Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-11
even more durable than the feet Of the

road /. 81 5s 81. zz.2
The Hon G. NJ. Clay says that the
Jerseys are the native cattle Of Russia,
and he could load q fleet with them at
from IS to $40 per head. IF this is true
there is true there is no use in the farm-
ers Of the Channel Islands allowing the
supply to fall of. IT is more than proba-
bic it we should import directly from
Russia little careful llnd gnent would
lgive us astock Of Jersey that would be
hardy, vigorous and ableto hoe their
own row." 585s s3s. B.
Prof. Knapp, president Of the Iowa
agricultural college, says that broad
distinction should be made between tile
draining and open-ditch draining. The
open-ditch aids the rapid escape OF the
surface water, carrying with it all the
elements of fertility. They mar the
landscape, obstruct the labors Of the
husbandman, and fail to meet the de-
mands Of scientific drainage. Tile
drainage almost entirely prevents sur
face washing; the porus soil takes up
the water like great sponge, and passes
it off through the drains. This is done
slowly, giving ample time for its escape
by the great natural channels. After a
considerable fall Of water it requires
from ten to fourteen days for the drain
to discharge the increase.
In feeding clear corn meal there is
always q waste proportionate to the
amount fed in double sort of ratio. A
close. examination Of the excrement
will always show this. Other foods
taken into the stomach with it help in
its digestion. Bran should always be
mixed with it. Without going into the
chemistry of the matter, it may be suf
ficient to say that experience has taught
me that on a ration of bran, corn meal
and inseed meal, mixed in proportion
Of three, two and one respectively. cat
tie will grow faster than when fed the
same measure Of clear corn meal.
Eransplantsng Trees.
In this season for tree-planting it will
be we'll to remember that the first req
uisite for good results is soundness-
indicated by a fresh, white, moist like
appearance of the roots when slightly
scratched with the thumb-nail, like that
of apple or potato flush by the bark be-
ing clean and entire, and the shoots
plump and we'll ripened-plump termin-
al buds. Second, permit no exposure
Or drying of the roots until covered
with the fine, clean, damp mould; dry
ing is the conlmonest cause of death to
trees, but they can also drown the soil
should have good natural OF other drain
age. Third, early planting is necessary
to give time for the root wounds to cal
lus, without which new roots cannot
form. Moisture and some access of
air are essential to this;
soaking wetness is very detrimental
Fourth, the manner Of planting is less
important. A nurscryman sets young
plant in q hole, the root-points at least
four or five inches down and the collar
even with the surface scrapes the mold
in with his foot, and gives it a stamp to
close it into contact with every part of
the root; in half minnie he has done
all that is essential: Fifth, the after
culture is especially important the first
season. Let no other plant live to ex~
tend its roots into the soil that the
young tree is to feed upon. Before the
hot drouths of July and August, lib
eral mulch spread widely over the sur
face in an excellent protection and il
no leaves come out to shade the stem, a
loose wrapping of paper or straw to
! keep the parts moist and plump greatly
aids the ascent of the sap from the
root-points to the leaves. Take es-
pecial care of the leaves; let none be
| soiled or broken.-N. Y. Tribune.
Cultivation Of onions.
The onion trials of the last season at
| the New York experiment station were
| with thirtyfour named varieties, which
were planted in rows ten feet long and
eleven and one-half inches apart, the
| seeds being covered one-half inch deep.
Three rows of each variety were planted
In order to note the difference upon yield
of closeness in planting. In the first
row the plants were thinned to three
inches apart; in the second to two inch
es, and in the third to one inch apart
The earliest variety to mature it's bulb
was the Extra Early Red, in 116 days
from planting; the latest, ten varieties,
in 163 days. In nearly every case the
yield was smallest in the first row, where
the spaces were three inches, and lar
gest in the third row, where the spaces
were one inch, but in no case was the
increased yield of the second and third
rows in proportion to the increased
number Of plants. As rule, the larg-
est bulbs were in the first row. There
seems to be foundation for the opinion
held by some onion growers that the
bulbs develop better, offering fewer
scallions where they are so close in the
row as to crowd each other. The fol-
lowing experiment. with onions is quite
suggestive: The soil was thoroug hly
pulverized over small plat Of ground
and on an adjoining plat of equal size
the ground was packed as hard as posi-
bic by repeatedly pounding it with a
heavy maui. The surface of both plats
was then covered with finely pulverized
soil to the depth of half an inch, and
on June three rows on each plat were
planted with seed Of the large red Weth-
ersGeld onion. Late planting was
aisadvantageous to the. yield, but the
three rows on the compact soil yielded
nine pounds seven ounces Of merchant
able bulbs, wl1lle the three rows on the
pulverized soil yielded but three pounds
three ounces. The percentage Of
vegetation in the two plats was not no.
| ticeably different, although the vegeta-
ton was prompter on the compact soil.
| f. p =. ! =" = 4
! 70 Cure Babe Of Habit.