Show ak X t P xa 1 0 1 I pj TT a kv f L I 1 jit or tro bt d g 31 1 NOaN li ve jl dill 41 IA ilk 8 2 1 1 kit U h 1 1 I 1 ait it I 1 ea i k 70 e C V 5 f t 4 j I 1 I 1 Y 4 14 4 fly wheel for farm use 4 A r ariy riy y wheel Is often serviceable on kt ia the farm for helping keep the clinin kin s in regular motion or the hand 9 tor or the where one must 14 grind by using a treadle for foot power zin E in the latter case a fly wheel will cause calls ii i the stone to run very evenly our itt d sketch shows a castoff cast off olt heavy farni farm it S cartwheel mounted ind and ready for bust bosl tj f ness small strips of hard wood sere screw t ek ed to the rim kelp keep the band front from com aing tj ing off the plan of setting up thi ie wheel Is plainly shown in the illustration where the rim of the wheel used Z i js Is of sufficient lelent thickness the old iron fron M tire can be removed and a very thick but narrow tire put upon both edges of the rim leaving a chance for the zif 14 4 FLY WHEEL IR band to run between them in the it case ot of a castoff cast off cartwheel this plan would answer admirably american lt agriculturist foil fall the lic garden the garden is the richest part of the farm and also the part i w hero here it Is most important to have an early and well seed bed there is of course it 1 some waste of fertility caused by tall fall plowing as it exposes a larger surface ato to be washed and blown away in winter hut but the loss is less in the garden athan than it Is on wide fields more exposed to tile the winds if the garden Is plowed it should be loft left as light and rough as i possible this is best bes secured by very late plowing either just before the ground freezes or better still after the r frost lias has penetrated an inch or more inore deep leaving a crust to hold up tip the furrow in a dry winter the soil will freeze through and through a number dumber of times and bo be in excellent in the spring the only failure of this plan idan eam a j when the winter and spring are very I 1 wet and there rs s no to car kry ry off on surplus water lint but even then the plowed surface left as rough as possible will dry out as quickly as a nal naked surface leit ast aalt is har ir fc vesting garden crops nud and yet porous enough to absorb all the raynsand rains rain sand and welting jang snows that fall upon it american cultivator 4 j A barnt tate 1 ditc itc j I 1 have used several gates made as the one shown n lu in the accompany accompanying lug illustration they are arc light cheap and give good satisfaction construct it any desired height aud any reasonable qi length the end pieces brace and one a piece running horizontally a a a n are pine tho the upright b is a ilg board C c c q c c are wires tightly lightly stretched d Is the sate gate post and c a chain used instead of it 1 top hinge such a sate gate answers ill ordinary purposes quite as it b e r a 14 0 a d t nl v A 3 r of ay well as a heavy altair all clr that Is almost rf certain to sag and set get olt oft its hinges gi gijzel joel mann lu in orange judd farmer it j I 1 I 1 onn arnt implements I 1 it I 1 ls doubtless true that it costs more in these days to block a farm arm with tools band and implements than it did lu in olden I 1 times when prices of most farm products t its as high it not higher than now yet despite the cost tile the new li ia implements do so BO much better work that farmers farnic rs find them a necessity all atthe the diore therefore they should take good care of them thein when bought more atooli rust ruit ly by exposure to wind and 0 bains rains than ire are worn out in it actual use oil I 1 the savins saving of money by keeping ample y h housed Is the most profitable economy the farmer can practice j Gruin lne poor cow 1 it Is rather discouraging to a farmer a si T who ito has bought a new cow tor for milk sd s fa and butter to fill find when he begins to feed her that her feed goes to inside fat rather than to milk and butter hut but it Is a always well to face unpleasant facts and make the best of them if home dealer has stuck you with that kind of tso itt cow it Is better to know it and keep oil on a feeding until the cow la fit for the butcher thin lhnn to reduce food feed and lose inora keeping reepen the cow thin in flesh losli by poor feeding seeding all and the thereby relly loell losing money several years tears instead of one AV wood 0 n d for a year 1 car aliena Alir Alie nI nl every farmer who burns wood oven even partially for heating ant and cooking should ns donily in fit the winter vinter as possible cut and pile enough wood to last a whole year this will save mail many complaints pl aides during 1111 edg tile lie Suf summer fliller and lie much 0 easier aslor lone done now DOW than in warm weather besides dry wood burns without the waste of heat beat always lost in turning its sap into steam when using green wood chips and small limbs will dry out more quickly than will the body of the tree especially if f the small limbs are split InnIzer ous tones in meadows late su in the fall is a good time to clear meado meadows vvs of stones that are likely to injure next years mowing more or less of these are thrown out at every ID time when the wire rake runs over the land to gather the file hay A thin stone small enough to get into the mower knives orion often does more damage than a much bigger stone that the driver will see and avoid or that the knifes kal res will jolt over or throw one side without injury dairy doll always strain the milk as soon as drawn quantity of milk is no criterion to go by as to its value A traveling dairy school Is doing good work in england the demand for poor butter Is always hence it sells for poor prices there isif t one cow in fifty but what might do better in milk yield if she had more to eat cat and drink it t does not pay to raise scrub stock sell the scrubs and got get well bred animals this Is a good year to make the change N while bile prices are arc low if cream Is I 1 kept ept at 75 degrees for eight hours and is then allowed to cool gradually for four hours it w will ill usually be ripe for churning there are about cows in this country or one to every four inhabitants one cow ho however boweter weTer furnishes the mill milk butter nud and cheese for more than four persons as large quantities of dairy products are exported tile the carrie strawberry this Is a seedling of haverland IIa verland originated in ISM by M T thompson of II lI enrico county va it has been tested from canada to texas aud and found to bo be as productive as its parent also larger firmer and of it 11 A better color not being it aul A quite so light 6 i 1 I color with a little I 1 I 1 L more foliage and Is a ion long season berry with a better flavor than havellana Hav elland it is a variety ripening about the time of the parent its shape Is conical scarlet color and Is wonderfully productive and promises to supersede its parent farm aud and home ar atonio atonia A potato grower writes that he can i grow potatoes profitably at 10 cents a bus bushel liel the best farm institutes are hold held in dairy sections which speaks well for the intelligence of 0 the dairymen the russian thistle Is perhaps the easiest killed of any weed that grows prevent it from going to seed and the Is done intensive fa farming might properly be I 1 ameda new industry from froin the fact that there are so few engaged in it it isan Is an industry which commends itself to every practical farmer and there Is more money in it ban in any system of 0 the old style an ali injunction has been applied for to restrain the agricultural department from tile the free distribution of seeds Seeds men claim that it Is injurious to their business the injunction can easily be sot set aside by the government however by purchasing its seed from the enjoining firm horticultural hints put an extra covering on the vegetable pits after the ground freezes never let manure come in contact with will the roots of 0 any plant or tree when pla planting it clean off the asparagus beds and give it a good cont coat of well rotted manure next spring sprinkle le well with salt sall 1111 celing Is a 1 I term used to desI designate guate the temporary burying of the roots of 0 trees or plants in earth or other material when planting our trees for windbreak always plant evergreens ever greens they ire arc a little bit slow at first but they will pay in the long run the trouble with farmers as a rule Is that they do not pay enough attention to little things such as the vegetable and small email fruit garden these little things pay |