Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-10-07

The Dhoura was planted in hills like
corn. Twenty FIVE DIS produces
seventy-iwo stalks snd weighed 574
pounds. This Dhoura has been recon
mended as grain plant in western
Kansas where the droughts are so severe
as TO render the growing Of corn un-
certain, and fills quite an important
place IN the farm economy. 1t is
| lossll lie that, as cur farming becomes
more diversified, many of these plants
which at present. seem to have no i'm
mediate availability, may come into
use. Ii ensilage is to become feature
OF the fam then IL seems probable that
vslaty of crops may b. grown for
ensllage purposes with advantage, 10
order to secure the mixture in the silo
which will offer the more complete
ration than any one article used alone
Ii Is this which gives importance to the
lnvt siigation into the adaptabillty OF
such crops as the sofa bean and COW
| pea.
The silo is now full and weighted.
The LII acres of corn fodder Welded
%. l129 pounds, or 1856 tons of cut
fodder, and this filed the sllo 8 feet 2
inches deep before the weights were ap
Piled, 1O7 pounds to the square foot. A.
Mr.. Goff remarked. one scre If corn
stover filed a 10x12 feet silo as deep a,
the tsllest stalks OF the field were high
The cutting was done by hand. and eacll
two-bushel basket of half inch pieces
was weighed with Its contents before
being emptied into the pit. A bushel
of the cut fodder as it came from the
machine, weighed nearly II pounds. rs
an average for / 204 baskets. The
Baldwin fodder cutter, largest hand size.
rCn constantly and fed as rapidly as the
strength OF The men who turAed the
handle would sdmit, the men being
changed with each basket, was able to
cnt 36 pounds per hour the first dav.
1,ll5 pounds per honr the second day,
and l2S pounds per hour the third day
The II tiuence of stirring the soil IN
conserving the moisture to the soil re-
celves illustration from the lysimeters
These instruments comprise three sec
tions of soil, three feet deep and one
| ten-thousandth of an acre in area. are
set level with the surface of n lawn
One Is covered with s. d, second is
kept untitled, third has lis surface
kept stirred TO a depth of from II to .
inches. At the date of our writing.
September II, no water has passed
through the first and second since tn,
opening Of the month, but in the third.
the one cultivated, quite little watsl
has percoiated. Thi- shows that No. 3.
\ l'"resr sing more water than the others.
was more quickly saturated with til,
rains. The Same fact was also noted
Ter August. No. l perc"lated water
equivalent to rainfall of 0 90 inches 4:
No 2, 1876 inches /; No 3. 0 SIS inches.
Thus We note that soil covered with
growing grass evaporates and transpires
more water than does hard soil. and
hard sell more water than that kept
| titled.
Giant of Armstadt cucumber is the
only English frame variety that we
planted, and of this but one hill. Not
wiihsiandiDg the III fAvorabie character
Of the season this cucumber has fruited
ahundantly aud has gwen us most de-.
sirahle vegetable. In quality this Gu.
cum Der far smpasses the so. call, gar
den varieties. Ii one seasons trial can
he accepted as sufficient, it should be
more generally grown for garden crop
ny those who appreciate a large, crisp,
nearly seedless, fine favored and attrac-
tive cucumber.