| Show yat IL i f L age 0 axy aj OC 4 ha jy I 1 1 if t I 1 4 va A t ih 1 u 1 17 I 1 e I 1 wm Y iia ii 1 1 all I 1 W KW 1 10 14 fc W ft MS I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 the horse nettle this pest of many a good meadow tarm farm is commonly found from connecticut south to florida find and west to texas it Is very abundant in portions of the prairie states especially illnois illinois and Miso missouri url occurring not only in fields and along roadsides lit but in ithe the streets ot of cities and on vacant lots and too often in ID cultivated fields where it does great injury to crops its common name horse nettle botanical S solanum solarium omon omen Camlin onse does not indicate that this weed Is ia cl closely oely related to the cultivated potato but the hot botanical anical name of the genus shows close rola rela G A 0 0 k L V A troublesome WEED an examination of the flowers shows they much resemble those of the potato being bluish or whitish whitis li in color the berry commonly called the seed also resembles that formed on the potato the leaves have largo large prickles brickles pr ickles on oil the midrib an ani and I some of the larger lateral ribs they are also slightly lightly hairy the stein is I 1 beset with numerous stout prickles brickles pr ickles many of the related plants of this genor i ire are annuals but horse nettle Is a do deep op looted perennial its roots often extending throe three feet or more into tile soil this fact makes it a very tenacious weed very difficult cult to exterminate for this reason the wood weed grows in dense patches which are carefully avoided by stock in pastures I 1 would advise plowing the land at this season allowing none done of the leaves to appear the plants should be kept down the succeeding year plow ilow the ground again next summer sow thickly with willi ryo rye and keep watch of the nettle allowing none to grow careful work for two seasons should remove it farm and home browin grobins ilaray 4 an economical mode of growing 1 car early i tomatoes melons etc where bu but t a i few are desired to produce crops for homo home use is to use egg shells creak break tle shells near the small ends fill with ilch dirt and plant a few seeds of the kind desired the shells may be set in a shallow pan or box of bran and placed in the sunlight on oil warm days care being taken not dot to expose them to cold at night when transplanting simply sot set the shell with the plant in the ground the roots of the plant will soon break through the shell for hanging Hanei nir milk in wells wella whore where lee ice Is not at hand the custom of hanging milk cans in the well for coolness la Is often practiced the illustration shows a device for holding four cans cam securely within the well with a chance to draw up water between the c cans a 11 S the curved iron rods affording a fl 0 r d 1 n g this chance it if the well Is not large enough tor for a square frame a stout hoop can be used thus economizing space it is surprising how nicely milk and many other articles can thus be kept in a deep well oven even in extraordinarily hot weather it Is equally surprising how many families fall to use this simple device which Is so easily made and so very convenient fall fresh cows cowa the annual yield of milk Is easily lo 10 per cent greater from cows fresh in the fall than from those which calve with the coming grass if well fed and comfortably housed they yield v I 1 old a good quantity of milk all winter and as the how flow begins to cease materially there comes the favorable change to grass and the yield Is increased and held for some time salt with phosphate it Is always a good plan to put some salt with phosphate drilled in with the seed grain it keeps the mineral in soluble condition for the roots of the ali young grain to take hold of it also increase in the tendency to fermentation ot of lc vegetable notable or animal manures whon when maed ns as it must bo be in small quantities large dressin dressings S of salt make the soll soil barren for one or tw two 0 deais boais until the rains have washed out the surplus above what is needed cort coat of browine Grov vinz corn I 1 send scud you the result of keeping an account of tile the cost of I 1 producing cing a field of corn containing fourteen acres I 1 kept in an account of time in breaking pulverizing planting cultivating harvesting etc anil and charged for tile lie same such costs as the labor could bo be hired for in this locality and board themselves I 1 could give nn an itemized account but will not take the space the land fourteen acres was valued at 10 per acre and ft a charge of 8 per cent interest was made on the imort fill estment cost of corn in crib per bushel was 19 cents of bushels to the field the fodder was estimated at twenty one tons or about one and one half tons per acre and cost in the mow 3 tl per ton the corn was husked fly by ft a corn husker busker this Is the cost should I 1 am bale e hired everything ever everi thing done the fodder cost in cash not luc including ludin g any of my own labor or labor swap p pod A for or boarding hands etc per ton the total cost of corn in clib and fodder in mow including tile the 9 per cent interest was the value of the corn at 25 cents per bushel and the fodder at 4 per ton was waa leaving a profit on the fourteen acres of saying nothing about loss of soil fertility or barnyard manure applied to the field the fodder to be worth as much as the corn would have to be north per ton this would increase the profit somewhat one thing about the lie account showed tile difference about estimating and knowing when the corn wis was being husked it was estimated by good farmers at sixty bushels per acre but when the corn and land both were measured it was found to yield only a fraction over forty four bushels per acre C L awkins II in indiana farmer what high Breed breeding inz docs doce individual records of noted animals of certain breeds are valuable and important port ailt lit in many ways while a farmer may not have a cow equaling one with a high record yet the records of noted cows are arc indications of what can be accomplished complis hed by breeds the brood breed is brought to a higher degree of improvement also by th the endeavor of enterprising breeders bleeders bre eders to suppress existing records it is the desire to cot compete and excel with individuals that lias has made I 1 the reputations of the breeds for picking Pic kinc kinz fruit A very useful and convenient contrivance for picking peaches pears etc Is made in the 0 following o in manner a a it e r take a 1 strong butt but t e r tub of the smallest size and wa bore a hole in the center of the bottom in this hole insert a long pole and uail nail firmly now drive a row of small nails around the top edge and it Is really ready for use this thia will pick as well as one bought FRUIT ricer it at a store and costs nothing except the labor of makin making g sheep and short grass sheep are partial to short grass an and 1 will travel over a field of long grass 10 0 select the short herbage white clover is the best of all the foods for sheep slice aud and they prefer it to other kinds when seeding old pastures or beginning the new white clover seed should be used liberally sheep will seek the th shade during the day preferring to graze after the sun begins to sot set and it Is for that reason that they cannot be b shut up at nj 11 t R as S t a I 1 protect protection loil against fl gai 12 st dogs oilda odds and inda when the eyebrows ind and lashes are scant rub them ciery cery night with vaseline to keep insects out of bird eiges angos 7 suspend from the top of the cage a liitle bag filled with sulphur always buy small nutmegs gs in preference to the large ones they they have a much more delicate Io licate navor flavor try a penny or large silver piece tor for readily removing paint from glass simply wet it and rub the paint sift a little flour ON ocr or suet when it Is being chopped and it will prevent the pieces from adhe adhering ring together dont forget to offer pure cold water to the baby occasionally the milk is for food and I 1 Is not sufficient clent to quench the thirst of the little one to make a 1 cream soup yellow and rich the yolks of eggs are used the eggs are first beaten thoroughly all and after the cream or milk has b been added to the soup they are stirred in apu juat L bo UC I 1 fore it Is taken from tile the tire fire A 11 teaspoonful of borax put in the last water in which clothes are rinsed will whiten them surprisingly pound the borax boras so it will dissolve easily this Is especially good to remove the yellow that time gives to white garments that have been laid aside tor for two or three years |
