The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-21

yellow will answer. Make the tidy just
like the other in fora.
The American Cu1tiyator saws that
hanging baskets have gone out of favor,
because of the untidy drip from them,
aud low-standing iardinieres, tastefully
filled, are better liked, since to- look in
to- a plant is the only way to appreciate
its bvelinass. We are also reminded
that in filling q jardiniere bulbs may be
buried in the soil, which will give us
later q truss of hyacinth, a crocus or q
dainty snowdrop, q delightful surprise.
ToMBsToNEs-R. l.. Writes: 81
wish to erect a monument to the mem
DRY of my father of the most durable
material, and would be glad if you would
mention those stones that will last long
est and best in our cold climate of Min
nesota." Granite is very durable and
%reslsts heat and cold almost completely.
1t rarely becomes encrusted with moss
and is almost as enduring as crude cast
iron States make very durable memo
rial stones, and resist the action of heat
even better than granite. Sandstones
and marbles yield more or less readily
to the influence of sun and frost and to
the oxidizing effects of the atmosphere.
The choice of r. l.. will probably fall
on either granite or a limestone monu-
ment.-N. Y. Tribune.
For waxing stained or unstained
floors we have used successfully the fol-
lowing recipe: Mix turpentine and
beeswax in the proportion of one gallon
of tnrpentine to n pound of wax
shaved thin. Let the wax and turpen-
tine stand over night before using; then
rub on the floor with a coarse woollen
cloth several times. This is much bet
ter than vanishing or s%hellacking,
which we tried leefore waxing, and
which wore off at once and looked bad
ly from the first. The recipe in your
issue of February s calls for benzine
and wax, and these to be warmed over
a fire. This in the hands of most peo-
pie, and considering the in1ammatory
materials, seems a dangerous recon-
mendation. The l send does not
require warming.
Sweet Corn Better Than Sorghum.
do not think sorghum for fodder is
near equal to the sweet varieties of corn
of the smaller and medium size like the
Minnesota. 1 have raised these crops
near each other in the same kind of soil,
MANFRED and cultivated alike. The
yield in fodder of both was about the
same in weight. The stalks of sorghum
are tougher thanthose of corn and when
cut up and placed in different racks
cows would not touch the sorghum SO
long as any corn was left nor even then
unless pretty hungry; if fed to, them
alone they would eat only. the upper
part of the stalks. Cows allowed to
get excessively hungry and having
nothing else to eat would probably
but | do not keep my COWS in that way.
Sorghum stalks have probably o greater
proportion of %saccharine matter than
that of sweet corn, and are therefore
preferable to grind for making molasses,
syrup and sugar; but as they are tough
er they are not so palatable for feeding
stock, being harder to snasticate, and,
1 presume, to digest. Cut up and
steamed, Oh packed in silo, they might
be as greediIy eaten. Sorghum does
best in a light soil, and will endure a
drouth rather better than corn. In CON
sequence of this, I would advise Mr..
Higbie and other farmers to cultivate a
little of it every season. The best yari-
ETY. 1 have triedis the sort called Amber
can In my latitude, 80 degrees,
planted the last of April, it heads out
early in July, and is then cut for fodder.
Afterward there is q second growth
from it, but this is not SO tall and album
dant as the frst.-[A. B. Allen, in N.
Y. Tribune.