now growing his third fleece the animal selected will be us habited with the name and addrel of the breeder attached na its in the case caso of all samples of wool where these are known although the space available tor for the exhibit is very small it is hoped that by using great care in the selection of the samples it may prove of value to uie wool growers of the country ono IV way y t coiry dry grain where there are p of bins a rural now yorker correspondent advises placing in the grain bins freshly burned soft brick that had not yet absorbed any moisture if tho the grain is very damp use one to the bushel and the bricks will absorb the moisture in the grain so that the latter will become quite dry it if no freshly burned bricks are at hand any soft burned ones will do it if placed on a cro fire until they have live become cherry red let them cool so that ono one can distribute them well down among the grain select clean bricks fad brush off any sand or dirt that may be on them this will do for a few hundred bushels but lar larea a elevator can bo be best dried by aerating by elevating and handling tho the grain approved cres cr es an english atit authority hority who commends crom crossbred bred fowls for practical purposes designates tho the following approved crosses for table fowls indian game dork ing old english game dorking indian kamela kame game la Fl fleche eelie old english gamela game gaine la fleche for laying fowls rowls black hamburges Ham llam burgs minor cas leghorns Leg horns borns white prefer red black llam burgs leahoma hou dans leghorns scotch grays for general purpose fowls winter layers langehans leghorns lan lang shans plymouth bocks rocks lang an dehans plymouth rocks tho ali turnip crop tho the results of experiments with different manures applied to tho the turnip crop of 1891 at an english agricultural school farm justi justified Aed thes these conclusions 1 A green crop should not be grown crown without farro farmyard yard manure if possible 2 however muck farmyard manure be supplied some artificial manure rich in phosphates a should bo be added in order to give the crop a good early start starl 3 of the artificial manures experimental men tea upon that prepared aa as a special turnip us manure anure whether used alono alone or with half a d dressing of farmyard manure gave gays the moat moot satisfactory results GAPs im M CHICKENS botn some alvro method or of Combat combating tw Dlf eose A world writes ri rit t 1 I have nover met a poultry keeper yet who wae in gapa and name a new now remedy for tb them then there are of methods of coin corn course approved bating thia this trouble that those still continue to bo be recommended is P pret pt t good avid evidence enco that IN in some C uca cases a loat lot tjay they prove effective As garm will bo to the fore now and for bom timo time to coma come among the young chickens I 1 will mention a f tow of theeo tos ono an authority says if cases occur al at put fluid jinia carlotte carl earl comphor ot 01 limo lim in tho the water if it there acoman aro mn in a cold pit UP X r den branic aha wd fumigate wita X apor c jg ca acid till aey bre lare caf I 1 bated fua femc apa care f ar 1 cinat bo t taw to liberate liberat 6 the chi chicka ct a al at tb the e r right g it iso 0 ment or death will ensue but if this i i well done it is an effectual cure ewdard 15 bays that caan has bw given I 1 0 and that alum and sulphur in th t pea don dom thi form of orjin 0 roziler blown als i ty t y throat will destroy tho ilia worms the nir air will alco effect tb the 0 purpose e rna 0 o ma may y be applied by putting g the chicke m into a box covered with line tine musli musli ji aud sifting fine lime through this but not K L fast aa as to smother the chickens another remedy is spirits of titre turpentine 1 a few drops at a lime time by sul buim persona a diet of crushed corn soaked boa ard iu alum water or kerosene is good this last remedy docs does not appeal appe a atall at all reasonable tome to me gapes garms are cau 1 aa as ever every poultry leeper keeper L is likely to leair learn some time in the course of his experience by small red worms in the w i which obstruct the passage so that abai ii i i nally the chokes and dies to r move the tho cause ii to remove the dia and the chicken if not too much weakened 11 will recover for a few chickens I 1 think the feather treatment ought undoubtedly to beca be called the beat best and surest cure this consist in stripping the feather from froin a quill five or six inches long to within about an inch of the top then double this portion over wet this with turpentine a little diluted dilute i with water orath or with a mixture of twenty drops carbolic acid to one ounce glycerin push the feather down gently through the valve of the vind as far as na it will go then draw it up at the same time thue twisting it quickly around if you have performed the operation dexterously the worms or a part of them will come up with the feather it may bo be necessary noce to repeat the process in order to get the worms all but of course this remedy Is 13 somewhat severe on tha chicken ia U not skillfully and gently done and it cannot be applied to large hocks flocks because it requires too much time there is I 1 believe an absolute preventive for thia this trouble viz keep the chickens on dry ground and keep the yard and house bonse clean wet and filth are the greate t enemies ot of the poultry yard A new now irra kr for the of guane when the deposits on the rocky id ij lands off the coast of peru were first discovered the shipments of guano were 0 ol 01 high quality the average percenta ze of ammonia ranging from 1590 per cent in the lowest sample to 1804 per cent ia in the highest but there came a change and aa as the oll U deposits ts began |