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taken of clover while young. The bes
farmers now will not pasture the frs
year after seeding. In season like tn
present, / would make an exception
Glover this year blossomed and in som,
places seeded from last years seeding
So soon as the blossoms began to sppea
l would pasture lightly to keep dowr
the blossoms. This makes rich f,'od fo
cattle or horses, and, as poisoning i
very exhaustive to the plant, light pas
turing rather promotes its vigor. But
the second year no hoof of horse or COW
should be allowed in the clover field
except as horses are used to cut and
harvest the hay. If cut early in June
the second crop will grow more rapidly
and the crop of seed will be generally
better. 1t is during the second growth
that the clover roots make most progress
in penetrating the subsoil. For this
reason, as also because 1 ike to feed q
good deal of clover hay, l have as much
as possible mown every year.
For ounce and plum trees salt is all
that is required to keep them in a
healthy vigor. In crops like barley,
oats, wheat, clover, and all the grasses,
there is an apparent value in its use the
first season; not as much the second,
because salt is an absorbent of ammonia,
and while it takes it from the soil and
atmosphere, it also chemically returns
it to the roots of the crops, SO long as
moisture remains in the ground. 1t
continues to act so long as there is mois-
ture within one foot of the base of the
roots; and its action in dry time tends
to keep the crop fresh and growing,
whereas it dries up where no salt has
been spread. The quantity to the acre
will depend much upon the condition of
the land. If it has been previously well
MANFRED with bsrnyard manure, in pas.
years, then two hundred and sixty
pounds to the acre, spread on at time of
seeding, and narrowed in lightly, will be
sufficient; if the land has had no manure
for years past, the quantity will need to
be increased-sometimes to eight bushels
to the acre. Salt have also found good
in the vegetable garden and on small
fruits.-[Ohio Farmer.
No breed of poultry is handsome un
less they are well cared for. Ifjudicious
care be exercised at first, there is little
danger of the gapes. Indeed, the writer
is of the belief that the gapes is disease
that all chicks go through with, and is
seldom observable unless the worms, in
their passage from the lungs meet with
some impediment that occasions stop
page in their progress, which causes suf-
fering, and almost always results in
death. In strength and health the
worms pass out one by one and the bird
does not suffer much. A sudden cold
causes a g oppage, and the worms accu-
muIate, and become entangled and
knotted in the windpipe. The chick
suffers from difficult and labored breath
ing; indeed, it requires every effort to
keep the breath from ceasing, Respira-
ton becomes more and more labored
every day, until death puts an end to
the suffering. The bird wastes gradu-
ally, and becomes thin and emanciated
to an almost incredible degree. Over
and long continued fatigue will also de-
crease the strength OF the birds, and the
important item is to keep up the strength
and growing condition. Strong feed and
reasonable exercise will accomplish
much.-[C. B, in Country Gentleman.
To grow a crop of turnips the ground
needs to be only moderately rich, but it
must be very fine. You cannot do too
much in the way of rolling, narrowing,
and dragging. and the more compact the
soil is the better, so you have two inches
of fine, mellow soil for the turnip to
start in. L have grown a good crop by
burning off wheat stubble, and cultivat-
ing and narrowing the surface until mel.
low, and l prefer this to ploughing the
land. Ihave never tried superphosphate
or bone dust for turnips, but ! should
think that these manures would be ex-
actly suited to the crop, and l expect to
try them this year. In pulverizing land
for turnips and to cover the seed, there
is nothing 30 good as flank drag it
grinds up the clods and leaves a mellow
surface, and in covering the seed it
presses the earth on it so as to terminate
readily. 1t ;requires great care to SOW
turnip seeds just right; nearly everyone
puts it on too thick. Some mix with
ashes or du-t, but l can SOW better clear.
only use the thumb and forefnger, ana
SOW about six feet wide, cast to every
other step. The best time to COW ia the
first ten days in August, but if have
large crop to SOW l begin as early as
the middle of July; these early-sowD
turnips, however, are not 30 sweet and
nice for the table as the later crop. There
is one rule of the utmost Importance in
sowing turnips, and l attribute my sue
cess to its observance more than to sill
other causes, and that is, always SOW as
soon after a rain as the ground can be
worked. From long experience I am