Show I 1 I 1 9 s F 5 nal jt r aia 5 L EN I 1 fa I 1 I 1 V I 1 ii FES FOR COHN tram result obi mawn 10 lo 1 I calved tl at t the h nitrogen I 1 md phosphoric acid I 1 biot je oozed ila the menthal Ment ial il elements atre 11 fertilizers and in ingres inures often I 1 it t in 1 I 1 wit aith certain soils and crops tint tha t io so of these ingredients is essential only L t 0 kentucky atuk y state agricultural et ex tt the results of trials 1 I 1 nt 6 station N pl ah rt fertilize fertilizers on corn mae made it appear 1 tonly only in 1 those cases where potash ma tw vill t I 1 g chief ingredient was alie e any it stable table use se of rt a commercial fertilizer izer pa 5 corn kt tho 11 hatch atch station alas mas hn similar trials were ere made last 1 oa showing very ver much tho the same rolls tolls 1 ul under different conditions of soil 6 cl ln in the t massachusetts cs ex 1 d an ancients ants it was found that while soils r vid vill lr ly la in their requirements potash b csore inoa of to or more re largely proves bene benefit fici 11 to oro corn n either nitrogen or I 1 phosphoric acid As a rule lt it also most ll 11 hidy ely increases the yield icle of both grain 12 and nl stover but its effect is is greater on 10 the latter it is is thought that the deficiency 4 fici ency of many soils in in potash may bo be aa counted for from the fact that barn yard manures as a ale lack this in and farmers who uso use fertilizers juire lve usually bought those rich in choric acid with little or no potash taking all the experiments experiment of tho the staton into account the grand average in crease vase in t hard corn and an stover per acra acre 6 u as follows for potash bushels CS scover 1303 pounds for nitrogen 4 j 7 A 7 bushels stover pounds for phosphoric phosa choric acid 36 3 0 bushels stover pounds the increase duo to potash then exceeded that due to nitrogen as follows hard lard corn 2 40 times stover times over phosphoric acid the average increase was respectively hard corn times stover 8 od times it thus becomes evident that potash produces relatively more effect upon the yield of stover sto cr than upon that of grain 0 and that it greatly exceeds either nitrogen 0 anor or phosphoric acid in this respect 6 0 nett eit to potash in in its effect upon stover risks rinks nitrogen of the following two mixtures either one is recommended by the station as a good fertilizer for an acre of corn first In of potash pounds dissolved dissolve cl bone black 17 pounds nitrate of soda loo pounds second wood ashes 1500 pounds bone meal pounds nitrate of soda pounds apply broadcast and barrow harrow in in liny hay loader loaders ata at a meeting of iowa farmers the hay loader question was discussed one farmr er said that ho be had found that hay was sometimes iome times injured by the loader possibly I 1 this may way bo be the case but not often ays says the farmers review in which is iko also expressed the opinion that the load loader er md and its contemporary inventions for phody work in the hay field have proved of f inestimable value to the farmers C E C bennett commenting on this subject expresses i t c as his ills opinion that the ac cusa tion of injury may ma apply to the swath loader because a big patch has to bo be cu cut t own before any n can be hauled and in iad bad v eather weather considerable bay is dried ong before the last mown grass is ready tor for hauling although this is is tho the case ivo we feel sure chiz very er few of those that tha ise use them will w ill take kindly to hand pitch ing ng theoretically the hay loader is the link needed to make a perfect chain in baying ha ing operations ipe rations but it must bo be a swath loader says the journal quoted or else here there must bo be a side delivery horse rake rak e green grass is not materially injured by Is i shower show er if only that which has not ined dried is caught in a shower show cr the farm farmer er properly iro perly congratulates himself on his nek luck well in in following the mower just st far ar enough in the rear to take the bay hay as tast fast as dry enough and running right around the field practically no dry hay ha is a exposed to the weather but if enough must be mowed to make windrows wind rows crosswise before commencing to stack then considerable dry hay runs its chances chance of the weather how many blany LCK eggs ft a lien can lay thesis this is an interesting point andone and one about which many conflicting statements are an heard of course some breeds are aach much better layers la ers than others and so no statement can be exact but a french of considerable repute says so s that the ovarium of a fowl is composed of GOO ovals orals or eggs and consequently a ben hen cannot lay more than eggs in her hola whole life and in a natural course these are aro distributed over nine years ears in the following proportion first year rear after birth 15 to 20 10 8 second nd year after birth aioo I oo to ISO lm Thir dear rear utter after birth IW to fourth year ear after birth liO to tollS fifth year after birth CO 60 to 61 81 sixth year rear after birth 60 50 to CO lh year ear after birth ato 85 to 40 0 eighth year ear after birth 15 to 30 math year afterbirth after birth I 1 U to 10 this table shows the largest number df of e eggs in the third year ear yet bet many ot our poultry writers tell ua us that it is is a mistake to keep hens after they are two years old as they aro are then past tho the best beat ng 1 period sowing wheat professor blount after ten years experiments peri ments in thick sowing of wheat says ys in all cases and under all till condl conditions except late sowing it lias has boon found that thirty pounds of good sound and pure wheat is enough for an acre drilled or broadcast in a bushel of comy on sized wheat ecat there are tire in in rou round nd slumbers kernels half of which if sown aown evenly upon an acre would place them nem less than tour four inches apart each way vay giving each kernel about twelve cuare are inches on which inch to grow and develop dele le lop if gown sown early 0 n iy and the conditions el of the soil aro are favorable such thin sow ing 5 it will bo be found mil will produce moro more and d better grain than tho the larger quantify t because there will be room for each gilel to grow unobstructed management OF BEES an ail lown omi inH alid are account of 0 hr r meth oil 1 in the allary 18 ys henry lon lown an loa lowa er air tile follo wim straightforward boint of lio low she 11 man lages igea bees in 1 tie AIne life ree journal ID ill the spring dpn no I 1 clipped tay wine tot w a 1 queens that were not clipped tot cot ODY 0 no I 1 Ift ills I 1 hive it no 0 o I 1 1 allue e I 1 cut ent nil till queen cella colls of no ro 1 1 aln ii no 1 j I 1 aige queen and ld it on top of no 1 I 11 in y will fiad ti their kneen ettle F I 1 isu toi va top tor omi ve ao 10 0 o 1 i mow he tile binn n cago cage to the front of the entrance ihil they will begin going in when pirtle in I 1 give them their queen then wi wat begins I 1 wet a rag with water and drop a few drogi of carbolic add acid on oil ine rag then I 1 binole them in all and pit ii ij tte the rag in at sit one corner of tho the entrails this gives them nil all the same scent and they are peaceable I 1 manage Iti anage all iriv inv colonies in this way I 1 give them of room I 1 have twenty six colonies and work woric ono one half for extracted honey and the ri for comb lione honey y I 1 get the honey if it t to bo be had in ten or fifteen days t will build queen cells and swarm swami out I 1 cago ca go the queen and lay the cage in front of the entrance then I 1 cut out all queen cells the swarm then cornea comes back and goes in and begins to work as if nothing had happened sometimes they wilt will build queen cells and swarm out the tile second time I 1 then cage the queen and cut out queen cells when they will come coine back go in and give up swarming sometimes I 1 have three or four swarm swarin 14 a day As fast as they swarm swami I 1 cut out olit queen cells so as 13 to bo ready to double do U ble up all swarms that come I 1 had thirty four swarms the past season reason and doubled up all but one that I 1 hived dived I 1 am ans fifty four years old and do all the work in the t fie apiary myself As aa it has benefited me tile in managing my apiary in this way I 1 want others to be helped by it I 1 found it out by experimenting A ammonia m iba in the prevalent idea that manhire contains much ammonia is pronounced hy by an english authority as without foundation it is explained that the elements of which ammonia is formed during decomposition viz nitrogen und hydrogen are to be found in ili manure but ns as decomposition is a very slow process the ammonia is very slowly evolved As it is produced it is in the form of gas which is dissolved in the water existing in the manure or it combines with the abundant carbonic acid evolved during the decomposition and forms carbonate of ammonia itis it is very rare that any ammonia can be detected escaping from f rom a manure nian tire heap the fetid odor of a manure pile lisle is not caused byam by ammonia monta but by compounds of sulphur and carbon the same rame as those evolved by decaying deca ing eggs MIJ rotten cabbages the ammonia of manure is very slowly disengaged requiring a year or more before it is all produced and evolved and as the soil absorbs it freely there is scarcely any danger of any loss of this valuable part of the manure as it is commonly used the anil gent odor of a horse stable is caused by the escaping of ammonia and farmers lose more of this clement element of manure in this way in one wann warm night from an unclean horse stable than from front their manure heaps in a year A pound of ammonia in manure is worth seventeen cents and a ton of manure produces prod nees in all only twelve pounds of it according to the authority quoted hot water treatment for smut the hot water treatment for smut in oats consists in immersing the seed that is infected with smut for a few minutes in scalding water the temperature must be such as to kill the smut spores and the immersion must not be so prolonged that the heat will vill injure the germ gerin of the seed As practiced and recommended by the kansas station the temperature pera ture of the water must be allowed to vary but little from begs in no case rising higher than legs nor falling lower than begs the plan suggested eng is to provide two kettles over a fire or two boilers loi lers on a cook stove one containing wann warm water say the other legs the first is forthe for the purpose of warming arming w the seed preparatory to dipping it into the second otherwise it will vill bo be difficult to keep the water in the second vessel at a proper temperature the seed is confined in a it wire i ire basket baa ket that will mill allow the hot water to pass in and out ont readily as the basket is lowered and lifted which should be done eight or ten times during the immersion which should be continued fifteen minutes at tho the end of that time cold water is dashow over the seed or it is dipped into a at vessel of cold water and then spread out to dry other portions of the seed are treated in the same way the temperature of 1131 13 ij begs is maintained by adding hot or cold water as may be required A good ilean crop now that improved methods of harvesting have relieved the severe labor incident to pulling beans they may bo be grown on larger scale with lesa less forebodings they are best grown on level dry land of heavy texture b but nt cultivated until it makes a mellow seed bed too much growth of top to ia is the ill danger from heavy with rith m stable manure mineral fertilizers are best for this crop and aud on a clover ley plowed after the clover has nearly got in blossom the yield is often twenty five to thirty bushels per acre it pays better than wheat but needs frequent with to I 1 maintain it ai etain fertility as the th e bean crop is an exhaustive one amen can cultivator worthy ort liy of note among toina tomatoes toes attracting attention is mccollums hybrid an early sort of excellent quality the grape has increased in AIassa chu faster than any other small fruit and is largely grown in the nor northern section near new hampshire orand grand rapids is the name given to a i forcing lettuce which is recommended by those who ought to know everybody is saying a good word for the bush lima bean boan eft this Is one of the oldest greenhouse green houSa sages and among the neatest growing of the entire genus it is a freely branched kind which forms a pretty little bushy specimen about eighteen inches high and toward the en end a of tha the summer and in autumn it ia is plen plentifully atif ully studded with bright scarlet blossoms blossom planted in the open ground it is very attractive till spoiled by the rains raina a and sid frosts of autumn not only ia is it very pretty treated in this way but it also succeeds succeed 3 well in pots and dijt invaluable valuable for the greenhouse at a timo time aheu many of the summer flowering things are past their best and an d before the chrysanthemums come in like most of its al allies lie this salvia is of easy propagation a and nd culture the principal thing to observe bei bedics s 1 1 t that halt tho tile planta plants do not receive any severe check otherwise they are very liable to be ba attack 34 by insect pests A forest that cannot be eradicated eradicate I la 19 of the wonders of corea no matter one is done to the roots of it tho ho what injury y trees which are 8 large P pines nguey they will ike like the phoenix directly 1 t rout V up ip ag again ain I 1 her abbes th china t OM 41 4 1 41 dt t I 1 I 1 k I 1 1 1 11 1 ay I 1 4 iy I 1 n T t ak 1 4 ir I 1 |