The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-07-18
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with corn stalks will he useful In rfns
tevtinr frum sharp winds nni In hnld.
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lmct, tends ~ Fut the buds III il,rs have
nui npenrd will. ur II lift on 'ew
.la, = tou long In spring. Winter cover.
ing has another advantage. II renders
late autumn pruning sat. M operation
loo oi.en lr,stppnr'l till too late when
lch till spring
In selecting thr nitt fur sonr fruit
garden lW SURF TINT the soil ii naturally
dry; VI not. i,A drainage should ~ the
first thinR attended ID. Trees will not
long flourish with their roots III tho
cold. rtaR,,ant water. Nv draining, tho
mir will have freo access. 81 the sull, iis
temperature will ~ thcrcb, raisei. aud
thu feeding anil growing properties III
Tho roots will hc stimulated III grratrr
activity. Thu drains IN MI orchard
should not b. lcss tliAn ionr feet II TALL
~ that sleril, can b. secured. II thu
depth br lrsH, the roots will br likely In
n short time IN choke thclA. Drainage
IL not Mll that ii necessary In lhe pro.
parat on ~ TIN ground for the orchard.
II should bo thoroughly cultivated tho
ycar before planting II should he
plunghel deep. mud, II possible. sub.
Hoiled. II alunlI Alru h. wrll MANFRED
with root crop, that II may be mellow,
fertile and Tree from weeds. belgian
carrots. Or better still. par3nips, ara y
good preparatory crop, their long rootA
penetrating deep intn tho earth, seIar.
Ating lts compact PARTICLES and quicken.
Inv The incrt elements ri fertility. The
value ~ these crops gives sufficient
remuneration for tho expenses u I'm.
proycmcnt; and their culture and
growth always tend 10 tlo Improvement
~ the soil net merely tkc surface. lint
depth NJ from ono 10 two feet Farm.
srs' Jdr0eate.
lr i,as been generally conceded thst
smut on cornhintks, or tliHt portion III
the i,nAkH left hanging On Tho stalk, and
which stock rni, IL the cnnsa NJ many
deniis among cattle. wlien they nrr lifst
turned among the stalks iii the fnlI
Prof. kadx,e has recently been making
aome experiments 10 t.'st tho matter
aud thu result ri tlla investigation M.
pcArs In the Inst monthly report III the
kAnsnA hoard III Agriculture. N follows
IN accompanying this paper with a
tilorpnKl, analysis of thu fnngus, ttle
accuracy III which waA proved by
eloseiy.corfesln,ding duplicate results,
be- sayh TINT, mp ~ date III this analysis,
tllrfc WAN Int nii0 on record TINT I'll
Dnlong which wins never completed
anil VIVA not accepted ~ satisfactory
a characteristic result u l'ref. kedzi.'s
analysis was ,le entire absence III
starch In the smut, anl M traces what.
ever NJ thu poison which exists In ergol
or sparrrd rye. Ie quotes the expert.
ment u DR., damgee. given In tle re-.
port u Commissioner t'apfm In 1871
who fed forty two pounds VI smut T.
two healthy cows, mixed with corn
meal. three times ,la.ly. ri the rate ri
three 0unaes ri time, afiarward IN.
creased IN sin onnees One cow VIA
fed on wet. aud tho other on dry. food
ilie former gained In flesh, Tho latte,
lost; bnt they remained healthy. Thu,
experiment proves that smut u not III
ariive poison, and Prof. krdzic think,
that it, liai fleets Whatever they may
be, arr owing 10 its dry and indleestihl.
condition, mud absence VI nntrimeni
tl,r sAme results being produced b,
feeding animals on hid, hard and dr.,
stalks. steamed or molsienrh, And
mixed with MI abundance Of son iOoi
no harm could l,e feared. liz object,
" turning animals into Il field III corr
which llas stood until dead ripe"